mistakes of the san francisco redevelopment agency and we are making the appropriate changes necessary to deal with this situation. i'm not just here as a supervisor to bring this to your attention, but as a member of this community. i shop at the same grocery stores, i go to the same cleaners. whether i'm supervisor or not, i will continue to run into these residents because i'm a part of that community too. i can't walk in that community and hold my head up if i don't do this thing right for mid down. colleagues, i'm asking each and every one of you to continue to work with me on this particular situation. i'm asking the residents to work with us and to trust me, as a member of the community, to make sure we do this right and we do it to preserve midtown for generations to come. thank you again colleagues. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor breed. [applause]. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much madam clerk. and let me begin by saying that following up on what supervisor mar -- after avalos was saying about pete sege r, one other thing he was popularized for was the anthem we shall overcome. that's something i think so many of us know and i certainly didn't know the role that he played in making that. i think it's important for us as a city for the city and county of san francisco that we take a stand, whether it's taking a stand when someone is putting out misinformation that impacts women's health, whether it's taking a stand when even a president that we love fails to do the right thing. and i want to talk about a very important case and it 's really a sad case that illustrates the challenge that transgender youth face in our country. i wan to talk about the case of a 16-year-old transgender woman, julie gutierrez, who is a high school student that, for the last two years, has been subjected, was subjected to harassment because of her gender identity. she did what she was supposed to, julie reported the harassment and the school district where this happened recently acknowledged -- this is at hercules high school -- that they in fact failed to do what was needed to protect julie. what happened as a result of their failure to act is a travesty because at some point in the middle of the latest harassment incident, julie decided to defend herself and this led to an altercation involving four different girls and there's a video that shows a very tumultuous incident and shows julie trying to run away. it so happens that the girls involved were suspended, but low and behold, the da in this case, law enforcement has decided that of the students involved that julie, who has been the tar get of the abuse, will be charged with battery. all the other students were suspended, but no other student will be charged. it's really a case that illustrates the travesty that -- the challenges that young transgender men and women face in our society. in a recent survey it was shown that almost 90 percent of transgender youth report having been harassed at school in this country. and those that have been harassed, that a staggering 51 percent of them attempt suicide. i believe that the prosecution of julie is sending a very loud message to not only that community at that school, but to the entire community, not just in the bay area in california, but in the entire country, that transgender youth are not important. and i think that with a case like this it's really critical for san francisco and the city and county of san francisco to take a very clear stand, demanding justice for julie. taking a very clear stand that we want the district attorney, who ultimately has the discretion to decide whether or not to prosecute julie for simply defending herself, that the charges against this young woman be dropped. charging julie is not only a travesty of justice, but it will deepen the wounds and harms all sides. it actually stigmatizes and bullies her a second time. what kind of message are we sending to our young transgender men and women that not only will we protect them-- not protect them when they report the harassment, but when they try to defend themselves, we will not go after the perpetrators, but criminal ize them. i want to thank the supervisors who have supported this. i really think it's important for us to send a very clear message and, you know, this is one of those things that it should be a no brainer that this child should not be prosecuted and hopefully by the time we get to vote on this resolution, this issue will be moot, but i think it's very important for us to be on the record for this very tragic case. >> thank you. first i want to thank supervisor campos for that resolution and say that as a former prosecutor i think it's important for all of us to ask this da to consider what is in the best interest of justice in this situation and really stand up for our transgender young people. i have four items today. first item is a resolution to urge governor brown and the state legislature to restore cuts to medical reimbursement rates. while governor brown is to be commended on the progress in the budget in reducing our state's debt and increasing our reserves, it doesn't invest in supporting important and critical healthcare services with regards to our state's historically low medicare rates. we need to make sure that the proposed cuts to medical cal reimbursement rates are restored. i have a second item around transit, which is a resolution to urge the transportation to implement a pilot project called the market on the move to improve that street for our transit riders, cyclists and pedestrians for additional private vehicle diversions and other efforts. we all know market street is one of the city's busiest streets, with more than 200,000 people walking and thousands of people cycling every weekday. in 2011 i sponsored a resolution to begin pilot studies which include me private auto diversions protected and painted bike lines and temporary ball bouts which have demonstrated these can attract more people on /pwaoeugs /k-l and foot. consider trip with most of it being drivers who are circling the blocks looking for parking. market on the move will create a more orderly driving condition and support the local commercial and cultural function of the street through increased private automobile diversions. as we revitalize the market the world will come to know one of our most memorable boulevards. i have a third item in the area of environment and this is calling for a hearing around our go solar san francisco incentive program. since 2008 go solar sf has helped over 2000 san francisco home eners, tenants and businesses install solar panels, with nearly 100 of those employed who come from economicically disadvantaged background that have graduated through our work force development system. we know every year in recent years the program has faced funding challenges and we are at the sfpuc which administers the program. this year i'd like to call for a hearing on the current status for go so /hrar solar sf i do hope that we can address if needs not only for go solar sf for years to come. last item i have deals with a district three iconic institution related to coit tower. this five year lease will improve the visitor's experience at the building and better protect the murals created during the great depression by the works progress administration. the lease represents a response to voters who approved a policy statement in june of 2012 in prop b which said we should priority revenues generated at the tower to preserve the tower and murals. we've made a $1.7 million investment so far. the park has adopted policy to fund protection of the mural at an equivalent of 1 percent of the funds of the tower subject to our annual budget process. the lease we'll be considering prohibits private events. i want to thank my constituents who live near the tower and have given of their time to get to this day. i want to thank the arts department. i look forward to the tower opening in april and that will be the beginning of the new era. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone. studies have shown that children attending high quality preschool programs perform better throughout their subsequent years in school and graduate from high school at a higher rate than their peers. this is especially true for low income students and today i'm introducing a resolution to support senate bill 837, the kindergarten readiness act. it will make one year of high quality voluntary kindergarten registration. providing additional kindergarten, it will fill the gap for early education for our youngest students where only one in every four children preschool age children is now eligible for their current transitional program and only have of california's low income children are served in head start or state preschool. the existing transition of kindergarten has a ratio of one teacher for every 24 students. this expanded traditional kindergarten for all programs would require a teacher with a minimum of a aa degree and 24 units of early childhood education. in each class of 20 students, thus lowering the ratio to one adult for every ten students. this is a phased approach that will happen over five year period. the program will eventually provide transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds in california, with an extra year of head start or strong start for children living in poverty. school districts and charter schools will be allowed to contract with private conditional kindergarten providers who meet our state standard. i support senate bill 837 and urge our state representative to support the legislation when it comes before committee in the coming weeks. i hope you'll join me in support of the kindergarten readiness act. the rest i submit. >> supervisor farrell. all of those items will be appropriately referred. that concludes roll call for introduction. >> let's go to public comment. >> at this time the pub lic may comment up to two minutes. if public comment was previously taken at a committee of the board, public comment requirement has been met and will not be allowed today. please direct your comments to the board as a whole. if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector please clearly state. >> let's hear from the first speaker. >> hello, thank you for taking public comment. my name is elizabeth. supervisor campos, i'm here today in support of your move to limit false advertising on market street. as most of you know, this past month we've seen a now regular skirmishing between pro-choice, proreproductive rights and it was particularly wrenching this year to see banners on market street proclaiming that abortions hurt women. when i found out about the banners i thought well, this is a first amendment issue, unpopular speech is permitted. i've rethought my issue. i agree with their analysis, but stating that a medical procedure is hurtful or damaging,ing, is wrong. there has never been any evidence, as you all know that abortion hurts women. there is plenty of evidence that a lack of medical is what hurts women. unsupported pregnancy hurts women. there are all sorts of physical maladies that hurt women and they all take place in an atmosphere in which medical attention is neither guaranteed nor accessible. abortion does not hurt women and those who say it do are engaging in falsehood. i do not believe this is protecting first amendment speech any longer. i urge the board to rethink the permission granted to those parties. let's not go through this next year. let's make sure in january that we distribute information that is accurate and helpful and speaks broadly to what women need to conduct and guarantee and safeguard their reproducttive health. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> thank you. i'm director of the silver ribbon campaign. i want to thank you for the resolution on opposing the anti abortion banners. we know it doesn't hurt woman. we know the difference between a woman and zygote. this debate is both about what it's about, which is proproductive justice and women's rights and also about ability of forces with an entirely different political and economical agenda. the posting of misleading information and figuring out how we do represent our own values and views in public. i think this is a great opportunity for san francisco to take leadership. it's the right place for this to happen. we can handle the truth. this board has been enormously progressive and supportive like abortion buffer zones. we have the leadership and creativity and we have the people of san francisco who do and will support leadership on issues of women's health. to the extent that there has been problems related to the implementation of our rules by the department of public works, i want to suggest that our rules also need to improve. again, this board has the ware withall. please protect women's health, san francisco will support you and thank you for your efforts so far. you have petitionings updating the ones i brought a couple weeks ago. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is cheryl travis. i got off the stop in pollo and i'm walking up the steps looking at the trees at the top, and low and behold i see this thing behind the trees that says abortion hurts women. it's a good thing i'm fit, or i would have had a heart attack otherwise. i called scott wiener and he turned me on to public works people. they said they used a content neutral strategy. i can't think of anything that's more not neutral than the issue of /aeu /pworbgs abortion. i like the three parts of this. to abolish the signs, to take the money and try to retrain all the hundreds of thousands of people that have seen this misinformation, and number three, i'd like to know -- in our city the average salary is about $92,000, who at the dpw thought this was okay to put up. i mean, the process they come up with to put up fliers on street lights -- this is just . i hope you all will support this. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you for hearing our testimony. i'm here to support item 25 regarding the anti abortion banners on market street. i am a registered nurse. i want to thank you /srur very much who sponsored this resolution. i want to reiterate the concerns i voiced at the last board of supervisors meeting. as some others have said, this is not a first amendment issue, it is not a content neutral issue because it flies in the face of stated public policy and public health and reproductive health initiatives in the city of san francisco is not the state of california. the wrongful message, abortion hurts women, is a false message and its placement on market street gives the false implementor of the city's approval. that means your approval and my /aeu /prao*ul. approval. and i don't think any of us want to be linked with a statement that is so false, but is also so absolutely anti scientific and anti medical health. i would have hoped that the action on this would have been more immediate and decisive. i really cringe every time i see those banners on market street. these banners should never have seen the light of day. >> thank you. next speaker. i have to ask if you want to take conversations, please take them outside. thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you for standing up for reproductive rights. i'll read an excerpt from a professor -- we are disturbed that ban /tpher is falsely claiming that abortion hurts women. this message is damaging and hurtful to women and men alike and the city of san francisco never should have sanctioned it, particularly across san francisco's main thorough fare. abortion is safe, abortion and access to legal abortion services is essential. access to family planning services is critical for expanding denied abortion care can per ied banners from prominent display on public display on market street, the city and understood mining public health. we call on san francisco leaders to take a stand against the statement that lies about public health to pass the resolution before you today and take immediate steps to ensure that the statement. thank you for your action today. >> i personally had an abortion over 20 years ago and can testify that it does hurt physically and emotionally and the procedure. women are more than likely to experience breast and cervical issues according and the fetus within ten weeks has developed nervous system and can feel pain as well. i also experience mental anguish of knowing i could have had a grown child and grandchildren to come, as well as spiritual hurts, although i've been forgiven, i still feel the loss. in sharing my testimony i hope to advocate for women and children who have experienced abortion, as well as the unborn child, which ultrasounds clearly show they are alive, although they can't speak for themselves. if they could, i think that they'd say choose life, just as your mothers did. these little ones deserve the same chance that we've been given and whenever their lives are terminated it does hurt. yes, abortion hurts because they are deprived of knowing and experiencing and loving life just as we who are here of knowing experiencing and loving them. so please consider this and those concerned citizens, such as myself, for them and their families want to continue in raising awareness, our voice should not be silenced because it does hurt even more so when these simple truths are not -- >> mr. president, members of the -- my name is chris. i rise to continue my comments on the moral and intellectual deficits . either of these why they do what they do. neither can even can explain what government is for. one says that government is good for nothing and the other says it's good for everything. if you read the book which chimpanzee politics, power and sex among apes by france duval, the reason for government is laid out in stark terms. government is the loser intervener. when a chimp campaigns for the boss of the troops he beats up on whoever the friend is beating up on. since two or more power than one his side usually wins. once they win they will expect and get support from his allies. once all members of the troop have demonstrated their acceptance of his boss hood the new boss begins to intervene on whoever is losing the fight and attacking whomever was winning this fight, whether or not this winner was an ally or enemy. he is everybody's friend. this keeps fights shorter and less frequent, injuries less frequent and things are generally more peaceful and prosperous. sometimes he just plays here comes the boss and pounds on everyone involved, winner or loser. this too maintains a certain level of peace. thank you. >> good afternoon. i came to the united states when i was 4 years old, along with my mother and younger brother to meet with my father in california. it was not easy growing with up with two working parents. i had to take care of my brother when i could barely take care of my myself /-fpls years would go by when we'd see my dad for only 30 minutes a day. we couldn't spend time together like most families do. same goes for thousands of families today. my father works id to show at the front door. by