>> gutierrez ticks off what he says is an irish district, a polish district, a jewish district.ee black districts. this is the map for those chicago districts, all held by democrats with irregular lines. odd connecting points. back in the ear muff strip. here comes a tractor. he's leaving the 7th. he's in the 4th congressional district right now. he's going through the 4th congressional district, and he has entered the fifth congressional district. >> the problem is that the history of city of chicago hasn't been circles or squares. you know what they've been? they've been black, they've been latino, they've been white. >> the congressman is actually right. having grown up in chicago, that's the way it was. it's a racially divided city, divided almost by streets. you can cross through a viaduct and the color of people just changes like that. it's always been that way. black neighborhood. hispanic neighborhood. in his hispanic district, gutierrez is usually re-elected with 75% of the vote or more. for other democrats around him, it can be as high as 85%. mary shafsma of the leagu

it is right on the edge of my district.t is seated at the intersection of several separate as oriole -- supervisorial districts. there are issues around displacement, the impact of a large hospital on the surrounding neighborhoods, and whether the size of this hospital and plans in the city wide picture of health care access. i am sure we will have robust discussion about this in the coming months. >> are there any other issues that concern you that we have not discussed? are there any other interests you plan to concentrate on as supervisor? >> one thing every supervisor works on is the relationship between our neighborhoods and city hall. i am blessed in district 3 to have a rich network of neighborhood associations, merchant groups, and nonprofit organizations that i interface with regularly. they often had difficulty navigating city hall. i am trying to help develop neighborhood councils that bring together these various groups to interface with city hall and city staff as a model to foster partnerships between and our

the job is district attorney, not district manager or district administrator. >> i know how reliable the evidence is prior. i also believe i am the only district attorney in the state endorsed the policy, i am very pleased that actually passed. >> san francisco is uniformly seen as different from other cities. how should our differences be taken into account in determining what should be prosecuted? >> the question is so vague. [laughter] >> objection overruled. >> i am serious, what differences are we talking about? how're we different? we are humans. we are subject to the same defilement, but we have different values. there is an over criminalization of crimes. so what should we do with the criminal justice system? if you look at the statistics, it is static. we focus on public safety, we focused on not having the next person dead or injured. we can deter crime. look at my website, have real solutions to this problem. we of different values, but we have constitutional values as well. that is what keeps us in common. and not what is different amongst us. >> i think it is very import

come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangible fact of who we are as san francisco, coming together around sports teams, that is an incredible opportunity, but then, the economic drivers in our neighborhoods is very real, and i think something that we are lucky right now, certainly in district 2. we have the blue angels every year, but the america's cup will become a large economic boom, and we need to pay attention to how much that benefits us as a city. >> it looks like we are just about out of time, and it sounds like there is a lot happening in city hall today, so we are going to wrap this up. >> there is. >> always. are there any other issues or things you would like to share briefly with respect to your new position as supervisor, or thoughts you have about san francisco before we wrap up our conversation? >> i touched on it earlier. for me, personally, especial

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

he asked that district attorney to be the district attorney for mission station. he or she deals with the problems that happen between prosecutors and between police officers, anything from police officers missing court dates to district attorneys being late. it becomes a vital part of that community. the community does that they have a district attorney that they can talk to that will have the ears and eyes of the district attorney. that individual would work well with the community in making sure that the district attorney's office is stepping into the community to do the right thing. >> i agree completely, but that is already being done. i think we need a new idea. we actually have never heard prosecutors assigned to stations. we have the four districts with prosecutors and they are working with the police in the local community in order to problem solve. this is an idea that has been around for many years. the other thing we're doing is we are servicing the community. we are going to those most underserved communities. it is a case with the prosecutors, my pla

it was not just my district. that was a magical time for this region. >> in your regdistrict, deal have any particular projects to give us insight on? >> one was a basic infrastructure thing that was a big deal. san francisco circle. not a lot of people realize that more cars travel through one of those intersections than any other in san francisco. we had to shut that down and completely rebuild the intersection for the muni winds utilities, and overheads. we pulled it off. we got through it. now we have pedestrians walking through safely. we have the trains going through. it is cleaner, faster, safer. vehicles can get through there. it is a small thing, but quality of life when you do not have to deal with a bus stuck in the intersection -- that was a big deal. i am proud of the way the mta got through the major project without causing major problems. >we have lots of park improvements happening that will definitely benefit our youth. playgrounds the within the last few years have been renovated. for the entire

people to the district. oftentimes, people think about the sunset, and they think of a sleepy time -- sleepy town or an area, but that is changing, and a lot of that has to do with the terrific energy of the people we have out in the district. after opening their doors in 2009, it is now a bustling and cozy gathering place for organic food and drink. anytime you go past on a weekend or and evening, chances are, you are going to see tens of people waiting in line just to get in. if you get there, make sure you try the breakfast sausage, the eggs in jail, and they have everything that is baked fresh daily. they actually live only a few blocks away from our lands, so they truly are neighborhood people. when they opened up, their goal was to open up a local sandwich shop, but little did they recognize that shortly after they were opened, they would be featured in "the new york times" and have such a following. one was really kind of summing up the impact. one person wrote, "i work about 1.5 blocks away. until re

work of the district. we fully recognize with the leadership of the board but we are going to be more under pressure to find additional funding in our philanthropic community. of as you can see, they have made significant contributions to help us with this initiative. we are in the process of coordinating funding to be able to provide a base of financial support for this initiative and to further develop our capacity in the school district. the theory of action for this initiative is very simple, but it is not simplistic. if the 13 priorities were implemented, we want to further close the achievement gap and meet the goals that continue to be the foundation on top of which we build all of the work we are currently engaged in. we want to achieve double-digit gains for three years for our five key performance indicators, and as i mentioned, these are the performance indicators the superintendent has outlined in terms of the judging whether or not we are making progress. when we reflect on the accomplishments

in district 1 -- in district two, alexander ong, district three, mr.ng, district four, the store manager of the sunset district good will, martin lamb, in district 5, rodney chen, district 6, steven lee, the leader of aspire, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatown community development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 10, a community leader and visitation valley, and last but not least, the business woman and president of an iron works co., florence kong. could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me

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it just makes everything smoother working within the district.int, we are definitely really aware of the need for working with first- generation college students and providing them what they need to get ready and prepared for college. the difference with the program during the school year is the time. we have the entire school year to do that. we will definitely provide workshops on how to talk to schools, financially and workshops. we will work with college track. i will mention the rest of the partners in a second. we will pull from them and work to combine resources. they will be coming in and talking to our youth and letting them know how to go to the process. we have a college were planned for the spring. i'm really fighting to get more funding so we can possibly do that to where they go out of state for this portion of the programming. we will have a college tour at the end of the program as well. the youth the chance to visit schools. we are on that track and we want them to be aware of everything they can do at the next level in terms of

the first step toward creating a historic district is to survey the area. surveys are important, but also have an impact on people's properties. people need to know when their neighborhoods are being surveyed, and what the significance is. the supervisor initially proposed board approval to commence the survey, but has since accepted a counterproposal which would greatly increase our outrage when surveys are occurring. as to the specific preservation standards, the planning department relies on the secretary of the interior pepys standards for changes to a historic building. it also uses this as a tool to determine effects on resources for ceqa purposes. for projects that comply, the standards are typically exempt from ceqa review. these standards are generic across the country, irrespective of the location or size. however, in an urban center like san francisco, with our zoning and history, we should not use a one size fits all set of standards. as a result, the supervisor proposes the department prepare san francisco standards, following an examination of

currently, parents may apply for their children to attend any school in the school district.a school does not have space for all applicants, the school district and immense students based on certain priorities, such as whether they're older siblings attend the same school, whether the student lives in the schools attendance area, or whether the students elementary school is a designated feeder school for the middle school. prop h when they get city policy to encourage the school district to ensure that all students have the opportunity to attend a quality neighborhood school. after signing siblings to the same school, the highest priority should be to assign each student to the schools close to their homes. finally, the school district should provide students with the opportunity to attend schools with language immersion rather special programs, even if those schools are not close to their homes. ♪ i am here with kris miller, chairperson of students first, a group that sponsored prop h. ms. miller, thank you for being here. why should voters vote for prop h? >> for starters,

we're working in conjunction with the school district at both sites. staff has attended curriculum training from the district. tutors have received training. we realize and recognize the fact that if we are going to make this work and continue for the success, we need to be closely intertwined with the district and their goals and what they're doing with their students each day. a couple of charts and graphs to put in this, i did e-mail a final report to members of the school board as well as implementation committee. i can also send a copy as well. a couple of questions that were asked when i presented when we first had begun the program was the ethnicity. we have the breakdown of the ethnicity. the bulk of the youth were latino and african-american. the data on the grades is going to be kind of funny. a lot of them might have identified in a grade because of age, but do not necessarily have the credit to be in that great. -- grade. a couple of photos. ready and prepared to answer questions. i did want to show a brief video of the program before we go

and welcome to "need your district supervisor -- meet your district supervisor." supervisors campos is our supervisor for this week. welcome. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. where you grew up, went to school? >> sure. i was born in guatemala. i was brought here by my parents. i grew up in l.a., and then moved up to the bay area, and i went to stanford. i came back after law school. my background for the first few years was as a practicing attorney. i worked in the private sector for a number of years. and then i worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general counsel of the school district of san francisco and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. >> you have lived in san francisco for awhile. why did you decide to live here? supervisor campos: i have always felt that san francisco is unique. i have always loved this city. i think that san francisco is -- it represents the best of what this country has to offer. it is a place that welcomes people from all over the

the discretion is there for the district attorney and assistant district attorney and the judges to not apply the three strikes law so that the people that are on the front lines from the judges to the assistant district attorney to the defense -- they have to have life experience and know and understand -- is this the person we are going to walk away, or is this the person we will give a third or fourth chance to? >> what are your thoughts about using civil gang injunctions as a tool for addressing gang violence? >> i think in opprobrious circumstance, that might work. i will partner with the public defender and city attorney to see if we could decide on what, if anything, needs to be done, and i think that opens another issue -- can a district attorney use a city attorney in certain matters? i think they can hear it when i was a young prosecutor, we engaged in collaboration with the district attorney in shutting down businesses which were selling illicit drugs, and i mean serious drugs -- heroin and things of that nature -- by recognizing it to be a public nuisance and by using sectio

districts. i am sorry, like the tenderloin or along van ness. it removes the 1 to 1 requirements, making this consistent and removes the minimum parking requirement in broadway and the north beach commercial districts and the chinatown mixed use districts, and also increases the authority of the zoning administrator to waive parking requirements under section 161. the proposed legislation also proposes changes that will help preserve historic buildings and expands the tdr program to allow development rights to be transferred route the c3. currently, they are only allowed to be transferred in the individual c3's. and there is something to facilitate adaptive re-use, and this is also currently allowed for article 10 buildings, which are landmark buildings. it gives the authority to credit off-site publicly accessible open space towards open space requirements in article 10 and 11 buildings and allows them to waive certain code requirements when dealing with residential use. currently, many of thes

it is such a rich district. getting to know people of the district through the campaign, doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding super rigid experience. -- the most rewarding experience. it is amazing how the people are. it has been a great experience. i do not know that i fully understood the richness of this district until i was actually talking to so many people on the campaign trail. now as a supervisor i see it every day. i see that. and there are challenges in these tough economic times. but i also see so much potential, so many amazing people, and we in city government have an opportunity to address so many problems and make so many things better. the campaign was a learning experience on so many levels. beyond that, i think you've learned something about yourself when you are putting yourself out there through the political process. i was very lucky that i had that opportunity because where i come from something as basic as free, democratic elections, that is a luxury. people participat

so, they have to show greater improvement than even the district. this year, for the third year in a row, i am proud to announce that the african-american students in english language arts and the latino students in math and samoan students in both are narrowing the achievement gap. come on, let's hear it. [applause] ok, so those were some of the results you have seen charted in here. if you picked up the press release, some of our school- level successes are also included in there, so i would ask you to look at those. as compared to the state, we are higher than the state in ela and math. we look at the results for our program students as well, both english language learners and math, and we saw similar success is where they are going -- growing at a great rate. last were our superintendent zone schools in both the mission and the bayview. successes as well, and i think that deserves a mentioned. with that, i will turn it over. >> thank you. she brings all the good news. first, i wanted to recognize a few of our board members who are here. emily, g

district. i am so delighted to see the turnaround in this is still being able to draw from throughout the nation and to be inclusive of having more of our local students take advantage of this situation. it makes me so happy, because i know what a great program it is, and the opportunity for these students to get exposed to the quality, the caliber of professionals that are teaching these glasses. >> and you pay for everything. the kids show up in the supply store and they have a bad already waiting for them with everything they need, hundreds of thousands of dollars of materials. they walked out without having to pay a dime. we have something for you and we would like for you to share your thoughts. >> thank you so much, president mendoza and janet for the accolades. in 1929, my grandfather started the school, a family run school. my father ran it after world war two when he graduated from stanford. a brown graduate of berkeley high. i took over in 1992. it has always been the university's des

-- >> and we are going to align the funding priorities of the district. part of this will be exactly what vice-president yee was talking about, having metric to measure of accountability and more importantly for impact purposes. that is the crux. you have captured a perfectly, of why we are doing what we are doing. commissioner norton: i want to second to that. we don't do that enough, we don't connect enough. here is what we did, here is what we spent, and this is what we got out of it. i think there are maybe some things that we are doing that we should not fund any more. i don't know what they are. it is easier for us to stop funding things that we shouldn't be funding if we can see it has not had the impact we would like it to have. commissioner fewer: i noted that because i think we are going to have to get very lean and mean. i like that we are a district that is willing to look at things that are not aligned for strategic planning goals and not have a great impact and has not helped us to close the achievement gap. and even though we have these thi

and also section 607.1 of the city center special sign district. we would just like to make sure that is noted. and the zoning map would be amended to display the new glen park neighborhood commercial transit district, of course, and also height changes to the city's height map that reflects the height changes i will discuss in a moment proposed for the glen park area. i have an update d ordinance to distribute. there are two parcels shown on the maps in the district but these were not included in that original zoning map ordinance. so i would like to read them into the record and those are the block and lot number 6726, lot 27 and block number 6727, lot 23 arc. and this map shows the existing zoning in the area which is the light purple displaying the current neighborhood commercial, small scale neighborhood commercial that the amendment would change to the glen park commercial district by adding nine additional parcels. in terms of the height changes t whole area within the planned boundary and the 40 foot height district and 30x height district

verizon uses a network of utility poles in the sunset district. without a full discussion of why they cannot utilize this already existing network in the inner richmond, verizon cannot meet its burden of proof that this is the only alternative that will work for the neighborhood. please vote to deny a permit for this location. think you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. the proposed antennas are not necessary in the richmond necessary to provide service in the event of a natural disaster. the emergency response plan to medication and next which was established in 2008 and a copy which is included in your packet makes clear that

he was working for the san francisco district attorney. if it is not confidential, they should release it to the public. if it is confidential, it is up to the district attorney to release a: not. why do we have a crime lab that belongs to the police? san francisco

he is also the elected representative of much of the c3 district with the district of the focus of the legislation and we want to first thank the planning department for 25 years or over 25 years of great work administering the downtown arts fund. the proposal is many years of work by the arts commission and arts community and we want to thank them for all their work. last spring we began conversations with the arts commission and the mayor's office about legislation introduced in july and since then there have been many good convictions with the public and among departments about ways to improve the legislation. a lot of that is is representative of the stock report before you. and the supervisor, like the mayor, is supportive of the recommendations and open to others. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. now as part of the staff presentation, i would like to do something different that we haven't done before. i would like to introduce a retired staff member of the planning department who is part of the department for many years and actually helped deve