flanagan -- vice chair flanagan. >> my name is joseph flanagan and i appreciate the commissioners, all of the commissioners and the staff of the san francisco transportation authority for giving me an opportunity to speak. i myself am a disabled person, and i represent disabled people, bot seniors and disabled people. i appreciate being on the board. i enjoy working with the staff. we have a very devoted san francisco transportation authority staff. myself has been elected as the vice chair. i am very honored in serving as the vice chair, and now for my -- excuse me, for my second appointment i am very interested in the transportation committee, and i would like to continue as the vice chair for the san francisco transportation authority. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning commissioners. i am jackie sax. i have been on the committee since 97. i worked with mr. flanagan for the last two years. he's done an excellent job filling in when our chair could not attend the meetings, that sort of thing, and i strongly support him being repointed. he's an excellent

i am actually dan flanagan. i am speaking for dan kida. we were noticed on this meeting fairly late and we had two conflicts. dan is the potential new member to the council and he has these words. he has been a certified arborist for the past 10 years. most of his career is spent working with the urban forest and pg&e. this involves working with diverse customer base who care deeply about their trees. the challenge is to ensure trees adjacent to power lines are kept safe distance while trying to satisfy their customers' expectations. he actually runs the crewses that have to inspect every single inch of pg&e wires every year, and he runs about four or five tree crews. so, he has probably more intimate knowledge of san francisco urban forest than many folks. i strongly recommend his candidacy for the urban forest council. he's been highly recommended by many people. >> okay, thank you. i noticed that he's not a resident of san francisco. >> i just called him at that. he lives at 1200 17th avenue number 304 in the inner sunset. >> okay, than

flanagan. hi, mr. flanagan. make sure you call timmy and tell him hello. okay? yeah. big coke dealer now? no. my ( bleep ) wrist. i can't move my wrist. it's no problem. i didn't break it. you're under arrest for distribution. lopriore: you sold to a cop. i think my wrist is broken. it's okay. it's not broken. i can't move it. murphy, all your boys. ( phone ringing ) he might be just calling. that's his car phone? let me talk to him. we got your boys here. okay? that's two down. now we're going to come and get you for conspiracy. tell him how long did he enjoy his out time? huh? you're waiting? come over here. your boys are in cuffs. we got them. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of taking multivitamins. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. always your most complete. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ m

i'd like to move john hillan for seat 1, dan flanagan for seat 4, sandy sherwin for seat 5, william moss seat 6 and rose hillson for seat 7. >> and there's a second. seeing no objection, then the motion is moved. item 4 is done. okay. madam clerk, please call item number 1. by the way, congratulations to the applicants. thank you for coming today. >> item number 1, hearing to consider appointing one member, for an indefinite term, to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors task force. there is one seat and 33 applicants. >> at least on paper i see like tons of applicants. so, we're going to hear from the applicants as they appear on the agenda. it's a large number. i'd like to ask that you limit your comment to no more than two minutes. so, i will call your name. if you're here, come on up to the mic. first one is aaron parness. are you here? aaron parness. alex kinney. alyssa nickell. carl stokes. connell persico. cynthia davis. emerald o'leary. frank strona. joyce pierson. gregg cassin. come on up. >>> [inaudible]. >> you're first. >>> thank you, i think. well, thank you. n

yvonne burke, jay egan, karen english, alison howard, mike barnes, omar , kelly gruington, mary flanagan, scot gast, and nate wright each have signed an agreement not to be a candidate for the office of senator or representative in or delegate or resident commissioner to the congress for the purposes of the federal election campaign act of 1971 until at least three years after he or she is no longer a member of the board or staff of the office of congressional ethics. copies of the signed adwreements shall be retained by the office of the clerk as part of the records of the house. with best wishes, i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the clerk is directed to make the change in the engrossment of house concurrent resolution 20 that has been placed at the desk. the clerk will report the change. the clerk: strike mohammed each place it appears and insert in each instance muhammad. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the house will stand >> the house back next week for legislative work after yesterday passing the continuing resolution, fu