all of the 20 foot slips are being eliminated and 200 of the 216 25 foot slips are being eliminated. they re being converted to slips for large boats, 40-foot boats and 50-foot boat. against this context, seeing the vision in the final ier be dedicated to super yachts and a boat that run from 25 feet to 50 feet seems like too small of the provision. we have to find a way that there s a place for recreational boating, particularly small boating. it s not going to be easy and i appreciate the port staff already beginning to have this conversation, but unless we have the support of you and other leaders in the city, this part of the public trust and it s not going to happen. i look forward to talking with you about it down the road. i have letters here that sale of this in writing. is there any other public comment? commissioners, questions? the $2 million we expect to be reimbursed, that is supposed to come through the organizing committee? if they do not raise the entire a
if someone is pulling a granny cart through, it will not have nearly the same impact as someone that has a fall on a shopping cart. supervisor mar: i want to say i m against the stronger provisions of secondhand smoke but i have concerns about civil rights that may be impacted by this legislation and i appreciate you being responsive to the condo owners and business people in the area and they are critical for the neighborhood. there is an open door to dealing with the broader problems that have been brought up and i hope that moves forward, but i m going to be voting against the ordinance. you really work with everyone to address civil rights as this legislation is a troubling. supervisor wiener: i would dispute some of the factual assertions that the chair has accepted from some members of the public. first of all, this is not just about some condo owners who are complaining and so we are doing this. when you look at the support for this, it is quite broad and not just some
we really, truly want to take this opportunity because it is going to be a permanent source. it is not just a one or two-year program. this is a permanent program, and we are going to do it, and we are going to do it right. again, i want to thank the mayor for this opportunity to lead this effort. [applause] ok, this one is for mayor lee. it is more of a chart, but it is an illustration as well. time magazine said 2011 was the year of the protester, right? i want 2012 to be the year of collaboration and getting it done. this is new. this is different. we are talking about the super bowl of life. we are in the playoffs already. we need offense, defense, protesters, advocates, a business community, religious leaders. you know, we cannot just pray about it. we have to put some of our money where our mouth is. we need san francisco to pull together to deal with the super bowl of life issue, which is housing. why were people protesting last year? there is no housing. we have t
update information the aclu has provided about the fbi s claims it will not abide by san francisco policies or allow officers to abide by them. we assume that would take place last week and was taken off calendar. we would like to know, will that happen? we have the time frame for wewhn that might happen? president mazzucco: we do not respond to questions. i will take that as non response. you have decided to leave the mou in place for now as is your prerogative. you have made statements to local policy saying that all policies will be abided by. you have an mou that is directly contradiction if of that. yousigned agreements make it untenable to abide by that. you wanted the bocc occ to abide. officers are completely required if the occ is investigating to respond to requests for an jarret information. on the other hand, officers face consequences under the nondisclosure agreements on the federal side and there is no permission granted by the fbi that allows the proce
please stand for the pled of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. we will take the girl called commissioners. president mazzucco, present. commissioner chan, present. commissioner slaughter, president. present. we have the chief of the police department. welcome to the october 12, 2011 police commission meeting. tonight s agenda has a few atoms of the front. we have a busy agenda on the closed session portion involving matters of discipline. we will move through this agenda rather quickly. would you please call item no. 1, general public comment. the public is welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight s agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or occ personnel. during public comment, neith