i want to recognize our next supervisor on deck, supervisor peskin, who is recognizing jack boatwright. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, acting chair kim. today, on the eve of the 29 anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake, and as we hold a conference on the city's tall building initiative, i thought it appropriate to recognize the work of 38 year potrero hill resident dr. jack boatright. he served as a geologist with the united states geological service for 38 years and serves as its program coordinator here in northern california. he graduated from stanford in 1975 with a b.a. in physics and a masters in geophysics, and then from columbia in 1980 with a doctorate . he worked to glean a better understanding of what happened during earthquakes of the past, including extensive analysis of ground shaking intense sit from the 1868 magnitude 6.8 fault quake in the east way, and the 1970 quake here on the san andreas fault. he added his own field work, fascinating field work, investigating percentages of toppled tombstones in cemeteries in alameda, marin, mendocino, and contra costa count

jack boatwright, and the late milton james, and for the late frankie kennedy. >> president cohen: all right. i just want to also recognize our friends at sfgov tv for their assistance with today's broadcast. and ladies and gentlemen, with that, we are adjourned. >> they tend to come up here and drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the cars, it helps.

jack boatwright, and the late milton james, and for the late frankie kennedy. >> president cohen: all right. i just want to also recognize our friends at sfgov tv for their assistance with today's broadcast. and ladies and gentlemen, with that, we are adjourned. in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community. hello, everyone. welcome to

supervisor peskin will be recognizing jack boatwright, and then, finally we'll hear from supervisor kimho will be honoring mike and jean aburama of turk and larkin deli for their 40 years of service in the tenderloin neighborhood. so first, i'd like to bring up miss kelly armstrong. ladies and gentlemen, i'm excited to introduce you to this wonderful lady. she's an exceptional leader. she's been serving san francisco and the community for over 25 years. why don't you come on down to the microphone. currently, mrs. armstrong is the program director for primed and prepped, a mentoring and job training program in the bayview-hunters point, specifically at the ymca. the program introduces young man that are between the ages of 14 and 19 into the fantastic career and profession of -- professional training opportunities in the hospitality, management and culinary arts industry. under her guidance, the primed and prepped program has expanded to the mission and chinatown ymca, so if you haven't checked it out, you definitely want to check out this program. mrs. armstrong's unwaivering ded indic

jack boatwright, i'd like to adjourn the meeting in -- [inaudible] >> -- he was beloved in the north beach community. he was a loyal public servant for 38 years, the recipient of the safe driver award, had 31 years of driving without an incident, and so i just want to take this opportunity to recognize milton's long time service to the city and county of san francisco and offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends. >>clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen? thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: well, i don't have as much exciting news as supervisor peskin, but i will be submitting something to reauthorize the graffiti advisory board. i know we're all big fans. the graffiti advisory board does really important work, in all seriousness, and i think it's important to all the supervisors in this city as well as all the residents in the city of san francisco, so i'll submit that. the other, i would like to end in memory of a constituent of my community, frankie lee kennedy. she passed away september 21, and she was a beautiful spirit, and she will be

jack boatwright, and the late milton james, and for the late frankie kennedy. >> president cohen: all right. i just want to also recognize our friends at sfgov tv for their assistance with today's broadcast. and ladies and gentlemen, with that, we are adjourned. >> all right ladies and gentlemen. good morning for a wonderful conversation around budget and finance. we want to welcome each of the budget and finance committee. linda wong as our clerk of the board who is assisting us with today and i want to recognize our friends at san francisco government television who are tag teaming and assisting us with today's broadcast. thank you, gentlemen. are there any announcements we. >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices and completed speaker cards will be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk and items acted upon today will appear on the october 30th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. we have a nice round calendar. thirteen items that we will get through today. could you please start with item on