how do you balance the needs of the residents with the needs of the restaurants and bars?> i moved into my neighborhood in part because we have such a wonderful vibrant nightlife. san francisco is famous for our restaurant scene, are seen, club scene. -- are sbar scene. we have had too much violence around these nighttime venues. i have passed several pieces of legislation to address the security and safety needs of neighborhoods. we all support a healthy, vibrant nightlife. but we also support a safe nightlife that complements our neighborhoods and is not in competition with our neighborhoods. >> what are your thoughts on the city's economic development? what would you like to change about the approach to developing the economy? >> as a city, i do not think we have been good at creating jobs and economic development. there are things we can do to make life easier for businesses. businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. over the past few years, i have helped to eliminate dozens of fees that have been nickeling our small businesses to death. i have been pushing for more

. >> what about the city's housing needs? what should the board due to address those needs? >> we are a city that is seventh by 7 miles. we have incredible density. we're the densest neighborhoods on the west coast. everyone wants to live here. that drives up housing prices dramatically. the housing costs are driving out working folks, families, the middle class. we need to continue to reinvest, to build, to develop, and maintain a troop stock of affordable housing. i am committed to increase in more funds so that we can build more housing that can be afforded by folks of all economic backgrounds. >> what about the issue of homelessness? >> in recent years during the terrible economy, we have had to cut back significantly. our social-service net, programs for folks who may have mental illnesses, we have seen many problems become exacerbated on the streets. when you combine that with the fact that we have an affordable housing in most parts of the city, it is no surprise our homeless numbers have gone up in recent years. the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that

but at that time, there was the right approach to fulfill the energy needs, the electricity needs. it came out that that current is the more appropriate solution. now more than 100 years later, we learn the d.c. of the future, because it brings us to the possibility to connect areas where we have vast amount of renewable energies, but far away from the low centers. there's the benefit and advantage of transmission technology. >> in the united states, there's been a row manhunt sizeation -- row manhunt size -- because of technology, and they've done amazing things, all beginning humbly in the real metaphor call garage and then rising to become great innovators and changers of the world. but there is this romantic idea now that it is a teenager in a garage that's going to save the world. how do you deal with that teenager in the garage and get him into siemens, or her into siemens and listen to them? how do you find the kid in the garage and know that he's got the right ideas? >> that's a very good question. i think everybody would be lucky to find those kids who have a really good id

it is not enough to extend the expiration window for funds placed into expiration accounts. we needensure that the health care expenditures required by the ordinance are actually used for employee health care needs. we recently had a worker come into our clinic, and she had incurred a health care expense, and she was trying to find a way to pay. her san francisco employer -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here representing our workers said that represents young and immigrant restaurant workers. we are also a member of the progress of workers alliance, which is nine centers in san francisco that represent different communities and different industries. as you know, we have worked on the issue of wage theft that many of you -- not many, all of you took the pledge to end wage that -- theft. this is also a form of that. these hard-learned dollars are not going to cover the medical cost for medical needs that they are entitled to. as a worker center, day in and day out, we see cases where workers are coming in where t

the need is everywhere. >> put a face on that? >> there's the working poor. >> absolutely. you hit the nail on the head. it's the working poor. most of the families coming to us for services are the working poor. they have jobs or hat jobs but aren't making a suitable living wage so they need assistance. it's not just the assistance they might get through the second harvest food bank or st. joseph family center. but it's like the cal fresh program which is the new name for the food stamp program here. >> for those to qualify, i mean the income level is so different when you live in california or iowa, let's say. so you have less of a chance making it earning that same amount of money in california that you do in iowa, hence you're getting longer lines and those lines aren't diminishing. >> that's true. the federal poverty level is muchl, much lower than what it costs to live in santa clara county. there was a study just done that i think the average for these two counties, a family of four, costs in the range

it is good for us to know what the health care needs of the city are going to be in the next couple of years or long term. so, making sure those who do planning and other things, that we think strategically about the need citywide and also neighborhood by neighborhood. and we were able to do that and pass that legislation as a district-elected supervisors, even though this is legislation that impacts the entire city in the future of health care in san francisco for many years to come. i think it is possible to do both. it is definitely possible. >> let's talk about budgets. the city is faced with tough budget decisions. including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will he make these tough choices -- will you make these tough choices? 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

whatever happens with the boat house, it needs to be local. the workers need to be local. hopefully a nonprofit set up and something -- and not something that is geared towards profit. please make sure that you say the stewards of this area. i do not think that our city and tim have agreed on anything ever. when he and i are both coming up and raising strong concerns that the sfpuc needs to stay this land, this is a powerful statement. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the superintendent of recreation and community services with the rec and park department. one year ago, our apartment entirely restructure the way that we deliver recreation services. prior to that, we were limited in scope of programs we could actually offer. you have a recreation director at the center. if that recreation director like tennis and soccer, that is what you got. he did not have much of a choice. we cannot be responsive to what community needs work. our new model allows us to be responsive not only to community needs but the different properties and communities around the city. our competencie

the paper. investigations that need to occur aren't occurring. we know as lawyers, the standard and sufficiency of the evidence is not a standard for opening an investigation. and ye

the minutes. there are many, many needs. we need engineers. i keep getting questions all the time, why are these engineers being hired? the transbay terminal, we were told we would have three inspectors down there, and that has not happened. there is a need for inspectors down there. and so i think we are dragging our feet a little bit there. we are concerned about that. >> i want to clarify my role in this. i signed off there is sufficient financial backing for the positions, and that they are budgeted and we have the requisitions. i do not make the decision on the hiring. it is a collaborative effort, and it really is the acting director makes decisions with consultation with the other deputy directors and the staff in terms of what positions to push through. i just try to help them get approved by the mayor's office, keep pushing to make sure recruitment goes through, and then sign off in the end. i am not making the decision on what positions we're filling. >> all i know is there are 40 or 50 vacancies in that, and we keep hearing complaint

i need your help. i am not the only one. a lot of my friends needed to. -- need it, too. it is important that we make it muni free for all youth, because the paper work is hard to create for immigrants, families like mine. i hope you think about me and all the children and youth when you make your decision. chariman nolan: thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon. >> i am here with power. we are part of the coalition. we are excited this we are excited that this was brought forward. we ain't it is important that we not curtailed this. 61% of our students get free lunch. we know the majority already qualified. -- we think it is important not to curtail this. you all can take action today. we know that this is a discussion item. >> the supervisor has joined us. >> thank you for allowing me to speak. i appreciate you hearing me out of turn. we're having our supervisor meeting. i am here and support of the free muni past. i speak as a supervisor and as a former organizer. i am sure you have heard this several times already but use are facing a difficult time in our city.

i think that both you and the director can dissect where our needs are. and then go from there. >> who pays for the testing? >> if it is testing outside, dhr pays for it. if it is something that we are doing, essentially what happens is it is internal testing. people are participating in interviews and interviewing -- and going over resumes. the bottom line is that there is no increase in cost as a solution to opportunity. >> thank you. commissioners? any questions additional? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> item 5b, update on proposed legislation. >> good morning, commissioners. i am the manager for public affairs legislation. i provided in your packet a november highlight summary, similar to what you saw last month. you may note that this ordinance that supervisor chu has introduced actually received some coverage this morning in the chronicle -- "chronicle," business section. about the accessibility of not reaching it. the acting director is putting together a brown bag briefing. we are organized to do that probably by the end of this month, to bring peo

i will started this to help people get the resources they need. thank you. >> madam president and esteemed panel, i represent arriba juntos, a case manager for the 35 nursing assistant, training students for an excellent career. we support them on many different levels. i would like to express this in my language, which arriba juntos opens their hands to many different communities. [speaking foreign language] >> this would greatly hinder. once again, switching to english. >> with due respect, we strongly oppose listing the panel to review, with the very nice and common judgment. thank you. >> i will keep calling out names. oscar tang, [unintelligible] tracy brown. >> good afternoon. i am the director of empowering the mission -- we are against this project. they are the fiscal sponsor but also the partner. we partner with the community response network, dealing with a high-rescued in the city. this project is not only -- but only is this gentrification, this is a project that doesn't really meet the needs of that area. as the previous gentleman sai

of whether there are gaps in the role that was needed. how to apply the military instrument is important for military leaders. we can help to optimize the approach the two are trying to take. for us, there was this sense that we were behind. i would suggest that, in the case of a crisis that continues and insurers for the length of time that this did, the roles that we were trying to play was how to anticipate the next problem. feedbac[feedback] the way that this played out, there was contamination in the atmosphere, followed by contamination of the food supply. then there was the water that was running into the ocean. so, our discussions, both with the nrc and the government of japan, how do we understand and characterized assistance to develop a common operating picture for understanding. how do we talk about this? what messages do we give to the population? the challenge was that we had different levels of understanding of these technical issues. that there was disagreement within the technical community in terms of exposure and risk. t

the mayor needs to look at these issues. if not, this project will be dogged by controversy, delays, and ultimately the people of san francisco will suffer. i would implore the mayor to deal with this issue, put it to rest. we have to come together as a city and move forward at the central subway. >> thank you. [applause] >> i agree with what the supervisor said, which is we have never regretted it ever building a light rail system or subway system. i have never heard people complain about the tunnel that we had to build in the 1920's. i am sure when those were built, we had complaints, issues, concerns, yet most people now on the west side of town are very fortunate they have a rail line. we are doing 8 town halls on the different municipal wants to talk about how to improve transit. we do not hear did not build the sub, they are asking, what is our subway coming? when people talk about 1.7 miles, we are seven by seven city. that is almost one-third of san francisco. you are building a subway system over one-third of san fra

to be able to follow up very closely with the people and to understand their needs on the spot we are the i.c.r.c. we are the red cross what we do is we are closer to people we are trying to. understand their needs and their needs can change talking about something else you mention libya we are convinced today that we need to maintain a presence in libya to be able to understand where the conflict will evolve i hope i hope that the conflict will ends meet but we are rather convinced that we need to stay for a world to understand what might the be the problems and everything that they will do some problems in the coming months you know i worked myself with a humanitarian mission in africa for a couple of years in the eighty's and i are where was it. drought and famine and i saw red cross of action there i know that you guys you like giving hard times to authorities well this is probably not worth reading hard time but you this is this is by your job so say in chechnya in south a city or what you say there you're going to do to authorities or authorities. and deal with how's that

in my view, the project needs to move forward with all due haste. the last thing we want to do is provide the federal government with any sense that our commitment to the project has wavered. i do not think it has, and i look forward to continuing to work with the mta to make sure we complete it in the timeline and for the money that is at this point agreed upon. i should say about the budget -- i am very glad the issue of the increase from $1.3 billion was in greece -- was clarified. we are partially responsible for that. my own team was at those meetings insisting we should have a decent contingency. that is because i think it is much worse to come to a set of elected officials with a surprise after the project has already reached its budget because we did on approved inappropriate contingency. it also means it is just a contingency. we are not obligated to approve it. there are precedents for projects in san francisco not using their contingency. i am hoping we can do something similar in this project. it is a complex project, but the point is it

project is not only -- but only is this gentrification, this is a project that doesn't really meet the needs of that area. as the previous gentleman said, there were people around the block, and there was a huge line. to have units of high-income individuals who will be living next to -- some people are homeless, there is traffic. this will cause a serious problem with these people move into these units. we're very concerned. the young people go to the safe haven in the evening, and i don't know the list of complaints that will happen. i can already see the problems that will take place in this community. the entire community is against this project. the gentleman who is the owner of the property, he made an announcement. it is obvious in this room and the overflow room outside that the community is against this. there needs to be some serious dialogue and conversation, for the folks in the community to understand what is going on. >> i am the co-chair of the community advisory board. i am here to talk about the impact that the proposed housing will have. those with the great -- the late hou

they're not providing the communications development that they need. another theory, which is critical, is one of the cpsccs integrating to avoid duplication of effort, and the project operations manual needs to be improved to reflect all of these changes, and also to talk of the i mtiming of information. old information is generally not useful in managing projects. finally, our recommendations are that management of the improvement projects themselves needs to be sharpened. we believe the cpcs is slipping, and ultimately will take longer than originally estimated. we also think there are areas that need attention, and finally come out we have also set out principles for the design and implementation, which need to be adhered to to see you do get value from the system. >> any questions or comments? supervisor mirkarimi: i very much appreciate the detailed information you have. this is the first time that this information is being presented to the transportation authority, and i think there were so many useful nuggets of this information that the time th

i cannot fix the deck if they figure out what they're doing. i need to get a firewall issue resolved. that is part of the problem. there is a simple fix, and $50,000 for two decks. it is an extremely complicated fix if i have to drill case on its -- caissons. we have asked their permission to do a surcharge and we have not gotten a response. we have asked them about the fire wall and have not gotten a response. we have a rent control unit. we have no idea what they're doing. they need to prepare plans so we can all see what they are doing. they need to come back here with something better than, comply with the violation that was filed to the wrong address. these people own the building. that owned the building for years. there is a retired police officer who lives there. he is in a rent control space and he is a family friend. we want to get this thing fixed. if you have any questions, we would be happy to answer it. it is a pretty straightforward case of someone needing to prepare something. they did the underpinning with very complex drawings. you c

the east bay, north bay, and south. we have to invest in our schools. we need a mayor who will be in education mayor coming use the bully pulpit for that purpose. we have to invest in services that wraparound families and make sure we're not cutting funding to parks and recreation centers and after-school programs. fundamentally, we have to do with far better job of keeping the jobs we have been losing. over the past couple years, we have lost 30,000 jobs, hundreds of companies. this is why have been proud to fight to keep companies like twitter and san francisco come to fight for the next biotech company, clean technology, to fight for the 80,000 small businesses and stethoscope and the several hundred new manufacturing companies. i hope everyone may take a chance to visit my website and see my plan for jobs and the economy and all of the policy papers we have and how we build a 21st century city. >> i hope you will visit my website. i have the education, down payment loan assistance, condominiums, or reform, but let's get real, san francisco has lost its blac

the combined region. i can't compete with britain or france. that's why we need to defend our interests other ways our entire second respect and egg recall to will vanish where against that moreover russia has forty one million hectares of land in the land if we invest in those lands and cultivate them we will be able to supply seven hundred million people with natural organic furred. prices will only grow in the future. and russia is importing hardwoods food. which is very unwise and very inefficient. mr zyuganov there is another thing i would like you to comment on the media you have probably heard about the occupy wall street movement that started in the united states and spread to other countries. now we have had guests and the studios say it was nothing other than a socialist revolution spirals in up he's that. what do you think of this theory. let's face it the liberal speculative model that the united states has forced upon the world after the war i mean the economic model. yes the financial and economic model it has failed it ing was trade in centuries ol

the judge says that this needs to go back for environmental review. . this is exempt from the statute. this is something that needs legal analysis and people have to have time to do this. i will mention on the environmental side of things that there was a traffic study that was done. -- >> you need to keep your comments to the continuance. >> the reason the continuance is needed is so people can look at the subject and actually request to have this not exempt from the statute. and then we go to court and the last time this was soon out, the whole of zandt needs to be thrown out. people cannot get this on the record. the traffic study was badly flawed. but when i come back -- i will be told that this cannot even be considered. and i realize you go on all the time and i used to spend my christmases down here for hearings or at the board of supervisors when we were fighting the high rises. by christmas tree was the city hall christmas tree and this is an issue for people who will be out of town. this is so important. >> i am elizabeth from jones street, the

organizers say the need is greater. this is the 30th anniversary for the thanksgiving feast. bea gaddy started it in 1981, feeding people ot of -- out of her east avenue row home. >> we're in tough times. if you don't get a reminder in your day to day life, you get a reminder we're not out of the recession yet. there's will -- a lot of need. >> the 30th anniversary of bea gaddy vision was commemorated with a cake in the center of the room. >>> in east baltimore some generous volunteers served some of the most in need. at beans and bread, they feasted on the traditional food. they want people to remember these people need help other days as well. >> this is like an every day thing for us. we don't just do it on thanksgiving. >> if you're interested in volunteering with any have the services call 410-732-1872. extption 111. >>> the first family volunteered. they distributed food bags for children and seen why ares in need. >>> thanksgiving is about feasting but people aren't the only ones hop want full r--- who want full bellies. >> reporter: that's a baster, but no turkey. dan

it allowed us to address the directed needs of the people of japan. what the people wanted was to return to normal as soon as possible. meaning they wanted to clear the schools. they wanted to address the human needs of the population. which meant showers. it also meant providing use it to help to relieve the tension and the pressure that had built up on people. now, to the consequent management. while the humanitarian assistance operation is in place, we need to get through an understanding of what goes on. in other words, we needed to build a reactor. we needed to understand what was going on inside of the reactor to anticipate our next move. i think that the value of this conversation is to share with you the kinds of questions that come up in the course of a crisis and how we can answer them. for us, this is to get inside of a boiling water reactor and understand where the key levers are in terms of what affects temperature and pressure. there are four reactors present. they performed as designed when the earthquake hit. in other words, they shut

item g is the consent calendar. i need a motion and a second. thank you. any items to be drawn or corrected by the superintendent? >> wii one correction. the first paragraph of the program description should be stricken. the service description should start with the second paragraph that starts off with the sentence "with the goal of increasing student education and increasing the climate." it should start there. president mendoza: any items severed by the board for discussion tonight? seeing none, i would actually like to pull k1. thank you. roll call police. -- roll call please. i have a couple of speakers. how item j. when i call your name, please come on up. cardoza, hernandez, jackson, enkel, samiyoua, flanagan. come on up. you have two minutes each. >> the reason why i am here is i got involved in paul revere middle school. there is an obvious problem between the parents and the prince of bel -- principal. in the year 2011, the problems that are going at paul revere are happening where we have police reports of kids being tied up in the basement and r

i am the right reformer for this time. we need serious overhaul of our criminal justice system, and i am incredibly proud to have his support as we move forward. i am also proud to have the support from all over the city pier the california police chiefs association, the former chief, heather fong, at the same time i have support from leaders -- neighborhood groups from all over the city. democratic clubs are endorsing me. san francisco democratic party has endorsed me. the teachers' union has endorsed me and six of the seven school board members have endorsed me because of my focus on schools rather than investing in prisons. nobody else was able to put together this kind of incredibly broad support throughout the city. people have a hunger for reform, and people from all stripes, from all parts of the city are coalescing around this campaign because they know that i am the person who can lead the criminal justice reform that need. i would be honored to have your support. thank you very much. >> the san francisco district attorne

. >> i would really like to commend the previous speaker. i am a worker. we need more business owners like her. the problem, as the situation stands right now and as the proposed amendments would make it, is that she is placed at a competitive disadvantage for doing this. these amendments do not fix the loophole, and they do not help me as a worker. if anything, the possibility of a legal challenge places the amendments as having the potential to make the situation worse for me as a worker. it does not matter whether it, january 1, a rolling year, as long as employers have an incentive to take the money back, they will. right now, they are taking 80% back. i am working for my third catering company so far this year. the employees do not know about this benefit. i asked my boss. i asked my boss' boss pierre they told me it does not exist. i ended up getting health care reimbursement by marching into the vice-president of hr's office and demanding it. since then, i filed a complaint with the city. the company filed a complaint with a lawyer. they are spending a lot

the city desperately needs housing at all price points. the plans are in full compliance with the public adopted plans for the area. i can only conclude that some people have decided that they will not like any plan. i urge the port commission to move this project forward at the earliest possible time. thank you. >> are there any other speakers on this item? >> the west side of the embarcadero from washington street to where it ends is under the management of golden gateway and support. that is it. -- and the port. that is it. you are the people being trashed because of the quality of your spaces. the other owner of this blight which has also been trashed is golden gateway. that is part of the project. people that are trashing the city are using it as the rationale for developing a massive project on schedule with the rest of the city. as was said earlier tonight, when golden gateway was developed, the company came in dangling the big enticement in the negotiation process. it used to be a lot more flexible. you could change the deal while g

it, to have the flexibility if we needed to preserve and honor the tradition i was in the legislature of the time and i know that there were a lot of people who were not exactly supportive of that at that time the language was put into the statute and the language has certainly come in handy over the years and she's always been there to make sure that in my years that i live up to what ball actually meant. so if that. islamic i've been involved in one way or another every primary in new hampshire since 1960 when i delivered little fly years in my neighborhood for a neighboring united states senator running for president and in all that time i've learned in seeing that the new hampshire primary really is not about new hampshire. it's about protecting the important element of the american democracy to make sure that there is a way and a place where candidates running for office and the real election which the new hampshire primary is can be quoted one to one face-to-face ytoy in their living rooms and on the streets to communicate their m

and i've heard some very good interesting arguments on the subject. we need to make sure that animal care and control has the resources that it needs to administer this program. right now animal care and control is a woefully underfunded agency, particularly given what animals mean to this city. it doesn't have enough enforcement staff and i've committed to working with the agency, with the mayor's budget office. already been in touch with the city administrator and the budget office about next weir's budget and the need to help animal care and control to be able to administer this program but also its other responsibilities. one of the reasons we put "the apprentice"ship alternative in is so people have maximum experience that they need. the effective date is currently april 1, 2012. i am inclined to extend that date because i want to make sure that animal care an control has all the time it needs to set the program up. that we have all the time we need in this legislative process to make sure we get it right and to make sure the dog walkers are able to adju