so -- >> excuse me, chair chiu?>> commissioner chiu: yes. >> i had believed that we were going to call item number 14 before we go into closed session just so we can hear from the public before we go into closed session. >> commissioner kopp: excuse me. you're calling -- through the chair, why call 14? >> because this is obviously up to the discretion of the chair and the commission, but i believe the rational is we wanted the public to provide comment on number 14 before we go into closed session. >> commissioner kopp: well, don't you know we're going into closed session? don't we have 13 still on the calendar? >> commissioner chiu: yes, and 13 would be in closed session. >> commissioner kopp: i elect not to go into closed session. [inaudible] >> commissioner kopp: 13. it's a preliminary hearing, and those are heard in the open. and i don't like the idea of going into a closed session on a preliminary hearing. >> commissioner chiu: hi, mr. givner. >> mr. givner: good afternoon. jon givner. deputy city attorney. i'm

>>speaker: commissioner chiu: u? >>speaker: aye. >> clerk: that motion passes on a 3-2 vote with commissioner's kopp and renne in the dissent. >> madam chair, before we leave this subject, i have a statement to the executiv executive direc. i have been on this commission a little short of 16 months now, and i would have thought that there would have been a session to education commissioners who are new to the commission about the public finance responsibility. including the details which are discussed. in both the applicant's documents and your documents, and i don't know if the other commissioners who have been appointed have received such a lesson or indoctrine nation but it should be done. i would like to schedule a time for the staff that are dealing with this subject to educate me on the details of it. >>speaker: thank you commissioner kopp. as you know we provide as many sessions as possible and certainly we can make a detailed session available to any and all commissioners individually or as a group if that is

>> thank you, chair chiu. i just wanted to note for the public's information and for the commission's information, we have completed our minutes draft for the april 3 special joint meeting of the commission. we did not, however complete them in time for the posting on friday to meet brown act requirements. so our plan is to finalize the -- one last proof and have them in circulation to you and the public in advance of the june meeting, but unfortunately because we did not have them posted in time and finalized in time for our 72-hour notice on friday, they are not on your agenda action today. >> that is true of all of the minutes? >> no. that's just for the april 3 special joint meeting. all the other minutes from february , march, and all the other minutes are in your packets for approval and can be acted upon. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioners, any comments? commissioner renne? >> commissioner renne: yeah. on the april 18 draft on page four, about the middle of the page, it says, commissioner rheno renne

alice chiu/san francsicoi don't go right away. i wait.ple pedestrians go, oh green light. i say don't tell me. i know when to go. so i usually wait for a few seconds because i need to assess if it's safe for me to go or not. giving us more time to cross, that allows me to feel like ok, i'm safe now. i can go we also asked people.. how they think it will affect traffic. i think that the congestion problems with traffic have less to do with the number of seconds that are on the cross and more to do with a larger infrastructre problemi hate to jump on the bandwagon but as someone who used to drive for uber. i think that i can say that is a part of the problem. the sort of milieu of different things that are happening, you know like the bikes, and scooters and everything is part of the problem (hermela aregawi) sfmta tells us they have already started implementing the.. and will finish most of the crosswalks in the next 2 to 3 years. and all of them in 10 years... reporting in san francisco hermela aregawi kron 4 news. ( marty ) ( marty ) com

i want to thank david chiu for doing ab 73. i mean, this is exactly what we were hoping would happen from this type of legislation, that we'd be able to get more housing that's going to have really well paying jobs, it's going to create affordable housing, and we're going to get it as quickly as possible. so this is really, to me sacramento lengths beigislatio able to work in conjunction with san francisco and being able to get what we need, housing into central soma that's going to be providing middle-income jobs. i have to comment on this call for 50% affordable housing, all right? i mean, we are seeing projects right now in the mission disappearing because they can't afford 23%, 24%, 30% affordable. let's be clear, a call for 50% affordable housing is a call for zero -- 50% of zero is zero, so it sounds great. let's call for 75%, but we can't get 20% to pencil right now. so this call for 50%, it's a great headline, but it means let's have no housing, and so let's just have that honest conversation. so ab 73, we're really exc

and we have been working with assembly member chiu and senator weaner on a state budget proposal. we absolutely congratulate the incredible work being done in san francisco by the elections commission and moving this forward to put fran in a place to move forward. we understand that $12 million is a lot for one jurisdiction and the proposal moving forward with the state budget process and provide up to $8 million in matching fund to the county to develop an open source project such as been proposed here. if it is done, any parts done by the 2020 election and stesed and certified afterwards would get a 2:1 match and 1:1 and the state wants to encourage as quick as possible. and let you move it right forward. >> thank you for that reminder. >> and thank you, supervisors. my name is david carey. i have more than two decades of doing and matching software projects and more than 22 years of focused interest on the damages and opportunities to conduct trustworthy elections. and that includes federal working groups that are shaping the next generation of federal standards for certifying

david chiu (d-sf) "we still have three million who don't have access to healthcare. that's what we'relion dollar package."asm. joaquin arambula (d-fresno) "we will be able to figure out how to open up the doors on our healthcare system to ensure that here is california is a human right ".>(robin)the lawmakers are asking governor jerry brown for money from the 6-point-1 billion dollar surplus. a potential hurdle as the governor's ámay budget revisioná is expected out soon. (robin) faith leaders are urging lawmakers to reject proposed cuts in the farm bill to the supplemental nutrition assistance program-or snap. but republicans say the changes will not leave anyone hungry... reporter brie jackson explains. religious leaders from various faiths and backgrounds have a common message for congress. cutting snap is a sin.the group says imposing new work requirements on millions of snap recipients is sinful. they say low-income families rely on the government food assistance program.rev. jennifer butler: jesus feed thousands. he didn't make them file paperwork on how many hours they worked t

assembly members chiu and ting and state senator weiner are working for us to capture these funds. what is our pact? the port commission approved this plan, we are recommending this to you. we are asking you to send this to the full board today. deputy city attorney givner has some recommendations relative to a split file, and you'll be hearing from supervisor peskin's office about future amendments at the board, but otherwise, this is our path to a november question in front of the san francisco voters. the proposed $425 million seawall bond, again, is a first step in a generational long program to strengthen and make safe our embarcadero and to protect our city. we cannot wish these threats away, and with your leadership, with the leadership of late mayor lee, he was such a great supporter of this project, mayor farrell, president breed, supervisor peskin, with all of you with our state and local -- our state and federal delegation and our community stakeholders, we can build the future we want to see and prepare the framework for our children, and so we urge your support today a

and says the extra time will make a difference.alice chiu/senior and disability action definitely anxiety.. i think the idea of you know crossing on time is you have to think about where the car is coming and how fast they are going. you can hear the skateboard coming, you know if you are not steady on your foot, it's scary, it's definitely scary and you know, car turning right in front of you and left in front of you, all those are concerns. and so knowing that we will have more time to cross, it's definitely a comfort (hermela aregawi)a total of 1200 crosswalks in the city will see added time. the city tells us it most of them will be done in the next 2-3 years.. and the project will be complete in the next 10 years.. coming up at 10... we'll hear from other pedestrians.. and drivers about the new changes. reporting live in san francisco hermela aredgawi kron 4 news. ((grant))also new at nine... you may soon be paying more to take a ride share car to and from sfo.((vicki))he airport is considering charging a premium to be dropped off or picked up at the terminal curbs by services like l

i want to send my personal thanks to assembly man david chiu. i think it's completely ironic that his bill is being implemented first in his district in san francisco, so i'm pleased and others have voiced about the inevitable implications of this plan are affordable housing and our vulnerable populations. and i know that again and again, there's been a call to see plans to enable aggressively purchasing, stablizing and protecting existing affordable housing. and so one thing, you know, i'm new to the commission, and we might have had this conversation before, but i'd really appreciate having a hearing with the mayor's office of housing that happens potentially before the board of supervisors hearing on this to really kind of get into the nitty-gritty of what plans we already have in place to stablize our housing stock, acquire new sites and protect our local community organizations from displacement. how that compares to what other cities are doing, and ultimately what more can we do to really put protections in place for the specific corridor,

david chiu (d-sf) "we still have three million who don't have access to healthcare. that's what we'reing to address with this billion dollar package."asm. joaquin arambula (d-fresno) "we will be able to figure out how to open up the doors on our healthcare system to ensure that here is california is a human right ".(vicki) the lawmakers say they are asking governor jerry brown for money from the 6-point-1 billion dollar surplus -- a potential hurdle as the governor's may budget revision is expected out soon. (pam) another big story... first lady melania trump commanded the spotlight today ... unveiling her formal platform called - 'be best'. this effort comes as a new c-n-n poll shows.... a significant surge in support for mrs. trump. natasha chen explains the three pillars of her program, focused on children. nearly 16 months into her tenure -- melania trump announced her platform as first lady: be best.melania trump / first lady of the united states: "let us teach our children the difference between right and wrong. and encourage them to be best in their individual paths in life."st

know, last month i authored a letter of support to state senator wonner and assembly member david chiu to request that the california state budget for matching funds for open source voting. i thought and so we could get involved in the conversation. recently there's been a push for the clean money campaign at the state level to provide matching funds to counties to develop and certify publicly owned source paper valt system. i love the concept of this. and the hearing is to help us explore how we can get there. and so colleagues, i hope that you get something out of this. and at the base level, i want to be well informed and with the session continues to mature particularly around the budget cycle because there is a budget ask. and i believe it's for $4 million and so that that is from the state to match it and i ap hopeful that we will get there as we continue the budget cycle. what i heard from you, director, is what leads me to a couple of questions if you don't mind. why is there so much difficulty in hiring the full employee? >> the applicant didn't have the combination of experie

alice chiu/san francsicoyou know if you are not steady on your foot, it's scary, it's definitely scary and you know, car turning right in front of you and left in front of you, all those are concerns. and so knowing that we will have more time to cross, it's definitely a comfort joseph huller/san franciscoi've had some close calls and seen some other people have close calls and seen some other people have some close calls. and if a couple of extra seconds on a crosswalk means saving someone's life. i think that's a pretty easy sell.pedestrians at a total of 1200 crosswalks in the city will get an additional one to five seconds to cross the street.. depending on how wide it is. seniors and people with disabilities say.. that can make all the difference. joseph huller/pedestriani don't go right away. i wait. and sometimes people pedestrians go, oh green light. i say don't tell me. i know when to go. so i usually wait for a few seconds because i need to assess if it's safe for me to go or not. giving us more time to cross, that allows me to feel like ok, i'm safe now. i can go we also ask

during a rebar inspection in march 2017, inspector chiu asked about the walls being removed and askedto see the plans. he reviewed the plans and seemed satisfied as he made no comment that the project was out of compliance. subsequent inspections rummed in no notification there was a need for a correction notice nor anything else was required for an in kind replacement for the site walls. when the permits were suspended in october of 2017, we heard for the first time that the suggestion of excessive demolition. we applied for all the proper permits and submitted all the proper plans. all inspections were properly made beginning in march 2017. regarding the blind walls that are in question, we were never told to commit a correction notice. none of the inspectors said a word about the project being out of compliance and it was permitted by code as it was -- as it was permitted by code to replace in kind. the walls had been removed for over six months and only after the complaint about the excavation did the inspectors cite a violation. thank you. >> thank you. >> there's public comment.

david chiu (d-sf) "we still have three million who don't have access to healthcare. that's what we'redress with this billion dollar package."fresno assemblymember doctor joaquin arambula chairs the budget subcommittee on health and human services...his subcommittee passed the one billion dollar proposal. he spoke to us before that vote monday afternoon.asm. joaquin arambula (d-fresno) "we will be able to figure out how to open up the doors on our healthcare system to ensure that here is california is a human right ".the lawmakers says they are asking governor jerry brown for money from the 6-point-1 billion dollar surplus -- a potential hurdle as the governor's may budget revision is expected out soon. kl, kron4 news (grant) (grant) another big story we are following tonight... u-s attorney general jeff sessions visits the mexico border in san diego today. he spoke at the border wall separating san diego and tijuana. in keeping with the trump administration's zero tolerance policy for illegal border crossings, sessions announced today that the department of homeland security will be r

dianne feinstein, lieutenant governor gavin newsom, san francisco mayor mark farrell, assemblyman david chiu, and president of the board of supervisors london breed. today-- newsom said it's important to celebrate the service of everyone who has fought for our country. sot gavin newsom. (grant) more than one million americans have been killed while serving. (bagpipers)(catherine) san jose's oak hill cemetary was the backdrop for one of the south bay's most widely attended memorial day ceremonies.. there are 14- thousand veterans buried here at oak hill. each and every grave was decorated with an american flag. roughly 5-thousand people were expected to attend one or more of four separate events honoring veterans.. francis mcvey/veterans council of santa clara county (catherine) this year's observance featured exhibits including vintage tanks.. also a fly-by from a fully-restored vietnam war-era huey helicopter. (grant) now to san bruno...and a memorial day observance marking its 77th year. kron4's haaziq madyun reports. there are 143-thousand military service men and women buried here at the