president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> mr. president, we have 11 aye. president chiu: those are passed and resolutions are adopted. colleagues, we had countered items 11 through 13 until 4:00 p.m. today, if we can pass over those items until those time. i am sorry. items 11 through 13. >> item 14 adopts findings reversing the planning department determination that a project on sansome street is exempt from environmental review. president chiu: can i have a motion to continue item 14 for one week? without objection. to november 8. next item. >> item 15 is an ordinance amending the administrative code regarding the health care security ordinance. president chiu: thank you. on item 15, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: today, i am introducing a series of amendments to president chiu's legislation, the result of many months of conversations with many stakeholders -- labor groups, coalitions, business groups, small business groups, health access organizers, and community-bas

chiu aye. chu no. cohen aye. elsbernd no. farrell no. kim aye. there are seven ayes, four nos. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. >> item 13 is from the government ought to an oversight committee without recommendation. an ordinance amending the administrative code regarding the health care security ordinance. supervisor cohen: thank you. colleagues, i would like to make a motion to continue this item. supervisor chiu: seconded by supervisor campos. any discussion? >> for how long? supervisor chiu: two weeks or one week? supervisor cohen: two weeks. >> november 8, mr. president. [laughter] supervisor chiu: sure, not much going on that date. supervisor cohen: moved it to november 1. supervisor chiu: i would also support that. i look forward to working and reconvening parties to finding common ground. that being said, can we do this same house, call? without objection, this motion to continue passes to november 1. madam clerk, 14 and 15. >> item 14 is an ordinance except in irrevocable offer of public infrastructure improvements associated with the assembly -- mission bay

president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: these resolutions are approved and adopted. it is now 4:05. let's go back to items 11-13. >> item level is a motion approving the decisions of the planning commission approving the conditional use authorization at 4141 geary boulevard. item 12 is a disapproving planning commission decision related to the continual -- to the additional use authorization. item 13 is a preparation of findings related to the conditional use authorization. >> the top talents are many parents and those who live very close to the hospital building that is between fifth and sixth avenues and kiri -- and geary. i want to think the project sponsor for making independent offers for eight studies. i also wanted to get here -- you think the project sponsor for making sure that our office was given information whenever we had questions. i also want to thank jacqueline and the hundreds of neighbors that live within a 500-foot radius of the site. plus hu

president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> we have six ayes, five nos. president chiu: mr. clarke, why don't we go to item 16? >> impertinence to who provide reconstruction of buildings damaged by fire or acts of god. supervisor elsbernd: thank you for the board for giving me the two weeks with the planning department. i spoke to the zoning administrator, mr. sanchez. the concerns i had, he has allayed. i think we should move forward with this legislation. we are ready to go. president chiu: roll-call vote on this item. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> mr. president, we have 11 aye. president chiu: i have been reminded with item 15 that after the vote on the motion to continue, the chair did not state that item 15 will be continued to november 15. with t

president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. >> mr. president, we have eight ayes and three nos. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. president chiu: why don't we move to our next item, item 31? >> irresolution supporting regulated and safe patient access to medical cannabis in the city and county of san francisco. president chiu: if i could ask folks to leave quietly, we would greatly appreciate that as we conduct our city business. supervisor campos: i would like to thank the co-sponsors of this resolution, supervisors mar, avalusos, president chiu, supervisors mirkarimi, kim, and weiner. we are asking the federal government to do what they said they would do and support local law giving patience access to medication they need. -- patients access to medication they need. research has demonstrated therapeutic benefits to the use of cannabis. many in california have benefited from that. that is the reason in 1996 the voters in the state of california passed a law that allowed for the use of me

president chiu: aye. collapse there are 11 aye's. president chiu: these resolutions are adopted. >> to support a full legislative process for the 2012 farm bill. supervisor elsbernd: i moved to continue this for one week. president chiu: there is a motion and a second. if we could do that without objection, this item will be continued to the 22nd of november. madam color, can you read the in memoriams? >> this will be adjourned on behalf of supervisor kim and president chiu for the late ho. on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late jesse morris. president chiu: is there a more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that

president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: those resolutions are adopted. >> item 24 urges the city to give preference to certified organic food vendors, and to urge the federal government to label and test genetically engineered foods, as well as to assign liability to the commercial developers of genetically engineered technology. supervisor mar: i want to thank the california biosafety alliance and food access advocates. i know it is already a policy of the city throughout former mayor newsom's administration, and supported by our food systems with in the city. i urge support from my colleagues. president chiu: supervisor elsbernd requests this be referred to committee. >> item 26 cancels the board meetings of january 3, january 17, february 21, may 29, october 9, november 13, and november 27, and cancelling all board and committee meetings through summer and winter breaks from august 1 through august 31 and december 12 through december 31.

president chiu: aye. collapse there are 11 aye's. president chiu: these resolutions are adopted. >> to support a full legislative process for the 2012 farm bill. supervisor elsbernd: i moved to continue this for one week. president chiu: there is a motion and a second. if we could do that without objection, this item will be continued to the 22nd of november. madam color, can you read the in memoriams? >> this will be adjourned on behalf of supervisor kim and president chiu for the late ho. on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late jesse morris. president chiu: is there a more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. this is a regular meetg of the san francisco planning commission. i would devise everyone to turn off their electronic devices during these proceedings. we have a crowded room today so just let me make an announcement. we will not accept any disruptions. we ask that you take any discussions outside. there is no standing in this room

. >> on items 21 through 30 -- chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye.rkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. mr. president, there are 11 aye.s supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted and the motion approve. we have two items left before our 3:00 special order. i suggest we recessed temporarily until 3:00 p.m. sharp, and then we will get going.

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th centur

president chiu: aye. collapse there are 11 aye's. president chiu: these resolutions are adopted. >> to support a full legislative process for the 2012 farm bill. supervisor elsbernd: i moved to continue this for one week. president chiu: there is a motion and a second. if we could do that without objection, this item will be continued to the 22nd of november. madam color, can you read the in memoriams? >> this will be adjourned on behalf of supervisor kim and president chiu for the late ho. on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late jesse morris. president chiu: is there a more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> would you please call the roll? >> sure, commissioner ibe? >> here. commissioner perez? >> president newman? >> present. >> the member of the public may address the public that are within the jurisdiction of the commission with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at th

. >> chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor campos: those items are approved. could you please call

chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. -- mirkarimi aye. our elected state senators and representatives to oppose the inclusion of the farm bill in the supercommittee process and to support a full legislative process for the 2012 farm bill. supervisor elsbernd: -- supervisor mar: i make a motion to table the item. it has become moot now that the supercommittee is no longer functioning. >> item 33, resolution authorizing the city to implement a pre-tax payroll deduction plan for all employees in calpers. supervisor elsbernd: i have a technical amendment that needs to be made. i asked that we adopt the amendment and then move it forward or approve it as amended. supervisor chiu: motion to amend. colleagues, any objection? motion to amend passes. on the underlying resolution as amended, if we could take that same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted as amended. we have a 3:30 special order. given that the party is actually hear the supervisor chu would like to of knowledge, i would like to ask for unanimous consent th

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the grand opening of the san francisco police department's special victims unit. i am the commanding officer of the new svu. i would like to take a couple moments to briefly acknowledged our honorable mayor ed lee, chief greg suhr and command staff, commissioner azuko, and commissioner chan as well. thank you for joining us. i know how busy your schedules are. i believe district attorney gascon is going to be here any moment. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our professional partners. child protective services, adult protective services, the child abuse prevention center, the mayor's office into violence consortium, -- a

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye.ervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. i have wanted to say this for some time. thank god for heroes. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for being here this afternoon to do something that is a great, great celebration for our city. last october 19, while driving her daughter to school very early in the morning, she saw a crash, a very horrible crash. she decided she would stop. she decided to take a look at what occurred. as she saw the flames and the truck overturned and noticed there was somebody in the street, she stopped her car and got out. she did not hesitate. she went out and pulled somebody out. in danger to herself and she had no hesitation. as a result, she save

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye.upervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doi

president chiu: aye. >> there are 11 is. president chiu: item 7? >> providing that selected non- recurrence is the only be spent on the occurrences. >> same house, called? >> item 8 -- appropriating state revenue loss reserves in federal prison -- revenues for adult day health centers of human services agency for fy2011-2012. president chiu: same house, called? >> item 9 -- police code ordinance amending the san francisco police corps -- police code section 12 15.2. president chiu: same house, called? item 10. >> memorandum for understanding regional agreement for the disbursement of government structures and procedures for application in the bay area. president chiu: same house, called? item 11. >> ordnance and ending the san francisco and minister of code section 2a.190. president chiu: same house, same call? let's skip over our 3:00 special order. actually, several 3:00 special orders. why don't we move to roll call? >> supervisor chu, you are first or roll call. supervisor chu: [inaudible] >> supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i want to request th

chiu? chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. t

. >> chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor campos: those items are approved. could you please call item 12? >> item 12, motion reversing findings that a property located at 1171 sansome street is exempt from environmental review. supervisor chiu: i pass out some paper work to more tightly defined the findings are around the slow percentages we have. with that, i would like to make the motion. supervisor campos: can we take that motion without objection? supervisor chiu: next item, please. >> on the item as amended? supervisor chiu: yes, the item as amended. without objection. >> item 13 is an ordinance be appropriating approximately $304 million in an existing water system improvement program project and every appropriating the funds to the revised wsip program budgets adopted by the san francisco public utilities commission. supervisor chiu: can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, the ordinances passed on the first reading. >> item 14 is an ordinanc

. >> on items 21 through 30 -- chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye.rkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. mr. president, there are 11 aye.s supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted and the motion approve. we have two items left before our 3:00 special order. i suggest we recessed temporarily until 3:00 p.m. sharp >> welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting. we are now at 3:00 special order. >> 1930, the board of supervisors pursuant to the motion that was approved 1111-4. the proposed resolution for the authorizing of the redevelopment agency. renne casanave apartments, for 75 years, to develop housing for low-income formerly homeless residents. >> this is the ground lease for 25 essex street. and there is a non-substantive agreement. >> i am the acting director at the developing agency, and we have the ground lease for 25 essex street. this is the first project in the redevelopment to move forward. this is on the corner of fulsome and essex street, with 120 units of supported housing, with the department of public health and t

president chiu: aye. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading as amended. at this time, we do have one 3:30 special commendation to. i would like to ask supervisor mar to make the presentation. supervisor mar: i would like to honor the 2009 hired chef of america amazing chef and one of the neighborhoods that is celebrating its 10th anniversary in our cities. this has been chosen by zagat's has one of the top 10 restaurants of the decade. it contributes to the incredible culinary diversity of our city with traditional moroccan cuisine. the chef who opened the restaurant 10 years ago blends modern and sophisticated interpretations that combine authentic more often flavors with fresh and local ingredients. i really appreciate the staff and the workers as they support local agriculture by purchasing their materials from local farms and orchards. they are committed to sound habits. there are many awards that this chap has been given, but i also want to say that he is a true moroccan american pioneer. he has also released a new cookbook that documents and share i