mrs. westbrook who was definitely a trooper in the community who was an inspiration to me as well as mayor rogers and others who have gone on and brother leroy from the tenderloin community. i'm speaking on behalf of parents who have lost children to senseless gun violence. we heard two people lost their lives because of the pedestrian situation here in san francisco, but even greater so, we're at 37 homicides. we're at 37 homicides and it's not even september is not even over yet. 36 homicides versus two people that were struck by muni vehicles. that are 37 families that we're dealing with right now in the healing circle that are suffering from post-traumatic stress. a young man who was just shot recently as i shared with supervisor avalos, shot several times, we're dealing with that family also. i would like the board to really look at the situation of violence in our community. it's on the increase. homicides are up. bullying is up. incarceration is up. and jobs are down and economic disparity is in our communities, particularly in communities of color. so i ask the board to really take

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day.

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for mo

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. >> 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

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. if you would like to make general public comment on an item that is not on calendar, that is item four and continued again on item 15. last, please address your comments to the commission during comment on public comment. neither commission or staff will respond to public questions but will respond after public comment is closed. with that, i think there was announcements about items. >> yes. the basketball court renovations will be removed from the consent calendar and be heard on the general calendar. items, 10, 11, and 12, have been removed from the calendar and will not be heard today. if anyone is here on those items, they have been taken off the calendar. we are now on item number two, the president's report. >commissioner buell: i will be

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. >> welcome to your school. how're you doing? we are lowering the speed 2015. we are going to do it all over the city. thank you. good morning. welcome to your school. we are posting the new signs for the miles per hour zone. we will lower them all to 15 around the school, just to keep it safe for the kids. i get to announce that today, so i thought i would welcome the kids. , on up. come on up. are you excited? thank you. good morning, everyone. i am happy to be here. you are going to learn a lot today. we are here to help make sure that you are safe. we want to always make sure that when our kids go to school it is safer. sometimes, as your parents will tell you, they will see a lot of cars and sometimes buses will go too fast on the street and

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. >> ok. we will get started. i'm the senior communications manager for the california department of trorbgs spokesperson for the san francisco oakland bay bridge. we have invited the media to give you an update on construction progress for our new bridge. a number of things are happening right now and will continue to happen the next two years as we get ready to open up the new bridge to public service. first, we have a transport ship that recently arrived during our final segment that will be put in place the next couple of months to complete the main deck for the suspension bridge. we also, the past few weeks, have constructed a cat walk system that is very visible to the public that will act as a platform for our construction team to erect, to

mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day. supervisor kim: good morning and welcome to the special rules supervisor committee. we have just one event today. today i am joined by supervisor johsean elsbernd. are klerk today is linour clerk. could you please call item no. 1. >> item number one, ordinance amending the students go campaign and government section. it is capping the amount of public matching funds. i believe we have the department head for the ethics commission here to speak to us today. >> good morning, supervisors. on june 27 the supreme court issued a decision, which struck down arizona's public finance law, in particular because having reached certain thresholds public candidates get additional public funds in response to independent expenditures. the supreme court did not