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and welcome to the rules committee. today for thursday, september 6, 2012. my name is supervisor kim, and i will be chairing today's meeting. i apologize for the late start because i know we have many members. public that are ready to present to the rules committee. i am joined by vice chair supervisor farrell and supervisor david campos. our clerk is linda wong. we would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg-tv who records each of the meetings and makes the transcripts available on line. we would like to recognize jesse. are there any announcements? >> linda wong: please make...

for the 99%. and if the one shows up, them too. one of the great critiques that the average person has about government is that government isn't working and we don't know why. so we need greater public access to critical government information and that's one of the things the sunshine ordinance task force is very good at. i know that if kai wilson forsley is appointed nothing will get in the public's way of getting this information because she's breaking down critical information for us every single day, through the san francisco public library, and the many nonprofit areas that she'...

proportions of death due to alzheimer's disease, respiratory disease, and chronic liver disease. they endure higher rates of asthma and receive less prenatal care. the only other hospital located in the southeastern part of san francisco is san francisco general, which is on diversion 25% of the time. the emergency brim is at capacity and can not accept any additional -- the emergency room is at capacity and can not accept any additional patients. you how the situation -- you have a situation, st. luke's serves a sizable population, close to 30% of privately insured patients, also cr...

first, i am pleased to say i have been working with the coalition of public health organizations, also supported by the department of public health, to create smoke-free street festivals and public spaces in the san francisco. this legislation would prohibit smoking at certain outdoor events. second-hand smoke is responsible for as many as 73,000 deaths among nonsmokers each year in the united states. there is no state level of exposure to secondhand smoke. lighted cigarettes and cigars have the potential for making the air quality and people's enjoyment of outdoor events restricting...

excellent job for leading that challenging meeting. i think that the thing about these bodies is that they play an important function. i say that, and we have to make sure that we protect that. one of the hopes that i have in what hope would protect the task force is that we commit ourselves to providing more transparency by televising the meetings. i think that that is something that would be helpful. i think that any question that we have about the work of the task force having that kind of transparency would only be positive. i am certainly prepared to move an item along those lin...