supervisor avalos: i also want to thank supervisor weiner. this was the janitor's union i had worked for in the past. because i had worked for the same membership but a different leadership, i was still holding got a chance i could have a relationship with the leadership of local 87. i firmly believe in the mission of the union to support the janitors. i thank you for doing this resolution. supervisor kim: i also want to thank supervisor weiner for bringing this forward. it is in our district. i want to let colleagues know that our office has put in a phone call to the new vendor that we are contracting with to ask them to honor the displaced workers act, even though they are currently exempt from it, given their business size, in the hope we can continue to have workers in our building that we are currently employing. i am interested in looking for ways to explore, when we do purchase buildings, to see what we can do to ensure we are not lowering labor standards, but keeping them set or raising them. thank you very much. president chiu: any

weiner aye. avalos aye. campos aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: the motion is approved. >> item 21 is a motion confirming appointments and harry kim and herb cohn. supervisor chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> item 22 is a resolution confirming the appointment of florence kong to the city hall preservation advisory commission. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. >> item 23, resolution determining that the issuance of a tight 75 on sale general approval of liquor license to the unicorn pan-asian restaurant will serve the public convenience or necessity. supervisor chiu: the resolution is approved. >> item 24 is a resolution determining that the issuance of a tight 51 beer and wine club license to golden gate council of american youth hostels inc. will serve the public convenience. item 25 is a resolution authorizing the the poorman of public health to except and it's been a retroactive way -- the department of public health to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $402,596 from the university of califor

weiner pointed out to us moments ago. their facility is not an important symbol of our nations commit to peace but home to a wonderful training center to increase understanding in today's complex operations. . therefore getting access to our military leaders who are fighting abroad and i yield my time to the gentleman from new york. mr. weiner: the things we are doing on behalf of the department of defense. is the gentleman aware that in addition to the money i have identified here $135 million from d.o.d. and state department, that they already get grants to do that work. the money i'm seeking to cut is above that. is the gentleman aware of that? mr. jackson: i'm aware of that. this money is not wasted money but designed to provide our military officers and civilian sectors in different war zones in afghanistan and iraq with the opportunity to interact. this is not the responsibility of the pentagon. this is not what the pentagon does. so our military personnel on the ground having access to civilian sectors in society a

weiner. he had to leave. >> i know it is not you, but go ahead. >> it is me. >> this is a good design. and development is inevitable and necessary. having said that, how and by whom are the questions. first of all, specifics. there needs to be a large capital outlay before the project even starts regardless of transportation most importantly and so forth. there is no means in which the developer can undertake this, and no means set up for the process to occur. i suggest redevelopment because you get 1% back in terms of tax increments. there is not a sufficient analysis to deal with the alternatives to make the necessary improvementses. two, recommended by the state for survivability. that does raise the costs. it needs to be considered. not just because we don't have a code, but because it is needed, and because we are a quarter of a mile from the san andreas faults. those gas lines will be impaired because that earthquake will occur within the next six to 10 years. we're talking about a 6.9

scott weiner wants the city to offer food vouchers to people turning in bottles and cans. weiner says offering grocery store credits instead of cash can improve communities. >>> and san francisco is trying to come up with a plan to entize facebook to san francisco. >> reporter: a bigger plan is in place. city officials hope twitter will help transform this blithed san francisco neighborhood. >> the money right now has been so tight. it's going to take some very wealthy people to develop it. >> this is our opportunity to really bring an anchor in that will really change. >> reporter: san francisco city leaders presented a plan for twitter to develop the area. city officials want twitter to take over the block long marked building. the hopes is that other business will follow and fill the area. >> twitter today has 350 employees, their expectation by the end of year is over 600. and in two to three years it is up to 3,000 employees. >> reporter: talks with twitter also focused on public safety and public transit. >> there is a bus line that they wanted to see happen with num

my name is herbert weiner.m a retired city employee, a san francisco native, and a member of the retirement system. negotiations are presently in motion for pension reform, which potentially impacts city retirees and active employees. significantly, no retirees have been present at these meetings, despite the fact that these negotiations will severely impact them. the board should be aware of this inequity. it is appropriate to address it. city retirees who contributed to the likes -- to the life of the city should not be ignored, and should be at the table. we would appreciate the board acting on this issue. it is very important that this be represented. i do not want secret diplomacy affecting my pension. thank you very much. president chiu: before the next speaker, i want to welcome back rev. and former supervisor amos brown to our chambers. good to see you here. [applause] next speaker, please. >> i am a software engineer for about 15 years now. i have worked my entire life at start-ups. the first job i had

mirkarimi, present. >> weiner present. we have a quorum. commissioner mirkarimi: read item two. >> approve mendoza of the january 25 meeting. action item. commissioner mirkarimi: motion to accept minutes by commissioner campos and seconded by commission farrell. >> item two, commissioner avalos. >> aye. >> campos, aye. >> champion chu. >> kwlie. elsbernd, aye. roll call. >> there are eight eist, and it passes. commissioner mirkarimi: would you read items three and four? >> chair's report, item four, executive director's report. information items. commissioner mirkarimi: i have brief brief marks. this meeting will be brief. we had another busy month at the authority. there has been quite a bit of activity in sacramento as i am sure you have been hearing and reading about relating to transportation funding as the can he bait over the state budget continues. what we have seen so far in ferms of the governor's proposal is encouraging. the administration recognizes to the need to maintain funding commitments and the potential negative consequenc

supervisor weiner: 25. >> shall we take a roll-call vote on items 26 through 35?ervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor campos: -- supervisr cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 24 is a resolution opposing the sale of kusf's fcc license. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i want to reiterate that public access is an endangered species in the united states.

weiner of new york. the chair: pursuant to thed orer of the house of february 17, two 2011, the gentleman from new york, mr. weiner, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. che -- the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. weiner: to the great relief of those assembled, i don't intend to take the full five minutes. please contain your enthusiasm. the amendment i propose is one that i think both sides of the aisle will rally around. it's very simple. it limits any aid in this bill going to the kingdom of saudi arabia. why we would be provide anything aid to saudi arabia at all has been an internal mystery to me, given their propensity to exporting terrorists, given that they had exported 15 of the 19 homicide bombers on september 11, given that just in december when the wikileaks came out it was learned from a quote from the secretary of state that it's been an ongoing challenge to get saudi officials to treat terrorist funding as an important priority, ghaven saudis have textbook

supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: item 37? >> resolution urging the governor of california to protect proposition 10 county funding, urging a permanent diversion of 50% of all future prop. 10 revenues. supervisor elsbernd: can i ask to continue this item to our next meeting? president chiu: seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, this item will be continued for two weeks. are there any in the mornings for this week? >> on behalf of supervisor avalos, libyo cante and john ross. on behalf of president chui, jack baker. on behalf of the board, for the late carroll and marks. that includes the business for today. president chiu: we are adjourned for today.

my name is herbert weiner.retired city employee, a san francisco native, and a member of the retirement system. negotiations are presently in motion for pension reform, which potentially impacts city retirees and active employees. significantly, no retirees have been present at these meetings, despite the fact that these negotiations will severely impact them. the board should be aware of this inequity. it is appropriate to address it.

and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule.the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so happy to see all of you come to city hall to recognize this and to recognize the great work that pat williams is doing because about the stories that need to be told. and i, as my life becomes unfolding in front of a lot of other people you're going to hear about me and i want you to know there's a lot of part of the black community that has to do in my peam and gsh famed -- family and so i want to tell you a story. it's a true one. so when

supervisor scott weiner has also written a letter of support. that should be included as part of the materials which submitted today, if not in the original brief. we think all members of the community who were open to meeting with us. the people we met were welcoming, open-minded, and entirely respectful, even if it were a bit wary about the idea. but always treated it as a prospect. we would like to thank the following individuals and organizations. steve adams, president of the merchants of upper market. alan beach, president of the eureka valley neighborhood association and a member of our philanthropic advisory board. liz watty has been a pleasure to work with. we respectfully ask the commission to approve our application. we intend to be exemplary members of the community. president olague: we have a few speaker cards. i am going to limit it to two minutes. michael coehn alibi josh kramer and david goldman. >> can you hear me? my name is michael cohn. i am a resident at 246 sanchez street. he will be a neighbor. i am a homeowner. and have

contingent of 2000 chinese foreign nationals who are coming from libya in a few hours on a class 5 a weiner -- class 5 liner. more comfortable surroundings for them. an american catamaran when did it with -- landed in 2.5 days. they were exhausted. they were also told not to go near the windows in case of snipers. a lot of people will be quite dramatic and tired coming out today. >> thank you. the united nations has reported the ivory coast is on the brink of a civil war. forces loyal to the former president clashed with those two won last year's election. quite fearing for their safety, residents streamed out at the district. it is a city and territory controlled by the incumbent president. the those leaving top of gun battles and exclusions. >> you heard gunshots until four in the morning. you could not sleep. >> we are living in hell. we are tired. >> the unrest is spreading with gunshots reported in the capital. they tell i in the west is said to have been taken over. the former president is refusing to step down since november's elections. the u.n. and foreign leaders of one hand to ha