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city. and i wanted to say that i did a, over two hour bike infrastructure tour on bike, looking at probably about 7 miles of their nature bike plan improvements. and the bike bridges over water areas. bike and hiking trails, but it was pretty impressive what their department of public works and department of transportation, i wanted to thank, katherine greger who i had the time to meet with who is the complete street manager and coordinated us sharing the road workshop with a lot of other city council people from the other cities and i also wanted to add that they have a brand new cycle program that was good for me to compare with san francisco's, i know that bcycle has denver, and about 26 other cities, with bike sharing programs. i rode the b cycle from the soko area, and which was south of the downtown, and it was very easy to get into the convention center and the downtown area, but it really efficient bike sharing program with about 1,000 bikes there in that one city. also, there is 40
city. and i wanted to say that i did a, over two hour bike infrastructure tour on bike, looking at probably about 7 miles of their nature bike plan improvements. and the bike bridges over water areas. bike and hiking trails, but it was pretty impressive what their department of public works and department of transportation, i wanted to thank, katherine greger who i had the time to meet with who is the complete street manager and coordinated us sharing the road workshop with a lot of other city...
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let me say to the city and county as we are on record, i am going to implement a program here at city hall that has never been used before that's outside the box where you call community reform where we as a community, people that will be affected by these work groups, that we need to be at the table in the round table discussion on things that affect the citizens, the people that you're serveing. we as individuals in the media -- this is the new type of social media -- we are, as you see my little camera here, i'm not crazy, but this is a call dommenting all these work groups an supervisors, having these hearings, you don't get no information. most of questions you asking, what do you get? we'll get back to you. and does that ever get back? i don't think so. but if there was another concept, supervisors, that community people like myself and other, media, be there involved with this so called working groups, what do you working on and who are you working for and who is working these groups? so the spin word now is working groups. >> thank you mr. washington. are there any other membe
let me say to the city and county as we are on record, i am going to implement a program here at city hall that has never been used before that's outside the box where you call community reform where we as a community, people that will be affected by these work groups, that we need to be at the table in the round table discussion on things that affect the citizens, the people that you're serveing. we as individuals in the media -- this is the new type of social media -- we are, as you see my...
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city report finds them in compliance. the city justification for this, justification, or plan, dated april 2013 that it was already obligated to implement 50 percent transit subsidy is a mid term program to begin with, and two to five years. however, this was not discussed this prior hearings. but the language of the da is clear. the cpmc shall share equally the cost of a monthly fast pass in 8 cthey shall promote the use of the subsidy described in 8 c. no publicizing among workers at the facility of which i work has been done or witnessed first hand, the da accelerated the start of the tdm's plans and transit subsidy to make an immediate obligation and to require them to publicize it, they have it backwards and the earlier does not modify the later da. and at a hearing before the board of supervisors, land use committee in february of this year. the 2 to 5 year delay was never mentioned, in fact, supervisor yee said that the six months lost should be added on to the back end of the ten year requirement, and specifically
city report finds them in compliance. the city justification for this, justification, or plan, dated april 2013 that it was already obligated to implement 50 percent transit subsidy is a mid term program to begin with, and two to five years. however, this was not discussed this prior hearings. but the language of the da is clear. the cpmc shall share equally the cost of a monthly fast pass in 8 cthey shall promote the use of the subsidy described in 8 c. no publicizing among workers at the...
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speaking to the people of this city, and the world at the city hall, but since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to berlin, and today i myself make my second visit to your city. we come to berlin, we american presidents, because it is our duty to speak in this place of freedom. but i must confess, we're drawn here by other things as well, by the feeling of history in this city. more than 500 years older than our own nation. by the beauty of the people, but mostly by your courage and determination. perhaps the composer paul lenke understood something about american presidents. you see, like so many presidents before me, i come here today because wherever i go, whatever i do, [ speaking german ] our gathering today is being broadcast throughout western europe and north america. i understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the east. to those listening throughout eastern europe, i extend my warmest greetings and the good will of the american people. to those listening in east berlin, a special word -- although i cannot be with you, i address my remarks to you j
speaking to the people of this city, and the world at the city hall, but since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to berlin, and today i myself make my second visit to your city. we come to berlin, we american presidents, because it is our duty to speak in this place of freedom. but i must confess, we're drawn here by other things as well, by the feeling of history in this city. more than 500 years older than our own nation. by the beauty of the people, but mostly by your...
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or trying to take advantage of the city last month the city attorney filed a complaint a complaint that alleges that pg&e has unreasonably denied service to san francisco so i'm calling for a hearing to hear an update on the complaint we've received help if the deputy city attorney on this effort i'd like to hear wla what are the option pg&e with our option are if pg&e refuses to act in good faith and continues to have our hetch hetchy flow i'm introducing legislation from our children's fund this is legislation trailing legislation that is creating a oversight advisory committee that was contemplated in the charter agreement we want to make sure as we're drafting and working with community groups in the children's services community and the children that receive the services there's sufficient oversight to the functions of the defense counsel w f so this oversight committee will replace the citizens advisory committee that is working with pc w f the goals of the advisory committee as set out in the committee to review the policies of dcwf for the recommendations regarding outcomes for
or trying to take advantage of the city last month the city attorney filed a complaint a complaint that alleges that pg&e has unreasonably denied service to san francisco so i'm calling for a hearing to hear an update on the complaint we've received help if the deputy city attorney on this effort i'd like to hear wla what are the option pg&e with our option are if pg&e refuses to act in good faith and continues to have our hetch hetchy flow i'm introducing legislation from our...
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she started working for the city for the city in 2004 as a legislative aid to then supervisor peer and in 2010 jennifer took over our office of economic and workforce development and it was there she took our world by storm and did so many things and accomplished so many things on behalf of san franciscans. jennifer oversaw the development and implementation of the city's first ever economic development plan and the office of the economic analysis within the controller's office and evaluated with respect to its long-term economic impact on the city and helped manage the comprehensive reform to she helped pass the tax credit paving the way for 2 companies in 2003 to over 250 companies today and she recruited companies to midmarket with tax incentives and at the same time those companies would give back and jennifer was a champion for small businesses and she loved the office of small business and assistance center and pay roll tax exemption and tax credit program in san francisco and the city's public and private business development initiative connecting china and san francisco and the
she started working for the city for the city in 2004 as a legislative aid to then supervisor peer and in 2010 jennifer took over our office of economic and workforce development and it was there she took our world by storm and did so many things and accomplished so many things on behalf of san franciscans. jennifer oversaw the development and implementation of the city's first ever economic development plan and the office of the economic analysis within the controller's office and evaluated...
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the city has embraced a concept vision zero to achieve zero fatalities in the city. as we are out and about enjoying our great city and shopping and dining with the great businesses in san francisco, i encourage everyone to be safe. everybody, take your time and put your electronic devices down and particularly when you are behind the wheel so we can all enjoy this great season. i would like to acknowledge john and his team who worked really hard with karen and her team. every time he would show me the rendering of this, he was giddy with excited as a school kid as exciting as those pile drivers that the mayor talked about which is an opportunity for us to transform such as important part of our city with great space. it's really a wonderful opportunity. we are grateful for it. i want to encourage everyone to keep coming out and keep spending your money and have a great holiday season. thank you. [ applause ] >> so, thank you again and so much and to your team, really for believing in us and buttoning up our streets in the last couple of weeks and presenting the wint
the city has embraced a concept vision zero to achieve zero fatalities in the city. as we are out and about enjoying our great city and shopping and dining with the great businesses in san francisco, i encourage everyone to be safe. everybody, take your time and put your electronic devices down and particularly when you are behind the wheel so we can all enjoy this great season. i would like to acknowledge john and his team who worked really hard with karen and her team. every time he would...
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it really transformed the city of new york into the safest, big city of america. they're talking about bringing the barclays center, the democratic convention, that barc barclays wouldn't be there if the police didn't make this a safer place. they sat in that car feeling like they were in a torn city, and i think it's incumbent upon us now to make the surviving officers and their families feel that they are appreciated, they're respected, and they're honored and what i keep thinking about as i see the cops out here tonight, every one of them has a family sitting at home knowing that it could have been any cop in the city who was shot and knowing their loved ones are out there now in that uniform protecting us. >> uh-huh. i want to play for all of us now actually the commissioner william bratton and the comments he made talking about the suspect's mindset. take a listen. >> most of his postings and rants are on the instagram account, and what we're seeing from this right now is anger against the government. there is one where he burned the flag and made some statem
it really transformed the city of new york into the safest, big city of america. they're talking about bringing the barclays center, the democratic convention, that barc barclays wouldn't be there if the police didn't make this a safer place. they sat in that car feeling like they were in a torn city, and i think it's incumbent upon us now to make the surviving officers and their families feel that they are appreciated, they're respected, and they're honored and what i keep thinking about as i...
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we could continue city by city, state by state, because among our largest, richest 20 metro areas, less than 50 percent of the homes are affordable. less than 50 percent. here where i live in new york city, inequality in housing has reached dickensian dimensions. the middle class is being squeezed to the edge as the rich drive up real estate values and the working poor are shoved farther into squalor. as you will see in this report, the skyline of new york is a physical reminder of how wealth and power get their way without regard for the impact on the lives and neighborhoods of everyday people. so this is a story about how inequality matters, but it's also a reflection of radical change in america, as the dark shadow of plutocracy falls across all things public. >> i'm a park user. i come to central park several times a week and ride my bike around the loop. in the fall of 2012, i was at the heckscher playground on the southern end of central park with my daughter, and suddenly it got sort of dark and cool, and people started packing up and heading home. and it seemed sort of odd becau
we could continue city by city, state by state, because among our largest, richest 20 metro areas, less than 50 percent of the homes are affordable. less than 50 percent. here where i live in new york city, inequality in housing has reached dickensian dimensions. the middle class is being squeezed to the edge as the rich drive up real estate values and the working poor are shoved farther into squalor. as you will see in this report, the skyline of new york is a physical reminder of how wealth...
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for the city-owned fiber network as well. for power the puc issues in particular we're seeing projected revenues in excess of a million a year for the use of our street light poles for distributed antenna systems and that will really help us meet our financial challenges. when we came to the board of supervisors and to our commission this fiscal year we did not anticipate these revenues so this is a very welcome revenue increase that we're anticipating. and what i'm showing here on slide 9 is really what we're projecting to see with the two master license agreement counterparties, extra net and verizon, whose agreements are before you today. we're showing two columns here, a lowest mat and high estimate, just depending on how many poles they ask to use. we're seeing from, you know, 10 million up to 14 million over the 12 year mla period. that concludes my remarks. i'm happy to take any questions. thank you. >> supervisor mar. >> miss hill, i appreciate the presentation. let me clarify that the simulation 1 picture and simulat
for the city-owned fiber network as well. for power the puc issues in particular we're seeing projected revenues in excess of a million a year for the use of our street light poles for distributed antenna systems and that will really help us meet our financial challenges. when we came to the board of supervisors and to our commission this fiscal year we did not anticipate these revenues so this is a very welcome revenue increase that we're anticipating. and what i'm showing here on slide 9 is...
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, and dc and other cities as well. but, we will do our best to learn about the transportation issues as we are there with progressive and liberal council members from around the downtownry as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> so we can go into public comment. >> any member? >> seeing none come forward. we will close public comment and move on to the next item. >> five, accept the audit report for the fiscal year, ended june 30, 2014, this is an action item. >> any comments or questions? >> seeing none, we will go out to public comment. >> and public comment will close and roll call vote. >> on item five, avalos? >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell? >> absent. >> commissioner kim? >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> okay, let's go on to the plans and programs item. item 6... >>allocate $6,795,385 in prop k funds, with conditions, for eleven requests, subject to the attached fiscal year ca
, and dc and other cities as well. but, we will do our best to learn about the transportation issues as we are there with progressive and liberal council members from around the downtownry as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> so we can go into public comment. >> any member? >> seeing none come forward. we will close public comment and move on to the next item. >> five, accept the audit report for the fiscal year, ended june 30, 2014, this is an action item....
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auditor division, with assistance from the city attorney. well, any supervisor can undertake such an effort. collectively the board cannot preemptively guarantee one of its members will choose to do so. for item number 11 the ensure preservation of e-mails and text messages consistent with preservation of other public records, the policy along with policies of preservation on public record should be made for public comment. once completed it should be made available on city attorney and ethic commission web pages that list each department's policies and how to obtain documents. the recommendation will not be implemented. by nature, such policy changes would be beyond the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors. the board looks forward to up coming work on this issue by the sunshine ordinance task force, the ethics commission and the city attorney. item number 16, the ethics commission should require full disclosure of contributions of payments for official travel of city officials including the actual amount contributed in the names of offi
auditor division, with assistance from the city attorney. well, any supervisor can undertake such an effort. collectively the board cannot preemptively guarantee one of its members will choose to do so. for item number 11 the ensure preservation of e-mails and text messages consistent with preservation of other public records, the policy along with policies of preservation on public record should be made for public comment. once completed it should be made available on city attorney and ethic...
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vehicle in our city fleet. . this is an idea that came out of a symposium that supervisor kim and myself were at in new york a few weeks ago in which new york city which has thousands and thousands and thousands of city vehicles, each one of those vehicles are equipped with this black box. i want to tell you a little story. in 2011 in new york a city employee actually he's a politician was fortunate -- in a car accident. the employee was not seriously hurt and he told the police he was wearing a seat belt and was not speeding. well, this case put this employee at at the center of a growing debate. the specific piece of equipment more commonly knowns as the black box box the information recorded by this black box a different story soon emerged the driver was actually driving a hundred miles per hour and was not wearing a seat belt and according to the computer in his car that attracts certain actions. why tell the story i i mean these boxes can provide critical safety information and help evaluate what happened du
vehicle in our city fleet. . this is an idea that came out of a symposium that supervisor kim and myself were at in new york a few weeks ago in which new york city which has thousands and thousands and thousands of city vehicles, each one of those vehicles are equipped with this black box. i want to tell you a little story. in 2011 in new york a city employee actually he's a politician was fortunate -- in a car accident. the employee was not seriously hurt and he told the police he was wearing...
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in a very red state and in austin, it was for the national league of cities, congress of cities, conference and expocysing and we were looking at bikes and at the have surpassed san francisco in size, they are the 11th and we are the 14th and the rapid growth of the tech sector and the culture and the entertainment sectors are impressive and there is a lot of similarities with the growing divides of haves and have nots like our city and a booming economy with the cranes and all over the place, and similar to the look of san francisco and the key parts of our city. and i wanted to say that i did a, over two hour bike infrastructure tour on bike, looking at probably about 7 miles of their nature bike plan improvements. and the bike bridges over water areas. bike and hiking trails, but it was pretty impressive what their department of public works and department of transportation, i wanted to thank, katherine greger who i had the time to meet with who is the complete street manager and coordinated us sharing the road workshop with a lot of other city council people from the other cities and i
in a very red state and in austin, it was for the national league of cities, congress of cities, conference and expocysing and we were looking at bikes and at the have surpassed san francisco in size, they are the 11th and we are the 14th and the rapid growth of the tech sector and the culture and the entertainment sectors are impressive and there is a lot of similarities with the growing divides of haves and have nots like our city and a booming economy with the cranes and all over the place,...
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police department made new york city the safest large city in america. when we talk about policing across the country, the fact is violent crime is the at its lowest level in recorded history in this country. and that was done by the sacrifice of men and women in uniform. we should be thanking them, not abusing them. >> commissioner safir called for the president of the united states to make a national day of support for police officers. thank you, commissioner. >> thank you p. >> up next two former police officers, including one who was with the nypd for more than two decades weigh in on the rift between bill de blasio and his police force. >>> mayor bill de blasio said today police officers are our protectors who must be respected. but is it too little too late? joining me now is peter mosokos, a former police officer in baltimore and now a professor at john jay college of criminal justice. errol lewis, cnn political commentator and a political anchor at new york one news. you've seen him here on cnn. and also tom birney a former nypd detective. thank
police department made new york city the safest large city in america. when we talk about policing across the country, the fact is violent crime is the at its lowest level in recorded history in this country. and that was done by the sacrifice of men and women in uniform. we should be thanking them, not abusing them. >> commissioner safir called for the president of the united states to make a national day of support for police officers. thank you, commissioner. >> thank you p....
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in city after city that had different police tactics and different dynamics we've seen crime fall, pretty staggeringly, actually. do you think that has changed the politics on capitol hill or are the politics on capitol hill still very much mired in the kind of crime politics that were central in the 1980s and '90s? >> i think that politicians everywhere are looking at crime from a different perspective. keep in mind that a lot of the crime you're talking about was drug-related and we've got people sitting in jails today, chris, who have gone to prison for years for non-violent drug offenses. i think congress is looking at that and a number of jurisdictions are looking at that. and you've got people in colorado lining up with dollar bills for marijuana while i've got people in baltimore sitting in prison for buying and selling marijuana. again, yes, i do think the policies have changed. one of the things we found here in baltimore is we had more of a -- at one time we had more of a stop and frisk and they were arresting all of these mainly african-american men and they had -- and they tho
in city after city that had different police tactics and different dynamics we've seen crime fall, pretty staggeringly, actually. do you think that has changed the politics on capitol hill or are the politics on capitol hill still very much mired in the kind of crime politics that were central in the 1980s and '90s? >> i think that politicians everywhere are looking at crime from a different perspective. keep in mind that a lot of the crime you're talking about was drug-related and we've...
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there was a promise you'd never been isolated from our city.oked up, connected up, being part of the city and this has always been about one of the major reasons why i took up the challenge to become the mayor of this city and i will continue doing that for all our communities because this is what not only makes me feel good, this is the right thing to do, carry out promises that have been made over many, many years and be assuring that those things are done. so i want, again, thank all the agencies. i'm excited for this project to happen. we break open this ground. i am in great anticipation. i'm not sure i can wait until 2016 for these homes to open. meanwhile, we'll probably be opening up construction projects to advance and accelerate. tomorrow you'll hear more about howard doing it across the city to build more affordable housing. this is the theme. my administration is the affordability agenda. i'm going to be talking about it until everybody is sick and tired because you were sick and tired of me talking about jobs, job, jobs. well, gues
there was a promise you'd never been isolated from our city.oked up, connected up, being part of the city and this has always been about one of the major reasons why i took up the challenge to become the mayor of this city and i will continue doing that for all our communities because this is what not only makes me feel good, this is the right thing to do, carry out promises that have been made over many, many years and be assuring that those things are done. so i want, again, thank all the...
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, city family and the city agencies, and non-profits and partners. and jennifer rose to the top very quickly. and frankly i was not sure she wanted the job when i started and when she told me she might be interested, i was thrilled, we did an extensive interview process and jennifer was the number one pick for all of the people on the interview panel and i was so pleased when she said yes and i hope that she feels pleased about her decision. and she has had quite a lot on her plate, the last month or so. so with that, i am going to let her say a few words to you, come on up, jennifer. >> thank you, thank you, director raphael and commissioners i am very excited to be here and this is a good challenge for me and i am looking forward to working with you all and director and the rest of the department to move us forward. one of the first things that i have been doing is getting my head around the budget process and our budget and what our programs need, and for the next fiscal year, and so joe and i have been digging in deep on that and i have also been
, city family and the city agencies, and non-profits and partners. and jennifer rose to the top very quickly. and frankly i was not sure she wanted the job when i started and when she told me she might be interested, i was thrilled, we did an extensive interview process and jennifer was the number one pick for all of the people on the interview panel and i was so pleased when she said yes and i hope that she feels pleased about her decision. and she has had quite a lot on her plate, the last...
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i told you it would rain (laughter) i told you it would rain and now i alsoal predicting that this city will ring with a lot of photograph as we experience success i want my affirmation working in concert with the board of supervisors and i the two of them are most enthusiastic about a reasoning emphasis of philanthropic is supervisor london breed and supervisor kim i'm happy to be here with google we've been together on several occasions with good reason i want to put it in context we're are and there's no doubt we are a world-class city and time and time again, we also have a world-class heart and we have a world-class social safety net that everyone vflts in and more and more as this city's economic success becomes a good foundation we want to bring the economic success to more help and assistance too on the which are most vulnerable we want to continue that's essence in my opinion of the character that this city it that we share in incredible wealthier that's good friend of mine and want everyone to be participant in it whether it is what we're doing today which is shelter hundreds
i told you it would rain (laughter) i told you it would rain and now i alsoal predicting that this city will ring with a lot of photograph as we experience success i want my affirmation working in concert with the board of supervisors and i the two of them are most enthusiastic about a reasoning emphasis of philanthropic is supervisor london breed and supervisor kim i'm happy to be here with google we've been together on several occasions with good reason i want to put it in context we're are...
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and have a preference for the northern part of the city but operate all over the city. >> thank you commissioner moore. >> this is an interesting discussion the extension of the t line and the third phase is a kickoff to broaden our transportation system in san francisco i'm happy to sit in on the comments i am supportive of the tuitions of the discussion i want to start with the comprehensive that's it is 2, 3, 4 berlin or any of the cities like new york that successfully operates older yet also expand lower grade systems i'm looking for a prioritization of areas of where we're also expecting as to whether or not in the end this is the beginning point of an capacity system i'm not here to say that i'm asking for more comprehensive evaluation than just using today's thoughts and just so to speak about one small piece of the citywide system that piece will be high appropriate i want to see a boarder discussion i'm not prepared to the going get into another yearlong fight of what doesn't work i think you'll get support if a large sector of the population that is what we need given the
and have a preference for the northern part of the city but operate all over the city. >> thank you commissioner moore. >> this is an interesting discussion the extension of the t line and the third phase is a kickoff to broaden our transportation system in san francisco i'm happy to sit in on the comments i am supportive of the tuitions of the discussion i want to start with the comprehensive that's it is 2, 3, 4 berlin or any of the cities like new york that successfully operates...
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in room 400 in san francisco city hall. please call the mayor's office at 415 -554-6789 for the standard voice line or 415-554-6799 for tty line. i remind all speakers to speak slowly into the microphone to assist our captioners and sign language interpreters and me too. we thank you for joining us today. first up, we will have roll call. >> thank you. cochair. chip supanich, present. cochair chair chair zarda, kostanian, laura, harriet wong, roland wong, senhaux. present. >> moving to item no. 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. city clerk: agenda item no. 1, welcome introduction and roll call. agenda item no. 2, action item, reading and approval of agenda. agenda item no. 3, public comment, items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. item 4, information item. report from the cochair soup initiate. item no. 5, report from the director of the mayor's oh office on disability. >> agenda item 6, ceremonial item in honor of john paul scott. >> agenda item 7. housing for low income chroni
in room 400 in san francisco city hall. please call the mayor's office at 415 -554-6789 for the standard voice line or 415-554-6799 for tty line. i remind all speakers to speak slowly into the microphone to assist our captioners and sign language interpreters and me too. we thank you for joining us today. first up, we will have roll call. >> thank you. cochair. chip supanich, present. cochair chair chair zarda, kostanian, laura, harriet wong, roland wong, senhaux. present. >> moving...
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the city is asking the public to chip in. randy, the city needs what $80,000. how do they plan to raise that money? >> reporter: well, since the city is considered financially distressed they are so cash-strapped that they can't use any tax money to fund this project. instead they are going directly online using a crowdsourcing website, go fund me. you may have heard about it. we spoke to a lot of neighbors who say these cameras have been effective solving muggings and murders but $80,000 price tag is a lot to ask for in a recovering economy. inside the surveillance control room at reading police headquarters -- >> we have about 46 cameras in the city, hand tilt, zoom. >> reporter: live images are baemd back to detectives. these cameras caught drug dealers and murder suspects even as budget cuss here have left fewer officers on street. >> cameras have become an integral part of the investigation. it's one of the first things we do. >> reporter: the police chief wants more eyes watching many more intersections. some of the cameras are getting old and blurry. a n
the city is asking the public to chip in. randy, the city needs what $80,000. how do they plan to raise that money? >> reporter: well, since the city is considered financially distressed they are so cash-strapped that they can't use any tax money to fund this project. instead they are going directly online using a crowdsourcing website, go fund me. you may have heard about it. we spoke to a lot of neighbors who say these cameras have been effective solving muggings and murders but $80,000...
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the city should continue on a path that's healthy for all of us i urge strong support as we magnified and supervisor kim supervisors and president chiu not seeing this as one piece of legislation but all cities to follow suit in the state and federal level to have the fairness for many low income people in the city with that, i'd like to thanks president chiu for his incredible work on this piece of legislation supervisor breed is next on the roster. >> last week, i offered an amendment for janitors and many of the contractors employ people that have varies employment and have a hard time finding jobs i was concerned this could have a chilling effect on the hiring but many of my colleagues see it differently i looked at specifically what we're requiring of the contractors and under the language in 3300 f dot e and 340 odot f g contractors operating will be required to comply with those ordinances as soon as the ordinances goes into effect any concern is those existing contracts were likely negotiated before the legislation came up and the contractors may not have a way of knowing what
the city should continue on a path that's healthy for all of us i urge strong support as we magnified and supervisor kim supervisors and president chiu not seeing this as one piece of legislation but all cities to follow suit in the state and federal level to have the fairness for many low income people in the city with that, i'd like to thanks president chiu for his incredible work on this piece of legislation supervisor breed is next on the roster. >> last week, i offered an amendment...
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and see that city and eventually learn and support that city and maybe possibly be the biggest have an jellist to a city like san francisco. so we represent that safe spot in the city. but what's happening in union square specifically and san francisco is outlawed businesses are becoming priced out. we've seen a lot of hostels close -- we've seen a couple hostels close down and what's going to happen is we're going to raise our prices and if we can raise that tax to $40 then we'll be able to pass on the savings to those travelers who eventually will be sitting in these seats and maybe create businesses that will bring more money to san francisco. so if you guys would, please raise that tax rate as someone in that community i support it as well. so thank you very much. >> what was your hostel called? >> the adelaide hostel. and if you have any questions please feel free to ask me. >> good morning, supervisors, thank you so much for taking up this matter and giving us the opportunity to speak in support of this increase. my name is jan gilbert, i work with hosteling international form
and see that city and eventually learn and support that city and maybe possibly be the biggest have an jellist to a city like san francisco. so we represent that safe spot in the city. but what's happening in union square specifically and san francisco is outlawed businesses are becoming priced out. we've seen a lot of hostels close -- we've seen a couple hostels close down and what's going to happen is we're going to raise our prices and if we can raise that tax to $40 then we'll be able to...
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john gibner, deputy city attorney in her. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney i communicated with the controller's office and the board can move forward. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? this resolution is adapted. >> item 17 to authorize the city manager of the public works to execute engineering services agreement for the new tunnel project with the u s corporation ending 2016 and revised amount of $16.9 million. >> same house, same call? this resolution is adapted. >> item 18 a resolution to approve a modification for the operator lease and agreement between signature flight in the city to extend the lease by 5 years for a new date of 20022 for approximately $70.6 million during the extension of the term. >> same house, same call? this resolution is adapted. >> item 19 authorizing the multiple single families needing for $49 million for a financing for multiple family urging known as the hunter view. >> this resolution is adapted. >> commissioner dooley's. >> sorry to interrupt i need to reaccepted the vote open item 14 i meant to continue that item appro
john gibner, deputy city attorney in her. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney i communicated with the controller's office and the board can move forward. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? this resolution is adapted. >> item 17 to authorize the city manager of the public works to execute engineering services agreement for the new tunnel project with the u s corporation ending 2016 and revised amount of $16.9 million. >> same house, same call?...
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to do before this afternoon about the rules that apply to city officials if this is a combination of both state and local laws but before i talk about that i want to say at the outset me and other people in the office we're happy to sit down and discuss those issues i'm providing my level basics there are a lot of expectations and expectations to expectation it is best to talk about examples to work out what are the applicable rules that deal with a city official to jump into the topics one of the things i want to say really the first question what is a gift what is a gift is is surprising hard to find it is difficult for a lawyer but certainly there are rules and opinion what constitute a guest a gift guest is anything of value that is not ruptured of equal value and a an example of a guest it can be a cup of coffee are a pair of baseball ticketed a a guest of travel or a holiday guest it is a broad example there has to be expectations and actually it for example, guest for family members certainly, if my wife gave me a christmas guest it is not to be recorded and expectations for i
to do before this afternoon about the rules that apply to city officials if this is a combination of both state and local laws but before i talk about that i want to say at the outset me and other people in the office we're happy to sit down and discuss those issues i'm providing my level basics there are a lot of expectations and expectations to expectation it is best to talk about examples to work out what are the applicable rules that deal with a city official to jump into the topics one of...
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the city around the terminal. we is build a beautiful section of the city. there is big happening on fifth off. this is before the war when it's called vanderbilt avenue. it is lined from 41st street to central park with vanderbilt mansions. some of them a block wide, a block sized mansions all the way down here. here it is on easter sunday 1913. a lot of the commanding influences and a lot of older vanderbilt his died. they couldn't keep them up. some of them had the money to do it, but it's hard to hire irish maids. a group of aggressive young real estate agents from the lower east side come in and buy these mansions and the day after they bought them, they tear every single one down except one within the year. they are scrubbed clean and what they do is bring in and sell the land to merchandising. they have sacks and they transform 6th avenue into the greatest shopping emporium in the country. sacks moves from harolds square to fifth avenue. the entire stretch of the avenue looks something like this. this is the vanderbilt mansion. the largest. alice vand
the city around the terminal. we is build a beautiful section of the city. there is big happening on fifth off. this is before the war when it's called vanderbilt avenue. it is lined from 41st street to central park with vanderbilt mansions. some of them a block wide, a block sized mansions all the way down here. here it is on easter sunday 1913. a lot of the commanding influences and a lot of older vanderbilt his died. they couldn't keep them up. some of them had the money to do it, but it's...
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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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and are police safe in this city? >> jeanine, it's not only the city. it's not only the city. naturally, we're talking about the city tonight. our nation's police have been called into question by the mayor and other legislators and political figures around this country over the twlooft months over two incidents. millions of arrest as year and they're talking about two incidents. they turned this entire country, their entire police in this country into racists and i agree with the federal law enforcement association, the office that said, if this was handled differently up front, that probably wouldn't have happened today. nobody would have the courage to do what they did. >> all right. commissioner bernie kerik is going to stay with us for much of the time this evening. our continuing coverage of the execution-style shooting of two nypd police officers, and new details about the shooter, next. stay with us. in the nation, misfortune doesn't take a holiday. add brand new belongings from nationwide and we'll replace stolen or destroyed items with brand-new versions. join the na
and are police safe in this city? >> jeanine, it's not only the city. it's not only the city. naturally, we're talking about the city tonight. our nation's police have been called into question by the mayor and other legislators and political figures around this country over the twlooft months over two incidents. millions of arrest as year and they're talking about two incidents. they turned this entire country, their entire police in this country into racists and i agree with the federal...
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at 40th and market streets in university city. investigators tell us the man was talking to a woman outside natal natalie's lounge when someone walked up and shot him in the leg. the man is in stable condition. >>> 5:32 and now to the search for missing college student shane montgomery. today family, friends and volunteers will, once again be looking for the 21-year-old who went missing more than a week ago. jesse gary is live in manayunk where shane went missing. the hospital is holding a bake sale trying to raise awareness for what is going on with shane's disappearance. >> that bake sale starts at 9:00 this morning. inside the lobby of the hospital, which sits just up the hill here on ridge avenue in rocksborough. staffers are also going to be handing out green ribbons. meanwhile, fbi and local investigators are collecting surveillance video from businesses in an area that is bounded by the schuylkill river to henry avenue and green lane to lincoln drive. 21-year-old shane montgomery was last seen leaving the irish pub early th
at 40th and market streets in university city. investigators tell us the man was talking to a woman outside natal natalie's lounge when someone walked up and shot him in the leg. the man is in stable condition. >>> 5:32 and now to the search for missing college student shane montgomery. today family, friends and volunteers will, once again be looking for the 21-year-old who went missing more than a week ago. jesse gary is live in manayunk where shane went missing. the hospital is...
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everyone welcome to city hall the hall of the san francisco giants. >> yeah. (clapping.) well, today, we have an important piece of legislation to be signed let me begin at the outset this is a movement going on in the city called the sharing economy something that not only have we been watching with the roll of technology and the abilities to connect people you up to an time information and resources and the ability to connect with more and more people but taking place in our city and cities across the country is a movement called the shared economy that is based on a simple understanding that in order to be successful if america you don't have to own everything as i gripe as a child of 6 kids in the city of seattle i had to share i learned quickly i couldn't own sometimes even my own pair of socks that we had to share in order to survive and succeed we had to build a family economy around understanding he each other's needs and trying to help that out and, of course, share a lot of information well technology has brought about a huge revolution in the ability to underst
everyone welcome to city hall the hall of the san francisco giants. >> yeah. (clapping.) well, today, we have an important piece of legislation to be signed let me begin at the outset this is a movement going on in the city called the sharing economy something that not only have we been watching with the roll of technology and the abilities to connect people you up to an time information and resources and the ability to connect with more and more people but taking place in our city and...
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in other federal buildings across the city but also in other parts of the city as well. i'm really interested in a bridge that i hope we can talk about called the q street bridge or buffalo bridge that has 56 indian head busts adorning each side of the bridge as well as four buffalo along the top. so the visual representations and the symbolic representations are all over the place. throughout the 19th century there were dozens and sometimes hundreds of native delegates, residents and visitors in the city at any given moment. what's interesting is the tension between the stories being told on the wall, which is one of a conquest that was nearly completed, a con occurring of the west manifest destiny, vanishing indian very prominent 19th century idea that native people would cease to exist as a distinct ethnic group withinsjzd"u$e national fabric this is the story that's on the walls. but non-native washington tonians are running into native people all around the city in the halls of federal buildings, in taverns theaters, even in the cemeteries. there were 24 at least na
in other federal buildings across the city but also in other parts of the city as well. i'm really interested in a bridge that i hope we can talk about called the q street bridge or buffalo bridge that has 56 indian head busts adorning each side of the bridge as well as four buffalo along the top. so the visual representations and the symbolic representations are all over the place. throughout the 19th century there were dozens and sometimes hundreds of native delegates, residents and visitors...
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it can be hard to get to work that through the city's conceptually systems all an approach that the contractors like to bid on big project a we're going to bundle up the intersection treatments into a few large contracts so dph can have a few that are constantly goes around the city rather than four or five most for the boyd process number 7 was the lack of funding for that the cooperation and the preimplementation this is a place where the ta staff has really open to responding to our need for flexibility in the saw way to execute lots of projects all at once we're bundling the projects within the prop a funding we're taken on the challenge of a little bit of project training for all the staff in delivering the projects there was a good objection some staff enacts with the public they can do better and sfmta i'm sure you're aware of has launched an agency wide really upping our game in public talking with the public in a respectful way and finally the also the spectrum of sequa which can be while it's important law it can be a tool for individual occupants of important projects eve
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the city.ound 7:00 á 7:00 last night hundreds gathered around city hall, they made their way down to telegraph, down oakland and highway 24. it took the chp about 10 minutes to clear the freeway. overall 13 people were arrested. looting and vandalism was reported. >>> these on going demonstrations have led to fighting among city leaders among berkeley. aleck savage live now this morning with more on the back lash over the mayor's decision to cancel last night's meeting. reporter: brian good morning to you, the mayor was worried about take protesters taking over the meeting. here is part of a statement from mayor tom baits it says we have postponed this council meeting, council chambers which holds 125 people could not accommodate the spectators. the mayor and police chief were worried about violence if the meeting went on as scheduled, after word of the cancellation trickleed done, this large crowd took to the streets of downtown berkeley, several hundred people held an improv you town hall mee
the city.ound 7:00 á 7:00 last night hundreds gathered around city hall, they made their way down to telegraph, down oakland and highway 24. it took the chp about 10 minutes to clear the freeway. overall 13 people were arrested. looting and vandalism was reported. >>> these on going demonstrations have led to fighting among city leaders among berkeley. aleck savage live now this morning with more on the back lash over the mayor's decision to cancel last night's meeting. reporter:...
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he's left quite a legacy behind. >> on our city's as a city how we want to continue to make improvements in our supportive housing system. one of the reports was recently [inaudible] that i requested earlier in the year that was released earlier today. that examined the cost identify and compare procedures for client intake, assessment and outcomes. both of these reports are some of the first comprehensive analyses prioritized here in san francisco. while both reports affirmed that supportive housing as cost effective and necessary, they provide la number of recommendations that the stitz i believe should explore and implement in order to reduce ourover all homeless population and help the formerly homeless become receive sufficient. the city services audit report and their tenants focuses on inclined characteristics, services provided, service gaps, public benefits, helts care youthization, and the length of stay in client exits. four key areas i look forward to exflowering, includesing service provision, administration, and program goals. the bla report i requested affirms the effectiv
he's left quite a legacy behind. >> on our city's as a city how we want to continue to make improvements in our supportive housing system. one of the reports was recently [inaudible] that i requested earlier in the year that was released earlier today. that examined the cost identify and compare procedures for client intake, assessment and outcomes. both of these reports are some of the first comprehensive analyses prioritized here in san francisco. while both reports affirmed that...
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he says this was an attack on our entire city. the backlash came immediately. >> mike tweets this blood is on your hands, you did this. you built this racial division. >> referring to diblasio, john tweeted, which you incited with your race baiting. >> the cops were rushed to woodhull hospital. >> dan bones is live there with more reaction. >> an emotional scene in brooklyn just less than a mile from where the two officers were shot and assassinated a few minutes ago, their bodies were escorted from the hospital. you can see rank and file of the nypd standing at attention, literally hundreds of them, crowding the ramp and street outside the hospital. some of the officers had tears in their eyes. all feeling the burden of this loss, the deaths of their fallen comrades, described as a crime against the city. pba president pat lynch held a press conference separate from the mayor and police commissioner moments after the body was escorted out. it is a clear sign of the tensions between the mayor's office and the union. lynch has been
he says this was an attack on our entire city. the backlash came immediately. >> mike tweets this blood is on your hands, you did this. you built this racial division. >> referring to diblasio, john tweeted, which you incited with your race baiting. >> the cops were rushed to woodhull hospital. >> dan bones is live there with more reaction. >> an emotional scene in brooklyn just less than a mile from where the two officers were shot and assassinated a few minutes...
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savings account that is an option i've heard a number of employers that will be contributing to the city option i think i believe it is because we can do that with a specific dollar amount that can be a one-time payment and i've heard a complete opposite i don't think that any employers are planning on giving money to the city that's why i'm asking questions ems they can spend most of the small businesses it's going to be difficult not to have those funds back to the employer so just wanted to, if what the other options. >> valid health care. >> uh-huh. >> commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> i have a quick question about the opting out if the employee opts out and the employer has to a different option to put it into a savings accounts. >> the opting out is for hr a triktsdz too january 1st, 2014, if an employee volunteering and knowingly and in writing to opt out of the funds then the employer is relieved of their health care options but need to make the expenditures for 2014. >> the phase out of 2014 receive cable funds we have 60 percent in eventually and 80 percent - 60 percent and 80 p
savings account that is an option i've heard a number of employers that will be contributing to the city option i think i believe it is because we can do that with a specific dollar amount that can be a one-time payment and i've heard a complete opposite i don't think that any employers are planning on giving money to the city that's why i'm asking questions ems they can spend most of the small businesses it's going to be difficult not to have those funds back to the employer so just wanted to,...