as a charter city, which we are, we have unique powers and authority in san francisco. and the charter is the constitution of the people of the city and county of san francisco. that, then, becomes a living document that outlines a democratic form of government, and self-government for the people of the city and county of san francisco. to the extent that the sunshine ordinance goes to the people, it all comes out of the city charter. it is the way every basic fundamental right that we enjoy as americans comes directly from the u.s. constitution. you cannot exist as a sunshine task force, we cannot exist as a board of supervisors without the charter itself. i do not think that's regardless of what the code says, a body that is created by the voters can disregard based on the very foundation of the government what is good for san francisco. i do not see how legally that it's possible. and to the extent that you are advisory to the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors to which you are advisory to can never to disregard the charter itself. to change the constituti

. >> our city charter mandates this and you passed for your own rules? i am just curious why it happened. >> we did this because we have a large body, 11 members. for some time, it was difficult for us to get a quorum and to keep a quorum. they sometimes run six or seven hours. and we would have maybe seven members present, virtually everybody would have to vote one way or the other to pass any motion at all. we felt really hampered and we feel that it is our charge to the extent possible, further protect the rights of the members of the public that have come before us. in a fair hearing, members of the public were telling us that we have to convince every single person present zero ways to have a finding in our favor. we did this to address what we felt was a significant problem. we have also change the bylaws to make sure that we have sanctions. we want to try to deal with that problem as well. i think they will tell you i have very good attendance. >> this is a slippery slope, right? if the board of supervisors did this, we would be rightfully scorned

in power the use the commission under our city charter -- because we have, under our city charter, empowered our youth commission. it is important to get your feedback. we thank you for putting to get your priorities, and we look forward to the presentation. -- we thank you for putting together your priorities. chairman chu: i want to appreciate one person who has come to listen. sorry, supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you, madam chair. supervisor, always good to see you. i also want to thank me -- the youth commission. the plans and programs, advocating for the free muni for youth. i, unfortunate, have to step out, but i want to go on record with a firming my support for you -- i, unfortunately, have to step out. good job, mario. ok. i am done. chairman chu: thank you, supervisor. >> thank you for your acknowledgment. the priorities. my name is -- i am buys chair of the commission and am also a senior at balboa high school. i will attend harvard university in the fall. i am appointed by supervisor john avalos. i just wanted to mention s supervisor -- as supervisor scott wiener ment

i have had concerns over their recent decisions to disregard the city charter, attorney, and law, and we have heard about the inefficiencies of meetings and not being run the way that we would have hoped. the fact of the matter is, many staffers in city government had spent countless hours at the task force because that body has not been run the way that it should. i want to take a moment to talk about bruce wolfe. i will be supporting supervisor wiener's amendment. that being said, i have a lot of respect for the current vice chair and former chair of the task force. i would consider supporting him in the future for other positions. like other seats on his body, it is time for change. colleagues, i hope that we will be able to move forward in that direction. supervisor chiu: supervisor olague? supervisor olague: i support a lot of what has been said, but i think there is something to be said for having experience on these bodies. with the increasing new members, it will help to create a more balanced discussion and outcome. i would like to see him remain. i have known him for many ye

the facts, but we were advised that we could take no action unless we found a violation of a charter or cityinance relating to campaign finance, lobbying, conflicts of interest, or governmental ethics has been violated. under these circumstances, the regulations make clear that no further action shall be taken on a complaint unless a specific violation of a specific ordinance or charter provision that the ethics commission in forces has been found. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i am a former inmate of this county jail. i am now reformed. i am a pastor. i am a district 5 residents. as you can see, i am an african- american male. i am a father. all of these are things we fight every day, but i want to stand here and ask for the ethics of the san francisco police department of the hiring of people that destroy evidence during drug use. the former lady, i forgot her name, what her position was, but she took the cocaine and snorted it, snorted up evidence, and nothing happened to her. even gavin newsom was a cokes in order. -- a coke snorter. doing it outside. he is a lieu

charter amendment. >> what if we said as soon as possible? mr. pilpel? >> rather than say the task force should consider, i think we should say the city should consider a charter amendment to start the process sooner or the city should consider whether the task force should have the opportunity to select the consultant and discuss the scope of work versus having that happen. the part of it is not a recommendation to the next task force, it is to the city. poor example, the charter says -- for example, the charter says it could be changed to provide 30 more days in total. as an example. >> just to keep it simple, i would say it's we're going to do -- if we're going to do additional time, that we do not kid into the minutia of what that would look like. -- get into the minutia of what that would look like. >> i agree. member melara: it would provide that task force with additional time in order to possibly have some decision making or some power over the hiring of the consultant or develop the work plan with a consultant. >> excellent. any others on the process? member melara: no. that would be the big piece. if we agree with having something with the consultant

the re-districting task force and is incredibly knowledgeable, besides being able to cite our city charter, he has a strong commitment and his ability to attend meetings and commit to them is incredibly strong and i'd like to see him, as well. i think three committee members have expressed support for him and we can move forward with that seat. i'm also very supportive of bruce wolfe. i think supervisor campos has talked about our agreement i think with the sunshine task force on their interpretation of whether the city charter has stirs friction over the task force but i'm glad to see you're willing to work with us over revising those bylaws and i think it is important to have some level of consistency with the task force. i think it is important to have new blood on the ordinance, as well, but i would like to support bruce wolfe today. next, i was very impressed by louise fischer. i don't know you but my colleagues on the rules committee know you and i was impressed by your presentation and your entire to -- desire to improve the meeting structure which we talked about, as well. if we ha

commission of the city and county of san francisco not to exceed $675 million to finance various projects under the water system improvement program pursuant to amendments to the charter of the city and county of san francisco enacted by voters on a member 5, 2002. >> good morning. todd greece fr reastrom. these are financing authorizations that support things you have already given his authorization to move forward with. the waste water commercial program is an opportunity for us to further save it ratepayer money is to borrowing short cost. that is averaging a% per year. that compares to bar when long- term money that is about 4 percent signed right now. that can save ratepayers a good deal of money. right now we have $150 million program in place that was approved back in 2006. this would double that and provide the low-cost short-term financing. what you previously authorized was average borrowing cost of 1.5 percent signed, half of what inflation has been. very low costs and good for the ratepayers. the increase will assist us with already existing appropriations. i mentioned the $271 million to told us to implement. the current borrowing rate we think would hove

it operates under state law instead of the city charter but threing the coin isn't as simple and easy as it seems. >> i'm trying to decide how you flip, who calls it to make sure everyone will be made happy. >> the city's thorn wrote up a three-page agreement detailing how the toss will go down. both men mr. pull a hat -- piece of paper out of a hat at the same time. firefighters in oregon climb on to a roof to put a fire out, and then the unthinkable. one of them falls through. what happened to that guy after the roof gave way. >>> in north carolina a gator fights back when a by ole just tries to move him. how the man is doing after wrestling that gator. >>> tense moments in portland, ore oamplet dozens of firefighters responded to this fryer. the roof gives way and one of those firefighters falls right through. >> he was up there trying to she hot spots. there was a weak fall. he did fall three or four feet into the rafters. he crawled out. he's fine. lucky for him. >>> well, that firefighter was fine. two others received treatments for burns and exhaustion. >>> in missouri police a

c-span: how close is this i read in preparation 1.1 million students k-12 with 50,000 in charter schools in new york city guest: that sounds about right. a few hundred charter schools. i don't know if that's why but i'm not sure. c-span: this is a confrontation on the city council. we will watch this, and again, did you ever see eva moskowitz liuzzo cool? >> guest: she was always called. she's been doing this a long time. c-span: did she used to hold hearings that were questioning the union? >> guest: in the city council room. c-span: she was on the council? >> guest: she was on the committee and testified them. c-span: a lot of stories say she wants to run for mayor; does she still have that interest? >> guest: that's why here, yeah. >> you in your testimony said jackson we both live in harlem. for the record, do you live in harlem? >> i grew up in harlem and i live in harlem. >> you live in harlem currently? >> i do to the summit will you share with us a straight? >> i have three young children so i would prefer not to. >> are you questioning by telling the truth? >> yeah, i am. [laughter] that's a lit

that are mandated in the city charter. there would be 300 new hires over the next two years with the city holding six police academy class is. the new officers will be replacing a lot of people. dozens of officers set to retire but it will also be beefing up the department on their current staffing levels. >> this is a tremendous day for san fransisco. we have made tremendous inroads impact of violent crime over the last two years. it is because we have sufficient staffing and community support to do it through committee policing and the engagement of young people. this will allow us to keep doing that. >> i look forward to working with everyone together and for the community to continue to make this world-class city even more safe. >> over the next six years the city is planning six fire academy class is cutting down overtime and adding an emc class. the fire department will not boost numbers of new recruits will fill the void expected from a lot of retirements in that department. and also cut down on significant overtime

all the power michigan republicans had given him, with unilateral authority to ignore the city's founding chartero anything he wants, with the power to be a dictator in the particular american city, michael stampler could not fix pontiac's budget. he proposed pontiac give up, pontiac should cease to be a city, merge it into the county as if it were an unincorporated nonplace. that was michael stampler's tenure as a guy to whom the state gave pontiac, michigan, to run as he pleased. that's how that went. last year pontiac got a new emergency manager, who joked about himself as the tyrant in pontiac. he says he thinks pontiac is getting better and the city's troubles are almost over. he used to be the emergency manager in another michigan city. he left there in 2006. he said the books were balanced, mission accomplished, done and dusted. he took care of it. how have they held up since then. this is the newspaper today. the review quote, is the city facing a financial doomsday? answer, yes. quoting the acting city manager there. make no mistake we are at a doomsday scenario. if a bank or the state w

. >> with this plan, we anticipate to reach the city charter mandate of 1,971 officers by june 2018. how about that, chief, commission? >> all right! >> reporter: now, the fire department is included in the budget. the city is going to hold sticks of these specialized classes and emt technicians. to recap, ed lee announced today, just about an hour ago that he's gog put more police officers and firefighters on the streets here in san francisco. part of his new two-year budget that he will formally present tomorrow. reporting live in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in our election coverage, mitt romney will be headed here to the bay area tonight, just a day after getting enough delegates from the texas primary to clinch the republican nomination. >> these last three offtheres have not been good -- threes last three and a half years have not been good for the american people. >> romney has been campaigning in las vegas and colorado. next, he will be heading to the peninsula for a fund-raiser. it's being held at the 65,000- square foot mansion in hillsborough, whic

no, you have to -- that said, i think you have to stay within -- we have city charters, we have the constitution for a reason. you have to stay within the rules of the game. i keep hearing supervisor kim and campos and farrell saying, well, you change the rules and you've changed the voting -- you know, that's almost a red herring. i'm looking at the deeper level of that is ok, you had to change the rules because you didn't have enough people showing up. that's the symptom. let's look at the cause. why aren't people coming to meetings? there's 23 people on this list that want to be on this committee. if you can't get a quorum of people to show up and i will add when i went to the meeting on may 2 that was called at 4:00, it didn't start until 5:20 because there was not a quorum. so let's get people that are active and want to participate and get involved in this committee and if you don't have the people, then, you know, if you can't make the committee meetings, every board that i've been on, if you miss two or three meetings, you're out other than sickness or other emergencies or something. so

i would just have to say that personally, i would take the opinion of the city attorney about the charter much -- take it very seriously over my opinion of it. i would think it's kind of like constitutional law, like we can all have opinion about it but there are people are experts in this area and i would consider the city attorney to be an expert in that area and i think it could be a long road for me to go against an opinion by the city attorney. just personally, i'm the president of friends of noe valley. i am co-founder of san francisco parent action committee, very interested in seeing parents more involved in local government and serving on commissions is certainly one of the areas that we as a group and me personally would like to see parents be much more involved. if you have any questions, i'm happy to take them. thanks for your time. chairperson kim: thank you very much, mr. david. i see no questions from committee members. at this time we open for public comment. line up if you'd like to speak on this item. if you did apply for a position, i would ask that you not speak at pub

assembled for the new commissioners and the existing commissioners, a copy of the appendix d of the city charter. in chapter one of the san francisco building code. it has all of our administration items that we amend at the code. it would be helpful to have the the short version of the chapter one instead of bringing the whole book. i copied that for you and i will make it available to you after the meeting. what else? the other thing the department is working noon is a change in r business hours so that we can open up at 7:30. we are working with staff on that. so we can provide some services at 7:30 in the morning. a lot of people have asked for that to happen. i do not know if we can do the over-the-counter yet, but we are working on it. the whole idea is to get the whole department opened at 7:30 and be available for that extra half hour in the morning. except on wednesdays. we will close for training. planning is not available on wednesdays, so it makes it -- it is bringing the department to get there. -- together. we need planning to be open at the same time we are to issue the permits ov

most california cities adhere to the law. a charter give the city more control in municipal elections, regulating composition for city employees and negotiating contracts. san carlos voters would still have to vote for the measure. san francisco officials say there's a misprint on the ballots for the june 5th election. the mistake is on the tear-off stubs on the ballot. they were incorrectly formatted to read, american independent party. the stubs don't play a role in tally and votes. voters will be informed of the misprint when they receive their ballots at polling places. those who vote by mail will receive a postcard. >>> california teenagers are eating fewer calories than children in other states. about 150 fewer calories a day according to a study. the study says that is because state laws set limits on snack foods in schools, and bans soda and sports drinks from high schools. experts say not consuming that extra 150 calories a day can keep a teenager from gaining an extra 15 pounds over the course of a year. >>> postal workers ar

right now san francisco has 200 fewer officers than the nearly 2,000 required by the city charter. >>> in freed moment a suicide turned into a dangerous situation. residents were told to stay inside their units as hazmat crews investigated a chemical found in the dead woman's car. crews had to use large bag fans to clear out the fumes. >>> in san jose a large fire destroyed one home and damaged another. authorities say the crews arrived with thick smoke and flames already spreading from the attic. one home to the roof of the home next door. the cause of that blaze is under investigation. >> warmer out there today. it'll be warmer into tomorrow. temperatures reach the upper 80's in the inland valley, 80's in the north state n the south bay. warmer into the 90's tomorrow. we will take a look at those temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood cup up. >> coming up at 11 drivers in the south bay could see new traffic delays, the metering lights up. >>> g romney in the bay area. where he held his high end fundraiser. >>> and a deadly shoot spree at a seattle cafe. the end. those and more. [

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for example, we must be guided by it guidelines and regulations as is shown by the city charter and the service commission. we have state regulations that we must follow and federal regulations that we must follow. for example, the civil service commission rules specified types of eligible lists, types of announcements, types of certification rules and all of the procedures that are related to those particular areas. the california regulations specifically local government standards covered the same process as the civil service rules and they put some limitations of what they can do. we must issue announcements for at least five days. we cannot certify more than 10,000 -- 10 individuals on a referral. if we go beyond that, they consider that no longer a competitive process. of course, we have the civil- rights act of 1964, in particular, title 7. an employer does not have to have any discriminatory intent if there is -- in order to have a violation. if there is an adverse impact against a protected class, the employer had better be prepared to defend whatever selection of instrument the

for example, we must be guided by it guidelines and regulations as is shown by the city charter and the service commission. we have state regulations that we must follow and federal regulations that we must follow. for example, the civil service commission rules specified types of eligible lists, types of announcements, types of certification rules and all of the procedures that are related to those particular areas. the california regulations specifically local government sar

as anything under hundred 22nd with its determining its vehicles are on time this evinces the city chartersays muni is only late after four minutes. but after ms. caught it to arrive up to four minutes and 59 seconds late even with the adjusted time muni has never hit. new details about a deadly hit and run. a very attorney arrested for hitting and killing a cyclist and then taking off is not on on tonight's the crash happened tuesday in dublin on toward the road new look retry questionnaires on the number crews that led police to their suspects. >>> neighbors say spencer smith is a quite guy in father of two who lived here in san ramon with his wife. an attorney in fact neighbors never expected to be arrested in the hit and run that killed bicyclist both hutus tonight. >>> is shocking and horrible. >>> i do not believe that the man ran over somebody and killed and that person is dead. and that is horrible. did we that is absolutely horrible. >>> a shocking crime happens not far from home in dublin police found the mercedes emblem and a few other pieces of that scene as a crass and quickly

admits to breaking a law of california, that he has violated the official misconduct statute of the city charter. thank you. >> good evening. my name is tammy bryant, and i did not come here prepared to testify because i did not know we would have that chance, so i am grateful. i am here to support share of mirkarimi and to urge you to dismiss these charges for a glaring lack of evidence that any misconduct occurred. i stand before you as the mother of three survive to domestic violence two decades ago. i know what domestic violence is. i am a constituent who worked closely with shared mirkarimi, and with his leadership, we significantly reduced the incidence of young homicide and violence because of the way he fought for programs that would help serve our community, and there was a tangible difference going out and not having to step over dead bodies of kids every day in the street, and this is the kind of leader that share of mirkarimi is. public safety. as a person, i find him to be a gentle soul with eight tender heart, especially towards his wife and child. i have had the honor of speaking

. >> as point of information, meets and bounds will be published in the city charter. so they will be available there. you can refer to the charter in the report. >> thank you. and then the last point which i think we've discussed in this item under task force report but i don't know if we landed on anything, which is the question of the traa 'tis ticks, type of statistics that were included in the 2002 report, i don't know that we've attempted to create those but i just did want to point out that they were included in the 2002 report district statistics, various sub populations and the like, as well as individual district maps. so that's it. ok. thank you. >> mr. pilpel? >> several thoughts based on that if i might. in terms of the appendsies, we're not doing public comment? >> that is correct. >> i'm not sure -- i agree with not including the visualizations. i'm not sure including the draft maps is actually that helpful. there are some who believe that that shows some evolution in the thinking. i think it in some ways distracts from the final map that was adopted bec

san francisco police already has 220 fewer officers to what is mandated in the city charter with more on the way al receive flat she says this will bring staffing levels of vacillation and the vices of the defense keeps the department from going backwards and the progress they have made fighting crime. >> we have made tremendous progress. it is because we have had sufficient staffing in community support. batons has been spending 25 million in overtime a year to keep the minimum number of firefighters that are required to on the clock. the new plan calls for 20 p.m. et to be hired radwaste and 252 firefighters the height of the next two years. >>pam: oakland police will now be able to spend more time in the air fighting crime. the oakland police department helicopter will be reactivated, it is called fuelling california. budget cuts in the city of oakland grounded helicopter program a few years ago. >> destination will add about 80 hours a fuel times our police helicopter. as you know, it has not been able to fly full time since 2009. when this helicopter does for the first in the res