i hope you're prepared to step in. after watching all the great presentations from our side i can't imagine that the a l j would come back with the decision to support the ride shares i hope you guys are ready >> (calling names). >> thank you. carl speaking for myself i'm not an orientation. i want to thank the doctor the city does need more cabs we're seeing 15 hundred illegal operators and the drivers are not making intuitive money. i want to thank two others for their support. a lot of us are surprised we're looking at illegal cars that are operating as taxi. and if 2 hundred thousand madalinas can be issued in the next two years i hope this group is ready to do battle with the law judge and the vehicles are going to be legal listed i want to say we disagree with the issues. there are 3 hundred and 70 madalinas coming out. i would promote 50 more single operators to be given permits some of the older drivers some of them should have gotten the mcintelligence. of the remaining madalinas i hope many of the half priced

would ask for an immediate request for research > in the past when we say no more than a million i hope we only spend exactly what is needed. i know it can be very expensive i don't want to say that's not the enemy that was needed. i know that budget is a choice but given all the needs and priorities of our city especially given the numbers of people that i believe the library serves on a daily routine. i do not want to limit the services of the library we have incredible needs of people from our city >> thank you. i want to speak out in support of the lease. definitely the renovation and the lawsuit kind of impacts what we can say in this situation. i think as supervisor farrell said the consulting report was helpful in understanding the situation. i used the library before the earthquake and i've used the memory relay building as well. i want them to have great space but the reality see we have to renovate that building and it's going to cost 3 times more than the current space. from the consultants report and was mr. updike and our city administrator reported there's going to be bett

i hope i fund our program >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. we back again with the inner city youth we're talking about create save streets for our children. we're trying to do violence intervention. without intervention we wouldn't were going to help kids get out of trouble we need the invention intervention programs. we want some of the youth to say - >> my name is i didn't. we clean up around the neighborhood and that's basically, it. we've got studio time >> i'm michael and for the past 3 years we clean up in the community and meet imply people. there are times i met people i never thought i could go. i thank the program for being here >> thank you >> i'm with the center for the wellness. i'm here to support the family and urge you to restore the funding for the girls. bay view hunters family has provided a safe haven for girls to be future leaders in the community. they - we need the reextortion of fund because they're the most at risk through the trauma in their homes and community. once in a while i urge you to restore the program to th

and i hope our next principal will always put the students of lake shore first as miss keener has done. i appreciate your time. thank you. >> hi, my name is vicki and i am a parent of a second grader at lake shore. i am a single mother so honestly, i didn't pay much attention to what was going on at the school. all i knew was that lindsey was a great principal whenever i had an issue which wasn't often, she always responded effectively. when there was a problem with my son called me right away. we worked it out. it seemed like a very civilized process and it was ongoing. so that instance alone showed me that miss keener not only cared, but that she worked closely with the teachers who were willing to work with her. so i would like to move the discussion forward. i do echo david's view that i don't really know what the district was thinking when they just blindly -- i don't know what happened. whether they put the heat on her and asked her to resign or what happened, but it's caused a lot of pain in our community. many people, parents and kids are suffering. we try to keep it from the k

it's an incredible plays but i think that most people have moved in a certain type of direction and i hope we can provided some guidance when we move and design some space. to not just attorneys but individuals who want to engage in the legal process >> i have concerns about last year for the tenants before we release the funds will this come before we spend the dollars? >> john upper dining. yes, it would come before we spend the dollars. so the landlords commits to spend the money and then be regirder for those improvements that add improvements to - we're estimating there's a million dollars of both improvements and, of course, the actual costs to move the facilitated those are our expenses but we would ask for an immediate request for research > in the past when we say no more than a million i hope we only spend exactly what is needed. i know it can be very expensive i don't want to say that's not the enemy that was needed. i know that budget is a choice but given all the needs and priorities of our city especially given the numbers of people that i believe the library serves on a dail

i hope we can reconsidering funding the ryan white program >> thank you very much. next speaker >> good afternoon. three years ago, i came to san francisco to die. i had $1,500 in my hand and i was going to pay for my cremation. had i not access to services in san francisco i wouldn't be here before you i wouldn't be an active member in the community. i have worked with the aids foundations and i have heard of the pain people had are effected with hiv. if we cut back on the services that gave me life it will take away from lives that are effected by hiv. i'm here to speak on behalf of the latinos because of their inability to speak and be heard. if you cut back on the information or education any kit backs that are made on the steps of progress we'll have to regress back to the 1980s and 90s and start seeing people die again. i'm here to plead and ask for your help. without those services i would not be here before i and be of service to the community i'm a fighter for civil rights and i seriously hope you'll reconsider and take this is to the mayor >> thank you very

i hope you're prepared to step in. after watching all the great presentations from our side i can't imagine that the a l j would come back with the decision to support the ride shares i hope you guys are ready >> (calling names). >> thank you. carl speaking for myself i'm not an orientation. i want to thank the doctor the city does need more cabs we're seeing 15 hundred illegal operators and the drivers are not making intuitive money. i want to thank two others for their support. a lot of us are surprised we're looking at illegal cars that are operating as taxi. and if 2 hundred thousand madalinas can

so i hope that the d c y f reconsiders thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi i'm kimberly i'm currently a senior i'm the president of the adopt an alleyway i have been in the youth program for had years. i've had a lot of use physical workshop. some of them helped me to learn a lot more about colleges. i've learned a lot about the chinatown community. in the adopt an alleyway when we bring seniors to different places we help. we did alleyway clean up and put things to work better. i helped planned events. this is really important to me i learned a lot of new skills. even though i'm graduating this year i hope the funds will continue. i have grown so much in the program. thank you >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm with the china development center. for over 20 years we've been developing leaders. our goal is to foster the social responsibility of our youth that the youth helped design. our youth leadership program began with 8 youth who saw a better need for the alleyways. sing then argue i did not recollect program has grown

i was hoping that others could be here today. i think it's important that tech companies who want to partner on this and give us feedback. it not to call them out and say hey, we are investing in your companies, it's really to say how can we help you hire our folks because we are asking to you do it and we have these federal funds and let's make sure we are targeting the helpful ways to get this going. the last thing i will say. it's been great to work with rhonda and sitting down with sf city. it's gray on a personal level, it's great to work with rhonda's shop, i remember when i was a youth organizer and i also want to recognize the good work that you are doing. we are giving the feedback on what we would like to see better. i have also visited all the other places. i want to see a deeper penetration into the neighborhoods that are harder to get access to. you know i visited our tech companies and this is not a dig at them but you can see when you walk in, the lack of diversity. i see very few african americans, i see very few l

i hope that's not the case. once we're on the underlying bill, the first amendment as i've caughted will be on a substitute compromised background check proposal offered by senators manchin, toomey, kirk, and schumer. i thank the senators for working on this issue. i'm hopeful we'll be able to debate and vote on a umi -- on a number of amendments by senators. i also respect those who want to weaken the laws that now exist. they have a right to try to do that. but, mr. president, three soldiers -- miranda, christian, and heath -- and florence, who was not a soldier but was one of those killed, and they deserve some attention. there are seven people that were hurt by the spring of these bullets. and those that were killed. that was a terrible day in carson city, and they, each one of them, deserve a thoughtful debate and they deserve votes. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: today the senate will vote on whether to invoke cloture on proceeding to s. 649. i wil

i do hope that we will be able to consider both legislations at the same time. i know that our legislation came several months later after supervisor wiener had introduced his. and i just wanted to say that actually i was fairly reluctant to kind of enter into the ceqa reform discussion for many of the reasons that have already been expressed by members of the public. but i think after many folks and parties in this room engaged in the outreach process that supervisor wiener's office had put forward, that there were just a different perspective that people felt was really needed to be put forward in this policy making process and they wanted that perspective to be put out. and, so -- and these also include individuals that i've probably frustrated in the past through many other appeals where we stood on other side to reach out to each other. i feel it important of how we perform ceqa to could be represented so there could be die lag and debate how the final reform should look like. so, that is my comments for today and i hope there will be support for a motion to

i hope you will all kick that may - >> thank you. next speaker >> i have been a resident in san francisco for over 20 years. i think we need less development in the city not more. >> are there any other members of the public who wish to comment? seeing none, public commit is closed. supervisor chu as offered several amendments which are before us. in addition i mentioned a understanding at the beginning to talk about the importance of sequa and how, of course, this legislation is not about amendment or changing and i ask we all the time that in as well. president chiu >> a couple of comments. i want to thank everyone for their feedback. to continue to further discussion i'd like to over amendments and i'm fine with either approach or duplicating the file and putting it as another version so the public has noticeable i'm happy for either approach. a couple questions and i'm happy to get feedback after this session. i hear controversial discussion about a section and by and large both supervisors can versions can significantly all the t

i hope i have the strength for one more. you deserve a special treat. hmm, chocolates. caramel.wants you to call him. it's important. you going to call? maybe it's too late to call him back. maybe not? i guess i'll call him. i'm sorry to put my nose into your business, but that's the way i am. i think you're going to have to make up your mind about these brothers. we don't want history to repeat itself, do we? i know what i have to do. i know you do. mmm? yeah. narrator: rebecca's friend bill reflects on the story. i definitely do not belong in a library. too quiet... too serious... like rebecca. she is a serious person. thomas: you can take incompletes and repeat your courses next semester or you could study like mad and go for it. i'd like to try to take the exams. well, i do admire your spirit. i want to get her to lighten up a little, so i asked her to come with me to the moles audition. you know, get her nose out of the books. getting out there is part of learning. ( rock music playing ) he's tied up right now. wait outside. but rebecca only has one thing on her mind-- her

>> i hope not. >> i don't think so. it's just a car.can mend. >>> who needs sticks when you have nunchucks? >> if the video is proof, she can play the drums and whoop your >>> so many strange sights on russian roads. good thing there are dashcams. there's a car pulling up and a military figure standing there. there's a convoy of tanks crossing the road. this one has difficulty making the turn. jamming on the brakes. the tank isn't turning. this is the funniest part. runs into utility pole, bin k. that's it. one of the comments says the steering clutch jammed meaning that one of the tracks couldn't turn. it jammed and all the tank could do was go straight. the driver was trying to unjam it a couple times. >> if you are caught in this traffic jam, wouldn't you think these are the guys trying to keep us safe? >> luckily it didn't take down a pole and electricity and bring down wires. i love that moment. dink. >>> this right here is something we would never experience if it weren't for the go pro. what you have is a famous air show pilot kn

i hope that you can resolve this in a reasonable amount of time. if i were president of the board, i would say it could be done in two or three weeks. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good evening, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm a contractor/developer. supervisor wiener, i'd like to thank you for bringing this forward. i've been developing buildings here in the city for the last 20 years and this has just been going on and on. the one thing we want to, when we have finished the process, the approval process, we do not want ceqa to continue afterwards because as a developer, we see that as a way of prolonging and delaying the project. can he westbound in the middle of construction at this stage. we can have three sides addendums. we can be halfway through framing the building and that type of stuff. we have to find a way, and i think 30 days appeal process and the first approval process to appeal it is a good system. you know, we can appeal to the board of supervisors or to the board of appeals in 15 days. nobody has

my hope was just fail, you know everyday i was hoping and praying that i would get out. my story would be not just heard because the story was heard, somebody would believe me and not look at where i come from and my bad character and understand that i didn't commit the crime. so hope to me was like it was overwhelming and every time i got in contact with somebody that i thought could help me or even interest in my case there was hope. if i can write a letter to a person and they can listen and read my letter that was hope to me that maybe they can react and even write me back. so in prison, it was like, without hope in prison, and without, i wanted to say something. i jumped around. i want to say, jeff, the public defenders office was something that really helped me because it was jeff that opened the door to my investigation and to the office in san francisco for innocent project. i was one of the persons that was able to get lawyer from that innocent project but then not having a lawyer for a time, the project and his office had to let it go because they had too many

i hope your efforts to - i hope you will continue to help the people whose efforts need you. this is the classic san francisco stereotype developer bad - community good that were in the 6 cases i've been involved with this is the city of san francisco attempting to make his residence. and a small amount of individuals have been adding money and time to the project. a million dollars in legal costs almost 3 years of delays while the community waited for a project they very much said. i hope the political insiders who use sequa to yield power over their communities that sequa won't derail this project. please remind us in those debates we don't have the power but we look to you for the power to help things stay balanced. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker >> supervisors david. the rooms tenants association we support supervisor kim's legislation. we support it among other reasons because it's superior noting requirement. and show more respect for historic buildings. we were blind sited by the installation of two humanely signs on the post office recently. this is a

(applause) this morning you will hear from several great speakers and i hope that you are all ready forantastic conference. there's a lot to get from today. i want to be brief and move things along. mayor ed lee could not be here this morning but he is very excited about this event and prepared a welcome via video. now the honorable mayor of the city and county of san francisco mayor ed lee. >>: hello. i'm mayor ed lee. it is my pleasure to welcome you to san francisco and the first of its kind, zero graffiti international conference. san francisco is proud to be the innovation capital of the world because we believe that finding solutions to graffiti vandalism or to solve any other challenges is driven by how successful the we embrace and encourage innovation. we continuously seek out ways to leverage new technologies, reduce cost, find efficiencies, and create meaningful public/private order 68 in the cities unification efforts. the thing today, zero graffiti for a beautiful city is one whole world can embrace. i hope that you are inspired today and throughout the conference to exchan

i hope your efforts to - i hope you will continue to help the people whose efforts need you.his is the classic san francisco stereotype developer bad - community good that were in the 6 cases i've been involved with this is the city of san francisco attempting to make his residence. and a small amount of individuals have been adding money and time to the project. a million dollars in legal costs almost 3 years of delays while the community waited for a project they very much said. i hope the political insiders who use sequa to yield power over their communities that sequa won't derail this project. please remind us in those debates we don't have the power but we look to you for the power to help things

she wrote something that i think summarizes what i had hoped to do and hope against hope gt ere better than i ever ul ewrote, "when i settle into a place listening and watching, i don't try to fool myself that the stories of individuals are themselves arguments. i just believe that better arguments may be even better policies yet formulated when we know more about ordinary lives," and i think if there's a single aspiration that led me to reporting, specifically, it's that one. sometimes journalism changes policy for the better in specific and concrete ways, but i think there's something to be said for journalism that permanently complicated or momentarily interrupts our understanding of the world we live in, and i can't say that all or even most of the writing that i've done accomplishedded that goal, but it's something to aspire to as least. before i go further, i want to thank the people who let me writabttheir lives, particularly, lip stuart, her mother, mary lori, the principal of the high school, and aiden kelly, teacher and administration at zion academy. it was not just eye open

the permits and try to apply the grandfather clause so when it comes up again i will be present and i hope i would have the support of the commissioners. thank you sir. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else that would like to make general public comment on item 10? seeing none this item is closed. we are now on item 11 which is closed session. conference with legal counsel. anyone that would like to make public comment on item 11? public comment is closed. commissioners, we do need to vote whether to hold closed session so i need a motion and a second. >> moved. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. so moved. >> >> closed session. >> motion not to disclose. seconds. >> moved and seconded. all in favor? so moved. >> great. thank you. we are on item 12. commissioners matters. commissioners. >> >> i'm sorry commissioner bonilla. >> i am waiting to be called. >> just nodding off here. >> okay. yeah i would like -- because i think we have some questions that were raised on beacon at halter house park because there are questions raised about transparency and i am dumbfounded on who really

i hope it's becoming less true. i was giving -- i wrote a book called "sand box investments," about the importance of preschool, and i was asked to give a talk to a bunch of school board members and superintendents in california, and one school board member says, but, you know, if we're going to make preschool part of the program, how are we going to get the teachers to be as good as our regular teachers? i said, you know, great preschoolteachers are the best teachers in the world. the real question is are they going to be able to teach your teachers how to do a better job teaching? one of those ah-ha moments, and i talked to the superinten didn't who invited me there just last week, and she said, you know, people still talk about that remark. .. city run preschools to create a system. this master teachers and into the kindergartners so now we've got a keener curtains because look more like preschools. so here's a little secret i would share with you folks. good educationists preschool education may developmentally a

i hope you try it. we're having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go down to the food. check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler.com. until next time, may the force be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is welcome and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they've never tried before. be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. >> get ready. and you diet tomorrow. ?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites. san francisco is a foodie town. we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options ar

i hope those conversations are fruitful and we can come to a resolution >> any further discussion in are? >> i think there's a way we can find a resolution that works for everyone involved. the reality is that the city will end up being liable for a expenditure here. i look forward to that conversation >> one other thing i did say this in the budget committee. despite the somewhat contentious nature i think a lot of us have the respect for the public defenders office which they play a critical roll in our justice system but also in the caliber of work that's universally accepted and this is really an issue around the budget and how best to address the current situation. >> with that is there any further discussion? i want to take a moment to recognize the chief assistant who's in our chamber today. without objection this motion will be referred back to the budget committee. item 9 >> it's a financial plan for focus years 2014 through 2018. >> that is one of our if you ever planning tools we're also going to have the 10 year planning on april 10th. last week our finance budget person b

i don't know. i'm very hopeful. i will say this and i hope -- look. the time has come to talk about what we do know. let's be thankful we have spent our tax money to build up the capacity to do this, thankful of a police department, a fire department and public health people. you know, it's fashionable these days for people in my line of work to brag about cut and reduce government. i'm glad they weren't successful. this is an enormously expensive undertaking. large numbers of people and people complaining they're paid too much. well, i hope we have the best possible people. i hope we have people who are the investigators, scientific investigators, personality people who can do this. and i hope they're going to be able to get answers but i don't see how anybody can know right now. >> sir, one thing that was written this morning about "boston globe" column miist and said it's left with an unnerving proposition. a homegrown, lunatic, foreign inspired or sponsored, we'll never feel safe in our own town. i know you said you want to feel optimistic. what's

>> i thought it was a cigarette in england. >> john: i hope you come back. will you come back? >> i do like talking to you. >> john: will you come back? >> for you, i will. president of the catholic league my new bff bill donohue. i'm going to make you go the gay way. i appreciate you being a good sport. >> i appreciate the commentary. >> john: okay. from bill donohue you're not going to believe this. to phil donahue, talking about gay rights. and obama's second term. that's coming up next. >> john: on wtf ohio, we look at an all too familiar story. a republican state legislature blocking a medicaid expansion for no other reason than it was enacted by this guy. that they don't seem to like, named obama. now, as we've noted before, the federal government covers the cost of the expansion for three years and then 90% thereafter. in other words, it is such a great deal that even a republican governor like ohio's john kasich is willing to overlook the deeply disturbing fact that it actually helps people in need and holds his nose while he accepts these funds. but a republican state h

i turned to my friend and she said "i don't know the cars won't stop. just run across and hope that we don't get hit i guess." four weeks ago my best friend was hit and dragged by a car and she died the next day. there have been countless situations of accidents on slope boulevard. it's a street with no stop lights and people go over the speed limit. cars do not yield for pedestrians to cross even though there are yield signs. there are major bus routes including the 23 that frequently interrupt traffic. at night the street is not well lit. it is very busy street and a very dangerous street, a street that fellow students and children from the elementary school must cross everyday. there are too many chances to hit by cars. unfortunately it is not the only street. here in san francisco traffic can be hectic. watching out for pedestrians trying to cross the street is not the driver's top priority and especially slope boulevard that doesn't cars to fully stop. in support of immediate change i hope that pedestrian safety will be a bigger priority because everyone deserves a safe en

it has been hobby whole singly about violence as is impacts the whole country and i hope we take the opportunity the next few weeks as we debe this bill to look for ways to raise that issue and i think they would be very supportive of that. >> schieffer: senator, it seems to me, back when you were in the florida legislature, you were for background checks, for a waiting period before people could purchase a gun. are you now against background changed your m>>d? we-- we-- thw requires background checks. by the way, the florida law also provide for you to have a concealed weapons permit, which means as a concealed weapons permit holder-- which i am-- you undergo a background check. there is no three-day waiting period for you when you go to buy a gun. we should apply that nationally. if you have received a concealed weapons permit from any state in the country, any state should honor that because that means you've undergone a rigorous background check. maybe that can be part of this bill as well. my problem is this-- new england to the issue i raised, which is this debate needs to be ab

>> i hope so. i need to run to treat my dog. will that be legal? >>

i hope you do. emergency room visits involving hydro co don't rose from 38,000 in 2004 to 115,000 in 2010. these drugs are often taken in combination with other drugs and/or alcohol, the most popular being called the holy trinity, combination of hydro cogon with a sedative and muscle relaxant. the current schedule for reclassification for hydro could don't project a false sense among some patients and doctors that they are less potent or less habit forming and less dangerous than paco own painkillers, prescriptions for reschedule can't be called in. you need to see a doctor to get a new prescription after 90 days, no automatic refill. as a result, almost every painkiller is considered a schedule 2 drug for carefully regulated. the most abused narcotics, hydro code known, is missing from that list. we have made -- i am wondering when you will decide this issue and where you think it is going. >> it is an ongoing process. we have an advisory committee sox and important information is discussed and the