e. madam secretary. >> approve plans and specification in work contract. >> mr. president, my question on that goes to why we only had one bidder. i understand we did it twice. there was only one bidder the first time and only one and the same bidder the second time. i couldn't see in reading through this anything that made this work unusual. it seems like the bread and butter stuff we do, why on earth only one? >> the first time we put it out to bid there were four bidders and only one of them actually had a qualified subcontractor do a lining the sewer. the other three did not. we had to rebid it and rebid it out and only the one with the pipeline did the bid. there was another bid but it came in late so it was not considered. >> so non-complying bids didn't decide to comply and compete? >> that's correct. however i should note that right now because of the paving program, there is a lot of sewer lines getting replaced in the city. there is a lot of work right now for a lot of people, we are getting less and less bidders bidding for our projects now. >> that's

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colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. thank hub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota that's why we see this through the plant. a lot of people don't realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. we offer free service to san when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really

madam president, i got an e-mail this week from a family in illinois. it was a mom. she was so proud that her son had graduated from school. it was not a for-profit school. but he grad waited and she was very proud of him. but she told me she had a problem. he had incurred $130,000 in student loan debt. he had signed up for a lot of debt that couldn't be consolidated, couldn't refinanced. and she was begging me to do something to help her. there was one line in the e-mail. "senator, we just can't afford to pay more than $1,000 a month on this student loan." $1,000 a month on the student loan. that is not unusual. too many of these young people and their families get sucked into these student loans, many at these worthless for-profit schools. we have cases that are been reported of grandmothers who have had their social security checks garn issued because they signed on to guarantee their granddaughter's student loan. god bless grandma for wanting to hehelp her granddaughter but thn the granddaughter can't get a job and can't make the loan payment and they go after th

madam clerk. i have one item to introduce today. i want to thank the colleagues supervisor weiner, supervisor yee, supervisor avalos and joe e supervisor yee and chiu. the ground breaking piece of legislation that was signed by governor jerry brown on august 13th. it was supposed to take effect on just an first 2014. it was offered and it is a school success opportunity act that restates that state law prohibits opposition against lgbt students and it allows students to participate in all activities rather than their sex at birth. this law anyway's that all students including transgender students have the opportunity to fully participate in activities such as a sports and physical education. this policy that was written in collaboration with community based on organizations including the tsa and is - transgender students face much higher levels of discrepancy and bullying at schools than straight members of the lgbt community. this conclusion leads to isolation and can greatly impact in a negative way a states attendance and academic performance and acceptance at school. this was offered by a supervisor and anyway's that schools unders

Ë bxb$,℠,x >> jon: welcome back, my guest tonight, an author new book called finding the drag on lady, the mystery of vietnam's madam. please welcome monique brinson demery. hello! thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> jon: i have to say, finding the dragon lady, has one of the greatest book cover pictures of all time. this is, i'm assuming, her high school graduation photo, i don't-- what is this photo that we are looking at? >> this is a great photo. madam had a women's militia in south vietnam and she was out inspecting the troops making sure their jackets were fitting right and their pants, because actually they were very stylish, the women's militia. so she was out there and sort of showing off her aim. >> jon: her aim for the militia. now how did you-- she goes into exile. and how did you think oh, you know what i should do, i should call her. how did that shall did -- how did that occur to you? >> well, the first thing that occurred to me was i never saw an obituary for her, so she faded from view but she was still alive. so just because she want talking to other people, i thought well, i c

colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. than >> (clapping) all right. thank you erica and thank for the great work. leader pelosi and mayor ed lee thank you for your attention. welcome to yelp. i'm excited to have you here at our new headquarters. as you know yelp has lived within the same radius. we've moved a short distance away and to keep our headquarters in san francisco was a conscious one. san francisco was a key player in the yemz story. we realized that yelp might work in cities around the world with yelp in 23 criteria's we need a little bit more desk space. yelp has 17 hundred employees 8 hundred in sf. we're committed to growing the local economy and maintaining a strong connection to our san francisco lines. when looking for a new headquarters it was location, location, location. we needed somewhere to provide easy access to lots of local businesses and restaurants and remain convenient for mass transit riders and bike

madam secretary, please call the roll. >> the vote is five i's. >> thank you very much, please call next item. >> item five e, authorizing a ground /hraoesz with california limited partnership for the development of 120 very low income single at 1751 carol avenue. , formerly known as 5800 third street, block 5431a lot 42 . >> commissioners and members of the must public, thank you for sticking with us. this particular item, carol avenue senior, really this action before you is a continuation, it's really in furtherance of previous actions you've taken. in september you approved a permanent gap financing for the project of approximately $19 million and an option to ground lease. as you heard from previous speakers, the particular disposition was identified in our property management plan so now this ground lease is a disposition for your consideration today because we'd like them to get started, get moving on this development, which is very critical for the bay view and bay view hunters point as a whole. with that, i'd like to ask pam simms to present this item. >> good afternoon commissioners, president johnson . i think

dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> good evening welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors of tuesday, november 19, 2013, madam clerk, please call the role. >> yes. mr. president. >> (calling names) mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag. united states of america. on that have - with liability to all. >> colleagues, we have board minutes could you i have a motion to approve those minutes. without objection those minutes are approved >> are there any items. >> those are items are considered routine if a member objects then the agenda could be separated. >> on items one through 19. supervisor avalo (calling names) there are 11 eyes. the ordinance is finally, passed next item >> item 20 is an ordinance to amended the park codes the hours of operation from 5:00 a.m. to maintained with certainty expectations and making environmental finding supervisor breed. >> thank you. i have a question for department of rec and park. i know there is a request to post signage with the hours and i said to k

colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. thank >> (clapping) good morning. >> good morning. thank you, don for that introduction i'm glad to be here at the tonight center again. it's also great to be here. i was telling me our deputy secretary marie this this was one of the first when we went through the translation of that to use the arresting are a fund it was such an enlightening positive effort in the tenderloin to use the federal program that president obama gave us. i'm here to welcome you to san francisco and thank you for being here for the home matters for health symposium. it is the right place to be because t n d c has been a powerful change and i'm glad their championinging the center between health. no one else can do that because you've got it it right here in the community. today's symposium is part of a commitment that our city is making. i wanted to let you know all the things we're going to continue the housing for

colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. thank hi, i'm lawrence. we are doing a special series about staying safe. let's look at issues of water and sewer. we are here at the san francisco urban center on mission street in san francisco and i'm joined today by marrielen from puc and talk about water and sewer issues. what are things we should be concerned about water. >> you want to be prepared for that scenario and the recommendation is to have stored 1 gallon per person per day that you are out of water. we recommend that you have at least 3-5 days for each person and also keep in consideration storage needs for your pets and think about the size of your pets and how much water they consume. >> the storage which is using tap water which you are going to encourage. >> right. of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious tap water. it's free. it comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic conta

colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. thank >> all right. good evening, everyone this is it's november 19th i'm bryant tan the point of the commission. if you'd like to make any public comment? make sure to turn off our cell phones or put them on vibrate. and thank you to the sftv for broadcasting this. we can go ahead and start with roll call >> audrey joseph. glendon hyde. we have quorum i did get a late e-mail from naomi akers she couldn't attend. all right. so we don't have a huge agenda hopefully, we'll keep this under an hour. the first thing is any public comment? this is for anything that say you feel protons to the business of the entertainment commission. seeing none, public comment is closed. moving on to item 2 is the rough and approval of minutes november filth. commissioners i don't know if you have any changes to make if not happy to entertain a motion >> i move to approve. >> second. >> audrey joseph is there any p

colleagues e colleagues i'll entertain a motion to 0 move those with positive recommendations we can do that without opposition. that will be the order. madam clerk any additional business before the committee no additional business. we are adjourned. thank . >> good morning everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for november 20, 2013. i am supervisor farrell and i will be chairing this committee and joined by supervisor avalos and we will joined by eric mar and i want to thank sfgtv and as well as the clerk of the committee linda wong -- sorry, madam clerk do we have any announcements. >> yes mr. chair. please silence all cell phones and complete speaker cards and documents to be part of the file should be submitted to the clerk and will be on the november 26 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great. can you call items one and two together. >> item one is sale of general obligation bonds - general hospital improvement not to exceed approximately $210 million and item two is appropriation - general hospital improvement general obligation bonds fy 2013-2014 authorizing the issuance of

e speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to once again speak about the issue of climate change which is affecting every country but as a world bank has found, the impacts are distributed equally, it's likely the porous nations will be hardest hit and the u.n. ranks the philippines the third most vulnerable to the effects of climate change because of its geography, poverty and the state of the infrastructure. mr. huffman: as all of my colleagues know, one of the most powerful storms on record tore through asia last week and the philippines in particular. the wake of typhoon haiyan, thousands are dead, hundreds of thousands more homeless. as we learn more about the devastation there, i ask my colleagues to pay careful yeb, on to the words of the head of the philippines delegation to the united nations climate talks and he said, quote, what my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness. typhoons such as haiyan and its impacts have a sobering reminder to the international