thank you, supervisor mark farrell, for taking this on. you have my full support on this important issue. (applause) >> while reforms and sacrifices have spared us deep cuts we've experienced during the deepest part of our economic downturn, we still have much work to do. this year's projected $123.6 million general fund shortfall and next year's $256 million shortfall requires strategic choices and strategic investment. so, in this budget you will see fiscal prudence, a high level of services to our residents, investments that protect our social safety net, increased public safety support for our neighborhoods, support for our critical infrastructure, and investments in our economy and job creation. one thing we agreed on early was that in the time of state and federal cuts, protecting our social safety net is more important than ever. so, therefore, i have rejected all proposed year-one mental health and substance abuse reductions from public health department and i have restored $4 million in federal cuts to programs serving people with

a big thanks to mark, supervisor farrell for stewarding this. and also a big thanks to the mayor who has really given us room to be innovative, room to pursue public private partnerships and has really supported innovation in our parks. and, john, thank you for hosting us here. supervisor avalos has been an incredible advocate for our neighborhood parks and one of the things great about this gift, this is not just going to parks frequented by tourists or destination parks. this is a benefit that is going into our neighborhoods. so, we're really thrilled. the last folks i want to thank are my own staff, katy, [speaker not understood]. these are projects that actually take work and we're -- i'm very proud and appreciative of my own staff's help in delivering this. so, a great day for parks. and i now get to introduce one more very important partner, mark tuitu who is head of the department of technology has brought an infusion of energy into the notion of innovation and partnership. so, mark, come on up. (applause) >> good morning. it's very excit

board of supervisors budget and finance meeting for wednesday november 13, 2013, i'm supervisor mark farrell. i'm joined by other supervisors. i want to thank the members of sftv. mr. chair any announcements >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. and keep the documents that should be given to the clerk. the agenda will be acted upon today >> mr. clerk call item one. >> this is for telephone services from 2010 to, 2013 to may 31st, 2014, with an additional opposite to extend the term remaining to the welfare fair of more than $3 million over the 4 year contract term. okay minute from the sheriff's department. okay they're not here testimony 2. the department of height to extend the diseased control fund and it's called hepatitis linkage for help it's b >> okay. we have someone from our public health department. thank you for being here >> hi, i'm a environmental hepatitis coordinator. it's a partnership too the san francisco public health department and the goal of this grant is to test 3 thousand viruses to insure they know their help it's status and know anyone who is tested positiv

i want to thank my colleagues there board president chiu and mark farrell and david campos urging their personal time as well as their time on the broadway board to lead the effort along with our office and ken rich who's working and lou interrad continues to make sure the communications are open. your colleagues will labor unavailable in all reporters. as we're excited about getting the site going i want to make sure we signal as any other project that the workers safety also begins right now with the demolition and we want this site to be safe because it will be occupied by nurses and decreases working together while we build this we want every life to be safe. i want to signal to the community and i know good friends like randy are here because we saw the connection with had this very close commit community. we've gotten the first check under sutter that represents a healthy investment. housing, transportation, pedestrian safety, and, of course, the thousands of medical lives and a medi-cal and hospital patient lives that will be improved because of the commitments that sutter and cp

the san francisco board of supervisors budget and financial committee for november 6, 2013, i'm mark farrel and i'm be doing this meeting and i want to thank supervisor scott wiener for joining us and supervisor mar and avalos will join us in a while. i want to thank victor young and the sfgtv covering this. mr. clerk do we have announcements. >> yes. >> be silent. and phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. itemed acted upon today will be on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. so we have one relatively longer hearing and we have a number of items before that, so we'll get going with the hearing and the resolution that i sponsors. clerk, call item number one and 1. >> item number 1 hearing to focus on the overall trends in hospital pricing, the rationale from the hospitals for the setting of these prices, how hospital prices are affecting our governmental accounting standards board unfunded healthcare liability, overall healthcare costs, and how the pricing seems to disproportionately affect the uninsured and underinsured. >> item nu

joining me here at the board chambers, and thank you to board president david chiu, budget chair mark farrell, members of the board of supervisors, our elected officials, our commissioners, and our department heads. and welcome, members of the public who joined us this morning. this year's budget reflects a lot of hard work between city government and the people that we serve. we've met in every district of the city. we've worked with our elected city family. we listened to hundreds of community leaders and providers who help us deliver services to the people of san francisco. and it's because of this consensus approach that i'm proud to ps

board of supervisors budget and finance meeting for wednesday november 13, 2013, i'm supervisor mark farrell. i'm joined by other supervisors. i want to thank the members of sftv. mr. chair any announcements >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. and keep the documents that should be given to

mayor ed lee and district two supervisor mark farrell announced return of green finance sf, on the steps of city hall today, advocates say it will help create jobs as well as cut green house gas emissions. >> now, 50% of our green house gas emissions comes from buildings what can we do about it? we can incentivize homeowners to dot right thing. >> mayor newsom started this in 2010. however, residential program stalled because of concerned about risk to mortgages regulated by the federal government. >> video game consoles getting hot for the holidays new x box and play station. >> yes chchlt is better? consumer reports partnered with michael finney to tell bus that tonight. >> you've seen long lines. >> yeah. >> this is what they're talking about. they're not waiting for sweaters. there has been plenty of the new video gaming console. consumer reports put both through testing and has what you need to know before buying this both have gamers dieing for a new cones yoel chchlt should you pie? consumer reports video gaming expert has checked out both and can tell what you they have to offer.

board of supervisors budget and finance meeting for wednesday november 13, 2013, i'm supervisor mark farrell. i'm joined by other supervisors. i want to thank the members of sftv.

our district 2 supervisor mark farrell. [cheering and applauding] >> our district 8 supervisor and park champion, tallest park champion in the city, scott wiener. (applause) >> our district 11 supervisor and another park champion extraordinary narc, john avalos. (applause) >> our city treasurer who does his work to make sure we've actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. (applause) ~ >> but it's the passion of all of us. and i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, mohammed nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. (applause) >> with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in go

our district 2 supervisor mark farrell. [cheering and applauding] >> our district 8 supervisor and park champion, tallest park champion in the city, scott wiener. (applause) >> our district 11 supervisor and another park champion extraordinary narc, john avalos. (applause)

our district 2 supervisor mark farrell. [cheering and applauding] >> our district 8 supervisor and park champion, tallest park champion in the city, scott wiener. (applause) >> our district 11 supervisor and another park champion extraordinary narc, john avalos. (applause) >> our city treasurer who does his work to make sure we've actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. (applause) ~ >> but it's the passion of all of us.

responding to his duty to protect and serve by firing 12 shots, 10 of which found their mark in jonathan farrell's and today, another new name, renisha mcbride, shot while unarmed after another car accident on another doorstep in the middle of the night, in another state with a law that says it's okay to kill someone as long as you're standing your ground. the details of this case are still emerging, but here is what we do know. renisha was a 19-year-old young girl from detroit, michigan, graduating from high school. she'd just been hired to work at ford motor company. around 1:00 a.m. last saturday, she got into a car accident, and some time around 3:40 a.m., found herself on the doorstep of a stranger in dear heights. it's still unclear what happened between that moment and the moment that renisha died. but what is certain is that the person who answered the door shot her in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun. the shooter, a 54-year-old white man who remains unnamed, who lives alone and told the police that he thought someone was trying to break into his home and that his gun discharged accidental

i'm here with supervisor marking feral and he proponent of preparing >> thanks. having me. i'd like to start with supervisor farrellu believe this prop a is important >> i started working on this when our city controller said we have a 4.4 blindfolds liability. number one we have retirees who worked long and a hard tossed the city of san francisco and workers that are feasor full. that's something we want to avoid and fight against we want to make sure that our seniors have their health care that were second of all the costs for our city a hundreds of thousands of dollars. this year as chairman of our committee b it will grow to $500 million a year over the next 20 years were so preparing prop a does make sure that our cities retirees and their health care is priority for in the further. in thirty years our 4 half a billion dollars liability will be wiped-out off the books and we'll save a lot of money from 5 hundred memorial day's a year down and those hundreds of dollars of million dollars dollars will go toward neighborhood things. and to make sure we put ourselves on a course everyone is sporting and i'm proud