>>supervisor katy tang: thank you for your comments. i believe we have a huge number of those in law units. when my parents first moved to san francisco, my family was a family of four and we lived in the sunset district. i know with immigrants with not much income that is only one of the ways that we are able to live here in san francisco. with that said, i do want to appreciate supervisor chiu in his office for tackling this difficult issue. i do appreciate there is a prescreening process that really does not provide penalties and it is a volunteer program, however, i think that where i have hesitation is actually through some of the comments that were expressed by supervisor kim and i know we have different districts and many of the issues you brought up i share as well. i don't know what are the incentives for many of the property owners who want to take advantage of this program. what has been mentioned already is the pass tlus. -- pass throughs. many of these in law units need help with their mortgage payment and they do not have

>>supervisor katy tang: i wanted to speak on the other one. >> okay. we'll wait on that supervisor cohn? supervisor malia cohen: i just want to speak to the motion about the pilot program. i believe that property owners who are going to proceed with the legalization need some certainty about the program which is why i believe that we could not legislate on the scenario. i don't think it's necessary at this time. i'm willing to revisit this issue after 6 months once the department provides us with an evaluation of the program. thank you. >> supervisor kim? >>supervisor jane kim: for me it's not number of units or year. i don't think as many home owners will sign up for this program. i can't see any homeowner signing up for this program. my concern is making sure we have a way if there are on the negative side that i'm speaking of if there is a way to temporarily halt this legislation. obviously all of this is speculation. any other one concern is again the only people that will be incentivised to do this is people who believe they can make more money fr

my name is jeannine carter and i'm a resident in katy tang's district, supervisor katy tang's district. we've done work in all of your districts. i am the primary owner of lumina, which is san francisco's only woman owned certified solar installation company. we have been a huge supporter of go solar s.f., hiring folks from when we had our small little office on 4,000 irving which is three blocks from my home to now 13 20* potrero. we have hired a number of asian neighborhood design students. we support the program. when we invest in the training of individuals, when the young men and women who are here today invest in themselves in a 14-week training program where they show up every day and work really hard, we should have opportunities for them when they graduate. the opportunity is created when installations are going in, and that requires budgetary certainty and that requires the commitment by the city to enable us to be able to offer opportunities and jobs for folks. i have commitments to people that we already employ. we employ 23 people in san francisco, 23 families live off the

my name is jeannine carter and i'm a resident in katy tang's district, supervisor katy tang's district. we've done work in all of your districts. i am the primary owner of lumina, which is san francisco's only woman owned certified solar installation company. we have been a huge supporter of go solar s.f., hiring folks from when we

i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here toda

i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here today, and sweden supervisor wiener is also joining us as well. the committee clerk is lisa miller. and i want to thank

i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here today, and sweden supervisoro joining us as well. the committee clerk is lisa miller. and i want to thank jim smith and jennifer low from sfgov-tv. and, madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will

>>supervisor katy tang: our sidewalk sales in all of our districts to take place saturday march 10th, march 17th, and to support the castro merchants on sidewalk renovations on june 13th. we want to encourage those to shop year-round. with that i submit. city clerk: thank you, surprise tang. supervisor wiener? thank you. supervisor yee. >> submit. >> supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: i have one item of introduction. it relates to today's hearing. colleagues if we seriously want to address the transit industry we need more than a pilot program. the tech industry is not merely a cottage industry. it is our express lane to the future and we must usher in forward with great transit investments. today i'm introducing and ordinance for tez. for the transit program is google rapid transit. the ordinance calls for the mta to identify at least 10 major thorough fares where google painted red stripes for google buses. by designating the tech zones to ensure fast transit but also public safety for the little guys. we don't want our small high bribdz carrying little children and workin

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i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here today, and sweden supervisor wiener is also joining us as well. the committee clerk is lisa miller. and i want to thank jim smith and jennifer low from sfgov-tv. and, madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 22nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, are there any changes to the agenda? >> no. >> okay. so, can you please call the first item? >> item number 1 is a hearing on the san francisco employee's retirement system (sfers) investments in russian securities; the feasibility, consistent with sfers's fiduciary obligations to retirees, of sfers divesting from russian securities, given russia's continuing persecution of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; and sfers's policy regarding responses to inquiries from member

>>supervisor katy tang: no comment on the amendment. >> supervisor cohn? >>supervisor malia cohen: you mentioned there were not many units in an rh 1d zone. how do you know that and if you can identify your source? >> just from a few conversations i have had and i do not have the data on that. >> is there a particular staff that i can follow up with to find the answer? >> no. >> okay. thanks. >> supervisor avalos was next? >>supervisor john avalos: i took my name off the roster. do we want to vote on the amendment. >> discussion on the amendment. we have two amendments offered by supervisor yee. let's go with that amendment now. supervisor kim? >>supervisor jane kim: thank you. i want to speak on the amendment before us. i sympathize with the amendment that supervisor yee moved forward. we did get a few e-mails from others from

our office is grateful to supervisor katy tang for introducing this legislation as well her introduction to waive fees for awning signs and awning pedestrian level information. [speaker not understood] small business month. this is the 10th year of coordinated sidewalk sales in honor of small business month and this would be the th month of [speaker not understood]. the office has decided to pair these sidewalk sales with the other small business week celebration scheduled for may 12 through 16. also in their 10th year, small business week as you know provides a showcase for city's unique small businesses. similar legislation waiving [speaker not understood] co-sponsored by different supervisors over the years. 24 merchant's corridors are hoping to participate by presenting each of the city's supervisorial districts. we're thankful for pro local who helped with the outreach who helped to in crease participation to such a high level compared to previous years. as you know there is one merchant area that couldn't participate and that would be june 21st, the castro merchant [speaker not und

i'm nona melkonian and we're here with supervisor katy tang for supervisor 4 which includes central ander sunset. supervisor tang was appointed by mayor ed lee to serve as district 4 representative replacing previous supervisor carmen chu after she was appointed assessor reporter that same month. before her appointment she served as legislative aide to supervisor chiu. today you'll get to know her and the issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for join using us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with a little about your background. where you grew up, went to school and what kind of jobs you had in the past. >> sure, i grew up in the sunset district. still live there. spent about 20 years living in the sunset district and just am so proud to be able to represent the district that i grew up in and where my parents still live. i had gone through the public education system and went to neighborhood schools throughout the sunset district. so, had gone to francis scott key elementary school, hoover middle school, lowell high school and am just so proud to be able to c

i am joined by supervisor katy tang, the vice-chair, and supervisor david campos. the clerk today is alisa miller. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov-tv, jonathan gum lock and jim smith who record each of >> madam clerk, i would like to call items 5, 6 and 7 after item 1. >> okay. item number 1 is a motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of cheryl brinkman, for a term ending march 1, 2018, to the municipal transportation agency board of directors. >> ms. brinkman, are you here? >> yes he, i am. >> where are you? oh, there you are ~. >> good afternoon, chairman, vice-chairman tang, supervisor campos. i am cheryl brinkman. i currently serve on the mta board of directors as the vice-chair. i'll talk a little about my past service before i focus on what i'd like to do should i be voted for nomination -- renomination by your committee to the full board. the mta has been focusing very hard on tep pilot projects and eventual approval by the board was reached. a challenge there, of course, is funding it. we adopted vision zero around pedes

i'm supervisor breed, chair of the meeting and to my right is supervisor katie tang and supervisor chiu will join us shortly. i would like to thank jeff larson and jennifer lowe from sfgtv. >> do we have any announcements? >> city clerk: yes. please shutdown any electronic devices. any speaker cards shall be submitted to the clerk. items will be listed on the agenda. >> madam clerk, please call the first item. city clerk: agenda[collective bargaining agreement, arbitration award - international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 6 - fy2013-2014]1400321.sponsor: mayorordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award amending amendment no. 2 to the 2012-2014 collective bargaining agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 6, by implementing special terms and conditions of city clerk: sf 11234 >> >> >> okay. we are martin grand the employer relations director who is going to present on this item? >> yes. good morning supervisors and to the chair i'm martin grand employee relation for the department of