david campos. we are joined by carmen chu, david chu and scott weiner. the clerk of the committee is erica cheng. covering for sfgtv are eric bunch and don gardener. avalos is on a transportation trip. a -- bicycling trip. can we get a motion to excuse him by commissioner chiu, seconded by carmen chu? mada -- madam clerk -- 9 >> collegues, you have the minutes of the february meeting before you. public comment is closed. can we get a motion by carmen chu, seconded by david chiu, to take this without objection. item three. >> the advisory committee report, an information item. >> good morning. maria lombardo. there was no cac meeting last month. they will be briefed tomorrow at 6:00 pm. >> thank you very much. is there any member of the public wishing to speak? public comment is closed. item four? >> one number to the citizen's advisory committee. an action item. >> ben siefka of the transportation authority. we have one appointment by way of background. the 11-member citizen's advisory, each member with a two-year term. we have wanted to have this be a priority at the committee. we have one vacan

that is why i spent so much time with supervisor david chu in rolling out this mid-market tax exemption. it is a new way that we have got to work together on. it is one that i think not only will help us anchor one of the most important companies that the city has come and we have many important companies, but this one,twitter, will grow exponentially the next few years. it will have an international identity. it has got a home base in san francisco. more importantly, it will be an anchor for the mid-market, an area of the city that has been our skid row for so many years. that is why it is so important for us to establish an anchor there, to roll out a six-year payroll tax exemption, one that is calculated to not only bring in the additional 2000 jobs that we think will be afforded for this one company, but it will also attract other businesses. the economy of our city has been changing. even though we have an unemployment rate today of about 9.5%, and that represents about 41,000 san francisco residents being unemployed, you have got to know that we have a lot of hope. the hope that w

i know the board president david chu is working on possibility this there -- possibilities there. i look forward to working with him. we've targeted efforts to revitalize areas and bring industries here with the tax holiday and proposal introduced yesterday relating to parts of the tenderloin to provide some payroll tax relief to encourage businesses like twitter and others to go there. >> the governor has proposed eliminating funding for redevelopment agencies. what is your opinion of the plan? what are your thoughts on the value of redevelopment agencies? >> i think the plan is over- broad. i do not support it as it relates to san francisco's model of redevelopment. our redevelopment agency does tremendous work in san francisco. a lot of projects like treasure island and what is happening in hunters point, those kinds of projects would be difficult to achieve without redevelopment. a redevelopment agency is the largest source of affordable housing creation in the city. it has been a huge asset. i understand there are other parts of the state where redevelopment has a different m

the struggles with middle-market and talking with supervisor kim and david chu, we felt that was the appropriate tool because we had tried everything else in that district. this is a tool that we believe will be successful. twitter management, even though -- when we compromise on the six months of exemption, that was the right thing to do for the corridor. we have invited them and we know there will be other businesses because when you walk into their offices and you know how it operates and the engineers informed us of this, that operate in clusters. you hardly ever see an employee working alone. the applications companies are there with them. even in their current site they have a whole floor of other companies that are working with them as well. we think this will be the way to do middle-market, whether it is inappropriate tool for others, we will have

david chu announced today he is running for mayor. he says his return bridge a dysfunctional relationship between the board of supervisors and the mayor. today's there are 31 mayoral candidates they include dennis herrera and state senator lynn heat as well as former supervisors diamond dusty, and tony hall. the gas explosion in san bruno is the subject of three days of federal hearings. ill be the first time pg&e employees will testify about what happened. >>> national transportation safety board members are expected to question 10 pgd workers about what went wrong. the safety board plans to issue its report by september. >>> even more progress on the bay bridge. i am consumer editor at tom vacar could what is happening, still ahead. >>> one of the world's most famous boats has made its way to san francisco and may be making more waves. >>> temperatures in the low 60s. a look at san francisco. just a gorgeous day around the bay. some of us have been experiencing rain, and i'll show you you where. atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi

how about david chu, who is considering running for mayor, giving him nine months in office before he becomes mayor? you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimi, all had indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate

david chu announced his plan to run for mayor. >> this campaign is not about the past. for that matter rs it's not about the now. it is about the future. it is about how we're going to come together. >> it's about how i -- >> chiu is the latest person to enter the mayor's race. other people include leeland yee and bevon, pier, and tony hall. the election is set for this november. >>> gene is part of a group creating innovative ways for the school to prison line. mayor was part of an organization today. members talked about what elected officials, school, nonprofits, and the community can do to reduce the high number of school suspensions and expulsion. they also discussed ways to keep children in school with the help in gaining the skills needed to graduate. >>> coming up, we'll go live to san mateo with late developments in a deadly officer involved shooting. >>> also,amazon is giving california an ultimatum. that could mean for your online purchases. >>> and more rain headed our way. it's going to be wet as we go into the next 36 hours. i'll be specific on what days a