even though you are younger than i am you have you have been a mentor to me on the board we don't always agree on thing but you have always been there everyday i needed help, advise and there have been times when we disagreed and i remember after the nudity hearing and committee when someone announced that we were a block and they agree on he have gone and that might be true for me and carmen i think we good agree on a lot of stuff but sean and i have disagreements they are always lopsided votes and there was the dogs in the golden gate area and we had a spirited debate about that and then there was the only time that i have been at the losing end of a ten to when vote was a routine procedural vote to split the file on prop d that time and sean was a little i couldn't remembery with me that day because it was a final significant to pull out a cell phone appeal from our strict and that appeal came up and low and behold it got scheduled on sean's birth day and he was grumpy with me and we tosselled over that and i loss ten to one and so whether we are on the same side or are having

on the board since 2002. i want to continue my public service i have been involved with the glbt and chinese community. i want to continue public service and hope to continue my service on the board. i am seeking one of the two vacancies, seat 2 and 5. either one of those. >> i want to clarify again, although this is already in your record, but for the sake of the public that you have a minimum five years professional experience in the state and one of the areas listed as an area of expertise. >>yes, i've sat in board 1 and 2, and hearing officer during the nine years i was on board 2. >> thank you so much, seeing no questions from board members, we will hear next from mr. mark watts. thank you mr. tham. >> good afternoon my name is mark watts. i have an alternate member of the board. i have served in this position for the last two years. i have heard -- whether a single-family residence or complicated commercial property the principles remain the same. this is also what i do for a living. i have more than 20

on our board we have a cross-section from retail and hotels and businesses in the area, who give their time over and over and over again, for one purpose only. to see what we can do to improve the situation in the union square area. it works very well. we have a good organization. i think we have two employees and i'm not sure if the corporation cease to exist that the work of these two employees would be just absorbed. you would have to probably have two other employees anyways. but i think we have done a great job. and i hope that we're able to continue. thank you. >> thank you. >> hi. my name is hagan choi, the president of the garage madame chair and supervisor avalos, we are representing the cross-section of the people and this board has excellent communication with san francisco municipal transportation agency. so like rate changes happen among the merchants and since we're the members of the small business, we're also members of the neighborhood. and we're working through our network with japan town task force, japan better neighborhood association. our board members are volunte

we've got a bunch on board. >> come on, reba. don? how's the classifying going? >> great, but i'm trying to think of a brand-new classification. i've got thumping tails, fast runners. >> ok, "a" to "z" dinosaurs! i thought you'd like to know that we've already got our letter "t" on board. "t" is for tyrannosaurus. it's buddy! >> rawk! >> hey. i just thought of my brand-new classification--all dinosaurs who are my brother--buddy! >> let's sing the "a" to "z" song. stegosaurus, ready to pound out a beat? hooting hadrosaurs, ready to do some hooting? >> hoot! >> let's start from the letter "k"! >> hoot! >> ♪ "k"... >> kentrosaurus >> "l"... >> lambeosaurus >> "m"... >> megalosaurus >> "n"... >> nodosaurus >> "o"... >> ornithomimus >> "p" >> parasaurolophus >> "q"... >> qantassaurus >> "r"... >> rhabdodon >> "s"... >> stegosaurus >> "t"... >> tyrannosaurus >> what time is it? >> time for the chorus >> hey, hey, hey come along with me >> choo choo choo choo >> this is how we memorize dinosaurs "a" to "z" ♪ >> hi, there. i'm dr. scott

i have sat on the san francisco association of realtors arbitration board. i have chaired the forms committee for the san francisco association of realtors, the education committee and on the california association of realtors form and education committees. i work with vanguard properties, risk assessment. i reviewed the files. i have a special hand as assistant legal counsel, i have a special interest in the city of san francisco how we live, and living efficiently. i met my wife at the ymca. i sat on the board of the san francisco child abuse prevention center for six years, and helped last year to find a home for the child advocacy center in bayview. we are excited about that. we have a real feel for san francisco. i have a new perspective as again a renter. the question posed to all of us, in needs an amendment. have gone through this process with the home i no longer own. it's been more than three years when i wrote a check for $70 for an appeal. the check was cashed the next day. yesterday i received a refund, not the whole $70. from my understanding mo

serve on this board with all of the san franciscan and is we don't always agree on everything but we do have one thing in common we want san francisco to educate to house and to take care of it's own no matter what side of the aisle no matter what your social economic increase level, it's always san francisco first with him and i think that is really whats important. that is one thing that i take away with my service with him is he has always offered to advise either whether it was unsolicited i has always overed advise even when it was unsolicited and it has been very interesting too to observe him and how he waved his irish cult tram pride into everything that he does and he certainly does in my eyes and planted a seed of interest i look forward on the next trip to ireland -- hint hint whoever is organizing that and it has also been very beautiful to watch his relationship with his wife jennifer johnson grow it's been a privilege watch but i didn't watch michael be conceived but i did watch him grow but to know that they were two separate entities that came to be and i think the ro

things, you take for granted and so i want to thank sean and kristine efor your service being on the board of supervisors is like being on the game show survivors very very serious even when i was on here and for those of you inspiring to go on the legislature, i think he will agree it's a team sport, it's not person anymore and we get to work on bigger issues for the state but if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere and i know each of you perpetrationly and each of you -- for your friendship, for all of your leadership and i looked forward to working with you and now i have that i have some more time, you can call me to volunteer. thank you. . >> thank you and congratulations. our next accommodation today will be provided by our district seven colleague supervisor elsburnd. >> thank you mr. president i would like to invite joe did you havey and anyone else who's here to come on up. 2012 was a big year in san francisco in athletics and our second world champ i don't mean ship in the last 12 years and 49ers returning and even our lawyers warriors went on some of the pest -- what w

us who get to this point and normally you go through a campaign process before you get to serve on a board and that has it's own challenges but i think being pointed and having it's own set of challenges that very few people have experienced. and i want to say that the one thing that stood out for me was just the very honest way in which you handled yourself and the integrity with which you approach the job and one of the things that i certainly appreciated was the fact that you brought your own perspective as a woman, as a person of color but also as someone who grew up in a very poor background and it was very clear to me, that as you were thinking and analyzing the many issues that came our way, that your person experience and perspective was reflected in what you did and i really appreciated that and i also appreciated the way in which you handle a very tough set of vote and situations and whether you agreed or disagreed with you i always respected where you werecosm coming from and the thing about these jobs is that we are not in them for very long. and i think that whatever -- i thin

about a six -years-old in a body of a 36 wraryld and people would say you are too young to serve on the board of supervisors and i would say i'm almost the age of sean he else bunches but i am i have to say i have an incredible amount of respect for you on the board of supervisors not only are you incredible intelligent but prepared and knowledgeable and everyone here appreciates and demise your passion around a number of issues here in san francisco whether it was a pension a healthcare reform or whether it was planning. and i sat in on a counsel meeting one day on an item being held at the committee and the meeting was going long and we were going into public comment and one of your staff members came in and brought in the book from the e i r and you flipped to one of the pangs and start reading and i thought wow you are actually reading the entire e i r because i think most of us skim through the e i r's and skim through and but i doubt that most of us go through the e i r's and you turned to me and said, this is actually my third time reading it. that was a standard you set a bar for me w

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board of supervisors. over the past two years that i have been on the board i have seen president chiu - we don't agree on everything - and we have had significant disagreements, president chiu has done extraordinary job putting his own opinions aside and being a fair president of the board. and someone who has done an exemplary job. i will be supporting president chiu today. >> supervisor avalos. >> supervisor avalos: i'm standing in support for the nomination of jane kim. we have not had a woman serve as board president for many years and the time has come. i also feel that it is generally in good faith that we have turnover in the board presidency; we have had many people who can show leadership and can do the work of working with each other, making legislation stronger, better, making sure that we can build coalitions. i have been impressed with jane kim and her work on the board. she came in at a challenging time and showed great independence and puts her mind, body and soul to her work. the way she speaks with her heart and represents people in her district informs colleagues about what she's thinkin

late last month, the bill to get conservatives on board with his plan b to avoid the fiscal cliff failed. he lost fans on both sides of the aisle after not allowing a vote on the super storm sandy aid package. >> the rug was pulled out from under us. it is indefensible. >> republican leadership has turned their backs on new yorkers. >> john boehner has caved and said the house will vote tomorrow for the affected region. >> d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is taking to the house floor today to demand that the house restore d.c. pause right to vote in the committee of the whole. the new rule denied the district that the vote even though eleanor holmes norton said she sent a letter to house speaker john boehner asking to be included. >> there is growing opposition to an unpopular decision at the university of virginia. arlington county senator says that reinstating the rector is the wrong move. she was a member of the board of visitors during the failed attempt to oust the university president. >> federal officials have unveiled the results of a major operation that identified and r

as well as the new members on the board. it really frames who we are as a people, as the city and as a country. we stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us. i would not be here if it were not for president abraham lincoln who demonstrated outstanding leadership. put his own political career on the line; by signing the emancipation proclamation. 120 years ago. leadership - does not belong to one gender. does not belong to one class. does not belong to one race. leadership -- lives and breathes inside all of us. whether you're a member of the clergy, labor, and advocate, nonprofit organization, staff, we are all leaders and we have a social responsibility to each other. to live together peacefully, to ensure that in a democratic society that we are living and honoring our democratic principles. to be fair to all persons. all ethnicities, all sexual orientations, and religions. an african-american, a woman. don't lose sight of the purpose of the conversation today. today jane and i want to make a statement that of

the ceremony set the stage for a vote on board president to serve for the next two years. >> i would ke to nominate supervisor kim, also a tenacious, strong vibrant woman of color. >> not having had a woman lead the board i would like to put forth malia today. >> malia and kim nominated each other against incumbent president chu a chinese american. it quickly became clear neither woman could muster the vote needed to take the spot. a unanimous vote gave chu an unprecedented third vote as president. >>> there were tears and prayers in oakland as friends and family mourned the death of a 14-year-old boy. he is oakland's first homicide victim this year. he was shot and kill -- and killed while sitting in a car. those who knew the teen remembered him as a player at skyline high school. one woman who attended the vigil said she hopes that people saw the grief and recognize that all the violence needs to stop. >>> victims from a mass shooting in tucson arizona are also being remembered today. two years later that massacre is at the middle of a gun control debate. >> reporter: bells for the

the ceremony set the stage for a vote on board president to serve for the next two years. >> i would o a tenacious, strong vibrant woman of color. >> not having had a woman lead the board i would like to put forth malia today. >> malia and kim nominated each other against incumbent president chu a chinese american. it quickly became clear neither woman could muster the vote needed to take the spot. a unanimous vote gave chu an unprecedented third vote as president. >>> there were tears and prayers in oakland as friends and family mourned the death of a 14-year-old boy. he is oakland's first homicide victim this year. he was shot and kill -- and killed while sitting in a car. those who knew the teen remembered him as a player at skyline high school. one woman who attended the vigil said she hopes that people saw the grief and recognize that all the violence needs to stop. >>> victims from a mass shooting in tucson arizona are also being remembered today. two years later that massacre is at the middle of a gun control debate. >> reporter: bells for the victims of the tucson shooting two

more than 330 people on board. >> you know, just doing my usual morning routine sipping coffee when there was a tremendous impact. and my head just slammed into the seat in front of me. >> everybody was on the back of the boat. people lined up on the stairs and they were thrown forward and people who were standing in the standing areas around the bar area where they serve breakfast. those people got thrown around. a lot of them got badly hurt. >> one passenger said it was like being in a car crash and he tweeted a photo showing a broken window on board. teens checking the inside of that ferry. inspectors say they were checking for more signs of damage and outside you can see what the collision to one of the cat that rans haul's. the company that owns the ship confirms workers recently changed the propulsion system. >> i was talking to one of the employees and he was telling me that none of these guys like this boat. the captains because it has something different. it's not yet propelled or something as he said that literally the front of the boat hits. >> shepard: that woman says she hear

so i thank everybody for this. >> on behalf of the board of directors -- [ applause ] >> on behalf of the board of directors and the entire sfmta and the people of san francisco, thank you for your outstanding work and i'm glad that you brought so many of your fellow workers here. thank you for the great work that you do all the time for us. [ applause ] >> next is taxiety services division. he started as a volunteer clerk with the division, just after graduating from uc davis. when he began working for the sfmta, taxi services was not able to hire additional staff, because of budgetary considerations. so he stayed on as a volunteer. for two years he paid his own way on bart, commuting from union city. quite an achievement. at the time taxi services was at about 50% staffing levels and so he quickly branched out to help cover multiple facets of our operation, including customer service window, financial accounting, budgeting, driving training, supervising internals, lost and found, website developments and complaints. i'm tired just reading all of the things he has done. i year and a

everyone on board the vessel is safe. and traffic continued to flow. ill both the coast guard with more on what happened. is a vital link for forjust minutes after bay bridge tower number 6 was struck, caltrans dispatched the protective fender that surrounds the tower at the the very first thing our inspectors look for when safe. the initial investigation should that the fender took the brunt of the allusion and preformed as it was designed. about 30 feet of the fender has been damaged and will need to be replaced. it was damaged in a way that it was supposed damage to the bay bridge as a result of this allusion. so there will be no repair work done to the bay bridge the fender system. be checking the systems designed to prevent ships from hitting the towers. there are a number of measures on in place on the bay bridge to protect it during fog. from fog lights to signs to other different indication that any of those preforming. and we are investigating that now. of course there are for large vessels like the one in todays crash. to arrow. instead it vee