they find the public-sector unions. they said the unions are the ones to -- that come and they go to the -- and that is why you see all this attention to public sector unions because they are the ones who caused the crisis although just that the data shows that there is not even a vague cause. second thing is some of the scapegoating is political. after all, the public-sector unions give more to democrats than republicans. what you find in some states take wisconsin, where scott walker, who makes the brush of his challenge or attack on the unions, but what does he do? he exempts the police and firefighters because they tend support republicans. so you go after the teachers and that is what happens in a number of states where there is an effort to scapegoat the public-sector workers, and it is not entirely republicans against democrats supporting, but it is mostly, and there are exceptions. rhode island, you mentioned -- is divisive in the democratic party, but there is a politics to this. the third thing is that importan

they find the public-sector unions. they said the unions are the ones to -- that come and they go to the -- and that is why you see all this attention to public sector unions because they are the ones who caused the crisis although just that the data shows that there is not even a vague cause. second thing is some of the scapegoating is political. after all, the public-sector unions give more to democrats than republicans. what you find in some states take wisconsin, where scott walker, who makes the brush of his challenge or attack on the unions, but what does he do? he exempts the police and firefighters because they tend support republicans. so you go after the teachers and that is what happens in a number of states where there is an effort to scapegoat the public-sector workers, and it is not entirely republicans against democrats supporting, but it is mostly, and there are exceptions. rhode island, you mentioned -- is divisive in the democratic party, but there is a politics to this. the third thing is that importan

level to reach out to the public to get the public support for these measures so that the same kind of so that they can actually be effective. and otherwise, you have a situation where the public wants to pay less money, but the public also wants better working conditions, and most of the time the public does not even know that this ordinance exists. and when i found out that it existed i was surprised and impressed and that is why i started coming to the meetings and i think that there were, out of the 12 months of the year, there were five meetings actually held last year, and although, that was not one of the two ways that i would like to help out this committee. and i would say, that i schedule those meetings and i made time for them and i have a busy schedule and i would be part of the quorum that allows the meetings to go forward and meet, having five out of 12 months of meetings is not sufficient in my view, i think that san francisco is a flag ship and requests to lift the people out of poverty and improve the human rights and, that i would be honored to help to start that v

we wanted to show the neighboring public lands. it's important to make sure we're working with the neighbors to accommodate interest so that the trail system integrates with everybody else and we have good relationships with san mateo county and the golden gate recreational area so that is the case and there are things that changed in the last years and one that we're showing on the west side to the north in a different color the connector here. this wasn't covered in the plan in 2002 but it's something that was recently described and covered and analyzed as part of the [inaudible] general management plan 2014. we worked with the staff on that description to make sure it was something that was forward looking but going to be consistent with our efforts as well and we're excited about that proposal and we will talk about that as well. everything in red is also in the watershed management plan to some extent but not open due to various reasons and that is consistent with the san mateo county plan for master trails and we're working on

. >> i'm sorry for the interruption in as far as item 2 the public comment appearing or not appearing open the agenda i'm raised the question whether or not that it was required under any ordinance are status that that be the first item in the 3 years i've been on the commission it always had been been is item but it strict me it in some ways seemed to be not in the proper place for purposes of the meeting the mean of that so that it will be my intention and under the bylaws ii have at right to set the agenda it will be mike my attention intention to put that in different places depending on the agenda items but so it but it not be as a regular course the first matter if there are public comment you can make what your comes are if, if you think their bad ideas but my sense i thought about the public comments are more helpful after many of the agenda items have been covered then they are that he very beginning when theirs nothing in front of the public but given that i will entertain public comments if anyone has them. >> good evening david speaking on a individual on the point you've

eisenhower believed the public relations had ended the war quickly. his granddaughter told me that eisenhower believed that public relations could end the cold war without bloodshed. number 10, he appointed anne as -- and williams wheaton as the first female associate press secretary in american history. he had an associate secretary that left office in may, 1957. in 1957 that was a big deal. very snyder, who was the associate press secretary wrote wheaton a letter that said your appointment was the appointment heard around the world. that was hyperbole but she did get a lot of coverage in the press for being the first woman to be in this role. that is how i found this topic in a roundabout way. i was a public relations professor at another university before i came to university of kentucky and they always mention three women including anne wheaton. all they ever said was her title. so when i got my doctorate i said i would write about and wheaton. -- i would write about and wheaton -- i would write about a nne wheaton. she does have her own chapter in

and question to the executive director when the public asks for information or questions is that alp or do you want it in writing what they share at the meeting good enough to act on it particularly the free speech of information. >> the 4 requests are requests we're working on and have information regarding the answers to those questions later in the meeting and the fourth question i knew when we would be fully funded we have the actuary wider to return osgood returns we're one hundred percent funded in a relatively short period of time modeling it out 7 and a half 5 percentage but modeling those projectss and question that's impossible to answer knowing what the plan is we're at 24 percent level as of july 2014 that is extremely you know strong fund for a public plan and we have 5 year smoothly so that means we get the benefit of adding in 20 percent of all our earnings over the last 4 years and the result of this year i believe we're on a track that we will you know have a good shot i can't tell you when or the fiscal year but we're al

the same is true with our public lands. when people are actually able to experience the absolute majesty of lands like this watershed it only builds support for good stewardship and for working not just here but around the world to preserve our open space, our for ests, our watersheds, and allowing people to experience that beauty only has positive benefits. of course it has to be done in an environmentally sensitive way. i have a lot of respect for mr. sig and the si era club and i completely understand the concerns and i know from everything i heard from the puc this is going to be done in a very responsible way and not haphazard way and i think we can strike a balance so i am glad to see the direction we're moving in. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor avalos and wiener would you like to table it? >> file. we could file the item. >> so we have a motion to file. could we do that without objection? [gavel] thank you to everyone coming out to speak. the next item mr. evans could you call item 3. >> item 3 is a hearin

this continues as mohammed said a promise we made to the public. by the way, do you know this is all done without raising property taxes in san francisco and that is a great tribute to the 10 year capital plan that naomi continues and all the administrators continue to do. it is part of the easter bond and earthquake seft and maerns response bunds, but thauls capital plan. we do this professionally and get it done on time so we can show case public money investment so it is a better place to work and public to engage in and more services are done for this brand new arena of mission bay, but the entire city as

. >> good afternoon council and members of the public. i'm heather kittel on the mayor's office on disability. i'm going to be giving you some information today about the different trend that we had related to the complaints that we received, request for accommodations and different types of inquiries that we received from members of the public as well as other city departments. so, this will focus on the months of january and february. in those months we received 15 complaints. and they fall into two major categories. one being public right of way access and maintenance of accessible features in city facilities and programs. the majority of these complaints involved obstruction to the public right-of-way to the various construction activities with non-compliant barricades and none usable ramps. another obstruction to right-of-way are caused by curb ramps, debris cause by a fire and a door for intruding from a sidewalk and blocks of sidewalk. in these these cases collaborated with sf mta or public works to investigate or revolve the issues

. >> the public's trust in us has been damaged to be objective and fair and respond and do our job for all people. so we need to be about winning that back. >> the challenge is to restoring public trust. >> welcome to kqed "newsroom" i'm thuy vu. on tonight's show we will examine the stand also that have shaken the public trust in the san francisco police department. you will hear from chief greg suhr and attorney george gascon. >> i was appalled shocked and astonished that in this day and age something like this could happen in the san francisco police department. >> sergeant yulanda williams is a 17-year veteran of the san francisco police department and president of officers for justice which represents african-american policemen and women. earlier this year she learned her name was mentioned in a series of racist text messages exchanged between fellow officers. >> i take it was not a personal attack on me but on all women of color. >> at first four officer were under investigation and now that number has grown to 14. >> i see this as a systemic issue and it's also the tip of the ic

the improved public disclosure of health information. it is a complicated thing and we could take the full hour for it and i am going to take about three minutes. one thing i can say is that eisenhower's administration made it clear that the president's health was the public's business. but they were not always as honest as they might have claimed. eisenhower on september 24, 1955 has a heart attack and spends seven weeks in the hospital. how do you hide that? presidents before eisenhower did the president's condition. the fact that they declared a policy of full disclosure -- eisenhower said our do not want to keep the public in the dark. james haggerty did. he talked about the food that he ate, his blood pressure, his bowel movements, everything. the press secretary did tell folks what was going on and they did have a policy of full disclosure but when you think about the politics of being president, it is hard to tell the complete and utter truth every day of a sick president. i have a quote that i did not think i would remember well.

this continues as mohammed said a promise we made to the public. by the way, do you know this is all done without raising property taxes in san francisco and that is a great tribute to the 10 year capital plan that naomi continues and all the administrators continue to do. it is part of the easter bond and earthquake seft and maerns response bunds, but thauls capital plan. we do this professionally and get it done on time so we can show case public money investment so it is a better place to work and public to engage in and more services are done for this brand new arena of mission bay, but the entire city as well. we'll continue honoring our city with more bonds in the future, with more investments whether they be through ocii or housing going up to the the incredible innovation of uc san francisco and also a stones through away is the development next door on [inaudible] and of course the nba champions, the warriors will be here soon. so, all of this is to say that if we work together and we make sure that we collaborate as much as we can in the c

this is incredible and what the public asceltsicide look like. we should make sure we are building new buildings and preserving the history of san francisco in this way all over san francisco. i'm so proceed that this building is opening and it is going to set the example for the way that we need to make sure that our public spaces are made available to the people who work fwr fr the city and citizens who expect good service and this building is a testament to that. a lot of collaboration went into it to make it possible and hope to get a great product out of the men and women when are lucky enough to be in the facility. heck, i may move my office down here. scoot over arson task force. this is pretty amazing and i'm happy to be here. this is the start of a incredible partnership that should have existed many years ago between the fire department and the police department, the work that the arson task force with the police and fire department, the work they need to do, they can work together in this facility. just the connection, the collaboration

i was asked to discuss the public health response will and some of the challenges that we face in public health with regard to real-time epidemiology and other tools for characterization of the spread of disease. so i will highlight a few public health roles and then talk briefly about some of the challenges that we still face. so the public health response to biological events is multifaceted. it requires skill staff resources and wherewithal to complete the mission and relationships with key partners across all levels of government nonprofits, the private sector and community leaders and advocates as well. in a biological event, public health officials responsible for characterizing the thread utilizing epidemiological tools and investigative procedures. robust surveillance systems and mechanisms for information sharing helps to facilitate and maintain situational awareness across public health, health care and other public safety partners. up on characterization of the third, public health officials must coordinate with the health care system providing treatment recommendations includ

and people in the public. from my perspective i appreciate all the people who did comment in public comment over the last half hour to a hour. from my perspective though i do have to say i disagree with the vast majority of the comment. i believe prioritizing public safety department is something we strongly consider at the board of supervisors. i reject the notion that prioritizing public safety means we are not prioritizing other issues within our budget process. excuse me, you are out of order. please don't disrupt and have respect for the process and if you want to leave the chambers you can do so. so, again once again i do believe as we go forward here and we can cut this meeting off. i need we continue to support our pub lb safety department and look at increasing the staffing levels of the departments going forward. look forward to having that discussion. have visor mar >> i just wanted to say i appreciate the passion from the public comment. i'm sorry i had to step away from the meeting to go to a meeti

i will point out that very often members of the public who get involved in city council like the sunset posse have given up on they don't come here because they know you're not going to respond and you're not required to respond to my public commissioner lee's comment your your stimulated to contempt i'll ietsz telling that i say one thing that make you look bad and no one says anything in response maybe the vice chair will get something more than commissioner hur gets ridiculous looks at. >> is there a motion to elect commissioner andrews as the vice chair. >> so moved. >> all in favor, say i. i. >> hearing no one that motion passes congratulations. >> the next item a discussion and possible action on the minutes. >> commissioner. we found one last minute tip on and on 0 on page 6 under the top of the page the first paragraph the third to the last line read he stated that chapter two 8 is not limited it should be linked. >> any other changes public comment that is is there a motion to do you want the minutes. >> second. >> second. >> all in favor, say i. hearing none that motion passes

so, to me, the public trust doctrine was the logical response. >> reporter: the public trust doctrine is a legal theory that essentially says government should hold certain natural resources in trust for the public. it can be traced back to ancient roman law and english common law. in the u.s., it's mostly been used to guarantee public access to waterways and became part of american case law back in the 1890s in a supreme court ruling that private developers in chicago couldn't prevent public access to lake michigan. but in the 1970s, environmental lawyers began arguing that the public trust doctrine should be extended to other resources like wildlife or even the air, and that it should compel governments to protect these resources, too. and now, professor wood says, it should be extended to protect the atmosphere, as well. >> it obviously applies to the atmosphere because the atmosphere controls the climate system we all depend on for survival. >> reporter: wood thought, if the atmosphere could be considered a resource covered by the public trust doctrine, then maybe courts could for

comments and exchange, so that is part of the port staff's proposal on the public participation. with respect to the various phases in the proposed planning process itself, bee do see, based on the comments that we received, a need for a good orientation and education about the port of san francisco. many people know different pieces about the port but most people don't have a holistic understanding about the port as an organization. so what we propose to do is to start off the process with water and land tours walking through tours to acquaint people with the diversity of the properties, to be able to have an opening session where we can invite people's comments about what their thoughts and visions are for the water front so we have an understanding about what's the base from which we are working with. and then using that as a back drop then going sbootd orientation and analysis phase that we show on the slide here, that goes through the various aspects of the port that we think are important to understand in order to be able to make some choices about what the p

. >> thank you very much seeing no questions i think we should go to public comment are there anyone in the chamber that would like to speak to items two and three please come up. >> if you want to speak to public comment. >> hello supervisor kim and supervisor cohen in terms of of admissiony work for the mercy of whollyness whollyness. >> okay. thank you very much is there any additional public comment only on items two and three all right. seeing none public comment is closed. 0 closed on this item thank you very much i'm i'd like to colleagues first make the first motion to adopt the amendments to item 3 they're not substantive and don't require a continuance motion by supervisor kim and seconded by supervisor wiener motion passes thank you the next motion i'd like to make we move item 3 as amended to the full board with a with a positive recommendation and table item 2. >> motion made by supervisor kim and seconded by supervisor wiener unanimously accepted without objection you ready all right. please bring to us item number 4. >> item 4 an ordinance mit the go modification of a relocat

comment for items 6 through 19 anyone wish to comment on any of the seeing none, public comment is closed. >> we don't have a budget analyst report so colleagues. >> through the chair a motion to forward out 6 through 19 with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> okay. we have a motion by supervisor tang and take that without objection. madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> no, mr. chair. >> thank you, everyone we are adjourned. >> all right. good afternoon, everyone. at the moment april 8, 2015, budget & finance committee we have a quorum of 3 members i want to turnover after our clerk makes announcements then i'm going to turn it over to supervisor mar. >> electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the item one examine whether the entrants of arts program that meet our city's goals of access to resources inform cultural and arts organizations that serve community of color. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you supervisor tang i'm asking my colle

the dedication of public service is a part of lalxes life. we know most recently as a federal employee and doing one of my faichberate aensh the gsa because i used to be purchasing so i know that bureachyeracy well. but he helped and wanted to make sure throughout his life city college is a institution we want it to be and preparing everyone that comes through there to be part of a great work force for am 20th sench raempt i know our leadership at city college whether it is trustees or special trusty or challengeler or all the support that our education leaders give or that the city gives, we are going to exceed accredidation. that is behind us. going forward we'll exceed those standards because that is what our economy demand, that is what our sit aments to have. we have public, private part nrbships that are beginning to show up in dramatic fort this is a a challenge of what we meet when we have companies like google and wells fargo step up, interfaith counsel that knows the valuef our education institutions. our own committees, our chamber

>> through the chair, we just concluded public comment on item 1. i would be happy to make a motion to appoint and move forward ilyse iris magy for seat 9 for the bicycle committee. >> although i wasn't here for public comment, i have reviewed the file and i am fine with that motion. we will take it without objection. i believe we're actually going to be pausing on item no. 2, hearing that last, is that correct? they are still working on amendments for that legislation so let's go to item no. 3, please. >> item no. 3 is a hearing to consider appointing 7 members for one year terms to be determined by the energy efficiency coordinating committee. there are 7 seats and 7 applicants. >> i believe all the applicants are here, it's an issue of some folks not having all the right letters to back them so we won't be able to move everyone forward who perhaps qualifies today, but we'll get started. why don't we go on to the first applicant, who have been avni jamdar. >> good morning, supervisors, i am avni jamdar, director of emerald cities, san francisco bay

exactly, thank you for having me, to the public also. director moyer invited me to talk to you about cyber security and i think that we don't talk about it enough and i know that as we bring back the 300 officers and even explore some of the discussions right now about even making the police department larger than the 1971 as that may not be enough and the way that the city is growing and the things that are happening including technology, we are paying attention to this. one of the things that i am smart enough about and that i am smart enough to know that i am not smart enough about that is everything that is cyber and technology and to that end worked closely and i guess that is two years ago with special agent in charge, andy adelman of the united states secret service who are charged with cyber security nationally and we are one of only two cyber crimes task forces in the state the port is on that task force as is the puc, which has our water waste water and public power, pg&e. our eleven subcriebers and the secret service and the po

the things we're talking about. >> all of us can read it. >> they disappoint me. >> other public comment? >> thank you i don't what voice i have left there are many questions if they could tells you the national disruption they haven't provided that we need another motion to do what you're doing thank you for making it formal there much, much, much more information before anyone could a figure out how to opt both it medication is significant one hundred and 5 people are going to be calling all of us and there's problem with the network providers will be available i don't understand why there can't be a response if that is who you have you stay with or those- we don't want to go into the other plan that needs to be clarified any questions thank you. >> thank you very much for your comment. >> all right. any other public comment? hearing no other comment we're ready to proceed on the motion all opposed by the same sign>> i. >> opposed? no. >> the i's have it so we're now down to item 16. >> 15? yes >> we're skipping that. >> i'm skipping 16. >> no, i'm skipping 15 is that what you're telling

comment on the motion. >> okay any public comment on item the motion now okay. seeing none okay. on the motion to approve with the police conditions for the loudspeaker commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner perez know nothing and commissioner moshoyannis. >> okay. next up the deboth truck stop for the limit live performance permit and okay. this is interesting like a vacant lot or parking lot that's been transformed into a pop up food park

the public wants justice and the public desires and wants that justice right now. i want to thank reverend gabriel who is the president of the national latino evangelical coalition. again, he came down with several pastors in that coalition to show solidarity between black and brown, faith leaders and the african-american and latino community about this pernicious problem that is plaguing our society. reporter: the report comes out friday, what needs to happen? >> the public needs to get a sense of the timetable. i've been here in the city of baltimore not just on this case but in cases in the past and the public is never given a clear sense of when they're going to get answers. they're being told that an refusings is being done and we want to make sure that we get justice but also that the investigation is solid but we want to know when the community can expectances. we're here today to continue to shed a spotlight to let the elected officials know that we're not going away and it's very critical and important for them to reassure the public. jummy: this is the bal

more than a public health infrastructure, the private sector has to be wielded together with the public sector. what we need to do is to think about how you glued the system together and put it through a series of exercises so it actually works and everybody knows what they are doing. the facts that the nurses we heard have not read the disaster plans is a disaster in itself. so, the challenge it seems to be for high officials is to figure out how to put federalism together in a way in which it works. to be able to manage our way through what are much more complicated crises in my judgment than those kind of on the -- kind of bombing our terrorism assault on buildings as horrible as they are. and i don't think that is a czar that report to the president. it requires more infrastructure in terms of that and in terms of who has the authority to make the decision. >> i am sure you are absolutely right about that. by now, we don't have the described -- >> no, it is very frustrating. >> i'm just using this idea of a public health czar symbolically to -- >> there is emergency management now h

is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues can we have a motion? >> (inaudible). >> thank you. can we do this out objection? thank you. [gavel] mr. evans please call the next item. >> item number two is a resolution supporting gerawan farm workers their right to be represented by the united farm workers and urging gerawan farming to implement the terms of the contract. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and let me say that on a very personal note i am very proud to be introduced this resolution today. one of the highlights of my life was when in the early 90's as a young stanford student i got to meet cesar chavez and that was sort of a life changing experience, and what we have here today is a resolution that follows and supports the legacy of cesar chavez because we're dealing with something that began and was in fact the last major organizing effort under cesar chavez's leadership at the united farm workers. i want to thank supervisor john avalos who has cosponsored this resolution and note

for the measures we're going forward with on polk street we did a good job of making sure that the public works repaving the puc's sewer replacement project and the traffic bicycle and pedestrian are being managed and will be delivered and coordinated as a single package we'll ripping up polk street we will have a safer street that meets all the goals in the 21st century polk street will be a construction project when the capital construction starts next month we're not witting to deliver short time safety that we know we need on polk street if you've been out on the street in the last couple of streets we've painted bike and bulb outs this is the challenge we'll talk about a few moments ago what it means to coordinate it what it looks like from within mta and the other agencies so mta we're trying to manage a number of high priority programs vision zero with the high coordinator map and the build out of the bicycle plans all the programs in fact, the same streets it is important that when we touch a street we making all the improvements that we have programmed to meet all our priorities

it seems like wiener we're about to do is change the policy decision on the fly without noticing the public and fully understanding the scope what is the threshold we'll be approving waivers we should know that i'll say that based on the letter that was drafted to me that i would not approve that because it is contains no rational for why the waiver is being contraband if we're to grant a waiver we fled the rational in the letter that is granting the waiver and certainly i wouldn't want it to be happening my personal view if the statute of limitations applies we should grant the waiver i understand people want officials held account i do don't i understand statute of limitations are unpopularity with the public but i don't think our job to do whatever you know seems the wave seem to be encompasses if the statute of limitations apply it is noting not fair to make a public official go so there a lengthy court procedures e procedure if we don't think that - if we believe it applies if we don't believe it applies point of privilege based on the record and this letter about to be sent to me it's

the intention of this language was to allow for more public balanced appointment approach. however, if we strike this i think we'll be fine. so those are some of the highlights of the amendments and most of it really is about clarification and again to strengthen the notion of what this council should be made of and do. so any questions about that? >> supervisor tang. >> i think you clarified some of the questions i did have, but i think overall the changes you are making are good, especially when sometimes you have core issues it's good to cut down the number of members. although people want to participate i think it can be good to do that. i think your change on page 9, part c in terms of 30 days i think you probably want to move more quickly on appointments so they can begin to do this work as part of the council. so overall i do feel i am comfortable with these changes. >> thank you. >> i'm fine with the amendments too. if there are no other comments from the committee we can go on to public comment. any member of the public who would like to come forward, please approac