that describes rodney fong. he and i share something in that our grandmothers were both born in the city, in the mid-late 1800's. that becomes important, more important than i thought when i was on the commission. you bring a history of the city and you understand the changes because of that that have occurred in the past, and that will probably continue to occur in the future. that impacts a lot of the plan and we do. he has a background in the tourist industry, which is absolutely essential to san francisco, and currently, i am the only person on the planning commission that really understands neighborhood commercial districts. these are important. we deal with them constantly. i believe he brings that range of ability to the commission that we can take advantage of. i urge you to support him. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. next, the president of the redevelopment agency commission. >> thank you. i am here to support rodney fong today, supervisors. the willingness to serve on these commissions --

commission, and item 28 is a motion rejecting the mayor's appointment of rodney fong. president chiu: colleagues, i recognize that these to the idea items came out of committee without recommendation. we can take a roll-call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: there is a motion from supervisor mirkarimi, seconded by supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor maxwell, do you want to re-refer? supervisor maxwell: i think we will have to wait. president chiu: which i will that be? president maxwell: i do not know. we will have to wait. president chiu: ok, so why do we not move to roll call? madam clerk: supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: we had -- this was a direct result of conversations with various stakeholders related to local hiring and projects in san francisco, and we have had discussions with other of work union tradesmen and women in san francisco. many community groups, small businesses, and local business enterprises. and this provided our office with an idea and we worked closely in this will insure greatest success. at the atto

commission, and item 28 is a motion rejecting the mayor's appointment of rodney fong. president chiu: colleagues, i recognize that these to the idea items came out of committee without recommendation. we can take a roll-call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes.

motion rejecting the mayor's appointment of rodney fong to the planning commission term ending july 1, 2014. supervisor campos: i would like to ask commissioner fong to come forward before we give you the floor. thank you for reaching out to my office. it has been pretty crazy, so we have not been able to connect, so i want to thank you for making yourself available, and with that, this is the opportunity to address the rules committee as to why this appointment. >> i will take the opportunity to thank you for all your great work for the city. i appreciate the opportunity, having served on the port commission for the last four and a half years. i find it a little bit ironic that my grandparents were detainee's here, my grand mother was born here in 1989, and now to serve as the port of san francisco, where many of these immigrants came through, that is great. my family grew up as farmers in the delta and took the sacramento king and queen into the city to deliver their goods. a graduate of the city college, hotel and restaurant college. i am interested in serving on the planning commi

. >> it is my pleasure to be here to testify on behalf of rodney fong's nomination for the planning commission. his family has a long and deep history in san francisco, one that has contributed to this city and what it is today. rodney was our border last year. he did that with the highest level of involvement and dedication and open mindedness. he has tremendous work ethic and a tremendous character. on many occasions we had issues that came before our board and he was always open minded, is a tremendous listener, and he always put san francisco first on any decision. he did not ever bring a personal agenda to the board, and that is critical. he is a tremendous listener, never came with a predetermined decisions. he understands the needs of our unique neighborhoods and small businesses of san francisco. but beyond being an arm to get -- advocate for san francisco, he has passions that can also help, whether it is the restoration of the angel island restoration station, working with lgbt rights, rodney has a passion for san francisco and would be a tremendous asset. supervisor campos: thank yo

then i was at the board of supervisors rules committee hearing this morning, when rodney fong's nomination for the planning commission was heard. i am sure the department will report on that in due course. commissioner antonini: i also have a few things to report. i was involved and participated in a meeting on tuesday night, the 16th, on 777 valencia, which will be before us today, with neighbors, with the project sponsor. jim meeko was there, and owners of properties in the area. i thought it was very productive. i spoke with regard to the project 307 for 5th street. i spoke to leaders on middle income housing and and led the group is it -- is exploring that closely. i was somewhat troubled to hear there is a planned city funds are being spent on a concept to charge fees on drivers entering san francisco or downtown san francisco. i think particularly at a time when our funds are somewhat short it is probably not the right time to do this, and it may never be in my opinion. i would be interested in what percentage of our restaurants, our retail big and small, our cultural, and our medica

brown, and board of supervisors president david chiu as well as the port commission president, rodney fong, megan miller from senator boxer's office, the captain of this fantastic ship, a representative from metro ports, among many colleagues, many from the iowu, will travis, bruce wolfe from the regional quality control board, michele from the quality association of port authorities, captain strode from the u.s. coast guard, welcome. and many more that i'm sure did not make it onto my little card, so thank you very much for coming today. [applause] thank you. thank you. on behalf of all of us at the port of san francisco, we are honored by your presence and your demonstration of partnership. today marks a great achievement for the port. it gives us great pride but it also gives as testimony the wonderful things can happen when leaders come together and great minds work on innovative projects. the port, as i mentioned, is over 100 years old. it is a place of great history. these appears you are standing on were built many years ago and have stood the incredible test of time, thanks to the

brown, and board of supervisors president david chiu as well as the port commission president, rodney fong, megan miller from senator boxer's office, the captain of this fantastic ship, a representative from metro ports, among many colleagues, many from the iowu, will travis, bruce wolfe from the regional quality control board,