welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee i'm supervisor wiener to my right is supervisor kim the committee vice chair and supervisor cohen will not be able to join us today, our clerk is awning debris awe bigger and thank you to commissioner honda jennifer lowe and other. madam clerk, any announcements? phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. implemented speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and the. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. >> madam clerk one item. this is for the business sign in the planning code >> thank you. i'm the author of item one my co-sponsor is supervisor chiu. day today those zoning controls amend did business sign intended to identify signage to the business in which it's connected and the products in the business those serve to dish a particular business between a general sign sloops as a billboard this is hat notice been updated since 1965 since then the practices are challenge we have seen links like loopholes that have been identified

welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee i'm supervisor wiener to my right is supervisorrvisor cohen will not be able to join us today, our clerk is awning debris awe bigger and thank you to commissioner honda jennifer lowe and other. madam clerk, any announcements? phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. implemented speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and the. >> an

our budget balances all the needs of diverse communities and we'll continue to invest in our infrastructure and most importantly in the people one hundred percent of all the people in san francisco. again thanks to the board for working together with us for creating the budget. in his second year supervisor farrell thank you for your steadfastly leadership and commitments to building this collaborative process (clapping) i want to say thanks to dan roman field to make sure not only his capacity as controller he keeps us on a due course (clapping) and the people that helped me to make sure i've got all the issues in hand and that's my chief of staff and kate howard both from the controller's office and the mayor's office for their excellent work thank you very much (clapping) budget whiz wards i call them. but i'd like to an opportunity to specially niefrt david for a few words he's been watching this in his district and the whole board of supervisors. supervisor david chiu >> thank you mr. mayor just a couple of words first of all, those of us who were here when i came into office we had half a billions of we were debating whether to close down first stations and trying to figur

welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee i'm supervisor wiener to my right is supervisorim the committee vice chair and supervisor cohen will not be able to join us today, our

welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesday, july 23rd, 2014. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisor eric mar. want to thank the clerk of the committee ms. linda wong as well the members of sfgtv covering this meeting jonathan gomwalk and jennifer low. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes,. [speaker not understood] be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the july 29th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, thank you, madam clerk. can you

welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesdayjuly 23rd, 2014. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisor eric mar. want to thank the clerk of the committee ms. linda wong as well the members of sfgtv covering this meeting jonathan gomwalk and jennifer low. madam clerk, do

welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesday, july 23rd, 2014. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisor eric mar. want to thank the clerk of the committee ms. linda wong as well the members of sfgtv covering this meeting jonathan gomwalk and jennifer low. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes,. [speaker not understood] be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the july 29th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, thank you, madam clerk. can you call item number 1? >> item number 1 is a resolution approving a contract with brookville equipment corporation for the rehabilitation of 16 president's conference committee historic streetcars and related tools, training, and spare parts in an amount not to exceed $34,482,428 and for a term not to exceed six years, to commence following board approval. ~ 34.5 million and for a term not to exceed six-year. >> thanks. do we have anyone from sfmta to s

. >> san francisco prepares for another big budget movie. that's next. >>> some interesting numbers regarding murder rates in california. in oakland, for example, only 1 in 3 homicides are solved by police. in san jose, a killer is twice as likely to get caught. but oakland has three times more cases than san jose. in san francisco, fewer than half the homicide investigations end with the designation case closed. east palo alto has the state's lowest rate in terms of closed cases at less than 15%. >>> moviemakers say lawmakers are taking extra steps to keep the movie and television industry thriving in california. $400 million was approved in tax incentives. the industry has lost about 16,000 jobs between 2002 and 2012 to other states and countries that offer inviting incentives to lure them away. one assembly member says those are jobs we can't afford to lose. the film and television job creation act heads to the senate floor for a full vote. >>> a little more hollywood in san francisco next week. paul rudd and michael douglas are stars of t

welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesday, july 23rd, 2014.

san francisco, we have a grant program called the cultural equity grants program and that is happening in many organizations successfully in san francisco, and that happened in small, mid, and large-sized budgetrganizations, but there is that happening successfully and i think san francisco and the bay area generally speaking is help leading the way about investing in that work. >> all right, exciting and also very turbulent times in the arts. thank you all very much, tom decaigny, marc bamuthi joseph, and rebecca ratzkin. >> thank you. >> thank you. ♪ >>> the number of assisted living facilities has doubled in the last 25 years, while the industry has grown dramatically, there's been little regulation or oversight. kqed public radio is airing a series on assisted living and joining me now is kqed health reporter april dembosky. hi, april. >> hi. >> let's begin, what is assisted living and how does it differ from say, nursing homes? >> nursing homes are for people that are really sick, people living with a feeding tube or ventilator or otherwise need round-the-clock care. assisted living is for folks who don't need that kind of medical attention, but just need a little bit of help to live ind

still ahead in "today in the bay," san francisco prepares for a big budget movie shot. ils on who you might see around town coming up. >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >>> hollywood is coming to san francisco again next week paul rudd and michael douglas expected to be in town shooting a movie going by the code name "big foot". expect road closures next tuesday through friday. now some say the movie is being filmed is called ant man. the film is based on a comic that stars rudd and douglas within the five months, the rock also filmed in the city as well. >>> a faux pas for the people promoting "downton abbey," father and daughter are perfectly posed in front of a well appointed man tell, and there's a plastic water bottle. the tor did not notice, but fans did, and that photo has gone viral. >>> this morning, even the pontiff does selfies. he hugged and took pictures with young asian catholics in south korea, thousands cheering and giving the pope a welcome yesterday to rally in the in the birthplace of the first priest and where the sixth asian youth day has been

san francisco police department. and the staff of the occ is diverse, and it is a diverse group of civilian whose have never been san francisco police officers. there are 35 employees, budgeted for the office of the citizen complaints and the majority of the employees are investigators and the balance of staff consists of attorneys and support staff. our investigation process is that we conduct investigations to find out what happened and we follow the evidence by interviewing the person who brought the complaint known as the complainant and we also interview the involved police officers, subject officers and the officers and the civilian witnesses. we also have the power of the police to obtain evidence, and we on tain the additional evidence from the police department in the police report and the documentary evidence that the police department has generated or received. we can also visit the site of the alleged occurrence and we take photographs of places or persons and obtain video footage if it is available. our aim is to complete our investigations within nine months and with the limited exceptions we must complete these investigations within one year. when we complete