hwang. thank you. >>> thank you, supervisors. excuse me. my name is ron stick l with sunset youth services also a violence prevention agency in san francisco ~. and i will say it is nice that support of a candidate is not disrespect to the other candidate. and that it is nice that there are multiple qualified candidates. maybe not nice for you guys right now, but nice for the city of san francisco. i am here to support commissioner chan for her reelection. and as a youth worker and a local violence prevention, i can only speak to what i see and what i know. and what i have seen is the improvement in the quality of life for multiple high-risk youth and success of many high-risk youth due to work done in part by commissioner chan. but something i would like to say even higher than that is i support her and trust her because of the years i have seen her both a commissioner chan and angela chan san franciscan. i have never seen a waivering of her integrity. and [inaudible]. [laughter] >> you could have just finished the sentence, but that's oka

i am here to support victor hwang. no one in my over, almost 40 years of providing social justice services in san francisco has as much qualifications as victor. he is going to be an outstanding addition to the commission. i asked victor before coming here why, why spend an inordinate amount of time committed to the commission's work, and he [speaker not understood] out of a sense of community service. no one i've met in working in my years of san francisco has committed as much time and effort to make san francisco a better place. and for us to appoint victor would just solidify that drive to strengthen law enforcement in san francisco. thank you. >> alan -- come on up. alan kriege. [speaker not understood]. jennifer [speaker not understood]. kevin bocus. malcolm young. david newsome. >>> good afternoon, my name is john rodney. i'm the communications manager for the california immigrant policy center. we're a statewide immigrant rights organization and i've had the honor of collaborating very closely with commissioner

hwang. i was hoping that you could -- i represent sixth district, south of market and the tenderloin. and i know that you have done some work particularly around disabilities and mental health. and i apologize again if you've addressed some of those in your presentation, but i was hoping you could talk a little bit more about your perspective on what you can do as a commissioner to improve sfpd's protocols around doing -- a lot of our residents may suffer from disabilities and also language access, if you are both disabled and don't speak english as your first language, kind of some of your thoughts as what you as a commissioner can do in this arena. >> sure, thea are issues i've been interested in working on a said more than a decade. we have the hearing by the u.s. commission on civil rights. we had a lot of experts come out and talk about these issues, how there is high incidence, high correlation between mental health and folks who end up being shot by the police. so, from that we develo

for me today, i would like to see victor hwang be appointed to this commission. and i want to speak also to the fact that several people as well as some of the supervisors have mentioned that the mayor has an appointee -- [speaker not understood] he can appoint. we cannot make that decision here today as to who he is going to select for that vacancy. so, i think it's very unfair. if we were in his position, we would be offended if we were trying to tell him what to do. if someone were trying to tell us what to do. i don't think we should say, well, let's give one position up and try to make that decision here today. i mean, we do have an application process and terms for certain amounts of time for a reason. so, with that, i mean, i would like to move victor hwang out to the full board if possible or both names if that is the case here that we have two supervisors supporting one. >> so, there's two suggestions. >> if i may. i'll leave it up to chair. i just want to say that i came in here, especially after hearing all the testimony with the perspective sort of wh

commissioner hwang commissioner president lazarus. and commissioner honda >> okay. so that motions passes 4 to zero. >> i'd like to take a 5 minute break. >> okay. we're going to take a 5 minute break. >> we're going returning and we're calling four cases. at the 1335 mission street and mr. george you have 3 minutes to present our case. >> so i'll be brief so the hearing officer found that on december 4th, 2012, at&t submitted it's police station there wasn't a hearing scheduled for more than a year until january the 6 of 2014. i have taken looking at the status it says a local entity shall approve or deny an application within 60 days of ref the completed application i respect if you disagree with the hearing commissioners. there was an alternative site identified on mission street rather than hold the hearing open and request that at&t do an additional? as the recommendation hearing officer was to deny the application and ordered the applicant to cooperate with the parking meter for the double parking meter for the s m f i assume on mission street. i'll point out

commissioner hwang absent. commissioner hurtado. commissioner president lazarus and commissioner honda >> that motion carries 4 to zero we'll move ton to item 21 on scott street. mr. johnson. >> i don't believe there's anything particularly unusual about this appeal i'll try to be very, very brief there's an 11 most gap and ms. fong again found that at&t complieltd with the requirements of the s m f. during the sidewalk as the hearing director reported two members of the community attend the box walk and at&t walked the neighborhood and found another site - my apologizes i'm reading from 100 furton street. what happened was about at&t offered to walk the site to review alternative site locations, however, the obtain terrors found no suitable area and that's one of the difficulties that at&t faces because the way this process is supposed to work at&t works with the community to find the least impacted loeshgs but if the community won't identify any location then at&t appeal the specific denial was that the hearing officer saw the pro

they said, "i'm related to hwang?" it was, like, a ninth cousin. this is how north korea operates. >> narrator: recent satellite imagery analyzed by amnesty international shows that since kim jong un came to power, the political prison camps have grown. >> 200,000 civilians who are outside of the criminal penal system. one of the camps, hwasong, is 540 square kilometers, three times the size of washington, d.c. >> narrator: it's estimated that as many as one in 100 north koreans is a political prisoner, many of whom were caught trying to defect. still, several thousand north koreans try to escape through china each year. lee, the former street kid, fled when he was 18. >> (translated): i was very scared, but i thought, "it's better to die than live like an insect." before i left, i prepared a little bit of food. i roasted some beans. i ate little bits of that as i went on my way. i went to the top of the mountains to see where the guards were positioned. then at night, i crossed the river when nobody was watching. i crossed the river alone and made

thank you, commissioners commissioner hwang is absent. we'll move to item one general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission is there anyone who wishes to speak in general public comment. seeing none, we'll move to item two commissioners, comments or questions. seeing none, then item 3 is did boards consideration and a possible adaptation of the minutes of the meeting of april 9, 2014. >> any addition or corrections a motion to adapt the minutes we have a motion to adapt seeing none, commissioner fung. commissioner hwang is absent and commissioner president lazarus and commissioner honda the minutes are passed by a motion of 4 to zero we'll call the first appeal. david those good vs. the entertainment commission on stuart street for the proposal grant to a gentleman a place of entertainment permit their hours are up to 2:00 a.m. on if i and saturday nights. we'll start with the appellant please step forward. you have 7 manipulates to present your case >> hello good afternoon i'm david with the tenan

hwang joon-kook met with his u.s. counterpart glyn davies and his counterpart for north korean issues, junichi ihara. last month they conducted a series of rocket and missile tests. they included the launch of two ballistic missiles believed to be capable of reaching most parts of japan. leaders in pyongyang have threatened to carry out what they call a new form of nuclear test. >> translator: if north korea goes ahead with another nuclear test, that will be a direct challenge to the international community. >> hwang said officials will keep exploring ways to restore talks aimed at ending the north's nuclear program. >>> the lead researcher of a high profile study on a new type of stem cell has filed an appeal against japan's riken institute. a lawyer representing haruko obokata said her rest was filed on tuesday. obokata is calling on riken officials to re-examine the work. her research was published in january in the british journal "nature." obokata's team announced a method to reprogram mature animal cells into em

seeing none, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the second candidate is victor hwang. come on up. >> good afternoon, members of the rules committee, and members of the public. i do have a slightly modified packet if i can provide that. as to the members of the rules committee, i've met with each of you individually already and hopefully answered all of your questions. so, today what i really wanted to do, i also had a chance to speak with supervisor eric mar who i've known for i think about 15 years. so, today what i wanted to do is really address my remarks partially to the community of advocates who have come out here today and to those who are watching on our video in room 250 and introduce myself to those of you who are new to advocacy and reintroduce myself to friends like joe hadachi who may have forgotten what drives me to serve on the police commission today. i stand before you as a long-time san francisco an, a resident of district 7, a father of three children in the public school system here ~, as a civil rights lawyer for more than 21 years, to ask for your

commissioner president hwang commissioner honda >> thank you. the vote is 5 to zero those minutes are adapted. >> thank you. we have with the president's content going to call item out even if order 6. mike vs. the code for the planning department this is on katrero avenue to the permit to erect a building 77 unit with a mixed be building with ground floor area. so we'll start with the appellant >> excuse me. i have a conflict recuse me, please. >> so you have 7 minutes to present our case. >> before my time spoke i believe you spoke to commissioner lazarus about a continuance she e-mailed me and everyone two members but not the former appellants can't make it by 515 to jean and another person can't be here. so juan was coming from a water commission in sacramento and flying out later this evening and jean had another meeting i had 10 e-mails from ms. gold's steno to ask if it could be rescheduled so i thought one thing would cancel but not everything. it's important to my community that they provide comments it's not all my story yeah. i humbly

commissioner hwang is absent.ommissioner president lazarus and the commissioner honda is reused and there's no further business. before the board this evening we are ♪ ? an incredible program because we take regular kids teach them the love of the game. we have no emphasis on winning we only have an emphasis on learning and trying as hard as they can that's it and the chips fall where they may. when students leave our program whether or not adults or kids they'll have a mechanical understanding of what they have. you don't have to be 7 feet tall or be super faster but you do need skwil. once you teach kids how to have control over the tennis courts they'll master. please invest >> okay sorry for the delay this is the meeting of the san francisco recreation and park commission would the secretary call roll. >> commissioner low. sxhafs. commissioner mcdonnell and commissioner levitan is in route just a few reminders if you have electronics please these off at this point. and also, if you going to have a secondary ex

commissioner hwang is absent.ommissioner president lazarus and the commissioner honda is reused and there's no further business. before the board this evening we are thursday, april 10, 2014, idle to voices the members of the audience kind and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. irving at this point commissioner president wu. commissioner fong. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya you commissioners first on your calendar is items for continuance. formula retail controls informational presentation is proposed actually may 44 e 24, 2014 items a b requests for discretion review is proposed for continuance until may first, 2014 and a variance is tail proposed for continuance actually april 23rd which is the next wednesday variance hearing the reason for the separation the dr is going to be withdrawn but if not, we're continuing that matter out. commissioners hale that's all i have for continuance

commissioner president hwang commissioner honda. thank you.he vote is 5 to zero and the rehearing requests are denied >> break. >> week to the wednesday, april 9, 2014, of the san francisco board of appeals. we're now calling item 5 appeal. jeffrey kelly vs. the department of building inspection with the planning department approval protesting the oirnsz on june to rec and park department of a demolition permit to demolish one story restaurant type of building application. so we will start with the appellant i have 7 minutes >> madam president and ma'am, vice president and commissioners we appealed the deponent convenience station because it's character and historical importance. the w pa structure is an asset to our neighborhood the arts commission has yet to approve the design and no sequa was performed. if a sequa had been done we wouldn't be her now. the similar structures at the stern grove and the playground are prove of the preservation and rec and park department has stated the structure is in poor condition yet has shown no proof. thi

commissioner president hwang commissioner lazarus. commissioner honda. thank you. the vote is 4 to 1 this permit is upheld on that basis. we'll call our last item appeal. for kenneth vs. the city and it's on thud avenue protesting the ownerships on 2012 to non-associates to add one bath at the attic level and to approve the application attic sprinkler under a separate issue. >> good evening president lazarus i'm appealing the permit application. at 715, 22nd avenue part of the brief talks about the concerns about the quality active factors we would have express if there was notification or some type of communication if the permit holder we had no idea of until we saw it being built. we struggled with the decision because we're not wanting to cause any problems but we thought we noted to say something and express our concerns. my main concern after we filled the appeal was the method it was approved. my statements are primarily fact driven so i'm going to be reference a lot of the documents the building plans that were submitted. i first wanted to show the 2013 appl

commissioner hwang is absent. commissioner president lazarus and commissioner honda. okay. that motions carries four to zero thank you. before we move on to group two i wonder if there's anyone in the audience for thorton avenue. since there's a commissioner conflict on that address and with that commissioner leaving for the conflict we'll only have 3

commissioner hwang is absent. commissioner president lazarus and commissioner honda. okay. that motions carries four to zero thank you. before we move on to group two i wonder if there's anyone in the audience for thorton avenue. since there's a commissioner conflict on that address and with that commissioner leaving for the conflict we'll only have 3 board members present i wanted to ask the appellant to have that matter continued so we'll have four board members here or have that hearing tonight with 3 board members. just fill out the picture. if there are 3 votes we'll automately hold it over >> step forward. >> at&t will leave this to the discretion of the board we'll be happy to have this appeal heard by the 3 members who aren't recused this evening and we'll be fine to come back, however, the board feels most appropriate. >> so i think we'll just leave it and precede with group two this is the 1205 i don't work street and 1201 york street and 79 lions street we'll start with the appellant with 5 minutes to address this group. >> thank you. i apologize i'm going to be

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> commissioner honda and commissioner honda that motion carries four to zero we're we'll move on to group be 3, 194 randall street and the next at the 210 randall street and next on ralph street and next on buchanan street we'll once again begin with the appellant you have 5 more minutes. >> i'm just going to briefly walk through the basis denies. the basis of the hearing officer denial for 194 on randall street he ordered at&t to consultation additional outreach after it was reported it the only site that would meet the technical requirements is the only location. after the appeal the hearing officer did understand on the basis that at&t did not full f fully comply that at&t work with the community the only finding in the record that he used to support that was at&t if provide the names of the attendee did he see prosecute the additional box walk that the department itself attended. and finally on 620 buchanan the hearing officer recommended the denial and work with the association to identify additional sites. i would simply point out under the order

. >> commissioner hwang. >> good evening john from the public works. at&t has suggested in argument in noois the location has been agreed upon. what the department is suggesting in this case specifically is that their definition of the community that agreed to it is not the community as a whole as was stated earlier in many cases and it was in our brief that in many cases at the beginning of the application process identified multiple locates and this was be irresponsibly contemplated you provide the notification to all the locations we get all the feedback from everyone that maybe impacted if there are outlooks we get the input from all the community members that are impacted and make a determination and find the least impactable location. this are 5 locations where at&t could have engaged the community where they could have provided additional notification in any cases for example, that was discussed internally after the one single site that at&t had they have a box walk where one or more additional locations may have been identified there was nothin

commissioner hwang is absent.ommissioner president lazarus and the commissioner honda is reused and there's no further business. before the board this evening we are ring that someone special. welcome to corona height located in the height of the cast strow district the eye kong bay bridge and on towards the east bay. cone oi shakes park is one the city's best kept secrets on lake twin peaks it's hardly crowded on a day any day you will run into a new lolls and hop on a bus to get there without any parking worries and lolls bring their four-legged fronds run freely with other dogs and a small touch of grass for the small dogs and wild flowers carpet the grasslands keep on the look out nor hawks and ot >> welcome to the san francisco budget & finance committee regular meeting for thursday, april 24, 2014. please be advised that the commission does not permit outbursts of any kind please silence all electronic devices. that may sound off and when speaking before the commission please state your name for the record i

commission hwang, are you finished? >> if you split it to another pole, isn't that a separate permit? >> i think i'd ask you if you have within your jurisdiction to be able to make that as a con dition to your permit. >> that wasn't my primary question, but the -- your diagrams for gaps in the coverage, is that predicated on streaming media and other things that you folks are now offering? >> so -- >> which requires a lot more band width. >> it's really based on the changing customer needs in terms of what customers are using mobile. laptops and , readers and cell phones and smart phones. it's an excess /tkpapbd /tkpapbd /tphapbd on the network. we have been upgrading our system through san francisco, mostly where we put macro facilities -- 9 panel and 12 panel. there are these areas in san francisco without service or compromised service so this is an opportunity to be able to do that with a different type of technology. >> okay. you call my question to the appellants related to their depiction of the boxes on the pole