colleagues, i would like to add my voice, support for appointing cindy wu to the planning commission. it is not only cindy's educational background, but it is her professional qualifications that make her an ideal candidate for the commission. i am saying that partially because, although a few years ahead of her in age and experience, that greatly contributes to the solid understanding of the issues involved, and creating essentials bridges between us and the public. i see cindy and her qualifications. i see a sensitive person. i see a big idea person data that helps a lot, particularly in response to your question. it is not just what we struggle with peter it is courageous large, overarching ideas. responding with consistency and larger feedback in terms of all the feedback of the committee in terms of policy and changes. what i like about cindy, i have observed are in small and in larger meetings, she listens. an extremely important attribute in the position of the commissioner, and she operates within the public discussion. being a commissioner, it is not only what you think that

the motion is to approve or reject the president of the board of supervisors nomination of cindy wu. so we do need to make an amendment to that motion . supervisor farrell: i would like to amended to approve ms. wu to the planning commission and send it to the full board. supervisor kim: thank you. we have a motion to approve the nomination of cindy wu to the planning commission. we can do that without opposition. prior to us finalizing that motion, i want to thank cindy for your service to the community over the past a number of years. in chinatown and the overall city, it has been a pleasure to watch you and the amazing community outreach and planning work you have done two while we work for the same organization, we did not overlap. i did not work with you in that capacity, but i am very excited about you serving our city at this level. it is an incredible amount of work and dedication, so we appreciate your service in advance. supervisor campos: thank you. let me simply note that i am happy to be supportive of the motion, and i was very impressed with ms. wu. the fact that so many

cindy wu is here. same format. >> good afternoon. too much for considering my nomination. if appointed, i believe i would bring expertise and experience in community planning. i have management the chinese -- i have managed the program in chinatown over the last four and half years, giving experience in diverse communities in building technical skills. i came to ccdc from the graduate planning program themit, and i studied housing, a committee, and economic development. prior to that, i worked in support of housing act glide. in my work, and focused to break down barriers that prevent people from the planning conversations and decisions in the city that might include language access or the fact that someone is working two jobs and they do not have time to be part of the process. i have look for creative and culturally specific ways to engage the public on planning issues. some examples of projects i have worked on recently are the broadly corridor planning, arts and storefronts, relocation planning due to construction projects. although much of my work as been focused on a

i nominate rodney fong for president, cindy wu for vice president. commissioner miguel: in lieu of a second, did the commissioners who are nominated agree to serve? are there further nominations? >> i guess i will second. commissioner miguel: you do not need a second if they agree. no further nominations. nominations are closed. is there public comment on this item? hearing no public comment, public comment is closed. >> commissioners, on the nomination of commissioner fong for president and commissioner wu for vice-president -- commissioner miguel: yes. commissioner borden: yes. commissioner antonini: yes. commissioner fong: yes. commissioner moore: know. commissioner sugaya: i did not get time to say something. is it appropriate or do just want me to vote? commissioner miguel: it is appropriate to say something before you vote. commissioner sugaya: at the risk of alienating most of the city, i suppose, when the mayor ran his campaign, one of the premises had to be being open and be more cooperative. generally, you know, trying to get away from the

no. 27 is approval of the nomination of cindy wu. president chiu: roll call vote. clerk calvillo: supervisor alioto-pier, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor olague, supervisor wiener. there are 10 eyes. -- supervisor supervisor avalos. president chiu: next item. i understand the nominee has not been able to meet with a couple of members of the board, so i would like to nominate me to have a motion to continue this. without objection, this item will be continued to february 14. and, madam clerk, if we could, items 29 and 30 proof -- and 30? clerk calvillo: item 29 a charter amendment, and item 30 a charter amendment for increased voter education and implementation of ranked-choice voting. president chiu: i understand that both of these items have to sit for one week, so i would like to entertain a motion. supervisor avalos, seconded by supervisor elsbernd, and that shall be the case. if we can call up the special order, items 23 to 26, the special order items from 4:00

miguel: beforeç you continue, and like to take the opportunity to formally welcome and introduceñr cindy wu dais here. çççshe is presently the commy planning manager at aç chinaton -- at a chinatown community developmentñr center, and she hs çbeen there about four and a hf years, focusing primarily on participatory planning in land use, transportation, open space, and affordable housing. she has a master's in city planning from mit, concentration of housing, community, and economic development. she graduated with honors from uc-berkeley in architecture. prior to being in chinatown, she worked inç housing in the tenderloin. çshe has served on the board of directors of spurt and the county transportation authority çcacçç -- served on the boarf directors of spur. çwith all that, obviously eminently qualified to join us. commissioner wu:ç thank you, ad thank you to all the commissioners for welcoming me. i am very happyç to serve, very happy to bring technical çtraining and experience, and i hope to be able to contribute to this commission. president miguel: thank you. >> thank yo

i want to welcome commissioner cindy wu and congratulate the new president, commissioner fong. and also commissioner wu on the vote of confidence you just received from your fellow commissioners. i am here this afternoon in the hopes of sparking one other item that comes before you, before this commission, and on a regular basis, although it is not always addressed as tightly as we would like to. i speak to the issue of of the jobs that come before this commission to this commission cannot be simply about the general plan, planning codes, architectural design, landscape, the height and bulk, and environmental concerns bitter because those are obviously the greater public good that comes as a result of the back of their developers to come before you almost every week that are supportive of localhire and putting san franciscans to work along before the country was in this recession and a crisis, the need for jobs in the city was always great. i would hope there would be emphasis placed on your discussions with developers. as i know this development community, i do not think i hav

miguel: beforeç you continue, and like to take the opportunity to formally welcome and introduceñr cindy wu