and city college is very important to our city. when you're studying parking and availability, will you also be looking at the cost. i know parking is expensive to build. if you price out the students and the users of the parking, if you provide it and they can't afford it, that's another thing. >> yes. we would be looking at that. >> that brings me to my term sheet question. supervisor yee raised this. i know the port does this well with mission rock and pier 70. how do you use a term sheet to discuss all the issues you mentioned and that supervisor yee has brought up? >> yeah. so for the port projects, those term sheets have a lot of the financial structures that are very complicated. that's really been the focus of those term sheets. here in the financial structure, it's pretty simple. there's going to be a land sale, and we're going to be defining the methodology for figuring out what the sale price for that land is. based on the feedback that we've been hearing from the budget and legislative analyst, i think it should be for

the city is not a museum. the buildings should serve the needs of the people who live here today, not those who were here 100 years ago. the status quo is starvation and death. we need progress, we need housing, we need 827. >> supervisor tang: thank you, i'm going to call up other names. i'm a renter in the city of san francisco. i suspect we're underrepresented here because they have to go to work to make income to afford the rent here. so i don't think this is discussion is actually about us, this bill, sb 827 is not going to effect us on either side as much as the next generation. we have a responsibility toward the next generation to build the infrastructure they need to live in the city. and right now, we're failing to do that. so, i hope my children will be able to live in the city and not just parents who have a house here around 1970. >> supervisor tang: let's respect everyone's comments. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is joe, i'm a renter in soma. i lived in sf now for four yea

city president. in so doing, one thing has become clear to me, a lively city friendship can only develop with the participation of the local population. therefore it is of great importance we're not only active in the areas of business and administration but we also enliven our new partnership with culture, sporting and scientific initiatives. >> school partnerships and cooperation between universities will be the subject of our call during the visit here. i look forward to an open exchange and experiencing the many facets of your beautiful city. ladies and gentlemen, the signing of the partnership agreement in kiel was a milestone in the relationship between our two cities. our visit now represents the next step. i'm sure there will be many more to follow. i would like to thank you for your attention and i look forward to the exchanges with you in the coming days and years. thank you vex. -- thank you, very much. [end translation] >> supervisor: thank you madame president and board of supervisors fo

sanctuary city fight. our legislator passed the city bill that allowed law enforcement to ask about immigration status. it also required elected officials to cooperate with law enforcement and the federal officials when they are holding criminals. there are penalties associated with that. they can be removed from office. it we charged with a crime. so we are taking it very seriously. and weernor signed it were sued by many of our cities from austin to houston to all caps oh. it is ridiculous -- two el paso. it is ridiculous. people who are committing crimes should not be in this country. yoursessions, i appreciate lawsuit as it relates to sanctuary cities with california. we will be participating to support your efforts. my people appreciate what you did. president trump: the governor has done an incredible job and we appreciate it very much. thank you. pat: thank you for your leadership on this issue and thank you to law enforcement. certain that municipalities and jurisdictions in the united states confe

how does that play into the feeling of the city and the population of the city? justin: it plays in hugely. we are in many ways -- oklahoma baptist university has been here for over 100 years. it started on 60 acres of land and $100,000 that the community and the city helped raise in the early 1900's. so there is a strong bond and relationship between the city of shawnee and oklahoma baptist university. they bring lots of students. a culture, a different feel, and make it a civic community, which may set us apart a little bit from other communities our side size in oklahoma that do not have a university. >> we are kind of leaving that more built up hustle and bustle area. we are starting to get more into the independent businesses and the downtown area. should we go to the downtown? justin: i would love to show you downtown. >> how has main street changed since you started living in shawnee? justin: main street has changed quite a bit. we have a mainstream improvement plan on the books were close to 15 years, and we did one small phase of that about 12 years ago,

tourist city. i am in favor of affordable housing, but you know, this is not -- [bell ringing] >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. >> the overhead, please. >> supervisor tang: sf gov tv, overhead. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm richard, i oppose state bill 827. will rogers said every time a politician makes a joke it becomes a law. every time he makes a law it becomes a joke. a very, very bad joke for san francisco. as a senior elected official of san francisco it would be a travesty for you to disenfranchise your stitch of their rights have a say in the local use decisions within their communities. 827 is a poison pill with respect to land use and decision making. it eliminates local control, knowledge, history, custom culture and standards. why should we support ballot initiatives in june and november proposed by supervisors who fail to support a broad consensus of san franciscans? thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is jerry, it's clear that the demand fo

the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and

and that will feed into decisions made by the city about the city and how it's changing. i'm talking. the people of frank church can already start looking forward to yet another inspiring luminol in two years time. speaking of igniting discussions about a city these four legged citizens did just that over the weekend in the british capital. around a thousand suns and their owners freezing temperatures in london for a sausage walk which took place for the third time in greenwich park in south london the organizers are three dog lovers who first met on instagram. that you know maybe. i'm. hundreds of the best. ones are affecting at least sausage dogs hence the sausage walk the next one is scheduled for june when hopefully the weather will be better. for. the sixteenth international chocolate festival in portugal came to an end on sunday the event showcased the world's most expensive chocolate. it's priced at over seventy seven hundred euros and covered in edible twenty three carat gold. it's filled with the most expensive spices in the world. and that gives it a creamy gold

and that will feed into decisions made by the city about the city and how it's changing it's their start i'm talking. to and the people of frankfurt can already start looking forward to yet another inspiring luminol in two years time. speaking of igniting discussions about a city these four legged citizens did just that over the weekend in the british capital. around. this and their owners raid freezing temperatures in london for a sausage walk which took place for the third time in greenwich park in south london the organizers are three dog lovers who first met on instagram. that you know maybe. i'm out of hundreds of the best. in the u.k. docks ones are affecting at least known as sausage dogs hence the sausage walk the next one is scheduled for june when hopefully the weather will be better. for. the sixteenth international chocolate festival in portugal came to an end on sunday the event showcased the world's most expensive chocolate. it's priced over seventy seven hundred euros and covered in edible twenty three carat gold. it's filled with the most expensive spices in the world. an

those with challenges need our help as a city. we have worked over the years and partnership with mayor lee and his team, first we passed laura's law a number of years ago here in the san francisco with the help of barbara garcia. we have a place where they can go and receive the help they need. but conservatorship is a huge part of the solution and today's celebration is a huge step forward for the san francisco. we are doing things like opening up new beds and places for people to go when they need to come off the streets. we're partnering with other groups and people in sacramento like senator weiner. also, the integrated agency team where we focus as a city, multiple different departments under the 40 most people on our streets, those are the frequent flyers through our health system, our ambulances and police and fire departments, through our hospitals. and other services. the to make sure they get the care they need, but also that we work together as a city so we can conserve those that need our help. let's not lose focus. t

we had no leverage because the city had -- our own city had already supported it. at least formal opposition could provide measures to improve the bill. i don't think the build could be amended to be acceptable. it's outlandishly broad and the basis is unsound. one size fits all it impacts california neighborhoods across the straight is impract cal -- i am impractical. i have a picture of a bus that says i'm your bus not your city planner. >> are there any other members who wish to speak and a didn't call your name, come on up. >> i'm here to support the resolution to oppose the bill. one thing we have not talked about is what's going to happen to the low income communities of color. there's talk about communities of color but there are no protections in place for us here and throughout the city and we haven't talked about the small businesses it's going to affect. the latino community will be coming out and expressing our feelings. we've not been invite to the table and you'll hear from us shortly. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. contrary so the claims

our immigrant community makes our city more diverse. it makes our city more safe. we're here to protect them. it's no secret that our city like many others across the country, is facing incredible pressures from the policies coming out of the federal administration in washington d.c. the president has based his campaign and his political platform on hate and distrust and is something that as san francisco residents, we will not stand for. we will stand up for our communities and we will uphold our values in san francisco. just this week we know that ice detained 150 individuals across the bay area. families were ripped apart. lives shattered here in the bay area. and i am here to reassure all san francisco residents, especially the immigrant community, we are here to support you. you are an integral part of our city and you are not forgotten. are the forefront of our minds. it's why when i first took office i sat down with our immigrant service providers in city hall, advocates to hear directly from them what we could do to help. and one of the things that i heard

it's too much for the city to handle on its own so it's transported to smaller neighboring cities. including colombia which is a two hour drive from moscow. the reason there's american doesn't want to dump in her city. she and other residents are fighting for their local environment but the garbage trucks just keep coming. out. of the. city. they come from sunrise to sunset even during the night. since last fall around three hundred trucks a day have brought toxic garbage to colombia a city around a hundred kilometers from moscow. there are chunks of tar batteries canisters and just lying around. up to six thousand tons of unsorted trash each day the residents are alarmed and they're afraid the trash will swamp a city. together with her friends in reno founded a citizen run initiative to oppose the trash dumps. thank you mustn't many of the trucks drive through have often with trailers you think they're not always covered so the trash goes flying around the area. most of the trucks are actually operated to clean the tires as soon as they leave the trash dumps. but there isn't even

now the city departments. the city departments have been quite amazing led by the port of san francisco, the mayor's office, economic and workforce development, the city attorney office, the planning department, dpw, mta, all unbelievably collaborative in their work with us through this long process. i want to specifically acknowledge port direct elaine forbes for her amazing work. commission president kim brandon. where is kim? so kim brandon -- [applause] -- kim brandon unlike any of the giants players or bruce, did precede this project. i did a fact check, because i don't want fake news, 20 years on the san francisco port commission, looking at the progress and what happened to the port through her two decades of service. thank you, kim. and and finally the city leadership. a heart felt thank you to jane kim who authored the legislation and has taken a personal interest in this project from day one. huge thanks to board president london breed for her long time support of mission rock and keeping us on track

this is a city-wide solution to a city-wide problem and most of the neighborhoods to not have a community benefit district that will help with this, but this supplemental will. the problem has increased disproportionately to population increases throughout the city. and the citizens of san francisco, using this pocket change we found in the couch, will see a positive increase of 8% of the manual street cleaning crews out on the streets. these are actual jobs. and they are union jobs. so hands up for the 9916 brothers and sisters who are doing the work. this will assess many of our commercial corridors throughout the city. there is one piece which includes $230,000 to assist exiting organization to extend the level of service to include cleaning on weekends. while the overwhelming majority of the supplemental is for mon wall cleaning, it does pride for the purchase of -- provide for the purchase of state-of-the-art machines. and we have folks here that if needed can talk about those machines. if you're to think of these as vacuum cleaners, they're the best filter you can get. this suppleme

the city produces inexpensive clean power and we have an obligation to use this on city projects, we cannot let pg&e stand in our way. the rest i submit. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you, so first i'd like to call for hearing on staffing of radiologists and ultrasound technicians at san francisco general hospital. there is a pervasive short staffing crisis for the radiology department. this impacts parity care due to wait times. the following number of patients were waiting for scans, ct, 125. ultrasound 810. mri 235. the number of days that patients wait from far beyond industry standards. for example, abdomen ct, the wait time is 21 days. mri 13 days. and carotid doer 21 days. all these scans for for patients with serious medical needs that need to be diagnosed. i'm asking father hearing on that matter. and i'm also in me more cram for jennifer gonzales, 32 years old. she and her unborn child were murdered during the pathway veteran home shooting on friday, march 9, 2018 in yountville, california. she was the cousin of long time democratic leader, alexis gonzalez. jennifer graduated

we're all here because we understand that our city like our cities across the state of california, is undergoing a homelessness crisis. our streets and sidewalks are filled with people who are struggling with mental health challenge, drug addiction and poverty. this cannot be the status quo. it cannot be the new normal and it is not something we're going to accept here in san francisco. homelessness is a complex issue that requires a full gamut of solutions. we have to prevent people from losing their homes and we're doing such great work as a city, when you think about the move assistance programs, the eviction prevention programs and the grants we have that remove barriers to housing. we're doing that work here in san francisco. in the unfortunate circumstances where people do lose their homes, we have to pursue measures that are successful and proven here in the city of san francisco. such as our homeward bound and navigation centers, truly working to save the lives of people on the streets every day. these centers are a crucial part of the program in san francisco, compassion. but

i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first learned i was hiv positive i do not know what it was. i felt my life would be just ending there but all the support they gave me and all the information i need to know was very helpful.

we have helped build this city. we are going to stay in this city as long as we can. we will not go away. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi. laura clark, mb action. i ran over because i heard -- you know, we all watch sf gov tv if you're totally insane, i so had some concern about the -- [ inaudible ] >> -- and i would encourage in the future all conditions have an analysis put forward by the planning commission. i think that's reasonable. i would encourage it would include things that are often not included, such as things that are having to do with ceqa. it is very difficult to measure what never comes before this board. why was the rfp for the mcdonald's site shorter than the allowable zoning? how did that decision get made and why was that decision made? i would like to see an analysisen come pass that kind of loss because that is what our ballot initiative is really trying to capture. our ballot initiative is trying to say what are the things that are never even proposed because they know how much of a battle it's going to be b

>> deputy city attorney jon givner. the way the resolution is currently drafted, the board would be taking a single approval action now, and the airport in its discretion could extend the lease awhen the options come up. you could amend it to today to reflect what miss widener is saying, and that would put everybody on the same page. >> supervisor fewer: would you like to do that? >> supervisor safai: yes. i'd like to make a motion to amend the resolution to say that -- add the language, at the approval of the board of supervisors, as well. >> supervisor fewer: okay. and then we can take that amendment without objection? thank you very much. seeing no members of the public. >> clerk: madam chair, would you like to recommend this to the full board as amended? >> supervisor fewer: yes, please. >> clerk: is there a motion? >> supervisor fewer: yeah. it's a motion. >> supervisor fewer: yes. >> supervisor safai: yes. motion to approve to send this item to the full board as amended with positive recommendation. >> supervisor

to in-city reservoirs and pipes. that's very important because the 115 billion gallon water system is what feeds the awss system. so we're more confident in the ability to fight fires after large earthquakes. the standard we used was a -- i also want to talk about public works. they bring project management expertise to the table and the staff brings awss engineering and project management experience as they've been a partner with the san francisco fire department from day one on the awss. finally, we utilize robust hydraulic modeling to guide the decision making of the three agencies. this level of modeling was really never seen before until the last decade or so, so having this ability to use this high quality modeling to inform our decision making is really critical. so as engineers, the first thing we did with the fire department in 2010 was we took a look at this system and wanted to see, how strong is the system we're working with. in 2010, using a robust model, we modeled a 7.8 earthquake and all of the variou

you covered it liberation of the city. what did you see. >> we saw the group having dug itself in, when we arrived, this was in june of last year, 2017. what we saw was at the beginning of the battle, basically a sniper fight inside of the city, with the islamic state group shooters who were hidden in the buildings and basically the kurds trying to advance at night for the most part. and indeed they were backed by the international coalition, which was attacking with airstrikes. many buildings were destroyed in was aduring the fight, it very violent fight. the civilians for the most part fled the city, but the ones inside of the center, which was a stronghold for the islamic state, they controlled a third of the country and they controlled raqqa for four years. they dug themselves in. they made tunnels underneath the city. they put sandbags in the streets. e democraticat th forces, it was mostly militia, but also it had sunni tribesmen part of the militia, they were advancing in the city and the area was heavily mined and

as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. -- all right. if anybody wants my job, or know somebody who you think may want to do my job, forward my name to ed. i need time with my successor to show them where i hide the money, particularly from ed. lastly, i'd like to close by sharing a poem that summarizes my 12 years with the mta finances by an anonymous author called the cork and the whale. a brown cork fell in the path of a whale who lashed it down with his angry tail, but in spite of the blows the cork arose and floated before the whale nose. said the cork to the whale, you may slap and frown but you can't keep me down for i'm made of the stuff that is buoyant snuff -- enough to float and never drown. thank you very much. >> now you know why we put her last. i hope you understand that. thank you to the award winners and thank you for coming and for the spur board and everyone else here and have a great night. i wa

in particular city college. so i think we're going to can lucky to have you on this oversight committee. >> thank you. >> supervisor yee: and the -- i didn't realize we were not supporting december classes. and i will -- if you need help in fighting for this, i will join you, because it's ridiculous we're not. you're basically saying to students, why don't you take another year to finish up your courses rather than taking summer classes. so in many ways, we lose money. not allowing -- not paying for the summer classes. and i agree with you that, we have a great system, education system, that is up to 14, you know, but i want to correct you a little bit. we're not k 14, we're pre-k 14. >> good point. if you look at the school district theirs is pre-k and hopefully in the next few years, we'll make it i to 14. >> i'm with you. >> supervisor yee: let me know when you take the tap dancing class, i'll join you. >> ok great. >> supervisor safai: supervisor yee is an accomplished dancer in salsa, i don't know about tap

so, the city folks have done their thing. now we're going to transition to community past, present and future. so i'm first going to bring up the chief on the project, tenacious, but dan, it is truly an honor given the length of the journey to invite you to speak. you all know him, ladies and gentlemen, dan weaver. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. i'm just the face of a board that has been from the beginning together with us and we've been working and moving and dealing with whatever happens. by order of a rival here, al harris. [applause] if i say your name, would you raise your hand if you're back there still? alex? over here? neil ballard. tom? over here. mel flores. sharon evet.

and keep the city moving. so that has been part of the challenge is the lack of clarity and rules and the rationality and rules has made it different for us but we are going forward and connecting customers and making sure that we do get the services opened. >> all right. >> thank you. >> excuse me. i have been working in this area it seems like too much of my life. and it is confounding in that the relationship with pg&e. you laid out some of the timeline. during that time, the relationship has not always been sour. there have been ups and downs. my observation is that it seems as though those ups and downs are driven by corporate policy. and corporal policy changes overtime and the relationship changes overtime. and i find it unfortunate in regretable that the a parent policy at this point in time was to make life difficult in ways that are difficult or impossible to explain. and i would hope that pg&e has a long history in this city and there are a lot of constructive and good things that they do in this ci

and what this city deserves. so i would say we already have a bogey man in the closet and additional law like this would ensure that there is no equity in the housing that's getting built. it would be a pure free market ideology. it comes with no affordability package. and added on with the state density bonus, we could look at buildings 85 to 100 feet in height with as little as 13% affordability. we're in a housing crisis and this crisis can be solved with building. but building without equity means that we're going to have tremendous suffering for hard-working families that work early in the morning and go to bed late at night to provide the services needed to keep this city funging and a roof over the heads of their children. so this easy solution is not the right solution. and i ask you support not supporting sb-827. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, laura clark. i think the planning department did a great job addressing a lot of the recent amendments that have been added and addressed a lot of the

in the city. >> in the civic center. >> and what sort of outreach do you have to let the general public know? >> we will work with our communications director. we have a large mailing list that the art commission uses, and of course, we'd like to work with treasure -- with t a tida, but i'm also hoping to extend the contract with the publicist we have. her fee is included in my budget request to tida for this year, so i'm waiting to hear back from that. she did a if he nom signal job. at commissioner richards mentioned, we had international press coverage, in newsweek and the new york times. she does an effective job as well. we have a number of local writers. charles demornay who did a great write up in local press, so we have local press that are already attuned in watching our moves. >> thank you. so please, yeah, that's critical yeah. let's get everyone and please keep going. thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you. any public comments? seeing none, thank you, jill. >> thank you very much. >> clerk

in civic center for our city to enjoy. you think about this neighborhood here, where we have more families living here. you mentioned this is mayor lee's legacy, and i remember working with supervisor kim so closely, we talk about all the improvements going from fulton plaza to here, it's been an amazing transformation over the course of the last few years, and we couldn't do it without or partners, to the jill and helen diller family foundation, thank you for all of your support. please, a round of applause for them. and to all of the parents that are here today, i want to say thank you. thank you for raising your children here in san francisco. we are giving our children an amazing gift that they may not know today, but years later when they can claim to be native san franciscans, when they can claim that they grew up on our parks and playgrounds, and they can claim to be the new generation of san francisco leaders, they can claim this. so thank you for being here on this amazing night in san francisco, and again, thank

to sort of the intense level that then led to the city to that part of the city being liberated at the time their activity was a little bit different from what they did now they were really involved with sort of first responders to the i.d.p. to the civilians then that then became displaced because of the battle so they were stationed thirty kilometers outside of the city walls with the iraqi forces making sure that people that were coming out of the city got medical care psychological help were assisted in finding their documents or family members that had been that had left the city before them or were in different parts of iraq so this was the way that they did back then and they cooperated with with the with the iraqi forces there were also times where they went into the city itself. you know accompanied by the military to also help people inside the city now that the battle is over their work has changed in its nature naturally and now they've sort of directed their efforts into rebuilding efforts and helping with the rebuilding efforts of this affected areas such an important eff

or out of the city. so that's something that we're going to be working even more closely on and making sure that everybody understands how to do that. so that you can continue your operations from any point. >> thanks. anybody else want to share on mutual aid? elaine? >> thank you, elaine forbes from the port of san francisco, we wanted to reiterate something said, it's about the learning experience we bring back. i have a staffer who is emergency planner for the port and she deployed to santa rosa and was co-manager of the eoc and two of the things she came back with. one was the i.t. technology and how paper based it was, white boarding and prioritizing without any real computer base and said despite that, everyone was really incredibly good at putting first things first. but it did seem that the technology, maybe mobile technology, hand held apps we could have to avoid a paper-based response is critical. the other thing she reported was the incredible fatigue. just these 20-hour shifts, 15-hour shifts

the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and

city. sharon eventually moved in the tenderloin, and she switched gears, and she basically became a community grandmother to all of our filipino arab american, muslim american, latino families, and i saw a few weeks ago and visited her. ve she signed one of my forms, and she was in top form. she had just gotten out of the hospital, and she was sick. she knew there was not much time left, but she was still telling people what to do. which families needed which vegetables from the roof top garden that she tended. she continued to run so many events in the tenderloin neighborhood, making sure that all the organizers and families were in sync, building for stores in the tenderloin and converting them from liquor stores. i had actually called her fwo weeks ago because she was my first choice to be an honoree for black history month in february . i called her a few times, and she said you really need to honor the next generation. she's like, we've done our work. i'm hoping you can really honor so

the city of st. francis will resonate loud and clear throughout the world, so i hope we will all come together and declare no animal fur in san francisco. it is not fashionable, it is an atrocity. thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is tiffany rose and on behalf of people for the ethical treatment of animals, more than 6.5 members worldwide, i urge you to pass supervisor tang's proposed ordinance banning the sale of real fur in the city. san francisco is forward seeking and full of people who care about animals and as mr. sheehy -- excuse me, is that correct? >> supervisor sheehy: yeah. >> stated, as stye full of people who take action for what is right. i was born here. i'm proof. 85% of the fur industry's skin come from animals who are kept in cramped, filthy wire cages on fur farms where they go insane from intense confinement and deprivation. these animals are killed by able electrocution many animals are alive when their skin is torn off. en anywhered

from hermanny years working as a city planner. i know personally from working with her that she will enhance the process of the committee's work. she cooperative and collaborative. she does not let her ego get in the way. she is hard working, diligent and thoughtful, open-minded, and she will give due consideration to every subject. she will be even handed to all sides in making a decision based on the evidence rather than any preconceived notions, but more than anything else, kate has the highest integrity. she will be a tremendous asset to the historic preservation commission and to the city and county of san francisco. i hope you will approve her nomination. thank you. zach satis >> supervisor safai: next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you chair safai and supervisors. thanks for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of kate. i wholeheartedly recommend her for this role as you've all already seen, i think her qualifications certainlying speaks for itself, both in her professional career as well as her education, and y

we currently have a work order with the city attorney, a total of 5 city attorneys which all the positions are filled. one reports to the board and one does just retirement services. and we have three folks who are dedicated to the investment team. and we are keeping very busy and negotiating mbas and the investment agreement. and we have another person who is in charge of disabilities. and then what the city attorney does is recommend a list of outside legal counsel. that specifically have expertise in negotiating investments on the private market side and investment agreements. when we hire someone, we generally pay more hourly than the city attorney. >> thank you. >> any questions for the board? >> i have a question. we talked about allocating. >> under the investment. >> the mayor's program. >> it should be under temporary salary. 33. >> the investment. $125,000. >> the 35 where you have for staff -- you are speaking of the new staff coming in as well? >> yes. >> the proposed budget for 2019, 2020 and to reduce to [indiscernible] it doesn't matter to me -- >> we have the responsible in

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she has, herself, made thousands of phone calls to save city college. while they're door knocking, she's even been known to howl at the moon, as told to us by her friend connie ford. i can say, that's my kind of gal. so big hearted and hilarious, kathy is also a leader and is not particularly comfortable in the spotlight. in fact, it took some convincing for her to accept today's commendation. the truth is she's nurtured the leadership of other women with unabashed joy making history every single day. there's so many women doing incredible and often invisible work who we don't see in the spotlight but who make it possible to accomplish big victories for women, working class people, low-income people, people of color. kathy is one of those women. kathy always shows up. she infire -- inspires and motivates women. she inspires other organizers. she may not always recognize her own power, but we do. today, it is my pleasure to present kathy with this commendation. we thought that instead of flower, we would present you with a gift card from one of our favor

so those are now in place and are going up around the city. and we're making sure it's clear to the public that the box cannot be used. >> supervisor peskin: is there policy consensus, that despite the declining usage, albeit the validity rate is going up, that it's a redundant system we want to continue to have? >> we haven't entered into that conversation. i think that's what the study would be about, to really understand. i think it would be good to poll the community, good to get a citizens group to help as well to understand value. it may be of high value in areas that are very dense in the city. it may be of less value when you look at the call and the distribution of the call data in other parts of the city. i think that's a study that needs to be done. because times have changed. >> yeah, i also offer in the context of that study, it's not just about density, it's about what the population is. older population, less well-to-do population are less likely to have cell phones, so those are areas you want that. but there is the larger safe

it's too much for the city to handle on its own so it's transported to smaller neighboring cities. including colombia which is a two hour drive from moscow. the reason there's american doesn't want to dump in his city. she and other residents are fighting for their local environment but the garbage trucks just keep coming. because. they come from sunrise to sunset even during the night. since last fall around three hundred trucks a day have brought toxic garbage to colombia a city around a hundred kilometers from moscow. there are chunks of tar batteries canisters and just lying around. up to six thousand tons of unsorted trash each day the residents are alarmed and they're afraid the trash will swamp their city. together with her friends in reno founded a citizen run initiative to oppose the trash dumps. many of the trucks strike through here often with trailers. but there isn't even equipment for that here. the laws are often broken we're trying to figure out how to deal with it. what's going to be. just a kilometer away is simeonoff ski. oh oh. the village is three hundred years

and the city amendment number five. it's been amended five times, mostly for economics, in some instances to add money to the contract, and in other instances and notably in 2011 and 2012, to take money away from the contract when the city was in financial distress. so this is our first full round since 2007. it is being led by our very able employer relations manager, luanna preston who has many years in labor relations working with unions and public agencies. she could not be with us today so i am representing the whole team. we have been meeting with the p.o.a. and with the union's negotiating committee on a regular basis since october. the mediation and arbitration dates have been scheduled in the event that they are need and had will continue through the month of april and early may. as you state correctly, we do report to and take direction from the mayor. we've had very unusual circumstances in this round of negotiations where we've reported to three mayors, and i will say that because of the nature of labor rela

i also my family and i live in the city. when i am not working, i am still on the bus on the train riding my bike, walking, driving in the city. i feel like i am somewhat emersed in the job even when i am not working. that is pretty much what i do. a big part of the job is developing a budget every two years. >> thanks for that. before we get to questions. let's start off with overview about the sfmta budget and describe what it means for the city of san francisco. >> happy to do that. i have slides i will use to guide the conversation. it is a large agency. the budget can be a little bit complex. i am glad we only do it every two years. it is obviously an important part of what we do. the budget is what frames a lot of the activity we do over the course of the years. to start out with, just to give a sense of the scope and scale of the agency and rough numbers. $1.1 billion operating budget. that is the money we spend every year. $3.6 billion five year capital program. those are the investments that we are making over time