our clerk is alyssa summerall and i'd also like to thank samuel williamses and high -- maya hernandez from sfgov tv. >> items acted upon today will appear on the january 30 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great. thank you. thank you, ms. summerall. can you please call item number one? >> item number one is a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 30, 2018, to the ballot simplification committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> great. we have two applicants, unless there is any initial comments from committee members. let's hear from mr. scott patterson first. if he is ok. great. please come forward. >> hello. thank you for having me here today. i'm scott patterson, candidate for the ballot simplification committee. my family traces its roots in san francisco back to when they immigrated from italy in 1881 so we've been around for a long time. i've been a member of the faculty at san francisco state university as a professor of broadcast and electronic communication arts for over 20 years. for 10 of those years, i served as

our clerk is victor young and from sfgov tv, thank you to jim smith and maya hernandez. i guess as everyone was ploting to become the next mayor of san francisco, i was secretly plotting to become our next chair of the land use committee. so, i'm supervisor katie tang, your new land use committee chair. >> vice chair for life. [laughter] >> all right. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. complete speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items asked upon today will appear on the february 18 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right. thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call the first item? >> item number one, establishing the gary masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by gary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and [inaudible] number 1071 lots numbers 1 and 4 to north and west. respectively. >> thank you. and i believe that you have assumed sponsorship of this item

our clerk is alyssa summerall and i'd also like to thank samuel williamses and high -- maya hernandezm sfgov tv. >> items acted

our clerk is victor young and from sfgov tv, thank you to jim smith and maya hernandez. i guess as everyone was ploting to become the next mayor of san francisco, i was secretly plotting to become our next