supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolutions are adopted, motions approved. [gavel] >> item 29. >> item 29 is a resolution reiterating the board of supervisors's support for cleanpowersf, citing the board's role as the preeminent policymaking body in san francisco, urging the public utilities commission to set not-to-exceed rates for cleanpowersf without any further delay, and promising further action if the public utilities commission fails to set rates. >> supervisor breed? >> thank you. since this item is up for adoption without reference to committee, i'm going to try and keep my comments as brief as possible. but this issue really addresses two things. the first is the merits of clean power. the second is the board of supervisors's role as policy maker -- as a policy making body for the city and county of san francisco. on the first point i would argue and i don't think this is an exaggeration. the cleanpowersf is the program is the singlemost important enviro

and, yes, supervisor avalos is correct, did you break the board rules. that being said, ask folks for the rest of the proceeding -- >> you just broke our board rules. i really appreciate it. i'm not sure if it's going to make it any easier for me to say what i want to say. i want to say what an honor it has been to work on this legislation with the community. i actually wanted to really work on this legislation for years. i've been working on immigrant rights movement as a laboringer, as a community organizer. i fought against prop 184, 187 back in 1994. it was my first time of actually getting involved in politics and california, we're a state that has enormous immigrant community. my district, district 11 is over 50% foreign borne. we're a district of immigrants and we have to make sure that we are doing everything we can to recognize the great contributions that immigrants make to this great state, to this great city and this great country. and we don't do enough to assure that there are protections and pathways to citizenship overall across the count

to recognize supervisor avalos and his staff. it's a ton of work and i know the president of the united states that's it what's that is like. we've heard from the citizens in the city they don't feel safe because they could get deported themselves. i share the story from last week you have seen walking down our hallways talking about his home that was burglarized but didn't call the police because of the fear of being dporlt. f this ordinance is important to build the trust in our public safety infrastructure. no one should fear calling the police when they need help. i'm excited about the passage for that reason i know there are angst and emotions on both sides on the amendments in order to insure passage of this organized. many are worried that any carve outs will continue to chill the public's willingness to seek help or serve witnesses and also waste valuable but limited resources on minimal crime. resources that could be used elsewhere incarceration is high therefore it's important but at the same time we've heard that the c

first of all, i do want to thank supervisor avalos for introducing this legislation. for the most part it is something that i actually do agree with. like supervisor wiener said, would love for the board to support unanimously at the end of the day. but we all know san francisco is a city that embraces people from all walks of life and certainly as a product of immigrant parents myself, i truly embrace the diversity of our residents. however, i do believe that there is a fine line and a very important distinction between being a sanctuary city and a safe haven for serious and/or violent activity and whether you are -- >>> boo. [gavel] >> if i can just finish. whether you are a citizen or undocumented immigrant, i think many of us can all agree we have no tolerance for serious or violent crimes in our community. and again, we as citizens as well are held to very high standards. and like supervisor avalos, i do represent a district made up of many immigrants and many of whom which also care very much about public safety. so, today i really just want to say that i want t

supervisor avalos. >> thank you. one person i want to thank is santiago letterman and interning in my office and instrumental with meetings with other elected officials to put this together and did leg work to bring this ordinance forward and thank you. >> thank you supervisor. the last thing i want to say is thank the speakers who shared their personal stories. it was very moving to hear that and i know it wasn't easy to share that so it meant a lot to me and all of us to hear that. [speaking spanish] the last thing i will note on the issue of carve outs the way to deal with an issue the way you think an individual should be detained you fix the criminal law to deal with that. the thing about due process it either applies to all or it doesn't apply at all. there are no carve outs in the bill of rights. that's the point of having a bill of rights so on that note can we have a motion to move this forward. >> so moved. >> so we have a motion by supervisor mar. if we can take that without objection. >> supervisor. >> ye

supervisor avalos, please continue. >> thank you very much. there is a great deal of vocational training [speaker not understood] that city college is involved in. we have a very high immigrant population in san francisco and many people in the immigrant community are learning english as a second language so they can actually have a better fit to work in our local economy and city college provides support for them as well. we have campuses all over san francisco touching many, many neighborhoods, touching all of our communities in this city. district 11 where i serve on the board of supervisors is right across the street from the main campus of city college and has a strong connection to neighbors and residents throughout the district. and it's a vital institution that we want to be able to protect. through the purpose of this hearing -- excuse me, it's getting hard to concentrate with a lot of talking in the background. so, the purpose of this hearing is really probably for me is to educate myself, other elected officials on how important cit

supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar absent. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president -- supervisor mar? mar present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us for 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? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> could we go to our new business, item 1? >> item 1 is an ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions that refer to the former transfer tax review board that expired by operation of law on january 1, 2013. >> roll call, please. >> on item 1, supervisor cohen

chairman avalos did you say they're to put a stop at the van ness >> that's what we talked about. >> are they going to do it? because of the simple reason when the third street proje was brought up there was mission loop that was taken out of the original project completely but then at the last minute was put in i figured if they could put the mission loop back in there it can be done. >> thank you very much. >> because it was done before. >> any other member of the public who would like to commit seeing none, public comment is closed. next item >> item 4 director's report this is an informational item. >> good morning, commissioners you should have the report. and it was extremely busy two months but it's going to highlight a few things. i could repeat that but sadly politics continue to result in traffic jams no puns intended in terms of federal funding we don't have a federal budget it starts on october 1st nor do we have certainty that the resolutions will be in place to keep the same level of funding going. folks have tossed into the provisions trying to did he fund the presiden

my name is mike ferrel and we have john avalos and mr. mar. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all cell phones and devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items will be appearing in the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> please call item no. 1. the clerk: item 1: 130784: [business and tax regulations code - miscellaneous changes]1307841.sponsor: chiuordinance amending the business and tax regulations code by, among other things: 11 common administrative provisionss requiring monthly installment payments rather than prepayments of hotel and parking taxes, eliminating the annual parking tax bond renewal requirement; providing a due date for business registration fees, excluding penalties from calculation of interest on tax determinations, adding an underreporting penalty for failure to file a return when tax liability exceeds $5,000 changing the penalty for failure to register or update a registration, making misstatements in a registration, failure to allow inspection or production

supervisor avalos >> yes. i would like to commit very briefly. i want to make a few tuesday's in people who were structural i stroourm. first of all, i want to thank my staff in my officer who has done a lot of work and to usher through the state we're at renew. i think that, you know, i'd be flying blind often if i didn't have my staff so i want to thank you for that. also in my office another intern in the office just got emphasis law degree and thank you so much for your work. and i want to thank the city attorney thank you for your great work. i want to thank all the legislative aids especially in supervisor kim's office ivy chang in particular and other folks from norman yees office. the finance committee and for bringing this issue before us. a lot of organizations have a part of them (calling names) many of our labor partners and local 2 and i've heard from the labor council and communities united against violence and the domestic violence consortium and the asian law caucus i don't know your full name and there are many, many other organi

chairman avalos did you say they're to put a stop at the van ness >> that's what we talked about. >> are they going to do it? because of the simple reason when the third street project was brought up there was mission loop that was taken out of the original project completely but then at the last minute was put in i figured if they could put the mission loop back in there it can be done. >> thank you very much. >> because it was done before. >> any other member of the public who would like to commit seeing none, public comment is closed. next item >> item 4 director's report this is an informational item. >> good morning, commissioners you should have the report. and it was extremely busy two months but it's going to highlight a few things. i could repeat that but sadly politics continue to result in traffic jams no puns intended in terms of federal funding we don't have a federal budget it starts on october 1st nor do we have certainty that the resolutions will be in place to keep the same level of funding going. folks have tossed into the provisions trying to did he fund the presid

we have a gentleman from supervisor avalos offices. and supervisor avalos what like this continued to the call of the chair we're hoping to have the city attorney to move forward on a portion of the project. to give you a brief update. the planning staff outlines this as 3 parts of the legislation. the main part is section 33 of the criteria considered when considering merges of residential units. it's our tennis to bring this more 40 in line with having an option to have affordable housing. we're hoping to move forward on this. another part of the legislation section 181 deals with legally inconsistent non-residential units. there is some question on how those relate to the second unions. those are not traditionally in-law units their traditionally built before the zoning of the city and it's on a parcel that's zoned for two unit. we want to have legal protection for those units. at the planning commission they asked for additional time to look at this so we want to introduce new legislation and the planning commission will reconsider

my name is john avalos, the chair of the authority. our clerk today is erika change and we'd like to thank sfgtv staff, greg best of and josh alexander for your work today. roll cal. >> avalos present, breed present, campos absent, commissioner chiu present, cohen present, farrell present, kim present, mar present, tang present, wiener present, yee present. we have quorum. >> very good. thank you. we have two main i at tems here today. the approval of the ei r for the van ness bus rapid transit. we have our board meeting at 2 o'clock today and we may go into close to the board meeting and if that looks like the case, i'd like to recess this meeting at 1:30 and then continue on after our board of supervisor's meeting with transportation authority deliberations on these items if we need to. okay? just want to make sure we understood that moving forward. madam clerk, if you could call item two. >> item two, approval minutes from july 23 meeting. this is an action item? >> any comments on the minutes. minutes are open for public comment. s

welcome. >> thank you supervisor avalos, supervisor campos, supervisor mar. it is a pleasure to join you here today. i am more than happy to answer any questions. i would like to open by acknowledging my predecessor sheriff mike hennessy and as sheriff for over three decades was bold enough to call attention to the flaws of the secure communities ice detainer system in 2011. it garnered state, national and international attention because it was was rare for a elected sheriff to highlight the discrepancies in the ice detainer system. still in 2011 the san francisco sheriff's department had detained and people were transferred to ice were in the numbers of over 600 people. because i think what the sheriff enditioned was implementing an approach that would begin to get to the direction that we are here today. when i came into office and when i was able to craft an internal policy that would seriously build upon, and we had considerably so on what was started by sheriff mike hennessy, and we have seen a drop in these detainers by a sheriff initiated policy which

committee and joined by supervisor eric mar and supervisor supervisor yee is replaced today by john avalos and the clerk is derek evans and we want to thank sfgtv staff for covering the meeting and as well as john gibner our city attorney. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements ? >> make sure to silent phones and devices and speaker cards and items somebody submitted to the clerk and items will be on the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great thank you very much. if you can please call item number one. >> item number one is a hearing to consider the transfer of a type 21 off sale general license from 701 fillmore to 6333 geary in district 1 for patrick davis for grocery outlet inc. >> thank you. this is a liquor license transfer request that involves a property in district 1. before we turn it over to the applicant and the police department i want to give the district 1 supervisor an opportunity if he wants to say anything, supervisor mar. >> yeah, thank you chair campos. i was going to say this grocery outlet market that is going into geary and 27th avenue i really

i know trustee -- i know supervisor avalos, you mentioned student equity. well, some of the things that we did look at, and i was happy to co-sponsor, was we actually had a resolution to first collect the data for student equity because we do know that our black and brown students are not succeeding even in community college at the levels of others. we also looked at accelerated basic skills courses and even though there is a lot of -- a lot of conversation, a lot of debate in disagreement. that's what a democracy should be. i think we get deemed in terms of the accjc because we're not smooth, democracy is not smooth. you have arguments, you have debates, but at the end of the day you come out with an outcome that is justified. we're improving these accelerated skills courses so students who, yes, they did take three, four, five, six semesters to get out of basic skills. now we're going to hopefully see them get out of their basic skills courses a lot faster and that will lead to healthier outcomes. and so while we're not perfect and i don't think any insti

supervisor avalos. >> thank you chair and i want to thank my co-sponsors and supervisor mar. thank you very much. supervisor breed, david chiu, supervisor cohen, supervisor kim and supervisor norman yee. this is a great backing for this ordinance that i believe needs to show that we have strong support for it. the due process for our ordinance is one that has been months perhaps years in the making. it is to assert our local jurisdiction for supporting our immigrant community against f com, the secured communities program and named secure communities program which under the federal government has deported thousands and thousands of people across the country and many people here in san francisco. overall this legislation is to assure that our city is not going to be cooperating with the s-comprogram whose violations have played havoc with public safety here in san francisco. we want to make sure we're up holding our right, universal right, that's embedded in our constitution for due process ancy these things that is in the 14th amendment. we want to make sure that we separatio

supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. there are 11 ayes. >> those resolutionses are adopted and motions accepted. [gavel] >> and item 5. >> item 5 is a resolution reiterating the board of supervisors's support for clean power sf, citing the board's role as the preeminent policy making body in san francisco, urging the public utilities commission to set not-to-exceed rates for clean power sf without any further delay, and promising further action if the public utilities commission fails to set rates. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. colleagues, i would like to ask for a continuance for this item to next week's board meeting. >> colleagues, supervisor breed has made a motion to continue for one week. seconded by supervisor avalos. if we could take that motion to continue without objection. that shall be the case to the 17th of september. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. on behalf of supervisor mar

chairman avalos did you say they're to put a stop at the van ness >> that's what we talked about. >> are they going to do it? because of the simple reason when the third street project was brought up there was mission loop that was taken out of the original project completely but then at the last minute was put in i figured if they could put the mission loop back in there it can be done. >> thank you very much. >> because it was done before. >> any other member of the public whold like to commit seeing none, public comment is closed. next item >> item 4 director's report this is an informational item. >> good morning, commissioners you should have the report. and it was extremely busy two months but it's going to highlight a few things. i could repeat that but sadly politics continue to result in traffic jams no puns intended in terms of federal funding we don't have a federal budget it starts on october 1st nor do we have certainty that the resolutions will be in place to keep the same level of funding going. folks have tossed into the provisions trying to did he fund the president

supervisor avalos agreed and this legislation focuses on the expansion of non-conforming unit. before i get to the departments recommendations of approval i have my colleague to a explain this. >> good afternoon, commissioners aim supervisor from jonah losses office. as ms. hay word explains this is section 81 it deals with the non conforming units. more for the benefit for the public those are sprartd from nell units that are built with permits that are zoned for a lesser amount of zoning pursuant are the staff talks about 3 units and one would not be permitted and this asked they be treated all the same and the possibility of chang them we've made one amendment it restricts the envelope as it currently it. we feel that would sdrurj alternatives that would decreases the fieblt like add a bedroom. at the july 17th meeting we perpetrate another amendment that we're still working with the city attorney on which would deal with concerns that there could be motivation for people to alter the unit and we're working not to alter those dealing with a eviction and we're going to model

supervisor john avalos. and san francisco, supervisor and commissionerer scott weiner. [ applause ] san francisco supervisor jane kim. [ applause ] sfmta board of directors tom nolan and cheyrlbrick man. >> and the mayor and rector transportation policy, jilian gelet,. >> and mayor district, executive director jack broadbent. department of environment, melanie nutter. sfmta, bon ye. san francisco bike coalition, kit hodge. [ applause ] sfcta deputy director for policy and programming ana lafort. sfcta interim director maria lumabardo. and san francisco police chief greg sure. [ applause ] >> so how do we get here? as early as 2009, tda ban working towards a bike sharing program in santa clara county intended to address the bike issues on cal tran and provide the connections to the light rail and bus services at the same time, there was a growing interest from other bay area agencies to pursue and expand bike sharing on a regional level, as a recall, with the support from the partners represented here today f

supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i just have a few comments to make based on the mayor's responses to question time. am i allowed to talk about that today? >> is this on the introduction of new item, supervisor avalos? >> yes. thank you. so, you know, i thought what was significant was not so much the mayor's responses to the question. what was significant was that so many of us were concerned enough about the clean power program that we wanted to ask the question of the mayor about the same program. but in terms of getting a response that was accurate from the mayor, we really did not receive that. i'm holding in my hand here a copy of a resolution that was made by the public utilities commission back in december of 2011. this is a commission that consisted of all the same members that are currently on the commission according to radika fox of the public utilities commission. one person was absent. that was commissioner cain, but all the rest of the commissioners were present. this is a resolution that a