in 2009, the board of supervisors honored john ross, declaring may 12 john ross day and urging the department of elections to give back his filing fee. although john ross in his serve again in a little boy refused the board's honor. he did ask for his filing fee with interest, and he did accept a framed handmade t-shirt made by native graphics. he is survived by his sister, two daughters and grandchild. there will be a memorial event for john ross on february 26 between 3:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon at united mission presbyterian church at the corner of 23rd and cap. there will be a reception to follow at cafe la boheme. hope everyone can attend. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you, colleagues. today, i'm introducing a resolution concerning sb 223, concerning the vehicle license fee, sponsored by senator mark leno. as many of you probably know, in 2003, governor schwarzenegger really did damage to our budget by rolling back the vehicle license fee. he rolled back a vlf that had for 50 years been in place. the move cost our state about $6 billion a year, including hundreds of billions of do

in 2009, the board of supervisors honored john ross, declaring may 12 john ross day and urging the department of elections to give back his filing fee. although john ross in his serve again in a little boy refused the board's honor. he did ask for his filing fee with interest, and he did accept a framed handmade t-shirt made by native graphics. he is survived by his sister, two daughters and grandchild. there will be a memorial event for john ross on februa6

i'm ross ross mirkarimi chair. good afternoon. would you please read roll call. [roll call] >> thank you. would you please read the next item? >> item number two, election of the chairperson and vice-chairperson for 2011. >> this is something that we do annually. i have been absolutely honored to hold the position of chair for four years now, and i have decided that i think it's time that we expand the leadership circle here in lafco. and so to that i nominate commissioner david compos -- campos as chair of lafco. >> second. >> by commissioners mar, avalos. very good. are there any other nominations for chair? i just want to add to this particular point as i transfer the gavel to commissioner campos, who has been a very able-bodied member of this commission that his -- he's made me quite proud to work with staff of lafco and the san francisco public utilities commission and with the legion of advocates who had been steadfast in their commitment. some of them are taking the day off i think. but there are some tried and true and always here, and i appreciate that.

we have a real opportunity to build upon the amazing work of tom ammiano, of ross mirkarimi and so many advocates and members of the community. and the only thing i can promise you as chair of this body i will do everything that i can to make sure that we work collectively in making community choice aggregate today a reality in san francisco. like forward to working with every member of this commission and i also look forward to working with public utilities commission, p.u.c. here in san francisco and i extend my open-door policy to make sure that we move forward in an expeditious, transparent and open way. and to the staff of lafco, we're very lucky that we have the level of talent that we have working on this -- for this agency and i look forward to working closely with you and the one thing about being in this position is that there has to be the humility to know that you're not going have all of the answers, you're not going to know everything and i look forward to the input that each one of you has provided and will continue to provide and to the members of the community, thank yo

ross brought in jazz albums. he said, "you need to know about this music, because your people largely created it," so that was new. but i found that by listening to cal tjader, and miles davis, and wes montgomery, and shirley horn, and nancy wilson, it opened up a portal of light that created the sense of possibility that didn't exist before. and it never occurred to me that i could think differently abt the sa setf evts, t with the imposition of this music, it became a form of hope. and i learned to translate the music into sugar, like a flower converts light into sugar. that became food for me. >> hinojosa: and you know what? you've actually changed me, just in your whole analysis of jazz. i mean, i think i always knew this, but you've essentially said, "look, the amazing thing about jazz is that you have silence, and then you have the ability of jazz artists to actually fill that silence with multiple layers of something experiential . >> and complex, and enriching, and affirmative, so that i learn to take the

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i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me, personally, lunar new year was a time to get together with family. i remember my grandmother cooking all of the great new year food. it brought us together but it was also an opportunity to share our culture with others, bring more unity among all of our communities. half the lunar new year to everyone and let's unite our communities together. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, my name is carmen chu. i will keep my message brief. i want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year. again, this is a time that is important to many of merit -- asian-american families because of the importance of bringing together family. i think we can all replicate this, the matter what community we live in. so i want to say happy new year. [speaking chinese] [appl

[applause] supervisor ross mirkarimi. [applause] and supervisor malia cohen. [applause] where is supervisor scott wiener? [applause] thank you for being here. we have our district attorney mr. gascon. public defender jeff a adachi. and our fire chief, joanne as white. [applause] acting city administrator, amy brown. [applause] port director monique moyer is with us. [applause] and from senator mark lino's office, susan slim. [applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end

ladies and gentlemen, the national league championship series mvp, here is toni ross. -- tony ross. [applause] an important pick up midseason, late-season from the chicago cubs, he started four different post-season games for the giants, infielder. will the recovery once hunted for a double. travis ishikawa -- we saw this, but we never thought we would see a bunt later, but there it was in the clinching game, aubrey huff. [applause] how about this next giant -- so young to be the longest tenured member of the world championship giants, 2-0 in the postseason. he did not give up a run all post-season long. his cap is in cooperstown as we speak. starting pitcher, matt cain. [applause] this guy knows how to make an entrance. first world series, he hit a double. his first at bat, second, third, giants second baseman freddie sanchez. how about the giants' backup catcher, had a memorable home run against none other than roy holiday, eli white size. [applause] in game four, he hit a home run, and that pretty much did the rangers in. he is the capture of the giants. buster posey. [applause]

>>reporter: ross has big shoes to fill this season. his own.after the post season of his life 2010 including the nlcs mvp he knows he's raised the bar for the 2011 season. >> should i go out there and play my game the way i always have. not putney added pressure on myself. just do whatever icap to help the team. >>reporter: giant have a crowded out field with 6 players that can contribute. >> prepare myself daily and wherever they say i'm playing or hitting i go out and do it. we have a lot of guys like that than 0our team. that's what makes it special. nobody is selfish. even is her for the giant. >> don't sneak up on anybody this year. >> no. i doubt we are going to be the under dog dog. >> we have to find something else. we will. we have this sort of personality and mentality in this clubhouse. >> bar couldn't be set any higher for him but he's up for the challenge n.scottsdale, abc 7 sports. >> thanks. a's overshadowed by the jints success but now a huge deal in japan. because of matsui former yankees and angel joined the after let thick se

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. >> i would like ross mirkarimi to get the yellow one and eric mar to get one. the yellow one is for ross, and whoever else -- jane kim. thank you for doing this. i want to say thank you to all of the supervisors for listening, president chiu. we will be your to the end. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am here once again. my son was murdered in 2006. still, i have no justice for my son. like we talk about family values, i have family values. i have my children. i have my vote -- my son. i am here because i am frustrated. i need help. i have been asking for help for a long time. i am out here on my own. korea and not in a mood to beg people. i thought this was a place where this country was a place where we all help each other. i am not experiencing a lot of that, and i am frustrated. i am enraged every day. i have to go to a greek camp, when i should be on vacation with my children -- a grief camp. i am taking my children to grief camp. a mother's fight to push the city to act. i have been fighting. how long do i have to go? i just need

i am so grateful to ross. i used to work with him and i always knew that he was going to go somewhere and he is still going somewhere. i worked at the d.a.'s office. when we called and told him our situation, he did not even hesitate. he got right back with us. he brought in pelosi, he brought in feinstein. it took endless fighting for the reduction of criminal activities in our neighborhood, the neighborhood watch, the criminal watch, we have gone from place to place was shares and tables. we've run you out of the neighborhood. the one thing it took was that it took that big step of landry and stepped a long way from 1967 to where we are today. what it really took was leadership. i appreciate u.s. a portion. when something is going on out there, he is out there. you will see him before you see the police. he is in our neighborhood taking care of us, asking us what we need, what can i do for you. not everyone will get a better bet that 3 in the morning but he does. we appreciate it. i think you and i think the

. >> ross has tied the game. >> the top of the third, the ball goes across, it's tied and the giants have won it by three. >> let's get ready for baseball. >> ross has gone deep to put the giants on top. and he has gone deep twice. game one belongs to the giants. >> uribe to the right, that hits the wall, this ball is gone. juan uribe has gone deep. and the giants have gone for the final strike. >> it's the 106th world series. the texas rangers represent the american league on the other side. the san francisco giants self- proclaimed misfits. >> left center field and the giants get their fourth lead of the night. >> another hit. that's it for lee. >> the 0-1 pitch, renteria launches one into left. down the line and into the corner. edgar renteria has gone deep. >> into right center field, and back on the run 2-out. >> aubrey huff, hits one, a corner to right. down the line this ball is gone for a 2-run home run. >> 4-0 san francisco and they are up 3-1. >> 2-0, it's hit high into left field. that gets renteria on a run. a 3-0 san francisco lead in the seventh. >> molina strikes out,

i'm ross mirkarimi. i represent the fifth district, and i'm delighted to be standing up here with my colleague who will speak in a moment. i want to thank mike farrah for his leadership and mayor newsom for helping facilitate this gathering. i'm iranian american, persians, and throughout my -- [applause] throughout my life, my family had always had very close relationships with the arab and arab-american community. i spent a fair amount of time working in the middle east in jordan and iraq and traveling through loud the milk -- throughout the middle eastern areas, so i feel very much at home, and it is important that feeling is well represented in city hall. i look at the flags that are well illustrated year. it amplifies the need that much more that san franciscans, californians should understand and become more acquainted with the arab-american culture. if the census proves me right, when the numbers come out next year officially, we will see a significant growth of the arab- american population in the

ing [laughter] or without further ado, supervisor ross mirkarimi. >> i'll make my statements we -- very the public safety committee meeting. there's a lot be to talk about. i want to say another happy congratulations on black history month here in san francisco. this has been i think a very auspicious haft few months of course in seeing the ascendancy of our district attorney, kamela harris, rise to attorney general in the state of california. certainly of course ases to the incredible impact of advancing the issues much import to all of us, joining the board, supervisor malia cop henn. and we continue to see great challenges, nationally and internationally and president obama and his quarterback effort to continue to retain as best he can as republicans allow him to, our continued enthusiasm for his ongoing leadership. but in san francisco, reference has been made to this earlier, why we do celebrate many of the advancements of people who rise to positions of power and stature is certainly well noticed, i think we also have to use this opportunity, black history month, to retrench on a

and the state oil giant ross nafta so those kinds of things were high on the agenda and foreign minister lavrov outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech sector energy efficiency of course one of the big projects coming up for russia is the olympics so cooperating on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium business sector in russia and also improving the business environment in general they also talked a bit about modernizing communication links between london and moscow this is obviously love rovs first visit to london in this particular official capacity let's hear what he said about those communication ties are they looking to improve . the. visit to london invitation if you could government symbolises and you can see of them relations based on partnership interest economic cooperation between countries on the rise since the strategic b.p. rose new. litter example we're happy to look at the agreement on establishing a direct line between the british prime minister and the crim