Id like to thank supervisor tang, ~ but particularly members of the board of supervisors because you have provided a forum, a place where you can share your personal voice and personal stories. And you bring to life what you do as leaders as you serve this wonderful city of ours. I am a child of immigrant roots, and Public Education is truly the leveler. And i would be remiss in fact, it is my responsibility to take this moment to acknowledge specifically two colleagues of mine, one being dr. John ignacio, the assistant principal of lawton, who is also retiring at the end of this school year. And also a lady who has 20 years in the San Francisco Unified School District, assistant superintendent margaret chew. Now, between the three of us, i have 40, john has 43, margaret 20. ~ so, its a wonderful body of work that weve been privileged to do, 103, with our children and families in the Public School system, and we are very proud of that work. And there are many educators who feel the sam
Supervisor mar, present. Supervisor olague, present. Supervisor wiener, present. Mr. President , all members are present. President chiu thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge 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. President chiu colleagues, we have Board Meeting minutes from october 9, 2012. Approve, motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor campos. Those are approved. Are there any communications . Clerk calvillo there are no communications. President chiu could you read 2 pm special order. Clerk calvillo the policy discussion between mayor edwin lee and mrs of the board of supervisors. This week representing two even districts, districts 6 and 10. The mayor may initially address the board for up to five minutes. President will recognize the supervisor who will present their own questions sphp f
Good afternoon well dominate to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting tuesday december 12. Please call row. Supervisor advocate lows president chew, supervisor chu supervisor cohen, supervisor elsburnd present. Supervisor fair and impartially present. Supervisor kimabsenility. Supervisor mar. Mar present. Supervisor a walky present. Supervisor wiener present. Ladies and gentlemen please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge 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. Colleagues we have Board Meeting minutes from october 23, november twired and could i a motion to approve those minutes. Motion by campus and seconded by advocate lows and those minutes are approved. And if you could read our two Parliament Special order. The first item of business between the board of supervisors this week representing district will he and 11 th
Colleague, supervisor kim. Supervisor kim thank you and congratulations on your leadership on the propositions we passed a through e. In our district weve gotten many emails and questions about this but something that hasa uat up with our resident what are current procedures for recouping cost for street closures. Specifically, what costs are being reimbursed to the city, beyond permitting fees and what costs incurred by departments other than the mta and Sf Police Department is being recouped. In addition to required Traffic Control plan how is the city ensuring that major corporations allow pedestrian cyclist access in case of street closures. Does the city evaluate increased Traffic Congestion in downtown areas when permitting street recoup that cost . Mayor lee thank you for your questions, supervisor kim. We dont take lightly the decision to close public facilities like streets and parks. But the events you mention, like oracles open world and sales forces dream force conference a
Study this. So i prosecute esh that we are going appreciate that we are going to move forward with this in this direction. President chiu supervisor avalos. Supervisor avalos thank you. This one is kind of troubling to me. I dont think i read the same memo in everyone else. I thought i lived in a efficiency unit. A family of four, 950 square feet and every inch of space is used. And were just totally crammed in. I live in a district that is 6500 more people more dense than it was 10 years ago, and we have a number of houses that has efficiency units for the number of people who are crammed into them. And a great demand i see for housing is not something that i believe is really the kind of units that were waiving the way here today. I do see that there are benefits for that and in certain parts of San Francisco but i think over all this does not make a lot of sense to the San Francisco that i know. I also know there are a lot of people who live in this city who are desperately trying t