i have the fortune of working with malia cohen. we sit on a land use committee together. she is a tenacious advocate for district 10. she is doing a great job and i am proud to call for my colleague. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you. my next introduction is someone bittersweet. i know mark leno already did knowledge then risk and -- ed riskin. it is dpw's loss, but it will be mta's game. i know that i will be able to call on him for ongoing report -- support. so with that, it is my pleasure to introduce ed riskin. [applause] >> thank you. it has been a long time coming. the people in the bayview hunters point has it been patient as this project has taken its course. we are delighted to be here today to celebrate a great neck step in this project. the department of public works has the pleasure of working with the library management and commission, and with the community to help envision what the library is that they want. once that is done, our job is to get it done and to work with all the people to get it designed, built, stalked, staff, and opened. th

i have been here all morning with malia cohen looking at the projects that we have in this area.part of that young talent and i get to work with, as well as scott wiener. the board of supervisors have been working with me these past seven months, and we are trying to get a lot of things delivered. not a lot of political stance. getting stuff done. fulfiling old promises. promises that you heard decades ago. you saw me smiling this morning as i embraced this man, freddie carter. he is part of the construction team here. freddie was certified when i was the director of the human rights commission. he had a joint venture. it was a small firm, and they had to get some beer projects, and i remember, you went out and bought yourself a red truck. do you still have that truck? freddie is part of the kck general contractors team that formed the property bid on the dpw and library bid process. they ultimately won the right to build this. and guess what, he is local, right here in the bayview. that is important to me, personally, it is important to the city. that is why the library director

supervisor john avalos, ross mirkarimi, malia cohen, jane kim. i also want to thank members of my staff who have been working on this for quite some time. i would also like to thank the city attorney's office, a number of staff members who have been providing advice and guidance on this. i also want to think the office of labor standards and enforcement for their great work and provide technical guidance and assistance, providing the information that has led us to where we are. i want to thank the members members of the community, especially issues addressed by this legislation. labor leaders who have read the identified this as a top priority for the city and county of san francisco. lastly, i want to thank the business owners that have identified the importance of leveling the playing field through this legislation. with that, i will call on matt goldberg to give us a presentation on how the health care security works. >> thank you, supervisors. i appreciate the opportunity to be here at the request of supervisor campos to share a bit of backgr

to my right is malia cohen and to my left, david campos. joining us is president david chiu. please read the first item. >> item 1. resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $205,000 from department of justice to fund the project entitled "san francisco community justice center intensive outpatient program" 2010, through september 30, 2011. supervisor mirkarimi: is there anybody here that would like to present on that? thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. the item before you is accept and expend in the amount of $205,000 to create some of infrastructure development in the it fold at the community justice center. department of public health was successful in applying a solicitation to the federal government to create a program on site at the community justice center. as a result of that application, we were invited to apply for a supplemental on one of money to use for development at the community justice center. these funds will greatly enhance our ability to develop and create and inst

malia cohen, a supervisor of our district, come on up. supervisor cohen: hello, everyone.afternoon. i was raised in san francisco. i went to lake shore elementary school and low -- bob -- lowell high school. it is always refreshing to see san francisco unified school district students doing well. i am excited to be here. i want to thank our sponsors and city family that came together to make this happen. when i was thinking about my words and what i wanted to deliver and share with you, is that oftentimes, i -- last year when i ran for office, people would say that i was so young, that it was not my time. they would ask how i was going to be able to make a change when basically i was just so young. so last year when i was elected, i was 32 years old. i think i am the youngest member of the board of supervisors. i serve with 10 other colleagues, and i represent district 10, the southeast part of the city. i would talk with people during the course of the conversation and remind people that any time any kind of institutional change happens, that it actually happens from a yo

. >> supervisor malia cohen introduced a resolution asking for the case to be dismissed and a formal apology from u.s. air. sage pants have become a crime in one midwestern town. the price you pay for wearing your pants low coming up at 5:30. >>> 45 minutes ago, california's tuition board approved a 12% increase. cal state officials say it's intended to offset a deeper than expected cut in state funding. today's vote means an increase of almost $600 a year bringing the annual tuition for in-state undergraduates to almost $5500 and that does not include room, board or campus fees. >>> at a time when budget cuts are prompting higher tu television, governor -- higher tuition, govern jerry brown is considering a proposal to increase the salary of the president for the president of that university. that is $100,000 more than his predecessor was making. in a letter to the board, governor brown asked the board to reevaluate how it sets the salaries of administrators. >>> the university of california system is also considering a tuition hike. uc's president is recommending a 9.6% tuition inc

greg suhr is going to be there as well as city councilwoman malia cohen wh represents the bayview. there are several investigations going on from an internal investigation to the d.a.'s office to the office of community complaints. grace. >> we'll be watching. anne makovec in the newsroom, thank you. >>> this morning, marin county sheriff's deputies have lost one of their own. deputy jim mathiesen who was off duty at the time went to a home in petaluma monday night. now, his friend's daughter's ex threatened to kill her family. authorities say thomas halloran killed mathiesen when the deputy tried to calm him down. another man shot and killed halloran after he took a woman hostage. sheriff investigators call that a justifiedable homicide. >>> doctors had to perform emergency surgery on a giants fan who was beaten up outside of dodger stadium. that's after bryan stow had a seizure monday. he is recovering from brain injuries from an attack that happened four months ago. in the meantime, l.a. county leaders have added more cash to the reward for information in the beating case. the c