we are just joined by supervisor eric mar, this is a hearing that i called forward in the context ofing years dialogue about the use of tasers or electronic controlled weapons in san francisco. this is something that has been taken up in this time, by the police commission, but since, it is discussion that is happening ongoing, with many of our committees across san francisco, i wanted to bring it forward as a hearing to be able to get some input from the board of supervisors and also to hear what plans are from the police department as well about how they want to move forward. in the middle of this discussion, is also the work of the crisis intervention team. there was a resolution that was passed last march by the police commission that gave broad latitude for the police departments to really strengthen the crisis intervention work and team and training. and i would hope to get an update on that today. i believe that the greatest use of or great use of police department energy is around people who are dealing with mental health issues and mental health crisis and the crisis interve

the committee and joined to my right by supervisor christina olague, who will be joined shortly by eric mar who is also a member of the committee and our clerk and erica and we are staffed by the sfgtv and could you share with us your announcements? >> please, make sure to silence all cell phones and complete the speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk, the items acted upon will appear on the january 13th, 2013, agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you call items. >> hearing to review the san francisco police department and general orders related to tasers including the department's plan to equipment the officers and the crisis intervention team with tasers. >> thank you, madam clerk. we are just joined by supervisor eric mar, this is a hearing that i called forward in the context of having years dialogue about the use of tasers or electronic controlled weapons in san francisco. this is something that has been taken up in this time, by the police commission, but since, it is discussion that is happening ongoing, with many of ou

our colleagues in numerical order, starting with recently elected district 1 colleague supervisor eric mar. (applause) >> supervisor mar: thank you everyone. i want to thank the mayor for being here as well and all the department heads that do the heavy lifting in our neighbors. happy new year. it is the year of the snake coming up for the chinese calendar. we have an incredible board of supervisors, the 11 of us. some of the most incredibly experienced, community rooted activists. an incredibly diverse body, the most diverse in the city's history, two african-americans; two chicano latinos. i think our diversity expands too much broader than ethnicity; the 11 of us are present 11 people here, tremendous significant community and cultural experience. my colleague norman yee, to london breed, working with families and cultural equity in our neighborhoods. i am proud to be serving with our two new members. my family is with me today, i am the happiest person maybe on this earth; i am beaming because my daughter jane mar has taken time to be away from her middle school to be hearing thank you

who will administer the oath of office to the following individuals: david campos eric mar john avaols myself mornam yee london breed. >> judge lee: good to be here. please come forward. would the supervisors being sworn in prer fer to stand? you all have to agree on. >> judge lee: would you all please raise your right hand? please state your name after "i". repeat after me. i do solemnly swear or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation fully, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will wield and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during this time as i hold the office of member of the board of supervisors, and member of the transportation authority of the city and county of san francisco, congratulations. (applause)

my name is eric mar, chairman of the committee, our clerk is miss alisa miller. miss miller, are there announcements for us? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the january 15th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, i'd like to thank sfgtv which televises us each meeting. i'd like to say we have 7 items on the agenda today. madam clerk, please call item 1. >> item 1 is a resolution granting a street encroachment at 54 peralta avenue for construction of a driveway ramp. >> sponsor is david chiu and from dpw we have david qwan >> my name is eleanor tapk and i am with the department of public works. our office received a major encroachment request from sia consulting on october 26, 2011. the request is to remove and reconstruction a portion of the city-owned maintaining wall to construct a concrete driveway ramp with transition slope to conform to the existing sidewalk grade in order to provide vehicle access to the property at 54 peralta. we have reviewed project,

my name is supervisor mark farrell and i'm joined by john avalos and eric mar. mr.clerk any announcements? >> please turn off electronic devices. copies of any documents to be included must be submitted to the clerk. >> thanks mr. clerk. call item number one. >> resolution authorizing emergency of management performance fiscal year 2012 in the amount of $289,613 from the united states department of homeland security through the california emergency management agency for the building and sustaining capabilities. >> now we have amy to come and speak about it. >> good morning chairman farrell members of the committee. the item before you is expense approximately $290,000. it's a general grant for disaster preparation, mitigation, response and recovery here in san francisco. this grant requires $290,000 match. it's equal amount and it's an amount we already budgeted in the current fiscal year through emergency management include inclined services. most of the match comes from our department and part of the match also comes from meals on wheels the local nonprofit he

my right is commissioner sean elsbernd and to my left is commissioner david chiu and commissioner eric mar and commissioner carmen chu will be joining us. >> no announcements. >> item two. >> item two presents november 6, 2012 meeting action item. >> any comments or changes to the minute? seeing none, public comment on item two. seeing none. public comment closed. can we give motion to approve the minutes? can we do that without objection that will be the order. >> thank you. >> thank you good morning my name is collin. i'm a transportation planner with the authority and i'll be presenting this item number three which is a contract for our -- this item starts on page sevenof your packet. we are required every two years to update the congestion management program and produce a report and that report includes a monitoring effort of the auto speeds as well as levels of service or los on the city's designated cmt network. which is about 200 miles of arterial streets which is 35 miles city freeway network. in addition to that, we also -- specifically required we do transit speed monitoring alon

i spoke last year on this topic and you know i was very concerned about how, and you know, eric's mar's office was involved in trying to negotiate the conditions. and the community needed to be heard on these kinds of issues, that the issues of safety and potential problems. and of course, there was some shootings or somebody got... i think that it was stabbed nearby and any ways there was serious problems that occurred. previously. and obviously, by, changing the formula, you start creating new possibility problems. if this is working, you have got to leave it the way that it is. if you start adding more to the mix, it is going to probably get worse again. and i have lived in the richmond, for a number of years, i have lived only a couple of blocks away and i understand the dynamics of the richmond. it has not changed a lot since i moved out. and i'm still have friends there and i still go there regularly. and you know, i appreciate jack in the box. you know, i put in a plug in earlier about having a subway. but any way, the problem here is you got to have a business that is safe to go

supervisor eric mar has had to bikes stolen out his garage in richmond district.bout 3000 likes' stolen the city annually. the police department has made some large bust, including one that recovered more than 100 stolen bikes. also, the city is also parted with the san francisco bicycle coalition on theft. prevention education efforts. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news new development this morning on the deadly brazil nightclub fire for what officials confirmed the cause of the fire. plus apple demanding more money from its fiercest rival. >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news following the latest element of a massive nightclub fire. >> the lead police investigator into a nightclub fire that killed 234 people in southern brazil says the group played at the time with a flair designed for outdoor use that set the club ceiling on fire. police contend that the people who ignited the flare new it was for outdoor use only. >> the lead investigator said the investigation will take 20 days and this state prosecutors to determine whether to file charges in th

. >> eric: they say men are from mars and women have venus. are they right?next on "the five." ♪ ♪ astern. now back to "the five" in new york. ♪ ♪ >> dana: last knight on "red eye," i finally got a chance to go back on "red eye." greg invited me. some people got a tip from me that i passed along that i thought was real. it was about how the department of interior has a new $22,000 renovation about 100 square foot bathroom. in the bathroom is a new $3 ,500 fridge. i explained why here. >> sometimes if you come back from a country after you have had an intestinal problem, keep the toilet paper in the fridge. >> really? >> i heard this. i have never done it myself but i hear it from someone that travels a lot i'm close to. >> why do you bring toilet paper from another country? >> no. you keep it in the bathroom so you get home from another country and drink something you shouldn't have you get -- >> no, no, no. i want every detail. i'm not following this. >> this is true. >> the luxury of the bureaucrats is frozen toilet paper? >> dana: okay. so i explain all th

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as supervisor mar mentioned, nate miller, he was cloned, he worked in my campaign and also on eric's campaign; he is like san francisco's secret weapon; he will go far in helping other candidates in the future. my treasurer ruth (indiscernible) thank you for your great work. i want to mention susana ralph, i met her when i was campaigning in 2008, she has been watching our kids every week; she has been a family member, my kids love her and she has been a great support for our family. i cannot fail to recognize what she has brought and she is currently i guess the campaign person. i want to knowledge an honorary campaign person, chris roberts [sounds like] the reporter. he took a columnist that i'm not reveal what was happening in district 11 and revealed what was really happening. four years ago was the most nervous and anxious i have ever been; now i am the one who will be taking the votes, and really anxious as well about when the city was four years ago. four years ago we had a 500 million dollar budget deficit, that would affect services for people all over san francisco; we woul