district. of course, the census isn't accurate, but if you want to be safe, that's what you do. now, it's not true for other types of legislative districts, like city council districts and state legislative districts, that the court has been more flexible. usually allowing for plus or minus 5% deviation. which is to say a total deviation of around 10% is presumptively valid, but even then as we discussed, you have to be careful, because if there are impermissible reasons that you've deviated, then there's going to be a problem. and finally, there are special districts, like water districts, water reclamation districts in ball versus james that we discussed, where you don't have to abide by a rule of perfect quality. could be one acre, one vote. and so in the case versus cox, the court rejects the idea that there's a safe harbor for deviations of, say, 10% in state legislative districts and that you cannot illegitimately justify these deviations. let me show you the state senate plan that was at

mcdonnell: we will go district by district. district to we did. -- district 2 we did. let's take that vote. here is the vote. whether to go all in with each of the districts as described by the consultants with the exclusion of the parentheses for the purposes of the task force. ms. lam: is your recommendation that only the consultants get highlighted, or just incorporated into the list before us? mr. schreiber: my proposal was that when we use the consultant list of a neighborhood, we do not include the parentheses when we do so. ms. lam: thank you. mr. mcdonnell: as everyone clear on the question before us? we have submitted descriptions of the districts submitted by the consultants. the question before us, a, remove the parenthetical statements from the description, and b, utilize this list of neighborhood descriptions with the exception of district 1, which you already voted to do differently, as the information that will fill this section. ms. tidwell: i would ask that we separate the questions. mr. mcdonnell: first question, to remove the parenthetical statements

districts. these are not rivers. this is a district. okay? here's another one. district 24. okay? all right. you can see all of these. some groing in going in here. just to blow up some of them. all right. so this is district 24. it goes up and down and up -- you can see some more of the house districts. they go and are barely contiguous at some points. right? 87 goes up and around. and the reason that they were struck down as unconstitutional even though they deviated by plus or minus 5% is that the democrats in order to keep their hold on the assembly and the senate overpopulated the republican districts and underpopulated the democratic districts, which you can see here, if you look at the blue areas were the democratic areas. the red areas where the republican areas in the state and then can you see the deviations. right? red areas were overpopulated and blue areas underpopulated. you can see how they kind of match up with the partisanship in the state. and so, the strategic use of deviation

district five. >> rita evans, rose hillson. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to speak today. i have lived in the sunnyside neighborhood for 26 years and shortly after moving there became aware of the sunnyside neighborhood association which i soon joined and became active in and found that group had been formed in the mid 1970's to promote the neighborhood and in particular and try to do something to restore and maintain our neighborhood gem, the sunnyside conservatory. our landmark historic neighborhood gem, the sunnyside conservatory was restored just a few years ago with neighborhood volunteers and many, many sunnyside residents have been involved in the restoration and maintenance of that facility and solicitting the funds for it and so far. sunnyside elementary is at the part of the neighborhood. we have the sunnyside park just renovated two years ago. we do indeed have a very clear neighborhood identity. our boundaries have been clearly documented in every newsletter since the mid-1

districts. okay? you can crack them by spreading them out among too many, and then can you also stack them. if you remember what aldridge gerry did, he drew the districts in such a way that they were multimember districts. so, for example, if you have a state that's 30% african-american, and you don't elect by districts at all but you have the entire state electing, you know, four or five congressmen, then you can ensure that a geographically cons traftsed minority will not be able to elect its candidate of choice. you can see how this works. let's take atlanta. this is districting plan i was involved in ten years ago. so the dark green areas are the heavily african-american areas, really some 90% african-american here. if you draw the districts inside atlanta, right? you'll end up drawing districts that are over 90% african-american. now, if you join them with the largely white suburbs, right, then they end up being about 30% african-american. and if you there's racially polarized voting. if af

aviation the district 5, 2.0. deviation of district 1, -5.23%. appreciate that there is another move for the late corridor. >> yes. >> yes. >>yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> no. >> yes. >> thank you. please make this change. lake st.. >> if we could start with the block between 25th and 26. >> that block has a population of 331 people bringing the deviation for district 12 - 4.78%, and the deviation of district two two -5.08%. >> can we look at the other side of lake st.? >> can i make one observation? i believe if we reversed our decision about the median strip, i think that what allowed us to stay within 5% and move the 64 people back to d2. we would be finished, i think. >> so proposed. >> i think this is actually two changes together the i am proposing. that we move this block, and then as the second accompany an adjustment, to move the three blocks, the median strip -- strips, i guess -- >> yes. >> with 64 people back from d3 to d2. >> ok, anyone have any questions? the proposal is -- one second, let me just take it one more time and come back to yo

i am peter strauss from the lower haight and district 5 and district 8. it looks like i will be staying in district 8. we have reached the bottom of the night. i am. -- i am sure it feels more like the bottom of the 54th. baseball analogies aside, there are a bunch of us here to make one last pitch. in 55 laguna into district 5. we have talked about community and compromise. we have gusty to recognize haight is the spine of the community and should not be treated as a border. we appreciate what you have done in the commercial destroyed by moving the boundary down. the closest to a win win would be able to split the property. i understand that is beyond your purview because it involves changing precinct boundaries. it may be that is the direction we need to go. most of us would be willing to work with supervisor wiener to achieve the closest to a win- win, but we may not be in to do that at this time. i urge you to establish the baseline at the most logical and consistent place with their review your purview. we believe that would be to establish 55 laguna

district 1 and the deviation. district to come a deviation. that is probably a break. >> you're suggesting that? the neighbors are listed on exhibit a? mr. mcdonnell: i was being facetious, but thank you for being literal in your interpretation. now, where district 1 and the deviation, the bullets then get replaced with -- >> can we do a recap of where we are? then we can go back and fix the neighborhoods. >> you lost me. >> the percentages for each district. mr. mcdonnell: ok. >> 3 digits? >> i will clean up while we wait. mr. mcdonnell: hold on one second. we are being corrected. >> a want to make sure we're all on the same page. we will replace this list with what is prepared by the consultant and the task force will review those neighborhoods. mr. mcdonnell: that is correct. >> thank you. >> can i clarify something very quickly? mr. mcdonnell: there is no such thing as very quickly in this process. go ahead. >> west of twin peaks submission here, what we submitted was the planning neighborhood. it was not the council neighborhood boundarie

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

the district descriptions, the individual district maps. there was something else. >> the final map, district descriptions, district statistics. mr. mcdonnell: yeah, that word, statistics. >> caskey timing question? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> some of these pieces will take some time to prepare, but i assume the task force will want to publish immediately. would it be possible to add a note saying, "to be added"? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> and then we will replace it. mr. pilpel: or along those lines, could we allow the publication of an executive summary when all of these pieces exist, so the map itself is available immediately, and as these pieces are assembled in the next couple days, then the final report will then exist? mr. mcdonnell: i don't think she was referring to the final map. but the final map will take time. mr. pilpel: all right. mr. mcdonnell: ok. with respect to the report -- >> yes, on the list of appendices, we're going to include the statistics and the community newspaper advertisements? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> ok. >> man asked t

this one is between the district seven and district four. this is a congressional line you would align to. it's 19th after median. it would move from 7 to 9. total population -- >> 7 to 4 you mean? >> yes. how can it move from 7 to 9? >> yes, 7 to 4. not 7 to 9. >> what's the population? >> nine. >> resulting deviation? >> the resulting deviation would be for district four, negative.96% and four district seven, negative .3%. >> ok. any questions? >> i guess i would like to know, i drive there a lot. i don't see anyone living on the medium. can you tell me a little bit more about that? >> the census apparently have more responses from that median. >> the median speaks. [laughter] >> well then maybe they're very small. thank you. >> mr. alanso? >> yes. >> mr. leigh? >> yes. >> miss melara? >> yes. >> miss lam? >> yes. >> miss mondejar? >> yes. >> mr. pilpel? >> i just need to know which direction it's going. >> from seven to four. >> yes. >> mr. schreiber? >> yes. >> miss tidwell? >> yes. >> please make this change. >> would you like to see th

the difference in character between mr. 9 in district 6 is remarkable -- between districts 9 and district 6 is remarkable. have we seen nonprofits stopping displacement? no. we are seeing a bunch of new residential development projects. the nonprofits have been awol. it has been a neighborhood-based operation. the eastern neighborhoods and nonprofits lost it and say they want to be part of the neighborhood. they blew it. we're seeing displacement more than before the plan. you are more likely to lose -- the population was in eviscerated. i do not think there is a connection. the issues of north mission are in sync with the mission proper. my neighborhoods are centered around a marshall school. d9 is a progressive district. i have a problem thinking there will be any sort of disenfranchisement of anyone in our community in the north mission is included in district 9. invoking walter again without my singing, "love will keep us together." please keep the mission together. [laughter] >> thank you, sir. >> i do not know how i can follow on that. i cannot sing. i do want to thank you all for y

if you are trying to keep district 6 as a 1% district, that may be impossible.is offered based on where we are now and europe at the peak of your understanding. just one moment of your unbiased thought -- we have been pinned down for six months with no help from our supervisor's office with a predictable outcome that only proves that point. >> thank you, sir. >> good morning, a task force. i am the managing director of the studio located in the south of market area, a filipino- american performing arts center. i am a longtime worker there and also a former resident. i am here to echo what all the other philippine constituents have talked about as far as maintaining the border on 15th street between valencia and harrison. what everyone else failed to mention is the reason why we want to go that far,si

in the 1960's we said we will have residential districts, commercial districts, and manufacturing districtsoor match for san francisco. a lot of the existing commercial buildings in these districts were given a reprieve. but that's based can never be reactivated. it has lapsed. a great example in my neighborhood trifuno the corner of 20th and guerrero

deviation for district 3 it is 3.84%. district 4 is -5.6%. deviation for district 5 is 9.6%. deviation for district 6 is 0.96%. deviation for district 8 is 3.47%. deviation for district 9 is 4.8%. deviation for district tennis is -0.87%. deviation for district 11 is 4.94%. >> thank you. giving you a pause for consideration. any final population tweaks? mr. alonso. any final population tweaks ? commissioner alonso: no. commissioner leigh: no. commissioner melara: no. commissioner mondejar: no more. commissioner pilpel: i tried and tried and tried. >> did we want to hear about this? you said you would fight until the end. thank you, that was helpful. commissioner schreiber: we are good with where we are right now. >> with respect for deviation? >> and it may be helpful that that will not be kept under 5. >> 4.998%. >> thank you. >> the only thing i was looking at was that other we're border. >> close your eyes. just kidding. >> you go west of that. and there is a hill at the top about. >> give them direction, please. just to the left of the block. >> that is a population of 36

we are in district 5. there is no school in district 5 anywhere close to me.ill have to drive my child across town. some of the transitional kindergartens have no idea what -- what the program will be. how am i supposed to make a decision on where to send my child when they do not know what they are going to be offering? it is not even close to my house. i turned in and acceptance, but i would rather send my son to a school in my neighborhood where i live near 4 very fine schools. i was hoping that was what we would get in the original plan to writ given what has happened to the many of the parents who do want the waiver, we really need the waiver this year. parents will have a lot more information next year. we were not able to plan at all three i was touring kindergartens all the way through february. i hope the school district will understand the frustration with the parents and put yourself in our place. we want the best for the children and i think the child's welfare should be the first thing we think about here. not bureaucracy. thank you very much for

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

in your district? how do you think the police department is doing, and how do you think the city is doing in general with respect to crime? supervisor chu: i know we have been acting chief at this moment and the police commission is working to try to find an individual who can step in and lead the department. we know there are many things going in the right direction with the police department, but there is a lot of things to work on. technology is something we really need to focus on and make investments in in order to allow our police forces to be more effective, to be able to communicate more clearly with other law-enforcement agencies. that is something that we do need to work on. with regards to crime in the district, i would say that our district is more impacted by a lot of property crime. we see many cars being broken into. many quality of life issues -- graffiti. we see cars being stolen, those kinds of issues. we do have other kinds of incidences. shootings that might have occurred, but they

moved out to district 10, because there is a census block that was otherwise cut off from district 6. that was done. . the other continuity check, we just wanted to verify that you wanted to parallel the islands in district 4. and that concludes our report. everything else came out beautifully, as designed. mr. mcdonnell: excellent, thank you. mr. pilpel: we did not address this earlier, and i'm not sure it bears much discussion, acceleration and deferral. i would note for record outhat anyone in an even number number district will have the effect of accelerating, so they will have voted in 2010 and again in 2012, where is anybody in an odd number district and now at an even number district will not be deferred. although a day of vote. last in 2008 and would have voted in 2012, will not vote again for supervisor until 2014. i'm not sure it needs anything other than that, but i thought it was worth noting. thanks. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. any other questions? ok, i entertain a motion to approve ithis final draft of the met. >> so moved. mr. mcdonnell: is there a second? >> sure, i'll

goals district has set. but we're not able to do that with the staffing that we currently have -- well, we are -- i shouldn't say we're not able to. we are professionals and will continue to do our best to help our students meet those goals. certainly with extra funding and extra staffing that will be much more possible. i thank you and urge you to do whatever can you to get that extra funding. supervisor mar: thank you, mr. carey. next speaker, dennis mckenzie and -- >> hi. i'm heather murdoch. i did want to say i recognize the very difficult budget situation at school districts across california are facing. i'm a strong believer in public education and for our education system t. does need properly funded. given, that it's surprising the district is deliberately walking away from state money by not ed keg transitional kindergarten children. the number of children who were in the mix in january were 400. that number today dropped to 190. a very rough calculation said a district lost over a million in state

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

as one district leader and one large district in new york city still struggling to work out they will eventually get there and the governor has now said and got the legislature to agree if they don't have the valuations in place by january they will use the state aid increase for the year. that kind of line drawing we are willing to do if we're serious about accountability, used race to the talk that way to say we will take your money and do these things. they have a tough conversation. that is the key. advocacy groups, and committed to these reforms that sounds really good and committed to execution and willing to make hard choices. >> one of the challenges with no child left behind has been the federal government has never wanted to take title one money away from states and schools precisely because it is targeted at students we all agree are most in need. that enforcement mechanism has in many ways been an empty threat. it is different when you say you applied for a grant and we will take it back but there are lots of states that never wanted race to the top money and the rest of a