. >> supervisor weiner. >> supervisor yee. those pass and on the underlying discussion >> i did want to make some comments because of some concerns that have been expressed to my office about this particular item. the human services agency and other hope and city staff should will impaneled the community. the community concerns that have been expressed are valid and i respect their position and respect what sxhooen r supervisor cowen is being asked to do. i - we have a clear need for more shelter beds. and we are experiencing a disheartening wave of evictions. i've seen the statistics from the sheriff's department and people are ended up on the streets but especially now more than ever because there being a evicted. a huge number are african-american and they remain in the bayview and western edition where we have to provide support and services and provide save shelters. one of the concerns of many of the folks who from the homeless community has expressed concern about shelters. i want to make sure we don't move in a distrib

weiner? >> thank you, very much, mr. chairman and i appreciate the support. i called this hearing today to really shed public light on the significant funding and staffing challenges faced by animal care and control. and i wanted to do it outside of the budget season, once we get in the budget season, there is so much going on, and what ends up happening is some of our smaller departments, and functions even within larger departments, just really get swept under the rug, and once we are in the budget process and i think that this really deserves its own hearing. as we have seen, recently and i am glad that we are having more i think, dialogue about this on the board of supervisors and we saw this the other day with park patrol and we have very, very basic fundamental municipal functions that we as a city are simply not funding. and we have, we told the park patrol that we have almost no park patrol officers and dpw has been gutted in a lot of ways and we see in the animal care and control the

i >> staupg. >> i. >> supervisor weiner. >> i supervisor yee. 11 i see. it's topped >> next. >> this is extending the agreement with a note to exceed amount of 189 million. >> colleagues, same house, same call? . why don't we go back to our 3:00 p.m. special order i understand the appellant is here >> yes. mr. president. the appellant will have up to 10 minutes for their appeal and the members of the audience have 10 minutes and followed by the members of the public that wish to support the application up to 3 minutes >> so why don't i now ask the appellant if you'd like to make our presentation? and you can just pick the mike on our far right. perfect >> hi, when we originally asked for the appeal of the fee waiver we were under the impression the complete waiver of $16,000 would be inadmissible for tenant owners who were low income. according to the real estate lawyers paul and andy. so we employed for an appeal we're low income and don't have the monies to do - we had to borrow it. from after filing it i understand that i think that both of those lawye

>> aye. >> weiner? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> that item passes. >> the item passes. >> the last page? madam clerk, could you call the next item. >> chair's report, this is an information item. >> good morning, colleagues, we have a very full agenda today with presentations on the water front transportation assessment, under items 11 and 12 and a possible closed session under 13 to approve the director's objectivity and performance goals. november has been an exciting month in terms of supporting public discussions on multiple opportunity to help to shape and show up san francisco transportation system with the potential of the infusion of significant new resources. yesterday, i attended a meeting of a final meeting of the mayor's transportation, 2030, task force, where the co-chairs, and deputy city, and director spur, presented the mayor with the task force final report. commissioners weiner and chiu were also in attendance. as highlighted and to the presentation of this body last month, the recommendations include, a

. >> supervisor weiner. >> supervisor cowen. >> thank you very much. i actually wanted oh, that's okay. i wanted to ask the appellant which department are you calling or going into the office - please yes >> i don't remember the man's name andy referred me to jose but he was out of town so there was this time pressure. >> my question to the staff is there only one person that will be able to answer those types of questions. >> no, i apologize on behalf of dwp. if this would have been directed to me or gotten to my desk things would have been handled different. jorge is not the only person >> jorge oh, it's not a disconnect of communication. we need to correct who the point person is or the team of point people so the folks that are referring people who have questions that there being a referred and given accurate information >> absolutely consider it done. >> there was a woman who was helpful in joses absent can't remember here name. >> supervisor breed. thank you. >> there's not much we can do here at the board of supervisors unfortunately. and so i t

i was thinking about amending supervisor weiners resolution to have your brain photocopied. as supervisor weiner amply pointed out we all know if there's one person who knows the answer it's likely to be you. you've helped us deal with legal matter and trained entire generations of public advocates in the country your truly a lawyers lawyer. from my staff and i, we want to thank you for what you've done. i'd like to acknowledge supervisor campos. >> i want to thank you and one question remains who came first, the charter or buck i'm not sure but it's hard to imagine the city attorney's office without buck. it's not arguably the best municipal law officials office in the country it's because of the caliber of the folks. you know, the fact you have people like vince who will soon be going to washington, d.c. and vince i'm happy to help out. but i want to say to buck is i really appreciate everything you've done. you understand the charter and the codes better than anyone and i know that perhaps as a former deputy attorney i know that when i hear advise from you it's as sound a

supervisor weiner has made a motion and supervisor farrell a second >> i understand there might be a difference of opinion with this board of the grounds whether certainty appeals can result in the waiver of fees. i'm not sure who told you you have no case some people disagree and some agree with you but this week will give an opportunity to come up with a resolution that works with our timing and financial situations >> and we'll come back next tuesday. >> yeah. at 3:00 p.m. >> thank you very much. >> supervisor cowen. >> thank you. i actually was going to highlight would supervisor weiner said the defendant not being recommended. i got only pieces of the puzzle so it's hard to make a decision >> supervisor breed. >> mr. chair i don't understand why wore continuing it but those cases are being represented to the board and the comments made by the appellant. i'm trying to understand why wore continuing this in the first place >> let me suggest. >> couple you have options. colleagues, i need to take public comment if there are other people needing to speak but we could continue the wh

>> thank you, supervisor mar and supervisor weiner. i think that it was very, eye opening to hear, the presentation from our city department about just really how severely under funded we are for the department and while i do appreciate the comments from the folks from the sbca who offered their support, i think that today the focus of the hearing is not about how do we strip out some of the functions of our department it is really about how do we adequately fund it so that we can provide the services that they do which is licensing, and you know, dealing with lost pets and helping, you know, animals that need protection and responding to road kill, and dealing with animal behavioral issues and all of those things, i think that they really do belong in the municipal realm and i look forward to the conversations and the capitol needs and funding for more adequate facilities and so thank you, supervisor weiner again for this hearing. >> and i just wanted to add, also, that i appreciate so many issues brought up from officer john denny an

i arrest supervisor weiner. supervisor yee. there are 11 i's. with that, colleagues go to roll call. >> supervisor avalos your first for introduction. >> excuse me. my voice. i'm interrogating a draft charter amendment as we move toward the november ballot for transportation revenue and how revenue is spent we have on a equity framework. i want to thank any co-sponsors supervisor campos, kim and mar. san francisco is going through growth and literally transforming our skyline. it's clear to many we're not all sharing in the disparity. many people have falling far behind. more than ever city government must provide equity so san francisco's most vulnerable can have access to san francisco's growing prosperity. our local transportation system has fallen behind and our demands are greater than every whether you bike or reside muni from violation valley or get on the t line or stockton or the bus if china town or helpfully watch buses pass you by at presidio or at the outer sunset your deeply invested in our transportation system. there are folks wh

and i would like to thank my supervisor weiner, for initiating this conversation which i think is long overdue, and particularly germane now when it is not budget season. i am here today as a strong supporter of san francisco's animal care and control. and i am here to ask you to increase the funding for this chronically under funded and critically important city organization. as a vet, and a member of the commission of animal control and welfare, i believe that acc could do more good for more animals if it had additional field staff, and the resources to both develop and expand programs and to promote more adoptions. and as a coordinator my number one priority is to facility and encourage my glen park neighbors to plan for the next earthquake and include their pets. i am asking you to plan for the future, by building a new shelter before the next earthquake occurs. >> my family and many members of my family have adopted dogs over the years from acc and i have had the opportunity to sit in that lobby for about at least 20 times. and to use some gut language for a second, i am blown awa

and a special shout out to supervisor weiner who just joined us, i would like to first of all, would like to thank supervisor weiner who had the courage to push forward with the good samaritan law which allows the land lords to exercise the benevolent side to offer up the vacant units to the tenants that have been displaced by natural disaster whether it be a fire or a land slide. without the passage of that law, that allows very small rent control ravers to allow them to bring in the tenants we would not have been able to house the tenants that we have been able to house in the past year. there were 15 fire victims that came to us and out of those 15 we were able to house eight, i am going to read the land leders step forward. >> we speak cantonese. and mandarine and we get no money from this program. our land lords have donated over 48,000 in rent subsidies with no government assistance. okay? that was out of the goodness of their hearts. i want to speak about the renter's insurance. i think that we should move forward with that and we have all of the research done, in our leases,

. >> supervisor weiner and tang, if there are no other presentations, let's open this up for public comment. >> i think that before we get to the public comment, the one last statement is stevens from the animal welfare commission is here, and could speak for just a few minutes. and a brief statement and we will go to public comment. >> hi. >> good morning. >> animal care and control is a important agency for the animal and people as well. the under funded and they are under staffed yet they do a lot of good things in spite of all of that. there is so much more that they could be doing, if they were properly staffed and funded. for example, they could administer programs to peer shelter with the kids at the juvenile custody center and help the adult and youth, and more out reach to help to row exist with the wild life or a data base of abusers to keep them from adopting pets. and if they had adequate staff and added funding. acc is not just about animals people who abuse or neglect animals also often abuse and neglect children and spouses. and investigating all reports of animal abuse and n

wore pitting out a mess and i'll produced to say optimum co- sporpg supervisor weiner amendment. revenue raised that this measure would be used for would be distributed in a fair and a equal way. help inequality in our neighborhood. i think many of us are well known the campaign wool build will show many communities node help and wool - we'll utilize the resources that are created really help to prioritize the in qualities of neighborhood. 50 percent of the funds will go for nutrition. like school lunches and community based organizations like healthy incentives wore trying to transform corn stores and the other half would go to resources that focus on physical activities. this will be equally split between activities in and out of schools and rec and park department and the department of youth programs. so i'm expiated we have a growing consensus and i'm happy about the board collaboration wore building. i'm working with the anti hunger groups to known a hearing at our neighborhood service committee along with co- sponsor jane kim and norm you won't and this will be with the san

>> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> tang aye. >> and commissioner weiner? >> aye. >> and commissioner yee? >> aye. >> that item passes. >> next item, please? >> item 6, award 18-month professional services contract to s&c engineers ink in an amount not-to-exceed $450,000 for construction management support services for the folsom street off-ramp realignment project and authority the executive director to negotiate the contract payment terms and the non-material contract terms and conditions, this is an action item. >> seeing no commissioners on the roster, public comment, open on item six? >> and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment. and can we do the same house same call? >> and the item passes. >> next. >> item 7, increase the amount of cooperative agreement no, 4-2283, with the california department of transportation by $1,219,400, to a total amount not-to-exceed $2,035,000 for the yerbabuena island ramps project. >> nothing from the commission, public comment, and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment and we can do the same house same call? and the

i actually was going to highlight would supervisor weiner said the defendant not being recommended. i got only pieces of the puzzle so it's hard to make a decision >> supervisor breed. >> mr. chair i don't understand why wore continuing it but those cases are being represented to the board and the comments made by the appellant. i'm trying to understand why wore continuing this in the first place >> let me suggest. >> couple you have options. colleagues, i need to take public comment if there are other people needing to speak but we could continue the whole matter and again go through the whole process next week. i really want to ask the board for feedback. i think supervisor breed was suggesting we hold the entire hearing next week but, however, people see fit. supervisor farrell >> i think the appellant might want to explore another venue but it strikes me to everyone why don't we have dwp work off-line and sorry everyone for this happening and you have to be here. just trying to work it out and it won't be before us next week but the sooner we stop talking the better off we are g

tang, present and weiner, present >> we have a quorum. thank you very much. call item number two. >> colleagues are there anything that on the calendar that you would like to sever. seeing none, and i would like to open it up to the members of the public to ask them if they have any items that they would be interested in severing, seeing none, could you... >> item three. >> sure, we have number two. passed it, thank you. >> thank you, i will read the next item. >> number four. >> the update with 2013, and 2014. and this is an information/action item >> mark is unable to make it here today but i am going to provide a quick overview of the legislative as well as the memo of providing a look ahead for the next session. and ab, 11, 12, which is the legislation that has been highlighted previously in the executive director's report but it has to do with reconciling the authority's statutes with regard to the sales tax caps with the rest of the congestion across the state and so that passed, i think on the last day of the session and i am happy and grateful to the

rob ford is like toronto's own anthony weiner.ng, new york didn't vote for anthony weiner for mayor. how did this guy get into office? what do we know? >> he comes from a canadian political family. they're worth an estimated $100 million in a food labeling company. they have a lot of money. and just earlier this week, the city council up there in canadia voted for a special investigation into him. you can't look away from it. it's like a train wreck. he makes anthony weiner look -- i don't want to say normal. >> he makes him look tame. >> that's right. >> leave it to the canadians. kevin, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks, have a great weekend. >>> coming up, bill karins will be here. and a dream come true for a 5-year-old boy. >>> and your favorite fried food on demand. we'll tell you all about it coming up next. when you first see this? it looks kind of like a dancer? reality check: some 4g lte coverage maps don't really look like maps. seems like maybe... a bunch of berries. a witch-like shrew. this one fe

anthony weiner, do you think this guy is getting a pass because he's fat and jolly, that anthony weiner was unlikable and skinny? >> i once served anthony weiner where i worked. he was really nice. i was like, he looks really familiar, does he come here a lot this >> and you were staring at his crotch. >> i think he had a diet coke. >> that's boring. >> i know what you're saying about rob ford. you know, he is jolly looking. he's probably jollier with the booze and the crack. >> that's true. >> i think he looks like he has gout. >> this is not going to end well for him. >> he's not jolly. he threatens to beat up staff and stuff like that. he's more bully than jolly. you are being reverse fattest. >> we've got to take a break. coming up, i will talk with brad pit, not brad pitt, my neighbor with one t. but first, we'll find out how it got there and why i'm suddenly itching. >>> they need lessons in luker. this week, britain's prime minister called for capitalism to be taught in schools. david cameron said he wanted a fundamental change in attitudes to making bank and did it with a deligh

. >> herbert weiner. >> mr. weiner ?oo . >> herbert weiner. by and large i support the spirit of what is being done. i think you should crack down on people using them illegally and use whatever methods you need to do this. but i have a problem with charging for parking. it will raise reverend gnaw for mta and maybe a political deal was struck where you would implement these changes you have parking. if you wanted to be equitable, you would go after the bicyclists which has president been done to date. why go after one group? i have the feeling you are going after disadvantaged people for money and this is a form of fiscal bullying and in the back of my mind i ask the question, will they be taking candy from babies next and possibly selling the candy for revenue? i don't know, but i hope this is not true. i also think that given physical impairments maybe 4 hours is not a realistic limitation because people have medical procedures, they may have other pressing things. what if they go to school? that would be another thing and also be a physica

. >> thank you, very much >> i also want to thank tang and weiner for bringing this to the floor. >> i am a 36 year resident of san francisco and a volunteer for the past eight years at the san francisco, animal and control. and my thunder has been stolen. and so i will try to summarize, one of the things that i have observed for 30 years in san francisco i worked for one of staoet agency and working for that agency i had a lot of contact with the other city agencies and the thing that i have observed in the san franciscan , animal care and control, is the stewardship. and they should be commended for that and there is no flat in their budget and they operate as best as they can despite that. you >> the cat needed to have the teeth removes and they declined that cat, and put on death row and another one had stones and was turned down and another cat turned down. and i just, i am not and in favor of a group that cherry picks its animals especially bringing in animals from out of county, and in favor of being the only animal shelter in the city, thank you. >> i am actually an animal ca