when you finally do get something, you find it neither the city librarian or the library commission is spending any attention at all for those millions of dollars raised. commissioner campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. seeing none, no -- public comment is closed. i do think having information about the executive director's report or the chair felt report would be helpful on the web site. madam clerk backs -- madam clerk? >> this is an information item. commissioner campos: welcome back. >> my report is on your desks. to the chair's point, it feels very good to be back. thank you for your remarks and your concern that all of you had expressed. i will try to be very brief. we are waiting for a puff of smoke in d.c. about the new transportation act, but i predict we will see an extension of the existing one first, because in order for that puff of smoke to happen, the final conference committee has to be released to the entire house and senate by tomorrow, and i'm not sure we're ready for that. so, we'll see a delay of days, or perhaps a week. there are some important issue

why would the city librarian with hold public records? i brought before this board of supervisors the $8.80 million that supposedly the friends of the library have given to the branch library improvement program. $3.60 billion of that is well- documented, which is 42%. i will show you the total documentation for the other $5 million. there it is. $5 million. all you have to do is tell the city, "we gave it to you. did you see it?" did you miss it? $3.60 million is documented. five put $7 million is not. -- $5.70 million is not. this was self-reported. i would like to get a deal with the city like this. you get to raise $5 million or $6 million a year, and you give them whatever you want and keep the rest. >> my name is edmund larry. this was recovered on sunday. it had my bible and speaker scud and medical marijuana. i raised enough held i was able to at least get -- i have heard you talk about affordable housing. this is the picture of the bridge and what housing should be like in the city. it has all type of rainbow people in houses. spi

the budget office. naomi kelly, at par city administrator -- our city administrator. philip ginsburg, parks and representative. ed reiskin. maria, department of children, youth, and families. louise herera, the city librarian. mohammad nuru, dpw. phil arnold. capt. goldberg. you are from the human services agency? chief hayes white, who gone up from the fire department. karen roy from trout support services. please stand up. the rich in capt., eric vantero. so you have a sense of who we all are. if there is time after, please engage some of us. we will be around, if you want more in-depth conversation. certainly, if you would like meetings with any of us, feel free to contact our offices. we are definitely open to that. thank you. i want to introduce the moderator henry kelly at this time. henne kelly, i'm sorry. >> she is one of the most dynamic richmond activists, a longtime teacher, and acted with the seniors in the district. >> and i work with christine daily at senior action network. >> who knew? >> i am a richmond district resident, i have been for 35 years. this is one of the most beautiful parts of the park. i am so happy to be here. this is a very nicely planned events, and most of the time, they

supervisor chu: i have asked our city librarian to listen to the conversation. i agree with supervisor kim. if there is a way for us to provide legal references and information in a better way, i think that we ought to. marcia, i know the you shared with us your thoughts on utilization. i think that if we are able to expand to some of our branch libraries in various communities, it might be better for our residents in terms of getting those resources as opposed to tracking out to a central location. i just wonder if there is a better way to provide a law library service. i know that there are requirements at the state level regarding the obligations, so i would ask the mayor's office to work with our library partner to figure out how it is we can fulfil those requirements, but perhaps do it in a different way. many of our resources are on books now, but as the supervisor talked about, many people utilize lexus in excess -- nexus. and other resources. >> we are happy to work with the city as we work through this issue. we think that there are a number of supervis

the public library. >> good morning, city librarian. the key to the budget analyst for the support. we are in concurrence with the deficit reduction. the only outstanding issue remains the recommendation of the library openings additional flow hours there represents 2.5 fte for those facilities. i am happy to respond to any questions you may have. supervisor chu: would you be able to address the area where there is still the this agreement? >> madam chair, just to clarify these are the policy recommendations. the library is an agreement with all of the recommended cuts. these are the policy recommendations on pages 13 and 14. supervisor chu; what remains is primarily the policy recommendations for the custodian, a library one and a library tech assistance. these four positions are related to the expansion of library hours, correct? take of that is correct. - >> that is correct. supervisor chu: given that the department has agreement with the department recommendations, i would recommend we accept the policy recommendation by the budget analysts. i am a big fan of expanding the libra

$3,000 a month, $36,000 a year, and if you look at it, about the seven years he has been city librarian, over $200,000. is that a conflict? when you look at the fact they are not paying any attention to the millions raised every year by the friends and what turns out in the coffers of the library or benefit to the library, it is. the library commission does nothing to oversee the friends and from what i've seen for the records, they never did and the city library and is being paid very well not to, either. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i know a lot has been said about this subject but i had to get my two cents' worth. this is about ross mirkarimi. elected to the board of supervisors for two terms from district 5 and winning, approval for his hard work and dedication to the citizens, he then was turned out because of term limits. he then ran for sheriff and won voters approval from the citizens of this city. they saw him as a young man, dedicated to public service, his ambition in life was to work for the citizens of this city. shame on those who

the next apartment, public library. -- department, public library. >> good morning, city librarian. supervisors, we have a brief presentation that highlights the san francisco public library. we are currently employing 889 full and part-time staff. our circulation has shown significant increases in the last several years at about 3%. significant increases in the past and we have been able to sustain that. over 7 million people are using the library annually, so we are proud of that. we're also pleased that the ability to provide access to the internet for many of our users. for many, it is the only place where they can have internet access. we are very pleased of the success we are having and the momentum we sustained through the branch library extension program, completing 22 projects. not only completing them but also receiving recognition, not only for the sustainability for leed gold and silver, but also for historic designations. supervisor chu: do you have a copy of the presentation that we could see? >> i have one copy of the presentation. i am sorry. it seems it is not recogn

next to her is luis herrera, our city librarian who manages the san francisco public library. our housing and 30 is run by director henry alvarez -- housing authority is run by director henry l. burress. our human services agency, derek chu. now relations between any of thechu's tonight, by the way. the head of our department of children, youth, and families, maria. the head of the department of public health, barbara garcia. from our neighborhood, a member of the department of emergency management. end of the blue uniform here, a well-known gentlemen, our police chief, greg suhr. good to see you. to my letter to your right is ken from our city administrator's office but also in uniform tonight is our fire chief, chief hayes-white. [applause] from the children's support services, we have karen. to her left is our mayors education adviser and a member of our school board, hydra mendoza. a man who is responsible for cleaning and repairing our streets and other public works in our city, the director of public works, mohammed nuru puerto rico director of rec and park department, p

the department heads that are here. if i missed anyone, please let me know. we have our city librarian, child support services, karen roy, san francisco housing authority henry alvarez, capital planning committee, brian strong, our fire chief, human agency, department of children, youth, and families. from the department of public health, barbara garcia and the cfo is here. department of public works. recreation and parks, phil ginsburg. our police chief is at the police commission meeting. we have the deputy chief and also are station capt. here. from the mayor's office of housing, we have olson lee. we have our newly appointed city administrator. we also have the mayor's education policy adviser, who is also a member of the board of education. i do not think i missed anyone. i am. sorry. that is later. it's my honor to introduce rachel, the executive director of the vernal heights neighborhood center. she is an amazing community leader. we are grateful she's here. to introduce our budget director. we'll tell you more about the process tonight. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] thank y