the fact is we have to provide the benefits for more providers, and the providers we currently have under our employment provides the public authority are now working more hours, which now allows them to qualify for benefits with which they're definitely taking access to. those are really the cost drivers for this. >> i think we're seeing the trend and the population of san francisco as people age. more and more seniors are using these services. supervisor chu: in terms of the programs we have with the ihss, we had the consortium and the public authority. >> yes, we're one of five counties that provides two different modes of service in ihss. we have the consortium, which is the contract no. this serves the most difficult for the most needy clients that need more intensive services, more one-on-one services. the majority of the seniors, as they are functioning pretty well in their homes, can avail themselves to the public authority mode. the public of the remote is probably the most cost- efficient. that is why we have 85% of the case load under the public authority mode. >> and do we see

if they do not provide that, that is a threat to the benefits employers do provide. we struggle to obtain and retain. this lapel -- will pull represents a standing threat to benefits provided by other employees. i support supervisor campos' amendment. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am here on behalf of health active california. we're an advocacy organization. first, i would like to thank the board for your commitment to providing meaningful access to health care to all who work and live in san francisco. since the passage of the health care security ordinance, we recognize san francisco as a leader in health care reform. we hope you will continue to live up -- we hope you will continue to live up to the promise of providing meaningful access to care. as i was drafting my statement, i could not help but think, why is this a debate? workers collect between $1,400 up to $4,000 in the accounts. anyone who has had an emergency or chronic illness knows that is not enough money for long-term health issues. workers are one medical em

i wonder is this an opportunity to provide input, or is this something you would like to see or think about, but not of kuwait -- not a point to provide input. >> we have been meeting on this for four months. there has been protraction on all of these things. we have been sensitive about everybody wants to contribute. if we want to put it in another section, that would be a different thing. we would have meetings going back again with folks that like it as it is. if we are missing something, we can add things, but if we are going to change something, we will have to go back. there has been a lot of thought along the way. i know he has really driven this project. >> i just wanted to note there reason it is on for discussion and not action is the charter requires 10 days of notice, so in order to meet the notice requirement, we put it on for discussion for a future meeting, which we assumed was going to be december 28, but it is on for an end now discussion today. >> i think is important to get a commission decided to have the vote at the meeting, because it was the largest meeting were

i would be glad to provide a list, and i would be glad to provide the revenues that we get from the extension fees, but the extension fees just keep the permit alive. it does not pay for the work that was anticipated originally. >> in the words of mr. commissioner lee, at least the level of information should be provided to us so that we are not talking globally in a way that we can now get into the specifics. >> i would be glad to. it is the. it is very deep in terms of the statistics. -- it is deep. we need to make sure we do not get into a situation like we have been in, which is having money if the economy stalls or if we have a major occurrence. . >> i understand that, but if we could at least make a reference to understand where we're headed. i want to reiterate the comptroller's office does look at all that we do, and they are annualizing -- analyzing the whole information for deferred credit. faugh to go right to have a question. -- >> if i do have a question. should we be encouraging them to do their billing faster, or is this standard procedure? >> it is standard. when you are non-p

when we buy services -- services to provide health care, to provide water, to provide cafeteria servicesto build buildings, those are service contractors. host: and according to your commission, the defense department in march, 2011, had 207,000 defense department contractors, state department had 19,000 contractors, usaid had thousands of contractors. -- 35,000 contractors. 99,000 troops. 48% of the d.o.d. work force was contractors. guest: right. this is the challenge. we weren't prepared to go to war in iraq and afghanistan with contractors. we didn't have the proper mechanism within the government. we didn't have the proper oversight. we didn't have the proper planning. and that was alarming. what's even more alarming is we can't go to war without contractors. now, this whole beginning part has been a little negative on them. i mean, they do fabulous work. they can be less expensive because we can use them when we need them and not pay for them when we don't need them. so this is not a criticism of contractors. it's a criticism of bad contracting and bad oversight by the government.

there will be providing repairs to bicyclist in the area. another is an arts in residence kiosk and we're talking to hospitality house or intersection for the arts to use that space for and our purpose. the central market arts festival. we have a website, central- market.org where we have updated information and where we include meeting minutes, agendas, and so forth. we also have a facebook page and a twitter account where we provide immediate information to the public. actively using social networking to communicate information to the community. we have also had several advertising campaigns for central market. basically organizing a merchants to contribute to a cooperative advertising campaign at no cost but it is a great way to brand the neighborhood and encourage merchants to contribute to cooperative efforts. we have also sponsored neighborhood banners and also we sent out the monthly newsletter. they are whole aspect of our marketing and branding efforts. the banner for central market which was a project of the art institute's which w

we can provide co-compliant buildings which provide the right exposure. 60% of the units do not have proper exposure, but try to rely on an inner courtyard. we have seen in a number of examples in this area other architects have tried to use buildings in a manner that produced no were the buildings, including historic preservation buildings. would you mind not speaking? i am speaking. onward. we have really very good examples of buildings on similarly large lots, adaptive reuse buildings, which have done very well. however, they do not put a people factor in. i am going to use a word which was not used at all in your presentation. the architectural transformations of the building are basically non-recognizable. the building, when it is finished, on the outside will not be much different than what it is now. it is basically a building with too many people in it, 20 pounds in a 5 pound bag. i am very upset the project was brought forward in the manner it is. it lacks the proper discussion and representation. thirdly, the recommendations by staff are contradictory on their own. they mak

maybe religious counseling, whatever type of counseling is provided, or a place that provides medical facilities. i really for -- hope you will support this legislation. thank you. >> good morning. my name is dr. suzanne good men. i'm a family physician and a clinical professor here at ucsf. i camera we work with adolescents and young adults dealing with pregnancy care, abortion, contraception and preventative services. earlier this month i presented to the american academy of physicians. i wanted to present the decision been reached regarding crisis pregnancy centers. result that the american academy of family physicians urges local governments in states to support only the programs that provide medical-accurate information to women facing unintended pregnancies and forcing connection loss. i fully agree with the statement have many -- and have had many patients over the years report deceptive counseling causing significant delays unnecessary care and having impact on child care, transportation, air arrangements, cost and safety of outcome. i urge you to vote yes on this ordinance. s

we provide car washing and steam cleaning of the sidewalks and other spaces. in 2010, the clean team remove 337 nails that were found -- removed 337 needles that were found. they also removed 149 trash receptacles that were overflowing with trash and removed also 1000 instances of graffiti tags, stickers, and flyers that were posted on public and private property. in addition, we also provide the community with a dispatch and call center service similar to a 311 service but specific to the neighborhood. in the instances where someone, whether it is a merchant or a resident needs assistance of the committee guides, they can contact the dispatch and call center number and request service. also if there is an immediate social service need in the neighborhood, the community guide to have been trained by the city's homeless outreach team, and various social service agencies, are trained on how to engage with individuals who are in need and individuals who are homeless in the neighborhood and try to connect them to services in the area. they can also if a merchant o

providers. additional costs are detailed on pages 4 and 5 of our report. the agreement between the dph in san francisco health authority for these services include, it was in 2008. as we state on page 6 of the report, you can see that the request for the proposal is not appropriate for this agreement as they provide third-party administration in a second agreement for the entire health the san francisco program. providing services as an efficient, we agreed that it would be inefficient. as pointed out, this agreement would be retroactive for the reasons stated on pages six and seven of the report. we recommend approval of this resolution. supervisor chu: are there any members of the public that wish to comment on item number four? >> please give to the program. ♪ for your healthy heart for your breath as you grow old you know your health you know is the measurable feeling good is immense so give it dollars and cents do it for your healthy heart and your health the sole and for your blessings you

and also provide a list of benefits to the community stakeholders.at there are endless possibilities for larger corporations and small businesses to provide reciprocal benefits to each other. especially in an area that is rich with community resources and significant challenges. they encouraged and exchange resources and provide significant benefits. i also want to add that i currently served on the mid market had representing an organization that services and small business in the mid market area. there of the larger companies moving into the area. can you talk a little bit about that? >> i would hope to see reciprocal benefits. supervisor kim: to be more specific, you have a good relationship and a strong sense of small businesses in the neighborhood? >> i think the small businesses in the neighborhood are really kind of special and distinct from the small business in other parts of the city because of the challenging landscape. how have a lot of the same concerns -- and there is like a different level of expertise and what their challenges are. yo

for funding sources, as proposed by the port staff, funding for the amended contract will be provided by culmination of the ports 2010 revenue bond proceeds for the fiscal year 2011 for capital projects in the port share proceeds from sale of the watermark condominiums. the availability and use of the watermark condominium proceeds are subject to the release of 17,000,700 $900,635 reserve by the board of supervisors' budget and finance committee. it is anticipated the item will be heard by the board finance committee. in conclusion, for staff request for commission of an approval to the construction manager, general contractor contract, with turner construction company to provide funding for the subcontractor bid package for structural steel subject to city certification of the final eir, approval undersea sequa. >> so moved. >> second. >>commissioner woo ho: when you mentioned under option 2, how much money would be expended? you mentioned you could cancel at so -- as some point, but how much money would have been invested? to go i do not have the table, but i think the last part wou

she said cities have the capability of providing something for everybody only because and only when they are created by everybody. care this is the principle that will guide the burning man project. working with the city of san francisco, we can do many things. you have noticed all of the vacant shop fronts along market street, i am sure. we can begin to change this. pardon me? anyway, we can change this by making it easier for artists to occupy. working with our sister organization, we can install public artworks. if you look behind you, you will see two of them freshly installed. we can also do what all of us are doing here today. it can mean celebrations. we certainly know how to do that. we can do more. everyone of you here can participate. let's broaden the scope and think about more than just market street. after all, cities have the capability of providing something for everybody when they are created by everybody. let's look beyond the central market corridor and the neighborhood, the community that already lives here. if you go down to the project office, you will see the gatewa

we provide research incentives. 's assertive weighing the, the return to income earned from research undertaken in the united states is supposed to research undertaken abroad would be a fat here. when we look at territorial systems, what does it say about location or some investments as opposed to a broad. one feature materials toward a system of the dividend exemption system so that income earned abroad would only be taxed at whatever rate the foreign country has brat. if we lower our domestic rate ml at their countries under a tarot trail system >> is a net is that fact that none of buyers have a complete trade exemption? >> typically there is 95% egyptian. >> is very particular country you would point to where you think the model has sort of struck by balance? >> i think there is a number of interesting features policy decisions for the members to consider from a number of different countries. >> could you perhaps share with us. i think it would be great if you and your terrific staff could present us with a sens

it provides social service money to provide an on-site community center. case workers worked in the developments day today and wake up every day and think about the need for those residents and then work differently in a way with those families. they also partner with the consolation of schools. the thing that is exciting is that it really comes at a time when the district has already been focused on the school transformation through the superintendent zone under the leadership of the doctor and the superintendent himself. there was some core work that was happening to address the historic inequities in the bayview. the district has been focused on release supporting and developing the teachers as the change agents in the school. some principals now a seat -- receive coaching and extra support. there are some financial incentives for the principles that take on what can be challenging schools. this builds on what is working on the ground and adopting and implementing standardized curriculum. providing extra professional development. this is because of the

provides. and they provide more training than in the categories but for the purposes of the shelter monitoring committee, we focus on these 10 categories. which include prevention precaution training, hand washing, and communicable disease prevention, proper food handling, emergency procedures, including but not limited to c.p.r., intervention and harm reduction training, interaction with clients who suffer from mental illness, requirements under the a.d.a., the shelter training manual and culture community. and those are the areas that we focus on. >> so currently the department of -- currently the department of public health will deal with the shelter programs developing training modules that focus on the fire trainings and we're working with half to identify and to make it helpful for shelters to access the information and to utilize the trainings.

we knew we needed to provide these anyway. what we needed to do is see what level we needed to provide to the people and customers. we have an issue where it says one thing -- it is not contradictory, but the screen that says that you do not need to pull a ticket for this instance, but we need to make sure we have it somewhere that is not just on the q-matics screen. the idea is when this rules out we can be successful, and that everyone it looks -- that everyone looks good. there are many things that need to be done. this will take a while. we're hoping that we get more people that are willing to spend an extra five minutes to go through and start from the beginning to pick their tickets up and go through the process. >> commissioners. >> questions about our reatreaco the testers. what do we tell these people? what is the intent or benefit? to go the first thing i wanted to do was to make sure that they understood that they are testing the routing system, and that we wanted their input and suggestions. we have on lonly gone t

dph, jcpp, and jpf me monthly with all of our providers. it allows us to see whether the expectations, requirements, and policies are actually aligned with what our front line workers are doing. there's a continuous feedback loop, which is very helpful. supervisor campos: if i may say -- and we have a lot of other things to cover, but i simply want to say that i look forward to continuing to work with all departments. i think it is one of the things that we should do, and we're trying to set up a community meeting in the next few days, and we want to make sure that others in the community know what we're doing. what i have heard from many folks in my neighborhood is we hear what is happening from reading the chronicle or the examiner, and it is always on something that happens, but there's not enough information about all the positive things and pro-active things that are being done. i think we can all play a role in making that happen. thank you again, and i look forward to continuing to work with you. supervisor mirkarimi: if it is ok, wh

provides.during the most recent -- there was a statistic cite d in the shelter monitoring committee report's about tokens not being available and i remember that day when they visited because the person usually visits glide twice a day because we have two shift. she got the flu in the afternoon and came back another day. we had a substitute reservation clerk because one of our reservation clerks was ill and also h.s.a. was the person we contact there was ill and that was a statistical anomaly. and h.s.a. is very accommodating and if we get near running out of tokens, we send staff to the site with tokens or pick them up at meetings. so i can speak for glide it that's very, very rare when tokens are unavailable. >> supervisor kim: thank you. you can pull down the mike. >> hi. i eat me again. and i have probably more than two minutes to say, but overall since last fall, things are better because people have complained and i do understand it's new management and there was an existing corporate cul

the impact report was also provided. committee had additional questions and clarifications in response to committee members around expenditures and in low use for staff retention. that occurred in spring of 2010. i want to refer back to those questions and clarifications by the oversight committee. this happened in may of 2010. >> the purpose of this committee is to ensure the proceeds from proposition k are extended for the purpose described and to inform the public concerning the tax revenues. we wanted to remind the public what the intentions of this measure our, to actually go through the list that was given in the ballot when this measure was passed, so i will quickly go over those for the record for the public. the proceeds of this show be authorized to be used to strategically raise the salaries of teachers so the district can compete with other districts, to provide additional compensation to teachers who work out schools with high teacher turnover, provide additional training for staff, including a child develop

we have monique some of the common will be providing a presentation. we also have representatives from the tax collector's office. >> good morning. yes eliminate from the controller's office. the treasured tax collector's office, the administrator's office, and the comptroller's office have been working together over the last couple of months to develop the administrative procedures to develop a donation portal on the city's website that will allow individuals to donate to the city to a number of causes. as part of that effort, we did note that we have some existing funds within the city that needed to be either refreshed, updated, or amended. so what is before you this morning, supervisors, is an administrative code amendment that establishes a recreation and parks gift fund. it also refreshes what is currently named the mayor's earthquake release fund. that particular fund as it exists right now pertains only to the 1989 earthquake. what we're proposing is that this fund be updated to include any emergency that may occur in the future and would allow

but their ability to transition and the ability to provide security, provide the governing is going to be very important. and i think while the touest area still remained to be done, that i'm at least encouraged that these first steps in the transition are working and working well. and we're learnin lessons, we'r implementing those lessons and i think i gives me some hope that by 2014 we will be well on the path towards making the kindof transition to an afghan that can secure itself and govern itself for the future. >> charlie: 2014 is when karzai's term ends. >> that's correct. >> charlie: his brother was assassinated by a member of the security team and the taliban took credit. they have begun a campaign of those kinds of fascination. do you viewhat as a sign of strength or weakness. >> i think it's a sign of weakness. they have not been conducting the large attacks that they have in the past. they've been unable to do that and i think they're resorting to these kind of pinpoint assassinations as a way to make a point they're still around and they still can cause trouble in afghanis

providing access to sunlight in business with protection from development. which leads us to the planning code. its intent is to guide, control and regulate future growth in accordance with the general plan. this is an overall map of the zoning in san francisco. i am understand it's going to be difficult for you to read. it is just there as a graphic to illustrate the density in the northeast quadrants with the downtown or commercial districts. as you move further west, primarily residential districts and then neighborhood commercial corridors throughout the city and county of san francisco. the zoning administrator -- an extremely important position, charged with the ministry and interpreting the code. he's also charged with code compliance. he reviews and grants variances from the planning code, which are variations from the code standard. he represents the planning department before the board of appeals along with other specific duties. the current planning division has a long list of responsibilities. these first project review and a newly created prelim

the agency agreed to provide staff for the entity.applied for and received recognition as a community development entity, and we had to have that status before we could apply for the new markets tax credit. then in in february 2010, we put in our first application for an allocation of new markets tax credits, and we're very happy because oftentimes you do not get any allocation for your first application. we were very happy to have been awarded $35 million in tax credits. there are rules that apply to those where you have to spend them with then, i believe, 18 months. so for us, we have to get those allocations deployed into the community by september 30, 2013 or we will lose the ability to use those. our first allocation was to the college track project in the bayview. that was in the amount of $8.7 million in tax credits. that was a perfect example of why we wanted to form this non- profit and seek tax credits, because that is a project that everyone wanted to see happen for a long time in the city, but it did need that extra nudge

. >> item 6d, update on disaster coordination unit and in the update provided. -- any update provided. >> good morning, commissioners. ed sweeney. i would like to bring tony greco and that grain to talk directly to you next month, but i can give you background. the disaster coordination unit, we had this during the lay off about two or three years ago, that was one of the casualties. we restarted it two or three months ago. we put two or three people in there, tony greco and that grain. -- and matt green. we have policies and procedures written, but they are three or four and sometimes five years old. they are cast with rewriting all of that. there also cast with the plugging into the city family. we had one meeting yesterday with the department of emergency service, and they want to know and the event of an emergency what was went to happen, who was going to take care of the buildings, and they felt that when an earthquake happens within five or six hours they will be tasked with hohousing fr a great number of people. before they are allowed into the building, one of our staff member

additional oversight within the structure of the commission to provide the transparency that the public is expecting with the ethics commission. and then, finally, the last item i want to talk about is the recording of the commission meetings. currently, there audio recording, which is better than a lot of the commissions, but we feel that as the voice for the citizens and the ones that are supposed to be providing open government, that they do not provide and cannot find money in their budget to televise their sessions. it just seems disingenuous that only one-half of 1% of their total budget -- they cannot find that much money in their budget to spend to broadcast in their meetings, as opposed to providing an audio recording. with that, i will keep my comments brief, so thank you. supervisor campos: ok, thank you very much. why don't we now hear from the ethics commission? i do not know if -- or from the mayor's office? >> thank you. i am from the mayor's budget office. thank you for letting me speak briefly about this report. the ethics commission, in conjunction with the offices of

at&t provides the cell phones and services provided for emergency calls by the ambassadors. we could not exist without the help of deputy city administrator linda young. she is also the cfo. she makes sure we have all our resources. so this concludes our press conference. media kits are in the front of the room. thank you very much, everyone. [applause] >> hi, everybody. my name is carmen chu. why don't we get started. with a marking up with the department of small business -- we have been working with the department of small business. this project started when we heard from neighborhood merchants. unfortunately, they had access issues, visibility access issues. we have been working closely with many of our partners year today to educate about these -- many of our partners year today to educate about these issues. also in terms of board guidance. i want to thank all of you for coming. many of you may have assistance. i know many merchants could not be here. please do it share this information with other merchants in the area. we have virginia from the office of small busines

is it per health care provider?it is more per individual, who will select their own medical homes. for example, if you have individuals who are primarily -- they may have children enrolled in health the san francisco. as a result of a pregnancy, they may be in the program. that is a change in the need of the population, but more their financial status has changed as they are eligible for public insurance. we have to look not only at enrollment, but this enrollment. we are meeting the attention target. an excess of 54% of the peoples they enrolled in the program. it is just that people's situations and circumstances change. supervisor kim: my question is more -- does the number, even the individuals within the population, if they change, are the numbers consistent? >> it is getting consistent now.

or pass judgment on whether they should be providing abortion services.ather, this legislation has been carefully crafted to ensure a balance between protecting the most hon. members of our communities and protecting the constitutional rights of everyone. insuring honesty in the way pregnancy centers advertise is essential to protecting the consumers rights and the health of women. as a city we have a duty to protect the most vulgar but residents of our communities, which this legislation seeks to do. colleagues, i urge you to support this legislation. thank you very much. i look forward to a robust public comment session. thank you. supervisor avalos: the queue. do you want to move right on to public comment? -- thank you. supervisor cohen: no, i dontn't. i think we have a presentation by is dr. dreydr. drier. >> my name is dr. dry. i am a medical director of the san francisco general hospital women's options center. thank you for inviting me to speak about the health consequences of abortion delight. i became a position to reduce suffering. most of my c

those are funds owed to the city, providing more land than the seller is provided to us. therefore, it is not quite an even exchange, but the agreement calls for the payment to be made by the llc to the city. supervisor chu: thank you for the presentation. this item does not have a budget analyst's report, given the no impact to the general fund. why don't we open this item up to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? item 12. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we send this item forward with recommendations? without objection. thank you. colleagues, can we take a motion to rescind the vote on items nine, 10, and 11, so that supervisor kim can vote on these items? without objection. on items nine, 10, and 11, a motion to send these items out with recommendations. can we do that? thank you. item 13. >> item 13. resolution expressing the non- binding intent of the city and county of san francisco to comply with part 1.9 of the california health and safety code, recently added by assembly bill 27, for the p