supervisor wiener indicated, that this is one of the most important appointments we can make because of the important role the commission plays in the life of this city and the important role that entertainment place in the life of the city and county of san francisco. i think that is true of all communities. i think it is also not surprising that the two elected lgbt members of the board of supervisors are here on this issue because entertainment has played a particular role in the life of the lgbt community. i cannot imagine having a better group of candidates. i think it is a testament to the type of city we are. i think anyone of the individuals who has applied brings a lot to the table. i agree wholeheartedly with supervisor weiner that you do not have to put anyone down to support any of these candidates. i think it actually undermines any argument you make for anyone candidate to do that. i appreciate the work commissioner meko has done. i have talked to him about those issues before. he would do a good job if he were reappointed as well. the same thing with any of the other candidates. but i am here to speak in favor of glendon hyde, someone

the last lines are important. for instance, in at the cityof amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on

important? how do we open these opportunities and how we make certain that we are listening better. all these different viewpoints about the culture of the city are important to us as well. i hope i am making the right decision. but the best way to do this is to make certain everyone is talking. all of you are connected in some way. i appreciate your engagement, to help us answer the tough questions about how we will move forward with everyone in the city. thank you very much. what's good morning. i just wanted to offer a welcome, and i wanted to encourage you -- i was active in the youth activities at the time of the presidency for the of commission. sometimes a lot of these meetings -- there may be a little part of the that actually wonders if your voice in your opinion matter. i want you to know that people do listen, and this is as much of a benefit for you as it is for us, and it is important for us to get your feedback about how you would like the direction of the city to be going, and this a chance to show your leadership skills, for those people making decisions that will hopefully inspire you to continue through your life and your pr

the work force development. we have worked with all of the city developments and the city college to the coordinate this agreement with the last several years, and this is very important for city college to be able to expand their current campus. it is very important for the city and county of san francisco also to be able to complete the exchange is necessary for the phelan loop development, and as you also now, the affordable housing is also connected. we support this proposal, and we look to your support, as well. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you, and things for the great affordable housing grunted there, as well, to others. trusty rizzo, did you want to make some comments? >> thank you, mr. chair, supervisors. i would like to thank the mayor's office of the work force development, a supervisor elsbernd, and the many others that have helped us to come to this point. there is a certain urgency in this, and that is the performing arts center, which we would like to be built on this land. the performing arts center is eight multimillion-dollar public project that will employ 32 will create hundreds of jobs, many of those san francisco jobs because city college as

the passion. this is very important, one of the most important task force appointments the city is going to be making this year, and i want to thank everyone for the time it took to apply. we really appreciate that. i am happy that we have come to a consensus around three appointees, and we will be forwarding that to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you. madam clerk, please call item no. 5. >> item 5 -- charter and and and to amend the charter of the city by amending the provisions adjusting retiree benefits and health-care benefits. supervisor kim: my apologies. the chief sponsor of the amendment is supervisor elsbernd and so i will turn the chair over to him. i may have to leave and attend the budget committee, which is another committee i am a member of as well. supervisor elsbernd: we can do that real quick. we can do it real quick. two minutes. supervisor kim: my apologies. we do have a item number four, which we moved over so supervisor weiner could attend the budget committee meeting. i just wanted to open that up for public comment. many members of the public may have expe

reports, the import city is now virtually surroundeord by gangsf islamist melissa fighters, some linkedo al qaeda and have captured at least two towns constant prisons and deleted banks and military depots. the yemeni government is so busy fighting an armed protesters that they have done little to stop the jihad. ou guest: >>t guest: well, one of thef emerging threat hubs.li it may become afghanistan on c steroids. theis nearly a failed state right now. the president was seriously injured in a mortar attack by the opposition.ion. this is only a unified country over the past 20 years.rsome ar has a history of breaking apart, if you will. what we have seen in the last 45 months is that al qaeda and anher extremists have been a will to develop a firmer hold of a southern part of the country.l that is important. i wish we had a map. fir you can see the proximity.on already a failed state. we also have a big hub.soma it is pretty well understood a that we are starting to see a migration. whenever words you want to use. the reason that happens is theym understand that with the power vacuum th

from planning to the t.a., to the city attorney's office, the police department, working with the city family, working with our other regional states partners. all of them an important part of the transportation system here, working with other stakeholders within cac, within various advocacy groups. and really, the people of san francisco who really deserve to have a transportation system. what i will commit to all of you and to the entire board is i will do everything i can during my time here to make it so that years down the road, when we all look back on the decision of the mta board, we will feel like it is a good decision and we will be happy with the results. thank you very much for coming. it is really an honor. i look forward to serving the people of san francisco. thank you. [applause] chairman nolan: i want to say a word of thanks to the board for the outstanding foundation ed reiskin was talking about building upon. there are so many amazing members of the executive team. we have a strong foundation going for. now we have time for questions. i will take the easy ones. ed reiskin will take the tough ones. does anyone have any questions? seeing none -- [la

the word out right away. >> just like any other city, i would imagine that san pablo has to make some cuts. >> absolutely. well, the city as well as city council sees the importancekeeping people engaged. and you do that with community events. and that's the way to bring people out and keep them engaged, to let them know that we as a city are still here to support them, support their community. >> san pablo summer series, give us your final thoughts as we show the website on the screen. >> can you visit the website, www.sanpabloca.gov. and then hitching on to the events, it will give you the full information. we just completed a great fourth of july event with great talent which has been awarded that particular event. so we have the second half rolling in, great excitement, everything from zitico music, r & b, tex mex, everything. >> any other news? >> i look forward to seeing viewers and different faces out there, if you see me, come say hello. >> thank you all so much for the work you're doing. >> thank you. >>> u up next, a little bit of latin jazz for you. but i like having a lot more a lot more than having a lot less. and the more more i have, the more i lik

the entertainment and nightlife industries. it is a very important economic and cultural sector in our city. we have never really taken a look at what it contributes to our economy. i think that is an important piece of information to have to guide policy making in the future. i have requested a hearing on the impact of historic preservation of other important policy goals in the city like creating affordable housing, having usable parks and libraries, etc. i want to look at how those different policies interact with each other. those are a few things i am working on. >> we are out of time. we will have to wrap this up. thank you so much for joining us. we have been talking to supervisor wiener from district 8. watch for the next episode of "need your supervisor." we will be back with one of our 11 city supervisors. ♪ [older man speaking foreign language] richie! richie! [speaking foreign language] yo, tye! what-up? richie! what-up, player? how ya doing, son? all right, man. i'm chillin', of course. you gonna be there, right? click freedomcenter.org to find yours. ♪ meet cathy, who's lived mo

the city attorney's office. also, as the chronicle article indicated, the city attorney just filed a lawsuit against an employer it was not complying with the law, and i think it is important were inappropriate that the city attorney, district attorney, take necessary steps to send a very clear message that we're not going to tolerate wage that in san francisco. the rest i submit to you. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you supervisor composts and supervisor mar. if there are no presentations at this moment, why don't we move this item and have public comment begin. if there are members of the public that wish to speak on this item, item number one, please do so. if you are needing translation, the time will be doubled so we do allow for the translation to happen. if there are members of the public that wish to speak, please come on up. >> if you wish to speak, please step up to the microphone. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for having us here today. we are happy to join the hearing today and share some of the messages coming from our communities, and it's a killer on this issue. i am the director for the filipino community center. we are proud member of nine org

it's the home of one of our most important if not the most important resort city in mexico. it's the whole month for probably 5400 retirees and in guadalajara itself we spend a wonderful time and are extraordinarily well received by the mexican neighbors and friends. in this city at this time, to be that insulting to americans means there is something going on that isn't right. it doesn't work. that's part of the problem in the relationship with the united states. now we have got the drug war, which the united states is helping but not enough. >> you described those as on winnable. >> absolutely. it's the ridiculous war. we should not have started it. we will never be able to win. it has now cost us more than 40,000 lives, more than $50 billion. widespread human rights abuses, and a tremendous damage to mexico's image abroad with no results to show an exchange. there is nothing that can be done with drugs in mexico as long as the united states keeps consuming what it consumes and it hasn't changed its consumption patterns. probably there is no reason it shouldn't. i was a str

supervisor campos: the budget is the most important policy document that the city can pass. it reflects the priorities of city government. i believe we have to be creative in how we look at the issue of the budget. it is important for me that certain things happen. i think that public safety has to be a priority in the budget, the public safety cannot be compromised to save a few dollars. but i think the public safety goes beyond funding the police department and the fire department, as important as that is. it includes funding violence prevention programs, after- school programs so someone has -- and people have something to do after school, funding our department for recreational opportunities for young people during the summer or after school. if you do not do that, that will have implications on public safety. the safety has to be protected, because if we do not do that, we are creating more problems that will be even more costly in the long run. i think that we have to think about it in a very strategic way. i think it is important to protect the safety net. i think we h

the bayview. that is important to me, personally, it is important to the city. why the library director works so hard with dpw, our human rights commission, to do it right. this is the right way to do it. i know reverend walker knows that. it is so important to this community that we not only buildings for the future, but in a way that everyone in the community participates. so that they know that we, as a city, as a community, built this library. not some contractor or a department that you never see. we are doing it more and more with our local hiring ordinance. we grabbed the talent from within. we can build a world class libraries for everyone else to come to. that is what i enjoy doing, that is why i am here. i am also here to praise the library commissioners who are with us this morning, friends of the library, the manager who will be here. the library is our future. we are constructing -- reconstructing libraries all over the city. every time we come to the community, libraries are welcome because they are the new community center, the safe place for peop

i wanted to express the congressman's interest in working with you on issues that are important to the city, especially if there is anything with a federal component. let us know. we have had some successful partnerships in the past few months. the congressman would like to continue that dynamic. thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. we would like to put on a picnic. we have had problems getting it done in south park. this is part of the people that live down there and south park. we would like to -- that will not be hassled with the parking down there or hassled by the police officers down there. we tried to go by the rules and regulations that were submitted. as a matter of fact, this is not the first time we have been having problems down there. from last year and compared to this year, the price that we have to pay is out rages. most of the people have been born and raised here. we have federal government workers and law enforcement workers who have anticipated. this is the 30-year anniversary that has been going on. we have been going on since i was a child from 1967. during that ti