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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130917

Well as local 798 and their leadership for extensive education, colleagues, on these issues. And with that, colleagues, ask you for your support. ~ thank you, president chiu. I just want to note that the clerk of the board has informed me that there has been a request made by former supervisor michael yaki to speak on this item. As you know, Public Comment was presented and was given during the Committee Meeting and it is up to the board if that needs to be done. And, of course, it would require a unanimous vote of the board for that to take place. I just wanted to inform you of that. President chiu. Those are my comments. Great, thank you. Any other comments, colleagues . So, with that, do we need a roll call on this item can we take this same house same call . Same house same call, this item passes on first read. [gavel] colleagues, why dont we call item 17. Item 17 is a ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130921

They are not optional. They are something that we as a city have repeatedly indicated that we want to see more of, and this fire Code Amendment allowed us to do that. When just a month or two after the mayor signs that unanimously passed legislation, the Fire Commission forwarded to us this update of a fire code and stripped out that amendment that we had just unanimously passed. When we learned of that, we put it back in, and we passed it out of committee. Colleagues, i want to thank president chiu and supervisor farrell for putting back in that amendment. It is a critical, critically important way for us to be able to move forward with making our city safer for pedestrians. I also want to note that some have suggested there might be some sort of tension between fire safety and Pedestrian Safety. I dont think thats ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130922

Chiu present. Supervisor cohen . Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim absent. Supervisor mar . Mar absent. Supervisor tang . Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present. Mr. President supervisor mar . Mar present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us for 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 . I have no communications, mr. President. Could we go to our new business, item 1 . Item 1 is an ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions that refer to the former transfer tax review board that expired by operation of law on january 1, 2013. Roll call, please. On item 1, supervi ....

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