president chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee mr. president, all members are present >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. clearances we have our february 11th board of meeting minutes motion by supervisor mar without objection those are approved >> are there any compulsions. >> no one. consent calendar 1 through 8 those are the items to be severed if any member obtains >> roll call on consent calendar. >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. there are 11 i's. next item. an ordinance to amend the administrative code for the public utilities commission are considered local in the local hiring policy projects located within 70 miles of the jurisdictions of san francisco >> colleagues, same house, same call? . this ordinance

. >> supervisor wiener president chiu had something to add. >> i hope the mayor's office will be here soon but the general funds would be subject to a competitive rfp process that will be managed through his office it will be managed that way. >> mow low administer it but in terms of the subject matter for the other 2 and a half million stiletto chair to supervisor kim is that any subject matter any nonprofit in any subject matter other than arts and we've not limited the scope. >> but 2 million almost half of it is for arts. >> that was made by supervisor avalos. >> i'm supportive supporting our arts organizations that are really struggling but i'm not - i don't know totally understand why half of the provision go to one organization while other youth organizations that are also struggling. and then just two final things one question when this comes back from budget reserve will that go to the 5 percent budget committee or the 2 percent >> that is a question for supervisor farrell. >> and then my final question is i'm wondering and understand it would be inappropriate for us to decid

president chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our meeting minutes from our january 28th board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> could you read our consent agenda? >> yes. items 1 through 12, the consent calendar are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> supervisor yee? yee a

chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos no. mr. president, there are 10 eyes and one no >> this ordinance is passed on one reading back to item 12 madam clerk. >> item 12 is an organized to authorize the office of the city administer to expend a $440,000 grant from the rockefeller organization and amending the salary ordinance for one grant position at the office of the city administer. >> on item 12. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. there are 11 i's. the ordinance is passed on the reading from >> supervisor campos. >> yes. i'd like to go back to the special order resend the vote and ask for a new vote. >> seconded by supervisor breed. let's take a roll call vote on item 25 >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos. no. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. no. there

wiener. from district 8 to district 7, supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. today i am honoring an outstanding individual in district 7. her name, kate baletti. the thing this year's honoree has mentioned by several people celebrating women of character, courage, and commitment. and i really could not think of no better person in district 7 that fits this description than kate. as everybody knows, in san francisco really what makes san francisco our neighborhoods and with people like kate that build neighborhoods. so, for me it's a definite important thing because i grew up in san francisco. kate is a native san francisco and it's good to have people that have this long, long-term commitment to make the city a great city even greater. as a san francisco native and a long term resident of district 7, kate is active in numerous neighborhood, community services and nonprofit organization. she currently serves as the president of the west ward park homeowner's association. kate envisioned a vibrant and successful ocean avenue as a unifying force that really knits

president chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener not present. supervisor yee? yee not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. colleagues, a couple of quick things before we do the pledge of allegiance. first i want to swish supervisor john avalos a happy 50th birthday. secondly could i have a motion to excuse supervisors wiener and yee? motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection they shall be excused. [gavel] >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, if you could please join us in the pledge of allegiance. >>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our february 4th, 2014 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communication? >> there are no com

chiu? mr. president? >> i'm sorry. aye. >> 12 aye, chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on first reading. [gavel] >> colleagues, why don't we now go for a moment to a 2:30 special commendation that supervisor campos will provide. >> great, thank you very much, mr. president. and it is my honor to call upon norman w.salcedo. if he can please come up to the podium. ~ thank you. thank you, mr. salcedo, for being here. and i also want to acknowledge that his family is here. they're in the chamber and it's great to see them here. it is my great pleasure and honor to recognize norman w. salcedo today for more than 30 years of work as an attorney, immigrant rights advocate, and philanthropyist here in the san francisco bay area. norman is a true pioneer in the legal profession. he was one of the very first mexican-american attorneys in the bay area, and now has become one of the most successful and well respected attorneys in the entire

president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang in tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. there are 10 ayes. >> those resolutionses are adopted. [gavel] >> and, colleagues, madam clerk, could you call item 35. >> item 35 is a motion authorizing preparation of written proponent and opponent ballot arguments and rebuttal ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at the june 3, 2014, consolidated statewide direct primary election. >> colleagues, just want to note on this item for the first ballot measure, it would indicate that i would manage the proponent arguments and i want to ask if there is anyone who would wish to control the opposition argument to the waterfront development height increase initiative. okay, there is none. i'd like to entertain a motion that we delete lines 17 through line 24 on page 2. can i have a motion to that effect? motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor yee. any objection to that? without objection, supervisor campos has a question. >> a question. so, this is the ballot initiative to which [speaker not understood] wer

president chiu. i also want to thank my colleagues supervisor kim and supervisor avalos for pushing in piece of levengs forward. i also appreciate supervisor wiener's comment about the engineering piece. i won of the things i've seen in the last few weeks is the enthusiasm of not only the public and the organizations and the people in this chamber but also in the departments coming together and, you know, trying to get ahead of the curbing i curve to move past those things. i deeply appreciate that. and i think if any city is going to be to accomplish this it's san francisco. one of the things i want to remind ourselves whether it's two years from now we're enthusiastic about this issue we need to keep on being enthusiastic because it could easily disappear. so thank you very much >> thank you colleagues i wanted to audio i want to thank everyone for they're working on this and show our dedication and that being said any final commen comments? >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos. commissioner chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. there ar

president david chiu: thank you. the proposition placed this on the battle -- ballot, this is a measure overwhelmingly passed by voters and i have a cosponsor as supervisor wiener for the implementation and reduce the heavy burden that our residents and country faces from pharmaceutical drug prices. the united states spends more on pharmaceutical drugs than all of our country. even though the law addresses major problems with this. the issue of high cost is left untouched. to keep up with our cost, the department of public health has reduced by 25 percent over the last 5 years. we are paying $23 million of taxpayer money while drug manufactures have made billions of dollars in profits. these are tax dollars going to our schools and making our neighborhood safe. but unfortunately even our residents that have good coverage are spending this money on medications. there are a lot of complicated issues that under lie why drug pricing is so high. there are a couple things that i would like to note that i have certainly explored with city staff on this issue. we have very little transparency on the prices set not only with drugs but also prices paid by the city and co

president david chiu: thank you. the proposition placed this on the battle -- ballot, this is a measure overwhelmingly passed by voters and i have a cosponsor as supervisor wiener for the implementation and reduce the heavy burden that our residents and country faces from pharmaceutical drug prices. the united states spends more on pharmaceutical drugs than all of our country. even though the law addresses major problems with this. the issue of high cost is left untouched. to keep up with our cost, the department of public health has reduced by 25 percent over the last 5 years. we are paying $23 million of taxpayer money while drug manufactures have made billions of dollars in profits. these are tax

president chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 11 ayes. >> colleagues, those items are passed. [gavel] >> >> and with that, could we go to our 3:00 p.m. special order, madam clerk. if you could call items 19 through 22 ~. >> item 19 through 22 comprise the special order -- >> supervisor campos? >> thank you, mr. president. i was wondering if we could go back to item 18. my apologies. >> okay. before we do the appeal. >> mr. president, that item has already been approved by the board. it is a resolution that was adopted. >> are you looking to rescind that vote? >> yes. >> okay, supervisor campos has made a motion to rescind item 18, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection, that item is rescinded. [gavel] >> supervisor campos. >> thank you. and my apologies, colleagues. this item was voted on right after the special recognition, but i want to take this opportunity to simply acknowledge that there are a number of peopl

president chiu? >> present. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? >> present. >> farrell present. supervisor kim? kim not present. supervisor mar? mar not present. supervisor tang? >> present. >> tang present. supervisor wiener? >> present. >> wiener present. supervisor yee? >> present. >> yee present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> all right. could you read the consent agenda? >> items 1 through 8 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on items 1 through 8. >> on items 1 through 8, supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar absent. supervisor tang?