roll call vote on the motion to approve. >> on item 25, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor weaner? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor chu? chu aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the motion is approved. next item. >> item 26 is a motion is pointing supervisor scott wiener term ending january 31, 2015, to the golden gate bridge highway transportation district board of directors. >> motion to excuse supervisor wiener. he shall be excused. roll call vote. >> on item 26, cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor chu? chu aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the motion is approved. item 27. >> item 27 is a motion appointing supervisor norman yee, term ending january 31st, 2015 to the golden gate bridge high

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. there are 10 ayes. >> this ordinance is finally passed and resolutions adopted and motions approved. next item, please. >> item 9 is an ordinance amending the administrative code, by adding sections 16.704 and 16.29-7.6, to mandate payments to city employees to offset federal income taxation on health insurance premiums for their same-sex spouses or same-sex domestic partners and to exclude such payments from the computation of compensation under the san francisco employees' retirement system. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just thought i would add myself to the list of co-sponsors. >> any other comments? colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? >> mr. president, we have a new house. >> oh, we have a new house. roll call vote and i understand supervisor cohen would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well. roll call ret. >> on item 9, supervisor fair ill? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wie

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are 8 ayes, one no. >> those ordinances are finally passed. item 21. >> item 21 is resolution concurring with the controller's establishment of the consumer price index for 2013, and adjusting the access line tax by the same rate. >> roll call vote. >> on item 21, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are nine ayes. >> that resolution is adopted. item 22. >> item 22 is a resolution authorizing the sheriff's department to retroactively accept and expend $599,894 in funds from the u.s. department of justice, office of justice programs, through the second chance act reentry program for adult offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders, for the keys to freedom program to increase public safety, and reduce recidivism among incarcerated a

supervisor cohen? cohen no. supervisor yee? two ayes and one no. >> mr. bowden will be forwarded to the full board. thank you once again. all of us appreciate every one of you that have applied. and please keep up the good work that you're doing. thank you very much. we're going to move into -- hold on, let me say this first. can you please call items 8 through 17? >> mr. chair, item numbers 8 through 17 are items regarding existing litigation. would you like to adopt a motion to move into closed session? >> thank you. before we entertain a motion to convene this closed session, is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on items 8 through 17? >>> good afternoon, supervisors. today you are reviewing a whistle blower retaliation settlement titled dr. derek kerr versus ccsf. i'm the plaintiff and i didn't want to sue the city. but dr. maria row aver owe and i stumbled upon wrongdoing ~ in involving laguna honda's ceo that we just couldn't ignore. after notifying the whistle blower program, i received a unique permanent layoff and dr. rovero was h

>> strike through the word rejecting. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> cohen aye.upervisor yee? yee aye. >> thank you. now, colleagues, is there a motion to move forward this appointment with recommendation to the full board? >> i'd like to make a comment. >> please do. >> thank you. when evaluating a nominee, the first question i ask, is the person qualified. after reviewing mr. pearlman's qualifications, reviewing materials and the work that he's done in the past based on historic preservation assessment, i truly believe that he is. i also ask, has he made himself available to me and my staff? and he has, and has been open about answering questions, and is available, i'm sure, to anyone else who is interested in meeting with him as well to discuss his seat on the historic preservation -- his potential seat on the historic preservation commission. lastly, i ask, is there something in the nominee's body of work or his philosophy that renders him unacceptable for the position? and based on my review, the answer is no. mr. pearlman is a practical preservationist. i m

they are malia cohen, london breed at the board. they have to face all the different politics. know they're going to be great partners with me because we've got the right objectives to happen. we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some

as supervisor cohen and i cannot do it alone, we need your support. we need your encouragement.s we celebrate black history month, we need to reflect and understand and appreciate our history. it is a rich history, one that has made san francisco a great city. it is our time to shape the course of history as we speak by making a change in our great city. so, i'm going to be looking to you all in this audience to be advocates, to be supporters. where do we go from here? our time is now to change the course of history in san francisco. thank you all so much. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you, supervisor breed. i'd also like to mention we've been joined by senator mark leno. welcome, mark. glad to have you here. (applause) >> and with that, i'd like to introduce the city administrator naomi kelly who will also introduce the mayor, ed lee. (applause) >> happy black history month, everyone. we have to be proud that we have two very strong beautiful african-american women who are on the board of supervisors. [cheering and applauding] >> and where do we go from here, ms. breed? yo

supervisor cohen. cohen aye. supervisor farrell. farrell aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the final e-i-r is approved. now let's move to the term sheet, which is at -- >> item 24. >> item 24. colleagues, any further discussion? okay. let's take a roll call vote on the term sheet. >> on item 24, skim? kim aye. supervisor mar. mar aye. supervisor tang. tang aye. supervisor wiener. wiener aye. supervisor yee. yee aye. supervisor avalos. avalos aye. supervisor breed. breed aye. supervisor campos. campos aye. supervisor chiu. chiu aye. supervisor cohen. cohen aye. supervisor farrell. farrell aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution with the term sheet is adopted. >>> thank you. >>> thank you. (applause) >> congratulations to all. and with that, colleagues, we still have plenty of business left. i can ask folks if you could please leave quietly so we can continue the rest of our agenda. thank you very much. madam clerk. do you want to take a break? >> the committee report, mr. president? >> yes. >> colleagues, why don't we go to the committee reports, item

aye, campos aye, cohen aye, supervisor mar, mar absent. there are 10 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. >> and with that why don't we go to item no. 10. >> item 10 is an ordinance amended the planning and administrative codes and zoning maps making miscellaneous codes and corrections. >> colleagues, any discussion? can we take this item same call. it passed. >> next item? >> to prove acception and requirement for a $2 million loan for an affordable housing project at 1091 market street. the house has just changed. let's do a roll call. >> supervisor tang, supervisor wiener, supervisor yee, supervisor avalos, supervisor breed, supervisor choou, cohen, kim, supervisor mar, there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinance passed. >> item no. 12. >> miscellaneous variance to same section. >> can we take the same call? without objection this is passed. >> the appointment of murphy term. >> supervisor avalos? >> thank you, president chiu. i don't necessarily speak out against appointments. i know the mayor has a lot of leeway to appoint commissions. i have a re

and with that, let's take a roll call vote. >> on this item, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor chu? chu aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution passes. and, colleagues, i have circulated to all of you except to supervisor chu a resolution commending and honoring her for her distinguished service as a supervisor of the city and county of san francisco in her last day as supervisor. i have a feeling that different colleagues will have things to say, but i think from my perspective, today is a bitter sweet day. we know she is leaving. we know she is not going to go far, and we look forward to her bringing in millions of dollars of property tax revenue so we can figure out how to spend it. but i first want to start by reading some excerpts from this resolution and i want to take a moment and thank her incredible staff

(applause) >> thank you, president cohen, supervisor mar. thank you very much, board, for this honor. let me just say to you real quick, been a part of kpoo since the beginning. i actually chaired the meetings that created kpoo as we know it now. and that was 40 some years ago. so, you can tell that i was very young when i chaired those meetings. by the way, supervisor campos, you might want to take into consideration that none of us have ever seen pope bennedict, hagen and carmen chu in the same room at the same time. [laughter] >> i'm just saying, i don't know. but this is a really important institution. kpoo carried the board of supervisors for 30 years free of charge. you didn't have channel 29 at that time. in fact, until kpoo, every board of supervisors meeting, all of your staff would have to come in here and sit and wait, hoping they would be called. and no one has ever talked about the savings that kpoo brought to the city because they could sit in their office and work and tune in. and if they saw that there was a need for them to

. >> thank you very much supervisor cohen. i would like to ask the mayor's office on be half of mayor if they want to add anything. >> yes, thank you. s f g tv if i can get the overhead. i'm not going to repeat anything cohen said. i just want to show a couple visuals. these are hollow point bullets. we are not propose to to ban all bullets. you can see these barbs here, this is what a normal hollow point looks like. it flattens out. but these barb bullets this is what they look like. they cause significant damage to internal organs. these little barbs make surgical repair impossible on a victim. i just wanted to share those visuals. thank you very much. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much mr. elliot and this you for the leadership on this issue. i see we have captain oh leery from the san francisco police department and proud to say a former police captain. good to see you captain oh leery. >> thank you, good morning. good to see you again. the san francisco police department stands in support of both pi

>> thank you, and supervisor cohen for bringing this to us and thank you dr. murase as well. i know that the asian pacific islander and others are part of this and the bar association 2 programs, as well, to provide legal services for domestic violence victims. and there is $18,107 allocation for the department. it seems for principle administrative analyst or partial funding so that person or your department can create a comprehensive needs assessment to evaluate the needs of domestic violence programs and is that what the $18,000 is used for. >> it is for when we go out and do a training, it has been almost five years ago when we put together a domestic violence response cross training institute. we partner with subject matter experts from our shelters and from our hot lines and our case management folks and we pay them to help to deliver the training content. so these dollars are actually going to go to our community-based partners. so, explain again, how the $18,000 to the department is going to be allocated? >> so, what we do is we pay a community-based trainer. so that

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor chu? chu aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution is finally passed, resolution is adopted, motion approved. next item, please. >> item 13 is ordinance amending the administrative code, by adding sections 16.704 and 16.29-7.6, to mandate payments to city employees to offset federal income taxation on health insurance premiums for their same-sex spouses or same-sex domestic partners and to exclude such payments from the computation of compensation under the san francisco employees' retirement system. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you, president chiu. and i want to thank my colleague from the budget and finance committee supervisor avalos, supervisor mar for passing this out of committee and sponsoring, co-sponsoring with me along with my other co-sponso

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supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. there are 11 ayes. >> these resolutions are adopted. madam clerk, can you read the in memoriam? >> yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor campos, for pastor rance white side. on behalf of the full board of supervisors for the late geraldine gerry meister. >> and madam clerk, is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [adjourned] [gavel] >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, march the 12th, 2013. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. sup

cohen says those are classic american mistakes. oh, my goodness.to enjoy the entire experience and linger over a meal. >> but, you know, you need ten minutes to realize if your hunger is cut or not. when you are served with a plate like that, you cannot consider it because you have your plate and you need to clean your plate. >> his third tip, never deprive yourself. he says it's better to have a smaller portion of something flavorful rather than having a boring salad that gives you no pleasure at all. there's nothing more american than fast-food. but dr. cohen says no food, no matter how rich, is ever totally forbidden. this seems like diet sacrilege, but you actually think a big mac is okay for a meal. >> yeah. but the problem is in reality that you accompany this with french fries and a soda. but you have to take your time and you have to enjoy it. >> but just remember, saver the burger. but try a salad on the side, not fries. and certainly not every day. but honestly, you must be the only nutritionist and diet expert who would say a big mac is

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinances are finally passed. next item -- actually why don't we skip over the cpmc items, 5 through 7 until our special order and go to item 8. >> item 8 was referred from the land use and economic development committee without recommendation. the resolution granting street encroachment at 54 peralta avenue. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much, mr. president. i want to begin by thanking president chiu and his office for sponsoring this item. we have seen this item continued a number of times until some of the issues that were raised by the neighbors were resolved. and i want to thank all of the parties, including the applicant here and the residents of this neighborhood, for coming together to resolve the issues at hand. and i especially want to acknowledge the work of bob besso, michelle kimbalt and acknowledge the work of the developer who worked in good faith to resolve these issues. and if i may, i'd like to ask john kwong of the department of

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are nine ayes. >> thank you. that resolution is adopted. and madam clerk, could you call item 35? >> item 35 is a resolution standing with muslim and arab communities in the face of anti-arab and anti-muslim bus advertisements. >> thank you. colleagues, last week i introduced this resolution to stand with our muslim and arab communities in the face of antiarab and antimuslim bus advertisements. i want to just take a moment and thank all of the co-sponsors here on the board as well as the 75 organizations who came together on this issue that represent our diverse ethnic community, civil rights, labor, social justice and religious organizations and ask for your support. madam clerk, could you call the roll. >> on item 35, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there ar

supervisor cohen. thank you for your patience as we made some adjustments in our agenda. i know that we will also be getting a presentation from sfusd afterwards. but wanted to give supervisor cohen an opportunity to introduce this item. thank you for being here. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for your continued interest in public service. colleagues, thank you for hearing this item today. the reason why i sponsored this hearing is to continue the conversation that is going on between parents and the school district about a future of middle school option in potrero hill. as you know that a nearly decade long process in the eastern neighborhood yielded us an opportunity to continue to see increase in growth of the southeastern neighborhoods. it's with this growth that comes a need not only infrastructure, transportation and affordable housing but also schools. oftentimes we don't do a good enough job to be sure that our infrastructures are timed with growth. we are lucky in potrero hi

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution passes. madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor tang, for the late ms. chan ran chang. >> and madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> >> that concludes our business for the day. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [adjourned] >> how is it going san francisco. it's springtime in san francisco. here is what's happening around town. this march join yoga for beginners.

supervisor cohen? cohen aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution passes. madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor tang, for the late ms. chan ran chang. >> and madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> >> that concludes our business for the day. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [adjourned] ?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites. san francisco is a foodie town. we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a great stop for you. i've been searching high and low for some great cookies and the buzz around town that anthony's are those cookies. with rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see

(applause) >> supervisor campos and supervisor malia cohen.oing to speak too much because i know the nominater took not only is she a part of this community, but she has taken the time to really outline all the achievements of the community. but i will say on behalf of my boss, amy cohen, the portola never had a drop down on the yelp. it never had a drop down on the cdbg grant application process. and they used to have t-shirts that said best little neighborhood you never knew. so, i'm going to bring up lindy lynetsky from dpw. (applause) >> we stole all her lines already. >> yeah, stole all my lines. you just stole another. all right. tonight is called the portola sweep, right? [cheering and applauding] >> i know there are several people here tonight who nominated the portola as the come back neighborhood of the award of the year. neighborhood of the year award. i'm sure there were several nominaters. so, i'm very humble to be able to present my nomination and the reasons why i think we deserve tonight's award. i'm a relative newcomer to the