your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has as every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon and welcome to the thursday march 12th special meeting of the san francisco transportation authority board. i believe we will be joined shortly by other members of the committee as well. i want to rec

. >> i noticed again looking at their foundational documents that our legal counsel is the san francisco city attorney dennis herrera and it struck me that was an odd position given that as far as i could tell wasn't acting like a legal counsel so i had a couple of meetings with them and including mr. herrera on tuesday and he agrees that's a position that is untenuous for his office. he has no problem being the legal counsel but he understands that he hasn't been acting as such at all, and has made it very clear to me that he doesn't -- it's up to us, the board to choose our true legal counsel, and he's willing to be that no problem, but if he is he's going to act as such and be essentially primary. for example choosing all -- the other firms, the sub firms and directing them he would be responsible and i have talked to andrew sharltz at shoop and hail and he he is also. >> >> hailey and he is perfectly willing to be the true counsel and understands that the scope of general counsel would include choosing and directing other firms to do the specialty work, so we're going to have to make a de

transform san francisco's publicity u public housing the rad fireman is significant and will allow san francisco is leverage $800 million in investment eligibility and $5200 million from our city to rehabilitate over 4 thousand 5 hundred units of public housing unit for over 5 thousand 4 hundred residents this will be one of the biggest public housing improvements in our country i can tell you from experience the residents needed it i'm so proud of the mayor and public housing is affordable housing and mayor ed lee and i are working to build both on public safety it has been a privilege to work with the mayor to put over 3 hundred new police officers on our streets in the next two years and (clapping.) you can clap for that and the poles are change in terms of public safety over the next year address the ambulance crisis by hiring dozens of now pharmacies and emts and plaza 9 now ambulances in service yesterday, i he was proud to join the mayor in introducing the city's 10 year capital explain that inxirwa 32 employed in citywide infrastructure investment over the next deek and beyond this plan will help create better hospitals, roads, muni services and parks while protecting

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and sales experience to our guys and watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san franciscowork we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring t

>> good afternoon again, commissioners, eric brooks, san francisco green party, our city and san francisco clean energy advocates. so on this item i would also, i'm kind of glad you are postponing this. i understand where director fried is coming from, but i think there's a lot that needs to be thought about. one has to do with the budget for the director and staff themselves. we expect that community choice will probably go along swimmingly early next year. however, i just want to remind, i know you have heard this ad nauseam, but it's so important that the reason the advocates have pushed this program for so long and worked to get it off the ground for so long is my tenants said the local buildout. that may not be flushed out entirely and we may need commissioner porter and diligence than we might think. so let's be prepared. after cca does get off the ground, i think there are so many things that are so crucial that are coming up. once cca is put to bed, myself and a lot of other advocates community broad band is are groiing to make that our no. 1 priority. we've got the public banking

in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is an accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at van ness street via ramps. wheelchair access at the pope street/carlton entrance is provided. wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is close-captioned and sign language interpreted. our materials are available in large braille. please ask staff for any additional assistance. to prevent electronic interference with this room sound system and to respect everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and pda's. your cooperation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speaker card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line at 1415-554-9632. >> let me repeat that. 1415-554-9632. where a staff person will handle request to speak. the mayor's disability council meeting is held the third friday of the month. our next regular

my name is ivania vargus, i am currently the first transgender woman's president at city college of san francisco. we are the biggest community college on the west coast with that percentage of veterans. i work closely with the city college of san francisco's dean of students, president paris, chancellor tyler and other administrators on behalf of our veteran community. my role is to ensure that all veterans are delivered with the continuously update and resource -- ensure that a voice for veterans is delivered and that we continuously update the resources available to current and future set tran students on campus and in the community. i am currently also a student at city college, double maipk erring in administration of justice and social sciences, i will be transferring in the fall to the university of san francisco to pursue my juris doctorate. i am a united states disabled veteran from the navy i served from 1991 to 19 95 i was in desert storm, i am also a combat service medal recipient. i think that's it. >> thank you. what would you like to be able to apeeve, what do you think your big co

of san francisco to 16, it would be the first major u.s. city do so. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco city hall this morning. steph, if passed there would be some limits on what they could vote on. >> reporter: absolutely, good morning, laura and sam. we're talking municipal or city locations. from mayor, supervisors and bond issues. the 16 and 17-year-olds say at the rally at city hall yesterday they deserve to get a shot at this. >> i believe that my voice is just as powerful as any others. my age does not define how i think, feel and most importantly am capable of doing. >> reporter: the san francisco youth commission say group of san franciscoans between 12 and 23 who advise the board of supervisors. the group says 16 and 17-year-olds should be able to vote because they're taxed, can drive, work and be tried in adult court. the idea also is that voting is an habitual practice so get them started sooner and they will continue to vote. >> my experience has been young people have been very engaged on these issues,

construct what types of businesses costs the different types of businesses experience in san francisco versus others cities in the san francisco bay area how much for labor or office space and how much to pay for taxes in terms of what the survey said those are the 3 points the businesses pointed to a difficulty of finding releasing that is probably since this research observations of labor costs were high and the this is sdouj job creation and also difficulties related to business taxes and things came out of survey when we look at the numbers ourselves we found that labor costs are the biggest between alternative locations that a business might stick within the bay area we didn't compare san francisco to metropolitan areas or move to a metropolitan area in texas it maybe cheaper but not all the benefits in terms of the workforce and the quality of life and everything else but if you move to other places in the bay area looking at how san francisco ranged compared to other places in the bay area was important in general san francisco and places are the high cost places and the bay area is the less extensi

the city and county of san francisco and versus gas and electrical and city and county of san francisco 22 pacific gas and trek vs. the city and county of san francisco 23 exciting rehabilitation for the city and county of san francisco versus pacific gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commission. >> seeing none this meeting is adjourned at >> can everybody hear me thank you for hosting us all i'm john the councilmember gloria vice president and along with my much nor talented colleagues and megan our program managers i offer see the responsibility of zen detect when we they moved no inviting one of the things we've heard loud and clear was the importance of the hiring locally and many technology growing companies we're dista

>> it went back to the city and county of san francisco. i understand the city and county of san francisco deals with this item --. >> excuse me a second, if the people in the back of the room could keep their voices down, it's distracting. thank you. >> the city and county, from what i understand, has our budget as a line item under the board of supervisors so that's how it works within the city and county's budget. from our perspective it's the city and county, it's not where the line item exists. and then outside of the general fund money that we have, we also have the mou with the sfpuc for our cca monitoring activities. that money also exists but that is not part of our budgeting process that is required by the act. on the screen in front of you you have our proposed budget. there are a few changes and they are all described in the memo that's in the packet, describes what all the changes are that we're looking at doing with the budget. first off, we were paying at one point one price for both our half clerk and a whole bunch of adminis

>> i have been in daly city for 3 years, but most of what i do is in san francisco so i think the only thing that i do in daly city is go home and go to sleep. so most of what i do is in san francisco. so i should start, it will be to my benefit and my body to move back to san francisco. >> and peace of mind. >> yes. and i love san francisco, too. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions, comments? >> yes. okay, so this is for reappointment, right? >> this is my first time. >> oh, your first time coming forward. what i'm looking to hear is maybe the commission is an advisory commission to the mayor's office and to the board of supervisors. i would like to hear about how you would go about advising the board of supervisors on matters important to the veterans' community. >> well first of all i would speak with my fellow commissioners if i am appointed and will go by doing that i would also make an appointment with the supervisors to speak with them because i think that is appropriate protocol. i believe after that, after that we will write up something so that we can move forward. for in

of all, let me begin by saying what a wonderful city i'm so luke for the mayor of a great city like san francisco you know offer the years when i was city administrator i was working with then dominating to make sure that a city we also be prepared and read for the biggest disasters and i often used the term i continue uss it is another internal revenue magnify this great city if we're ready then the words like recovery and reliantcy will be common words we use everyday where our departments or nonprofit organizations working the community or volunteers that by the constantly try to recruit and today, i want to say to you that we don't have to be waiting for big disasters on a citywide basis to happen before you we oozed use those word we're challenged by disasters just as big for small families as and face certainly things certainly for the last two months we'll have 4 major fires in the city some of them as high as three or four alarms they've effected they've had the effect of us losing over one hundred living unit and more importantly interrupting sometimes tragically the lives of so many fam

san francisco city leaders talk about real changes at the ballot box that could be the first major cityin the country to lower the voting age to 16 years old. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco this morning and steph, some powerful adults are all for it. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you laura and sam. consider this, a recent uc davis study found that only 8% of eligible 18 to 24-year-olds, californians voted last november, that's 8%. so the idea here is to increase that number absolutely and lower the legal voting age to 16 years old, and increase the civic participation. the san francisco youth commission a group of people between 12 to 23 who advise the board of supervisors point to the fact that 16 and 17-year-olds can drive and work and pay taxes, be tried in adult courts but can't vote and the teens have public figures behind them including sf public defender jeff hidachi. >> i think that by giving young people the right to vote, we could actually encourage adults to vote and exercise their rights. >> reporter: this would need majority vote by

the city and county of san francisco and versus gas and electrical and city and county of san francisco 22 pacific gas and trek vs. the city and county of san francisco 23 exciting rehabilitation for the city and county of san francisco versus pacific gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commission. >> seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> i want to welcomed everyone today, we have a wonderful set the of speakers i'm sure everyone is incredibly that i have i didn't in their remarks you won't have be here longer a half hour and lunch break with tour 90 wonderful affordable housing for seniors and here to celebrate an unbelievable partnership are the st. anthony's foundation we've had the privilege to partner with them and

comingthrough that door and thanks for coming watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our

the city and county of san francisco and versus gas and electrical and city and county of san francisco 22 pacific gas and trek vs. the city and county of san francisco 23 exciting rehabilitation for the city and county of san francisco versus pacific gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commission. >> seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> okay. good afternoon. >> we're going to start the program if edge can come in thank you so much for being here on behalf of the 24 housing for youth at risk of homelessness i'm the executive director and believe it or not we're going to have a beautiful brief program so people can get to know each other better i want to thank everyone in the room everyone in the room that is structural

one more thing in announcing that the world's fair 0 would be in san francisco president taft coincide the phrase san francisco the cityknows how thank you (clapping.) oh yeah. and (clapping.) that was relationship roar i like that okay. i hope i can get through to next part without crying about 5 months ago i have a violation to light the affair ferry building of the iconic lights the rows had been in my mind and my grandparents feel in love and skroeltd down market street and saw the light it was in my mind i want to thank the first people i approached who embraced that laura address my fin say john he made the great bajdz i hope you're getting so be sure you get one and my long time it friend charlotte and, of course, every enthusiastic said this was a fantastic idea willie brown there he is willie brown yeah. willie willie brown who will be on stage with charlotte shortly and, of course they all shared my incision said it was - make it happen donna go for it i met wonderful new friends renee martin yeah. from did port and jane and phillip and bobby from bay crossing and others i said, "yes yes. yes. we wanted to do

. >> and now i want to present on behalf of the city of san francisco a special city insignificant ma heart i hope you'll receive it with the feeling we're in deep appreciation of the work and commitment to the city and for the audience i'd like to just say shop locally because do as much locally has possible you know be know someone that is online a barky could be the hero in the city thank you, everyone for being here i'm going to ask the supervisors to help me do the pinning and if the chief could help i want to make sure i acknowledge the san francisco fire commission i know you're helping just making sure that we do all the right things in the city continually goorndz thank you very much on behalf of the city of san francisco. >> welcome everybody i'm going to start the program well, to 1915 yeah. >> yeah. >> and if you look around you might see charlie chaplin and laura is here and if you look really closely that devil art smith that here so i'd like to start the show with first of all, how many were you at the palace of the fine arts did you have fun and go to the ugly this one

san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928 the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhel

san francisco city leaders are going to weigh that very question today when they consider lowering the voting age to 16. a san francisco supervisor is proposing that change that would apply only to municipal elections such as mayor, supervisors, bond issues. if it does come to pass san francisco would be the first major city in the country to allow 16-year-olds to vote. san francisco youth commission laid out its case at a rally yesterday in city hall. >> my experience has been that young people have been very very engaged on these issues and when they're given opportunities to be involved they take up that leadership. >> supervisor john avalos hopes to have a charter amendment ready at june at the latest to be on the ballot in november. >> new it tails on the sxual harassment trial gripping silicon valley. we're hearing from the venture capital firm sued by ellen pao. >> what was said on the stand today? >> good morning, sam and kris. it started off with a very lighthearted tone with the judge walking in and noting all the green in the room. he even brought cookies in for people, but

we as individuals, african americans i'm talking about city of san francisco, we do not reap the benefits of what they call the 50 percent hiring. we can't even afford to stay in this city let alone working as a city of san francisco. they weren't talking about people like me to benefit from this hiring. if you drag this down, you have some big big challenges. but let's not go into that. let's talk about how we can change that around. i have a solution to all of this pollution. let's look at local hiring again. i need to take out some of these people like city build, oewb, these got together because they came and filed a lawsuit. there is plenty of jobs in the western edition. we are surrounding by buildings. it's too late now, most of them are built. we still got them but there was nobody monitoring. i have to go there. i don't get paid. what they tell me, go see city build. i go there and find out city build is revamping their leadership. i found out ms. simmons and autumn of those people, they are gone. we need to bring it back to the community. you have all of these agencies. the only

san francisco. he has been especially formative in the irish immigration pastoral center here in our great city of san francisco and everybody identifies father with the center. he has grown it into a thriving hub, helping irish immigrants in our city. it is a non-profit community organization, assisting all irish immigrants in the bay area. i would call his style working quietly and behind-the-scenes one of the most humble people you will ever come across. he is both a teacher and a student to so many people. he has offered citizenship advice, job interview consultation, just working with our irish immigrant families here in san francisco. he is a lead-by-example type of person and i have the great honor of being part of his angel's team thanks to supervisor elsbernd dragging me out and happily we won as well. talking about giants and talking about the ryder cup that unfortunately europe has won -- and he such an amazing leader in our city and a great friend of mine. thank you for that. your dedication to our irish community embodis what we do in the city here, st. francis. to me you are the apostle