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>> good afternoon, chairman avalos, and supervisor tang, brenda g. friend of ethics thank you supervisor avalos for you and supervisor's mar's legislation. in relationship to page one line 19, the addition of the word electronic is that going to be an electronic calendar so the public has easier access? it reads currently now, keep a daily calendar, i was wondering, if the addition of electronic calendar might make it easier for public access. thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good afternoon, my name is hope johnson a former chair of the sunshine ordinance task force that is the body that makes recommendations to the board of supervisors on best implementation of sunshine ordinance, which is what you are trying to change. i'm here to say, this is an amendment, that has been needed more many many years, while it's true that the majority of the supervisors do comply with request for their calendar, as you know, there is after all this time public really wants to know who their elected officials are meeting with it's becoming more and more in public
>> good afternoon, chairman avalos, and supervisor tang, brenda g. friend of ethics thank you supervisor avalos for you and supervisor's mar's legislation. in relationship to page one line 19, the addition of the word electronic is that going to be an electronic calendar so the public has easier access? it reads currently now, keep a daily calendar, i was wondering, if the addition of electronic calendar might make it easier for public access. thank you. >> next speaker please?...
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clerk, will you call the roll >> commissioner avalos? >> absent. >> breed. >> present. >> campos. >> present. >> christensen. >> absent. >> cohen. >> present. >> farrell? absent. >> mar >> present. >> tang. >> present. >> yee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. item two. >> approve the minutes of the march 24th, 2014, meeting this is an action item. >> colleagues are there any questions or comments or changes regarding the march 24, 2015 minutes? seeing none, we will open item two, for public comment, and is there any public comment on item two, please come forward. >> (inaudible) >> thank you, and i do just want to announce to the public that with regard to the public comment, on specific items, the public comment must be relevant to that item, we do have general public comment at the end where the people can comment on any item within their jurisdiction of the authority but not on the agenda. >> so colleagues, we have a roll call, on item two? >> two, commissioner avalos? >> absent. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> c
clerk, will you call the roll >> commissioner avalos? >> absent. >> breed. >> present. >> campos. >> present. >> christensen. >> absent. >> cohen. >> present. >> farrell? absent. >> mar >> present. >> tang. >> present. >> yee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. item two. >> approve the minutes of the march 24th, 2014, meeting this is an action item. >>...
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>> two, commissioner avalos? >> absent. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chris ten sen. >> absent. >> cohen? >> aye. >> farrell? >> aye. >> kim. >> absent. >> mar? >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> thank you. and item three. >> oh, commissioner breed? >> yes, i know that supervisor avalos is out of the country and i wanted to make a motion to ex-excuse him from today's meeting. >> thank you for alerting me to that. >> there is a motion to excuse commissioner avalos and it has been seconded by commissioner campos, and can we take that without objection? without objection, commissioner avalos is excused. >> okay, item 3, chair's report. >> information item. >> great, colleagues i have a few things to report, first a few weeks ago i attended a rally, as part of a national series of rallies called stand up for transportation. where the transportation leaders in cities, across the united states, we gathered transit agencies and transit advocates to really publicly make clear how impo
>> two, commissioner avalos? >> absent. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chris ten sen. >> absent. >> cohen? >> aye. >> farrell? >> aye. >> kim. >> absent. >> mar? >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> thank you. and item three. >> oh, commissioner breed? >> yes, i know that supervisor...
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avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen aye. >> these items are passed >> item 8 is a resolution tew prove a report of assessment cost submitted by public work for inspection or liteed properties >> it is my understanding that-colleagues can we skip this item and return to it? without objection we'll skip this item and go to item 9 >> item 9 is a ordinance to deappropriate 9.6 million [inaudible] appropriate 9.6 million over time in the sheriffs department. the emergency management fire department [inaudible] support the department rejected increase in over time and places 92 thousand of the sheriffs appropriation on the reserve. this requires a 2/3 vote for aprovel of the 1 #0e 5 thousand to public utilities commission >> item 9 same house and cal? without objection this ordinance is passed unanimousically >> item 10 is ordinance to authorize the public utility [inaudible] sell leck trisee to operate the cities electrical [inaudible] >> colleagues same house same call? without objection the ordinance is passed unanim
avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen aye. >> these items are passed >> item 8 is a resolution tew prove a report of assessment cost submitted by public work for inspection or liteed properties >> it is my understanding that-colleagues can we skip this item and return to it? without objection we'll skip this item and go to item 9 >> item 9 is a ordinance to deappropriate 9.6 million [inaudible] appropriate 9.6 million over time in the sheriffs...
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avalos sfrrks aye. breed, aye. compose aye: the resolution is adoptedoon nasmanlyilous as amendmented. madam clerk can you call item 14 >> resolution to grant revocable permission to [inaudible] construct and maintain a new concrete stair way with [inaudible] and other related improvements at the new cmp avenue frontage of 47053rd street and affirming the planning department [inaudible] >> colleagues can we take this resolution same house and call. without objection the resolution is adopted. actually everyone could you please exit the chamber quitely? madam clerk can you call item 15 >> motion to appoint putrenea hall term ended [inaudible] citizens committee on xhupt r commutey development. >> same house and call. motion adopted unanimously. item scen >> motion to appoint sam pend atermeneded jan 13, 2016 to veterans affairs >> without objection this motion is aproveed. item number 17 >> considered by the land use in transportation committee on monday may 4th and forwarded. resolution inempose zoning control frau
avalos sfrrks aye. breed, aye. compose aye: the resolution is adoptedoon nasmanlyilous as amendmented. madam clerk can you call item 14 >> resolution to grant revocable permission to [inaudible] construct and maintain a new concrete stair way with [inaudible] and other related improvements at the new cmp avenue frontage of 47053rd street and affirming the planning department [inaudible] >> colleagues can we take this resolution same house and call. without objection the resolution...
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. >> thank you supervisor avalos, and cohen and tang and i'm tom mazzucco and i have served with turman for two years and he is an incredible and honorable man who truly is interested in the community, and you know we have had many and he was my vice president for a year and a half when i was present, and the conversations that we have had and the learning experience that goes both ways, with myself, and in all of the commissioners and you know, the san francisco police commission is really unique and conglomeration of many individuals from backgrounds and different experiences and although a lot of us do have lawyer experience and i think that is necessary in this general day and age the part that the public does not see, when we go through the processes with commissioner thank turman he knows about the due process and the rights of the community and the officers and he does that delicate balancing and sometimes it is a very difficult job and we go into closed session we have to determine whether or not that officer will continue with this department. and our first priority is, that no
. >> thank you supervisor avalos, and cohen and tang and i'm tom mazzucco and i have served with turman for two years and he is an incredible and honorable man who truly is interested in the community, and you know we have had many and he was my vice president for a year and a half when i was present, and the conversations that we have had and the learning experience that goes both ways, with myself, and in all of the commissioners and you know, the san francisco police commission is...
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and it is obvious that it is becoming far more complex as you have indicated, supervisor avalos. and it is considered egregious and because of the nature and the complexity of the cases that will be facing this police commission and other police commissions across the united states, is very important that we have, someone who has, the litigation expertise that commissioner turman has brought to the commission and he has been skillful in that area and he represents not only the african american community but all of the minorities and the lgbt and one man in these vast communities and commissioner turman approached me and other pry minority union groups and asked us to join together in order for us to start diversifying this police department further. and commissioner turman has been responsive when requested to respond to the community on issues, he is someone that we can always count on even in the last minute requests and of course, because of the situation that we find ourselves in right now, san francisco has the nation watching, 60 minutes, called me on friday. and they told
and it is obvious that it is becoming far more complex as you have indicated, supervisor avalos. and it is considered egregious and because of the nature and the complexity of the cases that will be facing this police commission and other police commissions across the united states, is very important that we have, someone who has, the litigation expertise that commissioner turman has brought to the commission and he has been skillful in that area and he represents not only the african american...
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commissioner avalos, present. breed, present. compose, present. christensen, present. cohen, present. farrell, absent. kim, absent. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. we have a quarm >> item 2 >> approve the minutes of april 28 meeting >> are there comments questions or change tooz hoominutes? seeing none is there public comment on item 2? public comment is closed and do we need a roll call on item 2 >> yes >> item 2 avalos, aye. breed,ier. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen, aye. farrell, absent, kim, ansent. mar, aye. tang, aye wiener aye. yee, aye. the item passes >> okay,ite nl number 3 >> chairs report, this is a information item >> colleagues this month we had money transportation events and mile stones. last week mayor lee and a number of members of the authority participated with record number thofz public in the 21 annual bike the work day which is funded with prop k sales tax dollars. [inaudible] showed bikes accounted for 76 percent of all inbound traffic on market street between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. many culleges joined mayor lee a
commissioner avalos, present. breed, present. compose, present. christensen, present. cohen, present. farrell, absent. kim, absent. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. we have a quarm >> item 2 >> approve the minutes of april 28 meeting >> are there comments questions or change tooz hoominutes? seeing none is there public comment on item 2? public comment is closed and do we need a roll call on item 2 >> yes >> item 2 avalos, aye. breed,ier....
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my name is john avalos the chair of the committee, and joined to my right by vice chair supervisor tang and supervisor cohen and we are also joined by supervisor mar who has legislation here today. and the clerk of the committee is lisa, and madam clerk do we have any announcements? >> yes, make sure that silence all cell phones and electronic devices completed speaker carts and documents should be submitted, will appear on the june second agenda, unless others stated. >> sfgtv staff, working jim smith and jessy larson, thank you for injure work. and madam clerk. >> item one, ordinance amending the campaign and governmental conduct code by adding section 1.160, to impose disclosure requirements on committees that support a person for the city elective office who has not qualified as a candidate. >> this comes at the request of the ethics commission that has seen and heard and had concerns about a draft committee in 2011 urging at that time, interim to run for mayor that year. and it was showing that they are actually, and that committee was raising funds and actually doing work, but the
my name is john avalos the chair of the committee, and joined to my right by vice chair supervisor tang and supervisor cohen and we are also joined by supervisor mar who has legislation here today. and the clerk of the committee is lisa, and madam clerk do we have any announcements? >> yes, make sure that silence all cell phones and electronic devices completed speaker carts and documents should be submitted, will appear on the june second agenda, unless others stated. >> sfgtv...
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avalos? >> aye. >> campos? >> aye. >> and commissioner cohen. >> aye. >> and kim. >> aye. >> and commissioner mar. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> okay, let's go to the next item >> item five, state and federal legislative up date and this is an action item. >> we have three in support and four in opposition and i would like to go through those and i would note on the further consultation, we are going to revise the recommendation that is in the and so the first measure is simply, the bill 35, by mr. chiu and on page 4 of the matrix. and it will increase the state tax credit, level, for low income housing to $300 million. and at the state level, and which allows access to several 100 million dollars in additional federal funding, by doing so. and this is, and we will recommending support on this measure. and the city and county. >> ab, 1335, on page 18. and this is speaker atkins measure, and dealing with the affordable housing as well. and this is, very similar and drawn from and the senate bill, 391 from the s
avalos? >> aye. >> campos? >> aye. >> and commissioner cohen. >> aye. >> and kim. >> aye. >> and commissioner mar. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> okay, let's go to the next item >> item five, state and federal legislative up date and this is an action item. >> we have three in support and four in opposition and i would like to go through those and i would note on the further consultation, we are going to revise the...
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thank you colleagues >> thank you supervisor avalos. supervisor mar >> i wanted to echo supervisor avaloss point about sustainable communities affordable housing bond. i want to thank the mayor and jeff buckley for the working groups that may office has participated in. i especially want to thank the mayor for working group 2 which is low income housing priorities which focuses on the most vulnerable residence of san francisco like families senior and [inaudible] win the association of bay area government and mtc with grant funding from housing and urban development there is a good tool used by uc berkeley researcher, miriam zook and others that help identify which communities might be next at risk from the missions take over of city hall from friday highlighting the crisis and state of emergency for the mission to many other neighborhood where there are transit corridor squz threat of loincome working families and seniors to beevicted in the coming years t. is critical to look at tools like what uc berkeley developed. the mayors 250 mi
thank you colleagues >> thank you supervisor avalos. supervisor mar >> i wanted to echo supervisor avaloss point about sustainable communities affordable housing bond. i want to thank the mayor and jeff buckley for the working groups that may office has participated in. i especially want to thank the mayor for working group 2 which is low income housing priorities which focuses on the most vulnerable residence of san francisco like families senior and [inaudible] win the association...
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we will get to supervisor avalos in a minute and it is now my turn. i'm excited to honor rodney from rodney chin from district 5. not only does he work in district but is a residents of district 5. he is executive director of ymca. thank you rodney tr always taking care of the young people. rodney has been a member of the [inaudible] of the ymca-the u.s. asian leadership employment resource group so we think frayour work there. a native of san francisco. rodney lived and worked in district 5 for a reala long time and he is a product of the public school system and graduated from san francisco state university with a bachelors in censology and hopefully you can give an understanding of what that is. we are thankful for the consistent ddication to the community and lives of young people. rodney is just really a quite force who works in our community tirelessly to make sure our kids have a amazing opportunity not just a safe place to grow and thrive, but a place that they can call home and a place to grow and become successful adults so rodney for your w
we will get to supervisor avalos in a minute and it is now my turn. i'm excited to honor rodney from rodney chin from district 5. not only does he work in district but is a residents of district 5. he is executive director of ymca. thank you rodney tr always taking care of the young people. rodney has been a member of the [inaudible] of the ymca-the u.s. asian leadership employment resource group so we think frayour work there. a native of san francisco. rodney lived and worked in district 5...
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committee i'm joined by supervisor kim and supervisor yee and commissioner eric mar and supervisor avalos i want to thank clerk linda wong madam clerk, any announcements? questions madam chair questions madam chair please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. are prohibited at this meeting. use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. item one the staffing levels avoidance at the san francisco general in relationship to the affordable health care act and the opening of san francisco general and requesting the duplicate to report. >> thank you madam clerk supervisor avalos. >> thank you supervisor farrell and colleagues for hearing this having this hearing in the biscuit thank you to the members of the public and the department of public health and the human services department to put together the presentation this hearing is kind of like the second part of a hearing i'll called last year about the cannabis conditions of san francisco general and the concern
committee i'm joined by supervisor kim and supervisor yee and commissioner eric mar and supervisor avalos i want to thank clerk linda wong madam clerk, any announcements? questions madam chair questions madam chair please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. are prohibited at this meeting. use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. item one the staffing levels...
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avalos. no. breed, aye. compose, aye. there are 9 aye's and 2 no's being supervisor mar and avalos. >> the resolution is adopted. before we go to roll call i would like to acknowledge a former supervisor christina [inaudible] is a joining aus in the audience today. i wanted to welcome her today. thank you for being here. with that we are going move on to roll call and we are going to start off on roll call with supervisor campose >> thank you very much madam president. colleagues today is sinko demayo. this is a day that we and the country of latin american descent we remember what happened in mexico when mexico fought back gaens the french who at the time tried to apply economic and military prectoor the country which at the time was a very young country that had just wanted freedom from spain. under resourceed and vastly out numbered, the heart and sole of the mexican people reveiled in the battle of puebla and this was a turning point for the mexican people fighting oppression. it is a day of a symbol of provide not on
avalos. no. breed, aye. compose, aye. there are 9 aye's and 2 no's being supervisor mar and avalos. >> the resolution is adopted. before we go to roll call i would like to acknowledge a former supervisor christina [inaudible] is a joining aus in the audience today. i wanted to welcome her today. thank you for being here. with that we are going move on to roll call and we are going to start off on roll call with supervisor campose >> thank you very much madam president. colleagues...
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without objection, supervisor avalos is excused from today's meeting. madam clerk, are there any changes to the agenda? >> i have no changes. >> can you please rate the consent agenda. >> items 1 through 12 comprised consent calen der. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, i like to remove item 10. >> okay. seeing no other names on the roster, please call the roll on remaining items. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> supervisor christensen? >> aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor farrell. >> aye. >> supervisor kim >> aye. >> supervisor tang. >> aye. >> supervisor breed. >> aye. >> these items are passed unanimously. madam clerk read item number ten. >> it's an ordinance to modify the rental payment differential to evicted tenants. >> thank you madam president. i'm removing this item to make one technical amendment. on page 10 line 19 i'm adding the word service of. i make a motion to amend a along those technical lines. >> supervisor campos made a motion. is there a second? seconded by supervisor mar. those amendments pass. on the under lying it
without objection, supervisor avalos is excused from today's meeting. madam clerk, are there any changes to the agenda? >> i have no changes. >> can you please rate the consent agenda. >> items 1 through 12 comprised consent calen der. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, i like to remove item 10. >> okay. seeing no other names on the roster, please call the roll on remaining items. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> supervisor christensen?...
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avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose aye. christensen aye. cohen. >> the categorical exemption is finally afirmed. this bringstuse the ends of the agenda. madam clerk are there items before us today? jarkss that conclude the business for today. colleagues thank you. we are adjourned. >> okay, good morning and a call to order the meeting of san francisco county transportation authority. scott wiener the chair of the authority. i want to thank sfgtv for brad casting the meeting [inaudible] mr. clerk can you call the roll >> roll call. commissioner avalos, present. breed, present. compose, present. christensen, present. cohen, present. farrell, absent. kim, absent. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. we have a quarm >> item 2 >> approve the minutes of april 28 meeting >> are there comments questions or change tooz hoominutes? seeing none is there public comment on item 2? public comment is closed and do we need a roll call on item 2 >> yes >> item 2 avalos, aye. breed,ier. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen, aye. farre
avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose aye. christensen aye. cohen. >> the categorical exemption is finally afirmed. this bringstuse the ends of the agenda. madam clerk are there items before us today? jarkss that conclude the business for today. colleagues thank you. we are adjourned. >> okay, good morning and a call to order the meeting of san francisco county transportation authority. scott wiener the chair of the authority. i want to thank sfgtv for brad casting the meeting...
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. >> good afternoon and welcome to the lafco i'm supervisor avalos the chair of logical today is clerk call the announcements please. yes please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones planning code are prohibited at this meeting. . >> thank you. let's go to the fir item rrlt. >> on that call of the role supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor chiu's supervisor mar is alice griffith absent mr. chair you have quorum. >> approval the lafco minutes regular meeting cultivation have you had a chance to review the minutes questions or comments going on to public comment seeing we'll close picking up public comment and rrlt vote. >> first and second. >> motion from commissioner cruz and second by commissioner linda commissioner linda is an additional sxherld and item 3 consideration of the lafco budget for 2015-2016 thank you we have clerk of board. >> good afternoon supervisor avalos and members of the lafco the clerk of board i'm here today with andy our administration and finance deputy to answer questions that surfaced during the lafco review of the propos
. >> good afternoon and welcome to the lafco i'm supervisor avalos the chair of logical today is clerk call the announcements please. yes please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones planning code are prohibited at this meeting. . >> thank you. let's go to the fir item rrlt. >> on that call of the role supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor chiu's supervisor mar is alice griffith absent mr. chair you have quorum. >> approval the lafco...
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and this was the location that supervisor avalos office worked the project sponsor to find so that to me indicates there's you know support within the neighborhood for a bank at this location we did get support from the two most prominent neighborhood organizations in this area and while i can't talk about the business decisions why umpqua went in this location theres a general consensus this is a good spot. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. familiar with that area that's a hub area because ocean off flows into mission at that particular point i think this seems to be where a lot of the financial activities and other activities of the neighborhood seemed to be centered the bigger factor what's the closest umpqua bank to this location in san francisco. >> mark with reuben, junius & rose that's the potrero hill not opened and next on second street actually a store in hayes valley noah valley. >> that's my point they're all quite a ways away and this is really inconvenient when having you have a banknote resemble close to where you're doing business or living you have to go to their thi
and this was the location that supervisor avalos office worked the project sponsor to find so that to me indicates there's you know support within the neighborhood for a bank at this location we did get support from the two most prominent neighborhood organizations in this area and while i can't talk about the business decisions why umpqua went in this location theres a general consensus this is a good spot. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. familiar with that area that's a hub...
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commissioner avalos. aye. >> kim, abcent. maher, absent. >> four, state and federal legislative update. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair and members, mark wats representing sacramento. two items of interest. on the matrix we added constitutional amendment number 5 and relates to the voter threshold for local special taxes, not designating a purpose for the tax, but under any tax approved by the voters reduce the threshold to 35%. we are recommending support for that measure. another measure that was brought to my attention by staff to relay to you and ask for your action on is to reconsider ab 779, found on page 7 of the matrix. this measure has been a watch and we're asking for you to reconsider and recategorize it has opposition. essentially, it pertains to the metrics used to measure traffic and greenhouse gas emissions in transportation priority areas. and on further reflection and collaboration with local agencies we find it's too flexible and a step backwards from where the city has been moving and recomme
commissioner avalos. aye. >> kim, abcent. maher, absent. >> four, state and federal legislative update. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair and members, mark wats representing sacramento. two items of interest. on the matrix we added constitutional amendment number 5 and relates to the voter threshold for local special taxes, not designating a purpose for the tax, but under any tax approved by the voters reduce the threshold to 35%. we are recommending support for...