supervisor mar: thank you. any objections? then we have adopted those responses to the findings and recommendations. supervisor chu: i will make a motion to send this out, to send item two out, as amended, to the full board with recommendation, and to file item one. supervisor mar: without objection, so moved. is there anything else on this item, supervisor chu? thank you. thank you, everyone, for coming up, and the activism around complying with the 88. could you call the next item? >> item 3, motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to audit the department of children, youth, and their families. supervisor mar: item 3 is also called by supervisor alioto-per. is there someone from her office -- supervisor alioto-pier. is there someone from her office? no one is here from the office. let me just say that this is a motion that direct the budget and when it -- and legislative analyst's office to audit the department of children, youth, and their families. is there someone from the budget and legislativ

supervisor mar: thank you. i notice that members of the disability council are also in the audience. any more public comment? please come forward. >> name iselaine. thank you for listening. -- is elaine. basically the same thing that paco said, bus drivers are not stopping. another thing is taxis. we go shopping in the city. they come and roll down the window, no dogs, and then they take off. one time we waited two hours to get home. taxis will drive by. we cannot be good enough to get the car number. that is a big problem for me and not calling the stops. i have not been shopping here for a long time because of that, the taxis. i think many to be educated, and paco did try to educate them. i do not know if it worked or not, but every driver that pulled up to us would not pick us up. supervisor mar: thank you so much. next speaker. >> good morning. thank you for hearing this matter today as well as for the civil grand jury for their report, and the ongoing work of the mayor's office. the council felt, due to th

supervisor mar: thank you. let me give a bit further background. there has been a group of senior organizations and add it -- advocates and activists that have been working with my office, so a lot of the questions and framing of the previous report by the budget analyst office and then these new questions and research issues and areas have been driven by activism of senior organizations, but also people like me that our baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, the 72 million people in the u.s. that came about after the end of world war ii and that will be entering a very rapidly the senior ranks and demographic group within the city and around the country. the data that the previous report shows that 20% of the city put the population as people over 65 years old, but i think within 20 years, the population will increase, i think, 60%. the senior population will increase by about 60%. that is why it is critical to understand the housing needs and to develop stronger policies and to implement other task force r

supervisor mar: thank you. we have comments from representatives from dcyf. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you very much for inviting us to comment. in general, our office is actually ready to respond to the audit. in particular, we look forward to the narrowing the scope of this audit. when we first heard about the dcyf study and audit, we were curious to know in what ways we could participate further. since we play a smaller role in the larger investment, we are glad to hear that this will be an interdepartmental effort, and we look forward to your further guidance to cooperate with the office. >> it is active in, i guess. city-wide child-care administrator, and to echo that comment, we really welcome the opportunity to work with the departmental audit as we jointly fund, joint discussions around policy and planning and services, and also work with eph. it will be a welcome opportunity to dialogue about how we might be able to interconnect with services and programs. supervisor mar: can i just ask a ques

supervisor mar: aye supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. for items 13, 14, they regard the budget. there are still consultations on going. supervisor avalos, i understand there are conversations that have not been completed yet. should we postpone those to a later meeting? supervisor avalos: you took the words right out of my mouth. president chiu: without objection, we will continue this item to a later portion of this meeting. >> item 15 is an ordinance adopting and implementing a memorandum of understanding that the firefighters local 798, unit 2. supervisor campos: let me ask clarifying question. the understanding is that this is one of the items that included the language that carved out a provision in the event that a charter amendment was made, i wanted to get that clarification. i don't know if it is the mayor's office. president chiu: can you confirm which of the various mlu's has the provision that supervisor campos is referring to? >> the l

supervisor mar: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: supervisor alioto-pier will not be able to make it today, but there is someone from the office of the stability here who will be doing the presentations for items 1 and 2. item 3, legislative aide will be coming for that item. supervisor mar: why don't we delay item 3 and go through the top of the agenda. >> item 1. hearing on the recently published 2009-2010 civil grand jury report entitled "americans with disabilities act: is san francisco in compliance?" item 2. resolution responding to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2009-2010 civil grand jury report entitled "americans with disabilities act: is san francisco in compliance?" supervisor chu: this is an item that was brought to us by supervisor alioto-pier. i know that you have also co- sponsored item 2. this is simply a hearing on the disability act. the mayor's office will be here to give us the findings and recommendations on that. >> i believe we have

president maxwell: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: what are the species? >> the related fraud and another. president maxwell: there is one that is around sharp park. -- the red legged frog. the grazing land, do they plan that? is it natural? every time i go there, there is this: we light stuff. a plant. -- this golden weeed-like plant. >> supervisor, no, we do not do that at this time, but we are planing to combat non native weeds, and that is something we are proposing. president maxwell: cows do not each non native weeds? >> there are certainly weeds out there that they do not eat. they prefer natural grasses and european grasses that have been imported. president maxwell: ok, and that is 640 acres? >> it is about 670 acres. it is part of an 1,100 acre grazing unit, a portion of what we would still have. yes. president maxwell: how much land to release for grazing in that area -- do we east -- lease? >> i will have to get back to you on that number, but it is tens of thousands of acres. president maxwell: do you know roughly how many acres we own in that

supervisor mar: what is urban strategies? >> that is the human capital arm , mccormack, bair, and toliver. they are going through to focus on the human capital development piece. they have a long history of doing this. this work in all kinds of cities around the country. once development is imminent, they come in and establish the work that stablizes the families to prepare them for development. we talked about this a little earlier, but we are proud to announce, the phase one was relocated successfully. several of those went off site. but that was a blend of the housing authority and the residents working together to very well the relocation plan and very well it. we are proud of that process. on the service connection work, we are proud the people of hunters view will be part of the connection work. we are proud of phase one. we were able to start abatement. that is definitely linked to the service connection work. we think the work we were dealing with actually yielded those outcomes. and we are proud of the fact that we a

supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i wanted to thank the transit riders organizations and a number of other community-based organizations that weighed in on this, and -- in addition to nathaniel ford. i am looking forward to the amendment language said the side of the president mentioned. i think it is a wise decision to have it not impact as much on the general fund. i know that was a concern from a number of different advocates. i am appreciative of the changes in clarifying the role of the inspector general and the comptroller's office as well, making sure that there's a balance of funding. overall, as mentioned, this is a much-needed reform of the immune system that will insure that we will have better balance and accountability for writers and the public in governance. i appreciate the amendments that have been made supervisor campos:campos -- have been made. supervisor campos: i am also very appreciative of the work done by the city attorney's office, the comptroller's office, by the mta, particul

to my right is eric mar. supervisor alioto-pier is in route. the clerk is linda wong. covering the meeting for sfgtv are jennifer lowe and don gardner. with respect to item #1, the title of this charter amendment was changed and not noticed in comlpiance with the sunshine ordinance, so by law there will not be a discussion on this matter today and it has been rescheduled for a special meeting on july 20. just to make sure we are in full compliance with the sunshine ordnance, my understanding is we cannot take part. >> if it is not properly noted, it would actually be a by relation to how the committee considering something. supervisor campos: thank you very much. with that in mind, if you could call item two. >> motion confirmed the mayor's nomination of and appointing carol kinsley -- kingsley to the san francisco police commission for the unexpired portion of a four year term ending april 30, 2014. supervisor campos: carol kingsley is here this morning and i would ask her to please come up. thank you for being here. welcome to the rules committee. 5 committee. >> goo

supervisor mar: go, everyone. this is the july 22, 2010 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. are there any announcements? >> yes, please remember to turn off all cell phone to and pagers. items act and on today will be forwarded to the august 3 full board agenda. supervisor mar: we are waiting for supervisor alioto-pier or someone from her office to lead the hearings on items 1, and connected to 2. let's move on to item 3. >> motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to audit the department of children, youth and their families. supervisor mar: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: supervisor alioto-pier will not be able to make it today, but there is someone from the office of the stability here who will be doing the presentations for items 1 and 2. item 3, legislative aide will be coming for that item. supervisor mar: why don't we delay item 3 and go through the top of the agenda. >> item 1. hearing on the recently published 2009-2010 civil grand jury report entitled "americans with disab

supervisor mar: no. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 9 ayes and two no's. item 24 is a charter amendment second draft authorize non- citizens voting in school board elections. supervisor chu: colleagues, as you know, this is an item that is very important to many san franciscans. 1 out of 3 parents is an immigrant. most of the students we are talking about our citizens themselves whose parents do not have a voice or a vote on the most important decision that dictate the government's -- governance of our schools. study after study has shown that when parents are engaged in the governments of their children, it improves the quality of their education and improve their schools. unless anyone thinks this is a first time, this is an idea that had tremendous roots in our american history. for a hundred and 50 years, immigrants were allowed to vote in 22 states and territories in the united states. until the late 1920's, immigrant could vote. a idea of allowing them to vote was

. >> supervisor march -- supervisor mar? supervisor mar: can you share with me the information from the fifth graders, their mapping and their ideas? i would be curious what vision they have of their ideas. that would be helpful at a later time. i would be happy to see that. >> it is pretty exciting stuff, and fun to look at. i am sure there are some of those folks that would come to visit you in your office if you wanted a life, in-person presentation. in terms of thinking about what's going to happen here, hunter's view will be working on what's happening in the fall. one of the things we haven't talked about is that hunters view will have a tight relationship with the p.u.c. around storm water. we are working with them on the cistern and working with them on run-off and water conservation efforts. if the shipyard is approved, then that's ahead of you this week. we are happy to work with you, depending your decision on that. as we mentioned, sunnydale and potrero are moving through that environmental review process. eventu

supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: >> superviss absent. there are 6 ayes and 4 no's. president chiu: if we could now called items 52 and 53. -- call items 52 and 53. >> they comprise a special order, sitting as a committee for a public hearing on amendments made to a charter amendment authorizing split appointments. president chiu: i would like to open this hearing in regard to the charter appointments. there are a number of people that wish to speak in public comment. if i could ask -- [reading names] step up to the microphone. first speaker, please. >> i am director of the san francisco open government advocacy coalition. i have been spending time at the rent board. some interesting things that people don't realize, the budget is $5.40 million. that is $2.7 million out of the pockets of the tenants, and $2.7 million out of the pockets of the landlords of this city. although every other city agency and body has been asked to make cutbacks, they have asked to forgo increases, they have even been asked to take a cut in salary. the rent board has, for the past couple of

supervisor mar: there was the critique of the core community benefits agreement. one of the criticisms was the the 10,000 jobs or 1500 construction jobs might not be of a level that the residents of the 80.4 surrounding areas have the skill level or training for. it looks to me like the proposal that you have will be bringing people's educational and skill level up so that they are able to take many of the 1500 jobs. could you go into detail about how it will bring the skill level up so that they have a good chance of getting these jobs? >> on the construction side? supervisor mar: i guess for any of the different types of jobs. >> i am not as familiar with the total job projections. i think my peers can speak to that better than me. the idea is that when folks come through any of the academies, they are trained for whenever the opportunity across a diverse spectrum. when they come in to city building, the training we offer gives them a first entry level into a variety of the building trades. we have been successful in most of the trades. we need to do more work i

seconded by supervisor mar. >> is there a roll call on that motion? president chiu: let's have a roll call vote. >> what is the connection to the budget? why do we need to continue this? >> no budget monies will be used. >> i think that there are other things in discussion, other revenue measures that are still being discussed. i would feel more comfortable having this later in the meeting today. president chiu: rollcall votes to -- supervisor daly. supervisor daly: i am wondering why we would continue several charter amendments until later in the meeting. it's fine. i don't think there needs to be a motion to vote on it. i think we can kind of pass over its. i am not looking to vote against this, but i think i have an attorney's opinion floating around. i just wish everyone will do the right thing all of the items. president chiu: any further discussion? we will have a rollcall vote to continue items 50 and 51. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervi

i know that commissioners mar and chu are here.there are other elected officials, if you could join me. our community in san francisco is something we are extremely proud of. frankly, if it was not for all of you i do not think any of us would be standing up here. we are very honored to be representing the community and the richness of our heritage in san francisco. it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 ye

>> del mar has got a great history.i mean, one of the reasons we're so successful is really our history. i mean, bing crosby lived up the road at a ranch up there, and he was looking for a place to run his horses, so he convinced the state that they should build a racetrack here at del mar, so he did it. [bell ringing] [crowd cheering] >> we've been raising horses for 40 years or so, and california goes way back in the 1800s with a lot of horse farms. it's got a real heritage here and it employs a lot of people. if somebody just gave you a little baby horse, you might have 20,000 into it by the time it ever got to a race or maybe more than that. [crowd cheering] >> oh, horse is everything. i mean, we're just a passenger. i have a lot of respect for horses, because these horses try hard. they're great animals, and i love the way they act, and they respond for me, they'll try as hard as they can. >> [playing tune] >> it's a freak show. it's like being back in wrestling. it's, you know what, it's wrestling with hats. yeah,

shows off his secret notebook it contains drafts and other details relating to the mars project. sir for i put down a wizard gave her a loaf had sold me and launch to mars was scheduled for early one nine hundred seventy four. if his notes are anything to go by so it did not start on a new no project until one thousand nine hundred sixty four but von braun had been working on it for three years following president kennedy's announcements of plans to conquer the moon. but was compelled to focus his attention on the moon instead of mars and other planets he's known to have regarded the planets as his priority objectives to ship shit your my nineteen sixty four who shot had their luzhin we might outstrip the americans. if we fail to land on the moon then at least we could fly around it. head of them that's who might be nice in political terms. of course you. don't give the moon away to the americans. did not believe you could. much time had already been wasted. we raised the flag the american flag on the surface of the congratulation i really believe that the soviet union drove the

supervisor alioto-pier: just one other question -- supervisor mar: just one other question -- can you talk about the other commissions you have worked on over the years? >> because the jack lemmon center was funded through the jewish congress, when local pacific northwest funding fell apart, we sadly had to close that office, and with it went the funding. therefore, the advocacy center is no longer in existence. but to address your question, when it was up and operating, the executive director worked with community leaders and put together protocols and a program where they went into east palo alto, i believe richmond, and bayview-hunter's point was another communtiity they reached out to with who is most receptive first, and we eventually had to terminate it. the idea is work together to put it together and train them and educate them regarding gun violence and violent responses to conflict, and how to change that behavior and give them tools on how to respond when they are confronted with issues that they feel -- especially as teenagers who can be offended and reactive, to help them