. >> michael cohen pled guilty on eight counts today. >> michael cohen was the president's fixer -- >> if anybody else was, in his mind, going after his boss, he was going to fight back. >> and keeper of secrets. >> in all of individuals of trump's orbit who knew where the bodies were buried, if you will, cohen was at the top of the list. >> swearing to do anything to protect the president. >> told me he could take a bullet for the president. >> but an fbi rage changed everything. >> i just heard, they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, frankly, a real disgrace. >> investigators seized e-mails, tax documents, and records. >> another bomb shell, a taped conversation with the president le leaked to the media. >> no, no, no. i go it. >> it is credible to believe this is absolutely about hush money. >> now, instead of being the president's problem-solver, he's one of the president's biggest problems. >> michael cohen was the boss of american history. ♪ >> how are you? >> when michael cohen arrived outside federal court in m manhatt manhattan, reporters took notice to t

michael cohen case that's shaking the political and legal worlds tonight. >> michael cohen devoted more than a decade of his professional life to being the president's attorney and go-to fixer. he once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. >> i said with michael cohen and he told me he could barely walk by trump tower because it made him so sad. to look at a place where they spent a decade together working side by side. >> less than two years into the president's term, their once close relationship turned to mutual hostility. >> things have shifted. i. >> i think he couldn't walk by trump tower now because he would get so angry. >> cohen's plea deal followed months of controversy. the media reported extensively on cohen's alleged hush money payments to a porn star and a maybe model. whose claims of affairs with donald trump might have torpedoed his presidential campaign. >> steve bannon suggested that trump's lawyer took care of 100 women or so during the presidential campaign. the president and his defenders deny the allegations. >> the president has addressed these directly an

michael cohen case that's shaking the political and legal worlds tonight. >> michael cohen devoted more than a decade of his professional life to being the president's attorney and go-to fixer. he once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. >> i said with michael cohen and he told me he could barely walk by trump tower because it made him so sad. to look at a place where they spent a decade together working side by side. >> less than two years into the president's term, their once close relationship turned to mutual hostility. >> things have shifted. >> i think he couldn't walk by trump tower now because he would get so angry. >> cohen's plea deal followed months of controversy. the media reported extensively on cohen's alleged hush money payments to a porn star and a maybe model. whose claims of affairs with donald trump might have torpedoed his presidential campaign. >> steve bannon suggested that trump's lawyer took care of 100 women or so during the presidential campaign. the president and his defenders deny the allegations. >> the president has addressed these directly and p

cohen present. fewer present kim present mandelman present peskin present ronan not present safai present stefani present tang present yee present madam president, you have a quorum. >> president m. cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me 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. thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: none to report, madam president. >> president m. cohen: please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-3 are on consent. these items are considered to be routine unless a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president m. cohen: on the matter of these items being passed, please call the roll. >> clerk: 1-3 safai aye. stefani aye. tang aye yee aye. brown aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye mandelman aye peskin aye ronan aye there are 11 ayes. >> presi

>> yes. >> president cohen: okay. i'm going to pivot to her, i'm going to listen to her recommendations, and i hope that you'll be in agreement, but if not, we can talk about it. >> okay. >> president cohen: okay. >> good morning, chair cohen, members of the committee. severin campbell. we are estimating expenditures of 32 million, rather than 42 million under the proposed contract. and the reason is the city's policy is to actually reduce the use of fuel based vehicles and equipment and to go towards more fuel efficient or zero emission equipment and vehicles. so our estimate is based on expenditure of increased gasoline prices. we're asking you to reduce the not to exceed amount of 32 million instead of 42 million, and other than that, we recommend approval. >> president cohen: thank you for that. so are you in agreement with that? >> well, it's not that i'm not in -- in agreement. i understand and completely the recommendation and we are recommending it from 40 million just as an administrative process. in the even

agenda item read] >> president cohen: okay. so we've got supervisor mandelman and mayor breed as sponsors of this legislation, and bill present. bl [agenda item read] >> president cohen: mr. blum. >> would you like me to speak first? i'm actually speaking on the care site, item number six, would you like to do that -- >> president cohen: both of them have been called together, it doesn't matter which goes first. >> okay. i'll speak to six, and my colleague, john can speak to five. first of all, good morning, good to see you all supervisors, fewer, cohen, and stefani. so i'm asking you to approve a resolution for a grant for hiv or hiv funding for the ryan white part a. san francisco has applied for on a yearly basis and received this for about 30 years. we're one of about 60 geographic areas around the united states that apply for it. as you know there's over 15,000 people living with hiv in san francisco, slightly less than half of them, about 7400 actually touch our public health system at one point or another, and well over

as president cohen said, dr. raymond li has been of service to patients in san francisco for almost half a century. he was born in hong kong in 1941 and received his doctorate of medicine in 1967 from hong kong university, specializing in pediatric care. and when he emigrated to the united states, he realized that there -- that there are only a limited number of chinese american doctors in the chinatown community, and even less so who are proficient in cantonese and recognizing the growing need at that time to serve the monolingual population, he decided to open his practice not only in chinatown but in the sunset in 1972. dr. li has long been committed to providing community base, culturally competent services to underserved communities, and for 45 years, his office has been open from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. without any extra charge to accommodate people's daily schedules of working and dealing with their families. dr. li said that the most of s commitment to the community. dr. li, please come on up. [applause]

it's not fair. >> supervisor cohen: all right. any other member of the public that would like to comment on item 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor. >> i would like to make a motion to amend as i have stated, the amendment is on page 13, lines 4 through 20. >> supervisor cohen: continue one week. >> motion to amend. >> clerk: this motion must be made by a member of the budget and finance committee. >> supervisor cohen: that's true. >> supervisor fewer: yes, i make that motion. >> supervisor cohen: motion to amend and take that without objection. thank you. motion to continue one week to the week of september 13th meeting, and we will take that without objection, thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you, colleagues. >> supervisor cohen: just as an announcement to anyone that is here just remind you this is the budget and finance committee. if you are looking for the police commission, it's across the hall, excuse me, if you are looking for the rules committee meeting, it's across the hall in the committee room. mad

>> no. >> president cohen: okay. supervisor fewer, you can make a motion now. >> supervisor fewer: we're going to accept the amendment as -- >> president cohen: let me take a stab at it. we're going to accept the amendment that the budget analyst is recommending, modifying the square footage figure, and then, we will accept the lease as written and forward that with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> supervisor fewer: yes. >> president cohen: all right. >> supervisor fewer: okay. >> president cohen: we can take that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> president cohen: thank you. thank you very much. madam clerk, could you please call items eight, nine, and ten together. >> clerk: yes. item number eight, resolution retroactively approving a contract agreement with baker place for behavioral health services in an amount not to exceed approximately 55.4 million for a total contract term of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2022. item number nine, resolution retroactively approving a contract agreement for behavior

. >> president cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me by rising and placing your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: there are none to report, madam president. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. today, colleagues is a special day, because we are going to be approving minuting from the july 10, july 17, july 24 minutes from the full board meeting, is there a motion to approved those minutes? motion made by supervisor kim, seconded by supervisor yee. colleagues, can we take that without objection? all right. without objection, those minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, please call the conse consent agenda. >> clerk: these item are on consent. if an item is objected, an item may be considered separate. >> president cohen: would you like to remove any items? >> supervisor ronen: yes. item one. >> president cohen: yes. madam clerk, could you

thank you. >> thank you, chair cohen. i want to clarify that this funding does not go to college tuition, this is for recreational programming, that the rec and park department runs. >> president cohen: thank you. >> start by saying that unfortunately, our partners from the parks alliance could not be here because they are getting ready for a party for the parks, which is saturday night, which is separate but important way we also partner with the parks alliance. so, as you said chair cohen, i'm lisa branston, rec and park department. here to request you authorize the department to accept this grant from the parks alliance, $150,000, to support the departments edwin lee scholarship program. funds were raised at the annual crab fest on february 22nd year, and key part of the mission, enriching recreational activities to all san franciscan's regardless of ability to pay. special meaning as we remember the passing of mayor lee. the crab feed was dedicated to his memory and at the event, general manager announced we would nam

supervisor cohen? >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, do i need to come down -- >> clerk: no. >> president cohen: thank you. so colleagues, today, for roll call introduction, i want to share some exciting news. i'm thrilled to introduce a concept that will continually play out in the dogpatch neighborhood buildout, and that saga. the dogpatch public realm plan, which is an amendment to the general plan, and the reason why we are moving this forward is so that we can continue to build on the moment um we have going on in the central waterfront. this plan which was built over the last 18 months, working closely with district ten residents and community groups, is a model for interagency coordination, model for new partnerships and how to serve our residents and our community as it continues to grow. growth projections for the central waterfront could actually see as much as -- see as much as quadrupling housing or it's also estimated to be five times the number of people living in the area. so one of the things that's importan

[applause] thank you, president cohen.is such an honor to welcome you all to the first annual latinx heritage month here at the board of supervisors. and as the supervisor of the mission district, which i could not be more proud of, representing the historic and cultural center of the latino community here in san francisco, i felt like it was incumbent upon my office to organize the event today, but since i am not latina myself, i want to bring forward my legislative aide, catalina morales, venezuelan immigrant that put her heart and soul into today's event to open us up with some comments. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you, president cohen and, thank you, supervisor -- i was going to call you another name also. i don't know what's happening to me today. supervisor ronen. board, members of the public, thank you so much for being here. i'm really excited. and actually to start, we have a very special treat for all of you today, to give you a small taste of the flavors. i would like to introduce a local gem that pr

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>> president cohen: we're live now. good afternoon. i want to welcome all of you to the september 25 board of supervisors meeting. thank you for being here with us today. madam clerk, can you please call the role for attendance? >> clerk: [roll call] >> clerk: madam president, you have a quorum. >> president cohen: thank you. will you please join me in pledge of allegiance? [pledge of allegiance] >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: yes. on september 19, 2018, supervisor norman yee submitted a memo requesting his absence. >> president cohen: colleagues, may i have a motion to excuse supervisor yee? motion made by supervisor peskin. seconded by kim. without objection, supervisor yee is excused from today's meeting. madam clerk, please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-17 are in consent. these items are considered to be routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president cohen: on the question, shall these items be passed, could you please ca

>> president cohen: good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome you to another edition of budget and finance committee, our fall edition. welcome you back to the chamber and back in the legislative break and back and ready to get into action. a great agenda prepared for everyone today. announcements? >> silence all cell phones, completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included in the files submitted to the clerk. items acted on will be in the september 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> president cohen: great. the voice of linda wong, and recognize our friends at sfgovtv, and item 1 please. >> clerk: resolution approving a general agreement between the port and the national park service for 30-year term with two ten-year options allowing ferry concessions to alcatraz island and oat golden gate national recreation area sites and lease agreement to develop visitor amenities to commence upon approval of the board of supervisors. >> president cohen: the port has a long deep bench of supporters and friends

chair cohen, members of the committee. so the resolution item 180640, approves modification number eight between the airport and acjv, a joint venture, for construction management center renovation project. so, this approves modification number eight, not to exceed the amount of contract by $5 million from 23 million to 28 million. and then approves future modifications to the contract, totaling 33 million, up to 63 million. we do recommend approval of modification number eight to the contract, but approval of future modifications consider policy matter, and we also recommend the board request the airport director to consult with the city attorney's office on ways to present these contracts to the board of supervisors that conforms to the board's charter authority to approve contracts. of contracts of more than 10 million. >> president cohen: no questions. supervisor fewer has a question. >> supervisor fewer: excuse me, wondering, does acjv have any affiliation with shymick construction? >> through the chair, kathy widener

>> it depends on what cohen knows, and it depends on what donald trump told michael cohen. with respect to the obstruction portion of this investigation, as people have been saying for many months now, the critical piece is not so much what the president did, although that helps to develop the narrative on obstruction but what was the president thinking when he did those things. he probably doesn't have e-mails or a journal in which he said i'm doing this thing to obstruct justice. instead you glean what his mental state was from conversations with other people. so if michael cohen, had a series of conversations, hypothetically, with donald trump where they talked together about engaging in action to stop the russia investigation or to get the heat off people who were his allies or put the heat on people who were his adversaries that could be powerful with the caveat i mentioned earlier that michael cohen has credibility problems. >> abc news is also reporting, preet, that michael cohen is cooperating with the new york state authorities as you point out in an investigation

president cohen. i think i deserve to be demoted and take the last seat down there. so, this particular legislation i've had probably some, lost some sleep over it, because i don't -- i saw merits for either a support or don't support for this piece of legislation, and i probably was walking in here, and again, there's -- we have heard some arguments already and some of the justifications and yes, part of why i was having some issues is 75% of the people in san francisco voted for, to legalize the marijuana. and we've gone through much discussion on the board in terms of, you know, how do we roll out the program to allow for businesses to start up and we talk about equity and so forth. so, all those things weigh heavily with me, and i probably walk into the chamber favoring not supporting this, although i was still pretty much on the fence on this, and i think supervisors peskin remarks struck home somewhat, growing up in the same community that he represents, and knowing the dynamics and what has hap

and als. >> president cohen: thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment? madam president. >> president cohen: seeing there are no members of the public that would like to address this body during general public comment, i'm going to close public comment at this time. madam clerk, could you call the adoption without committee reference calender. >> clerk: items 30-34 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee. unanimous vote is required for a resolution on first reading today. alternatively, any supervisor may require a resolution to go to committee. items 30 is on second appearance. so it is no longer unanimous, it will just need a vote of eight. >> president cohen: thank you, i believe supervisor peskin will speak to that. your name is on the roster. >> i'd like to severe item 30. >> president cohen: thank you. any other members would like to sever any other items? seeing none. call the roll on the remaining balance. >> items 31-34