mccray, his devoted son, james mccray jr., three special sisters, his four grandchildren, as well as his five great grandchildren, keith, justin, james iv, sophia and grayson. he was a special part of the jones memorial united methodist community and he will be greatly missed. also, i would like to close the meeting in memory of mr. jonathan bullock jr., who passed away last week. he was a well-known member of the westside courts community, and he will be missed. mr. bullock's death is a reminders of our individual and collective responsibility to keep our communities safe and free from violence. i send my condolences to his family, and will remain committed to working with groups like the healing circle, and west side community services, to provide assistance t to victims and family members that have experienced loss and trauma. >> angela calvillo: thank you, supervisor olague. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you, madam clerk. today, i'm requesting a hearing on the series of theft scams that have targeted chinese elders. as a member of the public safety committee but also t

. >> commissioner mccray is expected and commissioner mel gar is excused. we have a quorum and the next item is item b, the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? you may be seated. >> thank you. * >> all commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? the minutes are approved. item d, continued appeals, case no. 675 2, 17 43 12th avenue. appellant, 17 43 12th avenue, san francisco, california. action requested by appellant to reverse the order of abatement. for the record, commissioner mccray is present. >> good morning. >> for opponent dubrovsky. i'm reporting that since the last meeting we had a survey done in order to assess the topography that had changed at the next property, at the wong's property. that survey has been done and the plans are being drawn up. the new plans, in order to reflect what the new topography is on the neighboring property. and we have our engineer here who is ready to answer any quest

mccray, on the family farm, located at dennis mills louisiana. he grew up surrounded by five brothers and three sisters. in 1948, he moved to san francisco, and in 1949, he married gloria irving. to this union, one son was born, james mccray jr., who some of you might know. he's a commissioner on the building inspection commission, and a long time pastor and community advocate in district 5. james mccray sr. lived as a self-starter and was quite entrepreneurial. operating an evening janitorial service, while working by day for the ford company. after extending his educational background, james went to work for standard oil, which

. >> commissioner mccray? >> yes. >> commissioner walker? >> yes. >> the motion carries unanimously. item e, new appeals. case no. 67 62, 333 3 26th street, [speaker not understood] appellant lucerosllc. the appellant is requesting more time to complete work to abate the offsetting code violation. >> good morning, mr. president, commissioners. [speaker not understood] inspection housing division. this case no. is 67 62, 33 23 sixth street deals with replacement of rear stairways for a three-unit building that is presently unoccupied. actually, the staff is granting the property owner -- requesting the property owner be given more time to complete the work as of september. they were able to submit plans which were approved and they were able to obtain the building permit to start construction, which they started a week ago. staff feels that by the end of this month the property owner will satisfy the notice of violation and complete the work. >> 30 days? >> correct. as i said, the contractor has already started the work as of last week. >> co

>> yes. >> commissioner mccray? >> yes. >> commissioner walker? >> yes. >> the motion carries unanimously. item e, new appeals. case no. 67 62, 333 3 26th street, [speaker not understood] appellant lucerosllc. the appellant is requesting more time to complete work to abate the offsetting code violation. >> good morning, mr. president, commissioners. [speaker not understood] inspection housing division. this case no. is 67 62, 33 23 sixth street

mccray senior. on september 11th, i joined acting director huey deputy sweeney and chief henchon as we sat with six top staff from the los angeles building department who visited san francisco to learn about our procedures and code enforcements and inspects and plan review we discussed earlier in the last item. * inspections at the recommendation of acting director huey, we will be establishing a new committee to recognize and award outstanding dbi employees on a quarterly or annual basis. an initial organizational session was held yesterday and i was there. vice president mar was there. i was pleased to be part of this new committee. other members include emilie morrison and jeffery mar and bill strawn. it was a good discussion and as i joke with bill in good fashion, we find issues we want to address first before we can agree on it. we'll have another meeting and the goal here is to have this program in place here starting next year and do it on a quarterly basis. i think it will be a very, very g

. >> commissioner mccray? >> yes. >> and commissioner walker? >> yes. >> that motion carries unanimously. item f, rehearing request, case no. 6 757, 130 bueler street, [speaker not understood], san francisco, california. [speaker not understood] 67 57 previously addressed by the abatement appeals board on june 20th, 2012. >> again, this is 130, 132 bueler street. it came up and it was already heard one time. there was a granting of the order of abatement, so forth. the property owner was given a time frame to complete the work. the property owner has now requested to rehear the abatement appeals again, but in the meantime has requested a delay due to the holidays, requested a delay for this hearing due to the holidays. it was put in writing and it was approved already. by mr. sweeney. >> commissioner mar? >> did she move? >> getting any permits or apply for any permits or anything? >> she has not applied for any permits. >> i have a question for counsel. does the rehearing request stay our action? >> i believe it does. >> and there is a deadline

>> commissioner mccray. >> yes. on the hiring plan sheet, what is the rule of 10, rule of 7, rule of 3? >> okay. so, that means that once we get a list, you can only go down that far. so, if we were the first department accessing the list, we would canvas -- if it's rule of 3 -- the first 3. if those have already disappeared, then it goes down. we have 13 clerks for the 1406s, and so how that's going to work i'm not quite sure, but all those rules are set up with dhr and -- but sometimes the rules are set up kind of in conjunction with the unions. but if the unions want to extend them, they can, but typically they want to keep it. so, if it's rule of 3 it's going to be rule of p. they're not going to change it during the process. * 3. >> thank you. >> are there any more questions for the deputy director? thank you, pam. >> item 7b, update on proposed legislation. >> good morning again, commissioners. bill stern, legislative public affairs. reference was made a little bit ago by the executive director from the small

james mccray sr. >> president chiu: i there any more business in front of the body? >> angela calvillo: that concludes our business for the day. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. with its rotunda, columns, uncut the reflecting waters against the eucalyptus trees, it is one of the most romantic settings for special dates, and memorable proposals. it is also a perfect spot where you can relax with that special someone while listening to the water and fountain in the lagoon. beautiful to view from many locations, and inside is an ideal place to walk around with your lov

james mccray sr. >> president chiu: i there any more business in front of the body? >> angela calvillo: that concludes our business for the day. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> a great man, is that what you called me? she has to be reminded. -- would you tell that to anita? i congratulate you and thank you for coming to san francisco. hopefully you also become a disaster --- we would be glad te to open up our minds and communities to receive ideas from across the country, if not the world as to how we can improve it. it never is about what just san francisco is doing. a lot of our ideas are homegrown. the ideas are transplanted and that is the greatness of our city. we're an international city. we want to show what ideas are coming out of the far east, china, malaysia, the philippines, singapore as well as all over from europe. perhaps from africa and south america. we can learn from that just as we have done with concepts like sunday streets where people take back the streets and start having fun in our urban communities and bringing ou

james mccray sr. >> president chiu: i there any more business in front of the body?concludes our business for the day. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fant

. >> commissioner mccray? >> present. >> commissioner walker? >> here. >> commissioner melgar is excused. and we have a quorum. and the next item is number 2, president's announcements. >> madam secretary, if i may, i just want to do some housekeeping here. i'd like to, if it's no objections, to move items 2 and 3 down to after 9:00 there because we have a full calendar. we'll go straight to item 4, please. if there's no objection, i'd like to do that. >> okay. commissioners are okay with that? >> yeah. >> okay. >> call item 4. >> item 4, item 4, discussion regarding disability access including training and certification for additional certified access specialist inspectors. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is tom [speaker not understood]. i'm a building inspector. i'm recently a cat certified, recently passed the cat certification. i came to speak to the commission about any questions you have about the cat certification and what the department is doing. presently there are two cat certified inspectors at staff at the department of build

james mccray sr. >> president chiu: i there any more business in front of the body?oncludes our business for the day. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it we have not revitalized it without public and priva

james mccray sr. >> president chiu: i there any more business in front of the body?concludes our business for the day. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they m