afternoon the meeting will come to order this is the regular meeting of the land use commission i'm malia cohen chair of the committee to my right is the vice chair 63 and jane kim this is our clerk ms. andrea ashbury. >> thank you john both john's for helping us with sfgovtv. >> madam clerk, any announcements? completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march third 2015 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much could you please call item one. >> an ordinance for the environmental code. >> thank you. i'm the author

opposing prop g and restore the proposition balance a committee in support of proposition l reelect malia cohen for supervisor 2014 reelect mark farrell 2014 jane kim for supervisor 2014 reelect supervisor scott wiener 2014 rod resolution santos for community college board 2014 carmen chu for assessor recorded 2014 san francisco alliance for jobs in sustainable growth pack san francisco police officers association issues pack unit here local 2 pack building owners and managers association of san francisco political action committee independent expenditures and council and lash pack alice lesbian and gay pack mayor ed lee for san francisco committee that's the last slip provided me. >> okay that's it for - >> so those are all the committees and activity level one wore to select 6 committees from this level would someone like to come up and select that for us. >> one at a time. >> would you like to read it for us. >> mayor ed lee for san francisco committee committee for better wages yes on j no on b 2014 sponsored by san francisco alliance for jobs for sustainable growth no on the waterfront yes

afternoon the meeting will come to order this is the regular meeting of the land use commission i'm malia cohen chair of the committee to my right is the vice chair 63 and jane kim this is our clerk ms. andrea ashbury. >> thank you john both john's for helping us with sfgovtv. >> madam clerk, any announcements? completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march third 2015 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much could you please call item one. >> an ordinance for the environmental code. >> thank you. i'm the author of item one as a reminder last year, i introduced to champion pieces of legislation this strengths the cities construction and development impact on residents air quality in the city the first thing was unanimously passed when i the board required combrasz combalsz ventilation inside the hot spot zone this requires an emissions minimumtion plan and monitoring program for all public projects in the hot spot

a hearty chinese new year the first day of chinese new year we have a lot to celebrate we have malia cohen in the crowd thank you four district 10 and london breed who's story continues to be so inspiring everyday she's not in my area but in my ear and reremind each other of the sprernz to making promises to helping others get out of poverty not just in public utilities but housing i know the secretary is going to say some things i'll truly inspired by the support as determined as o citizen says i'm about this topic i'm lucky to have people surrounding me with the same interests and passion to help people get out the poverty part of that it is to have an answer is people call the deplanning housing someone's fault i told you we've isolated the residents not to be the residents but never again that reference is going to happy that we are providing proud to see the residents of our public utilities are resident of san francisco what do you mean that means (clapping.) a heck of a lot and those conversations have now proud action that produce a lot of people that stepped up you can our regiona

good afternoon, everyone thank you secretary castro we want to thank the supervisors who work and malia cohen and london breed our housing folks are making it easier for public housing and thank barbara smith she's the redevelopment housing queen we call her, in fact, we have of one of this i live in and represent we're excited and welcome this program the secretary we have something to give you we have fighting to keep your jurisdiction wide of councils in place we're important to advocate for the people who can't be here all the time we're conducting leadership trainings which we 14reb9d black history and the new year we're diverse and reaching out to the people in public housing just remember i'm here to advocate to keep our jurisdiction wide and some suggestions for you all you can share with president obama the 3 things anything that anyone needs ask us and we'll be there thank you (clapping.) >> the strength of the jurisdiction wide organizations is that they're elected by the tenants and the buildings or developments to represent so we're internal to it we ourselves are tenants we live

joined to my right by vice chair katy tang and will be joined shortly by supervisor malia cohen. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and all documents to be included in the file should be given to the clerk. >> okay very good. thank you. we have several appointments up for us today and let's go on to our first one. item no. 1. >> item no. 1 is a hearing to consider appointing two members terms ending november 16, 20016, to the bicycle advisory committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> very good, we can go straight ahead to presentations. i know the district 11 seat applicant, casey allen, will not be here, but i believe mr. mark brand is here. please come forward. >> good morning, supervisors. by the way, i have worked with casey allen and i think he's really great committee member. i've been on the bicycle advisory committee for a few years now and i consider it a great honor. i have been a bicycle mechanic for many years i've worked also in the transportation industry doing shipping, so i think i understand some of the issues t

stepping in since this is a political city and you have groups like the doa and you want to disrespect malia cohen and supervisor breed which we are not going to over step. you need federal government oversight otherwise this is nothing but a dog and pony show. this department needs oversight and you need federal oversight because a lot of people are very cozy when it comes to organizations that don't have the best interest of all of city of san francisco. >> thank you, mr. muhammad. next speaker? >> good evening. my name is vladimir -- i came from soviet union 40 years ago and lived for this time in san francisco. i have four proclamation one from mayor new some of san francisco and mayor lee from san francisco. one of them arrived at different times in san francisco. i carried four olympic torches for san francisco in the united states. i'm a holocaust survivor. now, i'm thinking that i'm back 6 years ago and here is hitler who put me on the street concentration camps in san francisco for -- i need help. six police came to my home at 12:00 at night and it's only to come at 12:00 at night. six po

miss latonya dixon >> good afternoon, chairman john avalos and supervisor katy tang and supervisor malia cohen. i wish to thank the supervisors and this board for this tupbtd to express my interest and passion to become one of the commissioners on the san francisco veterans commission. as a disabled woman veteran, the first african american commander of the american legion, i have been very active in the san francisco bay area community. i feel i would be, i would bring much diversity to the commission. i definitely would be on time and be there so we can make quorum. also i know i have worked with most of the commissioners and would be happy to continue to work with them and support them to also bring in fresh ideas and at the moment i am working with commissioner john caldera on the port of chicago. in addition i have followed the proceedings of the commission for a number of years, attended numerous meetings and have spoken in public comment to introduce topics and events that may be of interest to the commission such as take back the night, which is an event put on for women and a couple o

the second proposal comes from malia cohen who wants to ban ad for soda altogether on city property.r wants to ban the city from spending money on suge yarry drinks. we asked what you think about this. there are at least 100 probably more since i walked in here from my desk comments. most people seem to be very much against the proposals. manny writes to us, people should drink whatever they want. it's their choice not a politician's. robert daniel said, just a distraction so they don't have to deal with real issues and kyle said they need to focus on citizen safety of any form, not soda. so people not wanting the energy or money spent on these proposals. tori? >>> burger king is taking soft drinks off the kids' menu and will no longer feature sodasars part of the meals. bugger king says the change is an effort to offer guests options that match lifestyle need. they've been under pressure to make the changes after similar moves were paid by mcdonald's and wendy's. kind of a trend there. a little more pressure on soda. >> yep. >>> 8:42. giants' fans may not be smiling this morning whe

joined to my right by vice chair katy tang and will be joined shortly by supervisor malia cohen. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards and all documents to be included in the file should be given to the clerk. >> okay very good. thank you. we have several appointments up for us today and let's go on to our first one. item no. 1.