so just really quickly, as you know, the city services auditor was established by city charter. as you know we have pendic f which lays out certain functions for city services to complete. we receive a budget set aside of 2/10 of 1% for the city's budget. we also receive g.o. bond proceeds amounting to approximately 2 million, and we have a total of 68 f.t.e.'s in the total organization. so this slide shows the large department that covers our general bond. functionally, c.s.a. has two units. so we have audit, and we have city performance to ensure that we fulfill the charter mandate for appendix f. as it relates to our work plan process, it's actually driven by your charter and administrative code. we also do risk analysis, and we receive information or requests from our executive leadership as well as our department, and we have our bond and capital programs, as well, that dictate our work plan. >> tanya ran through that really quickly. you're familiar with our planning process and mandates, but ask us questions at any time. these lists our charter requirement, which you are f

it is all about cities. cities have to sell problems first to live up to their economic potential, pollution, noise, housing. carol: so many problems and that is just a few of them. we check in with our editor for the thinking behind the story. max: our framework was the future, the sooner than you think cities issue, the framework we use to think about technology and where things are going. what i ended up focusing on was the idea that cities are really important. that is something everybody knows and we talk about their are these megacities growing really fast, economically. cities are grabbing ever greater shares, shares of population. that is creating all of these problems that are going to have to be managed. that is what gave the issue shape initially. you have these tech hubs all around the world. then there is this problem on top of that, which is housing. as these places grow, people cannot afford to live there. that is creating all sorts of interesting issues that are political and can slow down ec

i have the experience in city hall, and i currently work as a city auditor. i understand the situations very well. i look forward to working for you. >> thank you. ms. basan? >> my vision for san francisco is this: i used to be proud to tell people i'm from san francisco, and now i'm embarrassed. i don't want it to be known. i would like it to go back to the way it was when i could be proud to say i'm from san francisco. i'm from a world class city. i invite you to come. but right now as it is, it's a cess pool. it's filthy, disgusting, and it's dangerous. if i am supervisor, i am going to vote no on the policies that keep perpetuating those problems and are keeping us down trodden? are you afraid to go downtown? i'm tired of wearing work boots to civic center because i don't know what i'm going to step in. this is my vision, to bring it back to where it's clean and beautiful. i've spent any entire career to fighting for my clients. if i'm elected supervisor, i will fight for you and your quality of life. >> thank you very much. mr. kim? >> i moved to the bay

and protect our city and city workers. we all deserve to work together and treated equal -- [microphone went silent] [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is yisella ford and i work for the san francisco department of public health and i'm here in solidarity today with my black african american brothers and sisters. i'm also the health care professionals chapter president for local 21. for 15 years, i was the s.i.u. member and i'm so proud of my brothers and sisters for having the courage to bring you this issue today and for your response and really listening to the concerns of city employees. i guess i would like to speak to the fact that a lot of my colleagues are suffering. the issue of racism and discrimination is an issue of power, privilege and resources and whos has them. and who are the decision-makers. i worked for the city and county for 20 years and i have seen a lot of people being passed up for promotions, we're encouraged to continue our education and then we don't have promotional opportunities. i started i

in chicago we have a tale of two cities. we have economic disinvestment on the south side and west side. on the north side you have economic growth. you have first class schools. on the south side and west side you got 50 schools that are closed. this anger is fueled from the poverty and the disinvestment, which ultimately leads to the violence. >> laura: it's a cycle, is it not? this is a cycle. when a community becomes dangerous, business doesn't want to go in. and if business doesn't go in, you don't have the opportunity, you don't have the stores. so with that cycle, which is very depressing to a lot of people, how does the faith community step in and say, guys and gals, there's another way? >> well, we have to do our part. we are constantly playing the blame game. blaming everybody for our situation. i do believe we have to step up to the plate and take responsibility and stop waiting for people to come in an save the day for us. we have to start developing businesses. we have to start training individuals. we have to s

it is easy to find you in new york city. but if you are living in a rio de janeiro for bella -- favela, or on the outskirts of johannesburg, you have tens of thousands of people living in areas where there really aren't streets or dresses. how do you find those people for emergency services and health , for delivering stuff to them they might order online? jason: who is using it and how much is it being taken up? david: it is just gaining traction. the company is about four or five years old. the company is just picking up speed. they have a deal with the maker of mercedes. they bought 10% of the company earlier this year. but notuse it with some all of its cars. within a year, it will be within pretty much every mercedes car. the app works pretty well. it had a little bit of trouble understanding my american accent. tomtom is using it. the postal service in eight countries is using it, including mongolia and nigeria, big places. dominos will deliver your pizza in the caribbean to a 3 word address. carol: other companies are

city. and here comes my lift it runs on solar power once an hour this boat cross the lake to take passengers to places like visit i'm going on the round trip. i'm. sure a cat but not a typical captain skipper a solar powered boat is that something you're proud of. josh langston i say i'm proud. mars are among the first solar boats in operation. between guns and up there you can see the number of the shipyard gave us the bone was zero one. zero when what happens if the sun fails to shine for a longer period of the boat still operate. as it does when we have or chargeable batteries down in the hall. and we have enough power to travel for three days with so far may i take a turn at the wheel. so here on the lake sure. i won't have an accident and i'll be right here. not much can go wrong at this speed. is about sebastian you want to take over and if you want to i don't know. surrounding the lake is in one thousand hectare park new stays green in more ways than one. wolf they on the water a lit

areas across the city. this grant before you today will help us identify the actions we need to take to move forward. this trap significance to -- transition to cleaner vehicles and work to facilitate the adoption citywide through existing staff positions over the one-year life of the grant. and i just want to take a moment to just thank supervisor katey tang for sponsoring this item and for all of her leadership and partnership with us to promote zero emission vehicles. and with that, we are here to ask for your support and answer any questions. >> president cohen: thank you. and again this is to help the city build a strategic plan to address the electric vehicle adoption? >> that's correct. >> however, it comes after item one. >> yes. >> president cohen: okay. i don't know, colleagues, did you have any questions? we don't have a b.l.a. report on this, and i think this is pretty straightforward. let's go to public comment. public comment on item 2 is open. >> this demonstration just furthers my demonstrat

it was literally the most segregated city in the north and the third most segregated city nationwide. african americans were only allow today live in two neighborhoods including floral park and st. johns, st. john is where the mayor lived and his family and you can imagine as more and more people are coming to flint and including african-americans migrants from the south and you'll only have two neighborhoods with very strict lines where they're allowed to live, you know, you can imagine how it's getting more tense, right, t getting crowded, it's getting more difficult for people to have good lives, you know, i mean, it was like impressive segregation was oppressive system to begin with but it was being pushed closer and closer to the point of crisis, the segregation in flint was, took this form oaf a lot of ways that many of you are familiar with, there's restrictive covenants, the deeds where you're not allowed to sell your house to anybody of -- who is african american, or a person of color, took the shape of federal lending policies for homes and insurance that were -- that mainta

cities have tremendous purchasing power. with cities purchasing over 13,000 vehicles annually, while gas and diesel vehicle purchases are still prevalent, you can see that with these policies in place, a real shift is not only possible, but is underway. besides municipal fleets cap cities also have options for their residents. with 94% of city respondents having best transit and 92% bike lane policies with implementation. this scrap -- of this scratches the surface of our findings and i encourage you to take a closer look at the survey and thank you very much for being here today. [applause] >> now i would like to introduce mayor john mitchell, the mayor of new bedford, massachusetts for some remarks. >> thank you, mr president. good afternoon everybody. i want to thank mayor benjamin for your leadership in the space you are one of the mayors he pushed very hard for all the mayors to sign up to the 100% renewable pledge. i want to commend jackie for her leadership as well in promoting this report and making this happen. ever

i fell in love with this city and and this is where i raised my family at. my name is bobbie cochran. i've been a holly court resident for 32 years. i wouldn't give up this neighborhood for nothing. i moved into this apartment one year ago. my favorite thing is my kitchen. i love these clean walls. before the remodeling came along, the condition of these apartments had gotten pretty bad, you know, with all the mildew, the repairs. i mean you haven't seen the apartment for the program come along. you wouldn't have believed it. so i appreciate everything they did. i was here at one point. i was. because i didn't know what the outcome of holly court was going to be. you know, it really got -- was it going to get to the point where we have to be displaced because they would have to demolish this place? if they had, we wouldn't have been brought back. we wouldn't have been able to live in burn. by the program coming along, i welcome it. they had to hire a company and they came in and cleaned up all the walls. they didn't paint the whole apartment, they just clean

why has the city not fixed that? why has the city not fixed the legacy of the descaling in 2008 and over 1,000 of our members have not been made whole. so we are here today, and i can tell you why. because racism has been normalized in the work force. it's normal now to treat african americans disparitily, and we say it has to stop. we are saying here it's not normal, we are not going to take it anymore. and that it has to stop. but racism also has a price, not just to the victim, some are here today. racism also has a price to the residents of the city. the city has spent over $70 million in the last ten years fighting discrimination lawsuits. that's $70 million that could have been used to expand city services. [mic is silent] >> supervisor kim: thank you. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is aaron kramer, a registered nurse at san francisco general hospital. and i'm proudly standing here to make a stand against racism and discrimination of all forms. motto of san francisco gener

no. >> president cohen: city attorney. >> deputy city attorney. in this situation, the board should approve the department's determination that you would pass 51 and tabling 52 and 53. >> president cohen: thank you. >> supervisor kim: making a motion to affirm the committee plan evaluation, approving 51, tabling 52 and 53. >> president cohen: seconded by supervisor peskin. hearing have been filed and without objection. that objection, the motions are approved and tabled. please call item 26. >> president cohen: 26, ordinance to amend the planning code to allow catering as an accessory use to limited restaurants under certain conditions and to affirm the determination and make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: roll call on this. [roll call vote taken] >> president cohen: without objection, passes unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 27, ordinance to amend the planning code to amend the housing opportunities mean equity san francisco, home-sf program, revise the amount of inclusionary housing and projects for complete environmental eva

so this, we're asking to the city, we trying to sue the city, class action city, and the city, they started asking for a couple questions, then, the drivers, most talk, is t-- [inaudible] >> in this case, the one right now, they come to the airport to give us our priority, which is we pay for the loan. the other people -- i'm sorry to pull them out in the airport, is not fair by pushing by sfmta. they don't have rules, they don't know what they doing. but to pushing those people out is not right, is not to -- demanding to holding even the buyer, but we are to earn the money to paying the bank. at least we asking to pass this -- the airport priority. thank you. >> your next speaker. >> hello. my name is david smith. i am a medallion purchaser. i paid 250,000 for my medallion, and of course, we would appreciate that the m.t.a. or the city buy back our medallions, but they obviously don't want to buy them back, so we're in the unfortunate predicament where we have to support these reforms. my father is a prop k medallion holder, so it does affect me, too. it's not like i'm coming at it as clea

and it believe in the middle of the city. and here comes my lift it runs on solar power once an hour this boat cross the lake to take passengers to places like visit i'm going on the round trip. a million euro caps but not a typical captain skipper a solar powered boat is that something you're proud of. and josh mongst i say i'm proud. mars are among the first solar boats in operation. between guns and up there you can see the number of the shipyard gave us the bone was the real one. when what happens if the sun fails to shine for a longer period of the boat still operate. as it does when we have or chargeable batteries down in the hall. and we have enough power to travel for three days with so far that he may i take a turn at the wheel. so here on the lake sure. i won't have an accident and the i'll be right here. but. not much can go wrong at this speed. is about sebastian you want to take over. if you want to i said enough. surrounding the lake is in one thousand hectare park stays green in more ways than one. day on the w

passion isabella chose the city's finest square for her dramatic appearance. on the program maior she had a day is built and there she had her self proclaimed queen it was not until sunday . later that her husband learned of it. henceforth britain and isabella were the catholic monarchs of spain and that set the seal on the country's faithful union of church and state. the conclusion of isabella's speech left no room for doubt queen and proprietors of the kingdom isabella queen of cause steve. ferdinand her lawful spouse. on the thrones of the costly and kings replicas of which are displayed on the aka thought is embroider the motto tonto montana montana tonto each ride as high as the other they had agreed upon the words before a battle. but isabella the catholics or to it that the settlement of signal via went home early in her favor. with her a new chapter in spanish history began ahead lay the brutal triumphs of li christianization under the sign of the cross and moorish conquerors were persecuted. the jews were driven out of their quarters through the san

how the city is changing all around them. the other fact that i want to help put out there for the profile is that the second largest -- the district 10 has the second largest home ownership in san francisco, over 65%. 60% of home ownership. so for me, it's a matter of clarity. i am trying to understand how this impacts homeowners. i have a clear understanding of how it helps apartment and rent control apartments. i am hesitant to be -- i'm frustrated because i'm in a position to have to make a decision and frankly it's just a resolution, it's just a statement saying we're supporting or opposed to something. really, is there any analysis or study how this impacts vulnerable communities. you've been in san francisco a long time on this body, know the state of the african american community, vulnerable communities that are just barely holding on trying to survive. as well as new community members, largely chinese and spanish speakers. i am not clear how a supportive vote for proposition 10 positively effects my constituents. so

i hope the city has fair laws. we need free legal advice to landlord as well to balance it out i oppose proposition 10 and try to save the costa hawkins. no proposition 10. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm ken law. i'm a san francisco owner. last week was a holiday labor day holiday. i still have to work for the last three days. the reason i work for the last three days is because i want to help one of the single mothers with four years kid. they have no place to live because they have the family problem. i want to clean it and let them move in as soon as possible. not to mean i want a few more days of rent. because they have no place to live. that's why i want to help them. we would like to work for with the tenants and also we would like to the tenants to work with the owner and same as our supervisor. i want all of you to work with us, tenants and owners. thank you. and als. >> president cohen: thank you. are there any other members of the p

the city. yet, when you design the fine print and application for people who apply for that building, the 15% that is supposed to be of that 1,500 units, which is 225 of those units is not included in the application process. so your time delaying technique that you are using here is a very same time delay technique that you are using now to eliminate the most vulnerable people to have a housing opportunity. it's not fair. you are always doing this time after time and again. and then, with this time-consuming technique, people failed to appear, lose track of their thought and you sneak in this requirement and you campaign that it's supposed for for low and affordable housing but yet the only people that can afford to move in the building is people in high income brackets. since when does people making $125,000 a year need to be part of a low income affordable housing program. you do that time and time again. time and time again. it's disgusting. and then you sit up there talking about affordabl

he was city administrator. you gave me a lot of great advice on how to think about long term and sustained employment for communities in the city onto the door was opened and he was very committed to the city. it was very tragic to see him go his legacy and his life will forever live on and the community has missed so much in the city of san francisco. i will probably be voting in support of this tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you to colleagues as well for offering this resolution. if it is no trouble, maybe we could add our names to this resolution. i have met the former mayor ed lee at this desk. he was marching in the latino honor roll parade in 2009. it was a very door she was a very understated man. he was wearing a baseball up and i think you had to force him to meet people in the parades. i just really appreciated his low key attitude. he did not seek the limelight. he was there to serve the city as best as he could and he did so much for our district as well it has been mentioned in the reso

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it says city services, but it doesn't have whistle blower. i think it would be good to note for people that go there that there are other places besid besi besid besides goboc and others that people need to know about so they don't think this is the end of the road. >> i think that i may make a suggestion, we have several items to go through in the next ten minutes or so, one of think requires kind of action on this committee. this is a good beginning. may i please encourage members, if you have any specific ideas, please address them to peg relating to ideas or relating to the website and not to. >> whistle blower, if you go to the c.s.a. link, whistle blower is one of the links there. but if you'd like, we can move onto the front page. >> front page, please. >> i agree. it looks fantastic. thank you so much. >> again, very quickly, public satisfaction survey, we included a sample in your packet of the pretest of the public satisfaction packet. we have made a couple of adjustments to it. we had really good response rate, willingness of peopl

in a city that calls itself, you know, and takes pride in being an aging family city. make it happen. make it friendly for aging people and people with disabilities. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is cindy. i am a 28 year employee of kaiser. i am here in support of the resolution sponsored by supervisor norman yee. the real urgency here is that these 900 jobs that are being outsourced is only the beginning for kaiser. we are seeing a very assertiveness. a very aggressive leadership at kaiser. norman yee spoke about the 18 employees recently given notice is at kaiser. the union had one hours notice before these folks were getting pink slips. so it not only are these jobs getting contracted out, but they are getting contracted out by someone who is not invested in good quality care. they are there for a paycheck. paycheck to paycheck. kaiser is not paying them benefits. it is not supporting their retirement or their health benefits. so we also want to think about these workers who are getting outsourced. it is not just the workers. it is the fam

ona on a champions league evening which has seen city lose their opening 2-12 has seen city lose their opening 2—12 lyon. better for has seen city lose their opening 2—12 lyon. betterfor their neighbours united who won three have a zero way into switzerland. although details on our website. coming up in a moment, the papers. goodbye. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the brexit editor at the daily telegraph, asa bennett, and the writer and broadcaster mihir bose. welcome to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we start with the ft, which reports on uk inflation rising more sharply than expected in august due to higher fuel prices and more expensive clothing. a trial hears of the terrified pleas of eight—year—old mylee billingham, her father is accused of her murder. that's on the front page of the metro. genetic testing on the nhs is the headline for the i, with promises of a new service of personalised treatments tranforming patients‘ lives. chequers as dead as a dodo — the telegraph re

my name is adam pulitzer, city manager for the city of sausalito. and on behalf of the sausalito mayor, mayor joan cox, happens to be at the annual league of california cities conference, she asked me to come and read her letter to the record. dear members of the san francisco budget and finance committee. as you take the final steps towards approval of this important project, city of sausalito would like to take this opportunity to thank you and acknowledge a number of regional leaders who collaborated together to produce a positive result. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin, the port of san francisco, port commissioner and director elaine forbes who listened carefully and worked very hard behind the scenes to ensure the final project description addressed sausalito concerns. acting mayor mark farrell, jenny kaloway, marin county supervisor office, among others, and of course, laura joss. together we demonstrated the power of regional collaboration as all of us invested our best efforts to ensure the best possible future for incredible natural r

my opinion is that the city officials have not moved our city in the right direction at all. i think that they have moved the city to a disastrous precipice. we are bordering on chaos. why? we don't need drug injection sites. we don't need an increase in the needle exchange program. we know that san francisco is handing out 400,000 needles a month but only getting back 150,000 used needles. these policies are not good for san francisco. in addition, the focus on increasing housing density and building along transit corridors is, again, misguided. >> thank you. and mr. kim? >> all right. i will also say that we haven't exactly been moving in the right direction. there have definitely been good advances made by certain supervisors and certain city agencies, but the fact is that we still have a crisis of homelessness and affordable housing, and we just keep giving away tax incentives to large corporations, and it's hurting the people. that's not a sustainable model. eventually we're just going to become a city for the super rich, and we'll have this giant wealth gap that all our

to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. we continue with our look at the history of lake charles. town, ina very unusual the sense town, in the sense of the south, unusual in the sense of louisiana. it doesn't have a plantation economy. the civil ware issue it has to drag along with a. it is a town that has reinvented itself a number of times to make it work. >> we took a driving tour of the city, with at least army. >> thank you so much for showing us around. tell me about your tie to lake charles. >> i wasn't born here, i have been here for 45 years. i'm native of eastern louisiana, came here to work at the department of labor. i had to learn the community, the industry, the history. you a history background become interested in where you are. >> i can't wait to hear about the history of lake charles. tell me about the city today. >> southwest louisiana, about 30 miles from texas. cuspa town that is on the of english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it is a population of about 80,000. traditionally, it was a blue-collar town

businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do.

showcases our city. we can always do more but this is what we have and you do such a great job i want to turn the floor over to you. >> thank you. good morning supervisors and thank you for considering this extension today. and thank you supervisors stafani today for introducing this today. sim susana robins. the executive district or of the san francisco film commission. the theme in san francisco rebate program was created in 2006 in order to increase the amount of production that was based in san francisco and make it competitive, at a time when much production was leaving san francisco and california in general due to generous incentives from canada and elsewhere. since then, we've had 27 productions use the rebate program creating thousands of jobs, spending millions of dollars locally and increasing the visibility of san francisco to tourists worldwide. this program is essential to attracting longer-term productions to san francisco and making filming in the city more cost effective. these longer-t

the city of san francisco is deeply, deeply grateful to you and for all you do to make our city a better place. as you say your comments, i would love to invite up your family, your daughters to stand behind you, your mother, your husband and your dad. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, hillary, for your advocacy on the shelter project and, board, for supporting us. we're in uncharted territory, but it's the right work. i thank you for your support. and i thank you for setting the spirit today. they're part of our community in the district in the mission but also at our school. so thank you for having them kick us off. it's an honor to be recognized here today. as a city kid, you kind of dream about this moment. i feel like i'm trying to live up to the expectations that my family and community have set for me. and i was raised in north beach, where in the 1980s that working class children of many races played and got into trouble together. it was special about my childhood that it was very public. we were in front of our apartments at all hours of the day and night. on the sidewalks, al

do you think the city's on the right track or not? do you feel represented at city hall? do you feel that politicians are working for you or someone else? we all know friends who have been pushed out of the city. a lot of us know families in bayview where three generations died of the same cancer. we know seniors that live on one meal a day. we know long-time renters that know that the for sale sign means you're out and the new building is for us and not for you. so we know we need to stand up for change. let's talk tonight about the change and how to get there. [applause] >> all right. how's everybody doing this evening? that was weak. how is everybody doing this evening? all right. that's better. my name is theo ellington. and i am running for district 10 supervisor. i'm running because san francisco has lost its way. it's unfortunate that district 10 is left to fill all the city's inequalities. when my grandfather moved here, he got a good-paying job, he saved up enough money to purchase a home and he put all his family in there. if my grandfather was alive today, he w

is appropriate for a city as supportive of cannibas as ours. and i want to emphasize also that key to my support for this item is the wayfair amendment. thank you, supervisor peskin. and the funding that it will generate in the near term which i expect this body and the city will dedicate to supporting our equity and compassion programs. to uplift those who are hit hardest by our failed war on drugs and we need to support these communities in succeeding in this newly regulated sector through additional staffing support for homegrown small businesses, to help them to overcome the permitting and regulatory hurdles. and by reinvesting to support greater health and education outcomes in this community. thank you. >> clerk: supervisor kim, were you about to hit the button? supervisor kim. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i was not sure if i'd speak to this item but i know that i have let several of my colleagues know since last fall that i was not open on supporting the revenue measure on this new industry. we talk about access on the board and the f

that work in the city, i don't think we can look at that because we have pushed people out of the city because of housing, because of -- [cheering] because of housing and because of the costs, and so we have a lot of african american community had to leave the city but still have the family roots here. i know so many that work in the city, bring their children to the city to go to school because they have their childcare here, their family, their parents, their grandparents that help them, it's a community that we have divided. we have separated. and so for us to say there's, you know, 6%, 8%, whatever -- 3% of african americans in this city, and that we have a high proportion for our work force is not really fair. i don't think it's fair to look beyond. and i can't look at that. [applause] so i also -- cause for concern is where we are, percentages of african american employees being hired and then 15% and dismissal of 36% and releases 24%, cause for concern, i think this is actually a siren. i think it's going off. [cheering] >> i'm sorry. >> supervisor kim: and by the way, appreciat

and picking up litter and making our city, loving our city. and importantly when delegates got off the plane they were welcomed to s.f.o. with messaging and welcomed and there were light poles across the city. but we as a department wanted to take more of a personal touch. so we spent time in advance of the summit creating partnerships with the hotels. and these are really important because we wanted to help them to share their sustainability and successes and highlights with these delegates when they came to each hotel. but beyond that we wanted to create partnerships because we wanted to do things that we were really proud of, like remove single-use water bottles from the rooms of delegates. and for the hotels that had the majority of delegates attending them we removed them and replaced them with reusable water bottles that are all in front of you. not just a welcome though, but a welcomer and a celebration and a recognition and appreciation. but this wasn't just about the delegates. this wasn't just about the summit. this was about bringin

i serve as a city's director of public works. and the chairman of the transbay joint powers authority board of directors. on behalf of our board, i want to welcome you to the salesforce transit centre and the salesforce park. i will also be introducing you today to our masters of ceremony. the former mayor, willie brown, in a few moments to begin the program. before that, i want to start by personally thanking all of you for coming. you have been waiting for this day for a long time. you all received a commemorative pin and that is our official opening date. august 11th, 2018. that is eight years to the date of the actual groundbreaking for the center. four years ago, i had the honor of being appointed to the tjpa board by mayor ed lee. i have watched this project, weather at challenging times and come together and exceed our expectations. the salesforce transit centre is the true regional partnership designed to help bay area commuters get to and from their destinations. it also will become a destination all over town with beaut

questions -- question for the deputy city attorney. legislation lays out the circumstances under which the p.u.c. would have the authority to apply for this, apply to this, apply to this authority. how should we be thinking about this delegated power? how, and how broad or how narrow should the application actually be? >> deputy city attorney, that's really the policy question before this committee. generally you would have, the board would have authority to approve all the contracts if you didn't adopt the ordinance because this is an exercise of authority that requires board approval. so, it's a question of how much authority you want to give to the p.u.c. the proposed ordinance includes several parameters that narrow the number of contracts they can enter into under this ordinance. >> ok. thank you. let's go to public comment. thank you very much for your presentation. any member of the public on item two, come on up. >> based on when i just seen brings in the question, p.g. and e. is trying to corner the market in the production an

we, as a city clearly need to send a strong message. we hear you, we are here for you and will do everything we can to put the resources necessary to make sure that we don't just pass legislation to make an office like this possible. we actually passed the budget allocation to support the success of this office. i want to thank all of my colleagues who are here. every member of the board of supervisors was a sponsor of this legislation. every member of the board of supervisors thought for and voted to support the funding to make this office a success. i also would like to take this opportunity to address cheryl davis from the san francisco human rights commission. she's not here today but she will be leading the charge in this effort, because we know that she focuses on issues around human rights and equity and things that matter. this clearly matters to the city and county of san francisco, which is why we are putting it at the forefront of the human rights commission. i am grateful to cheryl for her leadership. thank you to all the co

share your thoughts. >> deputy city attorney. i think discussion of the legal risk is more appropriate for a closed session. we did have a closed session at the board on these questions and could have another one and probably will have another one at the board's request or working with the controller and the mayor's office. this, i can say this ordinance does not impact the legal risk regarding the pending litigation. but if you would like an update on the pending litigation, we should do that in a privileged setting. >> president cohen: thank you very much. off the hook, kelly. we have taken public comment. colleagues, i don't know if you have any questions for the controller. city attorney or the budget office, seeing none, i'll make a motion to approve with a positive recommendation sent to the full board. thank you, without objection. item 4 and 5 together. >> ordinance waiving the fee required by public works code in connection with the tree maintenance by the greater rincon hill, known as the east cut community benefits dis

daly city. we've worked on amazing projects together. and you knew what it was about. there's a lot of memories that i can share, but i will share a lot of them offline. from the bottom of my heart, i appreciate your effort here in the city and in city government and in daly city. we have some tokens of appreciation. first, i would like to present you with a resolution, which pretty much says the stuff that i said before. and also present to you a sewer cover. [laughter] >> i've always wanted one. and also a water cover. and then we have some swag from power. if you can come up here and take a picture and say a few words. come this way. [laughter] [applause] >> mr. chairman and general manager kelly and members of the commission, i want to thank you sincerely for this recognition. it's touching me very deeply for a variety of reasons. to this day, about 15 years later, almost 15 years later, the p.u.c. still holds a very, very special place in my heart and the time that i spent here meant a grea

the city is not going to be served. because if all the people, the shrinking pool of drivers is going work with the prop a medallions so they can go to the airport, you're not going to have the residents of san francisco being served. so this could have such a terrible impact on the -- [bell ringing] -- prop k medallion owners and most especially on the elderly population of the city which is still reliant upon taxi cabs. the mta does not have the best track record when it comes to proposals and i feel terrible for these people who purchased the medallions, but i should not, and my drivers should not be the ones to pay for it. it should be the city. thank you. [bell ringing] [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is kenny. i'm a medallion holder and everybody knows that it's so bad, that i drive the whole day, bring home 50 bucks. i have to raise three kids. we need lots of hope from you guys. having the city buy back the medallion. so we can get more help to go to the -- and we actually need the city to actually try som

so the idea of increasing supply in the city will be disasterous. drivers -- and i talk to a lot of them -- they work the airport to keep their sanity. it's so hard to work in the city now. the stands are always full. there are few radio calls. flywheel cut off half the fleet. and also you have to wonder if there will be a shortage at certain times at the airport because sfo is notorious for delays. after 11:00 p.m., they don't have enough cabs to serve the people, whose flights are 5 hours late. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. >> last person to turn in a speaker card on this topic. >> i would like to request 2 additional minutes. i was witness of the fatal russell franklin death -- >> the law doesn't allow us to give additi additional time. >> i understand. may i have the overhead? >> sfgov will genuine you put it down. there you go. if sfgov tv can switch to the overhead projector, please. >> i'm has started. >> i am on my knees. the driver uses his jacket to stop the blood from gushing from his right ear. i say, hang in there. 4 minutes earlier,

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