if you feel any of the remarks coming from the public are discriminatory, then we have the mayor's policy on discriminatory remarks on public comment and we have a couple options available to you. you can take a break and you can let them know the. >> your time is up, sir, your time is up, sir. your time is up, sir. your time is up, sir. >> can't intimidate me. >> your time is up, sir. >> then ask me to not stand up for myself. >> you are very well aware of the rules and there are time limits. thank you so much for your comment. i would like to make clear to members of the public any commissioners who are here any staft of the city who are here, that we do not endorse any comments in particular any comments that would be sdripl discriminatory to any particular group, if you felt those comments are discriminatory to you, please know they are not shared by the commission. any further comments on items 2a through 2d mr. crew, thank you and welcome. >> thank you. first, i was going to say congratulations for your reappointments but maybe i should say my condolences or some combination thereof

the elections and think it makes more sense probably a better use of resources to do audits where the public interest is greatest in terms of money raised and spent so we propose to audit first those candidates based on the level of expenditures reported. there is a lot of data but want to give a opening sense of what our thinking is how it reflects policy discussions you had in the past and happy to answer questions. eric is here to answer questions as well and if there are questions we can take those or proceed to a random selection with erics help. >> commissioner hur >> i appreciate the effort to prioritize because i know we have limited resource squz want to use them effectively as possible. one concern i have-a couple concerns. one, when it comes to those that are spending 10 thousand or less it is perfectly understanding with.3 percent of the totem spending why you wouldn't audit any. i worry about the message that sends. we are saying if you spend 10 thousand of less you have zero risk if you misspent the funds and not sure that is the message we want to send. even if it is a rel tiv

that is the attitude toward public comment. if you don't like what somebody has to say you threaten them and you fight them. i have 7 orders of determination gaest the library and commission for withholding public records part of which was to keep [inaudible] and found to file false perjureed statements and the group of the san francisco public library who spends 6 million or more dollars a year money raised in the name of the city of san francisco and not one body or individual in this city government can tell anybody where that money went. that was the hearing we had that i was out of state and decided to do it cleverly and announce it before i left and hold it before i got back. you are too much of a cowered-set of cowereds to bring it back and hold a honest hearing. we need new leadership and we need to get rid the two people i think are the worst. we have already gotten rid of one, mr. hur. commissioner hayon did nothing but stand up and say i was on the library commission and if the friends did it it must be okay which is

each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. i do have to speaker cards. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon he suppose he spoke out of turn you didn't know the topic brought to your attention and the sail the scale is determined by limits on height and depth that's why we have different zones in the city way back definitions in the planning code any house in the western neighborhoods was built to the maximum height and depth that was defined in the codes and, yes we did have houses that are were built to the end of the lot those homes were not built to the maximum height and homes that were built to the maximum height but would not occupying up to 45 percent of lot and that is, of course, evidenced by the fact in western neighborhood you would see average rh2 and rh3 no-brainer one and 50 square feet and my question now it that why is the planning department is approving massive homes of 4 to 5 thousand square feet in neighborhoods averaging only 15 hundred square feet and is that obviously times for us to look at the code an

indication members of the public wanted to address you on your calendar. >> yes. meekly will go into closed session with the code we've not received a member of the public wishes to address you if you want to go ahead and clear the >> all right. the board of directors did special meeting is in open session and . >> to

public comment is closed. on item 14 item 15 the presentation audited supplemental information for 2015-2016 colleagues i'd like to accept this report as submitted. >> thank you let's take public comment seeing none, public comment is closed item number 16 an action item approval of the terms of reference for the environment social and give the e s c committee within of the co-chairs. >> this was passed last month, however, no public comment we need to reconsiderate that was one we needed - the discussion was already had we'll ask you to make a motion to approve and make sure we take public comment. >> let's go ahead and open up to take public comment anyone okay. no public comment thank you so let's take a motion to accept item 16. >> i move we this item. >> all right. thank you. >> the there is a motion and a second and we'll take that without objection. that item passes. >> mr. clerk could you call number 17. >> discussion item the executive director's report report. >> i have 3 things to report on first a reminder that april 1st

that is the attitude toward public comment. if you don't like what somebody has to say you threaten them and you fight them. i have 7 orders of determination gaest the library and commission for withholding public records part of which was to keep [inaudible] and found to file false perjureed statements and the group of the san francisco public library who spends 6 million or more dollars a year money raised in the name of the city of san francisco and not one body or individual in this city government can tell anybody where that money went. that was the hearing we had that i was out of state and decided to do it cleverly and announce it before i left and hold it before i got back. you are too much of a cowered-set of cowereds to bring it back and hold a honest hearing. we need new leadership and we need to get rid the two people i think are the worst. we have already gotten rid of one, mr. hur. commissioner hayon did nothing but stand up and say i was on the library commission and if the friends did it it must be okay which is

that be considered has an impact in shaping the city as lifelong voters to lower the voting amble to 168 we've found public hearings including the recent board of education hearing demonstrate how important to elected three-fourths hear from the young people on this issue and thank you for your support and with our blessing you commissioners looking at look forward to working with you jointly on those issues. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon. i'm al perez a member of the celebration steering committee with the festival and serving as commission in the entertainment commission i'm here to support the resolution declaring the first tuesday of may the asian pacific islander heritage month and regulation of outstanding asian pacific islander americans in the each of the 11 district thank you supervisor mar supervisor kim and others for support this the ab celebrations in san francisco - >> mr. perez sxhooepz is a sponsor. >> thank you supervisor peskin as well celebrating the violent asian pacific islander community in san francisco and including did chinese and japanese and vietnam'

does any member of the public wish to comment on the minutes of march 2, 2016? seeing and hearing none we will close public comment and do i have a motion to adopt the minutes for the regular hearing and continue the hearing. >> so moved. >> thank you commissioners on that motion to adopt the regular minutes for march 2, 2016 and continue the architecture review commission meeting for daw two. commissioner hasz. >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> ionin. >> yes. >> commissioner wolfram. >> yes. >> that passes 6-0 and places you on commission five for commission comments and questions. >> commissioner johns. >> the current issue of the magazine published by the san francisco historical society has part two of jim haus history of the civic center so those that would like a detailed presentation on that subject i recommend it highly. >> thank you. >> i have a request of planning staff. i understand that the new mission theater has been denied their -- one of the city landmarks we approved certificate of appropriateness has been denied and the tax credit appl

comment that was an easy out the bottom line is this is really a test before the public as to whether or not you have what it takes to hold sfopg audible i'm predicting that there fail on a 3 to 2 vote and there will be no audit of the mayor that simply shows that you are the pocket of people that appoint you and you can sit there and shack your heads no or what you usually do no comments and especially lawyers that silence is consent so go ahead vote this down don't audit the mayor and let the insistence of the san francisco feinstein see what i see and many others we come to those meetings and listen to your stuff trying to justify doing nothing and i'll say it again, if you can show me anything this committee has done the last 10 years to make this city better i'd like to see that. >> before we vote that commissioner renne i'm in support of commissioner hayons motion on the floor. >> i'd like to think that mr. pelham having heard the district attorney indicate she has the horticulture to make that decision without you that that will get you off the backside and take th

the chinese public is not fond of kim jong un. he is derided. this will be seen as a slap in the face of china, and a piece of paper supposedly saying that north korea is seeing china as an enemy and this was supposedly broadcast. >> if it is true, and the rhettor wick in north korea goes against china -- rotoric in north korea goes against china, there could be sharp reactions >>> days before it's due to be implemented the united nations and human rights group criticized european policies aimed at stopping the flow of refugees to europe. an agreement was reached between the turkish government and the e.u. to send refugees back to turkey. the unhcl wants ashunss that safeguards will be put in place. amnesty international accused turkey of illegalry returning shos aned the -- thousands of refugees to their homeland. asylum seekers on greek islands in were include in clashes in a holding center. two people were stabbed. 300 broke through a fence and fled, saying they feared for air safety and did not want to return to turkey. zeina khodr sends us t

guest: this is a very difficult prosecution for the public prosecutors. you have some representatives like cunningham, who was brilliant enough to write down his right list on a cocktail napkin. this is probably not the calendar -- caliber we will see with most members of congress. i want to take an issue with the caller when he talks about legalized bribery. i talk to a lot of business people, i know a lot more about legalized shakedowns. it is expected to give a contribution. play the game, their interests and business and whatever issue they are interested in will be hurt. the reality is it is coming from both weird but there is a sense that if you do not play, and you talk to most lobbyists in washington, they feel like, if i do not play and have that breakfast, go to that fundraiser, make sure to bundle money, my clients or the interests i represent will be hurt. there is a feeling of the pay to play that you really have to do theere and i would note quid pro quo idea and the notion of corruption, part of what happened in karen -- is very dangerous. a

in the public authority they are. elsewhere they are not. someone else is making a decision on what they need and when they should get it. whether it is the appropriate time for that person or not. i am a consumer. i am 76 now and i live in a hotel, the only one for seniors for sro's. we had a number orphseniors placed in our place that now have different forms or levels of demensia which causes a number of problems for the people who live there and the people who give care. being on the governing body of the public authority we can direct ourselves in supporting this new need. as uheard and know, there is more elderly people now in the city than there used to be for sure and there will be more. i am concerned about the elderly homeless. they are taken from a navigation center and placed in a sro when they are not stable. now i love the mayor to complete his commitment to develop a respirat care facility for those to be stabilized at before they are put with the population to function with people. we have a thriving program which is a extensi

if you feel any of the remarks coming from the public are discriminatory, then we have the mayor's policy on discriminatory remarks on public comment and we have a couple options available to you. you can take a break and you can let them know the. >> your time is up, sir, your time is up, sir. your time is up, sir. your time is up, sir. >> can't intimidate me. >> your time is up, sir. >> then ask me to not stand up for myself. >> you are very well aware of the rules and there are time limits. thank you so much for your comment. i would like to make clear to members of the public any commissioners who are here, any staft of the city who are here, that we do not endorse any comments in particular any comments that would be sdripl discriminatory to any particular group, if you felt those comments are discriminatory to you, please know they are not shared by the commission. any further comments on items 2a through 2d mr. crew, thank you and welcome. >> thank you. first, i was going to say congratulations for your reappointments but maybe i should say my condolences or some combination thereo

>> it is completed and submitted as part of the packet as public comment to the findings in the survey. >> public comment and there's no pending work right now as far as -- >> there was a project. >> there is a project proposed at the site but i don't believe arg is involved in the project. >> okay. so i would suggest it sounds like it's not necessary for the commissioner to recuse. >> maybe i can disclose this is my former company which i had -- currently have financial ties to but very limited. >> that sounds good. i think we can move forward now. thank you for that clarification. >> good afternoon commissioners. susan parks department staff. the item is a consideration to adopt the central soma context statement and historic resources survey. today's items are the first in a series of steps towards completion of the central soma plan. as part of the plan the department developed the central soma context statement and provide framework for consistent evaluations of propertys in the area. this statement was written by department staff and reviewed by the survive group and professional

that is the attitude toward public comment. if you don't like what somebody has to say you threaten them and you fight them. i have 7 orders of determination gaest the library and commission for withholding public records part of which was to keep [inaudible] and found to file false perjureed statements and the group of the san francisco public library who spends 6 million or more dollars a year money raised in the name of the city of san francisco and not one body or individual in this city government can tell anybody where that money went. that was the hearing we had that i was out of state and decided to do it cleverly and announce it before i left and hold it before i got back. you are too much of a cowered-set of cowereds to bring it back and hold a honest hearing. we need new leadership and we need to get rid the two people i think are the worst. we have already gotten rid of one, mr. hur. commissioner hayon did nothing but stand up and say i was on the library commission and if the friends did it it must be okay which is

chris bucks is with the san francisco public works and jarvis an affairs manager with the muni taxable services and joined by senior intrishs and scott sanchez planning department will be representing the planning commission and the the planning commission and the planning department pr please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. there are customer satisfaction forms available. if you have a question about the schedule, speak to the staff after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow we are located at 1650 mission street, suite 304. this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78. dvds are available

thank you director hicks i'll respect the public the members of the public the occ right activities have included our participation the use of force grouping through the occ attorney sam who will give a presentation on the occ recommendations on item 3 she's also prepared a written report in that is available to the public as well as to the commission additionally yesterday he participated in a national socialization for law enforcement webinar that was for the purpose of describing two agencies how their police department could be involved in the police data initiative that deputy chief deputy chief chaplain talked about earlier this evening and some interesting data that some police departments have included have been about mediation as well as about civilian complaints in addition to the data that the san francisco police department is providing but what's significant is that thus far only had 2 law enforcement agencies are participate in this data initiative and the san francisco police department is the forefront of that. >> for you're next regular meeting or can be next week w

the locals. [inaudible] immediate briefing was given to had public. community outreach for high surf hazard safety continue that [inaudible] we believe two lives were saved because of this last month. members the san francisco los [inaudible] employee group went to nicaragua for rescue skills. due to a stormy month [inaudible] provide social media and public service announcement how to get sand bags, what to do with a down powerline and how to be safe if power goes out. [inaudible] proven successful with the media coverage of positive s frksffd events. department outreach the new sfd [inaudible] volunteered to wurk with u.s. air force to take over the color guard duties thmpt third meeting of the sftd social media policy group comprised of staff and local 98 held last month. the group has a working draft and will deliver in june. emergency medical service, the [inaudible] level 1 held my [inaudible] april 25 class projected at 32 to 33 members. [inaudible] dependent what we can fit in. they have a busy schedule and training so we'll try to work with th

the public are indignant here and around the world. people are rightly angered by the different rules for normal taxpayers and the ultra-rich. we have to ask yourselves whether the scale of the problem has been taken seriously, because it has not been thus far, either domestically or internationally, and u.k. bears a responsibility given the u.k. and its overseas territories and dependencies sit at the top of the financial secrecy index of the tax justice network. in scotland, we are confronted by the reality of a small number of land owners owning huge swaths of the country, many through tax havens. across scotland, land is owned firmsh in transparent based in havens like panama and the british virgin islands. may i ask the prime minister, will he revisit his decision not to fully cooperate with the european union partners on overseas trusts? on the welcome register of beneficial owners across the british dependencies and overseas territories, specific question -- who will this be available to and when? will it be publicly available?

thank you director hicks i'll respect the public the members of the public the occ right activities have included our participation the use of force grouping through the occ attorney sam who will give a presentation on the occ recommendations on item 3 she's also prepared a written report in that is available to the public as well as to the commission additionally yesterday he participated in a national socialization for law enforcement webinar that was for the purpose of describing two agencies how their police department could be involved in the police data initiative that deputy chief deputy chief chaplain talked about earlier this evening and some interesting data that some police departments have included have been about mediation as well as about civilian complaints in addition to the data that the san francisco police department is providing but what's significant is that thus far only had 2 law enforcement agencies are participate in this data initiative and the san francisco police department is the forefront of that. >> for you're next regular meeting or can be next week w

each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. there are no speaker cards. >> okay. any general public comment okay not seeing any, general public comment is closed. very good commissioners that places us under our regular calendar for item 6 that was pulled off of consent forecast on terryville street a conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm collin clark planning department staff is e as a result of written option this project was pulled from the consent calendar and required by the resolution that established the c-3 the staff will provide a verbal response this project allows the coffee roosters a limited restaurant to occupy a vacant empowering space previously by the retail use within is mc-3 one district the space has been vacant this project is patrolled under the community priority process program the 6 hundred 3 square feet tenants space is the second locations for this business the others location is in the uttering sunset with regards to the conditional use authorization for limited restauran

each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. if simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. the president or the board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. >>thank you 1st speaker please. >>we had brussels, paris, san francisco. it can happen because the disenfranchised those that are out there on the street that is where the terrorists have chosen the disenfranchised. as long as we keep ignoring it up to a few people where their propositions were i could do 700 jobs people through the navigation center the navigation centers only navigate numb to the sro. the job is giving people a chanc

scott baly is the president of the public defenders union. >> the lawyers got together and signed thisetter, and sent it to our boss and said we can't go on like this anymore. something has to change. >> more than three dozen public defenders signed the letter saying they were jeopardizing their client's constitutional rights on a daily basis. >> the constitution doesn't guarantee a right to lawyers for just rich people. the constitution guarantees a right to effective counsel for everyone accused of a crime. unless the office is adequately funded, that guarantee has less of a meaning. we have an adversarial system of justice. you can't just fund one side and not the other. >> scott told us their efforts led to some improvements. but supervisor perea admits there is still an imbalance. >> have you requested more money from the state? is this a question of just not having enough funding? >> it's a question of not having enough funding, number 1. but number 2, is when we get the funding that it go to the priorities that quote, a collective board would have. i think right now, unless we r

the items. >> yeah. public comment go ahead. >> any public comment on continuance items one ab and 18. >> good afternoon, commissioners steve i represent one of the dr requesters on item 18 we received notice the project sponsor 19 will change this and the dr was taken off calendar i'm not available on may 19th it is my nephews graduation in nevada a june date might work i understand a new community meeting and also understanding a new 311 is in issue i don't think that setting it for a month off is not working and dynamic available on the 19 my available dates are june 9th, july 7th and august 14th. >> your recommendation. >> june 2nd graduations to your nephew and commissioner antonini i'm sorry, i'm sorry is there any additional public comment? >> for items proposed for continuance okay not seeing any, public comment is closed. >> good afternoon commissioner president fong and commissioners david silverman on behalf of the project sponsor. >> we really don't need a lot of time in changes the project other th

each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. if simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. the president or the board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. >>thank you 1st speaker please. >>we had brussels, paris, san francisco. it can happen because the disenfranchised those that are out there on the street that is where the terrorists have chosen the disenfranchised. as long as we keep ignoring it up to a few people where their propositions were i could do 700 jobs people through the navigation center the navigation centers only navigate numb to the sro. the job is giving people a chanc

and the final request is from the let's see here - is from the department of public works i see it on the top of the slide for the chinatown broadway this project is also a high priority for fined by the tenant/landlord and it is a complete project from the columbus to the tunnel so at the march transportation authority board meeting at the request of commissioner peskin the board approved a condition that the department of public works work with his office and some community stakeholder who have questions about the design prior to awarding the contract to at - our understanding is that those issues are being discussions and several meetings are taken care of they'll not been resolved as today, we're forwarding this with a tentative recommendation pending the outcome of the discussions which we are looking to see if those resolutions can be reached by the board next week. >> further to that and thank you and to ms. chang for corresponding those between mta and the dwp and the committee one thing i will add for the record a notion it a start at the columbus side and move in a westerly

and the final request is from the let's see here - is from the department of public works i see it on the top of the slide for the chinatown broadway this project is also a high priority for fined by the tenant/landlord and it is a complete project from the columbus to the tunnel so at the march transportation authority board meeting at the request of commissioner peskin the board approved a condition that the department of public works work with his office and some community stakeholder who have questions about the design prior to awarding the contract to at - our understanding is that those issues are being discussions and several meetings are taken care of they'll not been resolved as today, we're forwarding this with a tentative recommendation pending the outcome of the discussions which we are looking to see if those resolutions can be reached by the board next week. >> further to that and thank you and to ms. chang for corresponding those between mta and the dwp and the committee one thing i will add for the record a notion it a start at the columbus side and move in a westerly

the public are indignant here and around the world. byple are rightly angered the different rules for normal taxpayers and the small ultrarich a leak. we have to ask yourselves whether the scale of the problem has been taken seriously, because it has not been thus far, either domestically or internationally, and u.k. bears a responsibility given the u.k. and its overseas territories and ofendencies sit at the top the top of the financial secrecy index of the tax justice network. in scotland, we are confronted why reality of a small number of aths owners owning huge sw of the country, many through tax havens. scotland, land is owned through transparent firms based theavens like panama and british virgin islands. may i ask the prime minister, decision notit his to fully cooperate with the european union partners on overseas trust? on the welcome register of beneficial owners across the british dependencies and overseas territories, specific question -- who will this be available to and when? will it be publicly available? and if not, why

any other members of the public? henry. >> good afternoon, commissioners, henry canavitch, member of the merchant coalition. eileen bogan there's been a lot of work done by mta including caravel, geary, columbus, polk, van ness, lombard, just all over the place. this has quite an impact on small business. one thing the mta seems to have neglected to do is an economic study on how it's affecting small business. i think we need to bring them over here and listen to what they are planning to do because from what we can see from other folks here from mission will be telling you more about it, but it deficient flitly is affecting small business negatively. i think we should have somebody from small business on the mta commission, so i would urge you to please tell them that we need to have someone from small business to be on their committee. if we're going to -- small business is affected by public transport. so once again will you please ask if we can have the small business speak for us small business. thank you. >> do

any other members of the public? henry. >> good afternoon, commissioners, henry canavitch, member of the merchant coalition. eileen bogan there's been a lot of work done by mta including caravel, geary, columbus, polk, van ness, lombard, just all over the place. this has quite an impact on small business. one thing the mta seems to have neglected to do is an economic study on how it's affecting small business. i think we need to bring them over here and listen to what they are planning to do because from what we can see from other folks here from mission will be telling you more about it, but it deficient flitly is affecting small business negatively. i think we should have somebody from small business on the mta commission, so i would urge you to please tell them that we need to have someone from small business to be on their committee. if we're going to -- small business is affected by public transport. so once again will you please ask if we can have the small business speak for us small business. thank you. >> do

>> this is a very difficult prosecution for the public prosecutors. ave some representatives like duke cunningham who's brilliant enough to write down his bribe list on a cocktail napkin. well, obviously, this is probably not the caliber of -- we're going to see with most members of congress. they're smarter than that. i want to take one issue with the caller when he talked about legalized bribery. when i talk to a lot of business folks and people in town, i here about shakedown that those on the end, expected to give a contribution. feel like if they don't play the game their interest, their business, whatever issue they're interested in, is hurt. >> coming from that direction, not the giving direction. >> well, the reality is, it's coming from both directions but there is certainly a sense if you don't play an you talk to most of the lobbyists here in washington, they feel like, oh my goodness, if i don't play, if i don't have a breakfast gorks to the fund-raiser, make sure and bundle money, my clients or the interests that i represent are going to b

thank you good afternoon supervisor breed and good afternoon to the public in attendance yesterday we commemorated the one and 10 anniversary the earthquake and fire that destroyed our city i'd like to thank you for the opportunity to extend our thoughts and concerns to the people of japan and ecuador they grapple with the disastrous san francisco stands ready to support any international sausages effort to help those countries recover and right now the best way to provide aid to provide aid make a donation to the rebuttal organizations like the disastrous from the rooshd we must always be prepared not if but when the next disaster will strict whether on earthquake or smoking gun simon anything human made can happen without warming up or warning that that is important to be ready he urge all san franciscans to visit sf 72.org to make a plan and prepare your families as a aide we're making investments to make sure our is reintensity it is xril our water and police and fire stations and hypotheticals o hazard could respond if no the emergencies from the zuckerberg's hospital to the publ

will the public be able to ask questions? the industry has always tried to get the public out, you know. but after three mile island, chernobyl, any number of other incidents, the people don't trust the experts anymore. they want to be able to ask questions, too. these power plants are going into their neighborhoods. you can't wall out whole areas of the country from these questions. these have always been the historically big questions. always been the historically big questions. from my perspective, the public input is vital and should actually be strengthened, that the new reactors should not be exempted from important safety requirements that historically have been required and that the nrc budget should not be capped. so these are the central areas. the big questions that we're going to have to answer in this legislation and it's going to keep coming back to the same questions we've been asking for the last 70 years on technology. the questions don't change. i thank you, mr. chairman, for having this very important hearin

public comment is closed. and thank you all right. mr. clerk, call the - item number 4. >> item 4 public comment. >> ladies and gentlemen. i have before me - comment cards some people indicated the item and others have not let's go ahead mr. wagner start with you welcome back >> thank you speaking in support of coworkers and brothers and sisters who retired before 1996 this the the serious crime they've denied the restoration of the benefits like those of us retiring after 1996 pension benefits in essence are detailed was this skwasz as part of employment excuse me - i'm requesting for myself and more everyone undivided attention on this board i think we should be mooufrpt replaced now delays abused of pensions shouldn't be was this denied the ceo suggested tissue inequality they'll attack this board and this board couldn't meet 24/7 many of those who couldn't be here are deceased they've been denied they're just due this board inspected to protect retirees shouldn't are bystanders this board this uphold the city chart exercise the responsibility and hop

he has been part of the public health services regarding years and is responsible for all of the cdc's public health response activities. dr.. great, thank you. dr. redd: chairman, ranking member, and distinguished members of the committee, my , directorephen redd of the office of public health preparedness and response at cdc and it is my pleasure to appear today to discuss the work of cdc to prepare and respond to theats to the help of public. as you know, cdc works to protect the public costs helped by helping communities improve readiness and response. this is for chemical, biological, radiation emergencies, whether those are intentional, naturally occurring events, like the ebola epidemic, or the zika virus epidemic, or accidental. there are two benke programs at cdc that enable us to prevent, detect, and response to health threats. the public health emergency preparedness program and the strategic national stockpile. originsgrams have their before september 11, and the and the racks -- the anthrax attacks. they were expanded after those events, and recognition of the need to impr

and engender fear among many individuals in the public. ere is often discussions that immigrants are taking jobs away from nativeborn americans, leading to cultural demise or loss of national identity as well as the fact immigrants have been talked about as overly relying on our welfare system. all these fears have potential to lead to a backlash, essentially that is the main question we posed in our book. how is this transformation affecting us politics. we examine whether immigration is affecting core political decisions of white americans, white americans make up the majority of the public, and the majority of the voting public so it is especially important to look at how immigration influences their partisanship, voting behavior and policy positions. and not the way these political behaviors, we are one of the first to look at the central role immigration can play in core political decisions, so our theory is pretty straightforward. first argue immigration is just something too big to miss. immigration is 20% of the population, immigrat

it will require replacement by new materials for the safety of the public going into the building and for the building's own integrity. it will also be necessary, from my perspective, to keep as much of the museum open during the revitalization as possible, given the in norm the american public has to visit the museums and gain from the collections. some of the funding will go to the necessity to move items to off-site storage, while a particular part of the museum is being moved -- worked on, and then moved back. when you add all these things up, it does come to an extraordinary number. our plan is to continue funding for this project for another year. and to directly do the construction over a five-year. , until fiscal year 2022. mr. calvert: what were the replacement costs to just tear the existing museum down and rebuild it? dr. skorton: this was the very first question i asked when i was wrought on board. they told me about the very challenging price tag on repairing this building. although it is counterintuitive, but first you would think it would be much more parsimonious to re

and until recently, the dangers of coal ash have largely been hidden from public view. this is one of the largest coal-fired power facilities in the country. called plant scherer, it's located in juliette, georgia, and is majority owned by georgia power. each year it produces 3 1/2 million kilowatts of electricity. generating that power requires a lot of coal. over 1,200 tons of coal are burned every hour at plant scherer, and in 2010, that resulted in 2,200 tons of coal ash. and it's all dumped into a 750-acre unlined pond, meaning nothing prevents toxins from entering the groundwater. >> they built this plant an area where there's no public water access. everyone within a 5-mile radius and maybe even further, drinking on private well water. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when they built their home n 2001, they thought they were moving into an ideal countryside home. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were from. and we were excited about bringing our children to the country.

comment anyone from the public wish to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. okay. so do we have an action. >> do we have a motion. >> yes. i'll motion we approve the appropriating for the grants for the administrative costs for prop j the legacy business and the historic general fund. >> roll call vote please. commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner tour-sarkissian commissioner yee-riley and commissioner seiu all right. mr. president, that motion passes in support of supplemental. >> next speaker, please. >> discussion and possible action item to amend the board of supervisors file number 160064 this is the police code for the bonds for new child this ordinance i'll not read we've read into the record last at the last meeting commissioners you, you which i see not to take an official action but provided the verify with a list of amendment in your packet is a summary of those amendments and the results of what was take into consideration or not and i'm happy to read through and rea

and members of the department attended a series of meetings where the public provide comments and the use of force policy and the dates are listed january 21st of this year held and the third baptists and january the bayview at the ymca, january 27th at nations high school and the last one on the 27 in the tenderloin at bodecker park. >> those are the moving and the third baptist b mask and those forums were lead by young people from the community safety for the conversation thank you. >> february 3rd of 2016 the commission chief suhr requested the department be allowed to draft the use of force policy after meeting with the cops office on february 9th of 2016. >> february 10th commission meeting the sfpd presented 4 separate draft policies that covered the department all drafts and covered the general order use of force, 4.0 one use of force reporting and 2 fiefrmz and lethal force and a special operation for the energy or c e d the commissioner president loftus announced a working group to provide the recommendations on the draft use of force policies february 10th this year commiss

they are ignoring the 700,000 people who live in federally funded public housing projects, the largesttion in america. so a tenant's organization have invited the presidential candidates to visit a public housing project while they are campaigning for president in new york. and so far none of the candidates have accepted that invitation. but i did. here is some of what the candidates would see if they would put down those pizza slices and sandwiches they keep eating for the cameras and for once set foot in a public housing project. >> we're here at twin parks west, which is one of 326 developments throughout new york city. a few months ago we had a trespasser unfortunately rape someone in the elevator so we were able to secure funding from the city's budget so invest in intercoms. it happened in the elevator and much of the crime that happens here and elsewhere in public housing is committed by trespassers because the doors are broken or the intercom systems are unreliable so we have no means of controlling who is entering or exiting the building. you have a trespasser come in the buil

bloomer members of the public address the board. >> yes. mr.hairman we've had a request from 3 people (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> chairman and members of the board not my interest in public transit i got excited about the way it was done and managed to wiggle myself into working for muni and not too many years when i came to work for muni a 24 hour average speed and director reiskin will have better it is dropped to 14 percentage with the market street street in 1970 there was no subway only surface cars but the trend is not something anybody should be happy about the question how to change that i heard good things about parking restrictions you can't do it all by restrictions you can't force too much on people too fast one opportunity that is come along and recognized by the people of san francisco in 1999 the downtown transit not only the environmental clearance but approved by numerous agencies local and regional and federal and state it needs funding it needs the support of san francisco to get that funding and what you're hearin