dvd's of this meeting are available per -- for purchase directly from sfgtv. at this point, we will conduct our swearing in process. if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearing, please stand and raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in. please note that any member of the public may speak without taking this both pursuant to their rights under the sun shine ordinance in the administrative code. thank you. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you. >> we have one housekeeping item. it is an appeal no. 10, a protest of a site permit on eureka street. that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. we move on to item number one, general public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on an item that is not on tonight's calendar? seeing none, item number two, commissioner comments and questions. commissioners. seeing none, we will move on to the adoption of minutes, item numb

and sfgtv for helping to broadcast tonight's town hall.ith that, it is my pleasure to introduce our moderator. we have one major neighborhood that is shared by district 3 and district two, and the head of one of the largest ethnic associations in both districts is the president of russian hill neighbors, tina. thank you, tina. [applause] >> i do not know whether to stand in front of you or in front of you. either way, i have my back. i wanted to point out first that we have translators. so i would like everyone to speak clearly. and when you finish a sentence, pause before you start the next one. it really will help them out. i want to go over the two-minute rule we are going to have at the very end. and we are going to have two minutes for every speaker. i know you all will not get a chance, but i think you put your questions and to the fish bowl, and we will take one question per district. one from two, one from three, and go that way to make it fair. you can spend all two minutes in making a statement or speak for one minute and have an

and we also would like to thank charles cremenak and john rios from the sfgtv staff who are helping to cover this meeting. we also want to thank the members of the audience who are here and watching this hearing. i know that this is something that is very important to so many families and so many parents in the city. madam clerk, if you can please >> thank you. it's file number 110527 and a hearing on the a-g request requirements for high school as sponsored by supervisor chiu. >> thank you. madam secretary. this is an item that was introduced a while back by supervisor carmen chu. and it is my pleasure to now hold this hearing today. let me begin by noting that the issue of a-g requirements is something that i know the board of supervisors and board of education in particular have been paying attention to. and it's been a very important issue at the school district. the purpose of this hearing today is to have a better understanding of our progress. and specifically our progress when it comes to closing the achievement gap. i know from my own experience, having worked at the school di

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fello

from sfgtv, we also have michael and scott. call item number 1. >> item number 1, ordinance authorizing the department of emergency management on behalf of the city and county of san francisco as the primary guarantees for the combined bay area urban area and as the fiscal agent for the urban areas security initiative approval authority to retroactively a accept and expend a uasi grant in the amount of $35,546,960 from the united states department of homeland security to the california emergency management agency and amendment ordinance 146-11 to reflect the addition of one brand-funded position in the police department as follows: position in class 1824 principal administrative analyst. >> thank you. good morning the i am with the department of emergency management and i am joined by captain lazar from the san francisco police department. it is a pleasure to be in front of the on the 106th anniversary of the 1906 quake in fire. the item before you is a regional grant that is managed by the bay area uasi. san francisco is the c

i do want to thank sfgtv and our clerk's staff for working with the community and helping us with technology on the presentation. we do have a lot of people here today, and i want to thank everyone who is here. i just want to let you know that you can fill out speaker cards and leave them in the burgundy been, and i will pick them up intermittently. but there any announcements? >> yes, madam chair. adams active but it will appear on the april 17 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: thank you. please call item one. that hearing to examine the san francisco shelter system and specifically, how the city can improve access to shelter for all, improve programming within the shelter and explore opportunities for better access to -- to better assess the needs of shelter clients. supervisor kim: thank you. there are multiple departments here on behalf of the city of san francisco. shelter reform is an issue that our office has been in discussion with many of our activists and individuals who were in and out of our shelter system for the past year. the hearing was moti

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will it feel cold and electronic? >> the imagery will change. there will be four different sets. it is a two dimensional image. it is stretched out into three dimensions. the device is part of the experience. you cannot experience the image without the device as being part of what you are seeing. whereas with the tv you end up ignoring it. i make gallery work more self and budget and public art work where i have to drop this of indulgence and think about how people will respond. and one of the things i was interested in the work and also a little fearful of, it is not until you get to the first and second floor were the work is recognizable as an image. it is an exploration and perception is what it is. what are you seeing when you look at

first of all, i forgot to thank the moembers of sfgtv staff.lso wanted to welcome our new a member, commissioner christina olague. with that, commissioner pimentel? commissioner pimentel: be no witch sides of the city have the highest opt-out rate? >> we don't know yet, we have projected rates. commissioner pimentel: do you know which side are more in favor? >> we will be doing much more granular research than we have done in the past. what we have seen is the north and the western parts of the city, because of the nature of the research we did up until now out, it wasn't really granular enough. that is the next level we're going to be doing. in general, the northwest, if i had to make my best guess now, it would be the area with the lowest hot out. san francisco as we know ait is more like swiss cheese. i am thinking there are different ways home yet. that is how we will bring various proposals in terms of strategies on how to rescind or opt-out notices. commissioner campos: mr. campbell, as you're doing this analysis in looking at the data, w

the mayor's office of immigrant affairs for translation service, and adrian for working with us, and sfgtv for recording this, and you can watch it to test the words. i want to thank my staff, they spent a lot of time on this. there wil lbe more town halls. supervisor olague will announce her next, and thank you. >> i would like to thank ed lee, for years i have organized this event. this seat was always empty. i want to thank hom for engaging with all of us and sharing the priority for the district. as promised, there will be more opportunities for you to express your feelings about the budget priorities. we will have this pariapril 25 t the county fair building. there are fliers as you leave. i want to thank you for coming and sharing your priority with us. we will work hard to meet those priorities. thank you. [applause] >> well, we certainly got off to a good start. last year, when we started this, -- i will tell you, one reason why i think there are a lot of programs that are safe is because you conducted yourself in a way we listened very carefully because he represented yourselves w

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and ws to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the v

civic engagement doing translation service, the mayor's office on disability and media services and sfgtvisor elsbernd: we have a number of the department heads. the ground rules are simple -- hopefully when you walked in, you sign din and the of a question, you have already filled out. we are going to alternate district for question, district 7 question. they will pull them out randomly. carmen or i will come to you when your name is called in to be the opportunity to ask your question. we would like to keep the question between two and three minutes and we will keep the responses brief. try not to ask a question that necessitates a 20 minute answer. anything we are unable to get to you, we will have your contact information and complete the answer if we do not do it today. but let's try to keep everything as respectful as we possibly can. supervisor chu: just quickly, can i ask the department representatives to please stand. if you could just say your name and department quickly. >> public works. >> city administrator. >> child support services. >> mayors education adviser and chairing

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> good afternoon, and welcome. this has to be the coldest and windiest. i want to thank san francisco for your hospitality. i often feel i have one of the best jobs. every spring we get to work with communities putting in green spaces, and this is what this is all about, helping communities benefit from green spaces in urban areas. we could not have done this without partners. gerwe have the park conservator, and we have volunteers from lows and fresh and easy today. you really are the reason we are in the rain and cold during this great work, so we were talking about partners co., and we stard talking and realized we have added them as a partner, so i would like to introduce jocelyn to say a few words about our program. >> good afternoon. it is living up to its reputation of rain. we are thrilled with our partnership says. many are committed, and we join with our partners for our gardens and green space program, and we are recognizing the moral leadership an

government television, cable channel 78 and dvd's of the meeting are available for purchase directly from sfgtv. at this point in time we will conduct our swearing-in process. if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearings and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or firm. please note any member of the public may speak without taking this oath pursuant to the rights under the sunshine ordinance of the administrative code. thank you. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. we have one housekeeping item this evening. item #seven. appeal 12-017 regarding a permit at 15 valencia street. the permit holder has submitted a request to the department of building inspection to have this permit canceled. dbi is indicated it expects cancellation to be filed tomorrow. staff will dismiss the appeal. in order to allow time for the cancellation, i would request that -- one continuance in weekend cont

dvd's are available directly from sfgtv. we will conduct our swearing in process. if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearings and wish to have the board did your testimony evidence here wait, please stand and raise your right hand. please note that any member of the public may speak without taking this oath. thank you. do you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> thank you. we have one housekeeping item that has to do with item number seven. that appeal has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. we will take public comments from anyone who wishes to speak on an item that is not on tonight's calendar. please step forward. >> good evening, members of the board. i stood in front of you on january 18 when a neighbor appealed the construction project begun at our building. that night, we were all told that the back sunroom porches would not be reconstructed or remodeled. the staircase would be carried out swiftly. plans were unfurled at this very podium that ha

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we [applause] >> if i could get everybody's attention, please. grab your food, have a seat. i am an old fashioned a journalist. a few of us still exist. i host "your call." thank you. [applause] it airs from 10:00 to 11:00 and i am always wanting more women to call in. it is interesting to see when we have more men called versus women. we focus on politics, social issues, the environment. when i needed break, we focus on the arts. on today's show, we talked about international women's day. and what we're facing here at home. the u.n. declared march 8 international women's day three decades ago. the goal was to provide an opportunity to reflect and confront issues affecting women. we know that we cannot have a vibrant society and must we have a seat at the table and have the power to make our own decisions about our bodies, families, and communities. each year, the un select a team . -- theme. if we could have everybody sit down, please. thank you. i love looking

is that sfgtv? the context, we start with a 20- year plan. it is a look at all of our capital needs, all of our assets, everything we would need to do. in that unconstrained view, we established public -- policy priorities. that is what you adopted earlier this calendar year. from that, we have developed a five-year look ahead based on the revenues we anticipate. this is a constraint view. we look -- we take these logger looks because many programs take a long time to develop. many take more than a few years to implement. the five-year document is a constraint to look at what we anticipate our revenues to be over the next five years. and how we propose to expand them. we take the first two years of that five-year cip and put those forth as the proposed capital budget. the goals are to develop a detailed program and this presentation will hit on the highlights. the materials, you had every project that we are proposing. a detailed program that is achievable and realistic. we are completely funding projects in phases, so we will fully fund the

we want to recognize the staff at sfgtv. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items will appear on the april 8 board of supervisors agenda. item #one -- hearing to consider appointing four members, terms ending february 19, 2013 and february 19, 2014, to the workforce investment community advisory committee. >> thank you. we did contact all the applicants to date and i believe they are all here. i want to call you up in the order you are listed on the agenda. if you could just speak briefly as to your experience and why he would lead to serve on this committee, and take a few minutes to do that. first, we have dion-jay brookter. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i wanted to take the stand today to introduce myself. my name as dion-jay brookter, born and raised in fresno, california. from grammar school to high school, i distinguish myself academically and athletically. eventually, this dedication paid off in 2001 when i earned a full athletic scholarship to play football in utah. while attending the utah state university, i distinguish myself on the fiel

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on twitter and we >> the evening and welcome to this evening's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. you can find this on the internet at commonwealthc lub.org. you can read us online at sf gate.com. now it is my pleasure to introduce our special guest, mayor ed lee. a few months ago, if you mentioned his name, they responded with the question -- "who the hell is ed lee?" unless you're connected to san francisco politics, you would not know he served four mayor's and he had very powerful friends like former mayor willie brown san francisco's often fractured board of supervisors could not agree on at the mayor, then they agreed on the compromise -- ed lee. the board approved him ten to one, and they do not approve of anything ten to one. who is he? his mother was a seamstress. his father died when he was 10. he was so poor, he and his siblings would scrounged around in the basement for something to give each other for christmas. in one box, there would be an old shoe. in another

that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing>> ts to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned

i want to thank the following members of sfgtv staff, bill and charles. madam clerk, have roll-call. >> supervisor avalos present. supervisor campos present. supervisor chiu present. supervisor cohen present. supervisor elsbernd: present. supervisor farrell: present. supervisor kim: present. supervisor mar: absent. supervisor olague: absent. supervisor wiener: here. >> march 27, 2012 meeting, approval of minutes and said. action item. supervisor campos: is there any public comment? seen none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. we can have a motion on item number two. motion by commissioner cohen. a second by commissioner elsbernd. we can take that without objection. please call item number 3. >> treasury report. and -- shares report. and information item. supervisor campos: thank you very much. we have had a pretty busy last few weeks since the last time we met as a commission, and i especially want to highlight a very important development that took place. we had the approval by the california high speed rail authority of a new