so, commissioner walker may have some more to add to this. but it was my understanding that the commission -- commissioner walker was the president of the commission at the time. she obtained authority from the bic. i don't know if it was formal or it was just the consensus, that she would take the helm in terms of a director search. she worked with i believe three other department heads within the city, the director of public works, the chief administrative officer, and i believe the general manager of the puc. >> controller. >> yes, it was the same person. >> same person, different position, yes. >> so, president walker worked with those three city staff to develop the protocols, the search process. i think you hired or worked with a search firm. sent out solicitations, received qualifications and applications from candidates. and then i believe that group narrowed the field down to half a dozen potential candidates. at that point the building inspection commission met in closed session and interviewed each of the candidates from this narro

walker already last week. so no need to hear from you again, but thank you so much for coming back to our second rules committee. at this time i will open up for public comment on this item. if you would like to come up and speak and if you came to our last rules committee, feel free to come up for public comment as well. two minutes. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is reana shah robinson and i work at urban habitat and i'm here to speak in support of appointment of veronica garcia. i have had an opportunity to know her through our boards and institutes and knowing the advocate that she is, i think the voice they she will bring will be committed to lifting up the voice of community. she has experience working with community organizations, community members, supervisors, as well as other decision-makes to make sure all voices are heard and lifted up and needs are met at the table. in terms of training that she is receiving through our institute, she is learning what it takes to be a really effective commi

. >> commissioner walker? >> thank you for responding, because i know that the public has really asked us to hurry this process up. so, i had the same concerns as commissioner mccarthy, that not only might it affect other aspects of our delivery of service, but it sort of disadvantages people who may not be able to afford doing a premium. so, i just would like to go on record saying i would rather that we actually increase effective service for everybody. and then if we find that there is a need for expedition beyond that, that we do it because it sounds to me like five days was expedited services compared to what we did. so, it might be unnecessary if we really focus our attention on providing delivery of faster service to everybody. >> that's what we're doing. we're really trying to figure out how to do that given the volume that we receive [inaudible]. >> exactly. it may be hard to draw a line as to who we can expedite and who we cannot. >> commissioner lee. >> i share the same point of view. i mean, i woul

>> yes. >> commissioner walker? >> yes. >> and the motion carried unanimously. item 7, director's report, 7a, update on dbi finances. >> pamela levin. we have so far two months' worth of experience with this fiscal year. so, this basically we're projecting to end up on budget if we don't have any additional information to be able to tell you that it's the logical thing to say we'll be over budget or under budget. what we're seeing is that the revenues for charges for service have increased substantially compared to last year at this time. so, year to date august 2012 versus year to date, august 2011, the increase has been almost 45%. that is -- we also have looked at the number of issue permits and those have gone up by 9%, but the total valuation has gone up by 48%. so, what we're seeing is that we're seeing larger projects bringing -- coming in, or we're issuing permits for larger projects and that's bringing in additional revenues. in terms of expenses as you know our largest category of expenses is salaries and fringes. as i mentioned, what we're doing right

thank you. >> commissioner walker? >> what is your estimate of time for them to complete the work for the permit? >> when they originally filed the appeal, it was on the assumption that the work was going to be completed in a matter of weeks. but because of an illness in the family, their whole timeline changed and i would expect it should be fairly soon, but because of an illness in the family it's kind of unclear. >> well, -- >> excuse me. the accessability issues are on the ground floor in the commercial space? >> the evaluation relates to the permit that was issued, let's see, okay, here we go. the language on the permits, [speaker not understood] handicap bathrooms, new ramp in the door entry and wheelchair lift, relocate water heater, remove rest room at basement, remove nonpermanent deck at rear. so, a lot of the work is done, but it is not complete yet. it is in the position of getting a final inspection. and the permit was renewed january 23rd of this year. >> is there anybody here from the owner's side, the a

the author is alice walker, the name of the book "the color purple." she joins us at george maison university. thirty years. what are you thoughts about the color purple being around for thirty years. >> it seems so recent in many ways. >> what do you think about it staying power? >> i think it's very real -- relevant to people's lives they get a lot of now richment and self-sense out of it. it's very good for me that it's staying around. >> thirty anniversary. what is the campus doing? >> well, there is a large celebration of literacy and of learning from books called fall for the book. and i think it will be many wonderful writers talking about how they write, why we write, and communicating with the students and with the people, the townspeople and other people who come to hear us. >> and the whole campus is reading? "the color purple." >> i think and i hope that, you know, they get to the end of it. [laughter] >> what's the -- where did you -- where did color purple come from. >> it came partly because when i was nine and ten i lived with my grandp

thank you. >> commissioner walker? >> what is your estimate of time for them to complete the work for the permit? >> when they originally filed the appeal, it was on the assumption that the work was going to be completed in a matter of weeks. but because of an illness in the family, their whole timeline changed and i would expect it should be fairly soon, but because of an illness in the family it's kind of unclear. >> well, -- >> excuse me. the accessability issues are on the ground floor in the commercial space? >> the evaluation relates to the permit that was issued, let's see, okay, here we go. the language on the permits, [speaker not understood] handicap

>>> i've known scott walker, the governor of wisconsin for the better part of 20 years and scott is ad i don't say that in a negative way. >>> journalist and wisconsinite john nichols has tracked scott walker's career since the 90s, when walker was a state legislator and an alec member. >> and in 2010 he ran not presenting himself as an alec alumni or as an ally of big corporations or big business people outside the state. he ran a very down-home campaign. >> this is my lunch. i pack a brown bag each day so i can save some money to spend on the more important things in life like sending my kids to college. >> nichols says that despite the folksy image, in the years leading up to walker's 2010 campaign, he had become a master political fundraiser. >> and he began to forge incredibly close ties with a lot of corporate interests that he had first been introduced to in alec, individuals and groups like the koch brothers. >> david and charles koch, the billionaire businessmen behind a vast industrial empire are also political activists with an agenda. their companies and foundations have b

district court judge walker, sir, i am calling you out. straight out to woia. 90 days for killing your 6-month-old baby girl? >> it is a case where there is some underlying rage and alcohol abuse problems here with dylan. he is 19 years old. he was allegedly out partying getting drunk with friends when this murder, i'm going to call it a murder. i think it is a murder happened. and also while out on bond, nancy, before this sentence was handed down he was busted for drunk driving. this is a young man who just doesn't understand the consequences of what he does. >> all right. he is a killer. let's just take that for what it's worth. but i want to talk about the judge in this case. district court judge douglas walker. out to jennifer morgan. tnn, denver joining us. what do we cknow about this judge? >> the judge had sympathy for dylan and his family. that's the main thing we can take away from this. >> i couldn't hear you. i've got new york talking in my ear. the judge what? >> the judge had sympathy for dylan and his family. that's the main

walker. thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is dan weaver and i am applying for one of the open seats that i qualify for on the balboa citizen's advisory committee. my city experience in terms of working with city government includes my current role at the mta citizen's advisory committee where i'm the vice-chair and also the chair of the engineering maintenance committee. i have served in the past couple of years ago as chair of the san francisco utility undergrounding task force and we succeeded in issuing a report. i've been involved for a number of years in the ocean avenue revitalization and involved in the development of the better neighborhoods plan around the balboa park bart station and ocean avenue. i'm a board member of the, probably the only property in the station area that has any nongovernment attachments to it, which is the historic geneva [speaker not understood] and power house which we're seeking to restore and occupy as a cultural center and were discussed -- that role is discussed in the balboa area

william walker, survived and died this week, at age 99. he was the oldest surviving battle of britain pilot. >> it was a beautiful day to fly. i was never let down. >> they preserved some of the aircraft of the era. the commanding officer here visited william walker on his 99th birthday. >> they came straight after school. their bravery was just phenomenal. and they knew the odds of them surviving were very, very low, and yet, time after time, day after day, they got back in the aircraft and threw themselves back as the enemy. >> william walker flew one of these, and what he and his fellow pilots achieved was extraordinary. during the battle of britain, they frugally were involved in air to air combat, pulling such tight twists and turns that they nearly blacked out because of the force of gravity pushing against their bodies. >> behind each name, a story lies of bravery in southern skies. >> william walker wrote poetry about the battle of britain to help younger generations remember what happened. many expressed their gratitude to him. he

and william walker as well and i don't know which seat that would be. but you have nominated seats 4 and -- >> you know what why don't i put miss garcia on seat 8 with youth and families. i think mr. walker as a student at city college would be better suited for seat 4. >> i will do david mauroff for seat 3 and mr. walker for mr. seat 4. so we do have two more seats. supervisor farrell? >> given that i wasn't here last week i would defer to my colleagues. i was impressed by those who came out and spoke today and thank you. and mr. mauroff, i'm glad to see has been mentioned, but i am happy to defer to my colleagues for seat 2, i think mr. rita evans would be great for the bart riders' interest, especially someone riding [pwa-rlt/] everyday to the east bay and i think you would be very well-suited to that see the. which only leaves one remaining see the, seat 1. >> again, i think any of these individuals would do a great job for see seat 1 and it's hard to choose, but i will say nicole agbayani for see the 1. >> we have a motion for nicole agbayani, the

. >> and commissioner walker? >> yes. >> that motion carries unanimously. item f, rehearing request, case no. 6 757, 130 bueler street, [speaker not understood], san francisco, california. [speaker not understood] 67 57 previously addressed by the abatement appeals board on june 20th, 2012. >> again, this is 130, 132 bueler street. it came up and it was already heard one time. there was a granting of the order of abatement, so forth. the property owner was given a time frame to complete the work. the property owner has now requested to rehear the abatement appeals again, but in the meantime has requested a delay due to the holidays, requested a delay for this hearing due to the holidays. it was put in writing and it was approved already. by mr. sweeney. >> commissioner mar? >> did she move? >> getting any permits or apply for any permits or anything? >> she has not applied for any permits. >> i have a question for counsel. does the rehearing request stay our action? >> i believe it does. >> and there is a deadline for rehearing? for requesting a rehearing?

walker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is henry kabane. he did submit an application already. before i tell you a little bit about myself, i just want to echo what supervisor elsbernd said about dan weaver. he is awe inspiring, a legendary neighborhood advocate and he would do wonders on this committee. a little bit about myself. i'm a practicing attorney in san francisco. i live in westwood park. i have a son who is now a sophomore at [speaker not understood] high school just adjacent to the balboa park station. i am also a member of the board of directors of the ocean avenue association, the cbd that mr. weaver is the executive director of. and i'm currently serving as treasurer of the ocean avenue association. i think it's fair to say that ocean avenue corridor has turned a corner. we've seen tremendous improvements in the area and i think now is precisely the time to focus on the balboa park station and all that that can offer to the entire community, city college, [speaker not understood], and all the residents in the area. i bring an

lauren demarco explained. >> reporter: 1600 walkers descend on d.c. for the susan g. komen three day for the cure. they have a big support system including the beloved tutu brothers. >> close to home. all right. looking good. >> ken and christian caulker travel to busy intersections along the route helping to stop traffic and providing much appreciated moral support. >> watch your step. >> we need them. >> the best part of this. yes. >> the caulkers rely on bicycles to navigate the route. but when they arrived at opening ceremonies friday morning, they got out of the car and realized their bikes had been stolen. >> we went to reach up and the bikes are gone. i guess we just thought we saw them and just went on. so it was a shock. >> someone grabbed the bikes right off the roof the car while it was packed overnight at the holiday inn express in hyattsville. the hoe till says security cameras caught the thieves in the act and it has been handed over to the police. christian caulker post about the theft on his facebook page. he received an outpouring of support and the t

. >> christopher walker might have a little less swagger now than he did on the streets. he's serving 55 years for six bank robberies. >> you know, when you're faced with the type of time that i'm faced with, everybody, i can't speak for everybody, i can speak for myself better, you know, your whole perspective towards life changes. >> when you talk about a bank robbery, i mean, anybody out there that's ever done what i done, then they already know the intense rush this is. and that became very addicting. >> these days, walker only gets a rush from working out and writing poetry. it's a far cry from his bank robbery days when he says he never used a weapon. >> got yourself and somebody tries to stop you, you've got these and that's it. i went in there, i had a hat pulled down, and i'm talking on the phone, looking at the ground, so the cameras aren't going to get me. when you walk up to the teller, nine times out of ten, it's a woman. i would sometimes strike up a conversation, how are you doing today, da, da, da, yeah, looks good, really nice, whatever, just small talk.

. >> commissioner walker? >> here. >> commissioner melgar is excused. and we have a quorum. and the next item is number 2, president's announcements. >> madam secretary, if i may, i just want to do some housekeeping here. i'd like to, if it's no objections, to move items 2 and 3 down to after 9:00 there because we have a full calendar. we'll go straight to item 4, please. if there's no objection, i'd like to do that. >> okay. commissioners are okay with that? >> yeah. >> okay. >> call item 4. >> item 4, item 4, discussion regarding disability access including training and certification for additional certified access specialist inspectors. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is tom [speaker not understood]. i'm a building inspector. i'm recently a cat certified, recently passed the cat certification. i came to speak to the commission about any questions you have about the cat certification and what the department is doing. presently there are two cat certified inspectors at staff at the department of building inspection. that exceeds the minimum number of one that was re

intersections are huge; when there is a green light, it takes most of the time for walkers to get by; traffic has little time to get through. i forget which street, church crosses market, there is a right turn, green arrow only for that; makes a lot more sensethe traffic goes in the pendant of the traffic going up on marketfinally, the people there may be the least impact. always good to be that way. we need to look at that. in terms of this particular pd &a it is adequate but i will have comments on the project itself. >> commissioners there is a motion on the floor for upholding the preliminary mitigated negative declaration denying the appeal. (voting) the motion passes unanimously. commissioners you are now item 11 a and b. case 2012.0110c and b, 2175 market st., commissioners considering the request for use authorization. considering the request with a variance. >> good afternoon michael smith planning department staff. you have before you the project that 2175 market street. 44 off-street parking spaces. a portion of which would be occupied by a yet to be determined restaurant u

lewis simmens opposes it, jay walker is in favor of it. thank you both for coming in, we appreciate it. we're going to show a couple of the ads, before we do that, delegate walker, let me ask you generally speak why are you in favor of question seven? >> first of allowing the people to vote on it. then once you establish that, then you ask yourself, if you fundamentally have a problem against gaming which which are there are some people, they have the right to vote no. you have others that are in favor of gaming and they're saying if we can increase the business tax, why allow $500 million to go out of state when you can keep the money here, help out our schools and roads, help out the needs of the citizen. they have an opportunity for vote for it. if you are against it like delegate simmens is, you can vote no, but the same time, if you think there's some good out of it, you should do it. the only disturbing thing is making itself cloudy. >> delegate simmens, why are you opposed? >> the the fundamental reason is this is a clever deception

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walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorableayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileen lee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascar, mr. victor flores, from the consulate of mexico and (inaudible) from mongolia and the honorable barbara (inaudible), honorable consul from the swazi republic. i would also like to recognize the honorable senator mark

. >> are you talking about the dog walkers? >>> yes, the dog walkers. i am a professional dog walker, dog care, i do other things, pet sitting, boarding as well. and i just felt that i had no place to have my voice heard. the local dog organizations ban businesses that have other people working for them to join the organization. so, sf dog pro dog, echo dog, i haven't been able to be a member of. i'm active in marin where i don't live. and i really would like to have a voice within the dog community. i studied economics. i've taken many dog behavior classes with the spca with the humane society, and i've worked one on one with many dog trainers here locally. i've also taken courses with dog tech and company called pet tech. i'm very interested in dog care and in the dog community. i hope to be present for this position. >> thank you. >>> okay, thank you. >> we next have zachary marks and then susanna russo. >>> hello, supervisors. thank you for having me here today for this appointment hearing. let me introduce myself real quickly. my name is zach marks

because governor walker's solution is not a general solution. okay. so there's a second approach, and that is the democratic approach, and this is this new thing that's happened symbolized by democrats for education reform whose efforts i totally applaud, and and i really admire joe for the work that he's done over the last several years. so, look, what's been happening is that there's been a ferment within the democratic party. it used to be that there was this strict alliance between the unions and the democrats, and the democrats just carried the water for the unions. and really couldn't be aggressive advocates for disadvantaged kids who are their constituents. and groups like the democrat -- well, the democrats for education group stood up and said we aren't going to take this anymore. we are going to represent the kids, and we're going to challenge the unions. we're going to take them on. and president obama and arne duncan did it with race to the top, right? they pushed reform in a direction that unions didn't want to go, and their democrats. th

and for governor walker we had a huge debate over the recall of governor walker.nd jobs were center to that debate but the bottom line is that sort of somewhat sluggish job growth, some positive trends in manufacturing but nothing that would i think either disqualify the president or ensure his reelection. host: looking at individual people in wisconsin, how does the state breakdown when it comes to republicans, democrats and independents? guest: we don't have registration by party. it is a swing state that's why we're talking about it. it's voted democratic in every election since reagan was on the ballot. it's misleading because it's close to where the country is as a whole. it was the closest state in the country in 2004. it was even closer in 2,000 than it was 2004. but you had this blow out victory for president obama in 2008. democrats have tended to dominate the u.s. senate elections but we had a big republican tiedle wave in 2010. if they win the senate seat this november, it will be the first time since the 1950's we've had two republican senators so it's

won by a bigger margin, governor walker did, than in his first race. so we have a lot of momentum here. a lot of it right now is making the final sale, but also turnout here in wisconsin. republicans said we have probably -- not probably, we do have the best ground game we have had in wisconsin in my 25 years of working politics here. we have 25 offices opened statewide. we have hit 2.6, almost three million doors. almost three million calls. we have had hundreds of thousands of doors. we are organized here in wisconsin like we never have been, and we come in with momentum after governor walker's successful recall. so we are feeling pretty good. host: as far as the state itself is concerned, are there areas of the state where you are concentrating on over others? >> here in wisconsin a good share of the vote is kind of between the green bay to milwaukee to madison triangle. that's about 70% of the state's vote. so oftentimes presidential candidates, on both sides, focus on that area, but we have active campaigns in all 72 counties. republicans generall