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SFGTV LAFCo 12916 January 11, 2017

Weve had sdaurlts but about fairness and honest but on top of it gets to take first swing we have to live with that but the process is really important to our question my plans are to be the type of chief that deserves a poa that will work with me by the way i work with them. inaudible . Thank you. Good morning, everybody. And welcome to the inaugural meeting of the sfovrz so for monday, january 9, 2017, m call the roll. Thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor Jane Kim Aaron Peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk any communications. Yes. 3 to report were in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. clapping. next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that Office District one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. clapping. and finally the controllers has communicated to the board his renewing er filing the official shutter bond for newly appointed and appoint members of the board madam president that concludes any communications. I tomato acknowledge were joined by forming willie brown, jr. clapping. we we also have in the audience my former colleagues supervisor mar district one and clapping. and supervisor campos district 9. clapping. i also like to acknowledge and if you could hold our applause were joined by City Attorney Dennis Herrera and our treasurer Jose Cisneros and our assessor carmen chu and the District Attorney District Attorney George Gascon and sheriff hennessey thank you all for being here. clapping. and i also know that we were joined by the former supervisor and former state senator mark leno who is highland in the crowd. clapping. and we will finally also joined by the mayor the sfgovs mayor ed lee thank you, mr. Mayor for being here. clapping. and so, now get to the Business People were so honored to be joined here today by my friend who is now the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of california so for the county of San Francisco ladies and gentlemen, to miranda the oath of office to the returning board of supervisors please please help me welcome to judge terry jackson. clapping. and so with that im going to call each member of the board to come forward to have the oath of Office Administrative code starting with district one newly length supervisor supervisor sandra fewer. clapping. yeah. And please come forward returning for probably i think a fourth time supervisor peskin from district 3. clapping. and our great excuse me our great senior supervisor supervisor norman yee come forward from district 7. clapping. and the newest 0 colleague on the board of supervisors is supervisor from district 8 jeff. clapping. our newest colleague on the board of supervisors from district 9 supervisor hillary conan. clapping. and final not finally im the finally but supervisor from district 11. clapping. yeah. clapping. and finally the supervisor from district 5 supervisor president london breed. clapping. am i in the front or here. So with that, we are now going to take the oath of office thank you for having me that is a tremendous honor as the Supreme Court judge you can appreciate having that opportunity as my first act as the presiding judge for San Francisco id like to you repeat after me raise your hand i have to find it please state your name for the record and the constitution of the state of california. repeated. against all enemies. repeated. and that i will bear true faith and allegiance. Faith and allegiance. United states. repeated. and to the constitution of the state of california. repeated. that i take this oath freely. repeated. without any mental reservation. repeated. repeated. or purpose of evasion. repeated. that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. repeated. and during such time as i hold Office Commissioner of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority and the member of the San Francisco board of supervisors repeated the city and county of San Francisco congratulations. clapping. congratulations. Thank you. All right. Now were done that the swearing in madam clerk the order of business the general purpose of seniority as we shuttle off the offices in city hall Parking Spaces seats in the legislative chamber and the appoint to the outside boards and commission is dernld by senior higher seniority amongst the reelected members formally order with supervisor farrell the history seniority with possession one supervisor cowen 2, 3, 4 position two and supervisor kim in position 3 and supervisor norman yee in four and supervisor president london breed 5 and supervisor tang in the 6 passion and 7 supervisor peskin well institute the authority for 8, 9 temple and 11 from this brass drum are the names of the appointed and newly elected members supervisor sandra fewer and jeff to proceed with the dejs the first name if 9 is position 8 like winning the lottery for the board. To get the key. 4i8y ronan position 8 jeff position 9. clapping. supervisor sandra fewer in position 10. And in position 11. clapping. thank you madam president. All right. It means better offices and better Parking Spaces but thats important to us laughter i dont know about the public but we care all right. With that madam clerk go to the next item. Precede with nominations for the president of the board of supervisors. Colleagues the process we will use to elect the president of the board the clerk will describe the principles and then ill declare nominations open with the nominations on the table we will then hear Public Comment on the nominations after Public Comment, the clerk will describe the pretends for the vote of 2345078gz we will take the vote as board president and any questions seeing none, madam clerk precede. The method of 23450789sz include the following principles once the president declares the nomination are open members will be called a needed didnt have to state the nominees and vacate the chamber they can withdraw their names without a second the second for a nominations is welcome but not required members any nominate one person per round only one seat to fill and once closed the additional nominees cant be open and Public Comment is retaken on the specific neemgz thank you madam president. With that, i declare the neemgz with open for the president of the board ill call on supervisors as i see them on the roster with malia cohen. Thank you good morning madam clerk rise ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to city hall it is with great honor i rise to nominate and put forward a wonderful woman london nicole breed to be considered for reelection to the office of president for the board of supervisors now many recall my remarks two years ago we talked about the brace and say i didntness london displayed early in her career willie brown, jr. Thank you for still obama and being here with us laughter but laughter and recognize the significant importance last night last year, we celebrated one one hundred years of existence body and in one hundred years youve seen a full transformation of history not only are were going to nominate and elect london breed to be board president but acknowledge we are a majority of women on the board of supervisors for the first time clapping. for the first time in the history of this city and county one hundred years later ladies we have 4r509 work to do cant think of a be stronger woman a more dedicated san franciscan to lead this city along with mayor ed lee and the other elected officials being point president of the board of supervisors shes hard working and smart shes committed and sassy she looks good while shes banking that gavel she cares for everyone whether your an immigrant or english as a second language even when you disagree you have a solid ear in wanting soon to say president london breed so with that great pleasure i humbling ask you to join me in electing london breed as our board president. Thank you. clapping. thank you supervisor cowen supervisor peskin thank you, colleagues and members of the public he rides noting that it has been exactly 10 years one decade since there was a unanimous vote for the president of the body of a time to bury. Divisions this is that time i also so while not necessary i would like to second supervisor cowens nomination of the london breed as our president of the board of supervisors and then let me say but there are policy differences body i believe that supervisor president london breed is uniquely qualified to bridge those and bring us together shes independent and performed well, i second the nomination clapping. thank you supervisor peskin and are there any other nominations . Seeing none, nominations are closed so well now opening it up for Public Comment are there any members of the public that would like to provide Public Comment at this time for the neemgz of the president as well as general Public Comment well, mr. Yip andrew yip the applications of Police Officers for the scientific chronicles and sifted culture we have a volume of which it is hard to promote the people with good considerations to the holy way and virtues for the political leader with deceptions of a destiny for the Animal Health for the constitution one must this determined heart and spirit for the merry i didnt for the establishment of virtues for the divine protection for the holy people with the perfection over mercy and love and not by so we can change the world from back to joyful will prosperity by the true principles a commitment to all eastbound accomplishments will have one strong leadership that means we have a social career with great benefits for the persons for families and for society god bless no need to clap for Public Comment especially, when you dont understand and many mr. Yip is a regular i get it any other members of the public who want to provide Public Comment thats where were the sassy comes in seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam clerk please describe the process for voting. Members will precede with the elections for the president of the board the roll call will be taken in alphabetic order ill repeat the nominee please name our preferences. Madam president okay thank you madam clerk all right. Okay. On the vote for president can you please on the nominations of the supervisor president london breed for president can you please call the roll. Commissioner breed. I. Madam president youll is a breed when our name is called. Breed for breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin restraining order none supervisor there are 11 vote for supervisor president london breed. Okay. I guess im the next president. clapping. madam president ill call on supervisor farrell. To present the president s plaque to you. Thank you, madam clerk and colleagues first of all, welcome everybody and congratulations supervisor president london breed once again and i want to say it is an honor working with you the last few years as supervisor president london breed in the chambers and supervisor peskin we have our differences but a lot to work on together as an aide i have the great honor with the Senior Member to present supervisor president breed a plaque four services so for the last years and cant tell you how much i landmark to working with you for the next year congratulations. clapping. thank you very much and out of respect for the time and the families and the focuses that are here ill save my comments to the end of the meeting so we can continue to move forward and can give others an opportunity to provide remarks with that madam clerk lets move to our next tome oh let me say thank you laughter . And i will say thank you for details in my speech at the end of the meeting madam clerk move to the next item. Yes. Madam president in you have a list of any other members of the public you want to recognize for vips that might have entered late. I dont have any glasses madam clerk im not sure i can see any other members can you help me out if ive missed one. Not that i seen a well get those names and be able to recognize those if we missed anyone. 7, 8, 9 for remarks from the mayor mr. Mayor mayor edwin lee is joined us thank you for being here mr. Mayor and welcome to the chamber you have the floor. Thank you. Good morning everyone and happy new year and congratulations to supervisor president london breed i look forward to working you with as weve done the last two years and also want to congratulate all the new let elected members and the returning members of the board of supervisors as well as their families for being here today youve been entrusted with the people of your district with an incredible roeblthd and gift that is to serve them and our great city San Francisco also want to acknowledge the historic made up of the board of supervisors the first openly hiv member of the board jeff is going to be so important right now for you and im so proud ive been able to choose you for you, you to succeed in Supervisor Scott Wiener place thank you for serving. clapping. and also as supervisor cowen has noted a majority of female members of the board of supervisors for the very first time in the citys history from observation i believe might be true for all the legislative aides a majority of females thank you for your work as well. clapping. that is in my opinion a test want to the values of our city that our San Francisco state made a light for so many people this moment in time is unlike any other weve faced in San Francisco now more than ever need to be united and protect the values and the values that our city has been built on because when we work to get we have 329 success together to make sure that homelessness in San Francisco is rare it is brief, and hopefully for as many people as possible only a one time curtains weve done so by creating a department on homelessness opening up be Navigation Centers and providing compassionate hi Quality Services and building more Affordable Housing were creating a bring out future for our children by investing in education and our Childrens Fund were giving our seniors and people with disabilities the respect they deserve by paying our dignity fund and continue to work towards the collective goal of thirty thousand units by 2020 and have made progress on all levels supportive of housing and Public Housing and inclusionary housing and marketrate housing and we will get to the family Workforce Housing as well were creating a 21st Century Police department with a chief that moves us down the paths of reforms thanks to the work and in partnership with the community we can accomplish great things when we put San Francisco first and whats best for the residents first, i look forward to Work Together with each members of the board for all the issued that you care deeply about and continuing the process weve made congratulations and lets get to work thank you. clapping. thank you, again mr. Mayor for being here and with that, id like to acknowledge a few additional people that we have today with us one of our elected representatives for the Community College board of trustees tom is here with us today. clapping. and i also want to acknowledge a number of our Department Heads if you can stand and hold our applause to the end the department of Public Health mr. Garcia and the department of Human Services and the director of rec and park Phil Ginsburg our Zoning Administrator naomi kelly and our fire chief chief joanne hayeswhite and our chief chaplin and thank you our Puc Harlan Kelly and our city kroerl Ben Rosenfield and want to send a special recognized to our deputy City Attorney john gibner and finally the legendary man that needs no introduction who worked on the board of supervisors as a budget and legislative analyst since its inception the line of questioning legendary harvey rose. clapping. i did this in the electives thank you. So thank you all for being here today clearly it is not just the members of the board of the supervisors that makes the decisions that will the people that actually make the city run we appreciate many of the elected leaders and the <

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