commissioner murase: it is important for us as a board to be able to articulate how important revenue measures are. president mendoza: thank you. commissioner maufas: deputy superintendent lee, i know as we move through the budget ourselves, our families and staff -- we have a web site folks can send questions to. questions that would be broader public questions can get answered. >> yes, commissioner. we can do that. i think we did a fair amount of multi-modal engagement last year as well. we had a series of workshops, opportunities for community members to come and talk with us in person, including in my office. we had a variety of documents on our website. we will certainly build on those here. commissioner maufas: thank you. my second question was -- you mentioned the shift on some government programs to the local level. i know we do not have the full breadth of understanding of what those things will be, but will we have some idea of what is involved? >> we can certainly give a more detailed description of those specific proposals. we can do that either at the next board meeting o

broader audience, the board of education, supervisors, voters plus staff, i have to emmrfloor you to take this in a different meeting. they are there to use the sounding board as a resource. that's the reason why we made these appointments. i'm looking at other board members trying to fit in something you are missing with my appointment. i believe maybe with the exception of the commissioner appoint y as a full compliment. i employ you in some of what you ever trying to do. i don't believe from my listening to them that they are as fully engaged in this process as they desire to be. >> on the amendment, you are questioning -- what's the difference between what you are on and what you are asking for. to please adjust that to simply say program evaluation that this is going to be saying this is on the plan staff will bring back to you in march. what area will get decreased. reserve fund. >> this is going to be pulled out of the reserve fund. >> yes, sir. let's run that through can you repeat the amendment. i'm sorry, commissioner? i'm asking her to repeat what it is first so we are clear then we'll go with a motion. >> i am not clear on the amendment. i'm terrib

us. now this year we have not only mayor edwin lee, as an historical time in san francisco. we have four asian-american members of the board of supervisors with us. as a representative of district 3, i could not be more happy to introduce my district supervisor, the president of the board, supervisor david chiu. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. it is an honor to be with you tonight. i want to wish everyone a happy year of the rabbit. unless you are vietnamese, in which case, i was a very happy year of the cat. after 160 years, this year is truly history. i am honored to serve with you, not just with the diversity that our board of supervisors represents -- and i want to thank ross mirkarimi, david campos, and malia cohen who are here with us today -- but it is an honor to serve with three other asian-american supervisors. we finally reflect the population statistics that we have here in san francisco. more importantly, it was an incredible honor earlier this year to take part in an historic, unanimous vote for the first time in our city's history to have an elected leader at the top of galt mountain, our first chinese- american mayor, edwin lee.

like egypt, lebanon is constantly having conflict and would they not want a settlement and most use israel as a whipping boardan time to select own personal, national ways to direct their hostility towards zionists? i'm not trying to sound proisraeli, but i think intellectuals might agree with me. thank you. >> okay. yeah, actually most of the book is, you know, it starts out with jerusalem, but the book is not about the narrow conflict really. you know, i spent most of my childhood in the arab world like saudi arabia for three years in the 60s and egypt leading up to the war and beirut and i write about jordan as well, and these are all countries that are burdened with either kings or military dictatorships, and this -- i'm trying to struggle as a historian and also with my childhood memories of how the arab world seems to be stuck in place and can't find a road to moo dearnty -- modernity. in the 1950s and 60s of my memories, young arab men at the time, their ambition was to find a road to progress, to change their societies and bring it up to speed with 21st century secular commercial capitalism. they want

us with the reading of this into the record. commissioner wynns: thank you. i do want to make the point the a -- that we hope as many school boards as possible will pass the resolution. it is a no-brainer. please help us support the revenue initiative that would keep our schools from falling further behind than they are today. but thank you, commissioner fewer. this is in support of placing a revenue extension movement on the june 2011 ballot. governor brown's budget proposal is a balanced approach between revenues and new cuts to solving the deficit and provides for an extension of time for revenues to support programs for students to serve. over the last several years, education funding has taken a disproportionate amount of budget cuts. state and local funding for schools has been cut by more than $18 billion, or about $1,900 per student in the past three years. to remain physically solvent, the unified school district adopted in march 2010 the budget deficit action plan that addressed the estimated $113 million and two year budget deficit. this included severe reductions of summer school programs, a shortened school year, and

i think it's incumbent upon us as a citizen review board not only for the department but for ethe citizens of san francisco to know what kind of liable we're opening the city up to. i think you should get an opinion from the city attorney and you look at that language that says do the research on your own, don't shoot here, don't shoot there, and if you do shoot there, what are you going to fall back on? not only do you expose the city to liability because the city is self-insured, but there's also potential liability to the individual officer. i think we need to know what we're opening our people up for. i keep hear, they want it, they should have it. i think tasers is on the decline. you saw their money, their bottom line has been impacted. some cities have turned them in, others have not purchased them. we've done well without them. this is a community department that prides itself on community involvement and community policing and on peacekeeping. they've done a good job with where they are now and there isn't any reason to bring in a device that we do have some study, i think the mar

us with the reading of this into the record. commissioner wynns: thank you. i do want to make the point the a -- that we hope as many school boards as possible will pass the resolution. it is a no-brainer. please help us support the revenue initiative that would keep our schools from falling further behind than they are today. but thank you, commissioner fewer. this is in support of placing a revenue extension movement on the june 2011 ballot. governor brown's budget proposal is a balanced approach between revenues and new cuts to solving the deficit and provides for

a-- montessori principles. we ask the school board to support us. as a result of the teacher's absence due to unresolved paperwork, today a kindergarten child was lost by the substitute staff. >> hi, i also work at san francisco public montessori. i chose to work at this school because it serves the vision that's expanding the montessori method into the public sector to allow children from all economic backgrounds to access higher education. also, in addition to being public, it's a full-inclusion school. and this allows us to work closely with children who face many challenges and heap guide them to the healing process that is needed. our newly appointed principal does not practice or support the montessori philosophy in regards to montessori. numerous times i have heard her desire to expel certain factors from our school. i believe she is targeting children who come from low income families who she claims is bringing an atmosphere of violence. i feel that she nonre-elected me because i spoke out against it. >> good evening. my name is hannah miller a

use as a city. >> reporter: a san francisco board of supervisors passed that bill last week. >>> starting today, gayand lesbian facebook users can more clearly identify their relationship. facebook now allows users to choose the option of in a domestic partnership or civil union on their profile page. facebook says the change allows people to authentically reflect their relationship. >> we'll be right back with more after this short break. >>> the city of vallejo is celebrating the opening of a new recycling facility. tom vacar shows us why it could provide a real boost to the local economy. >> reporter: before mayor island shipyard closed, ed mosta spent eight years working for the the shipyard. well last week, the 68-year-old came back to help dismantle the ship. >> i was a little bored and thought i would come down and teach people how to do it. now it's rebirth. >> we have two interstates that come through our city, we have water, we have everything that we need to make this a viable place for this kind of industry and for other kinds of industry. >> reporter: already the aus ton company refurbi

a lazy process. indeed it is not. as i said, 26 states have used across the board cuts to get their fiscal house in order. this government is overspent, we have to get it under control. let's compliment what has been done by the appropriators and make things across the boort -- and make these across the board cuts. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. mrs. blackburn: i yield to the gentleman from south carolina. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam chairman. it's time to stop the spending insanity in this country. the american government knows the government is too large -- the american people know the government is too large. we're $14 trillion and $1.5 trillion in the red this year. it's got to stop. i'm part of an 87-member freshmen class that said, go back to the drawing board, give

as an adjunct therapy to our members. we have formed a philanthropic advisory board that will assist us in directing resources to local nonprofits and social services, such as the my tree compassionate care, the castro steps, and a unique organization that provides food and medical care and support for the pets of low income persons with hiv, aids, or other disabling illnesses. if granted our permit, we will begin improvements. within months of opening, we will need about a dozen employees. 2095 market street is located between 14th and church street. it was previously occupied by a video rental store. it has been vacant since november 2009. the dispensary will be one of a series of retail space is on that side of market space. it is not close to any residential-only zones. it conforms to all relevant guidelines in the planning code. when completed, it will appear as many other upscale retail locations. in addition, it sits at the nexus of several major transportation corridors and public transit routes. these include the church street stop and all markets st. buses and trolleys. the easy accessibility will be a key attribute fo

like to make in terms of the findings is a requested that the board specifically find that my client qualifies under 790.50a as a recreational building and a use which provides social fraternal counseling and recreational gathering services to the community. in the findings -- excuse me? i am sorry. in the findings, the board note the permit was consistent with the intent of section 790, which is to prevent mcds from being located near facilities that primarily serve children under 18. at the hearing, mr. sanchez suggested by client qualifies under a different section of the code. there is no reason my client cannot qualify under both sections. there is nothing that would prevent that. i respectfully ask this board to find that my client qualifies under 7 90.50a -- 790.50a. any questions? >> thank you. next, we can hear from mr. moody, the agent for canaan tutoring center. >> good evening. i would like to address the two points raised by the permit holder, access and this issue about the captain's letter. as those of you who were here or watched on line -- there was a lot of talk about access last time we were together talking about this. the

change, as much as we wanted to serve, it would have been very difficult for us to serve in this capacity. i think the same is true of members of the board of education. it is important as a matter of equity and good public policy to support this policy. thank you. president chiu: thank you. supervisor elsbernd: if i could procedurally hope this move along, if supervisor kim would withdraw her motion, i would like to motion to duplicate the file, and then amended version b -- and then amend version b and send both versions forward. president chiu: are you ok with that? supervisor elsbernd is making the motion, seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor elsbernd: we can move supervisor kim's amendments for version b. president chiu: again seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. we will continue these two files to sit as a committee of the whole two weeks from today. before we vote on that, and the follow-up comments? supervisor kim: thank you for helping us move this along during the process. i want to actually recognize supervisor dufty, who was the original sponsor for this measure. i took over as sponsor after he departed the board of supervisors. i am coming in somewhat mi

pam: parents and teachers are breathing a sigh of relief after mount diablo school board decided not to close to additional schools. as kron 4 dan curman tells us tonight, there's still a lot more work to be done. >>dan: cheer broke out tuesday night at the mount diablo school board meeting were parents, teachers and students found of the board decided it wouldn't close westwood and silver would elementary school. school board president gary warned those in attendance they might have to make even steeper cuts depending on what happens with the governor's budget proposal. >> if the tax attention's stock on the ballot or get on the ballot in don't pass our district what to cut another $25 million out of the budget. it's for the sake of the students that everyone in the community must now work to get those measures passed. we've already had to get $50 million out of the district. we don't have sports, librarians, music teachers. we have lost so much already, these kids can have anything more taken. >>dan: he must go step further and now floating the idea of a partial tax. forget the 9 $9 a year parcel tax that it was about 7 1/2 million dollars in

the present has brought us ♪ ♪ facing the rising sun of a new day begun ♪ ♪ let us march on to victory ♪ ♪ as one [applause] >> thank you. i'm al williams, president of the boardican historical society. we'd like to join, and trevor, in welcoming you all to this annual 2011 kickoff program for black history month. first of all i'd like to say that the chairs to my right are vacant and will be filled shortly. the mayor will be arriving about 11:30. he had another engagement that he was they'd at. and supervisors -- he was delayed at. and supervisors -- no, that's not them -- miracle arim aye and coyne are in committee and i understand they will be finishing up shortly and then they will be joining us to bring greetings. i want to thank pastor curran and ms. suites for their participation in the program. and ms. suites with her wonderful voice, we use this program as an opportunity to present cameos of people who are otherwise engraged shall -- engaged in black history month programs and ms. suites is going to be appearing next tuesday, february 8 at yoshii's. and of course pastor is appearing weekly and a couple times sunday at jones united methodist church. so

as a candidate for the san francisco board of supervisors in 1996. in the citywide election, she got more than 50,000 votes, but failed to win a seat. those of us in public life will remember her as a tireless campaigner, most recently for her son, and for her unfailing support of her friends. she was an active parent in the school district, including serving as pta president. she served on the commission on the status of women. i am sure if commissioner murase was here, she would attest to that. she said one of her most important accomplishments was getting the richmond district library named in honor of her husband. she was born in providence, rhode island, and graduated from bryn mawr college in 1943. she worked as an economist at the state department in washington, with an understanding she would lose her job when the men returned from world war two. she also served as an economist for the united nations, and later worked for them in new york. she returned to san francisco and married in 1955. she is survived by two sons, a daughter, and seven grandchildren. the board of education expresses our condolences to the family and to the political