mr. garcia. commissioner fung: it was just a statement that he made. vice president garcia: if a revision has been applied for, and it is appealable, we should wait for that. >> that depends on the scope. vice president garcia: so it may not be appealable. >> it would depend on -- director goldstein: the scope of the revision permits. >> we do have some pictures of the view that would be down into the back decjm if you would like me to put them up on the project -- that would be down into the back deck. commissioner fung: just say " overhead." >> that is a view from the second floor, not the floor where the deck is. that would be a limited view, where there jacuzzi is. commissioner hwang: that is an existing view? >> if you go up further, you have literally no view. i will put the next picture on. commissioner hwang: can you turn the picture around? [bell] commissioner hwang: which one is our house? can you point to it? >> you can see the trellis in the jacuzzi. -- and the jacuzzi. i am sorry. right there. where my finger is. that is the jacuzzi taken f

mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to

mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get

mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get the principles together. people are starting to buy into it. it's a learning process. it's not just, punishing kids more. they are used to be punished. my momma hits harder than that. we need to have systems in place that view it a little differently. from the victim's point of view. and deal with it on an emotional level. people can relate to that. i think our biggest problem is the district doesn't have the capacity to address when all these groups come out it. it's not that we don't want to deal with it. we don't have a grant writer. we don't have the interfaces. tony smith. we have been working with creating those types of things. the city have been wonderful to build our capacity. if you are a principle, what do you do in a hundred different agencies come at you? you barely have the time at school. we

mr. garcia is now dr. garcia. [laughter] >> well, kind of. all right. all right. i wanted to talk about a number of items. i'd like to group them together in three groups for you. first is items k-16, 17 and 18. they have to do with after-school programs at three of the schools. each one of these programs comes with an evaluation that costs $1,250 or $2,250, in that range for each one of them. and the question i have really is, what is being evaluated in these programs? are these programs being evaluated on the basis of whether or not specific children in specific schools who are in these programs are being helped to move forward in terms of their achievement, or is the evaluation an evaluation that simply notes how many meetings there were and how many people attended and all that? so it would be helpful for us to know what kind of an evaluation there is for that. on k-28, 29, and 42, you have three items which have to do with a particular math program which is being brought in for $30,000 of one school and $60,000 at one school, $80,000 at a third school. for $6

mr. garcia's office. if we can give them a round of applause. [applause] second, fred blackwell, and the staff at the san francisco redevelopment agency for your support and partnership to make this day possible. to president swig, rick swig and the other members of the sfra board of commissioners, thank you. to the college track bayview council, and hydra mendoza, ron conway, cofi bonner, and to the college track board who believed in us and believed in our students and this dream. and another group that i would like to thank is the bayview larger community. the p.a.c. and k.a.c. members for all the work you did, the u.s. bank, the other members of the community and community based organizations. you and your ongoing partnership are critical for us as we aim to empower students and families. [applause] thank you to the community and thank you also to the college track staff who has and will continue to work tirelessly to make sure that we reach our vision. i want to also thank a couple of people individually. in addition to omar and the san fra

mr. sanchez or another? vice president garcia: before we keep going, and i am sorry, but perhaps we want to entertain this comment? >> that letter was produced when we went down there. it is an enigma to me when they produced a document saying 1850 and a house on pine street received the notification, and we were not on the list. when i asked assertively why we are not on the list, they went back and printed it. but we did not receive any notification. if we did, we would not be here today. commissioner fung: we are saying you're going to get an opportunity for process. commissioner goh: we are saying that if we continue the request for jurisdiction and you appeal, the revision permits, that we are getting now, that would give us an opportunity to wrap them together -- the revision permit, that we are getting now, that would give us an opportunity. this is why we are hanging onto your jurisdiction request. >> i am sorry. i am just not familiar with this. commissioner goh: we are not denying it. we will hold onto it. the question

vice president garcia: mr. butler, why do you not go ahead and use whatever time you need, since you will be the person to do this anyway? >> ok, the timeline. in front of you is a timeline, explaining as clearly as possible the juxtaposition of meetings with them, and the permit numbers are included. i hope this helps in itself. i think the big dates that you can see, august 17, 2009, there was a meeting with the hernatis. there was an excavation in the rear yard. that may be an answer. those on the opposite corner are also clients of mine. as we get towards the courtyard variance, you will see quite a few with them after that. i will summarize. what is important, and i will be the details for your questions. these variances reduce the bulk in the rear yard. we took down part of the building and opened up like space in the rear yard. the light was referred to were the old ones, and they were, indeed, filled in, -- the light wells referred to were the old ones. they were frankly overbalanced by the open space,

vice president garcia: i have a question for your acoustical expert, mr. solomon. there seems to be some dispute about what the base ambient noise level should be. would you tell me what they are and whether -- but whether what you think they are agrees or disagrees with the entertainment commission? may be shed some light. i intend to as the other side also. why does waa state it very differently? >> the ambient noise measurements -- my name is ethan halter. the measurements of background noise that we took on the evening of july 8 were noted in our report. they were higher than those noted in the wia report, but similar to the ones noted in the entertainment commission report. vice president garcia: is that formulary? it seems as though when i was reading the papers that were you to want to know about ambient noise levels in a given block there is some more you can go and a chart that would tell you what that is. it is not an independent reading taken by someone such as yourself or someone else. there is an exact, absolute number that exists out there. is that in

commissioner garcia: mr. duffy, having seen the decks and the appliances that are on them, from your opinion, even though it is pretty clear that the owner does not intend to allow that, would that be co- compliant, or would there be an issue with egress -- co- compliant -- code-compliant. >> i talked to some and before coming year, and he said that you probably need 36 inches, and i did not have a tape measure with the, but i did notice that it was definitely less than that, but it was not part of the notice of violation, but he did say it probably could be and should be. pat commissioner garcia: thank you, sir. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, mr. mcfarlane, you have three minutes for rebuttal. >> thank you. inspector dufty did make one point that i was going to make. the notice of reference does not reference the washing machines at all. if they would like to have department of building inspection do another inspection, maybe we end up here with a notice of violation that actually deals with th

vice president garcia: the first person was mr. wilkinson, an apparently dbi had other feelings.there anything this board can do to look into the to see if we can determine what should have been done and see that it gets done? director goldstein: we can do that. anything else, commissioners? ok. is there any public comment on the commissioner's comments? ok, seeing none, then we will move on to item number three, which is the adoption of minutes. commissioners, for your consideration this evening, you have the september 14, 2011, minutes. president goh: comments, commissioners? i will move their adoption. director goldstein: any public comment on the minutes? ok, seeing none, then, mr. pacheco, if you could call the roll on that then, please? secretary pacheco: on the motion from president goh, to accept the september 14 minutes, commissioner fung, commissioner hwang, vice president garcia, and those minutes are adopted. director goldstein: will call item 4a, gebresilassie vs. mta, and at that time, the board voted 5-0 to grant the appeal, overall the denial, and issue the taxi m

vice president garcia: thank you. >> mr. marie? -- murray? >> jarvis murray, taxi services. what mr. alexander has said is basically correct. the mta position is that when he came up for his medallion in 2008, he did not qualify. there has been no evidence he qualified during that time. at that time, he needed to drive three out of four bang years to show he qualified. -- three of four years to show the qualified. he did not. if the question is whether he qualifies if he were to come up today, as mr. alexander stated, he would qualify. there is no debate he has given since 2008. in to the five and 2006, he did not drive enough hours. in 2007, he was not in the country and did not drive. 2008 was the only year he presented at that time where it could be shown he had badly driven. for the mta, the issue for us -- if you would like to choose that he is eligible as of today, that is one story. at the time of his application, that is a different issue. we are not prepared to unilaterally allow the wait time. if you choose to do so, the mta will not question that decision. commiss

mr. garcia and my colleague, congressman, to join me for a special presentation.>> this is a plaque of course assess the development the next generation of latino leaders, the chci presents the certificate of appreciation to federal garza. for your economic development to the hispanic community and the nation. [applause] >> chairman towns those, thank you very much for recognizing one of my constituents, from deep south texas. a gentleman who was born in santa rosa texas, a little community of 2000 people. this young man went on to become the valedictorian and went and graduated from texas a. in them, and did so well they gave him a scholarship to go to princeton university. and from there he just kept going and going and helping the latino community. he has done great things in organizations, including loopback and many other organizations. but more especially he has served under three presidents. president bill clinton, president bush, and president obama. and he has as the regional director invested in many communities since five states that he is responsible f

vice president garcia: in all fairness, i think mr. jarvis wants to address the board. president goh: do you have a comment to make in response to my comment about my confusion? >> i want to note that in this particular situation, even though it has dragged on for so long, we are not necessarily opposed, if the application of the current coze is used today. however, for future reference, we are using that for this particular situation. this is not something we expect on going. we have cleaned up the situation quite a bit. in that vein, because of the various things that have gone on in this matter, we are not necessarily opposing it. however, there was a statement that made it appear we would not oppose it in the future. we would absolutely oppose it in the future. i just wanted to make sure that was clear. president goh: is there a motion? vice president garcia: i would move this board overturn the denial of the application for a medallion, based on grounds that -- go ahead. >> we are overturning the decision. given the various comments by the commissioners, the unique

vice president garcia: i would move that the board tonight -- deny the request for a rehearing. director goldstein: ok, mr. pacheco? secretary pacheco: on that motion to deny the rehearing, vice president garcia, president goh, commissioner hwang. it will be denied. commissioner goh: -- director goldstein: no further business. commissioner goh: we are adjourned. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thank you for joining us. this is the regular meeting of the board of education. i am sorry. i woke the baby. september 13, 2011. the roll call, please. commissioner fewer: here. commissioner maufas: here. commissioner murase:. here. >> if you like, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. thank you. the approval of board minutes from the regular meeting. any corrections? seeing none, roll call, p lease. >> yes. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. vice-president yee: yes. president mendoza: yes. >> six ayes. >> for the last few meetings all of you a separate hearing that we keep mentioning the state law that requires 7-12 grade students to show proof of a whoppi

mr. burden. >> deputy laurie garcia was among those receiving the call. >> all we knew is that inmate was calling our aid, so if he's on the radio, then the deputy obviously does not have any control at that time. come to find out the inmates had come to his aid. the other inmates took the inmate down and deputy moon was able to get back up on his feet and if it wasn't for the inmates in that pod, that really cared about their deputy, deputy moon might not have been with us. it might have been a really, really bad day and it happened so quickly, but by that time we were all there, but it happens that fast. so as much as we say that we have each other's support, it's nice to know that you've got a handful of them in orange that care. >> while the deputy who has since retired, might have been vulnerable working alone in the unit, the relationships he built under that system are what saved his life, and building those relationships is important to the former secret service agent who runs the jail. >> in that inmates they rescued him, they liked him because he was fair, he didn't judge them, he didn'

mr. burden. >> deputy lorie garcia was among the officers who responded. >> there was a number of inmates aroundim as well, and we weren't sure exactly how all that had transpired. all we knew was that inmate was calling for our aid. so if he was on the radio, then the deputy obviously doesn't have any control at that time. come to find out the inmates had come to his aid. the other inmates took the inmate down and deputy moon was able to get back up on his feet and if it wasn't for the inmates in that pod, that really cared about their deputy, deputy moon might not have been with us. it might have been a really, really bad day. and it happened so quickly, but by that time, we were all there. but it happens that fast. so as much as we say that we have each other's support, it's nice to know that you've got a handful of them in orange that care. >> while the deputy who has since retired, might have been vulnerable working alone in the unit, the relationships he built under that system are what saved his life, and building those relationships is important to the former secret service agent who run

mr. leung's propery. president goh: aye. vice president garcia: aye. commissioner peterson: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. >> the boat is 5-0. this permit is upheld with that condition. >> there is no further business before the board. president goh: we are adjourned. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an en

mr. leung's propery. president goh: aye. vice president garcia: aye. commissioner peterson: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. >> the boat is 5-0. this permit is upheld with that condition. >> there is no further business before the board. president goh: we are adjourned. ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on

mr. epstein is chosen to use this permit process as a way of harassing me out of my home. he is taking advantage of the permit system. commissioner garcia: thank you. commissioner fung: or accommodations made for you? >> no. the porta-potti has been removed. it was not cleaned for two weeks. anything else? >> mr. epstein? >> we have a new sound system. the buzzes sound the same this time. first one is a 30-second warning. the second one means stop. >> madame president, mr. vice president, commissioners, the way i understand is this board has already decided that the permit complies with the law. she has made allegations with regard to manifest injustice. i have provided the board with the information on which i based the opinion that i gave last hearing that the rent board ordinance does not cover the situation where a tenant has a lease. i have provided you with a copy of the lease that she claims is a valid lease. it is an eight-year lease for this property. the porta-potti has been removed because the bathroom in unit 340 has been completed. currently, we do not have permits that will allow us to do any work on any other bathrooms. w

mr. pacheco, if you could have a vote? secretary pacheco: on the motion not to disclose, commissioner peterson, commissioner garcia, commissioner hwang, and commissioner peterson is absent. the vote is 4-0. director goldstein: which i am would you like to call next? -- which item would you like to call next? commissioner goh: item number six. director goldstein: all right, we will call item no. 6, katherine viranyi and khaled hegazy, on 829 geary street, with the reason of suspension of smoking in enclosed area without an approved exemption from dph. this is on for a hearing today, and we will start with the appellant. please step forward. >> hi, good evening. we are appealing the decision because we are in small business. my name is katherine viranyi. we are appealing this. we are a small business, unlike some that have restaurants or bars. we do not have anything else to sell. we opened this at the end of december 2008. there was an exemption for places that were prior, opened prior to 2009, december, which was the year. we were not informed that if we would have moved to a commercial building, which we would have done, we wo

garcia: you are not allowed to propping open. do you need greater clarification for the motion, victor? mr. pacheco? director goldstein: i just want to make sure that the department of building inspection and understand that as far as the self closing door and hinges, they are the ones to be enforcing that, so i just want to make sure that they'll understand what it is that would be required. vice president garcia: commissioner fung, i do not want to put words in his mouth. these are apparently pressurized, so you can vary the rate at which they close. >> department of building inspection. there are several requirements for doors, depending on what purpose they serve. there is maximum and minimum force, and depending on the location of the door, it may be self closing or automatic closing. those are generally terms that we use for fire doors, off and just for clarification, it closes upon activation of a smoke detector or alarm. the self closing door is normally closed, and it would close automatically, so it is in a normally closed position, and then they have the hardware. and just to clarify, a d

mr. patel. you are 18th and noe. isn't that three blocks from mission high school? >> it is four blocks. vice president garcia: in your papers, you have what is called a product movement analysis. how is that generated? >> that is based from our ipo's system -- our pos system, whether it is alcohol, confectionery. vice president garcia: it is software you have that generates these figures? you did not reproduce these figures free hand? >> absolutely not. vice president garcia: you mentioned the fine for first sale of up a whole was $1,500. i think it -- of alcohol was $1,500. i think it is $250. based on the figures you presented, did you extract from those figures what the finance that you will pay? >> i did not. i was going to leave that in your hands. vice president garcia: how would you go about doing that? let us say your profit is -- >> it is 27%, 26%. >> that is all right. it shows the gross product of percentage -- the gross product percentage. it is going to beat 5/6 of that. if you extend those figures, based upon sales of $38,000 -- >> i am sorry? vice president garcia: what are your monthly sales?

garcia: thank you. president goh: i have a question. maybe you can answer my question. it sounded from your earlier comments, and maybe mr. salter might be better to respond to this -- it sounded as if the measurements were taken at the ground level, and not a but the third level. i think i heard you say there is not a difference. >> that is correct. president goh: yet they were not measured. >> we extrapolated and used our experience to make that statement. president goh: ok. thank you. >> thank you. we can hear from the appellants now. >> i am still a little bit nervous, but i am getting better at this. i am representing golden gate valley. i also live across the street from the brickyard. we are here to request this board rescinded the permit for a second store deck with adjoining open doors. although this board requested that the applicant themselves investigate the noise impact caused by their project and work with us to find technical solutions to meet our reasonable concerns, that unfortunately did not happen. instead, they came up with a custom some report, in our opinion, taken in a very minute amount of time to

mr. yee? >> aye. >> ms. mendoza. ms. fan and ms. tom aren't in the room. ok. thank you. >> so let's move on to item b, which is the presentations to the board of education superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? >> good evening. it's really exciting to start another school year, a rip roaring opening of the school year again. i want to congratulate all the administrators, teachers, staff, and parents of all our great schools for a smooth opening of schools last week. i also want to thank our facilities department for ensuring that our schools's moves that took place during the summer were really efficient and also what a great job they did in cleaning up our schools and getting them ready to open up for a brand-new school year. on the first day of school, i had the privilege of visiting several schools and i have to say, wow, what a difference our facilities bonds have made. that the public here in san francisco has passed in 2003 and 2006. if you look at our facilities, really knocks your socks off. i remember when i was a principal 20 years ago here, our schools didn't look anything like this. and then coming back, you know, almost five years ago, and i remember visiting our schools and sa