that will be the order i neglected to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm scott wiener the chair of the committee to my left is supervisor cohen our vice chair jane kim will not be joining us today she's been called into jury duty your clerk is andrea ashbury and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing jonathan and the others. >> madam clerk, any announcements? >> all electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 2nd, 2015 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> call item one. >> on ordinance to define homeless shelters. >> the mayor is the sponsor we have the planning department to present following by mr. duffy. >> good afternoon. supervisors i'm kim the planner with the san francisco planning department today is an ordinance am

. >> sfgovtv please. >> so recently, i received a pamphlet in the mail addressed to postal customers several facts this year in are observations by opinions their instead opinions i wish to rental my disagreement the idea concentrated in the pamphlet that a neighborhood is allowed to buy city services including the san francisco police officers and ours i find such a policy is entrenched of inequality that can tear a neighborhood apart i see my time is running out quickly the letter is before you specifically as i said you dedicated police services to be not privy to this kind of funding i support many of the other programs like outreach to the homeless and drug addicts of the neighborhood thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. please. >> supervisor tang and other victims of the ca ball i'll christopher i live on - i rise to comment on the price of our roof in the city and county of san francisco for the last 40 years more or less i've been listening to a litigate necessary of choir of complaints about the amount of money be to put the reef over ones head in the 40 year

supervisor jane kim and to my left is supervisor cowen our clerk is andrea ashbury i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specific jennifer lowe and jessie larson madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. timid items acted on today may appear on the december agenda. >> m call item one. >> a resolution granting the revokable portion of the public right-of-way along market street. >> and thank you. i'm the harrow of item number one colleagues is a resolution authorizing the installation of the light rail art project along market street this item has been considered and endorsed by the arts and historic preservation commission i have broad community support by organizations including 70 michelle obama ma the buena vista arts and sf beautiful and the cb d from integral market and yerba buena this is an exciting project that is the first of its kind in the world visualize the light rail vehicles thin light strange longer than market street if the embarcadero to van ness sen

be cable channel 78 dvds are available for purchase directly in sfgovtv thank you for your attention we'll conduct our swearing in process if you intend to testify at no time board hearing please stand and raise your right hand and say i do after sworn in please note that any members of the public may speak without taking the oath thank you. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you okay. thank you item one on that tonight calendar is general public comment are there others who wish to speak within the boards subject matter not on tonight's agenda anyone that want to speakful under general public comment item 2 is commissioners questions or comments he commissioners. >> okay. seeing none item 3 is the boards consideration and possible adaptation of the december 17, 2014, minutes. >> any additions or deletions railroad correction may i have a motion. >> so moved. >> any public comment on the minutes seeing none mr. pacheco can you call the roll please. we have a motion to adapt the dec

for their efforts to televise this meeting and the sfgovtv for making in meeting possible members of the public please take the time to silence our cell phones and other electronic diaz and i don't think we have to appreciate right now so mr. president, shall i call the meeting to order. >> yes. >> commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena sfen arrest commissioner white commissioner bonilla mr. president, you have quorum. >> okay. next item general public comment do we have any members of the public that want to make comments on items not on today's agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed next item, please. >> mr. president item number 3 is the possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on board of supervisors file number 141098 house and business and tax regulation code tobacco sales and associated fees a new ordinances amending the ordinance by adding the proximity it and the granting of new tobacco sales permits renumbering all sections of article i 9 h this also amends the business and tax code

cable channel 78 and dvds are available for purchase directly in sfgovtv thank you for your attendancet this point weigh conduct the swearing in process if you wish to have your testimony evidentiary weigh please stand please note that any member of the public my take submit a card under the sunshine ordinance ordinance. >> thank you mr. pacheco so we'll start with item one general public comment this is the opportunity for people to speak to the boarded within the board's jurisdiction not on toentsd agenda any general public comment seeing none we've move to item 2 commissioner questions or comments commissioners. >> yeah. i wanted to basically alert the audience commissioner honda needs to leave. >> commissioner honda needs to leave at 7 we're going to try to continue to move 0 through the agenda. >> so if we have 3 commissioners present we're able to hear the matters and if the vote is needed the matter will think continued maybe we'll not get to that point any another commissioner questions or comments any public comment on item 2 seeing none item 3 the consideration of the boards

. >> sfgovtv please. >> there you go i'm cindy work in the environmental health branch of the health department i manage planning and policy today, i'm going to give you a brief official of the magazine angles particulars in san francisco i want to emphasize why the department supports the package of the internal controls this first slide shows all the magazine ages location in san francisco currently, we have 2 hundred and 36 in san francisco one hundred and 46 are permanent and regulated by dpw and the other 90 are cam pack xmentsd meaning one hundred percent of their practitioners are certified by the state and have minimal regulation by them over from the city i gave this presentation in front of the state officials had 62 establishment so over the last year we've seen 28 new cam pack establishments on in san francisco and about 15 of those establishments used to be regulated by dpw and about trirdz of the establishment had a high number of violations as you can see many of the massage establishment are treated and in several neighborhood but approximately 70 percent of the estab

. >> this is and we would like to thank sfgovtv for sending it us out over the airwaves can he have a roll call please. commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner perez commissioner hyde so we got calls from both commissioner moshoyannis and president tan they'll be absences this evening we have quorum, however. >> good thing our first item it public comment of interest to the public that are within the jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. yurd wurpd the public comment maybe up to two minutes items not on the agenda do we have public comment seeing none public comment is closed it's time to review and approve the minutes for january 2016 i notice that the commissioners it said president tan and liam frost and down below audrey joseph was also here and - >> so your last meeting of the year was here and yeah. . >> so i move to approve the minutes with a couple of connection those include commissioner joseph and commissioner perez. >> i second the motion. >> sorry commissioner frost on the motion commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner p

that will be the order i neglected to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned (clapping.) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i think we have more companies anywhere in the united states it's at the amazing statement we're not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. the most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are great stories for on opera. i was leaving behind a little bit which those

joining us today she's been called into jury duty your clerk is andrea ashbury and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing jonathan and the others. >> madam clerk, any announcements? >> all electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 2nd, 2015 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> call item one. >> on ordinance to define homeless shelters. >> the mayor is the sponsor we have the planning department to present following by mr. duffy. >> good afternoon. supervisors i'm kim the planner with the san francisco planning department today is an ordinance amending the controlling for homeless shelters it was unanimously recommended approval by the planning commission on december 18th this ordinance will bring san francisco planning code into experience with the state law regarding the homeless shelter controls to allow the emergency of homeless shelter as a right meaning without required public hearing in a place one zoning district this legislation is

this item passes we've already been called items 15 and 16 and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting specifically charles and noejz and we're adjourned thank you

that will be the order i neglected to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost more successful to them and using chat catchers. >> check cashing stores can be found all over the city but they're convenient locations come with a hidden price. >> these are big. >> i remember coming in to collect -- charged a fee to collect a monogram. >> people who use check catchers, particularly those who use them to cash their paychecks all year long they can pay hundreds even a thousand dollars a year jus

. >> and today's sfgovtv program is broadcast by charles and nicole's and madam clerk and supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos commissioner christensen supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar absent supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee kwoum approve the minutes of the meeting this is an action item. >> colleagues questions or comments on the minutes seeing none, we'll go on to public comment any members of the public want to comment sooelgz and have a roll call vote. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos commissioner christensen supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee this item passes. >> great let's go on to our next two items we'll call together support. >> item 3 chairs report and item 4 director's report informational items. >> very good thank you, colleagues this month as we do every year we look at the past year and review the accomplishments of the agency we'll add a special opportunity for the silver anniversary trans

cards we'd like you to fill out hand that to our staff and state your name and feinstein thank you to sfgovtv and media services for the slides to this public every time we meet okay. we're going to start with a roll call. >> commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner moshoyannis commissioner perez commissioner tan we have quorum and commissioner joseph will be absent this evening the first item of business is public comment on any item that pertains to the business of the commission but is not to the public that are within the jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. decided any public comment? i don't see any public comment item 2 review and approval of the minutes from january 6th public utilities i wasn't here i can't vote on it but anyone want to make a motion >> i'd like to make a motion to approve the minutes. >> i'll second. >> a motion and second vote. >> commissioner perez commissioner moshoyannis abstain. >> well, then there's no quorum. >> i was absent we're going to need a motion to continue. >> i'll change my motion to have the approval of the minutes. >> i'll s

broadcast live on sfovtd cable channel 78 and dvds are available for purchase directing directly from sfgovtv thank you for your attention we'll conduct our swearing in process if you intend to testify and wish to have the board give you our testimony evidentiary weight please stand and say i do please note that any member of the public may speak pursuant to their rights under the shorns thank you do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? there we go do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you thank you mr. pacheco item one on the boards agenda for general public comment this is for anyone that wishes to speak on the board jurisdiction not on the calendar this evening any general public comment seeing none the second item is commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioners? >> okay. then the third item on the agenda is the boards consideration on possible adaptation of the minutes of the boards january 14, 2015, meetin

. >> thank you, next speaker >> ask sfgovtv, thank you. >> and here have surrounding houses including 455, the sponsor's current house. to quote the residential design guidelines, "an out of scale rear yard addition can leave surrounding residents feeling boxed in and cutoff from the mid-block open space." the project sponsor's proposal is out of scale, too massive and leaves surrounding residents feel boxed in and cut off. so what is the solution? residential design guidelines have only four. no. 1 setback upper floors. no. 2, notch the building at the rear year. no. 3 provide setbacks from side property lines and no. 4 reduce the footprint of the addition. what is the project sponsor done? he has not sets back the floors. he has not no.ed the building at the year rear. he has not reduced the footprint of the addition. he has provided a setback from the side property line, but only when the planning department suggested he do so. the neighbor's alternative provides for modest setbacks at the each of the upper two floors. the project sponsor's 311 submission has rejected any upper flo

who did the lions share of the work in an or not format so if we could have the slides i thought sfgovtv what the report covers i might need you to i have to turn it on its one of those things. >> it's the technology. >> age higher tech this covers where the need of transit and taxi and agency it gives basically information about the system and really starts with the focus on the strategic plan you adapted with a few years bank we're really urging to guide the agency this image is what's on the cover of the plan meant tee represent the movement of the transportation system and the fact that where we're people rely on rain or shine on 24/7 there's a lot happening in the muni vision zero the transportation bond and the voters approved last month you've heard under john the central somewhat the completion so the accomplishments goal safety you choose to make sure that was our top focus some good things the crime on muni is detain not long ago it was moving in the wrong direction in terms of the electronic devices we've been able to turn that around we've adapted vision zero and this is pres

diane kirpio i have been following up on the cit workshop and watching sfgovtv and seeing that there is some progress with the cit training program, which i think is wonderful. i was wondering if the workshops, they are held monthly, if they are open to the public or not. okay, so basically two years ago to last night i was -- i challenged an unlawful order and ended up in handcuffs and ended up with a 5150. it's been two years, i did a presentation which i sent to the commissioners which there's a couple of new commissioners that may be interested in seeing the immediate impacts of what a 5150 and if police use it as a tool in their toolbox versus as reality dictates, the impact on the individual. so i would like to attend a workshop and present two years later the progress or lack thereof and the impacts of a single parent with two pets who was thwarted into taking the sf general with false statements to doctors so right off the bat there was prejudice being taken in. but i'd like to put something together to give you that perspective because i think it's very important with all th

this item passes we've already been called items 15 and 16 and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting specifically charles and noejz and we're adjourned thank you >> i'm your host of "culturewire" and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted

francisco transportation authority i'm supervisor avalos the chair and today's ta meeting is brought by sfgovtv charles and jessie larson mr. clerk, call the roll and supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar absent supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee absent we have quorum >> very good okay. we can go on to our before the next item own item number 17 which is the closed session i'm going to entertain a motion to continue that to the january meeting so we can actually go to the tandem memorial issue a that's not pressing but if we continue we'll be able to get over to attend the service so okay. mr. clerk call the next item you already did so colleagues - 17 and 18 thank you it will be items 17 and 18 continued to the january meeting so colleagues, we have before us the meeting and we'll gone to the public comment any member of the public seeing none, public comment is closed a roll call vote. >> on item 2 supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cohen supervisor

that will be the order i neglected to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and some