mr. avalos and mr.ark, can draft resolutions to end the war in afghanistan, and yet we consider it irresponsible to neglect the more important issues that will exasperated conditions for our burgeoning mentally ill and homeless problems. i ask you to revoke and decide in favor of people, not profits. >> next speaker. please step up. [applause] >> if i can remind folks we have a board rule that does not allow people to applaud or express opposition so we can move proceedings along. next speaker. >> we are here with solidarity of the coalition. the speaker had 15 years of experience, securities for work. our work is dangerous. our community holds them accountable. we need them to be accountable to all of san francisco. we need to have a guaranteewe ht them. thank you. president chiu: next speaker, please. >> thank you. my name is -- and i am and employee. we are not against the new hospital, but we want them to be comfortable with the agreements, because in the time that i have been in the city, we see al

mr. avalos. i think this is an important opportunity. on the other side, i think it is unconscionable for a city to be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to subsidize golf in pacifica, when that money can be used in sf parks, where that money can be used, and whatever you think, in the next decade or two, this golf course is in trouble. with the sea level rise, the cost will be at least $17 million, which can be saved and used in parks and golf courses here. that does not even mention the enormous value of these precious species which are almost nowhere else in the world. i am not against col. my dad is a golfer. i like going with him, but no matter, if this golf cart -- golf course is closed, golfing in san francisco will thrive, but these species, their survival is at stake, as is millions of dollars which belong to the residents of san francisco. thank you. >> i wrote to this 4.5 hours ago, so, good morning, supervisors. my name is -- i am here to say a few words for the senior golfers who want to say a sharp part. i b

mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. >> would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> we'll be taking roll call of commissioners. commission president thomas mazzucco. >> president. >> commission vice president dr. joe marshall is en route. commissioner petra dejesus. >> present. >> commissioner angela chance. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley? >> president. >> commissioner slaughter >> president. >> commissioner turman is excused. you have a quorum as we have the chief of police greg sir and director of the o.c.c. joyce hicks. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the november 16, 2011 san francisco police commission meeting. we have a fairly large agenda to go through including some closed session matters. let's move to line one, the consent calendar. >> item one is the consent calendar to receive and file as an action item. the securitied community audit from march to april 2011, ma

supervisor avalos: no, that is your time, mr. harris. it is the same as everyone else's. >> documentation. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is drenched. i am a director. i fully support this ordinance because it was a san francisco money and help us save two of the most in peril species in the bay area. if the ceqa process says so, a public park that everyone can enjoy, not just golfers. i want to talk about the legal issues. i am also an attorney. one is about whether the california act needs to apply now or if it can happen sometime later when a project has actually been proposed, and this is important for a reason has to do with the long history of this issue. the city of san francisco has produced a draft environmental impact report for -- sharp park and others. many submitted a large body of evidence and said you should include an alternative that would partner with the other area, and even considering that alternative, the city rejected it without consideration and refused to even presented in th

supervisor avalos: any questions for mr. rose? thank you. this item is open for public comment. item four. >> good morning, supervisors. i would like to speak in support of this ordinance. i feel that the community needs to be modernized, so this is obviously a no-brainer. one thing that i would like to say is that whatever improvement clipper makes to the overall system, it needs to be stated formally, for the record, that the mta is too costly with administrative costs and that needs to be handled quickly, even though a clipper system might bring improvements. also, when i use the muni for some of my assignments, i notice that the clipper system has numerous errors. either i am reading the card or whatever else happens. -- either in reading the card or whatever else happens. also, i hear people on the buses murmur to each other whether the clipper card can be faked, just like some of the best passes used to be. i would like to bring that to the attention of the clipper system, since i hear people discuss that on the bus rides when i go through some of the -- whatever you want

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. mr. speaker, please. >> ♪ sharp park how i love you how i love you might year-old sharp park in the the frogs and snakes will thank you some more when you restore that sharp park shore sharp park sharp park sharp park how i love you how i love you my dear old sharp park of north they will see you restored when they get to that sharp park shore sharp park sharp park sharp park how we love you how we love you might year-old sharp park and the folks up north will see you restored when they get to that sharp park shore. that is what the budget money is for fix it up just like a frog and snake in the grass it is about time you fixed it up at last do not bring us down no no no no no no i tell you once more before he is the floor do not make us bring it down and fix it up at last help all of the snakes and frogs in the grass do not bring us down known known known known no no what happened to the sharp park i used to know why not give it some money give it some dope do not bring us down no no no

supervisor avalos: let's hear from mr. alvarez, as well. thank you for your presentation. >> good morning today also from the housing authority. you have heard a lot about what we're already doing. we have been communicating with our colleagues and with the city family about our ability to put families in permanent housing situations. we have approximately 115 vacant units at the moment, and we're going to expedite and tuck these families in the city shelter and expedite those units so that we can get those families housed. our commitment is to try to do that before the holidays. it will mean moving resources from things that we were doing to this particular priority. i think rather than revisit all the things we have already heard, it may be more expedient to more interesting for everyone to simply entertain your questions. i think he clearly articulated what we're doing together collectively. as the dialogue continues, i think we will get a better understanding of the housing authority's operations and what is that we're able to do and ar

mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our

mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person

mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i'm totally lost as to where i am. the announce

avalos? present. >> supervisor campos? present. >> supervisor chu? present. >> supervisor cohen? present. >> supervisor elsbernd? present. >> supervisor farrell? present. >> supervisor kim? present. >> supervisor mar? present. >> supervisor mirkarimi? present. >> supervisor wiener? present. mr. president, all members are present. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president chiu: colleagues, we all have copies of the october 25, 2011 board meeting minutes. can i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by. and a second. are there any communications? >> yesterday, december 5, the office of the matter submitted the notice of the appointment, and pointing susan christian and richard to the human rights position. the appointments are effective upon it transmittal of the notice of appointment and remain in effect unless rejected by a two-thirds vote of the board within 30 days following the transmittal to the clerk. this becomes a time-sensitive matter, as last week -- next week is the last regularly scheduled board meeting until january 10, which