of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president chiu: we have been circulated meeting minutes before. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? those meeting minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. items one through three comprise the consent agenda. these items will be acted upon by a single roll-call vote. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. president chiu: those ordinances are passed. critical items four and five. >> item 4 is amending the planning code. item five is an ordinance amending the planning code, article 11, historic preservation. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i want to ask a couple of questions to our planning department. as my colleagues may remember, one of the amendments that we i

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> we have our 2012 board meeting minutes. could i have those motion and seconded. without objection, they are approved. are there any communications? >> there are 9. >> can we go to the agenda. >> items one through 10 comprised the agenda. if there is discussion of a matter is shabby removed and considered separately. >> colleagues roll-call vote. >>supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. >> motion is adopted. >> item 11 is appropriating approximately 6.6 million in salaries in french benefits -- fringe benefits for the projected increases in overtime. >> can we do this same house, same call. >> item 12 is a breeding 327,000 in it -- is 3-appropriating. grex this ordinance is passed. >> item 13, to increase the revolving cache of the apartment building pungent. it cracks -- >> next item. >> appropriating app

republic for which itstands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> i will call roll-call. [roll-call] also with us this evening is the chief of police and this- frankel region 0-- and miss inez franikel. but we have a special presentation tonight, but we will call line items 1 and line item 2. please call item no. 1. >> consent calendar, request of the chief of police intercepted donation of $1,000 for the use of the sfpd mounted unit. >> there is some -- a memo for another donation for our mounted police unit. are there any suggestions or questions regarding that? hearing no public comment, do right here a motion? >> second. >> line item #2, the general public comment. >> the public is welcome to address issues but are not in the agenda that aren't within the jurisdiction of the commission. speakers should address the commission at all whole and not independent commissioners. neither police or commissioners are required to respond but they provide a brief response. please limit your comments to 3 minutes. >> good evening, mr. hart. goo>> good evenin

. >> one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. his son aaron. >> i love my father very much. we're so close. not easy losing him. gave his life for the country. i'm proud of him. >> reporter: many feel obligated to give time to remember on this day the fallen hems and the cost to community and family. >> the lost hopes and dreams and the lost potential of men and women who have died in the service of our country. >> reporter: an obligation she hopes to pass on to her sonic colast. >> it's important to remember memorial day weekend, all of those who have given their life and freedom. >> freedom exacts the price and off the an fatal one and we honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: in baltimore county bill fink, abc2 news. >> today should also be a day that we think about the veterans who need our help -- the homeless veterans. programs like the baltimore station help veterans get off the street and deal with issues like substance abus and tram -- post traumatic stress. if they get counseling within three yea

. >> i pledge allegiance, to the flag, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president yee: so the first item is the approval of the board minutes. a first and second for the special meeting board minutes of may 1, 2012. commissioner: 2nd. president yee: any changes? roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll] five ayes. president yee: presentations to the board of education, superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: thank you. unfortunately, tonight is the board meeting from hell, which all of us hate going through, because every year, it does not make sense that we are put in a position with the may 15 deadline, and for some weird reason, it always seems to be the week that is the teacher appreciation week in the state of california, and we are involved in giving out layoffs. that is just an absurd state that we live in. that really goes to the heart of our community, the people who do all of the work and do great things, trying to work out a system that just does not give adequate funding, the proposed governor's budget, w

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president chiu: we have the board meeting minutes from april 2, 2012. and from april 3. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? those meeting minutes are approved. >> i have no communications, mr. president. the first item of business is the policy discussion between the mayor and members of the board of supervisors representing the odd districts. the president will recognize the supervisors from districts 1, 3, 5, and nine. discussion now -- shall not exceed five minutes. president chiu: welcome back to the board. >> thank you very much, supervisors for inviting me back. i would like to think the public for being here as well. i hope everyone had a great weekend. i know i did. a lot of people out there for sunday streets. may is a busy month and i am working hard to prepare a balanced budget for your consideration on june 1. i am looking forward to thoughtful discussions. i look forward to working with each and every one of you. thank you fo

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all a. i will call roll call now. [roll call] vice president marshall. >> he is in route. [roll call] also this evening we have the chief of police and the director of occ. >> welcome to the wednesday may 2, 2012 san francisco police commission meeting, and tonight we have a special meeting. we have our newest commissioner sworn in yesterday. let me introduce you to the former district attorney. shi'a join in -- she joins the attorney general, where she works as assistant to attorney general harris. she is a product of our public schools. gooshe has been very active, soi am going to introduce the commissioner and let her tell you more about herself. >> thank you. i think he told you highlights. that was an excellent presentation of the highlights of my career, but mostly i am honored that the board approved me for this position. i had the good fortune to work with the police department and all the public safety officers, so i am very happy to be here. i l

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ok, let's go to item eight. -- a. this is for. [no audio] this is right. thank you. if i hear no objection from the board, i would like to take this out of order, a special order of business for services of the district superintendent. [no audio] to serve as superintendent of schools, providing for a three- year term. >> thank carlos garcia for his outstanding leadership. the members appreciate it throughout the time they have been here, and we have to say that we are very pleased that richard will be the next superintendent because we have seen it, our members have seen his commitment in vision and implementation of the strategic plan, the value than those contained, and we have seen him operate on those values, and we are glad he is brought in as the next superintendent. commissioner: superintended garcia, we wish you well in your next journey, and we appreciate your keeping the outstanding leadership by appointing richard as the next superintenden

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag, indivisible, but the body and justice for all. -- with liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: colleagues, we have our april 17 and 18th board meeting minutes. seconded by supervisor compost, those minutes have been approved. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none. items one through six comprise the consent agenda and will be acted upon by single roll call vote. unless acted upon by a member. supervisor chiu: colleagues, would you like to sever these items? roll-call vote on items 1 through 6. >> mr. president? aye. supervisor:? r cohen? [takes role] l] there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. next item? >> an ordinance extending the film rebate program to june 30, 2014, increasing the total amount of available funds up to $2 million. supervisor chiu: thank you. supervisor farrell: this extends the film reprogram through june 30, 2014. a quick recap of the history of the program, it dates back to 2006, when reports from the film commission. since it was created, 135 san francisco residents were em

into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. you can have a seat. i would like to acknowledge and introduce some of the people we have on the stage with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger and takes everything you have to go forward, and everyone else that would want to run away, the people you will hear about tonight not only went forward, but they stood

we have to maintain the very essence that justice is indivisible.peak, we don't just stand and speak with a political argument or an economic argument that there's a moral argument to what we do. the strength of the civil rights movement in this nation has always been the sense of what we wanted and what we fought for was right. >> one thing i have been wanting to ask you all for the first time trayvon martin presents an opportunity for this generation to get mobilized politically. and i think their hopes got bolstered when they saw their activism turn to something concrete. george zimmerman was arrested. what happens if he's found not guilty? how will the generation respond -- >> i don't want to entertain that prospect because i think predicting an outcome of a trial, i want to say to people, george zimmerman has been arrested, he's been charged. we must be vigilant. we must follow the proceedings all the way the end until he's convicted. >> i'm not asking a legal question so much how will this generation respond to first law? because we saw 20 yea

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all a. i will call roll call now. [roll call] vice president marshall. >> he is in route.