we are going to call the mayor to the front and malia. could i ask the mayor and malia to do the count down from 10 to 1 do a count down. >> the ribbon is coming. >> you are going to help us count from 10. we need help. >> all right, everybody. we are going to start at 10 and we are going down. ready? 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. all right. >> all right. let's hear it for the line dancer from the community center. we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a r

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 also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, jennifer lowe and jesse larson, who record each of our meetings and make each of the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any announcements. >> yes, mr. chair, please make sure to silence all electronic devices and copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk and items acted upon today will appear on the june 18th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you. can you call item no. 1? >> item no. 1 motion appointing supervisor malia cohen to the children and families first commission for an indefinite term. >> i believe -- thank you. do i have to make a motion? >> yes, mr. chair. >> motion to recuse supervisor cohen from this item. >> so moved. >> without any objection? any public comment on that? any public comment on the recusal? seeing none, [ gavel ] public comment is closed without any objection, this will pass. is t

supervisor malia cohen. >> good morning. hello, young scholars. where are my little young people? hello. oh, my god! the bay view library is probably the crown joule jewel. this is one of the most blessed occasions that we get to experience together as a community. this building harvest our arrest archives of our culture and that bay view and the entire city of san francisco. if that's not a reason to celebrate, i don't know what better reason there is. what better grand opening is there than the bay view library opening. here we are collectively coming together to share our thoughts, our experiences, our traditions right here on the corner. a pivotal corner that's been the corner of all the action along the 3rd street merchant corridor. today is exciting because it's a hallmark of not only of what's to do come but what has to pass, our culture, our san francisco culture. this is a place where it's been welcoming people for decades. this is a time where you start to see change along the third street corridor and not be fearful of the change but understand it's embraces. this chang

supervisor malia cohen, thank you for being here. our police chief is here. thank you. and former mayor but still mayor, willie brown, thank you for being here. [cheering and applauding] >> our city administrator, naomi kelly, thank you for being here, naomi. (applause) >> phil ginsberg, thank you. and one of our great sponsors from comcast, thank you, hong. our mayor's office of neighborhood services and the public housing tenants association, thank you for being here as well. (applause) >> thank you very much. you know, we have -- this is just a part of the city family and there are many other elected officials and department heads throughout the audience and commissioners who support what you're doing for yourselves and for your family. and let me say i am personally proud of what you're doing, proud enough that i'm going to go to work for you every single day because your success means our success in the city of san francisco. and one of the ways -- (applause) >> absolutely. and one of the ways we're going to help each other is by making sure that this summer ain't

(applause) >> and now we will hear from supervisor malia cohen, district 10 supervisor. (applause) >> good morning, everyone. today is an exciting day! my goodness, all the mothers and father's and uncles and aunts and godmothers, and aunties and sisters and cousins, everyone that brought us to this pointed to, thank you. and i want to highlight something. i think we've got 126 graduates, right? but 67 of them are from district 10. [cheering and applauding] >> that's because we are leaders of the pack, are we not? leaders, that's exactly what we're talking about here. so, i've just come to say congratulations. i'm so excited. like the mayor said in his remarks, that the future is really right in front of you. i understand that we all go through some challenges in life. but, you know, we are not defined by our challenges. as a matter of fact, what defines us is how we handle those challenges and we use them to continue to build and to continue to move forward. so, you guys are set up for an incredible life and i'm happy that you're here and i want to wish you all the best

[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

. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm welcome to district 10 supervisor and acting mayor malia cohen. cheers cheers >> mayor's education advisor and school board member hydra mendoza, san francisco unified school district superintendent richard carenza. united educators of san francisco president dennis kelly. and the mayor's 23rd team teacher of the award winners who are joining us tonight. and now please welcome superintendent carenza. >> thank you, anel. you are such a leader in our community. and thank you to the san francisco giants and to all of you for your support of our fabulous teachers. cheers cheers >> although our mayor, mayor lee could not be here tonight to celebrate and honor our very special awardees, i'd like to thank him for being such a great partner and advocate for our teachers and students. i also want to thank all of our amazing sponsors and supporters and the 300 plus teachers in the stands for joining us tonight to honor the mayor's teacher of the year award winners. [cheers] >> it is my distinct pleasure to honor and acknowledge the dedication of our

colleagues, today in conjunction with my co-sponsors jane kim and malia cohen, i'm introducing a new version of the substitute version of our healthy food retailer ordinance legislation that we introduced several months ago. this is a stronger effort now that's been cleaned up and it has even more support not only from the supervisors from the tenderloin and the bayview, which have broad strong coalitions of community based groups that are supporting this, but also the arab american grocers association and others that are supportive. this incentive program will create and oversee a city-wide incentive and assistance program for convenience stores or our corner stores that wish to offer healthier food in the areas of the city that lack access to fresh food options. so, it's about transforming corner stores into healthier businesses for -- to create a healthier neighborhood all over the city, but especially in the lowest income areas like the tenderloin and the bayview. it will also provide incentives such as technical assistance and low interest loans to existing mom and pop convenien

to malia and rob. and katie. katy, what o you think? i think what all nsa information we have now, i don't think it is out of the question to think that federal government does not already have the information they want. on everyone here in america, that is not an excuse to give homeland security their own huge database, but people have not talked about here, and issue i have circumstance why are they putting -- i have is, why are they putting burden on employers to do the john o job of legal ss fing well status -- legal status, that should be government job. >> i read 7% of american employers are voluntarily using the everify system, this is america, unfortunately, everyone wants their cake and eat it took we want to simplify things in government, we have to simpny things make it easy for for american people, and many people are against it. neil: malia? >> well, yeah, i think it is scarey to think about the u.s. creeting this national database, as far add everify, this is interesting to see how many employers are not opting in. to see

my name is malia cohen. to the left is commissioner katy tackvthv. joining us will be supervisor chiu. and to my right are commissioner scott and i think mark farrell is going to be coming back shortly. i would like to thank sfgtv, charles and jessie for their service behind the camera. madam clerk, today is erica chang, also, madam clerk, are there any other -- are there any announcements? >> there are no announcements today. >> there are no announcements, great. okay, let's call item number 2. >> item number 2, approve the minutes of the may 14, 2013 meeting. this is an action item. >> okay. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? >> okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. ~ [gavel] all right, so moved. >> all right, so moved. madam clerk, will you please call item number 3? yes, i'm sorry, the motion was passed without objection. >> item number iiictiontion state and federal legislation update. this is an information update, action item. >> and i think we have a presentation. excellent. >> good morning, chair

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 also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, jennifer lowe and jesse larson, who record each of our meetings d

i am malia cohen. to my left is supervisor katy tang to my left is david campos. i would like to thank the people of sfgtv, i don't have the names in front of me. thank you for broadcasting this meeting. and clark are there any announcements? >> clerk calonsag: yes. please be sure all devices are turned off. and documents are turned into. >> i found the names, jennifer low and jesse larson. item number one. >> clerk calonsag: (reading agenda) >> are you from the department of human resources? >> i am. >> wonderful. >> this amendment simply changes one word, or to and. requiring the nurses outside of per diem achieve the prerequisite hours, in order to move up in the next salary step. that's it. >> colleagues do you have anything you would like to add or questions? is there any member of the public it would like to speak to this item? public comment is open. seeing none public comment is closed. gvl is there a motion for this item? thank you supervisor campos. motion passes without objection. item two. >> clerk calonsag: (reading) >> supervisor cohen: please come u

the president, wife and daughter malia left the u.s. last night. among issues on the summit's agenda are the civil war in syria and free trade between the u.s. and europe. president obama is making a speech today about northern ireland's successful peace pr process. he will meet privately with russian president putin. >> after a surprise victory, iran's newly elected president is making it clear his country's economic problems cannot be solved overnight. during his campaign, he promised more freedom and better relations with the rest of the world. israeli leaders are warning the international community not to ease sanctions against iran. they point out that iran's anti-american supreme leader still has the final say on its nuclear program. >> the white house says it is open to high level nuclear talks proposed by north korea with conditions. washington says pyongyang will have to show it will comply with the u.n. security council resolutions but the surprise invitation from north says there will be no preconditions or demands to give up its nuclear

whether it's london and how she went through in her life, or malia or scott, whether it's our school district superintendent who has been doing great work. this year there were a lot of people on teams that inspired me, and that's the role of professional sports, i think, is that they play this wonderful game, games -- whether it's football or baseball or basketball -- and they get past the regular season to be outstanding for ourselves. and we watch them. we watch the confetti come down during the roofs. we watch through inspiration when they score baskets. we even see some unique poses this year after some scores. some poses that i don't think i can do and get the same kind of reaction this gentleman is doing. he's been an inspiration. graduated from purdue, played basketball there, basketball association six years. and came to the warrior, and my first year, boom, everybody is a warrior because this gentleman not only on the court, not only communicating with the fan, but becoming an inspiration for all of us. and for me, i finally found somebody taller than supervisor scott wiene

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

and that transformed america, so that malia and sasha's generation, they have different attitudes. about differences and race. than mine and certainly different from the generation before that. and each successive generation, creates a new space for peace. and tolerance. and justice. and fairness. and while we have work to do in many ways we have surely become more tolerant and more just. and more accepting. more willing to see our diversity in america not as something to fear but something to welcome because it's a source of our national strength. so, as your leaders step forward to address your challenges, through talks by all parties, they'll need you, young people, to keep pushing them. to create a space for them. to change attitudes. because, ultimately, whether your communities deal with the past and face the future united, together, isn't something that you have to wait for somebody else to do, that's a choice you have to make right now. it's within your power to bring about change. whether you are a good neighbor to someone from the other side of past battles, that's up to

and before we start, sasha, malia, go to bed. [ laughter ] i do that to remind you i have two adorableoung daughters and not five creepy adult sons. [ laughter ] well, election day is nearing. and things aren't great. uh, the economy is in the tank. uh, the job market is horrible. uh, and now, even my foreign policy is under attack. but there is something i want you all to know. i'm not worried, not in the least.

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

(applause) >> so, i'd like to ask the acting mayor, supervisor malia cohen, to help me in congratulating our teachers of the year from the presidio early education school, andrew young. [cheers] >> for marshal elementary school, andreas tobar. (applause) >> from el dorado elementary school, jennifer mullis. (applause) >> from roosevelt middle school, mr. joe austin. (applause) >> and from woodside learning center, constance walker. (applause) >> congratulations to our teachers of the year. and at this time i'd like to turn the mic over to the president of the united educators of san francisco, president dennis kelly. (applause) >> thank you. these five teachers standing on the field with us today are incredible. they are dedicated. they are hard working. they are innovative. they are exactly what we need in every classroom. i am privileged and proud to be here and to honor them tonight. to the teachers who are with us in the crowd, all 300 of you, to all of our hard working san francisco unified school district teachers and paraprofessionals, we thank you for your dedication to san franc

my name is malia cohen. to the left is commissioner katy tackvthv.oining us will be supervisor chiu. and to my right are commissioner scott and i think mark farrell is going to be coming back shortly. i would like to thank sfgtv, charles and jessie for their service behind the camera.

. >> the malia government has reached a cease-fire agreement with tuareg rebels of the north. elections will go ahead next month and a disputed region. the rebels have agreed to allow million troops to return to the area. the somali government says it will close a reconciliation conference to call the tensions in a southern city. fighting between rival clans broke down over the weekend. it will be one of the first challenges facing the uab special representative to somalia. gresterassed up -- peter has the report. >> with the ambassador stepped off the plane in mogadishu last week, he walked into what are the toughest of the diplomacy. helping steer somalia from the worlds most failed state to a stable functioning country. over the weekend he had to to deal with an outbreak of fighting in a port city. troops watched from the as 18 militiamen from rival clans died in the fighting. in nairobi, the ambassador explained why this is such a problem. >> what is happening here is largely, not exclusively, but largely a symptom of the fact that there is no agreed federal bottle. somali

to my right is supervisor london breed and shortly supervisor malia cohen will be joining us. the clerk today is linda wong. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of s.f.g. tv, jennifer low and jesse larsen who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. and i apologize for starting late. i was in another committee meeting earlier and just got out of that a few minutes ago. so, 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 june 4 supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 19, 2014, to the bicycle advisory committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> okay, thank you. we will be hearing from the candidates in the order they appear on the agenda. is

he arrived a short time ago for the gathering along with the first lady and daughter malia. high on the agenda as you can emergency is the international response to syria's ongoing civil war. late today mr. obama will meet one-on-one with russian president vladimir putin. >>> also this morning, revelations by nsa whistle-blower edward snowden are certain to come up at that summit. this morning's "the guardian" newspaper reveals the british eavesdropping agency hacked into the phone and e-mail of foreign diplomats. the information is based on documents that have been provided by snowden. >>> former vice president dick cheney says he's worried about what other bombshells snowden may have to drop. the former intelligence analyst is still believed to be hiding somewhere in hong kong. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: it's been a week since edward snowden was last seen here in hong kong. nowhere on the streets of one of the most densely populated places in the world. harsh words from the former vice president. concern that snowden's leaks of classified documents could weake