on item 15, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: today, i am introducing a series of amendments to president chiu's legislation, the result of many months of conversations with many stakeholders -- labor groups, coalitions, business groups, small business groups, health access organizers, and community-based organizations. the amendment will do the following. it will increase the time by which employees can accrue fund is in a reimbursement account from one year to two years, require that if employees have a balance in their account at the end of the year that those funds are rolled over and made available to them the next year, so they are not starting with a zero balance the beginning part of the year, increase the protection for consumers are requiring businesses that impose a surcharge to cover the cost of health care, but spend less than the amount on health care for their employees, to pay the difference to the employees for care for health-care costs. third, require businesses to report to olse not only the

supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: know. president chiu: ok, why do we not go to those who want to speak on behalf of the project sponsor? >> mr. santiago, an executive director of support services. i am also on the faculty at san jose state university in the public health sciences department. we also provide services. in fact, we just recently received funds to provide kinships services as well as child interactions services where across the street at 201 leland, and this is 199. i just want to say that the evidence, the public health evidence, just does not support risk for either of my staff or the children or the families. the other thing that i want to say is that we are concerned about good service everywhere, because we want to be efficient and competitive, and we want to be able to access our patient data, our client files, electronically, through the ipad or other devices, and we are customers of at&t. this one it will be accessible through these data networks, and i again support anything that will allow us to have

supervisor cohen: actually, i have a question. supervisor mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: steve felt -- do you find that the privately owned ones are run by the same families or groups? >> there are networks of private owners. it is structured in a way where it is either a limited liability corporation or a trust, and sometimes it is actually very difficult to find who the decision maker and owner is at a building. there are some that manage different buildings, even in different parts of the city, but i do not know as much about who owns the different parts of the buildings. supervisor mar: miss? >> is it ok that we use the projector for part of the presentation? i am going to present some of the results of the survey. we do not have time to go over everything, but i want to kick up some parts that i wanted to share today. our findings are based on 150 surveys that were collected from seniors and adults with disabilities who live in sro's. because of our access to the buildings and limited funding, the results are not meant to be inclusive. hopefully thi

i also like to take the opportunity to thank supervisors cohen -- supervisor cohen and her staff for the work they have done on this issue for what i know is the intent behind the amendment. let me say that while i appreciate the intent and appreciate the effort, i do respectfully disagree that this is the right direction for us to go down. contrary to what president chiu indicated, i do not think it is something that we as a board necessarily should be proud of in terms of what this amendment does. when i began the effort to close this loophole in the ordinance, i designed by ordinance so they presented little to no legal risk to make sure that not only did we not have a significant legal risk but that we actually, through the amendment, tried to do what we were trying to do, which is close the loophole. you look at the legal history of the ordinance and the challenges that were filed by the golden gate restaurant association, i think that in many respects, one can say that we got lucky in being successful in that endeavor. if you read the ninth circuit opinion, it is clear that as

i am year to thank supervisors cohen -- supervisor cohen and president chiu for their amendment thathink are a good compromise of where we stand on this issue. i would like to stick up with the previous speaker left off. i do not have hra and i would not want to have it, but the insurance companies put a limit of 20 hours a week providing insurance. that is the threshold. anyone that works less than 20 hours a week -- and there are many -- do not have any way to be injured. i do not charge for the health initiative, and i provide health insurance. last year, i had a serious accident. i am still paying off many of the bills that my interest did not pay, so why are we putting small businesses in the same category of some big corporations, big brother that is just out to get -- all the restaurant owners i know, and i can name a lot -- they care for their people. they do the best they can. they work their ass off and i resent the characterization that small-business owners are out there to take advantage of anyone. we are not. i support supervisor cohen and president chiu's amendment. th

cohen aye. elsbernd no. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 10 ayes, one no. item seven, ordinance amending the administrative code to set a policy of community policing, and urge the police commission and chief of police to review and as necessary many police the promise policies and procedures. on item seven, mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu chaye. chiu chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd no. farrell aye. kim aye. item eight, ordinance appropriating $1 million settlement funds to the department of public health for the neighborhood improvement and mitigation in the neighborhood's most impacted by the potrero power plant in fiscal year 2011- 2012. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 11 ayes. item nine, a resolution authorizing the director of public works to execute an amendment to the emergency public work contract at the san francisco general hospital and to increase the not to exceed amount to approximately

. >> reporter: matthew cohen cultivates medicinal marijuana on a ten-acre farm set amid vineyards incalifornia. for the past year he's been operating legally at least in the eyes of local law enforcement. his marijuana plants are protected by these tags. >> this one is up sidedown. >> reporter: this program is unique in california and has allowed cohen's nonprofit cooperative to expand around the state. >> we're about 1700 members now. >> reporter: a county ordinance allows cohen to legally grow up to 99 plants, provided he submits to inspections by sheriff's deputies and complys with state law. it's enough marijuana to keep his co-op members supplied for many months. >> we weren't just getting ready to start harvesting. we figured we were compliant with state law and compliant with local regulations and that that's nothat the deoral gvernment was interested in. e>> rlporter: but cohen was wrong. on october 13, heavily armed federal agents stormed his>> compound. >> dogs started barking. i looked out the window and saw four or five, you know, federal agent vehicles. you could tell wi

supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading as amended. at this time, we do have one 3:30 special commendation to. i would like to ask supervisor mar to make the presentation. supervisor mar: i would like to honor the 2009 hired chef of america amazing chef and one of the neighborhoods that is celebrating its 10th anniversary in our cities. this has been chosen by zagat's has one of the top 10 restaurants of the decade. it contributes to the incredible culinary diversity of our city with traditional moroccan cuisine. the chef who opened the restaurant 10 years ago blends modern and sophisticated interpretations that combine authentic more often flavors with fresh and local ingredients. i really appreciate the staff and the workers as they support local agriculture by purchasing their materials from local farms and orchards. they are

and the support to the work of supervisor cohen and president chiu. president o'brien: do you know what the legislation has, i am trying to remember, which would not be the first time. did we have anything to monitor the impact? i seem to recall there was something to do reporting to see how this affects things. >> correct. i brushed over what was new but in terms of the amendments, supervisor david chiu did have in his legislation for businesses to report on their expenditures. so, so that is still there. businesses will still be required in the amount of what they are making. the defined the details of what they will need to report on is still yet to, but the idea is to stay with your hra account, what are reimbursable expenses under your plan so that we can monitor and track that. we want to reiterate to the fact that the employee notification, the time of the employment and on a regular basis as also codified in the legislation. i want to thank the mayor as well because he brought forward his legislation and he convened many meetings to bring the

supervisor cohen: exactly.ou said there are over 200 parks already in existence but i am in native san franciscan, and i have played in parks all across the city. i understand that you have an enterprising spirit, and we struggled -- even early this year, their constant struggles and battles. and i imagined we will have another one during the next budget cycle. privatizing public space. i am trying to really look a little bit further down the line and get a better understanding. we build this park. ok, parents will help pay for it. 20 years from now or even five to 10 years from now, where do we find the funds to pay for it? >> part of our approaches been to work with groups when possible to address some of those maintenance needs. we have now had support philanthropic league for pardoning time and rec center time. we continue to work on that. at the end of the day, the city needs to make a decision that it will invest public dollars in maintaining its open spaces, like supervisor wiener talked about. yes, rec

supervisor cohen? -- maria guillen to come up. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you. there is ever a future, another future study that would begin to look at living conditions for seniors and public housing, there are those that know that we of several housing units in the southeast part of san francisco, so i am interested in what is going on in other areas, like sunnyvale and potrero hill. supervisor mar: thank you for all of the work you have done. >> thank you, supervisor mar. i work with aging and adult services. i am happy to be here today as part of this presentation. i am actually back to returning in areas on aging conference in los angeles, and it was exciting to be among leaders and community activists that i enjoy working with, and they looked at enhancing the quality of life among older adults. it was also encouraging to see that more are integrating services for young adults with disabilities. of course, when i mentioned i work and live in san francisco, many are impressed with this fact. the city is though magnificently beautiful. i am proud of the work

. >> supervisor: -- supervisor cohen has made the motion. supervisor campos: just to clarify the record, what i said and what i will continue to say is that a key difference of opinion is over the issue of whether or not we would be ok with placing the limits on the amount workers accumulate and the health care they are entitled to. on the issue of placing limits, the federal government, president obama, and the congress have made it clear that they are against the placement of those limits. what you are saying, through this amendment, is you are ok with limiting the amount that is accumulated in these accounts. by making that statement, you are taking a position that is to the right of the federal government. i stand by that comment and, at the end of the day, the facts and history was the fort itself. much has been said about how this is a compromise. there has been a lot of give- and-take. the reality is, with this issue, we are ok with permitting the amount the workers can accumulate. we are placing limits on what workers can accumulate.

supervisor cohen: thank you.on: i want to thank the founders as well for putting on this program. it really -- it gave a number of students who were off-track a chance to get on that track, and that is so important with our new graduation requirements. they need to have algebra. they need to move on to higher- level math and other subjects. it is really wonderful to hear how successful the program was, and i am particularly so glad that you're tutors are going to training with the school districts and are aligning the material that they are getting in the summer with what we are teaching during the school year. it is so important to make sure that kids are on-track academically, that they are getting what they need to graduate. that is the ultimate goal. thank you very much. it is exciting to hear about this. i cannot wait for more successes next summer. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. commissioner fewer: i want to echo what my colleagues have said. thank you so much for helping make our summer school pro

supervisor cohen: thank you.> good afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. i'm the executive director of young community developers. i'm going to present information from the summer academic program we provided for district 10 youth. i'm going to need the screen. >> you have a power point presentation? there we go. thank you. >> basically, first, this talks about our mission. the bottom line is, we just want to make sure we get the community working, a big emphasis in the southeast sector. we're working to provide jobs for individuals within san francisco in general. the summer academic program was set up for ninth grade students and summer school, or originally. at the beginning of the program, we also allowed some district 10 youth from philip burton's high school, as well as recovery programs, to participate as well. the program had 9th through 12th graders. some of them identified as 10th graders. students came from lowe, balboa -- they all came to the elbow over the summer. the program was designed where w

supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: i have a statement. i wanted to make an announcement that we're going to be having simultaneous translation. we're going to be disseminating the headsets for folks now that we have two translators. >> thank you for this great effort. it is needed to bring more people to be in city hall. i really appreciate this effort. this way to get them to understand the proceedings. thank you very much. president chiu: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: victor lim is there on my staff who could also transmit. if you have -- need help, he is there. >> mr. lim is very good transmitter. he's very confident. thank you. president chiu: any other questions? why don't we move to public comment on -- we should invite the translator so we can simultaneously translate. >> could be afternoon -- good afternoon. i have been here for seven come almost eight years. the planning department identifies this [unintelligible] which is predominantly residential. under the 199 [unintelligible] telecommunications service facility guidelines,

. >> reporter: matthew cohen cultivates medicinal marijuana on a ten-acre farm set amid vineyards infornia. for the past year he's been operating legally at least in the eyes of local law enforcement. his marijuana plants are protected by these tags. >> this one is up sidedown. >> reporter: this program is unique in california and has allowed cohen's nonprofit cooperative to expand around the state. >> we're about 1700 members now. >> reporter: a county ordinance allows cohen to legally grow up to 99 plants, provided he submits to inspections by sheriff's deputies and complys with state law. it's enough marijuana to keep his co-op members supplied for many months. >> we weren't just getting ready to start harvesting. we figured we were compliant with state law and compliant with local regulations and that that's not what the federal government was interested in. >> reporter: but cohen was wrong. on october 13, heavily armed federal agents stormed his compound. >> dogs started barking. i looked out the window and saw four or five, you know, federal agent vehicles. you could tell with

supervisor cohen: have you been in other units in the building? >> i work with the central city collaborative. i am familiar with going to the private hotels and the nonprofits. i live in the neighborhood. i am familiar with that. supervisor cohen: thank you for your testimony. >> good afternoon. i am richard chavez. i work for central city collaborative and myself several hours a week and after seeing these photos and the people that come to see as with their problems, i am lucky. i stay at the london in and it is the same period in has everything like john was saying. this place has everything for seniors and it is really good. elevator works all the time. they have case managers. tomorrow it will have the thanksgiving dinner for everyone which is great. i wish everybody could come by and see how it is run. it is run really good. the manager is really great. the case managers do with everybody single-a-3 they do not have no pets or anything like that. their friends or anything like that. there is no danger, it is clean, it is everything. it is i