mr. farrell farrell present. commissioner kim. tang present. commissioner wiener. wiener present. quorum. ? m. any comments or questions on the minutes? okay we can do comment on item number 2 seeing none we'll close public comment and the motion to approve the minutes a roll call vote. commissioner avenue avenue. >> aye. >> commissioner breed? >> chiu absent. >> commissioner cohen. >> kim aye. >> wiener aye. >> commissioner ye the item passes. >> chair report this is an information item. >> good morning colleagues it has been another busy and productive year at the transportation authority. in particular i wish to thank vice chair scott wiener for your partnership and leadership on transportation issues and eric mar for plans and programs and on behalf of my colleagues i wish to thank all of our aids to help with the large work we have here and the transportation staff. during the selection process -- i would like to thank you maria for your great work keeping the organization running smoothly and helped to keep all of our projects on track during the transition period. as you kn

mr. president? >> i'm sorry. aye. >> 12 aye, chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on first reading. [gavel] >> colleagues, why don't we now go for a moment to a 2:30 special commendation that supervisor campos will provide. >> great, thank you very much, mr. president. and it is my honor to call upon norman w.salcedo. if he can please come up to the podium. ~ thank you. thank you, mr. salcedo, for being here. and i also want to acknowledge that his family is here. they're in the chamber and it's great to see them here. it is my great pleasure and honor to recognize norman w. salcedo today for more than 30 years of work as an attorney, immigrant rights advocate, and philanthropyist here in the san francisco bay area. norman is a true pioneer in the legal profession. he was one of the very first mexican-american attorneys in the bay

mr. president. supervisor avalos? >> present. >> avalos present. supervisor breed? >> here. >> breed present. supervisor campos? >> present. >> campos present. president chiu? >> present. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? >> present. >> farrell present. supervisor kim? kim not present. supervisor mar? mar not present. supervisor tang? >> present. >> tang present. supervisor wiener? >> present. >> wiener present. supervisor yee? >> present. >> yee 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, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> all right. could you read the consent agenda? >> items 1 through 8 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on items 1 through 8. >> on items 1 through 8, supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu

mr. president. supervisor avalos? >> present. >> avalos present. supervisor breed? >> here. >> breed present. supervisor campos? >> present. >> campos present. president chiu? >> present. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? >> present. >> farrellrvisor kim? kim not present.

farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. there are nine ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted. [gavel] >> and, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> mr. president, today no in memoriams were introduced. >> kay, ladies and gentlemen, unless there is any more business in front of the body, we are officially adjourned. [gavel] you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a primary contractor or what information to be a subcontractor and a created bed public commission it will help people to assist people to compete for and performance open city contract a lot of small businesses do have the resources to loblth the opportunity so one of the things we wanted to do was provide ways to access contract >> access to the plans spiefkz and a data place basis ease contracting opportunity and funding or capital training. this is and other documents that needs to be submitted. to compete is a technical skill th

farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener not present. supervisor yee? yee not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. colleagues, a couple of quick things before we do the pledge of allegiance. first i want to swish supervisor john avalos a happy 50th birthday. secondly could i have a motion to excuse supervisors wiener and yee? motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection they shall be excused. [gavel] >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, if you could 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 our february 4th, 2014 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communication? >> there are no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our 2:00 p.m. special order? >> the 2:00 p.m. special order is the policy discussion between honorable mayor lee and the board of supervisors, this week representing the odd districts, specifically districts 3, 5, 9 and 11. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the f

farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> 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 our meeting minutes from our january 28th board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> could you read our consent agenda? >> yes. items 1 through 12, the consent calendar are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. there are 11 ayes. >> those items are passed. [gavel] >> next item, please. >> item 13 is an ordinance amending the police code to require applicants for commercial parking permits to provide residential zip code, gender, and duration of employment for employees and other individuals working in privately owned parking lots or parking garages. >> colleague, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this ordinance is finally passed. item 14. >> item 14 is a resolution authorizing a 10-year lease of 35,579 square feet at 1145 market street for space for the san francisco employees' retirement system from 1145 market street, lp, a california limited partnership for $113,727.50 monthly for an approximate total of $15,645,100.01 for the period of august 1, 2014, through july 31, 2024. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just had a question for the real

farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. there are nine ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted. [gavel] >> and, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> mr. president, today no in memoriams were introduced. >> kay, ladies and gentlemen, unless there is any more business in front of the body, we are officially adjourned. [gavel] >> thank you all for joining us we're going to get going i know a few people are on their way i want to introduce a couple of folks we have an affordable housing crisis in san francisco and i'll be sharing with you the approach to address the crisis. we have mayor ed lee who is co- sponsoring our bill and pleased to recognize commissioner wu and supervisor campos and supervisor wiener and assemblyman phil king is on his way and from tom's office is here as well. we're pleased to welcome founder sf dot city and we're expect others. i also want to thank dean from tenants together and from the tenderloin housing clinic and a couple of tenants who will speak an evicted tenant. also with us folks from the chinatown area and executive director vincent and caramel who's with sales force and with that we'll get started. s

mr. chair. >> roll call. >> on item 13, supervisor avalos? >> aye. >> avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. there are 9 ayes. >> this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 14. >> item 14 is an ordinance accepting the shaw alley public improvements and maintenance of same as a gift to the city; approving a major street encroachment permit for the construction and maintenance of the public improvements; deferring a portion of the additional street space occupancy permit fees associated with the permit and adjacent development; affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; adopting findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policy of planning code, section 101.1; and directing official acts in furtherance of this ordinance. ~ and adopting the requisite findings. >> actually the house has changed again. roll call vote. >> on item 14, supervisor avalos? >> aye. >> avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. s

farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. there are nine ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted. [gavel] >> and, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> mrent, today no in memoriams were introduced. >> kay, ladies and gentlemen, unless there is any more business in front of the body, we are officially adjourned. [gavel] >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot

farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. there are nine ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted. [gavel] >> and, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? >> mrent, today no in memoriams were introduced. >> kay, ladies and gentlemen, unless there is any more business in front of the body, we are officially adjourned. [gavel] >> welcome to our regular meeting -- we'll wait for sfgov-tv. so, welcome, this is the regular meeting of the government and audit oversight committee. i am supervisor katy tang. chair breed is out of the state. to my left is supervisor david chiu. our clerk is erica major and we'd like it thank jim smith and jesse larsen at sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. item acted upon today will appear on the march 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right, thank you. and madam clerk, can you please call the first item? >> is there a motion [speaker not understood]? >> i'