he was the fifth of 10 children. chucky was decertified equipment operator trained in the afl-cio operator engineers, local no. 3. unfortunately, he succumbed to a long battle with cancer. those who knew him can testify to his kindness and willingness to help others. with such a gentle heart, others were drawn to him. he was always ready to tell a joke. he died surrounded by his loving family on february 24, 2011. he leaves us his memory to cherish. thank you. thank you, supervisor colin. supervisor chu. supervisor chu: i want to remember daniel ryan. he passed away at the age of 76. he has been side by side with us on many issues, being a founding member of the school of the arts, and always a lifelong advocate of the arts. in even in his last days, he talked to me about making sure there were cars programs at lincoln high school. supervisor carmen chu. supervisor weaner? supervisor wiener: thank you. in introducing a resolution today i am introducing a resolution
with such a gentle heart, others were drawn to him. he was always ready to tell a joke. he died surrounded by his loving family on february 24, 2011. he leaves us his memory to cherish. thank you. thank you, supervisor colin. supervisor chu. supervisor chu: i want to remember daniel ryan. he passed away at the age of 76. he has been side by side with us on many issues, being a founding member of the school of the arts, and always a lifelong advocate of the arts. in even in his last days, he talked to me about making sure there were cars programs at lincoln high school. supervisor carmen chu. supervisor weaner? supervisor wiener: thank you. in introducing a resolution today i am introducing a resolution today to keep our taxi permits. the mta board today, this morning, set this process, this proposal which will allow the agency to issue additional taxi permits, which is really when we see the most problems in terms of being able to get a cab. the proposal is going thro
supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you. the purpose of this press conference was to acknowledge that we were going to be prosecuting the two companies for illegal dumping for those of you who know what goes on in the southeast part of the city the have problems for businesses and private homes take contents of their business or their home and they dump them illegally on the street corner. that has grown to be a public nuisance. today, i am pleased to introduce legislation that will provide get another tool for the city in its ongoing fight against illegal dumping and in san francisco. the ordinance defines it as a public nuisance in places prohibited, on which this harmful activity is well within the within the activity of the public works code. this pertains to waste construction material left on the public right-of-way. this is something we see all too often. this is to strengthen the city s s abatement efforts. the legislation will also give the city attorney
of autonomy of the school board and school district was so important that the superintendent school board members have to keep reminding us they are a separate state entity that has policy-making authority over the school district. i know that supervisor campos used to it buys us of that. this keeps the funding in the school district and allows the autonomy to set the compensation for school board members. so that is good. as the cost of living increases built in as well. it is a well thought through measure and i hope communities are educated as the democratic reform of our school system. president chiu: before our next speaker, i want to acknowledge supervisor jim gonzales. good to see you here. supervisor mirkarimi: in general, i support this. i had some concerns. i think the timing is a bit funky. i think there could have been perhaps greater thought in terms of how this could have been deployed for this election year. but i understand some of the arguments by by collea