mr. lee: i rise to speak in opposition to the ratification on the u.s. persons with disabilities. this i understand is a sensitive topic, one which many of my constituents on both sides of the issue have strong feelings. most of us, if not all of us have a family member or a friend with a disability. all of us live in a society that includes the disabled as highly valued members of our communities. i've heard from advocacy groups consisting of people who hope and believe that this treaty will protect disabled americans as they travel abroad and as they go about their lives. but i've also heard from parents of disabled children who are concerned that this treaty, in adherence to the best interests of the child's standards in article 7, will threaten their rights as parents to determine the best education, treatment and care for their disabled children. proponents of this treaty will dismiss those concerns as myth, but i simply cannot support a treaty that threatens the right of parents to rais

mr. ed lee is doing right now. what he is doing is creating an atrocious group of individuals thats going to run the rest of our generation like the prior redevelopment has done. it's no mystery, all you got to do is check your history, people are going to do for generations to come, christine, what you have done, the housing authority, nobody here is crabing for what you did for them. whoever sits in that seat, they are going to make it law. i have to go over to another agency with the housing authority. let me say one thing, city hall is out of control. we don't know who is in control. we don't know what department is doing what. board of supervisors what is going on, i'm not going to sing today but city hall is out of control and we got to file a complaint for injunction. be ready for it. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is douglas yapp right on, ace, that's all i have to say. i'd like to thank supervisor olague for her brave and couragous act. she is setting a precedent showin

thank you. >> can i just encourage, if you haven't received this, mr. leedo our budget committee earlier rather than later knowing there are additional cuts we have to focus on and to set our priorities. we also have had several discussions around this possible supplemental coming from the city so there will be some discussions around what we're going to be doing to continue to fund what the city is potentially going to be funding. tough decisions to make and we want to do it earlier rather than later. so did you get any feedback from anyone? i'm going to put you all out there now. >> i hate to do this commissioners but no i haven't received any feedback yet. if it would be helpful i can resend recirculate the e-mail. i know it was at an inopportune time for a lot of you. >> we want to encourage you because it's information like the block grant you had requested, commissioner wynns that helps understand the budget better and will help us make priority choices which we know we will have to do. thank you. >> vice president norton nngetsd i was going to ask th

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that we pull up amendment 3373. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to waive further reading. yes, call it up as modified. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from utah, mr. lee, proposes amendment numbered 3373 as modified. the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. lee: mr. president, it's important that we begin the long overdue process of reforming the way the federal government responds to catastrophic disasters. too often, federal disaster relief has been reactive, bureaucratic, arbitrary and billions of dollars are spent, and sometimes that happens with little or no accountability. resources go unused, goals are not met, red tape delays recovery. in the end, it seems washington sometimes focuses solely on the price tag rather than on the people that we're trying to

mr. lee yes. >> unanimous.ress the button. >> first of all, i want it thankñ?ñ? the san francisco board of education for presenting us with this wonderful commendation tonight. the omega boys club as you heard has worked tirelessly through the years. i guess when you work that hard, and the founders who are still alive today dr. joseph marshall jr. and jack -- you probably don't have time to accept awards because you're still doing the work. it gives me great pleasure to accept this on behalf of theyñ?ñ? omega boys club, 25 years after lching to that -- listening to that accomplishments and everything we've done i just reflected upon being a part of so many of those amazing experiences and just being wild, sitting there listening. i know she mentioned thailand, south africa and i just reflected on a trip i took with dr. marshall outside of the country to switzerland. we were in swirts land for two weeks i believe and just leaving the united states of america and see the world it held me to reflect on that night

mr. lee, yes. >> unanimous.ew words. pngeddle so -- would you like to have a few words, press the button. >> first of all, i want it than?

mr. lee: mr. president, no one disputes the vital importance of -- the presiding officer: senator, the senate is in a quorum call. mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, no one disputes the vital importance of our national security. indeed, in federalist 41, james madison noted that security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. and he emphasized that such security is an avowed and essential object of the american union. government officials have a solemn duty, particularly in the age of global terrorism, to help ensure that the american people are safe and secure. yet at the same time, government also exists to do a lot more than just promote security. its most fundamental purpose is to protect our natural and inalienable liberties. safeguarding individual rights and liberties is the bedrock of american government. in the words of our nation's founding do

mr. edwin lee. [ applause ] >> >> next please welcome singer, song writer and unico cast member, quopola.lause ] >> we also would like to welcome the director of the san francisco zoo, miss tania peterson. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, let's please welcome unico, ceo mr. tabashi yani. [ applause ] >> and last, but not least, please welcome unico usa chief operating officer, mr. pani... [ applause ] >> at this time, i would like to ask unico ceo, mr. yani to give us a few opening remarks. >> mr. yani please. >> good morning, everyone. yeah, i am now so much excited because of for the opening soon and also i would like to express my personal experience 45 years ago i was 18 years. i passed 15 this usa, in san francisco, is my past experience to around here. and also, i much say, i am a 49er. [ cheers ] >> because i was born 49 year, and also, for each century, do you know, today, today is a day, you know, today is steve jobs passed away, one year ago. i give steve jobs so much and this is a place of innovation, i try to make innovation here for us today. thank you very much for listenin

mr. mayor. >> mayor lee: thank you, president chiu. thank you for asking me here to answer these two very important questions today. before i begin, i'd hike to thank everyone here, board of supervisors of course, the audience, and theas leadership here at the board, after a very important election. and the results that have moved our city forward in the right direction, from the payroll tax reform to housing, to taking care of our parks. i appreciate your advocacy and your commitment to san francisco. because of our collective efforts, san francisco voters were able to make a very thoughtful choices at the ballot box this past couple of weeks, that have helped fund infrastructure, move to job creating tax policy, and invest in critical housing needs in our city. collectively helping san francisco families and businesses. with that i'd like to take your two questions, supervisors. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. our first question will be provided by our district 6 colleague, supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you and c

mr. mayor. ed lee is first class, no doubt about it. his perception, his understanding, his work ethics, what he does for this city is unbelievable. and he will continue to do that. we know that. there's no doubt about it. the season of gifts is so critical because what we do is reach people that are unreachable many times. people that are in great need and we would be utterly surprised at how many folks we have in just our city that, that are hard to reach. but to get to them and to let them know that we care and that san francisco is the city that really cares is something that is very colt cal. -- critical. so, we feel very strong little that we are not only serving one of the most important directions in regards to reaching people, but also meeting the needs of people. none of us is immune from disaster. all of us could go through disaster that would hurt even those of us who have. so, we're trying to put the haves and the have nots together so that in what we do, the gift of love and the gift of courage and the gift of understandin

mr. secretary is consent. our great mayor lee -- he is the consensus maestro and brings people together and he said "listen, listen" and we act upon the consensus of our community. it's about consensus. it's about community. it's about here comes the bus and now we can get on it, but it's also about all the things the mayor said. it's about the quality of our air. again sitting comfortably in other projects in california that secretary lahood hood worked so hard on. the two senators were instrumental in making better and we in the house urged passage for the high speed rail in the central valley, whether it's mass transit, rail, high speed rail and terminal and presidio and others -- what is it? transit first? transit first. it's about jobs. it's about comcommerce. it's about quality of air. it's about quality of life and building consensus in america and by doing so and by listening and leadership from the white house we are able to be a model to the nation with projects of national significance so that other communities can fol

mrs. jones, that's enough. now go back in the clinic and ask them to replace your juice. nurse lee, would you clear up this mess? mrs. jones: it's all right, my darling. shh. no one can resist a baby, mrs. jenkins, but mothers can be fierce when they think their child is threatened. was only "dicky birds." i know. "dicky birds." just little 'uns. it's a hard time of year to spend too much time alone. can you tell me where you live? we can send someone to look in on you, to make sure you're being properly taken care of. she doesn't look well. old age. poverty. chronic malnourishment and exhaustion, i suppose. why doesn't she accept help? who knows what brutality she knew when she was young? help then didn't mean what help means now. once more unto the breach and all of that. it's simply a matter of scaling things up. i just waylaid brown owl at the bus stop and we're combining forces now, so there will be 8 angels, a female mary, a full compliment of cattle, and quite the sizeable flock of sheep. chummy... it's the parish hall, not the london palladium. well, that sort of attitude w

mr. consistent david lee had another strong game. the fake and nothing but net.18 points and nine rebounds. the holiday spirit was lost in the second quarter. they had words and a lot of pushing, but nobody was ejected. golden state started to pull away, the hoop and the foul and the free throw ups it to 13. now check out this pretty play by curry. he goes behind the back and drops it in off the glass. he also had eight boards and seven assists. the warriors improve to 19-10. with mario out with a knee injury, it appears they will activate a wide receiver from the practice squad. they both did see playing time last year in the nfl. the 49ers tied a franchise record by having nine players selected for the pro bowl. they are bowman and running back frank gore and dupatti and smith. also picked, the defensive tackle smith, offensive tackle staley, strong safety and line backer patrick willis. for the first time since 2003, the raiders did not have a player named to the pro bowl. tomorrow in the nation's capital san jose state takes on bowling green in the military b

mr. consistent david lee had another strong game. the fake and nothing but net. he had 18 points and nine rebounds. the holiday spirit was lost in the second quarter. they had words and a lot of pushing, but nobody was ejected. golden state started to pull away, the hoop and the foul and the free throw ups it to 13. now check out this pretty play by curry. he goes behind the back and drops it in off the glass. he also had eight boards and seven assists. the warriors improve to 19-10. with mario out with a knee injury, it appears they will activate a wide receiver from the pctice squad. they both did see playing time last year in the nfl. the 49ers tied a franchise record by having nine players selected for the pro bowl. they are bowman and running back frank gore and dupatti and smith. also picked, the defensive tackle smith, offensive tackle staley, strong safety and line backer patrick willis. for the first time since 2003, the raiders did not have a player named to the pro bowl. tomorrow in the nation's capital san jose state takes on bowling green in the mili

mr. consistent david lee had another strong game. the fake and nothing but net. he had 18 points and nine rebounds. the holiday spirit was lost in the second quarter. they had words and a lot of pushing, but nobody was ejected. golden state started to pull away, the hoop and the foul and the free throw ups it to 13. now check out this pretty play by curry. he goes behind the back and drops it in off the glass. he also had eight boards and seven assists. the warriors improve to 19-10. with mario out with a knee injury, it appears they will activate a wide receiver from the practice squad. they both did see playing time last year in the nfl. the 49ers tied a franchise record by having nine players selected for the pro bowl. they are bowman and running back frank gore and dupatti and smith. also picked, the defensive tackle smith, offensive tackle staley, strong safety and line backer patrick willis. for the first time since 2003, the raiders did not have a player named to the pro bowl. tomorrow in the nation's capital san jose state takes on bowling green in the mi

mr. david lee with the dunk there. the warriors won 104-96.are 4-0 on the trip that continued tomorrow but they are going to miami. that will be a tough one. >>> 9ers runningback brandon jacobs hasn't gotten the playing time he thinks he deserves and now he won't be getting any playing time at a.m. the team suspended him for the last three games. jacobs posted on twitter an instagram that he wanted to get more game time saying he was, quote, on this team rotting away. the head coach didn't comment yesterday but jim harbaugh suspended him. >>> 9ers could win the nfc west in prime time. nfl did a smart move changing the time of the december 23rd game against the seahawks making it the prime time sunday night game. originally, the league had the jets and chargers playing at that time of the but this is a much better game. >>> now for today's play of the day. it involves the 49ers' next opponent. the next patriots just put a head banging on the houston texans. tom brady threw for almost 300 yards, 4 touchdowns including a play where it popped lose

subject matter jurisdiction of the board including the policy discussion between mayor8ípp ed( lee and mrsthe board and members on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. please note public comment is not allowed on items which have been subject to public comment by a board committee. speakers using translation will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector state such and remove the document when the screen returns to live coverage of the meeting. >> president chiu: why don't we hear from our first speaker, two minutes please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the corporate rape of our public library, don't give money to the friends of the library, don't accept money from the friends of the library. we have mentioned accountability and democracy go together. we have now reached the point where jewel goams i gomez is a noun to mean -- i have mentioned several times the president of the library commission violated rights to make public comment and sunshine task force found it a -- violation. the age

mr. king, called the roll. >> commissioner lee? >> here. >> commissioner tobacco? commissioner tan?>> here. >> and commissioner i believe, newlin is excused this evening. >> and commissioner perez is also excused. >> thank you. >> and so, we are going to make adjustments to the agen

an lee and at the time of the sale mr. tom gianella specifically told the purchaser it was too small to build on. yet plans were submitted and approved on the undersized lot. the structure is built and lo and behold it was determined that it shouldn't have been built in the first place because, a, a portion of the building encroaches 3 feet in the public right of way, 6 feet at level 2, and also the other side of the building encroaches on property lying on mr. gianella's property. he has a lawsuit pending. these two factors along with the size of the lot to begin with should have halted construction of the building. not only that it is subdivided into 3 units, totally illegal. not only that, the owner-developer failed to complete the building with sidewalk in front of the building. as of today there is still no sidewalk. lee an lee continues to laugh about this all the way to the bank. wow. now, despite the serious building code violations the resolution before you is going to reward the owners with a small annual assessm

jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. senator inouye lies in state this morning, but as a young lute platoon leader in a battlefield in italy, even after being stop in the stomach, he refused medical treatment and still managed to find the courage destroy two machine gun posts, nearly losing consciousness from blood loss, he charged a third machine gun before having a right arm severed by a german machine gun. after those injuries, daniel inouye found a way to toss a grenade that destroyed the third bunker. what an american. what a man who loved this country and stood for the values of diversity. he loved the independence of the congress and he fought for it in the strength of our democracy and the values of america. as well, his words were this -- i represent the people of hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. he said, as he remembered, and i think i did ok. senator and to your family, you did more than ok. to the asian american community in houston, texas, and texas, i want you to know this hero

mr. president lee >> senator from maryland. >> i too rise to pay tribute to the great senator daniel inouye. first, i want to express my deep and most heartfelt condolences to senator inouye's family. his wife irene, daughter jennifer, his son, jessica, their granddaughter maggie, to the people of hawaii, also our condolences because he loved them dearly and they reciprocated time and time back to the senate and i also want to express condolences to his very able and capable staff, the other inouye family, many of whom were among the longest serving staff in the senate who were devoted to helping him help the people of hawaii and help the people of america. hawaii and the nation have lost a great hero and a true patriot and a real good friend. senator inouye was one of the great men of the senate who welcomed me and helped me get started when i first came to the senate. mr. president, it is well known i was the first democratic woman elected in her own way and what i came to the senate there was only one other woman, senator nancy caster bell of kansas. i say today, i was the only democrati

mr. king, called the roll. >> commissioner lee? >> here. >> commissioner tobacco? commissioner tan? >> here. >> and akers. >> here. >> and commissioner i believe, newlin is excused this evening. >> and commissioner perez is also excused. >> thank you. >> and so, we are going to make adjustments to the agenda. we are going to move permits up to the first order of business commissioners. followed by public comment. and we are going to continue the executive director's report. and read in the police department comments and questions. >> okay. so moving right along to hearing possible option regarding application for permit for the commission, 4 a. pablo patino, doing business as taqueria guadalajara. 4798 mission street for an extended hours permit. you are up. >> taqueria guadalajara is a privately opened restaurant, and they have a abc license and this application will allow them to operate after two and before six and they recommend approving this with eleven proposed conditions which are attached at the front of your packet. >> and the applicant here? >> hello? >> all right. >> tur