>> linda chapman speaking on a former member of the knob hill association. and, you know who actually knew the people who were opposing this and still respect them. i'm going to comment that coalition of san francisco meeting it was announced by one of the officers he'd been trying to get in touch with the knob hill association and they said not one deliberate or popcorn where they able to contact because no one was associated with knob hill. it has to do with having a few people negotiating. having agree little group of people who identified themselves as a knob hill association. i was told by the knob hill officers there were knob hill they couldn't identify themselves who are the neighborhood she couldn't say and somehow they i think you traded and took over. and a share of every ticket that's about the last thing that the knob hill association wanted to do was promote sticks out. there were 9 hundred people opposing those tickets and somebody was forced to sign that. all the evidence they developed there were so many fewer events of 47 license what do you

i would like to thank julie tron from the bar association. the bar association has been our partners in terms of providing defense for poor people. in cases where the public defender is not able to provide representation, those cases are handled by the private bar and they are doing an incredible job. so thank you very much for that. i want to thank jose as a who is a public defender and here to celebrate with us. we are going to start today by showing a brief video explaining the gideon decisions >> take this empty lot. today you would never know it but history was made here. mostly all is gone and so are the people. the principle they left is still standing. it was almost as bad at life. >> it was a constitutional hero, but the cases that come to the court don't come from the winners in society. they come from the losers. clarence gideon was involved in the justice system since he was a kid. he had been getting in trouble. >> trouble seemed to find gideon. literally small change had gone miss ing from this cigarette machine, maybe $5 total.

all of the official cause of the association in germany so we could officially bored with the local association and now we actually deeply integrated into the can to determine community and being one of the soul to call trip to the quill and talking. i was talking a lot to death to the governmental offices bodies and we also working with other cultural. offices in germany so we have also some off of collaboration with the local investment funds of of of germany. so actually here with the dpp all good and the people see lights he served as an inspiration no example flow on to as the minorities from germany for example you can reuse with japanese baby deer that younger generations who wanted to something similar still seem like he hasn't happened yet. op that the thing is it surprising me with the that the koreans and japanese and barely able to operate the very early stage so actually we are a little bit mates. ok here i thought as i was on japanese and korean getting the keys and summon up my call that day it is a very very soulful second generation for their menus to see how the korean economy

afford the association agreement and what it involves but at the same time and the short term it appears the russian deal would have a piece because we don't really have the details it's probably more suitable for good economic and political needs of the current ukrainian government ok we'll talk about the future and leave this point exactly a little bit later marc if i can go to you i want to ask you a question that nobody in western media wants to touch really because it doesn't suit their their agenda but the party of regions at the end of the summer all the way to the president was pushing for this to happen this is unocal which is party and almost no one wants to say well the party of regions is run by a group of oligarchy they don't want to reform the the economy and they just want to get in bed with the e.u. so they can clean their money and clean up their reputations because they're not so interested in integrating with russia is well another note you never really come across in western media go ahead mark i think john perhaps you've put it better than i could myself yannick over

and the mobile retail association as well. so that while maybe not everybody is completely happy, but we've collaborated and come up with what is a good reasonable permitting structure. >> and that outreach to the merchants is ongoing or -- >> is ongoing, um-hm. and they've been part -- the council of district merchants has a committee that is kind of like our advisory committee that we're working with. >> okay, well, great. more to come. >> thank you. >> thank you, everyone. next item, please. >> item 8, presentation and discussion on the san francisco transportation plan and the early action program. this is a discussion item and we have a presentation by rachel hiatt, principal transportation planner, san francisco county transportation authority. >> good afternoon, thank you for having me. and i did bring some additional handouts from our website. should i hand these over to you for disparate -- and i left some up at the -- i had one for me and one for everyone else up there on your table. could you advise me, how much time

to support the appeal, the association retained a well-known ceqa expert richard grassity of grassity environmental consulting and he received and commenting on the declaration of the board and provided that written testimony to the board with our initial pl appeal that is exhibit 2, his resume is attached to exhibit 3 of our appeal and he's here to explain his testimony and his conclusion that he reached after the review of the nasdaq that it is inadequate. appellants are asking the board grant the association appeal and require that the negative declaration be krenthd and amended or that an eir be prepared for this project. as set north our appeal, the negative declaration is a superficial document, riddle with errors, omissions which rely on virtually nothing but unsupported conclusions from the beginning. the planning department and the developer have failed to adequately describe. even now in the documents placed on this board, the department gets the setting wrong, gets the project wrong. so that's how they defended the particular project. our first issue was the failure to desc

but with the golden gate restaurant association, you've done an awesome job. we talked earlier about entertainment and late night, you know. restaurants are part of that and the reputation san francisco has on restaurants, i mean, you carried that mantle. so, i can't thank you enough for all your help you've done with small businesses. you've done an awesome job and i wish you continued success. >> thank you. >> hopefully we'll see you up here again. >> yes. and one more thing to add. we're still going to be calling you. regina and i have already discussed this. [laughter] >> absolutely, absolutely. well, i'm truly touched, commissioners. regina, thank you so much. it means a lot -- it means a lot coming from the folks who i have spent, since my time at city government, working for alioto, ggra, a decade working on behalf of. so, i'm very honored that you would take the time to honor me. it just, it really does -- it's very touching. i have had the privilege over the last three years to represent what i would term an entrepreneurial artist in restaurantures. wh

you decision to suspend the preparation of signing the association agreement and zone of free trade with the e.u. is the only one possible in the current difficult economic situation which we now have in ukraine do you have a delusion that life will be better in the e.u. talk to polish people talk to variants right now the e.u. is. kind of a death spiral may be you has little right now to offer ukraine hours after the korean government's decision reports emerge that unocal beach told his lithuanian counterpart in a phone call that russia economically blackmailed key if out of signing the deal with the european union. i don't know what the ukrainian president was talking about with his lithuanian counterpart maybe we should all scar american friends about that well of saying that ukraine would not enjoy trade benefits with russia if it formed a free trade zone with the e.u. is blackmail how would one describe these statements by european officials i disagree that the agreement could be signed later it would be very difficult because too much risk is involved ukraine has missed a chance to

the deceased was employed with the tedious the associated press says police found the hundreds and knocked on the mound. that said you wanted to kill tsa officials. police suspect the man and i have had a grudge against the agency abc news reports that since he carried them out. and with the meadows in dhabi which is believed to be a while police i confess to get into significance of the match japan and russia have moved a little closer diplomatic ellie top of the shells from the two companies have agreed to expand the security cooperation. the decision came out the so called a two plus two meeting in tokyo the first such meeting in between japan and russia. to come is represented how the talks by foreign menace of the meal she died and defense minister into naughty little bit of a map with their russian counterparts ldl of waltham so gay sugar here is a bit too close to top off with a new page will try to trade cooperation in security and the fast kids who will pursue further dialogue on specifics and exchanges will help stabilize the situation in east asia as well as to promote world pea

and the merchants association as well the schools.hose groups are not also on the same page but they come together. and am a happy to move forward. >> thank you, madam clerk i have a couple of items i'll be brief. we've heard the names the lee family, renting in a and jerry any michael's and resident of the castro those are a few of the names of the people who have been evicted and their >> couple of of dozens and dozens of stories individuals and seniors people with sdblts who have been forced out. today, i'm introducing a hearing request on tenant displacement. i want to thank the analysts for going doing an outstanding job. this report by the budget analyst detailed an upswing in the evictions of san francisco including 1 hundred 70 percent of evictions reported to the retina board between 2010 and 2013 a one hundred and 70 percent there. this report confirms what i've said there is a housing crisis in san francisco. the report shows the relationship between the evictions and the there if the market value of the properties in so fa

afford the association agreement and what it involves but at the same time and the short term it appears the russian deal whatever because we don't really have the details it's probably more suitable for economic and political needs of the current ukrainian government ok we'll talk about the future and leave this point exactly a little bit later marc if i can go to you i want to ask you a question that nobody in western media wants to touch really because it doesn't suit their their agenda but the party of regions at the end of the summer all the way to the president was pushing for this to happen this is you know cold which is party and almost no one wants to say well the party of regions is run by a group of oligarchy they don't want to reform the economy and they just want to get in bed with the e.u. so they can clean their money and clean up their reputations because they're not so interested in integrating with russia is well another note you never really come across in western media go ahead mark i think john perhaps you've put it better than i could myself yet a corporate as party

electrical workers, the institutional police officers association, the municipal attorneys association, the sheriff's managers and supervisors association. the operating engineers local union no. 23 of operating engineers aflcio, the city workers united and the plumbing and pipe fitting industry local 28, local 39, operating union of international union of engineers. supervisor probation officers, the multiunit, the transport union and the union of >> colleagues would anyone like to sever the items? call the roll. >> the clerk: roll call vote taken there are 11 ayes. >> these ordinances are finally passed. item 27. item 27. >> same house same call. this ordinance is passed. next item. >> the clerk: item 28. local firearm laws establish a item 29.[park code - harding park golf course temporary reduced greens fees] ordinance amending the park code to set temporary reduced greens fees for the harding park golf course from december 2, 2013, through no later than may 31, 2014, to accommodate the renovation of the greens; and making environmental findings. (recreation and park department) 12

afford the association agreement and what it involves but at the same time and the short term it appears the russian deal whatever peace because we don't really have the details is probably more suitable for economic and political needs of the current ukrainian government ok we'll talk about the future and leave this point exactly a little bit later marc if i can go to you i want to ask you a question that nobody in western media wants to touch really because it doesn't suit their their agenda but the party of regions at the end of the summer all the way to the president was pushing for this to happen this is you know cold which is party and almost no one wants to say well the party of regions is run by a group of oligarchy they don't want to reform the economy and they just want to get in bed with the e.u. so they can clean their money and clean up their reputations because they're not so interested in integrating with russia is well another note you never really come across in western media go ahead mark i think john perhaps you've put it better than i could myself janak overages party

and so the work association wrote a letter to the dpw and in their letter, they stated that we would like to make you aware that since 2012, that we not witnessed it and since july 29th that they did see me operating and which completely revokes and it is not my paper it is theirs that the notion that they did not see me at all. and this is from the real estate manager and also, here is my 2012, equipment for there. i have one that i operated there as well. and the fisherman wharf association, with dpw, just wants to make sure that i am not there operating, not because of any areason, but their own. and i say that this is what they sent me, after i was approved the first time. and these are cases that they launched against me as i am trying to operate my business and these are dated like this one is 8-22-12. and so these are the things that i have had to deal with, and in order to start my little push cart and so i think that it is unfair and i also submitted to you that i am a queen of my industry. and that we were here trying to assist the young women and girls from being brutalize

golden gateway tenant association. and the neighborhood association, tell graph hill dwellers and the citizens from china town, it is a blueprint for the entire north east corridor that offers plans and ideas to benefit the port, recreation, housing, open space, and it is environmentally compatible to the new cruise terminal and exploretorimu., it benefits those who live in the neighborhood but really opens up the water front to all parts of the city and those who visit our san francisco. and the a&d water front vision shows a sense of place, creating more people, space and i might point out that it was not an a&d plan but that wonderful children's playground in the park is an example of people, and vision. the water front vision plan is an integrated hall and now is the time to begin the dialogue with you and your port staff and we come with an open mind, changes may be muted to fit the present and an honest discussion, must again, the vision planner is a great starting point, and if i have time i would like to read td conclu

and there is some lobbying for the california's association. do you know how much your organization spends on lobbying? >> we don't even have a paid lobbyist. but the sure ityty company there is a guess. i have no idea what their figure would be. >> i understand that you are also amen of american bail coalition? >> it's a representative of the assurity companies. those are the big guys that we get our paper to write with. i'm not a member of the american coalition. that's for assurity companies. >> the bailing corporation is that what you are with? >> yes. the california bail association has been around for 32 years. we are colleagues and share mutual goals. >> let me move on to sheriff, in 2010, 70 percent of california jail's population were there to hear their cases. the national average was 61 percent. i'm wondering if you are tell us what the percentage is in san francisco jail and i'm wondering if you can tell us about the sheriff's power to control the pretrial population? >> first of all, thank you for public defender jeff in an allowi

) >> our final accomodation today. >> thank you it's my honor to ask the representatives from the association for justice and reconciliation and we have several folks here. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you. it is my honor today to recognize the incredible work of a crucial international human rights organization that's represented hero today, the association for justice and reconciliation. it is known as aj r and is currently touring the united states ace the bay area specifically to raise awareness of genocide in guatemala. as well as hernando luke's gary is. those were with two dictators in guatemala that ended in the early 1980 pc as someone who was born and living in guatemala it was truly. they're made of diversity groups. the ad r was formed by genocide survivors that filed charges against the dictator. when the trail began for the first time in history a form head of a state was brought to trial for side. they've given their testimonies of the brutal killing by the

ukraine might have in fact dogs to pull it the decision to suspend the preparation of sewing the association agreement concerning the free trade with the heat is the anyone possible in the current difficult economic situation which we now have in ukraine you talk to. people talk to on their hands right now the eu isn't it. death spiral. they even have school right now offer ukraine hours after the canadian government's decision reports emerged that in the police told his ukrainian counterpart in a phone call that russian economic blackmail to get out of sight of the deal with the european union i said what the ukrainian president was talking about with his lithuanian pounds of pot maybe we should all star american friends about that well it's saying that ukraine would not enjoy trade benefits with russia if it formed a free trade zone with eu is blackmail. how would one describe the statements by european officials. might disagree that the agreement can be silent night to a would be very difficult because too much risk is info ukraine has missed the chance to remove the main obstacle in its

one of the conditions for the conclusion of the association agreement with the european union was among other things the location of these one hundred and fifty billion garros for modernization of production to bring up to eu standards. the prime minister make a lot as i've said this in an interview to the national tv channel according to the head of the cabinet ukrainian producers need russian sales markets in the country loses them might go bankrupt. as i've pointed out that the current government has not been into strategic course towards the european integration but has just changed the tactics but the people saw this as nothing but a completion of the process and are now demanding the resignation of the cabinet and the president the leader of the ukrainian democratic alliance for reform that of the klitschko who is planning to take part in the presidential elections in two thousand fifteen is one of the activists today he believes that ukraine is quick and efficient reforms were to begin with you. we see stagnation in the economy today reduction in investment are decreasing. ukrain