introduce my co-host for tonight, who is my neighboring supervisor from across the van ness, supervisor mar farrell. it is great to have you here in district 3. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor chiu. i also want to quickly thank everyone the for coming out tonight, especially those from districts two who traveled all the way from the telegraph hill. that is right, go ahead and clap for yourselves. thank you for coming out tonight. last year we started this with mayor lee, and i do think this has become such an integral process and kind of part of our budget cycle in city hall. we really want to hear from you. tonight, that is what this is all about. i hope those of you who are here will take the time to write in your questions. i know there is a format here to come up and speak. we have the best moderator in town in tina, president of the russian hill neighbors association. thank you for moderating tonight. but i encourage everyone to submit questions and conduct was after words as well. we want to hear from you and make sure we incorporate everything you say tonight into what we decide in city

clerk calvillo: on item 40, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor olague, supervisor wiener, supervisor alioto-pier, supervisor campos, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. clerk calvillo: this is to change the election cycle for the offices of city attorney and treasurer so that they will be elected in the same year as the sam ford district attorney, mayer, and share, and to change the definition so that such elections occur only in even of verdict -- even numbered years. president chiu: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: could we move this after item 42? president chiu: colleagues, without objection, we will move this to after 32. clerk calvillo: city-wide offices with run-up to elections. president chiu: supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i can defer. supervisor: a number of us introduced a charter amendment to repeal this voting across the city, and we came to the solution to appeal it -- repeal it in the spirit of compromise. i think there was an o

v farrell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading. why don't we go to roll call? >> i want to ask that we pass -- that we adjourn in the memory of kathy bold way. she had lived in san francisco for four years and was a senior and author. she was a member of the san francisco public library's annual lawrie dinner. she wrote multiple books. and she produced a bay area variety and radio show. she formed a band called rock bottom remainders, a notorious benda authors -- band of authors. while it started as one night a week, they played for over eight years and raised over two million dollars for charity. she will be remembered for her incredible sense of humor, in richmond, her support of authors, and her contagious enthusiasm and huge heart. >> supervisor kim. supervisor wiener. supervisor weiner: today, i am introducing legislation to make it easier for small property owners to rent out p

president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar. mar aye. there were five ayes and six nos. secretary: that is defeated. president chiu: i know you want to see some change. i know that many of you are ok with some amount of projects. this only represents 2.3% of the overall deal, the affordable a dozen, and as i've said before, i am frankly surprised that no one here seems to be that shocked the fact that our budget and this, is recommendations we support when it comes to the budget, the fact that we're $50 million apart from the port i think is quite significant. that is $50 million of community benefits that we are not receiving. i would like to propose that we increase the affordable housing by some level. i frankly was having some trouble figuring out what the right number would be, because the office the cannot have a conversation with the majority of you. what i have in the amendment that i have circulated is that we increase it to $14 million. that represents 5% of the overall value of the deal and, frankly, i think is a ver

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. >> there are six ayes and five no. supervisor chiu: the motion passes. what we take a vote on the file with regards to seek eight that we just amended? this is a motion to appoint todd david to seek aid. roll call vote please. >> president chiu. supervisor chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes one no. supervisor chiu: motion passes as amended. with regards to seats three, seven, nine, 10, roll call vote, please. aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, one no. supervisor chiu: motion passes. with that, i

farrel? aye. kim? aye. mar? aye. olague? aye. wiener? aye. avalos:/ s? aye. chuiu:? aye. chu, aye. cohen, aye. >> the charter amendment is submitted. let's go to the 3:00 p.m. special order. >> item 58 is the motion scheduling the board of supervisors to sit as the -- committee of the whole to approve the report assessment costs by the director of public works for the inspection and repair of public properties, to be performed by the director. >> the committee will be here to hear the report, is there any motion made by the supervisor? >> is there any public comment on whether we should sit as a committee? there is no public comment -- and on the motion itself, the colleagues can do this, the same house, same call. can you call item 43 and 44? >> this is a public hearing to consider objections to a report of assessment costs from a resolution by the director of public works, order to be performed by the director, and the costs haven't been paid for -- and item 43 is the resolution containing the report. >> this is asked of us by the department of public works. is there a staffer wh

farrel aye. kim aye. mar aye. olague aye -- olague abscent. avalos, aye. campos, aye. chiu, aye. chu, aye. cohen, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> this ordinance is passed. >> item 54 was recommended as amended by the same title, for the vacation at the post market -- produce market -- -- at milton street and lattuceettuce. >> adopted. >> this authorized the ammendment of the lease for the department of public health. >> same house same call? this is adopted. why not go to role call? >> elsbernd? campos? supervisor campos: i wish to make a couple of points, simply to knowledge the very important issue that was decided by the u.s. supreme court, as to the constitutionality of sb10-70. at the board of supervisors, we passed a resolution for the city and county of san francisco, to officially boycott the state of arizona -- state of arizona, until a time when sb 10-70 would not be used to violate the citizens of that state. the supreme court ruling was largely a very positive one, and we are very happy to see that three elements of -- very critical elements of that -- were struck down as

president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar. there are four ayes. >> the amendment fails. president chiu? president chiu: let me see if i could get affordable housing information, whether or not you would go for it. rather than 14, i will ask for two, and i think that is, again, that willises dramatically while we can do on affordable housing, and given the level of profit here, colleagues, i think that is a very, very modest suggestion. >> : -- a motion is made by president chiu. is there a second? a second made by supervisor campos. commissioner: what is that affordability? president chiu: i am happy for that affordably to go to something you are always concerned about which is not just low and moderate income housing but middle income housing as well, so a to 140%. commissioner: what is the low end? right now, there is an affordable housing payment, and my understanding is that typically in lieu payments, they can go in a lot of different payments. they tend to go towards low and very low-income housing as opposed to, for ex

farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. supervisor chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. there are 11 ayes. on behalf of supervisor chu, for clara maria dunn. on behalf of supervisor blogging, on behalf of rox -- olague, roxy marie. president chiu: are there any more items of business? >> there are none. president chiu: we are adjourned. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round activities in partnership with fami

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: ordnances were passed on the first read. item 18. >> services previously approved can be performed by a private contractor at lower costs for similar work provided by employees for various services for fiscal years 2013 and for 2013-14. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> item 19 is adopting the approval of market street for seven years. president chiu: item 20. >> an order into establish a lesbian, gay, by sexual and it transgendered task force. >> i'm really thrilled that this legislation is before the board today and i want to thank the supervisors combos and olague for moving this forward and supervisor cohen for cosponsoring with us. we have a growing lgbt population in san francisco, which is a positive thing, particularly considering we had a generation of gay men in particular who died as a result of the hiv aids epidemic. the fact that we have more lgbt people wh

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a decla

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye.sor avalos: aye. supervisor chu: -- supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: those resolutions are approved. could you please read the in memoriams? >> on behalf of supervisor kim: 4 sylvia corpus. president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> welcome, everyone. my name is bevin dufty, and we're so excited your your for the public launch of the san francisco home for heroes campaign. let me introduce some of the individuals who are here with us. we do have several speakers. we have several veterans who are here and bad recipience. you will be able to talk to them -- bagehot recipients. you'll be able to talk

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the board of directors of the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. it is my absolute pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning. thank you so much for coming out. as caretakers of this magnificent bridge, all of us here in the district know how treasured this landmark is and we know that each of us s

mar: no. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. >> there are 4 ayes and 7 nos. supervisor elsbernd: seen no other comment, a roll call on items 13 and 14. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> supervisor campos? supervisor avalos: sorry, no. supervisor campos: no. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and 3 nos. supervisor elsbernd: the items are finally approved. item 15. >> item 15 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish an urban agricultural program to coordinate and oversee all of the city's urban and agricultural activities and adopt goals. president chiu: when a we move onto a more fun topic? i want to thank all of you who have supported our urban agriculture legislation, supervisors olague, mar, and cohen. urban agriculture is happening around the country, and reflects an interest in how the and sustainable living. since 2008, more than two doze

farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: item 24. >> naming the waller street stairway as adah's stairway. >> this would be renaming the waller street stairway. it makes a lot of sense to do this. i request your support. supervisor chiu: can we do this same house, same call? without objection this ordinances passed on the first raid. item 25. >> amending the building code to reduce the square footage requirement for efficiency dwelling units. supervisor wiener: this legislation would conform our definition of efficiency unit to the state definition and allow efficiency units of varying sizes similar to what san jose has done as well as seattle and new york. this is a great example of affordability by design. it would help with the creation of student housing and senior housing, other housing as well. it provides flexibility. it is a building code amendment that does not in any way change density controls or planning controls, hyde, bove, etc. -- height and bulk, etc. i have indicated my intent to amend this

president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, and there are eight ayes and three nos. chair: the items are approved. president chiu: mr. clerk, if we could go to our next item, which i believe is our 4:00 p.m. special item. if you could call items 31 to 34? clerk: item number 31, the appeal of the final environmental impact report. item 32, emotion affirming the certification. item 33 is a motion reversing the certification, in item 34 is to direct the board to prepare findings. president chiu: colleagues, today, we will hear the eir on the cpmc project. just kidding. i understand what a continuance until july 17, and there will be four hearings at the land use committee to hear different uses. could i have a motion to that effect of the motion from supervisor campus, seconded from supervisor chu. is there anything to continue? without any discussion, colleagues, can we take the motion to continue without objection? as you can see, the item will be continued until july 17. [gavel] and why do we not proceed to roll call? clerk: s

farrel? aye. kim? aye. mar? aye. olague? aye. wiener? aye. avalos:/ s? aye. chuiu:? aye. chu, aye. cohen,

mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: thank you. resolution is adopted. let's go to the 4:00 p.m. special order. colorado items 21 through 24. >> they comprise the special order of 4:00 p.m. for a public hearing of persons interested in the decision of the planning department dated april 9, 2012. the project is located at 601 dolores street. item 22 is affirming the exemption determination. item 23 is the motion reversing the determination. item 24 is the motion directing them to prepare findings. supervisor wiener: the parties have been working hard to try to find a resolution to this matter. they have agreed to continue the ceqa appeal to next week, the 26, to coincide with a conditional use appeal. they have for there are breeds. i will continue this to next week. right now, i move to continue the items by one week. president chiu: supervisor has made the motion to continue to one week. seconded by supervisor chu. is there any public comment? do you want to speak on this matter?

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: motions approved and resolutions adopted. could you read the in memoriams? >> for the late jacqueline reed and the late thomas lewis rouche. that concludes our business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >>. touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the athletics of arts and beauty. over 180 objects of avant-garde design and art from the victorian england has been collected inside the legion of honor snoot exhibition, it's the cold of the ec. -- the cult of beauty. >> there was this group of artists that were not only revolutionaries in their artistic expression but also in their personal lives and their interest in democratizing art in introducing beauty into the growing middle-class. >> one of the inspirations for the victorian avant-garde was the industrial revolution. quality household goo

farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye -- absent. terrazas avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen. aye. president chiu: with that we will go to items 45 through 48. >> the public hearing of persons interested in the planning decision. the project located at 6 01 delores' street. exam from environmental review. 46 through 48 are the emotions associated with that item. 49 through 52 are the -- comprise the public hearing of a conditional use authorization on property located at 6 01 dolores street -- six or $1 street. president chiu: is my understanding that there are still conversations to resolve this matter before it appears in front of us and i understand the parties have agreed to continue these items to july 24. if i could have a motion to that. motion by supervisor mar, supervisor campos second. are there members of the public who wish to speak to the motion to continue these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. on the motion to continue if the house has changed,

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: motions approved and resolutions adopted. could you read the in memoriams? >> for the late jacqueline reed and the late thomas lewis rouche. that concludes our business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank each and every member of the board of supervisors as well. you've been weighing in and we've been creating a different d

farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye.sor avalos: aye. supervisor chu: -- supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: those resolutions are approved. could you please read the in memoriams? >> on behalf of supervisor kim: 4 sylvia corpus. president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the government audit an oversight committee. i am the chair of this committee. i would like to thank our clerk and the sfgtv staff covering this meeting. do we have any announcements? >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items act upon today will appear on the supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> can you call item number one? >> ordinance amending the business and tax code. >> we have a few people who will be speaking on this matter. i want to make a few comments. this is something that i have sponsored with a number of co- sponsors. this bill cre

farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. supervisor chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. there are 11 ayes. on behalf of supervisor chu, for clara maria dunn. on behalf of supervisor blogging, on behalf of rox -- olague, roxy marie. president chiu: are there any more items of business? >> there are none. president chiu: we are adjourned. commissioner white, here. commissioner riley, here. we have a quorum. president adams: next item. >> at this time we will call item no. 3. is that correct? general public comment. >> this is general public comment for anything that is not on our agenda. if anyone has any public comment that is not on our agenda today. seeing no public comment. >> would you like to call item 4 and 5 together? discussion of possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors. file 120681. initiative ordinance, business tax and regulations code and the gross receipts. introduced by the mayor and president chiu:. in your packet is the ordinance no. legis