Tang present, wiener present, supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Please join us in the pledge of 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 se
Christina palone. applause good evening, everyone. Im happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make San Francisco one of the greatest places to live. The Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services also known as mons focuses on Neighborhood Outreach and engagement. It is an honor to be here with Community Leaders who are dedicated to the same principles and are positively changing our communities. The effect that one person can have in a community is truly inspiring. And its that inspiration that drives each one of us to go out there and be a part of something bigger. I congratulate every award winner here tonight and lets not forget that every person here has the power to make a difference. I want to especially thank daniel and his team for being such instrumental leaders here in city hall on behalf of all communities and neighborhoods in San Francisco. With that said, welcome and enjoy tonights eve
Passage of the 195 Million Dollar general Obligation Bond by 72 vote which was larger than the vote in 2008, and more people voted on the park bond issue than any other bond measure or proposition on the ballot which i think reflects what ive always said, that everybody in San Francisco has an opinion about their parks, rarely do two people agree on that opinion and many people believe that those parks are theirs exclusively and they let us know that and we like that because i think everybody should they are the public open space, and so i encourage Public Comment and letting us know how you feel. As you can all appreciate, every decision we make pleases some people and by its nature doesnt please others, so were trying through the Committee Structure to have meetings where we can try to iron out to the best degree possible those differences before they reach the commission, so i just want to thank each commissioner for their involvement and participation this year. I think its been ve
Answer questions, they can ask questions of staff after Public Comment is closed. So, with that, we are on item number 2 which is the president s report. Thank you, ill be brief, happy holidays to all and i think looking back as this is the last meeting of the year that its been a very good year, highlighted by the passage of the 195 Million Dollar general Obligation Bond by 72 vote which was larger than the vote in 2008, and more people voted on the park bond issue than any other bond measure or proposition on the ballot which i think reflects what ive always said, that everybody in San Francisco has an opinion about their parks, rarely do two people agree on that opinion and many people believe that those parks are theirs exclusively and they let us know that and we like that because i think everybody should they are the public open space, and so i encourage Public Comment and letting us know how you feel. As you can all appreciate, every decision we make pleases some people and by i
That its been a very good year, highlighted by the passage of the 195 Million Dollar general Obligation Bond by 72 vote which was larger than the vote in 2008, and more people voted on the park bond issue than any other bond measure or proposition on the ballot which i think reflects what ive always said, that everybody in San Francisco has an opinion about their parks, rarely do two people agree on that opinion and many people believe that those parks are theirs exclusively and they let us know that and we like that because i think everybody should they are the public open space, and so i encourage Public Comment and letting us know how you feel. As you can all appreciate, every decision we make pleases some people and by its nature doesnt please others, so were trying through the Committee Structure to have meetings where we can try to iron out to the best degree possible those differences before they reach the commission, so i just want to thank each commissioner for their involveme