. >> chair kim: thank you. supervisor farrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you, chair kim. i've been relatively silent during these items, really just because i'm really thankful for the commissioners for being willing to serve again. ms. caen, ms. vietor, mr. courtney, i really had no questions of them, other than what was being asked. your service has been incredible to the puc. i think even more broadly, all three of you to the city of san francisco in so many fashions. i really want to thank you for your service. i'm more than happy and delighted that you're willing to serve again, and that i will be happy to support it. and also to the comments supervisor campos made, i think especially because the laborers are to the puc, it's so important that we have labor being represented here, couldn't support them more fully. vince, you are a great representative of your union. you should be proud of what you do. thank you for your willingness to come back. i will make a motion to amend supervisor campos' motion to do this, we're going to make a motion to amend item no. 2, to --

>> chair kim: yes. and i'm very appreciative to hear of your interest in serving. we have numerous commissions and task force. i was interested specifically -- i know that your interest in applying was in an interest to serve. but was there a specific interest around sunshine that yuyud like to pursue going forward? >> i've been interested in working with the public and being fair. and when i see things that someone needs to say something about, i'm usually a person who does. so that would be a good place for me to start, since that's what they do, correct? >> chair kim: yes. my last question, only because this is -- we do need to appoint a member to the task force that has a physical disability. do you have a physical disability? >> yes. i have two herniated disks. also my rotator cuffs are all from the 1998 car accident. >> chair kim: thank you. are there any questions from colleagues? seeing none, thank you very much, ms. simon. >> thank you. i actually worked with la latifa simon. thank you next we

. >> chair kim: thank you. we have kaushik roy and then kim schoen. >> good afternoon. my name is kaushik roy. it has been my privilege to be the executive director at the shanti project which is one of the city's oldest nonprofit supporting people with hiv aids and cancer. it's with great enthusiasm that i respectfully request you to consider my appointment for the task force. in many ways, the task force is both a refletio reflection and n on the work i have been doing. 2400 clients we serve each year are now lgbt seniors and we expect it to continue to grow. at the heart of the shanti model and at the heart of the san francisco model of care there lies a holistic lens through which we see the people we support. it's not enough to just take care of one or even just some of the aspects of an individual's life. because we are all so much greater than just any one facet. and this particular lens is going to be imperative for the task force's success. when i was thinking about what i might want to say i was reminded of a dinner i had earlier this summer with a shabti supp

>> no. >> chair kim: thank you. >> you're welcome. >> chair kim: i'm sorry, supervisor wiener, did you have a question? >> supervisor wiener: i will speak later on. >> chair kim: next we have mario grillo and naomi akers. >> i am a nativ nate sunset dis. i am not really in the health area but i was, you know, asked to come. so i do -- i'm interested in the position of being an entertainment commissioner. i have some ideas for mid-market, and some ideas about -- i'm a professional musician, so i have ideas about the live music scene, and how to move on from the old standard of the 60's count. so i do have a lot of interest here. i've been who are all my life except when i was in the military, in the navy. i do have supervisory experience there. right now i'm working in the city and i'm vested in the city. i'm a preschool teacher and a professional musician. i've been here a long time. i have a lot of experience, public admin experience -- not a lot, but i've -- i'm vested in the city and i want what's good for the city. that's why i'm doing this. thank you. >> chair kim: have you attend

. >> chair kim: thank you. hopefully your union will be helpful on getting the word out in our communities because i know many of your members live in san francisco which i very much appreciate. thank you. i don't see any other questions from committee members. at this time we will open it up for public comment items 2, 3, and 4. iei have speaker cards, espanola jackson, al jen son, winerub, ana al frer alvarez. if you would like to speak for one, two, or three individuals, feel free to do that. >> espanola jackson, and my card says 2, 3, and 4. if you look at it. you know, in your question that commissioners, one of the things that i didn't hear brought up was about solar, because puc was the first agency -- and i think i was its first customer, to make sure that i got solar on my home. i think that not only them working with you, but you have other city departments that they should be working with. you make sure that they work with. because other commissioners, they're doing their thing. but everyone should b

. >> chair kim: thank you, mr. cuffey. next we have jorge rodriguez and kathleen hentges. >> i am jorge rodriguez here from district 9. i work there in the hiv clinic. i have been working with hiv community for the past 17 years. i have been very much involved among all the tasks that we do for our clients in getting political asylum for our clientele. i'm also part now of the gay lgbt aging committee sponsored by -- i was also appointed by the mayor to their hiv task force which i served for about three years. and the good thing about the program is that you are there and you see so many people that are still doing so well with the medication, as they do, they are still aging, and w see that thee are other factors that are affecting them like some people -- about isolation, aging, situation with housing mainly. and that's some of the things that i think i can bring up to the task force. thank you so much. >> chair kim: thank you so much, mr. rodriguez. kathleen hentges. then we have kaushik roy. >> i been a certified fina

supervisor kim, kim, aye, supervisor mar, mar, no, supervisor alag gi, alag gi, aye, supervisor wiener, aye, supervisor campos, aye, there are 6 ayes and 5 noes. >> the motion passes, supervisor cohen. >> before we break into applause, i would like to rescind the vote. >> seconded by supervisor chu, colleagues, any objection to the motion to rescind, without objection, that should be the case. >> thank you. >> roll call vote or do you have additional comments. >> roll call vote, please. >> this is on the campos/avalos amendment? >> correct. >> supervisor chu >> >> no. >> supervisor chu, no. cohen, no, elsbernd, no, supervisor farrell, no, supervisor kim, aye, supervisor mar, no, alal gi, aye, wiener, no, supervisor avalos, avalos, aye, supervisor campos, campos, aye, president chiu, aye, motion amend fails, any additional amendments? okay, colleagues, let's take a roll call vote on item 24, the underlying ordinance as amended for the first three, madam clerk? >> mr. president, i need to change my vote sheets, i ran out of paper. >> it's one of those days. >> roll call vote, please. >>

you very much. >> chair kim: thank you. i was actually -- your center today, and as always am appreciative of the work you do no our community. >> thanks very much. >> chair kim: next, we have robert connors, and scott hate haitsuka, and then -- >> good afternoon appear i would like to say it's both an honor, pleasure and privilege to be here among such highly respected professional colleagues, scholars, activists and members of the lgbt community. we have all worked hard to get here. furthermore, i would like to thank the staff at open house, my professors at san francisco state university school of social work, and a former employee of newly outreach to elders whom without their knowledge, guidance and encouragement i would not be standing here before you. first, what i will bring to the lgbt senior task force is my long standing commitment and dedication to the lgbt community. arriving in san francisco in 1985 i witnessed the early onslaught and devastating effect of aids. i saw pain and suffering of friends, families an

. >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. burns. thank you for the memo that was brought before us. in the memo you said that you were confident in the data that cdph has provided and measures that they take to assess human health risk and due diligence on the oversight of the radiological program. could you explain why you feel confident in the processes and the measures that cdph takes and go into a little more detail about what they do. you mentioned surface wipes. to a layperson that doesn't sound very scientific and is not very reassuring. maybe you could talk more about that. >> i would say just looking at everything cdph has done today i think their reactions or responses have been timely and appropriate under the circumstances because you have an ongoing cleanup action as you know, but you also have residents and workers in close proximity. so they've been very proactive and diligent in the actions they've taken, which included so-called direct surveys, where you're making direct measurements of exposure rates in thes

thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. next i will call up more speaker cards. i have eloise patton -- and then josh arce. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jacqueline flynn, the executive director of the -- institute here in san francisco. and on behalf of the a. philip randolph san francisco as well as our national western regional director james bryant, i'm here to make some remarks on behalf of our two organizations. i'd like to ask your permission to also address items 2 and 3, although i only put item 4 on the comment card. but we are here today to support the reappointment of all three commissioners, commissioner caen, commissioner vietor, and also commissioner courtney. i submitted a letter to the board of supervisors this morning, in support of vince courtney's appointment, and i'd like to ask if i could read that for the audience today. >> chair kim: could you just turn that in for the record. >> yes. >> chair kim: you can hand it to the clerk. >> thank you for your time. >> chair kim: thank you. i ask f

we have kim schoen and larry saxxon. >> my name is kim schoen, i've been a nurse practitioner for over 30 years, a master's in psych nursing and a master in primary care nursing. i have been working with older adults as director of central city older adults for over 10 years. i provide direct care and see firsthand the mental health substance abuse and housing issues faced by lgbt seniors. we provide home visits and i see firsthand isolation. i would like to bring my understanding to help the physical needs of the lgbt community. i am very concerned for clients who have cognitive issues as well and i would also -- i'm a very practical person. and i would like to advocate that the recommendations that come out of the task force be practical and take advantage of the strengths of the city. thank you for your consideration. >> chair kim: thank you, ms. schoen. we have larry saxxon and lawrence michael costa. >> good afternoon, madam chair, members of the rules committee. i'd like to come at this particular process from a heart felt perspective. i'm not representing any organization. i am

thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. and last but not least, we have william lipsky. >> thank you very much. i am delighted to be here this afternoon as a -- actually i'm delighted to be anywhere on the planet at my age, but particularly here because of the worthy task you have set before all of us, and yourselves. i don't think i am qualified to be on this committee as an old gay man in san francisco, although i'm very glad that i've gotten to be an old gay man in san francisco. it is what i can bring to this. you don't need to know about what i've done in the past, just what i can do going forward into the future. we've heard a lot of very sound things today from the people behind me. one of the things that i would like to emphasize though is that we do not have an lgbt community in san francisco. you can look behind me. we have an lgbt communities in san francisco. different people with different needs. not everybody in this room has the same needs and the same requirements. we each take a look at that. we also need t

. >> president chiu: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. burns. thank you for the memo that was brought before us. in the memo you said that you were confident in the data that cdph has provided and measures that they take to assess human health risk and due diligence on the oversight of the radiological program. could you explain why you feel confident in the processes and the measures that cdph takes and go into a little more detail about what they do. you mentioned surface wipes. to a layperson that doesn't sound very scientific and is not very reassuring. maybe you could talk more about that. >> i would say just looking at everything cdph has done today i think their reactions or responses have been timely and appropriate under the circumstances because you have an ongoing cleanup action as you know, but you also have residents and workers in close proximity. so they've been very proactive and diligent in the actions they've taken, which included so-called direct surveys, where you're making direct measurements of exposure rates in these resid

that. >> chair kim: we have a second to that. supervisor wiene. >> supervisor wiener: this is a strong list and there are additional people who i think were disappointed on there. but to reiterate we said at the beginning i assume there will be an advisory committee so other people can be involved. in addition to -- we have various ways of measuring diversity but i think one of the important ways of measuring diversity here is political diversity. this town, and city hall, you know, it's a very diverse place in terms of people's politics. and as we saw with the housing trust fund, when we get a broad spectrum together and come up with a product, maybe not everyone's thrilled with everything, but everyone can get behind, we have a lot of strength. so i think on this task force when i look at the different people and different perspectives i think will make this task force incredibly strong. and have a product that will come out that -- as many people as possible, i can get behind. one thing that i -- in terms of -- and i'll say th

kim: can we have you come forward. thank you for being here. we know you were with us a couple of months ago and answer the numerous questions from the rules committee. of course you came on near the end of a previous term that you were filling, and we appreciate that -- served for a couple of months now and coming back for a reappointment. if you'd like to speak briefly and maybe a couple of comments. >> thank you for inviting me back. hello again, supervisors. i apologize for being a little late. i just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to be here again. we did speak a few months back when i was first appointed to the board of appeals, and i guess just to remind you who i am, and my qualifications for the reappointment, i am speaking reappointment. it's been a very fruitful two months and i very much enjoyed the service and welcome the opportunity to continue serving in this capacity with my colleague from the board of appeals. i have been an attorney for 15 years. i am currently deputy director of the national

thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. next we have michael smith and michelle alcedo. >> hello. thank you for the opportunity to speak and be considered for this position. i'm going to kind of speak -- and follow the e-mail i received yesterday. so, first, why would i want to be on this task force? well, in many, many respects, i could be one of the poster children for the people that the task force seeks to assist. i am a 55-year-old single white male, planning on retiring in five or six years, and beginning the next chapter of my life, which is the give-back chapter. i've been an attorney for over 25 years, and have developed advocacy skills. i get reviewed every year on my ability to influence decision-making, to consensus-build across interdisciplinary teams, and globally. and i am alone here. my entire family is back east. my job is in santa clara, so i have not had an opportunity -- gosh, i've already gotten the bell. so let's quickly -- just let me just make one more point. i do think that one of the biggest issues

. >> chair kim: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is dr. derek cur. the removal of bruce wolfe from the sunshine task force was an act of political retaliation. it was also a slight to the disability community. there's a way to resolve all of this to make peace torques put it behind us. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, put is now -- okay. if you'd like to speak for public comment, please do step up so i know that there are folks that would like to speak. if there are any others, please do line up. >> well, i just see even, when you appoint wolfe, the damage has already been done. you've already gutted the sunshine ordinance task force. i mean do we have any faith in the sunshine ordinance task force with the new members that you appointed? i don't think any of them or the majority of them know anything about the regulation of sunshine ordinance. so you've already destroyed it, even with wolfe on board. you hear the lady yelling a

. >> chair kim: thank you, ms. forsley. i know you've been here to present before the rules committee in the past. any questions for ms. forsley? seeing none, thank you very much. so are there any comments or questions, additional comments or questions from colleagues? seeing none, at this time, we'll open it up for public comment. if you would like to speak on item no. 3, please do step up. i don't have any speaker cards for this item, so just -- you can line up on this side of the room. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm richard nee. i've been on the task force for 10 years, and the interest that ms. simon and ms. wilson have shown is certainly admirable. however i think in addition to the disability factor, i think there is one other thing that gives an edge to mr. wolfe, and that is, as you know, at this time, the committee on information technology and the department of technology are attempting to consolidate and upgrade the city's electronic record system with respect to storage backup and retrievable. and this is a

. >> chair kim: thank you, mr. headman. next we have emerald o'leary and felicia elizondo. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you very much for putting up this task force. i come to you not representing any organization, but associated with a few. i've been grateful beneficiary of healthy san francisco in the last nine months, and also services from open house, and emotional support from a predominantly african-american lesbian gay transgender church, city of -- ucc in downtown san francisco. so i have a background of many things, most of all i'm a senior lesbian, in desperate need of senior housing. and have a real appreciation without all the wonderful backgrounds of candidates here, of the things that can be done, and should be done. so i thank you very much for your task force, and i know it will do great things for us. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you, ms. o'leary. felicia elizondo, and frank strona. >> hi, and thank you for having me. my name is felicia elizondo. also known as felicia flames. i am a screaming --

. >> chair kim: thank you. we do have a motion to move forward on bruce wolfe with recommendation to the full board. i know that we actually previously had recommended bruce wolfe to the full board and i was one of the members who supported bruce. there was concern i had with the sunshine task force around the city charter and some violations that were made but bruce was one individual that i thought was very committed to making reforms that were necessary to follow the city charter and i also believe has a strong commitment to sunshine and i will continue to support bruce wolfe as our appointee to the sunshine task force. i do want to thank both ms. simon and ms. forsley for your interest to serve. i think that there are a number of different committees and task force that your background would ideally suit and it seems there's more of a general interest to serve in any capacity, more than just specifically the sunshine task force itself. i know in mr. wolfe's circumstances he is specifically interested in sun

supervisor kim, aye. >> linda wong: twoize, one no. >> chair kim: thank you. motion passes. madam clerk, can you please call item 4. >> linda wong: hearing to consider appointing 15 members in -- terms to the lgbt seniors task force. there are 15 seats and 44 applicants. >> chair kim: thank you. and ms. wong, could you list the members that have e-mailed either the clerk or our office that have withdrawn their application. i've got at least two e-mails. i'm not sure if there are more. >> linda wong: yes. we received two from applicants wishing to withdraw and they are cynthia davis and richard appl appleby. >> chair kim: given the great number of applicants that we have, which is unusual, that is because it is a completely new task force that is being created and that legislation was authored by supervisor wiener who is here today, and i believe coauthored by supervisor campos and supervisor olague, i think that is the reason why we have such a great number but i will be limiting the presentation to two minutes. we of course appreciate brevity. all members of the rules commi

>> chair kim: thank you for >> hello, board of supervisors. thank you for your patience, this evening. my name is bartholomew, i apologize my application was late. however i'm interested should there be a committee that i can serve on. i've been in san francisco since the age of 14. when i moved here from it new orleans, i walked all over the city, coming from a segregated place, and ever since that day, this city has been mine. and that's why i've been involved in task force in the past. i'm a recovering alcoholic and i've been living with hiv for 28 years. my concern about this task force and wanting to participate is because lesbians and gays who are addicts and falling through the cracks are being incarcerated for a procession of drugs. also, take this opportunity to support my fellow colleagues, marilyn, larry saxxon and -- lange. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. >> hello, supervisors, those of you that i can see. i'm jessica layman, also a senior and disability action, formerly -- i was going to say pretty much the same things that ja

my name is jane kim. i am joined by vice chair supervisor farrell and supervisor campos and our clerk is linda wong. we would like to recognize the staff at sfgtv, and we want to acknowledge jesse and carolyn. i know there are a number of people here. thank you so much for being here. we will try to move through the agenda as quickly as we can. madam clerk, can you please call item 1. >> linda wong: item 1, hearing to consider appointing eight members, terms to be determined to the wage task force. there are eight seats and nine applicants. >> chair kim: thank you. i will call up the applicants in the order that you are listed on the agenda. because we have nine applicants and a number of agenda items, i am going to ask you to limit your comments to two minutes. i will be calling up ace wiseman and charlotte noss. come up. ask you to speak about your work experience and skill set as relates to the position that you are applying to and maybe some of the areas you would like to prioritize during your term o

thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. supervisor campos. >> co-chair campos: thank you, madam chair. i want to add to what supervisor wiener said or reiterate what he noted. we have only 15 seats and 44 applicants. and to be honest, i think each and every one of the applicants i think would be a great addition to this task force and would do a great job. but we only have 15 seats so i hope that those of you who, for whatever reason, you're not selected, that you will still be able to be involved, because the fact that you're not an official member of the task force doesn't mean that you cannot be a part of the process, and you cannot add your talents and your expertise. so i hope that whatever happens today that whoever doesn't get on, will continue to be involved because i think that, you know, at the end of the day this is a task force for the lgbt community and the city. this belongs to all of us. how effective this task force, how successful the work is at the end of the day is dependent on how involved each and every

supervisor kim: thank you, supervisors. i would have liked to have forward this with a understand, and i would rather this go out unanimously with no recommendation to the full board. i will motion. i want to thank all the parties that were involved in this. at the full board, we will have an opportunity to speak about our thoughts about this again. i do appreciate many of the comments that have been made. sacrifices were made on all sides. i think that a key part of this charter amendment, as supervisor campos and supervisor farrell pointed out, is the revenue- generating ordinance that will move forward to the voters in november. and we look forward to full support from the housing trust fund coalition for the revenue- generating measure as well, because i think that they are key partners as we move forward in november to ensuring that we have a permanent stream for of affordable housing and, of course, for down payment assessment -- assistance for many of our residents to like to live and afford to live and buy a home he

. >> chair kim: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name's rita -- and i'm standing before you to use my first amendment rights to petition the government for redress. the board of supervisors' actions regarding existing sunshine ordinance task force has been called everything from absurd and arbitrary to petty and punitive. it's completely shut down. you're denying us the rights to open government. the inability of this committee not to recognize one member of the task force needed to be physically disabled is until now unacceptable and inexcusable. it's your job to know what the requirements are when you put forth appointees to these petitions. your attempt to replace members to the board your uninformed or green cronies or supporters, some documents that are required for consideration is beyond insulting. the removal of bruce wolfe who meets all of the requirements for the seat of the task force intended to satisfy perhaps, i don't know, the fragile egos of you who have been found in violation of the very chart

supervisor kim: ok, thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, a supervisor kim. why don't we proceed with public comment? for the folks are called were not in line, please do so. that is my cue on when to call work hard, when a shortened. >> -- when the line is short. >> my name is rebecca. i am a native san franciscan. supervisor elsbernd: please begin to the microphone. >> i grew up in san francisco. i have been part of the lgbt community. one of my greatest i school memories was being out with stop aids, probably as the youngest female member of the time. as an adult, i have been involved with san francisco general and the haight ashbury clinics. i am a little nervous. i have also been involved in burning man and the art projects. i know eli spear personally. he is a close friend of mine. i have worked with him closely on projects. i know his dedication to the community and art is incredible. that is why i am here today, because i have been a patron of the eagle talon. i have loved the eagle tavern very much. i miss it. i am also here today to say it is empty

supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you. the first item that i'll speak to is just the item that we most recently discussed. supervisor avalos and i are cosponsoring a hearing to -- related to the radiologically impacted areas that need further explanation before the land is of course transferred from the navy to the city of san francisco. i think the presentation, while it answered a number of questions also raised additional questions related to this issue. we're having a hearing to follow-up on the radiological issues to ensure we're doing everything we can do to intur thensurethe safety of those on e island. as representative of this part of our city, this is an area where we do actually place many families, working class and low income families, formerly homeless individuals, and of course our veterans, as well as other population on -- that are particularly vulnerable. so i'm requesting tida and the department of public health to report on the navy's recent disclosure, the oversight and monitoring of the navy's cleanup