vice-chairman tang, supervisor campos. i am cheryl brinkman. i currently serve on the mta board of directors as the vice-chair. i'll talk a little about my pa service before i focus on what i'd like to do should i be voted for nomination -- renomination by your committee to the full board. the mta has been focusing very hard on tep pilot projects and eventual approval by the board was reached. a challenge there, of course, is funding it. we adopted vision zero around pedestrian safety. our challenge is funding it. we adopted a bicycle strategy plan that can do great things for the city. same challenge, funding it. and focusing on affordability and equity, especially equity for women on our streets when we have more vulnerable [speaker not understood] users such as cyclist. my goal going forward should i be reappointed, i said for the last three years one of my big goals is to stop hearing women my age which is 50 this year telling me i'd love to ride a bike but i'm too afraid. that's sad. we have people who can't use the streets the way they would prefer because they're frightened the way our streets are design

. >> host: and finally this week on "the communicators," we talked with the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee, marsha blackburn, a republican of tennessee, about some of her views on the fcc and other issues. and now joining us on "the communicators" is the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee, representative marsha blackburn. representative plaque burn, you've been very -- representative black burn, you've been very active in telecom issues, be why that as that taken on special resonance? >> guest: it is so important to my district, and i think it's also important to freedom because look how we utilize electronic communications now. it's kind of the backbone of our communications process. and when we have an activist fcc and they are trying to reach in and control more of what people are hearing or how they're receiving their information, that causes concern. >> host: brand new bill that you have introduced -- >> guest: yes. >> host: dealing with net neutrality. what is that? >> guest: the internet freedom act. basically what it says is that the fcc cannot im

the government audit and oversight committee. i am the chair of the committee, supervisor london breed, and to my right is the vice chair, kate tang, and to her left is david chiu. today the clerk, is erica major and thank you to sfgov tv. >> items will be stated on the agenda than stated. >> okay, call the first item. >> item 1, ordinance amending the park and police codes to ban convicted graffiti offenders. >> today, i am proud to introduce this comprehensive overhaul of graffiti here in the city of san francisco. this is a month-long of collaboration with various city departments to discuss things that are both administrative as well as legislative. the police department and the department of public works and the 3-1-1 board and advisory board, so many folks that have participated and bringing us together to make sure that we are taking a responsible approach towards dealing with graffiti ban throughout the city. i want to thank city attorney, herre herrera, in particular that will spend a lot of time collecting restitution and dealing with issues with this legislation. and i want to thank ed miskin, from the eta, and mohamed

and now joining us on the show is the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee representative blackburn. you have been active in telecom issues. why is that? >> guest: it is important to my district and freedom. look how we use electronic communications. and when we have an activist, the fcc, trying to reach in and control more of what people are hearing or how they are receiving their information this causes concern. >> host: what is your new bill? >> guest: the internet freedom act and it says the fcc cannot implement net neutrality rules. that is a warm fuzzy name they have given to what they want to do to control the access to the internet. the way the providers and users use the system and that is dipping into how you get your speeds and prioritize value and content on the internet. now this isn't a new something that the fcc is trying. they have been down this road before. and they have legislation in congress and congress on the bipartisan bases said no to net neutrality rules. so then they decided they would do a rule-making and give a net neutrality order which they d

the local agency formation commission. my name is john avalos the chair of the commission, joined to my left by london breed, the vice-chair. and commissioner eric mar and to my right by commissioner hope schmeltzer. the clerk of the committee is alisa miller and i want to thank sfgovtv staff who are broadcasting today. madame clerk, could you please call the next item. >> roll call, would you like me to call the roll. commissioner avalos? >> here. >> commissioner breed? >> breed is here. commissioner campos? campos absent. commissioner mar? >> here. >> mar here. commissioner schmeltzer >> schmeltzer here. >> mr. chair, we have a quorum. great. let's go to our next item, please. >> item no. 2, approval of the lafco minutes from the january 24, 014 regular meeting and march 3, 2014 special joint meeting with the san francisco public utilities commission. >> colleagues my comments or questions of the minutes? okay. seeing none, we can open this item up for the many people who are in our audience -- wait, there is no one there. welcome. and we'll close public comment. colleagues do we have a motion to approve the minutet minu

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finally, we talked with the vice chair of the energy and commerce committee, marsha blackburn, republican of tennessee, about some of her views on the fcc and other issues. us, representative marsha blackburn. active ineen very telecom issues. why has that taken on a special resonance with you? >> it is so important to my district, and it's important to freedom. look at how we utilize electronic communications now. it's the backbone of our communications process. when we have an activist, fcc, and they are trying to reach in and control more of what people are hearing or how they are receiving their information, that causes concern. >> a brand-new build you have introduced dealing with net neutrality? >> yes. the internet freedom act. cannot that the fcc implement net neutrality rules. warm, fuzzy name they have given to what they want to do to control the access to the the providersway and users utilize the internet system. dipping into how you nuanced your speeds and how you prioritize value and content. this is not a new something the fcc is trying. they have had legislation in congres

the government and audit oversight committee, and thank you for joining us to starting an hour earlier today. thank you, scott wiener. i'm supervisor london breed, the chair of the committee. i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here toda

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the government and audit oversight committee, and thank you for joining us to starting an hour earlier today. thank you, scott wiener. i'm supervisor london breed, the chair of the committee. i'm joined by the vicesor katy tang and president chiu here today, and sweden supervisor wiener is also joining us as well. the committee clerk is lisa miller. and i want to thank jim smith and jennifer low from sfgov-tv. and, madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will

the government and audit oversight committee, and thank you for joining us to starting an hour earlier today. thank you, scott wiener. i'm supervisor london breed, the chair of the committee. i'm joined by the vice-chair supervisor katy tang and president chiu here today, and sweden supervisor wiener is also joining us as well. the committee clerk is lisa miller. and i want to thank jim smith and jennifer low from sfgov-tv. and, madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 22nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, are there any changes to the agenda? >> no. >> okay. so, can you please call the first item? >> item number 1 is a hearing on the san francisco employee's retirement system (sfers) investments in russian securities; the feasibility, consistent with sfers's fiduciary obligations to retirees, of sfers divesting from russian securities, given russia's continuing persecution of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transg

to my right is supervisor kim the vice chair and to my left is supervisor cohen and we are broadcast today by sfgtv. madam clerk are there any announcements? >> please turn off any electronic devices and please turn in cards and documented part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items will appear on a future agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you and public comment is two minutes for public comment and this are cards in the front of the room. madam clerk will you call item one. >> item one is a resolution approving the acquisition of 28 avigation easements for the noise insulation program. >> and number one was sent to the land use and economic development committee. it's for the budget and finance committee and my motion after public comment to refer the bottom to the budget and finance committee. if there are no comments we will open it up for public comment. any public comment on item one? seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] colleagues could i have a motion to refer this to the budget committee? >>i am happy to make the motion so this say motion we c

to my right is supervisor kim the vice chair and to my

the san francisco public utilities commission. my name is john avalos, the chair of lafco, and we are joined by our public utilities commission members and the vice-chair is also here. she will be sharing the podium with me and we will be chairing together. on the lafco side, madam clerk, could you read the role, please? >> yes, commissioner avalos? >> present. >> commissioner avalos present. commissioner campos? commissioner campos abseptember. absent. commissioner breed? commissioner pimentel absent. commissioner mar. here. >> we have a quorum. >> our clerk is melissa miller and we are broadcast by sfgov-tv staff john ross and jonathan [speaker not understood]. and the public utilities commission clerk is donna hood. so, with that i welcome everyone to our joint meeting. this meeting is to get an update. okay, let's do that first. >> vice president caen? >> here. >> commissioner vietor? >> here. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> president courtney and commissioner torres are excused from today's meeting and we have a quorum. >> very good. we have a quorum for both. so, colleagues, we welcome you to our meeting today. really our meeting is a ch

vice mayor and city council member larry. to my knowledge the crown prince of dubai is not involved in the zero were trying to do at the tulsa and city. this electronic city as the vice chair of the oakland all meta joint powers authority revenges is pretty good on the subjects. a body in the calcium oversees the arena. franchisees player trade however during a recent appearance on various boards radio program where kwon says the future king of the oil-rich nation is locked in with the current develop dollars of the size stating they are " partnered literally with the prince of dubai goosenecks in line to lead by. and they have capitals. that's a pretty powerful than dropping right there. in a way a name was dropped i think it's going to not be helpful to the team that's over in the middle east trying to put papilla financing to get this thing on it reads as he is not only concerned about the impact of the mayor's statement will have on the financial group's glory signed exclusive negotiation agreement to develop the site in his opinion putting the crown prince's name up there like that was just wrong even if the mayor is right about eight handy involved. and there's a pos

they are joining the vice chair of the subcommittee and holding today's hearing, congressman, thank youational highway safety transportation administration had 20010 to investigate the issue. both times they said they would not do. that i appreciate the fact that people want additional laws to prevent this from the future. if you have the national highway traffic safety and not pursue existing leads, it is hard for me to see how it would make a as well. >> you mentioned there were indicators and was there any federal action. and dozens of incidents and nothing on the federal level took place. >> correct, if you will recall in 2010, 5 years ago, this, this agency was active in calling another automobile maker into account when they demanded acceleration. they have shown us in the past they have real aggression and where were they so to speak on the cobalt issue? >> and in your opinion looking at anything incriminating here? they are cupable and what type of a punishment can they face. >> there is questions of whether or not if people are truthful and that's part of the process and i am n

i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the committee vice chairervisor cowen and our clerk i know the president to thank sfgovtv specifically jonathan and jennifer lowe madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes.

provide us with a copy of the letter that is being submitted and review it with the chair before it is submitted to state legislature. >> i will review it with the chair and vice-chair and send a draft. >> great. >> thank you. >> thank you. any members of the public wishing to speak on future agenda items? >> eric brooks again, san francisco clean energy advocates and i'm wondering on the last item that you discussed, is it possible four you to authorize the chair to sign off on that communication rather than have another meeting about it because this is moving very quickly through the capitol? >> we are. thank you. >> all right, public comment is closed. adjourn. thank you for being here today. [ gavel ] (clapping.) all right. good morning everyone. >> good morning. >> thank you. my name is to medicare moss i'm the director of hope u sf thank you for joipt us to have the grand opening at hunter's view with all due respect i'm to introduce the housing authority commission good morning. thank you so, so much for joining us at hunter's view it's a an honor on behalf of the employees of the san francisco housing authority and all the city partners our nonprofit a

provide us with a copy of the letter that is being submitted and review it with the chair before it is submitted to state legislature. >> i will review it with the chair and vice-chair and send a draft. >> great. >> thank you. >> thank you. any members of the public wishing to speak on future agenda items? >> eric brooks again, san francisco clean energy advocates and i'm wondering on the last item that you discussed, is it possible four you to authorize the chair to sign off on that communication rather than have another meeting about it because this is moving very quickly through the capitol? >> we are. thank you. >> all right, public comment is closed. adjourn. thank you for being here today. [ gavel ] >>> >>> [ gavel ] >> >> the health service board meeting is now in session. all stand for the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> >> >> i want to say hello to dr. dodd. thank you for being here. [ applause ] . roll call, please. city clerk: president breslin, lim, farrell, scott, fraser, shlain. item no. 1. regu

he was secretary fairs from 2001 to 2005 and he's the vice chair for the wounded warriors project. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> how bad is this? >> if the allegations are proven to be true, and we hope they are not, it is possibly criminal. >> why do you say criminal? our viewers should know you have a legal background, as well. >> if computer files were manipulated that caused the death of veterans, that clearly is morally reprehensible. >> the viewers that watch us, know we are talking about at least one facility, the phoenix va, sheron heldman, would diminish the wait time. the whistle blower said in fact, they are waiting between six weeks and 20 weeks and when you can get the appointment do they put them on out official books to say hey, we got them in within two weeks when secretly they have been languishing to five, six months waiting for appointment resulting the whistle blower and others allege. not just this one guy, doctor, up to 40 veterans dying while they waited for care. the veterans administration has had a reputation at times of not being the most pri

provide us with a copy of the letter that is being submitted and review it with the chair before it is submitted to state legislature. >> i will review it with the chair and vice-chair and send a draft. >> great. >> thank you. >> thank you. any members of the public wishing to speak on future agenda items? >> eric brooks again, san francisco clean energy advocates and i'm wondering on the last item that you discussed, is it possible four you to authorize the chair to sign off on that communication rather than have another meeting about it because this is moving very quickly through the capitol? >> we are. thank you. >> all right, public comment is closed. adjourn. thank you for being here today. [ gavel ] >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the leaders. >> hi everyone i'm patrick the director of earthquake safety forever for the stoifbl and we have the ryan white fair to teach people about the made sure soft story ordinance and connect them with the services they need you can save thousands of lives and if those buildings are rooiftd people will be allowed to sleep in their own beds while

i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the committee vice chair chair and supervisor cowen and our clerk i know the president to thank sfgovtv specifically jonathan and jennifer lowe madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices outline documents to be submitted to the clerk and the agenda will be passed to the clerk. >> item one. >> i'm the author of number one colleagues today, we have before us a amendment to the parks code to clarify rights on parkland during the course of recent litigation against the city our parks code has a lack of clarity to exude people from their fences our parks code says anyone to have a permit has inclusive right to use the space and anyone asked to leave must do say you, however, no distinction so as part of the rights granted by a permit the permit or person can't be removed from a public event without free speech or assembly we have david here 2, 3, 4 from rec and park who is here to answer questions. >> do do

i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the committee vice chairhair and supervisor cowen and our clerk i know the president to thank sfgovtv specifically jonathan and jennifer lowe madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices outline documents to be submitted to the clerk and the agenda will be passed to the clerk. >> item one. >> i'm the author of number one colleagues today, we have before us a amendment to the parks code to

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we recognize the vice chair dr. burgess for five minutes. >> thank the witness for spending so much time with us this afternoon. you mentioned, ms. barra, that over a decade ago general motors embarked upon a small car program. do you recall why that was? >> i'm sorry? >> why did they embark upon a small car program over a decade ago? >> to have a complete portfolio, i believe. >> the but the remission or type of car that was manufactured by gm previously had not fit that model, it was an entirely new business line that g mx was undertaking? >> the cobalt and several cars but specifically about the cobalt, it was following a previous small car but it was an all new program architecture, et cetera. >> was any part of this done in -- because of the cafe standards that were changing? any of this done because of congressional action that occurred previously? >> i can't answer that question. i wasn't in decision-making at that point. >> let me ask you this, when mr. waxman was giving his opening statement he said it was a

the vice chair of alliance group joins us now.at to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you were not there when this entire targeting situation happened. but what do you make now of trying to impose these new regulations? does it help or hurt organizations, the 501-c4 organizations who were targeted? >> the service is walking a fine line here, trying to bring more clarity to an inherently confusing and difficult subject. the proposed regs you're speaking about, they were issued before koskinen came on board. i'm glad he's committed to reviewing them and having revisions and then more, if you will, more commentary because these regs have been criticized on both the left and the right. it's not something that was seen as correctly drawn and it needs to be changed. they need to be changed. >> here's the thing. these proposed regulations drew a record number of responses from the american public. 150,000 comments before the deadline in late february. so if you were still in that position as commissioner, what would you do knowing the

the constant barrage of advertising run by these groups. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. potter. our next panel member is ann raffle, former chair of the california fair political practices commission and currently vice chair of the federal election commission. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member roberts, and senator udall. thank you for inviting me to testify today. as indicated i am the vice chair of the federal election commission, but i am not testifying in that capacity today. nor am i speaking for the commission. instead, my testimony concerns a case pursued during my tenure as chair of the california fair political practices commission, fppc, to expose dark money in a california election. fppc versus americans for responsible leadership and i'm going to use the word of the day, is a byzantine story of campaign contributions being funneled all over the country in an apparent effort to avoid revealing to the public who is behind political campaigns. we discovered that networks of nonprofits, anonymously injected millions of dollars into our election by using shell corporate entities, wire transfers, and fund swapping. this allowed donors to skirt disclosure laws

we'll begin by taking the roll. vice-chair renne? >> present. >> commissioner? ere. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> commissioner keane? >> here. >> the executive director has an announcement. >> i just want to take a moment to welcome the new deputy director jesse minarde. he brings a wealth of experience to this position and we're delighted to have him. he has experience as both a business attorney and political attorney. he worked at the political practices division in sacramento. [speaker not understood]. he's a graduate of hastings college of law and has a master's degree from harvard's school of kennedy government. a long list of accomplishments. as i said, fortunate to have him. welcome. >> welcome, mr. minarde. we're fortunate to have you and look forward to working with you. the first item on the agenda are minutes of the board of directors meeting of march 20, 2013~ [speaker not understood]. >> commissioners, my name is harlan kelly and i am the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission. thank you for allowing me to come befor

we'll begin by taking the roll. vice-chair renne? >> present. >> commissioner? >> here. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> commissioner keane? >> here. >> the executive director has an announcement. >> i just want to take a moment to welcome the new deputy director jesse minarde. he brings a wealth of experience to this position and we're delighted to have him.

we recognize the vice chair dr. burgess for five minutes. >> thank the witness for spending so much time with us this afternoon. you mentioned, ms. barra, that over a decade ago general motors embarked upon a small car program. do you recall why that was? >> i'm sorry? >> why did they embark upon a small car program over a decade ago? >> to have a complete portfolio, i believe. >> the but the remission or type of car that was manufactured by gm previously had not fit that model, it was an entirely new business line that g mx was undertaking? >> the cobalt and several cars but specifically about the cobalt, it was following a previous small car but it was an all new program architecture, et cetera. >> was any part of this done in -- because of the cafe standards that were changing? any of this done because of congressional action that occurred previously? >> i can't answer that question. i wasn't in decision-making at that point. >> let me ask you this, when mr. waxman was giving his opening statement he said it was a