residents in our city. you know, i want to acknowledge the contributions of our late mayor ed lee and the things he did for the lgbtq community as well. he founded the federal mayors against lgbtq discrimination organization. but he did so at the national level. he started the player. the first and its client in our entire country. and it has been a great source of pride as mayor to continue this legacy. last week, the supervisors and i announced that the city of san francisco and i will be backfilling the four-point $2 million for hiv and aids funding that a federal government cut. [applause] together with claire farley, we have created a transgender advisory committee here in san francisco. and legislation that our board of supervisors was proud to pass through and i was proud to sign. creating all gender bathrooms in our sros across a city of san francisco. and also signing legislation naming terminal one for harvey milk at our san francisco airport. [applause] it is with great pride i stand here as your

the city is, since that recognition the city is flourishing and developing.nts respect the fact that it will stay or of a united city. we have seen a lot of violence elsewhere. not in jerusalem, not in... gaza. it's not connected to the city. on the day the embassy was opened injerusalem we saw them more than —— we saw more than 50 palestinians shot. it's not contested incher roos alarm and the arab and —— the arab residents understand it's for their benefit as well. i thought you were going to say that nowhere in the world is split city has ever functioned but wow, indeed the city is now working as the common denominator for people that respect each other in the middle east. it doesn't exist anywhere in the middle east. you can't change facts on the ground. there are still possibly more than 330,000 arabs living in the city you don't get to vote in israeli elections, who are, if it is looked at from the outside, not treated in the same way as thejewish citizens of this city. you can't change that reality is a hell you talk about one city, united, completely

how could it come to this in this legendary city what's really going on what's driving the city's wholesale exploitation i've come to venice to find answers who's profiting and who's paying the price. what actually is being sold. for. access to this jewel of a city is over water most visitors a day trippers from nearby holiday resorts. booked my accommodation online like most net savvy people nowadays but rather than staying in a hotel i've opted for a private apartment it's cheaper i'm talented as a moral fantic way to experience the city because one comes into contact with local residents. and commerce. thomas and so this is the. case yes yes if least it's two hundred seventy euro's a night for three of us half the price of three equivalent hotel rooms in the same location everything nice to you and their houses completely restored inside and outside their roof. yes probably it's fairly. safe i started to. know you've never. really you just if you buy the whole house and you know i was so. is this is the business is it easy to to rent a place like this. yes. yes. but you make your living

the city. each building here has a unique history all its own if you want to learn more about gurlitz is rich cultural heritage it's a good idea to book a guided tour of the city. twenty five years ago the maastricht treaty was signed paving the way for european integration here in the german polish border region you get a much clearer sense of what that means. until nine hundred forty five goal its was a german city that occupied both banks of the westernised the river but after world war two the river became the new border separating east germany and poland the eastern half of gurlitz became the polish town of school jealous all of the bridges were destroyed. the alltel bridge was rebuilt in two thousand for the same here that poland joined the european union and today this bridge is a central location for both cities and at the same time a strong symbol for a united europe. there are no border posts or passport controls here you bearly notice you're crossing into another country. there are p

a new beginning not only for the city. thousand and six it's just another summer in berlin time for more personal stories and reasons film is an intimate portrait of two women's friendship they spend a lot of time on the balcony. if. you could fix it messy fashion. as was mine. but lynn is now a single city and finding the right man is a tough task. strong emotions and hard times in the first decade of the new millennium the situation is desperate but not serious. number three and we've almost arrived in the present the berlin of the day the meanderings of a city struck in search of a symbol cup of coffee. to go yeah. i got. the monkey. just scraping by in berlin can be a full time job the low budget a coffee in berlin one germany's top movie on a melancholy and poetic portrait of the city and its quirky inhabitants. in two thousand and fifteen another berlin film won the german film price number two is victoria. movie which is just one single shot taking us through the night. so we can show you if you want to follow. the

berlin is a city of the future.s a beacon for freedom and shines brightly for all berliners to see. in the name of the american people, i want to congratulate all 3 million berliners on the occasion of your anniversary and i'm proud to issue a presidential proclamation today honoring berlin. perhaps more than the people of any other city, you, the free people of berlin, have demonstrated to the world the value of human liberty. so it is that we have so much to celebrate today. and so it is that, on behalf of my nation, i thank you. having witnessed your courage and determination for all these years, i am confident in extending the heartfelt best wishes of all americans for your city's future. and for those of you here today who are with our armed forces and who are here, i want to tell you that nothing in the job i have has made me more proud than you, the men and women wearing our military uniforms. [ cheers and applause ] >> mr. president, i now have the honor of asking you to present your official proclamation on

the city is quiet, one of the safest cities in the world, so i believe i leave the city in a very positivetum. i received it and it was not very positive, to say the least. i believe in every practical parameter you check out, is the city doing well, it is common practice that the city is doing very well. well, that is, i may say, a very positive spin, but this city is also one of the most divided in the world. and if one looks at it from the point of view of its arab citizens, it is a city which is consistently failing its people. well, i totally disagree with you. the reality is, that if you look at our arab population injerusalem, they are doing far better than anywhere in the region, than syria, sumaria, gaza, the arab residents ofjerusalem are part of the city. they have the same quality of health services, they are part of the job and the economy, their education system is doing much better, so in any practical parameter the arab residents ofjerusalem are doing far, far better than in the past, and far better than any arab in the area. but this is a two—tier city, where arabs are sec

our sister cities.u haven't been able to look at the kilometre clock up there, the shortest distance from san francisco is a court, in ireland. there's a lot of people here from there. the longest one is bangalore in india. our smallest sister 60 -- sister city is in italy. it is the namesake of st. francis which our city is named after. i looked up today, a population of 26,000 people there. be due at a large and small here. we have bangalore, shanghai, sydney, paris, but we do it across the entire little world. thank you for coming here today. this is an awesome monument that will last forever here in san francisco to really talk about and exemplify how we believe our role in international community will always stand and how important our city believes it to be. again, thank you to all of the volunteers. many of you are here today. thank you to all the consular generals for all of your hard work. i want to give a special recognition to anita lee, mayor lee's wife. she is here today. mayor lee was a hu

cities. i regard them as one of humanity's great inventions. i really think they're one of the principal incubators of innovation and creative energy in the world today, and, although there have been some backsliding in recent years, i think the reason for this is because the act o as reservoirs of diversity. the bring together people of all backgrounds, all races, all ethnicities and classes and they bring them into close proximity to each other. while this proximity can create a lot of friction and conflict and really, a lot of what i read about in these books is complex, i also think it can serve as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, new ideas, new ways of solving old problems. it's been fascinating for me too see how each of these three different cities went through a different kind of growth cycle as they became great cities. the first city i dealt with was chicago, and that is really kind of the model. it's the quintessential big industrial diverse american city and it followed kind o

that is the city of los angeles, the county of los angeles, city of san diego, the county and city of sacramento, and we get no support for artists here in san francisco. so i hope that this -- this measure will address this, and i urge you to support it. thank you very much. >> hello, supervisors. my name is vinnie patel. i'm very excited to be here. i'm also a comanager of the vindelson studios. i'm on the board of asian american women artists association. i've been in the arts administration -- i've been in arts administration for over 20 years. i grew up in san francisco in the mission district, and i have to tell you, this is one of the most amazing times that i've ever been in. i don't wake up in the morning, figuring out who do i have to answer, who do i have to fight. this is an initiative where the whole community is behind it, not only community, but also city hall, and to be working with supervisor tang, supervisor peskin, who i never felt would have backed something, allocation from a tax, you know, to the arts, but we're in this moment right now, and it's a celebratory mo

we are a sanctuary city. i want to remind all of us that we are a sanctuary city. we need to start acting like one and supporting the people that are protesting the crimes against humanity by detaining 3,000 immigrant children that we need to stand up for our communities and fight for our communities. we need to start living our progressive values now. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i'm the cochair of d.s.a. san francisco. an organization representing over 700 members in san francisco. i'm also an immigrant. my family left everything behind so we could build a better life here. i know firsthand getting to this country is not easy. that is why i am asking you at this task force to divest from the big banks that profit and enable the terra machine that is i.c.e. we can't call ourselves a sanctuary city and continue to inflict terror upon the people who need us the most. that we can't turn our backs on these immigrants. i thought san francisco was a place where i could build a life and i am just disgusted by the treatment of

naomi kelly, city administrator. i thought i would just quickly go through and say that i am, too, cautiously optimistic that we'll get to a project labor agreement. both the department of public works and rec department are in support. we've seen these being done at the airport and the school district. the devil is always in the details. i'm a fierce advocate in my career of supporting minority and women-owned businesses, protecting local business enterprises, protecting local residents and making sure local residents are a part of this and protecting workers and wages and benefits. i do think we'll eventually get to a win-win situation where we're all in agreement. i want to thank supervisor peskin, safai, and fewer in leading negotiations with everyone who they've identified. i will quickly go through some areas in which we discussed around the table that we thought would be great, that we've all agreed on. one is the definition of core employees where we all agree that the core for contractors who are existing co

but the city has slowly recovered over the time and today broad swath is a young modern city. ron swap as poland's fourth largest population center its wide range of cultural activities has begun to draw large numbers of visitors in the last few years the city is home to six hundred thousand people many of them students. figures of dwarves are found in many parts of town according to a local legend they want saved to the city's residents by driving out an evil goblin now they're considered lucky. and then there's the sky tower fifty stories high and looming two hundred meters above the city that makes it poland's tallest residential and commercial building it's observation deck on the forty ninth floor provides a stunning view over. the town hall is situated on the central market square which used to be one of the largest of its kind in poland. during the day it swarms with shoppers later restaurants and clubs set the tone centennial hall as one of rots wavs most recognizable sites it first opened in one thousand nine hundred thirteen at the time the building had the largest r

i'm an instructor at city college of san francisco. i'm with a.f.c. 2121 and free city coalition. ccsf is an important driver of economic opportunity and empowerment, and as you've been hearing and as i'm sure you know, we have a hugely successful program with the free city program, committed to by our supervisors and our city and funded through prop w, we were really proud when we ran and worked on prop w to be saying that we were leaving money on the table to help with the incredible and important things that the people need in san francisco in addition to free city. however, free city is only getting about 10% of prop w funds at this point, and it's been under funded from its launch. what's become clear in the last couple of months is that in addition to growing and growing the program, we need to be looking at closing the gap because the college has been left holding the bag for about $4.77 million. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is saira ontiveros, and i'm a peer supervisor. today, we ask the board of supervisors to budget $40 million

cities. i really regard them as one of the amenities great inventions. i really think that they are one of the principal incubators of innovation and creative energy in the world today and although there has been some backsliding in recent years, i think the reason for this is that they act as kind of reservoirs of diverse city. they bring together people of all backgrounds, all races, all ethnicities, all classes and bring them into close proximity to each other and while this proximity and create a lot of friction and conflict and really i like a lot of what i write about in these books is conflict, i also think that it can serve as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, new ideas, new ways of solving old problems and it's been fascinating for me to see out each of these different cities went through a different kind of growth cycle as they became great cities. the first city i don't with was chicago and that is really the model. it's the quintessential industrial divers american city. and it

makes you think that because the city is a growing together. at the ten year anniversary of poland's e.u. accession i was asked by our polish neighbors if i had any visions for the future and i replied there are two possible ways of dealing with visions. either you check into a hospital to get treated for hallucinations or you could get the polish mayor to govern both our cities for the first half of the legislative term and then i could take over for the second half and that suggestion sparked a lot of debate but it's an appropriate idea for a united europe. to be in this that you need to brush up on your polish know why would that be necessary i also suggested english should be the official language in both cities. thanks for the. time to head over to the polish side. most visitors discuss it let's stick to the pretty houses right along the nice a few explore the socialist euro prefab buildings that tower behind them. on like girl it's jealous has not benefited from a major refurbishment program. but there is one thing that everyone has in co

it's an aim is to explore solutions for a city whose diversity is in jeopardy particularly in the cityenter the festival organizers reject monocultures and seek alternatives they want to rethink this space and be involved in shaping it there's no more affordable land left nonetheless it's a moment where one can go the next step and negotiate with the city to participate in the development of certain spaces. what will happen to the unclaimed space in the city who gets to decide investors or citizens. which options are not dictated by commercial interests. and what about social housing. we're in an age where this notion of social responsibility is disappearing so it's about encouraging some form of social agenda or rethinking whether there can be such a thing as a coalition of interests that will preserve our research resources. financial interests which drive the city forward a new usage concepts which benefit everyone some past pioneers have shown how it can be done like the team behind the legendary bar twenty five on a tourist location in the two thousand the club was one of the berl

power -- i mean the city projects receive city power. recently the mayor facilitated a meeting with myself and ms. williams to help put a short-term plan together to energize city construction projects with the city power more quickly. and so therefore there's hope that we can work together to resolve a lot of the short-termed and work on the long-time. i'm definitely honored to meet ms. williams. she seems very committed. i'm very opt -- optimistic. we have discussed a shared interest in negotiating a long-term settlement of issues. to this end, together, pg&e and puc have identified a process that we hope will address current challenges with the number of city projects that need more power in 2018. this short-term arrangement will allow us to focus on the efforts for long-term resolution through the preferred process. we're hopeful that we can work together. we're looking forward to seeing the results on the ground soon. but i believe both puc and the pg&e agree that accountability is the key in assuring we move forward together. i hop

josh arsay, city build. city build was established in 2005 and began training candidates in the community starting in 2006. it was an initiative that was cataali cataalized. it's graduated more than 1,200 graduates going back through what is starting now in the third week of our 29th class. it's an 18-week program. you can do the math in terms of two classes a year, sometimes during the summer. as i mentioned, sometimes we recruit with organizations in our most disadvantaged communities. we're trying to find workers of color, women, limited english-speaking, formerly incarcerated, to help them gain access to the construction industry. our partnerships are with jointly administered apprenticeship programs and the counterparts of the training centers. they're called jtcs. to your point, i think very specifically, which is how it works, when we graduate city build pre-apprentices who are ready to become apprentices through our partnerships with the building trades -- as i mentioned, they were 49 graduates -- th

the 750th anniversary of the city's founding. american forces network operated by the defense department, broadcast that visit live. up next, a 90 minute portion of afm's live coverage from june 12, 1987, courtesy of the national archives. after remarks by the mayor of berlin and german chancellor, president reagan delivers his tear down this wall speech near the brandonburg gate. >> this is an afn-tv special report. and now, here's your host, army sergeant, brian hart. >> good morning, it is just moments now until president ronald reagan officially greets the people of berlin. the president's plane touched down moments ago at west berlin's central airport. president reagan is visiting berlin to help the city celebrate its 750th anniversary and make a speech, which he is expected to challenge soviet premier, gorbachev, to tear down the wall. in route to washington, d.c., after what he termed a successful economic summit of seven western industrial nations. the president will accomplish many things. president reagan is the 40th u.

during the campaign all i heard from people all over the city is, clean up the city, clean up the city. well, i'm not going to clean up the city by myself. [laughter] all of you are an important part of helping us to clean up this beautiful city. and so not only are gheing to go clean it up but we're going to keep it that way and make sure that we all play an important role in doing that. so i'm excited to be here today to talk about this investment and at this time i want to take this opportunity to introduce your leader of this particular amazing district 10, president of the board of supervisors, malia cohen. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i've got to admit that now that london has become mayor now district 10 is so amazing and so wonderful. [laughter] to be fair when she was a supervisor of district 5 there was a rivalry between which district was the best. but now that she's the mayor of the entire city every district is the best. so i want to applaud mayor breed for that. thank you so much. i hope that you guys are excited to be here becau

that is the city of los angeles, the county of los angeles, city of san diego, the county and city of sacramento, and we get no support for artists here in san francisco. so i hope that this -- this measure will address this, and i urge you to support it. thank you very

let's be clear in our intention, the city and county of san francisco is a sanctuary city. the state of california is as well a sanctuary state. and i.c.e. has committed the most heinous crimes imaginable by putting children in cages on cold cement floors, telling them not to touch each other and drugging them if they don't obey. i.c.e. has created a climate of intimidation that threaten the people in our city. the people have spoken and you, too, have spoken loud and clear and publicly. let us declare that we don't recognize their power nor do they have any jurisdiction here and we demand that they must disband immediately. all employees of i.c.e. that disavow themselves the purpose of i.c.e. will be assisted obtaining work by the trade unions. i.c.e. is an acronym for illegal corporate exploitation. this government will track down all corporations who have crossed borders and exploited the work force and countries they've invaded. on july 10, 2018, san francisco stands by its commitment to sanctuary and demand that i.c.e. shut down all its operations and the state of cali

s should be made exempt from the city wide p.l.a. ordinance so they businesses have an opportunity to be nurtured and grow and consistently with what the city of san francisco has always believed in, and purported. >> thank you. [applause] >> hello. my name is dorothy. i'm a resident of san francisco. we would like to have 100% l.b.e. exemption from the p.l.a. ordinance. we would also like a trade union to open up their membership and document to the city how they are recruiting long-term local residents who are women cap who are people of colour back and who are immigrants. we would also like that to be documented for the city to have. i am for the l.b.e. it works for me. thank you. [applause] '. >> hello supervisors. i am a local women-owned business. i'm certified l.b.e. i've been doing business for 17 years. construction trucking. i work on the local road. with this p.l.a., it will severely hinder my ability to continue to work and provide trucking to contractors. ultimately, i think this will make me shut my doris and i will no

he often reminded us that the great city that this city of san francisco -- a great city, must treaters fairly and shared prosperity is an integral part to our strong economy. [applause] we have a booming local economy and a 50-dollar minimum wage. those who say we have to choose between -- 15 dollars minimum wage. those who say we have to choose between a fair pay and equity are wrong. they complement each other. thank you all for being here today. thank you to our labor community partners, our city staff, and all who have worked to ensure the rights of hard-working san franciscans can be protected. enjoy the rest of today. [applause] >> ok. next up, hang on, we will get through this expeditiously. the executive director of the san francisco labor council and lifetime resident of the city and county of san francisco, rudy gonzalez. [cheers and applause] >> you have heard from other speakers that san francisco was the first. that mean something. a mean something when labor unions like community, and when i say that, i mean community partners like the chinese progressive association a

as well as the entire city.ayor's office of economic workforce development, the arts commission, and several other bodies do not now have any really input in the process in the neighborhoods. they don't. we need a new chc to have that broad purview so that members of the public, rather than having to go to five different groups to keep up with what is going on in their neighborhood, can come to one place and learn. the last thing is, community benefits for south of market have to focus on south of market. right now the plan often designates funds could be used in transbay as well. that is not appropriate, please correct. [bell ringing] >> supervisor safai: next speaker. >> hi, supervisors. christie wong. i wanted to thank you for the opportunity to weigh in. i don't have detailed comments, but wanted to underscore the importance of the plan and moving it forward as quickly as possible. we're pleased to see the use of ab 73 to create a housing sustainability district here that will expedite the housing we need. t

our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world- class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - the city's information technology professionals work on revolutionary projects, like providing free wifi to residents and visitors, developing new programs to keep sfo humming, and ensuring patient safety at san francisco general. our it professionals make government accessible through award-winning mobile apps, and support vital infrastructure projects like the hetch hetchy regional water system. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco

lotave the city have done a in this regard. we started a stabilization center, which is the beginning er. 24/7 we are working with our hospitals to increase treatment within the four walls of a hospital within our health care system, but those funds have to come from somewhere, and those needs to be sustainable in nature. we cannot have one off funding for a year or two from congress, because we are talking about establishing clinical infrastructure. that is why we are so much in favor of a care act that was introduced by congressman elijah cummings and senator elizabeth warren, who will be it.ng here to speak about it is direct funding to local jurisdictions like ours that are the most impacted. thes proportional to severity of this epidemic, and now we do not have to rely on one off funding. thatis similar to the act at the peak of hiv-aids epidemic, people said similar things. people were dying at record numbers. however, there is a solution. there is evidence that we can turn the tide, and that is what we are seeing on the

city officials can change the policy today by urging the city attorney to end a policy that perpetuates disparities. thank you very much. >> now i would like to call the next group. [calling of speakers] >> good afternoon. i am alan, senior council with the aclu. the aclu has opposed gang injunctions since their inception in california, and i personally have been involved in all the san francisco gang injunction cases except for the last tone. the city attorney has painted a somewhat rosy view of how gang injunction operate, and i would like to present a less rosy view. in my view and aclu's view, gang injunctions create a separate but unequal system of justice. it is a tool that's allowed -- it is a tool that is ended to fight crime, as miss maris candidly admitted, but it gives prosecutor prosecutors and police -- it frees prosecutors and police from a lot of the constitutional constraints that would be on them if they were prosecuting this as a crime. by going for a gang injunction, there is no need to prove a crime. there is no public defender as jeff mentioned or right to a jury tr

this city is increasingly two cities. the cities of haves and a city of have-nots. homelessness is a tragic visible symbol of that severe inequity. san franciscans, thousands of them lose their homes. the city coffers are fuller than ever. yet we don't see, in this mare's budget, at true reshuffling to address this crisis. the homeless budget is only three% of our city budget. this mare's budget shows a one% increase in new funding. this budget has a massive increase for police, including new weapons, tasers and meanwhile, the police are doing 6,000 homeless response calls a month. this would be not be needed if we had housing and shelter for folks. they do 6,000 mental health calls and this calls for cuts to core mental health services. it calls for 40 more street cleaners. if we did not have thousands and thousands of people on our streets, it would go a long way. it is time to turn this around. you have the opportunity to do just that. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of shelters for the episcopal community service

i've worked in many cities. i know that you all can requesta different city attorney. if the attorney that you have hs conflicts and it really appears that he does have conflicts, hes represented the poa. i think he represents the poa wn the poa lost the lawsuit about meeting and conferring on use of force. i think that's a big conflict of interest. another option would be for the commission to have independent counsel. i don't think that's bad idea. it's done in other cities. again, as you just said, the pos developed really sound taser people. the poa decided or the poa saidy in advance proposition h was gog to be a referendum on how the cy feel about tasers. i think that the city spoke loud and clear. just in the last few days, a man died after daily city officers d a taser on him. these weapons are problematic ty need to be used carefully and within policy. >> vice president mazzucco: we e supervisor cohen in the office. please come forward. >> supervisor cohen: i want to acknowledge the new commissione. good toe sue up here. we -- good do see you up here. we had a

and blue shield and city plans are higher. ooh. overall, there's a 2.5% increase to the cost of the city. tell us what is going on here. >> yes, certainly. thank you, chair cohen, and supervisors. you have before you, health service plans and contribution rates for calendar, 2019. and we also establish the monthly contribution rate that the charter requires the employer contribute to health premiums for employees and retirees, usually referred to as the 10-county average. that is also in the ordinance before you. and, yes, aggregate costs have gone up by 2.1% for the other employers. as you know, health service system serves the courts, city college and unified school district. it's gone up 2.4% for the city alone this is favorable considering healthcare trend survey published by our actuarial firm is showing incresses of 5% to 6%. so we're under the national average. the kaiser plans -- the three plans are kaiser, blue shield and united. the kaiser plan has shown a decrease for this year. our experience with kaiser, it's an every

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i love this city. i grew up here. i want it to be a cleaner city. want it to be a safer city for all of our residents. i'm committed to safe injection sites and to doing our conservatorship program in a way that effectively helps address the challenges of mental illness, something that we know is impacting our homeless population more than anything else, along with addiction -- challenges with addiction. and so i'm committed -- i'm started. i started, and i'm moving forward. when we can see the results is yet to be determined, but i'm looking forward to just really pushing forward as aggressively as i can to get the job done. [inaudible] >> what kind of push back are you anticipating from fellow members of the board -- [inaudible] >> well, actually, i'm not sure if you're aware, but about last week or two weeks ago -- the days are just blending right in together. i went to sacramento with supervisor rafael mandelman to support senator scott wiener's bill, sb 245. he is a support of sb 1045, along with other members of the board of supervisors, and i

is to make all of the drivers, city employees with city benefits, so that they fall under the city. and that's another way to get them out from under these rapacious companies like uber and lyft. and with respect if the m.t.a. was going to... >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, mr. brooks. mr. wolf? >> thank you, bruce wolf speaking for myself just on this particular issue and i think that the problem that started with all of this was that uber and lyft and the others went to the state. i think that it would be good if maybe you think about drafting some legislation to push at the state level to bring it back to local control. so i would urge you to do that. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. and any other people of the public that would like to see some public comment is now closed. i believe that we don't need to take an action on this item. is that correct, mr. clerk? >> i defer to miss stricter on this. >> yes, i understand that the executive officer is looking for direction to proceed with the study and so i think that a motion to allow him to proceed would be appr

and what makes this city run, okay? and to me, to have -- this is a slap in the face, and we need to do everything we can to protect you and your businesses and your livelihoods. so again, i want to thank everybody for coming out tonight and speaking your mind. if you have comments that you did not get to say here up front, please give them to rick here, and they'll be part of the record. so thank you very much. [applause] >> next item, please. >> clerk: item five, approval of meeting minutes, action item. in your packet are the draft regular meeting minutes from september 11, 2017. >> all right. now, this is -- >> go ahead. >> president adam, i am requesting recusal from voting on the september 11, 2017 meeting minutes as i was not on the commission at the time of the meeting. >> okay. public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion, voice motion to recuse commissioner corby. >> we have a first and a second. >> okay. so is there a motion? >> i motion it first. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> okay

fourth, the city should condemn vacant buildings and the city has the power in a domain to chronicle the admissions for 20 years over 150 rooms and that slum lord owner has refused to sell it to anybody to reuse for affordable housing or homeless housing and you need to go after these guys. last, but not least, it's out of control in the city and we're losing hundreds of units a year. the city needs to stop that and to resort to the nuclear option at its disposal to have proceedings by eminent domain and take those properties from those greedy owners and protect their tenants and protect that housing rental supply. otherwise we'll lose thousands of units to this. thank you. >> we can close public comment. all right, public comment is closed. so i have handed out to the committee members and the clerk the 48 amendments that we are introducing that -- that i am introducing today. the city attorney do i have to enumerate each of these 48 amendments? >> you don't. the description you gave at the outset suffices and the document that you submitted to the clerk will be a public document th