again, i want to think supervisors wiener and campos for inviting me here. also want to let knowledge the efforts of the lgbt community and all of those cbo's that do work daily, delivering services and to the committee. so, again, thank you. [applause] >> good morning, and thank you all for being here. i am district are preferred democratic leader nancy pelosi. she cannot be here today, but she did ask me to come to share some words and to express her data gratitude to mayor ed lee for his continued and outstanding leadership and continued commitment in the fight against hiv and aids. and also to supervisors winner, campos, and olague for all the work they're doing, the mayor is fantastic that, director of public health, thank you. thank you. she also wanted me to express her deep gratitude to all of the members of the community of hiv/aids service providers, some of whom are represented today, some we have lost in the last few years, but for their ongoing commitment in the fight against hiv/aids. here is leader pelosi's statement. "the fight against hiv/ai

[applause] >> i want to thank mayor lee and supervisors wiener and campos for inviting me to participaten this action today. it is my first action as a supervisor, a member of the board of supervisors. i am very proud to be here as part of that, as part of this effort. i have worked extensively with low-income tenants in san francisco. i have worked with the seniors and people living with disabilities. i have seen, also, folks who are able-bodied have, you know, reach points in their life where they are no longer able to work, due to the devastating impact of this disease. it is unconscionable that we can do all that we can to make sure the people who are suffering from the impact of aids still have some ability to access the senate quality of life housing and health care. i first moved here in 1982, and that was really at the very beginning of this devastating disease. and i had many friends that i lost, as we all have here in san francisco. many of my friends i lost in the 1980's. i remember one year we were having thanksgiving dinner with friends, and is started out with 10 of us at t

supervisor olague: thank you to supervisor wiener and campos for giving me the opportunity speak tonight. i'm used to being on the side. members of the shack collaborative, which is the senior housing action collaborative. one of the issues we have raised is the time centered around the condition of seniors who are aging in place, particularly those who live in single room occupancy hotels. what i was funny when i was working as a senior advocate network advocate, it was impossible to find immediately available housing for people who were trying to transition from homelessness into housing or or in homes that were may be rent- controlled places 20, 30 years, had been here since the 1970's, 1980's. we have a lot of that that kind of prohibits what we can do sometimes locally, but we have lost a lot of folks to evictions and things in the past few years. what we found that was most of the housing that was immediately available was affordable housing and single occupancy hotels, so we started looking at the conditions there and the quality of life and the circumstances of the people who res

wiener: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor kim: no. >> there are six aye's and five no's. president chiu: to the motion to continue. >> to refer back, a little articulation, there is nothing that we are referring back that needs to be in the charter. just to inform my vote, there is nothing in this measure that needs to be in the charter. the law as it currently stands allows us to rank as many candidates as we want. it is just adding verbiage of the charter. supervisor campos: with respect to the voter education peace, supervisor elsbernd, that is something we have been working on with the city attorney's office. it is my understanding that if we want a voter education plan to come before the board of supervisors for an actual approval of the plan, it would have to be an amendment to the charter because as it presently stands, it is entirely up to the department of elections to decide what that looks like. and the reason that we include this wa

supervisor wiener, you asked to be re-referred? supervisor campos? supervisor campos: many of the streets are named after european cities, like paris and madrid. munich. one of them is edinburg. i am not quite sure how to pronounce it. seemed like when the language was drafted, it was edinburg, without the age at the end. i am putting in a resolution that would change the street name from edinburg without the age to edinburgh with the h. we will still have the option of renting or mispronouncing it correctly. that is one item for introduction. the next is in except and spend item for the clubhouse in the amount of $710,000. i am happy to be ushering this through for a park that is very worthy of recertification. the rest i shall submit. supervisor farrell: today i remain incredibly excited about the america's cup coming to san francisco. i think it will be a great thing for our city and waterfront, and for all the spectators. but i am disappointed today for the port in san francisco, for all san franciscans. i think that we lost a golden opportunity

wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu:er cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> item 15, authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission. the cash management and baking services request and four proposal. supervisor campos: this goes back a couple years with the fair lending and working group, looking at the way it doesn't banking to try to leverage and insure greater support they encourage the treasurer to look at how they can promote the investment policies to leverage a better accountability for banking as well. also, we have a hearing back in october that led to the establishment of this resolution as well. back in october, we had the occupy movement installation over at the plaza. one of the big issues is about the financial institutions and about our issue specifically around foreclosures in california, the bay area, and san francisco. san francisco doesn't quite have the same kind of recognition as the central valley, having the forec

wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chu,i, aye. supervisor to, aye. supervisor aye -- supervisor elsbernd, aye. >president chiu: with regards to this item as amended, madam clerk, is your suggestion we send this back to committee? >> mr. president, it would be fine to return it to committee. we would wait the 30 days for the ethics commission to return the report to the board. of course, public comment could be taken. is that required on this report? >> public comment would be taken when it comes back. if you refer to committee you should refer to the ethics commission where it will have a 30-hole. >> we will refer it immediately. >> i was -- wrsupervisor chu: thank you. president chiu: supervisor kim has made a motion to refer this back to the rules committee. is there a second? supervisor wiener. can we refer this without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. on item 23. supervisor kim: i would like to re-refer this to committee. president chiu: any discussion? >> supervisor campos: i wanted to make the point i am happy that we have

supervisor campos: ok, so we have a motion to continue. supervisor wiener: send it back to plans and programs to the call of the chair. supervisor campos: we have a motion in the second. i want to thank all members of the public who have been waiting for this item, and thank you to commissioner wiener and his staff for making this a priority. can you call item number 10? >> number 10, introduction of new items, information items. supervisor campos: colleagues, do you have new items you like to introduce? is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? the seeing none, public comment is closed. please call the next item. >> item 11, public comment. supervisor campos: an opportunity for members of the public to speak on any item that is within the jurisdiction of the commission, but it is not on the agenda today. is there any member of the public like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 12, adjournment. supervisor campos: before we go, i want to thank the members of the sfgtv staff who have been covering the meetin

wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, no. supervisor elsbernd. aye. president chiu: motion to refer back to committee passes. on march 20 which is the date we have sent the american cup items to three members of our board will not be here on that day. what has been proposed is that we rescind those boats and schedule the items for the 27th of march. with that information, i would like to entertain first a motion to rescind the boat with regards to item 26. supervisor chu has made the motions -- seconded by supervisor campos. i would like to entertain a motion right now. we had passed the march 20 date. i would -- motion made by supervisor chu, seconded by supervisor farrell. let me ask for -- there are members of the public would like to speak on this rescheduling. seeing none, public comment is closed. with regards to the motion as amended. to amend this to march 27. madam clerk, would you take the role? >> supervisor farrell, farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor al-radhi, aye. supervisor wiene

supervisor olague: along the lines of what supervisors wiener and campos were saying, it seems that we couldn't work with the department of aging and adult services and actually provide a series of training for all of those agencies that are receiving funding. it was useful for us that we had a series of training from the transgender lost institute, and they came in and give us some training, and it was informative and useful. i think definitely health-care providers should be included in this, but beyond that, it should just be folks who are receiving money through daas to deal with the public. maybe as supervisor campos said, there is a way of mandating that, but it is certainly something to look at. >> we can mandated at dph. supervisor wiener: thank you. we are about to get to public comment. first, we have a three-minute video, and then we will get right into public comment. supervisor farrell: just to remind everyone, we do have an overflow room, room 250, for those of those -- for those of you who are standing. if you want to go to the overflow room. ok, we're getting filled up.

wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. >> four aye's, seven no's. president chiu:motio motion fail. on the motion to continue. >> to send back to committee. president chiu: sorry. roll call vote. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> there are 11 aye's. president chiu: the motion passes. it is now 3:38, i would like to move to a special order because we have a lot of guests to help us celebrate as we do every year, a wonderful celebration of black history month. to celebrate leadership and our community and a community that has a wonderful history, a set of amazing contributions to san francisco. each of us has nominated an individual in our district to a knowledge. since we usually change of the order, i would propo

wiener: no, mr. chair. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. roll-call on item five. >> [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: please call item six. >> item 6. award a two-year consultant contract to fehr & peers, in an amount not to exceed $165,000, for planning services for the balboa park station area circulation study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. > commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that item same house, same call? the item passes. please call item seven. >> item 7. award a two-year consultant contract to arup north america limited, in an amount not to exceed $318,000, for planning services for the 19th avenue transit corridor investment study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions.

but i have been talking with members of the board, and i really want to thank supervisor wiener and supervisor campos supervisor olague for joining me today for this announcement. i said earlier through the year that i always have to watch out for what is not occurring, but that the state level and at the federal level. one of those challenges has been fiscal. we're not hearing very good news. one of those news items that i was fearful of was lynnette supercommittee that congress created to try to come together and make an agreement with all the different parties, cells in their objectives, our cities across the country were hurt by that. one of those programs that we value so much that our leader pelosi has been at such a stalwart leader in in helping our city is our aids funding. i want to take this opportunity to thank leader pelosi for all three years commitment on this. she has showed us the way time and time again how valuable this program has been, how remarkable, world-class standards that our public health department in our community service providers have had in creating and sustaining an e

wiener to vice chair. [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: congratulations. mr. vice chair, would you like to add any words? commisioner wiener: thank you for your confidence. i look forward to working with all of you. we have so many challenges in our transportation system, making sure we have adequate funding for muni, implementing the transit affected this project, that we are working with local communities on pedestrian safety improvements, safe routes to school, and other important projects that we take on, and we also have to keep on working regionally to make sure high-speed rail to the transbay terminal it becomes a reality. i am very excited to take on this additional responsibility and i look forward to working together. thank you. commissioner campos: please, item six. >> item 6. allocate $14,869,901 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for the central control and communications integrated systems replacement phase 1 project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule, and amend

elected officials like scott wiener and david campos also attended a very large community meeting att. james' church with us. there were approximately 300-400 residents, concerned citizens, saying that they were scared. we want to help you, what can we do to assist you? it was very encouraging, it was a delight to work with these individuals. the bonds that were made just in the neighborhood, and neighbors getting to know neighbors during this incident, it will probably last a lifetime. we wanted to ensure that during this investigation that there would be no additional attacks, no additional crimes committed like this. obviously, we had that area highly patrolled by uniformed and plain-clothes units at all times. we had to ensure the safety of the victim during this period the particular suspect was . the suspect was arraigned and convicted on several counts of assault and robbery. we utilized svthe svu to bring a very violent sexual predator into custody. we have an excellent working model for these types of cases. our third phase for the svu development, we want to continue to dev

campos: if i could ask commissioner farrell to chair this portion of the meeting. commissioner farrell: colleagues, do we have any other nominations? commisioner wiener: i just wanted to speak in support of commissioner kim's nomination of commissioner campos. he and i have worked closely together over the past year on many transportation issues, particularly at the mtc, but elsewhere as well. although we do not always agree on everything, we have developed a close working relationship on these issues and will be supporting the nomination. commissioner farrell: thank you. commissioner cohen? commissioner cohen: i would like to nominate commissioner wiener for vice chair. commissioner farrell: i think will hold off on my chair until we finish the chair voting process. commissioner avalos: i just wanted to speak in favor of commissioner campos' nomination to chair the transportation authority. i am a firm believer in his integrity and his great work, working in regional bodies, working with the mtc, golden gate, bridge authority. i think he will bring a great deal of knowledge to the transportation authority. we all work well collaborative lee with sup

wiener? aye. supervisor avalos? aye. supervisor campos aye. supervisor elsbernd? ay.e e. there are 11 aye.s president chiu: the motion is approved. supervisor cohen: i have made a motion to rescind. president chiu: without objection, the vote is rescinded. if we can rescind item number two. madam clerk, can the do the first item? -- can we do the first item? >> we would have to take the roll call. president chiu: let's do it on item number one. >> item number one. supervisor avalos? aye supervisor campos? aye president chiu? supervisor chu? supervisor cohen? supervisor elsbernd? supervisor farrell? supervisor kim? supervisor mar? supervisor olague? supervisor wiener? there are 11 ayes. president chiu: that motion is approved. item number two supervisor: cohen. supervisor cohen: may i read it? -- >> may i read it? motion appointing monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena, terms ending january 6, 2016, to the small business commission. supervisor cohen: i would like to extend this for one week to allow the supervisor -- to allow ms. white to contact my items -- my colleag

so with that, i am incredibly grateful and thankful to mayor lee, supervisors campos, wiener, and olague from saving us from had to make this difficult decisions for the next few months. there are more people living with hiv in san francisco now than there have ever been, and yet, we have fewer federal resources for the services that we know are needed. it has been going down for the last 15 years. federal funding is half of what it used to be, despite the best efforts. state funding for a chevy services has entirely evaporated, and health care reform is at best an unfunded mandate right now. we have to go back to where we were when the epidemic started in san francisco set the model for the nation in the world in stepping up and taking care of people here in san francisco. we are a city of compassion and justice, and we are willing to use our resources to take care of people here in san francisco, even when other governments are not living up to their responsibilities. this is san francisco stepping up to assure the people living with hiv continue to get the services and treatment that

supervisor campos: supervisor wiener, i know we have a board of supervisors meeting that is coming up. unless there is in its aborted the presentation, maybe we can open it up to public comment. but i do think it is really important for the ta to play that role and make sure they analyze every option, including those that may not seem as good or viable options on the service. i think is a good to have that information. thank you for raising that suggestion. i think it makes a lot of sense. unless there is anything else, let's open that up to public comment. any member of the public who would like to speak, please come forward. again, i would like to thank supervisor wiener and his staff. >> commissioners. some six months ago i was in washington, d.c., and as part of my deliberations over there, i met some key people who were not in favor of the light rail. and i made statements to this effect, and i know mr. jose, you like to smile, and i caught you smiling. so let's keep smiling now with the further information i am going to give you. we put all our eggs in one basket, thinking the d

. >> i want to thank supervisor campos, supervisor wiener and supervisor olague for having this meeting and thank you, supervisor elsbernd for sticking through a period of want to congratulate supervisor olague. i am with pride at work that works with lgbt writes in employment. i want to know to as an openly transgendered per cent this is something that needs to be explored. their unemployment rates, high unemployment rates even in san francisco in the transgendered community. also at on issues around discrimination around age. i would be interested in looking at what the une

secretary: [roll call vote] supervisor wiener, supervisor avalos, supervisor csmpos, -- campos. e are 11 ayes. president chiu: that is adopted. if we can go to roll call. secretary: supervisor farrell, you are first. supervisor chu. supervisor kim you are first. i am sorry. supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: madam clerk, today i am submitting a revised version of legislation that consolidates and simplifies the existing eating and drinking definition in the planning code that reduces the existing definitions of restaurants, cafes from 13 to 3. the distinguishing characteristic would be historically most volatile, namely the sale of alcohol, and we would have three categories. one with out limited sales would be limited. with wine and beer would be simply a restaurant, and then a full liquor license would be classified as a bar. our current definitions are so convoluted and complex that it discourages people from actually starting businesses, and so this legislation, which supervisor olague is a co-sponsor on, it will move us in the right direction, so i just want to have a ver