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center of the city's become a growth and also the city's image this team will put more than five tons in the gadgets truck today anything they deem to be unsanitary. most of it will be rubbish but some of it will be people's tents and the few positions. that. i have thought of that for something. like that to get us a decision on this. guy you're in a ways. that says he gives advance notice of the clean up but not everyone gets the message and today there are some unlucky ones not a pretty lady or asked them to. they like it because repeating i mean if you want to homeless person living on the street you want to live if we sidewalk or people decide to devalue a loss leader. but the city's focus on keeping the streets clean means further instability when you're living on them. it's also one of the main reasons elvis is tiny houses a band playing to hampering operations like this. you know way it's with the suburban attend on the street. so we can clean the area and if you're good side it's my safe conditions to live it so we basically the city has been a determination that those should

the parking problem for city college has to be solved between the city of san francisco and city college. we talked to the city about that. it's not been done. we've taken one position. that this exclusive negotiatation agreement should not be signed before that problem is solved. why not? it gives substantial legal rights to a developer and not the city. it's not the city negotiating with city college. it's the developer. look at paragraph 1a. it says that the city of san francisco will not solicitor consider any other proposals or negotiate with any person for the aquisition or development. so if city college wants to talk to the city, they can't. it's in the hands of a profit-making organization, the developer. that's why -- and the developer may grant or withhold that consent in the sole discretion, absolute. so nothing can be done without the developer. how long do they have the rights? 2.1, phase one, for 9 months and 6 months, and then they can extend it another 12 months. if in reasonable discretion, they haven't been doing their job. both sides have said, oh, this can't be solve

the city. we are continuing our live look at san francisco city hall waiting for press conferences in details, part of the story that was developed today, they will decide how to move forward with the new mayor london breed. more on that and another breaking story, a fire broke out in oakland hills, as we cover the southern california fires now one in our backyard. >> we have lydia pantazes in the hills speaking to firefighters . >> reporter: it is scary, we just spoke with a neighbor who told us he left his home, his wife and children had to evacuate and he said his wife's car caught on fire as she was trying to get down the hill. we are seen firefighters battling the hotspots, if you look behind me you will see the hillside covered, firefighters are spraying this area down. there is a bridge located to the side of me and now it is compromised because gravel underneath earned the side of the bridge, and the gravel poured out. firefighters are thinking the bridge may be compromised. they aren't

the city. there was because of course no interest at the time there was what he said this week from the soldiers assuming of course. you know that there were killers. i left the house and i came here no. there are from some thanks derrick's without any signs or not then i tried to say hard for the facts then one of the soldiers who saw me i thought relieved it's arabic. like you know what they're about but suddenly this guy who saw me then he shoot at me and i was back home to the garage all the families and all the neighbors. i think if he didn't want to kill. me shortly. afterwards most. everybody was thinking it's there and the thought of some modest. acupressure in the room and nobody thought that the think that you. east jerusalem used to be under jordanian rule. israel's capture of east jerusalem in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven removed the green line that had separated the city since one thousand nine hundred eight the year that israel was founded. later on israel made a highly c

thus public work code needs to be updated to reflect the city intention, which is that the city will be responsible for maintaining our street trees. i do want to give a shout-out to my predecessor, now senate -- senator scott weiner for his leadership. there is a three-year holding time before thety is eligible to take a tree. new trees arened mraeed from a variety of sources, including individual property owners and developers. after three years, the city will look to see if the tree is established, meaning that it has met specific criteria to be accepted by the city. simply, the street tree s.f. makes it possible that the city does not take on maintenance for trees before designated time period and, thus, reduces the city's liability. it is important that we continue to work to sustain a long-term vision and strategy for our street trees. this will help us achieve beautiful streets and help the environments. i'll now turn it over to karla short which is part of the department of public works. >> thank you, karla. >> thank you. so, we're here today to consider some proposed code ch

basis is because the city authorized the use of the property for parking before it was sold by the city and that the use of the lot after the sale has continued as a paid public parking lot. is that right? >> to establish the legal nonconforming clause. >> okay. on that motion, commissioner lazarus. >> commissioner lazarus: no. >> president honda: aye. >> >> commissioner wilson: e [ inaudible ] >> okay. and commissioner. >> commissioner swig: no. >> okay. >> i'm going to move to continue this case. >> oh, good. >> so that additional information related to the city's authorized use can be provided. >> takes three. >> okay. vice president, do you want to pick a date for that? >> one month? >> january 17th, commissioner swig. >> how's our schedule? >> well, commissioner swig won't be there that night. >> i'd like to be there. >> perhaps if you want to look at a later date. you could do the 31st. >> january 31st? >> and are you accepting submissions from both sides? >> yes. >> okay. do you want them at the same time or -- >> same time would be acceptable. >> okay. so the motion, then, from

and in the city that is the most, in my opinion, the most creative, unique city in the world, we gotta have a toy store. we gotta have shopping and dining experiences that are one of a kind. so we're so happy to be part of this shop and dine in the 49 and, once again, since 1966, creating a fun place, a creative place for people to come and buy their toys. so, thank you. [applause] >> in closing, i think matthew hit on a good point which isn't just about shopping or dining, this is about experiencing in the 49. i obviously believe there is no better place to spend the holidays, but also year round than here in san francisco. and on that note, on the note of experience, i think with the closing of this event, i think you are going to take us on a tour of the ice cream museum here and maybe the chief and everybody here can join the mayor and maybe we go and check out the sprinkle pole just down the way -- [laughter] and see everything that the ice cream museum has to offer. thank you for joining us today. thank you to all of our partners for your support. have a wonderful and safe holida

mayor of the city. somebody who took the reins as the tech boom was just beginning to take hold in the city. somebody who has tried to navigate some incredibly important problems that the city had including affordable housing, homelessness, and i think at this point a lot of that is still in the air and now london breed must take the reins and step up and this is going to be just another -- a new era for san francisco, but i think the city is definitely in mourning today. >> carla, this is carolyn tyler. you knew ed lee very well, covered him for many years. what do you think about lasting legacies for him? >> you know, i think ed lee was somebody who wanted to do -- take the responsibility for the city. it is not a traditional politician as you know. he took over when gavin newsom became the lieutenant governor. he was not expecting to be in elected office, but this is somebody who made his way around the city, who made himself available to the media, who even just yesterday posted an opioste piece tal

i think i'd actually use the cannon to defend the city. trying to protect myself with a shield and attacked with a lance. fortunately those times are long gone behind these walls which are a metre thick in places there's now a museum the holston gate was one of the three city gates really big but i'm just going to live it was an extremely important trade hub on the baltic sea coast it was the first ports the first christian city it was the gateway to the east. one of the major trade goods was dried cod was also getting a lot on land questions again go ahead and touch it nothing can happen and talk dried fish cod and so much have any of you ever tried it you would you like to this evening why should i prepare some for you it feels like plastic. but it's real. no i don't think my teeth could take that. people of lower back were experienced safer they were constantly developing and improving their seagoing technology. for life challenge let's take a look under this cover we can see some of the navigational instruments of the time there's a co

shutting the city's gates on the king. i'm really looking forward to the people of hull seeing this play. there's so much great stuff in it, some of the jokes, they're so deeply entrenched in the culture here, they are just going to love it, they're going to love it. the show at the theatre's biggest cast, its biggest threat, and spectacular special effects. and it won a new audience, a third of whom had never been to the theatre before. february brought another world premiere. 6000 pipes, written by britain the most popular living composer, sir karljenkins. # there's a star man waiting in the sky #. weeks later the orchestra made way for one of david bowie's old bandmates, the spider from for one of david bowie's old bandmates, the spiderfrom mars, woody woodlands. the last surviving member of the banned from hull performed the rise and fall of ziggy stardust album live and in full for the first time ever. somewhere but we wa nted the first time ever. somewhere but we wanted to play himself because he knew we were from hu

in the city. the mounting is different animal. >> i guess my response would be that is still new for the truck driver and the bicyclist. the truck is going to spend more time in the bike lane because it is less. it is the novelty of it for mixing bikes and trucks. then i think, you know, as you stated very well the eir process goes first and we have the ability to make the traffic changes if some of the design is behind. what i suggest is whether it is at the border which is the right place or somewhere else to come back and talk to us about what are some of the options, specific options to implement now that wouldn't you set the overall long-term planning of this and would be, you know, efficient with it. that is one of the pressures we get. the response i get every time i am out there with this project is not that is terrible. it is what he just said. what is the delay? >> i think is the short answer we exhausted what we can do on market street outside of the project. one of the early slides gav

, he says the city policy is subject to federal law since the city receives federal funds. as such, the city's drug-free workplace policy statement is unlawful for the possession or use of a controlled substance by city employees. violation of the policy can result in appropriate disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. doyle says the city adopted a strict no drug policy in the 1990s.>> you're not allowed to use any drugs during the workday. that includes alcohol. well, marijuana is a drug. so, any drugs, and so alcohol, marijuana, you're not allowed to use during the workday. that is a policy that has been on the books are a number of years. i think it is probably incumbent upon the city to get that out and clarify it, so everybody knows what the rules are. >> reporter: doyle says the city drug test for employees in certain occupations, such as airport workers, police officers, and firefighters, and those who drive city vehicles. santa clara county officials use a similar approach by tackling the same question about marijuana use.>> we are trying to make sure peo

from the city hall. >> $1,000 a month. i made the payment. i have 1,500 left over for myself. that seemed like a good deal so i went for it. >> reporter: originally drivers bought medallions and the credit union was collecting interest on those loans. >> only something else was happening at the very same moment. >> fly wheel or mustache all these concerts. >> just as the city finalized the medallion system, shared cabs was disrupting. >> i can hold on to the medallion until they can sell it. >> reporter: last time the city sold a medallion april of 2016. >> what it's worth, you know. it's really questionable. >> if there's not a line of people willing to pay $250,000 for a medallion does the system work? >> clearly not. >> reporter: but there's an even larger problem brewing tonight. the credit union's medallion portfolio. >> i've heard that some people who have bought medallions are literally walking away from their loans. >> reporter: kpix5 has learned the san francisco federal credit union has now forclosed on 70 medall

in the city. we think it is a worthy project and something that is directed towards a lot of the goals. thank you for your time and i hope you like what you hear. >> thank you very much, mr. wilson. it is fascinating to watch this evolve from the park pilot where we learned so much and seeing it rollout city wide is fantastic. to your point, it is probably almost invisible to most people who use it except people will be able to park more easily and the apps that will be available to let people see what those rates are because i can see that might be someone's concern they park the car and it was x per hour. they don't maybe know if they don't check ahead of time if they went up two blocks it would be cheaper. are we going to on our lovely new web site let people know which apps to use not while driving but before they go out to try to park? >> i think that is a good idea. we did that with sf park. not endorsing anybody if you are interested in finding the information these are the places to visit.

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he had be the city administrator before that, a real behind the scenes guy of city hall. he was not a normal politician when it came to the sort of glad handing that you would expect. he was a behind-the-scenes doer type of guy, a city administrator. before that he was the director of public works, working on a lot of important street projects. when he was appointed mayor in 2011 of january, he was taking over for former mayor gavin newsom at that time when he resigned to become the lieutenant governor of california. at fires rd first mayor lee indicated he wasn't sure he would run to keep his most as mayor in november of that year. then there was a campaign that began called "run! ed, run !" he ran in 2011, then ran for re-election in 2015 and has been the mayor ever since, the first asian- american mayor, again, in san francisco's history. he will certainly be missed. a real shocker at san francisco city hall moving forward. we will get a lot more reaction from other politicians. now acting mayor london breed steps into that post. >> and you were mentioning that he was

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citizens are the complainants, the city are the respondents, and every single time you find for the city; in other words, the city committed no violation. i myself have 37 orders of determination from the task force saying in their opinion, the law had been violated, and every one of those that has been referred to you, you always find in the same manner. now, i don't know how due process works in your lawyerly minds, but to me, due process does not result in always coming up with the same decision against the same party and for the same party, and that's what you do every single time as regard sunshine. the kapuki theater piece, in your last meeting, which purported to be a meeting on a sunshine task force referral displays this body's blatant disregard for the rule of law. in the good government guide, there is a section that i would suggest you read. it's called roles of commissioners. the section mentions things like due process, and direct commissioners when acting in a quasi judicial capacity to, quote, base their decisions on the evidence and the governing law. as the civil grand

and by dedicating 1296 shot well to the city and the city had an r.f.p. to develop the site into 100% affordable housing for seniors with 20% of the units set aside for homeless and formerly homeless seniors and it was chosen to develop the site and they have predevelopment work and construction is ready to begin in march 2018. once developed the property will be 85 feet tall with 94 units, and one unit reserved for a manager, on-site manager. and 19 homeless units at 30% a.m.i. and the rest is up to 50% a.m.i. and the ground lease will have annual payments of base rent and resil saidual rent, which is $10,175,000 and the city will collect $15,000 in base rent and to the incident that the residual receipts is available, they will collect an additional $1,205,000 and they will have a ground lease for 74 years with the option to extend for 24 more years and otherwise we are in full support of this project and the analyst report to -- we request that you move to approve it based on the analyst report. >> supervisor cohen: what did you say? >> sorry. i was fu

through the city council day appointed henry mcelroy, city manager, and the city manager position was really more powerful than any other position in kansas city at the time, and so henry mcelroy is manager, was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the city, and reformers hoped the manage we're be this professional, kind of just takes care of business in proper ways, but since he was pander gast's man, it was very improper, and whenever they did city construction projects, mcelroy would make sure that the contracts wend to companies that were owned by tom pendergast, and pendergast owned mostly construction companies. there was basically everything from quarries to cement to -- there was a redi-mix, that company is one of his big ones. he had insurance companies. he had liquor companies, of course, which at least officially they changed to beverage companies during prohibition at the time, and so all of these city contracts went through mcelroy to -- back to pendergast, and the gets the money. so there's this circle of money that piepowder gast is always getting his cuts and the

safest city in the world. our neighborhood sixth street corridor is part of my mission and our mission i is to make sue that ed lee lives on. if we love him like we say we do, we honor him the way we live. i am going to read you off. one in three homes with children have a gun. many left unlocked or loaded. 8% unintentional firearm deaths of kids under 15 occur in the home. homicide and suicide by guns increase during the holidays. the words of maddi scott help end the pollution and be the solution to gun violence. come on, we have to do this together. i will bring up joanne, one of our business partners. >> i am joanne hillary. i want to give my condolences to co-workers and friends and family of may or ed lee. it is a difficult time. i know the city of san francisco will remain strong and be dedicated to the ideals he set forth. it is essential we all strive to be the greatest example of a member of the community so that we can truly honor all of those who have come and served and fought and were so dedicate

the city and the board of supervisors adopted the policy to increase the size of the city's general fund reserve it used to be $25 million total for the general fund and that reserve has grown overtime to about 8% of general fund revenues from a fraction of 1% that puts us in more of a standard range where we have re serves that are more proportion at to the size of the city's revenues so that should provide some question with one of these big changes. and then let's see of course revenue generation is our other strategy for mitigateing any of these issues and the more self reliant we have on our revenues and the less we rely on general fund dollars or we're reliant on good news from the state or federals, the less susceptible to those changes so that that's got to be our policy for in sul eighting ourselves from the swings of the financial world so that is all i've got. [laughter] >> well, that was really very commendable. [laughter] >> recognize aside from having to stand. by itself it's difficult. >> it's good for my back. >> i mean obviously the work behind it in the way that yo

on the other side of the city has opened. and that new airport famously has more than five years behind schedule whatever happened to germany. staff and expensive living space is only one problem that city dwellers face these days another one is traffic after years of jammed streets and badly organized public transport the city of hamburg has now made a remarkable recovery smart technology is helping to avoid gridlock. as our cities become increasingly congested with more and more people on the government's have to come up with new solutions to improve traffic flows and these days their digital this brand new software is helping hamburg to improve the coordination of its construction sites. we're very pleased we've had some astonishing results the programmers very intuitive it's very similar to a smartphone or tablet anyone can use it it's very own problematic and i'm assuming a big improvement in coordination of. this software shows where a construction site is planned if it looks like the plans will cause traffic snarl ups

at the city as a true partner and has the best interests of the city and the community in mind as we move forward and really sense that in this project, all of us have seen what this project can do for the future of san francisco. and it brings together labor, the port, the giants, but really provides a benefit to all of san francisco and creating a community that will really be additive to our city. i think we've got an opportunity, as we look at sort of the changing landscape and this is also a project where it's taken into account the need for affordable housing and not just met the minimum but rose above that. think that really needs to be highlighted again that this project goes above and beyond sort of minimum requirements for affordable housing and i want to just thank everybody for figuring out a way to make that happen. i'm not going to thank everyone on our team. fran, you say it well. but just everyone that has been involved in this. you've really been stellar. many of you sitting in the first few rows here. thank you for the work that has been done. this brings out in the

of the city and county of san francisco and share all of our condolences with people of the city and county of san francisco. i want to thank all of my colleagues on the board, many of whom gathered in the wee hours of this morning at zuckerberg general hospital. with that, our clerk is alberto quintanilla and mr. clerk, if you could please call the roll, we're going to have a very brief meeting and then we are going to adjourn to go have a press conference with our acting mayor london breed on the mayor's balcony. >> clerk: item one, commissioner breed, breed absent. commissioner cohen, present. commissioner farrell, present. commissioner fewer, fewer absent. commissioner kim, kim present. commissioner peskin. present. commissioner ronen, present. commissioner safai present, commissioner sheehy, absent. commissioner tang, present commissioner yee. >> commissioner sheehy should be named present. commissioner fewer, i spoke to a few hours ago, we'll take that without objection. i'm going to forego the chair support, madam secretary director, are there any items you want to share? any

the city's contribution is $8.1 million and the tax credit and of the city's contribution their 3.5 million would come from the state grant which we recommend approval. and there has been some changes to my understanding in terms of the funding agreement. the agreement that we received was that the city would allocate $6.8 million, and the non-profit their 1 million and my understanding is that some of the funding that was to be allocated through the funding agreement is not eligible for that purpose so that the funding agreement would be $6.2 million. but, again, as i understand it that doesn't change the budget, and the community opportunity fund contribution of $600,000 which is actually part of the city's bond moneys would still be available on the project but not through the funding agreement. another change to the project from our report is that we at the time of the report, we did not have a copy of the indemnity agreement and we do now have a copy of that agreement. our understanding is that this is required as part of the conditions of receiving the tax credit. so at this point we

the city's mayor ed lee has died at the age of 65. he passed away this morning at zuckerberg hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. >> and we have a live look inside city hall right now. the new acting mayor, board of supervisors president london breed held a news conference expressing the grief, the shock, and the sadness that everyone is feeling this morning at the sudden passing of mayor ed lee. former san francisco mayor willie brown tells abc 7 news that he is in mourning too. he says that mayor lee suffered a heart attack. >> our coverage of mayor lee's passing continues on the abc 7 news app. >>> we want to get onto other news right now though. a fire damaged several homes in oakland this morning. two were destroyed. >> abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live from oakland. >> reporter: really scary scene up here overnight in the oakland hills. you can still see the smoke rising on the hillside behind me. i talked to a neighbor right next to where this fire started. they said they saw a wall of flames. it was raining

city offers in return for which the developer may offer more than is otherwise sort of the baseline requirements, so there are other mechanisms that the city could use and other circumstances where the city could have these additional requirements as part of sort of an opt-in program where a development gets a particular set of benefits from the city, and then, would agree to offer additional community types of benefits. i hesitate to acall them that, but that's another method by which the city could certainly look for additional requirements for a project. >>commissioner moore: i appreciate you explaining that to us because in the lack of, really, understanding that we don't have terms for development agreement for this type of project as commissioner johnson suggested, i am using the word mou as kind of a bridge for what you are describing as a more subtled way of looking for look that we could really resolve prior to having to consider this project for approval. there are too many open-ended things which have not been addressed. >>vice president richards: thank you. so a couple o

there, he oversaw 27 city departments, including the city's new 311 call center and the city's technology department. now, these weren't small jobs. public works has a budget of hundreds of millions, and the city has a budget of billions. with that record of service and accomplishment, he was thrust further into the spotlight in 2011, when gavin newsom moved to sacramento and ed became mayor. now, san francisco is the kind of city where a mar i don't rememb remember -- mayor has to be hands on. it's not just receiving council officials and hosting parties. it's understanding what's going on, balancing budget, responding to constituents, solving problems, and knowing this city in every street and district. ed lee was that kind of mayor, and he did an exemplary job. when he took over, the city was in recession. not only did we bounce back, our unemployment rate, which had been nearly 10% when he took over, is down to 2.7% today. housing has always been a big issue, but under his leadership, the city added more housing units than under any other mayor. 17,000 new or rehabilitated units have

>> the city is wonderful because we are still the only city in the country that's got an 85% recycling done already with our garbage. why not do even better than that? >> that event was just about 12 hours before lee's death. >>> certainly reaction has poured in from around the country on lee's passing. california senator tweeted this photo adding the caption i am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend. he was a fierce advocate for civil rights and worked for workers' rights and his leadership will be missed. keeping the mayor's family in my prayers during this difficult time. >>> moving on, happening now, the votes are being added up in a contested special election for the u.s. senate in alabama tonight. the republican leads the democrat, but only some of the votes have been counted with 48% of precincts voting. jones hoped traditional right leaning alabama would support him. moore has denied accusations of sexual assault. president trump urged everyone to vote for moore. one political analyst believes there is a theory by moore's support from the white house. >> president trump

that brought the new york city ballet, the philadelphia orchestra, and it started a rebirth of the city. in 1984, we have the city center constructed. that started to bring conventions, more tourism, and the rest really is history. the city revitalized itself, and even through the economic decline a few years ago, this city was one of the few in the country still growing, and today still is. now saratoga springs is a tourist destination. so we are really proud of how our city has had it's ups and downs, but has really built itself up to be one of the strongest communities in upstate. >> our spectrum cable partners worked with c-span cities' tour staff when we traveled to saratoga springs, new york. the city's located about 200 miles north of new york city, and about 280 miles east of buffalo. learn more about saratoga springs, all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are going to drive up here, out of historic congress park, and take a right onto broadway. the park is by far one of the jewels of the city of saratoga, not only because of its location, but it is steeped in the great

much of the city. i'm hoping you would think about how you would feel if this was in your back yard, taking away your sun light and forever taking away your quality of life. this project has the potential to be so much better, and i'd like to suggest that's what you should be seeking. i hope you will please support this appeal and send the project back to planning review with a condition that it be no more than three stories. >> my name is alex bernstein. i live at 2545 lake street with my wife and three children. i'm here with my wife and many of my neighbors to propose deep concern for the project as proposed and to suggest modest changes. i don't want to limit opportunities for new richmond residents, but rather ensure that everyone's needs are met. as a multicultural bilink we-- bilingual family, we want to stay, however, that will be difficult if the new building drastically reduces or living conditions. i asked my neighbors why they've lived in the richmond for over 20 years. what i heard was a l

the city never took steps to shut the place down. how can you explain the lack of enforcement at the ghost ship warehouse? >> the lack of enforcement at the ghost ship was primarily driven by the fact that the management of that building worked very hard to evade government notice. >> reporter: is that the city casting blame on these folks? the city plays a huge role here when it comes to inspections and follow-up. >> well, and that's a big part of what we've focused on in this last year. creating a better risk assessment model to try and uncover properties that are falling under the radar screen. >> reporter: so does the city have any responsibility? >> the city has taken its responsibility to continually be improving upon its system. >> reporter: oakland launched a new computer system to track code inspections. soon, the fire and building departments will use the same database to monitor problem properties. the city recently hired nine new inspectors. >> we've set the ball in motion on every task. >> reporter: joe heads the new fir

of the city and county of san francisco and share all of our condolences with people of the city and county of san francisco. i want to thank all of my ll

is crucial and needed for the city. it has high-paying jobs and creative advancement for opportunities for people without a four-year degree and facile tates economic diversity of the city. as we know today, there are still industrial protective zoning and we know without protection from p.r. soma, a lot of this is likely to disappear. in this plan, it is an example of keep what's great and fix what's not, we hope to keep the p.d.r. in the area while amending the zoning and additional right. -- requirements on large office projects. the funding for p.d.r. would come from the fund from new development. and that represents the cost to subsidize. the result is that in these industrially protected areas, after the plan, we'd still have about the same amount of p.d.r. as we have today. approximately 900,000 square feet. the benefit is also that because this p.d.r. will be built with the projects itself, there will be no lag in delivery of this public benefit. and developers will be able to provide this public benefit in one

the biggest legacy for the city will be? >> i worked with and have known mayor ed lee for over 20 years and what i appreciate about the mayor is his commitment to public housing mostly because when i became a member of the board of supervisors, i made it clear that was -- he asked my top three priorities and i said public housing, public housing, public housing. as someone who grew up here and spent most my life there, mayor lee, very similar situation, we bonded over that. and looking at robert pitts and looking at it going from this place that was completely falling apart to just painted walls and new fixtures and how beautiful it looks and the fact that he really was stead do you on helping to make this happen is really what i will always remember about him. his commitment to tune out the noise and focus on trying to get the job done and i really will always appreciate him for taking my praourty seriously and helping to get that work done. he was a dedicated and committed public servant and i will never forgot him for tha

the city. i have a reference staff of 4.8 people, so we -- i have recently understood that maybe the library space has been -- materials have been removed. the last time we were there, they were still there, and there was no workable space there. i think our biggest concern is the environmental osha concerns that may be about going through those materials, but we need to, and we welcome working with the city to come up with a solution so these can be resolved and taken care of. >>supervisor tang: but how long have these books been there. >> well, the city moved out of city hall in 1995 and stored them in various spaces and left them there. >>supervisor tang: how long have you been the director of this department? >> 26 years. >>supervisor tang: that's a long time. i'm going to push back a little bit director, because i think you need to show a little bit more leadership and creativity in getting these books housed. quite honestly, you don't interact with any of the members. it's probably some o

what is clear in the city of san francisco is our city is suffering. the do no harm correlation are fighting oppression and it's impossible to predict how many more cases we will have to have of seniors being evict and dying in our hospitals before the city takes the health crisis seriously. we need an increase in affordable housing and market-rate housing will not solve the problem and we need to repeal cost of hawkins. thank you. >> supervisor: next speaker. and please come to the mic after the last speaker speak. >> thank you for letting me speak. i'm judy stocker. i appreciate you're giving eight of time to the report and to the issue. and i can't stress enough the importance of not just losing affordable housing but losing the richness and strength of community. i've lived in my home in the upper haight for 29 years and we were served with an ellis act eviction in december and we were devastated and we need your help. this is not just attorney generalic -- tragic because we're losing our homes but being forced from our community. we have a diverse

i want the city attorney to be notified. i'm hopeful that the local hire requirements applied selectively to private enterprise and unrelated to government contracts and involving public funds are unlawful. and so, maybe we will be that base case. but this is going to be, this is going to strangle this business, this industry, having to hire local like this, it's ridiculous. we need to get the city attorney on this one right away. it should be top priority for us. >> the request has been put in. when they do an official recommendation, it does -- it isn't like an immediate sort of email back. it has to be vetted through a process through the city attorney's office. i'm waiting to hear back from our city attorney on the estimated time line. >> we should definitely dog this. i can't believe this hasn't gotten press, or the industry hasn't screamed about this. this is a landmine for them. even if they get approved, there's a non-starter if they don't hire. >> i would like to read the last sentence of this paragraph. says direct