forever and ever ever, ever, ever more i want to fix the stony end and fix it up ♪ i see president peskinr there. ♪ welcome back let there be you let there be me let there be swimming in the ocean and historic sea but there be birds flying high with the dove let there be historic love the call the president flipper swimming in the bay won't you reserve it all for him and me flipper lives in a world full of laughter slowing in the ocean ♪ supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. paulson. mr. wong? >> howard wong. i do not sing, but i did stand on the opera house stage, when i replace the wooden stage floor. that was interesting. i am here to support architectural heritage i's and e hpc's recommendations regarding articles 10 and 11. as an architect, i have worked on shopping centers, hotels, commercial and institutional buildings, as well as renovations and historic preservation. for many of these projects or all of these projects, there are many codes that apply universally to all projects -- building codes, zoning codes, ada, fire and life safety, engineering, energy air and leed guidelines, gr

you look at the overall changes that have taken place in the taxi business sense gavin newsom, and peskin got into a feud and put the mta in charge of the taxi business, the rules are changing so fast, most drivers do not know what is going on. you have ataxia by azeri group that does not pay any attention to any thing because they have no power whatsoever. you make rules sitting back here in the back office that no one sees. you have got to stop that. if you look at the increases and i have looked at piles of them, the phase in the taxi business, we have fees that have grown up 800% since to have taken over. we see fees now that we never saw before. that just popped up out of nowhere. the actual cost to a driver and keep this in mind is running his cab as a business, it is a small business? i hear rumors that you want to give medallions to taxi companies? keep in mind [unintelligible] because of the corruption in the taxi business when medallions were controlled by firms and not drivers. thank you for your time. president nolan: anyone else care to address the board backs seeing none --

peskin and honorable the politics that caused that. as the man said earlier, note taxi driver in the city and county, unlike you sitting on this board, has pension, medical, grievance, has dental, day off with pay, zero, and you had better start looking at that. thank you for your time. president chiu: public comment is an opportunity to address the board on the items of interest to the public. i want to make that clear. next speaker, please. >> my name is mary walker and i am here to be on record as being able to hear the voice of the rife -- wife of sheriff mirkarimi. it is so fair that laws have turned around -- and fear that laws have turned around and victimize the victims. something is quite wrong where she is not allowed to speak or be able to make a choice. we have conservatives were trying to stop us as women to not able to have choice -- traces made which they think are considered violent when we choose to either have an abortion or not have one. the victims' rights against violence against women turns around and takes the ri