and i thank supervisor cowen for her friendship. we have many evenings we chat about how to carry on this support. we have been fueled by the conviction of this community. the stalwart members of the advisory committee and the project area committee members led by my colleagues have sat through hundreds of difficult committee meetings and providing input to us and the commissioners who are here and currently on the commission and certainly those in the past. i commissions for several years and it's anchored by commissioner king. thank you for coming applause. but you know neither courage or conviction would have made this happen without funding. so, please indulge me to thank our ceo and some of our partners. we have also believed the best of the bay view and we have placed our resources alongside our belief. we've been fortunate to work with some folks. and others ms. roberta. (clapping). i can tell you without my colleagues and associates who reside me downtown san francisco the rest of the urban san francisco we wouldn't have tha

i just actually supervisor cowen met with mr. marine and strongly supports moving him to forward to serve in this capacity pr i want to make a few comments about this one gentleman in district 5. he's active and when he's commented he's comment. i appreciate all the work and i think he's an excellent choice but i'm looking forward to see what comes of this particular project. and i also wanted to make a comment been mr. - who he was impress with in terms of the streamlining but i want to show reporter to the current supervisor who is supportive of her two choices and i think we should respect here wishes and move them forward >> thank you, mr. chairman and i agree with commissioner breed. i think we do want to be differential to the district specify. i hope there's a way that this gentleman can be involved. i think he made an impressive prevention and i urge, you know, my colleagues if there's my way someone with his interests and talent can be involved i think that we would all benefit from that. i think as a general rule i do t

supervisor cowen. i wanted to let my colleagues and the public know that this week on september 2nd of one of the san francisco icons in golden gate park which was part of the park is celebrating it's 90 accounting birthday so if you haven't come over to district one the night life parties and events at the academy of sciences it's every thursday night their wonderful and affordable. over the 90 years that the steven heart aquarium has been in operation it's visited science activities. the celebration on thursday about harken back to the 1920s and a live perform from the gypsy jazz abandon swing at the time. i and my stars are working with the s and i appreciate all the work. if you want to see some photographs of the before and after right near my desk is the braertd of the 20s but you've all welcome to come to my office and see the amazing photos of this. >> supervisor kim you ask to be referred. >> thank you i forgot to mention earlier i want to recognize one of my community leaders is jackie collin

maybe we can give a moment for folks to exit the room >> thank you supervisor cowen. >> thank you very much don't leave everyone you thought that issue was interesting. >> i'm excited and this has been a long day. this establishes a new recycle active directed between williams and egging better avenues and it requires an conditional use for any retail use in this area or any existing establishment that be seeking to expand or intensify it's use. it's not like your typical neighborhood commercial district in san francisco. the arrests are complex. their old industrial zoning and are governed by the baby development plan. this third street is it not zoned it's m-1. it's an important distinction because there's no formula retail establishments. i introduced this legislation in response from a bunch of neighborhoods for the potential to locate a new establishment in the area. may it's changing fastnd large is for the better but if there's anything that fresh and ease taught us it's greatly improved with the neighborhood have the opportunity to weigh in. and one vehicle this is that insures

without objection supervisor breed will be excused and annoy asking can i have a motion to excuse cowen >> supervisor cowen is excused roll call vote on item 19. >> on item 19 (calling names). >> the ordinance is finally passed. and with that colleagues why don't we recall our special 3:00 p.m. order to bring back to the i staff and if staff could inform us to your conversations that would be helpful >> thank you, president chiu we have identified units on this report housing codes and inspectors units and i have a statute of summaries here. we would like to read them into the record >> sir, you've identified the individual addresses so we can dispense with this item and a right. and i don't believe they are we'll remove them from the table and i have a list of 7 >> why don't you read those into the record. >> first address t is 822 arkansas street and beulah street. next one is 51 linda street. next one is 48 majestic avenue. the other one is 581 mall especially e he will street. another one is 172 raymond avenue and the last is 379 bee street >> thank you, colleagues would we have a m

asking can i have a motion to excuse cowen >> supervisor cowen is excused roll call vote on item 19. >> on item 19 (calling names). >> the ordinance is finally passed. and with that colleagues why don't we recall our special 3:00 p.m. order to bring back to the i staff and if staff could inform us to your conversations that would be helpful >> thank you, president chiu we have identified units on this report housing codes and inspectors units and i have a statute of summaries here. we would like to read them into the record >> sir, you've identified the individual addresses so we can dispense with this item and a right. and i don't believe they are we'll remove them from the table and i have a list of 7 >> why don't you read those into the record. >> first address t is 822 arkansas street and beulah street. next one is 51 linda street. next one is 48 majestic avenue. the other one is 581 mall especially e he will street. another one is 172 raymond avenue and the last is 379 bee street >> thank you, colleagues would we have a motion to accept the report without objection it will be am

supervisor cowen and i have introducing a resolution to support the historic recess of marcus bookstore. i know that folks have reached out to you this has been a challenging issue. we all know that marcus brooks. this is the first place i bought my first book but this is a community place. i want to go through that history to talk about why it's so important that we as a city get actively engaged to do whatever he can to insure some protection for this historical building. i'm introducing this resolution to peruser the marcus bookstore which was jim both city building and to urge that's current owners to have someone uphold the building. founded by marcus brooks he's the an icon in japan neighborhoods and is a renounced center. marcus books has been a meeting place for organizations like west side community services and the development organization and the black panthers and the 17968 strishgz at san francisco state college. the store has hosted incredible icon like rosa parks and james baldwin and malcolm x. marcus books is a historic treasure in our community who's future are under f

. >> supervisor cowen has asked to continue this item and seconded by supervisor farrell. any public comment. public comment is closed. on the motion to continue without objection. why don't we go back to item number ten around the due process for all ordinances. supervisor avalos >> thank you, president chiu. and thank you for postponing the discussion on this ordinance. i appreciate the time to look at it at the last minute the issues with the sheriff. colleagues today, we have a public safety measure in front of us this is of paramount concern we know our justice system st. is not perfect all too often we see innocent people locked up but for the criminal justice system to work well especially victims and witnesses of crime must feel safe to contact our law enforcement agencies. that's what this due process it all about. disevenly tanking our system so all our residents regardless of their status don't have to hesitate to call for help human resources i want to thank again, the community members in the room. yo ask you to stand up today. we've come back a second time to

so which for acting mayor david cowen please give a warm welcome to board president chiu. >> going it's good to be here supervisor cowen as well as supervisor mary and our school board member and all of you. i wish you could see the crowd from where i stand you are truly a beautiful crowd i'm going to say a something that's political risky i'm going to say with president obama said you are the best looking most beautiful crowd in san francisco. i was a little late because i was at the city hall in moving the warriors to san francisco hopefully by 2017. and as i was coming over i was thinking this has been a tremendous year when it comes to the giant winning the world series and the 49ers getting to the super bowl. and as i was thinking about our warriors and giant i realized i need to say a thanks to those of you in the audience who have been fans of the warriors and giants. we're celebrating the 35th anniversary mr. carter naming this the most but we're celebrating over a one hundred and 60 years of our struggles and 1 hundred and 60 years of overwhelming the issues and the successes w

and since mo cowen is gone now, we are no longer in that situation. aside from that brief overlap of those two appointed senators, every single one of the few african-americans who have ever served in the united states senate, every single one of them has serve there had alone, even back during reconstruction. the only african-american woman who have ever served in the senate is carol moseley braun, the senator from illinois. she served in the 1990s. carol moseley browne remaining the only black woman to have ever served in the senate. and she was the only black senator of either gender in the senate one august day back in 1993. so ten years ago, when she stepped on to the senator's only elevator in the u.s. capitol. she was on the senator's elevator already when a senator from north carolina named jesse helms stepped on to join her on that elevator. senator orrin hatch was also on the elevator with the two of them. and jesse helms stepped on to that elevator, he looked at senator carol moseley braun, the only african-american in the senate, he looked

and since mo cowen is gone now, we are no longer in that situation. aside from that brief overlap of those two appointed senators, every single one of the few african-americans who have ever served in the united states senate, every single one of them has serve there had alone, even back during reconstruction. the only african-american woman who have ever served in the senate is carol moseley braun, the senator from illinois. she served in the 1990s. carol moseley-braun remains the only black woman to have ever served in the senate. and she was the only black senator of either gender in the senate one august day back in 1993. so ten years ago, when she stepped on to the senator's only elevator in the u.s. capitol. she was on the senator's elevator already when a senator from north carolina named jesse helms stepped on to join her on that elevator. senator orrin hatch was also on the elevator with the two of them. and jesse helms stepped on to that elevator, he looked at senator carol moseley braun, the only african-american in the senate, he looked he

commissioner cowen >> cowen i. commissioner farrell. i. commissioner tanking >> tanking i arrest commissioner weaning. i the item passes >> (clapping) thank you for your demands that have long been placed on you. i'm very grateful for the work you've put into this process and to the members of the personnel department especially for our process and engaging a whole range of stakeholders. i appreciate your wide range of candidates and identifying a great final process of candidates at the end. we've worked very, very closely with some of the candidates and i'm truly honored to be in the company. i've bend from our feedback. i've heard from you and the other folks in the community and thank you to the mayor's office and to the resemble supporting you all in this decision-making process. i'd like to a thank our transportation authority myths staff led by cynthia fong and other staff members. i also have to give my gratitude to the whole team. we all work as a team and anyone of us does and can step in but especially thank you to maria lombard

supervisor avalos avalos present and supervisor breed, breed present and chu precedent and supervisor cowen, cowen present and supervisor farrell, farrell present and kim, kim present and mary present and tanking tank present and yee absent mr. president, you have a quorum. ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the allegiance. 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 none >> items 1 through 6 those items are countered routine unless a member objects it be severed. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor farrell. >> i can farrell i. kim i. supervisor mar >> marie arrest supervisor tang. >> supervisor wiener. weaning i arrest supervisor yee. yee absent and avalos i and supervisor breed >> oh, i. >> and supervisor campos, campos i. there are 10 i's >> next 7. >> it's an ordinance amendment the tax regulation code that refer to the are former tax board that xiert on january 21st, 2013. >> colleagues same house, same call. >> this is the next item that levies the property taxed fo

(clapping) >> it's my pleasure to welcome supervisor mar are a cowen. she's actually on many city hall committees and boards. she was elected over the retirement system overseeing $17 billion. where is denise. $17 billion of investment money but here priority is her community. last week the supervisor helped with the family and musical and food festival. whether she's working inside or outside of city hall we know she's working hard to keep our district healthy and save. please welcome supervisor cowen >> yes $17.6 billion but whose counting. i look forward in entertaining a conversation that we will be able to have about using this funds making an investment in the community (clapping) we make investments all around the world with this fund why not no our own neighborhood; right? really putting our money where our mouth is. okay. i told might have i wasn't going to cry i am facilitated with emotion. we are bringing arts and cultural to third street and uplifting our artists and the works they produce and honor the historic legacy that the african-ameri

without objection supervisor breed will be excused and annoy asking can i have a motion to excuse cowen >> supervisor cowen is excused roll call vote on item 19. >> on item 19 (calling names). >> the ordinance is finally passed. and with that colleagues why don't we recall our special 3:00 p.m. order to bring back to the i staff and if staff could inform us to your conversations

i want to thank supervisor breed and cowen and the other supervisors. and thank you for staying to late. i bring you greeting from the black lawyers an organization that i belong to in the anti apartheid headquarters and the fillmore district is known as the harlem of the west and marcus bookstore is very well known where bill clinton went after he left the white house. they admired the bookstore. i would buy literature for their grandchildren. their young adults and temperatures very astute and very well - they understand their cultural and they're going on to college and i thank marcus bookstore for that. marcus was born august 17, 1887. he gave us his identity and he hooked united states up with our motherland african where we found out we all came from. okay. and that history in that store is where children can learn. not only ourselves but yourselves too. it's worth saving. redevelopment was tearing - >> thank you. next speaker. . i live in the western edition. marcus books needs to stay in fillmore. i grew up and was living in chinatown. it looks

okay supervisor kim i believe has made a motion for her amendment and seconded by supervisor cowen. can we take those amendments without objection. any further comments. 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 vio

and supervisors cowen and our treasurer and our city attorney dennis herrera and fire chief and rec and park and human services thank you for being here and emily commissioner on say status of women and our treasurer island thank you for being here as well. and, of course, i'm going to miss everybody. i want to thank the various department heads and the commissioners. i have a number of president's and vice president of exciting commissions that are here today. you know, san francisco is just a really exciting place and today, it's get real exciting. but it's in my pleasure to present to you today and to give the oath to a number of people who are raising their hands of divorcing their personal time of sfaig and giving they're great skills to the city and county of san francisco. those are times when we think if we just sit on things we'll be successful it doesn't work. we need the talent of everybody in this city. and that's why we've asked today 32 people to raise their hands and take the oath but most importantly to sacrifice their personal time and give of their skills and a demonst

>> supervisor cowen is excused roll call vote on item 19. >> on item

and in response we have permission to produce a more expensive retail and i want to thank supervisor cowen to address our concerns and because of this we feel cost moving forward having the board move forward with this without the overall division change or the shooud study we commissions being complete. so with that that concludes my presentation i'm available for questions >> so colleagues what you have before you are a series of amendments had incorporate recommendations from the planning commission that. i understand from our city attorney those requires the item to be continued for one week. i'm asking that we continue this item for one week >> and i apologize did we adopt them - >> yes. >> is there another motion to adopt the amendment from supervisor cowen. >> that will be the order. is there a motion to continue this item one week >> so move forward. >> oh, did we not take public comment. can we resend the vote on the amendment. my apologizes is there any public comment on item number 3. seeing none, public comment is closed. and can we take those without observation. those are ado