it is part of creating a livable city, a livable and walkable city. this will also make a lot of dwelling units in this neighborhood conforming. a lot of non-conformities put tenants at list -- at risk. if you lose your house and, often you cannot rebuild that. -- if you lose your housing, often you cannot rebuild it. we urge support today for the ordinance and thank you for your time. chairperson mar: thank you. mr. collins? >> tim colin, here to speak in support of what the amazing livable city is doing. we like for this is going. for the record, the housing action coalition for a long time has said we favor the elimination of parking minimums. do not require it. put in parking maximums. we love housing, but wind up fighting about parking. the idea of making housing conforming and bringing rationality to the process, we support. we urge you to move this proposal along. thank you. chairperson mar: if there is no other person who would like to speak from the public, let's close public comment. our city attorney. >> city attorney's office. after review

more walkable cities with a more centralized and more urban population is the solution. >> sharon sayslife. the city was scary at best and constant police sirens and gunshots and fear of break-ins. they can keep it. granted the job market in a rural setting is not as good but the more peaceful lifestyle makes up for it. >> i've lived in both and there are advantages to both and disadvantages to both. >> you can make anyplace home. >>> pharmacies sell your prescription information to a drug company. did you know that? in a recent ruling the supreme court decided it's okay. >> perfectly legal. joining us more on this is chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. why do the drug companies want this information? how do they use it? >> i think, again, i think you're both right. this is surprising to a lot of people but this is an example of very targeted marketing and advertising. the pharmaceutical companies want all kind of information but what you probably didn't know when you go to a pharmacy and fill a prescription your your age, gender, the type of medication, the dosage and the do

it is walkable and drivable from neighborhoods in the middle of the city where a lot of latin music goers live. i think one issue that might be worth addressing is the fact that there has been a lot of criticism of live music clubs with respect to honoring the food component and i'll be partnering with one of my favorite restaurants in the bay area. it is in oakland. it is a top 100 restaurant and the chef there is going to do brick oven pizza at brick and mortar. it will be open for lunch and dinner. while we have seen many kind of supper club-type places fail, this will not be a supper club, it will be a very casual non-reservation, non-open table type of comfortable community seating for the earlier food component part. so there will be -- the food sales will properly satisfy state's requirements to have an all age type-47 license. at least that is the intent. i think it should work. i will do the majority of the booking of the music. it will be live music from all different types of genres and all different types of demographics, which for some people it is confusing because there is

it is walkable and drivable from neighborhoods in the middle of the city where a lot of latin music goers live. i think one issue that might be worth addressing is the fact that there has been a lot of criticism of live music clubs with respect to honoring the food component and i'll be

walkable. they're adding transit. there's a lot we can learn -- other metros in cities can learn from looking at d.c.nd a few college towns, it's a big bright spot -- >> you said college towns. we know that medical and technology drives jobs. when you say there are the things that build infrastructure for cities of the future, are those the key points? >> well, i think d.c. is a big -- everyone thinks it's a government town. it's not. it's a major center, as you know, for cnn and aol and discovery. it's also government spending and biotech and in homeland security's help. this is a really interesting statistic for folks listening in today, watching today. "u.s. news & world report" did an analysis. new york was near the bottom of the list, only mcallen texas was lower. l.a. was low, miami. d.c. was second for the top. one of the things that d.c. offers is a high income. it has one of the highest income levels, $85,000 household income. but when you add in cost of livi living, it gives you great value for the dollar. it was the second best place to live conditioned by cost of living. those factors mak

walkable streets. walk san francisco is supporting this bond. supervisor chu: thank you. >> you know those streets are older, older than the trees city roads, take me home take me home to the place i belong with those bonds, take me home city roads i hear the voice in the morning our call me the radio news reminds me the streets need to be paved writing down the road i see the feeling that i should have had it fixed yesterday, yesterday city roads, fix it up in the place the city hears fix those pot holes today. supervisor chu: thank you. >> no vote exists on this bond measure. it is illegal. a no vote exists on it. it is a violation of the laws and ordinances, governing of bond measures. my name is james patrick carroll.

walkable streets. walk san francisco is supporting this bond. supervisor chu: thank you. >> you know those streets are older, older than the trees city roads, take me home take me home to the place i belong with those bonds, take me home city roads i hear the voice in the morning our call me the radio news reminds me the streets need to be paved writing down the road i see the feeling that i should have had it fixed yesterday, yesterday city roads, fix it up in the place the city hears fix those pot holes today. supervisor chu: thank you. >> no vote exists on this bond measure. it is illegal. a no vote exists on it. it is a violation of the laws and ordinances, governing of bond measures. my name is james patrick carroll. i will not sing, i promise. supervisor chu: thank you. any other speakers that wish to comment on item 3? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. i move that we forward this to the full board with recommendations. i know that this kind of bond is always controversial because of this debate we have been having today about whether road resurfacing or reconstruction is an operating e

faraway neighborhoods in maryland and virginia have become more walkable, they're adding transit, but i tell you, there is a lot other metro citiesbecause in a few college towns they don't track, it's a big bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture. >> you said transit. we know medical technology drives jobs. when you say there are things that build infrastructure for cities of the future, are those the key points? >> well, i think d.c. -- everyone thinks it's a government town. it's not. it's a major center, as you know, for cnn and aol and discovery and npr. it has a big media cluster. it's also government spending and bio tech and homeland securities. this is a really interesting statistic for folks listening in today. when they did an analysis, they compared all the metros in the country on their income levels but divided that by cost of living. new york was near the bottom of the list. only california and texas was lower. d.c. was second for the top. one of the things d.c. offers is a high income. it has one of the highest income levels, 80,000 high income levels, but it gives you great level for the dollar. it was the seco