supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor chiu: these organs are finally -- ordinances are family past -- finally passed. roll-call vote. >> supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, alice. -- aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, no. supervisor farrell, no. [please stand by] >> on item 14, supervisor olague, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, avalon -- aye. supervisor chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. >> item 15. >> resolution execute to design an amendment for increasing the contract amount from 58-fifth 0.8 million to 51 million. supervisor chiu: can we do this same house, same call? resolution adopted. item 16. >> appropriating the general obligation bond approved by voters not to exceed two and 65 million. supervisor chiu: can we do this same house, same call? without objection, the ordinance is passed on the first reading and adopted. items 18 and 19. >> appropriating approximately $40 million o

supervisor farrell: aye. 1 ayes. -- 11 ayes.sident chiu: let's call items 57 and 58, related to advertising. >> 57 is a resolution designating the examiner and the san francisco chronicle to be the official newspaper for all official advertising for fiscal year 2012-2013. this was recommended as amended with a new title to include the san francisco chronicle. 58 is a resolution designating the following newspapers to publish the outreach advertising in various neighborhoods. the san francisco bay view and small business exchange,sing tao daily, bay area reporter, the central city extra, marina times, potrero view, and the western addition. president chiu: same house, "? without objection. these resolutions are adopted. supervisor olague: i would like to vote on the mou. president chiu: she is made a motion to rescind the votes on the various mou's when she was not here. seconded by supervisor campos. can we take the motion to rescind? you do not need to recall those items. >> they have already been called. president chiu: let's

supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye -- absent. terrazas avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen. aye. president chiu: with that we will go to items 45 through 48. >> the public hearing of persons interested in the planning decision. the project located at 6 01 delores' street. exam from environmental review. 46 through 48 are the emotions associated with that item. 49 through 52 are the -- comprise the public hearing of a conditional use authorization on property located at 6 01 dolores street -- six or $1 street. president chiu: is my understanding that there are still conversations to resolve this matter before it appears in front of us and i understand the parties have agreed to continue these items to july 24. if i could have a motion to that. motion by supervisor mar, supervisor campos second. are there members of the public who wish to speak to the motion to continue these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. on the motion to c

supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the ordinance is passed on first reading. >> item 17 is an ordinance amending the police code to prohibit obstructing sidewalks adjacent to white-colored curbstones, and adopting the requisite findings. supervisor campos: colleagues, let me begin by thanking my colleagues who are cosponsoring this piece of legislation. this is a common-sense legislation that is essentially prohibits the obstruction of sidewalks that are adjacent to white zones in the city and county of san francisco. in the course of doing research about this issue, we realized that even though you have white zones, that there is nothing prohibiting the obstruction of those areas on our street. we had a pretty extensive hearing in committee. many members of the san francisco community came and testified about the benefits of this legislation. we made an amendment that at the time was requested to address some concerns by our transportation agency. after further conversations with folks in the city, as

v farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first read. [applause] why don't we go to item 24? >> a motion confirming the appointment of christina rickie march 16th to the board of directors. supervisor weiner: i am strongly in support of this nomination. i had the opportunity to meet with the nominee and i think that she understands the importance of continuing to reform the transportation function in san francisco and to make it run better and serve everybody. and in listening to her experiences as a regular rider, i think it was very compelling. i think she will be an exceptional addition to the mta board. president chiu: colleagues, can we take this item same house, a thing called? without objection, this motion is approved. item 25. >> item 25 is a motion appointing supervisor christine ozaki -- christina olague to the executive board. president chiu: we have a moti

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. >> there are six ayes and five no. supervisor chiu: the motion passes. what we take a vote on the file with regards to seek eight that we just amended? this is a motion to appoint todd david to seek aid. roll call vote please. >> president chiu. supervisor chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes one no. supervisor chiu: motion passes as amended. with regards to seats three, seven, nine, 10, roll call vote, please. aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, one no. supervisor chiu: moti

farrel? aye. kim? aye. mar? aye. olague? aye. wiener? aye. avalos:/ s? aye. chuiu:? aye. chu, aye. cohen, aye. >> the charter amendment is submitted. let's go to the 3:00 p.m. special order. >> item 58 is the motion scheduling the board of supervisors to sit as the -- committee of the whole to approve the report assessment costs by the director of public works for the inspection and repair of public properties, to be performed by the director. >> the committee will be here to hear the report, is there any motion made by the supervisor? >> is there any public comment on whether we should sit as a committee? there is no public comment -- and on the motion itself, the colleagues can do this, the same house, same call. can you call item 43 and 44? >> this is a public hearing to consider objections to a report of assessment costs from a resolution by the director of public works, order to be performed by the director, and the costs haven't been paid for -- and item 43 is the resolution containing the report. >> this is asked of us by the department of public works. is there a staffer wh

farrel aye. kim aye. mar aye. olague aye -- olague abscent. avalos, aye. campos, aye. chiu, aye. chu, aye. cohen, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> this ordinance is passed. >> item 54 was recommended as amended by the same title, for the vacation at the post market -- produce market -- -- at milton street and lattuceettuce. >> adopted. >> this authorized the ammendment of the lease for the department of public health. >> same house same call? this is adopted. why not go to role call? >> elsbernd? campos? supervisor campos: i wish to make a couple of points, simply to knowledge the very important issue that was decided by the u.s. supreme court, as to the constitutionality of sb10-70. at the board of supervisors, we passed a resolution for the city and county of san francisco, to officially boycott the state of arizona -- state of arizona, until a time when sb 10-70 would not be used to violate the citizens of that state. the supreme court ruling was largely a very positive one, and we are very happy to see that three elements of -- very critical elements of that -- were struck down as

supervisor farrell, aye. to riser kim, aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. it is just before 8 -- 3:00 p.m.. unless there is an objection, we will go to the special order. if i could ask mr. rich, do have a presentation for us? we need to call item 37 before we do that. if we could please call 37, 29, and 30. >> the public hearing on a public -- a resolution and holding public comment on that before we go into the other item. supervisor chiu: any supervisor chiu: is there any public comment on whether we should sit as a committee as a whole with a sole source said she asians? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection, that shall be the case. items 29 and 30. >> item 29 is a committee as a whole hearing regarding the warriors are read the sole source negotiation, and item 30 is a resolution regarding the warriors arena project. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with the office of economic and workforce development. it is our pleasure to be before you to ask you to help us begin the process of worki

supervisor farrell, aye. to riser kim, aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. it is just before 8 -- 3:00 p.m.. unless there is an objection, we will go to the special order. if i could ask mr. rich, do have a presentation for us? we need to call item 37 before we do that. if we could please call 37,

supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and 3 nos. supervisor elsbernd: the items are finally approved. item 15. >> item 15 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish an urban agricultural program to coordinate and oversee all of the city's urban and agricultural activities and adopt goals. president chiu: when a we move onto a more fun topic? i want to thank all of you who have supported our urban agriculture legislation, supervisors olague, mar, and cohen. urban agriculture is happening around the country, and reflects an interest in how the and sustainable living. since 2008, more than two dozen forms have sprouted across san francisco. the lack of coordination between the city agencies that have a plan in urban agriculture has led to an overall decline in city resources, related to funding from the 1990's. there is also no cross department agenda, and there have not been a full-time staff dedicated to this issue. this legislation creates a centralized urban agriculture program that will help, hopefully, to bring

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye.sor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor chu: -- supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: those resolutions are approved. could you please read the in memoriams? >> on behalf of supervisor kim: 4 sylvia corpus. president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it m

v farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: ordnances were passed on the first read. item 18. >> services previously approved can be performed by a private contractor at lower costs for similar work provided by employees for various services for fiscal years 2013 and for 2013-14. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> item 19 is adopting the approval of market street for seven years. president chiu: item 20. >> an order into establish a lesbian, gay, by sexual and it transgendered task force. >> i'm really thrilled that this legislation is before the board today and i want to thank the supervisors combos and olague for moving this forward and supervisor cohen for cosponsoring with us. we have a growing lgbt population in san francisco, which is a positive thing, particularly considering we had a generation of gay men in particular who died as a result of the hiv aids epidemic. the fact that we

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: motions approved and resolutions adopted. could you read the in memoriams? >> for the late jacqueline reed and the late thomas lewis rouche. that concludes our business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >>. touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the athletics of arts and beauty. over 180 objects of avant-garde design and art from the victorian england has been collected inside the legion of honor snoot exhibition, it's the cold of the ec. -- the cult of beauty. >> there was this group of artists that were not only revolutionaries in their artistic expression but also in their personal lives and their interest in democratizing art in introducing beauty into the growing middle-class. >> one of the inspirations for the victorian avant-garde was the industrial revolution. quality household goo

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: motions approved and resolutions adopted. could you read the in memoriams? >> for the late jacqueline reed and the late thomas lewis rouche. that concludes our business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank each and every member of the board of supervisors as well. you've been weighing in and we've been creating a different d

farrel? aye. kim? aye. mar? aye. olague? aye. wiener? aye. avalos:/ s? aye. chuiu:? aye. chu, aye. cohen,

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye.sor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor chu: -- supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: those resolutions are approved. could you please read the in memoriams? >> on behalf of supervisor kim: 4 sylvia corpus. president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the government audit an oversight committee. i am the chair of this committee. i would like to thank our clerk and the sfgtv staff covering this meeting. do we have any announcements? >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items act upon today will appear on the supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> can you call item number one? >> ordinance amending the business and tax code. >> we have a few people who will be speaking on this matter. i want to make a few comments. this is something that i have sponsored with a number of co-

supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. supervisor chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. there are 11 ayes. on behalf of supervisor chu, for clara maria dunn. on behalf of supervisor blogging, on behalf of rox -- olague, roxy marie. president chiu: are there any more items of business? >> there are none. president chiu: we are adjourned. commissioner white, here. commissioner riley, here. we have a quorum. president adams: next item. >> at this time we will call item no. 3. is that correct? general public comment. >> this is general public comment for anything that is not on our agenda. if anyone has any public comment that is not on our agenda today. seeing no public comment. >> would you like to call item 4 and 5 together? discussion of possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors. file 120681. initiative ordinance, business tax and regulations code and the gross receipts. introduced by the mayor and president chiu:. in your packet is

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the board of directors of the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. it is my absolute pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning. thank you so much for coming out. as caretakers of this magnificent bridge, all of us here in the district know how treasured this landmark is and w

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> welcome, everyone. my name is bevin dufty, and we're so excited your your for the public launch of the san francisco home for heroes campaign. let me introduce some of the individuals who are here with us. we do have several speakers. we have several veterans who are here and bad recipience. you will be able to talk to them -- bagehot recipients.

supervisor farrell: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: thank you. resolution is adopted. let's go to the 4:00 p.m. special order. colorado items 21 through 24. >> they comprise the special order of 4:00 p.m. for a public hearing of persons interested in the decision of the planning department dated april 9, 2012. the project is located at 601 dolores street. item 22 is affirming the exemption determination. item 23 is the motion reversing the determination. item 24 is the motion directing them to prepare findings. supervisor wiener: the parties have been working hard to try to find a resolution to this matter. they have agreed to continue the ceqa appeal to next week, the 26, to coincide with a conditional use appeal. they have for there are breeds. i will continue this to next week. right now, i move to continue the items by one week. president chiu: supervisor has made the motion to continue to one week. seconded by supervisor chu. is there any public comment? do you want to speak on this matter? >> ♪ on this exemption tomorrow, tomorrow exemption you're always a week a

supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 11 ayes.ervisor chiu: the resolution as amended will be adopted. it could call the items related to eight washington -- that will be items 20, 21, 27, and 20, out of land use and out of budget. >> item 20 is a resolution approving a public trust exchange, an agreement to sell a portion of seawall lot 351 in exchange for a portion of block 168-lot 50, block 171-lot 69, and block 201-lot 12, approval of lease and maintenance agreement. 21 is an amendment -- amending resolution of intention to form water from infrastructure financing district. item 27 is an ordinance amending the zoning map to change the height and bulk district classification of two areas along the drum street frontage property. item 28 is amending the general plan amendment for the washington street project. >> thank you. as you recall, in the middle of may, we considered the eir for this project. most of you know that last week, both at land use and at our budget committee, there were two hearings to consider various items rel

president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar. mar aye. there were five ayes and six nos. secretary: that is defeated. president chiu: i know you want to see some change. i know that many of you are ok with some amount of projects. this only represents 2.3% of the overall deal, the affordable a dozen, and as i've said before, i am frankly surprised that no one here seems to be that shocked the fact that our budget and this, is recommendations we support when it comes to the budget, the fact that we're $50 million apart from the port i think is quite significant. that is $50 million of community benefits that we are not receiving. i would like to propose that we increase the affordable housing by some level. i frankly was having some trouble figuring out what the right number would be, because the office the cannot have a conversation with the majority of you. what i have in the amendment that i have circulated is that we increase it to $14 million. that represents 5% of the overall value of the deal and, frankly, i think is a very modest

aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. >> there are 7 ayes and 4 nos. supervisor elsbernd: the motion to continue passes. would you please read items 14 and 13? >> i am 13 amend the zoning map to change the height and bulk map classification along the drum street frontage of the property at 8 washington street

chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar. there are four ayes. >> the amendment fails. president chiu? president chiu: let me see if i could get affordable housing information, whether or not you would go for it. rather than 14, i will ask for two, and i think that is, again, that willises dramatically while we can do on affordable housing, and given the level of profit here, colleagues, i think that is a very, very modest suggestion. >> : -- a motion is made by president chiu. is there a second? a second made by supervisor campos. commissioner: what is that affordability? president chiu: i am happy for that affordably to go to something you are always concerned about which is not just low and moderate income housing but middle income housing as well, so a to 140%. commissioner: what is the low end? right now, there is an affordable housing payment, and my understanding is that typically in lieu payments, they can go in a lot of different payments. they tend to go towards low and very low-income housing as opposed to, for example, inclusionary o