president yee riley: ok, so we have steve adams nominated. any more nominations? seeing none. thank you. do you want to provide a statement? commissioner adams: i have been involved for seven years. i really appreciate what commissioner o'conner said earlier about the different neighborhoods, because i see the same thing, and it does concern me, and that is something that i would like to work with him on, and also, the attacks that are being made on the entertainment industry in this town really concern me, so those are the things i would like to really work on. thank you. president yee riley: thank you. ok, commissioner comments. commissioner o'brien? commissioner o'brien: yeah, i was actually going to nominate commissioner adams, as well, so thank you, commissioner o'conner, for doing that. and couple of thoughts of come to mind that i think are relevant to commissioner atoms it assuming this role of vice president. one, the play on a rite of passage, if you will, and then you assume seniority by right of passage or seniority by times surf. i will never ever subscribe to that

small business -- steve adams. a small-business advocate. he has friends here. he is just a great guy. i think all the supervisors know steve well, really committed to the mission district and stepped up in some creative ways to create a little miniature community benefits district there and has always been out front supporting our small business week and our small business commission, our small business this, our small business that period has been an informal adviser on this position. a number of months came up, and we called in -- call him, and he said yes on the spot. it has just taken months to get here, and swearing in, but i'm grateful for your service. finally, the southeast community facilities commission. we have known bridgette for years. this is it, because i know you guys are hungry. almost lunch. it is a wonderful facility, but it is underutilized and needs to be completely be imagined. and we need to really gauge the community -- we need to reengage the community to reimagine this facility. as the she could do that in an appropriate manner. so that

. >> my name is steve adam. i have been a san francisco resident for 18 years now. i started a small bay called sterling dre and trost 13 years ago. we are the community -- sterling thank 13 years ago. we're the community a. -- bank. i am very passionate about small business issues in san francisco. small business is what drives the economy in this city, and i want to be a part of it. i love it. >> thank you and welcome. and we all look forward to working with you. you come highly recommended. >> thank you. >> we are now on item number three, approval of the minutes drafted november 8, 2010. >> can we postpone this for a little bit later, because i was not able to get my e-mail copies? i need a little more time to review it. any objection? >> that is ok. >> let's wait on item 3 and item 4. >> item number five, general public comment. this allows members of the public to comment generally and suggest new items to be taken into consideration. >> any public? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 6, the outcome of the jobs now program. we have a presentation by

talking about the vice president, so we changed it into a bit of a conversation here, but i support steve adams for the position of vice president. president yee riley: any more comments? commissioner clyde, do you have a comment? >> -- vice president clyde: i want to say congratulations to commissioner o'brien. i will be supporting commissioner adams. as a community banker, a community-banker, he will add a very important, necessary, and what has been a missing element in this commission, because banking is so critical to the success of small business, or it can also operate at its detriment, and we have had -- we have not gotten a lot of traction with the big banks and the very big businesses that sometimes the predatory in discriminatory practices, and i would like to just say the really welcome the boys, so i will be supporting. thank you. president yee riley: ok, we are talking about the vice president now, so i really do not think it is the time or place to talk about last year's election, but since, commissioner o'conner, you brought it up, i wanted you to know that i voted for you when

. >> my name is steve adams. i am the president of the merchants of upper market and castro. the merchants association has approved of this project. i hope you approve of it as well. we believe that the project will be a landmark building as the gateway to upper market and castro and the mission dolores neighborhood. it would also help with the vitality of that side of market street. you have safely kind of fence stand on the north side of the street. -- you have safeway fenced in on the north side of the street. we have vacancy issues in that part of market street. we believe that will help spur economic development and all the fun stuff that goes along in that park -- that part of economic -- that part of upper market street. i also want to commend the prado group. in 13 years, this is the first time i have ever seen a project sponsor reach out to every single neighborhood group, every individual. it is unbelievable. they should be commended to -- commended for that. i hope to approve this project. president miguel: rowland, russ dirges -- russ sturges, peter lewis. >> good

. >> my name is steve adams. i am the president of the merchants of castro. we're the largest merchant organization in the city, with 300 members. i just want to sit with police support -- i just want to say we fully support ike's. he contributes to organizations in the neighborhood. some neighbors had some concerns. i get phone calls all day long in my voice mailbox. when i addressed those, i went down there. i personally saw people picking up trash. the community benefits district between -- they were cleaning the sidewalk. he is a good neighbor. to address the issues, he was on top of it. we support this conditional use permit. >> i would like to indicate the castro location in that general area is a internationally recognized landmark. yesterday, i was at ike's place and touched base with him to find out what this new transition is going to be, moving from market street into a more familiar location from 16th and sanchez. ike was really responsive about the issues with the wind. he said was going to be bringing the people from the outside inside instead o

adams was blinded after being shot. before rehab, he could not walk and his speech was very slurred. 26-year-old steve suffered a injury after a roadside attack. after that, he has these words for congresswoman giffords. >> keep your head up. that's where it needs to be. >> reporter: two courageous young men and great example for the congresswoman as she fights to recover. >> great people at that hospital working on those folks, roberta. >> good evening, everybody, looking outdoors at the ferry building where today, we had a high temperature eight degrees above normal in the city of san francisco. temperature wise, a record breaking event at santa rosa, 70, shattering the old record of 68 degrees established in 2007. tonight, we still have the winter chill in the air. we'll have numbers dropping down into the mid-30s. 40s across the central bay. 43 degrees in redwood city, back in through belmont. we do have a little precipitation lining the coast from the pacific northwest, primarily around the seattle area back in through eugene, otherwise, high pressure key component. it's not going anywhere. stagnant, providing us

state representative steve farley spent some time for us and republican counselman and speaker of the house of representatives kirk adams who moved this legislation to protect the privacy of those who wilburry their dead and representatives of the giffords' office. their office is open for business and they are accommodating people, constituent requests as well as those who are offering theirs -- their prayers and seeing to it their voices are heard and praying for the survival of congresswoman gabrielle giffords shot in the head on saturday and the killing of six others and wounding of 14. also would like to thank u.s. senator kyl. sheriff dupnik was with us and did not back off from his statements and said the political statement in a arizona following 1070 and rhetoric could have been a contributing factor to this madman and killing spree. he said we must take a look at this. he mentioned gun control and mentioned about mental for people and is it available and could have prevented. in studio for our audience is the chair of the republican party in pima county, brian miller, thanks for being with us. >> obviously, yo

steve: we need those terms. ♪ >>> jimmy: thank you, fingerless gloves -- for being much more practical than crotchless long johns. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you for posing for that picture, adam baby" -- for letting us know that santa was having an affair with some floozy gold digger. [ laughter ] [ applause ] ♪ stupidest song i've ever heard in my life. [ laughter ] shut up. what are you talking like a baby for? >> steve: hey kids, listen to this song! [ as eartha kitt ] >> jimmy: ♪ i don't even know all the words santa -- ♪ shut up! [ laughter ] what's wrong with you? what's wrong with you? >> steve: this isn't "guys and dolls"! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: are you dumb? you're talking like you're an old gangster. a baby gangster. yeah. oh my god. oh my god. [ as eartha kitt ] ♪ boopie, doopie come down the tree and -- ♪ shut up! enough, enough! what? oh my god. >> steve: [ as eartha kitt ] i live on 33rd and 3rd. >> jimmy: 33rd and 3rd? >> steve: [ as eartha kitt ] no! 33rd and 3rd. >> jimmy: get out of here! who are you? i'm santa claus, leave me alone! [ laughter ] i'm a married man. ♪ [ laughter ] thank you, trying to start a fire in the fireplace -- for helping me

state representative steve farley spent some time for us and republican counselman and speaker of the house of representatives kirk adamsho moved this legislation to protect the privacy of those who wilburry their dead and representatives of the giffords' office. their office is open for business and they are accommodating people, constituent requests as well as those who are offering theirs -- their prayers and seeing to it their voices are heard and praying for the survival of congresswoman gabrielle giffords shot in the head on saturday and the killing of six others and wounding of 14. also would like to thank u.s. senator kyl. sheriff dupnik was with us and did not back off from his statements and said the political statement in a arizona following 1070 and rhetoric could have been a contributing factor to this madman and killing spree. he said we must take a look at this. he mentioned gun control and mentioned about mental for people and is it available and could have prevented. in studio for our audience is the chair of the republican party in pima county, brian miller, thanks for being with us. >> obviously, you