and supervisor cohen. >> present. >> cohen present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, are there any communicationses? >> i have no communications today, mr. president. >> and could you read our consent jedv? >> items 1 through 11 comprise the consent calendar. thea items are considered routine unless a member will object. the item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would you like to sever any of these item? madam clerk, could you call -- sorry. could you call the roll on items 1 through 11? >> on items 1 through 11, supervisor mar? >> aye. >> 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 chi

>>supervisor malia cohen: 4 years. okay, now we have a relationship with a vendor that it's already been created. now we are in the implementation stage, testing. i agree, we don't want what obama went through with obamacare. this is just as important. we are testing. when will the testing stages be over? >> it's my understanding from a meeting that we had recently the testing is about the next couple months and looks like this is going to roll out sometime towards the end of the spring. >>supervisor malia cohen: okay >> at least that is what it is right now depends upon what happens with the testing. there are a lot of features that we wanted to provide including greater transparency so the citizens had not only see the summary of the activity, but also be able to see the notices of violation online and the information from the department of building inspection and department of planning. it takes a while when you are dealing with a plan that you have to mold to your particular environment. this is one of the larger j

thank you chair breed and supervisor cohen and members of the committee. my name is amanda guma and i'm here to provide a brief presentation on our audits and findings recommendations. on 9th, we were directed to conduct an audit with the effectiveness of recruitment, hiring and promotion at the san francisco fire department as well as to look at the overtime staffing practices at the fire department. we are initiated our project on july 23rd. our report was released on january 13th, it includes 6 findings and 19 recommendations. the fire department of current structured has 43 fire stations and three stations at san francisco international airport and station 49 which the station from ambulances are deployed throughout the city. they're currently as of october 2013, ,131,393 unformed employees at the fire department. 1,070 are in fire suppression and 323 are in emergency medical services. the fire department has the fifth largest department budget in the city. and its resources are derived from the general fund. total projected expenditures for the fire d

>>supervisor scott weiner: supervisor cohen in >>supervisor malia cohen: all right. the goal of the amendment is to eliminate the conscious and unconscious bias that exist during housing and hiring decisions as well as promoting public safety and what we are trying to do is eliminate some of these barriers of entry. supervisor kim, it's been a pleasure to work with you and your staff. it's been really great as well as the list of advocates. well, because the ordinance is lengthy we have a new more non-substantive issues for the committee to deal with today. they have come at the request of the mayor's office of housing as well as the city attorneys office. these amendments do a number of things, fist a capitalization of defining terms throughout the ordinance such a high -- hyphens and commas and the deletion and the definition of person. clarify that the requirement of an applicant be provided with a background check prior. background need to be done when by adding the clause "if any" to the reference. there is to contract any waivers to prove by the contract admini

. >> thank you, supervisor cohen and president chiu. it's always important to put a face behind legislation. and today's legislation is for these very individuals. the fair chance act is for an individual named don he will who was fired from his janitorial job whos was fired for failing to tell about a 1974 arrest for transpesting. the fair chance act is for a woman named sandee who won the lottery at nema across the street, but was disqualified because she failed to pay child support in the late 1990s, even though she served time for that failure. the fair chance act is for denise who was told she shouldn't bother to apply for a job as a cook because she had a conviction for shop lifting when she was in high school. as supervisor cohen mentioned, for one in four adults in the united states, an arrest or conviction record is a stigma that means "you need not apply." these examples are real life obstacles preventing individuals who are actively looking to change their life by getting a job or finding a roof over their head. yet we know h

>>supervisor malia cohen: don't wore about that. >> thank you. >>supervisor malia cohen: we'll let you know when that time is up. one of the things that i'm keying in is the stellar system. there is multiple recommendations about this system and i have heard about it for three years. when is it going to be up and operational. what the heck is taking so long. how hard can it be? you can address them in any order. >> i will tell you that as one of the managers, we've been spending a lot of time committed to getting this up in total because you are looking at a permit tracking system, a complaint tracking system and a major data transfer of data from the existing complaints tracking system and permit tracking system, socio these are huge records, probably 3 or 4 projects in one. >>supervisor malia cohen: how long have we been working on this project. >> the director is working on that. >>supervisor malia cohen: i know that you have been working on this project. >> i have been working on the -- project now. my inspectors go into the field and have to

>>supervisor scott weiner: supervisor cohen in >>supervisor malia cohen: all right. the goal of the amendment is to eliminate the conscious and unconscious bias that exist during housing and hiring decisions as well as promoting public safety and what we are trying to do is eliminate some of

i think supervisor cohen has a question before we let you go. >>supervisor malia cohen: thank you. okay, so we've actually as i mentioned before in my remarks had a very detailed report for the civil grand jury and i'm going to refer back to some of the issues that were raised. in particular, while i didn't agree with everything that the grand jury reported out, their findings did warn some of the findings did warrant a follow up. i have two questions, my first one is the grand jury report found that only the dbi housing division was collecting monthly violations fees in the fees in the effect of $52. the code enforcement, the building and plumbing and inland empiral e -- electrical side were not. are you now collecting this fee? >> the fees are now collected after the report. >> can you tell me how much the fee is? >> $52. >> the same? >> yes, we work with the city attorney on that. they are the city code enforcement and monitor the case. >>supervisor malia cohen: do you have any notices of violation longer than 12 months? >> i don't have that. >>supervisor malia cohen: okay the r

liz: will today change anything for steve cohen? >> potentially. a big part of this and i speculating but you talk about someone one scenario it was just impossible for him to admit he did anything wrong. obviously he would forge his transcript because he could not dismiss certain things about himself and it is possible in his mind with the family dynamic it was impossible to read mitt he did anything wrong we would have to if he, cooperated now the wife and kids are facing forfeiture of palm, many. in addition they released all this information about him being a liar which also would pop the balloon solo from my a prospective sources speculate about the psychology why he would not cooperate that is gone. >> i spoke with the u.s. attorney on the case as a background conversation he speculated exactly that he compared it to a drug dealer where we had him. he did not want to live mitt path to his family he was a criminal and he believes it is the same denial aspect with mathew martoma. liz: michael is one of the few attorneys ever to face down steve

it was started a steven cohen in 1992. the hedge fund managed money for wealthy clients who paid some of the highest fees in the industry. cohen is known for his lavish lifestyle. one of the people in the company had the book thrown at him. mark was found guilty of engaging in the biggest insider trading scheme in history. back to 2008, se owned $700 billion in stock. and these two companies created a proposing alzheimer's drug going through krin call trials. based on tip about negative results, se began selling the stock in the company in july of 2008 before the data was made public later that month. that is illegal. this is insider trainer 101. evidence shows that he personally persuaded two doctors involved in the drug trial to disclose information about the progress. and he decided to sell off shares. and he called his bus, steven a. cohen to discuss something important the day before the trading took place. those two doctors were star witnesses to the prosecution. and they testified to giving martoma insider informati

>> aye. >> cohen? on the minutes in >> aye. >> farrell. >> aye. >> kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> commissioner tang. >> aye. >> commissioner weiner? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> yee, aye, the item passes. >> very good. let's go into our next item, please? >> item number three, the chair's report this is an information item. >> okay, good morning colleagues, the year has begun and already i feel that we have a full work program on our plates. and we are all saddened by trat gik pedestrian fatalities of the start of the year, it was a stark and urgent wake up call that we must act now to prevent these terrible crashes. and i want to thank commissioner campos for the hearing and breed as well with so many participating and commissioner yee was part of that as well, and many of the other participants from the board of supervisors transportation authority and were waiting in on the hearing about how they can play a large role to be sure that we are doing everything that we can to prevent the fat

president, supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. there is an item number 23 that i'd like to sever. >> okay. why don't we take all the items in order, start with item 23, madam clerk. >> item 23 is a resolution expressing support for senate bill 837, the kindergarten readiness act. >> actually, mr. president, may i make a motion to continue this item for one week? >> colleagues, supervisor cohen would like to continue this for one week. second by supervisor breed. without objection this item will be continued one week. [gavel] >> thank you very much. >> to february 11. >> to february 11. item 24, madam clerk. >> transgender and gender nonconforming youth and restore tim justice. ~ >> thank you. thank you very much, mr. president. i want to thank my co-sponsors of this resolution, supervisors wiener, president chiu, mar, and avalos. and i just -- i wanted to once again highlight this resolution because i think it's really important for us to put as much pressure on the district attorney involved here to not press charges against a tr

is isn't this matthew martoma case the closest to steven cohen, and it is.s the one that spoke to steven cohen and he was unwilling, flat out, to cooperate and tell the government with the substance of that conversation was, and without that, we have seen they have not been able to make the case. >> su keenan has been following this the beginning and she has a question. >> i was wondering about the possibility of an appeal. we somber shaw group the managed with anout of jail appeal, and rush rush around him had to launch an appeal while in jail. opinion?our >> the appeal had some teeth to it. evidence was used for a crime not listed on the statute. here, i always stress it is not guilt or innocence. it is about legal mistakes made. i do a lot of appeals my self. we scoured through the record, at rulings of the court and legal errors that might have been made, of course he will appeal. one of the big issues will be in connection with sentencing, whether he is allowed to remain free pending appeal. >> in our last minute, as you , the foundercohen of the hedge

steve cohen. they've gotten steinberg raj is in jail. it they get cohen the message is out there.e seeing it. this is going to send shock waves. one more foish get, that's the big fish. >> the guy we're showing, steve cohen. do you think they'll continue to go after him, jake? >> they have to. i think to show credibility, this is the guy at the top of the organization. this is the one that made this particular trade, and the others. they have to go after steve cohen, and i think they will. >> have they got enough to go after him, to the degree they would like to? >> look, there's a lot of circle evidence, but it's possible martoma may show up and talk about what happened on that 20-minute phone call. i think they have enough and i think he'll be convicted if he goes to trial. >> jake, thank you for joining us on short notice. always good to get your incite. >> my pleasure. >>> matthew martoma coming out of the courthouse. no sound atafred. the reason, there was adult language we going to edit out soon as we can, by the way. simply don't want to put that on the network. matthew mar

supervisor cohen? >> present. >> cohen present. supervisor farrell? >> present. >> farrell present. supervisor kim? kim not present. supervisor mar? >> here. >> mar present. supervisor tang? >> present. >> tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> and if you could read our 2:00 p.m. special order. >> the first item of business is a policy discussion between honorable mayor lee and board of supervisors, this week representing the even districtsv, specifically district 10, the mayor may initially address the board for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the supervisor who will present her own question and follow-up questions are in order as long as th

i want to start by thanking supervisors kim and cohen for their leadership on this issue. i direct our second chance legal clinic. each month a resident of san francisco comes to our clinic looking for help in overcoming the barriers they're facing due to a arrest or prior conviction. they're looking for stable jobs and housing. but because of the stigma of having a prior record they're prevented from being able to support themselves and their families. i want to give a couple exam ifsv from our clients experiences. one of our clients was honest about her past convictions and she was hired at her company. years later a new owner came in and conducted background checks and she was fired. the new owner had an across the board policy against people with convictions even though there was nothing new on her record and she had an exemplary work history at the company. another client was brought in at his new job and had already started his training program when the background check came back. the report said that he had a felony conviction when in fact he only had a misdemeanor

supervisor mar, wiener, cohen and avalos. i think it is so important that we come together in our efforts to turn around childhood obesity and diabetes and i'm happy to be a co-sponsor of that measure. i have one measure today i'm introducing in resolution to join to go to call opposing action, violence against women. next friday val untines day 1 billion rising for justice in our city. as we have done in past years, next friday we will come together in civic center plaza. the organizers this year have teamed up with the bar association of san francisco, rda's office and the department on the status of women to put together the first ever free legal clinic targeting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to help those in need. and i do hope you might be able to join next weekationv events and do everything locally and end all forms of violence against women. the rest of my items i will submit. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just want to add my co-sponsorship and sup

>>supervisor malia cohen: thank you everyone. it's great that you are here. this is an important topic because it affects everyday people's lives. as i told my constituents, it's not one of the most sexiest or glamorous legislation, but it's just a critical when we are talking about having an impact on people's lives and the quality of life that they are living with their families. i want to also acknowledge that certainly the last 3 years my office has been working very closely with department with dbi, with planning office and with fire and with the civil grand jury. we have been studying this for about 3 years. i will to have give a compliment to these departments and say you are miles of where you are before at least in the open notices of violations that we've had in the city and we've had emergency demolitions and we've come a long way. i'm excited to continue to have this conversation. i think it's very important that we are not let up on the pressure or the sense of urgency on this very important topic. i hope that as a result of this hearing we'll be

>>supervisor malia cohen: i would like to address andrea also. thank you, we couldn't do this without you. >> >>supervisor scott weiner: the motion is to move item no. 5 as full recommendation to the committee as a report. i'm supportive of this legislation. it's long over due and we have a significant challenge to make sure that people can get work when they come back into the community. they need work and housing an that's how we ensure that people are successful when they we enter into our society. this will help them do that. we will take that motion without objection. >> mad clerk is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> then we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for everyone. discover what is available now and get ready to get out and play. henri matisse. frida kahlo. andy warhol. discover the next great artist. get out and play and get inspired with toddler classes. exp

it may make it less likely that rosecutors will go after steve cohen. it is looking like this may be the last conviction against s.a.c. >> ryan, you're watching sochi on the games. almost a proxy for putin's hold on russia. >> the games get underway in 8 1/2 hours. that is when the opening eremony kicks off. it could benefit from the games on increased traffic. you have what manus was talking about. the time to get into the emerging markets. jim o'neill saying this is a buying opportunity. mark mobius saying not just yet. >> we have plenty to talk about on the program. we have u.s. jobs. a little bit of tech. conviction in the u.s. we're watching sochi. what else are we watching? >> goldman sachs caught my eye. they said get ready for a day to watch by the european central bank. there is no reason for the european central bank not to go into an easing mode. that is one thing that caught my eyes. let's go to the nice, big map. there you go. it is a reprieve for equity markets. the pace and tone of where we go is dom mayed by the unemployment -- dominated

supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. first, everyone, i just want to say happy black history month to you. it's a wonderful time of the year and we get together and we celebrate the art and the culture and the richness of the african-american community. i recently read an article in the chronicle that really gave me a heavy heart. it talked about how here in save some time black history month isn't as celebrated as it should be. so, i just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge that supervisor breed is going to be leading the board meeting in a few weeks acknowledging black history month. a great many activities that are free and open to the public, and if you're interested you can contact my office or supervisor breed's office and we're happy to share information with you. there are many things to discuss today. first, i also want to acknowledge supervisor mar and scott, supervisor wiener and supervisor avalos and just collectively the amount of time and energy that we have put into bringing a critical ballot measure t

>>supervisor malia cohen: i would like to address andrea also. thank you, we couldn't do this without you. >> >>supervisor scott weiner: the motion is to move item no. 5 as full recommendation to the committee as a report. i'm supportive of this legislation. it's long over due and we have a significant challenge to make sure that people can get work when they come back into the community. they need work and housing an that's how we ensure that people are successful when they we enter into our society. this will help them do that. we will take that motion without objection. >> mad clerk is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> then we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the thursday february 6, 2014 meeting of the board of supervisors, neighborhood services and safety committee, my name is david campos and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined today by committee member, supervisor norman yee and eric mar is in route, and the clerk is e

supervisor cohen's office. and i want to give a quick shout out to jamtracy, bill gandy, jesse stoute, michelle rodriguez, meredith [speaker not understood], and dorsey nunn. i know that this has been a long process and i really appreciate you all sticking with us to get through this to the end, to really put forward a legislation that has a broad coalition of support. i think something that we have not anticipated when we started this discussion a year ago, it's great to be here and just having primarily broad support for this legislation. i think i anticipated a much, much more controversial process and i'm glad we were able to work through so many of the details to get to this place. now that we're at this place, i don't think we can take for granted what we are about to pass. this is a really big deal and i'm so excited san francisco is going to be the city and county to implement this for all of our employers and contractors and subcontractors from the city and i hope that we are role model for the rest of