malia is ready? where is malia? malia cohen, everybody. please c'mon up. >> hello. i'm a strag ler. we recessed the board meeting. it feels good to see you all here. congratulations and mayor brown thank you you for an allowing us to have the opportunity to celebrate you once again. i do have prepared remarks. i will skip to the end. i want -- i'm going to quote with you my words. i want to leave you this quote. bringing the gift that my ancestors gave, i dream the dream and the hope of a slave, i rise, i rise, and i rise and i think that really captures african american culture, history tradition, not just here in san francisco but around all the world. thank you. maya anglo. >> she says thanks for putting me on the spot. they are all gone. willie retires from a work of politics. he continues to appear and upon the and he writes for san francisco chronicle and perhaps what keeps him the busiest is up with that beautiful and mature beyond her years 11-year-old daughter sydney. she's amazing. let's hear it once again for the san francisco, the wonderful willie brown junior. we now pr

(applause) >> supervisor campos and supervisor malia cohen. i'm not going to speak too much because i know the nominater took not only is she a part of this community, but she has taken the time to really outline all the achievements of the community. but i will say on behalf of my boss, amy cohen, the portola never had a drop down on the yelp. it never had a drop down on the cdbg grant application process. and they used to have t-shirts that said best little neighborhood you never knew. so, i'm going to bring up lindy lynetsky from dpw. (applause) >> we stole all her lines already. >> yeah, stole all my lines. you just stole another. all right. tonight is called the portola sweep, right? [cheering and applauding] >> i know there are several people here tonight who nominated the portola as the come back neighborhood of the award of the year. neighborhood of the year award. i'm sure there were several nominaters. so, i'm very humble to be able to present my nomination and the reasons why i think we deserve tonight's award. i'm a relative newcom

they are malia cohen, london breed at the board. they have to face all the different politics. i know they're going to be great partners with me because we've got the right objectives to happen. we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i don't know where else to look because this is a great start. yes. (applause) >> but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different departments. melva davis,

i know that supervisor norman yee was a first five commissioner years ago and i wanted to welcome malia cohen for joining the first five commission as our board of supervisors rep. today, related to this, i'm asking our board to join many organizations and leaders throughout the state and this country in declaring 2013 the year of the child. for years our state government has imposed dramatic cuts which have undercut our efforts by universal preschool, educate students and provide child care for our families, especially the most vulnerable. this is heard over 100,000 children living in san francisco and as the state and local budgets improve this year, we hope, we must restore as many of the services to children as possible and demand that the state government does its part. ~ hurt i'm thankful to supervisors malia cohen and norman yee it for joining our board, the california state in counties, [speaker not understood], head start programs, elected officials and community partners across the state in recognizing the critical importance of providing adequate services to our children. tha

malia hill is here today. and, malia, first of all, explain to everybody at home, what is this? >> it's standup paddle, and often it is a yoga pose, so we do boga yoga out here on boga boards. it's a great way to connect with the present moment. it combines standup yoga practice with yoga lessons. it's been great, people are loving it. >>reporter: it's the craze in the east bay. do you have to know how to paddle board to do this exercise? >> no, it's very easy. we give you a brief lesson before you come out here and get you up and running real fast and right into your yoga process. >>reporter: and do you have to know yoga? >> we've had people that have never done yoga out here. we've had people doing yoga for many, many years, so we try to teach the class to all levels so everyone can have a good time. >>reporter: i've been watching out there. i haven't seen anybody fall in yet, i could be the first. do you have to know how to swim? >> you do have to know how to swim for safety reasons. because we use boga yoga paddles, they're very stable. they're made for yoga and people barel

to my left is supervisor malia cohen and supervisor london breed will be joining us shortly.lerk today is linda wong. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jesse larsen and nona melkonian who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. please make sure to silence all cell phones and devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be appear on april 30th, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise indicated.

david, would you please take a bow to the rest of your supervisors, malia, campos, the tall man, scottie. stand up scottie. let people see you. mr. farrell? eric maurd, norman yooe, you've got the whole board. oh, my god!. i am just so delighted, christina that mom's at the mayor's office that you altogether decided to do a closing ceremony for black history month. harlem would disagree with you on that because tomorrow there is another harlem kelly version of black history and he's been doing it for years. it's the most inexpensive event that i have ever been to. i'm going to try to get him to upgrade it, mr. mayor, now that he's the big man. we just finished the most magnificent chinese new years parade it was and the lord obviously smiled on the chinese because it didn't rain this year. most years it rains for the chinese new years. this was at an incredible location. it's always the location over the last years or so, an elective family has reached out to include an -- array of people. in january it was chinese new years celebration and now we are doing black history month. in about

malia cohen and his staff walked in 5 miles this morning. i think they might win the longest commute prize but that's still to be determined and supervisors mar, campos and scott wiener walked in this morning as well. thanks everybody for walking in and of course this wouldn't be possible without our sponsors so i wanted to thank especially presenting sponsors paramount group and invite the president mike sanchez. >> good morning. glad to be here today with you. we are very proud to be the prime sponsor or the first ever walk to workday. we are glad it's happening in san francisco. paramount group is an environmentally and socially forward real estate company. we own one market plaza downtown. we also own 75 howard which is an 8-story parking garage. we hope we will be able to demolish the 8 story parking garage and build walkable transit friendly housing. restaurants and open space along the embarcadero that all of san francisco can enjoy everyday. paramount group participation reflects our focus on being a healthy or part of a healthy walk

to my left is supervisor malia cohen, and to my right is supervisor london breed. the clerk today is linda wong. and the committee would like -- also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, jesse larsen and nona who will record each of -- record our meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. and i apologize for starting late. i just got through sitting on a committee, earlier committee just got through moments ago. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 16th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great. can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, motion appointing supervisor eric mar, term ending june 30, 2013, to the association of bay area governments executive board. >> okay. is there any public comments for this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ga

bbc news, malia. -- mongolia. one of the biggest challenges facing the new chinese leaders is about the internet, but the company -- country propaganda chief thinks the online world could be an ally rather than an enemy. our reporter explains. for the heartse and minds of its citizens, the chinese government has opened up a new exit. look like just another shoot them of video game, but it is, in fact, the latest chinese propaganda tool. in the past few months, it has been downloaded more than 1 million times. >> the game was originally meant as a training aid for chinese soldiers. it has been shown on state television, with them gaming away. >> this appears to bear more than a passing resemblance to the u.s. or its allies, raising questions about just what real- life scenarios they are training for. >> give them trouble and harassed the fishermen. >> the public will, according to the developers, help instill a patriotic values and, perhaps, drum up new recruits. the young boys. from the bottom rung. they like to h

some say a map >> i will be chairing the meeting in place of supervisor malia cohen today.t is supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is [speaker not understood]. i would like to thank jesse larsen and charles from sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. of course we're joined by supervisor chu for item number 2. madam clerk, are there any announcementses? >> please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the committee clerk. each member of the public will be allowed the same number of minutes to speak on items. items acted upon today will be appear on the april 19, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right, madam clerk, can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1 is an ordinance authorizing the juvenile probation department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $461,166 from the office of justice programs for the united states department of justice for funding under the fiscal year 2012 s

to go further into that i'd like to actually take a moment and invite now our supervisor district 8 maliaohen who would like to share her opening thoughts on this award. (applause) >> can i just tell you how good it feels to be up here, to look out to see all the people that make everything possible, that really makes san francisco wonderful? and i just have got to give a special shout out. you knew i grew up in the portola for those that don't know. [cheering and applauding] >> right there at the intersection of silly man and colby, my parents still live there. that's where it started for me. but tonight is a night that we have abopportunity * to up lift and support and say thank you to all the people that certainly provide me support and provide me the motivation to get up and come to work every single day. this is an opportunity to thank and praise the people that call me stop, that e-mail me, find me on facebook, send me a twitter and pick, found me on next door. i tell you, this is your day. put your hands together. hang in there, we're almost done. but this is the day that we get to

please join me in welcoming supervisor jane kim and supervisor malia cohen from districts six and 10 respecti respectively. [applause] >> good morning. i was reminded this morning as the mayor was announcing different members of the city family that are here, naomi kelly, and those others, the mayor likes to travel with the ladies. but in all honestly it's great to be here. and anchorstein is my favorite san francisco beer. and it's a beer that i grab for when i go to a friends' house. not that it's a plug, but it's important to support san francisco products. and it's amazing that this company has been committed to san francisco and as an ambassador throughout the world. and important to partner with another great ambassador, and that's the san francisco giants. as we look at district 6, that includes mission bay. we have to recognize the history that was here before much of the development came. and that was the development and warehouses. and i came here to shop for furniture and other local wares. and it's exciting as we develop this part of the city, that can manage a lot of den

. >> i will be chairing the meeting in place of supervisor malia cohen today.ervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is [speaker not understood]. i would like to thank jesse larsen and charles from sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. of course we're joined by supervisor chu for item number 2. madam clerk, are there any a

[applause] supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and malia cohen. c.e.o. port commission president, and former commissioner michael hardaman. fire chief. and san francisco jim lathermyth. and san francisco made we have katie and sarah from spur. as well as many of our neighborhood leaders, i saw mike bishop from the southern waterfront. and katie from the central waterfront. and the commerce advisory committee. and of course all of you who i hope are not just only san francisco giant fans but fans of home-made beer here in san francisco. and it's my great honor to introduce entrepreneurial spirit. mr. gregor was born and raised in the united kingdom. he then moved to singapore at the age of nine. he's lived in amazing cities around the world. so he brings with him an international spirit. but also a passion for san francisco. he and his partner, tony foglio are known for building up the best brands and keeping them both emerging but honoring their roots. so i can't think of a better tenant and partner for this historic pier 48 than anchor brewers and disti

president obama, first lady michelle, and their daughters sasha and malia made the short walk to st. john's episcopal church. the obamas sat in the pew nine rows from the altar. according to a spokesperson, every president since james madison has worshipped at that exact location. >>> we're talking about rain, thunder, and who knows what else. rob? >> yeah, just about everything. snow in the sierras. look at these numbers here after 6:00. we're still seeing low 60s outside. it is muggy and sticky out there. that's the whole culprit to the real blossoming of the showers you saw around the bay area today. tropical moisture coming up out of the south. southerly winds feeding in that moisture with the low pressure system off to the west. you add that kind of moisture, high dew point air we don't typically see that really adds to the instability of the atmosphere as the sun comes up and heats things up. you might have noticed at lunchtime, like clockwork, those showers started to fire up. later on you might see the sea breeze take hold. in the meantime, here are some of the rainfall total

malia cohen and his staff walked in 5 miles this morning. i think they might win the longest commute

to my left is supervisor malia cohen and supervisor london breed will be joining us shortly. the clerk today is linda wong. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jesse larsen and nona melkonian who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. please make sure to silence all cell phones and devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be appear on april 30th, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise indicated. >> thank you. can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, hearing to consider appointing four members, terms ending march 1, 2016, to the in-home supportive services public authority. there are four seats and four applicants. >> thank you. we will be hearing from the candidates in the order they appear on the agenda. if patricia webb is here, please approach the microphone. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. obviously

president obama, first lady michelle, and sasha and malia made the short walk across lafayette park to st. john's episcopal church. the obamas sat in a pew nine rows back from the altar which carries a small brass plaque designating it as the president's pew. according to a spokesman for st. john's, every president since james madison has worshipped right there. >>> next at 5, as things heat up between north and south korea, why north korean officials announced today their nuclear program is the country's life. >> i'm scott budman on the eve of a chp crackdown on texting and driving. we found a piece of technology that might keep you safe. >>> a horrific injury cast a dark cloud over an ncaa basketball tournament game today. we'll have an updays on the player's condition. >>> one of north korea's top decision-making bodies is calling new cler weapons the nation's life. today's statement followed a meeting of the central committee of the ruling workers party. state tv broadcast pictures of north korean leader kim jong-un and other officials attending that meeting. the statement said gna

[applause] supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and malia cohen. c.e.o. port commission president, and former commissioner michael hardaman. fire chief. and san francisco jim

the fashion designer tory burch and at last we're we had a roundtable with the district supervisor malia cohen. renaissance loves success stories. many of you may know gail [inaudible] and her truck is parked outside of city hall on fridays. she is one of the success stories. i attached three stories to the packet so you can read about them later but gail came to renaissance and wanted to start a food business. didn't have enough money to start a brick and mortar location and she was there and open the truck when it was opportune to do so and she started a second food truck and is employing at least five individuals. another great success is black jet bakery. i know if you have been there but they came to us. she was originally selling her goods to coffee shops and other commercial retailers throughout the city, and had enough interest in her business. she's been covered on the opera blog and got great reviews and pop tarts and they're delicious and got a loan through one of our resource partners working solutions to open a brick and mortar business so we're excited. we hope it works out

. >> have you communicated with supervisor malia cohen's office? >> yes. did you talk to the people? yes. did you talk to the people? yes. they were very happy. >> thank you very much. if there are no other questions let's open this up for public comment. if there is someone that would like to speak please come forward. two minutes maximum per person. >> my name is mikeel nolan and a resident of san francisco since 1970 and living in bernal heights. hi the pleasure of meeting cesar ascarrunz and he's been a pioneer and a hands on guy. when you give him a license you know he's going to be responsible in managing the place, managing the people, welcome being the customers, taking care of security. >> >> and playing the 59's on in the. >> >> and playing the piano in the band. this is in a warehouse district. i showed cesar the place several months ago. it's an existing ball room which teaches ball room dance classes and he saw it and he talked to the owner of the business and introduced the idea of bringing more people into this very quiet warehouse district

and i apologize that i forgot our first order of business actually to excuse supervisor malia cohen. so, is there a motion to excuse supervisor cohen from gao today? >> so movedrdv >> thank you. madam clerk, can you please call aye tell number 2? >> item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code, sections 22d.2 and 22d.3, relating to san francisco's open data policies and procedures and establishing the position and duties of chief data officer and departmental data coordinators. ~ >> all right. welcome, supervisor david chiu to gao on this item. i'd like to see if you have any opening remarks on item number 2. >> thank you, chair, thank you, colleagues. i want to thank the members of the public and city staff who are here to talk about this legislation i have proposed along with mayor lee about open data. i'm very excited about today's discussion. we all know that openness and transparency are fundamental to a successful government and in the internet age the release of government data and an improved partnership between government and our citizens, including many fo