i know i do, and i know for sure that i speak for the board when i say each and every one of us takes our processes, what we do very seriously. of course, gaps in our administration and training have to do with some of the issues that have come before us and we seek to the advice of the city attorney and other departments are owe go and do actual research ourselves. at any rate if anybody ever watching this were to think we're not serious about this, and don't give this due diligence, i think they would be sadly mistaken. what i did intend to say under commissioner comment was i wanted to thank mayor newsome for having reappointed me to this board. and my reappointment went first before rules and i want to thank matt gadio in the mayor's office for having overseen that process. i want to thank the members of rules for having accommodated this board because we had scheduling problems and i also want to thank them because they made some very kind comments that i certainly appreciated. i, again, want to thank the full board. i think it was unanimous. i'm not sure. but they approved or su

the board of supervisors. it has been a little bit of a struggle since then to accommodate the needs of our neighbors who call us because they do not call the mta when they need a stop sign was the bomb. they call members of the board. i just want to make sure you realize that your job, too, is very community service-oriented. the mta is picking up the slack for that. i really want you to understand it, to kind of embrace that. the other thing that i do want to mention is we still have major issues from people with disabilities in a public transportation system, so unfortunately, we are not able to easily jump on a bike and ride into work, and the options are very limited. the bus system, as good as it is sometimes, i do not think people understand the real obstacles people with disabilities are faced with. there are a lot of very -- various issues, and if you would not mind, this special attention to those as you're going along your daily life. i'm assuming the investor. and looking at the needs of people with disabilities in san francisco, they do also translate into the needs of working moms and working dads who have strollers and children and ar

parties come before the board of appeals when they are seeking resolutions. they want a fresh set of eyes, and mike was able to provide that, a practice solution to the issues at hand so that parties could move forward in the resolution. i also had the pleasure of serving on the door when mike was president. in this position, he ensure that necessary decorum was present in the room, and for me, most importantly, he ensured that members of the public were treated with fairness, dignity, and given an adequate opportunity on the issues at hand. mike has a deep trust in the community and its members, and he wanted to learn different perspectives on the issues brought to him, and finally, my gloved san francisco -- its history, neighborhood, and vitality. the city is extremely well served by having my on the board of appeals. for all these reasons, i urge you to support his appointment. thank you very much. supervisor campos: i just know that it is not too long ago we were lawyers together at the school district, so it is good to see you in this new role. thank you

the board. they are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or a business card to staff when you come up to the lectern. there are available on the left side of the podium. the customer satisfaction forms are there as well. please speak to board staff during the break or after the meeting. the board office is located on mission street, room 304. this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television, sfgtv cable channel 78. dvd's are available directly from sfgtv. at this point, we will conduct our swearing in. if you intend to testify, please stand and raise your right hand , and say i do after you have been sworn in. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> president peterson and members of the board, we have at three appeals that have been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. one is item no. 5 regarding the property, and the other are connected items 12a and 12b. we can move on to item number one, public comment. is there any member of the public that wou

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

particularly been put out there that some will go out of business. " well, if you look across the board, whent comes to raising alcohol taxes, we do not have any published science. there is no published studies to demonstrate that an increase in alcohol tax or fee actual results in job losses. now, we are talking about one nickel a drink. research shows that when the fees are assessed, whoever has to pay that feed more than compensates by raising the cost at the retail level note -- whoever has to pay that fee more than compensates by reagan note -- by raising the cost at the retail level, so they even make money on it. we're talking about residents of the city, obviously, driving across the bridge, it will cost more than the additional sense oat -- the addition cents on a drink. the question has been asked, where other cities to take this up, and, of course, that is our hope. we are hoping that san francisco becomes a model for this sort of policy, and so, it is likely that others will take it up, and then, finally, this idea that this sort of opens the door to being able to create new progr

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

some meetings are already held in english, including meetings of the board, even when the participants are all japanese. >> it's a very good idea to promote the local food, local goods, local -- >> if a foreigner comes into japan as a traveler, sightseeing, and goes to a shop to buy souvenirs, there's like a label called you can buy this on rakuten when you go back to your country. maybe we can get retention if they like it. >> reporter: the cafeteria has also been affected by the transition to english. the menu and posted notices are written only in english. the firm hopes eventually to use english only at all its meetings by the end of 2012. >> i like to go out like for a walk or something. >> japanese economy is not expected to perform -- >> reporter: but the transition to english only is not easy for employees. currently, most of them don't understand english that well. >> last thursday it announced -- >> translator: i only understood about half. >> translator: i only caught about 30%. >> reporter: the company is offering english lessons to help in the transition. employees have to

director beach: if you could include that in the explanation when it comes back to the full board it will be very helpful because it's unclear still to me how much of this is our employee parking, how much of this is city permit parking which is a big issue when it came to this board and how much of it is related to the zoning issue. chairman nolan: members of the boards. questions. director heinicke. director heinicke: thank you for the presentation. first of all, what currently -- these are all about 2010-2011. what is our reserve our fund balance? >> we're actually closing the books in 2010 so our funding balance will depend how we close year end so we will have a better picture for you sometime in the september maybe in the workshop time period. so we expect to end the year off with a slight fund balance. director heinicke: the question is more at the policy level we shouldn't mistake some of this rosey news for a situation where our fund balance has been restored and still the case that we -- we would have limited ability to respond to

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

i always championed the commission when i was on the board of supervisors. i remember when and this applingus applied. when you climb that ladder, it's important not to pull the lever up after you so the next person will not make up. was that close enough? it is very irish. politics and mighpoetry, my favorite. it is not the melting pot in the cliche way, the san francisco public schools, but it presents you with many opportunities to see what newcomers bring, to see the challenges they face. the institutions are not user friendly. i remember a principal not wanting to provide free breakfast to any kid that was undocumented. i remember we got notes from the principle that saidthis would be spoken on the play yard -- said that no spanish would be spoken on the play yard. i turned to the community. the school district was not responding at that time. they got a moratorium on iq testing because it was so culturally biased. i think one of the questions was they showed a toboggan and asked what was a toboggan. if you did not have snow or a certain privileges in yo

the crash. there were 14 people on board the plane. >> there have been accidents in the year before, such as when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in two years ago, killing all 18 on board. it is one of the most difficult landing strips in the world. undercover -- unpredictable not mother also add dangers. -- mountain weather also add that dangers. the caretaker prime minister of nepal was among the officials who attended the scene. rescue workers say they have recovered the remains of several bodies and are attempting to identify them. the government has launched an official investigation into because of the crash. bbc news, katmandu. >> the latest headlines for you this hour. add a deadly attack by islamist insurgents in the somali capital. six members of parliament are among 30 killed. 43 died in a plane crash in northeast china. 53 were rescued. the senior american general has julysted president obama's 20 deadline to withdraw from afghanistan is encouraging the taliban. he says things could change after that date. he says marines will still be in helmand province for a few years.

i am sad that she is not here with the last board meetings, because this is usually when we say our goodbyes and the immense amount of appreciation we have for the work you and giving us feedback on the policy perspectives and bringing policies forward to us. we depend on you. thank you for your service. and really, you spoke with your hearts, and i really appreciate that. >> i also want to say, because we offered some resolutions together, i want to say thank you so much for staying at these meetings and representing the student voice, even until 12 midnight sometimes. i have no doubt that you both will do very well in life, and much success at college. congratulations to both of you, and i just want to say thank you. >> commissioner? >> i want to echo the appreciation of the board, and thank you for your appreciation -- and thank you for your contribution this year. i wish you both much success in life and please come back and visit us. >> it has been a real pleasure to have both of you on the school board this year, especially your smile. it has burned up the whole room for us. hearing yo

the software was a rising software start. she was traveling in her home country of pakistan when the air blue jet crashed of, killing all 152 people on board. >>> a big area musician was killed shortly after 5:00 this morning. police say the driver of the van lost control when he fell asleep and was carrying members of two bay area metal bands, funeral pyre and early grave. the vocalist was killed. police say he was not wearing a seat belt and the driver has been identified by the guitarist justin garcia. he and a passenger were hurt. their injuries are not life- threatening. >>> we are learning more to net about the background of a danville man arrested yesterday after his car hit a bicyclist. the 23-year-old was convicted of drunken driving when he was 17 years old. he is the younger brother of sam and scope giants out fielder nate shierfold. no details are available of the circumstances. they say he was intoxicated and driving with expired license. we have a slide show posted online with more images. to view it, click on the link on our homepage ktvu.com. >>> health care workers are walking the picket line tonight. >> nurses, cooks, mai

chinese state television said the plane had 96 on board when it crashed in heilongjiang city. we have this. >> the plane carrying 91 passengers and five crew burst into flames when it tried to land in heavy fog. the head of the airlines jet, taking off from the capital -- the emergency services rushed to the scene, trying to rescue those on board. investigators are now looking for the flights recorder. because of the crash is not yet known. a similar air crash took place in 2004. it is one of an increasing number of airports in remote parts of china to boost economic development. bbc news. >> floodwaters sweeping in southern pakistan and the countries by minister is saying there is serious concern about the spread of epidemic diseases, and according to its president, it could take years for pakistan to recover from this year's monsoon floods. at least 87,000 people are still cut off from supplies, food, and water. chris morris reports. >> this part of pakistan, the caretaking matters into their own hands. waters are seeping through. these are efforts to stop it. tens of thousan

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 flu. boards because of when the houses were built we know when that mud was exposed and when we took samples of the mud was still radioactive evidence of radioactivity from black rain can go a long way towards getting help for the victims also using new technology teams are reassessing the size of the radioactive cloud in. the commission that identified their original area calculated the mushroom cloud at eight kilometers but by finding the poor end of the pilot and where photos were taken we can get a better idea of the real height which ended up being sixteen more than twice that we had thought traditionally armed with new information in the city of hiroshima has commissioned a new study with the idea of increasing the official area for a bomb and black rain victims. our biggest goal is to extend the black rain area and continue to care for the health and support the survivors even now sixty five years on from the event the tragedy continues in hiroshima alone it is estimated that three hundred fifty thousand people were exposed to the bombing nearly one hundred fifty thousand died today t