president chiu: madam city attorney, do we need a motion to amend this document? >> i believe you just need to accept the documents. president chiu: colleagues, without objection, if we could accept the documents, as the city attorney has just recommended? [gavel] and, colleagues, if we can take item four same house, same call? this item is finally passed. [gavel] item 14. clerk calvillo: appropriating money of the general reserve fund for the fourth street bridge. president chiu: same house, same call. [gavel] this is adopted.

president chiu: madam city attorney, do we need a motion to amend this document? >> i believe you just need to accept the documents. president chiu: colleagues, without objection, if we could accept the documents, as the city attorney has just recommended? [gavel] and, colleagues, if we can take item four same house, same call? this item is finally passed. [gavel] item 14. clerk calvillo: appropriating money of the general reserve fund for the fourth street bridge. president chiu: same house, same call. [gavel] this is adopted. item 15. clerk calvillo: a lease. president chiu: same house, call? this resolution is adopted. item number 16. clerk calvillo: a lease of real property. president chiu: same house and call? this is adopted. i understand some others are -- supervisor mar: at the urging of the office of the economic and work force development, this is some your clean up language and several amendments that are applying to -- this is some mere clean-up language. i urge support of the amendment. and you should all have copies of it in front of you. president ch

madam city attorney, could you elaborate on the necessity to do that? >> item 7 is an appropriation of proceeds that relate to pending claims and litigation -- anticipated litigation involving the city. it is noted that way under the administrative code. supervisor chu: thank you. we have taken public comment. if there are no objections, we will enter into closed session for items 6 and 7.

madam city attorney, could you elaborate on the necessity to do that? >> item 7 is an appropriation of proceeds that relate to pending claims and litigation -- anticipated litigation involving the city. it is noted that way under the administrative code. supervisor chu: thank you. we have taken public comment. if there are no objections, we willll >> we met with the committee in closed session on anticipated litigation involving the city as well as pending claims involving the city. i understand the committee will move to move the item 6 forward without recommendation pending the outcome of the appeal of the feir which will be held at the board next week. the committee will move to item 74 with recommendations. >> correct. supervisor mirkarimi: the motion to move item 6 without recommendations. supervisor chu: without objection. >> and then an order at this time regarding disclosure. supervisor chu: we have a motion not to disclose. without objection. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for the subcommittee. supervisor chu:

president mazzucco: madam city attorney -- >> if that is the agreed upon outcome, and you want this returned back to the chief, then we can do that. commissioner hammer: we can say that it puts it in a bad light, so do not do it again. that is the kind of talk that it may be. >> a verbal punishments, koran that is clearly in the spectrum. -- verbal punishments, that is clearly in this spectrum. commissioner hammer: we are not going to penalize someone for whom they associate, what, when, or why. a higher standard for our specialists. it shows them that judgment. the oral admonition that this commission be comfortable with. it is that judgment. but does this rise to the level of the commission charged? commissioner hammer: my recommendation would be to have it returned to the chief's level,

. >> because of the mistake, madam city attorney, they would not be barred from reapplying. they don't have that year. >> that is correct. >> maybe we can hear from the planning department. >> in regards to whether or not these are vested rights, i would refer to the city attorney. this is not route to the planning department for review. this was an honest mistake. there was an honest mistake. that is how the mistake was made. in regards to whether or not the department would approve of the project as revised as suggested by the permit holder, we have not reviewed the application or all of the materials and we cannot make a determination at this time. the plane apart and has been responsible for reviewing these. there has been in this is where we have approved. there are instances where we have denied. there are conditions on many of them. there have been problems with the provider complying with the conditions of approval. we would like a facility that would comply with any conditions of approval. we would prefer to see this. i can discuss the matter with the department's s

. >> because of the mistake, madam city attorney, they would not be barred from reapplying.

>> madam chair, a supervisor, our report indicates that if you did not release these funds, the city would have to make an equivalent cut of around $44 million. the department always contemplated that you would release these funds. certainly, you have a right not to. if you were not to release the funds, there would have to be cuts in equipment, capital, materials and supplies, and the majority would be personnel cuts resulting in layoffs. this was strictly a reserve, as indicated, where it was contemplated where the conditions will be met and the controller was certifying the available federal, state, and local revenues that were certifiable. the second condition was that the board of supervisors gets that. restorations were funded. whether or not they will be fully expended this year, we have not been devised by the department. if you are satisfied by those conditions, you should release the funds. supervisor mirkarimi: a few of our colleagues did say the whole those dollars back. because of the and kleinman of the date in negotiation with and the newsroom, i think that this was he

sell timeshare items below the minimum to the point where in the might be a question for the city attorney. >> madam chair, my understanding is that the department was going to make that change. is that something that you want to do? what i was under the impression that the budget analysts office had a pair rapper indicating that the tax collector is requesting to sell at less than a minimum bid is sounds like the budget analyst with recommending it all happened. we should accept the recommendation to make beds. supervisor chu: i think that the budget analysts recommendation shows that we should amend the legislation to allow the timeshare units to sell below the minimum. not to take away from our ability to collect to do taxes, but make sure that we are able to sell those timeshare properties is there a motion? supervisor mirkarimi: motion to accept a budget analyst recommendations. supervisor chu: on the item as amended? supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to ask a question. to the budget analysts, have we ever done a city survey of where they are? in terms of solvency, how healthy the industry is?

madame clerk, call item number four. >> report on the city resources plan. >> jason fried, lafco staff. we will yield to sfpuc to present on this item. >> i am with the san francisco public utilities commission. i wanted to update you on the status of the resource plan. san francisco adopted a resource plan by the board of supervisors, and they laid out a very broad goals that would close the poewwer plant. today should be the last day of operation. as the plan was originally written, the board of supervisors urged us to update the plan. the sfpuc is part of updating this plan. they will see if it is feasible. in response to guidance, they have taken a number of actions. first in updating the resources plan, we of a guidance -- update guidance from lafco. the rocky mountain institute author of the resource plan -- authored the resource plan. we help vett and review the plan. it is our goal to take the updated resource plan before the commission of its endorsement. it proposes three broad strategies. i will briefly describe each of these strategies. they sort of recognize some of the co

we have a 2000-foot view of employee benefits that affects the city and county employees. as you noted, madam chair, the director from the retirement system is here with the director from the health services system, and they can interrupt me. i was hoping to talk to a brief history of protection and benefit costs and provide a handful of facts, and then a conversation about retirement benefits and health benefits. starting at the highest level, three key points that will probably roll through everything it will talk about today. i think it is most important to start with a couple of points about performance, and to highlight the fact that the san francisco employee retirement system is healthier than most if not all of our peers in california. the health service system has taken significant steps in recent years to control employer-paid health and benefit -- health and dental benefit costs. you'll see that in some of the numbers here. if we have problems in the future, it is not for the lack of these things. our current projections to indicate the city is in the midst of a fairly rapid ramp u

madam clerk, anything else? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned. >supervisor cohen: welcome to te meeting of the joint city and district select. joining me is supervisor avalos. supervisor chu will be joining us later. and i have commissioner fewer and commissioner maufas from the schoo. all right. madame clerk, do we have any announcements? no announcements. can you please read item number one? >> the hearing of the san francisco unified school district summer school program. supervisor cohen: this is going to be a hearing. i am grateful for the members of the audience, i am looking forward to hearing what they have to tell us about the summer school program. who will be presenting first? >> this one? good afternoon, a supervisor chair cohen. i'm a director -- the director. we thought the city would present the city services first. i am here to start the conversation. i have other city partners at the table. we have the director of the san francisco rec and park department. we have the city librarian and a director of inter-agency planning. and of course, we have staff that is much more knowledgeable than

madame clerk, could please call item no. 2? >> item #2, hearing on the city's services auditor on the laguna honda gift fund. supervisor campos: thank you very much. before i turn this over to the comptroller's office, i just want to provide a little bit of context in terms of why this item is here. this is really about making sure when it comes to an audit or review of any agency, whether it is the health department or any other department that there is a closing of the loop. we understand some work has already been done by the department, by the health commission, and we simply think with this kind of report, it's important to have a hearing at the board of supervisors level as we will with all of the audits that have been done. that's the purpose of this -- to make sure we hear from the comptroller's office. but we also hear from the department about what they have done and i know that we have the health commission here and we will hear from them and to give the public an opportunity to provide comment. the last point i would make before i turn it over is th

madame. welsh and butler have pleaded not guilty drug charges. >> president obama cities us sus days away from turning airstrikes over to coalition forces. the white house is adamant it will not put troops on the ground. they do not seem to be slowing forces on the ground. snipers and tanks are said to be terrorizing people 18 coastal city. >> new concerns about radiation levels in japan today. the tokyo water bureau is telling people not to give tap water to this fants. it says the level of radioactive iodine is two times the limit for babies. radiation is seeping into vegetables as well. today they added broccoli to the list. the crisis is starting to look like the costliest disaster in history. the japanese government estimates it could be as much as $309 billion. >> 6:09. it's a busy weather day. let's turn to christina loren. >> good morning. just when you think it's starting to get better, take a look at what just developed. a severe line of strong rain coming down, just on its way to morgan hill right now. it's not already raining over the house in morgan hill get ready. it's going to l

city operations and neighborhood services committee. joined to my left by a supervisor elsbernd and to my right by supervisor mar. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to members of the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit a speaker card, please put it in the container by the rail in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week, march 22, unless another date is indicated. supervisor avalos: very good. thank you. please call item 1. >> item 1, resolution authorizing the department of aging and adult services to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $143,128 from the centers for medicare and medicaid services and the administration on aging, past through the california department on aging, to assist in expanding medicare beneficiary enrollment and out rejectees aimed at preventing disease and promoting health -- enrollment and outreach activities. >> good mornin

. >> madam chair, members of the committee, president chiu, as has been indicated on two-five of the report, the city has realized $1.7 million in additional property tax revenues. this is during the existing five-year pilot program. wonder what was paid out in the amount of $66,600. this program is being administered with existing resources, so there are no additional costs for administering the program. we recommend approval of the ordinance. i do not know if it was noted that the maximum reward amount would be reduced from 500,000 to 100,000. everyone has concurred on that. >supervisor chu: i have two questions on the program. in the report, it indicates out of the 62 referrals we received, 60 were eligible, primarily because the assessor's office already had the information. in those situations, the individuals did not meet the criteria to receive a reward. in terms of your staff time to process and check up on the 60 ineligible referrals, did you find that that was a duplication of work because you knew about them, they were already being assessed correctly, but you have to follow up on these ad

city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: mr. wagner is here from the budget office and the comptroller's office might add a few words. >> thank you very much, madame chair. members of the committee. i will walk you through the high level picture of where things are right now. kate howard from my office is going to talk to the state budget picture. just to kind of frame where we are right now in the process for the last several years it has been an ongoing process, balancing the budget in the budget year. where we are right now is the apartments have submitted their budgets and have been going through the submission process for the last couple of months. they have submitted their budgets to the mayor's office. i guess that this marks the official starting point of the process of digging into those department proposals and policy implications and what they mean for the budget. right now we are still looking at things at a very high end broad level. the chair had asked if we could summarize what we are receiving in submissions, although i think it is early for me to be able to paint an accurate picture of that for you. we will dig through that as we

city attorney's office. they found nothing. >> a suspected east bay madame is off the hook due to the investigation into an alleged crooked cop drug ring. prosecutors say they are dropping charges against the woman because their case hinges on testimony from a state narcotics officer who is now accused of stealing drugs from evidence lockers and selling them. that agent, norman welsh, played an undercover john in a july 2009 sting at the exsell massage therapy parlor in san ramon. that led to the arrest of the madame. welsh and the investigator have pleaded not guilty to drug charges, both are free on bail. >> the perjury trial for all-time home run leader barry bonds is under way in san francisco. it's getting started with bold accusations from both the prosecution and the defense. marla tellez has a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. it's only a matter of hours when day two gets under way in san francisco. yesterday, opening arguments from both sides, then that was followed by quite a bit of drama, that drama and intensity likely to continue today. back on the stand this morning will

madam clerk -- clerk: yes, please turn off any devices. items will appear on the march 15, 2011, board of supervisors' agenda unless otherwise noted. chair chu: next item. clerk youn: hearing the city's policies on set-asides in reserves. chair chu: i thought we would have a quick update on revenue numbers for the coming year and then to have lunch into the set- aside policies. >> at your request, madam chair, someone from our office will briefly walk through the presentation we have and provide hopefully some useful background as you begin working through this coming year's budget cycle. a bit of an overview of what revenues make up our budget, how those compared to others, and then get into some of the nuances about the baselines and how our various reserves function. we hope you find this helpful, and i know we are in the process of getting this on the overhead screen as we speak. chair chu: we do have copies, but maybe we can put them somewhere for the public to take, if they like. >> i would just get started. supervisors, i am from the controller's office and the city wide revenue manager, and as requested, we just wanted to give you an overview of some of the revenue sources th

city operations and neighborhood services committee. my name is john avalos, and i am joined by eight supervisor -- by scott wiener. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? clerk johnson: yes, all persons attending should turn of all cell phones and pagers. if you are submitting papers, please submit something in edition. if you have speaker cards, please put them to your left in the container. supervisor avalos: very good. if you could please call item no. 5? clerk johnson: item number five, a hearing of the san francisco municipal transportation agency's policies force which backs on the 14 mission bus line, including a break down and cause for switchbacks, the number of line managers on the ground and their criteria for ordering switchbacks, the actual weight time for passengers who must disembark due to switchbacks, the frequency of delays on the line, in the historic trend of switchbacks on the line. -- and the historic trend. supervisor avalos: think you. i have called this meeting to get the status on the 14 line. during my time as supervisor, i have heard a lot about the line turning back as it gets further ba