[gavel]. >> chair ronen: on this item? without objection, this item moves forward with a positive recommendation. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you, miss smith. mr. clerk, can you please read item number three. >> clerk: would you like me to read all the a-b items or just all at one time because we have some applicants that are applying for all three. >> chair ronen: i have a question for the city attorney. is it possible for an applicant to serve on more than one seat because i know there's one applicant that has has applied to all three seats. >> mr. givner: deputy city attorney jon givner. applicants can apply for multiple seats, and then, the board can kind of mix and match, deciding who fits into what seat, but i believe each person is applying to serve on a single seat. >> chair ronen: oh . i mean given that there are three assessment appeal boards, can a person serve on different boards? >> mr. givner: i don't believe so. >> chair ronen: okay. okay. thank you. and so mr. clerk, i'm sorry, are you asking if you want

[gavel]. >> chair fewer: the meeting will come to order. this is march 6 -- no, this is not march 6. this is march 13 -- i'm so sorry, and -- this is march 13, 2019, and this is the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finances committee. i am joined by supervisor catherine stefani, vice chair, and soon to be joined by supervisor raphael mandelman, who is running this late. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. can you please call item number one. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. there's no b.l.a. report, but i believe we want to hear from the sponsor today. >> my short little self. good morning, supervisors. sunny angulo on behalf of supervisor peskin. i think you continue the item to the call of the chair. i think we are absolutely looking forward to entertaining and reviewing a new contract, but at this point, we would like to keep this pressure on and get this

[gavel]. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number 12. [agenda item read]. >> clerk: would you like for me to also read 13? >> chair fewer: yes, item 13, too, please. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. we have mara blitzer from the mayor's office of housing and community development to speak on both items. >> thank you. so i'm back. >> chair fewer: welcome back. >> items 12 and 13 are resolutions that authorize mohcd to apply under the city for welcome back loans, for noncompetitive funds and competitive funds. the state of california created the program specifically for persons with serious mental illness that are homeless, chronically homeless or potentially homeless. as part of the application, mohcd requires that the county submit a resolution from the local governing body that authorizes the county to apply the funds. mohcd will be applying as an alternative county designee. upon award, we will return to you with a request to expend the funds and

[gavel]. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item 15. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. we have jeremy spitz here from the department of public works. >> hello, supervisors. my name is jeremy spitz, from the department of public works. the original contract was from 1996 to october 2016. as the contract was coming to a close, public works put in an r.f.p. for a new contract, and j.c. decaux was the only respondent. decaux' design was approved by the specific design review committee and arts commission, but we received some negative feedback from the members of the public, board of supervisors and historic preservation commission. there was some concern about the utilitiarian design. the winner of the competition was selected in may 2018 and since then, the design firm has been working with j.c. decaux into make the design a reality. the good news is we have now received all necessary approvals. the contract is nearly complete, and we are on track to introduce it in march. i'm also joined by our deputy director for

[gavel]. >> chair fewer: thank you. and because these events are subt sub-stantive, substantive, to continue this to march 6 meeting as amended. >> supervisor mandelman: just to be clear, i introduced this amendment. were you speaking about the report back as an amendment or is that a suggestion? >> chair fewer: that is a suggestion. >> supervisor mandelman: we can work with you thinking about how we want that to come. there are other reports coming from the office of cannabis, any way, and we'll work with your office and office of cannabis in figuring that out. >> chair fewer: that would be great. so can we take that without objection? [gavel]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number six. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have juan ibarra, vocational services manager for the department of public health, behavioral health services. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is juan ibarra, and i'm the vocational programs manager in the

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[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world-class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - our 28,000 city and county employees play an important role in making san francisco what it is today. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we -- supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i guess i'll -- if i may, through the president, to supervisor safai, just address the retroactive nature of this accept and expend and also, i don't know if you know the answer to this, but was this person -- insofar as we are amending the annual salary ordinance, was this individual already hired? >> supervisor safai: i don't know the answer to the second question, but the -- >> president yee: could you speak into the microphone? >> supervisor safai: -- i'm sorry. it's just a timing issue, but we were notified on the 15th, and so as quickly as we could get this packaged together for early january, that's when we did. but other than that in terms of if the person has already been hired, i don't know the answer to that question. >> supervisor peskin: through the president to the controller, does the controller know that -- the answer to that question? >> president yee: could

[gavel]. >> president yee: okay. item will be continued. that brings us to -- madam clerk, please read the in memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the follow ping individuals, for the late miss mary ann miller, and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. ted krober. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: okay. thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. it. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welco

[gavel]. >> president yee: -- on first reading. okay. where are we? let's see -- oh, madam clerk, please call items 53 through 55 together. >> clerk: mr. president, we have items 51 and 52. we just did those, correct, and so item -- >> president yee: 53 through 55 together. >> clerk: 53 through 55 were considered by the rules commit ae at a regular meeting on monday, march 4 and were forwarded as committee reports and were recommended as amended with new titles. item 53 is a motion to approve the mayor's nomination of richard johns to the historic preservation committee for a term enter ending december 31, 2022, and for item 52, motion to approve the mayor's nomination of kate black to the his torque preservation commit, term ending december 31, 2022, and item 55, motion to approve the mayor's nomination of andrew wolfram to the his toric preservation committee for a term ending december 31, 2022. >> president yee: thank you. can we take this same house, same call? seeing no objection, the items are unanimously approved. . [please stand by] . >> super

[gavel]. >> president yee: okay. item will be continued. that brings us to -- madam clerk, please read the in memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the follow ping individuals, for the late miss mary ann miller, and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. ted krober. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: okay. thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. >> the teams really, really went above and beyond and is continuing to do that today. this past year, the san francisco public utilities commission water quality division started receiving many more requests to test for lead in the public school system here in san francisco as a result of legislation that had passed from the state requiring all of the public schools to do lead testing. and so as a result, the public utilities commission and the water quality team in particular was asked to meet w

[gavel]. >> president yee: okay. item will be continued. that brings us to -- madam clerk, please read the in memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the follow ping individuals, for the late miss mary ann miller, and on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr. ted krober. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: okay. thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style e

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. (clapping.) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i think we have more companies anywhere in the united states it's at the amazing statement we're not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. the most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. [♪] >> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and

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[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to >> for the first time in nearly two decades fi

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, t

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. [music] >> san francisco city clinic provides a broad range of sexual health services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. >> i view san francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. i just love the city. i love everything about it. when i'm away from it, i miss it like a person. i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walkin

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the inmemoryams. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: so colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: clerk ththat conclu business before us today. >> president yee: okay. we are adjourned. >> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we wor

he gavelled in at 4:00. it's 35 minutes now.mally an hour, perhaps less. so we could find out what the sentence is at any time now. when the judge did gavel in at 4:00, paul manafort, who was in the courtroom, tried to stand, was having difficulty doing so. he leaned against a table. the judge said he didn't need to do that. apparently aware of his physical incapacities at that point. ellis read all of the counts that manafort is facing. after that, something interesting happened. the judge said to manafort that he's not here before the court today because of allegations of russian collusion in 2016 despite the discussion ongoing about that. we know that judge ellis is in the habit of shooting from the hip a little bit. he speaks off the cuff and has been known to apologize later for speaking off the cuff. that happened early on in this trial last spring, the spring of 2018 where he admonished to making mention of the number of health, his wealth, the florist that he used. he told the government that paul manafort is not on tria

[gavel] >> chairwoman: is there a motion? >> i move that we move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> chairwoman: without objection -- >> you need to adopt the amendment. >> i move that we adopt the amendment to the proposed legislation. >> chairwoman: without objection, that item is amended. >> and now move that we move with a positive recommendation, with the amendment, to the full board. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes. [gavel] >> chairwoman: thank you. thank you. can you please read item number four. >> it is a hearing to consider one member term ending 2020 to the advisory committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: thank you. is melissa mendoza here? >> i believe we did receive notice that she was out of town. however, this is a nomination from a member of the board of supervisors. >> chairwoman: great. so we will now open up this item -- i'm sorry, supervisor walton? or was that left over. sorry. we will now open up this item for public comment. >> it is my fault. i just wanted to

house will be gaveling in in about 25 minutes for member speeches. this week the house will take up a nonbinding resolution that special counsel robert mueller's report should be made available to the public and to congress. live house coverage here on c-span at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the senate will be debating a resolution to terminate president trump's emergency declaration on the southern border. that is expected on thursday. lawmakers will also take up several judicial and executive nominations. the senate is in at 3:00 p.m. eastern today. live on c-span2. the senate also is expected to approve that resolution on the emergency declaration, which president trump has said he will veto. the president, by the way, tweeting out about the senate vote, writing, republican senators have a very easy vote this week. it's about border security and the wall, stopping crime, drugs, etc., not constitutionality and precedent. it is an 80% positive issue. the dems are 100% united as usual on a 20% issue, open borders and crime. get tough r's. so while we wait for t

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call item number 39. >> clerk: item 39 is a resolution to urge the state to increase funding to the california violence intervention and prevention program from 9 million annually to 39 million. >> president yee: supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president yee. i just want to quickly acknowledge all the moms demand action that came to sacramento yesterday from all over the state. there are hundreds to advocate for more funding. i want to thank my cosponsors on this, supervisors mar and walton. it's just basically advocating for more money to study gun violence prevention and gun prevention. as the resolution states, the proposed budget right now says $9 million. we want it up to $39 million to -- to basically equal what new york and massachusetts do, so california's done so much with gun violence prevention, and i think adding more money to study it in this way is a good step in the right direction, so i hope to have your support. >> president yee: thank you. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? wit

a gavel. 18 of our freshmen. and that says something about your question. ,ur more senior members welcome they vie for them to come onto committees because of the knowledge and experience that they bring. david: now the chair of the judiciary committee, congressman nadler of new york, has recently issued a request for information from 81 members of the trump administration. it has not subpoenaed yet but requested. are you supportive of that? does he clear that kind of thing with you or he does what he wants to do? and are you thinking that this could ultimately lead to some kind of impeachment effort or is there no interest on the part of the democrats to have an impeachment process? ms. pelosi: i support what our chairman does. we have an array of chairmen. i'm sure you saw elijah , heings' meetings last week was fabulous, and adam schiff, maxine waters on the money side, eliot engel on foreign affairs. we have an array of chairman who -- of chairmen who take an oath to uphold the constitution of the united stat