mr. president, chu. hello mr. mayor, i want to congrats you on your library programs and we want to say that we should have important poetry in this san francisco. and my question is: haiku i mentioned on one of the syllables so, please forgive me. the arts that deprivation we we is now mopes for the arts in san francisco and thank you for that question. as we all know san francisco has a thooifg arts section that is vital to our city but it's also a benefit to our tourism industry. it generates approximately 7.2 moifldz and supports jobs in san francisco. we have seen first hand how investing in the arts help attract and build new businesses and arts. from the store gallow to other theaters and central market corridor is once again the inspired districts that's especially supposed to be. 2013 is turning ought to be a great benefit here. we'll have new arts shops on the water. we have a beautiful new jazz center. besides bmw being a jazz center it's the only facility dedicated to jazz in the nation and once again

if i could ask mr. chu how continuance of longer could affect the project. >>: the answer to commissioner hillis's question, our office appreciates the issues raised by commissioners sugaya and moore and we look forward to a substantive discussion next week will request from the continuance. since last may when the mta's project extract the boring machine at columbia and union achieved the level of awareness led to where we are today. in early december the mta board this directed the staff to pursue this pagoda option. appreciate the work that city attorney and other city officials and the property owner have been working hard to make this option a reality. we do need to stay in a tight timeline driven by the mta's need to have extraction boxes ready in north beach when the tunnel boring arrives. if we don't get those negotiations done and move forward on these approvals in a timely manner this option will not be possible. that's why i request that. we do have the answers i believe to all the questions rais

mr. president, chu. i want to acknowledge that the budget analysts office did a thorough study and they gave arguments on the district attorney's office and the public defenders off. from the original proposal of doubting the staph from 11 to i think it was 21 or 22 we'll have tenant positions and not permanent position. we need critical legal services and it was very clear that on the victims side of the district attorney's office it made a lot of sense but the budget office countered some of the information that president chiu gave us in looking at the hours of cases and how the public defenders office and district attorney's office handled those cases. i'm supportive of supervisor cohen who says we should get for services to our victims in this community >> thank you. all supplementals are not necessarily equal. we did reflect a loss of monies but i did recognize it was a loss of federal funding. the upcoming supplementals that i believe will come from the fact we're losing some certifies that were fr

we know that the defendant is a man called mr. chu.e do not have his given name, only his family name. we know that the trial is taking place in a district in one of their eastern provinces. as you say, we know that it relates to a crime dating back more than 40 years, which took place in 1967, the murder of a doctorate the height of the cultural revolution. one year after the chairman had begun his decade of violence. mr. chu is accused of murdering his doctor and cutting off his legs before burying him. a pretty brutal crime. the cultural revolution itself is still somewhat of a taboo subject in china. this case has prompted, as you say, online debate, lots of people asking why as few officials were held to account after that very traumatic. in chinese history. this single octogenarian, finding himself on trial. >> a former united states democratic congressman, jesse jackson jr., has pled guilty to misusing about $750,000 of campaign money to fund a lavish lifestyle. he is the son of the famous civil rights leader. top stories this h

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mr. president, chu and our former colleagues in their line share housing for there could sponsor shipping. this is will enpowering our people's in this city. and especially thanks to the collaborate work of our residents in our communities buildings as well. i wanted to also thank nick from our staff who creates less isolation for our seniors >> supervisor kim. >> thank you i'm really proud to come sponsor this legislation as well. i want to thank supervisor mar. i'm first starting with hearing the study and following through with the first piece of legislation from our community. and as hotels become more scare source of affordable housing in san francisco we find that many of our seniors are aging in those hotels and our missions as well so this is a really important step to acknowledging the as opposed to that exists and i'm happy this is finally moving forward. and it is about the grab bars and the slip and falls in the shared common areas in the bathroom so we thank the supervisors mar and others who spoke to our committee last week. thank you. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you for bri

mr. president, chu. >> good afternoon, supervisors and good morning to the public who's here today. i know we've been all busy since the first of the year and i want to thank the supervisors for putting the resident first in everything we do. two weeks ago i had the privilege of gil the address. i said our city a strong and because of the create of our people and because of the physics responsibility of the decision we're taking and in attracting new jobs we continue to be that strong city. and whether it's been questions about our business tax reform or believe and infrastructure structure our city is strong because of the way we work hard together and putting people's priorities first. i want to continue that and wish our success in 2013 >> let's turn to the first question. >> thank you, mayor lee. i saw you on our bike during the clean up day and i want to address that. the maintenance mount or tranta

mr. mayor. and wanting chu for being here today. i have the honor of representing this valley at the board of supervisors. i want to start with a shout out to t to the noah valley leadership who have done so much to improve this commercial door demeanor. and this park and two of the earlier park i always tell people if you're considering putting in a park go to see our cities parks it's exactly what we need. i know we're going to make this corridor better as we get money from prop b. so, i have the good future of having two of the very best cd vs in my district. and when you are a member of the board of supervisors and you're responsible for helping our neighborhoods safer it's a huge benefit to have the cv ds you have people in the neighborhood cleaning it helping to keep it safe and who notice things that might be going wrong before it gets to a breaking point you've got people always there. i'm lucky to have those individuals helping me. it's important in this day and age we know that public budget isn't was it used to be. the de

[laughter] >> supervisor carmen chu? mr. president, seeing no other names on -- mr. president, forgive me. supervisor cohen would like to be re-referred. >> thank you very much, colleagues. hi, san franciscans. today i'm introducing an ordinance i've been working with with the neighborhoods of the bayview as well as the community department to establish a neighborhood notification requirement for parcel zone pdr1b. i'm sad to say this legislation was actually borne out of an unfortunate incident. late last year the old berkeley farms milk plant on oakdale avenue was demolished with no notification to the immediate neighbors and resulted in numerous notices of violation and a stop work order. when we went through -- when we went through nearly a decade long process to create the eastern neighborhood plan, what we established a special zoning category that recognized a particular area of the bayview where we have heavy industrial uses immediately across the street from single-family homes. the contractor in this case clearly made a calculation that if they needed to sh

mrs. chu , myrrh traffic controllers will take a huge hit. security lines at l.a.x. could take four hours during peak traffic times as if waits around bad enough. it will eliminate more than 2,000 food inspector jobs. i don't know about you, but i like knowing that i won't get salmonella when i open a can of tuna. the american people will suffer. and for what? it's not like we couldn't see this coming from a mile away. he we did see this coming from a mile away. enough is enough. it's time for republicans to join democrats in a solution, the balanced approach, that can avert this freight train. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise the speaker: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. speaker, i hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle complaining about the president's sequester. the president that insisted that this sequester be part of a budget control act a year and a half ago. a president known for 16 months that the sequester was going to happen. this is why the house acted twice, twice over

mr. chairperson, members of the commission. commissioner chu honored to be here at your last meeting as the commissioner of the t a. so i appreciate the opportunity for me on behalf of the whole supervisor large city family that's involved in this project to give you an update to answer some of the questions you've raised in you're opening rooshgz today. i have a brief presentation that i'll walk through i'll try in the course of running through this. i have all the relevant key city staff here to answer any of your questions. >> so first there are a lot of parts of the city that comes together on market street. the project is lead by the department of push works. that's what we decided at the start of the project they would be the implementing agency. and i think we agree are still the right agency to lead this effort. but market street is a place where the city comes together figuratively. a lot of key agencies from the planning department and the public utilities committee as well as the transportation authority. we are between project manag

mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. president chiu? present. supervisor chu? chu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar absent. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, there is 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. >> colleagues, we have copies of the january 15th, 2013 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those anixctionv motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection, those minutes are approved. madam clerk, any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our consent agenda items 1 through 12? >> mr. president, before doing so, i wanted to present a point of information. this morning our controller mr. rosenfield

leaving as environmental protection agency chief as is energy secretary steven chu with no replacements announced yet. and mr. obama's economic team will also have new faces, as he moves to replace: labor secretary hilda solis, trade representative ron kirk and rebecca blank, the interim commerce secretary who replaced gary locke when he became ambassador to china. critical issues await them, from action on climate change, to the keystone x-l oil pipeline, to negotiations on new trade agreements with a dozen nations, and the european union. the president set the tone for the selections to come, with his description of jewell today. >> she knows the link between conservation and good jobs. she knows that there's no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress, that in fact, those two things need to go hand-in-hand. >> ifill: the immediate response to jewell's nomination was positive -- from business and environmental groups alike. we get more now on the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent fo

leaving as environmental protection agency chief as is energy secretary steven chu with no replacements announced yet. and mr. obama's economic team will also have new faces, as he moves to replace: labor secretary hilda solis, trade representative ron kirk and rebecca blank, the interim commerce secretary who replaced gary locke when he became ambassador to china. critical issues await them, from action on climate change, to the keystone x-l oil pipeline, to negotiations on new trade agreements with a dozen nations, and the european union. the president set the tone for the selections to come, with his description of jewell today. >> she knows the link between conservation and good jobs. she knows that there's no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress, that in fact, those two things need to go hand-in-hand. >> ifill: the immediate response to jewell's nomination was positive -- from business and environmental groups alike. we get more now on the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent fo

chu for her years here on the board of supervisors. you've been a great companion for your district. i want to say thank you for your great service here today >> i thank you, mr. chair. i know you've got a great vision for your neighborhoods. i look forward to seeing our leadership in the coming years. i also want to take a quick opportunity to thank the the issues a staff. i've been excellent in runably the organization. i know there's going to be changes coming up for our organization. >> thank you. okay public comment on new items? seeing none we'll close public comments. >> this is an opportunity to talk about any item that is not on the agenda. public comment now closed arrest item 15 adjournment. and item

chu for her years here on the board of supervisors. you've been a great companion for your district. i want to say thank you for your great service here today >> i thank you, mr. chair. i know you've got a great vision for your neighborhoods. i look forward to seeing our leadership in the coming years. i also want to take a quick opportunity to thank the the issues a staff. i've been excellent in runably the organization. i know there's going to be changes coming up for our organization. >> thank you. okay public comment on new items? seeing none we'll close public comments. >> this is an opportunity to talk about any item that is not on the agenda. public comment now closed arrest item 15 adjournment. and item>> good morning everyon and welcome to the san francisco board meeting. we are joined today by community member supervisor norman and joined by one of our colleagues. the clerk of the committee is evans and we want to acknowledge the following members of s f g tv staff who are covering the meeting. mark bunch. >> do you have any announcements? >> yes, sir. please silence all devices. files should be submitted to the clerk. items may appear on the agenda

chu present, supervisor cohen, yes, i'm here. >> cohen present. supervisor farrell. farrell present. kim present. supervisor mar, mar present. supervisor wiener, wiener present. and supervisor yee.y present. mr. president all members are present. >> thank you could you please join us in the problem of allegiance. [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. madame clerk are there any communications. >>> there are no communications mr. president. >> and could you read read our consent genta. items one-18 are considered routine and if a member objects a an item may be ri moved and considered separately. >> colleagues would anyone like to sever any of these items, camp poes aye. supervisor chu, sprfer cohen, aye? a. supervisor farrell, aye, supervisor kim? , kim aye, supervisor mar, mar aye, supervisor wiener aye. supervisor ayey. there are answer aye's. those ordinances are finally passed thosances are adoptedded and approved. madame clerk please read items 19-21. item 19 is affirming the certification of the final environmentle impact report