supervisor mirkarimi: very good. about five years ago, i did signage for prop 65, on mercury poisoning. it was with the help of the department of and burn. i'm not sure if you were part of the department back then yourself. that was also a template we used. it has become commonplace in san francisco. we borrowed from that signage in this legislation of what those protocols were. i don't know if you would want to speak about this. i want to ensure we are working from a basis of continuity, not something we are lifting out of a hat, in creating a sign that we're asking you to comply with, but without sound rationale. >> i did not work on that specifically. >> this is certainly consistent with past efforts. in a designated location, certainly, we will make sure it is visibly located. supervisor mirkarimi: with regard to the delayed implementation of the program itself, my office received a request that this be amended to december 2011. >> you have an implementation date and then there is a two- month education period fo

commissioner mirkarimi: good morning, i'm ross mirkarimi, joint joined me with me is super swriesor cohen, supervisor campos is absent away for business. we'll want to take a motion in a second to excuse his absence. i don't expect this to be a very long meeting as i am also concurrently sitting on the budget and finance committee which is meeting across the hall. i'm happy that we are able to deliberate on two important items. before we start, can i entertain a motion for the excuse of supervisor campos? motion. woid, so moved. madam clerk, good morning. please read item number one. >> good morning. item one, resolution authorizing the department of emergency management as primary grantee and fiscal agent for the capital-bay planning area to retroactively accept and expend a fiscal year 2010 interoperable emergency communications program grant award in the amount of $1,227,632 from the united states department of homeland security, through the california emergency management agency, for the period of july 1, 2010, to march 31, 2013. >> very good. anybody like to present on this at all? p

supervisor mirkarimi: very good. thank you. there has been a motion. seconded and so moved with recommendation. item number two, please? >> item two. resolution authorizing the office of the chief medical examiner to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $116,589 from the paul coverdell forensic science improvement grants program of the california emergency management association for accreditation support. supervisor mirkarimi: welcome. >> good morning. i'm joan from the office of the city administrator. we also have dr. hart, the chief medical examiner. this grant is from the california emergency management association. we are grateful to be receiving it. the office of the medical resent -- examiner must be accredited under the board of forensic toxicology. this grant will allow equipment to be bought and training to be given to staff. happy to answer questions. supervisor mirkarimi: i think this is very straightforward. i want to throw a question to you relate it to the previous item we passed forward with rec

supervisor mirkarimi: very good.e anything else we have not identified or recognized that you think we should about this? >> i think we have covered it all. i want to highlight we have had a positive experience working with retailers to develop materials for all kinds of things, batteries, lights. supervisor mirkarimi: it is about the federal government in terms of the law that has been put forth by the obama administration. it is supposed to signal some fluidity. perhaps local or state government can move forward with this. it is not entirely clear what comes out of this. supervisor mirkarimi: it is a small percentage of the drugs. pharmaceuticals are complicated. some of them are controlled substances. some are drugs with strict value. the fda does not want pharmacies or local governments sites to be in contact with that. they want that to be brought to law enforcement. that is why we have law- enforcement site. we are hearing they will be going through the regulatory process, allowing that to take place under cert

meeting my name is ross mirkarimi. i want to thank sfgtv for their ongoing excellence. madam court, good morning. could you please read roll call? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. >> very good. item to please. >> item 2. approval of minutes of march 29, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comment on the item? public comment is closed. we will take this without objection. could we take another roll call? there has been a change in the roster. >> commissioner campos? commissioner carmen chu? commissioner cohen? commissioner elsbernd? commissioner farrell? commissioner kim? commissioner mark? commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner wiener? supervisor mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. item 3. chair's report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: last thursday the executive director and i'm joined edwin lee and federal highway deputies director to officially kick off the sf park program. scott wiener and members

commissioner mirkarimi: it's true. whatever progress or gains we make here in fighting crime, and public safety in the city, you would be hard to ignore that someone of just a few miles away across the bay is having an exorbitant problem and that doesn't somehow impact us eventually. it just would make sense if there was something along this model that would apply to the current challenges. >> you are probably going to see that with the start of the formation of the groups getting together for america's cup. that would be a perfect segue from talking about that one narrow focus to a much more broader picture. commissioner mirkarimi: the first meeting in the bay right there. bring everybody together. >> also i think with the conversations that i have had with the new chief, you'll also start to see a more hiegereegal approach how we make sure our residents are safe. commissioner mirkarimi: good. thank you for that answer. commissioner cohen: i also think with the new m.o.u. for our work spanning the footprint and we are

supervisor mirkarimi: ok. it gives me something to think about. can we switch topics a little bit on the city college? >> sure. supervisor mirkarimi: i think rightfully the president of the community college board of trustees is making a good case. he's basing it on other agreements we have with other institutions. we have been charityible with other institutions in the past. i'd like to know how we can help them despite the fact that the p.u.c. is also struggling to figure out their budget quandaries too. so while we're all together, why don't we figure out what's possible here? >> sure, supervisor. i completely value what city college does. i'm appalled of the cuts at the state level. the school district is relatively speaking better off and they will not let me say that but basically they went to the voters a few years back and went -- ended up with access to the city's rainy day reserve and also a work-aside to the arts, music in schools, the slams program. they are getting more of the benefits because the

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i appreciate the city partners that helped us to sculpt the lettuce -- legislation that is before us. thank you to the supervisors for their legislative in sight. i have to say, i am very interested in discussing, as a public comment, the question on local hiring and how it would be applicable in the course of this legislation. i would offer to meet with the representatives that are here to try to understand a bit better how this actually meshes together, considering that the category of companies we are talking about, i would understand that this is the kind of fits that would be suited for that implementation. so, based on the amendments that have been offered, we will have to sit with it in community and i will use that time as an opportunity to confer with some of the folks that i also agree with in terms of attempting to strengthen local mandatory hiring and what prevailing wage agreements. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim: i would like to thank the supervisors for bring

supervisor mirkarimi: let's do this. before we move this forward with recommendation, maybe we could answer that question. >> i would be glad to. thank you very much for the question. i will take the second part first. vulnerable populations, seniors, disabled, one of the things funded in this grant is a vulnerable preparation planner. there is a lot of work making sure the shelters we plan for our 88 accessible and we are doing outreach -- are ada accessible and we're doing outreach to make sure we can identify where a vulnerable population is living, who were they, how do we reach out to them. we have a planner devoted to that. we are proud of that. in terms of san francisco, we do work with neighborhood organizations. some of that funding is in this grant. treasure island is one of the neighborhood certainly included in that. training and exercises are funded in this grant. the fire department has one of their facilities at treasure island. some activities they do their support the city and the island, and that is fun

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. president. first of all, i would like to think the department of the environment and the mayor's office for their help with this particular legislation. if you will recall, we were trying to advance legislation that had never been advanced before in san francisco, and that is to create a repository for people to take back their discarded medications, other unwanted pharmaceuticals. we gleaned from other legislatures who asked that pharmaceutical companies help shoulder the burden of the cost, so their citizens would be able to use these repositories so hazardous waste would be properly disposed of. the law was never implemented. nowhere in the united states are there laws at the state level. so, county by county, these laws are beginning to crop up at the county's expense. san mateo county actually practices the infrastructure that allows their citizens to be able to dispose of their unwanted medications and pharmaceuticals at san mateo county's expense. we want the pharmaceutical industry to sh

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. appreciate it. supervisor campos: the one area that stands out as an area that i feel like to have more information on is the area of what actually is paid to or received by san francisco in terms of a fee or benefit as it compares to what other jurisdictions get from these vendors. you talk about oakland receiving $29 million. a chunk of that goes to the general fund. how does that compare to what we receive? everyone knows we are facing a substantial budget deficit. we have to figure out ways to make sure that we leverage every asset the city has. i want to make sure the san francisco is getting its fair share. that is where i feel more information could be obtained. commissioner avalos? supervisor avalos: what kind of assets as the current vendor gain by the work they do in the city? is it possible those assets could also be city assets as well? are the only in the hands of recology? is there a way that could be considered part of the public domain as well? it is virtually public-service been pro

supervisor chu: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. since office was substantially involve in mobile hiring, either you or perhaps the team, it might be nice to get an idea. i have never seen in this report. for the obvious ongoing commercial activity. >> the bulk of the spending that you are projecting to be in indirect effect our small businesses. the profiles that we pay out to receive the spending our small businesses in san francisco. we know that retail trade on average has significantly higher averages of employment being seven cisco residents coppe -- san francisco resident. you would expect the majority of the jobs generated to go to san francisco residents. supervisor mirkarimi: but without a particular mandate or direction, you are basing that on a trend, correct? >> yes, that is the city's current practice and pattern. supervisor mirkarimi: in order to support proper have its towards the idea of a practice upper local hiring, from what we can tell in this document, there is nothing that really perfects that particular objec

commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner wiener? supervisor mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. item 3. chair's report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: last thursday the executive director and i'm joined edwin lee and federal highway deputies director to officially kick off the sf park program. scott wiener and members of the mta board were also at the event which marks the culmination of a four-year process to bring real time parking information to san francisco. it was a great event recognized by the press around country as a major milestone in terms of how technology can structure solutions for common urban problems like finding curbside parking. the entire demonstration was funded with $20 million of urban partnership money which this authority was able to obtain from the federal government in 2007 as part of the negotiations over the funding plan for doral drive, now presidio parkway, which at the time included a proposal. the proposal was a forward- looking idea and this is a forward-lookin

supervisor mirkarimi: sure, ok. i just want to speak to any inherent point that we don't want to subsidize that practice for bad habits. if they're doing their part, and this is a remainder of what their part should be in trying to increase conservation, how much remains of the cost to them and what's before us is, do we help, can we help alleviate that? you're right. any one institution is being wasteful and they haven't done their part -- >> i would not accuse city college of being wasteful. supervisor mirkarimi: i get it. i just want to bring us down to try to figure out where we are in this case. well, i think that's helpful. i think we'll go ahead and ponder our approach and what this discussion in just a little bit. i might come back to you. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor. supervisor kim. supervisor kim: to keep on that line of conversation of promoting energy efficiency, especially amongst our city departments, city college. i actually would be more interested in seeing us do work force deve

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i feel your report very much _ the direction we are going in. -- underscores the direction we are going in. for anyone who hears in your report that this will cost $750 million not coming into this city because of this exclusion, how would you address that? the trade-offs of that risk of that money not coming into the general fund and the benefits that offset that? >> the source of that cost to the general fund, which would be mitigated entirely by the amendments that you and david chiu have made today -- so i want to emphasize, as amended, according to my projections, -- well, the exclusion would not apply to any company that i have studied in the past 13 years. so the city would not be losing money on an annual basis and would really be out monied by a company that is so large they would be likely to leave anyway. i think your question goes to the benefits of maintaining these large companies in san francisco, after the spring show in which they become a public traded company. after

supervisor mirkarimi: a response? supervisor avalos: i could possibly request a continuance for the greater discussion on the amendment, which i think is a valid amendment to consider. supervisor mirkarimi: madam city attorney, there could be an amendment to the legislation, if not the development agreement, correct? >> the legislation approving the development agreement could be amended, but it could not be amended to impose terms on the parties that would be binding on them. supervisor avalos: so vacancy rent control would be amending the terms of the agreement? >> if the parties both agreed to those terms, you would accept an amended agreement and the legislation would not need to be amended. supervisor avalos: without that agreement, no? supervisor mirkarimi: what is think about that, supervisor, and we will go to a couple other speakers. supervisor elsbernd: a couple things. i want to respond to supervisor avalos, but first to supervisor campos. thank you for the intellectual honesty in saying you would have oppo

supervisor mirkarimi: excellent. i had called for this particular hearing because we have been hearing a great deal about this issue in the press for some months now. it is related to governor brown and the state pose a desire to realign our state prison population -- the state's desire to realign our state prison population. it asks the state to return a certain amount of prisoners, state population back to the municipality of san francisco. there have been random reports of what that number actually looks like, and that seems to be couched in the question of what kind of funding would be attached for the return of that prison population. based on that funding and resources, we would hope to -- based on that funding and resources we would hope to expect from the state, based on a number of questions about a municipality like san francisco's ability to receive the population and to do so not just expecting incarcerations but expecting alternative means of supervision and monitoring for that population, it is not bein

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: is this anticipated in the anticipated budget about what it would beif ab 109 takes effect, and we will have to cover the unreimbursed portion? >> yes, i am glad you asked that question. there are some calculations based on the assumptions, and there is a graph or a box chart the we think it shows you what will be in the next is clear. $2.60 million. it is always cheaper to have them in jail alternatives these require monitoring and home detention, because that is also relatively cheap. and our proposal would be to increase this by $3.60 million. this is like a wish list. however, for example, judges could say, "no jail alternative ." caught if those things were going to be reduced, and we do have, i would say, a very good working relationship with the courts on the programs that we have. we also love and service unit that goes out and apprehends people i think we will be able to work with the court's -- courts. supervisor mirkarimi: but there is a combination th

supervisor mirkarimi: have a great day. deaths >> a good afternoon, and welcome to the rules committee meeting. joining us are supervisors elsbernd and farrel. we would like to acknowledge sfgtv and the transcripts they make available online. >> the items on the agenda go to the board on tuesday unless otherwise indicated. >> item 1, confirming the appointing of jane wu to the -- >> can you please introduce yourself to the committee, and talk about your interest in serving in this commission. >> i know you have a long agenda and i will be as brief as possible. you have a detailed by a. a couple of things i wanted to register with you. i was born in sydney, australia and have lived in japan and hong kong, and went to school for 12 years -- but i have lived in san francisco longer than any other place in my life. this is a gateway to the pacific. i love the natural beauty and also the diversity, for someone like myself who has a by cultural background. my father was a career diplomat in taiwan, and my husband, james, was near

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i wanted to close the loop on something that i have yelped about a few times and i know that your department responded in favorable and positive ways. let's have you provide the update, i do not want you -- i do not want to steal your thunder, about the unresolved issues that i thought you had close the loop on that are not currently covered by a 50 tpg and whatever other monitoring public access so that, as i brought to your attention, concerns about our dealing with larger issues, until a certain point, not taking care of sort of an outdated or unresolved business. it feels like this is one thing that you can check off. >> we agree with you. we do not see it as our thunder, we see it as a collaborative process. we appreciate your leadership and reminders about how well we can do the big things. highlighting to the public, we have released a few memos about this and we will continue to advertise through restructuring some of our priorities. we have found the means to refund the equip

. >> vice chair mirkarimi? supervisorsupervisor mirkarimi's go back to the system in marin. the rate structure mirrors that of pg&e. in their initial phase, they have focused on customers -- they zero. -- their only offering it to customers that typically in the tiers 4 anad 5 ranges. they offer dark green service that customers can opt into. it is a 100% green product. supervisor mirkarimi: how much more expensive is that? >> mike campbell of sfpuc. the with a grain product is offered for marin is 1.5 cents more per kilowatt hour. it is one paying more per hour. it is the same structure. it is targeting the hired usgher usage customers. supervisor mirkarimi: are we talking about the same structure? >> pricing wise, yes. we are looking at bringing you further information about the other 100% green programs offered in california. we know that palo alto and others have the programs. compared to the other prices, marin and san francisco look comparable period supervisor mirkari. i believe the first capture was 9000. it may have eroded down to 8000. they have been operational --

thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, for putting this item on the agenda. how the savings happening at the state level work? is that something where it is essentially the state shipping the financial burden to local governments? is that how the state is saving the amounts that you're talking about? >> that is exactly how they are saving the amount. the average cost to keep an inmate in state prison is $61,114. that is if you use the average rate. if you use the overcrowding rate, it is cheaper. that figure is about $29,000. that is predicated on however long a time those sentences would have been. if it was a 36-month sentence, the individuals would have spent approximately 18 months in prison, less any kind of jail sentence credits that they would have had. if you take a look at that 36- month sentence, and then take it in half, that is a minimum of 18 months time -- 18 months' time. they will fund the county the equivalent of $25,000 for six months, and on top of that, the community supervision fee. that adds up to a lot less than what the state costs are

supervisor mirkarimi. why do we not go to public comment on this section? " >> ♪ you are the budget sunshine of my life i love you, and i need a million more bring it back, woa, woa, woa, we would like the budget back again. bring it back again ♪ supervisor chu: any other public comment? public comment is closed. camera continues with the objection? item number 2 below. >> for fiscal year 2007, two dozen 12. -- 2012. >> -- supervisor mar: this is a good way to get people familiar with the issues with the sheriff's department, so with that, they keep. >> but to be here from a supervisor -- nice to be here, supervisor. we can use your overhead. if you look at the far right hand, what it shows in a long bolt column, our expenses have been $154 million. the budget submitted to the mayor so far is about $10 million less than what we intend to spend this year, so our budget proposal for the coming year is, in the words, as i said, about $10 million. we hope to spend about 10 dozen dollars -- $10,000 less this ye

i'm ross mirkarimi, supervisor of district five. thank you for hearing our legislation on stock option exemption. i will give you a little bit of context and what the legislation actually does. i introduced my stock option legislation during our deliberations on the mid market twitter tax break discussion and debate. i and others have believed that a twitter tax break on one hand was singularly focusing just what was self evident on one company, benefiting one company and one particular neighborhood, and on the other, gave that one company an exclusion that we anticipated would likely catalyze great interest by a number of other companies because of the exclusion which was for twitter, both payroll and stock option. our anticipation was held correct where a number of other companies had asked when that deliberation was taking place, that they would like to see some benefit, too, at risk of potentially losing their business located in san francisco. of them moving. we were mulling over the question at the time, which i raise concerns

supervisor mirkarimi: present. supervisor weiner: present. >> all members are present. president chiu: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. colleagues, you should have copies of the april 15 and april 19, 2011 board meeting minutes. the motion to approve by supervisor elsbernd. are there any communications? if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 and two comprise the consent agenda. these will be acted upon by a single roll-call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever either of these items? if not, roll call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. costa-hawkins -- supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. superivsor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: the driving reason behind this, the ability of moving forward with this is clocked by the eir under way for the america's cup, correct? >> absolutely correct. supervisor mirkarimi: if it was not on that constricted schedule that everyone has to abide by with the port is working overtime to do their best in making sure that this prevails, the cost of this cruise terminal, it still needs -- it still means uncertainty work out about future funding sources. especially if they do not all,- projected. can you think of many examples in recent history where we have done this before? where we are borrowing on the future? >> supervisor, offhand i cannot think of many fiscal feasibility projects that have come before the board. supervisor chu: supervisor mirkarimi: jig -- supervisor mirkarimi: and i was going to set way, but i wanted to make sure that the creative nature of this before us is grounded on the idea of certain variables having to line up. that alignment require

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. it's probably more comment than it is question. it's my fifth year on the committee here, and i have to tell you that in my first year we were in flush times. and then followed by three, almost four, very cold years of us dealing with landmark deficits. these some of the first positive numbers we have seen in literally about four years, it seems. at this time of the season, at this stage, for us to get six and nine miff ho reports -- six and nine-month reports, i'm knocking on wood by making sure we take nothing for granted. but this must portend something larger about san francisco e emerging into a different phase of the economic downturn that's had us engulfed for the last four years. maybe you could just speak to some of those indicators. >> our barometer for the month of february was released, economic barometer, was released this past week it does show that unemployment is still high, both in san francisco and in the bay area, in excess of 9%. so that's at least three percentage

supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the project. item four is in motion reversing the certification of the final environmental impact report. item five is a motion directing the preparation of findings. item 25 is the ordinance approving a development agreement between the city and parkmerced investors, making various findings and waiving certain provisions of the a minister to code. item 26, ordinance amending the planning code to establish the parkmerced special use district. item 27 is a zoning map to reflect a special use district. item 28 is an ordinance amending the general plan by amending the urban design element height map with respect to the site. items 29 through -- these items were reviewed by the planning department. president chiu: we had public comment earlier today on items that underlay the approvals. these items are in the hands