supervisor kim: thank you so much. >> ok. supervisor kim: i am a big fan of teachers. i think it is amazing what you have been able to do there. thank you. >> thanks. supervisor kim: next, we have kevin joseph, then jamie brewster. is kevin joseph here? if not, jamie brewster. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for this opportunity. my name is jamie brewster, and i am a program manager at the reconstruction solar training program, where have been employed just over six years. i was also recently appointed to the work force advisory committee by former supervisor daly. in 1995, a graduate from state prison. i did at 3 terms and to violations before getting my life together and back on track. in 2001, i was discharged from parole and never looked back. by help people enter society and be successful in life. if given the application is serve, i will do everything in my power to help those in need. but i just want to say that i dedicate my life to assisting those who have been down the path i have been down. it is extremely important to me. i died individuals down t

supervisor kim: thank you. >> so i am the stand you guys may have questions. supervisor kim: any questions? thank you. we got your application light, and we knew you are eligible for seat 1, but could we confirm her eligibility for the of the seats? we could confirm that. thank you. >> on the supplemental application, she indicated she had experience providing service to individuals, and that is it a qualifier for seat 2. supervisor kim: okay, thank you very much. next, we have kathleen culhane. she informed our office should not make it, but i wanted to make sure. nicholas gregoratos. ok, we will call him later. mary campbell? >>good afternoon. i am mary campbell. i have served two years on the reentry council and i would be honored to serve another two years. and my qualifications are, yes, i was in prison. but also, the importance of my being on the council is i have a lot of experience, unfortunately, and domestic violence and women's issues. and mothers being incarcerated issues. that is important, because

supervisor kim: thank you. if you could please, to the microphone. we ask all applicants and to speak about your experience relating to the commission which you are nominated or applying for. then we will go to public comment. thank you so much for being here. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am honored to stand in front of you today as the nominee for the entertainment commission. i am a county member and i have a lot of institutional knowledge with regard to the commission. my lifetime experience is in all aspects of the constituency. the entertainment commission it is unique in that everyone involved has a seat at the table. we have police representatives and industry representatives. but my skills span not only nightclubs but festivals, recording music, lighting, sound, and the logistics of the industry and all of its moving parts. i have worked hard on the commission to contribute and support the modification which enabled the entertainment commission to to a better job. i assisted in drafting a law tha

supervisor kim: thank you very much. if there are no further questions, at this time we will open up for public comment. two minutes. >> supervisors, my name is erkks washington. i am here to make an announcement. i am rededicating myself in city hall to bring out what i call and have been sitting for over 20 years. right now is to speak here i just got in here and heard something about the city was sued $300,000 for doing so thinmething "illegal." my question is to the city legislature's, who is in control right here in san francisco? i mean, over the 20 years i have been here i have never seen city hall in the position that it is in now. there is no reflection on a new supervisor that is here, but i am appalled of city government down here at city hall. it is city, silly, ya'all. i am telling, ya'all. i have suffered indignities, racism at its highest. as you see here, i am an african american citizens here, which our population is going down, which some would say is insignificant. i am here to tell you we may have a d

supervisor kim: thank you. i want to express my appreciation for all of the work that was done in advance. we have 15 applicants, for seats. i wanted to say to the applicant's here today, it was an incredible honor to read all of your applications and responses to the questions. you have led amazing lives and have amazing stories, and i want to appoint all of you to the reentry council, but i appreciate your leadership and advocacy and work on working with the formally incarcerated to ensure housing, employment, and it was an honor to learn of all of your stories in the process. >> thank you so much for hearings for seats 1 at 34. i am jessica, staff of the reentry council. you have three things before you, a brief memo with a list of applicants and the seats for which each are eligible, and also a fact sheet about the reentry council and a roster of correct councilmembers. the addition of the reentry council is to support adults coming back from our san francisco county jails, state prisons, and federal prison

supervisor kim: thank you. and i also see that you have served in south beach. >> yes, we have a very active leadership council. supervisor kim: thank you. next, we have ronnie muniz. after that, robert kane. >> good afternoon. my name is ronnie muniz, and my qualifications are i have done to terms in four different prisons. what i was incarcerated, i took my ged so i could get out and go to college and amount to something. i try the drug and alcohol certificate class's, then i got a passion for doing faith-based work. i created a faith-based organization. i help people get housing, drug programs, education. we have three different homes. i started this organization from the ground up. we became a nonprofit a few years back. i do work in all of the county jails, including san bruno. i do every entry program, getting them prepared for coming out so they have housing, education, drug programs, clothing, wherever they need to go to, we create that format to work with the department, the probation department. i hav

supervisor kim: thank you. the primary sponsor of the ordinance has requested we continue the matter to a special meeting on july 28. which we can do that, but before that, i will open up again for public comment on this item. if there is public comment, please step up. seeing none, public comment is now closed. so this, we will continue this to our meeting next week on thursday, july 28, without opposition. madam clerk, please call item 7. >> ordinance amending the code to allow the city to put to use time limit and pay administrative and employees under circumstances. supervisor kim: thank you. and i had martin grant, but mary howard is here. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. and mary howard from the department of human resource. you have a prose pod ordinance to amend the administrative code to provide for a paid administrative leave to allow the city to remove the employees from the work place in certain circumstances. right now no such creature exists in our legislation, so this would give the city a

we are here with supervisor kim. welcome. thank you for joining supervisor kim: thank you for having me. >> tell us where he grew up. supervisor kim: i grew up on the new york city. my parents immigrated to the u.s. i actually started becoming active in the community in high school. ed i went to stanford. -- i went to stanford. when i graduated, i move to san francisco. my first job, i started working developing economic policies for low-income communities statewide in california. i worked with young people, parents, families are around issues that concern our neighborhoods, whether it was communities, affordable housing, public schools, or just planning issues in neighborhoods like parks. i did that and actually ran for the board of education here in san francisco. i got a term on the school board working for families in our public school system and actually worked for the lawyers community and i came to the board of supervisors. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor kim: you know, i do not know if i hav

the other is kim courtney. kim i can say has placed more people in residential treatment than any other program in the county jails and i would say all those other programs combined. she dead -- does that with brad's support and help. jamie, i i have worked with jimmy. we partner with his program. it is one of the best partnerships we have. the passion he brings to his work is incredible. we have a lot of great candidates. thank you. supervisor kim: they give for being here. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to reiterate it was an honor to read your applications and to read about the incredible work you have done and the challenges you have confronted and addressed and a willingness to work with other people from young people to veterans and the disabled to hiv-positive and make our city a stronger place. i was not sure how we would go about doing this. we have two incumbents. how many years has she served? mr. miller has served for two years. >> two y

supervisor kim: think you. meeting adjourned. -- thank you. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got inter

president chiu: supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i am a co- sponsor and i want to thank the family for being here. we actually more the loss of several activists and leaders. as we mourn their absence, is it -- it is important we celebrate their work and their accomplishments. eric has been a tremendously important voice in a movement that has pushed neighborhoods and low-income communities directly central in our land use and planning process, processes that had eluded our average citizens for so long. we continue in our discussion about the use of our land and who are city is for. eric has been one of the central voices in all that. i am proud to be in a movement in which deryk calls his family. i wanted to speak on behalf of my office. there has been entered -- eric has mentored several. i celebrate his life and his work, and we have to honor that by continuing this year. i think we can all say that his impact is felt and we see it everyday in our city. thank you. president chiu: supervisor avalos. supervisor aval

supervisor kim: those are the two roof decks.re is one heading in that direction, but the arrow is indicating the exclusion zone? >> around that but no more than 12 feet away from the antennas on the roof is where the exclusion zone would be. supervisor kim: i will reserve the rest of my questions for at&t. thank you very much. president chiu: ok, why do we not move to the real party and interest for a presentation? and you have up to 10 minutes. >> sorry about that. good afternoon. a man on behalf of at&t. i am going to try to put a color version of this up there as well. as planning laid out for you, this is really just limited to the exclude -- to the categorical exemption. the only issue that has been raised is the distance in terms of the rf coming from the proposed antennas. this map, which has now been handed out to you, addresses the issue. one man is with me to will be addressing the technical issues which are not legal in nature. as to the law and what is before you, public health and safety can only be addressed in ter

jim crsupervisor kim: thank you. i am excited about reaching out to sro the alerts to make them better neighbors. we also have our ambassadors and tour guides. one of our small business owners here. i want to recognize they're here today. >> i wanted to thank the board president and steve barton who is the honor and operator of fashion cafe and also acknowledged the incredible work that elmer does in the neighborhood. a lot of what i am talking about is elmer's work, so i want to thank him for his contribution. supervisor kim: thank you. we will open up for public comment. i am sorry. i thought you present -- presented already. >> i am atrintrina villanova. cbbds are governed by a management plan approved by the board of supervisors. our goal is to ensure that they are meeting their city requirements and that we work with them. oewd is charged with conducting in an annual review and providing you, the board of supervisors, with a performance report and the financial analysis. we worked -- reviewed the annual reports

supervisor kim: any questions? thank you very much. i will not open it up for public comment. >> ♪ east is east west is west please pick the best ♪ supervisor kim: thank you. >> i'm dan murphy, principal of urban redevelopment. i was appointed by the mayor and i want to express my support. joe has a better attendance record than most of the members there and he always has something to say about issues the,. there is probably nobody that i am aware of that has such a profound understanding of all the competing policy related issues that were about by the city in putting together the eastern neighborhoods. i think he would be an outstanding addition to the group. supervisor kim: public comment is now closed on the item. a motion to move him for seat number three. we can do that without opposition. i've heard of a lot of about your incredible attendance record. moreau afford having you on the committee officially. the motion moved forward. colleagues, i like to continue this to the special rules committee for july 28

despite kim kim kim jong-il's bt efforts to keep north koreans in the dark, up to 60% of north koreans have access to some form of information beyond the ridge anymore. they're learning the source of the misery is not america or south korea as they're brain washed from childhood to believe. the source of their misery is in fact the kim jong-il and his regime. detectors are sending remittances to their families to help demonstrate their pros apart in south korea. north korea has a cell phone system with 500,000 subscribers, dough -- defectors pay brokers in china to contact their families, and they get dvds, flash drives and balloon launches. north koreans, especially the eleads, are keeping up with south korean soap operas, and watching south korean and western films. it's more important than over to raise the human rights concerns so they know our concerns are for them. for example, it was a brilliant action by the obama administration to include special envoy for north korean human rights, ambassador robert king in the delegation that went to north korea to investigate the food situa

our kim han-ul reports. seoul's shares nosedived 5-point-73 percentage points on friday to break the significant 1700 point level... the biggest daily percentage loss in 5 weeks... with foreign investors taking flight amid growing debt problems in europe and an increasingly grim u.s. and chinese economic outlook. the benchmark korea composite stock price index plunged 103-point-11 points to close at 1-thousand- 697-point-44... the lowest close nearly 15 months. most shares ended in the negatives led by a sell-off by foreign investors who sold more than 670 billion won or roughly 570 million us dollars worth of shares on friday. crude oil refiners, shipbuilders and carmakers took the hardest hit. meanwhile, asian stock markets were not spared either. stock markets in taiwan and thailand fell more than 3 percentage points, while indexes in hong kong and singapore fell around 1 percent. japan's stock market was closed for a holiday. currency wise, the korean won weakened against the us dollar by two and a half

supervisor kim.that is okay. >> in general, about 3% might remain vacant and there are procedures for how those can be filled on an emergency basis. when you are talking about a vacancy that becomes a vacancy late at night, it is really hard to fill that bed sometimes. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> well, let's start here. there was two from the -- well, this report pretty much says it right here. you have another member that just resigned and you have one more spot and the only black person on the committee has just seems like he's not around much. he was missing the last one and the last one before that and showed up 20 minutes before the meeting was ending and i don't think he's going to be around much longer. and the other thing is they talk about case management and we need a standard for case manageme management. and i am al want to say that the shelters need a one-time infusion of cash to fix major repairs. and you talk about plumbing and that wou

supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to second the comments from supervisor camp. -- kim. anecdotally, as the state is lessening its obligation and deflecting more into local government that much more, and i chair public safety, and we are trying to figure out what kind of population we are dealing with. we never get very accurate numbers. really, what is that population? between law enforcement and city government, they seem to have conferred that we would have stepped up our game. that reality is going to grow. especially with the alignment starting this week. can you expelled on that? i am beginning to try to figure out how to enable. >> you are absolutely right. when questions are posed on the data, it is very challenging. that is where the coordinated case management system is in dire need of support. actually able to attract clients through systems. that does not include the criminal-justice system. the chief, and her wonderful work, we have several partnerships under way. given t

supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. president chiu: those ordinances are finally passed. item eight. >> ordinance amending the administrative code, limiting the hours of overtime work to 20% by any -- to 25% of regularly scheduled hours during a fiscal year. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, 1 no. items nine through 13 are from the budget and finance committee without recommendation, the ordinance's implementing various changes to the memorandum of understanding between the city and the following organizations -- the firefighters local 798, the city police officers association, the municipal executives association, fire, and the city and police officers association. and one more between the city and the municipal executives association, police. president chiu: roll-call vote. supe

kim nari reports. the united states was the biggest buyer of south korean arms over the last five years. a report released by korea's defense acquisition program administration wednesday shows that... korea exported arms worth some 1- point 8 billion dollars to the us over the cited period. the most exported items to washington were aircraft parts and ammunitions. turkey was the second largest buyer... purchasing 1-point 4 billion dollars worth of arms. the hottest item sold to the eurasian nation was the kt-1 trainer jet. indonesia followed in third... importing 782 million dollars worth of weapons from korea... including the supersonic t-50 trainer jet. korea's other major arms buyers included malaysia, iraq and pakistan... and other export goods included armored vehicles, combat cars and machine guns. korea exported 253 million us dollars worth of arms in 2006, but this number jumped to 1-point 1-9 billion dollars last year... and exports in the first half of this year have already exceeded 680 mill

despite kim kim kim jong-il's bt efforts to keep north koreans in the dark, up to 60% of north koreans have access to some form of iormation beyd the ridge anymore. they're learning the source of the misery is not america or south korea as they're brain washed from childhood to believe. the source of their misery is in fact the kim jong-il and his regime. detectors are sending remittances to their families to help demonstrate their pros apart in south korea. north korea has a cell phone system with 500,000 subscribers, dough -- defectors pay brokers in china to contact their families, and they get dvds, flash drives and balloon launches. nor koreans, especially the eleads, are keeping up with south korean soap operas, and watching south korean and western films. it's more important than over to raise the human rights concerns so they know our concerns are for them. for example, it was a brilliant action by the obama administration to include ecial envoy for north korean human rights, ambassador robert king in the delegion that went to north korea to investigate the food situation. it's