20, 2014, from 1 00 p. M. To 4 00 p. M. Here at San Francisco city hall in room 400. Please call the mayors Disability Office on disability for further information or request accommodations at 4155546789 voice or 4155546799 tty. A reminder to all of our guest today to speak slowly into the microphone to assist our captioner and interpreters. We thank you for joining us. Thank you councilmember wong. Now we proceed with roll call. Cochair chip supanich, present, cochair derek zarda, present. Councilmember at tatiana kostanian, absent. Councilmember star laura, absent. Councilmember denise, present, harriet c wong, absent, councilmember roland wong. Present. Item 1. Welcome introduction, and roll call. Item 2, action item and reading and approval of the genetic. Item 3, Public Comment. Items not on todays agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. Item 4, information item. Report from cochair sup initiate. Item 5 information item. Report from the
Hasnt arrived on. State legislation. There were two bills we were monitoring and tracking. One is that was introduced by assembly man tom amiano to give San Francisco a choice in how it does its energy cca programs. Unfortunately that bill died in the local government committee. They had some concerns about t the forces on the other side that didnt want to see it said it violated the city charter but we said it didnt but the bill did not move forward. The other bill were monitoring is the brad ford bill 2145 which would change cca programs it and the bill would get through the committee. Its now sitting at Appropriations Committee where it will get a hearing next week. Should it go from there to the Assembly Floor and pass that to the senate side so were monitoring that. I believe ms. Miller on behalf of chair avalos and sent that and i will keep you uptodate as the legislature moves forward on the process and on the final one i will talk about here on the list is the as the three of y
To the Mayors Disability Council this friday may 16, 2014, in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the van ness and mccall street. And entrance is provided via a wheelchair lift. Assistant listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for any additional assistance. To prevent electronic interest parents to interference with this rooms sound system and for everybodys ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and pdas. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment. You may complete a sticker card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line at 4155549632. Where a staff excuse me. Person will handle the requests to speak at the appropriate time. The Mayo
District for the traditional street party there. As many as 10,000 people, most in costumes, are expected tonight. Happening now are amber lee. Hi amber. Hi, gasia, the mood is festive out here. It just got dark a short while ago, but we have seen plenty of people decked out in costumes. In recent years, the city has scaled back the halloween celebration here after some problems with violence and now the crowds are smaller. Community leaders tell me they expect 10,000 people to show up here tonight from all over the bay area and other countries. I absolutely love halloween here. Just a chance you can act like a little kid and be as cool as a nightmare and everything. Funny and exciting. And where are you from . Freedom of expression. Radical selfexpression, and im going to channel my inner 70s child. What gave you that idea . I really like costumes, i decided i wanted to be that. Okay. Halloween in the castro drew more than 100,000 people. In recent years, that number has come down a l
Door. Their preliminary investigation found the guard who work was a Company Called Security Code 3 confronted a suspect. Police sate man threatened the guard with an edged weapon, perhaps a screwdriver. Now, these private guards are the latest crimefighting tool many oakland neighborhoods are now hiring because they feel Oakland Police department is stretched too thin or not doing the job. They want extra protections with home break ins on the rise. Weve been pleased with our guard you know . This is, weve never had an issue until now. So. I think im going to need to get a lot of bigger dog and iron fences this, is a wonderful neighborhood and a lot of good people. So this is scary if that were me boy have shot the guy and killed him. I would have just shot him in the leg. Hed be dead. Police were able to recover some of the goods, a telescope and two flatscreen tvs. Theyre sitting in a yard but homeowners there the yiements were not stolen from them. One officer told me there was per