i am joined by supervisor stefani and supervisor katey tang. supervisor malia cohen is excused from today's meeting. can

current legislative assistant, and she's katey tang's shadow, and she's functioning as an incumbent, and there are seven other challengers in that race, including me. and i was really looking forward to having the assistance of the ethics commission in my campaign, and as i indicated earlier, front office staff, especially johnny hosey, was very helpful to me. unfortunately i cannot say that about his boss. so i want to remind the ethics commission that they need to follow their policies to ensure that all individuals and interest groups have a fair opportunity to participate in the elective and governmental processes, to reduce the advantage of incumbents, and to encourage competition in elective office, and that means me. now, i will turn to some of the things that i experienced with the ethics commission. i was challenged because i entered accounting as occupation. i was told that was not right, it had to be accountant. well, accountant is a person, and the ethics commission's own form says type of job. i was made to change it. what nit-picking i example, a dd of mine contributes

adam kim and i were actually on the ballot, would have been on the ballot prior to katey tang's departureand the rest of the candidates that you see here luckily stepped up later on in order to give us a nice round of choices for supervisor. my position on marijuana is we don't need any dispensaries in the sunset. we don't need it. the reason we don't need any is because you can get it delivered to your door. the city has totally bungled the marijuana legislation. we're now just figuring out how we can tax it, profit it like an a.t.m. machine. >> thank you very much. mr. win? >> yeah. recreational cannabis is legal as of this year. i accept that. do i agree we should have a dispensary out on noriega? you're not supposed to have a dispensary 600 feet away from a church or school or community in that aspect, so the public has spoken in that regard. i look at -- at -- also, the issue of alcohol really affecting our children. we're talking about that war on drugs, i think alcohol is a little more important in terms of addressing and educating in that capacity. regards to navigation centers, i

my name is katey tang, and i am the chair of this committee. to my left is supervisor ahsha

acknowledge that this representation here from the chinese consulate, miss lee, and the office of katey tang, thank you for being here today. i really wanted to come up here and give a huge shout out to principal victor tam, and anita louie who i call a force of nature for bringing us here today. so let's give them a big hand. it's really their effort that will ensure that generations of students will be writing book reports on anita and edwin lee, and that countless families throughout san francisco will learn about their school, whether they're picking up their enrollment guide or passing by in the alley, that this is an important school within one of the top performing school districts -- urban school districts in the entire state. thank you. [applause] >> so it gives me great honor at this time to present tanya lee, who will speak on behalf of the family. tanya. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. excuse me if i get a little emotional. oftentimes, my mom asks me to speak for her because it's so hard. she misses my dad so much. he would be so proud of this renaming. so i'm honored to s

i am joined by supervisor stefani and supervisor katey tang. supervisor malia cohen is excused from today's meeting. can we have a motion? owe will do that without objection. today's clerk is linda wong. madam clerk, do you have any person(s) responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. items acted on today will appear on the october 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk can you please call item number one. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the department of homelessness and supportive housing to apply for a grant from the california department of housing and community development. >> good morning, vice chair fewer, supervisors. i'm emily cohen with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. as the resolution title implies, this authorizes our department to apply for the california emergency solution and housing program, which is a new state program to provide services to people at ris

good afternoon, president supervisor malia cohen, president katey tang, and supervisor jane kim. i apologize for my voice, i am under the weather. i am in charge of the site mitigation restoration program and responsible for overseeing remediation and contaminated sites in the state of california, and with me today is miss janet nito, my program chief from our berkeley office here. thank you for the opportunity to provide some comments. our mission is to protect the public health and environment in california, and i would like to assure you that we take this responsibility very seriously. i also want to assure you that hunters point is one of the top priorities at dtsc, and we have devoted significant resources to the cleanup of hunters point site. dtsc understands the concern that the community and supervisors have of the results of the radiological testing performed by tetratech of the site. let me assure you, dtsc has the same concerns, and we have provided specific meetings with the navy and have been engaged in several discussions with regulatory agencies and the navy to pro

my name is katey tang, and i am the chair of this committee. to my left is supervisor ahsha safai, and i believe supervisor fewer is on her way. madam clerk, do we have any [agenda item read] >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. can we please call item one. >> item one is an resolution establishing new -- [inaudible] >> -- and establishment of new sidewalks authorizing real property transfers and waiving provisions of administrative code chapter 23. >> supervisor tang: thank you. we have brad benson here from the port. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisor safai. brad benson representing port director elaine forbes on behalf of the pier 70 project team. today, we're talking about an implementation step for the buildout of pier 70 that was envisioned at part of your project approvals last fall for the pier 70 28-acre site and the 35 acre special use district. so this represents -- this slide represents the 35 acre special use district at pier 70. what is shown in -- outlined in red is the 28 acre site that will be developed by a subsidia

they are caring for people like katey tang's mother and norman yee's sister. they are making $15 an hour annual wage, which is 31,000 a year. if they make $17 17 an hour, thl be making under $5,000 a year. -- $35,000 a year. i dare you to get up every day and work, changing people's diapers and feeding them. this is to me, an issue of moral compass. this is about -- this is -- we can find a way to pay for this. as we said, i didn't take -- i was on the budget committee last year. we didn't take a lot of the recommended cuts from the budget lemgs l legislative analyst that could have paid for this. i think it's -- i think it's great that people are willing to vote positive fore these amendments, but next week is where it counts. i think 20,000 home care workers are counting on us. as people know me, they know that i am very frugal. i save money for my own family, i save money for a rainy day. i am not a spendthrift. i weigh very carefully, and i have done that because i've seen these workers, i seen the work that they do, i've seen the data, and i've seen the s