that will be the order [ gavel ] . and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with positive recommendations? >> so moved. >> without objection, that motion is adopted. [ gavel ] . >> thank you. >> madame clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> than we are adjourned. [ feha [ gavel ] >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. supp

[gavel] thank you. madam clerk item number 5. >> item number 5 is a hearing to consider appointing six members for a two-year term ending december 16, 2016 to the market and ovtavia community advisory committee. there are six seats and eight applicants. >> okay. if you're here i will call in the order on the agenda. krute singa. >> hello and thanks for the opportunity to speak to you today. i am krute singa and i am wanting to be reappointed to the market and ovtavia seat. i have been on in the seat for the last two years and served as the vice chair. i found the role to be interesting and enjoyed the opportunity to strengthen the neighborhood structure which i plan and work. what i bring to the community is over 13 years of experience in urban planning and specifically in multi-modal transportation planning establishing projects that improve pedestrian, bicycle, transit, ride sharing access, and closely tied to land use and economic and social development. i am currently working for the san francisco d

. >> [gavel] . good afternoon. today is december 12, 2014. welcome to the san francisco local agency formation commission. my name is john avalos, the chair of the commission. the clerk is alyssa samir a madam clerk could you call the roll. >> commissioner avalos. >> present. >> commissioner breed. >> here. >> commissioner campos. >> commissioner crews. >> present. >> commissioner lindo. >> here. >> commissioner mar ma. >>here. >> you have a quorum. >> let's go to the next item please. next item is approval of the lafco minutes from the october 24, 2014. >> any questions on the minutes colleagues? okay. we will go on to the public comment. seeing none. public comment is now closed. [gavel] and could we have a roll call vote to approve the minutes or do we have to have a roll call vote i believe. >> you could take them unanimously. >> okay. very good. >> we need a motion and a second. >> commissioner lie commissioner breed breed and seconded and we will take that without objection. [gavel] . thank you. next item. >> item four is a community ch

[gavel] . thank you. mr. clerk can you please call item four. >> item four is a hearing to consider two appointments to two members ending february 1, 2016 to the park, recreation and open space advisory committee and two sights and two applicants. >> okay. let's call up mark scheuer. are you here? mark? okay. i guess he's not here and i believe richard ivanhoe will not be able to come. connor super supervisor. >> london breed. >> supervisor breed's office . >> for the time being. you never know. thank you commissioners. richard ivanhoe has been serving on prozac for several years now and appointed by one of breed's predecessors and long time community activists for parks and improving access and the parks themselves and a great public servant in this capacity. i worked with your staff chair yee to schedule this and he would have to take the day off and it would be best to schedule it today and hopefully support him in absentia. thank you. >> thank you for coming on his behalf and both candidates submitted th

that will be the order [ gavel ] . and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with positive recommendations? >> so moved. >> without objection, that motion is adopted. [ gavel ] . >> thank you. >> madame clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> than we are adjourned. [ feha [ gavel ] >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remissi

[gavel] colleagues any other comments? supervisor tang. >> thank you supervisor yee job well done and thank all of the co-sponsors. i think this is wonderful and thank all of you here today as well as those that couldn't make it today and an integral part of the process and excited about this and moving to see the outcomes and this newly established body and office and some of the problems that we have today and the older population the work starts with you from 0-5 to set a good foundation so thank you and we look forward to work with you so i would either like to make a second or make a motion to accept the motions that you made. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you mr. chairman and i again want to repeat what we have said in terms of thanking everyone that made this possible and especially to my colleagues, to supervisor yee, supervisor mar and supervisor kim for the leadership they provided, to all the folks that spoken here and all the families that couldn't be here that worked hard to make this happen and ultimately to

[gavel] supervisor campos. >> thank you. again i want to thank the applicants and all of the people seeking to continue to serve. this is a very important committee that plays a very important role serving a very vulnerable population so grateful that people are willing to serve in this capacity so i make a motion to approve nicholas kimura for seat three once again. kendra amick for seat number 4, mike mike for seat number 5. >> okay. no objection then motion passes. congratulations. [gavel] >> thank you. >> so there are some litigation items, but no closed session is that -- okay good. >> can i have the opportunity to make a public comment on that before or after? >> i'm sorry? >> for settlement. we will call it up in a second. >> okay. >> okay. madam clerk item number 7. >> item number 7 through 10 are ordinances and resolutions thrsessing and approving tolling and standstill agreements and settlements for lawsuits and unmitigated claims. >> okay. any questions? supervisor campos. >> just a motion to go into closed sessio

seeing none, public comment is closed [ gavel ] >> thank you.so the amendment that i'm proposing one is on page 5. lines 25. the interim zoning moratorium shall remain in effect for 22 months and 15 days from termination date from ordinance 210-14 or until the date that permanent controls are adopted. and in effect to address the converse of pdr to a manner that better conserves neighborhood character in the identified area, whichever occurs first. so mr. givner, this is the only amendment that i see that you had state there had might be one other. >> there is one other amendment, just cleaning up a typo on page 3. no need to read it into the record it's stated in the copy. >> this has been before the land use committee and full board and this is again just the final extension of the interim moratorium extension and i want to thank the committee for your support in september. >> great. thank you. okay. so we have an amendment proposed by supervisor kim. and we'll take that amendment without objection. [ gavel ] >> and then can i have a motion to

[gavel] . next item -- you already called it correct? >> yes. >> okay. presenting is barbara hale and jason fried. >> jason fried lafco staff again. once again the enernex report has been issued to us. we have a copy and distributed to all of you as well as the puc and the the general public as a whole. it's on our website. there is a lot of good information in there. we took pretty much all of the comments we received during the draft period of the report and incorporated them into the comments and changed it for example -- one of the issues that the puc brought up was the issue that not all of these jobs are considered local, some are for projects for example in southern california, so one thing we did and went in and looked at the physical location of all these were and broke it up to a local and more regional and state job creation and broke the projects up and calculated them accordingly so we could get more local. we used the local hire ordinance to the definition of what is local and san franciscans getting jobs for as a good example considered lo

[gavel] thank you congratulations. mr. clerk. >> there are no other items on the agenda today. >> okay. then meeting is adjourned. [gavel] >> good morning. >> are you ready? >> okay. >> good morning, the meeting will now come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finance committee, i'm cohen, share of the committee and to high left is tang and to my right, scott weiner, david chiu has officially resigned from the transportation authority finance committee. and will be moving on. and madam, clerk, the clerk is steve. sorry. >> and also, would i like to thank, charles our friend up at sfgovt tv for broadcasting this meeting, mr. clerk, could you please call item number 2 item one one? >> roll call. >> cohen? >> present. >> commissioner farrell? >> absent. >> tang? >> present. >> commissioner weiner. >> present. >> we have a quor up. >> could you call the next item? >> consent calendar, 2 and 3 comprise the consent calendar, these are routine and not presenting but prepared to present if des

that will be the order [ gavel ] . and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with positive recommendations? >> so moved. >> without objection, that motion is adopted. [ gavel ] . >> thank you. >> madame clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> than we are adjourned. [ feha [ gavel ] good morning, everyone. w0e789 san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm supervisor wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is our vice chair supervisor jane kim and to my left is supervisor cowen our clerk is andrea ashbury i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specific jennifer lowe and jessie larson madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. timid items acted on today may appear on the december agenda. >> m call item one. >> a resolution granting the revokable portion of the public right-of-way along market street. >

that will be the order [ gavel ] . and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with positive recommendations? >> so moved. >> without objection, that motion is adopted. [ gavel ] . >> thank you. >> madame clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> than we are adjourned. [ feha [ gavel ] >>commissioner cohen, commissioner bridges, commissioner driscoll, commissioner stance berry. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> i will open it up for public comment. i have a few cards. >> public comment will be 3 minutes. there will be an announcement in 30 seconds. >> great, thank you. >> david williams followed by margarita young and david page. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i'm david williams, president of the west bank retirees. several months ago we offered to educat

that will be the order [ gavel ] . and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with positive recommendations? >> so moved. >> without objection, that motion is adopted. [ gavel ] . >> thank you. >> madame clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there is no further business. >> than we are adjourned. [ feha [ gavel ] >> good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority board of directors meeting for thursday december 11. i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv that made it through the rain and everyone else in attendance and john stockhouse and jessie larsen that make the meetings available on line and the transcripts. let's take roll call please. >> i will note for the record that director lee will not be present. with that director nuru. >> present. >> director reiskin. >> here. >> director sartipi might be late too. director kim. >> here. >> you have a quorum. >> is there any old business today. seeing none. we can move to the director's report. >> happy

[gavel] congratulations. [applause] >> madam clerk can you please call item number two. thanks for coming. >> item two is a resolution committing the city and county to be a member of the california association of voting officials and joining efforts to create new voting systems utilizing free open source software for elections. >> i was going to wait -- i think -- i was going to wait for supervisor wiener to be here so can we go to item three for now? >> item number 3 is a resolution establishing the gun violence prevention task force and membership and duties. >> okay. there has been a request to continue this item to the call of the chair, so before we do that is there any public comment on item number 3? >> i do have a -- actually -- appointee tied -- suppose -- monday, wednesday -- tuesday, thursday, somebody be definitely or tuesday, thursday -- something, yes, no, alternating something for the historic tradition of establishing -- monday, wednesday -- setting. >> any other public comments on this item? seeing none public comment is now closed. is there a motion to

if somebody wants to watch gavel to gavel, they get to watch gavel to gavel. certainly the more informed you can be. i would much rather watch a courtroom proceeding without any of the commentary. i would like to see as if i were sitting there what is being said, what is being asked, what evidence is being introduced. i realize i am am a lawyer, but are a lot of people who have that same interest. i believe that that happened during the civil trial of o.j. simpson. there were really no commentators. you could just turn it on and watch it. it was on everyday. you could form your own opinions or learn things. i i think that is the real benefit of allowing the cameras and. unfortunately far too often the electronic coverage gets confused with commentators, pundits, spend, and all the other stuff that comes with what used to be news and is not info data. >> i am out of time. time. i have another question, but thank you very much. >> i i appreciate the chairman. >> was going to ask your personal opinion, do you think of the public had more visibility of what we did

if somebody wants to watch gavel to gavel, they get to watch gavel to gavel if they allow the cameras. certainly the more informed you can be -- i would much rather watch a courtroom proceeding without any of the commentary. i would just like to see as if i was sitting there what's being said, what's being asked, what evidence is being introduced. now, i realize i'm a lawyer, but i think there are a lot of people that have that same interest. if i can just watch for myself, i believe that happened during the civil trial of oj simpson and you just -- there were really no commentators. you could just turn it on and watch it. it was on everyday and i think courtv did gavel to gavel coverage and you could form your own opinions or learn things. i think that's the real benefit of allowing the cameras in. i think unfortunately far too often the electronic coverage gets confused with the commentators and the pundits and the spin and all the other stuff that comes with what used to be news and is now info tanment. i'm out of time. >> if the judge wants another 30 seconds, fire away. >> well,

[gavel] mr. clerk can you please call item 1. >> an ordinance for the campaign and governmental conduct code to update the conflict of interest code. >> i believe we have andrew sun, deputy city attorney who will be presenting on this ordinance. >> good afternoon supervisors. deputy city attorney andrew chin from the ethics team and the office and congratulations as there to supervisor tang and i want to give you some background about the government conduct code and conflict of interest code and why we do it and give amended legislation. i had a chance to contact your aids so hopefully it's not a surprise and it's a city ordinance with the employees and officers to file statements of economic interests. under state law the city is required to update the conflict of interest code every two years in even numbered years and by the end of the calendar year. generally reflects organizations of city departments, changes in job titles, new positions and out dated positions and so forth so what was inter

[gavel] >> thank you colleagues. >> madam clerk we're going to item number 4 now. >> item number 4 is a resolution extending the term for the balboa park station community advisory committee to provide continued input and community efer sight to transportation and public improvements. >> okay. we have ms. daniel harris are you here? or there you are and we have staff from the san francisco transportation authority. >> good afternoon chair yee and members. i am danielle harris. sfm ta staff and i am here to seek your recommendation to continue the balboa park community advisory committee and set to sunset and we still have a lot of work to do, so we're hoping to extend them two years from their next meeting which is scheduled to 2015 meeting which is scheduled to be february 2015 so we hope to continue them to february 2017. the committee members provide a forum for coordination, information sharing and collaboration between the community and agencies. they're are a number of agencies that do projects within the area and it is. >> >> it's a big project, so they're currently overseeing

senate gaveling in a few moments for a rare weekend session as lawmakers resumed consideration of cost house passed a spending bill that would fund most government agencies through september of next year. a first vote on the measure could come late this evening. majority leader harry reid has expressed his intention to vote on a number of president obama's nominees before concluding the 113th congress. among them surging general nominee and the top post at the social security mad ministration. also anthony lincoln's nomination to serve as deputy secretary of state. consideration of a number of judicial nominations also expected. live now to the senate floor on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the giver of every good and perfect gift thank you for this season of giving that reminds us of your blessing of

[gavel] and this is just an information item, right, so we will go on to our next item, item number 5. >> sorry. >> item number 5 status update regarding the study on the implementation and opportunities for undergrounding of wires in san francisco. >> jason fried lafco. i was trying to keep the meeting moving forward quickly. as i mentioned last meeting this is an update to where we're at with the study. it's a verbal acknowledgment that we have been doing a lot of research. luckily i found amazing research intern amy brendan who is here and doing a lot of the research because the enernex report has been sucking up my time and i have been doing that. she is helping with the research. the one thing we found out since the last meeting it urn its out that the budget analyst office was looked into a portion of what we were supposed to be doing here so in consultation with both the chair and supervisor tang's office we have modifying slightly what we're doing so we don't repeat the work of the analyst office. they're looking at the cost break down to do and cost in other places so we're l

i didn't watch any gavel to gavel. perception of many were those concerns in those cases. what is more important is to survey the people involved in a particular case. the lawyers, witnesses, the things that pilots are going to do. their perceptions are more compelling and persuasive than those of somebody watching on tv who doesn't know the facts, doesn't know perhaps what is the witness testified to in a deposition and whether they are shading testimony now in front of the television. >> we may not. viewers may not know it but the parties involved on whose behalf you are speaking, the concerns of the parties involved. certainly we would have -- these are issues that would have come up time and again or would come up as we televise trials all over the country. many high profile. >> i think it's important to survey people. i'm not aware this the state court or those cases you mentioned that those participants were sur vad, that their views were called upon. we think it is important that views of the participants are pa