chairperson campos: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is james tracy. the first thing -- full disclosure. our organization receives a small grant from the community benefit district. but our praise would be the same even if we did not receive a penny. the community benefits district -- north of market/tenderloin really distinguishes itself by trying to improve the community for the poorest person in the neighborhood, whether they are living in a cardboard box or a condo. programs have to benefit each and every person in that neighborhood. that distinguishes them from some of the other groups that do not have such an inclusive, wonderful scope. we are looking forward to continuing to work with them on the safe haven program. it is really a one-of-a-kind program that we are developing with them. i really urge you to support them. thank you. chairperson campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is lorenzo. i am a member of the tenderloin filipino community organization. i am here wit

chairperson campos: thank you. i do not want to lose the quorum of the committee. i wonder how long this is going to be. >> this is going to be brief. i will go over what the office of economic and workforce development is required to review on an annual basis. briefly, business improvement district, also known as community benefit districts, are governed by state law, local law, and a contract with the city administered by our office and the board of supervisors. our office is charged with ensuring that they are meeting their requirements, both on their city contract in complying with local and state laws. we are also required to conduct an annual review and provide you with a performance review and financial analysis. the resolution in front of you covers four fiscal years. we look at the annual reports and financial reviews. i am going to go over just a few more local and state laws so you have more information. the business improvement law does come from the streets and highways code, which requires that each b

chairperson campos: president chiu? i want to thank the president for doing double duty with the budget committee, and to think supervisor farrell, who is been in this room since 9:00 a.m. because he was on the rules committee before. i know there are a number of representatives from various museums. before i do that, i have a question. is the [unintelligible] >> they are part of the fine arts. chairperson campos: i know there are representatives from the academy of science, the war memorial, the young. i do not know if any of them would like to come up and say anything. the idea is that the scope of these reviews is something that would have to be worked out in consultation not only with the rest of the members of this committee, but in consultation with their respective agencies that will be impacted. so the scope is something that would be worked out in the near future. >> i would like to speak quickly to that, because i have had an opportunity to speak to the rep this morning in the budget committee. the evaluation

chairperson campos: without objection? great. thank you very much. madame clerk, can you call item four? and thank you for those of you who were sitting in on this item. this is not an action item. this is just a hearing. >> hearing on the controller /city service auditors work plan for 2011-2012. >> good afternoon. i am peggy stevenson from the comptroller -- controller's office. we have a very few slides to talk about, to remind folks what the city services auditor function is all about. here are copies for the members and the clerk. and copies for the public. the it citied services office is a creature of the charter. there are mandates we function under. in brief, there is a broad mandate for evaluating city effectiveness and efficiency, and quality of public services. it mandates the internal audit function. there are specific measures of the standards on streets and sidewalks. there is a requirement for a whistleblower program and other mandates. this is a quick list of them. the more complete picture of why we do what we do is the charter mand

chairperson campos: president chiu? i want to thank the president for doing double duty with the budget committee, and to think supervisor farrell, who is been in this room since 9:00 a.m. because he was on the rules committee before. i know there are a number of representatives from various museums. before i do that, i have a question. is the [unintelligible] >> they are part of the fine arts. chairperson campos: i know there are representatives from the academy of science, the war memorial, the young. i do not know if any of them would like to come up and say anything. the idea is that the scope of these reviews is something that would have to be worked out

chairperson campos: yes. we want to file that. thank you, everyone. ++ >> i am the deputy executive director for the sfmta. i am pleased to welcome you to the celebration of the completion of the california and power line cable car projects, which saw the california cable car line down for six months this year. in spring, the power lines were down for three different shut down -- shutdowns. the project was a comprehensive line upgrade. the project was a collaboration with department of public works and the san francisco public utilities commission, both of which made multiple improvements to the infrastructure of this street in coordination with cable car improvements. we are joined today by the dpw director and sfpuc general manager. the businesses and communities surrounding the cable car lines were real partners with us, of course. this required close coordination to keep clear the lines of communication, and we are pleased to be joined today by members of various merchants associations, neighborhood and civic groups, as well a

chairperson campos: i introduced this. i would like the budget analyst to come up. i see they are here. i see ms. campbell is here. i know there are a number of folks in the audience who are here for this item. once we hear from the budget and legislative analyst, we will give them the opportunity to speak if they would like to speak. but this item essentially, supervisor, is an item that outlines the work plan for the budget and legislative analyst forepeak areas of focus for the coming fiscal year. the two pieces that are outlined here, we arrive that after discussing the item with the budget and legislative analyst. in respect of the last piece, the governance and city oversight of various museums, we look at the kind of reviews that have taken place and look at what has not been reviewed in quite some time. having some discussion and having a study on how these bodies are being governed at the government's is being provided, the information given to the city is something that would be helpful. as we know, the city has had to step in to help. that is why we thoug

chairperson kim: thank you. this motion passes. i want to think supervisors cam-- thank supervisors campos and weiner for being here. supervisor farrell has another meeting and did not expect this meeting to run over. so supervisor weiner will be taking his place, as per our president. please call item three. >> hearing to consider the appointment of members to a term ending december 31, 2012 to the sro task force. chairperson kim: i believe all candidates are here. can we hear from you in the order listed on the agenda? first we have mr. victor nelson. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is victor nelson and a live at the altamont hotel. i am a social worker by profession, holding a master's degree in social work from the san francisco state university in the concentration of social development. i have over 14 years of combined service working in some capacity as a social services agent within the community of san francisco. my first experience working with adults in sro's came when i was working with low-income students at city college of san francisco in the elps second chance program. through this experience

chairperson kim: thank you. meeting adjourned. supervisor chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, june 28, 2011. please call the roll. >> avalos present. campos present. chiu present. chu present. cohen present. elsbernd present. farrell present. kim present. mar present. mirkarimi present. wiener present. mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? madam clerk, are there any communications? >> i have no communications. supervisor chiu: if you could read the consent agenda, items one through 30. >> these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member requests discussion of and matter. it shall be removed and considered separately. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever any items? roll-call vote please. >> on items one through 30, mar aye. aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those ordinances are passed. items 31 through 33. >> item 31 is a motion affirming the determination by the planning department at the at&t network like s