. >> john mandelman. the replacement of significant trees, which is under section 810a of the public works code and street trees which is under sections 800 are the same. so it's the same replacement standard that applies. i'll read to you the basics. >> thank you. >> the species needs to be suitable for the site conditions. needs to be a minimum 24-inch box size, have a minimum one and a quarter inch caliper measured at 6 inches aboveground. and there's a few other standards. but i think the critical thing is they need to be an equivalent replacement value. and as one might imagine it's very difficult depending on-site conditions, the age of a tree, to replace the exact same kind of tree or move the tree in different locations. so replacement value is defined in the public works code. and i think this is probably an important part of this definition that certain trees are landscape material because of their size, species or historical significance cannot be replaced from available nursery stock. in such

mandelman: thank you. next speaker. >> i am john mccormick in the community organizing office. i am here to tell the story of cheryl china co-worker and member of the tenderloin people's congress. on wednesday of this week cheryl was attacked on the corner of golden gate and leavenworth across the street from my office. a whole can of mace was unloaded to her. she ran across the street and was briefly pursued by the gentleman who unloaded the mace on her. he unloaded a whole can of mace. under no circumstance is that okay in any circumstance. cheryl is very traumatized by this. she is not feeling good. she is in the condition i haven't personally seen her in before, and she believes like i did that if we had treatment on demand, this never would have happened. treatment on demand if it was implemented years ago, the mental health of the people in the tenderloin would be better and this never would happen. cheryl isn't here because of the trauma she is facing. we talked before this so i can tell her story. this is something we can fix if we get some mental health services. pleas

mandelman. we are expecting vice chair stefani to arrive, our clerk is john carroll. thank you, mr. carol. i want to thank charles and jason at s.f. g. tv for staffing this meeting. machin>> please ensure you've silenced your cell phones, and your completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the october 29thd of supervisors' agenda unless otherwise stated. >> i'd like to take item two first and then one and then three. so, mr. clerk, could you please call item two. >> item two is an ordinance amending the health and business code to replace the requirement that food preparations and service establishments post a symbol issued by the department of public health, and a placard indicating whether the establishment has conditionally passed or failed a health inspection. clarifying some of the terminology pertaining to violations and penalties for same. and increasing permit fees for temporary permits and food vending machines. >> thank you, mr. clerk. this is supervisor peskin's legislation, and we have calvin yang from his office to tell us a

mandelman. we are expecting vice chair stefani to arrive, our clerk is john carroll. thank you, mr. carol.les and jason at

mandelman. we are expecting vice chair stefani to arrive, our clerk is john carroll. thank you, mr. carol. i want to thank charles and jason at s.f. g. tv for staffing this meeting. machine

mandelman: let me call the rest of the names. bryan edwards, nato green, liz cody, curtis brad ford. troy adams, john mccormick. leann lamonte. sf public defender's office. glide, laura sign, hillary brown, june bug and tak fatina. you have two minutes. speak directly into the microphone. if you have prepared written statements leave those with the clerk. no applause is permitted. in the interest of time speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition. >> hello. in the spirit of melvin bell high i want to use demonstrative evidence as my debate. i am the evidence here. i don't have a doctor in front of my name but i do have a ph.d. in drug addiction and homelessness. i was a drug addict for 20 years, 15 of those i was homeless on the street of san francisco. i had three sons on the street between fifth and sixth on market street. i have been clean and sober for four years. i know the programs today in san francisco have worked for me. i want to talk about why i am passionate about treatment on demand and i believe we need treatment on demand now. we live in a age in a society. it is now. when i was homeless in the 1990s i had a l