we are joined by members of the committee vice chair supervisor mark farrell, board president david chiu. the clerk of the committee today is -- do we have any announcements? >> [clerk announcements] supervisor campos: thank you. please call item one. >>item 1. ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code by amending sections 14.1, 14.3, and 14.4 of the health care security ordinance to provide that only amounts actually paid or irrevocably committed to pay for providing employee health care services shall satisfy the employer expenditure requirements of the ordinance, add an employee notification requirement, and to modify penalty provisions. supervisor campos: this is an item that i introduced. before our call the first presentation on an item, i want to begin by thanking my colleagues on the board of supervisors who have co- sponsored this legislation. supervisor john avalos, ross mirkarimi, malia cohen, jane kim. i also want to thank members of my staff who have been working on this for quite some time. i would also like to thank the city attorney's office, a number of st

we have jane kim, carmen chu is here, scott wiener, mark farrell. they are here as well. there may be more coming. i want to give a special thanks. i know not only gain, but her staff, has worked hard to spend the time necessary to explain to everybody but this is all about, and to also make sure the commitments that were made by the city family are actually carried out. whether they are affordable housing or transportation, or open space, parking challenges that we will face, or whether they are simple communications of what this is all about, i want to invite supervisor jane kim appeared to speak. -- up here to speak. >> thank you, mayor lee. i got to come to the end of a really long process, close to 14 years, of the development project, the last six months, and it is amazing how much can happen. so many people were involved in the process for many years. mayor li the enologist many of them. -- lee acknowledged many of them. tida, the citizen advisory committee. i look at developments with a careful lens because they have a huge impact on the city of san francisco and

i am joined by rules committee member sean elsbernd and supervisor mark farrell. just want to thank sf gov tv for taping this early in the morning and making the transcripts available on-line. we have only one item on today's agenda, which we had heard last thursday. please call item one. >> item 1. charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco by -- regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits. commissioner kim: because we heard this item last week, we are just going to hear public comment. please line up if you have any public comment. good morning. -- >> good morning. i have a question for the board for which i have no -- i do not think i will get an answer. why should we expect our representatives to do any more to live up to this agreement than you have in the past? the reason i say that is, in past years, boards of supervisors have entered into negotiations with city employees on retirement, the different things that accrue over the years, and they made commitments to those city employees, saying

we are joined by president david chiu, as well as a mark farrell who will be here shortly. we want to thank sfgtv staff who are covering the meeting. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> i would like to announce to please turn off all riinger volumes on cell phones. and--- ringer volumes on cell phones. supervisor campos: thank you. if you could please call item one. >>item 1, hearing to receive regular status reports on the america's cup. supervisor campos: this is something i introduced with supervisor mirkarimi. we want to make sure that we provide the necessary oversight in the implementation of this -- of the various agreements that are implemented, and more specifically to make sure that all of the interests of the city and county of san francisco are protected come into the extent that there are certain obligations that those are met not only on the city part, but on the part of the cities involved. we have been joined by committee vice chair supervisor farrell. with that, i will turn it over to stop. >> good morning. mike martin and office of economic and w

mark. it will earn $45 million give or take. "horrible bosses" boasting strong reviews and a big cast including jason bateman, jennifer aniston and colin farrell. it should take second. the not so well reviewed talking comedy "zoo keeper" should be good enough for third and a start at earning back the $80 million it cost to make. jennifer aniston imprinted her hands and feets outside hollywood's grauman's theater joining the likes of liz taylor and marilyn monroe. congratulations to her. >>> this now comes to us from london, england, where thousands gathered to pay farewell to their favorite wizard. fans from around the world camped out for days and braved soggy weather to be a part of the lavish premiere of "harry potter and the deathly hallows part two." it sent spectators into a frenzy. many called it a fitting send-off for the boy wizard they watched grow up. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today." >>> a newborn giraffe made a big debut. weighs 130 pounds which is small actually if you're a giraffe. one day the long necked animal may grow up to 18 feet tall. for now after 15 months inside mom, arusha is sticking by her side lea

mark in north america alone. this weekend it will earn $45 million more, give or take. the latest r-rated summer comedy is horrible bosses. it has jason bateman, jennifer aniston and colin farrell"zookeeper" should make about 20 million this weekend. good for third and a start at earning back the $80 million it cost to make. >>> not without controversy, jennifer aniston imprinted her hands and feet outside the chinese theater thursday, joining the likes of liz taylor and marilyn monroe. good for her. >> you agree or disagree? >> i love her. >> you see her as a movie star or a tv star? >> she's a star? general. speaking of movies, i took my mom to see midnight in paris. i went to see it already. five minutes into the film, she's sleeping. >> i would have done the same. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama says progress has been made after hosting bipartisan talks on the budget. meanwhile, house democrats draw a line in the sand on changes to social security and medicare. the question is, if the democrats won't budge on entitlements and republicans won't raise taxes, what exactly are they negotiating? >>> in a shocking

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