(applause) >> supervisor campos and supervisor malia cohen. 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 newcomer to th

[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

they are malia cohen, london breed at the board. they have to face all the different politics. 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

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 fol

(applause) >> following me in the alphabet is our district 10 colleague, supervisor malia cohen. >> thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. this is definitely one of the highlights of the year. i'd like to just take a moment to recognize and thank the commission on the status of women commissioners and staff. thank you for your leadership. i also want to acknowledge the friends of the commission as well for their heart felt leadership. one more acknowledge many. our corporate sponsors and community partners, thank you very much for helping us honor and recognize the heroines of our society. with that, please welcome marlena jackson. (applause) >> this is a new woman that has come into my life. we met -- we had one phone call and i think we just hit it off and hit the ground running ever since. this woman has an incredible talent and vision when it comes to educating and training the next generation of young girls to take over the stem industry. that's the science, technology, engineering and math. she is a scientist at one of the leading biotechnology companies. she is the founder

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 present you with your award. >> h

go further into that i'd like to actually take a moment and invite now our supervisor district 8 malia cohenho 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 celeb

we have supervisor malia cohen. of course our very own first lady, mrs. anita lee. other dignitaries who are here with us today. council general gao and council general hawk of china and singapore. and to our many department heads who are here. we have harlen kelly with puc and mrs. kelly, the city administrator. and chief white. and we have our recorder, nu nguyen and the mayor's office of housing. there are a number of other commissioners here as well. i want to recognize, i did see rodney fung and mrs. riley in the crowd. and to the many others here, thank you for joining with us today. and so this is our ninth annual city hall lunar new year celebration. i am feel honored to welcomeu

to my left is supervisor malia cohen and to my right is supervisor breed. the clerk today is linda wong. and the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, jennifer low and nona nakolian who will record each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. please make sure to turn off 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 march 19th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, motion approving/rejecting the mayor's nomination for appointment of jonathan pearlman to the historic preservation commission, seat no. 3, for a term ending december 31, 2016. >> okay. i believe mr. pearlman is here today. please approach the microphone. >>> how much time do i have to make a statement? >> you don't have unlimited time. [laughter] >>>

we have supervisor malia cohen. of course our very own first lady, mrs. anita lee.of other dignitaries who are here with us today. council general gao and council general hawk of china and singapore. and to our many department heads who are here. we have harlen kelly with puc and mrs. kelly, the city administrator. and chief white. and we have our recorder, nu nguyen and the mayor's office of housing. there are a number of other commissioners here as well. i want to recognize, i did see rodney fung and mrs. riley in the crowd. and to the many others here, thank you for joining with us today. and so this is our ninth annual city hall lunar new year celebration. i am feel honored to welcome you here today. for years san francisco has been a shining example of how we get things done together. and not only have folks from asian-american community and from all walks of life. san francisco is truly a melting pot. we want to celebrate our lunar new year and hope for a prosperous new year. and my new role as assessor, we hope that is true. rather than dragging out this pres

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

i mentioned city administrator naomi kelly, supervisor malia cohen is with us and supervisor london breedome. we also have in the audience with us karen roy is with us. we have karen roy. we have luis herrera, city librarian with us. mohammed naru who is the head of dpw. we have joanne white, the fire chief is with us. and linda richardson, commissioner linda richardson is with us. let's welcome them, please. (applause) >> okay. we have greetings now in the program. i think we will go ahead and move forward with the greetings from the supervisors and we will then be followed by city administrator kelly will introduce the mayor upon the mayor's arrival. so, with that i'd like to ask supervisor cohen if you would come and extend greetings, please. >> thank you. amen, good morning, everyone. good afternoon. how are you? i have to say you look beautiful to look out and see so much red. this is an exciting time for all of us here in san francisco. and as i stand before you on this day, we celebrate black history month in san francisco. this is a day on which we acknowledge the being at the cro

they are malia cohen, london breed at the board. they have to face all the different politics. but 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, kim brandon, willie adams at the port, chuck collins, [speaker not understood], the reverend amos brown, denise tyson, linda richardson, sonya harris, patricia thomas, veronica honeycut, these are just the names of a few of our commissioners who are heading up those very important divisions of our city. and they are joining with me and with the supervisors and with the departmen