the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] president chiu: good afternoon. so mayor brown, i want to tell you the score of the game upstairs. two numbers. 11 to zero. [applause] this is an historic moment for san francisco. and i want to first start by thanking my colleagues at the board of supervisors. we may not -- please clap for them. we may not always agree. but on this great man, edwin lee, we came together and thank you for that. [applause] i also want to thank the many candidates that we considered. one of the things that we are blessed here in san francisco was we had many individuals who we knew could step up to take this role. thank you for all of you who we spoke to about this. this is also an historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in san francisco for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know that ed and all of us who are of asian-american descent feel the legacy. and i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously

we're here with david chiu from district 3.hat includes chinatown, fisherman's wharf, and part of the russian hill neighborhood. he was elected to the board in november of 2008 and has served as board president since january of 2009. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing them. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. >> my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's. i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area and lived in different parts of boston. i went to catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high school in dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. that is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to stud

i have a rebuttal for that e- mail that arrived at david chiu's office. i want to point out that the letter is contradictory. they make a blanket assertion that there are no rf levels in excess of the public exposure limit in san francisco but it knowledge that they are exceeded in a certain perimeter of each in tennis facility. the testimony asserts that no member of the public could ever access an area within the perimeter that would result in exposures above this limit, but this is false in many situations where members of the public have access to roofs, where antennas are located, which is the case at 1653 grant. they can go on the roof and party anytime they like. the way such situations is typically dealt with is by installing signs that warn of rf levels in excess of limits. but installing a sign that limits might be exceeded is not the same as asserting they are not exceeded anywhere in san francisco. i also want to point out that hammond and edison has in the past given testimony that is not credible. consider the documents i am submitting, whic

it's communities are represented by our president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. he would like to say a few words. supervisor chiu: thank you. good morning, everyone. i would like to echo how excited i am about the event we are about to kick off. in particular, i want to talk about the very special neighborhoods that will be included in sunday streets this year. most of you know that the neighborhoods of san francisco are the densest neighborhoods west of the mississippi, and the two neighborhoods being added to sunday streets today, north beach and chinatown, are the densest neighborhoods within the densest neighborhoods west of the mississippi. chinatown and north beach are not just the most historic and oldest and some of the most important neighborhoods that we have here in san francisco, but these are neighborhoods that have very little open space, and both north beach and chinatown, we do not have front porches. we do not have backyards. we do not have many places for people to play, for young people to run around, and was on the streets is going to mean for

joined by the committee vice chair, and we will be joined shortly by committee member president david chiu. covering the meeting today for sfgtv is derek fernandez. >> please make sure to turn off all cell phones. you wish to speak during public comment, please fill lead speaker card and place it to the right of the podium. -- please fill out a speaker card and place it to the right of the podium. supervisor campos: thank you. what we call item two out of order? >> item two, hearing on the city's debt structure and the $1,360 million in non-voters approved debt on the city's books. supervisor campos: this is a matter that has been submitted by supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thank you. i'm going to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. we had a number of scheduling conflicts with people that i wanted to come here today and are going to be integral to this hearing. also, given the other hearing on the calendar today. so i would like to make a motion to continue to the call of the chair. supervisor campos: we have a motion to continue. that makes sense. before

to supervisor david chiu's point, i think he said we spend $200 million a year on i.t. that is not in one pot of money. so it makes it a complex challenge to save that money. i think the data center consolidation approach project is perhaps a template for the city on how departments can come together, pull funds and resources to solve complex problems related to i.t. again, we said at the beginning, the data center of the piece of the i.t. expenditure represents may be less than 10% of the total expenditures city-wide. the challenge for the city now in working together under the direction of coit is how do we address those remaining funds? are they being expended well, can we be more efficient? are there other opportunities like data center consolidation that we should focus on to generate savings? i think we should take credit for the good progress we have made on data center consolidation, should release the reserves to allow departments to continue to provide operational services they need, hospitals, puc, police department. on the other hand, we need to continue to

could not be more happy to introduce my district supervisor, the president of the board, supervisor david chiu. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. it is an honor to be with you tonight. i want to wish everyone a happy year of the rabbit. unless you are vietnamese, in which case, i was a very happy year of the cat. after 160 years, this year is truly history. i am honored to serve with you, not just with the diversity that our board of supervisors represents -- and i want to thank ross mirkarimi, david campos, and malia cohen who are here with us today -- but it is an honor to serve with three other asian-american supervisors. we finally reflect the population statistics that we have here in san francisco. more importantly, it was an incredible honor earlier this year to take part in an historic, unanimous vote for the first time in our city's history to have an elected leader at the top of galt mountain, our first chinese- american mayor, edwin lee. [applause] as i look out onto the audience and i see who we all represent, i see our chinese a brother and sisters, our japanese and korean on

introduce one of our leading proponents and advocates of the board of supervisors, board president david chiu. president chiu: i am very excited to be part of this announcement because before i was an elected official, i used to run a small business. one of the biggest challenges facing us at this time is our unemployment. i should mention, my mother used to say there is no such thing as a free lunch. jobs now 2 is the closest we can get to that free lunch between now and june 30th. this was something sponsored by the federal stimulus fund we got under president obama. it was a remarkably effective program. san francisco created over 4000 jobs with over 800 companies which brought $55 million of new activity to our local economy. we were extremely disappointed and congress not -- decided not to continue the program last september. because of the partnership with the mayor's office and the mayor's commitment to jobs and particularly with our private sector leaders, we have been able to move this forward with a combination of continued local, state and some federal funding. i would like to sing

it was just about five minutes ago that david chiu sees it to be the mayor -- ceased to be the mayor.ive mayor for about 27 hours wallace the president of -- was the president of the board of supervisors. we thank you for your service. next to him is the senior member of the board of supervisors, the man who nominated john elsbernd. [applause] then not necessarily in alphabetical order, supervisor john avalos, supervisor david campos, supervisor carmen chiu, supervisor malia cohen, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, and supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott leonor -- wiener. a number of your friends thought it appropriate to reach out to cover the span of mayors over the last fifth leaders, a small fraternity who you are about to join. leading that is lieutenant governor, who will brain some remarks. it was the man who served as a supervisor and whom the voters rewarded by making him lieutenant governor, and he was received by his colleagues at one minute after 1:00, when his tenure was evicted, and he gave an accounting of himself and the time he has been

chairperson mar: this item is sponsored by the mayor and president david chiu. president chiu: thank you. and someone who has been a strong supporter of urban agriculture, i am proud to help support and sponsor this legislation, along with the mayor. this has been a partnership between the mayor, the agricultural alliance, and the community of urban farmers in san francisco that is growing by the day. this legislation is about increasing the number of urban farms in san francisco. it will have incredible health and community benefits. across the united states, we have urban farmers' growing crops on vacant lots, abandoned fields, in greenhouses, on balconies is, in their schools, in prisons, in nursing homes, and other creative places. urban gardens are providing benefits beyond good and healthy food. they are going communities, enhancing the health of residents, creating green jobs, producing locally-grown vegetables in a way that will connect people to their food and their land, as well as strengthening our environment through reduce fossil fuel dependents. i u

. >> supervisor david chiu? supervisor chiu: thank you for your patience, members of the public, for the months of debate. i have been a proud sponsor of this legislation from the beginning. after all the debate, i think we are absolutely doing the right thing. i would like to address some of the issues that have been raised. first, there was the suggestion that we have a lot of policies in the tenderloin and mid market area. and we should allow those to work. i absolutely agree. we have attended many things in these neighborhoods and that is why we need to move forward. the tenderloin area and the mid market area have experienced decades of light, high crime, high vacancy, and we need to change the status quo. we need to move forward with something that is different, that we believe will do and achieve what we want to see happen here. there is also the suggestion that perhaps the city dealt a little too soon with twitter. that perhaps we should have negotiated on the topic of stock options. as someone who has ha

motion by commissioner of los, second by commissioner david chiu. please call item five. >> recommend allocation prop k funds. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair campos. the memo is on page 56 of your agenda packet. we have four prop k requests. i will request the board of requests, and then the mta request, after which, we will present the remaining requests. the attachments include the estimated total cost. you can find that table on page 61 of your packet. first one is the bart request to repair a leaking waterproof covering. this will prevent slip and fall accidents. the black dots on the graphic our water intrusion. the blue ovals are water leakage within the station. there is a joint station agreement between sfmta and bart that covers station improvements like this. sfmta will reimburse for the approximately $680,000 for expenses related to wash -- to water prevention. repairs will be done between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.. construction will begin in july 2011 and be completed august 2012. my colleague is here in view of questions.

going to introduce the first right now, and that is the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. supervisor chiu: thank you. first, and like to thank everyone for wearing orange today. i feel sorry for los angeles. i feel honored to be part of this world-class sporting event, not just because of what it will do for our local economy, for

going to introduce the first right now, and that is the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. supervisor chiu: thank you. first, and like to thank everyone for wearing orange today. i feel sorry for los angeles. i feel honored to be part of this world-class sporting event, not just because of what it will do for our local economy, for jobs, and for the sport of sailing, but what it will do for transportation. we know that we are trying to build a 21st century here in san francisco, and while we are the city that invented the cable

going to introduce the first right now, and that is the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. supervisor chiu: thank you. first, and like to thank everyone for wearing orange today. i feel sorry for los angeles. i feel honored to be part of this world-class sporting event, not just because of what it will do for our local economy, for jobs, and for the sport of sailing, but what it will do for transportation. we know that we are trying to build a 21st century here in san francisco, and while we are the city that invented the cable car, right now, we have had many challenges as people tried to get around the city, whether they are on bus, on foot, on bicycles, in cars sitting in a little bit of gridlock. what is so wonderful about the people plan, which, i have to say, is very aptly named for the people's republic of san francisco, is that we are creating a vision for the future, establishing a legacy for who we want to be and how we want to travel and setting a mark for creating a transit first city. i want to thank the transit advocates who are here with us today from have -

we are also joined by president david chiu. >> please make sure to turn off all cellular phones and pagers. items acted upon today it will appear on the may 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. chairperson mar: we have four items on the agenda today. >> item 1, resolution of intention to vacate a portion of mason st. for the library and joe dimaggio playground master plan. chairperson mar: this item is sponsored by the mayor and president chiu. >> item 2 is a resolution of intention to vacate a portion of mason street to improve the area. presidend ct chiu: i want to thank the members of the public who are here. the north beach library has historically been one of the most overused libraries -- library branches in the entire city. it is one of the three top libraries used in the city. in many dimensions, the library has not been adequate to meet the needs of the community. it has not been accessible to a lot of folks, including our disabled communities. it has simply been an inefficient branch library. for almost a decade now, there have been planning meetings and communi