i came here today for -- [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> she came today to ask for help. she is struggling. she is struggling with the life she is going through now, with four kids. her husband does not work now. she cannot work now. she cannot get a bigger place, due to their economic situation. >> [speaking foreign language] >> sometimes she thinks to take her family to shelters, but the people there said careful and have no place for them. >> [speaking foreign language] >> sometimes she asks when they will have space for themselves. a place to live. to play. >> [speaking foreign language] >> she fills out a lot of applications, but every single place tells her that they are full. they have. >> [speaking foreign language] -- they have no space. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the place that they live now, her daughter needs something to cover her ears so that she can sleep. if they wake up in time, they feel tired because they cannot sleep well. >> [speaking foreign language] >> she says that the kids deserve a better place to live. they ask why this

you have to have the language. it is not like the board introducing the language, where you can give them a concept. commissioner sugaya: technically, it was not in there in the beginning. this is just a proposal by supervisor weiner. it is not in there, except by his action. or not action, but recommendation. >> sorry to jump in again. just to clarify, so everyone is clear -- if supervisor weiner, assuming you vote to pass this without that language included, so there is no hardship exemption, if he were to introduce that as an amendment of land use committee and put it back in, it would not be referred back to you or the hpc, because you already had this opportunity to comment and review it, just so you understand how this process might play out. commissioner sugaya: lastly, we are still on 1111.7a3. i do not know if i have the votes to change that is devoid to that it be approved. if it could be void in 180 days if the board of supervisors is not active. i would like to reverse it and say it will be improved --

♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language]lause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ commissioner lee♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> thank you. another round of applause for them. [applause] thank you. it gives me great pleasure to introduce you all to our great mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you very much for that wonderful music. thank you. thank you. thank you for being here tonight. if i may say -- thank you. if i may say [speaking foreign- language] welcome. welcome to our wonderful city hall. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the third annual arab heritage month celebration here in our wonderful city of san francisco. no many of you know, too, there has been a lot of spotlight on our arab-american countries. people are wondering what it is that is going on. the whole world is struggling to find out what the right thing to think and do and understand is. her

new language, which i have described. apparently the hpc is an agreement with it as well, except they want to cut out the planning commission from the approval process for the local interpretation, which i disagree with that. so i think at this point we seem to have a broad agreement. not 100 percent signed, but among staff and myself among this provision, except i think the planning commission should be part of the approval process. commissioner antonini: think you. basically the difference is the planning commission and the approval process. i think having some flexibility is very important. >> just to be clear, this agreement is over who improves the local interpretation of the standard that you might be able to produce. it is about who might approve the local interpretation. >> one thing i forgot to mention -- commissioner olague has informed me that she will be co- sponsoring these at the board, so i do have a co-sponsor. president miguel: -- commissioner antonini: we are talking about the planning commission being i

i am the department language officer. i am here to give you an update on the department's records to make our service is fully accessible to link -- to limited english proficient individuals of the city. the protocol for providing this in accordance with a language access ordinance is detailed in our general order, 5.20. recently, the department discovered a form that was not translated into the five core languages. it was entitled unlicensed drivers, hold harmless. the language access officer has received this from eight approved vendor, and a request for immediate translation has been submitted and approved. during the last update to the commission regarding implementation of a general order 5.20, commissioner chan raised concerns about calls for service that involved lep persons and number two regular reports about the it department language access at birds. regarding data collection, a general order 5.20, part 0, number two, they shall collect lep data, and those that require an incident report. i am sorry. lep stands

from my point of you about the additional resolution language that pulls up the same language in the dda, that does not seem to be problematic. i want to hear from you. in terms of the issue about the general fund levels, i think i would be interested to hear what you have to say about it. supervisor chiu mention there might be opportunities where we actually want to have a different financing mechanism. can you speak to them? >> i think a couple things. based on the resolution and restating the reimbursements, the finite but it makes sense and i support that. -- bucket makes sense and i support that. i would suggest using the language that we can read into the record that talks about, no one can force the general fund or harbor fund to do any of these things. that discretion is left with those bodies. we have those options under the reimbursements frame we are talking about. commissioner chu: supervisor avalos, its sounds like the port is in agreement with indicating the language that was part of the recommended lang -- recommended action. then, with regards to the issue of the gene

the officer that speaks the language. i think that goes to the protection of the victim, going back to a household where there is an issue. again, i understand what you said and what the commissioner said, but they should be proficient enough to be pleased to tell the officer at the statement -- station that he beat her, he is still in the house. icl domestic violence cases have gone, and it is never good, so i appreciate that there is a little more flexibility on your part. vice president marshall: that is the spirit. i really just wanted to know. >> understand. i want to say that the manager did, indeed, do that. provide that very fundamental information, but where she but she really needed to put a battery as when it got to the declaration, and she felt completely out of it. president mazzucco: thank you for what you do. vice president marshall: we will make sure the department does its part. commissioner: thank you. we have another. her organization is one of the primary areas of help. >> thank you all to the commissi

♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [ singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign languageuse] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ commissioner lee♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> thank you. another round of applause for them. [applause] thank you. it gives me great pleasure to introduce you all to our great mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you very much for that wonderful music. thank you. thank you. thank you for being here tonight. if i may say -- thank you. if i may say [speaking foreign- language] welcome. welcome to our wonderful city hall. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the third annual arab heritage month celebration here in our wonderful city of san francisco. no many of you know, too, there has been

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it feels looser than the other language that we've been focused on. i would just give that you feedback. >> we can work on the language. the commitment is the same as what mike martin reflected. we need to have something in place by tuesday and it's a top priority for us. at this moment in time i don't think we have the exact instrument but we're committed to getting there by tuesday. >> i look forward to the updates. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you. if i may ask ms. mcclelland to come back. i was wondering if you could reference that section in the first amendment of the m.o.u. >> i'm looking at section 1.2 b and adding the last sentence. i think right above it it talks about we're endeavoring to raise 32 million. it says we'll receive 12 million in' seats by june 30 of 2012. supervisor campos: you're not making the same commitment to any of the remainder of that 32 million? >> our ability to commit beyond best efforts is very challenging. all we can do is go out and endeavor to raise $32 million. given what

then, you would leave this language and not strike it. in the last line, you would leave in the lines proposed by supervisor wiener as it is proposed and this would diminish the integrity of the conservation. >> yes. >> thank you. >> on the motion as it has been modified. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. with the was a little. it is this has passed, but the city on this. it will take a 10 minute break. 10 minutes, no more. when we come back, we are considering item 12 on the agenda. >> this has been going on for three year >> supervisor mar is here, he has a limited time and we welcome his comments. supervisor mar: i hope this item is much shorter than the previous one. [laughter] though this item impacts the richmond district, is also part of district 2 as well. i will ask for your support. it is a measure that would allow 5-foot height increases to create more attractive store fronts in the neighborhood commercial districts. it would really help us revitalize our richmond district. it will also help the st

in foreign language] [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] ] [ speaking in foreign language ] paragraph paragraph [ speaking in foreign language ] ]. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, madam prime minister. i should say that in a little bit i'm going to invite questions from the audience. so keep in mind, think some questions up for just a little bit. now, michelle, in a sense, your role of women reflects the degree in which they address all sorts of global problems. you have been very articulate about the fact that this isn't a matter of charity but a matter of actually solving problems. that women aren't the problem. they are the solution. can you talk a little bit about how investing in girls does actually solve global problems? >> well, first of all, even prime minister, we know that, for example, when you invest in education in girls, particularly not only in primary education but also in secondary education we will see an important drop on early pregnancy and that will lead to an important drop of maternal mortality. because in devel

in 1111.6, the language -- the department has worked closely with the supervisor to draft language regarding local interpretations of the standard, and the hpc made a very similar change in article 11 that they recommended in article 10, which is removed the planning commission from the process. lastly, there were two changes recommended by the hpc on page 40 of the draft ordinance, in 111.1.7 a and b, standards for demolition. the supervisor, would change the time line and make denial of applications for the demolition of category five buildings subject to a finding that the demolition does not substantially damaged the integrity of the preservation district. the hpc first recommended the language be removed, saying that an article 5 building shall be void if within 180 days of such determination the board of supervisors has not read designated the building to a higher category. -- has not re-designated the building to a higher category. finally, the language be removed that notes that the cumulative effects of integrity of the conservation district associated with the demolition of the con

>> [speaking foreign language] >> i amw3 not picking you up. >> ç[speaking foreign language] >> i am i believe the children are easily infected by this type of drugs and it is not going to be good for them. w3man at something? ç-- may i add something? commissioner antonini: we do not answer questions. >> she still has time. >>ç [speaking foreign language] ç>> zevely people who -- i believe people who are under the influence of marijuana are not thinking clearly. they would have a tendency may be of going against the law. so this type of thingç, if it attacks our children is that going to be good for us. [speaking foreign language] -- >> [speaking foreign language] ç>> again, i would like to present myself to you. i am here today, we're here today because we're all against this. commissionerhantonini: thank you. okare there additionalç speaken favor of the d.r. against this project? >> i am on the board of the merchants and residents association. i have -- i am a third generation native and have lived in the district for all my life and my parents worked for the city. at that t

now the county is supposed to make the english language the official language of the county. a historic city which dates back to the war of independence from england. now it is about to make english its official language. >> it's kind of silly. >> of people are proud of friedrichs county strong stance against illegal immigration among them the sponsor of the ordinance, this county commissioner. >> english is our official language. we should embrace it. >> he said other languages namely spanish, can be spoken in the event of a public health or safety, but not for public safety. >> we're not bring to spend taxpayer dollars to produce documents in other languages other than english. >> will become the first county in virginia to declare english the official language. >> i think it's a good idea. it's the language that everyone speaks, right? >> it would be like making walking the national hobby. we speak english in this country. >> she is proud of her english but the peruvian immigrant wonders the impact on other immigrants. >> this is not providing an opportunity to everyone. s

do not even know their own language. according to something four years ago. they do not even know their own language properly. for a certain dialect of spanish, you have to translate it into english. that is not the job of the sfpd. and then you create problems when you try to translate some of its report into english and then take a report out of it to possibly be used in a court of law. throwing out 1200 cases related to tainted dna and other items. you're just creating amount of paperwork here that is going nowhere. i think part of citizenship and part of a citizens obligation is that if they want to fill out a police report, go to a translator, fill out a report, and then take it to the sfpd in both versions would be a better way to go. there are translating departments in every community of this city, as far as i know. but to have a policeman waiting to translate whatever language that you happen to speak, that is not english, that is not part of the policeman's profile or the city and county profile, and if you loo

the new language being proposed, the amendment adds be dramatically and unbelievably vague language of "a project shall mean any decision to potentially fund." have no idea what that means and i'm very happy to have sat through the first part of this committee meeting to provide legal support for civic action. i think what we're doing here is creating a full employment program for attorneys. i have no idea what any decision to potentially fund directly means. does that mean accepting federal money? does that mean accepting federal money that the community -- that will mean the community development block grant? any decision to potentially fund is a dramatic, it seems to me, expansion from the existing 79.2, and i would urge that language to be dropped. does not deal with the findings. i do not know what it is supposed to mean, but it is extraordinarily confusing and bay. thank you. >> good afternoon. san francisco human services network. i want to echo the remarks regarding the vague language in this proposed ordinance. when i hear that, i think of a phrase that my father used to use w

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