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Today, Campaign Materials in San Francisco will have to include the original source of the funds for third party expenditures when an individual has given over 20,000. Billionaires and corporate interests will no longer be able to hide behind political committees. Audio and video ads on television, radio and social media, will not be required to begin their ad with a clear disclosure of who the funders of the ad are before the ad even begins. Candidates for official office must test under penalt...

Sponsors of the mayor, ronen, sheehy and cohen. Are you speaking on this one . Jeff, director of the department of homelessness, i welcome you to the mic. The floor is yours. I dont need to tell you or member of the public, were in the midst of a humanitarian crisis on our streets in San Francisco. We currently have approximately 7500 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, 4300 or 58 of the Homeless Population in San Francisco is literally unsheltered. The other the remaining popul...

Design scope. I meet code from a to z, or no, i cant meet it in certain areas. Its the onus of the Design Professional to bring that forward to our attention. As the authority having jurisdiction, we look at that and say, okay. What is your proposal . How do we meet the intent . Can we meet the intent . Can you give us an enhancement that offsets the deficiency that you cannot comply with . That thats what we ask, and thats where it becomes subjective, and i understand the differing opinions. Wh...

Good morning, commissioners. Thank you for the invitation. Always happy to speak before the Building Commission and or the Building Department our partners. We see them as our partners. I would just like to say dan lawry laid out a very good process. It makes a lot of sense, and its a very good process. I thought he did a good job laying that out. Id like to just respond to our Planning Department. Were talking about waivers, that may work with the Planning Department. The Fire Department cannot...

There is really a need to have improvement here, as was mentioned, the civic center playground, were looking at the wellness trail which is a way it connect all the parks and open spaces contracts with hearing to. For construction work, procurement and services relating to identified shelter crisis sites that will provide Emergency Shelter or housing to persons experiencing homelessness. Thank you very much. Weve got a presentation from the Mayors Office. Sponsors of the mayor, ronen, sheehy and...

Are you speaking on this one . Jeff, director of the department of homelessness, i welcome you to the mic. The floor is yours. I dont need to tell you or member of the public, were in the midst of a humanitarian crisis on our streets in San Francisco. We currently have approximately 7500 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, 4300 or 58 of the Homeless Population in San Francisco is literally unsheltered. The other the remaining population is in the shelters or other locations or o...

Offset the deficiency to makeup for that deficiency, any kind of enhancement is it an alternative design, is it an alternative means or method, and if were confident of that, we move forward. One other thing id like to make, we talked a lot we mentioned a couple times about our fire safety sheet, our bulletins, etcetera, and we standby them. I personally signed that that bulletin and the fire safety sheet does not address exiting, does not address fire safety windows. It addressed sprinkleers. I...

To. For construction work, procurement and services relating to identified shelter crisis sites that will provide Emergency Shelter or housing to persons experiencing homelessness. Thank you very much. Weve got a presentation from the Mayors Office. Sponsors of the mayor, ronen, sheehy and cohen. Are you speaking on this one . Jeff, director of the department of homelessness, i welcome you to the mic. The floor is yours. I dont need to tell you or member of the public, were in the midst of a hum...

Citizens right to know act. Since the federal Elections Commission ruling in 2010 which reshaped the business of politics by opening the Campaign Spending flood gates by corporations and private donors. It has been difficult for citizens to identify the actual source of the political dollars that are contributed to candidates. There has been outpouring of private and corporate dollars at every lel and San Francisco is no exception. 2016 report by the Brennan Center for justice, a nonpartisan ins...

Opposed . We are now in executive session. Session . Madam secretary. All right. I move to revine in open session. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Next item madam secretary. Pledge of allegiance. I would like to disclose that in close session on february 14, 2017 the Port Commission meeting the commission unanimously approved the appointment of cathy pouchony as the Deputy Director and finance and administration and i would like to disclose anything ulc discussed. Thank you. Second....