mr. cohen: all four of those states allow damages? mr. buckland: yeah. there's 10 total. mr. cohen: that seems like what they've got in common. that's not a national problem, seems like that -- the not -- ms. shah, you grasp that, do you not? you grasp the fact that those four states are four of 10 and that that might be the unifying or unique factor that causes the burgeoning lawsuits there and not something with the a.d.a. in general? ms. shah: sure. it's prevalent across the united states. the properties -- my properties in georgia and the same attorney and the same plaintiff have filed the same lawsuit 100 times. mr. cohen: in georgia. is it a georgia lawyer? ms. shah: yes. mr. cohen: you heard what i was saying in my opening remarks about the possibility of having some type of damages for the folks that don't comply if there was a notice provision, would you agree that there needs to be some type of a stick to punish with some sanctions the folks that don't comply within the 120-day period? ms. shah: yes. the whole idea is you would be able to file the law. mr. cohen: the

and this legislation -- mr. cohen: let me ask you this. why do you think california is particularly litigious? that's the question. mr. weiss: i can't tell you exactly why om states over others. but i can tell you that it's growing nationwide. mr. cohen: specifically you mentioned texas, arizona, california and florida. there's got to be some -- aren't those the states you mentioned? mr. weiss: that's where there are the most cases. mr. cohen: there's got to be a reason why those four are more than the other 36. do you have a thought? do you, mr. buckland? mr. buck: i do. those are the states that allow damages. mr. cohen: all four of those states allow damages? mr. buck: -- mr. buckland: yeah. there's 10 total. mr. cohen: that seems like what they've got in common. that's not a national problem, seems like that -- the not -- ms. shah, you grasp that, do you not? you grasp the fact that those four states are four of 10 and that that might be the unifying or unique factor that causes the burgeoning lawsuits there and not something with the a

mr. cohen has done a tremendous amount of work in the community particularly with the organization he works to offer housing assistance and tenants counseling but want to caug call into one of the most basic and salient reasons why i'm supporting megan roarer is she truly embodies the manifestation and advocacy for those in need. the seat is to be filled by person who advocates for low income communities and is connected. i do not believe mr. cohen is as closely connected to these particular communities as the two respondents to the application. so, i hope that you will consider the committee recommendation and i will double check with deputy city attorney to see if he has a answer. >> mr. gibner. >> yes, john gibner. there are no bright line qualification frz this committee. the ordinance in the committee provides the board must consider whether it is appointee is reflect and advance the concern squz needs of low income neighborhood jz or communities in the city. there are restrictions on who

>> mr. cohen, i do. those are the states that allow damages. >> all four of those states allow damages? >> yeah. >> how many other states allow damages, do you know? >> there's about ten in total. >> if there's ten total and these are four of them, that seems like what they've got in common, and that's not a national problem. seems like it's not -- ms. shah, you grasp that, do you not? >> i'm sorry? >> you grasp the fact that those four states are four of ten and that that might be the unifying or unique factor that causes the lawsuits there and not something with the a.d.a. in general? >> sure, but it's prevalent across the united states. you know, there are properties -- my property's in georgia, and the same attorney and the same plaintiff have filed the same lawsuit 100 times. >> in georgia? is it a georgia lawyer? >> correct, yes. >> let me ask you this, you heard what i was saying in my opening remarks about the possibility of having some type of damages for the folks that don't comply if there was

what strikes me, mr. cohenthat after the metro jet was sabotaged in the sinai last year, isis was right on the internet saying we did it. and then a lot of people said well, they didn't but turned out they did. here is radio silence. nobody taking credit for, this correct? >> that's correct, bill. i think the reason why is that it leads me to believe that there is congruent with the typical thumbprint of the online radicalization social media take the opportunity when you can to take down a plane if you can do destruction or harm to paris. like we saw with the -- in this case there is a very specific things that lead me to believe it was terrible. >> one the actual activity of the plane, 90-degree bank to the left and then extreme 360-degree bank to the right followed by almost 20,000-foot drop. these are really so sophisticated aircraft's. the security perspective where i'm coming from on this one doesn't have to be some type of explosion here. this could have been some type of wrestling match in the cockpit.

. >> thank you, mr. cohen. >> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a h

with that, i would recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. cohenrom tennessee for an opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman. colleagues, good to have you all here. this is not the first time there's been a hearing on this type of issue. since 2000, there have been three times the bills have been filed with hearings on pre-notification concerning ada. i have met previously with the folks in the shopping center world, hotel world and the disability community and try to get a better grasp on the issue and come up with some type of a reasonable solution. it is difficult to do it. folks don't really want to change the positions they've got. some of them are based in 1990 and they will tommy this is what we did in 1990 and it's kind of like that's fine. i wasn't there in 1990. my job is not to ratify what happened in 1990. when we look at these cases, private parties are indispensable to have been enforced to have enforcement of any civil right laws. we've got to have private attorney generals and private attorney generals have been so effective in m

. >> thank you mrs. cohen. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you for your leadb ership on the issue and this important issue. let me get this opened here. um, i have been asked to give background information about the state of homelessness here in california and i have several slides with a lot of data and won't read through all but the over arching message i want to deliver is homelessness in san francisco is problem altic and number 1 issue facing san franciscan. this is a big issue. we feel homelessness very much locally but it is very much a state and federal issue. this is our point in time count here in san francisco. you can see we stayed rel tivly steady over the past 10 years as has our proportion of shelter and unsheltered homeless folks. across the nation there have been drastic increase in homeless, not just the west coast but east coast as wellism san francisco had a 3.9 increase since 2013 and see in other cities drastic increase up to 20 to 26 percent. california represents 12 perce

. >> thank you mrs. cohen. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you for your leadb ership on the issue and this important issue. let me get this opened here. um, i have been asked to give background information about the state of homelessness here in california and i have several slides with a lot of data and won't read through all but the over arching message i want to deliver is homelessness in san francisco is problem altic and number 1 issue facing san franciscan. this is a big issue. we feel homelessness very much locally but it is very much a state and federal issue. this is our point in time count here in san francisco. you can see we stayed rel tivly steady over the past 10 years as has our proportion of shelter and unsheltered homeless folks. across the nation there have been drastic increase in homeless, not just the west coast but east coast as wellism san francisco had a 3.9 increase since 2013 and see in other cities drastic increase up to 20 to 26 percent. california represents 12 perce

. >> thank you mrs. cohen. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you for your leadb ership on the issue and this important issue. let me get this opened here. um, i have been asked to give background information about the state of homelessness here in california and i have several slides with a lot of data and won't read through all but the over arching message i want to deliver is homelessness in san francisco is problem altic and number 1 issue facing san franciscan. this is a big issue. we feel homelessness very much locally but it is very much a state and federal issue. this is our point in time count here in san francisco. you can see we stayed rel tivly steady over the past 10 years as has our proportion of shelter and unsheltered homeless folks. across the nation there have been drastic increase in homeless, not just the west coast but east coast as wellism san francisco had a 3.9 increase since 2013 and see in other cities drastic increase up to 20 to 26 percent. california represents 12 perce

and with that, i would recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. cohen, from tennessee for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, it's good to have y'all here. this is not the first time there's been a hearing on this type of issue. since 2000 there have been, i think, three times that bills have been filed and hearings on pre-notification concerning ada. i have met previously with the folks from the shopping center world, the hotel world and the disability community and tried to get a more, better grasp on the issue and come up with sopping -- with some type of a reasonable solution. it's difficult to do it. the folks don't really want to change the kind of positions they've got. some of them are based in 1990, and they'll tell me this is what we did in 1990, and it's kind of like, well, it's fine. i wasn't there in 1990. my job is not to ratify whatever happened in 1990. but when we look at these cases, private parties are indispensable to having enforcement of any civil rights law, and this is a civil rights law. so we've got to ha

. >> thank you mrs. cohen. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you for your leadb ership on the issue and this important issue. let me get this opened here. um, i have been asked to give background information about the state of homelessness here in california and i have several slides with a lot of data and won't read through all but the over arching message i want to deliver is homelessness in san francisco is problem altic and number 1 issue facing san franciscan. this is a big issue. we feel homelessness very much locally but it is very much a state and federal issue. this is our point in time count here in san francisco. you can see we stayed rel tivly steady over the past 10 years as has our proportion of shelter and unsheltered homeless folks. across the nation there have been drastic increase in homeless, not just the west coast but east coast as wellism san francisco had a 3.9 increase since 2013 and see in other cities drastic increase up to 20 to 26 percent. california represents 12 perce

mr. cohen: mr. speaker, i rise d.u.i. support of the reporting act, a bill which i filed yesterday with my judiciary colleague steve chabot of ohio. if enacted, this bill will plug a glaring hole in our nation's drunk driving laws that allows repeat offenders to be tried as first offenders and repeat owe menders are the ones that cause serious accidents and death. currently, when police make a driving under the influence arrest, they don't have access to the previous d.w.i. convictions or arrests. the reason is because not all agencies report d.u.i. arrests and/or arrests to the ncic. that's the national crime database that's made instantly available to police, law enforcement right in their patrol cars. the consequences of this lack of reporting can prove tragic. last year, there was an awful, awful accident, crash in northern mississippi just outside my district. two teenaged girls, maddy cruz and rachel lynch, were headed out of memphis on the way to vacation, their grandmother driving the car and about 6:30 in the mor

the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, for five minutes. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. today is my birthday and i chose to take this opportunity to address the congress, the american people, on things i am blessed with and thoughtful about. . firstly, my parents who are no longer alive gave me a great education and gave me a lot of love. my mother saw me become a member of congress. she said, what did that making me? i said it made her the queen she's always been. she passed about five years ago so she hasn't been able to see these other years but i'm thankful to her and my father and my grandfather but especially my great grandfather, simon who left lithuania with nothing in about 1884 and came to this country. if he wouldn't have taken that bold step to leave his homeland without everything at all i probably would have been killed in the holocaust. we have bills dealing with immigration. i think about simon leaving lithuania and giving me the opportunity to be here. i'm most thankful for my constituents for giving me this opportunity to s

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. cohen>> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a hou

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. cohen>> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a hou

jackson lee, judy chu of california, mr. cohen, ms. esty, u.s.c.ture and mr. courtney from the committee on education and the work force, for consideration of title 7 of the house amendment and modifications committed to the conference, messrs. barletta, carter of georgia and scott of virginia. from the committee on veterans affairs -- veterans' affairs, for consideration of title 3 of the house amendment and modifications committed to s i, rence, mr. bill rack mrs. walorski and mr. ruiz for consideration of section 705 of the senate bill and section 804 of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. meehan, dold and mcdermott. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to iranian their and -- to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h.r. 4909. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 732 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. cohen>> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a hou

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, for five minutes. mr. speaker, today on our calendar we've got about 10 bills dealing with a very serious issue in america. opioids, heroin. this is an awful problem we have in our nation. there's more and more use of openied and heroin and deaths resulting from it than any time that i can recall in the past. i have had a young friend a few years back died of a heroin overdose. i have known of other promising young people in memphis who have died of heroin overdoses. this is a problem that's been all over the contry, but predominantly in the northeast, and predominantly in caucasian areas. it's become an issue as it should, of importance. but none of the bills that we are going to deal with today, all of which are good, all of which i'll support, deal with the real problem. that is the recognition in our ountry that we treat all drugs as law enforcement problem, a criminal problem, and not as a health problem. and that we treat most all drugs on the same level and give law enforcement the same incentives t

mr. cohen's question about the lawsuit, california has passed legislation to try to curb the abuse of lawyers that he thinks will help, there are abuses going on so california has passed legislation as well to try to limit the abuses that are occurring there. mr. deutch: mr. buckland, isn't there a difference between a business owner who refuses to include a required number of handicapped spaces for who refuses to make the restrooms accessible, and a business owner who runs a business who has follow all of the technical assistance as best as he or she could, and the grab bar is two paper oo high or the towel holder is a couple of inches off. or the line on the handicap parking space that is there is drawn slightly crooked? there's a difference between them, isn't there? and shouldn't we incentivize, don't we want the people in the bad actors, to actually have to do what's necessary and lawsuits absolutely, are required to get hem to do it, but shouldn't we require or give an opportunity to the small business owner who used all good faith to comply with the law, the opportunity to fix somethin

mr. soriano? >>supervisor malia cohen: i can support moving forward. >supervisor eric mar: i'm fine with moving forward. >>supervisor katy tang: this is for the position of vacant seat 3. mr. soriano is the current executive director of the african american art and culture complex. i saw his application and he has a lot of civic engagement. i would also be comfortable with moving forward. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion? supervisor cohen? >>supervisor malia cohen: yes, i would like to make a motion with a positive recommendation for mr. mohammed soriano bilal. >>supervisor katy tang: we'll take that without objection. item 4, please. >>clerk: [appointments, sunshine ordinance task force] hearing to consider appointing seven members, terms ending april 27, 2018, to the sunshine ordinance task force. (rules committee) there are seven seats and ten applicants. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you. we have seven seats and ten applicants. we are going down the order on the agenda. that will be great. let's s

chairman, i rise to offer an amendment for mr. cohen of tennessee. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mcnerney of california, after the dollar amount insert increased by $2 million. after the dollar amount insert reduced by $2 million. the chair: the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes, the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mcnerney: this would crines the fund by $2 million for the super truck program, started by the department of energy to improve freight and heavy duty vehicle efficiency. the appropriations committee acknowledged in their committee report the success of the super truck 2 program but recommended only $20 million of the requested $60 million for the super truck 2 program to further improve efficiency in these vehicles. super truck 2 will continue dramatic improvements in the efficiency of heavy duty class a long haul and regional haul vehicles through system level improvements. these improvements include hybridization, more eff

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. cohen>> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a hou

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. cohen>> seeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a hou

mr. cohen said we want to talk about debt.an added $10.5 trillion to the debt. >> just a suggestion. >> this is the race we're going to see. >> it was just a suggestion. it wasn't a plan. it was a suggestion. >> david, let's talk about bernie sanders. he continues to duke it out, obviously against hillary clinton in the primary. and he has predicted again this morning in a taped interview that the democratic convention will be messy. how do you interpret that? >> well, i think -- first of all, the question is what is bernie's intention? i mean, after the -- he also said in the same interview, i saw it, he said that he thought that he would finish ahead on pledged delegates or could finish ahead. i just saw a poll where he was well behind there. i don't know if that is an accurate poll, but clearly, he is not going finish way ahead to the point where he would be leading in pledged delegates. so you get to after california, you're behind in pledged delegates, you are behind in popular votes and delegates, so you're left with lit

scheduled for that i have housing market-rate those are precious opportunities thank you. >> thank you, mr. coheneeing no further public comment chair wiener close public comment. >> yes. public comment is closed. >> thank you to the members of the public coming out to speak on our surplus property ordinance list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a housing

. >> thank you chair cohen and mr. guy for your work in this evolving field and evolving office i have a few questions he apologize if i've already mentioned them how many staff do you have. >> we say total of 6 people including myself we became truly staffed in february of this year so i joined the office in september of last year, we've been ramping up our staff and full staff now. >> and i noticed the last report that you made was janu y january 11th to this committee that was a year ago january - >> no what was included in your packet says at the bottom land use and transportation january 11th of 2016-2017. >> i'm sorry if there are of was a typo in the last presentation to the land use committee was the quarterly update was supervisor wiener mentioned january of this year. >> okay. >> so i apologize no problem that make sense i of these comparing the two and one of the questions i had was an excellent that report i actually differentiated between penalties assessed and penalties collected and in this report you sh

mr. michael cohen.t out a hit piece. the proof is that one of the main interviews in the piece starts off the piece the woman, former girlfriend of donald trump, says the times took me out of context, twisted my words, gave them different meaning. what do you think that means about the piece overall? >> there is an absolute total falls the trump and clinton campaign. everything you see in the media for the last week is all about donald trump, whether it's his taxes, whether it's "the new york times" article, whether it's anything else that's related, you know, to donald trump. but yet you don't hear anything negative right now in regard to the clintons. so for example, a story that i saw that came out, $2 million, disappeared from the clinton foundation, paid for one of bill clinton's alleged ex-girlfriends. where is the story on that. we're talking about people, who are looking to run for the presidency of the united states of america. it should be fair and unbiased. so as a segue into the new york tim

mr. steve stamos could you please do the roll call? >> sure. item one, roll call. commissioner campos? >> absent. >> cohen? >> absent. >> kim? >> here. >> present. >> mar. >> here. >> present. >> yee? >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. i wanted to thank josh and charles from sfgtv for tell vicing this today and as always. please call the second item. >> the consent calendar, 2, 3, comprise, the consent calendar, considered routine and the staff is not planning to present on these items if a member objects any of the item may be removed and considered separately. >> i see no questions, let's open this up for the public comment. anyone want to talk about consent calendar? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, could we approve the consent calendar, or do we need a roll call? >> the consent calendar. commissioner campos? >> ab accident. >> cohen, absent. >> commissioner kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> yes. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> consent calendar is approved. >> item four? >> four, state and federal legislative up date. this is an action item. >> and we have mr. mark watts. >> good morning, co

mr. blankfein says abby joseph cohen is sedated today.ling that they are cursed is absolutely correct. it is like the chicago cubs for a long time and the boston red sox. superstars,iant milken and crosby of pittsburgh. tell our audience about mr. ovitz can of the capitals. he scores 50 goals a year but has not made it past the second round of the playoffs in his career, unlike mr. crosby. ,om: for those who are inside you wonder how long he can stay in washington. francine, step in here. francine: i just googled how many fans of the nhl -- the nhl has come and they claim 50 million fans. tom: it is a huge deal. there are many less hockey fans in basketball, but advertisers love the demographic, particularly in canada. for those of you in canada, i am wearing my don cherry blazer tomorrow. let's get to volley -- let's get to volatility right now. ite: sergio ermotti calls damaging volatility. we have seen it in the bank losses because volatility is up and we can show that with the vi x index, which has marched higher in the last six month

mr. cowen. >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cohen, san francisco council of community housing organizations. staff has picked up on a couple of things we flagged when we reviewed the ordinance just 0 reiterate the 22, 25 percent i have the recommends to prop c you have to understand going forward there is an intensely relationship between the percentage for onsite and the fee out because you have to have a level of parities you're looking at a developers choice we have a fee too low methodology we have an built in incentive but make the percentages closer your geeze guaranteed the out so the original none consented other site i'm clear that is an error on my part or the staff in your staff report an option for fee i see the language in in there also that was out i'd like to, corrected not sure why there is language to give a developer a choice to defer until after construction first section 41 that expired put in there 4 years ago it you look at the expired part of code that's just an oversight take it out no fee option on that condition. >> and thirdly, i think the fundamental issue on the

mr. clerk can you call the roll. >> commissioner avalos, present. commissioner breed, absent. commissioner campos, present. commissioner cohen, present. commissioner farrell, absent. commissioner kim, present. commissioner mar, absent. commissioner peskin, present. commissioner tang, absent. commissioner wiener, present. commissioner yee, present. commissioner breed, present. we have quorum. >> thank you very much. item number 2. >> item 2, chairs report. this is a information item. >> thank you. i was pleased earlier this month to join with mayor lee and transportation authority to welcome anthony fox to san francisco. san francisco is among 7 sit ease for challenge grant offered by the department of transportation and volcon transportation and delegation including secretary bock was in town to demonstrate new ways to manage transportation mpt secretary fox is a former mayor taking initiative particularly regarding funding given the political realty and gridlock in washington and state capitals across the nation. commissioner avalos and i are grateful for your support calling for the development of a transportation sales tax expendit

mr. clerk, please call roll >> commissioner avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner kim commissioner mar commissioner peskin commissioner tang commissioner weiner commissioner yee the minutes are approved. >> item 5. >> item 5 adopt the positions on state legislation an action item. >> colleagues, any questions or comments with respect to item 57 seeing none, any public comment on item 5 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without objection that will be the order item 6. >> 6 award 3 contractors with an option to extend for two additional time pertsdz for northern american and consulting of services and w p partisan for an amount invited $2 million for on call transportation and authorize the executive director to talk about the terms and conditions. >> colleagues questions or comments on item 6 seeing none, move to public comment any public comment on this item? 6 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without objection that will be the order

mr. steve stamos could you please do the roll call? >> sure. item one, roll call. commissioner campos? >> absent. >> cohen? >> absent. >> kim? >> here. >> present. >> mar. >> here. >> present. >> yee? >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. i wanted to thank josh and charles from sfgtv for tell vicing this today and as always. please call the second item. >> the consent calendar, 2, 3, comprise, the consent calendar, considered routine and the staff is not planning to present on these items if a member objects any of the item may be removed and considered separately. >> i see no questions, let's open this up for the public comment. anyone want to talk about consent calendar? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, could we approve the consent calendar, or do we need a roll call? >> the consent calendar. commissioner campos? >> ab accident. >> cohen, absent. >> commissioner kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> yes. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> consent calendar is approved. >> item four? >> item four, state and federal legislative up date. this is an action item. >> and we have mr. mark watts. >> good mornin

mr. know it all >> >> aye. mar, aye. peskin aye. tang, aye. wiener, aye. yee, aye. avalos, aye. breed, aye. campos, aye. cohen, aye. 10i >> the amendment passes without objection. voted for unanimously. on the item to continue to may 3, 2016 is there a second? seconded by supervisor cohen. colleagues can we take the motion to continue to may 3, 2016 without objection? without objection the motion passes unanimously. alright. madam clerk, let's go to had next item >> item resolution declare kfog dj appreciation day >> appreciate you entertain this one. since 82 the disk jockeys of kfog have been a big part of the city in san francisco and many were disheartened to hear they are going away. they helped select record produce live from the archives which raised 4.8 million in the years and contributor to bay-air area food baj banks. great disk jockeys [inaudible] shot out to our ish rsh peeps and many others and [inaudible] k fog so unique on the reaio seen. we want to recognize the service of them and all the or the k fog dj and colleagues i hope you join me in this resolution. >> seeing no other names madam cle

. >> good evening commissioners peter cohen with council of community housing organization. good to see several again. mrs. pelum, did the commissioners get the letter submitted? it came late but after the packet and copies because i have some here if you need them. we submitted along with human service network very minor but important detailed comments suggestions on the draft for your consideration. before i get into those, a few things on process. support staff recommendation to take comments, let this digest, come back with revised draft in june, take your timeism you have until august as the staff report says. from our experience with prop c we think it is very important to get it right and take the time to go through all the details and make sure when and put forward your vote you ironed out whatever wrinkles are necessary so we support staffs recommendation to continue this. shoked point is we had chance to talk to represent us folks. i have to say they are really professional peep squl it is a pleasure to work through this stuff. i'm not a lawyer or ethics professional but it is helpful to talk to

mr. cowen. >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cohen, san francisco council of community housing organizations. staff has picked up on a couple of things we flagged when we reviewed the ordinance just 0 reiterate the 22, 25 percent i have the recommends to prop c you have to understand going forward there is an intensely relationship between the percentage for onsite and the fee out because you have to have a level of parities you're looking at a developers choice we have a fee too low methodology we have an built in incentive but make the percentages closer your geeze guaranteed the out so the original none consented other site i'm clear that is an error on my part or the staff in your staff report an option for fee i see the language in in there also that was out i'd like to, corrected not sure why there is language to give a developer a choice to defer until after construction first section 41 that expired put in there 4 years ago it you look at the expired part of code that's just an oversight take it out no fee option on that condition. >> and thirdly, i think the fundamental issue on the

mr. cowen. >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cohen, san francisco council of community housing organizations. staff has picked up on a couple of things we flagged when we reviewed the ordinance just 0 reiterate the 22, 25 percent i have the recommends to prop c you have to understand going forward there is an intensely relationship between the percentage for onsite and the fee out because you have to have a level of parities you're looking at a developers choice we have a fee too low methodology we have an built in incentive but make the percentages closer your geeze guaranteed the out so the original none consented other site i'm clear that is an error on my part or the staff in your staff report an option for fee i see the language in in there also that was out i'd like to, corrected not sure why there is language to give a developer a choice to defer until after construction first section 41 that expired put in there 4 years ago it you look at the expired part of code that's just an oversight take it out no fee option on that condition. >> and thirdly, i think the fundamental issue on the