i did appreciate the information on the van ness plan, although different commissioners will interpret things differently. president olague: and i guess, usually as a little small gesture, will sometimes close the meeting in memory of someone who greatly contributed to the city. we're going to be closing the meeting today in memory of the executive director of the eviction defense network, miguel. it is quite a loss. he was a giant as far as advocating on behalf of low- income tenants and renters here in san francisco. so if we can close in his memory, that would be appreciated. also in solidarity with the people of norway who experienced a rough last friday. even though we met the day after that, it is something that i think we should also be mindful of, that huge loss. >> commissioners, the places as under the director's report. item 7, directors announcements. >> excuse my tardiness, i was at the board of supervisors on another matter. i wanted to let you know that the better streets plan has received its third award, an award from the american planning association of the southern c

. >> could you let me know when we get to van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers to move down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate multiple lines will stop behind one another. i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind. the second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >>

tower car wash on mission and a south van ness ave.why this lawsuit was filed. >> the san francisco city attorney's office filed a superior suit on monday that the tower car wash on the south than it has mistreated employees and oppose them for which is not paid. boys that wer--the tower car wash employees were not able to clocked and until cars were on the lot. >> it is a violation of labor laws. >>reporter: manny's of the help of an immigration advocacy law firm. they're hoping to recover $3 million in unpaid wages, and to rest, fees. ironically a twist. not only are they selling tower carwash but they are also a customer of tower car wash. they have paid over $500,000.50000 last 12 months. according to the balance of next year it is not clear if it is a violation of the contract with the city or the contract will be nullified is a result of the findings. until that can be determined san francisco will continue to use the car wash service. >> the memorial for a man killed a police chase in the bay view neighborhood. kenneth harding.

avenue and -- van ness avenue. thank you for your attention. we will conduct the swearing-in process. if you intend to testify in any of tonight's hearings and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or for. please note any member of the public may speak without taking a know pursuant to the rights under the sunshine ordinance. thank you. >>do you solemnly swear or affim the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> thank you. calling item one, public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on an item that is not on to its calendar? seeing none, we will move to item no. 2. commissioners? item three. the adoption of minutes. the board meeting minutes of august 10, 2011. >> i will move the adoption. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? please call the roll. >> on that motion from the president, to adopt the august 10 minutes, commissioner fung. >> aye. >> commissi

git is wonderful to work and be able to go into the offices on van ness and be able to understand a complex and budgetary system so i want to acknowledge the support of those who have made this and worked manager phone to -- manageable, so what we are asking for is your approval. there are certain action items that are specific to community it schools, and i look forward to the actual monitoring process for getting a sense of the programs as they are going on in the schools, but i want to thank the district, and it is unique for a county office to have that kind of support for youngsters and community schools, and it is a credit to all of you here. goo>> any public speakers on ths item is? i have none. comments from the board? >> i have a question on page 3, where it makes fauve recommendation, and my question reads it where it makes full recommendation, and my question is who is the staff point person. clearly i would anticipate it would be in daily book of the special education department, but i just want to know what is the time line on these recommendations and who on staffing will be m

the van ness brt study is going nicely. we hope to release to the public draft environmental review impact statements in december -- september. we worked with a number of our partner agencies in the city to provide comments to caltrans on its complete street guideline, a supplement to the highway design manual. this is a huge step for us. this is a positive step in the right direction and will hopefully pave the way for other projects along the 19th avenue corridor. lastly, we are working on improving our business processes internally and on customer service. we are working on an internet portal for prop k issues. this is intended to make life easier for project sponsors and to do easier analysis and report production. this is being led by our capital projects division. i wish you all well when august recess arrives. we will be working on year end closing activities. congratulations to the director of finance and administration, when they return home from the honeymoon period commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any questions

en san francisco, "tower car wash", ubicado en la esquina de la calle mision y la avenida south van nessn formalmente demandados por la ciudad de san francisco esta maÑana por presunto robo de sueldo... sot rosa ochoa - empleada "a veces nuestros empleadores nos han hecho esperar de 3 a 4 horas en un cuarto muy pequeño." ---de acuerdo a empleados de la empresa, ellos tenian un horario para reportarse al trabajo pero no siempre les pagaban.. sot "los empleadores nos dicen que tenemos que esperar un rato porque no hay mucho trabajo pero entonces hay dias que esperamos el mismo tiempo y ni siquiera logramos entrar a trabajar." sot kate heg - abogada, "la raza centro legal" "the company policy is that if they arrived later than that time, that they would be disciplined up until termination." ---segn la abogada kate heg, la poltica de la compaÑia es que si los empleados llegan tarde al trabajo, sern disciplinados o despedidos... algo que segun ellos los obliga a soportar el abuso laboral .. sot "ellas no pueden estar con sus familias, no pueden estar haciendo sus cosas, tienen que estar alli

there is another thing to consider when you are buying and building to the east of the van ness ave. a third map. this map depicts the area of the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake. the blue is where all the buildings were destroyed or badly damaged by the fire. as a result, the ashes from those fires remained on site. in those days, lead paint was used to paint the sides of buildings. it is a known carcinogen. it is a hazardous material. what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hill. they mined 26 million cubic yards of sand out of theire, and they mixed it with the debris from the fire and they used it to fill basements. so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to anothe

mcfarlane has an issue with the way i operate the building, he should go to the facilities on van ness avenue, but he should not be here trying to hold up trying to get these repairs made. there are immediate life safety issues. there are is garbage all of the decks that is blocking the exits. al

before we had a parking issue on the work van ness, but if this america's cup is going to take nine weeks out of our season when it is more moderate weather, that means it will not be used by thousands of people really, because it is not just us die hard swimmers. they are swimming from alcatraz. they are rolling -- rowing. just sitting in traffic trying to get there will be a nightmare. i will be basically cut off, as will other people who normally use this facility. i think the eir was written from mars, because the talk about alternative sites like ocean beach. there is nothing that is equivalent to aquatic park. there is nothing that can beat the relative calmness of the water, the beach you can walk into with no riptides. there is no place in san francisco that offers this water variation and the joy of the beautiful scene for its citizens, and also the elderly trying -- i am a senior citizen. just being able to get to that senior center. we will be cut off. i was sorry to see this rich man's project impede upon just plain folks in the bay area, not just san francisco. thank you. >>

mcfarlane has an issue with the way i operate the building, he should go to the facilities on van ness avenue, but he should not be here trying to hold up trying to get these repairs made. there are immediate life safety issues. there are is garbage all of the decks that is blocking the exits. -- all over the decks. it has to be corrected immediately. i do not think the building department or the fire department or anybody would be happy with the condition of the decks. i just want to make repairs, and if he has a question with the way we operate, he can go to the rent board. commissioner garcia: or possibly, he can come here. >> it is up to you guys. i am just trying to make the repairs. commissioner garcia: will the state definitively that they will be able to have their laundry facilities? >> this is a very green city, very environmentally focused, and we have 12 people living there, and eight of them have their own laundry machines, and it would probably make sense to have a central laundry area as opposed to having all of these going the same time in a building that is 120 years o

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