Good afternoon. Welcome to our regular rules Committee Meeting for thursday, february 7th, 2013. I am supervisor norman yee, and i will be chairing this meeting. To my immediate left is supervisor cohen. And to my immediate right is supervisor breed. And i also wanted to acknowledge the two people that will be staffing the sfgtv, nona mcconian and jesse larson. The committee would also like to madam clerk, and also todays clerk is linda wong. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Please make sure to turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Speaker cards and copies to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the february 26 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving the mayors nomination for reappointment of Diane Matsuda to the Historic Preservation commission, for a term ending december 31, 2016. Thank you. I
Call members of congress, write them, email, post it on their facebook wall. Tweet it by using the hash tag my 2 k. If the latest Washington Post abc news poll is correct, the 06 60 said they supported, and oklahoma congressman tom cole told politico last night, i quote i think we ought to take the 98 deal right now. It doesnt mean that i agree with raising the top two i dont. But House Speaker john boehner disagreed with that call. I told him that i disagreed with him. Eliot he seemed more interesting in attacking the president than finding common ground. As the speaker said we have done our part. We have pup revenue on the table. We have not seen any good faith effort on the part of this administration to talk about the real problem that were trying to fix. Eliot the finger pointing and the slowmoving talk seems to be causing anxiety for some of the ceo who is met with the president to discuss the countrys fiscal mess. David cote had this to say. I can only be hopeful there is more g
Residents next up we have supervisor mark farrell from district 2. Actually, supervisor cohen, i actually had another institute thats connected to excuse me. Eric mar has another award. Thank you, supervisor. [laughter] this is another important connection. I learned about black studies at sf state through this institute, and id like to share in honoring them with supervisor breed from district 5 who is kpoo or kpoo has a strong history. But i learned about black studies through a lot of leadership. I see that Arnold Townsend is back there and a number of kpoo community jj parsons, if you could come forward. Its my honor with supervisor breed to acknowledge kpoo radio 89. 5. applause and im really hoping that in future airwaves well be hearing youre listening to kpoo radio, kpoo 89. 5fm in San Francisco. We could hear that broadcasting our San Francisco board of supervisors meetings like they did historically for many, many decades in our city. And im hoping to work with jj parsons, th
Thank you. Supervisor mar. I want to welcome all of our guests who are here for our presentations related to black History Month. And id like to ask supervisor cohen if youd actually like to take my gavel and preside over the proceedings of todays commendations. Supervisor. Yes, mr. President. Ill gladly take your gavel. [laughter] all right. Are you guys excited . Because now is the time were going to actually take a moment and honor many outstanding African Americans who have contributed greatly to the city and county of San Francisco. And as we begin to close out our black History Month, well have an opportunity to reflect not only what weve done this entire month, but also what we did last year and in previous years standing on the shoulders of rosa parkses, dr. Martin luther king, sojourner truth, those are leaders from a historical perspective. I and supervisor breed stand ort shoulders of more recent giants, like espinola jackson, like ms. Westbrook, ella hill hutch, doris ward,
Thank you very much. All right now. applause thank you. Our next supervisor will be supervisor from district 3. Thank you, madam chair. And, first of all, again, i want to welcome all of you who are here for this wonderful celebration of black History Month where were celebrating heroes, leaders and rock stars, not just within the africanamerican community, but africanamerican heroes, leaders and rock stars in our broader San Francisco community. applause and i am honored to recognize one of those rock stars, jamie alison hope, where are you . Come on down. So, let me tell you about this woman. And she is someone ive known for years who is a resident of mine in the lower knob hill area. And i knew her professional background and that was why i decided to recognize her. But upon getting her resume, i am truly blown away of what i have not known about you for many, many years. So, let me first start by saying that when she graduated from the university of tennessee, she graduated with a