people did not know if he was going to stay in office to allow the new board to vote, people did not know if he was going to go to sacramento early. >> the key to this whole process that the board of supervisors cannot appoint an interim mayor until the office is actually vacant. he did not want to be the necessarily to the sport of supervisors, which were his political adversaries for so many years. >> anything can happen at the board of supervisors. as long as they publicly notice it, they could call a meeting every day until january 3. >> meanwhile, several names were mentioned as potential candidates to be interim mayor. >> it was fascinating to watch the trial balloon go up. people's name would be floated for a week. there was a flavor of the week. david campos. former mayor art agnos was floated as a potential in term mayor. so was sheriff mike hennessey. so was the chair of the public utilities commission. current state senator mark lino. current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members being nominated. we were concerned about how t

[applause] >> the very next day, january 11, the new board of supervisors met for the first time, with the historic first decision of their new term. >> item 3 is a motion to ratify the appointment of a successor mayor due to the occurrence of a vacancy in the offense of a mayor expiring january 8, 2012. >> i am hoping for is, as we look forward to the confirmation of mr. lee, that we will also, leaving behind the kind of tactics that were used last week, that i thought really made the process feel more clumsy than it should have been. >> this is ed lee's day. i have said a lot about my perspective of this man who comes from the community, who is rooted in our community, who has a tremendous breath and death of city experience. colleagues, at this time, i hope and ask that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. >> supervisor campos? president to? supervisor chu? supervisor colon? supervisor elsbernd? there are 11 ayes. the motion is approved a [applause] . >> colleagues, i am going to move that we recessed the meeting and we conduct the swearing in ceremony of the new may

we have a lot of new board members. i am so proud of all of you. our treasurer, dale hemminger. smith has been with us for years. the board secretary, our new board members. [applause] this year marks the 45th anniversary of san francisco pride. we continue to create diversity and march in the street parades. this year we will be focusing on our youth. pride is at the forefront of protecting the lgbt youth and fighting against bullying. our committee has continued to fight since last year. we had a big treat with don't ask, don't tell. a federal judge overturned proposition 8. we continue to fight hiv and aids for our committee. the theme this year "in pride we trust," many ask how we could have that thing this year. it is in san francisco that we fight for equality, a diverse culture, we fight for liberty and freedom for everybody. it is fitting that the community, our leaders, that we can trust our city leaders to stand up with us and stand brown. i hope you will join us for the march and celebration. -- we can trust our city leaders to stand up with us and stand proud. i hope

we just had our annual meeting where we elected a new board members. this board is comprised of seven property owners, three business owners, and three residents. we currently have a vacancy in the property owner category. as you can see, we have a pretty good cross-section of the tenderloin that is represented on our board. we have st. anthony's, ymca, rescue mission, hospitality house, 118 jones, a private residence, tenderloin housing clinic, a nightclub, and a grocery. we also have three residents on the board who are residents of the tenderloin. we structure our organization with committees. we have the executive /organization committee that provides oversight of all staff and contracts. they provide basic overview. -- a basic overview of the organization. the public rights of way committee provides oversight of our service contract with san francisco clean city. they provide all of the cleaning services for the district. this committee also works on the safety and training projects. -- and greening projects. and we work on promoting the identity o

if you have a question about requesting a hearing or rules, please the new board's staff during the break or after the meeting, or colin -- or call in the morning. this meeting is to broadcast live on san francisco government television, cable channel 78, and dvd's are available for purchase. thank you for your attention. we will conduct our swearing-in process. a few intend to testify, please stand, raise your right hand, and say, i do. the you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> calling item number one, public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on an item that is not on the agenda? please step forward. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is barbara thompson, and i have an item for public comment which i have provided a copy of. at the may 18 meeting under item one, i made a comment and expressed concern that the board of appeals was not adhering to the san francisco charter for the rules of the board of appeals and that meetings of the board did not ap

of 25 hours of extra training every two years officers must report all uses of force here's a new boardresident glazing the procedure >> now it's mandatory to carry a taser every bart police officer will have one and they will be trained how to use said so they're much more familiar with a taser than a handgun it is required that you use the tater with the we cannot the strong hand. this is an increas this is in response said shooting hoops of oscar grant. >> also argive that we shot yesterday by undercover police officer he has been identified investigators have been searching for him it was wanted on a $75,000 warrant for resting up rest he is interested five time and he was placed on on and on revolt all parole they took an assault rifle and handgun from him. the officers were not injured. >> they have conducted served as the director of cal fire to look in the details to look into the death of the 50 tear year- old man and the response. after it came into affect that the firefighters stood along the shore while the man was in napa deepwater. the report is due in late september it is

we have an interim mayor and a new board of supervisors. do think we have a new tone at city hall to move things forward. we have a lot of challenges we are facing. i am doing everything i can to put us back on track. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? >> i have been a huge fan of the america's cup. i am proud of this board came together unanimously after a fairly contentious debate to support bringing the america's cup to san francisco in 2013. it is estimated it will not only be an incredible sporting event, not only showcase our city and the natural amphitheater of the bay, but it is estimated to bring in over $1 billion in economic activity with 8000 to 9000 jobs. it will be a lot of fun. i am very excited. >> should we spend money to keep the 49ers? >> i just had a conversation with the head of the organization. i told him that i and many others would love to do what we can to keep our beloved 49ers here in san francisco. they are having a conversati