>>supervisor john avalos: thank you, commissioner mar? >> welcome, angie and i'm sure that your involvement, this is going to help. i'm wondering if one of the neighbors concerned with undergrounding that it's going to divide local seniors that don't have the same access to not only utilities but at times the high speed internet that many of us take for granted today. i would like to take a look at municipal fiber networks that massachusetts is looking at and sometimes at a regional level and local level oovment as part of the fiber extension, we have looked at, i don't think massachusetts was necessarily in the mix but we have looked at other jurisdiction and dealt with how they deal with the expansion of their fiber networks. some have done it with a focus purely on connecting commercial corridors to make them more vibrant and others have looked at commercial and resident. we have examples of other locals and how they are looking at and it's actually a very widespread issue. the california lafco association general annual meeting is goi

>>supervisor john avalos: great. thank you. jason fried? >> yes. over all i'm very pleased with the timeline they have presented an they put together a realistic timeline on what needs to be done. there is one area i'm in disagreement and one area that i agree with what they did. i will touch own those two. one is they have a 90-day window to go to the board of supervisors to get the mayor's approval for the procurement process changing some of the rules around that and i don't disagree with it taking traditionally 90 days. i do believe that the board of supervisors if they wish to to expedite that process. i'm fine with the schedule but this she be prepared for that action to take only 60 days and be prepared to move forward should the board take action very quickly. i'm assuming that some of you may know from the board of supervisors. >> would that require waving the 30-day rule? >> it would require waving the 30-day rule and assigned to a committee and whatever committee is assigned to has a hearing coming up whenever there is room on the agenda

my name is john avalos, the chair of lafco. lack -- the clerk today is lisa.brought to you today by sf govtv staff. madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes, please silence your cell phones and any devices. >> >>clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner avalos, present, commissioner breed, absent, campos present, crews present mar present. you have a quorum. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, let's go item no. 2. >> item no. 2 approval of the lafco minutes from the december 12th #shgs #34i regular meeting and the january 30, 2015, joint special meeting with the san francisco public utilities commission. >> colleagues, any comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion on the minutes? the motion of supervisor mar and second by commissioner crews. we'll take that without objection. next item, please. >> city clerk: item no. 3, election of the chairperson and advice person for 2015. >> velgd. -- very good. this is the time we do the election for the chair and vice-chair. commissioner campos? >>super

>>supervisor john avalos: great. thank you. jason fried? >> yes. over all i'm very pleased with the timeline they have presented an they put together a realistic timeline on what needs to be done. there is one area i'm in disagreement

i want to thank supervisor john avalos who has cosponsored this resolution and note that tim paulson the executive director of the library council he was trying to be here in his schedule but it became impossible but i know he wants me to let folks know that him and the labor council see this is as very important priority but the long and short of what we're talking about today we have a resolution that would put san francisco on the record as the first city to come out in full support of the gerawan farm workers who have been fighting for the rights for a number of decades now. in 1990 farm workers at gerawan farming voting for representation by the united farm workers and was a state conducted secret ballot election. the labor relations board at this point certified the united farm workers as the farm workers union representative for those workers and for almost a quarter of a century this company -- gerawan, has been fighting the effort of these workers to simply exercise their rights. they have pulling all the stops to prevent implementation of the union contract. in fact things

the meeting is adjourned. >> pars3 my name is john avalos, the chair, joined to my left by supervisor london breed and to my right vice chair cynthia cruz and also joined by lindo lafco commissioner. madam clerk. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic quieses. any copies of documents to be included in the file should be submitted to the clerk. >> thank you very much. let's go to our second item. roll call? >> i can do roll call. >> commissioner avalos, present. commissioner breed, breed present. commissioner cam poes is absent. cruz is present. lindo is present. commissioner mar is present. mr. chair, you have a quorum. >> let's go on to our second item ?oo sfoo item 2 is approval of the lafco minutes from february 27, 2015 regular meeting. >> colleagues, any ques, changes to the minutes? let's go on to public comment on item no. 2. skiiing no one come forward we will close public comment and we can have a motion to approve the minutes. motion from commissioner cruz, seconded by commissioner breed and we'll take that without objection. next item, please. >> item

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receive the advocate award at the coleman advocate's 40th anniversary together with supervisor john avalos and that is scheduled for thursday, may 7th. any other announcements? commissioner? >> thank you i'd just like to on behalf of roseti and malone to invite to the education revolution event saturday april 25th from 9 to 4 at, at and t park and it's designed for families with students with learning differences so it's joining the education revolution for a day of resources celebration and community and feature workshops and exhibits and student activities again that's saturday april 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at at and t park. >> when is the summer job fair? >> thank you so the summer job fair is on april 21st st and it's going to be at moscone -- no, it's a saturday. then i lied. april 11th. so it will be be april 11th at moscone center south, 747 howard street and it's going to be from ten until 4 and we encourage all of our young people between 17 and 24 to come down for job support interview, resume writing on the job -- there will be some on the spot hiring from some of our e

and find the future for >> good morning, welcome to the meeting of the board of supervisors i am john, avalos joined by tang and cohen and our clerk is lisa and do you have any announcements for us? >> be sure to silence devices, items today will be on the april 7th board agenda, unless others stated. >> the first part of the agenda includes the members of the board of supervisors who are applying for the outside committee and regional bodies and there will be an opening perhaps, that has to leave at noon, and we will open that up and continue it to the end of the agenda, when we will do the other interviewwise the monitor committee applicant and let's go to the first item. >> item

supervisor john avalos will be introduce a measure letting voters decide in november if the voting ageshould be low othered to 16 years old. if it passes it would be applied to municipal and school district locations. avalos hopes to get more young people interested and engaged in politics. >>> desperate times all for desperate measures. state leaders are expected to vote on tougher water restrictions. kris sanchez is live with how today's decision will impact you. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. new restrictions could go beyond water features like this fountain behind me and how you wash your car in your own driveway. the state water control board is talking about some newer restrictions that go farther than the ones that were enacted this summer. they are meeting today as winter ends without all of the drought-busting rainfall and snowfall that we really needed, and just as nasa is warning that california only has a year of water left. in july the governor called for 20% conservation and gave water districts the power to impose $500 fines for violators. l

my name is john avalos, chair of the committee. joined to my right by vice chair katy tang and will be joined shortly by supervisor malia cohen. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and all documents to be included in the file should be given to the clerk. >> okay very good. thank you. we have several appointments up for us today and let's go on to our first one. item no. 1. >> item no. 1 is a hearing to consider appointing two members terms ending november 16, 20016, to the bicycle advisory committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> very good, we can go straight ahead to presentations. i know the district 11 seat applicant, casey allen, will not be here, but i believe mr. mark brand is here. please come forward. >> good morning, supervisors. by the way, i have worked with casey allen and i think he's really great committee member. i've been on the bicycle advisory committee for a few years now and i consider it a great honor. i have been a bicycle mechanic for many years i

my name is john avalos of the chair of transportation authority. our clerk of the committee of the board is erika cheng. today's meeting is being broadcast by s fgtv staff of jessie /hrar sin and coal man. thank you for your service. madam clerk, would you please call the roll [roll call]. >> very good. next item please. >> march 25th 2014, this is is national item. >> we can go with the public comment on the minutes. any member of the public would like to comment. seeing none, we'll close for the comment. >> let's have a roll call vote [roll call]. >> minutes passed. >> great. let's go on to our next item, please. >> item three, treasury report, this is an information item. >> thank you, ms. cheng. colleagues, i begin our report this month in recommend /pwrapbs of joseph flanagan who passed away in early march. many of us knew him from district 6 as a community leader who was thoughtful and looked out for others, especially the seniors and disability community. i know commissioner kim will have remarks as well later on today. let me just say that

supervisors john avalos and eric mar are behind the idea and so are city school leaders. >> what better way to teach young people about civic responsibility, democratic participation than to start early, to teach it in civics class, to teach it in government class and allow them to get out there there and exercise that vote and get them in the pattern of it when we still have them in our schools. >> two washington d.c. suburbs let them vote in two local elections. san francisco the first major city considering the option. >>> prosecutors say this bay area pot clinic is part of a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise. only on five tonight we found patients can get a medical marijuana card in less than three minutes. >> how much woul why are all these people so asleep yet i'm so awake? did you know your brain has two systems? one helps keep you awake- the other helps you sleep. science suggests when you have insomnia, the wake system in your brain may be too strong and your neurotransmitters remain too active as you try to sleep, which could be leading to your insomnia. ohh...maybe that

. >> supervisor john avalos's. >> yes. i co-sponsored this supplemental as well so we can add my name from today i thank you for bringing this forward i've been involved in the budget process for i don't know since 1997 and the issue about the cost of.org as before us the board and the mayor's office every year will see people that have are city employees wage increases this and that to meet the rising cost of living in san francisco the bay area there are a lot of employees that work in the bay area now we're seeing our affordability crisis is beyond the control of any policy at the board of supervisors or city hall so we have our facing how we're going to deal with the gap that exists for nonprofits to stay in san francisco and continue to work in san francisco so they can stay alive but others people that work for nonprofits they continue to stay in the city as well the cost of insurance the cost of rent is skooith and so many nonprofits that have to close their doors to meet those issues and last year, we the voters ap

. >> supervisor john avalos wants more young people to be engaged in politics. so they are proposing extending the voting age to 16 and 17-year-olds. if approved teenagers can vote in municipal and school district elections. we're at the meeting right now, our crews are, we will have more tonight at 11:00. >> a trip back in time for our military veteran. the place a bay area man is going where he hasn't been in 70 years. that's next. you can find a new frontier. there's nothing stopping you and a lot helping you. technology that's with you always. this is our promise. it's never been better to wander because wherever you go, you'll find us doing everything we can, so you can. >>> here is what we are working on for our 6:00 newscast. what is regarding our state laws. that's tonight on our 6:00 news. >> heading to guam for the anniversary of the attack on ewau eiwo jima. dobson was 18 years old when he landed on iwo jima with thousands of other marines in 1945. dobson says he rememberes it clearly. >> we were very lucky. coming in i could see the bullets, kicking

supervisors john avalos and eric mar are behind the idea and so are city school leaders. >> what better way to teach young people about civic responsibility, democratic participation than to start early, to teach it in civics class, to teach it in government class and allow them to get out there there and exercise that vote and get them in the pattern of it when we still have them in our schools. >> two washington d.c. suburbs let them vote in two local elections. san francisco the first major city considering the option. >>> prosecutors say this bay area pot clinic is part of a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise. only on five tonight we found patients can get a medical marijuana card in less than three minutes. >> how much would you pay ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. ♪ if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. ♪ it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ i'm pushing. i'm pu

supervisors john avalos and eric mar are behind the plan. hoping to generate interest in voting among younger people. the plan would apply only to municipal and school district collections -- elections in san francisco. similar plans have passed in two smaller cities in maryland. >>> a man accused of causing more than $100,000 of damage to a san francisco park now facing some serious charges. 30 charges have been filed against andrew yarborough. who is suspected of vandalizing dolores park back in february. it was so bad it delayed the renovation going on in the park now. da says yarborough faces 10 tellnies and 20 -- felonies and 20 misdemeanors. >>> a suspected serial predator is behind bars this morning in san francisco. undercover officers arrested victor vasquez at huntington park last wednesday night. investigators linked him to a series of groping incidents over the last several months in the knob hill area. -- hill area. >> grab at their lower extremities. the victim would then scream and let out an alert they were harmed and the per

supervisor john avalos is behind the proposal applying only to municipal and school district elections in san francisco. the idea is to get more young people interested in voting. similar plans have passed in hyattsville and tacoma park, maryland. >>> time now is 4:40. new tesla vehicles could save you a trip to the mechanic. the new way to find out what's wrong with the car. >> and what's cool about your school? e-mail your nomination to us, before you know it michelle griego will show up with a red pencil and you >>> a daring burglary in southern california, seven men broke into an optical store early yesterday and snatched $200,000 worth of the glasses -- of glasses, the owner has put in all kinds of security at the surveillance measures but that didn't stop this group. as you can see they didn't try to hide their faces. >>> today the president of the island nation in the south pacific says the cyclone that hit his country was a monster. cyclone pam brought winds up close to 170 miles an hour when it made landfall on son what tow on saturday and now 90% of buildings are damaged or d

. >> we have one more applicant and that is miss latonya dixon >> good afternoon, chairman john avalos and supervisor katy tang and supervisor malia cohen. i wish to thank the supervisors and this board for this tupbtd to express my interest and passion to become one of the commissioners on the san francisco veterans commission. as a disabled woman veteran, the first african american commander of the american legion, i have been very active in the san francisco bay area community. i feel i would be, i would bring much diversity to the commission. i definitely would be on time and be there so we can make quorum. also i know i have worked with most of the commissioners and would be happy to continue to work with them and support them to also bring in fresh ideas and at the moment i am working with commissioner john caldera on the port of chicago. in addition i have followed the proceedings of the commission for a number of years, attended numerous meetings and have spoken in public comment to introduce topics and events that may be of interest to the commission such as take back the nigh

>> good morning, welcome to the meeting of the board of supervisors i am john, avalos and joined by tang and cohen and our clerk is lisa and do you have any announcements for us? >> be sure to silence devices, items today will be on the april 7th board agenda, unless others stated. >> the first part of the agenda includes the members of the board of supervisors who are applying for the outside committee and regional bodies and there will be an opening perhaps, that has to leave at noon, and we will open that up and continue it to the end of the agenda, when we will do the other interviewwise the monitor committee applicant and let's go to the first item. >> item number one is a motion >> purpose mar has been there and he does not need to be here to present and so we can open it up for any comment, and any member of the public that would like to comment on the application to lafco, and seeing none, we will close the public comment and could we have a motion to move forward. >> i would like to move supervisor mar to lafco and this to the full board with the positive recommendations. >> and