a general tax on the ballot unless there are legislative seats also on the ballot under the california constitution so this requires a 2/3 vote of the people. the tax needs to be dedicated as a special tax. what is proposed are a couple of things. this falls into how the mayor has been talking about his priorities for the budget over the past several months. some of you have heard the mayor may be one or too many times about how you'd like to see a budget that is solvent. a safe part of that equation is what we're talking about today with this measure. when he talks about having a safe city, he talks about two things. he talks about public safety which is the core police and emergency response services and that is obviously a key component of safety. he also means a basic social safety net, a minimal level of social services that help people in our city feel a sense of personal safety about their future, about their health care, about their economic stability. so, the proposal that is before us would be dedicated to a fund that can be used for both of those purposes. this could be used for public s

not only the sunshine ordinance, knowing your rights under sunshine, but the brown act, the california constitution, and the constitution of the united states. i give you credit in the sense that as i watch your board, i have yet to see any of you interfere with somebody making public comment. i give you a big thumbs up on that. the second thing is access to public records. this is where i probably still have a bone of contention. because of a case that i talked about that i was not involved in, where there were serious questions about whether the process that had been gone through was fair. i know for a fact that the public records that the person who is a party of the case needed were denied it to her, and she was run through a whole bunch of sunshine ordinance hearings, which i got the impression was only to just drive her crazy. i brought that here, i said i have no skin in this game, these are just acquaintances, but i've seen what they have gone through and i think there are some serious things, annual shrugged it off and said, not our problem. the building department gives her a hard time, t

this is going to solve our problems by simply exercising section 5 of the california constitution.nding armies may not be funded in peacetime. thank you for listening. president chiu: next speaker. cl;e -- clerk: next speaker, please. sfgtv, please. >> supervisors, may i kindly have your attention? i have not noticed any of the supervisors giving attention to the other speakers or supervisors speaking, and that is very disappointing because you are paid a good wage, and listening is the most important part of your job. i in here because i have some fantastic ideas about revenue generation for you. my name is colleen. i am from a town. i'm going to suggest that you talk to the california public utilities commission about these problems with pg&e and that you take a look at kennedy choice aggregate, working with marin and other counties that may be able to provide energy without profit or danger to your users. now, could not help but notice in the sunday paper, in the inside section, about american priorities, your very own mayor, and part of the u.s. conference of mayors passed a re

the california state constitution mandates that every county have a civil grand jury. therefore, there are 58 grand juries in california of varying sizes. the grand jury in san francisco is comprised of 19 members. i am pleased today that there are several members of the 2010-2011 grandeur with us, and i will ask those members to rise to be briefly recognized. thank you. [applause] i agree. the members of the grand jury report regard for the citizens of san francisco. the purpose of the grand jury is to serve as oversight to the operation of city government. as such, we appoint investigative committees around various topics and then prepare reports each year. this year, we completed seven investigative reports, and in addition, five continuity reports, all of which will be hurt by this body over the next several months. today, we will present our initial report on "the parkmerced vision: government by developer." i would like to introduce to you now michael, who serves as the chair of that committee, who will present the report for the jury. thank you. supervisor campos

that seems to be in the spirit of the state of constitution of california. >> the next day, the board had one last chance to nominate their twice for interim mayor on january 4. >> when the board finally got around to actually nominating people for, and taking up the issue of inter mayorship, the first thing people should know is it was late at night. the board really put this off as light as they could. people were tired and cranky. that is the first thing people should know about this meeting. >> they said they would take nominations according to who was on the roster first. so it became a game of jeopardy where the question was, who could press the button first? then it became this sort of strategy. >> having run out of time, board members began the first round of nominations. >> i would nominate former mayor art agnos. >> current city administrator ed lee. >> everyone is expecting hennessey to have the sixth vote. >> i would like to request a 20- minute recess. >> perhaps an explanation? >> i would like a recess. that is my explanation. >> colleague, can do that without objection?

>> competition is actually not a requirement in the california constitution. what is thought would happen, instead of dividing up these communities in a way to work against competition, drawing on a neutral criteria, you are going to see more competition emerged from that. that is what we expect to see out of it. it is sort of like competition emerging from some of the criteria not imposing competition as a requirement. however, arizona does that. washington, too. if you want to -- and there are some states that do this -- you could explicitly put this under a state constitution. >> i think that is a fantastic question and gets to the heart of what is facing the commission. the most difficult job they have, how do you address competing minority interests? for example, if it is only possible to draw heavily black or latino districts in certain areas of the state that are right next to each other, but do you do to maximize each ethnic group of's representation? the first draft that we saw come out, pretty regular lines. i thought it was a good map that greeted 3

the constitution? and it is polluting to the comte -- constitution. >> it gets back to the whole california thing.he california balanced budget is not working so may be balanced budget amendment has to have more detail. those are things that can come out in the debate and are open for discussion. the fear is that we really don't want a budget that balances at 25% of gdp buried right now, we're spending one in $4 in washington where as two or three years ago, it was one in $5. we have rented out the percentage of the economy that is being consumed by government expenditures. we want a smaller government. no matter what the tax rates are, 18% is about what comes in. at the 1950's, the high taxes were 70% and 90% it brought about 18% of gdp. it is hard to coax more than that out of the economy. folks sometimes leave or take their capital overseas but taxes are lower in another country. 18% is historic late -- 60 years we have not got much more than that. >> do you expect the debt limit issue to be resolved in one fell swoop or will there be multiple bites? >> at least 12 of us have said that there ne

>> competition is actually not a requirement of the california constitution. o what is thought will happen is that the instead of trying to divvy up these communities in such a way as to work against competition drawing just sort of on a base value neutral sort of criteria, you're going to see more competition emerge from that and david can probably back me up on this that is what we expect to see out of it. so it is sort of like competition emerging from some of the criteria not actually imposing competition as a requirement. however there are, arizona does that and washington actually, there are two states that have a requirement to create competitive districts. so if you want to, and there are some states that do this, you can explicitly put this into the state constitution. i could talk about arizona. about that. >> john, i think that's a fantastic question. it gets to the heart of what is facing the commission these days. i think there is their most difficult job in the last month they have before they have to pass lines. how do you address competing minor

but seriously, i'm humbled by the ctla members who every day, every day defend their clients using the constitutions of the united states and california in support of great principles. every day our members show courage in bay area courts, and we do ok in the big battles as well. who will ever forget the extraordinary accomplishments of john in defending our college, patrick, from a crazy federal prosecutor in nevada? that level of talent and that level of courage is unique, but every day criminal courts in the bay area shine because my colleagues from ctla are working there. recently ctla issued a public statement against the death penalty. ctla joins other groups and individuals here today in calling for permanent incarceration as california's alternative to the death penalty. this city and county has a great san francisco public defender and we want to express our thanks to jeff adachi for his support of ctla over the years and for his gratitude for being here today. thank you for your taxi and have a great conference -- thank you for your attention and have a great conference. [applause] >> i also want to acknowledge the public de

>> competition is actually not a requirement of the california constitution. o what is thought will happen is that the instead of trying to divvy up these communities in such a way as to work against competition drawing just sort of on a base value neutral sort of criteria, you're going to see more competition emerge from that and david can probably back me up on this that is what we expect to see out of it. so it is sort of like competition emerging from some of the criteria not actually imposing competition as a requirement. however there are, arizona does that and washington actually, there are two states that have a requirement to create competitive districts. so if you want to, and there are some states that do this, you can explicitly put this into the state constitution. i could talk about arizona. about that. >> john, i think that's a fantastic question. it gets to the heart of what is facing the commission these days. i think there is their most difficult job in the last month they have before they have to pass lines. how do you address competing minor

back in march the chronicle listed newsom as the wealthiest constitutional officer in california. >>> for many the 4th of july weekend will be a time of family and fun. for others it'll be a time of danger. the danger comes with those that are even labeled safe and sane. >> some people call it an m1000. no matter what you call it it's illegal to possess. >> reporter: this is what happens when the m1000 explodes. >> the situation if that fire work went off in your hand or your pocket, you would certainly lose some fingers. >> reporter: linked by officers from the law enforcement agencies, the alameda fire department showed what could happen with illegal fireworks. they also showed what would happen if you mishandled any fire work whether illegal or not. >> 8,000 people are treated in an emergency room for fire work related injuries. >> reporter: half of under the age of 18. illegal fireworks are easy to identify as rambo kid and bling bling. but even safe and sane fireworks can be dangerous. the change in the weather in just three days will increase the danger of fire. >> these should

>> competition is actually not a requirement of the california constitution. o what is thought will happen is that the instead of trying to divvy up these communities in such a way as to work against competition drawing just sort of on a base value neutral sort of criteria, you're going to see more competition emerge from that and david can probably back me up on this that is what we expect to see out of it. so it is sort of like competition emerging from some of the criteria not actually imposing competition as a requirement. however there are, arizona does that and washington actually, there are two states that have a requirement to create competitive districts. so if you want to, and there are some states that do this, you can explicitly put this into the state constitution. i could talk about arizona. about that. >> john, i think that's a fantastic question. it gets to the heart of what is facing the commission these days. i think there is their most difficult job in the last month they have before they have to pass lines. how do you address competing minor