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. >> my name is francisco decosta. i attend most of the meetings in city hall. i have been studying the process. some of you i know very well. what i am here to state is, in this city and county of san francisco, i would like to see some accountability and transparency when it comes to outreach. i do not want to really expose what has been happening, but as a person who is at ground zero, watching and dealing with the constituents of san francisco, in these dire economic times, this is an opportunity. with the exception of mr. lloyd, i know all of you pretty well. all i will say is, i would like you to monitor and report on the real out reach on fte's available in san francisco. right now, what i am doing is adding to the documentation. i have a web site. i have access to several websites. i do not want to pass any gray clouds, negativity, without first giving an opportunity to you, directors, to focus on the out of reach in san francisco. thank you. >> that includes members who wish to address you. chairman ford: let's move onto public comment. >> members of th
. >> my name is francisco decosta. i attend most of the meetings in city hall. i have been studying the process. some of you i know very well. what i am here to state is, in this city and county of san francisco, i would like to see some accountability and transparency when it comes to outreach. i do not want to really expose what has been happening, but as a person who is at ground zero, watching and dealing with the constituents of san francisco, in these dire economic times, this is an...
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. >> my name is francisco decosta. the explanation given to us is like reading your pg&e bill. every time it changes. there is relevant documentation that goes but this. what you see here is that businesses in executive park, which is not part of visitacion valley, have to pay the visitacion valley infrastructure fees. so you supervisors, and those of you who do the analysis, have to understand that the developers are held hostage. this is becoming a fashion. in the dire economic times, as you know, and you will be hearing a lot of items tied to the economy, it is very difficult for the developers to pay this money. but because you supervisors, at another time, when the economy was better, got past the visitacion valley infrastructure fees, not paying attention who was contributing to this fund, now as the budget analyst has revealed to you, there is less than $2 million. i have not heard you supervisors asked the people presenting whatever was being presented in a convoluted matter for line item fees or expenses. some grants were given and wanted to use it but they could not u
. >> my name is francisco decosta. the explanation given to us is like reading your pg&e bill. every time it changes. there is relevant documentation that goes but this. what you see here is that businesses in executive park, which is not part of visitacion valley, have to pay the visitacion valley infrastructure fees. so you supervisors, and those of you who do the analysis, have to understand that the developers are held hostage. this is becoming a fashion. in the dire economic...
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. >> francisco decosta, fran martin, jim roden? >> commissioners, if you have been to candlestick point, if you have been around san bruno, you notice there is a rail. and following the tradition of this nation, on one side is candlestick point. the other side is visitation valley. i love in the area. and forever people will tell you that candlestick point and executive park never ever come within the jurisdiction of visitation valley. so, we have a supervisor that is being termed out, thank goodness. and even as she is being termed out, in a dubious way she is trying different employs. a former employee that worked in the planning department is now her aid. it has been told to you by a man of character, that at the 11th hour, changes are being made. this issue came before the land use, and i spoke about it. this issue came yesterday, and somebody had the awe disity -- audacity to say you know what, executive park is in the jurisdiction of visitation valley. no. now if you as taught planning commissioners, if the director of the pl
. >> francisco decosta, fran martin, jim roden? >> commissioners, if you have been to candlestick point, if you have been around san bruno, you notice there is a rail. and following the tradition of this nation, on one side is candlestick point. the other side is visitation valley. i love in the area. and forever people will tell you that candlestick point and executive park never ever come within the jurisdiction of visitation valley. so, we have a supervisor that is being termed...
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. >> my name is francisco decosta. i attend most of the meetings in city hall. i have been studying the process. some of you i know very well. what i am here to state is, in this city and county of san francisco, i would like to see some accountability and transparency when it comes to outreach. i do not want to really expose what has been happening
. >> my name is francisco decosta. i attend most of the meetings in city hall. i have been studying the process. some of you i know very well. what i am here to state is, in this city and county of san francisco, i would like to see some accountability and transparency when it comes to outreach. i do not want to really expose what has been happening
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. -- decosta. >> i like to go over a little history of the bond measure, and i will send the general manager, i will send you some of the information that i have going back. i could start a long time ago, but let's start with diane feinstein. they affected the water department and the san francisco public utilities system. having said that, you know that we have the water system improvement project. there were a number of workshops, and they were all good. from time to time, i have come over here and i speak about a few issues. there are others, like [unintelligible] they don't come, and i don't know why. i have been coming to keep the fire alive. in 2010, because of the economic situation not only in this nation, but all over the world, china, india, russia, brazil. we have to look at our resources in a different way. on this commission we do have commissioners to understand that. they must not forget that. we are very fortunate that we can pass an initiative and have a $600 million bond measure. we have to think about it. finally, let me remind the commissioners that i brought the
. -- decosta. >> i like to go over a little history of the bond measure, and i will send the general manager, i will send you some of the information that i have going back. i could start a long time ago, but let's start with diane feinstein. they affected the water department and the san francisco public utilities system. having said that, you know that we have the water system improvement project. there were a number of workshops, and they were all good. from time to time, i have come...
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. >> my name is francisco decosta. one of the things that we need to know of a number of lb's and db's. i am not talking about the southeast sector. we need to know their names and what type of training they have got. i am saying this because what i find again and again, i can mention a name and a business development, they seem to have a good relationship with some of the departments and that have been mentioned here. this good faith out reach. i did just a general review by taking some other huge projects , and they have got 3% or so of out reach money. the real out redone and the real progress from this area, the same thing can happen in chinatown and some other areas. we might talk about jobs, but it is allowing disadvantaged communities to have their own businesses. we have an example of the library in the bayview, an ongoing confusion. let's not really talked the talk, but walk the walk. thank you very much. >> walter paulson. ♪ i don't know much about contracts but i like good services everybody tells me so. i w
. >> my name is francisco decosta. one of the things that we need to know of a number of lb's and db's. i am not talking about the southeast sector. we need to know their names and what type of training they have got. i am saying this because what i find again and again, i can mention a name and a business development, they seem to have a good relationship with some of the departments and that have been mentioned here. this good faith out reach. i did just a general review by taking some...
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decosta. >> supervisors, let the first categorically state, the mayor should understand, in san francisco, we have many as twute candidates. we have too many candidates who follow the mayor for the sake of following the mayor. if we do not send mr. fong to the planning department, we would traumatize it. he is a talented person. even though monique moyer said that he would only be there for two meetings as chair -- i know her pretty well. i do not know rodney fong all that well, but the port commission is broadcasted, so i follow the various moves over there. we need to have the best representation in san francisco on the commission's, and we do not need a small group of people who have the ear of the mayor or the san francisco democratic committee. cronyism, nepotism, just helping somebody does not help. having said that, i wish him the best. he is young, he has history, he is committed to this city. i am going to give him one piece of advice. speak your conscience, do right by the people. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. just for the public -- i have to take a short break. we wi
decosta. >> supervisors, let the first categorically state, the mayor should understand, in san francisco, we have many as twute candidates. we have too many candidates who follow the mayor for the sake of following the mayor. if we do not send mr. fong to the planning department, we would traumatize it. he is a talented person. even though monique moyer said that he would only be there for two meetings as chair -- i know her pretty well. i do not know rodney fong all that well, but the...