i am very honored to join supervisor chu, a supervisor carmen chu, eric mar, and jane kim, and supervisorampos, supervisor mirkarimi, malia cohen is here as well. it is a wonderful occasion to celebrate our chinese new year at city hall. i want to welcome all of you here. i have been thinking about my first month on this job. as you know, i try not to follow the speech sometimes that i scripted for. i tried to speak what is on my mind. the thought here is that it is no longer a lunar new year celebration just for our chinese community. what our community now has to offer is really expanding the family to all of these other diverse groups in san francisco. that is what makes this so wonderful. we can share what this joyous occasion means and connect with all the other families of the city, whether african american, latino families, russian families, or all of the some groups of our asian families, it is what makes the city very special. if i have seen anything the first 30 days of this inaugural apartment that was historic redone by our board of supervisors, it allowed me this special priv

supervisor eric mar, carmen chu, an hour newsstand first korean-american adviser, -- supervisor jane kim. >> one of the most happy experiences growing up as a chinese-american was always getting days lece red envelopes. usually, there is money in here, but i think that might be illegal, coming from mayor lee. it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisors. i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me,

i am eric mar, joined by sean elsbernd, malia cohen, and mark farrell. erika cheng is the clerk. i would like to thank charles anfor providing televised access to the meeting. >> for the 2011 meeting -- this is an action item. >> on the minutes, is there a motion? without objection? is there anyone from the public wishing to speak? public comment is closed. >> this is an action item. >> can you call item four? >> this is an information item. >> hearing items three and four. >> good morning. i am the executive director. this is the time of the year, we bring you the state and federal legislative program. this is the set of principles we like to use to follow the legislative advocacy. this has a focus in sacramento and washington, reflecting on how we interract with the regional agencies of which several of you are members, also. i will only make a couple of comments about the state legislative program, then the staff with a more detailed presentation. we are here to talk about the update of state legislation specific to bills. and an update on the state of the state budget. initia

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

. >> motion appointing supervisor eric mar to the california association of counties board of directors. president chiu: without objection, supervisor mar is excused. supervisor kim: i meant to put my name on earlier when i put my name on the supplement. as tears of -- as chair of rules committee, want to mention to our board members that three of our supervisors do not have any appointments to any of our regional committees or task force. i want are more senior members to keep that in mind. just in terms of looking at the number of committees you are and if maybe if you do not want to continue service in some, it might give opportunity for some less senior members to produce a bit on some of the commissions and regional task forces. thank you. president chiu: if we could go back to roll call on item 41. >> role -- [roll-call] there are 10 ayes. president chiu: this motion is approved. if the could skip over our special orders and go to the committee report, item 51. >> item 51 was considered on monday, february 28th, 2011 and was for it is a committee report. it is a resolution approvi

i am supervisor eric mar. next to us is supervisor malia cohen and scott wiener. our clerk is alisa somera. clerk somera: -- supervisor mar: i also want to thank sfgtv for televising this. ms. somera, we only have one item before us today. could you please read the item? clerk somera: a resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a great in the amount of 15,000 $200 from the california department of boating and waterways -- $15,200 from the california department of boating and waterways. supervisor mar: we have a speaker. >> this is for abandoned watercraft. staff has identified seven recreational vessels that have been in the jurisdiction that pose potential navigation and environmental hazards. that number continues to grow. within the jurisdiction of the port, there are five marinas and three yacht clubs with over 2000 recreational vehicles at their facilities, and there are numerous areas where both can be left at acre or tied to spears without authorization -- can be left at anchor or tied to piers without authorization. over $1,000 r

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

applause] supervisor chiu: our next lottery will be celebrated by our supervisor from district 1, eric mar. supervisor mar: 90. it is my honor to recognize a truly inspiring woman activist, parent, and community leader, leticia alcanzar. letty has been a tremendous activist, giving a lifelong contribution to social and economic and environmental justice. not just in the richmond district, but throughout our country. i have known you for 20 years. i first met her in the early 1990's when we were both part of the emerging environmental justice movement. i was very active in the chinese progressive association, and she and others in the mission district and the south east neighborhood formed people organizing for environmental rights. letty was born in st. luke's hospital, the second child of mexican immigrant parents. she and her sister yolanda grow in the neighborhood of 14th and mission street, and later, the move to the excelsior district. she attended st. charles go in the mission, noted a high school, san francisco state university, and the university of san francisco law school. she co

co- sponsors of this resolution -- supervisor john avalos, the chair of the committee, supervisor eric mare vice chair of this committee, as well as supervisors cohen, kim, and mirkarimi. it is time for us to fulfill our promise, and the least we can do on this valentine's day is show some love and provide reprieve for our low-income families over the last three months of the fiscal year. just some additional information -- next year, the program will be implemented as a reduced fastpass in the amount of $10. the department children youth and their families -- will want to thank the director for being here -- have offered help in implementing the program. we will hear more from the department as we go forward with this discussion. again, i want to thank the mayor and the director for their involvement. today, we will also be hearing from the school district, who has been a strong partner with us. chris will speak first, followed by jane, of the mta, and then followed by the director from the department of children, youth, and their families. if i may ask chris from the school district to p

now supervisor eric mars introduced a measure that would ban all chain pet supply stores along geary between 14th and 29th avenues. he says the goal is to protect mom and pop pet supply stores in the neighborhood. >>> a yellow lamborgini has been spotted touring marin county. a car like this one was stolen earlier this week from a san francisco car dealership. it disappeared from the car dealership early tuesday morning. they believe the thief repelled down from the roof. the surveillance footage has shown the car crossing into marin county early tuesday. the car was later seen travelling into and outside tiburon. >> a 19-year-old man arrested in arizona is being extradited tonight where he will face charges in a cold case killing. 22-year-old man was gunned down in november of 2009 while putting up christmas decorations outside his home in san raphael. investigators say it was a case of mistaken identity. last month the police in glendale, arizona arrested a suspect in the case. 19-year-old michael powell jr. he is expected to be arraigned in marin tomorrow. a second suspect, 20-yea

now supervisor eric mars introduced a measure that would ban all chain pet supply stores along geary between 14th and 29th avenues. he says the goal is to protect mom and pop pet supply stores in the neighborhood. >>> a yellow lamborgini has been spotted touring marin county. a car like this one was stolen earlier this week from a san francisco car dealership. it disappeared from the car dealership early tuesday morning. they believe the thief repelled down from the roof. the surveillance footage has shown the car crossing into marin county early tuesday. the car was later seen travelling into and outside tiburon. >> a 19-year-old man arrested in arizona is being extradited tonight where he will face charges in a cold case killing. 22-year-old man was gunned down in november of 2009 while putting up christmas decorations outside his home in san raphael. investigators say it was a case of mistaken identity. last month the police in glendale, arizona arrested a suspect in the case. 19-year-old michael powell jr. he is expected to be arraigned in marin tomorrow. a second suspect, 20-yea

now, san francisco supervisor eric mar says the city is working on a way to help some of these small business owners, to come up with small loans to do this kind of work that they need to do, or at least have a consultant come in and show them exactly what need to be done to comply with the ada laws. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> traci, thank you. >>> let's get to some developing news right now. fallout from the nuclear plant failure in japan is being felt on the shores of northern california. >> we want to get right to the newsroom, where our marianne favro is live with the very latest. marianne? >> these results have announced that they have detected small traces of raid radiation released by the ongoing nuclear disaster in japan in both bay area tap water and milk here in the bay area. researchers say you would have to drink roughly 3,800 liters of this milk, however, to receive a radiation dose equivalent to a round-trip cross-country flight. so that puts it in perspective for you. now, the isotopes detected were at a level lower than the rainwater mea

supervisor eric mar, carmen chu, an hour newsstand first korean-american adviser, -- supervisor jane kim. >> one of the most happy experiences growing up as a chinese-american was always getting days lece red envelopes. usually, there is money in here, but i think that might be