adjourn, in memory of the bart track engineer's who was tragically killed, chris shepherd and lawrence daniels of oakland. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned. thank you.l. >> board manipulates we will be vociferating on the board anybody's of october 2nd. second. thank you. are there any corrections? seeing none. roll call, please. (calling names) >> thank you. we are now on item b the superintendents how did for the evening. thank you, president norton and members of the board of education and everyone both present and at home. good evening. tonight i'd like to start off by celebrating the winners of the first impact and innovation waurtsdz the q t e a waks was passed and supports those wards and this was designed as a collaborative effort. the impact awards specifically aimed to recognize the strategies that impacts student achievement in our schools including the english electrons are awe aligned are with our qualities. etch winner shared awareness to help build student staff and more importantly community. 29 applications for innovation wards from over 40 schools in ou

. >> reporter: last month christopher shephard and lawrence daniels were killed as they inspected tracks near the pleasant hill station october 19. at the time a trainee was operating the train because it was during the bart strike. there's a conflict with cal owe sho and bart over bart's safety records. bart has appealed the state's citations regarding simple approval and other violations. bart maintains it has a good safety record and has taken adequate steps to safeguard workers, something assemblyman roger hernandez says is not true. >> i would say that they are erroneous in the statement and to support that, my position is finally it was after the most recent deaths that the simple procedure method has been suspected after many, many years of them contesting that that procedure was safe. >> reporter: since the accident that took the workers' lives last month, simple approval has been suspended by bart but today bart executives will address at the hearing saying simple approval the last five years alone has been used more than 40,000 times without incident. they're imprying that the

adjourn, in memory of the bart track engineer's who was tragically killed, chris shepherd and lawrence daniels of oakland. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned. thank you. >> okay. welcome to our special rules committee meet for thursday october 31st, 2013. i'm specify norm yee i'll be chairing this meeting and periphery cowen and supervisor breed to my right. the clerk islipid pr the committee wants to acknowledge the staff at sftv they record each of our meetings. madam clerk, are there any announcements and please silence all electronic devices. and all documents should be submitted to the clerk and all items on this agenda will be on the list for - >> please announce the finding. >> supervisor breed to be put on the supervisors list for the finding and any comments by my colleagues. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. . colleagues, can we have a motion to forward this appointment for the full board recommendation arrest without objection. motion passes. madam clerk, call item 2 >> the mayors nomination for the appointment to the treatm

adjourn, in memory of the bart track engineer's who was tragically killed, chris shepherd and lawrence daniels of oakland. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned. thank you.done. >> it's a pleasure to have a you here at the martin luther king academy is school for this important celebration. i service in the district. before i serve say a few words i want to thank and acknowledge some important individuals that are with us morning. if i miss someone which i will i wanted to thank you all a general thank you for being here today. i think today, we be mark in our calendars as a seminal chafrng point in public education in san francisco moving forward. before i go any further i want to recognize our members our elected commissioner commissioner joel winning who's with us this morning (clapping) >> i'd like to recognize commissioner matt haney who is with us thank you. and playing a dual rule the mayors commissioner mendosa mcdonald who is here with us (clapping) and the heroes in my mind absolutely the folks that led the work effecting lives each and every day our entire principl

adjourn, in memory of the bart track engineer's who was tragically killed, chris shepherd and lawrence daniels of oakland. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned. thank you.. >> good afternoon, everyone, if i may have your attention, my name is david campos and welcome to the meeting of november 14, 2013 of the board of supervisors neighborhood services committee. i am joined today by supervisor norman yee and we will be joined later by eric mar. we want to thank the following members of the sfgtv staff who are covering the meeting today, jennifer low and david larson. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards should be submitted 209 clerk. items acted upon today will appear to the november 18 meeting unless otherwise stated. >> if you can please call item 1, which is the only item on today's meeting and we have been joined by eric mar. >> item 1, hearing on the budget and legislative analyst's report to further understand the level of san francisco's housing crisis. >> i want to thank all the members of the public here at t

the goal, understand why on october 19, bart's staff christopher shepherd and contractor lawrence daniels lost their lives hit by a bart train in walnut creek. the unions point the finger at bart's culture saying trains running on time not safety is the top priority. >> we wanted safety to be addressed one of our sticking points. >> safety has always been our top priority. >> reporter: bart workers shared personal stories of dangerous working conditions on the job including physical assaults. >> but these rules are only really enforced after something goes wrong. >> reporter: and last month, something went fatally wrong. shepherd and daniels were work -- sheppard and larry daniels were working under the "simple approval" practice where workers are responsible for their own safety. since the accident bart has eliminated the practice for the time being replaced it with a work order practice that management says is time- consuming and costly. is your position that bart believes that the simple approval process is a best practice and should be continued? >> we are going to have to come to gri

immediately after the october 19th accident that killed christopher shepherd and lawrence daniels, bart suspended use of a practice called simple approval, leaving track side safety up to workers today assembly labor and employment committee asked why that practice was in use when osha said it contributed to two prior bart deaths in 2001 and 2008. >> it's a gut wrenching kwechlt you ask you did it now. why you didn't do it then? >> bart assistant manager of operations says lessons were learnd and changes made. >> after this last accident, you know, one answer would be that we realize we can't have anymore lessoned learned. >> the unions complained they were never formally notified, and they slammed bart for what they call a cavalier safety culture where on time performance trumps safety concerns >> we're pushd and driven. you know? scheduling to keep that schedule. sometimes, we take and run on the edge. you know? that is what simple approval aloud. us to get work done while running on time. >> it's now up to the assemblyman to decide if anything today requires a legislative fix. abc7 n

> reporter: immediately after the october 19th accident that killed christopher shepherd and lawrence daniels, b.a.r.t temporarily, then permanently suspended use of a practice called simple approval. simple approval basically leaves trackside safety up to the workers themselves. today the state assembly labor and employment committee asked why that practice was still in use in october when osha had said it contributed to two prior b.a.r.t deaths in 2001 and 2008, and why it took this accident to end it. >> that's a gut wrenching question when you ask, you did it now, why didn't you do it then. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. assistant manager of operations paul overseer said lessons were learned and decision made after the last accident. >> after this last accident, one answer would be that we realize we can't have any more lessons learned. >> reporter: the union's hammered on how workers are conditioned to put on-time performance ahead of safety concerns. veteran train operator jesse hunt told a chilling story of how he was notified of a bomb threat on his train while entering the transbay tube. when

tomorrow will focus on workplace safety issues at bart nearly three weeks after chris sheppard and lawrence daniels were killed while conducting a track inspection between walnut creek and pleasant hill stations. the hearing was requested before the deadly accident. managers are expected to attend the hearing and answer questions. it begins at 10:00 tomorrow at the state building on golden gate avenue in san francisco. >>> each day seems to bring new developments about the disappearance and death of a patient at san francisco general hospital. we know the search was botched and tonight ktvu's david stevenson tells us what the sheriff said about the mistakes that were made and the changes that are coming. >> reporter: a shakeup is ahead for sheriff's deputies working san francisco general hospital. >> there will be staffing changes. that's all i can tell you of. >> reporter: sheriff ross mirkarimi said the changes are in response to a missing hospital patient lynne spalding found dead in a stairwell days after being found missing. there was missing information incorrectly giving by hospital workers.

tomorrow will focus on workplace safety issues at bart nearly three weeks after chris sheppard and lawrence daniels were killed while conducting a track inspection between walnut creek and pleasant hill stations. the hearing was requested before the deadly accident. managers are expected to attend the hearing and answer questions. it begins at 10:00 tomorrow at the state building on golden gate avenue in san francisco. >>> each day seems to bring new developments about the disappearance and death of a patient at san francisco general hospital. we know the search was botched and tonight ktvu's david stevenson tells us what the sheriff said about the mistakes that were made and the changes that are coming. >> reporter: a shakeup is ahead for sheriff's deputies working san francisco general hospital. >> there will be staffing changes. that's all i can tell you of. >> reporter: sheriff ross mirkarimi said the changes are in response to a missing hospital patient lynne spalding found dead in a stairwell days after being found missing. there was missing information incorrectly giving by hospital workers.

> reporter: immediately after the october 19th accident that killed christopher shepherd and lawrence daniels, b.a.r.t temporarily, then permanently suspended use of a practice called simple approval. simple approval basically leaves trackside safety up to the workers themselves. today the state assembly labor and employment committee asked why that practice was still in use in october when osha had said it contributed to two prior b.a.r.t deaths in 2001 and 2008, and why it took this accident to end it. >> that's a gut wrenching question when you ask, you did it now, why didn't you do it then. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. assistant manager of operations paul overseer said lessons were learned and decision made after the last accident. >> after this last accident, one answer would be that we realize we can't have any more lessons learned. >> reporter: the union's hammered on how workers are conditioned to put on-time performance ahead of safety concerns. veteran train operator jesse hunt told a chilling story of how he was notified of a bomb threat on his train while entering the transbay tube. when