thank you. >> thank you, chair cohen. supervisor could not be here today, my name is carolyn, and she wanted to voice her strong support for this lease, and for the opening of the navigation center at 125 bayshore, and also say thank you very much to supervisor cohen for hosting the site as well as the department of homelessness and supportive housings and the department of real estate for this work on this. the location of this navigation center is in district ten, but the edge of district nine, and the area known as the hairball, often hosts large tent en campments. working on pedestrian and bike safety and hope to transform the area in partnership with supervisor cohen's office. real safety is not possible until the people living in precariously placed tenting encampmentes can have a place to lay their heads. it will provide people in the unsafe conditions with a place to stay and provide them with services to help them get back on their feet and exit homelessness. supervisor ronen was instrumental to obtain the fundin

good morning, chair cohen and members of the committee. i will be presenting on the report of the budget review process. in response to a request from supervisor cohen's office, we conducted a survey of how comparable cities and counties conduct their budget processes. these included california cities with mayors and other peer cities with similar characteristics to san francisco. in all, we surveyed eight

chair cohen will take over. >> all right, good morning. madam clerk, call item four, please. >> resolution authorizing and approving amendment to lease with bgca management for bill graham civic auditorium increasing base rent to 25,000. >> sponsor of this particular legislation is supervisor kim but today claudia goreham from the department of real estate will be walking us through a power point presentation and making the presentation on behalf of supervisor kim. thank you. the floor is yours. >> thank you, good morning, chair cohen and supervisors yee and tang. the resolution regards an amendment of the existing 20-year lease of the bill graham civic auditorium to bgca management llc, approved in july 2010. about three years ago the tenant approved city staff with a proposal of creating a smaller venue space for music and events in a side of the building, approximately 900 seats. the new small venue would be two stories and include a new stage for music and other performances, and a u-shaped balcony which takes it to the second floor of

cohen. going to be chairing the meetings.every meeting doing what i do right now, expressing that we as a czar of outmigration, we need to be adhered to, we need some money, too. my name is ace i'm and the case. >> public comment is closed. is there a motion to file? >> yes, motion to file the hearing. >> thank you, motion to file the hearing accepted and passed unanimously. madam clerk, any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, we are adjourned. >> they tend to come up here and drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning abo

cohen. going to be chairing the meetings.every meeting doing what i do right now, expressing that we as a czar of outmigration, we need to be adhered to, we need some money, too. my name is ace i'm and the case. >> public comment is closed. is there a motion to file? >> yes, motion to file the hearing. >> thank you, motion to file the hearing accepted and passed unanimously. madam clerk, any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, we are adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world- class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - the city's information technology professionals work on revolution

good morning, chair cohen and members of the committee. i will be presenting on the report of the budget review process. in response to a request from supervisor cohen's office, we conducted a survey of how comparable cities and counties conduct their budget processes. these included california cities with mayors and other peer cities with similar characteristics to san francisco. in all, we surveyed eight california counties, six california cities, and nine u.s. cities. the primary areas of focus for our review included independent analysis and reporting, the two-year budget cycle, and the timing of the legislative bodies review. we reviewed major trends, particularly in the general fund over the past five years. our source document for this analysis was the city's comprehensive annual financial report. because the most recent financial statement is dated as of june 30th, 2016, the review period is from 11/12 to 15/16. since fiscal year '11-12, revenues have increased from 3 billion to 5.8 billion and expenditures have increased from 3.1

cohen. going to be chairing the meetings.every meeting doing what i do right now, expressing that we as a czar of outmigration, we need to be adhered to, we need some money, too. my name is ace i'm and the case. >> public comment is closed. is there a motion to file? >> yes, motion to file the hearing. >> thank you, motion to file the hearing accepted and passed unanimously. madam clerk, any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, we are adjourned. >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we

chair? commissioner cohen again. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. i would like to nominate commissioner aaron peskin for chair and nominate commissioner katy tang for vice chair. >> chair peskin: is there a second for that motion? seconded by commissioner breed. is there any -- are there any additional nominations? seeing none. we will close nominations. seeing no public comment on that motion made and seconded. a roll call please. >> clerk: on the motion in favor of electing commissioner peskin for chair and commissioner tang for voice chair? breed aye. commissioner fewer aye. commissioner kim, kim aye. commissioner peskin. >> chair peskin: aye. >> clerk: commissioner ronen. ronen aye. commissioner safai, safai aye. commissioner tang. tang aye. commissioner yee. yee aye. motion is approved. >> chair peskin: all right. thank you again colleagues and with that, item number eight. >> clerk: item eight, update on the caltrain pennisula corridor electric -- electrification project. this is an information item. >> chair peskin: mr. hartnet thank you for y

chair. are there any nominations for said position? commissioner cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. good morning. happy new year. i would like to make the nomination to nominate commissioner peskin to be chair of this body. and correct me if i'm wrong, chair, i'm able to make a nomination for vice chair at this time as well? >> chair peskin: we can also open the nominations for vice chair at the same time if you would like to do that. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. you would have nominated to nominate our same colleague, katy tang, for vice chair. >> chair peskin: seconded by commissioner breed. are there any other nominations? is there any public comment on item number four? seeing none, public comment is closed. nobody else wants this job. what? [laughter] >> chair peskin: we do have a new house. that is true. we will call the roll. so, with that on the nominations for peskin as chair and commissioner tang as vice chair -- commissioner ronen. >> supervisor ronen: i just wanted to thank you, chair peskin and vice chair tang for doing this jb all last year and being willing to do it

cohen. going to be chairing the meetings. i'm going to be there at every meeting doing what i do right now, expressing that we as a czar of outmigration, we need to be adhered to, we need some money, too. my name is ace i'm and the case. >> public comment is closed. is there a motion to file? >> yes, motion to file the hearing. >> thank you, motion to file the hearing accepted and passed unanimously. madam clerk, any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. the health commission will now begin. >> i will call roll. [roll call] >> first item on the agenda is at approval of the minutes december 19, 2017. >> i move to approve. >> second. >> any deletions or corrections pertaining to the minutes? all in favor, aye? opposed? approved. >> director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners. wanted to start my report with the issue of the flu. the flu season is off to an early start nationwide and california department of public health reports widespread flu activity i

will really impact the economy in particular would it be structural all right let's bring in larry cohen chair of our revolution and also corinne tayloe who is the policy director of green for all great to have all of you with us tonight larry the middle class the workers of this country i notice that no one has brought anybody from the carrier plane indiana in the indianapolis indiana tonight which is a story because the president made some promises what are you going yeah i'm a big promises about stabilizing employment there it's plummeted two thirds of the people are go on the major equipment has been moved to mexico they got huge tax increases the parent company continues to get close to ten billion dollars a year in government contracts and the workers there have lost their jobs so that's the story for working class america lots of talk not much walk this tax package that has been passed how do the democrats play that to the country. i think they play it as one point seven trillion dollars in deficits the same party that says we don't have money for medicare we don't have money for social

they are here with us in this chamber and madame chair, i would turn the rest of the hearing over to you. >> ok. and supervisor cohen, who would you like to call up first? >> director riskin. >> welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon, chair tang. members of the committee. supervisor cohen, thank you for giving us an opportunity. >> yes. >> i appreciate the opening remarks to help or cents us here. that was a good overview and clear questions that we'll endeavour to answer to our best ability. i want to add as overview that, as you know, bicycling is an important mode of transportation in san francisco. it's the fastest growing mode of transportation in san francisco. both the m.t.a. board and board of supervise sources has set very ambitious mode share targets for bicycling in the city. and we as an agency with the board of supervisors have been work on a number of different fronts to make bicycling a better option. from everything from infrastructure that we're putting in the ground to safety education that we support. there is a number of things we're doing to try to meet those mode shift goals that both you and th

chair. >> of course. >> supervisor peskin. >> through the president to supervisor cohen, it was based on one theory andthat is the theory that our current city attorney, dennis herrera, courageously filed suit against the five largest fossil fuel companies on the planet earth, exxonmobil, chevron, british petroleum and so i think he cares profoundly about the issue and that is why i put the city attorney in there. but if the board has a different sense about what the appointing authorities should be, i'm open to discussing that in the rules committee as we proceed towards november. >> thank you. supervisor cohen? >> thank you. thank you very much. i'm actually delighted that mr. herrera did file that suit. i think it is important, an important message to send forward. [please stand by] [please stand by] >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. glad to see many members of the italian-american community here today. thank you for engaging with this process. i want to publicly apologize to you if i've offended you. in no way, did i have any intention to injury anyone. that said, this conversation started

i am supervisor norman yee, vice chair of the committee and joined by supervisor katy tang. supervisor malia cohen is excused from today's meeting. can we have a motion? >> motion to excuse supervisor cohen. >> supervisor yee: madam clerk, linda wong, and i would like to thank somebody, here. thank jesse larson and jim smith from the s.f.govtv for broadcasting this meeting. clerk will also provide your names. madam clerk, do you have announcements? >> clerk: silence all cell phones and electronic devices, and items submitted to the clerk. items acted on will be on the january 23rd unless otherwise stated. >> number one, resolution authorizing the resolution and second amendment to the ground lease mission bay affordable housing with the refinancing and minor rehabilitation, king streets and rich sorro commons. >> good morning, chair yee and supervisor tang. so, item number one before you is a resolution that would authorize our department to amend the ground lease for rich sorro commons. this project is an existing affordable housing project, located in mission bay neighborhood. it is owned and ma

chair, the rest, i turnover to you. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you, supervisor cohen. >> oh, one more thing. >> supervisor safai: yes, please. >> supervisor cohen: i just want to thank my fantastic staff for pulling this all together. >> supervisor safai: okay. unless there's any additional questions or comments from my colleagues, we can open it up for public comment. unless there's questions from my colleagues. okay. we'll open it up to public comment. please speak directly into the microphone. please leave official copies of the document for the file, and please lineup to the right. please proceed. >> my name is denny len order. i lived in san francisco for about 35 years or so. in 1992, i worked with the san francisco foundation to change their columbus day to italian american week, and that was a meeting of the national board in washington d.c. and the local people here. and i travelled to italy in 1992 and debated columbus on national italian television. the debate was very successful. 76% for me and 24% for columbus. the italians were really not supportive of c

cohen and commissioner fuhor. mr. clerk, can you please call the next item? >> item two, chair's report. this is an information item. >> thank you. and i do not have a report today. and may we take public comment on this item? seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. item number two. can we please call the next item. >> item three, executive director's report. this is an information item. >> chair kim, commissioners, i'm pleased to report on some recent developments at the policy level. we've been track federal and state autonomous vehicle legislation with interest and with some concern in late last year of october. sfmta director sent a letter for the deployment of driverless vehicles in california. we are appreciative of the incorporation of several of our prior comments but remain concerned about several aspects of the proposed regulation, including training requirements being inclusive as our interactions between pedestrians and bicycles with these new driverless vehicles, we're concerned about the ability of local law enforcement and first responders to have access to

cohen present. commissioner farrell. farrell absent. commissioner fewer. fewer absent. commissioner kim. kim absent. commissioner peskin. >> chairn: present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen, present. commissioner safai.

chair. and i hope we can find a way for it. i think it's really important. >> what's your reaction to the wall street journal story alleging that president trump's lawyer michael cohen saw a $130,000 payment go to a porn star who at one point had been claiming a relationship with president trump while married to melania although both now she and president trump deny it? >> well, i don't know the circumstances of it. in some ways this sounds like an issue that's between president mrs. trump because it doesn't seem to be a work place issue as far as i know. >> okay. i want to ask you about the former -- now former finance chair of the republican national committee steve wiynn stepped down after massive accusations of sexual misconduct. he has now stepped down but he still donated a lot of money to republican candidates and after the harvey swiweinstein scandal now i want to ask a republican senator about steve wynn. do you think republicans who took money from steve wynn should give it back? >> if they've accepted contributions from him recently that have not been spent, absolutely. i don't think it's a close call to return the money. i'm very pleased that he immediat

he is finance chair: this is a guy whose company dumped tom ford cosmetics and sunglasses after tom ford made a dis. said something they didn't like to hear about melania trump. michael cohen, recent statement about him. steve is a really great man. this is donald trump's lawyer been the driving force behind the rnc finance committee. to the point you just made, the dnc said the republican party is the party of roy moore, donald trump, franks. democrats refuse to standby while the republican party denigrates. women will continue to march side by side with women across the country. are you concerned that your party is becoming the party of donald trump, roy moore, and now steve wynn. >> so first of all, with regard to the rnc meeting next week and steve wynn's role, one thing if you step back from the politics a moment that may cause it to play out differently, what leadership role steve win plays with the rnc or with his own company for that matter. it's a publically traded company. i believe it was the wall street journal story that pointed out recently fcc filing from wynn casinos the company stating that if there were a change in mr. wynn's leadership capacity ability t