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and later became city employees. i think the question is that miss callahan is posing should the board further amend the charter amendment to provide that you only want to cover people hired by redevelopment prior to 2009 and who became city employees in 2012. >> or after. >> or after, but before 2015. >> supervisor cohen, would you like to respond to that? >> so maybe you can rephase the question. what exactly are your questions, director callahan. >> it's more in the order of a clarification as you say to be narrowly-tailored. we're moving forward as i understand with this charter amendment to address the situation of people through no fault of their own were effectively forced into city employment because of the dissolution of redevelopment in its historicalet iteration. so the amendment covers people who came into city employment between 2009 and 2012. i don't think that is the understanding and talking to local 21 that they -- the retirement -- the retiree medical coverage for people that came previously. that i
and later became city employees. i think the question is that miss callahan is posing should the board further amend the charter amendment to provide that you only want to cover people hired by redevelopment prior to 2009 and who became city employees in 2012. >> or after. >> or after, but before 2015. >> supervisor cohen, would you like to respond to that? >> so maybe you can rephase the question. what exactly are your questions, director callahan. >> it's more in...
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since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go @vdv
since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go @vdv
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that tends to contract the city's economy. so, the net economic effect that we will get to is really the relative weighing of these two factors, the expansion of spending and the contraction of employment. there has been a lot of interest in san francisco's experienced in its 2004 increase of the minimum wage. it was quite a large one year increase of the minimum wage of about 26%. however, if you look at the employment numbers, and i'll go through both the employment and wage numbers right now, some of the low-wage industries in the city which would have been expected to hit hardest by the minimum wage increase like retail trade and restaurants actually declined more slowly than the city as a whole in 2004, were actually added jobs despite the minimum wage increase. san francisco as a city was still recovering from the recession in 2004 and across the board there were job losses. but as you'll see in a moment, the job losses he were either slower than some of these industries or these industries actually added jobs despite a
that tends to contract the city's economy. so, the net economic effect that we will get to is really the relative weighing of these two factors, the expansion of spending and the contraction of employment. there has been a lot of interest in san francisco's experienced in its 2004 increase of the minimum wage. it was quite a large one year increase of the minimum wage of about 26%. however, if you look at the employment numbers, and i'll go through both the employment and wage numbers right...
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however, and construction is up in our city, however, (clapping) thank you. however, this economic growth which no one thought possible a few years ago has also led to rising prices for homes and others goods and services across the city. i recognize san franciscans are anxious about a living and living in the city. i know that know that 70 plays an important role through this budget we're making smart, responsible targeted investments to insure that san francisco's is more footage and a better place to live for everyone. this year's proposal is hard work and collaboration of all and with you'll have you and we've met in every district and listened to community leaders and social service providers online and in person we developed this two year budget is reflects all our san francisco values. we also worked together with our employees to negotiate new contracts with each of them 27 labor unions. i want to thank our union partners and the city staff in negotiating the spare affordable and responsible contracts to insure our city's employees minimum wage keeps
however, and construction is up in our city, however, (clapping) thank you. however, this economic growth which no one thought possible a few years ago has also led to rising prices for homes and others goods and services across the city. i recognize san franciscans are anxious about a living and living in the city. i know that know that 70 plays an important role through this budget we're making smart, responsible targeted investments to insure that san francisco's is more footage and a better...
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the number of the jobs in the city will still be less than the city will expect to have with natural growth over the last 5 years. the only point of caution we would mention is that none of the projections we have looked at are anticipating a recession in the next 5 years. we may have a recession where the city will naturally lose jobs while the city is raising the minimum wage. the city may consider to add flexibility to this proposal to the economic event. >> that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to take any questions at this time. >>supervisor jane kim: i just wanted to clarify that i heard correctly. in terms of the employment impact, you are saying the most conservative is that the city would grow 12,000 new jobs per year. on the other hand, about 15,000 of the private sector jobs by 2019, again there may be a reduction by that amount. so essentially, are you saying that the loss in the jobs are not necessarily cutting existing jobs, but it could also come from the projected growth that we anticipate even at the most conservative levels. >> the most conservative projections
the number of the jobs in the city will still be less than the city will expect to have with natural growth over the last 5 years. the only point of caution we would mention is that none of the projections we have looked at are anticipating a recession in the next 5 years. we may have a recession where the city will naturally lose jobs while the city is raising the minimum wage. the city may consider to add flexibility to this proposal to the economic event. >> that concludes my...
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and that's incredibly ridiculous for a city that says we are a transit for city. i recognize that tncs came out of the fact that the city as a whole on a public policy level were not able to address the demand in gap and really appreciate that tncs provide that additional service. that being said, if we are going to have tncs here in the city of san francisco, i do think it's incredibly important that we hold them to the same standards that we hold our current cab drivers. and sofia's case really highlighted the complexity of the insurance when both the driver's insurance refused to pay for any of the medical needs that were associated with her death because the driver was using the car for commercial purposes and of course, the position that the tncs hope, which was that the driver didn't have a passenger in their car, their insurance didn't cover that fatality. we have to be able to address that issue. i hope an incident like this doesn't happen again, but doesn't mean it won't. we want to tell our residents that they can safely walk and bike throughout the city
and that's incredibly ridiculous for a city that says we are a transit for city. i recognize that tncs came out of the fact that the city as a whole on a public policy level were not able to address the demand in gap and really appreciate that tncs provide that additional service. that being said, if we are going to have tncs here in the city of san francisco, i do think it's incredibly important that we hold them to the same standards that we hold our current cab drivers. and sofia's case...
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rents point 2 percent in the city. just to put those numbers into context today point 8 percent of the average housing price in san francisco is about 73 hundred $7,350 and so these benefits of lower housing prices would be across the city and raises income directly for the households benefitting from that subsubsidy and benefits the broader economy. 57 million in community benefits and affordable housing subsubsidy effectively $53 million of personal income and a decrease in market rents across the city of point 2 percent phased in over the construction period and decrease in-housing prices of point 8 percent by the end of our projection period the city's economy will have a gdp increase for the city and the city's economy is expected to expand about 985 jobs an average annual number. including an average of 340 construction jobs during the construction period and post construction employment gains are associated with the higher personal income in the city and also the employment needed in the non residential part of
rents point 2 percent in the city. just to put those numbers into context today point 8 percent of the average housing price in san francisco is about 73 hundred $7,350 and so these benefits of lower housing prices would be across the city and raises income directly for the households benefitting from that subsubsidy and benefits the broader economy. 57 million in community benefits and affordable housing subsubsidy effectively $53 million of personal income and a decrease in market rents...
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of the city and county for the central city neighborhood; northside publications/marina times to be the neighborhood outreach knew paper of the city and county for the northern san francisco neighborhood; west portal monthly to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the city and county for the west portal neighborhood; and potrero view to be the neighborhood outreach knew paper of the city and county for the potrero hill, dogpatch, bayview, soma, mission bay neighborhoods to provide outreach advertising for fiscal year 2014-2015. >> okay, thanks. we have our office of contract administration here. thank you. >> good afternoon, chairman farrell and supervisor mar. thank you for hearing me. my name is deirdre darling. i'm representing the office of contract administration and i'm here requesting your recommendation and approval for a resolution designating certain periodicals of the city's outreach periodical for the upcoming fiscal year. outreach advertising is intended to meet the public information needs of those communities and neighborhoods which may not be adequately served b
of the city and county for the central city neighborhood; northside publications/marina times to be the neighborhood outreach knew paper of the city and county for the northern san francisco neighborhood; west portal monthly to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the city and county for the west portal neighborhood; and potrero view to be the neighborhood outreach knew paper of the city and county for the potrero hill, dogpatch, bayview, soma, mission bay neighborhoods to provide outreach...
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city clerk: item no. 3. item 3: [administrative code - use of art enrichment funds and maintenance of public art] 3. 140623 sponsor: mayor ordinance amending the administrative code to define "art enrichment"; to allow aggregation of art enrichment funds for use on any city property rather than only the funding department's property; to allow the arts commission to reserve up to 10art enrichment budget for maintenance and conservation; to allow art enrichment funds to be used exclusively for maintenance and conservation under limited circumstances; and to clarify references to the arts commission's jurisdiction over works of art consistent with the charter; and making environmental findings. city clerk: item no. 3. sf 31234 >> thanks. welcome. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for having me this morning. it's my pleasure to go over the fiscal year proposed budget for san francisco. i'm going to use the overhead projector. first, i wanted to share the arts commission this year, the full arts commission
city clerk: item no. 3. item 3: [administrative code - use of art enrichment funds and maintenance of public art] 3. 140623 sponsor: mayor ordinance amending the administrative code to define "art enrichment"; to allow aggregation of art enrichment funds for use on any city property rather than only the funding department's property; to allow the arts commission to reserve up to 10art enrichment budget for maintenance and conservation; to allow art enrichment funds to be used...
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as with all residential bond issuances, the city will need to comply with city contracting provisions as well as standard loan cd affordable housing guidelines for the affordable unit. and i'm not sure it's related -- not? okay. so, matt wood of related california is available to answer any questions you have as well as you can answer -- ask any questions of me. this concludes staff reports. and i'm so sorry i had to run. >> no worries. thank you for being here. much appreciated. we have no report on 25, right? okay. no questions at this time. we'll open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item number 25? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> so move approval of the resolution. >> okay. we can take it without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item 26, please? >> item number 26, resolution approving an exclusive negotiation agreement and letter of intent with related california urban housing, llc, for the potential city purchase of an office building to be developed at 1500-1580 mission street at an estimated purchase price of $253,000,000 an
as with all residential bond issuances, the city will need to comply with city contracting provisions as well as standard loan cd affordable housing guidelines for the affordable unit. and i'm not sure it's related -- not? okay. so, matt wood of related california is available to answer any questions you have as well as you can answer -- ask any questions of me. this concludes staff reports. and i'm so sorry i had to run. >> no worries. thank you for being here. much appreciated. we have...
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so, if the city has to fight to make it happen, the city will fight to make it happen and i certainly will do everything i can to make it happen. and i want to thank the mayor's office. i want to thank all the city agencies that have been involved. but i think that we are on alert to take action because i think that we're not just fighting to keep a building, to keep a home, to keep a community open. i actually think that this fight ultimately is about who we are as a city. it's really about the soul of san francisco, how we lost our soul as a city that we're letting dozens of seniors who have given their lives and served the city be thrown out on the street like that. i don't think that san francisco has lost its soul and we have a few days to make sure that we stop this injustice from happening. so, with that i'll turn it over to you, colleague. >> thank you, supervisor campos. (applause) >> and i wanted to just acknowledge that i'll be there with you until hell freezes over as well to help make sure that we rescind the evictions -- (applause) >> i wanted first to thank the mayor's
so, if the city has to fight to make it happen, the city will fight to make it happen and i certainly will do everything i can to make it happen. and i want to thank the mayor's office. i want to thank all the city agencies that have been involved. but i think that we are on alert to take action because i think that we're not just fighting to keep a building, to keep a home, to keep a community open. i actually think that this fight ultimately is about who we are as a city. it's really about...
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facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley
facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric...
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this is for the working and middle class families working in this city and shows the city hall cares about young people and shows that maybe we can maybe start a family here. the dream of starting a family have grown more illusive than before. that the force of gentrification are making young folks feel vulnerable as they are being driven out in droves. these are some of the stuff that they said and reflective in what i'm saying. by balancing the kind of housing we are going to develop we need to ensure that we are not building housing for those at the very top. we are better positioned to close the divide and the gap between the rich and poor and long time residents who are moving in here to take advantage of what we have to offer so that all of us can contribute to the world class san francisco that we are now in the country and across the world. >> good afternoon. my name is joyce cal goes. i'm with the san francisco project and san francisco network. now i'm with senior and disability action and california life for retired americans. i can go back to 2000 when we were debating wh
this is for the working and middle class families working in this city and shows the city hall cares about young people and shows that maybe we can maybe start a family here. the dream of starting a family have grown more illusive than before. that the force of gentrification are making young folks feel vulnerable as they are being driven out in droves. these are some of the stuff that they said and reflective in what i'm saying. by balancing the kind of housing we are going to develop we need...
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this is a rich city. this is an affluent city. you need to act. as the board of supervisors you need rip that money out. do we really need $86 million to pave our general fund? do we need [speaker not understood] to sweep homeless people six mornings a week to harass them? take it and invest it. fund the rapid rehousing subsidies and the subsidies in nonprofit housing so that over 500 thousand holds can exit homelessness. level the playing world -- playing field so tenants actually have some rights. they have access to full counsel. we can do something about this eviction epidemic. we can halt all displacements. we can keep 27 household in their homes. all this is only going to cost $11 million. [inaudible]. [cheering and applauding] >> next speaker, please. >>> thank you, debby. and good afternoon now, supervisors. my name is deborah eddleman. i'm the deputy director at hamilton family center and the co-chair of emergency homeless provider association. i've met many of you many times before. i want to thank all of you first for taking the time to
this is a rich city. this is an affluent city. you need to act. as the board of supervisors you need rip that money out. do we really need $86 million to pave our general fund? do we need [speaker not understood] to sweep homeless people six mornings a week to harass them? take it and invest it. fund the rapid rehousing subsidies and the subsidies in nonprofit housing so that over 500 thousand holds can exit homelessness. level the playing world -- playing field so tenants actually have some...
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actually, the legislation will be creating or directing the city attorney to negotiate with the city of richmond w the creation and will lead us to voting an ordinance i'll have the terms in place for the joint powers authority the resolution also creates terms for the negotiations we want to make sure that the questions people have had so far can get built into how we perform to joint powers authority while indemnify and cover the costs through the j pa foshgs for the eminent domain for are mortgages they'll not have the power to use eminent domain on private property only eminent domain in mortgages with consent from the homeowner it's the hope that negotiating this will affiliate many of the concerns people have expressed we're looking at to the future where most of san francisco is not experiencing the foreclosure and underwater homes like altercating other communities around the bay area there's the potential of it happening again and neighborhoods in san francisco especially on the southeast and southern part of san francisco hair many homes under a water that needs support fro
actually, the legislation will be creating or directing the city attorney to negotiate with the city of richmond w the creation and will lead us to voting an ordinance i'll have the terms in place for the joint powers authority the resolution also creates terms for the negotiations we want to make sure that the questions people have had so far can get built into how we perform to joint powers authority while indemnify and cover the costs through the j pa foshgs for the eminent domain for are...
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city. as you know, there was some unfortunate acts of violence around market street and it is a slow ground swell, there is a growing sentiment of outrage and certainly one that is not misplaced, but appropriately so. and this growing outrage needs to send a message to everyone in san francisco that the issues that we're facing in the southeastern sector of the city is everyone's issue. everyone should be alarmed by the number of shootings and the loss of life that we have been experiencing in the last 13 days. i think it's also important that we recognize those that have lost their life and important that we stay focused on the harm that violence, particularly gun violence is doing to our city. i think it is apropos you heard in my remarks earlier when we were talking about laura's law that we begin to deal with toxic stress in a very serious manner. for youth as well as the department of public health, i want to commend them for the work that they've done addressing the crisis that ha ari
city. as you know, there was some unfortunate acts of violence around market street and it is a slow ground swell, there is a growing sentiment of outrage and certainly one that is not misplaced, but appropriately so. and this growing outrage needs to send a message to everyone in san francisco that the issues that we're facing in the southeastern sector of the city is everyone's issue. everyone should be alarmed by the number of shootings and the loss of life that we have been experiencing in...
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when i think of a city i'd like to live in, a city that i'd be proud to live n a truly functional city, i think of a city where people are housed. where no one is forced to sleep on the streets because they have no other options or because their name is lost somewhere on an eight year wait list for housing. one would hope a city is progressive and [speaker not understood] san francisco would prioritize spending for housing, especially with an extreme housing prices where rents are rising dramatically and minimum wage hasn't kept pace, creating a huge and constantly growing gap between the rich and everyone else. it is up to san francisco leaders to make sure we stop this [speaker not understood] dynamic. i applaud mayor lee's goal of 30,000 new and rehactionv tateved homes by 2020, not 100, 10,000 of those being affordable. however, there are 3,000 homeless families and individuals now and that number is growing, especially with all the city's ellis act evictions and whatnot. we need immediate specific and more strategic strategies, more efforts. [speaker not understood] activists and
when i think of a city i'd like to live in, a city that i'd be proud to live n a truly functional city, i think of a city where people are housed. where no one is forced to sleep on the streets because they have no other options or because their name is lost somewhere on an eight year wait list for housing. one would hope a city is progressive and [speaker not understood] san francisco would prioritize spending for housing, especially with an extreme housing prices where rents are rising...
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city clerk: sf 11234 item 11: [hearing - initiative ordinance - planning code - city housing balance requirement]14071611.sponsors: kim; campos, avalos, mar and yeehearing held to consider the proposed initiative ordinance submitted by four of more supervisors to the voters at the november 4, 2014, election entitled "ordinance amending the planning code to establish, in the approval and construction of new housing, a balance of 70 >> okay. supervisors kim. you want to make some comments on this. supervisor kim show today. >>supervisor jane kim: first of all. i want to thank the rules committee. you have had a tough calendar. i didn't know i had quite the calendar that you had. i do want to thank supervisor tang and chair yee for all the many ideas and proposals that we have proposed for the ballot for november 2014. i wish this was one. i know we are going to have folks coming in to speak on the housing balance measure. i did want to give an introduction for this measure. this as i had mentioned earlier today is a big legislative year in san francisco. an equitable affordability is i
city clerk: sf 11234 item 11: [hearing - initiative ordinance - planning code - city housing balance requirement]14071611.sponsors: kim; campos, avalos, mar and yeehearing held to consider the proposed initiative ordinance submitted by four of more supervisors to the voters at the november 4, 2014, election entitled "ordinance amending the planning code to establish, in the approval and construction of new housing, a balance of 70 >> okay. supervisors kim. you want to make some...
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it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded.day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay. this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it is a good plac
it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded.day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and...
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i love this city. that's why people want to live in the city. right now people can't afford it. i ask this measure gets passed. and talk to your colleagues to make sure this is fully passed from the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you, mr. hernandez. i believe one of our community members has to go because they have an evening commitment. supervisor campos. >>supervisor david campos: i apologize. i have to leave. we will continue to have a quorum. i just want to thank all the members of the public who have come out to speak on this item. i just want to say that one thing is clear, how much all of us care about this city. i love san francisco. i think it's the greatest city in the world, but i do believe that it's changing to the point that i think the entire city is becoming gentrified to the point of pushing so many people out. that's what this is about. i want to reiterate my thanks to supervisor kim and the staff and all the cosponsors of this and i was very moved by the testimony and i think the more you talk about what's happening, you more you realize that someth
i love this city. that's why people want to live in the city. right now people can't afford it. i ask this measure gets passed. and talk to your colleagues to make sure this is fully passed from the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you, mr. hernandez. i believe one of our community members has to go because they have an evening commitment. supervisor campos. >>supervisor david campos: i apologize. i have to leave. we will continue to have a quorum. i just want to thank all...
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i love the amazing views and city buildings and the pride we have in taking care of our city. however our pride in our city and best efforts to improve our park, unfortunately some of our most popular parks are underutilized. we need to find more ways for the parks we already have. i play ultimate frisbee and play with my friends, but the field z are often overused and overrun with people. this measure will make sure we make the most of the parks we already have by letting parks proceed. all i ask is that the city of san francisco lets play. ng you. >> my name is ethan, i'm a [inaudible] san francisco state. growing up i ran track and field all the time, i play ultimate fritz bee, and i know first hands that it's really difficult to find open and available space for activities. i think it's somewhere around 400,000 people use our soccer fields every week and with the conditions we have we really need to improve the fields we have. we can't build anymore [inaudible] ballot measure is definitely a good first step. it's not going to prevent any appeals, not going to shortcut the
i love the amazing views and city buildings and the pride we have in taking care of our city. however our pride in our city and best efforts to improve our park, unfortunately some of our most popular parks are underutilized. we need to find more ways for the parks we already have. i play ultimate frisbee and play with my friends, but the field z are often overused and overrun with people. this measure will make sure we make the most of the parks we already have by letting parks proceed. all i...
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this is a huge victory for the city of san francisco, for our workers, for the city as an employer. overall savings our health system achieved this year is over $20 million. and something that is going to affect so many things in our city and also our long-term liability as well. i look forward to working together with ms. dodd, the whole hss board on transparency, resolution we will be voting on later today to make sure not only today but in the future we continue to keep our rates affordable and limit the growth as much as possible as a city. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. i want to echo many of us are given a [speaker not understood] probation to ms. dodd. so, i want to thank you for your service and what you have done. with that, colleagues, let's take a roll call vote. >> on item 48, supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor c
this is a huge victory for the city of san francisco, for our workers, for the city as an employer. overall savings our health system achieved this year is over $20 million. and something that is going to affect so many things in our city and also our long-term liability as well. i look forward to working together with ms. dodd, the whole hss board on transparency, resolution we will be voting on later today to make sure not only today but in the future we continue to keep our rates affordable...
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. ~ 60 they have lived in the city and had faith in the city the way it has been run. they love the city immensely. we look to you, board members, to make the correct decision. in supporting -- in not supporting and closure of the sale of the home a decision in the best interest of our aging san franciscans. >> thank you, ma'am. next speaker. (applause) >>> first i want to recognize the elders who came here today. (applause) >>> knock-knock -- >> who is there? >>> eve. >> eve who? >>> eviction. imagine a person at a door is your mother or your father or your brother or your sister or your uncle. knock, knock, who's there? equals death. listen to your heart beat now for a couple seconds. just listen. this is life we're talking about. >> thank you very much. next speaker. thank you, chaplain. next speaker. (applause) >>> i have an overhead, please. >> the other way around. >>> first i want to thank you supervisors for having this hearing so that the community can have its say. my name is irene hilton and i am a single mother of a 94-year old [speaker not understood] resi
. ~ 60 they have lived in the city and had faith in the city the way it has been run. they love the city immensely. we look to you, board members, to make the correct decision. in supporting -- in not supporting and closure of the sale of the home a decision in the best interest of our aging san franciscans. >> thank you, ma'am. next speaker. (applause) >>> first i want to recognize the elders who came here today. (applause) >>> knock-knock -- >> who is there?...
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the city had become afraid of people. you depopulated urban areas, and i understood why the people were afraid who from fighting it, but i knew they were wrong. i knew the only way to bring the city back to life is to have it energized with people living in it and visiting it and people on the sidewalks. people on the sidewalks in a downtown that's been dead is like you put people on the sidewalks, and it's like irrigating the park's lawn. all of a sudden it comes back to life. >> and it did. charlton stay turns up not just on the list of best places to visit, but increasingly on the top tech and opportunity lists as well. weathering the worst of the recession the city has a triple-a credit rating. riley is careful not to say "i told you so" for those who may have doubted him over the years. instead he gently suggests it's the leader's job to swim often up stream. as a successful progressive democrat in an increasingly red state he can be prodded to give advice to washington's politicos. >> why can things happen at the ci
the city had become afraid of people. you depopulated urban areas, and i understood why the people were afraid who from fighting it, but i knew they were wrong. i knew the only way to bring the city back to life is to have it energized with people living in it and visiting it and people on the sidewalks. people on the sidewalks in a downtown that's been dead is like you put people on the sidewalks, and it's like irrigating the park's lawn. all of a sudden it comes back to life. >> and it...
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this is what music can do for a city, it promotes a city, connects with visitors, connects with people. that's as real as it gets. and i don't see a lot of this happening and i really have to wonder about that. so that's part of my impetus to come over here and run for commissioner. er. every sunday we do this kind of thing near the hyatt there and embark dare row and it's not just for hip administers or people who are cool or whatever. it's for everyone, families, children. we don't charge people for this. we do have a tip thing, but we're connected with people and not asking for anything except that they listen and enjoy it and get something out of it. believe it or not, there's a lot of people from europe that appreciate that we are doing american music. i'm a teacher in the school district. i only mention that so you know that i'm invested in this community here. i've lived here all my life, but i'm vested in the community, and i'm doing thing. i'm doing the music thing for people, i'm doing the education thing for people. [inaudible] school district. and yes, i teach them music. a
this is what music can do for a city, it promotes a city, connects with visitors, connects with people. that's as real as it gets. and i don't see a lot of this happening and i really have to wonder about that. so that's part of my impetus to come over here and run for commissioner. er. every sunday we do this kind of thing near the hyatt there and embark dare row and it's not just for hip administers or people who are cool or whatever. it's for everyone, families, children. we don't charge...
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we think it's essential for the city to increase the cost of giving business rate 2,3%, we hope the city will recognize that non profit needs adequate resources to fund programs and staffing considering san francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the country. second, we request that you strengthen programs for formally incarcerated individuals. through the fair chance ordinance which was recently passed, which is san francisco's band the box ordinance, the city stance poise to provide its population with a second chance success. we ask you that invest in community based, employment and training programs, specifically $80,000 for funding through the sheriff's department. this represents an investment and an opportunity to best serve all of san franciscans. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisor. i'm jackie from hospitality and co-chair of the -- i want to support all the budget justice coalitions budget priorities today. and especially the 1.5% cost of the doing business increase and the $11 million for the house proposal. as you know the need for homelessness
we think it's essential for the city to increase the cost of giving business rate 2,3%, we hope the city will recognize that non profit needs adequate resources to fund programs and staffing considering san francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the country. second, we request that you strengthen programs for formally incarcerated individuals. through the fair chance ordinance which was recently passed, which is san francisco's band the box ordinance, the city stance poise to provide...
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address that we thought it was the right time to make a boost to the city and counties city's minimum wage to our lottery workings i prengd to work with all the different businesses small and big with workers themselves the representatives with economic experts any public comment? with the members of the board of supervisors, to try to reach a sequence around raising the minimum wage in the city. and this is one of the great issues that we can ail unit around and push forward to the residents of this city with our san francisco values intact and a sure belief that someone who puts in a hard day's work gets a respectable wage we've heard the input from the sectors are our community earners and people that pay the minimum wage we've heard from nonprofits as well as small businesses and large businesses and today, the current minimum wage of $10.74 there's been a across the board agreement that's not enough. and even though voters passed the minimum wage that we counter experience in 2003, the new the current minimum wage is left unchanged will be to the $11.03 were hour effective januar
address that we thought it was the right time to make a boost to the city and counties city's minimum wage to our lottery workings i prengd to work with all the different businesses small and big with workers themselves the representatives with economic experts any public comment? with the members of the board of supervisors, to try to reach a sequence around raising the minimum wage in the city. and this is one of the great issues that we can ail unit around and push forward to the residents...
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the city you got it. you got the schlage lock, thank you. and it's going to be shining like a schlage lock plain some of the beauty in government and schlage lock was its name you got the schlage lock government audit, you're the city pride and joy -- singing. thank you. >> all right thank you very much. are there any members of the public -- all right. [applause]. >> good morning supervisors, madam clerk my name is thomas pickerilo you will be making a finding that it is in the best interest of the city not just district 10 so i'd preferred to have seen 20 percent. 20 percent. this should be one of them and secondly the community benefits agreement ought to be specified more clearly in the agreement rather than leaving it to the developer and the mayors office as to what those benefits would be so more specificity in the community benefit agreement in this package as well as 20 percent housing instead of 15. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item? okay seeing none public comment is no
the city you got it. you got the schlage lock, thank you. and it's going to be shining like a schlage lock plain some of the beauty in government and schlage lock was its name you got the schlage lock government audit, you're the city pride and joy -- singing. thank you. >> all right thank you very much. are there any members of the public -- all right. [applause]. >> good morning supervisors, madam clerk my name is thomas pickerilo you will be making a finding that it is in the...
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an opportunity to change that for the city. some comments were made around 900 eunice and these are all great comments. in terms of the open space nature of this park, this has been designated san francisco reservoir since the 1980s. it is zoned p for public under the planning code zoned as open space under the heightened district of the planning code and this is open space over the decades. we are finally here with an opportunity to move it forward. this is an area that is very very densely populated. russian hill is bordered by chinatown in van ness areas comprised mostly of renters when we look at the analysis. obviously the benefits of open space are ubiquitous on the entire project. when we think about open space, we have done a number of approval
an opportunity to change that for the city. some comments were made around 900 eunice and these are all great comments. in terms of the open space nature of this park, this has been designated san francisco reservoir since the 1980s. it is zoned p for public under the planning code zoned as open space under the heightened district of the planning code and this is open space over the decades. we are finally here with an opportunity to move it forward. this is an area that is very very densely...
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and spent the majority of our time talking about remedies and things that the city could do and the city in collaboration with community groups to better prevent and remedy wage theft. over the course of the year we were lucky enough to have [speaker not understood] kick us off in our initial meeting. we heard testimony from san francisco workers. we heard from chinese restaurant workers. we heard from latino laundromat workers. we heard from filipino care givers. we heard from experts on issues of retaliation such as [speaker not understood] and [speaker not understood] especially on the issues of using immigration status in retaliation. we heard from the folks that are doing current enforcement, the members of the task force, and also members of this state enforcement agencies. and the task force numbers were incredibly participatory. we discovered the wage theft is pervasive. those local and national studies show that a large number of low-wage workers still experience wage theft. that up to a quarter of them are not paid minimum wage and up to three quarters of workers are not paid o
and spent the majority of our time talking about remedies and things that the city could do and the city in collaboration with community groups to better prevent and remedy wage theft. over the course of the year we were lucky enough to have [speaker not understood] kick us off in our initial meeting. we heard testimony from san francisco workers. we heard from chinese restaurant workers. we heard from latino laundromat workers. we heard from filipino care givers. we heard from experts on...
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hall thank you favoring and to our own city attorney's office john gibner, deputy city attorney and all their hard work and certainly to the mayors other team and staple jason and the entire team that works closely with the board of supervisors. thank you all we're all proud of the budget two years running we passed it this year earlier and on time and passed consensus on time thank you and thank you to all for being here (clapping) >> and let me add my personal thanks to harvey i asked for the county of los angeles we question got it. this is just a budget document i know it reflects a lot of what we worked hard at planning for. what we do do outside this budget document can challenge the dedicate balance but i have faith the people that carry out the budget most of who is standing here are going to do us proud i ask not only celebrate the budget but the
hall thank you favoring and to our own city attorney's office john gibner, deputy city attorney and all their hard work and certainly to the mayors other team and staple jason and the entire team that works closely with the board of supervisors. thank you all we're all proud of the budget two years running we passed it this year earlier and on time and passed consensus on time thank you and thank you to all for being here (clapping) >> and let me add my personal thanks to harvey i asked...
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city. which is why some of the areas, for example, [speaker not understood] golden gate park are identified. again, compared to the old version of the rose, it's a more fine grained set of criteria that we have overlaid to create this final high needs map. >> thank you. supervisor kim. >> i'm just going to follow-up on that question from president chiu. i think, you know, what i had a lot of -- when i had the overall issue with the final map that came before us is at land use committee is the dark green that dots along golden gate park. and it just makes no sense at all. and i understand that you put in the number of data points and then the map just got spit out. but if you see that they say the highest priority needs for acquisition and renovation are the blocks surrounding golden gate park and that's the map by which the board of supervisors is going to make policy decisions on where it acquires open space. i think then you have to redo the map. if that's what the data spits out -- i und
city. which is why some of the areas, for example, [speaker not understood] golden gate park are identified. again, compared to the old version of the rose, it's a more fine grained set of criteria that we have overlaid to create this final high needs map. >> thank you. supervisor kim. >> i'm just going to follow-up on that question from president chiu. i think, you know, what i had a lot of -- when i had the overall issue with the final map that came before us is at land use...
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we've worked hard with city agencies, want to acknowledge the city attorney's office, mickey callahan as well as health service system to make sure that we are not allowing any of these employees to double dip and that we are targeting the employees that truly felt the impacts of the state's dissolution. we've excluded employees who have left the agency prior to the dissolution voluntarily, two, those that are collecting pemca or other retiree benefits, three, those that have vested from previous years of service, and four, established a precise date by which any employee who qualifies must be employed by the city of march 2015 so this is not an open ended opg. ed option. we've made several amendments at the rules committee, two specifically, to address several questions and requests that were made by the department. the charter amendment that is before you today has the support of a human resource director, as well as two unions also bringing forth this measure that represent employees that were impacted by the re-- by the dissolutionments of the redevelopment agency. that's local 21
we've worked hard with city agencies, want to acknowledge the city attorney's office, mickey callahan as well as health service system to make sure that we are not allowing any of these employees to double dip and that we are targeting the employees that truly felt the impacts of the state's dissolution. we've excluded employees who have left the agency prior to the dissolution voluntarily, two, those that are collecting pemca or other retiree benefits, three, those that have vested from...
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the city would be responsible for environmental remediation. parks and recreation has commissioned a phase one and two site assessment which presents a broad range of environmental clean up where they consider excavating 2-4 feet. consider excavating the unpaved area. it will yield a range of cost estimates ranging from under $500,000 to up to $2.8 million. we are working on a more accurate remediation. part of a remediation estimates they like to know where you are going to build where so they know how deep the excavation is. we don't know that. we'll have that in the next coming months. we'll expect to ak isses the acquisition fund to remind ate the cost. since it's a legitimate related expense. in addition there is an opportunity for grant funding to the usepa, they have a grant for fields program. we are well positioned to apply for those funds. this acquisition project has very strong support from the india base and neighborhood association as well as the san francisco parks alliance and trust for public land. the parks and recreation and
the city would be responsible for environmental remediation. parks and recreation has commissioned a phase one and two site assessment which presents a broad range of environmental clean up where they consider excavating 2-4 feet. consider excavating the unpaved area. it will yield a range of cost estimates ranging from under $500,000 to up to $2.8 million. we are working on a more accurate remediation. part of a remediation estimates they like to know where you are going to build where so they...
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those bonds will not effect the city and county of san francisco. if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them regarding the financing or other specifics the applicant is here >> thanks i appreciate this is an item i've supported working with the presidio till hill schools and i think we're going to have a resolution on that. something i'll definitely support but at this time we'll open up for open this up for public comment anyone wishing to comment on item one >> agenda item one we have to work hard we work hard to (inaudible). >> thank you very much. anyone else wish to publicly comment seeing none, public comment is closed. okay. we have no b l a report can i have a motion we have a motion and a second we'll take that without objection. madam clerk item 2 >> the resolution approving the issuance of the revenue bond for the finance authority for a nonprofit corporation not to exceed $30 million. >> mayor ed lee shell a back. >> thank you for the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee considering this item we have the city attorne
those bonds will not effect the city and county of san francisco. if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them regarding the financing or other specifics the applicant is here >> thanks i appreciate this is an item i've supported working with the presidio till hill schools and i think we're going to have a resolution on that. something i'll definitely support but at this time we'll open up for open this up for public comment anyone wishing to comment on item one >> agenda...
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