>>supervisor norman yee: any questions? seeing none, lucky. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any recommendation? >>supervisor david campos: move this item forward with a positive recommendation and thank you to mr. seville for his interest in serving. >>supervisor norman yee: with no objection, the motion passes. congratulations. okay, moving on. city clerk: item 6. item 5: 140135: [appointment, citizens general obligation bond oversight committee] hearing to consider appointing one member, term expiring november 21, 2014, to the citizens general obligation bond oversight committee. vacant seat 2, succeeding robert muscat, term expired, must be active in labor organizations, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending y clerk: item 6. sf 51234 singa, c'mon up. >> good afternoon. my name is kroout singa and i'm interested in becoming the city advisory committee in the renter seat. i have been on the cac for the last 2 years and also served as the vice-chair an

california, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending city clerk: sf 31234 1234 >>supervisor norman yee: ms. yee, you are here. you have not been here for a while. you can make a comment. >> no comment. i have done it for 2 years. i think it's a reappointment. >>supervisor norman yee: can you tell me what you have done? >> i have been the board of san francisco health plan and learning what the system is all about. the second year you are trying to help make decisions. now that i pretty much acclimated to the system, hopefully the next two 2 years will be beneficial in being a board member and commenting and recommending ideas to the san francisco health plan. i have to commend the staff for all the hard work that they do. we share a common goal by taking care of the low income population. i think this is beneficial for both. >>supervisor norman yee: have you thought about as you move on to your next term, the things you would like to pursue? >> i always follow the footsteps of what the ceo provides. i follow what they recommend. if there is anything that is above and beyond or doesn't

i am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing this meeting. i'm joined by supervisor campos and katie tang. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv jennifer low and ross. who record the meetings and make the transcripts available online. madam clerk, are there any announcements. >> please submit speaker cards to the clerk. items will be on the march agenda unless otherwise stated. >> >>supervisor norman yee: madam clerk please call item no. 1. city clerk: item 1: 130401: health code - hazardous materials]1304011.ordinance amending the health code to require electronic applications for registration of hazardous materials and for underground storage tanks be filed through the california environmental reporting system, to eliminate the requirement that registration of hazardous materials plans include a program for reduction of hazardous materials, and to provide for fee adjustment; and making environmental findings. city clerk: sf 11234 >>supervisor norman yee: i believe cindy from the department of public health is here to pr

supervisor norman yee, police chief greg suhr, and san francisco unified school district superintendentunce a new student crossing guard program this morning at 8-20.at commodore sloat elementary school. i sent is created for dogs. it's basically an automatic such toys. it comes with three tennis balls that automatically shootout. there are buttons on the side that which you choose to distance. the ball shoot. 30 ft. is the highest setting. it could be a fun toy for n owner and had to play together or an owner can try to train a dog to bring it back. kind of neat idea. when the device is turned on its in standby mode waiting for the dog or person to drop the ball and of phone. or to be plugged into the wall. i think this gadget is a neat idea. i know have a dog so i loaned it to three different dog owners. it would be really hard to train your dog to drop into a funnel. maybe this is a toy for a smaller box 3-inch device is on the market now. it find it online for $100. >>: 624 right now and it was the biggest award tonight in hollywood. we're talking oscars and joining us live as kevin

are not being used and [speaker not understood] dialogued with on the proposal from supervisor norman yee on the creation of the new advisory group. thank you. >> this is on the pedestrian safety awareness campaign? okay, great. we will let supervisor yee's office know that feedback. thank you, mr. lowell. >>> good afternoon, ken stall, and i represent district 6 on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. and while it's great to spend money on big projects, help beautify and make san francisco appealing to tourists and big businesses, public safety and pedestrian safety should be the number one priority in which this money should be used. and failure is not an option here. to me lives are at stake and it's time to use our money to [speaker not understood] residents, businesses and workers. if people don't feel safe in san francisco, nobody will want to spend any time here. so, let's make pedestrian safety san francisco's number one priority now and forever. so, thank you. >> thank you, mr. stall. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for hosting this hearing. my name is nicole snyd

are joined today by supervisors eric mar who is the vice chair of the committee and supervisor norman yee, the clerk is derek evanand we want to thank the district attorney, and sfgtv who are covering the meeting today. and that is jim smith, and jessiy larson. >> be sh you are to silence all cell phone and devices and cards should be submitted to the clerk and the items acted upon today will be provided on march 18th agenda. >> the hearing of the regulatory status of the private transportation networks and their role in meeting staoet's transportation goelts. >> this is an item that has been introduced by supervisor mar and i want to thank him for bringing this forward on a very important topic that i know that there is a lot of interest in this topic from the people throughout the city, and certainly in my district and so with that, i will turn it over to supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar? >> thank you, chair campos and i know that for much of this meeting that the key concern is pedestrian and street safety, and this item is a key part of making sure that there are strong policies in o

are joined today by supervisors eric mar who is the vice chair of the committee and supervisor norman yee, the clerk is derek evanand we want to thank the district attorney, and sfgtv who are covering the meeting today. and that is jim smith, and jessiy larson. >> be sh you are to silence all cell phone and devices and cardsh

are joined today by supervisors eric mar who is the vice chair of the committee and supervisor norman yeee want to thank the district attorney, and sfgtv who are covering the meeting today. and that is jim

safety committee my name is david campos and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined by norman yee and vice chair eric mar is in route. i would like to thank the clerk of the committee derek evans and sfgtv staff who are covering the meeting today, jim smith and john ross, mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> thank you, mr. chair, please be sure to silence all cell phones and devices, copies should be submitted to the clerk, items acted upon today will appear on the april first agenda unless otherwise stated. >> call item one. >> item one is a hearing requesting presentations for member of the long term care integration design group and the department of aging and adult services on the long term care integration strategic plan and the report to process of the developing of the plan and the challenges objectives and recommendations. >> this has been called by supervisor yee and so i will turn it over to supervisor yee. >> thank you, chair campos. >> good morning, the development and the implementation of california's coordinated care initiative, the state has begun the proces

katy tang, norman yee and [speaker not understood]. i come to you as an applicant to be reappointed to seat number 4, representing seniors and disability organizations, as i do have contextual experience in that as i sustained my disability from terminal brain injury from a collision, a pedestrian collision here in san francisco on march 23rd, 2001, which my anniversary is in three days from now, of 13 years. appointed to psac, i was in 2006, and i transitioned over to seat number 4 in 2010 as i had contextual awareness to incorporate the needs of seniors and people with disabilities and the dynamics of pedestrian safety. i do see the immediate need of the city and the state of california to work together on legislation to change the timing, the default timing on pedestrian signals, and to also address a component which came forward to you, and it was approved, a pedestrian safety strategy. it was based on police collision data from traffic collision form 555. i mentioned this to you on january 16th at the public comment hearing. it do

>> >>supervisor norman yee: thank you superintendant carranza for your presentation. well, maybe some of the older folks know that i have been involved with this whether it's a children's fund or renewal and somewhere along the line i have been involved and i have seen the evolution of these funds and what this has brought us. and because i have seen it, i also see the possibilities in terms of how we can improve. so, the groups that have been discussing this, not only with ococ but the community groups and c pack and so forth and other groups that may have discussed this, i really appreciate it because every effort that i have heard and seen benefits this whole properties. sometimes it seems unconnected but people say, what is the connection here? yet, when i listen to each presentation i say well, it's all connected one way or another. i really appreciate this whole idea of alignment coordination and shared goals. it's something that eye -- i have been thinking about for years and i appreciate supervisor breed's comments about who are we targeting, how can we levera

we are joined today by supervisor norman yee and the supervisor eric mar is in route and will be here shortly. the clerk of the committee is derek evans and we also want to thank the following members of sfgov-tv staff who are covering the meeting today. bill dylan and mark bunch. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> thank you, mr. chair. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included in the legislative file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 25th, 2014 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. if you can please call the one item that we have on the agenda today. >> the item is the resolution urging state community college chancellor brice harris to restore the voice of san francisco voters and bring democratic decision-making, transparency, and public accountability back to city college of san francisco by restoring the duly elected board of trustees. >> thank you very much. i want to begin by thanking the communi

colleague, john avalos, and i'm happy it's john avalos day today, and he joins the over 50 club that norman yee has been in for quite a few years. and i joined quite a while ago, but i'm not going to tell you how long ago. but it's nice to have a third colleague in the over 30 club. but i wanted to say, too, that to avalos, i think 50 is the new 30, but i would ask you not to follow jeraldo rivera's lead in taking selfies of yourself. [laughter] >> [speaker not understood] our colleague, john avalos. and i'll explain them in a minute. i think some in the crowd celebrating john's byerthctiontion day last night were calling him the latino george clooney ~. the latino george clooney, the actor, right. i think that is at the national level i see -- i think that's an insult to our colleague supervisor avalos because i think his leadership with local progress at the national level with city council people and county supervisors and local leaders is tremendous. he's acknowledged from all the cities around the country as an amazing, amazing leader who builds policy from the grassroots and from the bott

is back in place thanks to triple a and the support of former crossing guards like sf supervisor norman yeeand police chief. . >> i remember growing up, we didn't get a sign. sometimes, you had to use your arm. but it worked we used to take pride in a school when there are no traffic collisions for the year. >> the crossing guards serve two purposes to get classmates to school and promote pedestrian safety. two more schools will ghin a few weeks. >> as drought continues some farmers turning to an old way to find water. however, abc7 news talked with a water wizard who says his phone has been ringing off the hook. >> which direction does water flow? >> for someone not in arming they probably think he's crayedy. he helped mark lindavi locate a spot to drill a well. >> he's triing to find water, talking to his rods. okay. it's strange. >> he was a skeptic. but he trusts his friends water. >> it's gotten busy. >> he is best known as a wine maker. with reservoirs at lows prorlt owners trying to tap other sources. >> i got a letter for a property said you're getting half that you normally get. so

the event will be kicked off by greg suhr, norman yee and richard karanza.he police chief and supervisor yee say they were both crossing guards growing up. supervisor yee says he hopes the program expands to all of the schools in the district. as we take it back out here live, for now, commodore sloat and two other schools in district 7 will kick off the programs in the coming weeks. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 7:39. a second fire in less than four months at a home near san leandro is being investigated this morning. the latest fire began about 5:00 yesterday morning on altamont road near san leandro. firefighters say no one was living in the house but neighbors have been parking their cars there so the house would not look vacant. neighbors say that fire was huge and hard to get to because the house is built into a hill. >> the whole roof was on fire by the time they got the -- they got done putting it out. it started coming out of the window to the whole house was engulfed in flames. >> this is the same house tha

>>supervisor norman yee/signs and cops won't do it, kids can help adults act better. >> reporter:officialsat the program helps with developing leadership skills >> i want to help my fellow students. >> reporter:25 students are participating at commordore sloat - the first school to participate in the program. one parent who's child is a new guard is thrilled. >> i am very proud that my child is involved >> reporter:san francisco police chief greg suhr was once a crossing guard, he acknowleged that sf is having a challenging time dealing with pedestrian safety but says that kids could be a part of the solution. >>it may sound counter intutive, but these kids could really make a difference. >> this is greed ground breaking. >> reporter:two paid adults will be on hand to help supervise. the program will start at two other schools soon. if funding can be secured - officials hope they can expand the program. >> catherine: a show of support for ukraine: secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive in the capital city, kiev, within hours. his visit comes as russian troops tighten their grip on

supervisor norman yee, police chief greg suhr, and san francisco unified school district superintendent will announce a new story across in our program this morning at 8:20 a.m.. >> aside large heritage oak trees are estimated to be around 150 years old and will be cut down today in windsor. the trees are being removed to make way for bail the village, a mixed use project of residential and commercial space. >> >> another major winter storm is creating problems across the country. the national weather service issued warnings, watches and advisories for as many as 106 million people. karen maginnis has the story. >> there were several vehicles who were caught in crashes and due to the slick conditions. >> everything was fine. we were not going that fast. then everything just went out of control. >> some were able to have fun, there was an nhl game played outside in chicago. more than 60,000 fans came out with a blistering wins to watch the home team win 5-1. >> it is not snow, but rain is causing havoc. high winds today went to these powerful waves. this water sold to the inside of this

because those dogs are manny mow and jack now i know it shares a interest with supervisor yee maybe we can name it norman. next up our administrator naomi kelly (clapping.) happy valentine's day everyone. all right. u love elementary school who let the dogs out >> we did, we did. >> i just want to thank the men and women of dpw especially the theme cert and the automotive painter they are the teams that worked on the recession project and poured a lot of love does he sparklin sparkling? it is a great landmark this doggie diner head was the advertisement forbidding for the doggie diner recuperate a block away and now it's a city incongruous people get to enjoy this and people visiting the san francisco zoo we get to all enjoy this beautiful doggie diner head with a new fresh coat of painted we have a lot to celebrate today. thank you (clapping.) so naomi was talking about and the mayor ed lee and supervisor yee now to get some real background on the doggie diner head we'll bring up ms. scott >> hi, i'm a neighborhood resident and co-founder of the ocean beach historical society ordered in 1999, to help sm

i am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing this meeting. i'm joined by supervisor campos and katie tang. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv jennifer low and ross. who record the meetings and make the transcripts available online. madam clerk, are there any announcements. >> please submit speaker cards to the clerk. items will be on the march agenda unless otherwise stated. >>