supervisor eric mar. supervisor scott wiener. city college at san francisco border trusties natalie berg. executives of the labor council. city attorney dennis her erherr. tom ammiano, george gascon. former supervisor bevan dufty is here with us. department of environment director emily nutter. interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his

carmen chu was the key sponsor and eric mar was the key vote. memo congratulations to the mayor for his leadership on the project, to my colleague, who was the key and deciding vote on the matter, but also to the department, who really worked hard to get the package together. the department of environment, the puc. without the hard-working staff, we would not be at this step today. the mayor talked about how it was so exciting to be able to fly over san francisco and see the solar projects. it is just as exciting driving by the solar reservoir every single day and seeing one panel go up and two channels and finally, all of them seem to be up. finally, it is very exciting to be the home of the sunset reservoir project. the solar panels here. the sunset really is a cool place to be. just two weeks ago, we open up the first lead certified public library in the entire city, the first ever, and now, we are at the home of the sunset solar project. the sunset truly is a cool place to be. i just want to say thank you to all of the amazing staff members

[applause] supervisor eric mar, right here. [applause] public defender jeff adachi.s just here. and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we all know that an event like this, with your help, also, we need the help of our generous sponsors, and please, indulge me if you will, for us all to recognize some great sponsors. then, i am going to say who they are, and we are going to give them while the applause at the end of all the sponsors as i read them. so starting at the top level, i want to say our heritage sponsor, we want to say a special mahalo and thank you to pacific gas and electric company on the heritage level. i'm g

supervisor eric mar. supervisor mar: i am just thinking, should we vote on the motion befor

. >> i would like ross mirkarimi to get the yellow one and eric mar to get one. the yellow one is for ross, and whoever else -- jane kim. thank you for doing this. i want to say thank you to all of the supervisors for listening, president chiu. we will be your to the end. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am here once again. my son was murdered in 2006. still, i have no justice for my son. like we talk about family values, i have family values. i have my children. i have my vote -- my son. i am here because i am frustrated. i need help. i have been asking for help for a long time. i am out here on my own. korea and not in a mood to beg people. i thought this was a place where this country was a place where we all help each other. i am not experiencing a lot of that, and i am frustrated. i am enraged every day. i have to go to a greek camp, when i should be on vacation with my children -- a grief camp. i am taking my children to grief camp. a mother's fight to push the city to act. i have been fighting. how long do i have to go? i just need

i would like to think carmen chu and eric mar for their leadership. the entire crew at the department. those people that never got the recognition. thank you for making this real. thank you for making this happen. take a look down, i think that everyone would like to put down of the coast but if you make your way down south towards los angeles, look down and you will see this betsy of solar panels and that is what you'll are the kidnapped. this will continue to be replicated and shine light on the example of what can be achieved not just in the city but across the state and the nation. we created local jobs on the program and we made people accountable as far as our outreach efforts and targeting those people have been locked out of the old economy. i am proud that we have organized what is a fun and exciting event on sunday, december 12th between 10 and 6:00 p.m.. people are able to take advantage of the snow. we raised a lot of money for snow to be delivered out here at the civic center and people will be able to go down a disk. we will have all kin

want to appreciate eric mar and his staff that worked with the peak will task force that is before as and pulling up points that the city must take notice. other cities like portland, ore., and new york city are doing the same thing and san francisco should join them. >> can we take a roll-call vote on item 22? >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the resolution is adopted. i would ask if we can refer back to item 19. i understand we don't have a board of supervisors meeting on the 18th and we need to make this one week or three. supervisor mirkarimi, to you have a preference? >> the week after is fine. if we can have a motion of percent. is there a second? without objection -- >> can i request another vote be rescinded? >> of course, but let me finish item 19. that passes without objection. i understand you are continuing this item to the 25th of january. this is seconded by supervisor dufty. colleagues, without objection, this will be continued until the 25th. now, supervisor dufty, did you want to go to 21? can we call item 21? >>

to my right is committee members supervisor eric mar. the clerk of the committee is linda wong. we want to thank the sfgtv staff for covering this today. thank you all for being here and those of you watching. happy new year. best wishes for all of you for 2011. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> the items on the agenda today are intended to be sent to the full body unless otherwise indicated. supervisor campos: we have a number of items on the agenda today. before we begin, i know john avalos wanted to sit dowin on te meeting. i understand he will be here shortly. i think supervisor dufty may be coming in as well. before we begin, i thought we would give the supervisor an opportunity. ok, supervisor avalos is here. we have been joined by supervisor avalos, the chair of the budget committee, representing district 11. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me here, chair campos, colleagues. what i am about to do today is perhaps unpopular, perhaps not welcome by pierre -- people who are here today but i have a concern about the board of supervisors being a

because he just reminded me that i forgot eric mar. newsom had to remind me. [applause] thank you. the board of supervisors adopted a set of rules to determine how you fill a vacancy when it occurs during the time of a sitting mayor. and those rules require that the presiding judge of the superior court in this county administer the oath of office. we are fortunate to have the presence of the presiding judge and she is katherine feinstein. where are you? would you please join us to do the duty of swearing ed lee in. mr. lee. >> if you would be kind enough to please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i edwin m. lee. >> i edwin m. lee. >> do solemnly swear -- >> do sol manyly swear -- solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california -- >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against allen miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and

now, presenting the emerging leadership award, please welcome back to the stage supervisor eric mar. pplause] and the key -- and vicky. >> thank you. the evening. supervisor mar and i are pleased to announce finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, the criteria of the award is listed in the program book. emerging leadership, this category is particularly dear to our heart. maybe to you as well, supervisor, as both of us have young children at home. the finalists are all great models, and we all know that it is important for us to recognize the next generation of leaders whose talent, passion, and commitment to serving the apa community is critical in ensuring that our voices continue to be heard and addressed. finalists in the emerging leadership category are -- i'm looking at the screen to see if they are listed. harriet wu, thomas lee, anna liu. >> this feels a little bit like the academy awards, and i wish i had an tombolo and said, "and the winner is." the thank you very much to the organizers for acknowledging up- and-coming leaders in

what did eric mar do to protect our parks before allowing said ways to run over our city parks?nt chiu: excuse me. direct your comments to the entire board and not to individual members. >> to go to the district rather than the district name, it goes to nothing, so i say to you that the democratic party ends here in san francisco, the start of the end of the democratic party starts here in san francisco, what they did to the equestrian community on 9/11. they said then down the road. that is where these progressive supervisors are going, down the road, hopefully dragged on their said ways. thank you very much. >> it is my turn to speak. my name is -- putting up with these fiscal budget cuts. i do not want to put up with it anymore. let's look at the definition. this is over. you all were voted in year to take care of the children. we are a first-class city. let's show the world what a first-class city is, and let's show compassion, especially towards children and show the world what a first-class city this is and angela will be the next mayor. thank you. >> good afternoon, membe

supervisor eric mar. supervisor scott wiener. city college at san francisco border trusties natalie berg. executives of the labor council. city attorney dennis her erherr. tom ammiano, george gascon. former supervisor bevan dufty is here with us. department of environment director emily nutter. interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here. i get to call you john, because this was before he became speaker. i first met john in 2008. bill said to me, my college friend is in town running for a board office in l.a.. we found ourselves having br

. >> i would like ross mirkarimi to get the yellow one and eric mar to get one. the yellow one is for ross, and whoever else -- jane

supervisor eric mar. supervisor mar: i am just thinking, should we vote on the motion before making comments? supervisor campos: yes. roll-call on the motion. [roll call] 8 two ayes, one no. supervisor alioto-pier: i'll -- supervisor mar: i look forward to supporting the renomination of mr. andrew wolfram. it is clear that by his work is stellar an amazing. i think that his work on the historic preservation commission has been viewed as fall full and fair and i look forward to supporting his renomination at a future time and i will be supportive of continuing this item along with the other nominees the mayor before word -- put forward. supervisor campos: thank you. i look forward to this reappointment but not at this particular time for the reasons previously stated. supervisor alioto-pier: if i might make another motion to rescind my vote and continue this item. supervisor campos: if we can continue that to the call of the chair? taken without objection. supervisor alioto-pier: continue that item to the