mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor, will you provide us an update of improvements that cities have been working towards? specifically, what has been accomplished around a facade improvements and employment opportunities for community members? furthermore, what is the status of the redevelopment agency and

mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor, will you provide us an update of improvements that cities have been working towards? specifically, what has been accomplished around a facade improvements and employment opportunities for community members? furthermore, what is the status of the redevelopment agency and administration's plans for the next step in bayview? i know we are only allowed to ask one question, but i so articulately have brought in 3. [laughter] thank you. mayor lee: thank you, supervisor. i think, as you know, the third street corridor and fifth street -- what we are trying to do their deserves more than one answer as well, so i appreciate that -- what we're trying to do there. i am committed to supporting the revitalization of the third street corridor, and i am committed to retaining and attracting businesses to that area, and i support many programs which will help achieve that goal. as i mentioned in my answer to supervisor farrell pose a question, the mayor's office administers the san francisco s

mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor. mayor lee: thank you. i cannot think of a better way to celebrate the kickoff of small business week than to be right on valencia in the small business just started that has been the recipient along with some 27 other small businesses that have worked really hard to get to a place where they can be and allow the city to contribute and help. we did not hear a lot of times -- we hear a lot of complaints about how the city has not been doing things, but thanks to our small business commission, which is here today, and they're wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts -- their wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts, and supervisor wiener, who had a chance to open up a farmer's market in glen park with me yesterday. we never do it alone. whenever our city is working together, we have to find people who know how to communicate with small businesses, drill down to what they need, and then work with our policy makers like the small bu

mr. mirkarimi's office and others working on this. and certainly regards to the independent arts category, it is off the grid and we have challenges and fire marshal occupancy ratings is out of reach in regards to those thick and i am not sure how to approach resolutions on those fronts. if this was allowed in the western selma area, it would last until the western plan is approved and then it would be negated based on the mixed use category being ruled out. and because i think what is now basically the s.l.r. is that it would be allowed in and the event would not be in that final form. i am hoping there is opportunities to change this. certainly a lot of events and working on an accessory use classification similar to this but say, for example, does allow d.h.a.'s to be aware of the modern times that d.j.'s are not just about rave culture or large parties and there are many restaurants that we are trying to bring into compliance that have a d.j. providing music for a restaurant that is the more sound controllable than live bands. i a

mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone for their contributions. the meeting is now adjourned. >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so y

budget finance committee is now the three-person committee comprised of myself, supervisors kim and mirkarimi. mr. young, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cellphone. please submit your speaker cards to myself if you wish to speak. if you submit items to the committee, please provide them for the file. supervisor chu: thank you very much. please call item no. 1. >> item #one. ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code sections 12r.5, 12r.7, 12r.16, 12r.17, 12r.18, and 12r.25 to -- enhance the office of labor standards enforcement's enforcement of the city's minimum wage ordinance by clarifying agency access to places of employment -- require a policy to resolve complaints or initiate enforcement actions within one year -- raise the penalty for employer retaliation -- impose a penalty for failure to post minimum wage rates -- provide for posting notice to employees upon commencement of an investigation and public posting of employer non-compliance, and impose penalties for violation of these posting requirements -- impose a penalty for failure to provide employer's

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank supervisor farrell for his leadership in this community and helping try to strike the right balance. last week, it should not be lost on any of us that it was an extraordinary discussion because the first time the board had entertained both an appeal on a cu and eir and special east district all at the same time period has not happened in all the years i have been here. to the effect of why i have spoke out when i was surprised to learn about the jim usage. i have had now a fair amount of meetings with booker t.. i have stressed that i think it is important that the gymnasium, which is private, be a community asset and be retained for community asset as much as possible in that of the hours that have been testified of nearly 700 that would be used for one private institution, it is actually up to 2000 hours that would be used for those to be able to read it out, giving a remainder nearly 3000 hours, potentially, for public usage. all i want to say is please, to booker

mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone for their contributions.urned. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got interested in this idea that may

mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone for their contributions.urned. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in museum, in gallery, but never in a public setting. and it's kind of ideal for both

mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone for their contributions.urned. >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way for the public to get involved. the director of public affairs recently met with the founder and liquor -- local gallery owner to check out the first art care project. ♪ >> many san franciscans are not aware that there is a civic art collection of numbers almost 4000 works of art. preserving the collection and maintaining it is something being addressed by a new program called art care. it is a way for citizens to participate in the preservation of the civic art collection. with

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i was reminded by mr. henderson that the mayor's budget office wanted to quickly go over some quick budgetary numbers, and then we are going to open this up. thank you. >> thank you. mayor's budget director. i will go through this briefly and put some context on my comments. i think we are still in the first stages of determining what the finances are going to look like associated with this proposal. we have spent a lot of time with all of the departments and agencies that are here today thinking through the fiscal side of this program, and there is quite a lot of uncertainty surrounding, as you have heard, where we will end up and what the impact will be on our public safety providers. so what i'm going to go through today is sort of an initial look at what we think things might look like in order to actually finalize a funding plan. we will have to come back to the board with a supplemental appropriation, and there are two pieces of that. the first is the $5.7 million, which the state has allocated to sa

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you mr. wagner. thank you very much. thank you to the mayor's office for their help in preparing for this. i'd like to now open this up starting with reverend ames brown followed by low gordon, terry anders. i have some cards i'll read off for folks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. supervisor cohen, and others assembled, i'm aim yes, sir brown, president of the san francisco naacp. and i just want to simply say that, number one, the issue of incarceration in this nation will be at the top of the agenda at the naacp national convention in los angeles next week. number two, as we think about the topic, realignment, as it pertains to those inmates who are incarcerated from the state to the county, might i suggest that maybe he would do ourselves a favor by first having a realignment of our thinking. i want to recommend that everybody gets this book and reads it. chairman mirkarimi: "the new jim crow" right? great book. great book. >> my by she will alexander dealing with the mass incarceration in the age of so-called colorblind

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. president. we have been in this position before because of many cbd's that are presented to us and renewed. not all are created equal. this is the first that has been created as the jurisdiction and government -- jurisdiction of government and development was ending its tenure. i have 41 and continued to echo that warning to the office of economic workforce development and the people of the fillmore and western edition that great care has to be taken -- i have for warned -- i have forewarned. i had put the first cbd on a five-year -- which was the shortest of any cbd city-wide -- on a short leash of five years to see how they would do. i had my concerns, certainly in the first half, i think, of the existence, but i think in the last two years, there has been great progress. i want to thank everybody from all sides, i think, of the community spectrum who have contributed to, i think, the advancement of the cbd and to the enrichment of the merchant corridor on fillmore and to those who have dissen

secretary: we have a presentation from supervisor mirkarimi and i have public comment we received a few moments ago. president o'brien: welcome. >> mr. president, honorable commissioners, good evening. ross mirkarimi, supervisor of district 5. this legislation simply aims to provide opportunity for artists and musicians and for cafes and restaurants where opportunity had not existed before or where there were prohibitions on cafes and restaurants in their inability to be able to afford the limited live performance permits because of how cost prohibitive those permits are. for a number of years, our office, as well as, i believe, many other supervisor offices, have entertained and fielded heavy demand by residents and by merchant owners who would like to see as much of an enterprising attitude in had their particular neighborhoods to allow for cafes and restaurants to be able to afford the permits that otherwise have been very expensive and usually assigned to the cost scale of the much larger venues who can afford them because there's only a one price size that fits all. that price has discriminated against the small business operat

on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi for the late mr.wn wilson, on behalf of supervisor chiu for eva marie mckohn. that concludes our business for today, mr. president. president chiu: at this time the board of supervisors is adjourned. .

supervisor mirkarimi: to the chair, to mr. roh's, you mentioned -- i am trying to qualify this a bit more -- they resist the annual minimum guaranteed because of the uncertainty of the economy. providing more uncertainty to that the economy. >> right now, under this existing agreement, they are paying 65% of gross revenues. it is a five-year contract. they had been exceeding, but in this particular case you would be providing the titan outdoor with wrap the windows and they would guarantee no additional compensation to me. i do not think that that is a fair compensation for the city. supervisor chu: thank you. i am wondering if you can follow up. i do not know that the statement that they will not be providing revenue is accurate. kenny you explain that a bit? -- can you explain that a bit? >> i believe that this is the case, they will proceed as they have through fiscal year 2012 because of how they have in 2011. this, we believe, will be incremental and automatically increasing to 65%. what the budget analyst is increased --

mirkarimi present. wiener present. mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? madam clerk, are there any communications? >> i have no communications. supervisor chiu: if you could read the consent agenda, items one through 30. >> these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member requests discussion of and matter. it shall be removed and considered separately. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever any items? roll-call vote please. >> on items one through 30, mar aye. aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those ordinances are passed. items 31 through 33. >> item 31 is a motion affirming the determination by the planning department at the at&t network like speed upgrade project is exempt from environmental review. item 32 is an upgrade on the project. item 33 is a motion directing the clerk to prepare finings reversing the exemption determin

on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi for the late mr. shawn wilson, on behalf of supervisor chiu for eva marie mckohn. that concludes our business for today, mr. president. president chiu: at this time the board of supervisors is adjourned. . >> i need your executive director of cnbc. -- i am the executive director of cnbc. i want to welcome you to this truly joyous occasion, commemorating the completion of the rehab of civic center residents. we bought this building 38 years ago, and it has been through a couple of partial rehabs before now, but before now, this had leaky plumbing, inadequate electrical. it was just one, slow elevator, and a dingy community kitchen. you can see what a beautiful space it is now. we raised $30,000,000.20% of that came from the mayor's office of housing. -- $30 million and 20% of that came from the mayor's office of housing. the department of public health is providing subsidies for the 100-plus homeless households' living here. housing and community development, enterprise. hundreds of staff people coming

mirkarimi present. wiener present. mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, you should have copies of our may 27 and may 24, 2011, board meeting minutes. without objection, this meeting minutes will be approved. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. supervisor chiu: if you could read our 2:00 special order. >> the first item is the opportunity for the mayor to engage in formal policy discussions with members of the board by answering eligible questions submitted from supervisors representing the even district this month. the mayor may address the board initially for of to 5 minutes. the mayor may recognize members of the board from districts two, four, six, and 10, who will present their own questions, and discuss and shall not exceed five minutes per supervisor. supervisor chiu: thank you, and i want to welcome our mayor. thank you, and welcome back to our fourth session of our formal policy disc

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i have a question to mr. campbell. as mayor knew some -- as mere -- mayor newsom was excellent office and -- mayor newsom was exiting office and mayor lee was taking over, how were they planning to arrive at that 100%, and what is the plan? >> one of the things we are excited about the program is 100% renewable for cca. i know the puc and department of environment have a working on a task force on