supervisor mar? supervisor mar: no. >> mar, no. supervisor wiener? supvervisor wiener: aye. >> mr. chair, we have two nos and one aye. supervisor mar: let's go to the second amendment that grandfathers in those permit that's were in the pipeline as before this was introduced. is that right? >> where there was a permit application pending before the legislation was introduced. supervisor mar: can we take this one without objection, colleagues? >> yes. supervisor mar: thank you. now on the legislation, can supervisor wiener? supvervisor wiener: i move we forward it with a positive recommendation. supervisor mar: can we do this without objection? thank you. i will make sure we're working with the office of small businesses to do that outreach. supervisor cohen? >> we will also get you a list. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone, for coming out today. miss miller, could you please call item number two. >> number number two, ordinance amending the building code to reduce square footage requirements for efficiency dwelling units. supervisor mar: response supervisor weaner? ths thank you,

my name is eric mar. please give us the announcement. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items act upon will appear on the may 22 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: we have three items on the agenda today. please call item number 1. >> item number one, st. encroachment for an outdoor child play area on redwood street. >> good afternoon. this request came to us from project management on behalf of puc in conjunction with the construction of a new building at 525 golden gate bridge as mandated, -- golden gate bridge as mandated, a licensed child care facility provide a minimum of 7500 square feet of outdoor space per child. since the child care standard was built into the property line, they will be using the sidewalk, a portion of the sidewalk will be fenced in for this child care area. in order to maintain a safe path of travel around it, sidewalks will be bold out. this was approved in conformity with the general plan, and also by a mta. there were no objecti

supervisor mar: ok. so we will do our best to schedule this to the soon as possible date but it still would allow people some time to have more input as withle. two weeks was your request? let me make sure. supvervisor wiener: my motion is to make that amendment, and then to continue it two weeks to june 4th. supervisor mar: i'm not sure yet with have an ability to schedule it on that day because i don't have the -- the -- what else besides 8 washington. but my hope is we can schedule it. i'm wondering if we can continue this toe call of chair with the assumption i'm going to schedule this as quickly as possible on that day if possible or the next possible date if possible. supvervisor wiener: ok. why don't we do this, i will continue it to june 4th and then if the chair thinks it's going to be a problem, perhaps we can address it at that time. i just -- this is this legislation has actually been around for quite some time. it's actually a surprising to me some of the people who monitor all agendas and i

supervisor mar: thank you so much. if there are no other questions, let's open this for public comment. we have a number of cards. [reads names] and if there are others that would like to speak, i see a few other cards. we will limit people, as we have a number of hearings today. 30 seconds, please do your best to stick within the timeframe. >> basically, we need to minutes. i will not speak about what i was supposed to speak on, but i will speak about the process. i am listening to the deliberations that the planning commission. i have listened to the deliberations that small business. they demanded gray areas where they were taking place. when this came before this committee, the questions asked are very, very confusing. i would say that if one of you chooses to do something like this, you actually have a point that should be distributed to all the supervisors. this concerns every district, even though the ones not based in chinatown cannot be grandfathered in. secondly, it is the responsibility of representatives to

marlene la mar her mother. as well as steve la mar her fathe father. her sister danielle lar may all set up a web site find sierra la mar.com. they have been working vigilantly with the community and with sheriff detectives for the last two months in hopes that this young girl would be returned to her family safely. apparently that will not be the happy ending they hoped for. one count of murder. one count of kidnapping. one suspect in custody. we'll have much more on this case as it develops. again news conference to be held at 8 only tomorrow morning at the sheriff's department reporting life in morgan hill, corrina, abc 7 news. >> thanks crane a. >> again this all began march 16 as she was on her way to school bus stop near her home in morgan hill. first of dozens of searches by the sheriff's department and hundreds of volunteers began almost medley. first conclude found her purse with some clothes and in different location her cell phone. reward fund quickly grew reaching 25,000 dollars. search expanded to include grounds around gilroy including la

marlene la mar her mother. as well as steve la mar her fathe father. her sister danielle lar may all set up a web site find sierra la mar.com. they have been working vigilantly with the community and with sheriff detectives for the last two months in hopes that this young girl would be returned to her family safely. apparently that will not be the happy ending they hoped for. one count of murder. one count of kidnapping. one suspect in custody. we'll have much more on this case as it develops. again news conference to be held at 8 only tomorrow morning at the sheriff's department reporting life in morgan hill, corrina, abc 7 news. >> thanks crane a. >> again this all began march 16 as she was on her way to school bus stop near her home in morgan hill. first of dozens of searches by the sheriff's department and hundreds of volunteers began almost medley. first conclude found her purse with some clothes and in different location her cell phone. reward fund quickly grew reaching 25,000 dollars. search expanded to include grounds around gilroy including la

marlene la mar her mother. as well as steve la mar her fathe father.elle lar may all set up a web site find sierra la mar.com. they have been working vigilantly with the community and with sheriff st the last two months in hopes that this young girl would be returned to her family safely. apparently that will not be the happy ending they hoped for. one count of murder. one count of kidnapping. one suspect in custody. we'll have much more on this case as it develops. again news conference to be held at 8 only tomorrow morning at the sheriff's department reporting life in morgan hill, corrina, corrinabc 7 news. >> thanks crane a. >> again this all began march 16 as she was on her way to school bus stop near her home in morgan hill. first of dozens of searches by the sheriff's department and hundreds of volunteers began almost medley. first conclude found her purse with some with e clothes and in different location herne. phone. reward fund quickly grew reaching 25,000 dollars. search expanded to include grounds around gilroy including lakes and reservoir

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supervisor mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: can you talk to me about how check cashing places factor in? >> they are considered french financial institutions. they are not included in this definition. i think that they have special controls through each neighborhood commercial district. the over-proliferations are even addressed. supervisor cohen: already addressed? >> in other situations, i believe. it is a separate news category. neighborhoods that do have an issue with that are banned outright or require additional use. supervisor cohen: so, we are not speaking in many kinds of certain terms today? >> no. supervisor cohen: i am also concerned about the outreach. do you have a list of neighborhood organizations that were reached out to? >> part of our required noticing is the 20 days in the paper for larger issues. sometimes we do for outreach wilwe do not have been requirems for supervisors. it was widely discussed whether it was in richmond, district 2, or the other districts in the city. i do not have the

supervisor mar, we will work to address those. there are a couple of concerns, thank you for the deadline. it helps the operators association to be able to implement this. there are a few concerns we have regarding the fee structure. if we could set up a meeting soon thereafter with the cochairs of tour operators association, that would be appreciated. there are many questions surrounding not. the other mentioned, i would like to talk about that is not just about the sound, but buses going into the neighborhoods as well. we are working very hard in the calomel square -- alamo square. we think this could decrease the amount of buses going in and out of that neighborhood. the merchants, and we have communicated with many of them, are agreeing with this. we're asking that the supervisors allow us the opportunity to place a loading zone, hot on and pop off only -- hop on and hop off only. there is an opportunity is there that we have that could resolve a few things. you have a lot of buses inside alamo square. you could take them outs

supervisor mar: when you expect the mta board to finalize this plan? >> i think we have implemented the things that are feasible. i do not think there is -- most things were approved by the mta board as they were implemented. i do not think there is a need for them to come back and take a look at the entire plan. supervisor mar: you do not think there other things your agency can do to move things forward? >> enforcement is key. supervisor mar: to speak on the topic of enforcement, which is the topic that came up at the last meeting, i would like to invite -- >> i have been transferred over to traffic. i am working at mta. i will be coordinating the plan to enforce any of the violations as they occur, targeting whatever locations are identified and whatever the plan is. we will be working very closely with them. i will be coordinating the activities from the district stations along with the traffic company enforcement. supervisor mar: no enforcement efforts has wrapped up within your division? >> cor

supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. my name is eric mar, the chairman of the committee. to my right is supervisor cohen, to the left is supervisor wiener. we're joined by president chiu. >> completed copies or documents should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the may 15 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: i would like to give crops to s -- props to sfgtv. i believe item no. 4 might be continued at the cult of the sponsor. we will come to that in a moment. >> amending the transportation code to eliminate restrictions on clarifying the -- it is a violation. president chiu: today, i have an ordinance that will hopefully end one of the great mysteries of muni. the question of why there are some doors on buses that can't be used to get onto buses. this amends division 12 allow riders to board the doors as long as they have proof of payment. hopefully this is a proposal that will help speed up muni. it has to become more efficient for us to have a world-class transportation system. this effort sounds simple, but it has been a long time coming. it is a t

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supervisor mar: meeting adjourned.

it would have to be mars. we have to care for mars.if we have the power to ship a billion people there, we can deflect the asteroid. the scale of that operation, relative to whatever would take to protect us, i think there is no contest. you deflect the asteroid and you find a cure for the virus. you stop the volcano. you realign the plates of the earth. i don't see that as a realistic solution to an impending problem that we might face. what i do see as the solution is the solution to that problem, rather than running away to another planet so that it can become toast. then you have two planets and the asteroid headed is one of them, what you do with everyone on that planet? sorry, we are the safe ones, goodbye. it is not a practical -- [laughter] >> if you have the power of geo- engineering on that scale, you don't need to leave earth. you make a earth exactly as you want to be. if you have the power to fix mars, you can fix earth. in any way that you choose. this is my contention. >> if you have the power enough to fix mars, don't y

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supervisor mar: you kind of quantified the barriers. how huge is the housing cost compared to the payroll tax barrier? >> the labor cost different as a whole as 8% across the bay area. the payroll tax is a 1.5% cost on payroll. one way to look at it is is as bad as five payroll taxes. not that payroll taxes bad and housing and labor costs are five times that. i hate the charts show fairly clearly -- what is ironic about the hardware store is that it does make a difference but for most places, it's not the hardware store that makes things more expensive. but these factors to combine to have that effect. thank you for the presentation. >> as i mentioned in the outset, we see this as the completion of the phase one findings as the foundation for the conversation which is coming, which will be the update to the recommendations and strategies and recommend actions. what i want to do is preview some of the next steps. we will be following this with outreach meetings over the next month into june with industry groups, community organization an

supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor wiener. know that a number of these problems were in district 5, and so we do have supervisor olague here. supervisor olague: like you, i do not support the amendment recommended by planning staff. ultimately, we ask that that be remote -- removed. i would endorse your comments from earlier. also, i think that sometimes there is a tendency to overreact to some of this legislation. basically, all that this is doing is amending the session so that formula, so that financial services would be included under the formula of retail controls in the commercial district, which i believe can about as part of cang -- part of prop g, correct? it is part of an oversight. i do not think it is intentionally placed there, but i think it is important that financial-services be included, in that all we are saying is, basically, that in most instances conditional use permit would be required of financial institutions, meaning that the public would have the opportunity to weigh in and if it is not something that

supervisor mar: thank you. i definitely wanted to acknowledge that supervisor composts and hillary ronan from his office, because they were responsible for winning 11-0 support from august of last year. i am also proud to be a part of that effort of an ally with the progress of workers alliance. since the campaign began a few years ago, they have made major improvements. with the second part of this campaign, this is one way the workers will be more empowered to stand up for themselves, and to ensure we have the strongest possible effort to end wage that in san francisco. with the community-based organizations and agencies that have been fighting wage that for years, people of knowledge on a national level, a $30 billion is stolen from workers every year in this country. the check please study that was done showed that it is really an epidemic locally in san francisco, and not just neighborhoods like chinatown, but it spreads throughout different neighborhoods. i am very proud courageous workers from one of the