00:00:15 AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. >> THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:16 ORDER. WELCOME TO THE APRIL 6TH, 2026
00:00:22 REGULAR MEETING OF THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE
00:00:23 SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:26 I'M SUPERVISOR MARINA MELGAR, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
00:00:29 JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:33 BILAL MAHMOOD. >> THE COMMITTEE CLERK IS JOHN
00:00:34 CARROLL AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EUGENE LABADIE
00:00:38 FROM S.F. CUB TV FOR STAFFING US DURING THIS MEETING.
00:00:42 MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:45 >> YES, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
00:00:46 PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER
00:00:48 ELECTRONIC DEVICES. YOUR DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED
00:00:50 AS PART OF ANY OF TODAY'S FILES CAN BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO
00:00:53 ME. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:54 EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF INTEREST
00:00:57 COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE SIGN UP TO SPEAK
00:00:58 ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS ROOM.
00:01:01 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING
00:01:04 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
00:01:05 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AT PERIOD CROI
00:01:08 LET'S F G OF YOUR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR WRITTEN PUBLIC
00:01:12 COMMENT BY US POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL.
00:01:16 THE ADDRESS IS ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM 244 SAN
00:01:19 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102. IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:01:22 IN WRITING I WILL FORWARD YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS
00:01:26 COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS AS PART OF THE
00:01:28 OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE COMMENTING.
00:01:30 ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN THE BOARD
00:01:33 OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF APRIL 14TH 2026.
00:01:36 >> OTHERWISE STATED. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.
00:01:40 CLERK. PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:01:43 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RESOLUTION ADDING THE
00:01:44 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME OFFICER LUANN TANK AWAY TO THE
00:01:49 300 BLOCK OF EDDY IN RECOGNITION OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:01:51 POLICE OFFICER ILIA LOU ENTANGLES COURAGE
00:01:54 AND DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.
00:01:57 >> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE COMMANDER JAMES TO
00:02:01 HER HEARN HERE BUT BEFORE WE HAVE THE COMMANDER PRESENT I'D
00:02:05 LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CO-SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION,
00:02:09 PAT'S SUPERVISOR MIKE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MELGAR I'M
00:02:12 PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST TO ADD OFFICER LUANN
00:02:16 TANK AWAY ON THE 300 BLOCK OF EDDY STREET IN THE TENDERLOIN.
00:02:20 THIS COMMEMORATIVE RENAMING REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO
00:02:24 HONORING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GIVEN BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY
00:02:28 AND TO RECOGNIZING THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH OF OFFICER LUANN
00:02:29 CALL DEMONSTRATED IN SERVICE TO TENDERLOIN RESIDENTS.
00:02:32 IT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE LIFE CHANGING INJURY HE HAS
00:02:36 SUSTAINED IN THE LINE OF DUTY A PROFOUND SACRIFICE THAT
00:02:40 UNDERSCORES THE RISKS FIRST RESPONDERS TAKE EVERY DAY TO
00:02:44 SUPPORT AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:02:47 DESIGNATING THIS BLOCK CREATES A SIMPLE LASTING TRIBUTE TO HIS
00:02:51 SERVICE, HIS RESILIENCE AND THE ENDURING IMPACT OF HIS
00:02:55 COMMITMENT TO THE TENDERLOIN COMMUNITY.
00:02:56 >> AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN I KNOW THE OFFICE AND THE
00:02:59 COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS COMMEMORATIVE RENAMING FOR
00:03:02 YEARS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESILIENCE AND THE ADVOCACY FOR
00:03:06 YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU
00:03:10 IN THE TENDERLOIN AND BE SUPPORTIVE AND REALLY EXCITED
00:03:13 TO GET THIS FAMILY UP. OKAY.
00:03:18 I SPOKE TOO SOON AT SUPERVISOR CHAN ALSO WANT TO SAY A FEW
00:03:21 WORDS WOULD BE GREAT. >> THANK YOU CHAIR MALCOLM I
00:03:24 WAS VERY SADDENED TO HEARD THAT OFFICE LOSING TANKEL WAS INJURY
00:03:28 IN THAT LINE OF DUTY DURING A ROUTINE BICYCLE PATROL.
00:03:32 >> THIS WAS TRULY A HEARTBREAKING EVENT AND I WANT
00:03:33 TO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH OF OFFICER LU
00:03:36 AND TANKEL AND WHAT YOU PLEASE AND ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
00:03:40 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:03:43 NOW, COMMANDER, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
00:03:47 GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISORS MILL GA CHAN
00:03:48 AND MAHMUD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM.
00:03:51 I'M HERE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION TO
00:03:55 HONOR OFFICER ILIA LU AND TANKEL BY NAMING THE 300
00:03:58 BLOCK OF EDDY STREET IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURAGE
00:04:01 AND DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:04:02 OFFICER LUAN TIANGCO REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:04:06 WHILE SERVING THE CITY, HE RESPONDED WITHOUT HESITATION TO
00:04:09 CALL INVOLVING A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS
00:04:12 AND UNPREDICTABLE SITUATION ON A BICYCLE WITH NO BARRIER
00:04:16 BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HARM. HE PURSUED A FLEEING SUSPECT
00:04:21 IN ORDER TO PROTECT OTHERS DURING THAT RESPONSE THE
00:04:24 SUSPECT STRUCT OFFICER LUAN TANKEL WITH HIS VEHICLE HE
00:04:28 SURVIVED BUT SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THAT HAS
00:04:32 FOREVER CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE AND HIS FAMILY'S LIFE
00:04:35 . THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST
00:04:36 ABOUT A NAME ON A STREET SIGN. IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING
00:04:39 COURAGE IN ITS PUREST FORM RUNNING TOWARDS DANGER WHEN
00:04:43 OTHERS ARE RUNNING AWAY. IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING
00:04:47 SACRIFICE, RESILIENCE AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
00:04:52 SAFETY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BY NAMING
00:04:55 A STREET AFTER OFFICER LUAN TANKEL.
00:04:59 WE ENSURE THAT HIS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ARE NOT
00:05:01 FORGOTTEN. IT BECOMES A DAILY REMINDER TO
00:05:04 ALL WHO PASS BY OF THE RISKS OUR OFFICERS TAKE AND THE HUMAN
00:05:07 COST BEHIND THE UNIFORM. ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO SERVED
00:05:11 ALONGSIDE HIM AND THE COMMUNITY HE WORKED FOR, I RESPECTFULLY
00:05:12 ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT .
00:05:15 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMANDER.
00:05:18 MR. CLERK, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLACE.
00:05:22 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:05:24 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEM
00:05:28 NUMBER ONE IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE
00:05:30 COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
00:05:32 >> AND MADAM CHAIR, TO PRESERVE THOSE SPEAKERS OKAY PUBLIC
00:05:35 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:05:37 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF SFPD FOR BEING
00:05:44 HERE FOR THIS ITEM. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.
00:05:45 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS ITEM
00:05:51 AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF
00:05:55 COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:05:58 ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE
00:06:00 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:06:02 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN. I'M MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR I
00:06:07 MELGAR I'VE MET HIM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES.
00:06:10 >> MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR.
00:06:13 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBERS TWO THROUGH 15 TOGETHER PLEASE.
00:06:18 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS TWO THROUGH 15 ARE 14 ORDINANCES
00:06:21 AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO DESIGNATE THE FOLLOWING 14
00:06:24 PROPERTIES AS LANDMARKS UNDER ARTICLE TEN FIRST THE BOB ROSS
00:06:28 HOUSE LOCATED AT 240 220TH STREET SHAR ZAHAV LOCATED AT
00:06:33 220 DANVERS. AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORICAL
00:06:37 SOCIETY SLASH TACO HOUSE LOCATED AT 1451 MASONIC THE
00:06:40 BANK OF ITALY BRANCH BUILDING LOCATED AT 402 410 CASTRO THE
00:06:45 CASTRO ROCK STREAM BATHS LOCATED AT 570 825 82 CASTRO.
00:06:51 ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER 13 LOCATED AT 1458 VALENCIA STREET
00:06:58 . HOSE COMPANY NUMBER 30
00:06:59 FIREHOUSE LOCATED AT 15 SORRY 1757 WALLER STREET THE FULL
00:07:04 MOON COFFEEHOUSE LOCATED AT 4416 18TH STREET.
00:07:09 GUY OFFICE ON GUERRERO LOCATED AT 1 OR 2 GUERRERO STREET
00:07:13 MODELS LOCATED AT 929 TO 941 COLE MISSION FORK VICTORIAN
00:07:19 HOME LOCATED AT 361 SAN JOSE. THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS
00:07:25 FOUNDATION BUILDING LOCATED AT 514 TO 520 CASTRO ST MATTHEW'S
00:07:29 CHURCH LOCATED AT 3280 1/16 STREET AND ST NICHOLAS
00:07:35 CATHEDRAL LOCATED AT 2005. >> 15TH STREET MADAM CHAIR A
00:07:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK WE HAVE A RENEWAL FOR JOY.
00:07:44 HEAR FROM SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT'S OFFICE TO PRESENT
00:07:48 ON THESE ITEMS. >> WELCOME.
00:07:50 HELLO. THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR VICE
00:07:51 CHAIR CHANCE SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MY NAME IS RENAUD JOY AND I'M A
00:07:55 LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR PRESIDENT MANDOLIN.
00:07:58 UNFORTUNATELY HE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY SO I'M HERE IN HIS
00:08:02 STEAD ITEM TWO THROUGH 15 BEFORE YOU TODAY OUR ORDINANCE
00:08:05 IS DESIGNATING 14 PROPERTIES AS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AS ARTICLE
00:08:09 TEN LANDMARKS AS PART OF OUR HISTORIC LANDMARK AND EFFORTS
00:08:13 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
00:08:14 SAN FRANCISCO HAS A REMARKABLE HISTORY MUCH OF WHICH IS
00:08:17 WRAPPED UP IN ITS ARCHITECTURE .
00:08:21 SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT AS OUR CITY BUILDS THE HOUSING
00:08:22 THAT WE SO URGENTLY NEED, WE PROACTIVELY PROTECT PROPERTIES
00:08:25 OF HISTORIC MERIT FROM DEMOLITION.
00:08:28 THESE PROPERTIES REPRESENT SOME DISTRICT EIGHT MOST UNIQUE
00:08:31 AND SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURE FROM THE SITE OF THE AMERICAN
00:08:35 INDIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1960S
00:08:39 RED POWER MOVEMENT AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS
00:08:42 ADVOCACY. TO ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH WHICH IS
00:08:44 AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE.
00:08:47 >> THE RESOLUTION'S INITIATING LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THESE
00:08:51 PROPERTIES WERE HEARD BY THIS COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER OF LAST
00:08:54 YEAR AFTER WHICH THEY WERE SENT TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
00:08:58 RECOMMENDATION. THEY WERE THEN PASSED ON TO THE
00:08:59 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE BY WAY OF THE PLANNING
00:09:02 DEPARTMENT. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
00:09:03 COMMITTEE HAS NOW RETURNED THESE 14 PROPERTIES TO THE
00:09:05 BOARD WITH THEIR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:09:08 SO WITH THAT BEFORE I PASS IT OFF TO ALEX WESTHOFF FROM THE
00:09:10 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT ON EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES,
00:09:13 I'D LIKE TO ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU SEND THESE ITEMS TO
00:09:16 THE FULL BOARD WITH YOUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:09:18 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:09:20 MR. WEST, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION?
00:09:34 >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
00:09:35 ALEX WEST STAFF PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
00:09:39 I'M HERE TO PRESENT 14 PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR
00:09:42 LANDMARK DESIGNATION UNDER THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN LANDMARK
00:09:43 PROGRAM AND I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE
00:09:47 MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND I'LL TRY AND KEEP THE
00:09:51 PRESENTATION BRIEF. JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS
00:09:55 PART OF THE BROADER FAMILY ZONING PLAN AND THE CITY IS
00:09:58 COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH
00:10:02 AMBITIOUS HOUSING PRODUCTION IS ALIGNED WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:10:05 LONGSTANDING DEDICATION TO PRESERVING PLACES THAT ARE
00:10:07 DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN SAN FRANCISCO'S UNIQUE CULTURAL
00:10:10 IDENTITY. WE'VE REACHED AN EXCITING
00:10:14 MILESTONE TODAY AS THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH OF LANDMARKS
00:10:18 IN WHICH THE ORDINANCES ARE NOW BEING HEARD BY THIS COMMITTEE.
00:10:22 SO YOU'VE ALREADY, AS WAS MENTIONED, HEARD THE INITIATING
00:10:25 RESOLUTIONS IN OCTOBER AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
00:10:26 COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ALL
00:10:30 OF THESE LANDMARKS AT THEIR JANUARY 21ST, 2026 HEARING
00:10:34 AND ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO
00:10:38 EXTEND A THANK YOU TO BOARD PRESIDENT AND DISTRICT EIGHT
00:10:41 SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT FOR CHAMPIONING THIS EFFORT.
00:10:44 SO I'LL GET INTO I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THE
00:10:49 PROPERTIES STARTING WITH 4200 20TH STREET THE BOB ROSS HOUSE.
00:10:53 THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD
00:10:56 AND SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE RENTS
00:10:59 SURROUNDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S LGBTQ
00:11:04 COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY AS THE HOME OF BOB ROSS ROSS ALONG
00:11:07 WITH PAUL BENTLEY FOUNDED THE BAY AREA REPORTER IN 1971 WHICH
00:11:10 IS REPORTEDLY THE OLDEST LGBTQ WEEKLY AND CONTINUOUS
00:11:14 PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES .
00:11:18 ROSS REMAINED THE PUBLISHER OF THE BAY REPORTER UNTIL HIS
00:11:22 DEATH IN 2003 AND ALSO CO-FOUNDED THE TAVERN GUILD
00:11:23 WHICH RAISED MONEY AND PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR NUMEROUS PRO GAY
00:11:27 POLITICIANS. HE HELD FREQUENT POLITICAL
00:11:30 AND PROFESSIONAL EVENTS AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
00:11:34 THE PROPERTIES CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:11:38 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE THE DESIGNATION
00:11:41 IS SUPPORTED BY THE CASTRO LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT WHO
00:11:45 PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND SEVERAL
00:11:47 OTHERS THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR CHESTS REPORT 220 DENVER STREET
00:11:52 IS LOCATED IN THE CORBETT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS
00:11:53 SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WITH SAN
00:11:57 FRANCISCO'S LGBTQ JEWISH COMMUNITY.
00:12:00 THE PROPERTY WAS THE ORIGINAL HOME OF CONGREGATION SHAARE
00:12:04 ZAHAV WHICH IS HEBREW FOR GOLDEN GATE.
00:12:05 SHAHAR DOES HAVE WAS FOUNDED AMIDST THE BACKDROP OF GREAT
00:12:09 POLITICAL CHANGE FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITIES IN THE 1970S THE
00:12:15 THE CHURCH THE SYNAGOGUE SORRY WAS FOUNDED IN 1977 BY THREE
00:12:18 GAY MEN AS SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST GAY SYNAGOGUE AND ONE OF
00:12:22 ONLY THREE GAY SYNAGOGUES IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:12:29 THE PROPERTIES CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:12:33 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
00:12:37 THE DESIGNATION WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE CITYWIDE LGBTQ
00:12:40 HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT AND IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE
00:12:42 CASTRO LGBT Q CULTURAL DISTRICT THE AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORICAL
00:12:49 SOCIETY CHAUTAUQUA HOUSE IS LOCATED AT 1451 MASONIC AVENUE.
00:12:52 THE PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE 1960S
00:12:56 RED POWER MOVEMENT AS WELL AS THE COSTO FAMILY WHO PLAYED
00:13:00 PROMINENT ROLES IN AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY.
00:13:03 THE AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS A SAN FRANCISCO
00:13:07 BASED ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSED ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION,
00:13:10 COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
00:13:14 THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED BY RUPERT CASTRO AND JEANETTE
00:13:18 HENRY CASTRO AND 13 OTHER CALIFORNIA AMERICAN INDIANS.
00:13:22 THE CASTRO'S WERE MARRIED FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND WORK
00:13:26 TOGETHER TO BRING ATTENTION TO AMERICAN INDIAN CONCERNS
00:13:29 INCLUDING WRITING AND EDITING SEVERAL SCHOLARLY WORKS ON
00:13:33 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE.
00:13:34 THE CASTRO IS LOCATED A SUITABLE HOME AT THE SUBJECT
00:13:37 PROPERTY IN 1967 NAMING THE HEADQUARTERS CHATTANOOGA HOUSE.
00:13:41 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHATTANOOGA HOUSE OCCURRED
00:13:45 AMIDST THE BACKDROP OF THE RED POWER MOVEMENT FOR NATIVE CIVIL
00:13:48 RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 1960S AND 1970S WHICH MOBILIZED
00:13:52 ACTIONS TO INCITE CHANGES IN NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
00:13:58 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:14:00 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
00:14:03 PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF WORKED WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN
00:14:06 CULTURAL DISTRICT AND SAN FRANCISCO HERITAGE ON THE
00:14:08 LANDMARK DESIGNATION NATION FACTSHEET FOR THIS PROPERTY
00:14:11 AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION.
00:14:14 THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN GREATER
00:14:19 DETAIL IN THE AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT
00:14:20 WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING DRAFTED.
00:14:23 AND NOTABLY IF DESIGNATED THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST LANDMARK
00:14:27 WITH AN AMERICAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION THE BANK OF ITALY
00:14:30 BRANCH BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THE CASTRO UPPER MARKET
00:14:35 NEIGHBORHOOD ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS THE BANK OF
00:14:38 ITALY 402 410 CASTRO STREET IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION
00:14:42 WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUREKA VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:14:46 NOW COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CASTRO.
00:14:49 ITS CONSTRUCTION ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CASTRO
00:14:51 THEATER, HIBERNIA BANK AND A FEW AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOTIVE
00:14:54 RELATED BUSINESSES MAY REFLECT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EUREKA
00:14:58 VALLEY AS AN IDENTIFIER IDENTIFIER AND IDENTIFIABLE
00:15:02 DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS ALSO
00:15:06 SIGNIFICANT AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTURE.
00:15:09 >> THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:15:13 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
00:15:14 THIS DESIGNATION IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE CASTRO LGBTQ
00:15:18 CULTURAL DISTRICT 570 825 80 TWO CASTRO STREET IS LOCATED
00:15:24 WITHIN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE
00:15:28 HISTORIC LOCATION OF THE CASTRO ROCK STEAM BATHS ACROSS THE
00:15:32 STREET FROM HARVEY MILK'S RESIDENCE AND CAMERA SHOP THIS
00:15:33 VICTORIA BUILDING WAS HOME TO ONE OF THE CITY'S LONGEST
00:15:37 RUNNING BATHHOUSES. BATHHOUSES PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
00:15:40 ROLE IN LGBTQ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS RELATIVELY SAFE
00:15:44 AND PRIVATE SPACES FOR MEN TO MEET THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER
00:15:51 DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN
00:15:54 ON THIS SLIDE. THIS DESIGNATION IS ALSO
00:15:55 SUPPORTED BY THE CASTRO LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT ENGINE
00:15:58 COMPANY NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT 1458 VALENCIA STREET AND THE
00:16:05 MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE OLDEST
00:16:07 STANDING FIREHOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS FOR ITS
00:16:11 ASSOCIATION WITH STREETCAR SUBURBANIZATION OF THE MISSION
00:16:14 DISTRICT AND AS AN INTACT EXAMPLE OF ITALIAN IT
00:16:18 ARCHITECTURE. BUILT IN 1883, ENGINE COMPANY
00:16:21 NUMBER 13 WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF
00:16:25 CONSTRUCTION AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1958.
00:16:27 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:16:31 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
00:16:34 FIREHOUSE HOSE COMPANY NUMBER 30 IS LOCATED AT 1757 WALLER
00:16:42 STREET AND THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:16:43 THE BUILDING A SIGNIFICANT IT IS ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:16:47 EARLIEST EXTANT FIREHOUSES AND FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH
00:16:50 HAIGHT-ASHBURY IS EARLY HISTORY AS WELL AS AN INTACT EXAMPLE OF
00:16:53 ITALIANATE ARCHITECTURE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS
00:16:57 CONSTRUCTED IN 1895 AS A FIREHOUSE TWO HOSE ENGINE
00:17:00 COMPANY NUMBER 30 AND OPERATED AS SUCH UNTIL 1959.
00:17:06 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:17:08 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
00:17:14 4416 18TH STREET IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION EARLY
00:17:18 ASSOCIATION WITH THE CASTRO AS AN LGBTQ ENCLAVE GIVEN IT WAS
00:17:22 THE LOCATION OF THE FULL MOON COFFEEHOUSE IN THE MID 1970S.
00:17:25 THE 1970S REPRESENT A PIVOTAL TIME IN THE CASTRO'S HISTORY AS
00:17:29 THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS GAY SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:17:33 CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL HUB DRAWING
00:17:36 INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO ISSUES SURROUNDING LGBTQ
00:17:38 EQUALITY. THE FULL MOON COFFEEHOUSE
00:17:41 OPENED IN 1974 AND WAS A UNIQUE AS AN EARLY LESBIAN
00:17:44 ESTABLISHMENT DURING A TIME WHEN THE CASTRO WAS LARGELY
00:17:48 DOMINATED BY GAY MEN. >> THE FULL MOON IS CREDITED TO
00:17:55 SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST EXPLICITLY WOMEN ONLY VENUE.
00:17:59 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:18:02 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE.
00:18:04 THIS DESIGNATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE CASTRO LGBTQ CULTURAL
00:18:07 DISTRICT AND NEXT TO MODS. THIS WOULD ALSO BE ONE OF THE
00:18:11 FEW LANDMARKS WITH A SPECIFIC LESBIAN ASSOCIATION NEXT TO THE
00:18:16 LION MARTIN HOUSE AND NOTABLY YOUR FACE ON GUERRERO IS
00:18:21 LOCATED AT 102 GUERRERO STREET. THE PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT AS
00:18:25 A FRONTLINE SURVIVOR OF THE GREAT 1906 EARTHQUAKE AND FIRES
00:18:29 AN INTACT EXAMPLE OF A STICK EASTLAKE HOME AND AN EARLY
00:18:30 EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF ARCHITECT CAN REVEAL FOR US THE
00:18:35 GREAT 1906 EARTHQUAKE AND FIRES DESTROYED MUCH OF SAN
00:18:37 FRANCISCO'S BUILDING STOCK AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ONE
00:18:41 OF THE FEW IN THE INNER MISSION NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH
00:18:44 SURVIVED THIS DISASTER. GILL FIRST WAS BORN IN GERMANY
00:18:48 IN 1850 AND IMMIGRATED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1876, BECOMING A
00:18:52 VERY PROMINENT ARCHITECT. HE DESIGNED BOTH RESIDENTIAL
00:18:55 AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND COMPLETED ABOUT 450
00:18:58 BUILDINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO. TOTAL DISRUPTION PRESENTS ONE
00:19:02 OF HIS EARLIER WORKS FOR A WEALTHIER CLIENT WHEREAS OTHER
00:19:06 NEARBY PROPERTIES WERE DESIGNED LATER IN HIS CAREER.
00:19:07 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:19:10 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE 925 TO 941 CALL
00:19:16 ST AS A HISTORIC LOCATION OF MODS WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE
00:19:21 CENTER TO STOREFRONTS OF THE BUILDING.
00:19:22 MODELS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS EARLY ASSOCIATION WITH SAN
00:19:25 FRANCISCO'S LESBIAN COMMUNITY INCLUDING PROMINENT LGBTQ
00:19:29 BUSINESSWOMAN AND ACTIVIST RICKY STRYKER.
00:19:32 LOCATED IN COAL VALLEY NEAR THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY NEIGHBORHOOD,
00:19:36 MODS WHICH OPENED IN THE MID 1960S SERVED AS ONE OF SAN
00:19:40 FRANCISCO'S MOST POPULAR AND LONGEST RUNNING LESBIAN
00:19:43 BARS. WELL-KNOWN PATRONS OF MODS
00:19:44 INCLUDING LGBTQ ACTIVISTS PHYLLIS LYON, DELL MARTIN
00:19:48 AND SALLY GERHART AS WELL AS HAIGHT-ASHBURY COUNTERCULTURE
00:19:52 ICON JANIS JOPLIN. THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER
00:19:56 DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN
00:20:00 ON THE SLIDE AND AS WELL AS LIMITED INTERIOR FEATURES
00:20:03 CALLED OUT TO PRESERVE THE SPATIAL VOLUME AND REAR PATIO
00:20:07 SPACE THAT WAS INTEGRAL TO MODS .
00:20:11 THE MISSION FOLK VICTORIAN HOME IS LOCATED AT 36 ONE SAN JOSE
00:20:15 AVENUE IN THE SOUTH MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:20:19 THE PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH EARLY
00:20:22 SETTLEMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MISSION DISTRICT AS WELL AS
00:20:24 BEING AN EARLY AND INTACT EXAMPLE OF FOLK VICTORIAN
00:20:27 ARCHITECTURE. THE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED CIRCA
00:20:33 1865 AND IS A ONE AND A HALF STORY WOOD FRAME SINGLE FAMILY
00:20:34 RESIDENCE ALONG WITH OTHER EARLY SETTLEMENT STYLES FOLK
00:20:37 VICTORIAN PROPERTIES REPRESENT A VERY EARLY TIME IN THE CITY'S
00:20:41 DEVELOPMENT HISTORY. SHORTLY AFTER THE CALIFORNIA
00:20:45 GOLD RUSH WHEN SAN FRANCISCO BEGAN EXPANDING FROM A SMALL
00:20:48 HAMLET TO AN EVER GROWING METROPOLITAN REGION, THE
00:20:56 PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED TO
00:20:57 EXTERIOR FEATURES ON THIS SLIDE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE
00:21:01 PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF
00:21:04 THIS PROPERTY. >> FIVE 14 TO 520 CASTRO STREET
00:21:08 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS SIGNIFICANT
00:21:12 AS THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE KAPOSI'S SARCOMA
00:21:16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION LATER RENAMED THE
00:21:19 SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION. ONE OF THE NATION'S FIRST
00:21:23 ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING AIDS IN 1982,
00:21:27 ACTIVIST CLEVE JONES WAS APPROACHED BY DR. MARCUS CONANT
00:21:31 ABOUT CREATING THE FOUNDATION AS A COMMUNITY BASED
00:21:35 ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS THE THREAT OF AIDS AND LOBBIED THE
00:21:38 GOVERNMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
00:21:41 THE PROPERTIES CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:21:43 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE.
00:21:47 THIS DESIGNATION IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE CASTRO LGBTQ
00:21:50 CULTURAL DISTRICT AS WELL AS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS
00:21:54 FOUNDATION. ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH IS LOCATED
00:21:58 AT 328 1/16 STREET AND THE INTERMISSION NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:22:02 THE PROPERTY WAS ERECTED IN 1907 BY THE GERMAN
00:22:05 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND HAS BEEN OWNED AND OCCUPIED
00:22:09 BY THE GROUP SINCE THEN. THE ENTIRE MISSION NORTH AREA
00:22:12 WAS DEVASTATED BY THE GREAT 1906 EARTHQUAKE AND FIRES
00:22:14 AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH WAS PART OF THE FIRST WAVE OF
00:22:18 INTERMISSION REDEVELOPMENT. FOLLOWING THE DISASTER THE
00:22:21 PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT AS AN EXUBERANT EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC
00:22:25 REVIVAL CHURCH. AND THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS A
00:22:26 STRONG GERMAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AS THE ONLY
00:22:30 LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO OFFER BILINGUAL
00:22:34 SERVICES IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH. THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER
00:22:37 DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN
00:22:41 ON THIS SLIDE AND THE CHURCH HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF
00:22:44 SUPPORT FOR THIS DESIGNATION. >> LASTLY, SAINT NICHOLAS
00:22:49 CATHEDRAL IS LOCATED AT 2005 15TH STREET IN THE CASTRO UPPER
00:22:52 MARKET NEIGHBORHOOD. BUILT IN 1904, SAINT NICHOLAS
00:22:55 CATHEDRAL IS SIGNIFICANT AS AN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF A GOTHIC
00:22:59 REVIVAL CHURCH. IN 1960 THE PROPERTY WAS
00:23:03 ACQUIRED BY THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND RENAMED
00:23:07 SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL AT WHICH POINT THE ONION DOOMED
00:23:11 FINIAL AND ORTHODOX CROSS WERE ADDED.
00:23:14 THE PROPERTY'S CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE LIMITED
00:23:16 TO EXTERIOR FEATURES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE SO THAT IS ALL I
00:23:22 HAVE. AGAIN, THE HISTORIC
00:23:23 PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL 14
00:23:28 OF THESE LANDMARKS AND I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
00:23:29 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:23:32 THANK YOU, MR. WESTHOFF. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE
00:23:36 ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:23:40 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
00:23:44 I'M GLAD WE GOT IT DONE SO QUICKLY.
00:23:48 >> SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SITE AT MR.
00:23:49 CLERK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:23:52 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:23:53 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS TWO THROUGH 15.
00:23:56 >> THIS IS 14 ORDINANCES MAKING VARIOUS LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS.
00:23:59 >> PLEASE COME FORWARD SELECTMAN IF YOU'RE READY TO
00:24:01 GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS.
00:24:02 THANK YOU, JOHN. >> HELLO.
00:24:03 MY NAME IS WOODY LA BOUNTY FROM SAN FRANCISCO HERITAGE.
00:24:07 THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING THESE.
00:24:08 AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MANDEL MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
00:24:11 PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS.
00:24:14 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED STREAMLINING HOUSING IN THE
00:24:15 CITY THROUGH STATE LAWS AND THROUGH OUR OWN EFFORTS, IT
00:24:19 BECAME APPARENT THAT WE ALSO HAD TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS
00:24:22 BY WHICH WE PROTECT THE IMPORTANT PLACES THAT HAVE NOT
00:24:27 ONLY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE BUT IN TANGIBLE HERITAGE THAT YOU
00:24:30 CAN SEE IN THIS FIRST BATCH. >> WE HAVE LGBTQ HISTORY.
00:24:33 WE HAVE AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY.
00:24:37 GREEK ORTHODOX ARE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX AND GERMAN
00:24:40 CONGREGATIONS GAY JEWISH CONGREGATIONS.
00:24:44 >> THESE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY COMMEMORATE WHAT WE
00:24:46 HAVE HERE BUT TO HELP KEEP THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STILL HERE
00:24:49 STRONG AND HAVE A SENSE OF IDENTITY THAT THEY'RE
00:24:52 REPRESENTED HERE IN THIS CITY. >> SO I KNOW THIS IS GOING
00:24:56 THROUGH OTHER DISTRICTS. >> I KNOW THERE'S I THINK
00:24:57 SUPERVISOR MELGAR HAS BEEN TALKING TO PLANNING ABOUT SOME
00:25:01 DISTRICT SEVEN LANDMARKS AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY AMAZING
00:25:04 LANDMARKS TO BE FOUND IN DISTRICT FIVE AND 11.
00:25:05 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AND THE
00:25:08 PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON GETTING SOME MORE OF THESE DESIGNATED
00:25:12 AND I HOPE YOU GIVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
00:25:14 BOARD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:25:17 YOU MR. BARNEY THANK YOU FOR COMING.
00:25:19 >> DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE
00:25:21 LANDMARK DESIGNATION ORDINANCES ?
00:25:23 MADAM CHAIR OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:25:27 NOW CLOSED. >> MR. CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO
00:25:33 MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THESE FORWARD WITH THE POSITIVE
00:25:38 RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:25:39 >> THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THESE 14 ORDINANCES
00:25:43 BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHIN
00:25:47 CHIN I MEMBER MARCHMAN MAHMUD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR.
00:25:50 MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK
00:25:53 YOU. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 16
00:25:57 PLEASE MR. CLERK AND ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE
00:26:01 AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENT CODE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S CLIMATE
00:26:04 ACTION GOALS IN PLANNING PROCESSES AND TO UPDATE CITY
00:26:07 DEPARTMENTS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING
00:26:08 THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION GOALS .
00:26:11 IT ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION
00:26:13 UNDER CEQA. THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A
00:26:16 POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT. MOVE CLEAR SPACE FORWARD ON
00:26:19 TOMORROW'S BOARD AGENDA SO THAT IT MAY BE SENT FOR
00:26:20 CONSIDERATION. THAT'S THE APRIL SEVENTH 2026
00:26:23 BOARD MEETING. >> OKAY.
00:26:27 >> THANK YOU. WELCOME.
00:26:27 WELCOME DIRECTOR. >> DO YOU FEEL.
00:26:31 YEAH, GO AHEAD. OH, THANK YOU.
00:26:35 CHAIR MCGUIRE, MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:26:36 COMMITTEE FIRST. >> HAPPY EARTH MONTH.
00:26:39 THIS IS APRIL AND SO IT USED TO BE IN 1970 WE ONLY GOT ONE DAY
00:26:45 AN EARTH DAY. NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE MONTH TO
00:26:46 CELEBRATE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:26:49 >> SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS ITEM.
00:26:52 >> I'M GOING TO KICK THIS OVER TO OUR CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER
00:26:54 CINDY COMERFORD WHO WHO'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH OUR
00:26:57 PRESENTATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENT CODE CHAPTER NINE.
00:26:59 BUT I DID WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE LEADERSHIP OF SAN
00:27:01 FRANCISCO MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND BOARD PRESIDENT MADELINE
00:27:04 FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM. THIS SPONSORSHIP REFLECTS THAT
00:27:08 CLIMATE IS A CORE CITY FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY.
00:27:12 IT'S A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE THROUGH ALL OF
00:27:16 OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
00:27:19 IT REFLECTS THAT WORK. IT ALSO REFLECTS A LOT OF INPUT
00:27:20 ENGAGEMENT WE HAD WITH THE PUBLIC.
00:27:23 THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS BUT A NECESSARY PROCESS
00:27:28 TO SHAPE WHERE WE GO. AND THE REASON WHY ENVIRONMENT
00:27:32 CODE CHAPTER NINE MATTERS IS IT CODIFIES ALL OF OUR CLIMATE
00:27:35 GOALS INTO LAW. IT PROVIDES THE LEGAL
00:27:38 FOUNDATION FOR OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND IT GIVES THOSE
00:27:41 GOALS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DURABILITY
00:27:45 AND CONTINUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:27:46 THESE ARE GOALS THAT STRETCH FORWARD A NUMBER OF YEARS.
00:27:49 >> AS YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THIS MATTERS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE
00:27:53 LONG TERM PLANS FOR OUR CITY BUT ALSO THAT THESE GOALS
00:27:57 IMPACT EVERYONE'S DAILY LIFE FROM THE CLEANER AIR THAT
00:28:01 PEOPLE GET TO BREATHE HEALTHIER ,BUILDING STRONGER CONNECTED
00:28:04 NEIGHBORHOODS AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
00:28:07 IT SETS THIS FRAMEWORK FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
00:28:09 IT REFLECTS THE LATEST SCIENCE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY
00:28:12 UNDERWAY BY MANY OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND IT MATCHES THE
00:28:16 URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT. AND SO NOW I'LL PASS THIS OVER
00:28:20 TO CINDY WHO'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH ENVIRONMENT CODE
00:28:22 CHAPTER NINE. GREAT.
00:28:26 GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CINDY COMERFORD.
00:28:30 I'M THE CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER HERE.
00:28:34 WE PULL UP THE SLIDES, WE CAN SEE THE AGENDA.
00:28:35 SO THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
00:28:38 I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW.
00:28:40 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE ACTION FRAMEWORK.
00:28:42 I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE LEGISLATION.
00:28:45 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MAIN CHANGES AND THEN TALK
00:28:47 ABOUT NEXT STEPS. SO DIRECTOR, YOU ALREADY TALKED
00:28:53 ABOUT THE MISSION OF OUR DEPARTMENT BUT WE ARE REALLY
00:28:57 HERE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THESE CLIMATE ACTIONS AND GOALS TURN
00:29:00 INTO TANGIBLE, TANGIBLE ACTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
00:29:05 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE A CLEANER,
00:29:09 GREENER CITY AND MAKE SUSTAINABILITY MORE AFFORDABLE
00:29:13 FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
00:29:16 >> AND SO IN 2021 WE RELEASED OUR LAST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
00:29:20 AND THAT LAID A REALLY STRONG FOUNDATION.
00:29:23 WE HAD A VERY AMBITIOUS AND CREDIBLE ROADMAP.
00:29:27 THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN HELPED US SUSTAIN OUR LOCAL CLIMATE
00:29:31 LEADERSHIP. OUR PLAN WAS BOTH DATA DRIVEN
00:29:35 AND EQUITY CENTERED IN OUR LAST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WE ACTUALLY
00:29:39 DEVELOPED SOMETHING CALLED AN RC TOOL WHICH WAS USED TO DO
00:29:43 OUR RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT FOR OUR PLAN AND WE
00:29:46 ALSO USED IT ON OUR 2026 PLAN. >> AND SO OUR 2021 CLIMATE
00:29:49 ACTION PLAN REALLY LAID A GREAT FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE HERE.
00:29:55 I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
00:29:57 FROM OUR LAST PLAN. >> WE HAVE 100% RENEWABLE
00:30:00 ELECTRICITY FROM CLEAN POWER SRF.
00:30:04 THAT WAS DELIVERED TWO YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
00:30:07 WE HAVE EXPANDED EV CHARGING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
00:30:08 IT'S MORE THAN TRIPLED OVER THE LAST DECADE.
00:30:12 >> WE NOW HAVE A CITY MANAGED MANAGED ST TREE FARM WHICH IS
00:30:19 GROWING OVER A THOUSAND TREES TO BE PLANTED IN THE FUTURE.
00:30:22 WE HAVE UPDATED OUR ALL ELECTRIC ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE
00:30:24 MAJOR RENOVATIONS. >> WE NOW HAVE AN EDIBLE FOOD
00:30:28 RECOVERY ORDINANCE THAT IS NOT ONLY DIVERTING FOOD FROM
00:30:31 LANDFILL BUT IT'S ALSO HELPING WITH FOOD SECURITY IN SAN
00:30:35 FRANCISCO. AS OF LAST YEAR WE HAVE RESCUED
00:30:41 OVER 6 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO FEED OUR RESIDENTS.
00:30:45 AND LASTLY, WE HAVE STARTED INNOVATIVE NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS
00:30:46 OUR CLIMATE EQUITY HUB. >> SINCE THE INCEPTION OF OUR
00:30:49 PROGRAM WE'VE HELPED TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES A WEEK INSTALL
00:30:53 CLEAN ENERGY EQUIPMENT, SAVING EACH FAMILY BETWEEN 5 TO $8000
00:30:57 EACH. AND SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES
00:31:04 OUR CLIMATE ACTION FRAMEWORK. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
00:31:08 CHAPTER NINE AND I KIND OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT FOLDS INTO
00:31:12 OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEN HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE
00:31:13 PLAN. SO CHAPTER NINE IS REALLY OUR
00:31:17 LAW HERE. IT SETS OUR TARGETS AT SIX OUR
00:31:20 GOALS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLAN.
00:31:23 AND THEN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS REALLY OUR
00:31:27 IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP AS OUR STRATEGIES, OUR ACTIONS AND THE
00:31:31 CONTEXT AROUND CLIMATE. AND THEN OUR GOVERNANCE
00:31:32 STRATEGY IS HOW WE DELIVER THESE ACTIONS AND HOW WE TRACK
00:31:36 THEM SO IT MAKES SURE WE HAVE ROUTINES FOR OUR PERFORMANCE
00:31:39 AND OUR TRACKING OUR PROGRESS. SO TO SIMPLY PUT IT, CHAPTER
00:31:45 NINE IS A LIE. THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS HOW
00:31:46 WE DELIVER AND IMPLEMENT. AND THE GOVERNANCE STRATEGY IS
00:31:50 HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR OUR PROGRESS AND TRANSPARENCY.
00:31:56 >> SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF THE
00:31:57 LEGISLATION. SO THE FIRST IS A TYPICAL WHICH
00:32:01 WE HAVE IN MOST LEGISLATION WE HAVE OUR PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
00:32:04 IT TALKS ABOUT WHY IT'S AN IMPERATIVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:32:08 ACT ON CLIMATE. IT TALKS ABOUT EVOLVING GLOBAL
00:32:12 SCIENCE AND CLIMATE RISK. AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE
00:32:16 IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR
00:32:19 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE MUST PROTECT THEM.
00:32:20 >> THE NEXT PART SETS OUT OUR TARGETS AND GOALS.
00:32:24 SO WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS THAT IT
00:32:27 SPECIFIES AND THEN IT ALSO SPECIFIES ALL OF OUR CLIMATE
00:32:32 ACTION GOALS. THE THIRD PART IS THE
00:32:35 REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
00:32:38 >> IT REQUIRES A PLAN WITH CLEAR STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS.
00:32:42 AND LASTLY IT'S OUR PERFORMANCE AND TRACKING OR WHAT WE TALK
00:32:44 ABOUT AS GOVERNANCE IS SPECIFIES ALL THE ROLES FOR THE
00:32:46 DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR,
00:32:51 EVALUATE AND REPORT ON THE PLAN.
00:32:52 OVER TIME SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT OUR KEY CHANGES ARE.
00:32:58 >> SO WE HAVE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE SECTORS THAT ARE
00:33:01 IN THE PLAN. WE'VE REVISED MOST OF THE
00:33:05 SECTOR GOALS AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF CHAPTER NINE
00:33:08 FROM THE LAST VERSION THAT WAS PUBLISHED THAT WAS UPDATED
00:33:12 IN 2021. WE TRY TO STREAMLINE THE
00:33:16 DEPARTMENTS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:33:17 WE'VE TRIED TO STRENGTHEN THE MONITORING AND REPORTING.
00:33:20 AND WE HAVE ALSO UPDATED THE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
00:33:23 PLAN. >> SO JUST TO START OFF WHERE
00:33:28 WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS OF OUR EMISSIONS SINCE 1998 WE'VE
00:33:31 REDUCED OUR EMISSIONS BY 48% AND OUR SECTOR BASED TARGETS
00:33:38 ARE TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS BY 61% BY 2030 AND TO BE A NET
00:33:44 ZERO CITY BY 2040. WE RECOMMEND KEEPING THESE
00:33:45 TARGETS THE SAME. >> WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STILL
00:33:49 AMBITIOUS BUT ACHIEVABLE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING REMOVING
00:33:52 OUR CONSUMPTION BASED EMISSION TARGET.
00:33:55 WE HAD ONE FOR 2030 AND ONE FOR 2050.
00:33:56 WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR 2050 GOAL TO SIGNAL OUR LONG TERM
00:34:00 COMMITMENT BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE'RE MOVING THE
00:34:03 2030 GOAL JUST BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENTS FOR CONSUMPTION
00:34:07 BASED EMISSIONS WHICH MEASURE OUR LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS FROM
00:34:11 THE GOODS AND SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AND HOUSING OF OUR
00:34:14 RESIDENTS AREN'T AS EVOLVED AND WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THE
00:34:18 LOCAL POLICY LEVERS TO TRACK THOSE METRICS.
00:34:22 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY ROADMAP OVER
00:34:24 TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BETTER.
00:34:28 >> NECKS ARE KIND OF THE KEY CHANGES TO OUR SECTORS.
00:34:30 THEY'RE VERY SMALL. >> IN OUR LAST PLAN WE HAD
00:34:33 TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING PAIRED TOGETHER.
00:34:36 WE ARE NOW HAVING OUR TRANSPORTATION AND SORRY WE HAD
00:34:40 TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE WERE TOGETHER.
00:34:41 WE'RE NOW GOING TO PAIR HOUSING AND LAND USE.
00:34:44 AND WE'VE ALSO RENAMED OUR PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION TO
00:34:48 CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO BETTER REFLECT OUR UPSTREAM WORK THAT
00:34:52 WE ARE DOING. >> SO THE KEY CHANGES WITHIN
00:34:56 CHAPTER NINE ARE REALLY AROUND OUR GOALS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
00:35:00 UPDATED TO BE MORE MEASURABLE AND TIME BOUND AND ALSO TO
00:35:04 REFLECT. >> WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOME OF
00:35:05 OUR GOALS. AND WE NEED TO ITERATE ON THEM
00:35:07 TO MEET OUR TARGETS. >> SO FOR ENERGY SUPPLY IT
00:35:12 CLARIFIES OUR COMMITMENT TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY
00:35:13 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE UNIVERSAL USE OF IT BY 2030 FOR
00:35:17 TRANSPORTATION. THEN WE ARE REPLACING OUR MODE
00:35:21 SHIFT GOAL WITH VMT GOAL AND WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR EV
00:35:24 ADOPTION TO INCLUDE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES FOR HOUSING AND LAND
00:35:29 USE. >> WE'RE SHIFTING AWAY FROM AN
00:35:32 ANNUAL PRODUCTION GOAL TO BETTER ALIGNED WITH OUR HOUSING
00:35:34 ELEMENT TO HAVE 82,000 UNITS BY 2030.
00:35:39 AND WHILE RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR BUILDING
00:35:41 OPERATIONS WERE REPLACING OUR GOALS, WE HAVE ALREADY
00:35:44 ACCOMPLISHED WITH MEASURABLE DECARBONIZATION GOALS FOR 20 30
00:35:48 AND 2040 FOR HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS .
00:35:52 WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND WE'RE REALLY
00:35:56 FOCUSING ON BIODIVERSITY, ACCESS TO NATURE AND URBAN TREE
00:36:00 CANOPY FOR WATER SUPPLY. WE HAVE MORE SPECIFIC WATER
00:36:03 TARGETS AND ALSO WE HAVE EXPANDED LOCAL WATER RESOURCES
00:36:07 TO INCLUDE RESILIENCY. AND LASTLY FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY
00:36:11 WE'RE KEEPING OUR EXISTING WASTE TARGETS BUT WE'RE ADDING
00:36:16 A TARGET FOR EMBODIED CARBON. >> WE HAVE ALSO UPDATED OUR
00:36:20 GOVERNANCE SECTION TO HAVE STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:36:24 SO THE KEY TENANTS OF OUR GOVERNANCE SECTION TO MAKE SURE
00:36:28 WE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN ARE TO MAKE SURE IT'S IMPACT DRIVEN
00:36:32 EQUITY CENTERED THAT WE FOCUS ON DATA AND TRANSPARENCY
00:36:35 AND ALSO COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.
00:36:39 WE STRENGTHENED THE EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY PART TO MAKE
00:36:42 SURE THE MAYOR CONVENES DEPARTMENTS TWICE A YEAR TO
00:36:43 REVIEW PROGRESS ON THE PLAN. >> AND WE'VE ALSO STRENGTHENED
00:36:47 OUR ONGOING REPORTING AND METRICS TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:36:50 DEPARTMENTS ARE COLLABORATING AND THAT WE'RE TRACKING BOTH
00:36:54 OUR CLIMATE AND EQUITY METRICS .
00:36:58 >> WE'VE ALSO UPDATED OUR FUTURE REQUIREMENTS SO OUR
00:37:00 FUTURE REQUIREMENTS POINT TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO OVER THE
00:37:03 NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON
00:37:06 CLIMATE BUDGETING AND THAT'S HOW WE INTEGRATE GOALS INTO THE
00:37:10 CITY'S FINANCIAL PLANNING TO ALIGN OUR INVESTMENTS WITH OUR
00:37:14 CLIMATE GOALS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
00:37:16 >> AND WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT CARBON REMOVAL CARBON DIOXIDE
00:37:22 REMOVAL STRATEGIES OR KDR STRATEGIES.
00:37:23 AND THIS IS WAYS TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE
00:37:27 ATMOSPHERE FOR ANY OF OUR RESIDUAL OR REMAINING EMISSIONS
00:37:33 . >> SO THAT CONCLUDES MY
00:37:34 PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
00:37:37 SCALE OF OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT
00:37:41 PROGRESS AROUND OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
00:37:42 IT'S LAID A REALLY STRONG FOUNDATION FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO
00:37:46 DO NEXT. OUR NEXT PHASE PRIORITIES ARE
00:37:47 REALLY GOING TO BE AROUND GOVERNANCE AND STRONG
00:37:50 IMPLEMENTATION AND COLLABORATION
00:37:53 AND COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
00:37:57 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHALLENGES AHEAD AS WE
00:38:00 CONTINUE THIS WORK. IT BECOMES MORE COMPLEX
00:38:04 AND NEEDS MORE SUSTAINED INVESTMENT.
00:38:07 BUT I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR PLAN WE'RE WELL
00:38:11 ALIGNED TO OUR GOALS OF OUR 2026 CLIMATE PLAN WHICH WILL BE
00:38:14 RELEASED AFTER WE PASS CHAPTER NINE HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.
00:38:19 >> SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THE PRESENTATION AND I'M
00:38:22 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:38:25 >> THANK YOU MS. CUMBER FOR IT AND WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM
00:38:27 MY COLLEAGUES SO STAY UP HERE AT SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
00:38:30 >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE
00:38:33 COMMITMENT TO CONTINUED FOCUS ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
00:38:37 AND MAKING SURE WE MEET OUR CLIMATE TARGET GOALS.
00:38:38 >> AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ONE ON THE KEY CHANGES FOR
00:38:41 CLIMATE ACTION GOALS YOU MENTIONED ON HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
00:38:45 THAT WE WERE REFOCUSED FROM SEQUESTRATION TO BIODIVERSITY.
00:38:50 JUST MAYBE YOU COULD EXPAND UPON WHY MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
00:38:56 CARBON SEQUESTRATION IS NECESSARY TO GET TO CARBON
00:39:00 NEGATIVE. AND WITHOUT THAT INVESTMENT
00:39:01 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MEET THAT GOAL.
00:39:05 SO CURIOUS ON WHY THE CHANGE. >> SO WE IN ONE OF OUR ACTIONS
00:39:09 AND OUR LESS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS TO KIND OF STUDY WHAT
00:39:13 THE POTENTIAL OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION WAS IN SAN
00:39:16 FRANCISCO. AND SO THE SFP SEE HAD DONE A
00:39:20 STUDY OF THEIR ALAMEDA WATERSHED WHICH IS ABOUT 39,000
00:39:24 ACRES AND WHICH IS MUCH LARGER THAN SAN FRANCISCO AND FOUND
00:39:28 THE POTENTIAL FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION WAS 0.4% REMOVING
00:39:32 ITS EMISSIONS. AND SO SAN FRANCISCO BEING A
00:39:36 VERY URBAN SMALLER GEOGRAPHIC AREA THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION
00:39:43 IS VERY SMALL. AND SO WE WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON
00:39:46 THE POTENTIAL OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY MAKING SURE
00:39:50 WE'RE INCREASING OUR BIODIVERSITY, THAT WE'RE
00:39:51 PLANTING TREES AND ALSO ACCESS TO NATURE.
00:39:54 AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT CARBON SEQUESTRATION ISN'T
00:39:58 IMPORTANT BUT IN OUR DENSE URBAN AREA IT DOESN'T DO A LOT
00:40:02 TO REMOVE EMISSIONS. >> UNDERSTOOD.
00:40:03 THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION IS JUST
00:40:06 ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A RESOLUTION
00:40:10 OF THE BOARD BUT IN THE GENERAL PLAN BUT HOW ARE WE HOLDING
00:40:14 DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING THESE NEW TARGETS?
00:40:18 >> GREAT. SO WE PLAN TO HAVE A REALLY
00:40:21 STRONG GOVERNANCE SO PART OF IT IS HAVING, YOU KNOW,
00:40:25 COORDINATION WITH OUR MAYOR TO HAVE HIM CAN BE IN THESE
00:40:28 DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STRONGER
00:40:32 TRACKING. SO ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES WE'VE
00:40:35 MADE IN THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS EACH DEPARTMENT IS FOR
00:40:39 ALL THE ACTIONS WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO
00:40:40 THEM. ALL OF THE ACTIONS ARE VERY
00:40:43 MEASURABLE. SO WE'LL HAVE A VERY
00:40:47 COMPREHENSIVE DASHBOARD THAT IS GOING TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS
00:40:50 AND OUR DEPARTMENT'S ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE
00:40:51 ACTIONS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH
00:40:54 ROUTINES, CONVENE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, HAVE A PUBLIC
00:40:58 DASHBOARD TO ENSURE BOTH IMPLEMENTATION
00:41:01 AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THIS PLAN.
00:41:02 >> THAT'LL THAT'LL INSURANCE PARENTS WHO WERE THERE ANY
00:41:06 PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH NOT MEETING OUR GOALS OF HOW DO WE
00:41:07 REALLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS FRAMEWORK
00:41:10 SO THAT THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
00:41:13 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PENALTIES BUT HOPEFULLY HAVING
00:41:17 STRONGER EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE MAYOR'S
00:41:18 OFFICE WILL HELP ALONG WITH OUR LEADERSHIP KEEP DEPARTMENTS
00:41:25 ACCOUNTABLE. >> AND THEN LAST QUESTION I
00:41:26 GUESS I'M IN LA ON THAT QUESTIONING IS WHAT CAN WE DO
00:41:29 AS A BOARD TO HELP YOU MEET THESE GOALS EITHER IN HOLDING
00:41:32 DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE OR CHANGES THAT YOU FEEL ARE
00:41:36 IMPEDING THE ABILITY TO HIT THESE GOALS RIGHT NOW THAT WE
00:41:38 COULD BE EXPLORING IT LEGISLATIVELY HERE?
00:41:40 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WELL, WE BE HAPPY TO COME BACK
00:41:42 AND REPORT ON OUR PROGRESS OR BARRIERS SO YOU CAN HAVE
00:41:44 TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW ALL OF THE
00:41:48 DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
00:41:51 GREAT STEP. YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN
00:41:52 PRESENT TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC, PEOPLE CAN SEE OUR
00:41:55 PROGRESS OR LACK THEREOF. >> AND I THINK HAVING THAT
00:42:00 WINDOW INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING CAN HELP MOVE THE PLAN ALONG.
00:42:03 >> I'M SURE ALL OF US HERE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO
00:42:07 HELP WITH ANY LEGISLATION SO LET US KNOW.
00:42:08 >> GREAT. WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME.
00:42:09 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:42:11 SUPERVISOR CHEN AND THE CHAIR MEMBER AND ALSO AGAIN THANK YOU
00:42:15 FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
00:42:18 AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS CRITICAL TO OUR CITY
00:42:21 AND ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DIVERSE WORKING COMMUNITY OF
00:42:24 THE SOUTHEAST SAN FRANCISCO WHICH I REPRESENT.
00:42:27 ONE OF THEM SAN FRANCISCO HAS ADOPTED THIS VERY AMBITIOUS
00:42:32 GOALS AND PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN CLIMATE INNOVATIONS AND I
00:42:33 KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER TOWARDS OUR CLIMATE TARGETS.
00:42:36 MY MAIN CONCERN IS HOW THE CITY WILL IMPLEMENT THIS QUITE
00:42:40 EFFECTIVELY. I THINK SUBWAYS ARE MORE ALSO
00:42:44 HERE ON SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CLIMATE
00:42:48 EQUITY HUB IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS PLAN.
00:42:52 THIS IS A COMPLEX WORK AND WE NEED THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
00:42:55 PROGRAM SUPPORT AND UNIFIED APPROACH THAT THE CLIMATE
00:42:59 EQUITY HUB HAS BEEN DEVELOPING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
00:43:01 QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD.
00:43:04 IT'S WITH THE BUDGET WHAT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS
00:43:08 CLIMATE GOAL GIVEN THE BUDGET CUT THAT IS FACING THE SAN
00:43:12 FRANCISCO ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND HOW WOULD THIS
00:43:15 IMPACT THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO ENACT THE GOALS OF THE
00:43:18 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT IT'S DEVELOPED IT THAT'S A GREAT
00:43:22 QUESTION. >> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
00:43:24 DIRECTOR JOE TO ANSWER THAT. >> SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
00:43:27 WE'RE STILL IN CONVERSATIONS REGARDING OUR BUDGET.
00:43:30 >> NOTHING IS SETTLED AND AS WE KNOW THAT'S A MOVING KIND OF
00:43:34 DIALOG AND CONVERSATION. THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN
00:43:38 HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE. WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE THERE YET
00:43:42 IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS. I WOULD SAY ON THE
00:43:45 IMPLEMENTATION SIDE IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO SHIFT OUR
00:43:50 FOCUS AS WHAT CINDY WAS MENTIONING TOWARDS HOW WE
00:43:51 DELIVER ON THESE GOALS. AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT THIS
00:43:54 PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETS SETS UP THAT WE HAVE THESE
00:43:58 AMBITIONS AND TARGETS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS A CITY
00:44:02 AND THE ROLE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND ALL OF THE WORK
00:44:05 IS TO IDENTIFY ALL THE STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
00:44:09 DEPARTMENTS NEED TO DO AND THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A SUPERVISOR
00:44:13 MARK MOODY'S COMMENT OF LIKE HOW DO YOU CREATE THAT
00:44:14 ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND IT WILL REQUIRE
00:44:17 FUNDING AND ATTENTION. AND ONE OF THOSE ACTIONS YOU
00:44:20 SAW WITH CLIMATE BUDGETING IS ABOUT TACKLING THAT BECAUSE
00:44:23 THERE HAS TO BE THE ATTENTION BOTH FROM VISIBILITY
00:44:27 AND ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO FROM FUNDING AND HOW YOUR
00:44:28 PRIORITIES AND FUNDING AND I THINK THIS ENVIRONMENT CODE
00:44:34 CHAPTER NINE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN STARTS TO MOVE US IN THAT
00:44:36 DIRECTION TO GET TO WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO FUND IT
00:44:39 AND HOW DO YOU HAVE A SUFFICIENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
00:44:42 TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SET US UP
00:44:45 FOR SUCCESS OVER THE NEXT 15? >> GREAT.
00:44:48 THANK YOU DIRECTOR. >> AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE
00:44:53 FUNDING, WE ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE.
00:44:56 THERE ARE QUESTION ABOUT WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE
00:44:59 ACTIONS THAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE GOALS WE
00:45:03 TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY BUT I
00:45:04 DON'T REALLY SEE THAT ADDRESSED IN THE LEGISLATION.
00:45:11 SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO WHAT
00:45:13 ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS NEEDS?
00:45:15 >> YEAH, I THINK THE TO BE TO BE VERY CLEAR LIKE AND FEEL
00:45:20 FREE TO CHIME IN THIS THIS REFLECTS A SHARED
00:45:23 ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND SO THE ACTIONS
00:45:26 AND THE GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE NOT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:45:28 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE GOALS ALONE.
00:45:30 THESE WERE CRAFTED IN CONCERT WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ON
00:45:34 THE ACTIONS THAT THEY ALSO HAVE PLANNED AND THAT THEY WANT TO
00:45:36 BE MEASURED AND ACCOUNTABLE TO AS WELL.
00:45:39 AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF OF TEETH, WE'RE ALSO ADDING
00:45:42 THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER OF GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY
00:45:45 THROUGH THE BENCHMARKING, THE TRANSPARENCY, THE KIND OF
00:45:49 ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THEIR REPORTING TO THE MAYOR EVERY
00:45:52 SIX MONTHS AND THEN ANNUALLY I THINK WE'RE ADDING TO THAT TO
00:45:57 MAKE SURE THAT THIS STILL REMAINS FRONT AND CENTER.
00:45:58 I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SOMETIMES THE CHALLENGES YOU GET NORMAL
00:46:01 DRIFT IF YOU WILL THAT HAPPENS IF THINGS AREN'T PRIORITIZED
00:46:05 THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPETING PRIORITIES
00:46:08 WITHIN THE CITY AND WHETHER YOU'RE A CITY DEPARTMENT
00:46:10 FOCUSED ON DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH YOUR CORE FUNCTIONS,
00:46:13 IT'S EASY TO KIND OF LIKE OH THIS THIS IS KIND OF A LONGER
00:46:16 TERM THING. LET ME FOCUS ON THIS A LITTLE
00:46:19 BIT MORE LATER ON AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS
00:46:21 IMMEDIATE TERM AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
00:46:24 CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN REGULARLY AS YOU REASSESS WHERE
00:46:28 WE ARE, WHERE THE GAPS ARE, BARRIERS ARE WHETHER OR NOT
00:46:32 THERE'S ALIGNMENT ON ADDRESSING THOSE BARRIERS, I THINK THAT'S
00:46:35 JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN ITERATIVE CONVERSATION AS WE
00:46:37 MOVE FORWARD. >> GREAT.
00:46:38 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:46:42 SO I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WAS INTERESTED IN YOUR
00:46:46 RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE TRACKING OF CONSUMER GOALS
00:46:53 AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID IT'S LIKE WE DON'T QUITE HAVE
00:46:57 THE DATA OR METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE DATA SO I WANTED
00:47:00 YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:47:01 YOU KNOW THE WAY THAT WE CONSUME HAS DRAMATICALLY
00:47:05 CHANGED IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO WITH THE RISE OF DELIVERY
00:47:12 AMAZON UBER EATS AND SO IT OCCURS TO ME THAT LIKE I'M NOT
00:47:16 SURE HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SORT OF QUANTIFY THAT THAT'S
00:47:21 WHAT YOU WRITE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:47:24 >> BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?
00:47:27 >> YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO. SO IN 2021 WE WERE ONE OF THE
00:47:31 FIRST CITIES TO ACTUALLY CODIFY CONSUMPTION BASED EMISSIONS
00:47:34 AND AS I SAID EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION, WHAT CONSUMPTION
00:47:38 BASED EMISSIONS DO IS THEY MEASURE THE LIFECYCLE OF
00:47:39 EMISSIONS OR THE EMBODIED CARBON AND EVERYTHING WE
00:47:43 CONSUME AS A CITY. SO THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM
00:47:46 OUR HOUSING TO OUR IPHONE YOU KNOW TO OUR TEXTILES TO OUR
00:47:50 CLOTHES. AND SO WE HAVE A WAY OF
00:47:51 MEASURING ON A MACRO SCALE WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE AN
00:47:55 ECONOMETRIC MODEL THAT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE CONSUMPTION BASED
00:47:58 EMISSIONS ARE AND THEY'RE ABOUT FOUR TIMES MORE THAN OUR SECTOR
00:48:01 BASED EMISSIONS. SO SAN FRANCISCO IS A VERY
00:48:05 CONSUMER BASED CITY AS YOU SAID AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RIGHT
00:48:08 NOW IS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL FLOWS INTO OUR ECONOMY
00:48:12 WHERE THEY GO AND THEN WHAT GETS DISCARDED SO WE CAN HAVE
00:48:16 MORE SPECIFIC METRICS LIKE AROUND FOOD, AROUND
00:48:20 CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THAT
00:48:23 INFORMATION SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEASURE THE STRATEGIES AS
00:48:27 QUANTITATIVELY AS WE LIKE. THOSE METHODS ARE EVOLVING.
00:48:31 I THINK WE THOUGHT BY NOW THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FARTHER ALONG
00:48:35 BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT
00:48:38 TWO YEARS TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR CIRCULAR ECONOMY ROADMAP.
00:48:42 >> AND THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE
00:48:43 POLICY LEVERS FOR THAT BEHAVIOR CHANGE?
00:48:46 AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TO IN SOME
00:48:50 AREAS SUCH AS BUILDINGS WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER OUR
00:48:54 BUILDINGS WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO. SO THE TYPES OF MATERIALS OR
00:48:58 THE TYPES OF ENERGY WE USE BUT FOR THINGS LIKE CONSUMER
00:49:01 PRODUCTS WE HAVE LESS CONTROL AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF
00:49:03 FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE OUR LOCAL POLICY LEVERS TO MAKE THOSE
00:49:06 THAT CHANGE. THANK YOU.
00:49:09 YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH SORT OF ,YOU KNOW, TAKING THE
00:49:12 RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE TIME TO
00:49:16 BUILD A MODEL. I GUESS MY ANXIETY IS THAT, YOU
00:49:17 KNOW, LIKE I REGULARLY WAKE UP AT TWO IN THE MORNING, YOU
00:49:21 KNOW, WORRYING ABOUT MY KIDS BEING UNDERWATER AND I THINK
00:49:24 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY DECISIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE
00:49:28 MAKING THAT HAVE A DIRECT RESULT ON THIS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
00:49:35 KNOW, IF WE DON'T CONTROL THE HOURS OF DELIVERIES OF GOODS TO
00:49:39 LIKE RESTAURANTS OR YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE AND WE INCENTIVIZE
00:49:42 BY BY NEGLIGENCE YOU KNOW THAT FOLKS, YOU KNOW, COME DURING
00:49:47 RUSH HOUR FOR EXAMPLE. SO THE TRUCKS ARE SITTING, YOU
00:49:50 KNOW, ON THE BRIDGE FOR AN HOUR WHEN THEY COULD BE DELIVERING
00:49:54 AT TWO IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE'S NO TRAFFIC FOR EXAMPLE
00:49:57 ,YOU KNOW OR AS NEW YORK HAS DONE INCENTIVIZE E-BIKE
00:50:01 DELIVERIES AS OPPOSED TO CARS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S ALL
00:50:04 KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING EVERY DAY ON THESE
00:50:08 THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD BE DESIGNING DIFFERENTLY
00:50:12 AND WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE A
00:50:13 TARGET. SO I JUST I WOULD LOVE TO AT
00:50:16 SOME POINT HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF YOUR PROGRESS AND THEN THE
00:50:20 TIMELINE ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG, YOU KNOW, PART OF
00:50:23 THIS AND ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIGHER
00:50:25 INCOMES CONSUME MORE THAN LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHEN IT'S LOW
00:50:28 INCOME PEOPLE WHO SUFFER MORE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE.
00:50:31 >> SO OUR RECOMMENDATION MIGHT BE WHEN WE FINALIZE OUR
00:50:35 CIRCULAR ECONOMY ROADMAP WE CAN COME BACK AND PRESENT TO THE
00:50:38 BOARD. I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO WORK
00:50:39 THROUGH THAT WITH YOU AND IF WE FEEL MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT IT
00:50:43 AND TERM GOAL WE CAN ALWAYS ADD IT AND UPDATE CHAPTER NINE
00:50:46 AGAIN. >> OKAY THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
00:50:48 THANK YOU MISTER. I'M AFRAID SO.
00:50:48 I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR JU AND IT'S RELATED TO
00:50:54 THE QUESTIONS THAT BOTH MY COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING
00:50:55 AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY HEARD THIS FROM ME PLENTY AND THAT I DO
00:50:58 THINK THAT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND BY YOU KNOW ALSO OUR
00:51:05 CITIZENS DO HAVE ALL KINDS OF BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE
00:51:09 EXTERNALITIES THAT HAVE A COST TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE
00:51:10 DON'T QUANTIFY. AND I'M WONDERING LIKE HOW YOU
00:51:16 SEE THAT LIKE WHOSE JOB IS IT TO DO THAT AND HOW DO WE THEN
00:51:18 CAPTURE IT TO MAKE PROGRESS? AND THEN AS IT RELATES
00:51:24 SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR BUDGET, THERE'S A BUNCH OF ACTIVITIES
00:51:28 THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT DOES THAT HAVE EXTERNAL CITIES THAT
00:51:32 WE'VE NEVER QUANTIFIED AND SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN
00:51:36 QUALIFIED AND COLLECTED THROUGH FEES BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN
00:51:37 COLLECTED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS FROM BEFORE YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS
00:51:41 CREATED AND YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE DOES CONTROL WHEN
00:51:44 THERE'S A BUILDING YOU KNOW, BEING BUILT OR DEMOLITION OR
00:51:48 EXCAVATION OR YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
00:51:52 SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO HAVE THE
00:51:56 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT BE LIKE TO HAVE A MORE
00:52:00 PROACTIVE ROLE IN ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RIGHT NOW
00:52:04 BEING PERFORMED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND FEES BEING
00:52:07 COLLECTED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT SHOULD BE COLLECTED BY THE
00:52:11 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR
00:52:15 KIND OF OPINION ON THE FEE ON THE FEES PER SE.
00:52:19 BUT TO TO YOUR POINT ON EXTERNALIZING IMPACTS, I DO
00:52:23 THINK THAT THAT'S WE DO THAT IN A LOT OF CASES.
00:52:28 IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:52:29 SOMETIMES WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT SEEM LIKE THEY MAKE SENSE
00:52:31 RIGHT NOW AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE KICK THE CAN DOWN
00:52:35 THE ROAD FOR SOME FUTURE IMPACT THAT THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS JUST
00:52:39 THE NATURE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE WORK, RIGHT AND ANY
00:52:43 SORT OF LONG RANGE PLANNING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING 10 TO 15
00:52:46 YEARS OUT WHICH IS USUALLY A LONGER TIME HORIZON THAN A LOT
00:52:49 OF PEOPLE WANT TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF THE DIRECT KIND OF
00:52:53 IMPACT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS AND OUR JOB AS A DEPARTMENT IS
00:52:57 TO LOOK AT THAT TEN TO 15 YEAR TIME HORIZON AND SAY WELL
00:53:01 WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD? YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
00:53:04 CONSUMPTION BASED EMISSIONS. WHEN YOU UNPACK CONSUMPTION
00:53:08 BASED EMISSIONS YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE LIFECYCLE OF A PRODUCT,
00:53:11 RIGHT? AND THAT MEANS WHERE DID YOU
00:53:12 EXTRACT YOUR INITIAL RESOURCE TO CREATE THAT PRODUCT?
00:53:16 >> HOW WAS THAT PRODUCT THEN CREATED?
00:53:20 HOW DID IT GET TRANSPORTED OVER TO YOU?
00:53:24 THEN IT GETS TRANSFERRED TO WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT PRODUCT
00:53:28 AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OR IMPACT FROM THAT PRODUCT ON TO
00:53:32 YOUR POINT, THE COMMUNITIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THAT
00:53:33 PRODUCT MIGHT BE UTILIZED THAT IS A VERY COMPLEX KIND OF ISSUE
00:53:40 WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TIME TO UNPACK THAT AND I THINK WHERE
00:53:43 WE USUALLY STOP IS WE STOP ON THE DIRECT IMPACTS AND WE DON'T
00:53:48 THINK I WILL BRING OUT THE EXAMPLE OF NATURAL GAS BUSINESS
00:53:51 BECAUSE I WAS MOST RECENT IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION WE
00:53:55 THINK AROUND THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL GAS FROM A IMMEDIACY
00:53:58 WELL WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE SHOULD
00:53:59 LOOK AT RIGHT NOW? AND THEN THIS BOARD IN THE CITY
00:54:03 ALSO SAID WELL WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT'S THE HEALTH
00:54:07 AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FUTURE AS WELL.
00:54:10 >> AND I THINK THAT'S MORE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS
00:54:14 IN TERMS OF OUR THINKING AS A CITY IS TO KIND OF BE PROACTIVE
00:54:18 AND TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE
00:54:22 INTERVENTION POINTS NOW WE CAN MAKE THAT OFFSET FUTURE COST
00:54:26 AND SO WHAT THE DECISION MAYBE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT NOW IT WILL
00:54:30 ACTUALLY BE LONG TERM YOU'LL ADD SOME SORT OF POSITIVE
00:54:33 BENEFIT AND I THINK IF WE THINK ABOUT OUR OVERALL BUDGET
00:54:37 AND OUR POLICIES AND OUR STRATEGIES THAT WAY YOU END UP
00:54:40 WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT KIND OF BUDGETING KIND OF ECONOMIC
00:54:44 MODEL IF YOU WILL, FOR THE CITY WHICH GETS TO THE CLIMATE
00:54:48 BUDGETING COMMENT CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO CLEARLY ADVANCE
00:54:51 WITH THE MAYOR AND THIS BOARD AND WITH ALL OF OUR CITY
00:54:53 DEPARTMENTS ON HOW WE CAPTURE THOSE EXTERNALITIES.
00:54:56 SO I THINK THIS PLAN REFLECTS TAKING THAT FIRST MAJOR STEP
00:55:00 IN THAT DIRECTION. >> OKAY.
00:55:03 AND THAT WAS A VERY EXHAUSTIVE EXPLANATION I THINK BETWEEN
00:55:07 ZERO AND EVERY SINGLE LITTLE COST INVOLVED IN YOU KNOW, A
00:55:11 CONSUMER GOOD THERE'S AN IN BETWEEN AND I DO THINK THAT
00:55:15 ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS THAT
00:55:19 IT ZEROES IN ON LIKE WHAT THE BIGGEST YOU KNOW, SOURCES OF
00:55:23 OUR GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION IS AND THE SMALLER SOURCES.
00:55:27 SO IF YOU JUST TAKE THE BIGGEST SOURCE WHICH IS YOU KNOW, CARS
00:55:31 AND TRANSPORTATION WE COULD SAY FOR EXAMPLE THAT YOU KNOW, THE
00:55:38 ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF SOMEBODY WALKING TO THE CORNER STORE
00:55:42 AND PICKING UP SAY CARROTS IS PROBABLY LOWER RIGHT THAN
00:55:46 ORDERING THEM FROM AMAZON AND HAVING SOMEBODY YOU KNOW,
00:55:50 PICK THEM UP ACROSS THE WORLD AND BRING THEM OVER THERE
00:55:54 AND IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE
00:55:58 ALL THAT EXHAUSTIVE AND TRACK EVERY SINGLE STEP.
00:56:01 BUT SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TACK A FEE ON TO THE
00:56:05 DELIVERY THAT WE DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY BUYS THAT
00:56:09 CARROT AT THE CORNER STORE FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS WHAT I WAS
00:56:13 TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE WHOSE ROLE THEN IS IT TO FIGURE THAT
00:56:16 OUT FOR THE BIGGEST COSTS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THOSE
00:56:20 EXTERNALITIES RIGHT NOW NOBODY'S PAYING FOR YOU KNOW
00:56:24 AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE SOMEBODY TO CHANGE
00:56:28 BEHAVIOR IF IT DOESN'T COST THEM ANYTHING AND THAT'S BOTH
00:56:31 TO INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO FOR LIKE OUR CITY STRUCTURE.
00:56:35 >> AND SO I I'M GLAD FOR THIS CLIMATE ACTION GOAL AND BE
00:56:39 HAPPY TO MOVE IT FORWARD. BUT SINCE WE ARE TALKING RIGHT
00:56:43 NOW OF CUTTING YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I
00:56:47 WORRY THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT
00:56:51 IS COSTING US AND IT'S COSTING LOW INCOME AND WORKING CLASS
00:56:55 PEOPLE MORE NOT JUST IN TERMS OF MONEY BUT THEIR BODY IS YOU
00:56:58 KNOW AND WHAT WE DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF THIS ISSUE YEAH
00:57:03 WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND WITH YOU ON KIND OF
00:57:07 EXPLORING THAT ISSUE FURTHER. >> OKAY.
00:57:10 YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A I'M SORRY I
00:57:11 DON'T HAVE A FIRM ANSWER OF EXACTLY WHERE THE FEES OR THE
00:57:15 COSTS SHOULD COME FROM BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
00:57:18 DIFFERENT AREAS BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO FULLY CAPTURE
00:57:22 THE COST TO YOUR POINT AND THE THE LONG TERM HEALTH IMPACTS
00:57:26 FOR EXAMPLE BY AN ASSOCIATED ACTION THAT'S BEING TAKEN.
00:57:33 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
00:57:34 JUST TO CHIME IN REAL QUICK, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOES
00:57:38 HAVE A FUNDING AND FINANCE SECTION WHERE WE START TO
00:57:41 EXPLORE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DIRECTOR DO AND YOU JUST
00:57:44 DISCUSSED ONE OF OUR FIRST ACTIONS IS TO DO A MEMO ON THE
00:57:48 SOCIAL COST OF OF CARBON. SO TO REALLY LOOK AT THE
00:57:51 ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND THAT WILL START TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE
00:57:55 QUESTIONS YOU ASKED AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING
00:57:56 MECHANISMS. SO WE DO WANT TO EXPLORE.
00:58:00 SO FOR EXAMPLE ONE WOULD BE HOW COULD WE CHANGE THE STRUCTURE
00:58:03 OF OUR UTILITY USER TAX SO WE'RE TAXING PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:58:04 USING GAS MORE THAN CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND SO THERE IS A
00:58:08 PATHWAY TO LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
00:58:11 >> AND THEN WE ALSO NEED YOU KNOW, THE POLITICAL WILL TO
00:58:14 HELP MOVE THEM FORWARD. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:16 THANK YOU BOTH. OKAY.
00:58:18 WITH THAT, MR. CLERK, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:58:23 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LADIES AND TRANSPORTATION
00:58:24 COMMITTEE WILL NOT HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM
00:58:28 NUMBER 16 THIS ORDINANCE UPDATING THE CITY'S CLIMATE
00:58:30 ACTION PLAN. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:58:31 THIS ORDINANCE PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN
00:58:34 WALL. I'M INDICATING WITH MY LEFT
00:58:37 HAND AND THE FIRST SPEAKER CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT
00:58:39 THIS TIME WHILE FOLKS LINE UP BEHIND THEM.
00:58:44 >> LET'S BEGIN. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:58:48 THIS IS ELAINA ENGLE FROM DISTRICT NINE.
00:58:49 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND I HAVE
00:58:55 TO SAY I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE
00:58:59 IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE AND FINE AND FUNDING FOR THIS CAP
00:59:04 TOTALLY ON I'M TOTALLY ON POINT BECAUSE THIS GOES TO THE HEART
00:59:08 OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
00:59:15 . >> AS FOR GOVERNANCE, THE
00:59:16 ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENT THAT GOES
00:59:19 TO THE TOP THAT'S THE MAYOR WHO HAS TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO
00:59:26 THIS. I HAVE NOT YET SO FAR IN THIS
00:59:27 ADMINISTRATION SEEN THAT PRIORITY COME FORWARD.
00:59:30 >> IT ALSO GOES TO THE SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE TO DECLARE
00:59:34 THE CLIMATE IS THE CITY PRIORITY WHICH ALL DEPARTMENTS
00:59:38 MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THERE MUST BE TRANSPARENCY
00:59:41 ABOUT ARE WE DOING THIS? >> ARE WE REALLY CARRYING THIS
00:59:43 OUT? >> AND FUNDING COULDN'T BE MORE
00:59:48 ON POINT IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET THIS YEAR.
00:59:49 >> IT ALLOCATES $545,000 TO FUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
01:00:00 DEPARTMENT'S CLIMATE ACTION. >> I MEAN LET'S GET REAL YOU
01:00:02 CANNOT BUY A HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR $545,000 LET
01:00:07 ALONE RUN A DEPARTMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF
01:00:11 CHANGING THE WHOLE CLIMATE, THE WHOLE ENERGY SYSTEM FROM FOSSIL
01:00:15 FUELS TO TO TO RENEWABLES. SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
01:00:22 WE HAVE TO FIND FUNDING AND IT CAN'T JUST BE A FUNCTION OF
01:00:26 EVERY YEAR WE GO AND CREEP FORWARD AND SAY PLEASE COULD WE
01:00:30 HAVE FUNDING GENERAL FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR AND IT'S AT THE
01:00:33 POLITICAL WHIMS OF WHOEVER AT THE TOP.
01:00:37 >> WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY FUND THIS DEPARTMENT AND LONG TERM
01:00:40 WE HAVE TO THINK OF REALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT YEAR AFTER
01:00:42 YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE THIS GENERAL FUND STUFF IS NOT
01:00:45 WORKING. >> THANK YOU.
01:00:49 THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:00:54 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ZACHARY FIELD WITH
01:00:56 SOME CAN SOME HERE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SFE FOR THE
01:00:59 WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO UPDATE OUR
01:01:03 CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. HOWEVER, THE PENDING BUDGET
01:01:06 CUTS TO THE S OF ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT POSE A SIGNIFICANT
01:01:09 THREAT TOWARDS THE CITY MEETING ITS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS
01:01:13 AND ONE PROGRAM AT PARTICULAR RISK THAT SOME CAN PARTICIPATE
01:01:17 IN IS THE CLIMATE EQUITY HUB WHICH IS FACILITATING THE
01:01:21 INSTALLATION OF OVER 60 HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS AT NO COST
01:01:22 TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS. THE CLIMATE EQUITY HUB IS A
01:01:25 MODEL FOR CITY GOVERNANCE BEING AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP
01:01:29 BETWEEN SFE INDUSTRY PARTNERS CONTRACT ERS, HEALTH
01:01:33 PROFESSIONALS AND CBOS LIKE US. >> IN FEBRUARY THE MAYOR TOLD
01:01:37 US DIRECTLY HE WANTS TO SEE THE CLIMATE WORK FOR SFE INTEGRATED
01:01:40 ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. AND OF COURSE THAT'S EXACTLY
01:01:42 WHAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOES AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU
01:01:45 KNOW, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS GO TO SUPPORTING THE STAFF WHO ARE
01:01:48 IN CHARGE OF COORDINATING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
01:01:52 IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.
01:01:53 THE MAYOR ALSO TOLD US THAT THROWING MORE MONEY AT THE
01:01:57 DEPARTMENT WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF EFFECTIVE
01:02:00 ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE GOVERNANCE.
01:02:01 AND IN PART HE'S RIGHT. THERE IS MUCH WORK THAT STILL
01:02:04 NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS COORDINATE
01:02:07 ON COMPLY WITH AND IMPLEMENT THE MEASURES IN THE CLIMATE
01:02:09 ACTION PLAN. HOWEVER, CUTTING THOSE DOLLARS
01:02:12 THIS BUDGET CYCLE DEFINITELY WON'T GET US TO WHERE WE NEED
01:02:15 TO BE AS A CITY. SO I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS
01:02:18 PLAN TODAY NOT JUST WITH YOUR VOTES BUT TEXT STEPS TO ENSURE
01:02:23 THAT THIS PLAN IS BACKED WITH SIGNIFICANT LONG TERM FUNDING
01:02:26 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:02:27 THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:02:32 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. I'M SHAWN OAKLAND SO I'M A
01:02:37 RESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF FAIR TREES.ORG.
01:02:39 I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICERS RECENTLY ABOUT
01:02:43 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 2.7% CANOPY AND THE EFFECTS IN YOUR
01:02:46 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.
01:02:50 WHERE I COME FROM. WHEN A PROGRAM FAILS YOU ADMIT
01:02:51 IT AND YOU FIX IT. OUR LAST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
01:02:54 FAILED OUR CANOPY. WE DID NOT ADD TREES.
01:02:57 NOT 30,000. WE LOST OVER 300 OF THEM.
01:03:00 YET I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BUREAUCRACY DIG IN DEEPER TO
01:03:04 PORTRAY PERFECTION WHILE COMPLETELY IGNORING ITS
01:03:08 CITIZENS. THE CURRENT ACTION PLAN DRAFT
01:03:09 BEFORE YOU CONTAINS VAGUE GESTURES TOWARD QUOTE AN EQUITY
01:03:15 PLAN BUT IT IS TOOTHLESS. >> IN FACT, PUBLIC WORKS
01:03:19 RESPONDED ENDORSES LATE LAST WEEK THAT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL
01:03:23 JUSTICE GOALS ARE NOT QUOTE INDEPENDENTLY ENFORCEABLE.
01:03:27 WE DON'T NEED TO. MY COALITION SUGGESTED AN
01:03:31 AMENDMENT TO FIX THIS THAT IS IN YOUR WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS
01:03:32 TODAY. SO IT'S ALREADY IN YOUR FILE.
01:03:35 WE NEED THIS BINDING LANGUAGE BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS ALSO
01:03:38 ADMITTED IN WRITING IN THAT LETTER TO DIVERTING OVER $1
01:03:41 MILLION IN LOCAL GRANT FUNDS AWAY FROM DISTRICT SIX.
01:03:43 >> WHY THEY PRIORITIZED OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY ARE
01:03:47 QUOTE RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER .
01:03:51 THEY CLAIM SO MUCH SHOULD RELY ON DEVELOPERS FOR OUR TREES.
01:03:54 THAT'S INSANE. BUT THE MAYOR IS CURRENTLY
01:03:56 ADVANCING A BILL AS YOU KNOW, ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO FIGURE
01:03:59 OUT IF YOU DO NOT MAKE THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BINDING
01:04:03 TODAY, DEVELOPERS WILL THEN PAY THE FEE AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL
01:04:04 SEND SOME AS MITIGATION MONEY TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:04:08 YOU MAY ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT SOME I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH
01:04:11 THE STATE OVER THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DISINVESTMENT.
01:04:15 I STAND WITH 945 PETITIONERS WITH FAIR RESOURCES SOME OF
01:04:19 WHICH ARE IN YOUR DISTRICTS. PLEASE ADOPT THE SUGGESTED
01:04:23 AMENDMENT IN YOUR FILE AND MANDATE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY
01:04:27 BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES TELL ME THEY FAILED
01:04:28 BECAUSE THE EQUITY PLANS DO NOT COMPEL DEPARTMENTS TO DO
01:04:31 ANYTHING SO THEY DON'T. >> THANK YOU.
01:04:35 THANK YOU FOR COMING. THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:04:42 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M NANCY HABER, DISTRICT SEVEN
01:04:46 RESIDENT AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SAN FRANCISCO CLIMATE
01:04:50 EMERGENCY COALITION. >> I CAME IN TODAY TO SPEAK TO
01:04:54 THANK MAYOR LURIE AND PRESIDENT MANDEL MEN FOR INTRODUCING THIS
01:04:58 ORDINANCE AND TO ENCOURAGE THIS COMMITTEE TO APPROVE IT
01:05:05 AND PASS TO THE FULL BOARD. >> IT'S A OKAY I HAD A WHOLE
01:05:12 SPEECH PREPARED BUT I WOULD RATHER SAY THAT I AM SINCERELY
01:05:16 ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF ALL COMMITTEE
01:05:24 MEMBERS TODAY. YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE
01:05:28 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SHOULD DO AND WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT
01:05:29 DEPARTMENT MIGHT DO AND YOUR SENSE OF PRIORITY THAT THE
01:05:36 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN MUST HAVE. >> I HOPE YOU WILL PURSUE THESE
01:05:44 INTERESTS AND CONCERNS AND ALSO LET THE MAYOR KNOW THAT
01:05:48 IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AT ALL WE
01:05:55 NEED MORE MONEY FOR THE CURRENT THE UPCOMING BUDGET SO THAT THE
01:06:03 CLIMATE TEAM OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT CAN LEAD
01:06:07 AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
01:06:11 IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT SPECIFIC PATHWAYS ARE LAID OUT IN THE
01:06:19 UPDATED PLAN FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT
01:06:22 SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND THAT'S ALL PLEASE WE WE SAN FRANCISCO HAS
01:06:30 LEAD ON CLIMATE. >> WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LEAD
01:06:34 ON CLIMATE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO SEEK BETTER
01:06:38 GOVERNANCE AND MORE FUNDING FOR THE ENTIRE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
01:06:42 FOR. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:06:46 TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> SUPERVISORS MELGAR CHEN
01:06:53 AND MAHMUD. MY NAME IS DAVE RODY.
01:06:54 I'M A 45 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M
01:06:58 ALSO THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICY CO-CHAIR FOR AL GORE'S CLIMATE
01:07:02 REALITY PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS
01:07:06 ORDINANCE WHICH WILL AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE TO
01:07:09 INCORPORATE THE UPDATED 2026 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN CHAPTER
01:07:12 NINE. I URGE YOU NOT ONLY TO PASS
01:07:16 THIS ORDINANCE BUT TO SEND IT ON TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
01:07:18 ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT. >> PASS IT THERE AS WELL
01:07:21 AND THEN PROCLAIM IT AND CELEBRATE IT WITH ALL OF
01:07:25 SAN FRANCISCO. MOST SAN FRANCISCANS ARE
01:07:28 UNAWARE OF THE CITY'S WELL-DEVELOPED CLIMATE ACTION
01:07:32 PLAN. THEY NEED TO KNOW SO THEY CAN
01:07:33 SUPPORT IT AND PARTICIPATE IN IT.
01:07:37 THEY ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE
01:07:39 MAYOR ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FUND THE
01:07:41 REPORT. THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:07:45 IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:07:46 >> THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO S.F.
01:07:49 ENVIRONMENT WOULD IMPACT 30 STAFF MEMBERS, ELIMINATING
01:07:55 NEARLY EIGHT FULL TIME POSITIONS FORMERLY INCLUDING
01:07:59 THE UPDATED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND CHAPTER NINE MEANS LITTLE
01:08:01 OR NOTHING. WITHOUT PROPER FUNDING FOR THE
01:08:04 PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT AND WHO STAND READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
01:08:07 SO LET'S DO MORE THAN JUST TAKE THESE RESPONSIBLE STEPS.
01:08:11 LET'S CELEBRATE THIS CITY'S COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ACTION.
01:08:15 >> CELEBRATE IT LOUD AND CLEAR FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR.
01:08:18 LET'S TELL THE REST OF THE STATE AND SHOW THE REST OF THIS
01:08:23 COUNTRY THAT DESPITE THE CLIMATE DENIERS IN THE WHITE
01:08:26 HOUSE, OUR HANDS WILL NOT BE TIED WHEN IT COMES TO
01:08:30 ADDRESSING THE GREATEST CHALLENGE HUMANITY HAS EVER
01:08:33 FACED. >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
01:08:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:08:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR AND MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE
01:08:44 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SEBASTIAN GARB.
01:08:48 I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF I LOCAL 21.
01:08:51 >> I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO UPDATE
01:08:56 AND AMEND CHAPTER NINE BOTH MAYOR LURIE AND THE BOARD
01:09:00 PRESIDENT MELLMAN ARE SPONSORING AND CO-SPONSORING
01:09:03 THIS ORDINANCE. THIS CHAPTER NINE UPDATE IS THE
01:09:04 ROADMAP THAT SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS TO CONTINUE MOVING
01:09:08 TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT CITY WITH CLEANER
01:09:12 AIR, LOWER FOSSIL FUEL, PROTECT POLLUTION AND A BETTER QUALITY
01:09:16 OF LIFE FOR ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS.
01:09:17 WITH THE ROLL BACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
01:09:20 ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW MORE THAN EVER, SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS
01:09:23 TO LEAD. >> THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
01:09:25 HAS DONE DETAILED WORK TO UPDATE THE CAP AS MANDATED
01:09:31 INCLUDING THE EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER INPUT SOLICITED
01:09:34 AND CONSULT AND CONSIDERED THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE CLIMATE
01:09:38 ACTION PLAN ALIGNS CLIMATE GOALS WITH THE LATEST SCIENCE
01:09:41 AND LAYS OUT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES ASSIGNED TO CITY
01:09:45 SPECIFIC CITY DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT PROVIDING TARGETS
01:09:49 AND ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS TO MOVE THE CITY TOWARDS OUR
01:09:51 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS. BUT IMPLEMENTING CHAPTER NINE
01:09:56 AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WON'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
01:09:59 ONGOING WORK AND GUIDANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
01:10:01 AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
01:10:05 SO TO THAT END THE CITY MUST ADEQUATELY FUND THE ENVIRONMENT
01:10:08 DEPARTMENT TO ENACT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:10:11 ONLY AS OF IS CLIMATE STAFF DO THIS SPECIFIC WORK AND THEY ARE
01:10:16 THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO
01:10:18 GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:10:20 WE KNOW WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP THE COMMISSION IN THE CHARTER
01:10:23 AND TO NOT ELIMINATE IT. THE COMMISSION IS THE ONLY
01:10:27 CITYWIDE FORUM IN WHICH TO DISCUSS CHAPTER NINE ISSUES
01:10:30 ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE AND LASTLY
01:10:34 SOLVE THESE FUNDING ISSUES NOT JUST FOR THE SHORT TERM BUT THE
01:10:38 LONG TERM. WE NEED TO SUPPORT
01:10:40 IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAPTER NINE BY FUNDING BY FINDING FUNDING
01:10:42 ONLY FOR ONGOING WORK OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF.
01:10:46 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:10:51 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA NUTTY.
01:10:55 I'M ONE OF THE UNION ORGANIZERS WITH LOCAL 21.
01:10:58 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SUPERVISORS.
01:11:01 I'M HERE TO REALLY REITERATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON
01:11:05 MAKING SURE THAT THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN MOVES FORWARD.
01:11:09 >> JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE HAD A RALLY OUTSIDE OF CITY
01:11:13 HALL WHERE WE HAD TONS OF SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
01:11:17 AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PROTECTING THE CLIMATE ACTION
01:11:21 PLAN AND ALSO PROTECTING JOBS. BUT THESE ARE BEYOND JOBS.
01:11:25 I THINK YOU ALL JUST TALKED THROUGH KIND OF LIKE THE
01:11:26 IMPACTS OF WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO WITHIN THE CITY WITHIN THIS
01:11:29 DEPARTMENT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:11:34 IT MOVES FORWARD. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE
01:11:37 WHAT SEBASTIAN JUST SHARED THAT THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WON'T
01:11:41 BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT LOCAL 21 WORKERS.
01:11:43 AND THE GUIDANCE THAT THE DEPARTMENT BRINGS FORWARD.
01:11:47 >> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL KEPT ASKING EACH OF YOU
01:11:49 ASKS LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO? AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TO
01:11:52 MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO INVEST IN THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE
01:11:56 THAT WE'RE NOT IN THIS FIGHT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
01:12:00 SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY ON THE
01:12:04 IMPACTS AROUND CLIMATE JUSTICE. >> SO WE WE STRONGLY URGE AS
01:12:11 LOCAL 21 FOUR FOR YOU ALL TO ENCOURAGE MOVING THIS FORWARD
01:12:15 AND HAVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN TO
01:12:19 CONTINUE TO HOLD DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE AND ALSO JUST HAVE
01:12:24 A LONG LASTING INVESTMENT SO WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY BATTLING
01:12:27 EVERY YEAR. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:12:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT WEEK SPEAKER PLACE.
01:12:34 >> HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:12:35 MY NAME'S ISABEL. I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M
01:12:38 THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZER NATIONAL CLIMATE
01:12:42 NONPROFIT FOOD AND WATER WATCH. AND JUST WANT TO START OFF BY
01:12:43 SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE URGENCY THAT YOU'RE APPROACHING
01:12:46 THIS ISSUE WITH. I'M ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
01:12:50 PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO UPDATE AND AMEND CHAPTER NINE.
01:12:52 THIS CHAPTER NINE UPDATE IS EXACTLY WHAT SAN FRANCISCO
01:12:55 NEEDS TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND MORE
01:12:59 RESILIENT CITY IN THE FACE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
01:13:00 >> BUT AS WAS MENTIONED ALREADY IMPLEMENTING CHAPTER NINE
01:13:03 IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE
01:13:07 WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUNDING THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE
01:13:10 COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SO THE S.F. ENVIRONMENT MUST BE
01:13:14 FULLY FUNDED TO ACTUALLY ENACT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:13:18 >> AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT MEET OUR TARGETS AND CLIMATE GOALS
01:13:22 WITHOUT THEM. AND FINDING LONG TERM FUNDING
01:13:23 FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO WITH THAT I STRONGLY URGE
01:13:27 YOU TO MOVE THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
01:13:30 RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:13:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:13:36 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS RONNIE DE MOUNT
01:13:40 WILSON AND I LIVE IN BERNAL HEIGHTS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE
01:13:43 1000 GRANDMOTHERS. >> I SUPPORT THE PROPOSED
01:13:46 LEGISLATION TO UPDATE AND AMEND CHAPTER NINE.
01:13:47 PLEASE VOTE TO INCLUDE THE REVISED 2026 CLIMATE ACTION
01:13:53 PLAN IN CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL CODE.
01:13:58 YOUR VOTE WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND FORWARD THINKING AND I HAVE
01:14:01 TO SAY THAT YOUR QUESTIONS WERE VERY FORWARD THINKING.
01:14:02 >> THANK YOU. >> CAP IS VITAL FOR SHIFTING
01:14:05 THE CITY TO 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY AND COMPLETE
01:14:10 RENEWABLE ENERGY NO FOSSIL FUELS.
01:14:15 IT AIMS TO STIMULATE NATURAL GAS IN FAVOR OF ALL ELECTRIC
01:14:20 SYSTEMS IN ALL BUILDINGS AND IT ALSO EMPHASIZES CREATING
01:14:24 HEALTHY AND FAIR ECOSYSTEMS AND WATER SUPPLIES.
01:14:28 >> FUNDING AND PERSONNEL ARE CRUCIAL FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE
01:14:32 GOALS. FURTHERMORE, THE COMMISSION ON
01:14:35 ENVIRONMENT OVERSEAS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE
01:14:39 POLICY DECISIONS AND COORDINATES EFFORTS ACROSS
01:14:43 CITY DEPARTMENTS IT SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVE.
01:14:47 REDUCING IT AS AN ADVISORY ROLE WOULD EFFECTIVELY STRIP AWAY
01:14:54 ITS AUTHORITY ON ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE ACTION WASTE CONTRACTS
01:14:58 AND PESTICIDES REGULATIONS. PLEASE UPDATE AND AMEND CHAPTER
01:15:02 NINE TO INCLUDE THE LATEST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:15:03 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:15:06 THE SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MULDER
01:15:10 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JULIANA KELLER.
01:15:14 I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND I AM HERE TODAY WITH THE SIERRA CLUB
01:15:18 SAN FRANCISCO BAY CHAPTER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AS EVERYONE
01:15:21 HAS SAID TO MEANINGFULLY SUPPORT THIS PLAN WITHOUT ALSO
01:15:26 PROTECTING THE CORE CAPACITY NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT IT.
01:15:29 WITH THE PROPOSED CUT OF ROUGHLY 80% TO GENERAL FUND
01:15:32 SUPPORT THE CITY WOULD LOSE CORE CAPACITY TO COORDINATE
01:15:36 AND TRACK THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SUPPORT MUCH NEEDED
01:15:39 ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
01:15:40 >> SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS TO PRESERVE THE OPERATIONAL
01:15:44 BACKBONE THAT MAKES THIS PLAN REAL.
01:15:45 >> THAT MEANS PRESERVING THE CORE STAFFING AND OVERSIGHT OF
01:15:49 THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. KEEPING THE COMMISSION ON THE
01:15:52 ENVIRONMENT IN THE CHARTER AS A CITY WIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FORUM
01:15:55 AND CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
01:15:59 >> SAN FRANCISCO CANNOT PASS THIS PLAN WHILE HOLLOWING OUT
01:16:03 ITS IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY. I URGE YOU TO MOVE THIS
01:16:07 ORDINANCE FORWARD AND PROTECT THAT CORE CAPACITY IN WHATEVER
01:16:11 WAY YOU CAN. >> THANK YOU.
01:16:12 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:16:14 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR AND MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE
01:16:19 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SAM GILBERT.
01:16:22 I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND I WORK WITH THE CLIMATE REALITY
01:16:26 PROJECT. I SUPPORT UPDATING AND AMENDING
01:16:30 CHAPTER NINE ACTING ON THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
01:16:34 GROWS MORE URGENT WITH EACH PASSING DAY AS THE FEDERAL
01:16:38 GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE AMERICA RETREAT FROM
01:16:40 COMMITMENTS MADE TO ALLEVIATE GLOBAL WARMING.
01:16:42 IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STEP IN.
01:16:46 I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE UPDATE AND AMENDMENT TO
01:16:50 CHAPTER NINE AND I URGE THE CITY GOVERNMENT MORE GENERALLY
01:16:54 TO FULLY FUND THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WITHOUT WHICH THE
01:16:57 URGENTLY NEEDED WORK CAN'T GET DONE.
01:17:01 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
01:17:02 SHOULD REMAIN IN THE CHARTER. >> THANK YOU.
01:17:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:17:11 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS SUSAN WEISBERG.
01:17:16 I LIVE IN NORTH BEACH. >> I'M A LONG TIME
01:17:20 ENVIRONMENTALIST AND A MEMBER OF 1000 GRANDMOTHERS FOR FUTURE
01:17:24 GENERATIONS. >> SAN FRANCISCO IS A GLOBAL
01:17:27 LEADER ON CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
01:17:31 THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT OPENS THE CITY'S REVISED
01:17:35 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. THE GOALS IN THE REVISED PLAN
01:17:39 ARE A LAUDABLE STEP IN ENSURING THAT WE REMAIN SUCH A LEADER
01:17:43 AND I URGE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED PLAN INTO THE
01:17:47 CITY'S ENVIRONMENT CODE. >> BUT FOR THESE AMBITIOUS
01:17:51 GOALS TO MEAN ANYTHING THEY MUST BE FUNDED AND ENACTED BY
01:17:54 AN ACTIVE STAFF. >> THE QUESTIONS ABOUT
01:17:58 ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE AND SO FORTH RAISED IN THE
01:18:02 PRESENTATIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION ON THE
01:18:05 ENVIRONMENT CAN STUDY AND ADDRESS.
01:18:09 >> HOWEVER, THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION STREAMLINING TASK
01:18:13 FORCE'S RECOMMENDATION TO DOWNGRADE AND ULTIMATELY SUNSET
01:18:17 THE COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE A MOVE
01:18:18 IN EXACTLY THE WRONG DIRECTION .
01:18:22 >> RATHER THE CITY MUST KEEP THE COMMISSION IN THE CHARTER
01:18:26 AND NOT ELIMINATE OR DOWNGRADED ADEQUATELY FUND THE ENVIRONMENT
01:18:30 DEPARTMENT TO ENACT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SO THAT THE
01:18:34 EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENT STAFF CAN GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
01:18:38 PLAN AND SOLVE THESE FUNDING ISSUES FOR THE LONG TERM.
01:18:42 >> THIS IS HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT SAN FRANCISCO WILL REMAIN
01:18:45 A GLOBALLY POWER ON CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
01:18:50 AND WITH EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE COMING FROM WASHINGTON.
01:18:54 >> WE NEED THAT LEADERSHIP MORE THAN EVER.
01:18:57 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:18:59 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR
01:19:08 AND OTHER MEMBERS. I'M ROSEMARY GERARD.
01:19:09 I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX AND I ALSO AM A MEMBER OF THE
01:19:12 THOUSAND GRANDMOTHERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
01:19:15 I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS VERY MUCH.
01:19:16 MRS. MELGAR THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:19:20 SPEAK. THE CAP UPDATE IS NEEDED TO
01:19:23 GUIDE THE CITY AND COUNTY TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE
01:19:27 FUTURE A GREEN, GREENER CITY, A SAFER CITY AND FOR ONE THAT OUR
01:19:31 CHILDREN CAN ENJOY AND PROSPER IN.
01:19:35 BUT IF THERE IS NO FUNDING, NO STAFF OR THE PLAN IS USELESS,
01:19:39 IT'S FUTILE. >> ALSO PLEASE LEAVE THE
01:19:43 COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS A GOVERNMENT AND NOT AN
01:19:47 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
01:19:48 THEY CONTINUE TO INTERFACE. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
01:19:51 PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS
01:19:55 ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. WE NEED A SUSTAINED LEVEL
01:20:00 PLANET SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD LEAD THE WAY AS THEY HAVE
01:20:04 IN THE PAST. >> PLEASE THE MOVE THIS TO THE
01:20:05 FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:20:08 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:20:11 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
01:20:14 CHAIRMAN GARDEN SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS PETER AND I'M WITH THE
01:20:18 SIERRA CLUB AS WELL. THE BAY CHAPTER.
01:20:21 >> I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE.
01:20:25 SAN FRANCISCO'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SET A TARGET OF 61%
01:20:28 EMISSION REDUCTIONS BY 2030 AND NET ZERO BY 2040.
01:20:31 BUILDING OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT FOR
01:20:35 88% OF THE CITY'S EMISSIONS, WHICH PUTS MUCH OF THE
01:20:36 IMPLEMENTATION WORK SQUARELY WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE'S
01:20:39 JURISDICTION. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PUSH
01:20:41 BACK ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED CUTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:20:43 ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
01:20:44 REDUCE SFE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT BY 80%.
01:20:47 THAT MEANS THE LAYOFF OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT POSITIONS
01:20:51 INCLUDING PEOPLE WORKING ON BUILDING DECARBONIZATION
01:20:53 TRANSPORT, OCEAN ELECTRIFICATION AND CLIMATE
01:20:56 ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND TRACKING.
01:20:59 IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE CLIMATE EQUITY HUB WHICH INSTALLS FREE
01:21:00 ALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
01:21:03 IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES LIKE THE BAYVIEW,
01:21:05 LIKE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT AND THE MISSION AND CONNECTS
01:21:07 RENTERS TO TENANT PROTECTIONS DURING THE BUILDING TRANSITION
01:21:13 . THESE ARE ALSO THE SAME STAFF
01:21:13 THAT SECURE AND ADMINISTER OUTSIDE FUNDING.
01:21:16 SFE HAS BROUGHT IN 14 MILLION A $14 MILLION YEARLY GRANT FOR
01:21:20 BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND $640,000 IN STATE EQUITABLE
01:21:23 BUILDING DECARBONIZATION GRANTS THROUGH THE HUB ALONE.
01:21:26 CUTTING THE POSITIONS THAT WIN AND MANAGE THOSE GRANTS MEANS
01:21:28 LOSING NOT JUST CITY CAPACITY BUT THE LEVERAGE DOLLARS THAT
01:21:31 COME WITH IT. THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
01:21:34 COMMITTEES DECISION ARE DECISIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE
01:21:35 OVERSEES BUILDING NOT FOR VACATION POLICY.
01:21:38 >> TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
01:21:42 REDUCTION ALL DEPENDS ON SOFI'S TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO CONNECT
01:21:45 THESE DECISIONS TO OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS.
01:21:49 >> PLEASE RECOMMEND THIS ORDINANCE FOR PACKET PASSAGE AT
01:21:51 THE FULL BOARD AND PUSH TO RESTORE OFFICE FUNDING.
01:21:54 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:21:56 COMMENTS. >> COULD WE HAVE THE NEXT
01:21:57 SPEAKER PLEASE? >> JOHN ANDERSON DISTRICT TWO
01:22:03 I'M A MEMBER OF 350 SAN FRANCISCO AND ALSO INDIVISIBLE
01:22:07 S.F. SERVING ON THEIR CLIMATE WORKING GROUP AND I WANT TO
01:22:11 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
01:22:18 AND SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION INTEGRATING IT INTO THE CHAPTER
01:22:25 NINE. AND YOUR COMMENTS TODAY WERE I
01:22:28 THINK EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE HERE SAID AND I HOPE YOU ALSO
01:22:32 WILL BACK THE COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRESERVE IT.
01:22:39 THE NEXT COMMENT IS JUST MINE PERSONALLY.
01:22:43 I'M AS A SAN FRANCISCO CAN I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CLIMATE
01:22:48 ACTION PLAN BUT I WANT TO GET A LITTLE FINICKY AND TALK ABOUT
01:22:53 THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION WHICH WAS SPARSE AND I DON'T
01:22:59 KNOW WHAT THE WHAT DIRECTOR YOU DO MEANS BY SHIFTING FROM MODE
01:23:07 SHIFT TO VMT. I HOPE THEY'RE NOT BACKING AWAY
01:23:11 FROM EXPAND FUNDING AND AGGRESSIVELY
01:23:15 AND INNOVATIVELY FUNDING PUBLIC TRANSIT BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S
01:23:19 GOING TO BE LET THEM RIDE EPA E-SCOOTERS AND THAT'S NOT GOING
01:23:23 TO CUT IT. SO AGAIN FINAL NOTE THANK YOU
01:23:30 FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
01:23:35 >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:23:38 >> SO I'LL SHORTEN MY LENGTHY DIATRIBE BY SAYING I ABSOLUTELY
01:23:45 AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THE FOLKS IN FRONT OF ME SAID.
01:23:47 >> I'M PAUL WORMER. >> I AM.
01:23:53 I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH CHAPTER NINE IN SOME
01:23:56 DETAIL THE DRAFT LANGUAGE. ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT NEEDS TO
01:24:00 MOVE FORWARD. >> IT HAS ASPIRATIONAL LANGUAGE
01:24:04 WHICH THE CITY HAS NEVER FUNDED ,WHICH THE CITY HAS NEVER
01:24:09 IMPLEMENTED THE CONNECTION OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE AT ALL
01:24:16 LEVELS COUPLED WITH TRANSIT AND JOBS.
01:24:17 >> IT'S A WONDERFULLY ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT.
01:24:20 >> THAT'S A DARNED DIFFICULT THING TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING
01:24:24 TO HAVE ACTIVE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING OF
01:24:27 HOW TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
01:24:31 AND I WONDER HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
01:24:32 >> I WONDER HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED.
01:24:35 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
01:24:39 ON THE CONSUMPTION FOOTPRINT. >> THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S
01:24:43 BEEN WORRYING ME. THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE AND I
01:24:46 DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY HAS A HANDLE ON IT MORE THAN THAT
01:24:50 WHILE WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. I GO BACK TO A PHILOSOPHY THAT
01:24:54 SAYS THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO BY MYSELF.
01:24:57 THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO LOCALLY.
01:24:58 THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO COMMUNALLY LOCALLY.
01:25:04 THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN ONLY DO AT A REGIONAL LEVEL.
01:25:08 >> THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN ONLY DO AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND WHEN
01:25:11 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
01:25:12 FOOTPRINTS, SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE
01:25:16 STANDING ON ITS OWN. I DO NOT HEAR ANYTHING IN THE
01:25:24 DISCUSSION ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO'S ACTIONS WITH
01:25:25 RESPECT TO CLIMATE AND HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THOSE DIFFERENT
01:25:28 LEVELS AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY TO DRIVE THE LARGER
01:25:34 CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MUCH LARGER POPULATION OF
01:25:41 CITIES AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> THANK YOU.
01:25:42 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
01:25:45 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16?
01:25:47 MADAM CHAIR. OKAY.
01:25:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW
01:25:54 CLOSED. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR CHU MS.
01:25:57 COME FORWARD FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR
01:26:02 ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN.
01:26:05 I THINK THAT IT IS EVOLVING. WE ARE AS A CITY GRAPPLING WITH
01:26:13 WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE EARTH AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW,
01:26:20 LIVE WITH EACH OTHER ON THIS EARTH.
01:26:21 SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS IN ALL OF THE
01:26:25 WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
01:26:29 COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S
01:26:32 IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
01:26:35 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF
01:26:39 COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
01:26:43 AS A COMMITTEE REPORT AND WE WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
01:26:47 THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED TODAY AND ALSO BY THE PUBLIC
01:26:51 COMMENTERS ESPECIALLY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET SEASON
01:26:55 AND THESE COMING COUPLE OF YEARS.
01:26:59 I THINK THAT OUR BUDGET CHALLENGE LISTS ARE NOT GOING
01:27:03 TO BE RECTIFIED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WE ABSOLUTELY MUST
01:27:06 PRESERVE THE CAPACITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT TO HELP US
01:27:10 COLLECTIVELY ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
01:27:11 SO WITH THAT LET'S MADE A MOTION LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON IT
01:27:17 ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE ORDINANCE BE
01:27:19 RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT VICE CHARLTON CHENNAI
01:27:22 MEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMUD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MET HIM CHAIR
01:27:26 THERE ARE THREE EYES OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT MOTION PASSES.
01:27:29 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY?
01:27:32 >> MR. THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OKAY WHERE DURING
01:27:33 THANK YOU