Supervisor cohen . Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim not present. Supervisor mar . Here. Mar present. Supervisor tang . Present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. 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. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are none today, mr. President. And if you could read our 2 00 p. M. Special order. The first item of business is a policy discussion between honorable mayor lee and board of supervisors, this week representing the even districtsv, specifically district 10, the mayor may initially address the board for up to five minutes. The president will recognize the supervisor who will pres
[gavel] good afternoon to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, february the 11th, 2014. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll . Yes, mr. President. Supervisor avalos . Avalos not present. Supervisor breed . Breed present. Supervisor campos . Present. Campos present. President chiu . Present. Chiu present. Supervisor cohen . Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim not present. Supervisor mar . Here. Mar present. Supervisor tang . Present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. 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. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are none today, mr. President. And if you cou
Madam clerk, could you please call the roll . Yes, mr. President. Supervisor avalos . Avalos not present. Supervisor breed . Breed present. Supervisor campos . Present. Campos present. President chiu . Present. Chiu present. Supervisor cohen . Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim not present. Supervisor mar . Here. Mar present. Supervisor tang . Present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. 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. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are none today, mr. President. And if you could read our 2 00 p. M. Special order. The first item of business is a policy discussion between honorable mayo
Younger or older. Also, i am introducing an important Water Conservation measure today with the puc. The current drought highlights the need for Even Stronger Water Conservation efforts in our city and also region wide and thats why these two resolutions im introducing mark an important moment in San Francisco where we began groundwater supply project that will help expand and diversify our water supply and increase reliability for our water system. The first adopts ceqa findings for the project and the second approves the construction of a first project facility in Golden Gate Park which will create six deep groundwater wells and the Treatment Facilities on the west side. Although the project has been in the works for sometime now, it is especially timely to break ground now as california continues to experience one of the most extreme droughts on record. Also, the groundwater from these sick wells would be mixed with our hetch hetchy water in two reservoirs and when this project is c
Chiu. We found that there have been issues when were trying to address the issue of vacancies when there are buildings where there are commercial spaces below and residential spaces above. So, weve been working very hard with dbi and stakeholders to make sure that we address this in our current existing ordinance and so, i do want to thank the stakeholders and look forward to working with our city departments to ensure that we cannot only better track these vacancies, but also provide them these businesses or Property Owners with better city resources to help them either for vacancies or attract new businesses to their commercial corridors. So, with that, i submit. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor tang. Supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. I have a request, a hearing request that follows up on a motion adopted by our very own youth commission, and it will focus on the citys efforts to address the needs of young people with incarcerated parents. In 2011, a dcyf Needs Assessment found