i moved to the area about a year and a half ago. i am a former police officer. i only bring that up to let everyone in the room know that if anyone will keep a watchful eye and one is going on in the community, it will be me. i can really tell you which martinis -- which of our opponents are drinking martinis one after the other. there is a lot that goes on in a neighborhood. i live and my biggest concern about the neighborhood is never noise from the restaurant itself. as odd as that may sound. it is actually the muni buses that come by every 10 minutes. you hear more of from those than you do of bar noises. on occasion, you will hear the loud cheers. the pictures that we see our extraordinary days in which we have had march madness. we have the world series. it is surprising to me that we have to go through the same thing over and over again. buses do not pull up and stop in front of the brickyard every day. we do not have them congregating at the brickyard every day. the noise, i have heard things like deafening. i would probably be the first one to complain,

commissioner caen: i would like to move. vice president moran: is there a sudden? i will seconded. collins' favor? any opposed? the measure carries. -- all in favor? we need three votes, not a majority but the majority of the commission. commissioner courtney: i would like to move that we carry the item over. vice president moran: we can have a motion to move to continue it. opposed? it carries, said that will be continued to a future meeting. -- so that will be continued. secretary housh: item 12, the discussion possible action to approve the plans and specifications and award water and a prize water system approved a program funded a contract, the calaveras dam replacement project, a joint venture to construct a new earth and rock fill dam to replace existing calaveras dam in alameda county and perform project-related work in santa clara county. >> commissioners, and julie -- i am julie labonte. sometimes we get complacent, and we get a lot of approvals, but it is good to sit back. but we were very pleased with receiving five bids on this key projects. the lowest bid turned out t

tightly, i believe the eir is complete and accurate, and i think it is solid in its basic position, and i moved and we approve it. >> second. >> i was about to move it, but it has already been moved. >> on the motion to certify the eir. [calling votes] so moved that the motion passes unanimously, 7-0. i will now place you under your 5:00 and regular calendar for items a, b, c, d, and e for the executive who general plan amendments and to design guidelines. >> i am not snyder of the department's staff. before your are -- i am matt snyder of the department staff. the proposed amendments are to enable the transformation of the office park portion of this site into an excuse predominate neighborhood. there are five factions before you tonight. the approval is to allow development but to not approve actual projects. we have been before you to provide information. on march 17, we gave the history on the proposed general plan amendments. we are here before you to discuss the planning code amendments and design guidelines. we have also asked the land committed to provide an additional orientation. we s

if i move now, i will get sick. i'm pregnant." there is a volunteer.hink he was sensing there was going to be trouble or something. ms. hamilton, she got up and took his seat. "officer, i did not know it was the law. that is not what the city ordinance said." "get up. get out." "i paid my fare. it is my constitutional right." next thing i know, they were dragging me off the bus, dragging me to the police car. [inaudible] "what is wrong with this black? we need to take her to jail." "no, no, no!" next thing i know, they were taking my photographs and fingerprints. dan, i was locked behind this -- then, i was locked behind this cell. two weeks later, people were outraged. women could not believe it -- a child drug off a bus? violated segregation law, but they dropped two of the charges because i think they thought we were trying to challenge the case, take it higher. [inaudible] he actin' crazy. i just stopped looking people in the eye and kept to myself. felt like an outsider. i don't want to be humiliated. [inaudible] [applause] >> that is the piece th

i mean, i know why i moved.oved initially so the kids could keep a relationship and i could kind of keep a relationship with louie and then whatever else happened besides that, but i mostly moved to, for me. >> reporter: louie is the baby that bullock and james were adopting when the scandal broke. she later adopted him by herself. does sunny get to see sandra? do you get to see louie? >> no. i've never seen louie since everything happened, so -- a year. >> reporter: and sunny hasn't seen -- >> seen her a couple of times but that's it. pretty much no contact at all for several months. >> reporter: so, it was here in austin that jesse james started to write about her painful journey. his tough, early life in long beach. his three marriages. about how a welder became one of the most famous names, first in the world of motorcycles, then in hollywood. his new memoir is titled "american outlaw." >> i'm a firm believer that everything in life comes good or bad to teach us some kind of lesson. a marriage ending. all th

cicilline: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, madam chair. i rise in opposition to the amendment and in defense of our nation's seniors who are really under attack and why is that? because the current republican budget proposal passed by this house and up for senate consideration pulls the rug out from underneath our seniors. it ends medicare by making huge cuts in benefits and putting insurance companies in charge of our seniors' health care, letting insurance decide what treatment and what tests our seniors will receive. under the republican plan medicare will end, will not only impact our seniors, but it limb pact the family members of our -- it will impact the family members of our seniors who are will now have those responsibilities. it will reopen the doughnut hole, making it more expensive for our seniors to get their prescriptions, the prescriptions they need to keep them healthy. and under their plan, they will slash the s

cicilline: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, madam chair. i rise in opposition to the amendment and in defense of our nation's seniors who are really under attack and why is that? because the current republican budget proposal passed by this house and up for senate consideration pulls the rug out from underneath our seniors. it ends medicare by making huge cuts in benefits and putting insurance companies in charge of our seniors' health care, letting insurance decide what treatment and what tests our seniors will receive. under the republican plan medicare will end, will not only impact our seniors, but it limb pact the family members of our -- it will impact the family members of our seniors who are will now have those responsibilities. it will reopen the doughnut hole, making it more expensive for our seniors to get their prescriptions, the prescriptions they need to keep them healthy. and under their plan, they will slash the s

where i moved to where i did, i'm very happy with where we are. >> how are you doing? i am -- i live three blocks away on lombard. i have three points to make. one, it is about the economy, which i think there was about 30 vacancies a few years back on union street, and we were in "the new york times" about such a downturn, and we have brought new businesses in. we have restaurants to be allowed to flourish, and i think there are maybe only 10 vacancies now, and it is definitely getting better, but i do not think we are out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination. the metropolitan area was just voted i think top-10 economy's going in the wrong direction by "forbes," and with the 10% or so and in climate rate, but i think it is about the economy and trying to generate small- business, and it is for this restaurant in this business. there are days when there is a colorado-buffalo football game, and people come in for that, but in general, i hang out there sometimes, and there are 20 people. one is about the economy. two is the opposition is very disingenuous for t

i wanted to move to california. he theater is iffy, and i needed steady work, and i needed that job so badly. i think i lost 10 pounds at the same time. tavis: do you recall how you got past that stage of being so frightened? >> i do not think i ever had it again. carl reiner, being a genius, and that group fell together from the beginning. i have never had so much fun in my life. tavis: the you imagine there is anything else in life you could have done if you had not been so lucky in show business? what else might event i have done? >> i would have starved to death every day what else might and the van dyke region what else -0 -- what else might you have done? >> i would have starved to death. i like being a kid all my life. >> when you see your work all these years later, what goes through your mind? what did you think when you see yourself singing and dancing? tavis: i just remembered -- >> i just remember how much fun i was having at the time. it never was to work. it was like going to a party every day. it was a

call. >> i want to identify if you have a proper quorum for the minute you're trying to approve. >> i move to approve the minutes of may 10th. >> second. >> any public comment? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> number 3, report from the executive director. >> good evening, commissioners. quickly, i wanted to update you on ab74, previously called the rave safety act. i attached to this memo the latest version that was amended on may 11th of this bill and now it is called the concert and music festival act. basically, this is a bill that requires any state facility seeking to hold an event with an expected attendance of over 10,000 people to create an event action plan which include specific permission considering health and public safety and law enforcement concern. this is fairly short. you can read it if you are inclined. commissioner mako, can you update the commission. -- commissioner meko. there has been a request made by supervisor wiener to amend code section 1070 which is a police code section that we work with regarding extended hours permits. he is asking the city attorney to dra

but anyway, i strongly think we need to move and move quickly. thank you. supervisor mar: supervisor chiu? >> so i've called all the cards. if there's anybody else at the last minute that would like to speak, please come forward. >> i am a parkmerced tenant since 1993. i opoem 100% the parkmerced project. the only acceptable alternative for me is the no-project alternative option. both the merced project will cause irrersable damage to my health, to my family's health and to the health of the entire community but the enormous amount of toxic contaminants that will will released through the airplane by such a massive demolition and construction if this plan is approved. the c.d. is going to create a nightmare for years to come and environmental disaster that will last for three decades and will affect the physical and mental health of thousands of people by the level of decontamination tall be produced by the developer. not only on the site but in the surrounding area. please help us save our community. vote know -- no to this project. thank you very much. >>

i do not think we have a quorum to move on that. herwise, i would move that we approve the other 2 the rosettes of minutes. -- the other two sets of minutes. >> i was here on the 22nd, but not on the 12th. could we take those one at a time? the minutes of march 22. president newlin: public comment? no public comment on the april 12, or march 22? >> i am calling the roll. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> march 22. vice chair joseph: move to approve april 12. >> i can't do some house. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: i cannot vote on this. president newlin: i. >> i move to continue the minutes of april 26. vice chair joseph: i second. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> those are continued. president newlin: item 3, report from the executive director. >> good evening, commissioners. i would like

i will move that amendment. >> any public comment on this? >> is there a second is what you're supposed to say. >> i guess i can seconded and ask a question. >> yes. >> i am just wondering if in terms of the process and public review, having to deal with the citizen advisor board, is this something that we are going to have to now hold off on the approval so that we have to go through a process? >> no, either tid or ttma will need to prepare an update on what is actually happening with transportation, the bridge, the bus, the ferry, all of those things, and how those impacts compare to what they are projecting. so we can see we are doing as well as we hoped for better -- hoped, or better, or worse, and then make adjustments, or successors down the road will make adjustments. >> i have a question for staff about that. what i could do or what the impact of some of the results could be. is it possible to revise the parking ratios? no. i guess i'm trying to understand what the significance -- >> obviously there would be changes to the service, cha

>> i moved down here about four years ago from washington. i am coming from the same kind of industry, a locally-owned a pet food store. i was able to walk in, looking for dog food, finding my own little niche. i had a conversation with the owner and found a job a week later. i can't think our small businesses enough for providing such a fulfilling opportunity for me to be part of the city, to be connected with the castro merchants association. we are the people who really get to know your dog or cat. we know their names. we know their favorite treats. we know the ways they like to be packed. we are the people who buy and the city together, mickey unique, and help our neighborhoods have some kind of unique characteristics that define them. neighborhoods have the chance to define themselves. i am really thankful to be a part of that. i want to make sure that will continue. there is no way i could find such a fulfilling chance at employment and advancement, and the ability to make money, to be part of the city, in a larger corporation like that.

i will move to continue it. >> and i'll second it. >> ok. >> may i -- >> very good. ok. any public comment on that? none. ok. item number five. police department comments and questions. officer mathias, welcome. >> good evening. steve mathias from central station. i had a few incidents over the weekend. i will just kind of go into the major ones. there was a stabbing incident at 2:23 a.m. may 22. a large crowd and people fighting in the street near the condor club. police activated sirens to disperse the crowd. seven officers responded. within moments a victim came up and approached the officers that he had been stabbed. the officers checked him out and called the ambulance for him and saw that he had been stabbed three times. three-inch also a nation the left arm and a laceration in the and and a laceration in the upper left thigh. the victim was extremely uncooperative. he could not say what the person looked like and where he went. the person ended up going to hospital in the ambulance. the condor club assisted with allowing the officers look at their surveillance cam

i'm talking about i move this action for approval. you take the roll. i vote aye then i have to leave, but there still remains a quorum. that's being here present and voting. >> i think, as i understand it, we have a quorum. >> i have to leave. >> you have to leave as well. >> you have to leave, so -- >> ok. so that was the question. i didn't hear about your time limit. >> i have to leave at 6:00, but i could make it till 6:15, but, you know -- >> ok. >> i just feel that we have not even touched on the role of p.u.c. and this project on treasure island. we haven't even talked about it yet. so i have questions in that regard. >> how many other items do we still have to consider besides this? >> several. well, you know, my suggestion would be that we continue the other agenda items as it gets later and later. >> this doesn't preclude us from holding a special meeting next week, if we have to. >> right, a special meeting. >> correct. >> you can have a special meeting on this particular item. i believe the deadline for an appeal to be filed is tomorrow. so o

we have a motion to continue. >> i move to continue. >> seconded. >> ok. item number seven. commissioner's comments and questions. commissioners? >> just that i completed the line of the san francisco pride this year, we sandra bernhard, linda perry's new band which is deep, dark robots. if anybody doesn't know linda perry, she was part of four nonblondes and has recently written and produced music for acts like pink. it is going to be a very full, complete and interesting stage. i invite you all there sunday june 26 from noon on. thank you. >> public comment on the commission 're's comments? no? item number eight. new business requests for future agenda items. commissioners? >> good evening, commissioners. i just want to let you know that on june 14, we are -- 401 broadway in san francisco, i will come before you for broadway billiards academy and we went through land use, planning commission with no opposition. there was a lot of outreach done because of the nature to have broadway corridor and there were -- of the broadway corridor and there were 13 letters of support and

i work in this city a few days a week. i'm considering moving to san francisco at the end of the year. i am here because i have experience with the fbi. in 2002, i was the national director of an education fund. i move from the san francisco beria to washington to do civil rights work. i did that for three years and i serve on the national board of the aclu. i am not representing either organization today. during my tenure, i trained 7000 law enforcement officials, including the fbi, the joint task force, and others. we did some of this work under the department justices community relations service. when a train on the issues, a key factor was trust between me as a trainer and the law enforcement officials that were there to learn about how to culturally, competently work with our communities. there were specifics mentioned in the presentation. within the muslim community, the case in l.a., the muslim public affairs council and many others worked with the fbi for a year on that one case. it reduced and eliminated funds that have been built over

i feel that having koko cocktails move to polk street would be making a safer. i appreciate having them there to support me and protect me, because i know they would protect me. thank you. >> commissioners, my name is jennifer. i am here on behalf of the polk district merchants association. we have met numerous times with glory and have received the project and it has are unanimous support. we look forward to having koko cocktails in their new location. president olague: just please come up to the mic. >> hi, my name is heather, and i live two blocks from the proposed business. i am in support of the move. bars have a rich history of being a community meeting places that goes back to the days of the roman empire. it has always been where people come together. the bar that they currently run, koko cocktails, continues this tradition, been the cornerstone of the committee. they have post-it weddings, work mixers, literary readings, and a myriad of community events that have enriched the lives of countless people who live and work in the neighborhood. when i needed

i going to do? my daughter had to move in because she lost her job. when i explained that he was going to be moving into a brand new apartment much more energy efficient, water efficient and all of that, he was very happy. i'm sure that there are many people in the residents who do not understand because they have been misled by misinformation. one of the things i think is important about these hearings is that good information comes out from people like michael varney and some of the union people, the people who support the plan. so i urge you to support it. thank you very much. supervisor mar: please do not yell out from the awed yelps. next speaker. >> good afternoon, danny campbell with sheet metal workers 104. this is a good project. it is a smart project. time to get this off the drawing table. time to break ground. the city needs this, and the community does. you have heard before we don't -- if we don't do anything now with the traffic situation, we know it is going to get worse. but this project addresses that and a lot of other factors, too.

move to roll call? one special commendation that i will offer. if we could move to roll call. >> you are first on a roll call for introductions. supervisor wiener: thank you. i am calling for a hearing related to the epw order issuing the excavation permits on public rights of way. i think we have all gone through the last number of months with ceqa and the at&t boxes. even though we have a better street plan, even though we have an order dealing with this, we put utility boxes and other items on our sidewalk. we do not really have a really great coordination among our city departments. protector late, ordinations that dovetail with these items with our better streets plan. i am requesting that the department of public works, the mta and the planning department come talk about what kind of system we have in place. this is in terms of making sure we are maintaining our streetscaping and public rights of way and whether legislation is appropriate to achieve that goal. >> thank you. supervisor farrell: thank you, madam clark. just one in memoriam tod

i would be glad to move next to the current location. if you are familiar with the current location, it was a bad area and now it's much safer than before. i have a father-in-law lives with me who is 67 years old but who likes his peace and quiet. i would be more than glad to move him next to koko's. i am a little nervous and not good at public speaking, but as a business owner and president of san francisco, i more than glad to be here to support them. president olague: thank you. >> i just wanted to touch on a couple of things and bring them to your attention because i think are important. the positive impact on the community is a real positive impact. as a resident of geary street, i saw what it was like to be in the neighborhood and it is obviously quite a bit better. i would like to say something about the owners and the patrons. they are not necessarily a rowdy drunks, it is more of a creative and professional atmosphere. people come there to talk about and facilitate things that have a positive impact on the community. thank you. p

i am in phase one, and i will be one of the first people to move out. i don't want to particularly live in a high rise apartment. however, i think that each one of us, everyone, has a responsibility beyond our individual lives. i think the park merced plan speaks to that responsibility. san francisco needs housing. san francisco needs affordable housing especially on the west side of the city. san francisco needs, as well as the earth needs, environmental development. and this plan is a very sustainable plan. high density urban housing near transportation is becoming the best development for sustainable living. san francisco needs economic development. the jobs that will be provided, the construction jobs, the electrical jobs, the union jobs. i have talked to my neighbors as well. i have a neighborhood who was scared to death. they are going to tear down my apartment. what am i going to do? my daughter had to move in because she lost her job. when i explained that he was going to be moving into a brand new apartment much more energy efficient, water effi