i am so proud of the hospital. i am so proud. i am glad we're not stopping work for 1 minute. i am so proud and we're building this building on time and ahead of schedule and i want to thank everybody. thank you. our we doing, everyone? -- how are we doing, everyone? >> we have an incredible relationship with cfs. we have leaders from the hiv/aids fight. many of them have become administrators and the health department. and soap ,ucfs -- and so ucfs has been an incredible partnership for department. [applause] >> thank you. it is such an honor to be here today, to represent the over 2000 employees who work here on this campus and come here every day to provide the best service people can in partnership with the city. it is one of our major sites, not only for delivering health care, but also for teaching the bank in all of these schools -- the school of medicine, the school of nursing, the school of pharmacy, and the graduate school. this is a site that is important to all of us in terms of having cutting edge research. we have over $250 million on this campus as well as 800 pe

i am in school myself. i am trying to make a better life for my son but i don't have no help. so can i get some? >> hold on a second. superintendent richard a. carranza could you have somebody speak to miss green wood? >> yes. president yee, i am going to ask you to speak with my chief of staff lora moran so she can get your contact information and some details and then, we will make sure that somebody follows up with you first thing in the morning. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. so that is the end of the public speakers. we are going to go to k, advisory committee reports appointments to the committees by the board members. are there any tonight? >> the student delegate megan wong. >> i like to reappoint angelina way to (inaudible). >> are there any others? >> seeing none, let's move on to item m. discussion of other educational issues. called superintendent richard a. carranza this is the university of california san francisco science and health education partnership 2012 high school summer intern program. >> great, thank you, president yee. and i am so excited to see this. i

. >> aye. >> and wynn. >> aye. >> i am going to go ahead and i am just do a p, also, consent calendar for board and discussions in the media action, there were none, so p is done. >> i am going back to h, now. >> this is a superintendent proposals, held for speakers cards and action, none tonight. item i, board members proposal. speaker cards and action, none tonight. >> requests to speak regarding general matters. i have 8 speakers here, i don't know if we have any more? i think that this is a group and i will give this each speaker a minute and a half. joanna hag? josh verm it. jeniffer bishop, michael george, sherry beesley, gilian phillip, amy hagen, christen balmgardner. so you have a minute and a half. and i have one more speaker after that which is unrelated to this and i will call you up when they are finished. >> okay. let me get adjusted here. don't count the minute now because i thought that i had two minutes. hello, my name is johanna hagg and my daughter is in fourth grade. she started actually her fifth year and started in kindergarten and has been having a wonderful time attending ever since. and ever since we started at new traditions

and i know supervisor, your concern about your constituents as the others are, and so am i. i look forward to productive working relationship, both this community coffee, as well as the community clean team effort that's scheduled for this saturday for both district 4 and district 7. thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you, mr. mayor. i think that conclude today's question time. >> mayor lee: and i want to especially acknowledge and thank the other supervisors for their questions as well. thank you. >> president chiu: with that, madam clerk, why don't we go to our consent agenda. >> angela calvillo: items 2 through 5 compromise the consent agenda, and will be ablthd upon by a single roll call vote. if a member would like to discuss a matter it shall be removed and considered separately. >> president chiu: colleagues, anyone want to sever any of these items? roll call vote on 2-5. >> angela calvillo: supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. presid

i am the oldest granddaughter of james leon, he is a monster fighting and so am i. that comes from southern tales of supernatural. a porch lie is not a mean or vicious lie, it is a story of exaggeration and humor. the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me

i am ecstatic. i am so happy that the supervisors are doing something that i call community reform. we're going to show and demonstrate not only that department, but there are several other departments that need to come before the eyes of city government. i got a unique technique call in your face. right now in your face. i have been discriminated against. yes, commissioner wiener, you can yawn all you want. i am so glad kristina stepped forward and doing the right thing in the most progressive district. i am ace dog gone in. we're going to be on the case in front of you. i know you can't deny it. >> next speaker, please. >> hard act to follow. sarah short with the san francisco housing rights. a lot of people come in when they have issues with their repairs or evictions or rent increases and such. so, we've talked to many, many public housing residents throughout the years and believe this would greatly benefit the whole population. what this resolution does is, it sends a powerful message to over 25,000 public housing and section 8, let's not forget, residents in san francisco, an

so previously in july, you had seen the goals for the project and so i am not going to work through these in much detail and the real... of the work is to save these buildings before they go. what i wanted to step through is the uses and the work that has happened against july with the orton team other than negotiating hard on the business terms which you will learn in more detail next month, but has been focusing on what the usage will be. forth of 20th street there were two historic office building to meet the office need that we are growing. the powerhouse building will be a restaurant or some other active use. south of 20th street. the focus here is to bring these buildings back as that funky boutique industrial. like the american can and other places, makers, users and the real way to save these buildings and get them back in use with as light of a hand as possible on the historic structure. >> our hope is that there will be 400 to 500 people working and we will be filling the streets probably with more women from the photos showed from the 40s. and we are excited and that is how the

so i am voting. -- so i am voting democrat.i host: here is coverage of the convention and this was written about last night's speech -- now to the independent line with richard in little rock, arkansas, good morning. caller: something i noticed in both of the campaigns neither has mentioned is the educational background. of both background president obama, they brought up in the last campaign how he got his law degree at harvard. they have not brought up that while mitt romney went to harvard he had a wife and a small child? . while the got a law degree he got a business degree at the same time. i wonder why they have not pressed on this. there should be like a job resume to see what people's backgrounds are. host: dennis, good morning. caller: i want to mention the fact that there's no doubt in my mind that president obama will give great speeches ever egos. he's a great speaker. and how he won his last election. but i do believe part of winning an election will be with the help of bill clinton. this beats the night before was even better. he is really going to help obama win this electio

tavis: you put it out there, so i am curious now. what is it about playing these characters with secrets that so entices you print >> i sort of think it is like advent calendars. do you have an advent calendar? rasmus, and every day, you are able to open one more as you get towards christmas, and you see more and more about what is inside the house, and i remember being, as a kid, excited about that, and i always thought of my character like that. i like to havets and slowly let those secrets out to the audience, sometimes never let them out, but let them see a little bit more of the character. for me, i do not know about you, but the great thing when you are making new friendship is the discovery of that person. it is that that is wonderful. i tried to let the audience do that with the character. you keep some things and slowly led them out, so there is that sort of fascinating area in a character. enigmas and secrets, for me, are very useful. >> beyond that, has the process you have been using for choosing the roles that you want to

accomplish it because we have wonderful partners like you so thank you very much. >> so i guess i get the last word. juno, it's incredible what you have done. i am so proud of you and the organization. for the odd densz that don't know this i was in the sister organization at the birth of this organization was formed and it was just her and her and her, and look at what it's now, the impact it's had. it's great for me personally to see the growth and what you have done for our families so congratulations. what do i do now? voting. w÷w÷ >> thank you commissioner. ( roll call). >> you have six aye's. [applause] >> i honestly didn't expect that but thank you guys. and it wasn't just me. i actually started at support for families as a parent using its services, but thank you. i had a long thing i was going to say but i'm going to shorten it and i just want to say as a representative of families of children with disabilities for the first time in a really long time we are feeling hopeful, and it's because we are working in a school district that understands the challenges of the children and families and is actually doing something about it. the fact

i am a criminal defense lawyer, i am for love. i am for passion. i am for forgiveness. i am for the best society that we can possibly have. so i'm saying to you, that i know each of you had this hard decision to make. some of you can't even look at me as i speak, because of the situation that you have been called to do. in domestic violence cases it's really hard to get a conviction in san francisco county. and so the plea bargain that ross took is the plea bargain that allows police officers to keep their jobs. it's not a crime of moral terpitude, and this is that standard thing. it's the plea bargain that is designed for the person to not lose their job it's the plea bargain designed so that the breadwinner continues to have employment, health insurance and medical benefits for the family and it's the plea bargain that allows the criminal justice system to allow that person to be rehabilitated and to -- i don't know, be rehabilitated and pace pay their price to society and the like. that is what ross did. i'm not ross' lawyer. i was never ross' lawyer, but we would not have been convicted in a jury trial and instead, to tr

i like when people commit to the bit. >> i don't know who that is, so that helps. >> greg, i am unclearyou want hollywood to do about this. >> you know what i want hollywood to do? they spend so much time on their high horse telling us they believe in freedom this, freedom that, and now the high horse is no where. i want them to get on their high horse and defend something that takes some balances or some risk. they go and they do anti-bullying campaigns. nobody is going to come out except for me and say i am pro bullying. >> rut real hero. >> i am the real hero. they always talk about freedom of speech is to defend the worst kind of speech. they did a movie on larry flint. what did larry flint do, but put women in meat grinders on the cover of hustler? >> she a national hero. this tah horses i am against feeding horses drugs. >> i agree. >> they should get off their tiny pigmy horses like the ones i have in my living room. >> they are dead. >> that's your office, greg. we have got to talk about regulating your meds. >> you said the ad is genius which i completely agree with. here is wh

i am the oldest granddaughter of james leon, he is a monster fighting and so am i. that comes from southern

i love you so much. a few nights ago, everybody was reminded of just what a lucky man i am. s and applause] melia and sasha, we are so proud of the. -- of view. -- of you. [applause] yes, you do have to go to school in the morning. [laughter] joe biden, thank you for being the very best vice-president i could have ever hoped for. and be in a strong and loyal friend it. [cheers and applause] madam chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] [chanting "four more years!"] the first time i addressed this convention in 2004, i was a younger man. [laughter] a senate candidate from illinois who spoke about hope. not blind optimism, but hope in the face of difficulty. hope in the face of uncertainty. that faith in the future that pushed this nation forward even when the odds are great. even when the road is long the. eight years later, that hope has been tested. tested by the cost of war, one of the worst economic crises in history, and by political gridlock that left us wondering if it is possible to tackle the challenges

if you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am i. i am. [ laughter ] [ cheering and applause ] >> but when all is said and done, when you pick up that ballot to vote, you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation. over the next few years big decisions will be made in washington on jobs, the economy, taxes and deficits, energy, education, war and peace, decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and on our children's lives for decades to come and on every issue the choice you face won't just be between two candidates or two parties. it will be a choice between two different pats for america, a choice between -- paths for america, a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future. ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known. economy the world has ever known. [ cheering and applause ] >> the values my grandfather defended as a soldier in patton's army, the values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembl

i am oppose to that. i am opposed at the whole idea of renting out short term rentals to people, so i would be opposed to taxation on those units because i am opposed to the whole idea of short term rentals because they deprive people from affordable housing and it's an end around rent control. >> mr. rogers. >> i think that's a good point. i have a frent who has a rental unit down stairs and has an agency that is providing her people that would stay there and they were people that were travelers and they would stay for a month and then she would look for another tenant there and it would be another two months before she got a tenant and stay a month or two weeks so it went, so she wasn't making a lot of money. the idea that it should be rented out as a steady income to people who wanted to stay there 12 months out of the year is really the ideal solution. >> all right. thank you sir. all right. we have two final questions and then we will go to closing remarks and first question is about measure f. it's on the ballot this november and require san francisco to come with a plan and drain the reservoir and

i have met so many people from my hometown and where i go to school, so it has been inspirational, awesome. i amm the president tonight? >> beyond inspiration, i heard truth, facts, something a lot of people did not get to hear at the rnc. i heard that is not what we got to hear from mitt romney. i heard a true inspirational story it from the president that was so it refreshing. it is so easy to relate to him. he maybe 50 something years old, but i can relate to the president. i am so excited to be here. >> your excitement is contagious. i have one last question. why argue a delegate, and why are you interested in politics? >> -- why are you a delicate, and why are you interested in politics? >> i have been a volunteer since 2008. i became a fellow, and i was asked to run as a delegate, and i was given an opportunity to come, but i am here to showcase that people my age can do this. we are motivated. we are going to go to the polls. i am going to make sure a majority go out to the polls, i am going to make sure that a majority of young women go to the polls. i am going to be a representation tha

i am it meeba moss. i am spur and i wanted to come in and speak on behalf of this piece of legislation and many of you have talked about why this is so critical to the housing trust fund package and one of the stakeholders that has been a part of that process from the beginning i want to under score the importance of this piece of legislation as well the additional pieces of legislation that will be coming before you in the months to come. this was a consensus measure of the we were proud we were able to work with the community stakeholders and all of the members of the work working group that we responded to the housing crisis we're are experiencing in san francisco as well as ways to stimulate, market rate production housing as well and this is just the very beginning of what we hope to be a very successful measure, certainly in november, but also really contributing to increasing housing production in san francisco, so i ask the committee put it forth with a positive endorsement and we will be back. thank you very much. >> thank you. let's hear from our next speaker. i'm an attorney and here to express my support for raising the t

so i am really pleased about this. want to say that with these swim classes, we are hoping that children will have a lifetime of a safety net that will save them, besides bring them great pleasure. i am just so pleased to be here before you. thank you so much. commissioner buell: thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. good morning, phil ginsburg. i have been helping represent helen on this project, and i just want to say that nine people drowned in the u.s. every day -- nine people drowne in the u.s. every day. in ethnically diverse communities, the rate is two or three times higher. african american and latino american children are unable to swim at roughly two or three times the rate of their caucasian counterparts. i really believe that the wave of the future is all about partnerships and collaboration. this grant is about a partnership between a wonderful individual, helen hilton raiser, and rec and park. we are hoping very much this will be a pilot and that the program will continue on for the coming years. tha

and when we talked to them so i am sorry they like i mean you and your brother was that important that they would like you personally. see. i remember exactly that's my point that's the answer we got. we selected candidates for their roles. and one of them said. i don't want to play activities because this is my friends. but we told him that his friend does not suit the role and it is up to us to decide because we're directors and we make decisions today has to be our way not anyone else's we said they can advise us but that said in response that person said you'd better be careful because we're not ordinary people like your actors for instance orphaned some children. he wasn't threatening us he just said that we need to be conscious of the fact that we're dealing with a different kind of people that are different from those we deal with when shooting your films. then we said ok if you don't like it leaving so we left and we waited to hear what they decided we waited for three or four days and already started to worry because we were already all hyped up about the idea that we wanted t