>>president david chiu: thank you very much. can i ask you to submit your comments to us. >> we advocate reasonable regulations and procedures. >> okay. thank you very much. we look forward to those comments. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> what i would like to ask if we can continue this item to march 13th. >>supervisor london breed: before we do, i want to get some clarification on what this means for non-profit organizations? >> the only real change that we make here is that when developers are trying to influence decisions around environmental impact reports, message orp developers there is a requirement that a developer who makes a contribution more than $5,000 to a non-profit organization to disclose that. we are often lobbied by many individuals around various project and we have non-profit organizations which approach us that have received contributions in the past. it doesn't say those contributions can't be made. it just that there is transparency around that so we can

mary's church in supervisor david chiu's district. with the set of criteria established, i believe help to bolster communities support for this project giving neighborhood stakeholders the comfort that this would not produce unintended consequence either to the neighborhood or the city's carefully crafted tdf program. because of the planning department's careful a analysis sis, the important role in the community, our legislation has received a broad range of community support and i know that we have the planning department and we also have father tommy from st. bonafice here along with edward [speaker not understood]. i want to give st. bonafice and

over the next couple weeks i'm going to talk about all the ways that david chiu, your president, andngela your clerk of the board have manipulated the system to put it in favor of the city and against the citizens of this city. not filling vacancies and a whole bunch of other things and basically saying if we can't beat you, we'll screw you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> president chiu, members of the board of supervisors and the public, good afternoon. as some of you know, i run an organization called the tenderloin walking tours. i take people through the tenderloin and show them the low sides and the high sides. between supervisor kim's office and captain jason's office at the tenderloin police station, they have literally cleaning up interpret and taylor. taylor was one of my high spots on my tour. thats was the most interesting part of my tour because it shows the degradation of the tenderloin ~. you guys are kind of running me out of business [speaker not understood]. i've been here 30 years. i have never seen that corner the way it looks now. you could roll a bowling ball do

which >>president david chiu: thank you. the proposition placed this on the battle -- ballot, this is a measure overwhelmingly passed by voters and i have a cosponsor as supervisor wiener for the implementation and reduce the heavy burden that our residents and country faces from pharmaceutical drug prices. the united states spends more on pharmaceutical drugs than all of our country. even though the law addresses major problems with this. the issue of high cost is left untouched. to keep up with our cost, the department of public health has reduced by 25 percent over the last 5 years. we are paying $23 million of taxpayer money while drug manufactures have made billions of dollars in profits. these are tax dollars going to our schools and making our neighborhood safe. but unfortunately even our residents that have good coverage are spending this money on medications. there are a lot of complicated issues that under lie why drug pricing is so high. there are a couple things that i would like to note that i have certainly exp

there are four aspects of the new zones, but i'm looking like somebody david chiu to help me with it in the financial district, katy tang to help me with it in the sunset district and of course whoever is here responsible for the mission district to work with us because together we can establish new citizen overlay zones. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. first of all, i just want to thank you and also admire -- have a new admiration for all the things you guys have to listen on a daily basis and your attention to every topic that's brought before you. i wan to thank supervisors chiu, supervisor campos, who have taken on our resolution on item number 37 urging the federal government and president obama to end the deportations to be able to stop families from losing their jobs because of their status, as well as being able to extend back up for the dreamers. i want to thank every supervisor that has added on to themselves for the resolution and our incredible respect and admiration for having taken this position. this is absolutely imperative tonigh

to do more and this is where i continue to join the efforts of supervisor wiener and supervisor david chiu. mark, you have done a great job starting us out. keep going not only with market street, we have other corridors in the city to make sure that everybody becomes part of the 21st century. this is the innovation capital of the world with a special emphasis on those that need it and are part of the 21st century. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor lee. now i would like to introduce somebody who has been a friend of technology at this service since i started and who is thinking out of the box to try to help us simplify and accelerate president david chiu. [ applause ] >> thank you, mark. happy holidays! i am so excited about what we are doing today and part because when i first ran for office in 2008, i told my constituents that the vision of having free munis in san francisco is what i was interested in having and i was having a conversation with former mayor for this and i want to thank our current mayor lee and the city agencies for working with us and supervisor wie

mary's church in supervisor david chiu's district. with the set of criteria established, i believe help to bolster communities support for this project giving neighborhood stakeholders the comfort that this would not produce unintended consequence either to the neighborhood or the city's carefully crafted tdf program. because of the planning department's careful a analysis sis, the important role in the community, our legislation has received a broad range of community support and i know that we have the planning department and we also have father tommy from st. bonafice here along with edward [speaker not understood]. i want to give st. bonafice and [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. both the planning department and our commissions reviewed this and it is of utmost importance we make sure that rezoning such as this which would confer the ability to sell transfer development rights are only done when it is in the public interest and not necessarily in the private interest of the asking party. in this indication, th

i'm david chiu and i'm proud to represent our board of supervisors and the assistant district attorney and the domestic violence advocates fights on the front lines. i want to thank you all for being part of our city of love. in 1967 san francisco started the love and san francisco started love again, when we allowed lgbt couples to marry and on 1r58dz we're saying once again we know how to love and it doesn't 0 involve love against our women, children or families (clapping) i want to take a moment and recognize someone. 14 years ago the brutality murder of one person shocked us her soul and spirit is with us in that time in 1y67 we had one thousand domestic homicides a year and we've gone 44 months without one. loss month another woman died at the hands of her man. one out of the 3 look to our left and your right someone in your sight has been a victim but as we look at our horizon remember we share a dream a dream that someday no woman and child and family will not suffer from violence in san francisco. let me close if you could see what we see you're a beautiful mosaic of san franci

so supervisor breed is the chair of that committee rather than supervisor cowen and supervisor david chiu respected championships. and we'll be talking to those folks in the next month to inform them of what we're doing >> i'd like to recognize commissioner melgar when has joined us. >> update on tracking systems. >> good morning, commissioners i as project director update on the tracking systems we're getting he ready for the next round of yourself testing starting next week for 4 weeks. we're getting the tests for the interfaces we're having with the i b r we have 6 of them and testing the mobile device inspections and the retrofitting. we will also be testing the prior round we found issued we'll be retesting those. we have a busy schedule for the next 4 weeks. we're going to inviting the stakeholder and give us any tweaks we can do the electrical boiler that takes permits. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> item 4 d update on major projects. >> good morning, commissioners. tom director. you see the revenue go up last month because of the code change. lots of people submit the permit for d

i'm supervisor breed and to my right is -- to my left is supervisor david chiu and cohen. the committee clerk is major and i like to thank sfgt for staffing the meeting. >> silence all cell phones and

today with supervisors scott wiener, malia cohen and john avalos and our new co-sponsors president david chiu and supervisor david campos, i'm proud to be introducing a unified tax measure that strengthens our community's commitments to san francisco's children and their families. i'm proud to stand with the majority of the board of supervisors that are co-sponsors on this. as we move this forward to make history in san francisco. and i know we can make history by passing this ballot measure in november. our coalition for the sugary drink task is building unity also not only a unified measure that's come forward today, but also a unity in our neighborhoods and solidarity for our children's health in a fight across this city because we know big soda corporations like coca cola and like pepsi and dr. pepper, the three big industry giants and their so-called american beverage association will be pouring millions of dollars, perhaps more than we've ever seen historically, in san francisco. and they even spent $4 million to defeat measures in small, tiny cities, richmond and el monte a few years a

>>president david chiu: i have a couple of questions for the public. can you tell us what drugs come under this program? >> about 1/3 of our program. >> this program allows us to get from others. the bottom line is we are paying through one part of our system for lower prices because they are negotiated through the federal government but two parts of our drugs we purchase don't have that same level of lower prices. >> right. we use the organization to negotiate prices for the groups and it only applies to outpatient. >> on the drug purchasing that we do through innovation, my understanding is that the city and you are under agreement not to discuss the pricing? >> if i were to disclose somebody's price then the supplier might not be able to negotiate with me in the future. >> i understand that. from the city's perspective, we as policy makers we can't compare them to know what other low prices are in other parts of the country. >> correct, the prices we pay. as far as the prices to consumers, those are public. >> right. could i ask our city attorney, a

i'm pleased to be with david chiu >> i want to thank you and all the men and women that behind me who have addressed a series of headaches i know within councilmember kersey district. in recent years we've seen a wild, wild west open our streets this is a way to bring order to our city and asking companies to pay a fair share. the fact is the men and women behind us have been thinking intellectually and based on facts what rules we need to make sure we're minimizing congestion on our streets and folks not to have to travel in private cars or be in vehicles where a multiple people are and our roads are are properly maintained. i want to thank all the companies with working with our sfmta and the mayor to get it right. we're going to get it right and that work will help us to grow as a 21st century. it's fitting in this press conventions you have mayor ed lee and other supervisors we will l be asking voters to help are the infrastructure. i want to thank the technology companies and the world leading companies who are helping us and i know they'll be working side to side with us to make

i know david chiu wants to speak and thank you -- would love to have your support colleagues. >> i just have a quick comment as someone that bikes everyday when i heard about this and i thought it was amazing idea and i want to thank you for bringing it to our attention and the community leaders and am happy to support it and be a cosponsor. >> thank you. colleagues is there a motion to approve the -- >> [inaudible] >> oh any other questions or comments from others? okay. thank you supervisor avalos. we're now going to open it up to public comment. i have a number of speaker cards here and if i call your name can you line up to my left please. (calling speakers). come on up. line up to the left if you don't mind please. >> good morning supervisors. i am angela and a youth organizer at chinatown development center and work with [inaudible] and serving the needs of the community. last summer we did a survey with three dozen children living in the neighborhood and not bigger than 8 x 10 rooms and only a fraction, a third at most knew how to bike but everyone was interested in having one. w

we are also joined today by supervisor david chiu. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 4th, 2014 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. and i'd also like to thank s.f.g. tv for broadcasting today's hearing, specifically jennifer low and bill jillian. so, madam clerk, will you please call item number 1? >> item number 1 is an ordinance amending the environment code to restrict the sale or distribution on city property of drinking water in plastic bottles of 21 ounces or less, set city policy to increase the availability of drinking water in public areas, and bar the use of city funds to purchase bottled water, and making environmental findings. ~ water. >> and, supervisor chiu is the author of item number 1. supervisor chiu. >> colleagues, thank you. thank you, colleagues. i very much appreciate your consideration of our legi

i'm supervisor breed and to my right is -- to my left is supervisor david chiu and cohen. the committee clerk is major and i like to thank sfgt for staffing the meeting. >> silence all cell phones and speaking cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 4th agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. are there any other changes to the agenda? >> there are no changes. >> madam clerk, can you please call the first item. >> item number 1 is ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code, by adding article 15a "public realm landscaping, improvement and maintenance assessment districts," to provide for establishment of assessment districts to finance landscaping, improvements, and maintenance of public realm areas, including parks, parklets, sidewalks, landscaped areas, plazas, and gardens; to authorize the purchase of real property with assessment funds, where property will be a public realm area and the district will provide landscaping, improvements and/or >> item number 1 is ordinance amending the

david chiu, it's in your district. how about a community benefit district all over the city? we don't have that where they could help with the lighting. 5 to 7 million is inadequate. we need to light up the whole city and priority one is the embarcadaro, market street and van ness. please keep those in mind and do something. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the board of supervisors. i'm here to make a statement regarding the naming of the san francisco oakland bay bridge. i quote, from the california toll bridge authority headed by then california governor frank miriam. resolved that the san francisco oakland bay bridge be dedicated as a lasting memorial to james rolph, jr. this declaration was reaffirmed in 186 at the time of the 50th anniversary of the bay bridge ~ as follows. ~ 1986 it's on a plaque monument here in san francisco at fifth and harrison street. san francisco-oakland bay bridge, a lasting memorial to james rolph, jr., mayor of san francisco 1912 to 31, governor of california 1931 to '34. tireless leader in the city

[speaker not understood] chapter b ordinance, there hasn't been a quarterly report and david chiu asked that question. the port does not include all of the city departments. you addressed that in some of your questions. there's no overall annual goal for lbes and no lbe project by project goals. the percentage of dollars presented are only for the fire departments which you addressed earlier so i won't continue. [speaker not understood] were awarded, former contracts, 100,000 in professional service contracts, 100,000. not subject to the new contract monitoring dollars awarded were contracted from bid documents submitted by the winning primeses, couldn't find any information on the dollar amount impact on change orders throughout the life of the contract. and i'll just finish by saying that the report, we're very happy the report was done since it's been quite a while. and we showed up with maria cordova [speaker not understood]. so, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >>> good afternoon, my name is marcus leon with marcus leon construction. i've been in b