my name is supervisor mar avalos, the chair. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd. mar. the committee clerk is ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to hand in speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front of you, to your left. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. please call the first item. >> hearing on the city's response to the surge in homelessness, and families and for various city agencies, including the her -- human services agency in the housing authority to outline the response to the crisis, including any plans to expand the rental subsidy programs, and he plans to address the loss in federal homeless prevention and rapid re-housing funds, any plans to increase, is prevention efforts, any plans to expedite the filling a vacant san francisco housing authority units, and moving homeless families into them, and ways we can protect households from for

my name is supervisor mar avalos, the chair. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd.will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. the committee clerk is ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to rn

my name is supervisor mar avalos, the chair. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd. we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. the committee clerk is ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to

avalos, and i am joined by christina cohen. our thought -- christina olague. our other member is not able to make it today. supervisor olague: motion to excuse supervisor mar. supervisor avalos: we will take that without objection. we are also joined by supervisor cohen. she is most welcome to be here. the hearing is sponsored by her. could you please call item one and share with us your announcements before the -- that. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit material for members of the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit a speakers card, please but it by the container in front of you at the real to your left. supervisor avalos: thank you. if you could please call the first item. >> item 1, hearing to discuss public safety policies and programs implemented by state departments such as the san francisco municipal transportation agency in san francisco police department on city-wide muni lines, including the enforcement of fair collection -- fare collection. supervisor avalos: thank you. the item is brought to us by supervisor cohen, who is here. s

avalos, and i am joined by christina cohen. our thought -- christina olague. our other member is not able to make it today. supervisor olague: motion to excuse supervisor mar. supervisor avalos: we will take that without objection. we are also joined by supervisor cohen. she is most welcome to be here. the hearing is sponsored by her. could you please call item one and share with us your announcements before the -- that. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit material for members of the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit a speakers card, please but it by the container in front of you at the real to your left. supervisor avalos: thank you. if you could please call the first item. >> item 1, hearing to

avalos, and i am joined by christina cohen. our thought -- christina olague. our other member is not able to make it today. supervisor olague: motion to excuse supervisor mar. visor avalos: we will take that without objection.

clerk calvillo: on the amendment, [reading roll] supervisor mar, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor wiener, supervisor avalos, supervisor campos, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen. there are 10 ayes, one no. president chiu: this item is adopted as amended. item 31. clerk calvillo: item 31, an ordinance amending the san francisco transportation corp. -- code. president chiu: roll call. clerk calvillo: [reading roll] supervisor wiener, supervisor wiener, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, and there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading. next item. clerk calvillo: item 22, a resolution for the sale of a general license from 6333 geary boulevard, for the necessity of the city. president chiu: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. this is an application from wh ole food a license, and for what i can tell, they did very little outreach to the neighborhood, to the neighborhood association, to me dbd, my office -- to the cbd, my office, and there was a split vote, and i think that is indicative of the conversation continues to happen in th

mar, aye. supervisor mirkarimi, aye, supervisor weiner, aye, supervisor avalos, aye, supervisor campos, aye, president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. there are 11 aye's. president chiu: the motion passes. i want to thank you for finishing the second hearing of our 3:00 special order. madam clerk, if we could please call our third special order item and if you could please call items 44 and 45, if i could ask folks that are leaving, if you could leave quietly, that would be greatly appreciated. clerk: item 44 is a motion scheduling the board to sit as a committee as a whole on december 13 at 3:00 p.m. to hold a public hearing on the status of negotiations between the mayors office and california pacific medical center regarding cpmc's long range development plan. president chiu: let us take item 44 which would allow us to sit as a committee on whole on this date. any discussion on this motion? colleagues, can we take this motion, same house, same call? without objection, the motion is approved. we will sit as a committee in the whole to hear the status of the negotiations betwee

avalos, aye. -- no. surber rise in campos, -- supervisor campos, no. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor kim, no. supervisor mar, no. supervisor olague, no. six ayes and five nos. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. if we could pass over items 15- 17 which have to do with the expansion proposal and take that up after 4:00 p.m. let's move to item 18. >> amending the administrative code to establish the san francisco sentencing commission and set forth the purpose, powers and duties and establish membership criteria. president chiu: supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: i am proud to be sponsoring this legislation partnering with our district attorney. thank you for cosponsoring. with realignment coming, we may have some significant challenges in our jails. what we do have is some spare capacity in our jails now, given the transfer of prisoners, we will have certain crimes that would exempt people and we will send them to county jail. we're at risk creating overcrowding and overwhelming our jail budget. this ordinance will convene a sentencing commission that will exist only for three years without a

farrell, aye, kim, aye, mar, aye, mirkarimi, aye, weiner, aye, avalos, aye, campos, aye, president chiu, aye, supervisor chu, aye. there are 10 aye's. president chiu: the motion is approved. items 47. clerk: item 47 through 52 were considered by the rules committee at a special meeting on thursday december 8 at 1:30 and was forwarded to -- were forwarded to the board as committee reports. item 47 is an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by patricia tanneato against the city and laguna honda hospital for $75,000, filed may 19, 2011. president chiu: roll call vote? clerk: elsbernd, aye, farrell, aye, kim, aye, mar, aye, mirkarimi, aye, weiner, aye, avalos, aye, campos, aye, president chiu, aye, supervisor chu, aye, supervisor cohen, aye. there are 11 aye's. president chiu: this ordinance is passed in first reading. clerk: item fret authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled mitchell engineering of bioshy organization versus the city and related cross actions by payment of $14,950 from the city to the mitchell engineering corporation. president chiu: this ordinance i

avalos. supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you. the first item is a sad in memoriam. i have been asked to join and i hope my colleagues would consider joining us as a full board. president chiu: if we could do that. walter johnson was a longtime san francisco labor leader and known for his sense of humor and caring nature as well as his strong advocacy on behalf of working people of san francisco. he passed away this past thursday in san francisco at 87 years old. i viewed him as a strong friend of mine. i met him in the 1980's as he had led working people in san francisco with a strong voice in our city. i loved his dry sense of humor, that is how i would describe it. and learned a great deal from him. walter was the youngest of four boys, was born in armenia, north dakota in 1934. he was drafted into the u.s. army in 1943. he served as a combat engineer in the 20th armored division in france, austria, and germany. his parents moved to san francisco to help in the war effort and walter join them after being honorably discharged. he fell in love with the city and the

clerk: supervisor elsbernd - aye farrell aye, kim, no, mar, no, mirkarimi, no, weiner aye, avalos, no, supervisor campos, no. president chiu, aye, supervisor chu, aye, cohen, aye. there are six aye's and five no's. president chiu: given that that would have required eight votes to impose the additional -- i'm sorry, my understanding was that we were imposing additional conditions which would require eight votes? so it's a six-vote threshold. . president chiu: if i could ask for us to recess for just three minutes. there's discussion about exactly the votes. why don't we recess for three minutes.

mar: please add me as well. supervisor campos: colleagues, any other comments? do we need a roll call? supervisor avaloswould also like to be added and i think we could have had is about a while back. supervisor campos: anyone else? can we take this same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. can we call item 31? >> resolution urging the restatement of the 31 categories of music that were eliminated by the national academy of arts and sciences for grim consideration on april 6, 2011. -- for grammy consideration on april 6, 2011. president chiu: i feel in many ways the same way as supervisor weiner, except for the people in our city who are directly impacted. it feels strong, the impact on them. i will repeat what i mentioned. at the request of local musicians, respected, grammy- nominated musicians, i move to table item 31. it is at their urging, because we can focus on other ways to create more diversity in the music industry, and respect for cultural forms, whether it is cajun music or native american music. i did want to also say that i am going to continue to work with the music industry, lik

avalos? >> supervisor campos? >> supervisor chiu? >> supervisor chu? >> supervisor cohen? >> supervisor elsbernd? >> supervisor farrell? >> supervisor kim? >> supervisor mar? absent. >> supervisor mirkarimi? >> supervisor wiener? item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: all right. please read items number three four. >> 3 commenters report. four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, this is my last meeting as chair of the transportation authority. i want to thank you all for allowing me to serve you for two years. as i look back over the last year, but in particular the last two years, i think it is important that we can all take pride in some major milestones that we were able to achieve together, such as the completion of the environmental impact report for the van ness bus a rapid transit line. i project this is poised to move into implementation, and one that i believe will change for the better, the way people see public transportation in san francisco. on high-speed rail, we spent a very productive year forging a unified san francisco position in the face of rapid change them in the policy environment

avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: -- supervisor cohen is absent. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. president chiu: i think supervisor cohen is just stepping onto the floor. do we need to send the boat? -- recind the vote? without objection, that vote is rescinded. again. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: at this time, the final eir has been certified. with that, why don't we go to items 15 through 17? >> item 15 is an ordinance amending the planning code to change the use classification of 676 howard st. and a portion of 935 pull some street. a and 16 orders the summary vacation of hunt street. item 17 amends the general plan map. president chiu: any discussion on these items? same house, call? -- same call? it is my understanding that supervisor olague can vote on these matters. i asked the court to put a quick call into her office for that -- i

mar, aye. mirkarimi, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye, aye, aye. supervisor campos, aye. chiu, aye. chu, aye. cohen, aye. there are 11 aye's. president chiu: these resolutions are adopted. madam clerk, could you please read the in themiams. clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor mar, for the late mr. franklin fung chow. on behalf of supervisor farrell, for the late mr. john patrick landers on behalf of supervisor cohen, ms. cheryl evans. president chiu: with that, colleagues, supervisor mirkarimi, good speed and best wishes. colleagues, happy holidays. have a wonderful new year. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for 2011.

mar's motion to strike mr. eicher's name and substitute mr. lee's name into this appointment. so this is a vote on the motion to amend. roll call vote. supervisor wiener: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: yes. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are six ayes and five no's. president chiu: the motion to amend passes and now on the underlying motion as amended. supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. thank you, colleagues, for considering my arguments and for considering on mr. eicher's candidacy. but having lost that motion to amend, i will be supporting mr. lee and will be supporting his residency waiver. when i met with mr. lee i told him early on that i was supporting mr. eicher out of support for mr. eicher in believing he was the best candidate. but i do believe that mr. lee is qualified as well. i respect his work in the community and so i will be voting yes on his cands dasy. -- candidacy. president chiu: any further discussion in if we could take a roll call on the underlying motion as amended. superv

supervisor avalos: is there a second for this motion? supervisor mar. is there any addition to the amendment? supervisor mar: i respect the president's perspective on this and i understand his rationale. i will be voting against the amendment. i know that it does not talk about targeting, but this is not about targeting, it is about having small in a constrained public spaces where a large wheeled conveyance does not take that space. this is different than, say, a very large plaza space for everyone. i understand the rationale, and i will be voting against the amendment. supervisor avalos: any other comments on the amendment? seeing no one, a roll call vote on the amendment. >> [roll-call vote] there are seven ayes, four nos. supervisor chiu: the amendment is approved. supervisor mar: i wanted to say that i appreciated the debate within the land use committee. it was, at times, contentious. many from the audience were on polar sides, targeting each other. i appreciate the amendments that supervisor wiener has already begun working on it. i appreciate th

chaired by supervisor mar, with our vice chair, supervisor cohen and supervisor wiener. for public safety, supervisor avalos will chair that coe.mmitte supervisor olague will serve as vice chair and supervisor mar. and then at rules, supervisor kim will serve as chair, supervisor farrell will be the vice chair and campos. and i know we will be making decisions next week on the transportation authority. so, all that being said, colleagues, again, happy new year and unless there's any further announcements as part of roll call, why don't we move to general public comment. >> next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board for up to two minutes on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, to include items -- excuse me, to include the formal policy discussion by the mayor and the boorpped and those items on the adoption without committee reference pours of the agenda. yet excluding those items which have been considered by the board committee. speakers using translators will get twice the time. please clearly state a projector and remove the document when