i and an architect in san francisco. i reviewed the unborn little impact report for the parkmerced project, and this was based on the 1940's-era car planning a. more transportation, better bicycle paths, better -- there are missing amenities, such as community gardens, restaurants, coffee shops, etc.. potable water, consumption, and water reduction. it seems to me that by going through with this plan, park merced would be and out of date approached and creating a potential international model for urban sustained. thank you. president chiu: could you pull the microphone? >> i have lived in a lot of areas of san francisco. there really are not a lot of options for affordable housing. other young couples will of the bay area, we love san francisco and this represents a great place for us tuesday. it creates so many jobs and is sustainable. it creates a fantastic opportunity to revitalize a part of the city that is, frankly, very much in need of it, and i see no reason why this should not move forward. thank you. president c

that is what san francisco says. if a wheelchair, 25 inches, goes down the street and something comes the other way, -- i am just suggesting that other departments court made when you work on senior activities. i am also a vietnam veteran and am up for suggestions. maybe tap into the veterans administration to get senior housing for us older veterans. also, unions, the school district. we have buildings that can be converted. if you tap into unions and other things like that, there are other ways, churches, to get senior housing developed. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> council community housing organization. we are made up of 20 faith and community-based non-profit corporations and advocates for affordable housing. i just want to complement the staff in its comprehensive report and acknowledge, along with your staff, the principal and primary role of affordable housing in addressing senior needs in san francisco. i want to report to you that things are not good on that front. the removal of tax increment

county of san francisco. on behalf of the city and county, on behalf of all of us, bill, we thank you for your ownership, everything you did this year. we thank you for your leadership, your stewardship, and we congratulate you with this key representing the world champion 2010 san francisco giants. [applause] you have to make it someone's day every day, so we thought we may as well make it san francisco giants day. [applause] in closing, this town is going to need another mayor soon. i just have three words. fear the beard. thank you all. thank you, san francisco giants fans. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. now a few words from a man who may be completely out of words by now, but he is the managing general partner of the giants, once again, bill neukom. >> thank you. on behalf of the entire san francisco giants organization, thank you mayor, all of the good folks that worked for and with this city of san francisco, your corp., your sponsorship of this great day to celebrate the san francisco giants as wo

it is costly and difficult to do business in san francisco, to raise your children in san francisco. i would like a voice at the table to create policies that will minimize the stigma that san francisco is not a business- friendly city, minimize the stigma of that san francisco prioritizes the rights of dogs over children. we started walking down that path largely because of political ideology. it is less about politics. i want to have a positive impact on the city overall, specifically district 10, connecting it to the city. people have been left to defend for themselves. i am honored to have been elected to serve to be the next advocate for the next four years, hopefully the next eight years, to really protect, defense, and serve the residents of district 10. >> we will talk more about some of the issues facing district 10. before we do, i would like to know a little bit about what you learned campaigning for supervisor. talk to me a little about that experience. >> first, i learned that a lot of the conversations we have about our neighborhood and community happens in silos. we ha

we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san francisco. i think we are missing out on a lot of our diversity when young families leave our city. we need to do all we can to be mindful of the needs of young families in the city. we mentioned housing. schools are a big deal. but also being able to be flexible with transportation and children. >> what is happening with crime in your district? give me your thoughts on how you think the police are doing with respect to crime in your district? >> i think we are very fortunate in district two. we have a number of great police captains that oversee the stations that touched district two. richmond and northern are the two major police stations that touched the district. we do have a lot of crime in district 2. both crimes against individuals but also against merchants along our merchant corridors. chestnut. union in particular has been hit. fillmore and sacramento. it is a big deal. we also have the break-ins. we need to be very mindful that people keep their iphones and laptops out of sight. but

of power here in san francisco. i am so happy the board of supervisors came together to select an outstanding choice along many outstanding candidates to lead us over the next several years. >> over the past several months when this issue has come up, it had been agonizing. the board has been put into a difficult situation. there are a lot of differences of opinion on how to run the city, how to mass make a decision, who should be in place, 11 people to agree on that is a challenging thing. i think we have done the best we can do in the process, considering the difference of opinions. >> the people of san francisco can now choose their mayor, the direction they want to go. that is why this decision was so appropriate. >> the other big shock is that the moderates seem to have won this round. people thought, progressives have themselves on the board. there is no reason that they will not get together and take a noted leader who is a progressive to be interim mayor, and then stayed there for another term. the great thi

is san francisco and s.p.a. in support of cdfi's being established in san francisco? >> yes, we are. we were founded in 1999 with a small business loan. that is how we started our tenderloin office. >> opportunity fund is a certified cdfi, so we are providing a benefit to low and moderate-income communities. he is the city establishing support for new cdfi's? >> mark wanted to address that, in support of cdfi's in the city. >> we have a wealth of partners in the city. s.p.a. is just now rolling out a program for r -- will be the case by the summer. let me get one last point and on the question about relationships to lenders. the question was, do have to have an account with a bank in order to get a loan? may answer is no, but the real answer to it is certainly want to do that. one of the things we see as an important thing for you, as a small-business person to establish a relationship with a lender on a variety of levels before you look for funding. part of that is opening an account with them, letting a lender know about your business, understand your business, talk

san francisco law school. she co-founded and served as board president of people organizing for environmental groups, a grass-roots organization based in the mission district, in powering residents around a variety of environmental and economic justice issues. their first campaign led to the successful implementation of the childhood lead poisoning information act in 1991. she represented low-income communities of color disproportionately affected by toxic waste and advocated on behalf of low-income communities in the areas of health and environmental justice. she has got a tremendous record in the nonprofit social justice field as well. she was a senior program officer. she developed and managed various funding initiatives that led to millions of grand dollars being channelled towards youth development and organizing an empowerment, environmental and economic and racial justice initiatives, especially in poor neighborhoods, including and developing and providing funding. it is always a pleasure to see her in

francisco. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much. board of supervisors for this fantastic opportunity. i also want to make sure i thank the mayors that i've worked for that are standing with me. mayor brown, wonderful years working with you. i learned a lot. and i want to really thank you for the tutelage you've given me, for the guidance, the leadership you've given the city, really appreciate that. to lieutenant governor gavin newsom, you're bold, your ideas have inspired me to go beyond just the bureaucratic jobs that i've had and your lessons about not being fearful and taking risks have all been absorbed. thank you very much for your years. [applause] charlotte, you're going to be with us, aren't you? thank you very, very much for all yours years of service. and we hope that you will continue and help us out. to the board of supervisors, each and every one of you, i am ready to carry out the duties of this office and to do it in a way in which you will be proud. and to specifically supervisor d

african americans leading san francisco. i want to note who is in control -- african americans leave st. -- leaving san francisco. -- i want to know. president chiu: anymore public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. clerk calvillo: these items will begin acted upon by a single roll call vote. president chiu: colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of the items? if we could take a roll-call vote on items 31 through 34? clerk calvillo: [reading roll] there are 8 ayes. president chiu: those are approved, and the motion is adopted. [coll -- gavel] what i would like to propose is that we come back at 3:15, so we can take our 3:00 special order and hope for the role into our 3:30 special orders, so unless there is any objection, why do we not recess supervisor chiu: good afternoon. welcome back to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday march 15, 2011. i would like to move to our 3:00 special order. please call items 24 and 25. >> item 24 is a hearing of persons interested in the proposed emergenc

jerry, you are a true treasure to san francisco. for those of you who do not know gerry, she's the neighborhood activists of neighborhood activists. she serves for four terms for the neighborhood dwellers which is one of the moster fective associations in the city. she was the found turnover san francisco neighborhood network pulling together neighborhood associations across the city to fight for what is true and special about the characters of our neighborhoods. she's someone who's delivered time after time for our northeast neighborhoods. for example, she helped to rehabilitate pioneer park at coit tower. she fund raised the -- fund raised "the telegram hill." it captured the histories of doeses of italian americans living in north beach. she's someone who not only served as a leader and a board member of countless organizations like moist of the honorees today. but she's someone who has been a political force on her own. she won several elections to serve on our city's democratic party central committee. she's advised not just my

as we look at san francisco's economy and look at what employers are coming to san francisco and looking for, and try to make sure we have appropriate training programs to match those needs. i want to talk a few success stories and examples of how first source has played out. the first one is a lowe's home improvement project. this was a first source agreement that was required as part of the entitlement of that program, which came out of the planning commission. on the construction side of the building, we were successful in having over 44% of the total work hours performed by san francisco residents. 22% of that was from bayview hunters point. the end use jobs, the folks that have your-run jobs inside the building -- year-round jobs inside the building -- 115 residents from the surrounding area are actually employed. that was a very successful partnership between the employer, the city and young community developers we worked with. i wanted to give you a sense of one example. the other, mayor's office of housing. those are grants the come to this board for approval to develop. in that

>> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lieutenant

i m leader pelosi's district rector in san francisco. i've been with the for about nine years, and we are excited to put on this forum today to help people learn how they can access credit and capital for their small business. click background on some of what was accomplished in the last congress when later closing was speaker of the house. she had had 16 tax cuts signed into law to help small businesses grow and thrive. as we know, during the last 15 years, small businesses account for about 2/3 of the job growth in our country, but when the bush recession hits in 2009, 2010, small businesses were hit particularly hard. small businesses are the center of her agenda. congress under her leadership gave 27 million small businesses tax cuts. two main pieces of legislation -- the small businesses jobs act in the information you have, will create a total of 500,000 jobs and create eight tax cuts. they are all described in the packet you have. also, unleashing up to $300 billion in credit for small businesses to access. there are another eight

it will be in san francisco through may 2011. we hope you will come out to experience this amazing exhibition and great natural treasure. >> to learn more about the other habitats installations in the presidio, visit >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne fe

and for san francisco residents, in general. how the health service system can work to control costs and plans to control future cost increases, including the support of the launch of the affordable care organizations. we look forward to hearing from the director of the health services system, ms. undocked, who has done great work, and any other -- mcculloch -- ms. dodd, who has done great work, and any other. thank you. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor campos. supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: i just want to mention supervisor cameron. every time ago to one area, i think of him. as you begin to go into the tunnel. in the last few years, it has picked up, but i do not think it has been as fast as he would have liked it, and i think of his great work with the mta, and i will follow-up on president chiu's comments, and carmen, his wife, is just a wonderful person, and i have sympathy for her right now. the first four years -- few years at the board, there were, shall we say, board liaisons, who i knew, without even he

this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the first time in history, we have a chinese-american mayor. it is not only, i think, a recognition of asian americans, chinese americans, but of the contribution to the overall development to the city, and also, a vivid expression of the cultural makeup of san francisco which made the city so dynamic, strong and beautiful. ladies and gentlemen, the chinese counsel stands ready to work with you in the future to work and make san francisco -- as mere ly said -- the best gateway to china. i thank you for your attention and i wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year and a most enjoyable evening. to represent my best wishes, i have a proclamation to present to mayor ed lee. [applause] >> don't drop it, ed. >> thank you so much, general counsel. all of you are invited to a reception after the conclusion of this program. this event could not have happened without our sponsor this ev

. >> for more information about >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to

san francisco, as you probably know, is the nation's top recycler. san francisco recycles over 1.6 million tons of material in 2008, which is twice the weight of the golden gate bridge. we said less than 600,000 tons to landfill, which is our lowest the disposal rate on record. san francisco's success is due in part to the comprehensive easy-to-use programs we have set up with our partner, recology, and also the enthusiastic reception of the residence. but the enthusiastic success in policies enacted by the board of supervisors over the years that set up. the board of supervisors established a goal of obtaining 75% landfill diversion by 2010 and zero waste by 2020, which is critical to keeping us focused on the end results. we have exceeded our short-term goals, and we have reached a 77% landfill diversion rate. san francisco then enacted a construction and demolition ordinance that requires a version of materials from construction projects. we were also the first city in the nation to enact a mandatory composting and recycling ordinance, which requi

i am a 44-year resident of san francisco. i support cpmc's plans to rebuild its hospitals into an earthquake-safe citywide system of care. my family and i know cpmc from personal experience. all of my children and my grandchildren were born in the california campus. my ex-wife worked at the california campus for 10 years. on monday of this week, my daughter gave birth to my grandson and the california campus. [laughter] my daughter was first treated for type 1 diabetes at cpmc. all of her pregnancies are high risk, requiring the best possible care. from an old problem with as much to procedures like colonoscopy is, i depend on cpmc on monday of this week, my daughter gave birth to my 9 pound 12 ounce grandson. my daughter was first treated for type one diabetes at cpmc and of all of her pregnancies are high risk requiring best possible care. from an old problem of asthma to procedures like colonoscopies i depend on the cpmc doctors for my most important medical needs. i want any children and grandchildren and great grandchild

san francisco general patience increased to 10 days in 2010. this has conferred responsibility on law- enforcement and the police when they should not be alone in trying to resolve the conflict that is -- trying to resolve the conflict. that is all i have to submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you. the purpose of this press conference was to acknowledge that we were going to be prosecuting the two companies for illegal dumping for those of you who know what goes on in the southeast part of the city -- the have problems for businesses and private homes take contents of their business or their home and they dump them illegally on the street corner. that has grown to be a public nuisance. today, i am pleased to introduce legislation that will provide get another tool for the city in its ongoing fight against illegal dumping and in san francisco. the ordinance defines it as a public nuisance in places prohibited, on which this harmful activity is well within the -- within the activity

in san francisco, we have no assurances from sfpd that san francisco officers are not involved in this activity. one thing this report speaks to is the major concern. the chief did not need additional guidelines. he had won. -- he had one. >> good afternoon. thank you for having this conversation, particularly in light of everything happening across the country. i am the executive director of the san francisco-bay area office of the council on american islamic relations. i want to highlight the environment in which the conversation is happening. last month, the elected officials in orange county participated in what was labeled an anti-muslim protest. a few weeks ago, congressman peter king held hearings on the corporate -- corporation of muslims with law enforcement. things are coming to a climax. we have the opportunity to set an example and say that muslims are cooperating with law- enforcement. at the same time, that needs to be happening with respect for civil rights. i am asking you to endorse the report and set an example for the country as elected officials to say that in the w

jerry, you are a true treasure to san francisco. for those of you who do not know gerry, she's the neighborhood activists of neighborhood activists. she serves for four terms for the neighborhood dwellers which is one of the moster fective associations in the city. she was the found turnover san francisco neighborhood network pulling together neighborhood associations across the city to fight for what is true and special about the characters of our neighborhoods. she's someone who's delivered time after time for our northeast neighborhoods. for example, she helped to rehabilitate pioneer park at coit tower. she fund raised the -- fund raised "the telegram hill." it captured the histories of doeses of italian americans living in north beach. she's someone who not only served as a leader and a board member of countless organizations like moist of the honorees today. but she's someone who has been a political rce on her own. she won several elections to serve on our city's democratic party central committee. she's advised not just myse

we have 450 projects throughout san francisco. we have incentivized wisely over the counter permits so people can navigate the bureaucracy, a $98 fee, flat fee. we are developing projects in this city with minimum requirements for lead building standards. in fact we have a proposal that i will be presenting in front of our san francisco board of supervisors that says you want to build a commercial structure in excess of 50,000 square feet, you've got to provide minimum lead standards of construction. the reason we are doing that is we create an incentive a year ago to do that and everybody in order to get ahead of the queue in terms of the planning process is jumping in saying that's a no brainer of us because time matters more than anything else. so we are going to require it as a base line for doing business in the city and county of san francisco. that follows what we had already done and that is say we're going to spend the taxpayers money, we have got to provide those lead standards in terms of our libraries, reconstructing o

peter cohen i worked with for new strategies in san francisco. there is work that she has already done. i think it is important to recognize the work that she has done. i was also alarmed that charlie shamas was not put forward on the rules committee. it has been a strong voice for economic development and environmental justice. with community members, building the leadership, it is so necessary in the city with the economic downturn that has been working hand-in-hand with community members and has made the citizen's committee on community development a very meaningful experience for the community to take part in. in the past when there would be community meetings with cccd, they would have about two minutes for public comment with the work of restructuring the committee and having a stronger approach on community development. they opened it up for the community to actually take part and there to be dialogue on how the city will be responding with its community development work. it is not some much a cut-down approach, it involves the community i

african americans leading san francisco. i want to note who is in control -- african americans leave st. -- leaving san francisco. -- i want to know. president chiu: anymore public comment? seeing none,

we have had discussions about suspending service between san jose and san francisco. as we identified stations to close, we were looking at writer ship and revenue connections. some of the stations under consideration, bay shore, college park, south san francisco, hayward park, and santa clara. so, for 2012 we held a public hearing on march 3 where the board took testimony regarding a possible fare increase. a base fare increase of 25 cents was implemented on july 2. we talked about parking increases. currently it costs $3 per day. we talked about raising that to $4 per day. we also looked at reduction issues like staffing expenses. march 3, the board held a public hearing and declared a fiscal emergency as that hearing. a number of people testified and identified a series of possible sources to help balance the budget for fiscal year 2012, including accepting funds as repayment of the right of way. we also discussed possibly diverting capital funds and redirecting operating funds as well as seeking preventative maintenance. in terms of next steps, we continue discuss

key to the city of the city and county of san francisco. on behalf of the city and county, on behalf of all of us, bill, we thank you for your ownership, everything you did this year. we thank you for your leadership, your stewardship, and we congratulate you with this key representing the world champion 2010 san francisco giants. [applause] you have to make it someone's day every day, so we thought we may as well make it san francisco giants day. [applause] in closing, this town is going to need another mayor soon. i just have three words. fear the beard. thank you all. thank you, san francisco giants fans. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. now a few words from a man who may be completely out of words by now, but he is the managing general partner of the giants, once again, bill neukom. >> thank you. on behalf of the entire san francisco giants organization, thank you mayor, all of the good folks that worked for and with this city of san francisco, your corp., your sponsorship of this great day to celebrate the san francisco giants as wo

we're based here in san francisco. and as the president of this association with over 400 businesses, i'll offer three reasons why the business community supports this initiative. first of all, this ordinance brings to light a real disparity between what you pay for and what you get with the yellow pages. an ad in the phone book would be distributed to about a million recipients and if every single business and person actually collected the book, it's estimated only 38% or about 370,000 people and businesses actually use the yellow pages. so with the current model i'm paying for exposure to almost 1 million recipients but only getting exposure to 370,000. so if by distributing the books in quantities that were more accurately representing the real population of phone book usersers, this would enforce more honesty in the real estate being paid for. secondly, the cost benefits of this ordinance would be done without negative impact on business's ability to advertise. the yellow page is one of the least targeted forms of

for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lieutenant governor

emergency crews in san francisco and san mateo counties are working to improve their communication now. what emergency crews from san francisco responded to last september's san bruno explosion, their analog radios wouldn't connect them with the san mateo crews. so next month they're going to start testing digital radios between those two counties. upper bay area cities are concerned about the new technology. they say it has coverage gaps and will not work inside of buildings. >>> well, the c.i.a. on the ground in libya. what they're doing there and what it could mean for u.s. involvement. >>> also a look at pg&e's finances after a disasterrous year. >>> good morning. 680 traffic looks good as you're driving to the south bay interstate 680 is wide open for you. we will have another look at the morning commute which is getting busier in some areas. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. ten u.s. sailors recovering this morning after the engine of a fighter jet blew up and caught fire on an aircraft carrier off the southern california coast. four sailors rushed to the naval medical cente

shultz is the first lady of san francisco, but that could be because i do not know other women here. but i have been a big fan of the family for a long time. they have been a family dedicated to helping this country. i have known charlotte and her husband for many years. it was fun to talk to the mayor. we caught up on what it is like to be a major -- a mayor. we caught up on environmental topics, the topics on which new york and san francisco have a great deal to learn from each other. both cities have aggressive programs to make the environment better, and we both believe that cities have a particular responsibility when it comes to this. things like the environment are things that mayors have to deal with every day. we criticize when the water is not clean and when the air is not clean, when the congestion is such that you cannot do business. and things happen at the city level, and as the mayor well knows and i know, we have an opportunity to really change things. cities account for something like 70% of the world's greenhouse gas production, so we really do have in our hands the

this is a fund and a unique place in san francisco, big, open space. a couple of times a week this is filled with a marketplace. >> 100 farmers. they are here on saturday. the farmers market is out front, and also on tuesday's we have about 60 farmers out front. >> and that is on the plaza? >> on saturday it is back here, and on tuesday it is in the front. >> i guess i am interested in what happens. we have a plaza where the ferry boats used to come. what happened? >> the whole backside of the building was originally line for ferryboats. it could handle about 14 boats at one time. the building was built in 1898, and the ferry boats were very popular up until the bay bridge got built in the early 1930's. at that time, the passengers shifted from taking the ferry boats out to going across the bridge and a ferry boat service diminished. >> the cars were a reduction in the use but also led to the development of the freeway in front of the ferry building, which in 1989 was damaged by the earthquake and demolished. lo and behold, we have a ferry building aga

san francisco is watching. finally, i have an in memoriam to clint mitchell, a resident of district 8. to san francisco, the mission district, and liberty hill, all of us were diminished on march 2, when clint mitchell died at home at the young age of 50, surrounded by his wife, his stepson, family, and friends. everything about clint mitchell was vague. he'll -- was a big -- was big. he was a big man, over 6 feet tall. his generosity was huge, whether spearheading a neighborhood project or hosting an event for death penalty focus or for friends. he was the consummate volunteer, dedicating large amounts of time and effort to causes as diverse as the san francisco civil grand jury and the san francisco international wine and spirits competition. he was never one to turn down a chance to help participate and lead. as president of the liberty hill neighborhood association, his leadership was essential. he led by example, diving into any and all challenges and projects that came his way. his intelligence and prepar

rocking san francisco. singing loud, dance hard, all right. all right, one more time, let's give it up for our singers, our dancers, kicking it live here in san francisco city hall, all right. good to be here tonight. seeing all these shining indian faces once again. could i have all the native americans please remain standing? all native americans, stand up. how about a big round of applause for our native americans here for native american heritage month in november. all you non-indians, just look around. this is what custer saw at the little bighorn, and you know what he said to his men? where did all these indians come from? once again, welcome to the sixth annual nida american heritage month celebration here at city hall. -- annual native american heritage month cicelebration. i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the san francisco native american health center, and kqed public broadcasting. how about a big round of applause for our host? thank you. at this time, when indian peopl