00:00:09 >> GOOD AFTERNOON WELCOME TO THE APRIL 14TH 2026 REGULAR
00:00:12 MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:17 >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:00:18 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESENT
00:00:21 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
00:00:27 PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:32 SIR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENT SUPERVISOR MANDELSON PRESENT
00:00:36 MANDEL MEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR AMILCAR MELGAR PRESENT
00:00:39 SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHERRELL
00:00:44 PRESENT SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON PRESENT AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:48 WONG WONG PRESENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A
00:00:52 QUORUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:00:55 >> THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
00:00:58 WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE ROMITA SALONI
00:01:00 WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN
00:01:03 FRANCISCO PENINSULA. AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF
00:01:06 THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE
00:01:09 ROMITA COLONY HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR
00:01:10 RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS
00:01:15 WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL
00:01:18 TERRITORY. AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE
00:01:19 BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS.
00:01:22 WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS,
00:01:26 ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ROMITA ALONI COMMUNITY AND BY
00:01:29 AFFIRMING THEIR RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:33 >> COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:37 ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:01:41 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:01:45 IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE.
00:01:59 >> ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF
00:02:01 AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY. THAT IS ESPECIALLY KALEENA
00:02:04 MENDOZA. THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR
00:02:07 MEETINGS AND MAKE THE TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE
00:02:09 PUBLIC ONLINE. MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR 2
00:02:15 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER. >> YES THE SPECIAL ORDER AT 2
00:02:18 P.M. IS THE APPEARANCE BY THE HONORABLE MAYOR DANIEL LURIE.
00:02:21 HERE TO DISCUSS THE ELIGIBLE TOPICS SUBMITTED FROM THE
00:02:25 DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR, THE MAYOR MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD
00:02:28 INITIALLY FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
00:02:29 >> WELCOME MR. MAYOR. DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING
00:02:33 REMARKS? I DO.
00:02:34 GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD PRESIDENT ADELMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:02:37 BOARD. IN THE COMING WEEKS MY OFFICE
00:02:40 WILL FINALIZE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND PREPARE THE FORMAL
00:02:44 PACKAGE FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
00:02:47 THANKS TO THIS BOARD WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
00:02:49 RANDLEMAN CHAIR CHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
00:02:52 COMMITTEE, WE MADE HARD BUT RESPONSIBLE CHOICES LAST YEAR
00:02:56 TO PASS A BUDGET THAT PROTECTED CORE SERVICES.
00:03:00 WHAT TAKING ROUGHLY $300 MILLION OFF OF OUR LONG TERM
00:03:06 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. >> BUT DESPITE THAT PROGRESS WE
00:03:10 MADE LAST YEAR FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS TO HEALTH CARE
00:03:14 AND SAFETY NET FUNDING HAVE SET US BACK AND OUR DEFICIT WILL
00:03:21 REACH $1 BILLION IN THE COMING YEARS IF WE DO NOT ACT FURTHER
00:03:25 . THE IMPACTS OF H.R. ONE ALONE
00:03:26 MAY EXCEED $300 MILLION ANNUALLY AND COULD FORCE TENS
00:03:33 OF THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS OFF OF MEDI-CAL AND SNAP.
00:03:37 NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE PROPOSED FEDERAL BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
00:03:41 FISCAL YEAR WOULD ELIMINATE CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESSNESS
00:03:44 FUNDING WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES OR SUBSIDIES FOR OVER 2200
00:03:51 HOUSEHOLDS CITYWIDE. LAST YEAR WE TOOK SIGNIFICANT
00:03:56 STEPS AWAY FROM THE LONGTIME PRACTICE OF USING ONE TIME
00:03:59 FUNDS TO PAY FOR ONGOING COSTS .
00:04:02 THIS CITY HAS TO STOP SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE.
00:04:07 TEMPORARY FIXES MAY BUY TIME BUT TACKLING THE STRUCTURAL
00:04:11 DEFICIT IS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO SET UP OUR CITY FOR A
00:04:15 BROAD BASED DURABLE RECOVERY. THIS YEAR WE ARE CONTINUING
00:04:21 THAT WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU TO
00:04:25 ENSURE WE DELIVER A BUDGET THAT IS RESPONSIBLE, THAT PROTECTS
00:04:29 CORE SERVICES AND THAT HELPS ACCELERATE OUR CITY'S RECOVERY
00:04:36 . THANK YOU, MAYOR LURIE.
00:04:37 MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE TOPIC FOR DISTRICT 11?
00:04:41 >> THE FIRST TOPIC SUBMITTED BY THE MEMBER REPRESENTING
00:04:44 DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR CHEN IS THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS
00:04:48 AND PROPOSED LAYOFFS TO CITY WORKERS.
00:04:51 SUPERVISOR CHEN YOU MAY ASK YOUR OPENING QUESTION.
00:04:57 >> THANK YOU. PRESS THE GENTLEMAN.
00:05:01 THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR JOINING US.
00:05:01 SAN FRANCISCO PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A WORLD CLASS CITY THAT
00:05:05 PROVIDES WORLD CLASS SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF ALMOST
00:05:12 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >> WE ALSO TAKE IMMENSE PRIDE
00:05:16 IN THE FACT THAT WE UPHOLD SOME OF THE HIGHEST LABOR STANDARDS
00:05:20 IN THE COUNTRY. WE ARE EXPERIENCING EXIGENCE SO
00:05:24 CONCERNS BETWEEN OUR LOCAL BUDGET DEFICIT AND UNCERTAINTY
00:05:25 WITH FUNDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
00:05:29 BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING MOMENTUM IN A POSITIVE IN A POSITIVE
00:05:33 DIRECTION. >> WE'RE NOW PROJECTING A 30%
00:05:36 REDUCTION IN THE DEFICIT ALONG WITH A 120 MILLION SETTLEMENT
00:05:40 FROM AIRBNB. >> GIVEN THIS IMPROVED PHYSICAL
00:05:44 OUTLOOK AND THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO THREE HUNDRED MILLIONS
00:05:47 IN NEW REVENUE FROM PROPERTY, WHY ARE YOU STILL PURSUING A
00:05:54 100 MILLION IN CUTS TO CITY WORKERS?
00:05:55 >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION SUPERVISOR.
00:05:58 >> LET ME BE CLEAR WE NEVER WANT ANYONE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS
00:06:06 . THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THESE
00:06:07 DECISIONS ARE PAINFUL. CITY EMPLOYEES COME TO WORK
00:06:10 EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND MAKE OUR CITY
00:06:13 BETTER. AND WHILE THE MARCH 5TH YEAR
00:06:16 UPDATE DOES CONTAIN SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS, WE ARE FAR
00:06:20 FROM OUT OF THE WOODS WITH THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING TOGETHER
00:06:24 TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR OUR RECOVERY.
00:06:27 BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES ARE COMING BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:06:31 PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SHOP DOWNTOWN AGAIN AND TAX REVENUE
00:06:32 IS HIGHER THAN PROJECTED. BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR ONE
00:06:39 MORE TIME. WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS.
00:06:41 OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS STILL EXTREMELY FRAGILE.
00:06:45 WE STILL HAVE A FIVE YEAR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WILL
00:06:50 RISE TO $1 BILLION IF WE DO NOTHING ALONGSIDE POTENTIAL
00:06:53 ADDITIONAL FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS AS A RESULT OF THOSE CUTS.
00:06:58 WE MUST DEDICATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO PRESERVE
00:07:01 OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND THE ONE TIME FUNDING RELEASED
00:07:05 THROUGH THAT SETTLEMENT THAT YOU REFERRED TO WILL HELP AVOID
00:07:09 DEEPER CUTS. AND WE PLAN TO SPREAD THAT
00:07:12 MONEY OUT OVER THREE YEARS SO WE DON'T CREATE A FISCAL CLIFF
00:07:16 BY SPENDING IT ALL AT ONCE. THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN LET ME
00:07:20 REITERATE ARE INCREDIBLY PAINFUL BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY
00:07:24 TO CONTINUE THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO MANAGE TAXPAYER
00:07:31 DOLLARS RESPONSIBLY DELIVER THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICES AND SET
00:07:35 UP OUR CITY FOR LONG FOR A LONG LASTING RECOVERY.
00:07:41 >> THANK YOU MAYOR LURIE SUPERVISOR CHEN YOU MAY NOW ASK
00:07:45 A FOLLOW UP QUESTION DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OPENING QUESTION
00:07:49 . >> GREAT.
00:07:50 THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
00:07:51 AND MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS THAT WHAT IS THE URGENCY TO
00:07:54 IMPLEMENT MID-YEAR CUTS LIKE LAY OFF NOW RATHER THAN
00:07:57 ALLOWING THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE UPDATED BUDGET AND CONSIDER
00:08:01 WHETHER CUTS OF THE SCALE ARE STILL NECESSARY?
00:08:02 >> AGAIN, LET ME BE CLEAR THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THESE
00:08:06 DECISIONS ARE PAINFUL. THESE ARE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT
00:08:09 WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER.
00:08:12 BUT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE LOOK AT A BUDGET DEFICIT RISING TO
00:08:16 $1 BILLION WITH SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS, WE HAVE
00:08:21 A CHOICE TAKE ACTION NOW OR BE FORCED TO DO TWICE AS MUCH
00:08:25 IN THE COMING YEARS. PROTECTING CORE SERVICES
00:08:29 CONTINUES TO BE AT THE CENTER OF OUR APPROACH TO THE BUDGET.
00:08:33 WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SPREAD OURSELVES THIN BY DOING
00:08:37 EVERYTHING A LITTLE LESS WELL AS WE WORK TO BRING SPENDING
00:08:41 IN LINE WITH REVENUE. >> WE ARE RESETTING HOW CITY
00:08:45 GOVERNMENT WORKS SO WE CAN DELIVER BETTER, MORE
00:08:46 ACCOUNTABLE SERVICES AND ENSURE WE CAN PAY FOR THEM.
00:08:50 THIS IS A HARD BUDGET AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND OTHERWISE.
00:08:54 BUT SAN FRANCISCO AND I DESERVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS HONEST
00:08:58 ABOUT THE CHALLENGE DISCIPLINED ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS
00:09:02 AND CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WILL PROTECT.
00:09:05 MY JOB IS TO CLOSE THE STRUCTURAL GAP RESPONSIBLY
00:09:10 PROTECTING THE ESSENTIALS AND PUT THIS CITY ON STRONGER
00:09:11 FOOTING FOR THE COMING YEARS SUPERVISOR.
00:09:15 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR
00:09:19 COLLEAGUES TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET WHILE PROTECTING OUR
00:09:22 CORE SERVICES. >> THANK YOU MAYOR LURIE.
00:09:26 YOU MAY NOW ASK A QUESTION TO SUPERVISOR CHEN OR TO ANY OTHER
00:09:28 SUPERVISOR IN ATTENDANCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME TOPIC
00:09:31 BUT NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
00:09:35 >> THANK YOU. I'M GOOD.
00:09:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SUPERVISOR THREE THANK YOU
00:09:39 FOR ALL RIGHT. THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN
00:09:53 DISCUSSED AND WILL BE FILED AFTER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:09:59 MADAM CLERK LET'S GO BACK TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
00:10:03 >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:10:07 WELCOMES ALL OF YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE IN THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE
00:10:09 CHAMBER ROOM 250 IN THE SECOND FLOOR IN CITY HALL.
00:10:12 AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, YOU CAN WATCH THE
00:10:15 PROCEEDING ON SMG OVID.TV OR CHANNEL 26 OR VIEW THE LIVE
00:10:19 STREAM AT W W W DOT AS OF G OF ETV.ORG.
00:10:25 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT
00:10:27 IN WRITING YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO BOSS AT S.F. GOV.ORG
00:10:33 OR USE THE POSTAL SERVICE. >> JUST ADDRESS THE ENVELOPE
00:10:37 THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THE NUMBER ONE DR.
00:10:40 CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO
00:10:46 CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
00:10:50 FOR A FUTURE MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:10:52 OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE
00:10:55 CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS OFFICE DAYS IN ADVANCE
00:11:00 BY CALLING (415) 554-5184. AND FINALLY, AS I STATED LAST
00:11:04 WEEK PURSUANT TO A MEMO DATED APRIL 7TH, 2026 FROM SUPERVISOR
00:11:10 JACKIE FIELDER, A MOTION WE WOULD NEED TO RENEW A MOTION
00:11:14 EACH WEEK BETWEEN APRIL 7TH AND JUNE 30TH 2026 AS SHE HAS
00:11:20 REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
00:11:21 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:11:25 CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM TODAY'S
00:11:28 MEETING MOVED BY MAHMOOD SECONDED BY CHAN.
00:11:32 COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:11:33 WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS
00:11:36 EXCUSED. AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO
00:11:40 APPROVAL OF OUR MEETING MINUTES.
00:11:41 >> YES. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 10TH 2026
00:11:44 BOARD MEETING MINUTES. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO
00:11:47 APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY CHERYL
00:11:51 SECONDED BY CHAN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
00:11:55 THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I
00:11:58 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:12:03 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES
00:12:10 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
00:12:14 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:12:19 AND SUPERVISOR MANDEL MEN HIGH MEN AND WOMEN EITHER ATTORNEYS
00:12:23 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC
00:12:26 COMMENT AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO NOW TO OUR
00:12:34 CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
00:12:37 TOGETHER ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN ARE ON CONSENT.
00:12:38 >> THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE IF A MEMBER
00:12:42 OBJECTS AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
00:12:46 >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
00:12:50 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
00:12:53 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES
00:13:00 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I
00:13:04 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:13:09 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
00:13:16 MANDOLIN I THEIR ATTORNEYS WITHOUT OBJECTION THESE
00:13:18 ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO
00:13:21 UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ITEM EIGHT
00:13:24 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF THE
00:13:25 ASSESSOR RECORDER TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO A
00:13:29 CONTRACT WITH SAPIENT CORPORATION FOR THE
00:13:32 IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
00:13:35 SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT BY 6.7
00:13:40 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF 33.9 MILLION AND TO EXTEND
00:13:43 THE CONTRACT DURATION FROM NINE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS TO 13
00:13:50 YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS FOR A TOTAL TERM NOVEMBER 1ST 2018
00:13:53 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2032 SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU
00:13:59 COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR VOTE TO ALLOW IT CONTINUANCE I BELIEVE
00:14:03 NOW WE HAVE THOSE INFORMATION ON FILE ON FOR THIS CONTRACT
00:14:07 AMENDMENT SO THANK YOU AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
00:14:11 TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:14:12 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN OR WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:14:15 CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:14:18 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:14:21 NUMBER NINE ITEM NINE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT
00:14:23 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF THE
00:14:27 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY VIRTUAL QUEUE TECHNOLOGY
00:14:33 COLLEAGUES THIS ITEM IS ON ITS SECOND READING BUT WE DID
00:14:36 RECEIVE A LETTER YESTERDAY FROM LYFT ASKING FOR TIME TO TALK
00:14:40 WITH THE AIRPORT ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AND THE POLICY.
00:14:44 THEY ASKED FOR A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE.
00:14:48 I CALLED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT OR THE DIRECTOR
00:14:51 OF THE AIRPORT TO GET HIS PERSPECTIVE AND SEE WHETHER IT
00:14:54 WOULD MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE THIS A WEEK FOR THEM TO MAYBE
00:14:58 HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND ADDRESS WHATEVER CONCERNS LYFT MAY
00:15:02 HAVE. HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED
00:15:06 REASONABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
00:15:09 CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM ONE WEEK MOVED BY
00:15:11 CHERYL IS THAT A SECOND OR A QUESTION MOVED BY CHERYL?
00:15:15 IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY CHEN SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK
00:15:20 YOU. >> PRESIDENT MADE AN AMENDMENT
00:15:23 SO WE ARE HONORING A REQUEST BY ONE SINGLE COMPANY THAT HAS AN
00:15:28 ISSUE IF THE BOARD CONTINUES THIS FOR ONE WEEK WE ARE GIVING
00:15:37 THEM ONE OF THE FOUR WEEKS THAT THEY'VE ASKED TO HAVE THIS
00:15:38 CONTINUED LIFT IS A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS POLICY AND THAT I THINK
00:15:42 THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OR THEIR THEIR QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT
00:15:45 HOW THE SURVEILLANCE POLICY WILL IMPACT LYFT AND LYFT
00:15:49 DRIVERS WHO ARE GOING TO THE AIRPORT.
00:15:53 >> IT'S IT'S YEAH SO I DON'T KNOW MORE THAN THAT AND AGAIN I
00:15:57 ONLY KNOW WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LYFT DRIVERS THAN THE
00:16:00 GENERAL PUBLIC THE GENERAL POPULATION LIKE WE'RE GOING TO
00:16:03 DO THIS FOR ONE. >> I MEAN YOU'RE PROPOSING TO
00:16:06 CONTINUE THIS FOR ONE COMPANY I'M PROPOSING I AM PROPOSING A
00:16:12 ONE WEEK CONTINUANCE TO ALLOW THE AIRPORT TO COMMUNICATE WITH
00:16:16 ONE OF ITS STAKEHOLDERS THAT APPEARS TO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT
00:16:17 THIS POLICY. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
00:16:20 ROLL ON ITEM NINE SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR
00:16:27 SAUTER SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:16:31 WALTON NO SUPERVISOR WANG WANG EYES SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN EYES
00:16:38 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:16:42 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
00:16:49 MANAGEMENT I THERE ARE NINE EYES AND ONE NO ALL RIGHT WITH
00:16:53 SUPERVISOR WALTON VOTING NO SO THE MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL
00:17:00 SEE THIS ITEM IN A WEEK. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:17:04 NUMBER TEN. ITEM TEN THIS IS AN ORDINANCE
00:17:07 TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENT CODE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S CLIMATE
00:17:11 ACTION GOALS AND PLANNING PROCESS AND TO UPDATE CITY
00:17:14 DEPARTMENTS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING
00:17:15 TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION GOALS AND TO AFFIRM THE SECOND
00:17:19 DETERMINATION PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SUPERVISOR.
00:17:22 >> MELGAR HAS A QUESTION. >> OH SORRY.
00:17:26 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT IT AS A CO-SPONSOR
00:17:30 I THOUGHT I DID THAT AT COMMITTEE BUT IT WAS A
00:17:31 COMMITTEE REPORT SO MAYBE IT DIDN'T STICK.
00:17:34 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.
00:17:37 ON ITEM TEN SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR
00:17:42 EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES
00:17:50 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES
00:17:54 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES
00:17:58 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
00:18:05 MANDELL MIN I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:18:06 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 11
00:18:11 ITEM 11 RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE
00:18:13 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A $600,000
00:18:18 GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
00:18:20 RELATIONS LABOR COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE FOR THE WORKERS RIGHTS
00:18:23 ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND THE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE
00:18:27 LABOR LAWS AUGUST 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2026 AND I
00:18:33 THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:18:37 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:18:38 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 12 .
00:18:43 >> ITEM 12 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE
00:18:44 GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:18:47 COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF CLEAN POWER IF TO PARTICIPATE
00:18:51 IN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY POWERS PROCUREMENT OF THE WILLOW ROCK
00:18:55 LONG DURATION STORAGE PROJECT BY ENTERING INTO THE BUYER
00:18:58 LIABILITY PASS THROUGH AGREEMENT AND THE PARTICIPATION
00:19:02 SHARE AGREEMENT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 75.9 MILLION AND A
00:19:05 CONTRACT DURATION OF 20 YEARS ESTIMATED TO BEGIN BY JULY 1ST,
00:19:12 2030 AND THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2050 .
00:19:15 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:19:16 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:19:20 ITEM 13. ITEM 13 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO
00:19:23 APPROVE THE FIRST MODIFICATION TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
00:19:26 AGREEMENT FOR AIRPORT CONTRACT NUMBER 50359 FOR GENERAL
00:19:32 AIRPORT SECURITY SERVICES BETWEEN COVENANT AVIATION
00:19:35 SECURITY LLC AND THE CITY AND COUNTY TO INCREASE THE
00:19:39 CONTRACT AMOUNT BY 10.5 MILLION FOR A NEW AMOUNT OF 20.3
00:19:43 MILLION AND A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TERM EXTENSION NOW THROUGH JUNE
00:19:47 30TH 2028 WITH ONE REMAINING OPTION TO EXTEND FOR AN
00:19:51 ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:19:54 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:19:57 >> MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 14.
00:19:59 ITEM 14 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TO
00:20:02 ENTER INTO THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
00:20:05 CITY AND COUNTY AND METHINKS LLC FOR THE PURCHASE OF ORACLE
00:20:09 PRODUCTS AND CLOUD COMPUTING SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE THE
00:20:13 AGREEMENT BY APPROXIMATELY 34.5 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT
00:20:19 OF 94.5 MILLION AND A 31 MONTH TERM EXTENSION NOW MAY 1ST 2021
00:20:25 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH 2028. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:20:29 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:20:32 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 15.
00:20:36 >> ITEM 15 RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE
00:20:41 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A AN
00:20:47 APPROXIMATE $7.9 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF
00:20:50 STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
00:20:54 ENTITLED PROPOSITION 47 COHORT FIVE TERM OF OCTOBER 1ST 2025
00:21:00 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 AND TO APPROVE THE NOTICE OF AWARD
00:21:04 AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER SECTION 9.118 SUB A
00:21:07 SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS
00:21:11 ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL IT A
00:21:15 NUMBER 16 ITEM 16 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY
00:21:18 AUTHORIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE TO
00:21:21 ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN APPROXIMATE $850,000 GRANT FROM
00:21:25 THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO MAINTAIN THE
00:21:29 CAPACITY OF THE OFFICES POST CONVICTION UNIT ALSO KNOWN AS
00:21:33 THE FREEDOM PROJECT TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR
00:21:36 DECARCERATION REENTRY AND RE SENTENCING REFORMS SERVICES
00:21:41 FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 1ST, 2028 AND I THINK WE CAN
00:21:48 TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:21:49 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:21:52 17 ITEM 17 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE
00:21:56 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO
00:21:59 JOINTLY APPLY WITH 629 POST LLC AND SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES THE
00:22:06 VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
00:22:08 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HOMEKEY
00:22:11 PLUS GRANT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 629 POST STREET IN A
00:22:15 TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15.9 MILLION OR THE MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT
00:22:21 ALLOWABLE UNDER THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WHICHEVER
00:22:25 IS GREATER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY SAY HOUSE SAME
00:22:29 CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:22:30 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> PLEASE CALL ITEMS 18 THROUGH
00:22:35 31 TOGETHER ITEMS 18 THROUGH 31 ARE 14 ORDINANCES THAT AMEND
00:22:42 THE PLANNING CODE TO DESIGNATE VARIOUS PROPERTY AS LANDMARKS
00:22:43 CONSISTING WITH THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TEN OF THE
00:22:47 PLANNING CODE ITEM 18 THIS IS FOR THE BARBARA'S HOUSE LOCATED
00:22:53 AT 40 220TH STREET. ITEM 19 IS THESE ARE ZAHAV
00:23:00 LOCATED AT 220 DANVERS STREET. ITEM 20 IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN
00:23:03 HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO TAQWA HOUSE LOCATED AT 1451 MASONIC
00:23:08 AVENUE. ITEM 21 IS FOR THE BANK OF
00:23:12 ITALY BRANCH BUILDING LOCATED AT 400 THROUGH 410 CASTRO
00:23:16 STREET. ITEM 22 CASTRO ROCK STREAM
00:23:19 STEAM BATHS LOCATED AT 578 THROUGH 582 CASTRO STREET.
00:23:25 ITEM 23 IS FOR ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER 13 LOCATED AT 1458
00:23:29 VALENCIA STREET. ITEM 24 IS FOR THE HOSE COMPANY
00:23:33 NUMBER 30 FIREHOUSE LOCATED AT 1757 WALLER STREET.
00:23:39 ITEM 25 IS FOR THE FULL MOON COFFEEHOUSE LOCATED AT 4416
00:23:43 18TH STREET. ITEM 26 IS FOR THE GOLFERS ON
00:23:46 GUERRERO LOCATED AT 102 GUERRERO STREET.
00:23:52 ITEM 27 IS FOR MODS LOCATED AT 929 THROUGH 941 COLE STREET.
00:23:59 ITEM 28 IS FOR THE MISSION FOLK VICTORIAN HOME LOCATED AT 361
00:24:03 SAN JOSE AVENUE. ITEM 29 IS FOR THE SAN
00:24:06 FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION BUILDING LOCATED AT 514 THROUGH
00:24:09 520 CASTRO STREET. ITEM 30 IS FOR ST MATTHEW'S
00:24:13 CHURCH LOCATED AT 3280 1/16 STREET.
00:24:18 ITEM 31 IS FOR SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL LOCATED AT 25 15TH
00:24:23 STREET AND FOR ALL ITEMS TO AFFIRM THE SECRET DETERMINATION
00:24:27 AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:24:31 >> COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE THESE ITEMS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL
00:24:32 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST
00:24:36 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 32.
00:24:39 >> ITEM 32 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ADD THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET
00:24:43 NAME OFFICER LIEU AND TANKEL WAY TO THE 300 BLOCK OF EDDY
00:24:49 STREET IN RECOGNITION OF SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICER ILIA
00:24:53 LOU ENTANGLES COURAGE AND DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF
00:24:57 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:25:00 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:25:01 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:25:05 ITEM 33. >> ITEM 33 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE
00:25:08 TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO ESTABLISH THE FIRE CODE
00:25:12 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO EVALUATE AND ADVISE THE BOARD
00:25:16 OF SUPERVISORS, THE MAYOR AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE
00:25:20 CRITERIA AND TYPES OF EVIDENCE THE FIRE MARSHAL SHOULD
00:25:24 CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO WAIVE, MODIFY OR DELAY
00:25:28 CERTAIN COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FIRE CODE THAT
00:25:32 CERTAIN EXISTING HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS HAVE
00:25:35 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND TO SET FORTH THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES
00:25:39 OF THE FIRE CODE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
00:25:42 >> CHAIR WALTON THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:25:43 PRESIDENT MELAMINE. COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO
00:25:46 STATE MY OBJECTIONS IN PUBLIC FOR THE RECORD I DIDN'T MAKE IT
00:25:51 CLEAR IN COMMITTEE THAT MY MAIN CONCERN IS I THINK IT'S TOTALLY
00:25:58 INAPPROPRIATE FOR A SUPERVISOR TO SERVE ON AN AUXILIARY
00:26:02 COMMITTEE THAT IS SET UP FOR COMMUNITY.
00:26:03 I THINK IT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT AND UNDER HAS THE UNDERTONES OF
00:26:09 POSSIBLE COERCION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS COMMITTEE GIVES
00:26:10 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONER.
00:26:14 AS WE KNOW, SUPERVISORS SHOULD NOT BE DIRECTING DEPARTMENT
00:26:18 STAFF AND WE ALREADY HAVE AN OVERSIGHT ROLE AFTER
00:26:21 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE. IN ADDITION, SUPERVISORS ON
00:26:25 THESE COMMITTEES CAN UNDERMINE THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WE
00:26:28 REPRESENT. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE
00:26:29 SUPERVISORY APPOINTMENT POSSIBLY BUT NOT AN ACTUAL
00:26:33 SUPERVISOR SERVING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS I BELIEVE IS
00:26:36 INAPPROPRIATE AND A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
00:26:40 AND THEREFORE I WILL BE VOTING NO.
00:26:42 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF
00:26:48 CLARIFICATION SINCE YOU'RE THE RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR AND YOU
00:26:51 KNOW I DIFFERENT. >> SO DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT
00:26:52 TO THIS LEGISLATION OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING OR YOU'RE
00:26:56 JUST. >> I DIDN'T PROPOSE ANY
00:26:59 AMENDMENTS AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THE RULES
00:27:03 COMMITTEE ARE OKAY WITH THIS. SO I DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WOULD
00:27:07 MAKE ANY SENSE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD GET SHUT
00:27:10 DOWN. >> OKAY.
00:27:14 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 33.
00:27:17 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR I MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SAUTER HER EYES
00:27:25 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON NO
00:27:29 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES
00:27:36 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES
00:27:40 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN
00:27:44 MANAGEMENT I THERE ARE TEN EYES AND ONE NO WITH SUPERVISOR
00:27:50 PARDON ME THERE ARE NINE EYES AND ONE NO WITH SUPERVISOR
00:27:52 WALTON VOTING NO AND THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST
00:27:57 READING MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER
00:28:01 RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS. >> OH YES.
00:28:05 THIS IS THE RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS
00:28:06 SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND TODAY WE
00:28:12 ARE STARTING WITH DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR CHEN.
00:28:16 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR PRESENT.
00:28:19 >> MAY I HAVE OUR COMMANDER OUR HURRY TO BE AT THE PODIUM?
00:28:25 >> THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES, I'M SO PROUD TO
00:28:35 HONOR AMY HERR TODAY COMMANDER OF THE GOLDEN GATE DIVISION WHO
00:28:40 HAS SPENT HER LIFE AND CAREER FINALLY KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES
00:28:44 SAFE AND ADVOCATING FOR A MORE DIVERSE POLICE FORCE.
00:28:51 AMY HAS HAD A VAST CAREER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:28:54 DEPARTMENT SERVING AS TWO PATROL OFFICERS IN THE
00:28:58 TENDERLOIN, RICHMOND AND INGLESIDE AS A SURGEON
00:29:02 AND TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATION ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY
00:29:06 ON MUNI AS CAPTAIN AFTER INGLESIDE STATION FOR WHICH I
00:29:11 WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP DEEP GRATITUDE.
00:29:14 AND MORE NOW AS A COMMANDER OF THE GOLDEN GATE DIVISION SHE
00:29:19 CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH EXCELLENCE AND CENTERING WHAT
00:29:22 EQUITY RESILIENCE AND DETERMINATION DEFINE AMY.
00:29:26 AND HER COMMITMENT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:29:30 >> AMY IS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE AND MENTOR PAVING THE WAY FOR
00:29:34 FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN SERVING THE FORCE, BREAKING
00:29:38 BARRIERS AND AND PROVIDING THAT WOMAN BELONG IN LEADERSHIP
00:29:45 AND IN PUBLIC SERVICE. SHE UNDERSTANDS DEEPLY THAT
00:29:49 WHEN OUR FORCES ARE PRESENT, WHEN OUR FORCES ARE REPRESENTED
00:29:53 AFTER SARI, SHE UNDERSTANDS DEEPLY THAT WHEN OUR FORCES ARE
00:29:57 REPRESENTATIVE, OFF AND RESPONSIVE TO OUR CITY'S
00:30:01 DIVERSE COMMUNITY WE ARE SAFER. >> BUT IT'S NOT JUST HER ETHIC
00:30:08 THAT MAKES HER SUCH A STRONG LEADER.
00:30:09 >> IT'S ALSO HER WARM INTELLIGENCE AND OPENNESS TO
00:30:16 THE WORKING WITH OTHERS AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HOW
00:30:17 BELOVED SHE IS BY THE BOARD OF BY THE BORDER AND ALSO IN THE
00:30:24 COMMUNITY. SHE IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
00:30:25 HOW WOMEN CAN BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE BUT ALSO
00:30:28 FEISTY AND STRONG WITHOUT COMPROMISING VALUES OR QUALITY
00:30:36 OF WATER. >> COMMANDER HERING WE CONTINUE
00:30:37 TO BE INSPIRED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR WORK TO SHAPE
00:30:41 A SAFER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND A THRIVING FUTURE FOR SAN
00:30:45 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU
00:30:48 HAVE DONE. AND I KNOW THAT I'M NOW LONG
00:30:52 IN SAYING THAT I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN THE NEXT
00:30:56 CHAPTER. >> THANK YOU.
00:30:57 AND I BEFORE YOU SPEAK WE HAVE MORE.
00:31:02 YEAH, THERE'S A LAW THERE'S A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
00:31:04 SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU, COMMANDER.
00:31:06 THE SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
00:31:10 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR TEN FOR THIS
00:31:16 WONDERFUL COMMENDATION. >> COMMAND HER HER WORDS PUT
00:31:23 HER IN COMMANDER I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU
00:31:30 ALL THESE YEARS. YOU ARE.
00:31:35 I'M ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS. YOU ARE BY FAR SOMEBODY THAT I
00:31:39 HAVE SEEN WHOSE WORK I'VE LONG ADMIRED YOUR ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN
00:31:44 IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE FOR
00:31:48 RECRUITMENT AND FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR FOLKS SEEING THEMSELVES
00:31:55 IN THE FUTURE OF THEIR PROFESSION OR LIVES WITHIN OUR
00:31:59 DEPARTMENT. AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR
00:32:00 EVERYTHING YOU WERE DONE FOR YOUR VISIBILITY, FOR YOUR FEAR
00:32:04 FIERCENESS BUT ALSO THE GRACE WITH WHICH YOU YOU KNOW,
00:32:11 ENTERED THESE CONVERSATIONS WHICH ARE NOT EASY.
00:32:12 SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THAT
00:32:17 DISTRICT SEVEN IS ALSO HOME TO SEVERAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
00:32:22 ORGANIZATIONS. AND COMMANDER HURWITZ HAS ALSO
00:32:25 BEEN OUR LIAISON THROUGH SOME OF THE TOUGHEST TIMES IN THE
00:32:30 COMMUNITY'S HISTORY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:32:34 AND FOR THAT AGAIN FOR YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR EMPATHY, YOUR
00:32:37 GRACE, YOUR STRATEGY AND YOUR INTELLIGENCE, YOUR OUTSTANDING
00:32:41 COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND ALL NAVIGATING ALL THAT ALSO I AM
00:32:45 DEEPLY GRATEFUL. AND FINALLY I AM GRATEFUL FOR
00:32:49 YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS BECAUSE YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO
00:32:53 ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT TO SAY AND WHEN TO SAY IT, HOW TO SAY
00:32:58 IT IN A WAY THAT GETS HEARD. THAT'S RESPECT ARTFUL BUT ALSO
00:33:01 CLEAR AND AND ON POINT. SO I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
00:33:05 WHERE YOU ARE. I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
00:33:09 WILLING TO STEP UP IN LEADERSHIP AT BEING AS
00:33:10 WONDERFUL AND AWESOME AS YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE A SHINING
00:33:14 EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP OF FEMALE FIERCE FEMALE LEADERSHIP WITHIN
00:33:21 THE DEPARTMENT AND YOU ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS SO
00:33:24 THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATION. SUPERVISOR CHEN AND I'M SO GLAD
00:33:29 WE'RE DOING THIS. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
00:33:33 PRESIDENT MAN OF MAN AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR
00:33:36 HONORING COMMANDER HURWITZ. I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:33:37 CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK THIS IS WELL-DESERVED
00:33:42 AND OBVIOUSLY WE MISS YOU AT THE INGLESIDE STATION BUT I'M
00:33:45 GLAD THAT YOU HAVE GONE ON TO PLAY A ROLE THAT PROVIDES A LOT
00:33:49 OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER WOMEN AND OTHER PEOPLE
00:33:53 IN THE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY JUST HAVE BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF
00:33:56 WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
00:34:00 APPRECIATE THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE
00:34:01 HAD TO WORK TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU.
00:34:03 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN AND I AM A
00:34:07 BIG FAN OF COMMANDER HURWITZ AS WELL.
00:34:11 I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE WHILE YOUR
00:34:12 YOU WERE CAPTAIN AT SOUTHERN AND JUST TO SAY HOW MUCH IT
00:34:18 MEANS TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A COLLEAGUE AT THE SAN
00:34:22 FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CIVILIAN CAPACITY BUT
00:34:25 SOMEBODY WHO WAS ALSO FROM THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY I HAVE
00:34:27 REALLY BEEN PROUD OF SAN FRANCISCO'S HISTORY OF LGBT
00:34:33 PLUS LEADERSHIP IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:34:37 GOING BACK ONE OF MY FIRST MENTORS WAS WAYNE FRIDAY WHEN
00:34:38 HE SERVED ON THE POLICE COMMISSION AND I WAS JUST
00:34:42 ALWAYS PROUD OF OUR CITY AND BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS IT
00:34:46 WAS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REALLY WASN'T AS WELCOMING.
00:34:49 SO THAT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
00:34:52 I AM GRATEFUL TO SEE YOU THAT YOU'RE GETTING PROMOTE
00:34:56 PROMOTED. I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
00:34:57 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DON'T REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT IS
00:35:00 COVERED BY THE GOLDEN GATE DISTRICT.
00:35:01 I'M IN THE METRO DISTRICT BUT THAT WILL NOT STOP ME FROM
00:35:05 CALLING WHEN I WHEN I NEED HELP.
00:35:08 SO I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY
00:35:10 AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'LL GO LAST BEFORE YOU GET
00:35:18 TO BE COMMANDER. I JUST WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR
00:35:21 CHEN FOR DOING THIS. I AM ALSO A LITTLE BUMMED THAT
00:35:26 I DON'T GET TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AS A AS
00:35:30 A CAPTAIN AT INGLESIDE WHERE I GOT TO KNOW YOU BUT I AM HAPPY
00:35:34 TO SEE YOU RISING UP THROUGH THE RANKS.
00:35:37 REPRESENTATION MATTERS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS BETTER
00:35:40 AS IT INCLUDES MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO REFLECT THE
00:35:42 DIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. AS A JEW I LIKE HAVING A JEW
00:35:48 IN LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT AND I LIKE HAVING SOMEONE I CAN
00:35:49 CALL WHEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS A NEED OR THE COMMUNITY
00:35:53 HAS A NEED AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH YOU ON A NUMBER
00:35:57 OF OCCASIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE
00:36:01 AND KEEP DOING IT. AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.
00:36:04 >> I GOT THANK YOU. I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND IF YOU
00:36:15 KNOW ME YOU KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:36:19 >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT THIS IDEA I WAS LIKE
00:36:25 OKAY, LIKE FOR WHAT? BECAUSE TO ME I SHOW UP AND I
00:36:29 DO MY JOB AND I CARE FOR PEOPLE AND I, I REALLY DON'T NEED
00:36:33 RECOGNITION OR AN AWARD FOR IT BECAUSE I LOVE IT AND IT THIS
00:36:36 REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT I GET TO BE HERE AND SHARE
00:36:40 THIS AND I HAVE THE CHIEF, THE COMMAND STAFF AND MY MY
00:36:45 OUTSTANDING CAPTAIN FROM PARK STATION AND THE HONDA'S
00:36:49 AND THEY'RE ALL HERE YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND UP AND TAKE A BOW
00:36:52 BECAUSE WE ALL DO IT. SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT WHEN
00:37:07 I WHEN I TOLD THEM LIKE 15 MINUTES AGO HEY, CAN YOU GUYS
00:37:08 COME DOWN AND AND HELP ME WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID
00:37:14 I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE PARTY WHERE NOBODY SHOWED UP.
00:37:15 BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE CITY.
00:37:19 I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM .
00:37:22 YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC. YOU'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.
00:37:23 MR. PRESIDENT. >> SUPERVISORS I MEAN THANK YOU
00:37:27 SO MUCH. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THERE
00:37:30 NOW. THANK YOU.
00:37:40 OH, SORRY. THERE'S WORD I'M TRYING TO GET
00:37:43 OUT OF THIS STATE. >> OH, I YOU KNOW, PICTURE.
00:38:11 >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FROM DISTRICT THREE
00:38:15 SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MAN.
00:38:16 >> WOMAN COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M HONORED TO WELCOME NORTH BEACH
00:38:24 CITIZENS TO THE CHAMBERS. WE HAVE THEIR IRREPLACEABLE
00:38:25 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KRISTI FAIRCHILD AND STAFF.
00:38:28 >> WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME ON UP AND JOIN US?
00:38:35 IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WE CELEBRATE YOUR 25 YEARS OF
00:38:41 EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO NORTH BEACH AND DISTRICT THREE IN ALL
00:38:45 OF SAN FRANCISCO. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, FOR
00:38:51 ALMOST THREE DECADES NORTH BEACH CITIZENS HAS BEEN MAKING
00:38:52 SAN FRANCISCO BETTER ONE CITIZEN AT A TIME.
00:38:58 >> THEY OPERATE THE ONLY DROP IN CENTER FOR UNHOUSED
00:39:00 INDIVIDUALS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR CITY.
00:39:03 THEY COORDINATE A WEEKLY FOOD PANTRY, ORGANIZE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:39:06 BEAUTIFICATION TEAMS TO ALLOW FOR WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES
00:39:10 AND THEY WORK HAND IN HAND WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
00:39:14 NORTH BEACH CITIZENS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2001 AND ITS
00:39:18 FORMATION WAS SUPPORTED BY NORTH BEACH RESIDENT
00:39:22 AND ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA AND I KNOW THAT HE
00:39:25 WAS IN THE BUILDING EARLIER SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT I WANT
00:39:30 TO RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTION AND THAT IN THE MIDST OF A
00:39:34 STORIED CAREER HE TOOK THE TIME TO INVEST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:39:37 HIS IMPRINT HIS ECHOES CAN BE FELT IN EVERY CORNER OF
00:39:44 DISTRICT THREE. >> IF YOU'RE A FILM BUFF THAT
00:39:48 MIGHT BE UNION SQUARE AS THE SETTING OF THE CONVERSATION.
00:39:52 IF YOU LIKE COFFEE LIKE ME IT'S CERTAINLY A CAFE TRYST THE
00:39:55 FIRST ESPRESSO HOUSE IN THE WEST COAST WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY
00:39:58 A CAPPUCCINO IN THE SAME CORNER BOOTH WHERE THE GODFATHER IS
00:40:00 WRITTEN OR IF YOU LIKE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY THE
00:40:03 SENTINEL BUILDING MORE COMMONLY NOW KNOWN AS THE COPPOLA
00:40:08 BUILDING THAT HOUSES HIS STUDIOS NORTH BEACH CITIZENS
00:40:11 IMPACT IS ASTOUNDING OVER 630 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED SERVICES
00:40:18 LAST YEAR. OVER 90% OF THE HOUSED CLIENTS
00:40:19 REMAIN STABLE THE HOUSE TODAY AND THEIR CARE REACHES THOSE
00:40:22 WHO NEED IT MOST PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON OLDER ADULTS
00:40:26 AND THOSE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
00:40:30 >> THE ORGANIZATION MAY HAVE BEGUN BECAUSE OF FRANCIS FORD
00:40:33 COPPOLA BUT IT HAS ENDURED BECAUSE OF CHRISTIE.
00:40:37 >> CHRISTIE HAS AN INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO MEET SOMEONE ON THE
00:40:41 STREET SOMEONE OFTEN IN THE DARKEST CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES
00:40:45 AND CENTER THE HUMANITY AND VALUE THAT EXISTS IN THEM.
00:40:49 SHE BALANCES CARE AND COMPASSION WITH A
00:40:52 RELENTLESS FOCUS OF MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD FROM HELPING
00:40:56 THEM OBTAIN THEIR BENEFITS TO ACCESSING CARE TO EVENTUALLY
00:41:00 SECURING STABLE HOUSING. AND CHRISTIE, I KNOW THAT
00:41:04 PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT WE NEED A NORTH BEACH CITIZENS FOR
00:41:06 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE WE
00:41:09 CAN'T REPLICATE YOU FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:41:12 YOU ARE TRULY AT THE HEART AND CENTER OF THIS AND WE ARE
00:41:16 GRATEFUL AND IN DEBT TO YOU. >> WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE
00:41:20 ABOUT NORTH BEACH CITIZENS IS HOW FOCUSED THEY REMAIN ON THE
00:41:23 NEEDS OF THOSE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE OTHER
00:41:27 ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE TO GROW WIDER AND MIGHT LOSE THEIR
00:41:28 PERSONAL TOUCH, NORTH BEACH CITIZENS INSTEAD HAS DECIDED
00:41:32 DELIBERATELY TO GROW DEEPER AND TO REALLY CEMENT THEIR
00:41:36 IMPACT IN THE NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:41:39 >> THEY DO SO IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE
00:41:40 STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
00:41:43 IT CONTINUES TO BE SOME 25 YEARS LATER.
00:41:48 NOW A NEIGHBORHOOD BASED APPROACHED A NEIGHBORHOOD BASED
00:41:52 APPROACH TO WHAT IS REALLY A GLOBAL CHALLENGE.
00:41:55 AND BECAUSE OF THIS NORTH BEACH CITIZENS HAS INCREDIBLE TRUST,
00:41:59 INTEGRITY AND SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
00:42:03 CHRISTIE WAS REALLY GOOD TO JOIN YOU THE OTHER WEEK TO
00:42:04 CELEBRATE 25 YEARS AT YOUR GALA.
00:42:07 THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IN WAYS SMALL
00:42:11 IN WAYS LARGE. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
00:42:15 THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO SAY A FEW WORDS NOW.
00:42:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHRISTIE IF I COULD JUST ADD.
00:42:22 >> SURE. I AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
00:42:25 SUPERVISOR SAUTER FOR DOING THIS COMMENDATION.
00:42:26 YOUR YOUR IMPACT AND INFLUENCE OF COURSE IS MOST FELT IN NORTH
00:42:34 BEACH AND IN DISTRICT THREE BUT BUT YOUR INFLUENCE IS FELT
00:42:37 CITYWIDE AND EARLY ON WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:42:41 MY PREDECESSOR BEVAN DUFTY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO GO TALK TO
00:42:49 CHRISTIE FAIRCHILD IN NORTH BEACH AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE
00:42:50 DOING AT NORTH BEACH CITIZENS AND YOU WERE SO GENEROUS WITH
00:42:52 YOUR TIME AND SHOWING ME THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO THERE
00:42:56 WITH UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN NORTH BEACH AND IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN A
00:43:03 JOY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW YOU, TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING THE WORK
00:43:05 YOU'RE DOING IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW,
00:43:08 YOU ALL OF YOUR AMAZINGNESS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:43:12 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER FOR DOING THIS.
00:43:13 IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU ALL OF
00:43:17 YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND MY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:43:20 WE REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
00:43:23 I KIND OF HAD SOME WRITTEN WORDS YOU KIND OF SAID A LOT OF
00:43:24 WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY STAFF
00:43:28 CRYSTAL LEE AND ADAM AND GINA FOR THEIR DEDICATED WORK ON
00:43:34 BEHALF OF OUR UNHOUSED AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
00:43:35 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE EACH DAY.
00:43:38 AND IT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT I WOULD SAY AS YOU WERE
00:43:43 MENTIONING FRANCIS WAS IN THE BUILDING TO MEET THE MAYOR,
00:43:47 GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL
00:43:49 FOR BOTH OF THEM. AND AT THE HEART OF IT IT
00:43:51 REALLY WAS A COMMITMENT AGAIN TO WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT THIS
00:43:57 ORGANIZATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN BASED ON IS THAT THE
00:44:00 NEIGHBORHOODS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED BY THEIR CONSTITU
00:44:05 AND YOU BRING THAT UP HERE INTO CITY HALL TO REPRESENT YOUR
00:44:08 CONSTITUENTS AND WE DO THE SAME THING ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT
00:44:12 REALLY IS OUR GREATEST PLEASURE TO HELP THOSE AND HAVE THEM
00:44:16 AND TRUST US WITH THEIR MOST INTIMATE NEEDS AND CONCERNS
00:44:19 AND IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO HELP WITH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT,
00:44:24 OUR BASED ON HOUSING AND ALSO OUR FOOD PANTRY AND OUR STREET
00:44:32 BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. SO IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL
00:44:36 HONOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
00:44:37 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION
00:45:36 . >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, TODAY
00:45:44 WE ARE HONORING TWO EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVANTS FROM OUR
00:45:49 DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO
00:45:52 INVITE OH, THAT'S RIGHT, TEAM. WE HAVE KAREN COLLINS GRACE,
00:46:03 COME ON UP. >> THE DEPARTMENT'S 2025
00:46:10 DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR AND WE HAVE ZOILA LA CHUGGA.
00:46:13 >> ZOILA, ARE YOU THERE? COME ON UP.
00:46:21 >> ZOILA IS THE DEPARTMENT'S LEAD DE SHIFT TRAINING
00:46:25 SUPERVISOR AND THE 2025 RECIPIENT OF THE TONY HARDLEY
00:46:28 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUPERVISION AND I'M GOING TO
00:46:34 SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU CAN SIT IF YOU LIKE OR STAND IF YOU
00:46:36 LIKE. KAREN CALLENDER'S IS WORK AS
00:46:39 A911 DISPATCHER HAS DEMONSTRATED BOTH TACTICAL
00:46:41 PROFICIENCY AND DECISIVENESS IN COORDINATING EMERGENCY
00:46:44 RESPONSE TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
00:46:48 THIS PAST YEAR SHE HANDLED A SERIES OF FAST MOVING HIGH
00:46:52 INTENSITY INCIDENTS ON POLICE RADIO CHANNEL EIGHT SIX WHICH
00:46:56 IS WIDELY REGARDED AS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BUSIEST AND MOST
00:46:59 DEMANDING CHANNELS IN THE CITY DURING ONE PARTICULARLY
00:47:03 CHALLENGING SHIFT, KAREN EXPERTLY MANAGED MULTIPLE
00:47:06 CRITICAL INCIDENTS UNFOLDING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
00:47:07 >> IT BEGAN WITH A VIOLENT ROBBERY OUTSIDE THE CHINESE
00:47:11 HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND AN ASSAULT ON A U.S. PARK POLICE
00:47:14 OFFICER AS A SECOND ROBBERY BY THE SAME SUSPECTS WAS OBSERVED
00:47:18 LIVE BY A POLICE DRONE UNIT. KAREN RELAYED REAL TIME SUSPECT
00:47:22 DESCRIPTIONS AND DIRECTED MULTI-UNIT RESPONSES IN THE
00:47:25 MIDDLE OF ALL THE CHAOS AN UNIDENTIFIED UNIT CALLED OUT A
00:47:30 PERSON RESISTING WITHOUT PROVIDING A LOCATION.
00:47:33 KAREN HANDLED IT FLAWLESSLY. SHE CALMLY REPEATED THE
00:47:35 TRANSMISSION QUICKLY CONFIRMED THE LOCATION AND BROADCAST IT
00:47:39 TO ALL RESPONDING UNITS TO RESTORE ORDER IN AN EXTREMELY
00:47:43 CHAOTIC SITUATION WHEN AN OFFICER WAS INJURED, SHE
00:47:46 IMMEDIATELY PRIORITIZED MEDICAL AID MAKING SURE PARAMEDICS WERE
00:47:50 DISPATCHED CODE THREE TO THE SCENE KAREN'S OUTSTANDING
00:47:54 JUDGMENT AND SKILL ENSURED THE SAFETY OF ALL OFFICERS WHILE
00:47:57 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESSFUL APPREHENSION OF DANGEROUS
00:47:58 SUSPECTS. HER PERFORMANCE WAS SO
00:48:01 EXCEPTIONAL THAT RETIRED ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVID LAZAAR
00:48:05 PERSONALLY CALLED IN TO COMMEND HER WORK, STATING IT WAS ONE OF
00:48:08 THE MOST PROFESSIONAL DISPATCHES HE'D HEARD IN HIS
00:48:10 CAREER. >> HER EXCELLENT WORK EARNED
00:48:12 KAREN AUGUST'S DISPATCHER OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION AND THEN
00:48:16 SHE WAS LATER AWARDED THE 2020 THE 2025 DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR
00:48:22 . NO MATTER THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
00:48:23 PROBLEM, KAREN'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING ALL
00:48:26 INVOLVED PARTIES SAFE MORE THAN MERITS RECOGNITION IN A SOCIETY
00:48:30 WHERE WE RELY ON 911 DISPATCHERS TO HANDLE SUCH
00:48:31 SITUATIONS WITH URGENCY, KAREN PERFECTLY SETS THE STANDARD FOR
00:48:35 DISPATCHER RESPONSE NOW ZOILA FOR YEARS ZOILA LA SHUGA HAS
00:48:43 DEMONSTRATED A CONSISTENT COMMITMENT TO LEARNING
00:48:46 AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND BEING A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR THE
00:48:48 WELL-BEING OF HER TEAM. SHE SUPPORTS HER COWORKERS
00:48:52 THROUGH THE BAD DAYS SO THEY CAN BE CALM.
00:48:55 VOICES ON THE LINE ON CALLERS WORST DAYS.
00:48:58 THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP IN WELLNESS AND PEER SUPPORT
00:49:00 SHE ENSURES THAT NO ONE IN THE DEPARTMENT EVER FEELS THEY HAVE
00:49:04 TO HANDLE THE STRESS OF THE JOB ALONE.
00:49:06 HER COLLEAGUES DESCRIBE HER AS SOMEONE WHO MAKES THEM FEEL
00:49:10 HEARD AND SUPPORTER SUPPORTED AND WHO PROVIDES THOUGHTFUL
00:49:14 KNOWLEDGE AND STEADY LEADERSHIP TO PEERS.
00:49:15 SO ELLA ALWAYS SHOWS UP FOR THE OPERATIONS FLOOR WHETHER IT IS
00:49:19 MONITORING RUNS, RESOLVING SCHEDULING ISSUES OR ENSURING
00:49:23 THAT TRAINEES FEEL CONFIDENT AS THEY BUILD THEIR FUTURES AT
00:49:27 TEAM. SHE'S BEEN A QUIET CHAMPION
00:49:31 BEHIND SAN FRANCISCO'S EMERGENCY EMERGENCY LIFELINE
00:49:34 SUPPORTING THE FLOOR WITH HER VISION AND COMPASSION, ZOILA
00:49:37 APPLIED HER JOB KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO REVAMPING THE
00:49:42 TEAM'S PEER SUPPORT AND WELLNESS TEAMS.
00:49:45 SHE WROTE COUNTLESS PROPOSALS AND SECURED FUNDING FOR
00:49:46 CERTIFIED TRAINING AND FIRST RESPONDER THERAPY AND EVEN
00:49:50 ESTABLISHED A NEW WELLNESS ROOM FOR STAFF TO DECOMPRESS AFTER
00:49:53 TRAUMATIC CALLS. SHE'S ALSO AN EFFECTIVE
00:49:57 COLLABORATOR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE
00:49:58 DEPARTMENT ENSURING OUR DISPATCHERS ARE NOW INCLUDED
00:50:00 IN CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFS. >> THE TONY HARDLEY DISPATCH
00:50:04 SUPERVISOR AWARD IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE TONY HARTLEY WHO WAS
00:50:08 WIDELY RESPECTED AND SEEN AS A MOTHER FIGURE FOR MANY
00:50:12 DISPATCHERS, ZOILA ZOILA IS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
00:50:15 REFLECT THE QUALITIES THAT TONY STOOD FOR AND SHE NOW EMBODIES
00:50:19 THOSE IN HER WORK BY RECOGNIZING THE STRENGTHS
00:50:20 IN OTHERS AND HELPING THEM SHINE.
00:50:23 KAREN AND ZOILA, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO
00:50:24 SAN FRANCISCO AND APPRECIATE YOUR MAGNIFICENT WORK ETHIC
00:50:28 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND I
00:50:32 THINK I THINK MARY ELLEN IS BACK THERE SOMEWHERE AND IF
00:50:38 SHE'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND ADD ANY WORDS YOU'RE
00:50:39 WELCOME TO. >> MARY ELLEN CARROLL, DIRECTOR
00:50:42 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
00:50:43 HI. THANK YOU.
00:50:45 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:50:46 SUPERVISORS. I JUST WANTED WELL, FIRST OF
00:50:49 ALL, I WANT TO SAY I'M LOVING THIS REDO OF WOMEN'S HISTORY
00:50:53 MONTH WITH ALL THE WOMEN THAT WE AMAZING AMAZING WOMEN WE'RE
00:50:54 HONORING TODAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
00:50:58 FOR TAKING THE MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING PUBLIC
00:51:02 SERVANTS. THEY ARE PART OF OUR PUBLIC
00:51:06 SAFETY ORGANIZATION FOR THIS CITY BUT THEY DON'T GET SEEN
00:51:13 LITERALLY SEEN PHYSICALLY AS MUCH SO EVERY YEAR THAT YOU DO
00:51:17 THIS IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED THE STORIES TELL THEMSELVES
00:51:23 AND THESE TWO WOMEN HAVE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY
00:51:24 THAN I AM. >> I DO SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE
00:51:27 IT TO THEM. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:51:30 COME ON UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:51:40 >> I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THE TONY HARLEY
00:51:42 SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR AWARD BEING RECOGNIZED BY MY PEERS
00:51:45 FOR MY DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING WELLNESS TRULY REFLECTS THE
00:51:49 POSITIVE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING TOGETHER.
00:51:52 SPEAKING ABOUT MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS SOMEWHAT
00:51:54 CHALLENGING BECAUSE MY EFFORTS IN CREATING, STRENGTHENING
00:51:57 AND STRENGTHENING THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
00:52:01 FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE DISPATCHERS I WORK ALONGSIDE.
00:52:04 IT WAS NEVER MEANT OR ABOUT PERSONAL RECOGNITION SO I
00:52:06 REMAIN GENUINELY HUMBLED BY THIS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS
00:52:12 ARE OFTEN UNSEEN ONLY HEARD. WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT BEFORE.
00:52:15 WE HAVE ALSO HEARD THEM CALL THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS TO
00:52:17 EMERGENCIES AND THEY ARE THAT THE VERY FIRST POINT OF CONTACT
00:52:21 WHEN THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO CALL IN FOR HELP THEY
00:52:25 ANSWER CALLS FROM DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON.
00:52:28 IT COULD BE A DEVASTATED PARENT WHOSE INFANT IS UNCONSCIOUS
00:52:32 AND NOT BREATHING OR A CITIZEN OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO IS
00:52:35 BROKEN, SCARED, HURT AND UNSURE OF HOW TO ASK FOR HELP.
00:52:39 IT IS A DISPATCHER WHO PROVIDES LIFESAVING INSTRUCTIONS OR
00:52:43 BECOMES THE CALMING STRONG VOICE THAT A VICTIM DESPERATELY
00:52:44 NEEDS THE TRAUMA THAT PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS FACE DAILY
00:52:50 IS IMMENSE, OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED OR UNADDRESSED UNTIL IT'S TOO
00:52:52 LATE. THE EXPOSURE CHANGES YOU
00:52:55 TRANSFORMING THE PERSON THAT YOU WERE ONCE BEFORE STARTING
00:52:58 YOUR CAREER AS A DISPATCHER. THERE IS ALSO A COMMON
00:53:02 MISCONCEPTION THAT BECAUSE DISPATCHERS NOT PHYSICALLY
00:53:05 DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE THEY DO NOT ENDURE THE SAME TRAUMA AS
00:53:08 OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. BUT THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.
00:53:11 DURING TRAINING DISPATCHERS ARE TAUGHT TO PAINT THE PICTURE SO
00:53:13 THEY'RE RESPONDING. UNITS HAVE A CLEAR
00:53:17 UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN
00:53:20 WHEN YOU PAINT A PICTURE JUST AS A DISPATCHER YOU ARE
00:53:24 ACTUALLY TRANSPORTING YOURSELF TO THAT SCENE.
00:53:25 YOU SEE WHAT THEY SEE, YOU HEAR WHAT THEY HEAR, YOU FEEL WHAT
00:53:29 THEY FEEL. YOU EXPERIENCE THE RUSH OF
00:53:32 ADRENALINE. YOU FEEL YOUR TIGHT YOUR
00:53:33 MUSCLES TIGHTEN AND YOU ARE PROBABLY HEARING ONE OF THE
00:53:36 WORST DAYS OF THAT PERSON'S LIFE YET THEY REMAIN CALM.
00:53:43 FOCUS ON ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, CONTROL THE CALLER,
00:53:47 DOCUMENT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HEAR AND THEN HELP ARRIVES.
00:53:51 ONCE THAT HELP ARRIVES YOU DISCONNECT THAT CALL.
00:53:54 YOU'RE ONLY LEFT WITH THE IMAGES AND THE SOUND AND YOUR
00:53:58 VOICES WITH NO CLOSURE. NOW IMAGINE TAKING CALLS AFTER
00:54:02 CALLS LIKE THIS. >> THIS IS PRECISELY WHY PEER
00:54:03 SUPPORT AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS ARE VITAL AND ANY PUBLIC SAFETY
00:54:07 COMMUNICATION CENTER AND WHY AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE
00:54:10 WELL-BEING OF OUR DISPATCHERS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:54:13 IT'S ALSO WHY I REACH OUT TO THE NEWLY HIRED DISPATCHERS
00:54:15 AND WHY I HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED IN TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT THEY
00:54:19 KNOW EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS THAT SUPPORT AND RESOURCES ARE
00:54:23 AVAILABLE. >> I AM INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE
00:54:26 THAT MY UPPER MANAGEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
00:54:27 MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN UNWAVERINGLY SUPPORTIVE
00:54:30 WHENEVER I'VE BROUGHT FORWARD PROPOSALS OR IDEAS.
00:54:33 SO I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM FOR
00:54:34 THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT TO THE MENTAL
00:54:37 HEALTH OF OUR DISPATCHERS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
00:54:40 SUPERVISORS I WORK WITH WHO NEVER COMPLAIN WHEN I'M TIED UP
00:54:42 WITH PROJECTS OR UNAVAILABLE ON THE FLOOR AND WHO ALWAYS OFFER
00:54:45 A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON WHEN I MOST NEED IT TO THE DEDICATED
00:54:48 DISPATCHERS ALWAYS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT CALL AND BE A
00:54:52 LIFELINE TO CITIZENS AND FIELD MEMBERS ALIKE.
00:54:55 YOUR STRENGTH MOTIVATES ME EVERY DAY.
00:54:59 LASTLY TO MY FAMILY MY HUSBAND, MY SISTER, MY BIGGEST
00:55:03 SUPPORTERS, MY CHEERLEADERS AND CORE STRENGTH.
00:55:06 >> I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS.
00:55:08 THANK YOU ALL. KAREN COME ON UP.
00:55:21 GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU.
00:55:25 I'M TRULY HONORED TO STAND BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:55:28 TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION THIS VETERAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
00:55:32 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
00:55:33 >> CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONES
00:55:36 SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BEST? >> SORRY.
00:55:37 THE PROBLEM THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
00:55:43 THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS FROM NOW RETIRED ASSISTANT CHIEF
00:55:47 DAVID LESSARD. HIS WORDS MEANT THE WORK TO ME
00:55:48 AND I APPRECIATE THE REASON WHY I'M HERE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
00:55:52 BUT BEING A DISPATCHER IS A UNIQUE KIND OF SERVICE.
00:55:55 IT'S WE ARE THE CALM VOICE LIKE ZOILA SAID BEHIND THE SCENES WE
00:56:00 MIGHT NEVER BE SEEN BUT WE'RE ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE.
00:56:04 WE ARE LISTENING GUIDING, SUPPORTING NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC
00:56:08 BUT OUR UNITS IN THE FIELD AND THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORK
00:56:12 WITH. THERE'S A WAY IT'S NOT JUST
00:56:13 ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT A GROUP OF DIVERSE
00:56:15 AND INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH IN THIS PLACE.
00:56:19 SO THIS JOB IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH.
00:56:22 EVENTUALLY THEY BECOME FAMILY. SORRY.
00:56:26 AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MY FELLOW DISPATCHERS YOU ARE THE
00:56:30 BACKBONE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ARE ALWAYS THERE.
00:56:34 WE ARE THERE ELSEWHERE. HOPE IN THIS JOB AGAIN LIKE I
00:56:37 SAID IS FOR THOSE THAT PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH AND WE KEEP
00:56:41 GOING AND SHOWING UP FOR THEM AND WHEN WE FIRST START WE LOOK
00:56:45 FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE US UNDER THEIR WING TO GIVE US SOME
00:56:48 GUIDANCE TOO. >> AND I WAS LUCKY TO GET SO
00:56:52 MANY MAMAS OUT THERE AND 20 YEARS LATER YOU FIND YOURSELF
00:56:55 IN YOUR MOM ERA. >> NOW YOU'RE THE MAMA THEN
00:56:59 GIVE ME HOPE THAT MEANS THAT ARE HERE.
00:57:01 THANK YOU. YOU GUYS KEEP ME ON MY TOES
00:57:03 WITH YOUR RANDOM QUESTIONS, WITH YOUR EXCITEMENT, WITH YOUR
00:57:06 EMERGENCIES NOW WITH JUST PULLING UP A CHAIR AND SHARING
00:57:10 MY CHAIR WITH ME AND YOUR STORIES.
00:57:12 >> I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS REMIND ME WHY I LOVE THIS JOB.
00:57:16 I LOVE THIS JOB. AND TO MY FELLOW OG DISPATCHERS
00:57:20 ,THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME KEEP MY SANITY.
00:57:24 >> YOU READ THROUGH 20 YEARS AND STILL LIKE I WAS HIGH ON
00:57:27 THIS MATTRESS. LOVE YOU.
00:57:28 LOVE YOU FOR BEING HERE TO AGAIN YOU ARE THE REASON WHY I
00:57:35 KEPT MY SANITY THROUGH THIS YEARS.
00:57:36 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS,
00:57:40 FIREFIGHTERS, SHERIFFS AND EMS DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL THAT WE
00:57:41 SUPPORT IS THE TRUST AND TEAMWORK THAT WE SHARE THAT
00:57:44 MAKES THIS SYSTEM WORK WITH SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
00:57:47 COURSE, BUT WE MAKE IT WORK AND TO MY SISTER, MY LOVED ONES
00:57:54 ,MY DRACO, MY THREE DOGS ARE MY TWO CATS.
00:57:56 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE .
00:58:00 THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING THE LONG HOURS MY MOOD SWINGS THAT
00:58:04 CRAZY SCHEDULES I LOVE YOU MORE AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR
00:58:11 THIS RECOGNITION. I LIKE I SAID I CAN EXPRESS IT
00:58:16 AND ANY BETTER AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH PRIDE,
00:58:17 DEDICATION AND HEART AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT ALL COMES
00:58:22 DOWN TO ONE THING THAT WE ALL GO HOME SAFELY AT THE END OF
00:58:26 OUR SHIFTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:27 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MARY ELLEN.
00:58:58 I KNOW I GOT TIME RIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT.
00:59:11 ALL RIGHT. SO WE DO OKAY.
00:59:13 ALL RIGHT. THESE THE SELFIE AND YOU TAKE A
00:59:21 PHOTO, TAKE IT. THERE WE GO.
00:59:38 OKAY. TWO, THREE, TWO.
00:59:45 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:00:02 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
01:00:19 >> I THINK THAT TAKES US TO ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK.
01:00:21 YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR, YOUR
01:00:25 FIRST STEP TO INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS AND THANK YOU.
01:00:30 I WOULD LIKE TO BE REFERRED AFTER SUPERVISOR CHERYL SPEAK
01:00:35 PLEASE. >> AND THE REST I WILL SUBMIT.
01:00:36 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:00:38 SUPERVISOR MELGAR, SUPERVISOR SADR.
01:00:41 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM
01:00:46 INTRODUCING A PACKAGE ESTABLISHING FOUR NEW
01:00:50 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES ACROSS DISTRICT THREE.
01:00:53 >> THIS REPRESENTS THE WORK OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS
01:00:57 ACROSS MANY OF OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS OVER THE PAST YEAR
01:01:00 AND THIS PACKAGE WILL INCLUDE NEW ENTERTAINMENT ZONES FOR
01:01:03 NORTH BEACH, THE FERRY BUILDING ,EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND BELDEN
01:01:07 PLACE IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE. I THINK WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE
01:01:14 PROMISE OF ENTERTAINMENT ZONES ACROSS OUR CITY AND ACROSS OUR
01:01:15 RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. THEY MEAN MORE LIFE IN OUR
01:01:19 STREETS, MORE FOOT TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
01:01:22 AND IMPORTANTLY MORE DOLLARS IN THE POCKETS OF OUR SMALL
01:01:26 BUSINESS OWNERS. ENTERTAINMENT ZONES ARE OF
01:01:28 COURSE JUST ONE TOOL IN OUR EFFORT TO MAKE THINGS EASIER
01:01:30 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.
01:01:33 AND OUR OFFICE IS FULLY COMMITTED TO ALL PULLING ALL
01:01:34 THE LEVERS WE HAVE BE IT LOWERING PERMITTING HURDLES,
01:01:38 CLARIFYING CONFUSING CODES, PROVIDING SAFER AND CLEANER
01:01:41 CONDITIONS ON OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND BRINGING
01:01:44 TARGETED INVESTMENTS TO ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED
01:01:45 CORRIDORS. I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO
01:01:49 MICHELE ANDREWS IN MY OFFICE BEN VAN HOUTEN IN CASEY YOU ALL
01:01:52 THE CHICK FROM ALL IWD AND VICKY WONG IN THE CITY
01:01:56 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR HARD WORK TO BRING THESE NEW
01:01:57 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES TO LIFE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANKS TO
01:02:00 EACH SET OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WHO
01:02:04 WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH. AND THAT IS FOR NORTH BEACH,
01:02:07 THE NORTH BEACH BUSINESSES ASSOCIATION FOR THE FERRY
01:02:11 BUILDING, HUDSON PACIFIC FOR THE EMBARCADERO PLAZA BSP
01:02:15 AND FOR BELDEN PLACE THE DOWNTOWN S.F. PARTNERSHIP.
01:02:18 WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE CREATIVITY AND ENERGY THAT
01:02:20 THESE NEW ENTERTAINMENT ZONES WILL HELP UNLEASH.
01:02:23 >> AND THE REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
01:02:26 SUPERVISOR SAUTER SUPERVISOR CHERYL COLLEAGUES TODAY
01:02:29 ALONGSIDE SUPERVISOR MELGAR I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION
01:02:34 THAT RECOGNIZES APRIL 2026 AS NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT
01:02:37 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:02:41 SEXUAL ASSAULT REMAINS A PERVASIVE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
01:02:44 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS OF
01:02:48 ALL AGES, GENDERS AND BACKGROUNDS.
01:02:51 IT IS A HEARTBREAKING CRISIS. EVERY 68 SECONDS SOMEONE IN THE
01:02:55 UNITED STATES IS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
01:02:58 AND IN LIGHT OF RECENT NEWS HERE IN CALIFORNIA, IT IS
01:02:59 CRITICAL THAT WE AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ALL JOIN TO
01:03:03 REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO BRINGING THIS CRISIS OUT OF THE
01:03:07 DARK. SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
01:03:10 ASSAULT AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR
01:03:14 VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
01:03:15 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE EARLY SUPPORT OF SO MANY OF OUR
01:03:18 COLLEAGUES SUPERVISOR CHEN, PRESIDENT MANDELL MEN
01:03:22 AND OTHERS ON THIS BOARD WHO'VE ALREADY JOINED AS CO-SPONSORS
01:03:25 TO THIS RESOLUTION. >> WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
01:03:29 PUBLIC SAFETY YES IS ABOUT A FULLY STAFFED POLICE
01:03:33 DEPARTMENT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT.
01:03:36 IT IS ABOUT MUCH, MUCH MORE. IT IS ABOUT SUPPORTING A
01:03:39 COMMUNITY OF PROVIDERS, A COMMUNITY OF ADVOCATES, A
01:03:43 COMMUNITY OF SURVIVORS WHO CONTINUOUSLY STEP UP TIME
01:03:47 AND AGAIN. BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WE
01:03:48 THANK THE ADVOCATES WHO TIRELESSLY DEDICATE THEIR LIVES
01:03:52 TO STOPPING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS.
01:03:56 AND WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT SAN FRANCISCO REMAINS DEDICATED TO
01:03:59 CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.
01:04:03 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS SHERYL
01:04:05 AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR. THANK YOU.
01:04:07 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SHERYL FOR INTRODUCING BEING AT THIS
01:04:12 RESOLUTION. I AM JOINING SUPERVISOR SHERYL
01:04:13 SACCO SPONSOR AND THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
01:04:19 SURVIVORS TO CONFRONT DIFFICULT TRUTHS TO COMMIT.
01:04:23 WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO DISMANTLING A SYSTEM AND A
01:04:27 CULTURE THAT HAS ALLOWED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE TO BE
01:04:31 NORMALIZED WITHIN OUR CITY, WITHIN OUR PROGRESSIVE
01:04:35 MOVEMENT, WITHIN OUR LABOR MOVEMENTS, WITHIN OUR POLITICAL
01:04:39 CIRCLES. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS PREVALENT.
01:04:43 IT'S OFTEN HIDDEN. IT PROTECTS THOSE WHO ARE
01:04:47 IN POWER. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK
01:04:50 OPENLY AND THAT WE BACK OUR WORDS WITH CONVICTION.
01:04:55 SURVIVORS WILL BE BELIEVED AND PERPETRATE.
01:04:59 >> LEADERS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
01:05:00 IT HAS BEEN A VERY PAINFUL AND CHALLENGING TIME FOR US
01:05:03 THIS LAST THESE LAST FEW WEEKS OF LAST MONTH WITHIN THE LATINO
01:05:08 COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA, WITHIN ALL OF US.
01:05:14 >> IT IS YET AGAIN THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM SURVIVORS WHO ARE
01:05:18 RISKING EVERYTHING THEIR CAREERS, THEIR LIVES TO STOP
01:05:23 PREDATORS FROM CONTINUING TO VICTIMIZE OTHERS AS LEADERS.
01:05:31 >> THOSE OF US IN A POSITION OF POWER MUST DO EVERYTHING SO
01:05:34 THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT USED TO PROTECT
01:05:38 PREDATORS RATHER THAN THEY ARE USED TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF
01:05:42 EVERY PERSON. I WANT TO THANK THE YOUTH
01:05:46 COMMISSION AND ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR CONSISTENT ADVOCACY ON
01:05:50 THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. OF COURSE THE OFFICE OF VICTIMS
01:05:54 RIGHTS AND SHARP TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
01:05:58 WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND FULFILL OUR PROMISE TO
01:05:59 CREATE A SAFE SPACE OR SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT CLAIMS ARE
01:06:03 TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THAT NO ONE IS LEFT NOT KNOWING WHERE TO
01:06:09 TURN. >> MOREOVER, WE NEED TO INVEST
01:06:10 IN RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO
01:06:14 DEVELOP HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, UNDERSTAND CONSENT, RESPECT SO
01:06:18 THAT WE CAN END THIS HORRIBLE CYCLE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
01:06:22 CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN THROUGH STATEMENTS OR RESOLUTIONS.
01:06:28 WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT WE CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE
01:06:33 WHAT WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT. NOT PERFORMATIVE NESS BUT
01:06:37 RATHER ACTION. THANK YOU.
01:06:40 THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
01:06:44 SUPERVISOR WALTON SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
01:06:45 SUPERVISOR WONG. GOOD AFTERNOON COLLEAGUES.
01:06:52 TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF WHICH RETIREMENT PRACTICE FAMILY I'M
01:06:55 HONORED TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE LIFE
01:06:59 AND LEGACY OF MR. WATANABE AND REAFFIRMING OUR CITY'S
01:07:03 COMMITMENT TO ELDER SAFETY, VIOLENCE PREVENTION
01:07:04 AND STANDING AGAINST A HATE MR. TANNER PARTY KNOWN TO MANY AS
01:07:10 GRANDPA VICTOR WAS A BELOVED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
01:07:14 HE WAS SOMEONE WHO FOUND JOY IN SIMPLE ROUTINES LIKE HIS
01:07:18 MORNING WALKS AND WAS A QUIET BUT MEANINGFUL PRESENCE IN HIS
01:07:21 NEIGHBORHOOD. FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS TAKEN
01:07:22 FROM US IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE DURING ONE OF HIS MORNING WALKS
01:07:26 HIS PASSING WAS A PROFOUND LOSS FOR HIS FAMILY AND DEEPLY
01:07:30 AFFECTED COMMUNITIES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO.
01:07:33 LIKE MANY IN OUR CITY, I REMEMBER HOW DEEPLY THIS MOMENT
01:07:37 WAS FELT. IT SHOOK A SENSE OF SAFETY THAT
01:07:41 SO MANY OF OUR SENIORS RELY ON AND IT STAYED WITH FAMILIES WHO
01:07:42 SAW THEIR OWN LOVED ONES IN HIM.
01:07:46 AT THE TIME HIS DEATH CAME AMID A SHARP RISE IN VIOLENCE
01:07:49 ESPECIALLY IMPACTING OUR SENIORS.
01:07:52 FOR MANY FAMILIES IT BROUGHT FEAR CLOSER TO HOME
01:07:54 AND REMINDED US HOW MUCH MORE WE MUST DO TO ENSURE SAFETY
01:08:00 AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. BUT HIS LEGACY DID NOT END
01:08:01 THERE. MR. PATTI'S STORY BROUGHT
01:08:04 COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
01:08:07 OUR ELDERS AND REMINDED US OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE SHARE TO
01:08:11 LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. TODAY HIS NAME CONTINUES TO
01:08:15 LIVE ON IN OUR CITY AND IN THE ONGOING WORK TO BUILD SAFER,
01:08:16 MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. THIS RESOLUTION HONORS HIS LIFE
01:08:20 EXTENDS OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND RECOGNIZES THE
01:08:24 LASTING IMPACT OF HIS LOSS. IT ALSO REAFFIRMS OUR
01:08:27 RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL SENIORS CAN
01:08:31 MOVE SAFELY THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO CONTINUE
01:08:32 INVESTING IN PREVENTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
01:08:36 AND HEALING. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:08:37 SUPERVISORS CHERYL SAUTER AND DORSEY FOR THEIR EARLY
01:08:40 CO-SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT. WE MUST CONTINUE WORKING
01:08:43 TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY
01:08:47 AGENCIES AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS
01:08:51 AGO IS NEVER REPEATED. COLLEAGUES I RESPECTFULLY ASK
01:08:55 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU.
01:08:58 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WANG.
01:08:59 SUPERVISOR CHEN SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
01:09:01 SUPERVISOR CHEN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, FOR
01:09:06 CALLING TODAY. I'M INTRODUCING A HEARING
01:09:09 REQUEST ON THE PROPOSED STATE BUDGET DECISIONS IMPACTING OUR
01:09:13 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SYSTEM OF CARE.
01:09:15 >> WE KNOW THAT THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IS COMPLEX.
01:09:20 WE KNOW THAT DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS AND OFFICES
01:09:22 HAVE EMPLOYED A DIFFERENT TOOLS AND TACTIC TO TRY AND TO
01:09:25 ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. >> BUT REGARDLESS OF WHICH
01:09:29 SCHOOL OF THOUGHT WE FALL INTO, I HOPE WE CAN AGREE THAT WE
01:09:33 WANT TO SOLVE THIS ISSUES WITH EFFICACY AND COMPASSION.
01:09:37 LAST WEEK MISSION LOCO REPORTED THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE MORE
01:09:40 THAN 450 SHELTER BEDS. >> I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE
01:09:44 PLANS TO DO COMMISSIONS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:09:48 UNITS. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE STILL
01:09:49 FACING A DEFICIT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED AND THEY ARE
01:09:54 LOOMING AND DETERMINED A THREAT TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS
01:09:57 FOR HOUSING. >> I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE
01:10:01 ARE PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS OF CARE REMAIN FLEXIBLE
01:10:04 AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CRISIS. I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION
01:10:09 IS AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD IN PUBLIC SETTING.
01:10:12 AS SUCH I AM CALLING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
01:10:16 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
01:10:20 OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND MAYOR'S BUDGET TO
01:10:23 REPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION NEXT
01:10:27 YEAR. >> COLLEAGUE AND I ALSO HAVE TO
01:10:30 INTRODUCE A DRAFTING REQUEST FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO
01:10:35 CREATE A SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL
01:10:39 CORPORATION'S AND PUBLIC BANK. THIS IS TRIED AND TESTED
01:10:42 STRATEGY THAT HAS ACHIEVED A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN CITIES
01:10:46 ACROSS THE WORLD. >> CITY ATTORNEY DAVID CHIU
01:10:50 DURING HIS TEN YEARS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY WAS THE LEAD
01:10:54 AUTHOR OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BANKING ACT WHICH WAS PASSED BY
01:10:58 THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
01:11:02 IN 2020. OUTPOUR OF SUPERVISORS HAS
01:11:05 ALREADY TAKEN SUBSTANTIVE STEPS TO MAKE THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT
01:11:09 POSSIBLE. >> IN 2021 THE BOARD OF
01:11:12 SUPERVISORS ESTABLISHED IT THE SAN FRANCISCO REINVESTMENT
01:11:16 WORKING GROUP TO OVERSEE THE FORMATION OF A BUSINESS
01:11:20 AND GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE PLAN CONSISTING OF THE
01:11:24 COMPTROLLER TREASURER TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN FINANCIAL
01:11:25 INSTITUTIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCING, SMALL
01:11:29 BUSINESS LENDING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
01:11:35 IN 2023 THE REINVESTMENT WORKING GROUP PREPARED IT A
01:11:39 FINAL GOVERNANCE PLAN BUSINESS PLAN AND AND VIABILITY STUDY
01:11:43 FOR SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS AND A
01:11:47 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC BANK WHICH WAS THEN ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD
01:11:51 OF SUPERVISORS. THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT TAKES
01:11:53 DOE'S PLANS THAT WERE ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:11:57 AND CODIFIED THE MISSION AND STRUCTURE FOR THE MUNICIPAL
01:11:59 FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND PUBLIC BANK IN OUR CITY
01:12:02 CHARTER. >> IT ESTABLISHES A GOOD
01:12:06 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AS ALLOWED IN THE FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE
01:12:10 PLAN UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHICH
01:12:14 ESTABLISHES SIGNIFICANT SAFEGUARDS OVERSIGHTS CHECK
01:12:18 AND BALANCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST
01:12:21 . >> THIS PLAN ENSURES THAT THE
01:12:22 PUBLIC BANK WILL BE RUN BY SECURITY BANKING PROFESSIONALS
01:12:26 BANKERS APPOINTED BY THE TREASURER, COMPTROLLER, CITY
01:12:30 ATTORNEY, MAYOR AND BOARD SUPERVISORS.
01:12:34 >> WE HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING TO EVENTS AND FINANCE LARGE SCALE
01:12:37 SOLUTION THAT CAN ADDRESS OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
01:12:42 CHALLENGES THAT CAN ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS TO SURVIVE
01:12:45 AND THRIVE AND CAN FINANCE THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE
01:12:49 CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY. THESE ARE THREE OF OUR CITY'S
01:12:53 CRITICAL PRIORITIES AND MOST CONSISTENT AND PERSISTENT
01:12:57 CHALLENGES. >> AT ITS HEART THE MUNICIPAL
01:12:58 FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND PUBLIC BANK WILL ALLOW SAN
01:13:02 FRANCISCO TO INVEST APOPHIS INTO SAN FRANCISCO.
01:13:06 IT WILL ALLOW SAN FRANCISCO TO DEVELOP FINANCING TOOLS
01:13:10 AND LENDING PARTIES THAT WILL BENEFIT SAN FRANCISCO.
01:13:13 SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS AGREE. >> A RECENT CITYWIDE POLL
01:13:17 CONDUCTED BY THE UNDERPIN AND SWAY BUBBLES SHOW THAT 67%
01:13:24 OF LIKELY SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A
01:13:27 PUBLIC BANK. THIS INCREASES TO 16 9%.
01:13:31 >> ITS FIRST INVESTMENTS ARE RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH FUTURE
01:13:35 INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER CRITICAL
01:13:38 PUBLIC PROJECTS. WE DON'T HAVE TO GUESS IF THIS
01:13:42 WORKS. THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA HAS
01:13:46 BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING SINCE 1919.
01:13:47 >> IT HAS CONSISTENTLY DELIVERED PROFITS BACK TO THE
01:13:51 STATE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND KEEPING THE
01:13:54 LOCAL ECONOMY STABLE EVEN DURING THE 2008 FINANCIAL
01:13:59 CRISIS AND COVID PANDEMIC. >> THE CITIES FROM LOS ANGELES
01:14:03 TO NEW YORK CITY ARE ALSO ADVANCING PUBLIC BANK
01:14:07 STRATEGIES. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:14:10 CRITICAL LEADERSHIP THAT SUPERVISOR FIELDER HAS PLAYED
01:14:11 AS WELL AS SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC BANK COALITION TO EDUCATE
01:14:15 AND ELEVATE PUBLIC BANKS STRATEGIES.
01:14:18 COLLEAGUES, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT AND THE REST OF
01:14:21 SUMMIT. >> THANK YOU.
01:14:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUBMIT.
01:14:26 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:14:29 >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION OF
01:14:34 SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 1836 AUTHORED BY SEVEN MEMBERS JESSE
01:14:39 GABRIEL AND CHRIS WARD. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE
01:14:43 CALIFORNIA STATE NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM HAS
01:14:44 PROVIDED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR TO NONPROFIT
01:14:48 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF VIOLENT ATTACKS DUE TO
01:14:52 IDEOLOGY, BELIEFS OR MISSION. >> OUR MOST VULNERABLE
01:14:55 COMMUNITY SPACES HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE FUNDING PROTECTING KEY
01:14:59 ASSETS SUCH AS CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM, THE GLIDE
01:15:03 FOUNDATION AND THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:15:07 HOWEVER, SAN FRANCISCO'S ETHNIC CULTURAL AND LGBTQ PLUS GROUPS
01:15:11 DON'T SPEND ALL OF THEIR TIME INDOORS.
01:15:15 WE'RE A CITY OF STREET FAIRS, PARADES AND PARK ACTIVATIONS
01:15:19 THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES TO CELEBRATE OUR
01:15:20 INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY. BUT UNDER CURRENT LAW SECURITY
01:15:24 FOR EVENTS OUTSIDE OF PERMANENT NONPROFIT FACILITIES ARE NOT
01:15:28 ELIGIBLE FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
01:15:31 >> AB 1836 CHOW CHANGES THAT. IT ALLOWS FOR CULTURAL EVENTS
01:15:35 RUN BY NONPROFITS TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE FUNDS TO HELP KEEP
01:15:40 CELEBRANTS SAFE FROM POLITICAL POTENTIAL HATE MOTIVATED
01:15:43 VIOLENCE. >> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN
01:15:46 FRANCISCANS AND VISITORS MAY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THIS
01:15:48 LEGISLATION AS OUR EVENTS ARE MADE SAFER AND OUR LOCAL
01:15:51 NONPROFITS MANY OF WHICH ARE LIVING AT A RAZOR'S EDGE
01:15:55 FINANCIALLY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SECURITY BILLS BREAKING
01:15:59 THE BANK. EVEN AS HATE CRIMES REMAIN AN
01:16:02 EVER PRESENT THREAT TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AB 18
01:16:05 36 HAS A LONG LIST OF LOCAL SUPPORTERS INCLUDED INCLUDING
01:16:09 THE JEWISH FEDERATION BAY AREA L.A PARA TRANS LATINAS NEON
01:16:14 MUNCHIE STREET FAIR AND PFLAG AG.
01:16:17 SAN FRANCISCO THANK YOU TO OUR FLAG.
01:16:21 THANK YOU TO DR. EMILY ROSSI FROM THE JAPANTOWN AND TASK
01:16:25 FORCE FOR BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION TO MY ATTENTION.
01:16:27 AND I ASK COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION
01:16:30 AND THE REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
01:16:31 SUPERVISOR MOHAMAD SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN THANK YOU, MADAM
01:16:37 CLERK. COLLEAGUES, I AM ASKING THAT WE
01:16:38 ADJOURN TO TODAY'S MEETING IN HONOR OF HELENE WENZEL WHO
01:16:41 DIED AT HER HOME ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026.
01:16:44 SHE WAS 82 YEARS OLD. ILENE WAS A PIONEERING SAN
01:16:48 FRANCISCO ATTORNEY, EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE FOR THE
01:16:51 COMMUNITY. HER LIFE WAS DEFINED BY HER
01:16:55 EXTRAORDINARY INTELLECT AND UNSHAKABLE COMMITMENT TO
01:16:56 SOCIAL JUSTICE. >> AFTER EARNING A PH.D.
01:16:59 IN FRENCH LITERATURE FROM UC BERKELEY, SHE BEGAN HER
01:17:02 PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN ACADEMIA SERVING AS A PROFESSOR OF
01:17:06 FRENCH AND WOMEN'S STUDIES AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND LATER AT
01:17:07 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY. >> HER DESIRE TO PROVIDE DIRECT
01:17:11 COMPASSIONATE ADVOCACY FOR HER COMMUNITY TOOK HER FROM THE
01:17:14 CLASSROOM TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW.
01:17:18 SHE EARNED A DEGREE FROM NEW COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW
01:17:19 AND OPENED THE LAW OFFICES OF EILEEN V WENZEL WHERE SHE
01:17:22 PRACTICED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS IN THE AREAS OF ELDER LAW,
01:17:26 PROBATE AND ESTATE PLANNING. SHE BECAME A VITAL RESOURCE FOR
01:17:30 LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND SENIORS NAVIGATING COMPLEX
01:17:34 LEGAL LANDSCAPES WITH BOTH RIGOR AND EMPATHY.
01:17:38 HER LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD IS RECOGNIZED BY PEERS WHO ELECTED
01:17:42 HER PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE
01:17:43 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS.
01:17:46 BEYOND HER LAW PRACTICE, EILEEN WAS A LONG TERM SUPPORTER OF
01:17:50 THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF BAY
01:17:53 AREA LAWYERS FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND A GENEROUS DONOR TO
01:17:55 ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING WOMEN AND PROTECTING
01:17:59 CIVIL LIBERTIES. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER SHARP
01:18:02 WIT, SCHOLARLY MIND AND DEEP CAPACITY FOR FRIENDSHIP.
01:18:05 SHE'S SURVIVED BY ABBY ZINBERG, HER WIFE AND PARTNER OF 37
01:18:08 YEARS AS WELL AS A VAST NETWORK OF FRIENDS AND FANS.
01:18:12 COUNT ME AMONG THEM. I WILL VERY MUCH MISS RUNNING
01:18:14 INTO EILEEN AND ABBY OUT AND ABOUT ON 24TH STREET
01:18:17 AND NOVI VALLEY. REST IN PEACE AND POWER, EILEEN
01:18:21 WENZEL. MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING.
01:18:24 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
01:18:25 AND SEEING NO NAMES ON THE ROSTER THAT CONCLUDES THE
01:18:28 INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:18:32 >> THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN THE BOARD'S CHAMBER PLEASE
01:18:36 LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER.
01:18:39 YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MAYORAL APPEARANCE THE MINUTES
01:18:40 AS PRESENTED ITEMS 36 THROUGH 44.
01:18:43 THOSE ARE THE ITEMS ON THE ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE
01:18:48 REFERENCE CALENDAR AND OTHER GENERAL MATTERS NOT ON THE
01:18:51 PUBLISHED AGENDA. AND WE ARE SETTING THE TIMER
01:18:55 FOR TWO MINUTES. >> LET'S HEAR FROM OUR FIRST
01:18:56 SPEAKER. WELCOME.
01:18:59 >> HI. YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO PAY
01:19:00 ATTENTION TO THIS. THIS IS JUST ME ENTERTAINING
01:19:03 MYSELF BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN FASCIST TIMES IT'S LIKE
01:19:06 REALLY DEPRESSING AND . COMING HERE IS VERY DEPRESSING
01:19:10 WATCHING YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. >> SO I AM CURRENTLY READING
01:19:14 THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE BY GUIDE BOARD.
01:19:18 >> EVERYONE SHOULD BE READING AND THINKING MORE AND THINKING
01:19:20 CRITICALLY BECAUSE THE BILLIONAIRES DON'T WANT US TO
01:19:22 DO THAT. >> SO WHEN I READ I LIKE TO
01:19:27 THINK OF HOW THAT APPLIES TO MY LIFE AND WHAT I DO AND WHAT I
01:19:30 SEE. >> SO HERE ARE SOME FUN QUOTES.
01:19:34 THE SPECTACLE IS ABLE TO SUBJECT HUMAN BEINGS TO ITSELF
01:19:38 BECAUSE THE ECONOMY HAS ALREADY SUBJUGATED THEM AND IS NOTHING
01:19:42 OTHER THAN THE ECONOMY DEVELOPING FOR ITSELF.
01:19:45 >> IT IS AT ONCE A FAITHFUL REFLECTION OF THE PRODUCTION OF
01:19:47 THINGS AND A DISTORTING OBJECTIFICATION OF THE
01:19:50 PRODUCERS. >> YEAH WE ARE SO EDUCATED BY
01:19:57 THE ECONOMY WHICH RELATES TO THE MAYOR THIS EARLIER THIS
01:20:00 MEETING TALKING ABOUT ALL HOW HE HAS TO HURT US AGAINST HIS
01:20:04 WILL. HE DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE THESE
01:20:05 HARD BUDGET DECISIONS. >> BUT YOU KNOW THE ECONOMY
01:20:08 NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ELSE?
01:20:15 >> OH, THE RAINING ECONOMIC SYSTEM IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE OF
01:20:19 ISOLATION AS TECHNOLOGIES ARE BASED ON ISOLATION AND THEY
01:20:23 CONTRIBUTE TO THAT SAME ISOLATION.
01:20:26 I THINK A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THIS TOO.
01:20:28 >> FROM AUTOMOBILES TO TELEVISED AND THE GOODS THAT
01:20:31 THE SPECTACULAR SYSTEM CHOOSES TO PRODUCE ALSO SERVES AS ITS
01:20:35 WEAPONS FOR CONSTANTLY REINFORCING THE CONDITIONS THAT
01:20:36 ENGENDER LONELY CROWDS. I MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA IS A BIG
01:20:40 WEAPON BEING USED AGAINST PEOPLE TOO RIGHT NOW AND DANIEL
01:20:43 LURIE AND HIS INSTAGRAM REELS AND EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
01:20:47 >> WE'RE BOUNCING BACK. LET'S IGNORE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
01:20:50 LET'S IGNORE ALL THE THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
01:20:53 >> ICE IS GREAT. HE IMPLIES HE DOESN'T REALLY
01:20:55 SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT ICE. >> I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE
01:20:58 TIME FOR. THANK YOU.
01:21:01 >> THANK YOU LIAM MCKEEVER FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:21:04 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER .
01:21:08 THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JIM MCCARTHY ON
01:21:10 FEBRUARY SECOND, 2026 I RECEIVED PRINTED INFORMATION
01:21:13 CONCERNING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OF SAN
01:21:17 FRANCISCO THAT REVEALED THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WAS IN THE
01:21:21 PROCESS OF DEVELOPING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ITS
01:21:24 OPERATION AND ABOUT THE IG'S AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.
01:21:28 AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO UPDATE AS OF YET.
01:21:32 >> I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD SUPERVISORS
01:21:35 ENCOURAGE THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO COMPLETE IT AND MAKE
01:21:37 IT PUBLIC. THANK YOU.
01:21:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:21:47 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS VIRGINIA TAYLOR.
01:21:51 I'M HERE FROM SAFE AND SOUND IN THE FAMILY SERVICES ALLIANCE
01:21:55 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD FOR THE
01:21:56 RESOLUTION THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED AND FOR BEING AT THE
01:21:59 PRESS CONFERENCE AT LUNCH AND HONOR OF CHILD ABUSE
01:22:03 PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. >> WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
01:22:06 YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYONE STANDING TOGETHER.
01:22:07 YOU KNOW, SHOWS THAT PARENTS WORKING AND EVERYONE WORKING
01:22:10 TOGETHER HELPS PARENTS REDUCE STRESS AND BUILD RESILIENCE
01:22:14 AND STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTIONS THAT HELP CHILDREN GROW SAFE
01:22:17 AND SUPPORTED. SO TOGETHER WE'RE BUILDING A
01:22:18 STRONGER COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN THRIVE AND WE
01:22:22 REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THAT SUPPORT.
01:22:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VIRGINIA TAYLOR FOR
01:22:27 YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
01:22:37 . GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:22:37 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PRESIDENT MAILMAN AND THE GENERAL BOARD.
01:22:44 >> I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU PEOPLE PERPETRATED LAST
01:22:48 WEEK. IT'S LIKE BRINGING WASHINGTON
01:22:52 DC POLITICS TO SAN FRANCISCO THAT WAS PURELY PERFORMATIVE
01:22:56 TAKING I GUESS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STRUCTURING
01:23:03 THAT THREE THREE TIE SO THE BOARD COMES OUT WITH A55 TIE.
01:23:11 >> I NOTICE THAT DISTRICT NINE SEAT IS STILL EMPTY
01:23:17 AND APPARENTLY I HAD TO READ IN THE PAPER BECAUSE PEOPLE
01:23:21 WERE MUMBLING LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
01:23:24 ABOUT THAT DISTRICT NINE WELL APPARENTLY WHEN I READ IN THE
01:23:29 PAPER SHE HAS A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR 30 DAYS WHICH IS
01:23:30 AFTER THE ELECTION AND SHE IS A PRODUCT OF A OF A SEVERAL
01:23:40 SUPERVISORS FROM CAMPUS TO MOVE TO RONAN AND TO FEEL THERE
01:23:48 AND THERE ARE OCCUPYING A VERY CRITICAL UP SUPERVISOR DISTRICT
01:23:55 . >> THE MISSION DISTRICT IS SO
01:23:57 IMPORTANT AND IT'S RIGHT NOW RUNNING LAWLESS.
01:24:00 THERE IS NO REAL DIRECTION YOU SHOULD PRESSURE PRESSURE THIS
01:24:04 SUPERVISOR TO EITHER AS THEY SAY IN THE ARMY DEFECATE OR GET
01:24:11 OFF THE TOILET. >> SHE'S GOT TO DO SOMETHING AT
01:24:15 SOME TIME. YOU CAN'T LET THIS THIS GROUP
01:24:19 AND YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE A CABAL AND PROTECT THIS PERSON.
01:24:24 I LOVE WHAT SHE WAS DOING. I OFTEN SUPPORTED THE BANK OF
01:24:28 SAN FRANCISCO IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
01:24:31 I SUPPORTED THAT I SUPPORTER AND AGAINST MAYOR LURIE AND I
01:24:35 WISH YOU WERE BACK BUT SHE'S GOT TO COME BACK OR NO.
01:24:43 >> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS
01:24:44 WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
01:24:46 COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT? >> ALL RIGHT.
01:24:50 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:24:51 MADAM CLERK. LET'S GO TO OUR FOR ADOPTION
01:24:54 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEMS 36
01:24:57 THROUGH 44 ITEMS 36 THROUGH 44 WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION
01:25:01 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR
01:25:05 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING ANY MEMBER MAY
01:25:08 REQUIRE A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TO GO TO COMMITTEE
01:25:12 SUPERVISED DORSEY CAN WE PULL ITEM 36?
01:25:16 YES SUPERVISOR SAUTER 739 PLEASE.
01:25:22 >> OKAY. SUPERVISOR WALTON I'D LIKE TO
01:25:25 SEE AN ITEM 37 TO COMMITTEE RIGHT.
01:25:31 I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE SO MADAM CLERK CAN YOU CALL THE
01:25:35 ROLL ON THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE ITEMS?
01:25:39 >> THAT'S ITEMS 36 THROUGH 44 BUT EXCLUDING 3637 AND 39.
01:25:47 YES WE HAVE HERE 38, 4041, 4243 AND 44 SUPERVISOR MELGAR I
01:25:56 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SAUTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
01:26:00 CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR WONG
01:26:07 WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
01:26:11 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD BACHMANN I
01:26:18 AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I RANDLEMAN I THERE ARE TEN EYES
01:26:21 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
01:26:28 AND MOTION IS APPROVED. >> MOTIONS ARE APPROVED MADAM
01:26:33 CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM 36 ITEM 36 RESOLUTION TO
01:26:38 DESIGNATE APRIL 19TH THROUGH APRIL 25TH 2026 AS NATIONAL
01:26:42 CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
01:26:44 FRANCISCO. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
01:26:46 PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN COLLEAGUES TODAY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN
01:26:50 ME IN RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK HERE
01:26:54 IN SAN FRANCISCO WHICH WILL BE OBSERVED THIS YEAR FROM APRIL
01:26:57 19TH THROUGH APRIL 25TH. >> THIS WEEK IS ABOUT ENSURING
01:27:01 THAT IN ALL OUR DISCUSSIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY WE NEVER LOSE
01:27:05 SIGHT OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED BY CRIME.
01:27:08 BEHIND EVERY CRIME STATISTIC IS A CRIME VICTIM A PERSON, A
01:27:10 FAMILY, A COMMUNITY IMPACTED AND TOO OFTEN THOSE VOICES GET
01:27:13 LOST. >> THIS YEAR'S THEME LISTEN ACT
01:27:16 ADVOCATE PROTECT VICTIMS SERVE COMMUNITIES IS EXACTLY THE CALL
01:27:20 TO ACTION WE NEED SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS ISN'T
01:27:24 PASSIVE. IT REQUIRES US TO LISTEN YES,
01:27:25 BUT ALSO TO ACT TO SUSTAIN INVESTMENTS AND SERVICES AND TO
01:27:28 ENSURE COORDINATION AMONG MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO ENSURE
01:27:32 THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE
01:27:35 AND ROOTED IN DIGNITY. IN SAN FRANCISCO WE'VE MADE
01:27:40 COMMENDABLE PROGRESS INCLUDING THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF
01:27:43 VICTIMS AND WITNESS RIGHTS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S MORE
01:27:45 WORK TO DO ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNITIES THAT
01:27:47 DISPROPORTIONATELY FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING JUSTICE
01:27:51 OR OBTAINING NEEDED SUPPORT. I'M PROUD THAT OUR CITY HAS
01:27:54 LONG CENTERED VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS IN OUR PUBLIC
01:27:56 SAFETY EFFORTS. SIX MONTHS AGO YOU MAY RECALL
01:27:59 THAT I EULOGIZED FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARLO SMITH
01:28:02 IN THIS CHAMBER RECOGNIZING HIM FOR AMONG OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
01:28:06 CREATING CALIFORNIA'S FIRST VICTIM SERVICES UNIT IN A
01:28:07 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS FAR BACK AS THE 1980S.
01:28:10 THAT OFFICE AND OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE IT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
01:28:14 TO ENSURE THAT THOSE HARMED BY CRIME IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVE
01:28:18 PATHWAYS TO HEALING AND JUSTICE AND THAT COMMITMENT WAS
01:28:22 UNDERSCORED EVEN TODAY WITH THE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY
01:28:25 SUPERVISORS CHERYL AND MELGAR ON SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE
01:28:27 AND PREVENTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
01:28:30 ON THAT. ON APRIL 20TH NEXT MONDAY
01:28:33 EVENING I'LL BE JOINING THE S.F. PD VICTIMS WALK ALONGSIDE
01:28:36 SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF DERRICK
01:28:37 LIU AND OUR CURRENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROOK JENKINS FOR
01:28:40 THEIR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TOGETHER
01:28:43 AROUND THAT. AND I ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO
01:28:44 JOIN US AT THE END OF THE DAY. A SAFER CITY ISN'T SOLELY ONE
01:28:48 THAT REDUCES CRIME RATES. IT'S ONE THAT STANDS WITH
01:28:51 VICTIMS CONSISTENTLY AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
01:28:54 SAN FRANCISCO CAN BE PROUD OF ITS LONG HISTORY OF DOING THAT.
01:28:56 IT'S A CIVIC CREED WORTH HONORING AND RECOMMITTING TO AS
01:28:59 WE OBSERVE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK THIS YEAR.
01:29:03 I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT IT. SUPERVISOR WONG LIKE TO REQUEST
01:29:07 TO ADD MY NAME AS CO-SPONSOR NOTED GUZMAN I BELIEVE
01:29:13 COLLEAGUES WE CAN TAKE THAT ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
01:29:17 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
01:29:20 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 39.
01:29:23 >> ITEM 39 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT HOUSE RESOLUTION NUMBER
01:29:30 2410 THE REVITALIZING DOWNTOWNS AND MAIN STREETS ACT AUTHORED
01:29:34 BY UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES MIKE CASEY
01:29:38 AND JAIME GOMEZ WHICH WILL BE WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FEDERAL
01:29:42 TAX CREDIT TO FACILITATE THE CON THE CONVERSION OF OFFICE
01:29:46 AND OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INTO HOUSING.
01:29:49 >> SUPERVISOR SAUDER THANK YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMAN I JUST NEED
01:29:53 TO MAKE A SMALL CLERICAL CHANGE ON HERE TO REFERENCE THE
01:29:57 CORRECT INDIVIDUAL BEING U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CAREY
01:30:01 AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CASEY.
01:30:02 SO THOSE THAT SIMPLE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO EVERYONE
01:30:05 AND I WOULD ASK TO MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 39 ACCORDINGLY
01:30:09 SUPERVISOR SAUTER HAS MADE A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND
01:30:14 SECONDED BY CHEN? COLLEAGUES I THINK WE CAN CHECK
01:30:17 THAT MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:30:21 AMENDMENT IS AS PASSED AND THEN I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE AMENDED
01:30:31 . >> MADAM CLERK IS LIKE NODDING
01:30:32 YOU CAN GET IT OUT. YOU CAN GET IT OUT OF OUT OF
01:30:35 IT. WE CAN TAKE THE AMENDED ITEM.
01:30:36 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE AMENDED
01:30:40 RESOLUTION IS IS ADOPTED AS APPROVED.
01:30:43 >> OKAY. >> AND WITH THAT MADAM CLERK UH
01:30:50 ,DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS?
01:30:54 >> I HAVE NO TO REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT.
01:30:55 ALL RIGHT. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
01:30:56 IN MEMORIAM? >> TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
01:30:59 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUAL ON
01:31:02 BEHALF OF PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR THE LATE DR. HELEN WENZEL.
01:31:06 >> AND I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA, MADAM
01:31:11 CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
01:31:12 BEFORE US TODAY? >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS
01:31:15 FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK WE ARE
01:31:16 ADJOURNED