supervisor cohen: thank you. supervisor wiener: i am also particularly interested, in the neighborhoods where this results in a blanket ban on banks, whether outreach was conducted to the residents who actually rely on the banking services. i guess that this is just another question, which would be -- with their be a way to craft of the language of the legislation? so that it would be defined as a formula retail, without having any bans? affectively, the cu, so that we do not have neighborhoods where there is a blanket ban on banks but it would hat -- it would still have to go through a conditional use? >> there is probably a way, unless it was part of what was before the voters. i'm sure that there is a way to craft that to make sure that they are not banned within commercial districts. supervisor mar: these are banks with 11 or more districts each. not all banks are caught up in this legislation. >> correct. supervisor mar: thank you so much, mr. starr. i wanted to invite up regina, the director of small busine

we have a question from supervisor cohen. commissioner? supervisor cohen: thank you very much. good morning to my fellow commissioners. good morning. i have a follow-up question on and the local issues section that specifically relates to what your talking about. i was a little unclear. are you telling me that the transportation authority is pulling out of supporting transportation around that area and you will be yielding to the mayor's office of budget? >> no, quite the contrary. we have a long-term commitment already made to the completion of the station at the end of the third street line. that is essentially pending assignment that we have on that. that is at the subject of a long-term process and study. it is also linked to the bi- county study to try to sort out transportation in the entire southeast corner of the county and its connection to development opportunities south of the county line. we have a longstanding commitment to do the right infrastructure investment from the sources we have but also to team up with the jurisdictions in san mateo county to be about to e

president chiu: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. president. supervisor chiu was asking you several questions about money, how much it is costing, about your financing, and you were very eloquent and loquacious but did not quite zero and our answer the questions, so you describe it as an erosion to the project, and i was wondering if you could explain to me exactly in what way with the project road? >> well, -- in what way with the project erode? >> well, is significant delay, that was as one example of a significant problem that this project could face. as was said, not all projects deploy capital at a market rate and that no project can be built, whether it is a public- private project, treasure island, which is a project i worked on, that this board is familiar with, very much a public-private partnership, where the city was buying property from the navy and was being purchased with developers' up-front capital and the developers buying it from the city. that is one example, but another example is that this is a public-private partnership, a

supervisor cohen: thank you. supervisor wiener: i am also particularly interested, in the neighborhoods where this results in a blanket ban on banks, whether outreach was conducted to the residents who actually rely on the banking services. i guess that this is just another question, which would be -- with their be a way to craft of the language of the legislation? so that it would be defined as a

supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: on page four, is this the project includes 500 bikes and 50 kiosks in san francisco. can you give me some kind of indication as to where that is going to be? >> we can follow up with the sfmta staff member who is in charge of the bike sharing project. supervisor cohen: i am sorry, the person is not here today? >> he is, but we can provide you a map of the locations we have today. is that correct? >> [inaudible] >> ok. >> good afternoon. heath maddox, senior planner with the sfmta -- sfmta. this is a pilot program that will run for 12 to 24 months. the introductory service area is centered in the downtown area of san francisco, between -- along market street, between van ness and the embarcadero. it sort of spread out in an anchor shape, including civic center, south of market, and the financial district. once you hit the waterfront, it goes as far south as pier 40, into mission bay. as far north as round house plaza. we can also send you a map. supervisor cohen: than

[applause] supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you. i would like to say, susie, if you could see the number of folks lining up to speak today competent it is a validation -- to speak today, it is a validation of the clear support. i want to say thank you to the mayor's office for putting up a fantastic allied in the women's community. i have been working with susie for years and i'm delighted to continue to work with your as we continue to address many of the public safety committee -- needs. she continues to serve as a role model not only to her daughters, but the daughters of all of san francisco. i enthusiastically supporting her today. supervisor weiner: i also strongly support ms. loftus. she will be a real asset to the commission. i was really surprised that she came out of rules with no recommendation, because it is harder -- hard to think of a more qualified candidates. these commissions are often thankless jobs, especially the police commission where you are subject to a lot of criticism. it is an enormous amount of work and i

supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. would i have to echo the same concerns you have. willing to support the first. uncomfortable with -- the first being the grandfathering clause and uncomfortable with the second one with banks going in on the second floor. supervisor mar: thank you. and then i was just going to address supervisor cohen's comments. i always support maximum outreach to neighborhoods, and my hope is that before the vote as a full board, we work with the office of small business to make sure that we're engaging the small business sector and different neighborhoods and bringing that back as we kind of maybe amend, if there's comments and suggestions, kind of before is voted upon by the full board. i certainly support that. my hope is that this can move forward to with amendments made by supervisor wiener and go to the full board, if possible. supervisor wiener? >> i appreciate the support for the grandfathering as of the introduction date. thank you. and regarding the first floor versus second floor, first

supervisor mar: was it -- supervisor cohen: was at valley merchants? >> all the merchants, all 45 merchant organizations received information about legislation. supervisor cohen: i understand that, but who responded? >> in terms of e-mails, no direct response. i do not recall of the top of my head was in attendance, but i can follow up with that. >> no one responded to the e- mail, but you count that -- supervisor cohen: no one responded to the e-mail, but you count that as outreach? >> correct. from our standpoint, we send the information out and do not have the capability of being able to follow up with each business organization on the policy matters. merchant organizations know our procedures and know that we send them out on a regular basis. supervisor cohen: would you be willing to do more upbeat before the item came to the full board? >> shirt. -- sure. supervisor mar: i know that when the small business commission heard this, there were representatives from a number of neighborhoods to testified. i know that it engaged in number of associations

supervisor cohen: -- supervisor koh cohen? supervisor cohen: i would like to thank mr. wolf for his service, as well as the members of the public here today. i am encouraged by the diversity of the candidates put forward, including members of the lgbt african-american women's community. it is important that we have a task force that reflects the diversity of the city and county of san francisco. they bring a significant experience in the legal profession, as well as consumer advocacy. all areas of expertise that i believe will lend themselves nicely to the task force. as some of my colleagues have already stated today, i am also very concerned about the task force position and how it applies. in the rules committee, the charter of the city is the democratic foundation. the center that all of us must live up to. all of our members of these appointed and elected bodies must live up to it as well i understand why you firmly believe in this issue, but i do not happen to share that opinion. i will be supporting the motion put that supervisor wiener has put on the floor. than

the supervissupervisor cohen: thank you. like many members of here, i have a broken heart that the forty-niners are absolutely leaving. i like to thank the rec and park staff at the department for negotiating the lease term. the of us are happy about them leaving, but the decision to move to santa clara, the residents have been working for more than a decade the plan for the revitalization of the community surrounding the stadium. it is no secret that the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium have had a tremendous need had borne the brunt of traffic and noise and impact of the stadium for decades. that is why i am working with the general manager phil ginsberg. i am pleased to see that they are planning to spend those dollars on youth recreation payments associated with this please that are in the neighborhood, and to benefit those that have been impacted for years. i believe you have received had a letter that he sent to you. articulating a proposal in which -- i would feel comfortable at the language of this letter was cod

supervisor mar: the sponsor is supervisor cohen. john updike? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. updike. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. acting director of real estate. i'm joined by the mayor's office of housing that will give you the overview of the project. i will speak to you about the technical aspects of the item before you today. the location here is tat 1 kashmire, an overall shot of the location. a more particular look and the area impacted by this proposed easement runs right here on the edge of the cul de sac. simply put, what we have about 850 square feet of these men to be granted. it is determined as part of the resolution before you today is granting -- if it furthers the public interest and therefore, there is no cost involved in the transfer. it is a perpetual easement, but it includes the right to terminate has the terms of conditions are brief in some way. so that, in a nutshell, is the real estate item, and i think john can give you some contact has to why this is before you today. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the project manager, and most of you are p

supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. president chiu: those ordinances are passed. critical items four and five. >> item 4 is amending the planning code. item five is an ordinance amending the planning code, article 11, historic preservation. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i want to ask a couple of questions to our planning department. as my colleagues may remember, one of the amendments that we introduced that passed last week had to do with making sure there was outreach to the folks who would be impacted by a landmark designation. i just wanted to ask a couple of questions to the planning department about how outreach could take place. if i may, to planning, the main concern is making sure the outreach is done in a culturally competent way. where needed, there is translation and availability in different languages. i am wondering if planning, for the record, could clarify the kind of outreach that they would do pursuant to this legislation. >> we conduct a multi link will outreach -- multi-lingual outreac

supervisor cohen: one thing i am looking at is whether there will be setbacks, the whip. maybe you can describe to experience the pedestrians are going to have walking along the sidewalk. >> yes. i am sorry. i am seeing if i can get some more a specific data for you. mr. -- do you have -- that i can borrow? the architect appears out of nowhere. ok. >> hi. i am market, with a group on behalf of the project sponsor. the project needs the sidewalk in the way that the city planning code and our conversations with the planning department have encouraged, which is that it has relief and recess at the base. there are elements of the building which come directly down to the ground, directly adjacent to and in some cases behind those elements are active public-oriented uses, things like restaurants, cafes, and so forth. there is a great deal of transparency at the base of the building. it is about 60% to 75% glass, so the public can see into the building, and as i mentioned, there are moments of relief, where the sidewalk is wider at some places. at its minimum, it is 15 feet wide

supervisor cohen: thank you. president chiu: colleagues, other questions? >> ok. i wonder how much time i have at this juncture? secretary calvillo: you have a certain amount of time. >> ok. when the exchange involves. the figure before you is from the eir, and it shows exactly what the exchange and tails. eir also describes the criteria that the port, this board, and the state lands commission will all use in deciding whether to approve the exchange. president chiu: can i ask a question on this point? it is able esoteric, but there was a question about whether it adequately define the areas subject to the public trust and references the fact that there are historical maps. entitlements historically which made that areas subject the public trust, which means that we are not swapping public trust land for non public trust lands, which is what we need to do in the public trust. can you address that? >> the state lands commission has determined the plan that would be acquired by the port is not public trust lands at this time. president chiu: so the maps do not exist

supervisor cohen: are any of them in the department of environment? >> we do have to who are in the department of an barman. we just promoted one to a leader who is leading the environment now team. supervisor cohen: what is the criteria that you use to evaluate will be accepted into the program? >> we work with quite a few nonprofits that do the kind of work we do in that community. we have close partnerships with goodwill, the san francisco conservation corps, we work with a lot of development programs where they have maybe six or eight week program and provide an opportunity for participants to do a two-year stint with us. it's a much longer opportunity. we work with a lot of partners and that's the main way we have been recruiting. >>supervisor cohen: these are paid positions? >> yes. i believe the hourly rate is $14 an hour. supervisor cohen: this is 18-24? >> not all of them, but many of them. supervisor cohen: is there an age limit? >> there is not an age limit. the department of the environment has 30 staff whose primary responsibility is an o

supervisor cohen: good afternoon, everyone. today, i will be introducing a series of pieces of legislation that will facilitate the expansion of one of our cities hidden gems. the wholesale produce market. it is, to 30 distributors and employs six and a 50 people. -- 650 people. they have been an advocate for the community. it has been instrumental, not only in serving our local restaurants, but employing our local residents. leading advocacy efforts to increase the access to healthy foods for the southeastern neighborhoods. the legislation we are introducing provides a leap for the market. $100 million in improvements, allowing them to expand within district 10. we have been vacating a portion of the street that runs to the market to ensure that workers and pedestrians have a safe environment in and around the market. this expansion is a tremendous win to the city's businesses and residents. i am proud to be one of the supervisors' sponsoring our neighborhood parks bond. one of the most valuable assets we have as a small urban

this week we have sasha barron cohen playing an arab guy, and he is not arab. that's my point.his movie specifically. this is the jumping off point for a bigger discussion about hollywood. >> i'm going to share this woet that you have. arabs and south asians have long been ghettoized playing exclusively cab drivers, delhi workers, terrorists, and the occasional good guy who works with law enforcement who is usually killed later in the week by a bad brown guy. again, you're saying that if you are in the creative process, if an arab is in the creative process, it would change that. >> i think it would make it a better movie. less cliche. we all know that depictions of arabs and indians in movies, it's cliche. anyone can write that stuff. the joke is like the terrorist puppet. they can be better. i actually give an example for hollywood because it makes it a better movie. in the 1960s there's a movie about mafia guides, and they weren't using italians, and they were failing. paramount, the same studio that made this movie found francis ford copalla and made a great movie about ita