are you listening, mr. chiu?ou should further schedule and hold hearings about dbi to allow you to grasp a firm understanding of the corruption of racism and who in that department is allowing it to occur. i [speaker not understood] all seem to be failing. we have a corrupt department, [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. next speaker. thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, president chiu, members of the board of supervisors. my name is dale c. moore and i give the tenderloin walking tooerx. i'm here today to allow you for [speaker not understood] in the tenderloin. what a great time we had. there were smiles and partying and screaming and yelling and people could walk across any street without being hit by the number 31 bus. we had a great time. i've been in the tenderloin 30 years and when i walk through the tenderloin [speaker not understood] i have tears in my eyes because i have never seen the tenderloin like that. through your generosity and the generosity of sunday streets i was given a boost to prom

i went to mr. chiu and got a response in 10 minutes. could not get a logical explanation as to why rules are applied an how this permit was pulled. this is a huge loophole which under minds the integrity of the appeals process and the site permit process. if you read the rules, this violates the plans. that's what i'm asking the board to enforce the plain language of the codes we put before you of exhibit 4 and 5. permit has been issued to allow work to begin on this project before all approvals have been received and an addendum has been issued for this project. we ask the board the grant the permission so this appeal can be heard when the project appeal finally shows us because it's not been approved yet. >> counselor, are you sure that the permit entitlement at building department is a site permit? >> yes, sir, it's a site permit that's pending is what we've been told and this is a separate over the counter permit. that's why we didn't file. >> i understand your argument. but we didn't receive any information on the other permit. are

mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar absent. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president -- supervisor mar? mar present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us 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. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> could we go to our new business, item 1? >> item 1 is an ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions that refer to the former transfer tax review board that expired by operation of law on january 1, 2013. >> roll call, please. >> on item 1, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. su

chiu. >> is it true mr. chair and i want to thank all the stakeholder. i know when we heard about this the issues of the comprehend $170,000 and i think we all share a desire to spend a few thousand dollars a year to work out arrangements with businesses. given the fact we have the dense public rules of evidence anything we can do to minimize that. my office had an opportunity to sit down with the representatives of our transit workers and sfmta and i understand we're all looking at moving those facilities and i trust that's happening and i understand that those particular facilities there's a need for them and certainly want to make sure that our transit operators are taken place and with that i'm happy to support the proposal and am looking forward to an ongoing proposal to support those and a supervisor breed >> thank you. what's the annual maintenance comforted and the maintenance plan for those restrooms? >> i'm not sure of the costs but your facility staff will be maintaining those units either with a daily or twice daily visits. >> and mr. william

chiu. >> thank you mr. chair. first of all, i have some general comments about the project. as one of the district supervisors along the proposed brt, i have been supportive of the project for years. when i come to work, van ness is my main area of commute. have of the travel time is spent loading and unloading passengers and i think it's important we move forward with real change, which proposal represents. we've heard the /sta statistics -- it will reduce travel time by 33 percent. it will increase ridership by 37 percent with half of those new drivers being former drivers. i think those are incredibly compelling. i want to talk about the vallejo northbound station variant and i do plan to make a motion at the appropriate time to add the northbound station at vallejo street as part of the locally preferred alternative and i want to thank the community members that have worked with my office on this as well as the ta and mta staff. the need for the northbound station stems from the fact that this project will be eliminating existing bus stops at broadway. this will impact h

chiu. (applause) >> thank you, mr. mayor. and for the record, my recollection was there was only one door slammed, and i can't remember exactly who did it. [laughter] >> this is a great day for the health of san francisco. this is a great day for the future health of our city. i'm so delighted to be here. and let me also say that it was about a year ago that a couple of us at the board, including supervisor cohen, we held a very different press conference over on the board side and i am just amazed and so grateful that we have come as far as we have gotten to where we are today. it takes a village to build two hospitals and i want to take just a brief moment to thank everyone who has been part of that village starting first and foremost with the community. the leadership behind the elected leaders here who ensured that this is a deal that's not only good for health care, but ensures that we are meeting our local hiring needs, our housing needs, our transportation needs, our neighborhood needs around the city. and, of course,

mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos absent. supervisor chiu? >> here. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener absent. supervisor yee? yee present. supervisor campos? campos present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us 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 . >> madam clerk, any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our 2:00 p.m. special order? >> the first item of business is the policy discussion between mayor edwin lee and members of the board of supervisors. this week representing the odd districts, specifically districts 1, 3, 5, 9, and 11. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. the president

mr. president, that concludes the comments. >> why don't we go to our first recommendations. supervisor breed - i'm sorry, i can't hear i >> president chiu mine will be for next week. >> why don't we go to supervisor kim. why don't we go to public comment madam clerk >> at this time the public may commit within the items of the jurisdiction of the board including the items without reference to committee calendar. please know that those that have been subject to the agenda can't be commented on and please direct our comments to the board payroll folks using translation services please have an interpreter >> thank you very much let's hear from the first speaker. >> (speaking foreign language) ladies and gentlemen, welcome. welcome to after one months we go far away and you go far away from us. i hope you coming today with spirit mind and a good idea to help and do it for our future in this city. today, i'm going to open my heart to every one of you after 31 year i keep it in my heart. today is september 3802013. i make a big mistake in my own life. in september 3, 1982. i married an american woman i met her in greece. she never tell me the

mr. president, that concludes the comments. >> why don't we go to our first recommendations. supervisor breed - i'm sorry, i can't hear i >> president chiu mine will be for next week. >> why don't we

chiu aye. there are 11 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor cohen, for the late mr. bill thread gill. >> and is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> i want to thank sfgov-tv for their coverage of tonight apt 1850sing and with that unless there is any more business, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] okay. our final speaker is a friend a friend to the business community. a man who understands was it take to a create a job which is an investment. mayor ed lee is a person who have's brought a lot of stability to san francisco especially, after steady eddy were because ed has a background in administration and being tasked what getting things done and maneuvering through the san francisco policies. so to talk about the future of san francisco from the mayors prospective and the city's prospective in relationship to continue to build our economy i want to introduce the ma

chiu aye. there are 11 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor cohen, for the late mr. bill thread gill. >> and is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> i want to thank sfgov-tv for their coverage of tonight apt 1850sing and with that unless there is any more business, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] so good morning and wel to all of you i'm joseph i'm the director of prime care for homeless services and urban higher or speaks louder you still can't hear me. okay. i've joseph with urban house thank you for coming distinguished gifts and staff and community partners and many, many other wlor here today. i can't believe we're here and it's so great to share this exist day with you and this exciting new chapter in homeless services and a principle care for our most vulnerable co- citizens of san francisco. i'm very happy to have you all here. i'll make a quick program no

chiu aye. there are 11 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor cohen, for the late mr. bill thread gill. >> and is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> i want to thank sfgov-tv for their coverage of tonight apt 1850sing and with that unless there is any more business, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] and check out our you tube page. >> hello san francisco, here with the buzz worthy events and activists including a big one that is gearing up in golden gate park, this is the weekly buzz, on tuesday, september 17th, come and make the works of art with your friends and they will provide the pants and brushes and all you need is to bring your creativity and enjoy the live art by the local artist and obtain a piece of your own by a bike crews through golden gate park with fabulous costumes and entertainment, enjoy this one of a kind festival from ten a.m. to four. and that

mr. president, that item has been called. it's before the board of supervisors. >> all right. let's first hear from supervisor avalos. >> thank you, president chiu, colleagues. first off, i just want to say to the many [speaker not understood] sponsors for this ordinance. thank you very much for your co-sponsorship. the strength of this ordinance and they negotiate on this ordinance has been based on your co-sponsorship. so, i want to thank you for that. [speaker not understood] i'm very emotional now. i'm going to try and get my words in order. first off, i want to ask some of the advocates, the members of the immigrant rights community, domestic violence advocates, the lawyers, all the community members and allies, if you can stand, please, and we can [speaker not understood] in the room for your great support for this ordinance just for a moment. thank you. i just want to say -- [chanting] [chanting] [gavel] >> we just broke our board rules. >> if i could ask, folks, if you could please sit down. and, yes, supervisor avalos is correct, did you break the board rules. that being said, ask folks for the rest of the proceeding -- >> you just broke our board r

board of supervisors, and the supervisor from our very own district three, david chiu. [ applause ] >> thank you, tailor. mr. mayor, if it is okay, could you and i just declare it a city holiday today so we don't have to go back to work and hang out here on pier 39? >> i want to thank all of you who are the incredible diversity of the community that is the port. the community that our water front peers and our wharfs. this is the story of our city. our port has really defined our past as i think that we all know, the first 49ers came right here to this spot to build this city, during world war ii, our military ships were recommissioned, right here from our port. we know that our friends from labor as the mayor said, built our city, starting here with this water fort and this is the story of our city and we also know that the water front in the port defines who we are and it is amazing in 2013, if you just walk along the water front in my district, you will start at the fisherman's wharf street scape improvements and to the cruise ship terminal that we just cut the ribbon for and you walk down to the termina

mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos absent. supervisor chiu? >> here. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor fll