this ethics commission is not an independent body. therefore, item #6 and item number seven, and one of you means well. the other one does not mean well. you are going to send it back to the ethics commission that is dealing with ross mirkarimi and all of those things. what focus

commission. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i actually do not have anything to say about this. we have not received a report, but we would be interested in looking at it. supervisor campos: thank you very much. with that, the folks that i called, and in addition, i have a number of other cards. [reading names] any member of the public who would like to speak, please come forward. thank you very much. >> first and foremost, i read the report. it was forwarded to me by a gentleman who is here in this room. my experience when i worked in the presidio as a congressional liaison, gave me an insight of the lot of the factors or the elements that should go into a good report. so the population, as the report states, is about for san francisco 800,000, but as i just verified, and i read it, l.a. is 2.2 million. we see that san francisco dismisses 76%, whereas l.a., 19%. what we need to discuss very, very deeply is the role of consultants that proxy's are used to give donations to the supervisors. for example, it says here during this t

if you were chairman of the commission, would you assign a priority to the commission's role in creating environment where we could move ahead with small nuclear reactors? >> if confirmed and then designated as chair, i would certainly be interested in learning more about the commission's role vis-a-vis small modular reactors. i know a little bit about them technically from my own background, and i think they're very, very interesting. i would look forward to seeing license applications and seeing how they go. >> would you support the idea of moving ahead with them? >> excuse me? >> do you support the idea of moving ahead with small nuclear reactors? >> small modular reactors, certainly. >> in my service on nrc i have supported activities that would prepare the nrc to receive designs for review of small modular reactors so that if vendors decide to proceed, the nrc would be in a state of readiness to have in place the requirements and framework to review those applications. >> thank you very much. i'll submit a question about mox fuel in writing. let me ask a question in my remaining 22

that is not something the ethics commission has done in the past. at times, when i was on the ethics commission, when i asked for increased outreach, i was told that i needed to do that work. so i ask you to ask the ethics commission to convene interested persons hearings and provide evidence and information as to who attends the meetings so we get a full range of people in our community to weigh in. in response to the question about staffing and resources, it is very true that the ethics commission is under-resource, under-staffed. i would love for you to look at that. there is a need to prioritize how the available resources are used. there is not an emphasis on investigation and enforcement. i would suggest that our available resources be shifted to that direction. thank you. >> hello. thank you for taking the position that you will let this be reviewed further with the ethics commission. my concern is that these proposals have not been road- tested by people who have experienced in campaigns. for example, as supervisor campos mentioned, a campai

she's also served on the blue ribbon commission established by the president's 15-member commission which produced a report very recently that address one of the principle challenges for the nrc in the coming years, to develop an integrated nuclear waste program. and make sure we move from spent pulls to dry casts in as many of our nuclear facilities as possible. this issue is extraordinarily important to connecticut, because of our connecticut yankee and mill stone plants where some of our fuel is still stored in pools and where we have a substantial amount of nuclear waste. and the interest of connecticut in this issue is very, very profoundly significant. dr. mcfarlane is an academic and cleaning ailty. and i am proud to support her for this committee. the members of the committee will be as impressed by her professional, academic distinctions and qualifications for this profoundly important position. >> thank you, senator. senator sessions is going to reintroduce the commissioner. >> thank you, chairman bofler and rappinging member inhofe and members of the committee. it's a delight f

this ethics commission is not an independent body. therefore, item #6 and item number seven, and one of you means well. the other one does not mean well. you are going to send it back to the ethics commission that is dealing with ross mirkarimi and all of those things. what focus will be given to the agenda items? that is my concern. supervisors, whether we like it or not, we need to have an independent body where people do not take instructions from outside. right now, we have very corrupt politicians. let me repeat, very, very corrupt politicians. and i come from a federal agency. i even worked for law enforcement. we know these people. and they influenced every level in this city and county of san francisco. some of you are influenced by a politician. he can make one call and you will just do as he says. some of you will not. but some of you will. and so, supervisors, look at an independent agency to do the right thing. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i want to speak to you as a journalist. particularly in the paragraph u,

i was on the ethics commission from 1996 to 2000. if you remember, during that time, we passed some legislation. just some comments real quickly because there's lots of details we can get into here. in answer to supervisor farrell pose a question about other cities, one of the cities we looked at was also new york city. new york city -- very large metropolitan city that has been in the reporting arena for many years. if we were going to look at another comparison, that would be a very, very good comparison. i think it is wonderful that the two of you are working on this and sending it back to the ethics commission. i think the need to do some serious work on this. we really need public input on this before it comes back. quick comment on the $500 -- the idea of the $500 was originally back as the population increase within a district, that would give a lot more money for the supervisors to have access. you did not have to increase the $500 limit, but inflation by population would increase the amount of dollars that were available. ju

you were on the commission when i came on the commission and helps a great deal. i wish you and your family much enjoyment of a well-deserved retirement. >> thank you very much, commissioner. what you don't know is that every time i was asked a question, i was calling the city attorney. they supported me tremendously. thank you. >> lieutenant, this is my one- year anniversary this month on the commission. when i joined the commission, i joined -- even during that time, in coming to the commission office, also had the chance to learn a great deal from you. you are patient, you were kind, you were understanding. you always have the right answer. i did not even know if the answer was wrong, but it sounded right. it always turned out for the best. i want to sincerely thank you for showing me your support in helping me learn what i think has been a tremendous opportunity. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> i might as well time and since we came in together. -- chime in. i wish you many happy years in retirement thinking of all of us on wednesday night. [laughter] >> t

rex i serve at the pleasure of the commission. -- >> i serve at the pleasure of the commission. >> commissioner turman. >> i have not been nominated. [laughter] >> i think that is wrong. >> i certainly do not have the years of service on this commission as dr. marshall. i certainly appreciate everything dr. marshall has done. and i look to dr. marshall as an example of what commissioners can do and should achieve. if elected to this position, i would also serve at the pleasure of the commission. having worked with you, commissioner kingsley come on exactly the obligations, the requirements of the commission -- i know there are no specific duties laid down for the vice president, but i have watched dr. marshall certainly take on certain kinds of obligations to make sure we address certain issues. i certainly have my issues that i think we should address. i am a busy man with a busy law practice, but we all have jobs and we all care. it is time we do what is important with this commission -- we make time for what is important, and this commission is important. >> ok, at this point what we need to

i certainly did that on the blue ribbon commission. we were not all of one mind at all, but we did work together to forge consensus. that final report was consensus document. sometimes it was hard-fought, but it was well worth it. i don't think anybody expects the five commissioners to agree on everything. i don't think that was the intention. but certainly they should work collegially together. >> all right. i would just add to that. i've said this in this room before, and this is just my counsel to you, would be to as leader, if you're confirmed to become the chair, to try to focus on what is the right thing to do, not the easy or expedient thing to do, but the right thing to do. it sounds like you're very much attuned to treating your colleagues and those who work at the nrc the way you would want to be treated. that's critically important. i've reminded the commissioners a number of times if it isn't perfect, make it better. everything i do, everything we all do we can make it better.

we need to find a leader of the commission who doesn't try and run the commission with a top down command and control approach, someone not afraid to reach out and utilize the years of technical expertise that the other distinguished commissioners offer, someone who has a demonstrated record as a successful manager, knows how to take a large complex organization with different personalities and backgrounds and get it working towards a common goal without compromising ethics. at a time when there is a void of leadership at the very top of the nrc we need the best, most qualified person that we can find. when it comes to the issue of nuclear safety in america's energy future, the public expects no less. we have great challenges ahead of us in the next few years to secure america's energy future. with a need to dress america's command for clean, safe, domestic, affordable energy we need to work together to strengthen the commission. as a ranging member of the subcommittee on clean air and nuclear safety, i pledge to work with my colleagues to accomplish this goal. i'd like to say once again

i think it's important for the commission to make decisions. inaction causing policies to be formed because of inaction is not i think the best interests of our country. and i very much want to focus on safety. that's a critically important part of your responsibility, but also how we move forward with nuclear energy in this country. i think we need to have that right balance, and the commission must act in order to give us the guidance to do that. the failure to act can cause policies to move in a certain direction that perhaps is not in the best interest of our country. one of the areas that had been the most difficult i think for all of us to get a grip on is how do we deal with the spent fuels. can we safely store long-term on-site the spent fuels, whether they're in pools or whether they're in cast storage? and i think it's important for us to get your views as to how you see the future of the nuclear energy in america based upon the storage capacities and where we need to be looking at from the point of view of our nation from the safety

i worked for the ethics commission for years. san francisco [applause] campaign ordinance contains much good, but there are many problems that it does not address, only some of which it does not cover now. in l.a., disclosure reports required 24 hours after independent spending detail previously undisclosed funders as the budget analyst report indicated. this is critically needed here. funding disclosures should be required whenever we have spending disclosure requirements. moreover, the independence and the disclosure is consistently required only for mayor and board races. for other offices, it is only required if the expenditure ceilings are still in place here last fall the election, we did not have that required. even worse, there's no such supplemental disclosure for measures. 24-hour and of the report should be required regardless of the status of the type of election contest. next up, finding shell game results in awful loopholes. we need special contributor recording requirements for non- san francisco committees that he

we have a full commission today. commissioners, the first category on calendar is items proposed for continuance. item 1 is a request for conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to june 28, 2012. item two is 1340 natoma street, also proposed for continuance to june 28, 2012. commissioners, further on your calendar, items 14 -- adam 14, 2299 market street. we had a correspondence from supervisor wiener asking that the item be continued further so that the sides could continue to talk and try to reach some sort of agreement, hopefully. the original dates that we were proposing to continue this too was through the 19th. staff planner is not here that day, but is your july 12, so we are asking that you consider continuing this item to july 12. and with that, commissioners, i am not aware of any other item on your calendar being proposed for continuance. i usually recommend that you take it up the call of the item because if there is a member of the public who does not know it is being continued. commission

i hope that issue is reconsidered by the ethics commission as well. there is also changes in terms of what is required, in terms of disclaimers on the campaign and ballot measure communications. right now, what we're seeing from the ethics commission is that it would amend the existing rules so that the source of funding for automated phone calls and independent campaign advertising would not be required to be disclosed to the public if the cost of those communications is under $5,000. those of us who have been involved in campaigns know that, for $4,999, you could have a significant number of robocalls that could be made, especially if you have a service oriel district campaign. -- supervisorial district campaign. if they spend under $5,000, they do not have to disclose that. i think, in that case, giving the public that information is a good thing, not a bad thing. i do have concern about that. another point is that, in the past, some groups had clay -- had taken advantage of available to buy campaign attack ads, mail those ads to voters without eve

the small business commission on this monday, june 11, 2012, the small business commission is proud to recognize the contribution to the office of tax collector, the contributions you have made to the small- business community. through her leadership, the business licence consolidation project went from concept to reality and is currently being implemented with full implementation in march of 2013. this is a cheese realigning initiative supported by the small business commission and helps make -- this is a key realigning initiative supported by the small business commission. good = we are meeting with merct groups for the forthcoming changes, and you have made that smoothes for a lot of people, because i have not heard any complaints. people have said this is a positive thing, so that is awesome. these truly represent a city employee dedicated to the service and a community she serves, so congratulations on behalf of the small business commission. [applause] >> nobody ever lets me say anything. thank you so much. i really enjoyed walkand working on this project. it was a great joy to b

commission and i talked about how i had never seen the youth commission so active before, hoechst not just certain individuals, but a large group, almost a majority of the youth commission has been active on a number of issues. i think it is really exceptional what we have had in the past. this has accomplished a lot. we think about the people that don't have the independence, and the voices are often not heard. they actually can have a way of having some say so about how the facility is run and how they are able to have active recreation. that is based on your experience, some members of the commission have been detained there, and i have had good experiences there, too. it is really important. you're using that experience to look at how we can make improvements. i really appreciate that giving back. i also want to say thank you to the chief that has -- and the staff that has -- this issue has been raised about adjustments moving forward, and have been quantifying the use of recreation at the site. it was based on feedback, and i think that is the start of a feedback mechanism to con

it did go to the building inspection commission where it was endorsed by the commission. as i noted, this is not changing density controls, bulk, rear yard or front yard setback. it is simply the building code. when a project goes through the process, there are multiple hurdles you have to get through. one of them is the building code and the other is density controls. the cu process and the other processes we have in san francisco -- there is no reason for this to go to the planning department or to the planning commission as it is a building code change. i also want to respond to the one comment by supervisor olague that we need more family housing. absolutely. we need a lot of different kinds of housing. we certainly need more family housing. if you look at it -- the demographics, there are also a lot, we have a disproportionately high number of single people living in the city and they might be transitional age youth, they might be seniors, they might be students. the mib lgbt people living in the castro were we have a lot of people living alone and people who do not

masonic have been negotiated with and approved by the planning commission and abc. you cannot be more rigorous in protecting the nob hill neighborhoods and masonic and libation have proven themselves to be. event spaces are a dying breed. preserving the entertainment experience is good for the long term community building. having the institution in hands of such a respected operations company will ensure vital performance is that only the masonic auditorium can support. we urge you to support the poe. thank you very much. >> and i apologize i forgot to call the police department before i took public comment. police department, would you like to comment on this? officer mathias again. officer matthias: steve mathias again. in looking at this, we have met with a multitude of city department and the board of supervisors. after much negotiation with neighbors, planning, the nob hill coalition, the board of supervisors, we have all come to an agreement as to how the masonic auditorium shall be operated. these conditions will ensure that all party sides are respected. the

ok, moving on to other commission business. for the information of the commission, the announcement for the general manager's job has been officially posted. the application period is now officially open. it will close on the 29th of this month. applications are already coming in. there is a good deal of interest. i think we will have a rich pool of applicants to look at. any other commission business? ok, thank you. the report of the general manager. >> thank you, mr. president, members of the commission. we have a couple of items for you today. the first is a certificate of appreciation. we would like to honor estella for her exemplary service on the small firm advisory committee. she is president of the area contract on-line officers association and as well known to the community for her vision, her activism, and her commitment to equality. she brought a skillful diplomacy and expertise to the small firm advisory committee, effectively increasing local enterprise participation on our water system improvement projects. i want

those decisions are purely in the hands of the planning commission and recreation and park commission. commissioner moore: does that include those parts which have shadowed tolerance of zero? if that would be the case, why have it in the first place? >> the absolute limits that were adopted were things that were adopted by this implementation memo in 1989 by both commissions sitting together. at the time, it was determined what level of shadow at that time they felt was appropriate. i will read for you a paragraph which i think is relevant from a city attorney memo that was written in 1989. i believe it was shortly after the criteria, the implementation program was adopted. the original carefully considered cumulative limit and qualitative factors may have proven sufficient. however, if new information and experience proved that the criteria are unnecessarily restrictive for our and effective to protect parks and playgrounds from shadow and shading, then the commission's as representatives of the people have the implied power and indeed do need to change them. i think that is importan

it is going from the numbers put forth by the planning commission, 52 live events. the planning commission will increase that to 68. >> the question is, there has not been a ruling on the current use, correct? >> in 2008, the conditional use expired. currently, there is no actual ballot use permit in effect. -- there is no actual valid use permit in the back. >> does the masonic auditorium have a current conditional use permit? brecht's i believe they do. >> any -- >> i believe they do. >> any other commissioners have questions? any more public comment? >> good evening, commissioners. my name is david. i'm the vice president of the nob hill association, the oldest residents association in san francisco. just short of 1000 members. you need to understand the strength of feeling from the people that live around here. you need to understand how deep, deep this really is. for three years, a david and goliath battle against one of the biggest multinationals in the world, a $5 billion company. we have fought steadily. whenever this city hall has given an advancement in th

to preserve and maintain access to the commission website. as for the recommendations, while we welcome them all, we have the following points. first, reform the nuclear waste fund or reform of the fund is essential for most of the recommendations to occur. next, regardless of yucca mountain, we need another repository. the lessons of yucca and better -- and the better less ochbs finland, sweden and whip suggest the consent-based siding approach may get better results but will require patience. we have long favored consolidated interim storage but find the report vague as to quantity, duration and cost. we're not sure what the effect will be on the fee if the nuclear waiste fund is to be usd to pay for storage. we agree with the concept and benefits of a new federal corporation that can focus on the waste management mission with a fresh partnership attitude for encouraging the consent-based approach. we look ford refining the concept and enabling legislation. transportation, planning and coordinateination with states and others cannot begin s

at the june 24 commission hearing, this commission disapproved the project. the project sponsor, instead of following the process of appealing to the board of supervisors to the city. as part of that suit, the project sponsored subpoenaed our group's e-mail records. we hired an attorney at great expense to protect and defend the rights of neighborhood groups to freely participate in this planning process without a threat to our privacy. we feel the original eir was not totally inaccurate and told us about the steady -- said the reviews could not be done at a profit. we feel that alone should have the eir reissued at have public comment for citizens. the notices for the june 28 hearing went up on june 6. what happened to 30 days for citizen input into the project? it seems like a precedent is being said that says if a project sponsor loses a hearing, all they have to do this to the city to get what they want. i do not think that a good precedent. this project is way to impact fall to circumvent the process. if it truly shows the church cannot be reused, we wel

and park commission. including certify the final eir, approving the general plan and zoning map and then to allow increased site, a conditional use permit pursuant to planning code, making determinations of consistency with the city's general plan, the joint adoption by the planning commission and rec and park commission of a resolution establishing an absolute commitment limit for shadows on the part, and making a shadow impact of termination after review and comment by the san francisco rec and parks apartment and this commission. in addition, the rec and park commission determined at its joint meeting with the planning commission and the shadows cast by the project on to the urban park will not be averse. based on detailed technical analysis, the additional new shadow is very small, and approximately 0.0067% of the total annual available sunlight for the park. the amount of new shadow would not significantly -- would not be significant, and a new shadow cast by the project would not adversely affect th