mr. campos office. we are an unusual organization and that we are committed to developing and improving the strategies used by purchasers of health benefits, rather than efforts to directly transform delivery systems or bring down prices. the reason we focused on purchasers is over many years, in my case, decades of work in this field, i've become convinced that the only thing that is less orderly, more dishonest, more deceiving then functions of a broken delivery system is the way we purchase care. we have a market of enormous strength and economic power, which is full of money, almost without challenge or question into the billions of dollars without knowing the cost of what we are paying for, the quality of what we are paying for. or whether there were cheaper or better alternatives. we are absolutely ignorant of where we stand in the market. that is what we believe has to come to an end. i will spare you the rest of my ranch, although i have copies of its -- rant, although i have copies of it here.

supervisor campos: thank you. mr.e, i do not get any questions but want to thank you and your staff for looking into this matter. i want to reiterate the importance of this work. it is something that all of us should be proud of that we are able to come together on something as important as this. i have to say that for me, the issue has not been as easy as it has been for some of my colleagues, and i respect their perspectives, but i have to say that for me this has been one of the more difficult decisions i have had to make, and it is not because i do not believe in the benefits of moving away from a payroll tax system to a gross receipts tax system. to the contrary, i think this is something that needs to be done. but i do have concerns, as i indicated last time, about the way in which we are doing this. i respectfully submit that i do not think is entirely clear, that we are not going to look back in five, 10, 20 years and wonder why we did it exactly this way, and there are a couple of concerns that i want to high

mr. president. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you and i would like to first shot about a resolution that i am introducing and i would like to thank supervisor olague, of dallas, cohen, and more for their co-sponsor ship. when an immigrant parent is detained on immigration charges for that parent is subsequently deported, very often that parent leaves behind a child in this country and that child tends to be a u.s. citizen. unfortunately for that child, the child is no longer able to see that parent. many times, a family members of the deported parent including the other parent, him sell for herself would like to take custody but because of the way the law works right now, that family member including the parent of that child is deemed unfit. because of their undocumented status, their immigration status. the sad thing is that when family members are deemed unfit, the court -- courts proceed to determine the child is abandoned. that leads to the termination of parental rights for that parent that has been

supervisor campos: thank you very much, mr. president. i do not want to repeat some of the points that have been made, but i wanted to this opportunity to thank the mayor's staff as well as members of the affordable housing community you have been working on this for quite some time. give issue of affordable housing is very complicated and there is no easy solution. i've always been supportive of the concept behind this proposal. the questions i have had have to do more with details in the execution. i wholeheartedly agree would supervisor wiener that we do have a housing crisis, a crisis of affordability of housing in san francisco. i will be supporting this proposal today, i do not know that the proposal before us necessarily is aggressive enough in terms of dealing with a crisis. i think this is a modest proposal that gets us -- that points us in the right direction, but i do not know if it is a proposal designed to address the crisis before us. the reality is if you look at this proposal in the year wore on, you were talking about $12

supervisor campos: in terms of the point that mr. fried was making and you were talking about jurisdictions where they have elections that are tied to statewide offices, do you have any response to that? >> new york city, for example, has september elections and even years and odd years. the election for mayor, for example, there are no federal elections on the ballot. in minnesota, they use september elections in odd years. it seems to me including those is comparing apples to apples. in terms of the state primary, all i was suggesting was using the most recent 2012 data because you are already using state primary. you already have said in the report. it stopped at 2010. including 2012, it would make sense. it is the most recent data. you already have aat

supervisor campos: i appreciate that, mr. buckley, and i do not want to belabor that point, but there are problems with the approach in the sense that i think that the moment you mix two issues, and you are allocating part of the gross receipts to deal with the affordable housing trust fund, you are necessarily shortchanging that gross receipts measure, and in so doing, you are arguably shortchanging the affordable housing as well, so i understand the reasoning, but i think that there are real concerns that i have about that, but i appreciate the approach. >> one less clear fine thing, if i could add, these are two separate measures before you. there is no reference within the charter amendment to any specific funding source, so i think that is just an important clarifying point to mention. supervisor campos: no, i understand that, and i now want to ask about the issue of trade talks, which i think is really, for me, the focus, sort of my concerns. given that we are not talking about a lot of money, if you want to have an und

supervisor campos: thank you, mr. chair, and i want to thank supervisor farrell. a lot of things have been made out of rank chase of voting and things that would ensue or have been sued. i think that any analysis of this voting in my view demonstrates the parade of horribles has not materialized, and, in fact, i think some of the criticisms that have been levied against ranked choice of voting are criticisms that would most definitely apply to what is being proposed. and the idea that we would have a september runoff, and that would have a solution to the supposedly turnout and other issues around confusion, i do not think that is confusing. i do not think that is supported by evidence. the fact is the voting system that we have in place is a system that has led to increase voter turnout. it is a system that has engaged more citizens in san francisco in the elections, and with respect to the idea that somehow ranked choice of voting has somehow been too confusing for some voters, i just do not think the evidence proves that. the analysis we have seen, including th

supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i have a question not for the appellant. it was more a question to the city attorney's office. i do not know if this is the time to ask. but procedurally, through the chair, normally, for purposes of the benefit of people who are watching, when you have this kind of appeal, you have the eir that is decided at the board. at some point, the substantive agreement or project comes before the board of supervisors. i wonder if you can talk about the process regarding this proposal, this project, what happens if the eir is approved or not approved, a firm or not firm. >> department's staff may be able to speak better than i can about any specific approvals. i am sure there will jump in if i get this wrong. the eir was certified during a joint hearing at the planning commission and the rec and park commission. the planning commission gave its approval actions, which included a general plan referral and approval of the coastal zone permit. the rec and park commission took action to approve the project. the coastal zone permit approva

mr. farrell and supervisor wiener -- commissioner campos: i would ask you to refer your comments to the entire commission. thank you. >> i know. that's a good way of deferring everyone being criticized. i have a right to say what i think about members of the body whose behavior i think is most egregious. you've really got to the point where you think 99% of the citizens of the city do not matter at all. i met the point where any of you are running for reelection, and voting for anyone else but you. commissioner campos: just a reminder -- >> i know we're not electioneering. commissioner campos: just a public comment on the specific item. >> and my public comment is a person came up here, very politely ask you to listen to what she had to say, and you just ignore hurt the entire time. commissioner campos: thank you. >> my name is george. i have lived in the corridor. we can look at the bold alternatives as well as the need to spend more on the options. i would like to say two things quickly today. one is the cost effectiveness calculations and also the reliability of the issues. i specifically r

supervisor campos: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me provide a little bit of background about this item. i know we have a number of members from the public that are here and i want to thank them for being here as well. various entities including churches and health-care facilities as well as welfare facilities have a significant number of customers who are dropped off by motor vehicles and to facilitate that, we have asked the city through the transportation agency to establish a white zone. that is essentially a passenger loading area at the streaker -- street curb fronting the area. when you ask for a white sound, you are required to pay a fee, attend a public hearing, and the matter of request for the creation of a white zone ultimately has to be approved by the city's traffic engineer. we have seen as we have studied this issue that there are many benefits to having wide zones. one of the obvious benefits is that they reduce the number of vehicles that are double parked on city streets. i think anyone who has used our streets

mr. fried's some time to continue to do his work. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public who would like to speak on this? public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have any questions? i am wondering if you can respond to some of the points that were made in terms of adding more work to this report, whether or not he is think that is necessary. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts. >> i will start off with mr. hill's comments. i lived for the top 20 cities in the united states with a system that had was

mr. fried's some time to continue to do his work. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public who would like to speak on this? public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have any questions? i am wondering if you can respond to some of the points that were made in terms of adding more work to this report, whether or not he is think that is necessary. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts. >> i will start off with mr. hill's comments. i lived for the top 20 cities in the united states with a system that had was separated. i could go back and look at that. that is also tied to state offices. since we have our mayor and other citywide office is elected in a separate election, i did not incorporate those cities into this mix. i believe there were three at of the top 20 that have a scenario where there are separated. if it was the desire of the commission, i could go back and add in all the other cities. i purposely excluded those because i wanted us to be more about a scenario like san francisco, where it is separated completely from everything else

[applause] [applause] supervisor campos: if i may, i would like to ask the honorable anna valenzuela, thefrom el salvador, and mr. cordon and our honorable consular general. it is my honor as the supervisor for district 9 which includes many people who have the honor and pride of being -- originating from el salvador today to introduce this resolution declaring -- proclaiming 2012 to be the salvadorean day. let me tell you about how we got to this point. the u.s. congress, the u.s. house of representatives in 2006 established that august 6 of every year in the united states would be salvadorean day here in the united states of america. according to the 2010 u.s. census, there are more than 16,007 dorians -- salvadoreans in san francisco. they're not only an integral part of the city of san francisco but of the entire bay area. there cut commissions -- and their contributions to city life is something they should be proud of. they truly make san francisco the special city that it is and so it is only appropriate to celebrate salvadorean day. we take this opportunity to proclaim that august 6 is salvadorean day. w

campos. president chiu. supervisor chu. supervisor cohen. supervisor elsbernd. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor olague. supervisor wiener. mr. president, you have a quorum. president chiu: could we have a motion to excuse supervisor farrell? without objection, he is excused. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? [inaudible] we have a board meeting minutes from june 18 and june 19. those meeting minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have the communications. we are in the receipt of the referendum petition. against ordinance number 10412. the department of elections must notify the board by august 30. if it is not entirely repealed, the board shall submit the ordinance to the voters at the next statewide special municipal election. president chiu: could you read the consent agenda? >> items 129 comprise the consent agenda. if a member would like to discuss a matter, it shall be removed and considered separately. president chiu: would anyone like to sever any of these items? aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. sup

campos: thank you. so, you do work and live outside of san francisco? >> yes, i do. chairperson kim: next we have mr. allen hopper. >> good afternoon. i have worked with her for many years. you cannot go wrong today. i am honored to be considered for the commission. it is an incredibly important commission and, in fact, historical time in the state of california. we have the potential to significantly reformed the criminal-justice system and change the way we deal with the low-level non-violent offenders. live at 30 years of failed incarceration policies throughout the state that have taken as to the brink of fiscal disaster. i will give you a little bit of information about my background and what i think would be most important to get started with, with the sentencing commission. i mean 1992 graduate of uc-davis law school. my entire career has been focused on the criminal-justice system. in one way or another i began at -- in one way or another. i began as a public defender. i then worked for the california appellate project, which is a non-profit established by the state bar and the supreme court

i>>supervisor campos: and very w people can get him to come with a tie, so kudos to you mr. hillis. it commissioners from the planning commission. it is always great for that. i want to say that in my time working with you, not as a commissioner, but as a member of the board of appeals, just in your time at the mayor's office, i have found you were incredibly divergent and spent a lot of time listening to the committee. i also appreciate the creative nest. your knowledge is based around different tools and techniques, particularly the issue of affordable housing. i think with the challenge of the impending dissolution around every development and that development agreement, there is a lot of fear in the terms of our ability to actually build what we promised. although we had not quite reached that number of 30%, we came really close. i appreciate kind of your diligence and i look forward to having that skill set on the commission as well. i want to continue to state that i am concerned about the diversity of the commission. we have lots of representation from certain communities tha

campos: thank you. i certainly agree about making sure we are engaging in respectful debate. i do think mr.simply trying to point out some of the counter information to the point, and there is a way we can have different perspectives in a respectful way. i certainly did not take it that way, but one thing i would say is one of the concerns that i really have with the proposal, and i do not want to repeat this point, but i do think the practicality of having a september election is something that does are really. one of the things that i have heard from the elections department is that resources are very limited, and i think given the number of elections already having, we have a june primary that will take place in respect of of what we do locally. perhaps state elections, whether it is presidential or what not, and then you have an november election. i do worry about whether or not we are setting the elections department up for failure in terms of adding another election. i do worry about that. i think one of the considerations we should always take into account is the extent to which we m

campos: meeting adjourned. thank you very muc supervisor chu: good morning and welcome to the budget and finance committee. mr. young, do you have any announcements today? >> please silence all assault on an electronic devices. copies as a part of the filing should be submitted to the clerk. supervisor chu: please call all the items on the agenda. >> item 1. proposed budget and annual appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for departments of the city and county of san francisco as of may 31, 2012, for the fys ending june 30, 2013, and june 30, 2014. item 2. annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fys ending june 30, 2013, and june 30, 2014, continuing, creating or establishing these positions; enumerating and including therein all positions created by charter or state law for which compensations are paid from city and county funds and appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance; authorizing appointments or continuation of appointments thereto; specifying and fixing the compensations and w

mrs. mar -- their family was shaped by her, and professor jameshibayashi. he will leave a great legacy. i will join in the comments that supervisor campos made about the conversation at the land use committee. for those who didn't watch it, it is worth spending time. i am troubled there were representations made around finances that changed. i was troubled that we will not be allowed to review financial information. we have to vote on a development agreement. cpmc could escape obligtions based on these projections. i know this conversation will be ongoing. this is a topic we should be focused on. i do have one legislative item. i have had my staff -- we have done work on how our buildings in san francisco can be made more green. we used a large amount of the city's energy. i turned this legislation to help establish a program to encourage building owners to recycle water and i want to thank the staff were not only helping with the legislation from that we, but the legislation i am introducing today, concerning the topic of plastic water bottles. we all know the impact on the globe and in the city. every 27 hours, we use enough water bot

campos: thank you. this was an item that was continued from our last meeting to writ -- from our last meeting. i would like mr. trout to come and present this item. let me present some context. a lot of it has to do with the role of the select committee and dealing with these issues. we can coordinate and talk about, have a discussion about different issues that are impacting the city and the school district. a number of questions have been raised and the goal of this meeting is to provide information to members of the public. some issues have been raised in terms of whether or not certain actions should be taken by the san francisco unified school district, including actions around the issue of waivers. that is a very important issue. to the extent that action is taken, those are things that have to have been at the san francisco board of education, not at this committee. we do not legally have the authority to direct the school district, which is a separate legal entity, to do anything. we hope to provide information today writ with that, i will turn it over to the school district. >> good afternoon. i am t