the past ordinances. and as we learned about a year and a half ago when the board used ordinances and the charter to trump board rules, when it came to supervisor michela alioto-pier being appointed to the bay area bay conservation, ordinances and charter trump our board rules. the election code makes clear -- the election code overrides our board rules and the election code mandates that there be additional notice and an additional public hearing when there are separate ballot questions that have not received public notice. the ordinance, the code trumps the board rules. president chiu: supervisor david campos. supervisor campos: i will respectfully disagree with sean elsbernd and the statement by the city attorney's office. i think that the interpretation that has been provided is inconsistent with the letter of the spirit of the board rules and i think that the president is the ultimate person who decides what happens here and i think that consistent with the intent of the rules, i think that there should be a separate vote on each divided item but i don't think it's consistent with the rules to say th

something that is challenging for us at the board when we deal with expulsion and ec students coming to west neared the end is that they are so far behind is that we actually do not have programs in place for them that we know will help them become successful and to graduate or even get their ged, and is very frustrating, but it is nice to know the we can start collecting this data and start creating something that is already in place for students. i'm also curious as to how we are partnering with community response network, and have we started working with them in terms of having them also pick up our students, since they are actually out on the streets? >> actually, i do not know what -- i do not know if anyone's to address the specifically, but we have been trying to have summer planning meetings specifically to really wrapped around some of the school services and really looking at trying to support with other city departments specific schools that are open currently, so we are supporting young people, and they are being referred. the crn is supporting young people and referring t

board is the place to go. there are community boards available for that type of dispute resolution. as to the other i don't know anything about the state laws. i tell everybody at the rent board when they have questions beyond the ordinance if they are looking for legal advice they should talk to an attorney and the type of questions you are asking sounding like an attorney is warranted. as far as public works is concerned once it's recorded the authority over the map is complete. i think i have to agree if there are other issues that might require legal council. >> likewise dbi we consider that a civil matter. those would have been bert if it was handled in the ccnr's would have spelled out the responsibility and set asides of money for future projects. >> next question, >> with respect to a 2 unit conversion, how does the city confirm the 25 percent ownership rule. and when repairs have been made perhaps without permits although aushg peer to have been done to code when they were done or today's code what is done in those circumstances? >> could you clarify the question about no permits. >> if upon receipt of a 3 r report it appears a kitchen or bathroom remodel was done it's up

the board. supervisor alioto-pier: that is true. and as a member of the board of supervisors, when we run for office, it's interesting. what i think has happened is that we have seen a lot of candidates running for supervisor run for dccc, too. they're recall for it and set up their account. they'll set up their website. in some cases their websites will have links to their supervise sites. as a member of the board of supervisors, when you're running for supervisor, you have a $500 limit. you have limits on who you can take money from when you are running for that office you have certain limits. when you're running for the dccc, the limits are much different and much greater because they are unlimited. so there certainly is the possibility that a candidate running for the dccc could take a $25,000 or $50,000 contribution running for the dccc to send out mailers and pamphlets on support of themselves while at the same time gearing up for running for supervisor a number of months later. so i do think that there is a very good reason why this is on the ballot. it is, in my opinion, cl

previously the board supported the project when the envelope was not even as large as the one before us. he wrote to the project architect, and i highlighted in his letter in yellow. opposition to nearby residents have been persistent and articulate. staff has conducted a site visit to the property to document the existing developing pattern staff has reviewed the project, and it is very important for the planning director. they do not predominate. 40 feet in width, expanding between both side property lines the height and scale. this continues on. given the fourth floor operation, they would not be able to support this. i want to summarize that the department cannot support the addition. i strongly request you eliminate this and modify your plans so the building has a height that is more compatible with neighboring structures and the scale of the densely developed portion of telegraph hill. i want to take you to the present. we have a letter from the planning department period is may 13, 2009. under the comments, the first line, which is the most important, reduce the height. that m

assist the board and accurate preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card to board staff when you come up to the lectern. speaker card and pans are on the left side of the podium. the board also welcomes comments and suggestions. customer satisfaction survey forms are also on the left side of the podium. if you have questions about requesting a re-hearing or schedule, please speak to board staff during a break or after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow morning. the board office is located at 1650 mission, room 304. this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television, sfgtv cable channel 78, and dvd pause of the meeting are available for purchase from us directly. thank you for your attention. at this point, we will conduct our swearing in process. if you intend to testify in any of tonight's hearings, please stand, raise your right hand, and say i do. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> thank you. president peterson, and commissioners, one

the board. could you respond to this, please? >> yes. for the record, the office of economic and workforce development. i'm reading it as we speak. one observation is that it is unusual as a general manner when the board of supervisors approves redevelopment plans, it approves the broad sturkt of the plan and obviously any documents that come to the board of supervisors that are subsequently changed would require the approval of the board of supervisors. in this instance, that would include the redevelopment plans, the tax allocations agreements, inner agency cooperative agreement and the like. in looking at the language, you know, one of the things that i'm just struggling with but again, just in fairness i'm processing this while we're looking at it. it's not clear what a material change would be. if we're going to entertain anything, i would recommend that it would be a material amendment to those various documents. one of the things to understand about the project documents that we've created for this project is because it's 15 to 20-year buildout, there's a very broad structure that is created and so many of the documents are quite program attic so this may be changes that occur within

the rent board. you heard a lot of people talk about the rent board, but i want to tell you in 1979, the evictions. it is at a time whenestown murderers had just started. people had been removed from san francisco. we also had another thing happen to us in this city. we also had aids breaking out. we went on and voted for eviction. you need to change things around, the leaders. do what is right. miss alioto, you come from good stock. we need to thank chris daly for what he did in district 6. for the mayor, we don't know. we want you to have some heart, too. we want you to know we have been there with you fake and then. the rent board should reflect diversity in this city. it is time to make san francisco the beacon on the hill. thank you. >> i am a tenants union counselor. i will agree with everybody who has spoken here that certainly having split appointments between the board and the supervisors, i think any renter will tell you is probably going to be a better deal for renters, especially with the mayor we currently have an opposite -- in office. there is no public funding for tenants that are facing eviction. if yo

there are a couple of things i want the board to know. when the notice was originally sent in 2002, the property owner was told if she failed to comply with in a timely manner, and assess the cost could be applied. also, the two warning letters stated that. the fact that she may have been having problems with the male is not relevant to that from the standpoint that we sent the information to her as she was on record with the assessor. unbeknownst to us, she was trying to sell the property at that time and the title transferred immediately after the directors hearing. when we checked this, it did not show that because there is a delay with other city agencies as far as title transfers are concerned. it does appear that there is a new owner now. our recommendation is different because of that information. since there is a new owner, what we would like is for this particular previous owner to make certain provinces to the board that she will pay the assessment of cost and if she does not, i would like the board to give her time, 15 days to do th

three through six stating, and the board requests the department of public health to prepare reports measuring the efficacy of this program to the board of supervisors when they are filed for the department, the california department of mental health which is done on an annual basis.

three through six stating, and the board requests the department of public health to prepare reports measuring the efficacy of this program to the board of supervisors when they are filed for the department, the california department of mental health which is done on an annual basis. i would ask for those amendments to be taken. president chiu: is there a second? seconded by supervisor dufty. without objection, those amendments are made. >> colleagues, i brought this forward because i believe we must try to reform a system that places a mentally ill person in jail rather than in treatment. despite the fact that treatment is more efficient and less costly. by providing structured treatment outside of hospitals are jails, it provides the court ordered intensive treatment in the community providing consistent supervision for those with mental ls with some other community services are not working. the law was modeled after the one in new york, which has resulted over the last 10 years in a 77% fewer psychiatric hospitalization, dramatically reducing the most expensive form of psychiatric treatment. 74% reduction in homelessness, and 83% reduction in arrests.

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previously the board supported the project when the envelope was not even as large as the one before us.

>> the committee would be formed officially when the board approved the resolution. and one of the reasons we're, quote, rushing to the board on the august 9 was so that we can formally create the committee. and i would like to start over august. that would be my goal. >> good to know it's going to get started right away. vice president olague: commission esugaya? commissioner sugaya: i assume this is going to move forward and would like to be assured that we receive periodic reporting so we're kept informed along theway to the studies and how this is working and approved of or apprised of, whatever, and it might be easier if we revealed prop 13. it wouldn't be gyrating around this stuff every time where we want to build a street. vice president olague: to the extent you can get feedback from the different c.a.c.'s and a list of projects that might be impacted and if a list can be created or is available, i don't know what the status of that is, but since there was a request from the public. is there any other response? and commissioner moore has a comment. >> i do h

his life trying to figure out who would replace kevin shelly on the the board of supervisors a year or so later and made the point when he appointed me and the kraupb -- the chronicle said there was so diversity on the board of supervisors and someone long a champion of affirmative action he needed to appoint a candidate that reflected the person that reflected that by putting on the only straight white male. thus was the pick of mayor brown to be a member of the legislative branch so i would like to thank my tenure and term of the commissioner helped guide him in that decision making but i was proud of both appointments and would not be here had it not been here for willie brown. so mayor brown, thank you for everything. who knows your paths? you may look at that as a negative in terms of your appointment. saying i have greater ambitions than the path you took but nonetheless i'm glad all of you are hear and thank you for your willingness to serve on these various bodies. i will say this because mayor brown and meyer feinstein primed me all the time to remind you that as appointees we are not here to tell you what to

the right item. >> we have a citizens advisory committee specifically for thegeary vrt projects, and we are compiling and burned into reports. we have been meeting since 2008 when the board appointed 11 members to the cac. since then, two members have moved away, another resigned due to other commitments. we have three openings at this point. we said to have a notice to all of the members in our distribution list. we do have, at this point, 11 eligible applicants. some are here today to speak. i can take any questions that you might have. supervisor campos: let us now call the other applicants who are here. please make a brief statement as to why you are seeking the appointment. before you do that, i want to thank all of you for being willing to come forward to serve the city and county of santa scope. -- san francisco. >> my name is jason. i used to commute to work. lately, i've opened up my own business on geary. when i go to court, when i go around the city, and use public transit both of my clients are in the richmond district and they do not have cars. they rely on transit to come to my office. my wife also commutes on the 38. i am a business owner, resident, and i

blame management here saying they waited until june 30th to walk away from the bargaining table and that's when ac transit's board imposed a contract. the agency is dealing with a $56 million budget deficit and management wants in part $15 million in concessions from the union workers. a judge stepped in and ruled that both sides would have to be in binding arbitration, but bottom line, allowed that imposed contract to stand. now the union is looking at getting a judge to allow workers to continue under the old terms at least temporarily and that is expected to happen on friday. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> baseball commissioner bud selig will be focusing on san jose's push to bring the a's to the south bay. chuck reed announced last week he's looking to put a measure on the november ballot that would approve the construction of the a's downtown ballpark. bud selig says he's surprised and disappointed by the announcement and says the ballot measure is premature. the major league baseball committee will meet today to continue its evaluation of the project. >>> we're learning mo

all across the board -- when kids are hungry, adults are hungry -- but particularly when kids are hungry, it hurts their performance. and it hurts their long-term productivity and ability to work. host: how much money is the government spending on nutrition programs, particularly summer nutrition programs? guest: the summer and attrition program is about $100 million in the scheme of things. it is a relatively small3 the government spends more on the school lunch and school breakfast during the regulaa school year than it does -- host: how much is that? guest: off the top of my head i don't know, but all the programs together, about $20 billion a year. host: is that lower than recent years or higher? guest: hire right now for a couple of reasons. one, the programs are connected to inflation, so when food prices go up, the costs go up. but the recession has added particularly to the school lunch program, hundreds of thousands of kids to the program. host: louisville, kentucky, democratic line. mary, good morning. caller: i would like to congratulate you, sir, because you are using america

witnesses say the plane became a fireball sending smoke billowing when it overshot the runway and hit the ground. it's not known how many people were on board. we'll update the story when we get new information. >>> not so fast. a federal judge stepped into the fight over arizona's controversial immigration law just hours before it went into effect. the move prompted scenes like this one this downtown phoenix. protesters unfurled a giant banner high above traffic. demonstrations could have turned into a volatile confrontation between police and activists there and across the country, but the judge blocked the heart of law from taking effect. the ruling is just beginning but a lengthy court battle could end up at the supreme court. kevin kennedy from our nbc station in phoenix has reaction to an emotional day. >> reporter: an emotional and exciting life-changing day for many at the capitol. 30 of them set to leave arizona will now be staying. >> my family was separated and they were leaving for other states because they were afraid of the law. >> reporter: it's the story that we found time after time. fidel and his family also set to move. >

pulpit of the president to be used to honorably engage in dialogue and difficult discussion across the board. when we do that, then we have a better chance of being honest and open on all sides to tell the truth about the history of america, checkered history of our racial past, and -- progress that we made and possible bill of moving towards a greater future. >> lesson for everyone on all sides of this debate. there is research we need to do a better job of. professor michael eric dyson. >> the facts are critical. thank you. >> good point. facts are critical. harry, to you. >> never let the facts get in the way after good story. >>> to the gulf oil spill. grueling tropical storm, hundreds of miles away, threatening efforts to plug the leak. cbs news correspondent kelly cobiella in grand isle, louisiana, yet once again with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. drilling on this relief well has now been halted for a time because of the storm brewing out in the caribbean. it is not yet a tropical storm but i could become one in the next couple of days. nearly all of the compute

we have been told up to 20 people, some critically, sent to the hospital. 35 people were on board the bus whenver swerved to avoid an suv. it slammed into the center divide and hit a tree. highway 99 has the been shut down since about 2:30 this morning due to the crash in the northbound lanes. it was going from los angeles to sacramento. we have spoken to some witnesses at the scene. let's go to some video of them now. >> the physical evidence on the freeway indicates that there was multiple impact. but that is still going to be under investigation. this is a priority. the people are the priority and then the traffic and then we'll go with the investigation once we get this all stabilizeed. >> it was just horrible. when i looked and seen the bus, it was horrible. >> and greyhound has given us a toll-free number now for family members who may be concerned about those on board the bus. that number we should show it on the screen 1-800-972-4583. now, we are also following another situation in san francisco. this was a water main break reported overnight. we have actually just learned that they ho

but i wouldn't have said i'm going to roll the dice and hope that i prell veil -- prevail when i go before the board of appeals and then it'sness for me to filed a d.r. i think if we were to say we'll give you jurisdiction -- they're in bad shape if when the issue came before us we'd decided that the z.a. had not competed its authority, had been correct, there was no manifest justice when he issued the statements in light of this issue of the l.o.d. so right now i, too, am very sympathetic to these people. i hope, as very often happens, this goes into your neighborhood and increases your business. it is not improbable that that will happen. but as of right now, i do not intend to support a request for jurisdiction. is there a motion? vice president goh: i was going to make a motion but waiting until i had our council's attention. how many votes do we need for jurisdiction? >> four votes. vice president goh: i'll just make a few more comments because it seems clear we won't have the votes. i was trying to stay away from the merits of the case as we try to do and we're looking at jurisdiction requests

general electric parent company of nbc bay area fueled the rally when the board approved the stock buyback and a 20% dividend increase. strong earnings from at&t and american express helped fuel that rally. dow gained 102 to close at 10,424. nasdaq at 2269 after picking up 23 points. help for homeowners and people across the country are in washington, d.c., for a chance to save their homes. with mortgage foreclosures set to hit a record this year, bright spots are hard to find. thousands of distressed homeowners are attending a huge anti-foreclosure clinic. it beganed at the d.c. convention center. the goal was to help homeowners lower their payments and stay in their homes. one lowered his $1,100 loan payment by $200 a month. >> that substantial over a year. when you put that out over 30 years it's really substantial. >> all is part of president obama's $50 billion program to help banks help borrowers. homeowners talk with counselors and major lenders to try to cut their rates and save their homes. the neighborhood assistance corporation is running the clinic the next eight days around th