you, mr. mayor. president david chiu: our next question by supervisor cohen. i understand she's stuck in traffic. i will read her question to the mayor. mr. mayor, many of us at the board of supervisors have worked with legislation to increase job access opportunities for residents in our city. while there are some integrated in the work force development system, i think we can do a lot more to bring a broader range of prior employers to bring residents to complete a job program. you have recently launched a techs to work and can you describe how that's going to fit with the outreach and what is the plan for this outreach tool. mayor edwin m. lee: thank you for supervisor cohen's question. as you all know we are living in an extraordinary time in an extraordinary city. we are seeing economic recovery all around us, new homes, offices, neighborhood developments and homes built and getting back to work. as i took office in 2011, today unemployment is 5.3 percent. making san francisco the fastest growing county in the nation. this nation is not result of one industry. san francisco

really dangerous got some traffic management. >>president david chiu: thank you are there any other members who wish to speak in general comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. let's go to committee without reference. city clerk: items 27 and 28 without objection. single roll call vote. >>president david chiu: colleagues i would like to sever item 27. city clerk: kim, mar, tang, supervisor wiener, aye, yee, aye, supervisor avalos, aye, supervisor breed, aye, campos aye, chiu aye, supervisor cohen, aye. there are 11 ayes. >>president david chiu: thank you. next item. city clerk: sf 27. anti-arab and anti-muslim bus advertisements. >> this board took a unanimous vote against bus ads and we appreciate how unfortunate it is again that we are back in this situation. i would ask this board stand up again condemning these ads and i appreciate the public coming together to stand with our local residents since 9-1-1 who have been subjected to significant discrimination and hate crimes in the aftermath of that tragedy event. with that, clooez, c

. >> >>president david chiu: thank you mr. mayor. >> >> carl cohn: supervisor malia cohen: thank you. i have been an acquiring a property in the valley neighborhood to be used as ab an inter generational space in the community, be this acquisition is complicated due to the ownership and history of the property. throughout this process you have expressed support for this acquisition. what is your vision for this space and how can you move this acquisition forward, thank you. mayor: thank you for this question and for using this question to raise an important issue in your district. i appreciate your focus in your district, d 106789 you are right, i have supported a plan to transform 66 raymond street. when you proposed the idea i drektsd my staff and department heads to tour this site and create a new valuable source for this valley supervisor you and i have been talking for months to bring this asset back online and spaces for the residential neighborhood. this space is to replicate the tremendous success we had with the property next door at 50 raymond street. we are working with st

throughout the year. thank you and let's go to your questions, supervisor. chiu president david chiu: chiu thank you mr. mayor. let's go to supervisor supervisor mark farrell: mr. mayor, g gnra is a recreation area. as the recreational use for decades has been dog walking. thousands of city of san francisco has long walked their dogs for dog walking. they are imposing restrictions that would severely limit san franciscans ability to utilize ggnra and result in a shift from many dogs from the federal urban recreation areas to already over crowded city parks. board of supervisors recently unanimously passed the resolution that i authored to oppose this proposal by the national parks service. congresswoman jackie spears has been very supportive in the opposition to the park services plan and our federal representative democratic leader, nancy pelosi recently sent a letter to the park service asking the park service to extend the public comment period which it subsequently did and also take into account the recreational needs of dog walker's and dog owners at the g gnra. mr. mayor, do you agre

david chiu: thank you madam clerk. why don't we we go to general public comment. speaker: the clerk: at this time the general public comment includes discussion between the board and the mayor without adoption and referencing the calendar. you may not speak on items. if you would like to show a document on the overhead projector, please note that. president david chiu: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, everyone has 2 minutes. speaker: thank you. i want to take this opportunity to invite all of you as well as the rest of san francisco to my wedding. dear friends, from now it's illegal to own a car in san francisco. if you happen to own one, you better hide it very good. cock owners are coming down. pretty soon our city will become completely cock free. supervisor wiener will be the only one in this town to own a cock. here is a short list of items on the anti-cock legislation. cocktails, cockroaches, cockpit, as well as dicks and dictionaries. while cock users will be jailed, there is one form that is legal under legislation. you can still be a cock sucker. these to the highest level

president david chiu: thank you, any questions to the project sponsor. seeing none, let's hear from the members of the public that support the sponsor. please lineup. >> hello, david elliot louis representing myself as a resident aware of this project for some time. and someone who i think i can see from both sides. i urge you to reject the appeal and approve the project. i see this difference between age group, those who want quiet and those who want a nightlife and it's also an issue of alcohol. i agree that can be a problem. i do believe that neighbors have a right to quieten enjoyment of their neighborhood but not at the expense of fun, not at the expense of decreasing nightlife. we can use a little more life in that neighborhood at night. the streets are really dead quiet and deserted. i would like to see that place come alive. i hope you will approve it. i think there is enough regulations to make sure it will run right. that's all. i hope you approve this project. thank you. president david chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> sf gov if we can get attention on the projector. >> i'm

saddle. i am for technology, but it has to be right. thank you. >>president david chiu: thank you, colleagues, any final questions for the parties involved today. >> yes, ma i i continue my pictures. i didn't finish. >> unfortunately man -- madam, public comment is closed. >> you will see the picture clearly. >> we hear what you are saying. we need to give the member of the public the same amount of time. thank you very much. colleagues any final comments before we close this hearing? >> supervisor mar? >>supervisor eric mar: i want to thank many of the neighborhoods. >>president david chiu: colleagues unless there is any objection, this hearing is now closed. supervisor mar? >>supervisor eric mar: i want to thank everyone for attending. i urge my colleagues to listen to the sentiments of my neighbors. i will be moving to not authorize this. the lack of communication with at & t is a critical part of it. the independent study done by the neighborhood should be looked at carefully as well. i appreciate the planning staff walking us through the issues, but in my opinion based on my

did a better job as a supervisor because of your advocacy. president david chiu: do we have a motion? supervisor jane kim: we have a motion to recognize from the floor lolita and -- from action network to speak. president david chiu: supervisor kim has asked for these two individuals to take the floor. can we have approval for that. can we do it unanimously? without objection that should be the case. why don't we hear from these two individuals. speaker: thank you supervisors for helping us call attention to lionel. there is a lot of important work here. i just want to acknowledge and say there is a lot of people out there, a lot of folks who come out here to city hall to talk and a lot of people in the community and streets. they are not just another voice talking and another person talking. they are a person with a very rich life which a lot of us care for a lot. there is a lot of people that pass away. lionel, was a cool guy. he was really great. i'm going miss him. it's really really sad. we brought him up here, even in passing. he's still making trouble. here is a picture

projector, please note that. president david chiu: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, everyone has 2 minutes. speaker: thank you. i want to take this opportunity to invite all of you as well as the rest of san francisco to my wedding. dear friends, from now it's illegal to own a car in san francisco. if you happen to own one, you better hide it very good. cock owners are coming down. pretty soon our city will become completely cock free. supervisor wiener will be the only one in this town to own a cock. here is a short list of items on the anti-cock legislation. cocktails, cockroaches, cockpit, as well as dicks and dictionaries. while cock users will be jailed, there is one form that is legal under legislation. you can still be a cock sucker. these to the highest level of government. so really we should be grateful for this new opportunity given to us by scott wiener and corporate cock is -- for those of you who don't provide -- we believe that cocks should only be made illegal if they get out of hand. exception to made to keeping them from preventing getting out of hand. ladies and

colors, black and green colors, come out and enjoy this again. president david chiu: any other speakers wish to speak. thank you please step up. any other members for general public comment please lineup. >> good afternoon, actually, it's still afternoon, it's not evening yet. my name is jackie bryson. and i am here once again to remind you that the most vulnerable population in san francisco that is the people who are living in so-called supportive housing still do not have eviction protection. the board of supervisors is in a position to call for hearings to look into why that is and how you can fix that. i put this mayor wants main library cleaned up. the mayor isn't the only one who doesn't want the library cleaned up. the other reason i put this here, is you see the police officers. this is captain churnis of the tenderloin police station. he's our commanding officer. he is out in front of the library. we see him walking around the tenderloin a lot. i'm very pleased with the type of police service that captain turnas gives us. he's following the footsteps of captain garret

you so much. president david chiu: we have one other colleague who would like to say a few words. supervisor cohen. supervisor malia cohen: thank you. i did spend some time and began to know lionel and he was very special. he was sitting there not far from the banister. i was sad to hear he passed away. i hope he's able to rest easy now. president david chiu: thank you, supervisor cohen. lionel, rest in peace. we have a number of other guest that our next colleague will recognize. supervisor breed? supervisor london breed: i'm going to ask coach win and galileo football team to come to the front of the podium. today we are honoring both the alma mater of myself and supervisor norman yee. as you know, not only the lions run the field, they run the board of supervisors. [ laughter ] c'mon up, fellows. thank you all so much for coming here. i think the principal marcus -- is here. thank you so much for taking time out of your business schedule for being here. i know you are all very busy preparing for finals. you look good today. i love the ties and outfits. i'm really proud of you

allegiance. pledge of allegiance. president david chiu: colleagues we have our december 10, 2013, board meeting minutes. motioned by breed and campos. those minutes are approved. madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> can you read our special order. >> the first item is the policy discussion by mayor edwin lee. sfitem 140022: [formal policy discussions - january 14, 2014] pursuant to charter, sections 2.103 and 3.100077, and administrative code, section 2.11, the mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from supervisors representing districts 1, 5, and 9. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. discussion shall not exceed five minutes per supervisor. 1. mayor lee, we are in the midst of a housing affordability and evictions crisis not seen since the venture-capital tech surge and real estate speculation frenzy of the late 1990s "dot com boom." your response in the last two months certainly deserves credit - - first, in supporting the preference legislation for ellis evictees from

who is sponsoring this memorial to speak as well. president david chiu: supervisor avalos? supervisor john avalos: thank you supervisor kim and thank you for your very thorough summary of lionel's life. i was very surprised to hear of lionel's passing. it was great to go to the community center on friday and i was happy to go there and see the community that lionel had around him. he lived a very big life and he had a very big heart and that was shown with how the community came together and how so many people spoke about lionel and how he impacted their lives. in particular bobby bogan who wanted to be with his community where he would pass. lionel, one thing that was something about lionel, he was a strong advocate around local hiring. he was here on the advocacy efforts. he was a master carpenter and was a cabinet maker and made a lot of great things. he wanted to teach people how to do great cabinet work. he had a lot to teach people as well. i want to say, thank you, lionel for your work in san francisco and florida and all the life's that you touched and the world is

going to make it happen. >>president david chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> hello, my name is dana franko. i represent myself as a resident and home owner in richmond. i came to raise an objection -- >> madam, that item has not been heard. >> you will have an opportunity to speak on this item. >> i didn't know that. i was told i can comment on anything. >> you can comment at the appropriate time on that issue. you can speak about other subjects, but if there is a specific item that refers to, we can hear that at the appropriate time. >> okay. i will put in my objection later. but i would like to put in a plug. >> we paused your time. you have about 60 seconds left. >> i just wanted to say that i have been suggesting requesting more traffic control and 26 and clement. >> mam, not on that item, just on general public. >> it is a general thing as why i'm puzzled as to why certain intersections are getting traffic management and others have no control. it's something that i have been wondering about and it would be nice if the ones that are really dangerous got some traffic management.

to give you both principals and coach an opportunity to say a few words. president david chiu: mr. principal? >> good afternoon, everyone. i just want to say how proud i am of you boys. many of you were sophomores and you stayed together and worked hard. it's all about teamwork and carried on that galileo pride. i was from wilson and i graduated in 88 and i know the true tradition that galileo has. congratulations coach, and congratulations to the team. [ applause ] >> thank you for having us here. i think it's really nice for the boys to see what is going on in the city. there is a lot of stuff going on that they see sometimes but not too much. it's definitely a privilege and blessing for themg -- them to be here and it is a privilege for leading these moment field -- men on the field and through the school. we have something for you. isaac? you have to walk it up there. isaac just pointed out the me he has a cousin. thanks for having us out here. we appreciate the time. [ applause ] supervisor london breed: thank you. so then i can get a nice picture, we are going to step outsid

yee. >>president david chiu: the last item was unanimous. can we take the same role call. >>supervisor london breed: i just want to make a last comment. i want to thank you for bringing this forward. this issue is heartbreaking. i watched the committee last week and the kids who came before the committee and the concern in terms of what happens if they didn't receive the support negative -- necessary to hire a lawyer and remain here with their families. i want to thank supervisor campos for bringing the item forward. i think this is a great effort and i hope this makes a real difference and i hope we can get reports on the progress. thank you. >>president david chiu: colleagues, do we need a roll call vote? can we do this same call same vote? this item passes on the first reading. [ applause [ cheers and applause ] >>president david chiu: with that, at this time why don't we go to general public comment. madam clerk? city clerk: sf public comment. public comment:at this time, members of the public may address the board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matt

these items. >>president david chiu: thank you very much. >> thank you very much colleagues. i won't be labor the point. i think we have heard a lot being said about the crisis that we are facing and i just want to take the opportunity to thank the budget and legislative analyst, city attorneys office and everyone. i know that our public defender was here previously who has been helpful in putting this proposal together. what we are seeking today is based on pretty comprehensive analysis of the need. it is not a panacea a. we need all hands-on deck and pack of the solution however requires that we make an investment to make sure that the kids that we hear from and so many others have access to legal representation. i'm simply going to ask, we have a number of people in the audience that are here for this item simply ask the people who are here to supplement the supplemental to provide legal representation to minors can please stand. i know there were many more here earlier. thank you. thank you very much. with that colleagues, i think it would be important for us as a city to send a

to commend and honor david chiu for his distinguished appointment >> supervisor kim. >> i hope you'll allow me to assist you today, it's well, for me a sad day to see you go i've enjoyed seeing you for the past 3 terms and want i wanted to go over a couple of long list of accomplishments david chiu became our board want and leader of our member body and since then our long time serving want and the first asian-american president of the board of supervisors that is an incredible how are you honor and, of course, you prior to being elected to be supervisor doufd had a huge background working as a congressional staffer and criminal prosecutor and co-off and on a business if emphasis spare time and other community activities supervisor chiu is one of the harder working people he's passed over one hundred ordinances and 2 hundred and 40 resolution or so during his times on the board i know that i'm only able to talk to you is past 9:30 at night he's passed resolutions clirg affordable housing and job creation and workforce development and civically and language assess and the health

of the proposed project? >> 135 patrons per show. 3300 from 3100. president david chiu: that's my understanding. an increase about 4 percent of capacity for individuals. as i read your appeal letter, it didn't from my perspective didn't address the environmental analysis or the adequacy of that or as much as from 2013 was granted. i wanted to ask why didn't you bring a cu appeal if you spent a lot of time in your letter focused on that. >> we didn't file a conditional use appeal. the board is very stringent of getting the board before yourself. the reasons we did file a conditional use appeal. it was accepted by the clerk. the analysis of the signature did not meet the threshold required by the board of supervisors and the city ordinance and we probably depending on how things go today we'll see the ultimate outcome, but we did file the appeal. >> you did not have enough in the threshold. >> we did not. >> the appeals in the past were brought with 20 percent property signatures if that's correct. >> i think that is correct. i was not involved at the time. if you asked the question