and how the advisory board interacts with you is for the most part, to your point, eric, is going to much more intimate than you would have with a typical board of directors. >> right. well, they don't have the same formal role. board of directors are the particular sort of legally mandated kind of role that they fill. and the advisory board is not like that. >> that's right. >> how hard should i work to get a wozniak on my -- either one but my board of directors. someone i can say look, al gore's on my board too. it can be done. >> it can be done. you know, i caution going after the big names. i think it can oftentimes for a young entrepreneur be a distraction from what you're trying to do with the company. >> how so? >> well, you spend a lot of skill -- you'll have talent and resources looking for that individual as opposed to focusing on the core of your company. and it's not -- i always caution that it can be great to have a big name on your board, particularly in terms of fund-raising and customer recognition, but you've got to be very careful. and this is something that is a pr

i am a member of the police advisory board. i just want at something quickly to what was just brought up about broadway. we hear a lot about the problems on broadway. i lived in that neighborhood about 25 years and it has always been the way it is now. i've met with the entertainment division several times and was told to my face you people are not anything special. everyone in the city has to deal with this sort of thing, basically it sucked it up because it's the situation. i have been to plenty of meetings where we hear about freedom of speech and i have been the labeled as a more on fun people. i'm a property owner. i was born here. i just want to live in my home and feel safe. we hear a lot of things about broadway any might say just stay away from broadway on the weekends. this past spring, i was awoken by about 22 rounds of gunfire right around the corner from me. i thought was fireworks because i had never heard anything like that on my street. when i got up the next morning, i saw my corner was take off and it turned ou

chinese chamber, fisherman's wharf, the waterfront advisory group, the port of san francisco self-help, union square, a partial list there. the community advisory board is great. they call me at all hours and e- mail me at all times and they let me know what is going on in the district. what they don't know, the advisory board lets me know. robert garcia, a lower not hill, russian hill, and a represent as from a north beach. at the aquatic park, telegraph hill. serving our city, serving our seniors, the partnerships with self-help for the elderly -- everything is giving, the chief serves up meals at the center and for those too physically cannot attend, we drive them, we drive the meals to them. this is done on our own time. we partner with self-help walkathon and i started a new program called monthly lunch with the captain. once a month, we visit a senior center and serve food we talk about the issues relating to senior crime and prevention. beets are a big part of central station to to the high traffic ingestion and the population density and support from the community. we have beets in north beach, chinatown, union square and fisherman's wharf. t

i just have to say that what is listed at least on the graffiti advisory board for the seat that you have applied is you must be a property owner here in san francisco. so, we'll be asking questions about that requirement, being that you don't fit that requirement. >>> sure. my understanding was there is a possibility of a waiver, but what i wanted to mention is dealing with business owners, that would be my main goal, to actively work with the businesses to help them find ways they can help eliminate graffiti in their businesses. so, it is not once a month coming for a meeting. i plan to be actively involved in the city. >> thank you. i wonder if there is anyone here from dpw who can speak to this issue. well, thank you. we'll move on to the next applicant. mr. givener, if you would like to speak to this question. thank you, mr. givener, our city attorney. >> deputy city attorney john givener. as the committee members know, the residency requirements that is imposed on a number of different committees and boards is waivable in certain cases when the board or committee was created by

but i've also attended the graffiti advisory board once or twice and i know he is committed to reducing and hopefully eliminating graffiti or getting better graffiti in the city. and if you can sort out mr. lindner's application, that would be good, too. but i just wanted to support paul giusti's reappointment to the advisory board. thanks. >> thank you, mr. [speaker not understood] any other public comment on this item? seeing no other public comment, this item is now closed. colleagues? >> thank you. thank you very much to both of you for applying. and mr. giusti, you know, i see you everywhere and it's incredible that you have the energy to do as much as you do and that you're willing to continue to do that. so, it is my pleasure to see you reappointed. i do have a question about seat 14 for mr. lindner. i would love to be able to appoint you. but if you don't meet the legal requirements, there's nothing we can do. we did think about the idea, maybe switching the seats. i don't know if that requires that be re-noticed, but it seems even if we did that it wouldn't work. so, with that,

> mostly because a lot of people in -- mostly are active and i heard about it. >> you're on the advisory board. she's the youngest person on the advisory board. what sort of things do you talk about? what are you working on there? >> reporter: we're trying to fight childhood obesity and talk about how we can do it. >> what are some of the ways to do that? >> mostly trying to help people that are overweight, trying to mostly lose weight and a way to do that would put them on a diet. >> okay. >> and what do you think about school lunches? >> at school these days, we have a different lunch. can you bring one from home and there is some talk about school lunches. what do you think? >> well, school, i'm not comfortable with the school lunches they serve here. >> uh-huh. >> they have -- and i show it's a bad, bad kind of thing because it's stuffed with a lot of fat. >> what inspired you to eat healthy. is that how you oat at home? >> yes, i eat healthy at home. >> and when you see, do you have a twinkie or donut or something sometimes? >> what do you say about eating healthy and the purpose of stayi

hearing to consider appoint one member to the graffiti advisory board. there is one seat and one applicant. >> i believe the applicant is here, mr. [tkpw*-eurg/]. grgich. it's the same format as before. >> my name is michael grgich and i'm 17 years old and i go to gateway high school. it is in district 5 and i live in district 8. i believe that graffiti is an endemic problem in the city. i have been affected by it in my own personal property and my family has as well. and many people i know. while it's not a high-profile problem that gets a lot of attention,ti think it's one that ought to be solved and one that will improve the quality of life of everyone in the city if it's solved. i use public transit pretty much everyday, both bart and muni and i see that muni in particular has been affected very heavily about this issue and i think that its service could be improved if it didn't spend so much money on graffiti abatement. i have attend the graffiti advisory board three times thank you. >> thank you so much i just wanted to clarify, i know you are apply

and that includes your oversight as well as the mayor's office, the board of supervisors, the rate fairness board, of course the citizens advisory committee and all their subcommittees, which are very helpful and informative and the policy process and the information process. the revenue bond oversight committee. and we're also subject to the general obligation bond oversight committee for our auxiliary water supply system funding. we also are overseen by the independent financial auditors, the irs oversight for any bond funding that we do as well as the independent controller's office oversight and as passed in 2003 and enaccount aed in 2004 by the voters, prop c city services auditor oversight. and that may be an opportunity as well to further make audits verifiable, any potential rate payer assurance policy. what is the citizens advisory committee say? they said that this all sounds very good basically, but they want it in an easy to use report card file format, and that there is a heck of a lot of good information and requirements now. but to put it in a digestible usable way, that would be best set and the public can unders

. >> i'm on the citizens advisory board. >> we should explain permeable landscapes relates to the sidewalks there. >> what was being pointed out with that tree we looked at where nick explained you have 4 feet right-of-way. outside the 4 feet can be adapted for other uses you can put tables or chairs out. you can change the sidewalk surface. you can do sidewalk landscaping. permeable landscaping refers to the fact that the water ends up in the ground not the sewer system. >> this sidewalk this runs in the curb and the -- >> that catch basin for water it goes to the grate. >> we will look at a framed signs and other stuff. thank you very much. >> we want to talk about a few items here as we end this little talk. first of all we have an a framed sign, moving must sell. >> [laughter]. >> do you need a permit for a moving sale sign? >> those are actually illegal. there are no permits, that's right. there are no permits that can be obtained for those signs a framed signs. >> we see them all over the city. >> thank you. >> currently its under the police code. >> okay. >> you know as we know the p

he was charged with attempting to elicit sex at a time when he was also on the council advisory board. they deny any official connection and a say in a position would be honorary. officials investigating a deadly meningitis outbreak said they found unclean conditions there and shot a sterilization practices. there were 300 people. >> 300 made people have come down with meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections. 23 people have died including one of 16 people sickened and maryland. documents reveal new details about the pharmacy tied to the outbreak. the new england, having center has been pointed out with problems in the past. they investigated the company as far back as 2002. a separate inspection found significant gaps in procedures and the lack of required documentation. the officials said they found unclean conditions including visible specks of fun this -- fungus. >> several deficiencies related to the practice of the pharmacy. dodge the company was operating in violation by producing drugs on a broad scale. the state had moved to revoke its license. >> compound it medi

i have been attending the residents advisory board and i have been through the leadership academy. and i also am a shelter monitor for the city for city homeless -- city-funded homeless shelters. i would just like to speak about the right to return that in motivating residents they are going to be for more encouraged when they feel that they have this right in legislation that it becomes law. it's going to take everybody to make a successful redevelopment in alice griffin and the other developments. the more help you can get the better and from the other parties involved, supervisors, cities, developers. it will encourage residents to make more effort if they feel they have a guaranteed right. additional screening, i am a very present person in the tenants' association. i'm not on the board, but i come to all of the meetings and there is already a lot of misunderstanding about the additional screening and what they are saying at the meetings that you would need. so i think that would clarify it. also, having the third party to review the claims and discrepancies. the current housin

i also wanted to briefly think the advisory board, people who are a national acts. the recalled and then you can see they are, we cited them in the port. and they were very helpful in thinking about them finding the best indicators. and if you are here, can you please send appropriately? thank you all a very much. i was dennis johnson from the children's health fund and the national education association, who also just had a new baby. so what we have here is sort of a mixed bag in people talked about that. for some indicators, were doing very well by kid. so we are very close to the finish line on children's health coverage and what the work she medicaid, the children -- passage of the children's health insurance program an extension of the children's health insurance program come with less than 10% of our nation kids lack health insurance today. a profound improvement. in other areas, making strides. people talk race to the top funds for efforts on early childhood in the where we've made enormous strides, but have a ways to go. in other areas we feel strongly that w

one more person i do need to acknowledge and that is the citizens advisory board. if we have any commissioners, any folks here in the office -- in the chamber that are serve san francisco, can you stand up, please, so we can acknowledge who you are? okay, you're not here? come on, david, stand up. wave your hand, david. aren't you a commissioner? all right, thank you, all right. (applause) >>> [inaudible]. >> that's okay. and our partners in the department of public health, general hospital, san francisco community of behavioral health services, and all of our health care providers, thank you for being with us today. but the real reason why i stand before you is because i come to honor two women, and i actually would be remiss if i were not able to honor -- i could not honor one without acknowledging the other. please put your hands together and please give a warm welcome for ms. lavonne kelham king and wanda [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> as you can see, they brought their own fan club. i'm not the only one that's a fan of these ladies. i wa

. >> motion appointing paul giussi to the graffiti advisory board. >> same house, same call, item approved. >> >> item 31 is approved. >> item 32 is a motion appointing bruce oka term ending april 27th 2013 to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> colleagues same house same call. this motion is approved. item 33. >> item 33 is a motion apointing supervisor eric mar term ending november 28,2013 to the california state association of counties board of directors. >> colleagues do we have a motion to , second and without objection, roll call vote. >> on all right 33, supervisor elsbernd? >> aye. >> elsbernd aye. >> supervisor farrell? >> aye. >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> kim aye. >> supervisor olague? >> olague aye. >> supervisor wiener? >> wiener aye. >> supervisor avalos? >> aye. >> avalos aye. >> supervisor campos? >> aye. >> campos aye. >> president chiu? >> chiu aye. >> supervisor chu? >> chu aye. >> supervisor [kho*-erpb/]? >> cohen aye. >> there are ten eyes. motion approved. why don't we go to our 3:30 special order and i understand supervisor olague has a special commendation. >> in

specialist and he is not going to stay within the recommendations of the board, which is based on 40,000 -- 40 million different bills that come in. >> just an advisory board, yes. >> the doctor loses its discretion. >> tell my insurance company that. insurance companies all the time deny payments. >> i don't think that's true. >> unless you have -- >> you'll get mail on that. >> unless you have gold-plated insurance. actually, the criticism of this board is that it doesn't actually have any teeth. it monitors the overall cost of medicare as it's rising, and if it goes over a certain percentage, they make recommendations to congress, and congress can very well turn down those recommendations. >> what do you think the board should do? do you think it should have -- >> no, i'm saying the board is feign as is. i'm just pointing out there are people who are saying it's too weak while all of you are saying, oh my god. >> this is the way they operate. the panel has data-mine electronic records to determine which treatments produce the best outcomes at the lowest prices. some 40,000 new diagnostic codes will be created. standardized treatment will be applie

the defense budget for a minute. you have said in this campaign that you would maintain a stable defense budget, yet you are on the board, on the advisory board >> and, incidentally, may i say that that's the decision of the congress, and the president has concurred. >> yet you are on the board of a group called jobs with peace, in boston, that advocates a 25% cut in the defense budget and the transfer of that money to the domestic economy. my question is, do you share that goal perhaps as a long-range goal, and, if not, are you aware of or why do you permit this group to continue to use your name on its letterhead for fundraising? >> i think i was on the advisory committee, margaret. no, i don't happen to share that goal. it's an example of how oftentimes we may be associated with organizations all of whose particular positions we don't support, even though we support in general the hope that over time, particularly if we can get those reductions in strategic weapons, if we can get a comprehensive test ban treaty, if we can negotiate with the soviet union and bring down the level of conventional forces in europe with deeper cuts in the

the board level. we met with the board policy committee last week, which is an advisory committee to the board and to me. we had at times exciting conversation about some of the issues. got through them all and they voted to make recommendations to the board, which i certainly endorse. so, just want to give you a status report on that. thank you. >> thank you. >> any quiz? >> thank you very much, art. looking forward to working with you. * questions moves us to the consent calendar, members. we have some public comment on some of the consent items. >> i will read the consent items. item 9a, approving award contract joc 42 to not exceed amount to 5 million to the lowest qualifying responsible and responsive bidder power engineering. -- construction company. b, approve an award contract, joc 43 for a not to exceed amount of 5 million to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder synergy project management incorporated. c, approve modification no. 4 to contract ww 5 14 r with nkk construction corporation, completion of contract duration by 120 consecutive calendar days with no change to the

representing the interests the american people kevin thank you for your thoughts of the program kevin zeese there advisory board member of the organization behind the third party debate thank you. know turkey promotes itself as a regional leader in freedom but in fact it's imprisoned war journalist in china or iran and america media watch those exposed to he is the world's leading jailer of reporters and criticize the government we're covering that story online right now if you would read it more about it. and it's exactly ten years on from the moscow theater siege that left one hundred thirty dead. it's got firsthand accounts from survivors he is from. still suffering to this day r.t. dot com it's the place you can find those stories and many. the u.k. is doubling its drone fleet in afghanistan to ten multi million dollar unmanned aircraft that's even though london says it's preparing to leave the war so ahead of the twenty forty nato withdrawal deadline middle east expert terry kelly told us drone warfare is a hypocritical crime. i think it's an emergency measure. they want to have the capability to blast peo

board can't make decisions about what treatments are given. that is prohibited in the law. >> the president is right on this one. the payment advisoryrd can make recommendations on drugs and medical devices that will be covered but there is no legal power to ration care. and the president saying premiums have gone up in a slower rate than any time in 50 years but that is not true. interest to and romney said mitdel income americans have seen income drop by $4300 a year, that is way too high showing it's about half of that. is one man telling more facts or better facts than another? we'll take a look what he says is the big difference. it's the money. >> that is interesting. >> according to a poll, april% of the registered voters said the g.o.p. nominee won. >> and the next debate takes place a week from today in danville, kentucky. abc 7 will air that debate live. >> the president will be in san francisco next monday for a fund-raiser at bill graham auditorium. this will be the president's sixth bay area fund raising visit this year. >> there is a crack down from department of justice, nearly 100 people arrested are part of a medica

voice at ssusd.edu or call a message safe school line at 415-241-2141 and whereas, the student advisory council to the board of education has been addressing bullying to declare february first as anti-bullying day to wear blue to support a bully free learning environment. be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district on the occasion of anti-bullying month reaffirms the commitment to erraticate bullying. and be it further resolved that the student family community support department will distribute lessons, posters, collaborate with our family partners and work with school staff to implement school-wide activities in october as well as in november. which has been identified as violence prevention, sign up for safety month at the san francisco unified school district. >> thank you. >> so i believe that there are two people to sign up for this item. and i want to remind the speakers that when they do make the public statements we keep the names out of their statements regardless if it is a student or employee or other people. this is our civilty that we would like to k

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