supervisor kim: thank you. we actually are recall -- and i have -- [reading names] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a little bit of my game. i just found out about the deaf and possible deaf of a colleague -- death and possible death of a colleague of mine. i know how important it is to be a public safety, -- to be a public servant, involved with public safety. the very life and deaf of it all is a very important thing to think about. you need someone levelheaded, someone able to speak to the heart of the issue, like julius turman, who i am speaking in favor of today. just a few things i have found out about him over the last few years -- i know he is a former prosecutor. he has received several awards from the bay area lawyers, the minority bar association, and more. he was also the grand marshal of the 2008 sf pride parade. before i took his place as the proxy to the san francisco democratic committee. he was the proxy for the senator, and just to wrap up -- i met him several years ago while he was co-chair of

supervisor kim: thank you. >> we have been talking to supervisor of jane kim. watch for the next episode when we will be back.

supervisor kim: thank you. next, we have eroc/after eric, we have gia daniller-katz. >> i am eric mcdonnell, native from san francisco, born and raised in the western addition. i spent some citi lakeside and ingleside. i spent my entire professional life working in community, working on behalf of low-income families, working on behalf of those marginalized and often those outside our legislative and political process. my interest in bridge is a fitting in this process is two- fold. one, it is a critical process that will determine how folks have a voice and will determine how folks can experience the distribution allocation of resources, and it is critical to communities across our city. what is important to me is that this process resulted in a fair and equitable and transparent process where, again, everyone has a voice, and then there is opportunity for the distribution of resources. the opportunity, i believe, is to continue to address what continues to be challenges in our city with regard to access to res

supervisor kim: thank you. is there any public comments on this item? simenon, public comment is now closed. >> make a motion approving supervisor mar john avalos, mirkarimi, and mar. >> thank you. we can do that without opposition. we will move forward with positive recommendation to the full board. thank you. please call item number two. >> hearing to consider appointed two members for and if it turns to the bay area regional interoperable communications system authority. there are two seats and two applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. my understanding is that and -- they are here today. there no questions. if you like to see something briefly -- >thank you so much for being here. >> good morning. i would very much appreciate being appointed to the board. i think interoperability is critical to the region, especially as it applies to public safety. i would leave it at that. supervisor kim: thank you so much. at this time, we will open it up for public comment for item number two. if there is any public comm

supervisor kim: thank you, mr. blum. next we have -- [reading names] >> supervisors, good afternoon. my name is deborah walker. i am here to support david waggoner for the police commission. i of worked with him over the past half decade on issues affecting the homeless community, the lgbt community, the transgendered community, especially around enforcement actions are around the tenderloin, the issues you brought up about privacy and the master key and he controls that -- and who controls that. the role of the commission is to represent the citizens of san francisco and to work with the police on making sure our city is safe, that our streets are safe to walk on, but also that our rights are intact. his history as one of protecting our constitutional rights, working on issues with me around tenant issues. i sit on the board as a tenant representative. some of these issues are around a low income housing is criminal. need to take these issues seriously. i believe he represents a voice we need in the process. i hope he w

supervisor kim: thank you. >> we have been talking to supervisor of jane kim. watch for the next episode when we will be back. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call

supervisor kim: thank you. >> we have been talking to supervisor of jane kim. watch for the next episode when we will be back. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and

supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor elsbernd: i have observed you, watched you, listened to you for many years, and you are very passionate on a number of issues. and very well-informed on those issues. that said, a lot of those issues, at least in my memory, are largely kind of central city issues. district 6, district 8, district 9. tell me about your knowledge of the west side of the city? if you are on this committee, you'll have to talk about not just legal requirements but communities of interest in neighborhoods on the west side. >> one thing that the west side shares in common with the east side that many people do not understand fully is the fact that they have large immigrant populations. irish, russian, and obviously a growing asian population. so i believe that is a good deal of commonality between the west side and the east side, more so than we read in the chronicle or the bay guardian. it is also the home of old school san francisco. right? the families and communities that have held on despite

supervisor kim: hello and welcome to the rules committee. my name is supervisor kim. we are joined by supervisor elsbernd and supervisor farrell. the clerk today is linda wong. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, who record the meetings in the transcripts available online. i want to thank jennifer and nona. are there any announcements? >> yes, the items on the agenda today will go to the full board on tuesday, june 28, unless otherwise indicated. supervisor kim: thank you. please call item one. >> sent to consider appointing one member, a term ending january 21, 2013, to the veterans affairs commission. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: i believe the one applicant has withdrawn her application. >> that is correct. supervisor kim: thank you. we will open it up for public comment. seeing none, public, disclosed. is there a motion to file this item? without opposition, this motion is not file. madam clerk, call item two. >> considering appointed one member, a term ending december 31, 2011, to the western soma citizens planning t

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supervisor kim: thank you. any questions? you actually addressed some of my questions in discussing the fiscal challenges we face with early child care in particular. i just want to hear of all the more about what you'd like to accomplish during your next term? >> in the next four years, i hope we will have a sound plan for the funding coming through san francisco, and also planning for the next ballot initiative for preschool for all. it is critical that we are responsible and plan for word so that services for kids are not -- plan forward so that services for kids are not decimated. supervisor kim: thank you. i was told there might be a representative for linda asado. if that is the case, please let me know. i do not see any. i will open it up for public comment. please line up. two minutes each. >> good afternoon. i work for first 5 san francisco, and i am just here in support of the applicants you have before you. wilburton with each one for several years -- we have worked with each one for several years and i know they'r

supervisor kim: thank you. we have gotten several requests to have a hearing on attendance of the various commission bodies and also some of the viability and relevance of all of our commissions as well. are there any comments on this item? may we have a motion? >> moving forward with recommendations. supervisor kim: thank you. we have a motion to move forward with recommendations to the full board without opposition. thank you very much. madam clerk, please call item number 5. >> charter amendment, amended charter to allow an amendment to or repeals of initiative ordinances and declarations of policy. supervisor kim: thank you. our colleague, supervisor wiener, is here to speak about this charter amendment. supervisor wiener: thank you, madam chair. i am submitting an amendment, and i have distributed it. i will hand it to the clerk. this has been a really productive process and conversation, and people will recall that two weeks ago i agreed to remove a voter- initiated the initiatives. in other words, signat

supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor elsbernd: i know you're not running. are you volunteering are working on any mayoral campaigns? >> he is coming also working on it john avalos' campaign, completely unpaid. supervisor kim: thank you. i already called up jason porth, but it is my understanding that gia daniller-katz is also year. i will call you up after jason porth. good morning. >> good morning. jerrick, supervisors, my name is jason porth, and thank you for the opportunity to address the committee. i worked as seven years as a civil rights attorney and provided counsel in eviction meetings for the homeless advocacy project. a significant part of my legal training was as an advocate for domestic violence survivors and on cases dealing with civil liberties, death penalty, and civil rights in education. i now resentence is this the university. for serving as the university's community relations officer and currently is due to the chief of staff to the president. for three years, i served as president of the

supervisor kim: thank you. any questions? >> is this the first time you have applied and what sparked your interest? >> i grew up in this city and i remember -- i grew up in the sunset and i have lived in debut and south of market. i had a business in the tenderloin and also in the sunset. i remember being ignored. part of me is very concerned with i do not want to be ignored again. even though i am white and a woman, i went to public schools, i grew up poor and on welfare. i do not want redistricting to ignore me again. supervisor kim: thank you. i have seen that you have done all lot of work in district 6, st. anthony's. >> i love st. anthony's. supervisor kim: doing work with people and mental health -- i appreciate that. if you could expand a little more about your priorities or principles that would guide you through your decision making process on redistricting. >> i don't quite understand. >> priorities and values that would guide you through redistricting decision making processes. >> first, there is that letter of th

supervisor kim: some of your

supervisor kim: thank you. >> we have been talking to supervisor of jane kim. watch for the next episode when we will be back. >> hello and welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we're here with supervisor elsbernd from district 7. supervisor elsbernd was appointed to the board in august of 2004 and elected to his seat in november of that year. he is in the middle of his second term. we will get to know him and learn about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome. tell us about your background. >> i was born and raised in district 7. i went to st. cecilia's grammar school. i went to a small school in los angeles and came back here to teach law school. -- went to lost cool. i went to work here immediately after passing the bar on the first try. i worked at city hall for a few years. then lightning struck and was appointed as a member of the board of supervisors in august of 2004. i have been here ever since. the choice to live in san francisco was made for my family about five generations ago. we have been here a very long time. i could never imagine le

supervisor kim: thank you. any other public comment? >> good morning, supervisors. i am a resident of district 11. i applaud everybody for being up here because it takes a lot of guts to get up here in front of you all, in front of supervisors, and just put it out there and at times get grilled. i am speaking on behalf of -- i am really supportive of maria and lupe. this task force is the right place where we could have new blood, new insight, a new generation of community activists that really want to contribute to our city. me, myself, personally, i can understand and feel a lot of their inspiration and vision and their roles on this task force coming from immigrant families. families that are not politically engaged because the countries that our families come from, you get disappeared. we get killed. to us being the new generation, me on the older cusp of the new generation, the being engaged, being out there. cutting their teeth on community campaigns, building new parks, curbing youth violence, clamoring

my name is jane kim. i am joined by rules committee member sean elsbernd and supervisor mark farrell. i just want to thank sf gov tv for taping this early in the morning and making the transcripts available on-line. we have only one item on today's agenda, which we had heard last thursday. please call item one. >> item 1. charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco by -- regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits. commissioner kim: because we heard this item last week, we are just going to hear public comment. please line up if you have any public comment. good morning. -- >> good morning. i have a question for the board for which i have no -- i do not think i will get an answer. why should we expect our representatives to do any more to live up to this agreement than you have in the past? the reason i say that is, in past years, boards of supervisors have entered into negotiations with city employees on retirement, the different things tha

supervisor kim: thank you. >> i also worked for public agencies doing community outreach work. i worked on high-speed rail project and that kind of stuff. supervisor farrell: that was my line of questioning also. supervisor kim: thank you. next we have jenny lam. >> a good morning, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to share with you my interest and passion for serving on the redistricting task force. i have lived in san francisco for 14 years with the majority of those years of levin -- living in district 8. i am a proud at san francisco public school parent and committed to raising our family here in the city. san francisco is our home. as you see from my application, i have dedicated my professional life to working in the community with a variety of backgrounds working directly in social- service programs, to education, women's rights, advocacy and policy. i am the director of community relations at chinese affirmative-action and i'm proud of our work last year around the census. we were one of the l

supervisor kim: thank you. please call item one. >> sent to consider appointing one member, a term ending january 21, 2013, to the veterans affairs commission. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: i believe the one applicant has withdrawn her application. >> that is correct. supervisor kim: thank you. we will open it up for public comment. seeing none, public, disclosed. is there a motion to file this item? without opposition, this motion is not file. madam clerk, call item two. >> considering appointed one member, a term ending december 31, 2011, to the western soma citizens planning task force. there's one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: the clerk's office informed us that this appointment does not require a hearing, because it is an appointment by the district 6 supervisor and myself. so we will not be having a hearing. but if there's any public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, may we filed this item? without opposition. thank you. please call i

supervisor kim: thank you. seeing no other public comment, public comment is now closed on this item. we have actually been in session for a little over two hours, and i was hoping you will forgive my colleagues if we took a five- minute break. if there are no objections, we if there are no objections, we will take a five-minute break. supervisor kim: thank you for our recess. we are reconvening. we are an item number four, the redistricting task force. one of my colleagues has said elections commission has appointed three appointees and there was a question. reno -- we know mr. shiber is in district 7. district two? >> [unintelligible] supervisor kim: we want to get confirmation on that. we want to know there is a breath of diversity, and we know the mayor is concerned of the equitable distribution on the task force as well. at this time, we will open this up for board discussion, and also if there are any of further questions for applicants? supervisor farrell: just to check, has anyone come up that has not a

supervisor kim: thank you. and also thank you for your service on the advisory committee. >> you bet. i work with all those guys all the time. every time i see a situation, i am right there. the economy by name. -- they all know me by name. supervisor kim: yes. thank you. i am sorry -- are the questions for our applicant? ms. vanessa jackson. thank you. hi, ms. jackson. >> good afternoon. i did not get a chance to fill up everything. supervisor kim: you can fill out this for the clerk. the same thing. >> yes, my name is vanessa at jackson. i am a 44-year-old mother. i lost two children 10 years ago. i work at a battered women's shelter, and i were also as an intern at general hospital where i work with the trauma units, stabbing victims, a gang violence, community violence. i have been an advocate in the community for over 20 years. i have worked in the juvenile hall with clark, with state parole, a federal parole. i advocate for children and families, and i am here today because i feel that i have been watchin

supervisor kim: any questions? supervisor elsbernd: i thought you might have address them in your opening statement because a lot of the questions come together around you. so i will ask them. it is very clear your partisan. some members to agree with and some you don't. some will be running in the and there is no gray area. you support some members of the board and you oppose the members of the board. you support some candidates, you oppose some candidates. we are charged with putting forward transparent and open candidates. how do we justify appointing you? >> one of the hard things about having written as much as i have is that you can't run from the record. you have upset people in the past two may agree with you. i was told before even applying for this that moderates are not going to want you to give you are progressive. progresses' are not going to want you because you are too independent. i may have supported candidates, but i am not going fourth to take sides in the types of conflict. one of the things tha

supervisor kim: thank you. next, i have eddie and kevin bart. and if you have not been called, please line up after those two. >> good afternoon. i'm vicing my support for david waggoner for police commission. i met david through the new leaders council, which he mention 20d11 new leaders council fellow. they collect some of the best and brightest of the bay area and bringing them together for training sessions and discussion forums on progressive, political leadership. having observed david in that setting, i believe he's a person of integrity and i have been very impressed by his measured responses to many discussion that's have gone on and would strongly support him for police commission. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you mr. ahn. >> right into the mic. hi, everybody. my name is kevin bard. i'm on the board of the san francisco democrats, board of the mill club and very active alice member. hopefully this won't evolve into an alice versus milt thing but personally i support david waggoner for this commiss

supervisor kim: thank you, mr. young. seeing no other questions, i would like to call forward miss sally stephens. >> good afternoon. my name is sally stephens and he served on the commission for four years and i consider it a great honor to do so and hope you recommend i will be reappointed for another term. the commission advises the board on animal issues. to be most helpful, you have to see value in the advice we give. i worked hard on the commission to ensure when we recommend something to use aboard it's well researched, well thought out, workable and fair. my fraining is a scientist. i have a ph.d. in astrophysics and as a jurnist i worked for several decades as a science writer explaining complex astronomical ideas to the public as taught me how to complain complicated issues to my fellow commissionerses, public and ultimately to you. for example, when the commission sent a poem cat declaw ban to the board, an idea i brought to and sponsored at the commission, i prepared a packet of information for each of the sup

supervisor kim: thank you. next speaker. please just line up and come forward. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is david anderson and i'm speaking on behalf of pam hemphill and philip gerrie for the commission on animal control and welfare. i served for 14 years as executive director of a nonprofit in san francisco followed by six years as v.p. of national conservation organization and i'm back working as conservation chair and on the board of directors of a major conservation group in san francisco. in those capacities, we rely on working with agencies and commissions in the city and we rely on those members having integrity, having open communication with us and having expertise. and pam and in philip, you have applicants with those characters. they're fair. they're hard working, they're dedicated. they have a history of great service to san francisco and to the community. we rely upon them and we trust them. you have difficult tasks facing you in terms of different animal issues in the city

supervisor kim: -- >> we met in closed session. i understand the committee will move items 6, 7, and eight forward with recommendations. supervisor kim: thank you. without opposition. question disclosed. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, madam chair. supervisor kim: if there is nothing further, this meeting is now adjourned. >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into

supervisor kim: -- >> we met in closed session. i understand the committee will move items 6, 7, and eight forward with recommendations. supervisor kim: thank you. without opposition. question disclosed. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, madam chair. supervisor kim: if there is nothing further, this meeting is now adjourned. >> to address these concerns, i have made a series of amendments to the resolution that capture the spirit of the policy but would allow continued conversation with the task force and other stakeholders about how we do metering. i believe strongly that the city needs to start developing toes to help create affordable housing. in our housing element alone, we talk about building a 60% affordable, but we are currently not doing that. it is important to start the discussion about creating tools of measuring our affordable housing and creating tools to enforce that. i grew up in new york city, one to my parents who had immigrated here to the u.s. actually, i started really becoming active in

supervisor kim: thank you. we have a motion to move forward mr. julius turman to the police commission with positive recommendation. i would like to take roll call again. this is not -- i continue to support mr. turman and i know he will be an excellent police commission. for now i will be supporting mr. waggoner for that seat. so roll call, please, on that item. >> on the motion supervisor elsbernd? >> aye. >> supervisor farrell? >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> no. >> two ayes, one no. supervisor kim: motion moves forward. thank you to your time and thank you to all of the applicants again. madam clerk, can you please call item number snow shower >> item number four, hearing to consider appointing four members terms ending april 30, 2013, to the commission of animal control and welfare. there are four seats and seven applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe all of the applicants are here today except for miss brooks and i would like to hear them in the order listed on the agenda. if you are here for the

supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor elsbernd: well, i can see we're going to have a bit of a discussion. just the three i would put forward are not any of those three. [laughter] the three that i thought stood out -- i like the combination of these three -- mr. elmendorf, mr. mcdonnell, and i it likes the greens of -- and i liked the range of practical experience. professor elmendorf is no political affiliation to the city whatsoever. >> supervisor, there is an overflow room. that room is available. supervisor kim: thank you. >> [unintelligible] supervisor elsbernd: mr. mcdonnell, the demonstrated commitment to the city through his resonate, and his work with his current occupation. and i just think the threat of not knowledge -- the brat of knowledge, and he is clearly a man of integrity. and it is that kind of integrity, from what i have heard, and will spread out amongst the community. i think it shines through. it is something everyone else will benefit from. mr. alonso stood out to me as someone who woul

can kim jong-il control the regime's succession process? maybe. kim has three sons. his oldest son is a very chubby little guy. kim has a flat in macau and he has an apartment in paris and one reportedly in geneva. he's kind of a playboy and a goof ball tried to sneak his family into tokyo disney. i wish i could be a fly on the wall, excuse me, you don't look are you -- and he's almost out of north korea and gal vating -- and he's married and has girlfriends in every one of these places. let's get to the second son. the second son is kim jong kho who is a big eric clapton fan and he followed eric clapton as a groupie around europe and at least he has a great group. cream was a great group. my father was in the audience zpoed listen to eric clapton growing up but big eric clapton so a couple of years you hear eric clapton was coming to north korea. he has a different mother. educated in switzerland. kim jong kho is too much of a girlie man to take over as the leader of the dprk. he reportedly has to actually take medicine, male hormones and for that reason his father

supervisor kim: thank you. any call it -- comments? supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i have been relatively quiet on this. it is likely to move out of committee, so i wanted to share my thoughts. i think what happened tuesday afternoon is exactly what this charter amendment is necessary. three ballot measures were placed on the ballot at the very last minute, but four members of the board of supervisors. and i think in the last 48 hours, we have seen that those ballot measures were written rather hastily. there is all kinds of unintended consequences. this charter amendment fixes that problem. it frankly gives a bit of a lifeline to those four supervisors into a major, if they ever do something like this again. so i think what has happened in the last week is perfect evidence for the necessity of this charter amendment, and i would like to congratulate supervisor wiener with moving forward with this good government reform. supervisor kim: thank you. at this time, i would like to open it up for public c