this is a major effort, to complete an overall of the city's general revenue base. it has been studied in different times in different ways over the last decade, and we have yet to find a solution for the payroll tax system toward a more stable, economically-efficient payroll or business tax system. we do anticipate it is going to be a complicated project for the coming year, working through outreach and process, but also perhaps more challengingly, getting through the house. we envision working. president chiu and the mayor, who will work us through the process, realizing the impacts. analyzing the impact on the first set components of our economy and industry. we think this will be a very important project. supervisor chu: thank you. our budget analyst, i believe, articulated. >> madam chair, yes, i do not have any further comment. the policy recommendation is on page 56. i would be happy to respond to questions. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, to recap, we did take the budget analyst recommendations and the $84,000 in project close out, so the remaining it

supervisor chu: moving on, the next department is a general city responsibility. i believe the outstanding item we had was the neighborhood transition funds of $300,000. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on the last item, we do have one alternative suggestion on page 64 of our report. the committee has already taken our recommended reduction of $24,000 on this item. $300,000 or remain, which we consider to be a policy for the mayor's transition plan. we ask that the board of supervisors consider placing the funds on the budget and finance committee reserve. it would not be a board reserve. it would be reserved we are suggesting as an interim policy. supervisor chu: thank you, mr. rose. i understand this is an item the mayor has put in, so if you can elaborate a little bit on that? >> madam chair, members of the committee, in the mayor's -- i am the mayor's budget director. i am happy to answer any questions you have on the budget analyst alternative recommendation. i would have a little bit of hesitation about that, as i am imagining how that would play ou

general fund revenues. but that era is gone. if you look at what we have tried to do as a city through numerous the ministrations and general managers is to fill that gap with generated revenues. think what would not have happened if this ordinance had been passed 50 years ago or 30 years ago, or 10 years ago -- a zoo admission? a coffee shop in union square? outside lands would not have happened if this had been past five years ago. that is a million dollars to the department. this will lock in mediocrity in this department, or it is going to result in an welcome cuts in general fund subsidies for other departments that i do not think you want to consider. i urge you to take this off the ballot. if we are serious about needing an ordinance, let us have some hearings and go through the normal board of supervisors process. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> my name is lorraine bedford. i am here as a resident of district 11. i want to thank you for the hard work you have done for the community. i am a city employee on my own time. i am concerned about the unintended consequences of what might happen with this ordinance. i wi

the budget presides in general city obligation. now it is managed again by the city administrator's office. >> so the city administrators of this is ultimately responsible. we look forward to getting that information. what is the end date projected? it is not clear from this report. this young, if you want to answer that, that would be great. >> i do not have a clear date. i am trying to get through phase one. i am sorry. i literally inherited this project. i would tell you what i know. we know the case management systems at individual departments have been funded. we are working with them to connect to the hub. my plan for this fiscal year is to get as many of the departments, including the police department, on board. once that phase is over, i see it at the end of the project. the program, which is different from the project, certain operational functions that have to continue. maintaining the hub, mainframe, we will always have a few staff around to do that. >> so how do you intend on making sure the project gets done? >> part o

generate. here is the master fee schedule for the city and county of san francisco. nothing on this fee schedule is affected by the bell at schedule. -- ballot schedule. there is nothing to do with leases. it is these leases that the ballot measure seeks to address, not the permits in the schedule. the march of urbanization -- of privatization in once public places cannot continue. the public pays for upkeep while the benefit goes to a few entities. let the voters decide. right now before the supervisors, you are going to see a budget that has a $1 million increase in subsidies for the rec and park department. $127 million is what they had last year. i do not want to hear anything more about these layoffs. it is not true. the intent of this is to tell you we do not like the direction that philip ginsberg is taking this department. that is why we are up behind this measure. we want you to tell everyone. >> thank you, supervisors, for sponsoring this measure. i am a long-term resident of the city. a previous speaker mentioned shareholders. wait a minute. we paid for th

furthermore because general obligation bonds are financed through property taxes, financing would have effectively have no impact on the city's general fund, whereas the proposed cop's do not include a new source of revenue and require general fund expenditures of approximately $12 million per year. however, having said that, it is reported to us that under g.o. bonds, voter approval would be required. city officials that we dealt with, including the capital improvement advisory committee, stated needed improvement to the war memorial building but not be advised at this time. at these improvements are needed almost immediately. we consider approval of the proposed ordinance. therefore, it would be a policy for the board of supervisors. supervisor chu: just a couple of questions, perhaps to nadia. with respect to the cop's being exposed, you break out the necessity for commercial paper, being able to take out what we anticipate from the commercial paper program. there is another line item for interest. could you explain the difference between the commercial paper program and interest related to that? what is that intended to c

about 30% of sales taxes generated in the city -- about 37% of sales taxes are paid by visitors who are tourists or do not live here. about 14% are a result of business to business sales. so about half of the sales tax is not paid by residents directly. this is further mitigated to a point in california by the fact that california has a state sales tax system that exempts certain types of goods and services from sales tax. food, for example, is largely exempted from sales taxes. that would be one of the more progressive components of a sales tax in states where food is taxed. in terms of the impact on the local economy, there are with the two effect here. they pushed downward on job growth in the private-sector, estimated in our modeling at approximately 150 jobs per year for the duration of the tax. that is offset by more money available for government spending. the net is an economically positive 59 jobs. i wanted to hit a couple of high points. chairperson chu: a quick question. on page four, the comparison of san francisco sales tax rate compared to the 10 neighboring cities -- is i

san jose losing almost $4 million from a general fund. the city manager told us san jose will deal with the added difference at the end of this year. >> thank you. and residents are facing a future with fewer firefighters and less equipment. today marks the start of the fiscal year. station 29 is one of two praiting at half capacity. >> we're collecting -- expecting delayed response time. meaning if you have a fire at your house, it will probably get bet bigger and a delay to emergency medical calls. leading to a compromise in patient care. >> the brownout on top of last year's 33 closures. in contra costa county firefighters agreed to a 10% cut to avoid job losses. >> and this may be harder to find fire works this 4th of july weekend. cal fire trying to sell fire works on web sites like craig's list. it's illegal to sell online including safe and sane variety. saying they confiscate them every year. the sale is already underway in several cities, san bruno has a long tradition after louing sale of the fire works as a fund raising opportunity for

i may city resident, a fourth generation, fifth generation. i live in the city. while some folks might look at the community at a distance, i lived it. i spent a lot of time at restaurants, less so at music venues. when i have done so far is i had one meeting with the cmac board of directors to get acquainted. we have another for august t2. in mhy -- my personal philosophy is i value what i participate or also have to question. this is often found at the root of our problems. i am the -- a liaison to this commission. if you have questions, i'm glad to answer them. >> i want to say welcome. we're pleased to have you on board. it is nice to know you have an nba. -- mba, that is cool. >> i understand business. business and public safety, they work together. it is not that complicated. i am looking forward to the summit coming up. it is successful when you bring people in to dialogue about geographic issues and industry- specific issues. also looking forward to working with folks on the new legislation that was passed today. thank you. >> thank you. we're looking for

findings and other findings that the actions set forth in this resolution are consistent with the city's general plan and eight priority policies of city planning code section 101.1; and authorizing other actions in furtherance of this resolution. supervisor chu: thank you. mr. pike? >> this item is a resolution authorizes an exchange of city property with a private property owner known as 515 folsom st.. i have on the overhead the general area in the transbay terminal area. in particular, it is this parking lot, here, on folsom. essentially, and the area in pink is being exchanged for the area in yellow in the photograph on a overhead now. tjpa and the city, which permitted the transfer of state property -- to the city, and subsequently we are before you now with this exchange agreement that squares off the ownership of the private parcel and city parcel. it facilitates the city parcel through the redevelopment agency, a party to that agreement, to allow for the development of affordable housing in the future. so this is step one of a secondary step. the particulars of this exchange are 746 squ

it is about the richness of the city in general. do i want to keep living here? do i want to make my life here? that is on the minds of many asian families. i went to lunch with some sixth graders from alice

will set an extremely bad precedent and have an unattended consequences of neighborhoods and city in general. once the city allows and permits this type of zoning so as to obtain their goals, what other unacceptable intrusions into the committees will be forthcoming? we urge you to disallow this is the under-the cohesiveness of this particular neighborhood. we're also not happy with ticking away a tourist hotel to sustain the economic vitality of cal hallow for much-needed tourists who stop and dine on union and chestnut streets. our merchants need all the help that can get to stay alive in this should the economy and already we have seen several motels go off the market and catered to a single room occupancy or dormitories. the king edward is a desirable property. with refurbishment could be an asset. the city is serious about helping small businesses, it would seem to was this property should not have been selected in the first place. perhaps if the committee had been consulted prior to the city buying the property, we would have been spared this ongoing hassle. of the properties would hav

it is about the richness of the city in general. do i want to keep living here? do i want to make my life here? that is on the minds of many asian families. i went to lunch with some sixth graders from alice fong. i said, do you want to be in the city? yes, i want to be in the city. they were asking me about twitter. they play some of the zynga games. they did not know that their headquarters were here, but they need to know that, growing up. we want the chinese companies to also use san francisco as their headquarters and to continue to be the gateway. people love that about the city. asian families, the matter their income -- they could be a hotel workers, garment workers, for ceo's, they all want -- or ceo's, they all want a quality city. my job is to make sure they trust government, so that when we say something, we do it. what i do not like it, and past relationships with the government, they could not do what they said. that is where the mistrust comes out. that is why i am going around talking to every community possible. if i can take care of it, i will t

findings and other findings that the actions set forth in this resolution are consistent with the city's general plan and eight priority policies of city planning code section 101.1; and authorizing other actions in furtherance of this resolution. supervisor chu: thank you.

. >> and by municipal, you mean the broader city, not just municipal customers like the city hall and general -- >> i mean san francisco. >> san francisco in general. yeah, i have been focused on c.c.a. to date but i am certain we can come with a presentation about that. >> speak into the mic. >> i'm sorry. should i repeat the answer? >> it's all right. but you will come back with an answer. is this the first you heard of this? i'm just curious. miss miller, through the chair to miss miller, i always feel like we go three steps forward and four steps back when we get to these junctures of dealing with contracts. so just elaborate a little bit more. i thought there was a bit of a convergence or confluence of minds on this contract with the p.u.c.. why are things glitching? >> i think through the chair, nancy miller, your interim executive officer, this is my speculation, but i do believe that you have some new commissioners that don't have the history of some of the other commissioners. i believe that the program because it has changed since the initial ordinance has led to some questions rega

general public. supervisor elsbernd: that is a city attorney question, how exactly is that going to work? is there truly the ability for someone to go and potentially sue us with some sort of retroactive action? supervisor kim: turn on her mic, please. >> we view that this measure, that the effective date language, would work in two ways. it would be effective with respect to the prohibition on new fees. that would start on june 21. but it would not prohibit the department from going ahead and entering into contracts until this measure becomes law. and the reason is twofold. one, they cannot have the ability to interfere with department contracts. they cannot go to the department say you entered into this contract, get out of it, which in essence is what would be happening if this is adopt it. so there is this interim time between the effective date of the ordinance and the date is enacted. we would advise that the department can enter enter contracts, but once this measure is adopted, the department would be precluded from entering into agreements. supervisor elsbernd: so not necessarily