and i certainly want to congratulate supervisor john avalos for bringing this doubt. it's wayio due. should have been done when they did the funding program. it should have been done them. it really all ties together. one thing you will notice the most local businesses had to get contracts over here. they hired more local people. of course, that's who they know, and that's who they will hire is people that they know. now, the program has not been working to do its job in making sure bonding, finance and insurance, one of the main things that hold local businesses back, regardless, especially disadvantaged businesses. now, an honest point between the age of 18 and 30, even up to 35, we have a 45% to 55% unemployment rate. our businesses suffered terribly because the people don't have no money. so we're really suffering out there all the way around. this will certainly help. unless we make sure that the finance and insurance is working in our local communities, right now we probably have four contractors. we used to have 50 that were black. we've been going downhill but

i'm supervisor john avalos the chair joined by supervisor ross mirkarimi the vice chair and supervisor sean elsbernd. the clerk is victor young. mr. young could you please share us your announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak if i am out a card and turn them in to me. if you present any documents please provide a copy to the clerk for inclusion into the file. items acted upon will be on the board of supervisors agenda november 16, 2010s in otherwise stated. chairman avalos: thank you, mr. young. i apologize for coming a little late. actually very late. i want to thank sfgtv for hanging in there. could you please call item one. >> resolution approving professional services agreement 8994 curbside management program between fsp ppm management llc and in an amount not to exceed $26 million. chairman avalos: thank you. >> good morning, chair afpvalos. we are seeking approval of a new management contract with five star parking management for an additional term of 2 1/2 years with an amount not to exceed 0 $10,500,000. as pointed out by the budget analyst, the

we worked a supervisor -- with supvervisor john avalos and the office of the work force development to help inform the proposed mandatory local hiring policy for construction, which was first heard at the board of supervisors land use committee last week. local workers and community advocates came out to support the legislation. over the span of several hours, only three speakers spoke in opposition, while nearly 40 spoke in support. i am here because we understand that mta director matt ford has concerns with the legislation. we would like to hear directly from him as to what those concerns are. we have endeavored to negate the potential of increased costs of building, and also to preserve the ability to deal with the nuances of local hiring on segments of projects funded with federal dollars. we need to know what the director's concerns are. commissioners, the good faith approach to local hiring has failed. we have a copy of our recent report, the failure of good faith, which documents our city's failure to meet longstanding local hiring goals. san francisco local hiring today is at

again, i want to thank john avalos for stepping up and i want to comment on the gentleman that just spoke, i'm a witness we have always been calling you guys to the table. you didn't want to talk to us so there was no issue of transparency in the process. i'm glad you didn't make the statements on what you said in the article and real reason why you don't want to hire african-americans in the community of baby hunter's point -- >> hey. excuse me, michael, we don't need that. >> but it is written and you could have addressed it at that time. it's not what you said it's what you didn't say. but i want to get back to addressing what we were addressing. i have been doing the workforce with the southeast collision community development and i'm glad the step in workforce is doing but the numbers still reflect people -- >> i will do it. keep your attention towards uts because it's on television. >> ok. the reality is the numbers don't really reflect, redevelopment is about redevelopment of a community and people benefit in that community. we also hear a lot of the arguments on why not hiring us

present our david chiu, commissioner john avalos should be here shortly. bevan dufty is in route. covering the meeting for sfgtv are derek fernandez. do we have any announcements? >> no. >> please call item 2. >> approve the minutes of the september 21, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public debt would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. second by david chiu. without objection. item three. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning, members of the commission. i am the chair of the citizens advisory committee. we only have one item on our agenda which is also on your agenda, your item 5, allocation of prop k funds for traffic calming, traffic signals, and amending the five-year plan. there were a few questions from cac members, particularly about traffic calming adjacent to the visitation green way valley. there was a difference between the overhead multiplier for muni and d p t, and questions about whether there was a national standard for traffic signals des

john avalos moved to appoint an interim mayor by as soon as next week. >> if we're going to have an interim mayor it's best that we don't have an abrupt change. it's best that we do it earlier so we can do the work that we need to balance the budget. >> reporter: he says the potential for chaos will be the same, even if the board waits until newsom leaves in january to appoint a replacement. >> i believe it's going to be chaos no matter what. you have the vote in january for it, i guarantee you there's going to be a lot of that discussion going on, there's going to be people jocking for a position. >>> board of supervisors chu devised a process that could take several weeks to pick an interim mayor. >> my number one priority is to ensure an orderly transition of leadership. >>> business interests say the board should choose wisely however and whenever they make their decision. >> the mayor will have to take an active role in aggressively managing the city. i think the interim title may be a one year term but they may not behave like an interim mayor. >> reporter: even if the supervisors ado

if you have ross mirkarimi, david chiu, david campos, john avalos in the back watching tv, you have seven members left here, and four of these members could vote to adjourn the meeting. i mean, that is it possible outcome of the mechanism we have in front of us. not everybody thinks in worst- case scenarios, but if you have been around in politics long enough, you start to think like that. colleagues, i have passed out two pieces of paper. one is a clean version. another is a version with strike throws and underlines. it is an amendment as a whole for the proposed process that was just laid out. the fundamental difference -- there is lots of little differences, but the fundamental difference between the amendment as a whole that i will move is in lieu of opening nominations, of taking many different names, including possibly from this board, who would then have to recuse themselves and then be sequestered in the back, this process would take one motion at a time. so we have our little system here. you hit the button just like you do on any other item. your recognized by the president of t

supervisor john avalo began taking nominations for a possibility of holding a vote as soon as next week. but board president wants the process laid out first. that could take weeks. the person selected would fill the final year. >>> this morning state senator lee has called a news conference. yeah will announce that he plans to run for mayor of san francisco in next november's election. he has served one term in the state senate. he represents the city's west side including large parts of the richmond and sunset district. only a few hundred ballots remain. the latest were released last friday. you can of course find more election coverage including the latest vote count update by clicking on the election 2010 tab. not easy to say. that's at the top of our home page. ktvu.com. >> you did that very well. >>> we have to get you to where you need to go. sal said something just happened in oakland. what happened? >> that's right. new accident. this will be an accident in oakland. let me move it up on the map there. southbound 880 in oakland at 98th. southbound traffic will effected. it's blo

. >> reporter: despite different views, john avalos told us he believes the board could begin discussing the interim mayor next week. david stevenson, ktvu. >>> nancy pelosi is facing a vote tomorrow to determine if she will retain the democrat leadership role tomorrow. some democrats say they won't support her because they blame her for the loss of at least 60 seats. pelosi will step down as house speaker in january when republican lawmakers will become the majority. >>> the ev charging station located at the embarcadero at battery street is the first to be installed. the mayor says that the city continues to be on the cutting edge of technology. >> what we're doing is showing cities that they can do these to grow their economy, create jobs while reducing emissions. >> reporter: it costs 3-cents a mile to operate most electric vehicles compare that to 13- cents for a gas powered vehicle. >>> uc berkeley psychologists say that dire warnings about global warming -- compared to just 31% who responded that way in 1997. the uc berkeley researchers found that people were more likely to believ

avalos: good morning. welcome to a budget and finance committee. my name is john ablow. we are joined -- avalos. we are joined by ross mirkarimi and sean elsbernd. mr. kirk, please go ahead with the announcements. >> [clerk announcements] supervisor avalos: item #one please. -- 1 please. >> item 1. resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for: (1) workers performing work under city contracts for public work and improvement; (2) workers performing work under city contracts for janitorial services; (3) workers performing work in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the city; (4) workers engaged in theatrical or technical services for shows on property owned by the city; (5) workers performing moving services under city contracts at facilities owned or leased by the city; and (6) workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the city in the course of city operations, pursuant to a contract with the city. supervisor avalos: thank you. representative from the department? >> good morning, supervisors. this is the annu

john avalos introduced holding a vote as soon as next week for a replacement.ut david chu want as process laid out first and that could take weeks. >>> leland yee will run for for mayor, he announced. >>> in the oakland mayor's race, still, no final results. the alameda county registrar of voters says he will not release any updates until all of the ballots are counted. reportedly, only a few hundred remain. the latest numbers were released last friday and showed councilwoman jean quon with a slight lead over don perata and the ranked-choice voting process. you can find more election process including the latest vote count updates by clicking on the election 2010 cab at ktvu.com. >>> several reports that google is giving big pay raises to all of the employees at the first of the year. "the wall street journal" says all 23,000 will get 150% pay hikes. now" the financial times "says google employees will get $1,000 cash holiday bonuses. reportedly this is an attempt to get people to stay with google rather than leave for facebook. >>> ask.com plans to cut 120 job

applause] >> our next award is a business award, and we would like to invite supervisor john after loss, who will be -- avalos, who will be presenting the business award tonight. [applause] >> our next honoree is ruben santana. he is the founder and president of rubecon builders, incorporated. founded in 1993 and based in san francisco, rubecon is a leader in health care, pharmaceutical and biomedical construction. they also perform commercial and industrial work in both the public and private sectors. mr. santana and his company are committed to giving back to the community in which they serve. please join us in welcoming mr. ruben santana. [applause] >> our next awardees for business is a son and mother duo, who are extraordinarily well recognized for their achievements with mama art cafe. mr. paulo cabezas opened mama art cafe in 2004. he's cure rated over 70 art exhibitions. it's been dedicated to the international and local artists. in addition to the promotion of high quality organic and fair trade coffee under the brand "mama," which i'm sure his mother enjoyed, they've received numerous awards and rec

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. if we could now hear from john eric sanchez? is mr.chez here? ok. peter glikhstern? thanks for waiting. welcome to the rules committee. >> thank you so much. good morning, afternoon at this point. it is nice to see it again. my name is peter, and i'm here to ask you to appoint me to the entertainment commission. i hope you have had an opportunity to review my resume and application. i have made san francisco my home the past 30 years. i have opened six different bars and clubs over the past 15 years and have also been active in organizing the entertainment community for over a decade now. i was one of the founding members of the san francisco night coalition, which brought about the formation of the entertainment commission. i am also active in the small business committee and currently serving my third term as president of the merchants association. i have a great deal of experience and my background that will help me be an effective commissioner. i have worked and continue to work with at least half the city's different police differ

chairman avalos: a question about i know there was a conversation i had with john martin, the director, last january, i believe. it was around assuring that there are multiple players who are able to be involved in the shuttle services is at the shu services. and from our perspective we want to make sure that we can support local businesses and it seemed like there was a large opening that was being made for, at that time, for super shuttles. and that was kind of maybe elbowing out a little bit some of the local businesses. what is happening under this new curbside management program that we can expect that would keep the door open for businesses that are operating shuttles at the airport, local businesses? >> about a year ago the airport contemplated a new r.f.p. for the different zones. there are different zones. they believe that is what you are speaking with, we withdrew that r.f.p. based on concerns some of the smaller companies things remain the same. all the companies that have been permitted for 15 years to do business at the airport continue to do business at the airport. the