commissioner farrell: thank you. commissioner cohen? commissioner cohen: i would like to nominate commissioner wiener for vice chair. commissioner farrell: i think will hold off on my chair until we finish the chair voting process. commissioner avalos: i just wanted to speak in favor of commissioner campos' nomination to chair the transportation authority. i am a firm believer in his integrity and his great work, working in regional bodies, working with the mtc, golden gate, bridge authority. i think he will bring a great deal of knowledge to the transportation authority. we all work well collaborative lee with supervisor campos. his work on the fast pass has been instrumental in moving an agenda that is really about transit justice in san francisco. having a person with his perspective on the transportation authority chair role will be extremely important. i give him my firm support. commissioner farrell: thank you, commissioner avalos. commissioner chiu? commissioner chiu: i want to echo the comments of my colleagues. i have been very

president chiu: supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thanks. a few points of the questions that have been raised. we have had 10 years, how much more education do we need to do? people remain confused. second of all, as we have seen, mr. hill has disgraced himself at the board of supervisors. cherry picking data from my point of view is disingenuous. if you're going to talk about these issues, you have to get a comprehensive point of view. i would love to see the people in the elections, and bring it into these chambers and tell them that it is working. it is ok hold your votes were tossed in the garbage. to me, it is not working. we talked about money. having another alexian costs more money. -- election costs more money. protecting the right to vote is something i will spend money on every single day. i think it is a shame that we don't send this to the ballot. supervisor kim and everyone else's rights. moderates and progressives come to me that leavitt and moderates and progressives come to me that don't like it. it is a shame that we don't

supervisor farrell: thank you. i appreciate all the public comment, but i have not spoken with any members of the public to spoke to my office before today, so i'm surprised that that, but i read it to everyone, as i always have, at my door is open to people what to think about changes possibly to this legislation. the one comment i will say to what mr. walsh was talking about, section four, that is something we put in. it is not something i am wedded to if there is strong feeling among community members. i'm happy to take thatit is somh in different departments. we want to make sure that it captured and work through different apartments and whether it captured all things. -- that this was behind. this is not meant to be a cog in the will but to bring neighborhoods and neighborhood members into the planning process and to get their voice to be heard. even if you end up disagree with neighbors or members, to give them a voice early on it means a lot. it is something we should try to include here. if there is comment

>> supervisor farrell, farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor al-radhi, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor abels, aye. supervisor campos, aye. supervisor chu, aye. president chiu, aye. president chiu: if we could item -- recall items 20 and 21. if we could intertwine -- entertain a motion to rescind. our votes are rescinded. and now i could entertain a motion to continue items 20 and 21 to the 27th of march. motion by supervisor chui and seconded by supervisor avalos. if we could take that to continue without objection, that shall be the case. madam clerk. please read the in memoriams. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. for the late mr. chang and for the late mr. hodgson. president chiu: does that include our business? >> yes. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. supervisor kim: we are just waiting for sfgov tv to get started. >> is good afternoon and welcome to the special rules committee. i'm joined today by supervisors and david campos and supervisor farrell. are the

supervisor farrell: thank you, president chiu. today, i am honored to recognzie ize a great district 2 resident, a reporter for channel 7, carol anne tyler -- carolyn tyler. [applause] colleagues, members of the public, her face is familiar to many of us because she is part of our lives. and our living rooms as the award winning anchor of abc's seven news programs. today she is the anchor of the morning news at 5:00, 6:00, 9:00. and a general assignment reporter on the weekdays. during her 20 years of broadcast experience, she has a number of professional awards. multiple emmy nominations for her work governing the citizens of the city, the impact of the civil rights movement, had a series on the homeless crisis, and the contributions to the abc 7 6:00 p.m. newscast. she shares two of the highest awards. including the edward murrow award. she is known for dedication to the community and received the rosa parks award from the randolph institute and received the media award from bay area -- 100 black women. she worked with her close

farrell aye. olague aye. item passes. commissioner avalos: motion passes. >> transportation sustainability program proposal index steps information item. >> chair avalos, in commissioners, i am pleased to and ferment -- present the information on the sustainability program along with our partners of the planning department and the mayor's office of economic and workforce elements. in particular chief of staff. as you may recall, authority began this work to try to it explore alternatives to the sequeua implementation measure many years ago. -- ceqa implementation measurement years ago to try to better align the city kids petition with the city in merman to review policies. today we're pleased to bring you this update in proposal for a programmatic approach called the transportation sustainability program. it will have reflected a truly collaborative effort on the part of four agencies. we're extremely grateful to the planning department staff for their partnership to sfmta staff, including their leafbiad on this effort, w

i agree with supervisor farrell. there are other factors that influence turnout and in a given election, some of those factors can have a bigger influence on turnout than whether rcv was used and that is why rcv was instituted. that is why comparing turnout for a single 2000 election to 2003 was later a simple nor definitive comparison. replacing a low turnout december elections with lower turnout september elections is not a better solution. it matters which two candidates are chosen for the final round and who is doing the choosing. please keep and improve ranked- choice voting. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am president of californians for electoral reform. we are estate wide nonpartisan nonprofit organization. i am here to speak against the federal-elsbernd appeal attempt in favor of the campos- improvement measure. the appeal measure would have to primaries in the general election. academic research shows having spring and fall primaries results in a 5% decrease in november turnout. if -- is that wh

president chiu: supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thanks. a few points of the questions that have been raised. we have had 10 years, how much more education do we need to do? people remain confused. second of all, as we have seen, mr. hill has disgraced himself at the board of supervisors. cherry picking data from my point of view is disingenuous. if you're going to talk about these

supervisor farrell, any additional words? supervisor farrell: no, look, i do believe monetta and mr. ortiz will do a great job. i just want to say i do not like this, but for henry and pete especially, whatever you guys need to do for the next go round, the for commission, whatever, you have my full support. i will work with my office to make sure that happens. this is not fun, but i agree that there are two folks that all three of us mentioned, and i think that does make sense. supervisor campos: if i may, i agree that i do not think anyone likes this. i think mr. west is an excellent choice as well, and i'm not happy, but i think we kind of go with where the consensus is. supervisor kim: thank you so much to all the applicants for being here today. i also pledged to work with all the applicants today along with supervisor farrell's office to see how we can get your voice included. occasionally it happens where this really was an incredibly difficult decision to make. again, super impressed by our applicants. glad to see so

supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thank you. how many employees do you have? >> reim range depending on our season anywhere from 29 to 40. fasupervisor farrell: we're trying to get representation of true small businesses. people have a different definition of what that means. we have worked with merchants in the mission and talking with them. a large part of the small business community, even smaller than yours. we want to make sure they have a voice. we appreciate that. >> with green apple he has 28 employees. supervisor farrell: thank you. supervisor kim: i want to follow-up, local hire is something we talk a lot -- about a lot. we encourage businesses to local from -- hire from local neighborhoods. i was wondering if you could touch on that. you do work with young people and if you could talk about how the small business commission could help. >> i know that since 1300 came about, it was -- i feel like we're in this community. it is our social responsibility to do something for the use in our community. i think the commission could put some program in place

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supervisor farrell had already called a few names. let me call a few more.ules for public comment, you receive two minutes. when you have 30 seconds left, you'll hear is off to bell. at two minutes, you'll hear a louder bell. at that point, quickly wind up so we can keep moving. if people would line up, the next person will quickly come up to the podium. in addition to the folks that supervisor farrell called, i will call camille, felicia, nickie, gustavo, maggie, lynn, jessie, and pamela. previously, supervisor farrell called bill, marcie, bill, isaac, and betty. you do not have to come up in any order. maybe lineup on that side. any of the names, does not matter if you are in the exact order. maggie, you can start if you want. >> thank you. very generous of you. well, i have a lot to say, and i am going to try to say it in two minutes. i am a native san franciscan, 81 years old. i grew up in the castro peter i am bisexual. i have two children who are grown, in their 50s, and a granddaughter who is 12 and is brilliant. i have a history as a registered nurse

supervisor kim: supervisor farrell.ervisor wiener: i want to -- supervisor farrell: i have spoken to both members of the labor committee. this is a wise approach and i think a lot of us would have had trouble supporting this as it was. and reiterate what supervisor campos and supervisor kim said. we're working to gather to make this happen. jobs are a party but not all jobs are created equal. -- jobs are a priority but not all jobs are created equal. that is -- i think -- we're working together. supervisor kim: thank you. i look forward to continuing in this conversation. do we have a motion to continue? thank you. i will open up for public comment period on item 5. -- will open up for com -- public comment. on item 5. >> i want to thank you for the diligence to have had as the rules committee. all three of you supervisors on this issue. the rhetoric was pretty high last week at the committee. a week later and want to say that it is ironic -- i want to say that it is ironic that one of the largest issues is job creation

a motion seconded by supervisor farrell. can we amend without objection?e any public comment on the motion to reschedule this committee as a whole to tuesday, march 20? any members of the public wish to speak to that? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could not take a vote on the underlying motion, which-- could now take a vote on the underlying motion to schedule on march 20. >> on item 26, as amended -- president chiu: aye supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: we will sit at 3:00 on march 20 for this item. madam clerk, if we could call items nine -- actually, and this time, item 19. item 19 is no longer before us, but if you could call item 19. >> the hearing of persons in interest of amending the approval of the america's cup resolution, and the proposed resolution of intent to form the infrastructure waterfront finan

supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: i have one in memoriam. i would like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of solomon kahn. he was a deejay for the golden state warriors and the san francisco giants and was a fixture in district 2 and many high-profile venues. he is survived by his parents, his brother, and his fiancee. he rose to the local ranks and perform alongside such artists as stevie wonder. his most high-profile work began in 1989 when he is hired by the golden state warriors to perform as the teams in house deejay. he was performing similar duties for the giants. he cemented his reputation as the president deejay and was a fixture in the marina district, well-loved by a number of friends and people that i know. he will be sorely missed. >> supervisor wiener, you are next on a roll call for introductions. president chiu: any introductions? >> seeing no other names on the roster, supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i wanted to take a moment to wish a happy birthday to our colleagues. president chiu: i think we will all enjoy that as we s

supervisor farrell: there was reference made to a budget and analyst report about no cost. supervisor kim: there was a budget and legislative analyst's report. i don't know if we have copies on file, but i will ask for copies of that report. it did state there was no fiscal impact. >>supervisor farrell: this sayse don't know -- >> we just wanted to note that the budgeting is based on the $2.75 per head that the city is required to appropriate. the expenditure for any one election could go up or down but the budget requirement does not. that is about 1.8 million. >> your letter refers to the budget appropriation we currently have as opposed to by increasing the cap, that we expect to see more or less spent in future elections. >> we did try to model that a little bit and i think it's accurate to say most of these provisions would tend to bring down the spending on any one election, but the appropriation requirement does not change. >> i think a lot of the changes are great and long overdue. we pushed for the supreme court thing last year. the total spending cap we are raisin