that would like to make public comment at this time? seeing no members at the time, public comment is now closed. [gavel] supervisor av vavaloavalos, thi very interesting hearing, you have any comments? >> i do have comments. mostly i live in a district where we don't have a great deal of public housing. a few sites on randolph street. not a very large one. a lot of section 8 in the district. i wanted to co-sponsor this hearing, because i saw a lot of great changes proposed. and a lot of framework provided by the federal government, that we have to align ourselves with to shore up public housing and make sure we have the resources to move forward. often these mandates that come from other levels of government are completely unfair. and puts us in a difficult situation, where we have to create changes that people are not comfortable with, at a speed that is not -- or not able to see the changes happen as they are happening. i think it creates great caution for san francisco, how we can also as mr. lee talked about the values that went ou

, public comment is closed. so colleagues if there are no further questions or comments can i have a motion to forward that without recommendation >> i think it's helpful to have the information before the committee thank you. >> thank you. we will take that motion we'll take that without objection. okay madam clerk and we've been joined by supervisor mar who's the author supervisor mar can he call items two and three together >> it's approving the ground water well in golden gate park and item 3 is the adaptation of the signage related to the ground water supply project. >> okay supervisor mar. >> thank you chair wiener and colleagues i'm here with state of risky with the public utilities commission to urge support for two resolution that will help san francisco diverse the water system. the first system adapts the sequa finding for the project and the second approves the construction of the well facility in golden gate park. through the project has been in the works for some. i thank the public utilities commi

it's not a public performance. that's not because my friends are not members of the public. they are. and in some other capacities, it would be important to regard them as such. if the theater down the street had a screening of casablanca and it happened that those 10 people were the only 10 people who attended, it would be a public performance, because they would be in there in their capacities as members of the public. so i think for in a wide range of situations dealing with public performance, distribution to the public, it's essential to ask not only are these individuals members of the public in some sense, but are they acting in their capacities as such. and if you have the pure cloud locker service, the service that doesn't provide content, it simply stores content and then plays it back at the user's request, that that service would be providing content to its true owner. justice kennedy: how do you want us to deal with cablevision the cablevision case in the second circuit? again assume it's a binding precedent. just assume that. >> my answer would be the same as m

the rest of the public isn't. >> and it isn't during public comment. >> they're making presentations. we're talking about presentations here. [multiple voices] >> commissioner keane, i mean, i will say that we often have presenters who speak much longer than the three minutes allocated for public comment. for the benefit of the commission to introduce an item, it's to explain a situation. so, r it's not -- i don't think we need to necessarily hold presenters to equal access as public comment. and i mean, one of the things that distinctly -- in the actual ordinance, it says you can't do it on the basis of reasonable time constraint. so, if your view is accurate, then you couldn't allow anybody to speak, invited or otherwise, for longer than three minutes. >> mr. chair, actually the language is much more guided than that. it says the only way you can limit things is on the basis of time constraints. that's -- >> right. >> so, let me just finish. since the language is specifically saying the only way you can limit presenters is on the basis of time constraints, they're limiting presenter

public comments? public comments open on item number 8. seeing no one from the public, we'll close the item and have another vote [roll call vote]. >> this item passes. >> item passes. let's go on to our item from the plans and programs committee, item number 9. >> item number 9, allocate 4 million 252 in prop k funds. allocate 1 million 844, 000 for request. subject fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules. relevant prop aa and prop k programs. this is a national item. >> thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions? okay. we'll go on to public comments. any member would like to commented on the item number 9? i also have a number of cards as well. why don't you /tkpwr*d and line up in the order the cards are red. tailor, steven son, bruce, patrick and howard wong >> my name is steven /taeuber. i am here as chairman of the transmission chair for russian hill neighbors. we have been working over the past several years for the extension of the central subway. as pointed out earlier, while it is greatly in support of the subway, it i

there are not speaker cards any general public comment public comment? >> welcome mr. kelly. again, i'd like to put into our information regarding the water you front properties there are under a federally mandated use of 1950 lands 3 can't be transferred permanently into other than public use those are swamp lands that exist from our waterfront to montana street this is liquid if i had land and not just in terms of predetermined by the vice president functions. there is an adapted your honor, adapted element that's been go forward it is time you enforced what you already enacted thank you very much >> thank you. is there further general public comment. okay. seeing none general public comment is closed. >> commissioners that places you under our regular calendars we're going to call 3 items together first 11 is the san francisco 2004 and 2005 of the economical impact report the public comment of the revised portion was from december to february 18, 2014, the commission will take public comment, however, the revised portions closed any comments received today including orally

but we need to do better in explaining what we do, and factoring public diplomacy and public opinion into the policymaking process. this is where i believe public diplomacy deficit exists. the new undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs talk yesterday at a swearing-in ceremony about the power of the story that we tell. is standing in the world challenged in some respects, but make no mistake, as rick said, we put everything together, who we are, what we stand for, what , theoduce, how we innovate opportunities we generate for our citizens another -- and others, the ideas that have come to define this, we are in line for who we are, but the world is not like and in many cases does understand what we're trying to do. too often there is a gap. closing that gap is vitally important. this poses a bit of a paradox. i do not believe the united states has trouble communicating. i never believed we were all communicated by a guy in a cave. as it turns out, he wasn't in a cave. as it turns out, he was struggling to lead a far-flung movement that also failed to recognize what his

it to the public. and the definition of transmission then is to communicate it from one place to another. there's a geographical question. if you are transmitting it to yourself then it's not -- >> so in my hypo it's a performance but a private performance. if you move the hardware it becomes a public performance? >> on behalf of the sender but still a private performance on the behalf of the receiver. as to the public performance right there's nothing anomalous. -- if you think about the classic cable context which is what congress is trying to address, tough cable company and they are taking a performance off the airwaves and transmitting it to all the end users. the cable company is clearly performing to the public but they are allowing each user to turn on their television set. -- is paying license for no reason? they sold me a piece of equipment. >> i don't know all the details of that particular piece of equipment. i'm not sure if they are paying a license or not. if there was really a transmitte

but we will be growing on the public voucher jobs. some of those jobs will be to the voucher jobs, eligibility for example. >> so availability workers and property managers, what are the jobs we're talking about? >> and some maintenance workers impacted as well. >> so in previous years, i recall 2009, there were hundreds if not thousands of jobs of clerks in our human service agencies and as well as laguna honda and general hospital that were descaled. they were laid off and hired back at a lower rate. it was really terrible thing that happened. as a matter of fact all members of fciu put together their money so those descaled wouldn't lose their salaries. and we want to be sure that we transfer jobs, and if we transfer, the model is that we transfer with equal pay and benefits, and not lose anything at all in that process. everyone is trying to maintain their standard of living, a difficult place to maintain your standard of living and create a huge disruption if -- in their lives. >> that's part of the matching and we hope to identi

comment continued public comment general public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. item 11 commissioners any matters not for discussion you want brought back at another time for discussion seeing none. is there any public comment no public comment this item is closed. item 11 new business. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. 13 communications. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and 14 is adjournment commissioner harrison >> yes. i'd like to close this meeting in memory of hal flynn which was a long time employee he recently passed away. that will be the order a second rather. all in favor, say i. thank you one and all >> thank thursday, april 10, idle to voices the members of the audience kind and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. irving at this point commissioner president wu. commissioner fong. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya you com

is there any public comment seeing none, mr. george if you have rebuttal you have 2 minutes >> i'd like to make two points for the record again lynn fong from public works appeared at the hearing and this is the hearing officers finding at&t, in fact, compiled with the technical requirements of the order. the other point is the proposed location is in the public right-of-way and at&t has a right to install in those locations and the city of san francisco revokes in their report the utility boxes are a part of the city >> mr. quan. >> thank you, john quan from the department of public works. the department acknowledges that at&t has absolutely right to place their boxes in a public right-of-way, however, the city can dedicate time and manner for the displacement of the facilities that's why we permit those and with a preprilt permit before we issue american people evaluation permit. one of the things that the public members pointed out was a tree identified at this location. i did evaluate the pamper that was submitted there were

and go on >> 10 general public comment. >> any member of the public utilities seeing none, public comment is closed. and our last item >> adjournment. >> thank you we're >> welcome to the san francisco budget & finance committee regular meeting for thursday, april 24, 2014. please be advised that the commission does not permit outbursts of any kind please silence all electronic devices. that may sound off and when speaking before the commission please state your name for the record if you care to. commissioner president wu. commissioner fong. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner moore. sxhefg is expected and commissioner sugaya is going to be absent. item one is for continuance at 700 cabrillo street is for may 15, 2014. item 2545 ash beggar street requests for condominium conversion for may 15, 2014. items 3 a and b for 395 avenue request for condominium conversion is for september 4, 2014. item 4924 second street is proposed for indefinite continuance. is there any public comment on that item on items for continuance seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissi

public? >> sfg-tv, we have a powerpoint. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i am new at this -- i wonder if this works. it doesn't. so the san francisco housing authority was established in 1938, under california state government code. it's separate from the city departments. and it provides housing subsidies for over 27,000 households. that's both with the housing choice voucher program and public housing. we currently have 5,372 public housing units that we are managing. that serve close to 10,000 public housing residents. the average household income is just $14,639. and the average rent that our residents are able to pay at 30% of their income is $312, which in san francisco, where the market rents are over $3,000 a month now, this is a very important resource for the city for low-income households. they could not compete in the market in san francisco. we also have 7,637 applicants on our public housing waiting list. and over 2,000 of those households are single. about 5,500 are two plus per

are residents of public housing. and in some cases they are a little above the requirement to stay in public housing. but they can't necessarily afford another place to live in san francisco. so they end up getting priced out of their unit in public housing and some many cases forced to leave the city. for example, if the requirement is that you don't make over a certain median income to qualify for public housing. and if you get a decent income but not san francisco wage, you cannot stay in public housing, but you more than likely have to leave the city. so it doesn't encourage people to work or to be gainfully employed to better their situation. the reason i bring this up, i want to know if there is a possibility that we can work on making some changes to that? >> yeah, i think there may be some confusion. there is income limit to admitted to public housing. there is not a limit to stay in public housing. your rent is based on your income. the housing authority should have flat rents, i presume they have flat rents

the department of public works currently processes 50,000 issues regarding private and public graffiti, and spends close to $3 million in efforts to deal with that. the thing i would say, it's not fair, the public and the city are victims. the private property owners are victim, and there is no means to rectify that. this legislation will help not only deter but hopefully reduce the overall graffiti within the city. and i would like to say, i think it's fitting because the graffiti advisory board sponsored its first international graffiti conference in your district last year. and you were there, that's right. and i think it's both fitting and right that you bring this legislation forward. hopefully that we get to the goal of zero-graffiti for san francisco, thank you again for that. >> and shall i say that it was a very well-done conference and diverse people from the community and arts community. and what bothered me the most, the challenges that artists go through the process of permits for these murals and now their work is vandalized. and this is out of hand and glad that we are w

>> the public safety building? >> the police commission. >> the commission will have a nice office area and the police headquarters on the 6th floor. >> really? there is a penthouse. >> it is a for mechanical space, it is all in the maintenance and it does sport a good view, currently. >> and nice branding. >> thank you. >> commissioner turman? >> that was basically my question. >> you can tell where their minds are at. >> i moved not too far from it, so one of the things that i am glad to see is you seem to be taking the public access areas very seriously. very light, very inviting which is not always something that you contract about 850 bryant. and so i am thrilled to see that this is moving in the right direction. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for your presentation. >> i enjoyed it. >> and i think just to comment lightly on that, part of the architect's ambition is to make sure that these buildings are a civic and an out look that they are apart from the commercial or the glass blocks that you see so often

open this up for public comment is there any public comment on item 3 seeing none, public comment is closed. >> we have an amendment suggested by your analyst we'll take that without objection.. and the underlying item 3 to send this to the full board. we have a motion and second workman's compensation >> mr. clerk call item 4. >> i just want to note that the budget and finance comple committee it will appear on the agenda on the next meeting. item 4 hearing to receive an update on the finance departments budget >> welcome mr. ginsburg. >> good afternoon. i want to thank my director katie and tony and jessica the budget analyst for their help and oversight on the budget we're rising up to it katie. this is a general looked at the departments operating budget for 2013-2014. our operating budget is one hundred and $38 million and so it's important to remember that the departments capital budget varies from year to year wherever when the bonds are issued and other one time sources so we see fluctuation in our capital program like the bond caption that was passed by the voters in 2012. h

we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speakers card available at the front of the room or call our bridge line at area code 415-554-96 32 ~. when a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. the mayor's disability council meetings are generally held on the third friday of the month. our next regularly scheduled meeting will be on may 16th, 2014, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. here in san francisco city hall in room 400. please call the mayor's office on disability for future information or to request accommodations at 415-554-. voice, or tty at 415-554-67 99. reminder to all our guests today to speak slowly into the microphone to assist our captioners and interpreters. we thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> heather, would you do roll call, please? >> co-chair chip supanich? >> present. >> councilmember [speaker not understood]? absent. councilmember star laurel, absent. councilmember denise [speaker not understood]? >> present. >> councilmember harriet c.

public comment. >> sir, i'm sorry to interrupt you. i'm going to ask staff at the door be closed so we can actually hear you. >> thank you. >> so, [speaker not understood] highlight the audience. you've been very patient this evening. the [speaker not understood] commission did not violate the sunshine ordinance because the commission entered a decision not to expend significant resource he to make the necessary accommodations to modify the technology that the library uses and to correct auditorium strictly on the basis of economics. the library, after mr. hartz did request via e-mail to consider allowing public comment and use of audio visual wasv during public ~ visuals during public comment, we did explore having an overhead with transparencies. that did not work because it did not project for the commission and the audience to be able to view the audiovisual material. we explored further reconfiguration of the entire set up that we currently have in the current auditorium. we also involved the en

seeing we have no other public. we'll close public comment. and informational, any other comments from commissioners? no. we'll close this item. >> commissioners that will take us back to item 7. your rules and regulations consideration of proposed amendment. commissioners today i just want to clarify it's not intended for you to adopt any revisions to your rules and regulations, but as an opening segment to consider proposed modifications and for you to have a dialogue on them. your rules and regulations haven't been updated since august of 2011. i thought it would be good to improve specifically your appendix a section by adding a submittals and hearing section that would clarify my understanding has been the commission's desire to really put the public on notice that submitting things on the day of the hearing makes it very difficult for you to consider it for an item on that particular date. what doesn't appear on your draft or proposed rules and regulations are specific hearings specifically request for hearing and request for review and

we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speakers card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line at 415-554 -9632 where a staff person can handle requests to speak at the appropriate times. the mayor's disability council meetings are generally held on the 3rd friday of the month. our next regular meeting will be on april 18, 2014, from 1-4:00 p.m. here at san francisco city hall in room 400. please call the mayor's office on disability for further information or to request accommodations at 415-554-6789. a voice. or 415-554-6799 tty. a reminder to all of our guest today, please speak slowly into microphone to assist our captioner and interpreter. we thank you for joining us. >> thank you roland. roll call. >> cochair chip supanich, idell wilson, present, councilmember tatiana kostanian, absent. member starlyn lara absent. denise present. wong present, councilmember roland wong? present. councilmember derek zarda? absent. item 1. welcome introduction and roll call. item 2. reading and appro

who was supposed to run the public housing? the tenants. and the city is still receiving those funds. you hear the hope, the hope started in bayview. that program was to get the men and women off the drugs and put them in training so they would have stable jobs. i have the information here. i gave this information to the housing director. i mean -- no the president -- what are you baby? president of the commission. i had him make copies of it, because i wanted him to know. that so-called rad is an excerpt from what the tenants should be doing. and i asked you at a meeting, asked for an audit of hope, the mayor's of housing, all of those funds are to go to the tenants. and the city is getting those grants that started at bayview-hunter's point. and the tenants did reconstruction of the buildings themselves. they were trained to do this. they were trained. and 20 people were trained to be managers. and only 12 retired. now (inaudible). >> thank you, mrs. jackson. thank you, thank you, dr. jackson. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam mag

being so supportive of public safety.ayor said we'll be there it takes about 3 to 5 minutes but like the day in october 1, '99 we're going to need the public's help it's not going to be the 3 to 5 minute response the more everyone is prepared we'll be able to get into our recovery phase. the dp m has is sf 72 website we're proud of our response team it's 18 hours of free training we ask everyone to check that utility it's in english and spanish and cantonese. we're proud to partner with all the agencies behind me. we're glad that was notice loss of life are major injuries it would have been different had we not made the efforts in training and equipment. we have members here from the san francisco fire department so show you a demonstration of one of the options we used the low pressure and the domestic water supply and the emergency water system and also put into operation in front of me and behind you our portal water system. because of the drought condition none of the water is going wasted it's coming from the bay ove

no public comment. if there isn't any objection, this meeting is adjourned. [ gavel ] [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> i want to learn more about it. >> social networking and e-mail. >> i want to know how to use it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. a federally funded project through the department of aging. so, we're working in 26 locations. our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. >> to me computers, knowing how to use it. >> i think it's really important to everybody and p

access is one of the public benefits as you'll see in your later there is a significant new public access component here that the port and developer in the community are very excited to see. we are currently discussing the project in great detail with state land staff awaiting final input and approval on the land use and public access used for the project and ultimately we come back to this bond to the port commission for approval ubs to prove those findings. we season these numbers before but to summarize financial terms of the project, the developer or development of 2 $49 of their equity. the board also good units equity in this project. $4.5 million report capital funds and another $250,000 in grant funding. to do with set up that the deal set up that's that debt service repaid [inaudible] equity and rate of return show here of 14%. once the equity has been repaid there's a 50-50 sharing mechanism in the agreement between the port and the developer. also it's important note the participates in the refinancing and opportunities that would occur over laugh of the lease and the sale proc

seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> okay, colleagues. >> thank you. >> if no other questions, can i have a motion to send this item forward? >> i move with recommendation. >> take it without objection. gov. >> would you like to adopt the amendment of the whole? >> thank you. motion to rescind the vote on item number 8, so moved. [gavel] >> okay, first, can we adopt the amendment of the whole? motion to adopt the memorandum of the whole? take it without objection. [gavel] >> the line item as amended now, we can take it without objection as well. [gavel] >> thank you, madam clerk. can we please call item number 7? >> item number 7 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to pro he vied that the city's local hiring policy and payment of prevailing wages apply to construction projects on property owned by the city and county of san francisco. >> okay. supervisor avalos? >> thank you, chair farrell. colleagues, as you know, we have heard this item about three weeks ago. since then we've been working with v

other public comment? >> mr.hartz as far as i know we did not know that you were out of town. >> you do now >> i think that we provided you with e-mail notification of the schedule and would had continued if we had heard from you. i apologize if you could attend. i sure that you it was not intentional. >> the next matter on the agenda is the discussion and public action on a matter submitted under chapter three of the ethics commission, regulations for violations under the sunshine ordinance. the complainant is dominic maionchi and the respondent is phil ginsburg director of the recreation and park department. >> is there anyone here on behalf of the complainant? anybody here on behalf of the respondent? is there anything that you would like to say or present? >> good evening commissioners, mr. executive director sarah ballard for the recreation department and i have the detained presentation and given that he is not here and i can keep it brief and respond to questions if you have them, i did just want to say th

. >> public comment? >> public comment. >>> yes. [inaudible]. because of the fact you commission operate under robert's rules of order, the chair cannot make a motion nor can he second a motion. it has to be first or second by one of the other commissioners. thank you very much. >> is that true? >> actually, i don't know. but it sound like there are two -- there is someone else to second it. actually, that's not true. >> okay. well, -- >> i don't think that can be right at all because otherwise -- i don't think that can be right. [speaker not understood]. >> okay. any other public comment on commissioner hayon's request to recuse herself? all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? hearing none, commissioner hayon is recused. you know, i wonder at this point whether the most productive thing to do might be to ask the city attorney -- the librarian to go back and explore whether there is other accommodation that can be made, whether that's wireless, whether that's battery operated projector with a screen. it sounds like those item have not been fully explo

it's also the challenge of global public goods and global public bads. the world is not moving on global climate change. it is -- i don't know how to describe it. but it is profoundly wrong that a moment when the science becomes ever more clear year by year that climate change is a political problem, that the fraction of american people who believe that climate change is a critical problem has gone .own over the last five years you have to look at what was agreed in - what was 1994 with regards to nuclear proliferation and ukraine's giving up its nuclear weapons and see what is happening now and think that the world's nuclear proliferation regime is threatened to a substantial extent. so i think we are at an absolutely critical juncture not as to whether global integration will continue. there's no question about that. what matters for one country is going to matter for another country more than it ever has before. but whether that's going to be successfully managed and whether it's going to be successfully managed by the ofrpbl country -- by the only co

although i don't expect public opinion to be centrally involved in tax overhaul, the public opinion climate was very different in 1986. gallup reported in march that year that the public mood was the brightest on record. compare that to the very sour move since 2008. reagan's approval rating in the spring of 1986 was 63 percent, and his approval rating had been above 60% every month since july of 1985. congress's approval rating in the spring of 86 was 42%. its approval rating dipped below 10% in several polls last year. around 30 percent told pollsters they trusted the government and washington to do was write just about always or most of the time. in january 201415 percent gave that response. still, there is very little evidence that americans will fall -- follow the tax reform debate closely. at this senate passed a bill in july 26% told gallup that they had no opinion of the tax reform proposal. of the remainder, 38 percent were in favor and 36 percent were opposed. tax reform was not a top public priority in 1986. it is in today, which may make it easier to get the work done. for polls

madam chair, public comment is closed. and i want to thank all the members of the public as well as our advocates and the city department heads, who are thinking but how san francisco can be smart on crime. it's been a number of years since i held a hearing on victims of crime. we obviously have a long way to go to be compliant with state law. it's important to work with adp and the d.a. office and the sheriff's department to get us there. i hope in this budget process we can have a smart conversation around this and colleagues hopefully will have a conversation with the budget committee. what we need to do to make sure that hundreds of thousands of dollars that are due to the crime victims are going. and create a safety net around our victims, and around that if we keep this item. don't need keep at the call of the chair, just table at this point. >> thank you, president chiu,i want to thank you for your leadership on this issue. i find the comments invitef -- insightful on the information and the district attorney's offi

finally one introduction supervisor wiener's public code amendment for the public facilities for the surface site permits to set fees for obtaining permits and make provisions and we've been working with the supervisor wiener's office and plans to bring it to this committee for retention >> commissioner moore. >> mr. star would you give for meat to the item the at&t boxed. >> yes. the separate permitting program that requires the preapplication outreach effort and sets concern standards for where they should and shouldn't be located. >> i'm glad something is happening could you keep us posted in more detail when supervisor wiener is into it. >> our citywide team will bring this to you for recommendation. >> great start. >> commissioner antonini. >> mr. star regarding supervisor chiu's legislation that i i seem to remember when it went through us there was talk about the fact it if neighborhoods had cc&rs. >> i'll check on that for you. >> that possibly we have a ordinance. >> good afternoon yes supervisor chiu it was included in the legislation this would not super seed the private a

i think no matter what, if we look at the public housing, and we have of the 4,000 residents in public housing, that's an issue we can't ignore. 20 years from now, when i am a young 65, hopefully, will still be there. so i think that's what i am really concerned about. the black depopulation, and someone has to address that. what will san francisco look like in 20 years? when all of these other things going on. how can we make sure and put things in place that the depopulation won't fall even lower than the 40,000 of us that remain now. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is larry edman. and i realize that i stay in district 6, and jim kim said that we're the largest black residents in san francisco as of tuesday. if i am not in bayview or western edition, i feel disconnected from our (inaudible). of blacks in san francisco, they found out two years ago in the library that we are facing (inaudible). i hope that people come out in tndc where i stay at, and i know that (inaudible) and (inaudible), but tndc allows many criminals. you know i stay in a crack infested hotel where peop

i understand that the oral arguments are public but a bit more public. if the public could see those arguments, and i wonder what harm this lack of transparency is doing to the public because our discourse has to be distilled into what gets delivered to us through fox news, msnbc and cnn, which seemingly on that day couldn't make up its mind. >> it's fair to put the question back to you, with an analogy. last summer when disclosures were made, the department of justice had subpoenaed a. p. phone records and seized emails from a fox news reporter, holder launched the process to work with the press on trying to figure out what reform needed to happen on media subpoena policy. i would wonder after some of the glitches in reporting the healthcare decision, why doesn't the chief justice wander down the hall at some point or reporters try to wander up the hall. >> there's no wandering up the hall. >> we need to start talking. this was a monumental decision, the reporting of it was flubbed and the press needs to work with the court because it's the court's own

and go on >> 10 general public comment. >> any member of the public utilities seeing none, public comment is closed. and our last item >> adjournment. >> thank you we're >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. ♪

is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. oh. commissioner sugaya was that - >> yeah, i'll move to approve with conditions. >> second. >> commissioners, that places you under commissioner antonini. commissioner borden >> commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you your your receive calendar on market street units 22a and b the mandatory discretionary review. >> good afternoon commissioner president wu and others i'm with the staff the item is for mandatory discretionary review at the a merging on market street. the project sponsor will merger two units resulting in one unit be reduced. the unit proposed for merging are a one bedroom and bath condo. the smaller unit was appraised at the 3 point millions plus and the larger unit at 8, $4 million. the appraise above the 4. million are demonstratively over financially not demonstratively unaffordable and subtract to subject review it is d

is there that any public comment on the draft minutes. >> i think we're doing minor seeing none, publicomment is closed. >> under the same item under david pill powell i think it's not out reached but outreach. >> thank you. duly noted. >> commissioner moore. >> move to approve with the items corrected. >> on that motion to adapt the minutes as corrected. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you on item 6 commissioners >> i glanced at the wall street journal what city lost the highest percentage and number of jobs in the last two or three years i forgot the time period they think it's detroit and st. louis they named a bunch of them and the answer was about a large percentage los angeles lost 3 percent of their jobs see pointed out most of its even worse in the low income areas in los angeles sometimes that was 10 to 12 to 15 percent and the causes were employment laws and regulation fees and th

so in many ways, the public opinion climate is different from 1986, but the public's priority on reform and the belie belief that no matter what happens they will go up is similar. in 1986, most people said their federal income taxes were too high. but we have seen something interesting since 1986. in june of 1985, 60% said their income taxes were too high. today there is a closer division of opinion between the too high and about right responses. in a number of polls the about right exceeds the normal change and that is a big change since the 1980s. here is another trend. this one puzzles me. since 1992, gallop asks people about upper income and separately middle or lower income people pay too much or right around the right amount. upper people paying too little is still the majority, 61% but it is done from 77% in 1982 and has been moving down. we don't have the 2014 response on the question yet. and the part saying lower in come pay too little is small but 2% in 1992 to 20% today. there is only one pollster that has a solid trend on this kind of question, sadly. policy makers need to

comment continued public comment general public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. item 11 commissioners any matters not for discussion you want brought back at another time for discussion seeing none. is there any public comment no public comment this item is closed. item 11 new business. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. 13 communications. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and 14 is adjournment commissioner harrison >> yes. i'd like to close this meeting in memory of hal flynn which was a long time employee he recently passed away. that will be the order a second rather. all in favor, say i. thank you one and all >> thank