>> a resolution to approve the second amendment to the memorandum of understanding between the city and the san francisco that establishes governance structure and procedures for application. >> on from the department of emergency management. this is a request for a second amendment -- an extensive and on the second amendment on the memorandum of understanding for the urban areas securities and a shift. we represent the city of san francisco, the city of oakland, the city of san jose, the county of alameda and the county of santa clara. we request you authorize us to go forward with that second exception. supervisor campos: we have a second extension. i don't know if you have any question or comment, colleagues. thank you very much. why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing a nun, the public,

paying to what you paid to this date, but at least having the security going forward and the understanding city hall is looking out for you as well, that this policy is going to talk about all companies here in san francisco. they were on board with that. actually, they need to be commended for that because regardless right now we're going to be talking about a two-tier type of structure here in san francisco. whether it be any of the popular companies now that can go public in the next year or two under either of our scenarios, we're going to have one company that is paying far less than the other company. and i do have an interpret problem with that. that being said at a minimum we want to create security for all companies now about what they're going to be pay going forward. so that was my approach. president o'brien: any other questions, commissioners? >> you mentioned that you want to exclude even public companies from paying the payroll tax for stock options? >> we're going -- my legislation is designed that the higher of 2010 or 2011, whichever year they paid more payroll tax attributabl

i spoke to the city attorney. my understanding is that he is out of town and could not be here today. i agree that a dedicated unit on this issue makes sense. my understanding from the city attorney is that he has a draft -- and directed his staff to pay close attention to what happens here so he can direct his staff. let's hear from the san francisco department of public health. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for inviting us here. i have a presentation. i am handing one copy to a clerk. i need my copy. i am going to need this one for now. i am going to do two things. you have presented a compelling case to why she -- we should care about this issue. i will talk about why the health department cares about this issue. why this is beyond individual workers. what the health department is doing to support the work, could any of this support the expanded or leverage? this could help discourage a wage theft. why do we care? it was very important to note that the history of labor law, whether it is employment or wages, sick da

that our and the rights commission is there to make sure we understand that history, that everybody in this city, whether a company or corporation or police and firemen or fire department understands that the diversity in the city is to be something that is celebrated. you are part of the fabric, so with that, please, welcome yourselves here. this is as much your house as it is ours. have a wonderful nowruz celebration. and we will continue to have open dialogue welcoming all of the families here today. thank you very much today, and have the persian new year -- half the persian new year -- kathy -- happy persian new year. [applause] that my great words of wisdom. we appreciate. now, i would like to introduce the coast of this event. a man who in our community does not need any introduction. he has been loved and supported by our community. he is of a ready and heritage, and he has been an ardent supporter of the iranian american and iranian american causes. he is also one of the hardest working people i have ever known. so with no further ado, i would like you to welcome supervisor ross mirkari

city. i think there are probably many instances in which we do have to come to voters for a very small technical amendment. but, of course, i completely understand concerns about changing the spirit of initiatives that voters have spent a great deal of time putting forward to the city. you know, just speaking personally, i always had concerns about state's ballot initiatives. i don't view it as a democratic pros. i think it is a process that has been taken over by money and the winner is always the person with the most dollars and it's not necessarily a democratic process by which we slate. -- legislate. i think on a local level there's a lot stronger grassroots organizing that happens here in the city of san francisco and we're very fortunate to have such an engaged con stitch yens si. in many ways i think we have a much more informed voting community. i think money does get involved in a lot of these races and many times it's based on messaging. and oftentimes voters don't have a larger sense of the larger policies that take place. i will bring up the fire department brownout measure that voters overwhelming supported without necessarily an un

we are all trying to do that, but, obviously, we need to do more of it because we understand the city only has so much money, but we will support for that. we do not want to be told just go out there and go get it. we need support from the city and others to understand that supporting the services is really important. i would say just from my perspective, the san francisco foundation, i give them a lot of applause for focusing on gas services and the real needs in the community. they have really rearranged their funding to fund that, and we need others to look at that the same way because we are serving some of the most vulnerable people in san francisco, and we have been cut and cut, so we were trying to get some fairness and equity in the way things are cut, and we really appreciated supervisor cohen's leadership in moving forward. supervisor cohen: thank you. [applause] okay, one last housekeeping rule -- if you are on the edge, if you could move in and fill some of these center seats in this section or the road you are in, we still have people that do not have seeds that are stand

city. we have them at the apartment building inspections. someone understands what they are. you can look at them and read them and find one in your neighborhood. is that right? >> that is true. many geologists have spent many years mapping the geologic conditions. there are excellent maps of the city. in fact, there are a hazard maps. in 1974, there was a landslide map. >> that's right. that is available at that apartment building inspection. these are excellent maps. >> there is a real legacy of geologists working and now cannot always published. san francisco has a great repository of some of these archives. there is a child just -- a geologist to publish letters that is a great source of information. we are on the coast, they have the definitive work for all of the [inaudible] >> and did they pick up the old [inaudible] and wetlands? >> there was a map of those that weren' off the field. you can see where these are with respect to those that have been filled in with a debris from the 06 earthquake. >> that is one of the things i've learned, the very local zones, exactly w

i understand the city if approval discretion is limited under the communications act of 1996. as such, i believe an eir is the best place to explore the project impacts, alternatives, and the traditions. to that end, i believe it is inappropriate to reject the cadex and require further environmental review. you would need to look at all the various aspects of street furniture and enforcement in the public realm, whether they be good bed or otherwise, whether they are bicycle racks, trees, or all kinds of things on the sidewalk. when you take these things together, the cumulative impact is an impediment, that needs to be fully explored in an eir looking at alternatives and mitigation. cadx does not do that.

city. >>i understand someone wants to replace it with new development i heard stories about these buildings and these are two others and there is in the mission at 20th and shot well and ares that were used when they were dwfing the cancer drug laitral and duplicated it there. >> wait -- that they acquired it from the military -- >> it was moved on to the site but in the permit when it says who designed it -- you will like this too. it's not the owner's son here. it says prefabricated steel building plans drawn in the east. the creek bridge and it's a lift bridge and recently refurbished and reopened two years ago. >> and renamed. >> what's the new name? >> nishkin. >> really and also a structural engineer. >> yes. >> this was opened in the 50's and replace a bridge from 1915 and apparently inside a art decko and the rack and the pinion gear that operates the bridge. >> it's a draw bridge. >> and double leaf bridge. >> the old oriental house. >> and this survived the earthquake. >> and the fire. >> and the fire as well. it was made a landmark in 97 and damaged in the 89 earthquake and in an

needs of our small businesses in san francisco, help them understand and navigate the complex structure in getting a business opened within the city and county of san francisco. initially, primarily, we were going to be about helping you understand licensing and permitting requirements, but, really, shortly after we open our doors, we understood that we were also, as a government entity, a place for people to come when they want to know about loans, about writing a business plan. where to go to do that, where to go to get assistance. we are also a resourced. when we do see people in our office, many of them are a year or two out from even opening their business, so we will ask them what their credits for is, have they done their business plans, do they know what they're capital needs are going to be, how much money they have, how much money they are going to need to open their business. based upon those questions, we will direct them to the sba for workshops, courses. there is other entities that also provide workshop courses score as well in terms of helping to write business plans. also helping to educate the distinction between

the city understanding diversity, celebrating everything that we were doing in this city. if this is going down the street in a dedicated, green lane, with huge conventions going into town, with people who can speak german and japanese, to find their way into your neighborhood with japan town -- and these great restaurants. a city with great nightclubs, the bring over a million people here on a daily basis, to find their way for jobs and all the other things. this is a successful city. the diversity and the strong neighborhoods in the different languages, things that we love about the city. those principles, of the same city and a successful city, that is what i wanted. now we have a difficult decision, how do we bridge the gap of the budget, and how do we make certain that this decision does not hurt people more, and maintain the level of services that they want and keeps you excited about the city, and keeps you committed to being here. i want to throw out to the civic engagement staff tonight, and through an agreement last with the board of supervisors, we funded part o

city. we have to understand that restaurants provide social well being for the city. an economic base, this is an important thing and the department of building and inspection i do our very best to resolve restaurant issues. so that we can move along restaurants. one of the big things that hangs up commercial restaurants is the length of time it takes from the concept to the opening your doors and being able to bring customers in. one of my goals here is to try in help you understand how you can resolve some issues and may be how you can design your process to do restaurant remodels in such a way that you don't step into a pothole that slows you down in this thing. i know there are people here with other points of view and mr. kevin westly from the golden gate restaurant association is here. >> we started this project a year ago with spur and the mayor's office getting expediters and restaurant tours and getting myself and city employees involved and trying to define the problem and we have want todd create disappointments that would be general guide lines but we answ

city attorney indicated there is an environmental document missing, so i think we are recommending that that portion beat put on reserve until the environmental documents are finalized. supervisor chu: so that i understand correctly, to the city attorney, we need to indicate that the portion related to treasure island -- >> that is appropriate as long as it is sufficient for the controller to understand the amount at work. supervisor chu: thank you. we have a number of items. if we can entertain a motion to send items one and three out with recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to send items one and three with recommendation. supervisor chu: without objection. we also send item two forward with recommendation, but we ask that we put a controller's office reserve on the portion related to treasure island. supervisor mirkarimi: so moved. supervisor chu: ok, we take that without objection. mr. clarke, call items four, five, six, and 7. >> item four, hearing to review the mayor's proposed a budget for fiscal year 2011-2012. item five, with and it's appropriate estimated receipts and estimated expenditures for selected parts of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012

the services and the coverage can be maintained but the city costs can be reduced. >> we've got time for two more questions. >> ok, yes. i understand that the city is going to be going through a new transit board and they're funding three projects. i'd like to know how that affects the budget, positive or negative. >> we have a few projects which we're funding in terms of the n.t.a. the big project is the central subway project. the vast majority that have money is federal funding. it's ads 1.6 billion probably and we're on a path right now to identify $1 billion in funding for that project and it looks like we're in good shape. we similarly have projects in the bay view hunters point area in terms of