00:00:13 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON WELCOME TO
00:00:17 THE APRIL 21ST 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:00:21 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
00:00:24 CALL THE ROLL? >> YES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN NOT
00:00:26 PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:00:29 DORSEY PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT
00:00:33 SUPERVISOR SIR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENT SUPERVISOR GENTLEMAN
00:00:40 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN PRESENT SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:00:44 PRESENT SUPERVISOR SADR SADR PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:00:48 SHERRELL PRESENT SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON PRESENT
00:00:52 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A
00:00:56 QUORUM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE
00:01:00 SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
00:01:04 WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE ROMITA COLONY.
00:01:06 WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN
00:01:08 FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS
00:01:12 LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW
00:01:15 MATERIAL ONI HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR
00:01:17 RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS
00:01:20 WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL
00:01:23 TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM
00:01:27 LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND.
00:01:30 WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS
00:01:32 ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE ROMITA ALUMNAE COMMUNITY AND BY
00:01:35 AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:38 COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:41 ALLEGIANCE? THE REASONS I ASK STATES OF
00:01:48 AMERICA TO STANDS ONE NATION UNDER HAVE TO JUSTICE FOR.
00:02:03 >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF
00:02:07 AT S.F. CAPTIVE TV TODAY THAT IS ESPECIALLY SUSAN'S SHOWS.
00:02:11 THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR MEETINGS AND MAKE OUR
00:02:12 TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
00:02:15 MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
00:02:18 YES, MR. PRESIDENT. >> THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:19 WELCOMES YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE IN PERSON AT THE BOARD'S
00:02:23 LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ROOM TWO 52ND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
00:02:26 WHEN YOU CAN'T BE HERE, THE PROCEEDING IS AIRING LIVE ON
00:02:27 S.F. GOV TV'S CHANNEL 26 OR LIVE STREAMING AT W W W DOT
00:02:34 S.F. GOP TV DAWG YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING BY
00:02:38 SENDING AN EMAIL TO POST THAT S.F. GOP TALK OR VIA U.S.
00:02:42 POSTAL SERVICE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:46 . ONE DOCTOR CALL TEAM BE GOOD LA
00:02:47 PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94102.
00:02:52 TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A FUTURE
00:02:55 MEETING WITH UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:02:58 OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE
00:03:00 CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY
00:03:04 CALLING (415) 554-5184. FINALLY WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF
00:03:08 TWO MEMOS AS STATED LAST WEEK. SUPERVISOR FIELDER SUBMITTED A
00:03:12 MEMO DATED APRIL 7TH REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED EACH WEEK BETWEEN
00:03:17 APRIL 7TH AND JUNE 30TH AND ON APRIL 20TH WE RECEIVED A MEMO
00:03:21 FROM SUPERVISOR CHAN REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
00:03:24 MEETING. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES
00:03:25 MY COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:03:29 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSED SUPERVISORS CHAN AND FIELDER
00:03:32 FROM TODAY'S MEETING MOVED BY CHAN SECONDED BY WALTON.
00:03:35 COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:03:39 WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISORS CHAN AND FIELDER
00:03:40 ARE EXCUSED. AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK,
00:03:43 LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
00:03:47 >> TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 17TH,
00:03:51 2026 BOARD MEETING MINUTES. >> AND I HAVE A MOTION TO
00:03:55 APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED TO MOVED BY CHEN
00:03:59 SECONDED BY CHERYL. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
00:04:02 CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES SUPERVISOR SLATER SARDAR I
00:04:06 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:04:10 SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
00:04:17 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:04:21 SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT HI MANZO AND I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:04:26 EITHER NINE DAYS WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE
00:04:30 APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S
00:04:36 GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14
00:04:39 TOGETHER ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14 ARE ON CONSENT.
00:04:43 THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE.
00:04:44 IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED
00:04:48 SEPARATELY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
00:04:49 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:04:56 CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I
00:05:03 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:05:07 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT HI
00:05:11 MANAGEMENT I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I THERE ARE NINE EYES
00:05:16 WITHOUT OBJECTION THESE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED
00:05:19 MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL
00:05:23 ITEM NUMBER 15. >> ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN
00:05:25 ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE
00:05:27 TECHNOLOGY POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF THE TRANSPORTATION
00:05:30 NETWORK COMPANY VIRTUAL VIRTUAL QUEUE TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISOR
00:05:34 MELGAR THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND I
00:05:40 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OR WAS VALEAN TOLD TO SUB IN FOR MY
00:05:45 COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR FIELDER ON THE GAO COMMITTEE WHEN WE HEARD
00:05:49 THIS AND I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT
00:05:52 MY COMMITTEE I WAS JUST KIND OF SUBBING.
00:05:56 I ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, VOTING TO PASS IT IN LAST WEEK ON FIRST
00:06:00 READING YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP
00:06:03 FROM FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY AND I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM LABOR
00:06:08 THAT THERE THEY HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT
00:06:11 THIS WILL HAVE ON MOSTLY DRIVERS.
00:06:15 SO I I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL TO ASK THAT WE
00:06:20 SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY
00:06:26 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER AND EASIER AND IT
00:06:29 ALSO HAS A POTENTIAL TO BRING UP ISSUES SOME PROBLEMS THAT WE
00:06:34 HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT AND I THINK THIS IS THE CASE FOR THIS
00:06:38 THERE ARE PRIVACY ISSUES UNDER THE CURRENT CLIMATE.
00:06:42 >> YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DRIVERS WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS.
00:06:47 WE THERE'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT
00:06:50 HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN REAL LIFE.
00:06:54 SO I AM GOING TO ASK THAT WE SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE SO
00:06:58 THAT WE CAN THOROUGHLY VETTED AND THEN HEAR FROM EVERYONE AS
00:07:01 I REMEMBER WHEN WE HEARD THIS ITEM AT GAO THERE REALLY WASN'T
00:07:05 ANYONE WHO CAME AND BECAUSE SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD LOTS OF
00:07:09 QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE
00:07:12 AT LEAST SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THEIR OTHER ASK
00:07:15 THOSE QUESTIONS DURING COMMITTEE AND TO GET ANSWERS
00:07:16 AND FOR US TO HAVE A PUBLIC VETTING OF ALL THE ISSUES.
00:07:20 SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE
00:07:23 SUPERVISOR MELGAR HAS MADE A MOTION TO REFER THIS BACK TO
00:07:31 COMMITTEE SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:07:34 ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? CAN WE TAKE THAT SAME HOUSE
00:07:39 SAME CALL? >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
00:07:43 PASSES. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:07:46 ITEM 16. >> ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN
00:07:50 ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
00:07:53 ESTABLISH THE FIRE CODE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
00:07:54 EVALUATE AND ADVISE ON THE CRITERIA AND TYPES OF EVIDENCE.
00:07:58 A FIRE MARSHAL SHOULD CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO
00:08:01 WAIVE, MODIFY OR DELAY CERTAIN COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER
00:08:05 THE FIRE CODE THAT CERTAIN EXISTING HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL
00:08:08 BUILDINGS HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND TO SET FORTH THE
00:08:09 MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE FIRE CODE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
00:08:13 COUNCIL PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE SIDE OF ON ITEM 16
00:08:16 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:08:21 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON NO SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I
00:08:28 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:08:32 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR BENJAMIN HI MADAM
00:08:39 AND I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I THERE ARE EIGHT EYES AND ONE
00:08:43 NO WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON VOTING NO THE ORDINANCE IS
00:08:46 FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL OUT A NUMBER 17.
00:08:50 >> ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND FOR AN
00:08:53 ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS THROUGH JULY 1ST 2031 THE DELEGATION OF
00:08:57 A OF AUTHORITY UNDER CHARTER SECTION 9.118 TO THE GENERAL
00:09:00 MANAGER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO
00:09:04 ENTER INTO GRANT AGREEMENTS UNDER THE SPARKS GREEN
00:09:07 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM WITH TERMS OF UP TO 20 YEARS
00:09:11 AFTER THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE AS DEFINED BY THE GRANT
00:09:14 AGREEMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM ON ITEM 17.
00:09:17 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:09:21 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I
00:09:26 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:09:33 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT HI I'M
00:09:38 IN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I THERE ARE NINE EYES WITHOUT
00:09:42 OBJECTION AND THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM
00:09:45 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 18.
00:09:48 >> ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE
00:09:52 AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SFP SEE TO
00:09:53 EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ARCHER ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC TO PROVIDE
00:09:56 AS NEEDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO HERSHEY WATER AND POWER TO
00:10:00 MEET NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION,
00:10:03 WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCIL CALIFORNIA
00:10:07 INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR AND CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY
00:10:08 COMMISSION REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT OF
00:10:14 11.6 MILLION WITH AN ANTICIPATED TIME FRAME FROM MAY
00:10:18 2026 THROUGH MAY 2031. >> I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS
00:10:21 ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:10:25 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 19
00:10:29 AND 20 TOGETHER ITEMS 19 AND 20 ARE TWO RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING
00:10:33 APPROPRIATION LIMITS ITEM 19 ESTABLISHES THE APPROPRIATION
00:10:38 LIMIT OF 14.6 BILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026
00:10:41 PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 13 B DUE
00:10:45 TO THE ADDITION OF LOCAL NONRESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION
00:10:49 AND THE PERCENT CHANGE IN POPULATION WITHIN THE SAN
00:10:50 FRANCISCO METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR THE
00:10:54 PURPOSE OF COMPUTATION OF ITS APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT AND ITEM
00:10:57 20 IS A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
00:11:02 SPECIAL TAX DISTRICTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
00:11:05 REVITALIZATION AND FINANCING DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025
00:11:09 THROUGH 2026 PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE
00:11:13 13 B AGAIN SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:11:18 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:11:21 NUMBER 21. >> ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A
00:11:24 RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:11:26 ELECTIONS TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE
00:11:29 CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE IN AN AMOUNT APPROXIMATELY
00:11:36 416,000 TO FUND THE VOTING SYSTEM AN ELECTRIC ELECTION
00:11:37 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST,
00:11:42 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST 2026. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:11:47 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:11:49 >> MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 22.
00:11:51 ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT
00:11:55 BETWEEN THE PENINSULA CORRIDOR JOINT POWERS OR ITS MEMBER
00:11:58 AGENCIES REGARDING THE PENINSULA CORRIDOR JOINT JOINT
00:12:02 POWERS BOARD'S FINANCE FISCAL OBLIGATIONS TO CALIFORNIA
00:12:06 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
00:12:09 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:12:10 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL OUT
00:12:14 A NUMBER 23 ITEM NUMBER 23 IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:12:18 ZONING MAP OF THE PLANNING CODE TO CHANGE THE HEIGHT AND BULK
00:12:21 DISTRICTS FOR THE ONE OAK STREET PROJECT TO INCREASE THE
00:12:24 ALLOWED HEIGHT FOR THE PODIUM OF THE BUILDING FROM THE
00:12:26 CURRENT BASE HEIGHT LIMIT OF 120FT TO 140FT.
00:12:28 TO AFFIRM THE SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKE MAKE THE
00:12:33 APPROPRIATE FINDINGS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:12:36 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST
00:12:38 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 24 AND 25 TOGETHER.
00:12:41 >> ITEMS 24 AND 25 ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS TO DETERMINE IF THE
00:12:45 LIQUOR LICENSES WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY
00:12:49 OF THE CITY ITEM 24 IS FOR A PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO
00:12:53 PREMISE TRANSFER OF A TYPE 21 ALSO GENERAL BEER WINE
00:12:56 AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO TAZA D'AMORE DOING
00:13:02 BUSINESS AS 20 OR MORE AT CAFE LOCATED AT 704TH STREET
00:13:05 AND ITEM 25 IS FOR PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE
00:13:09 TRANSFER OF A TYPE 48 ON SALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER
00:13:13 WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO 77 ASSET SALE
00:13:17 LLC DOING BUSINESSES BACH 77 LOCATED AT 77 CAMDEN DRIVE SAME
00:13:26 HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
00:13:28 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL OUT A NUMBER 26 ITEM NUMBER 26
00:13:34 IS A RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE
00:13:37 INDEPENDENT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:13:38 COMMISSION. SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:13:41 OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:13:45 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL IT NUMBER SEVEN.
00:13:48 >> NUMBER 27 ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A MOTION TO APPROVE OF TO
00:13:53 APPOINT SUPERVISORS CHEYENNE CHEN TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 4TH,
00:13:59 2013 AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER ON THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
00:14:01 COMMISSION. >> COLLEAGUES CAN I HAVE A
00:14:04 MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR CHEN FROM VOTING MOVED BY
00:14:07 WALTON SECONDED BY MAHMUD WITHOUT OBJECTION SUPERVISOR
00:14:11 CHEN IS EXCUSE MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
00:14:16 ITEM NUMBER 27 ON ITEM 27 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES
00:14:20 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I.
00:14:27 SUPERVISOR HUANG HUANG I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:14:31 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN HI MANDOLIN
00:14:35 I SUPERVISE HER MELGAR MELGAR EITHER EIGHT EYES WITHOUT
00:14:40 OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED AND CONGRATULATE
00:14:47 AND SUPERVISOR CHEN MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR COMMITTEE
00:14:52 REPORT THE YES TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEM 28 WAS CONSIDERED
00:14:55 BY THE GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT A
00:14:59 REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY APRIL 16TH AND WAS RECOMMENDED
00:15:01 AS A COMMITTEE REPORT. IT IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE
00:15:05 SETTLEMENT OF AN LITIGATED CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
00:15:09 AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ASSOCIATED
00:15:11 PHARMACIES J.M. SMITH CORPORATION, LOUISIANA
00:15:13 WHOLESALE DRUG COMPANY MORRIS AND DIXON, NORTH CAROLINA
00:15:17 MUTUAL WHOLESALE DRUG COMPANY AND UNITED NATURAL FOODS FOR
00:15:21 ABATEMENT FUNDS IN THE RANGE OF 250,000 TO 350,000.
00:15:25 THESE CLAIMS RELATE TO SETTLING COMPANIES ALLEGEDLY IMPROPER
00:15:29 AND UNLAWFUL UNLAWFUL PRACTICES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE
00:15:33 EPIDEMIC OF OPIOID ABUSE AND MISUSE AND CAUSED A PUBLIC
00:15:37 NUISANCE. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS
00:15:41 ITEM ON ITEM 28 SUPERVISOR SAUTER SARDAR I SUPERVISOR
00:15:44 CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WANG
00:15:51 WANG I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:15:56 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR MADAM AND I
00:16:03 GENTLEMAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I THERE ARE NINE EYES
00:16:07 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED MADAM
00:16:13 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 29 AND 30 TOGETHER ITEMS 29
00:16:17 THROUGH 31 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE AT A
00:16:21 REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL A MONDAY APRIL 20TH AND WERE
00:16:22 RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEMS 29 AND 30 BEING
00:16:26 CALLED ARE TO ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING ENTERTAINMENT
00:16:30 ZONES IN ITEM 29 AMENDS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE
00:16:34 THE GLENN PARK ENTERTAINMENT ZONE AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE
00:16:37 FINDINGS. AN ITEM 30 IS AN ORDINANCE TO
00:16:40 AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE THE UPPER FILLMORE
00:16:43 ENTERTAINMENT ZONE AND MAKE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:16:47 LET'S TAKE THESE ITEMS SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:16:49 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM
00:16:51 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 31.
00:16:55 >> ITEM NUMBER 31 IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:16:58 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO ESTABLISH THE PACIFIC ISLANDER
00:16:59 CULTURAL DISTRICT IN AND AROUND THE VISITATION VALLEY
00:17:03 AND SUNNYDALE NEIGHBORHOODS TO REQUIRE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
00:17:08 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SUBMIT WRITTEN
00:17:09 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DESCRIBING THE CULTURAL
00:17:11 ATTRIBUTES OF THE DISTRICT AND PROPOSING STRATEGIES TO
00:17:15 ACKNOWLEDGE AND PRESERVE THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE DISTRICT
00:17:18 AND MAKING APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:17:19 >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU FOR PRESIDENT.
00:17:23 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR.
00:17:25 >> THANK YOU AND I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:17:32 CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES PASSED.
00:17:33 >> OKAY, ADMIRAL ALLEN WONG I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MYSELF TO
00:17:37 THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.
00:17:43 >> OKAY THEN WITHOUT TWO NEW CO-SPONSORS.
00:17:49 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
00:17:52 PASSED ON FIRST READING AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO A
00:17:56 ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS. >> FIRST UP ON ROLL CALL FOR
00:18:00 INTRODUCTIONS IS SUPERVISOR SAUTER SUBMIT THANK YOU.
00:18:03 SUPERVISOR CHERYL COLLEAGUES TODAY I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A
00:18:11 HEARING ON THE CITY'S VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS DOGS UNIT.
00:18:20 >> FOR OVER A YEAR THIS UNIT HAS NOT MET.
00:18:24 >> THERE IS NO PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN ADMINISTER THESE HEARINGS
00:18:31 AND AT THE SAME TIME DOG BITES ARE ON THE RISE.
00:18:35 THIS HEARING WILL FOCUS ON DELIVERING A PLAN TO RESTART
00:18:39 THOSE HEARINGS A HEARING FOR HEARINGS.
00:18:40 >> FIRST BY FILLING THE VACANT HEARING OFFICER POSITION
00:18:44 AND SECOND BY ENGAGING WITH CERTIFIED DOG BEHAVIORISTS TO
00:18:47 ENSURE OUR PROCESS IS INFORMED BY THE LATEST RESEARCH AND DOG
00:18:51 BEHAVIOR ADVOCATES IN THE DOG COMMUNITY NAMELY THOSE AT S.F.
00:18:55 DOG AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:18:56 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO
00:19:02 ENSURE THAT WE PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE SAFE DOG OWNERSHIP
00:19:03 IN THE CITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
00:19:07 ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT CHILDREN, IT'S ABOUT DOGS, IT'S
00:19:11 ABOUT OWNERS AND IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.
00:19:14 SO I WANT TO THANK MY EARLY CO SPONSORS SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
00:19:15 AND SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN FOR SUPPORTING THIS HEARING AND WE
00:19:18 HOPE THAT WE GET THE VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS DOG UNIT BACK TO
00:19:22 BEING A NATIONAL EXAMPLE IN ADDRESSING DANGEROUS DOG
00:19:25 BEHAVIOR, PROTECTING PEOPLE AND DOGS.
00:19:26 >> LET'S NOT FORGET THAT FROM AGGRESSIVE INCIDENTS IN PARKS
00:19:30 IN OUR STREETS. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND THE
00:19:33 REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
00:19:34 SUPERVISOR SHERYL SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:19:37 I SUBMIT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:19:40 SUPERVISOR WONG COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT
00:19:48 TODAY TO RECOGNIZE IN MEMORIAM THE LIFE OF MY GRANDMOTHER ON
00:19:51 TAKING PART IN WHO WE LOVINGLY CALLED PAUL PAUL SHE WAS BORN
00:19:56 IN THE EARLY 1920S IN MACAO AND LIVED THROUGH BOTH TIMES OF
00:20:00 PROSPERITY AND PROFOUND HARDSHIP HER FAMILY OWNED
00:20:03 BUSINESSES BUT BUT HER EARLY YEARS WERE ALSO SHAPED BY THE
00:20:07 REALITIES OF WAR. SHE EXPERIENCED LOSS
00:20:10 AND UNCERTAINTY THAT MOST OF US CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
00:20:14 AND THROUGH IT ALL SHE CARRIED A QUIET STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE
00:20:15 THAT DEFINED HER LIFE. SHE PURSUED EDUCATION WITH THE
00:20:18 HOPE OF BECOMING A TRADITIONAL CHINESE DOCTOR DRIVEN BY A
00:20:22 DESIRE TO CARE FOR OTHERS THAT SPURRED STAYED WITH HER AS SHE
00:20:26 PASSED DOWN TO OUR FAMILY KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE CULTURE,
00:20:30 TRADITIONS AND VALUES. SHE LATER MARRIED AND RAISED
00:20:31 HER CHILDREN, DEDICATING HERSELF TO HER FAMILY WHILE SHE
00:20:35 ONCE CONSIDERED BECOMING A BUDDHIST MONK, SHE CHOSE TO
00:20:38 REMAIN WITH HER LOVED ONES AND INSTEAD LIVED A DEEPLY
00:20:42 SPIRITUAL LIFE OFFERING PRAYERS, GUIDANCE AND COMFORT
00:20:45 TO THOSE AROUND HER ESPECIALLY IN MOMENTS OF LOSS.
00:20:47 TO ME SHE WAS NOT JUST MY GRANDMOTHER.
00:20:50 SHE WAS MY TEACHER, MY PROTECTOR AND A STEADY PRESENCE
00:20:54 IN MY LIFE IN THE SUNSET WHERE SO MANY FAMILIES LIKE MINE
00:20:57 BUILT THEIR LIVES. HER VALUES CONTINUE TO GUIDE
00:20:58 HOW I SHOW UP FOR MY COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
00:21:01 HER LIFE REMINDS ME THAT STRENGTH IS OFTEN QUIET
00:21:02 AND THAT THE GREATEST IMPACT WE CAN HAVE IS IN HOW WE CARE FOR
00:21:06 THE PEOPLE AROUND US. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR
00:21:09 ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO HONOR THEIR ASSESSMENT.
00:21:11 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG SUPERVISOR CHEN
00:21:17 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSI THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR
00:21:20 MAHMOOD. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M
00:21:24 INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE APRIL AS AUTISM
00:21:28 AWARENESS MONTH WITH A FOCUS ON MOVING BEYOND AWARENESS TOWARDS
00:21:32 REAL INCLUSION AND TANGIBLE APPRECIATION.
00:21:36 THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME BUT IT IS ALSO GROUNDED IN WHAT WE'RE
00:21:41 SEEING ACROSS OUR CITY RIGHT NOW IN 2026.
00:21:43 PROGRAMS LIKE YOUTH ACHIEVE AND BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK
00:21:48 ARE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL
00:21:51 INTO EMPLOYMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION AND LONG TERM
00:21:55 INDEPENDENCE. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS
00:21:58 THAT DELIVER REAL OUTCOMES AND NOT JUST GOOD INTENTIONS.
00:22:02 WE'VE MADE PROGRESS OVER THE PAST DECADE.
00:22:03 THE CONVERSATION HAS SHIFTED FROM AWARENESS TO ACCEPTANCE
00:22:07 AND INCREASINGLY TOWARDS INCLUSION.
00:22:10 >> BUT THE DATA IS CLEAR AUTISM IS A SPECTRUM AND IT PRESENTS
00:22:15 DIFFERENTLY ACROSS GENDER RACE AND CULTURE.
00:22:18 FOR TOO LONG ENTIRE COMMUNITIES WERE OVERLOOKED OR
00:22:22 MISDIAGNOSED. TODAY WE'RE SEEING MORE PEOPLE
00:22:24 ESPECIALLY ADULTS GETTING DIAGNOSED LATER IN LIFE
00:22:27 AND FINALLY UNDERSTANDING THEIR EXPERIENCES.
00:22:31 AND AS SOMEONE WHO WAS DIAGNOSED LATER IN LIFE, THAT
00:22:34 PERSPECTIVE INFORMS HOW I APPROACH THIS WORK AND WHY IT
00:22:36 MATTERS. NATIONALLY, AUTISM AFFECTS
00:22:39 ABOUT 1 IN 36 CHILDREN AND DIAGNOSES CONTINUE TO RISE
00:22:42 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE DEMAND FOR SERVICES
00:22:46 CONTINUES TO GROW FASTER THAN OUR SYSTEMS ARE BUILT TO
00:22:50 HANDLE. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE
00:22:51 OPERATING IN A TIGHT BUDGET ENVIRONMENT AND THAT MAKES THE
00:22:54 PRIORITIZATION EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
00:22:57 I BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED
00:23:01 AND WHERE POSSIBLE DOUBLE DOWN THESE INVESTMENTS DIRECTLY
00:23:04 IMPACT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LEARN, WORK AND LIVE
00:23:05 INDEPENDENTLY. WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE HOW
00:23:10 CRITICAL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS BECAUSE SERVICES LIKE THE SAN
00:23:13 FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AGENCY
00:23:16 ARE ESSENTIAL FOR MANY NEURODIVERGENT RESIDENTS.
00:23:20 WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL SERVICE CHANGE WHEN WE DISCUSS
00:23:24 THINGS LIKE SERVICE CUTS INVOLVES ROUTE ADJUSTMENT
00:23:25 DELAYED LINES WHICH CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOMEONE WHO
00:23:29 DEPENDS ON CONSISTENCY AND ROUTINE.
00:23:33 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE
00:23:37 LEVELS, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THESE DECISIONS SHOW UP
00:23:40 IN PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES IN VERY REAL WAYS.
00:23:44 >> THIS RESOLUTION ACCORDINGLY RECOGNIZES ORGANIZATIONS DOING
00:23:48 CRITICAL WORK ON THE GROUND INCLUDING FELTON INSTITUTE, THE
00:23:49 BAY AREA AUTISM COLLECTIVE AND THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO.
00:23:55 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARTNERSHIP OF CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:23:56 AND LEADERS INCLUDING THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF
00:23:59 CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES OFFICE ON DISABILITY
00:24:03 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
00:24:04 THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE SHEILA SHERALD DORSEY, SADR,
00:24:08 WONG MELGAR AND WALTON FOR YOUR EARLY CO-SPONSORSHIP OVER THIS
00:24:11 LAST YEAR. I'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY
00:24:15 FAMILIES AND PARENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE
00:24:16 NEURODIVERGENT COMMUNITY. THIS STORIES MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
00:24:20 WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT
00:24:23 RECOGNITION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ABOUT ALIGNING OUR
00:24:27 POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS WITH THE REALITIES PEOPLE ARE LIVING
00:24:30 EVERY DAY. THE GOAL IS SIMPLE MAKE SURE
00:24:34 EVERY RESIDENT HAS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE
00:24:38 IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND TO
00:24:39 HAVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION.
00:24:42 SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION FOR THE
00:24:46 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CELEBRATING
00:24:47 ARAB-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. ARAB-AMERICANS HAVE MADE
00:24:50 PROFOUND AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURAL,
00:24:53 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:24:57 ENRICHING THE NATION'S HISTORY WITH THE RESILIENCE
00:24:59 AND INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY ARAB-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
00:25:02 OBSERVED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL OFFERS A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY
00:25:06 TO HONOR THE DIVERSE CULTURES AND TRADITIONS OF
00:25:09 ARAB-AMERICANS FROM 22 COUNTRIES AND TO PROMOTE
00:25:10 UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CONTINUED IMPACT ON AMERICAN
00:25:15 SOCIETY. THE ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
00:25:18 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS A RICH AND PROUD HISTORY OF
00:25:19 CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S DIVERSE IDENTITY WITH
00:25:22 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FROM A VARIETY OF ARAB NATIONS
00:25:26 INCLUDING LEBANON, SYRIA, PALESTINE, EGYPT, IRAQ, JORDAN,
00:25:30 YEMEN AND OTHERS. BUILDING HOMES, BUSINESSES
00:25:34 AND COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS.
00:25:38 DISTRICT FIVE WHERE I REPRESENT IS HOME TO ONE OF THOSE
00:25:41 THRIVING ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY IN THE
00:25:42 TENDERLOIN WHERE WE'VE HAD IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES FROM
00:25:46 YEMEN FOR SO MANY YEARS. THOSE RESIDENTS COME FROM A
00:25:50 ARRAY OF BACKGROUNDS AND TRADITIONS AND HAVE MADE
00:25:53 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY'S SO SMALL BUSINESSES
00:25:56 CULTURE AND SOCIETAL FABRIC. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION
00:25:57 ACKNOWLEDGES AND RECOGNIZES THOSE ARAB-AMERICANS WHO
00:26:01 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY
00:26:04 AND REPRESENTATION WORKING TO ENSURE FUTURE GENERATIONS
00:26:07 THRIVE AND FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE CITY AND HELP
00:26:11 SHAPED LIKE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ARAB
00:26:13 RESOURCE AND ORGANIZING CENTER. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:26:16 ARAB-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
00:26:19 ALLIANCE THAT REPRESENT ARAB GROCERS AND OTHER ARAB BUSINESS
00:26:23 CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT ENRICH THE LOCAL ECONOMY WHILE
00:26:24 ALSO SERVING AS SPACES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE, COMMUNITY
00:26:28 GATHERING AND EDUCATION. NOW MORE THAN EVER IT'S
00:26:32 IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND TO FIGHT
00:26:35 AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND HATE AND AFFIRM
00:26:39 OUR DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING ARAB-AMERICANS AND ALL
00:26:42 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND ACHIEVING EQUALITY
00:26:43 AND JUSTICE. THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:26:47 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
00:26:50 >> I WILL SUBMIT MY LEGISLATION.
00:26:51 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR I'M SORRY
00:26:57 I'M RIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:27:01 AND COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM THRILLED TO INTRODUCE A
00:27:05 RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE WORKFORCE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:27:09 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND DECLARE APRIL 20TH THROUGH
00:27:15 APRIL 24TH 2026 AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
00:27:16 SAN FRANCISCO. PUBLIC WORKS IS ONE OF THE
00:27:20 LARGEST AND OLDEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
00:27:23 >> THEY WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT EACH DAY EVERY
00:27:27 NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO IS SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, CLEAN,
00:27:28 FUNCTIONAL AND GREEN. >> THE BACKBONE OF THIS
00:27:32 DEPARTMENT IS THAT 1400 EMPLOYEES WHO SACRIFICE THEIR
00:27:36 DAYS AND NIGHTS TO HELP THE PUBLIC OPERATE AND HAVE THESE
00:27:40 SERVICES 24 SEVEN. THEY ARE A DEDICATED GROUP OF
00:27:44 FOLKS WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO RESPOND TO ANY CITY EMERGENCY
00:27:50 THAT COMES UP WHETHER THAT'S REMOVING HAZARDS, DEALING WITH
00:27:54 STORMS, PAVING THE STREETS, DESIGNING PUBLIC SPACES, ROAD
00:27:56 REPAIRS OR IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND SO MUCH MORE.
00:28:00 >> THE PUBLIC WORKS REAL PEOPLE REAL WORK CAMPAIGN REFLECTS THE
00:28:04 PEOPLE THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES EVERY DAY TO SERVE THE
00:28:07 COMMUNITY IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. >> THEY ALSO HELP HOST
00:28:11 INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS LIKE MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION
00:28:15 DAYS WHICH WE'VE ALL PARTICIPATED IN.
00:28:16 GRAFFITI WATCH IN ADAPTIVE STREET.
00:28:19 JUST THIS PAST MARCH, PUBLIC WORKS ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO
00:28:23 ARBOR DAY FAIR PLANTED 100 TREES ACROSS A HANDFUL OF
00:28:26 NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO .
00:28:29 COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THESE WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
00:28:34 THE COMMITTED WORKFORCE OF DPW. >> WE ARE GRATEFUL TO DIRECTOR
00:28:38 SHORT AND ALL OF HER STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT PUBLIC WORKS
00:28:42 CONTRIBUTES TO SAN FRANCISCO AND WE ALL ARE EXCITED TO
00:28:45 CONTRIBUTE TO CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH THEIR
00:28:46 AMAZING TEAM IN 2026. ALSO COLLEAGUES AT TODAY IT IS
00:28:53 WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I JOIN MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR SHYANNE
00:28:58 CHEN AND SHARMAN WALTON IN REQUESTING AN IN MEMORIAM ON
00:29:02 BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR THE LATE GREAT BELOVED REVEREND
00:29:06 ROLAND GORDON ALSO KNOWN TO US AS REDD G OF THE INGLESIDE
00:29:12 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHO PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY LAST WEEK.
00:29:19 >> JUST LAST YEAR WE CELEBRATED REGGIE'S 81ST BIRTHDAY
00:29:24 AND DECLARED FEBRUARY 13TH REVEREND ROLAND GORDON DAY
00:29:25 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:29:28 REGGIE IS A LOCAL ICON AND TREASURE WHO HAS LEFT A
00:29:32 LASTING IMPACT ON EVERYONE THAT HE HAS MET.
00:29:37 HIS LEGACY REPRESENTS THE BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:29:41 >> REGGIE WAS BORN IN GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
00:29:44 BEFORE MOVING WITH HIS FAMILY TO GARY, INDIANA, WHERE HE WAS
00:29:49 A CAPTAIN AND STAR PLAYER ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM
00:29:52 . IT WAS THERE THAT HE MET MARY
00:29:53 JANE, THE GIRL WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME HIS WIFE OF OVER 50
00:29:57 YEARS BUILDING UPON A CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP INTO A LIFELONG
00:30:01 PARTNERSHIP BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF SERVICE
00:30:05 AND MINISTRY. >> REGGIE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY
00:30:07 FIRST AS A STUDENT PASTOR AT INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
00:30:12 IN SAN FRANCISCO ON OCEAN AVENUE.
00:30:13 AFTER COMPLETING SEMINARY AND COMPLETING HIS MASTER OF
00:30:16 DIVINITY DEGREE, HE WAS ORDAINED AS INGLESIDE
00:30:20 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS A FULL TIME PASTOR IN 1983.
00:30:23 THE CHURCH WAS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR REGGIE BUT
00:30:28 A PLACE TO BUILD COMMUNITY HEALING AND EMPOWERMENT.
00:30:32 >> SEEING THE CHURCHES IN MAN'S POTENTIAL, REGGIE ORGANIZED THE
00:30:36 INGLESIDE CHURCH BASKETBALL LEAGUE INSIDE THE CHURCH'S
00:30:40 GYMNASIUM PROVIDING A POSITIVE SPACE FOR LOCAL YOUTH TO LEARN
00:30:44 AND PLAY. REGGIE HAD A PROFOUND BELIEF
00:30:48 THAT BLACK CHILDREN NEEDED TO SEE POSITIVE EMPOWERING IMAGES
00:30:52 OF PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM .
00:30:55 FROM THIS VISION HE CREATED THE GREAT WALL OF WITNESSES A
00:30:58 MASSIVE COLLAGE WITH IMAGES THAT ADORN THE WALLS OF THE
00:31:02 CHURCHES, GYM AND LOBBY CELEBRATING BLACK LEADERSHIP
00:31:06 AND BLACK EXCELLENCE. IT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LARGEST
00:31:10 BLACK AMERICAN COLLAGE IN THE WORLD AND IT IS ALSO OFFICIALLY
00:31:15 A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:31:19 HIS LIFE'S WORK HAS ALWAYS REVOLVED AROUND BUILDING UP
00:31:23 YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL AND MOREOVER
00:31:26 TO DEVELOP YOUNG LEADERS TO BECOME MENTORS.
00:31:30 MANY WHO GREW UP WITHOUT A FATHER FOUND A GUIDE AND A
00:31:34 FATHER FIGURE IN REGGIE. HE FOUNDED THE THAD BROWN
00:31:38 ACADEMY FOR BOYS IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS SERVING YOUNG
00:31:42 BLACK BOYS IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT.
00:31:43 >> THROUGH THIS PROGRAM HE PROVIDED MENTORSHIP LEADERSHIP
00:31:46 TRAINING COMPUTER LITERACY, DISCIPLINE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
00:31:50 HELPING SHAPE NOT ONLY THEIR EDUCATION BUT THEIR CHARACTER
00:31:54 AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. REGGIE POSITED HIS CHURCH AS A
00:31:58 NEXUS IN THE OCEAN VIEW, SETTING ASIDE COMMUNITY
00:32:02 FACILITATING LOCAL ORGANIZING AND PROVIDING MEETING SPACE FOR
00:32:07 COMMUNITY EVENTS INVITING RENOWNED ARTISTS TO ADDRESS THE
00:32:10 COMMUNITY AND REHABILITATING WHAT IS NOW THE CITY COLLEGE
00:32:14 STATION. THEN THE DILAPIDATED FEEL
00:32:18 AND LOOP INTO A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE CALLED UNITY PLAZA.
00:32:22 HE WAS A CONNECTOR THAT UNIFIED FAITH LEADERS ACROSS MANY
00:32:26 DENOMINATIONS AND SUPPORTED STRENGTHENING TIES BETWEEN THE
00:32:29 BLACK AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. OUR ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR
00:32:34 CELEBRATION FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND 11 GOT ITS START AT
00:32:37 INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MY
00:32:40 PREDECESSOR FORMER PRESIDENT SEVEN SUPERVISOR NORMAN YEE
00:32:44 AND REGGIE TO RECOGNIZE THE UNITY AND DEEP TIES BETWEEN THE
00:32:48 BLACK AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND 11.
00:32:51 REVEREND GORDON HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
00:32:56 DEDICATION TO HIS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY.
00:32:59 RECEIVING THE 1995 CASH GLENN AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE THE
00:33:03 2003 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:33:07 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. THE 2004 ALUMNI MARRIED AWARD
00:33:11 FROM HIS ALMA MATER, BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE AND THE 2023
00:33:15 NATIONAL JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
00:33:19 PUBLIC SERVICE BENEFITING LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
00:33:23 I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE KNOWN RICHIE AND THE WORLD
00:33:27 PEACE AFFIRMATION CARDS HE WOULD GIVE ME AND DROP BY MY
00:33:31 OFFICE ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT HE WOULD HAND OUT TO EVERYONE
00:33:38 WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY THE PEACE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF
00:33:40 ASSISI A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT WE CAN ALL BE INSTRUMENTS OF
00:33:44 PEACE. I WANT TO SHARE MY DEEPEST
00:33:47 CONDOLENCES TO HIS DEVOTED WIFE MARY JEAN GORDON LOVINGLY
00:33:51 REFERRED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS FIRST LADY GORDON HIS DAUGHTERS
00:33:55 PHYLLIS BRYANT AND GAIL YOUNG. HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS CHINA GORDON
00:34:00 BRIANA BRYANT AND LONDON YOUNG AND HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
00:34:04 ZION MCGEEVER OCEAN BASS AND BOSTON.
00:34:08 HE'S ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SIBLINGS PAULINE ROBERT GORDON,
00:34:12 STANLEY GORDON STELLA GORDON AND RICHARD GORDON HIS
00:34:16 GODCHILDREN JAMAAL MA BRIGHT JESSICA MYBURGH SHAHEEN SANCHEZ
00:34:20 DAVID BENTON, DEREK BENNETT AND MARY JANE.
00:34:23 ALONG WITH A HOST OF NIECES NEPHEWS, RELATIVES, CHERISHED
00:34:27 FRIENDS AND GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
00:34:31 FROM OCEAN BOOMER SAID INGLESIDE THAT HE TOUCHED
00:34:35 AND MENTORED REGGIE'S MESSAGE WAS PURE AND SIMPLE LOVE IS THE
00:34:39 ANSWER AND THROUGH EVERY LIFE HE TOUCHED EVERY YOUNG PERSON
00:34:43 HE GUIDED EVERY IMAGE HE CREATED IN EVERY WORD HE
00:34:47 PREACHED. THAT ANSWER CONTINUES TO LIVE
00:34:48 ON. THANK YOU, REGGIE, FOR
00:34:50 EVERYTHING YOU GAVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE
00:34:54 PRESIDENT. I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD
00:34:55 CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF REGGIE.
00:34:58 ON BEHALF OF THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE REST I'LL
00:35:02 SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
00:35:06 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
00:35:07 SUPERVISOR CHAD THANK YOU, CLARK MADAM CLERK.
00:35:12 I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO REFUGEES FAMILY
00:35:16 AS WELL AND ALSO TO THE CONGREGATION AND COMMUNITY.
00:35:20 ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW REV
00:35:24 REVEREND JERRY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HE'S ALWAYS EMBRACED
00:35:27 ME VERY WARMLY AND OFFERED HIS UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT.
00:35:33 REVEREND G HELPED TO KICK OFF AND HOST THE FIRST LUNAR NEW
00:35:35 YEAR CELEBRATE NATION ON OCEAN AVENUE IN 2019 AND SINCE THEN
00:35:42 HAS CONTINUED IT TO HOST A PRESS EVENT AT THE INGLESIDE
00:35:43 PETS BY TERRY AND STREAM. THE GYM WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
00:35:47 SPACE TO REVEREND G. AS A FORMER ATHLETIC HE SAW HOW
00:35:51 THE SPACE COULD BRING NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH AND FAMILY
00:35:57 TOGETHER. >> THE GYM KNOWN AS FELLOWSHIP
00:36:01 HALL IS THE LEGACY. REVEREND G COVERED THE GYM WITH
00:36:05 WITH LOTS OF IMAGE FROM THE FLOOR TO CEILING FEATURING
00:36:09 FACES OF ATHLETICS, POLITICIAN ENTERTAINERS
00:36:13 AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS. >> REVEREND G HAS DONE SO MUCH
00:36:17 FOR THE COMMUNITY VERY, VERY LITTLE RESOURCES.
00:36:21 >> HIS CHURCH PROVIDES YOUTH PROGRAMING AND ASSISTANCE TO
00:36:25 OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE THROUGH FOOD PROGRAMS
00:36:28 IN BUILDING COMMUNITY. REVEREND G WAS COMMITTED TO
00:36:32 BUILD ACROSS RACIAL SOLIDARITY TO NATURE TO NURTURE BLACK
00:36:36 AND ASIAN UNITY AND ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR RESTORATIVE
00:36:40 JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE OF COLOR'S.
00:36:44 >> FOR THE LAST FIVE DECADES REVEREND G HAS BEEN AN
00:36:45 INSPIRATION AND BELOVED A MEMBER OF OUR AND MY COMMUNITY.
00:36:49 MAY WE CONTINUE TO HONOR AND TO CELEBRATE HIS MEMORY.
00:36:52 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:36:55 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR WALTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:36:59 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I SAY MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO REVEREND
00:37:03 G'S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO
00:37:07 ADD TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND SUPERVISOR CHIN.
00:37:12 REVEREND G WAS MORE THAN JUST A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY.
00:37:16 HE WAS A MAN COMMITTED TO BETTERING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
00:37:18 AROUND HIM. HE WAS RARE IN THE FACT THAT HE
00:37:21 COULD RELATE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS ELDERS.
00:37:24 HE HAD THE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH EVERYONE ACROSS ALL
00:37:29 NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO .
00:37:32 AND HE HAD A GENUINELY GENTLE SPIRIT.
00:37:35 WHERE MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO USE THEIR
00:37:37 FACILITIES OR THEIR CONGREGATIONS FOR EVENTS
00:37:40 AND CEREMONIES. HE OPENED HIS DOORS
00:37:44 AND WELCOMED ALL. BUT I'M GOING TO APPRECIATE THE
00:37:45 MOST IS THE FACT THAT HE COULD PROVIDE ADVICE AND MENTORSHIP
00:37:51 BUT ALLOW YOU TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND MOVE
00:37:53 ACCORDINGLY. REGGIE WOULD TRULY BE MISSED BY
00:37:56 ALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO AND I AM PROUD TO SAY
00:38:00 A FEW WORDS IN HIS HONOR TODAY. ONE OF A KIND TO DESCRIBE HIM
00:38:07 IS REALLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. HIS CONNECTION WITH YOUNG
00:38:12 PEOPLE AND THE TUTELAGE HE PROVIDED THEM IS UNMATCHED.
00:38:15 HIS WORK WITH OTHER FAITH LEADERS TO BRING PEOPLE
00:38:19 TOGETHER IS PART OF WHAT MADE HIM SO BELOVED.
00:38:23 I WANT TO SAY CONDOLENCES AGAIN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:38:25 SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR PRESENTING THIS THIS AFTERNOON
00:38:31 . >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.
00:38:32 SEE NO OTHER NAMES ON THE ROSTER.
00:38:35 >> MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL FOR
00:38:37 INTRODUCTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK,
00:38:39 LOGISTICALLY I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR MELGAR HAS MADE A
00:38:42 MOTION THAT THE IN MEMORIAM BE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD
00:38:47 AND A SECOND FOR THAT. NO, NO, NO SECOND IS REQUIRED
00:38:50 AND WE TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:38:53 >> GREAT. MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR
00:38:59 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER. >> OUR 230 SPECIAL ORDER IS A
00:39:01 RECOGNITION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY
00:39:04 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND FIRST UP DISTRICT FOR
00:39:11 SUPERVISOR WONG. OKAY.
00:39:14 MAY I GET MY YEAH. >> COME UP.
00:39:32 >> TODAY I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU SEE S.F. ALS
00:39:36 CENTER AND DR. CATHERINE LOHMAN HEARST FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY
00:39:41 LEADERSHIP IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PEOPLE LIVING
00:39:45 WITH ALS ALSO KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE.
00:39:51 ALS IS A PROGRESSIVE AND FATAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE FOR
00:39:55 FAMILIES FACING INHERITED RISK. THE BURDEN IS NOT ONLY THE
00:39:58 DISEASE ITSELF BUT ALSO THE FEAR, UNCERTAINTY AND DELAY
00:40:03 THAT CAN COME LONG BEFORE A DIAGNOSIS.
00:40:04 FOR TOO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAS MEANT WAITING FAR TOO LONG FOR
00:40:08 ANSWERS, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT .
00:40:11 >> THAT IS WHY UCSF'S LEADERSHIP IN THIS FIELD
00:40:12 MATTERS SO DEEPLY UNDER DR. LOWMAN HER DIRECTION.
00:40:18 THE UCSF ALS CENTER HAS HELPED LEAD THE WAY IN ADVANCING MORE
00:40:22 PROACTIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND RESEARCH DRIVEN CARE FOR
00:40:26 PATIENTS AND FAMILIES CONFRONTING THIS DEVASTATING
00:40:27 DISEASE. DR. LOWMAN KURTH HAS DEDICATED
00:40:30 HER CAREER TO IMPROVING CARE FOR PEOPLE OF ALS WHILE ALSO
00:40:34 ADVANCING RESEARCH INTO THE EARLY SIGNS AND GENETIC RISK
00:40:38 FACTORS OF THE DISEASE. EXPANDING ACCESS TO CLINICAL
00:40:41 TRIALS AND HELPING DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
00:40:45 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALS AND FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA.
00:40:49 JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, UCSF HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN RECOGNIZING
00:40:53 THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF
00:40:54 INHERITED ALS. BY HELPING ESTABLISH A MORE
00:40:57 FORWARD LOOKING MODEL OF CARE, THE UCSF ALS CENTER IS SHOWING
00:41:01 THAT PRECISION AND PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE CAN AND SHOULD PLAY A
00:41:08 ROLE IN HOW WE SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES.
00:41:09 THIS WORK SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:41:12 AND BEYOND THAT PEOPLE FACING ALS AND THOSE LIVING WITH THE
00:41:16 RISK OF IT DESERVE NOT ONLY WORLD CLASS TREATMENT BUT ALSO
00:41:19 COMPASSION, URGENCY AND HOPE. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
00:41:24 SUPERVISORS. I'M PROUD TO COMMEND THE UCSF,
00:41:26 L.A. LAW CENTER AND DR. KATHRYN LOWMAN HEALTH FOR THEIR
00:41:30 PIONEERING LEADERSHIP, THEIR COMPASSIONATE CARE AND THEIR
00:41:34 COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
00:41:37 AFFECTED BY ALS. >> AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
00:41:38 THEM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:41:45 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR OUR CENTER AND I'D LIKE TO
00:41:49 ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH ME TODAY.
00:41:52 I HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR ALS CLINIC AT UCSF.
00:41:56 WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE END THE LEGACY ORGANIZERS ASIAN
00:42:00 AND PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING ALS AND FTD.
00:42:05 THIS HONOR IS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THIS IS A
00:42:08 GROUP THAT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAD TO SUFFER IN SILENCE
00:42:12 . THERE WAS NOT A PLACE WHERE
00:42:13 PEOPLE COULD GO IF THEY WERE AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING ALS OR FTD
00:42:17 TO YOU, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND ALSO EVEN TO BE ABLE
00:42:21 TO GET MEDICAL CARE. IT'S VERY HARD WHEN SOMEONE IS
00:42:24 AT RISK BUT DOES NOT HAVE NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS YET TO
00:42:28 SEE A NEUROLOGIST AND I CREDIT JAMIE FONG A GENETICS COUNSELOR
00:42:31 IN OUR GROUP WHO INSISTED THAT BEFORE ANY PATIENT OBTAIN
00:42:35 TESTING FOR EITHER ALS OR FTD THEY WERE EVALUATED BY A
00:42:39 NEUROLOGIST AND A PLAN OF CARE ESTABLISHED TO FOLLOW THEM
00:42:42 AFTER THEY TESTED POSITIVE. AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR
00:42:46 THE LEGACY ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED BY GENE SWINDLER
00:42:50 WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK TO COME TOGETHER FOR
00:42:54 SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION AND IMPORTANTLY TO PARTICIPATE
00:42:55 IN RESEARCH SO THAT WE CAN THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THERAPIES
00:43:01 THAT WE KNOW WORK BEST WHEN DELIVERED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
00:43:05 IN THESE DISEASES. >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
00:43:06 THIS HONOR. >> JUST VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO
00:43:17 SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DR. LOWMAN HER THANK YOU TO
00:43:20 SUPERVISOR WANG AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
00:43:23 ALLOWING THIS A UNIQUE SERVICE WHICH SHOULD NOT BE UNIQUE TO
00:43:27 BE ESTABLISHED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE SAKE OF OUR LIKE A
00:43:43 SINGLE PHOTO FOR STARTERS. BUT I REGRET OKAY LET'S DO A
00:43:47 SINGLE YEAH I'LL TAKE 74. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OKAY.
00:43:52 I'LL DO OKAY. OKAY.
00:44:42 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
00:44:48 >> COLLEAGUES IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY, I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A
00:44:53 GROUP OF NEIGHBORS FROM HAZE VALLEY.
00:44:56 >> CAN WE HAVE THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP CREW COME
00:44:57 UP TO THE PODIUM? >> THIS CREW HAS TURNED A
00:45:11 SIMPLE IDEA INTO SOMETHING TRULY IMPACTFUL.
00:45:15 A WEEKLY ACT OF CIVIC CARE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
00:45:18 AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP CREW
00:45:19 IS PART OF THE BROADER REFUSE, REFUSE AND CIVIC JOY FOUR
00:45:23 NETWORK ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. >> THIS EFFORT BUILDS ON
00:45:27 EARLIER WORK BY THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
00:45:30 SCREENING COMMITTEE WHICH HOSTED MONTHLY CLEANUPS AT
00:45:31 PATRICIA'S GREEN FROM THAT FOUNDATION, A NEW WEEKLY EFFORT
00:45:35 LAUNCHED IN MAY 2023 BRINGING TOGETHER CIVIC JOY FUND
00:45:41 REFEREE, SURFACE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.
00:45:45 IT STARTED WITH JUST 13 PARTICIPANTS.
00:45:46 SINCE THEN IT HAS GROWN INTO A CONSISTENT AND THRIVING
00:45:51 TRADITION. TODAY ABOUT 50 VOLUNTEERS SHOW
00:45:54 UP EVERY WEEK. SOMETIMES MORE THAN 80
00:45:58 AND THERE'S NO SIGNS OF THEM SLOWING DOWN.
00:46:01 IN TOTAL THE GROUP HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 150
00:46:04 CLEANUPS, REMOVING OVER 5700 BAGS OF TRASH AND MORE THAN
00:46:10 74,000 GALLONS OF WASTE FROM OUR STREETS.
00:46:14 BUT THE REAL STORY HERE ISN'T JUST THE NUMBERS.
00:46:17 EVERY SATURDAY MORNING NEIGHBORS GATHER AT GAMBIT
00:46:18 LOUNGE HOSTED BY EDWARD AND CHRISTINE CALHOUN.
00:46:22 FROM THERE, VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOMED, ORGANIZED AND SENT
00:46:25 OUT BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF CAPTAINS, MANY OF WHICH ARE
00:46:30 HERE TODAY. THOSE CAPTAINS ARE DAVID
00:46:33 ROBINSON, DAN SPAETH, CHRISTINE CALHOUN, CRYSTAL SHU,
00:46:38 CHRISTOPHE PETERS, JAY SMITH. CARL TING WILDE.
00:46:42 A.J. HARRIS NAPOLI AND EDWARD CALHOUN.
00:46:48 WHAT THEY'VE BUILT GOES BEYOND A CLEANUP.
00:46:50 IT'S A COMMUNITY. PEOPLE WHO FIRST SHOWED UP AS
00:46:53 STRANGERS WHO NOW RETURN WEEK AFTER WEEK AS FRIENDS FAMILIES
00:46:57 THAT BRING THEIR CHILDREN. >> STUDENTS THAT JOIN ALONGSIDE
00:47:00 LONGTIME RESIDENTS EVEN VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
00:47:04 HAVE TAKEN PART. >> BUT ONE MOMENT REALLY
00:47:07 CAPTURES THE SPIRIT THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY ON A DAY OF
00:47:11 HEAVY RAIN WHEN THE CLEANUP WAS CALLED OFF, ABOUT 25 VOLUNTEERS
00:47:15 SHOWED UP ANYWAY AND INSISTED ON GOING OUT.
00:47:19 THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT SAYS EVERYTHING.
00:47:23 >> THERE'S SUCH A STRONG SENSE OF MUTUAL SUPPORT WHERE LOCAL
00:47:27 MERCHANTS OFFER DISCOUNTS AND PERKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
00:47:30 THE GAMBIT LOUNGE HAS GROWN ALONGSIDE THIS EFFORT HOSTING
00:47:32 WEEKLY GATHERINGS AND EVEN INSPIRING EVENTS LIKE VOLUNTEER
00:47:35 LED TRIVIA NIGHTS. AT ITS CORE THIS IS WHAT EARTH
00:47:39 DAY IS ABOUT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
00:47:43 FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING SOMETHING
00:47:46 MEANINGFUL THROUGH SMALL CONSISTENT ACTIONS.
00:47:50 TO ALL THE CAPTAINS AND VOLUNTEERS.
00:47:51 THANK YOU. YOU'VE MADE HAYES VALLEY
00:47:54 CLEANER, MORE CONNECTED AND MORE VIBRANT.
00:47:57 AND YOU'VE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT A COMMUNITY CAN LOOK LIKE
00:48:01 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
00:48:09 ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT YOU SAID ALMOST EVERYTHING I WAS
00:48:14 GOING TO SAY. SO I'M GOING TO SHORTCHANGE
00:48:17 THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH A BUNCH OF THANK YOU'S.
00:48:21 THANK YOU, VINCE. AND REFUSE REFUSE.
00:48:25 WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE ACT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE HAS GROWN
00:48:29 INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE MOVEMENT WORKING TOWARD A SHARED GOAL
00:48:33 FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. IT'S VERY POWERFUL.
00:48:36 >> THANK YOU, MANNY, FOR BELIEVING IN THIS
00:48:41 AND SUPPORTING IT THROUGH THE CIVIC JOY FUND.
00:48:44 THANK YOU. HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:48:45 ASSOCIATION FOR LEADING WITH CARE AND COMMITMENT.
00:48:48 THANK YOU TO EDWARD AND CHRISTINE AT GAMBIT LOUNGE
00:48:53 FOR GIVING US THIS PLACE TOGETHER.
00:48:56 THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CO-CAPTAINS DAVID J.
00:49:00 CRYSTAL, RJ CARL. AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO THANK JOE
00:49:04 MALONEY WHO WAS SITTING IN THE BACK AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF
00:49:08 HB AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
00:49:11 AND THANK YOU SAN FRANCISCO FOR RECOGNIZING THE COMMITMENT OF
00:49:15 THIS COMMUNITY AND MAKING OUR CITY A CLEANER AND BRIGHTER
00:49:19 PLACE TO BE. LET'S GO BUILD SOME MORE
00:49:20 COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:49:30 >> ALL RIGHT
00:50:30 . >> NEXT UP DISTRICT SIX
00:50:34 SUPERVISOR DORSEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
00:50:37 RANDLEMAN. COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY HONOR TO
00:50:39 RECOGNIZE SAMA PILIPINAS AS IT CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF
00:50:49 LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING
00:50:53 FILIPINO CULTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:50:54 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME RAQUEL, RODAN DIAZ AND OTHERS UP TO THE
00:50:58 LECTERN. >> DR..
00:51:01 OKAY, COME ON. ALL RIGHT.
00:51:04 >> COME ON. OKAY.
00:51:05 WELL SO SINCE IT'S ORIGINAL DESIGNATION IN 2016 AS THE
00:51:12 CITY'S FILIPINO CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT AND SOONER
00:51:16 SOON AFTER AT THE STATE LEVEL SOMA PILIPINAS HAS LED THE
00:51:20 CULTURAL DISTRICTS MOVEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ACROSS
00:51:24 CALIFORNIA VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT UNDER RAQUEL'S LEADERSHIP.
00:51:28 TODAY WE ARE THEY ARE THEY ARE LAUNCHING DECATUR A YEAR LONG
00:51:32 CELEBRATION OF A DECADE OF COMMUNITY ARTS ACTIVISM
00:51:36 AND CULTURAL IMPACT. AS DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR I AM
00:51:42 BLESSED TO REPRESENT A SOUTH OF MARKET NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
00:51:44 LARGELY COMPRISED IS THE SOMA PILIPINAS CULTURAL DISTRICT.
00:51:48 AND WHILE MY DISTRICT IS PROUDLY THE CULTURAL HOME OF
00:51:51 SAN FRANCISCO'S FILIPINO COMMUNITY, IT HAS BEEN A LONG
00:51:55 STANDING PRACTICE WITH MY DISTRICT 11 COLLEAGUE FIRST
00:51:58 SUPERVISOR ASHA SAFAI AND NOW SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN TO
00:52:02 ALWAYS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE DISTRICT 11 FOR
00:52:08 BEING THE HOME OF THE LARGEST FILIPINO POPULATION IN SAN
00:52:12 FRANCISCO. SO YOU GOT TO SUPERVISE OUR
00:52:16 DISTRICTS. NOW I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE
00:52:17 PROBABLY HEARD ME AT VARIOUS EVENTS TALK SOMETIMES ABOUT WHY
00:52:24 I HAVE A SPECIAL AFFECTION FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
00:52:27 TO ANYONE WHO WONDERS WHY AN IRISH ITALIAN KID WHO MOVED
00:52:31 HERE NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO FROM BOSTON WOULD HAVE A CONNECTION
00:52:35 TO THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. IF YOU GUESS THE CATHOLIC
00:52:38 CHURCH YOU'RE ARE 100% RIGHT WHEN CHURCHES REOPENED AFTER
00:52:42 COVID I STARTED GOING TO SAINT PATRICK'S CHURCH BOTH BECAUSE
00:52:46 IT WAS MORE CONVENIENT THAN THE CHURCH I WAS GOING TO AND ALSO
00:52:50 BECAUSE ST PATRICK'S HAS THE BEST CANDLES IN CHRISTENDOM.
00:52:54 WHAT WHAT I CAME TO DISCOVER AT THAT PREDOMINANTLY FILIPINO
00:52:57 PARISH WAS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND VIBRANT FAITH
00:53:01 COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE TRULY COME TO
00:53:05 CHERISH HOW THE FILIPINO CULTURAL VALUES OF KAPWA INFORM
00:53:09 AND ANIMATE A NEW FOR ME MY MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF CATHOLIC
00:53:13 TEACHING ESPECIALLY AS IT APPLIES TO COMMUNITY AND TO
00:53:17 SOCIAL JUSTICE. THOSE CULTURAL VALUES ARE NOBLY
00:53:19 CELEBRATED BY SALMA PILIPINAS AND I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO
00:53:24 HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE WORK THAT RAQUEL AND HER
00:53:25 ENTIRE TEAM AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAVE DONE OVER THESE
00:53:29 LAST FOUR YEARS AS SUPERVISOR SALMA PILIPINAS HAS GROWN A
00:53:33 VIBRANT CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM DRIVEN BY ARTISTS, SMALL
00:53:37 BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER
00:53:40 TO PROTECT CULTURE, SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND STRENGTHEN
00:53:43 NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY. AS OUR CITY STRUGGLED IN ITS
00:53:45 ECONOMIC RECOVERY AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC, I WAS SO PROUD
00:53:49 TO SEE HOW SALMA PILIPINAS STEPPED UP AND SUPPORTED WITH
00:53:52 SMALL BUSINESS OPENINGS AND CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS AT A
00:53:56 TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS REALLY STRUGGLING.
00:53:59 IT WAS JUST INSPIRING TO SEE OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS
00:54:01 ESPECIALLY SALMA PILIPINAS REALLY STEP UP AND PUT OUR
00:54:05 COMMUNITY THERE. ALL OF OUR CITY AND ITS
00:54:08 ECONOMIC RECOVERY ON THEIR BACKS.
00:54:11 IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK WHEN THE HISTORY OF THIS
00:54:13 AREA IS WRITTEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE A REAL HERO OF THAT.
00:54:15 IN ADDITION TO THEIR LONG STANDING AUNTIE TO DISPLACEMENT
00:54:19 EFFORTS SALMA PILIPINAS CHESS STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY
00:54:22 OUTREACH HAVE BEEN CRITICAL IN STABILIZING VULNERABLE
00:54:24 COMMUNITIES AT AN INCREDIBLY FRAUGHT TIME AND I THINK THE
00:54:27 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING FOR IMMIGRANTS IS JUST ONE OF THE
00:54:31 MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLES FOR THAT AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE
00:54:34 TAKEN PART IN THAT AT ST PATRICK'S AS WELL.
00:54:35 THEY'VE ALSO TRANSFORMED THE PUBLIC REALM THROUGH MURALS,
00:54:39 CROSSWALKS AND CULTURAL EVENTS LIKE THE PAROLE LANTERN
00:54:42 FESTIVAL. I UNDERSTAND SANTA WHAT SAT THE
00:54:46 ACTUAL SANTA WAS THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO DRAWING THOUSANDS
00:54:49 AND CONTRIBUTING MORE TO OUR DOWNTOWN RECOVERY.
00:54:54 THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT MASTER PLAN CONTINUES
00:54:55 TO SET THE STANDARD FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS CITYWIDE
00:54:58 AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THEIR LEADERSHIP IN EFFORTS
00:55:02 LIKE THE LANDMARKING OF THE MALL WHICH IS JUST A BLOCK FROM
00:55:06 WHERE I LIVE WHERE I OFTEN VISIT J T RESTAURANT AND TO
00:55:09 PROTESTS AND CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS GET MY HAIRCUT AND SO
00:55:12 MUCH MORE. MY OFFICE IS REALLY PROUD
00:55:14 EVERYBODY IN MY OFFICE IS PROUD TO BE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR WORK
00:55:20 INCLUDING THE FUTURE DISTRICT GATEWAY AT FOLSOM AND RUSH RUSS
00:55:24 LIKE SO MANY SELMA RESIDENTS, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD SO
00:55:28 MUCH TO WHAT LIES AHEAD FROM THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION TO
00:55:32 RAQUEL AND EVERYBODY FROM SALMA PILIPINAS AND EVERYONE FROM THE
00:55:33 COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST
00:55:37 DECADE MILESTONE AND TO THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY DRIVEN
00:55:40 WORK YOU DO FOR DISTRICT SIX AND FOR ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:55:44 >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. AND YOU HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO SEE
00:55:52 WHO WANT TO COUPLE ACCORDING TO YOUR MARKS SUPERVISOR JEN THANK
00:55:58 YOU FOR PRESENT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR
00:56:02 HONORING MUCH FILIPINAS TODAY I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
00:56:06 APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK BECAUSE THE LARGEST POPULATION
00:56:10 OF FILIPINOS IN THE CITY LIVE IN DISTRICT 11.
00:56:14 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FILIPINO
00:56:15 COMMUNITY CENTER BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY TO
00:56:21 BRING FILIPINO CULTURE TO THE SCHOOLS.
00:56:22 THE INTERPRETATION IN CLASSES WITH SOME KIM AND CITY COLLEGE
00:56:26 CREATED MORE CERTIFIED FILIPINO LANGUAGE SPEAKERS TO MEET THE
00:56:31 GROWING NEED FOR CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES.
00:56:34 THANK YOU FOR BUILDING WORKER SOLIDARITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
00:56:39 WITH LABOR AND JOBS WITH JUSTICE TO CONTACT KNOW YOUR
00:56:42 RIGHTS TRAININGS AND TEACHING THE HISTORY OF FILIPINO
00:56:46 DISPLACEMENT REACHING OVER 500 CITY WORKERS AT DPW AND MO
00:56:53 EXCEED MTA AND PLANNING YOUR ADVOCACY FOR BUILDING
00:56:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AND YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO WITH
00:57:01 API COUNCIL. IT'S CRITICAL FOR CULTURAL
00:57:04 PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION.
00:57:08 THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK.
00:57:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR
00:57:13 ADVOCATING FOR OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:57:17 >> THANK YOU. THE CASE SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:57:27 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT MENDHAM.
00:57:28 AND I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY TO RAQUEL I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT
00:57:32 FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND IT'S NOT
00:57:36 JUST BECAUSE IT'S WOMEN LED BUT IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE
00:57:43 RESILIENCY AND THE STAYING POWER OF YOUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY
00:57:46 . MUCH LIKE THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
00:57:47 THE FILIPINO POPULATION HAS SHIFTED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:57:51 BUT YOU HAVE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A STRONG
00:57:55 PRESENCE AND THE PRESENCE OF THE FELLOW COMMUNITY FILIPINO
00:57:58 COMMUNITY IS SEEN. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
00:58:02 YOU FOR CONTINUING TO REP YOUR COMMUNITY.
00:58:03 AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SOME OF FILIPINAS.
00:58:06 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:14 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND SUPERVISOR CHEN
00:58:18 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR WORDS AND EVERYONE HERE AT THE
00:58:19 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EACH OF YOU HAVE SHOWN TREMENDOUS
00:58:25 SUPPORT FOR SIMPLE HAPPINESS AND THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY
00:58:26 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE THANK YOU.
00:58:29 WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO STAND BUT AS YOU
00:58:33 CAN SEE WE HAVE HERE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PARTNERS WHO HAVE
00:58:40 JOINED US IN RECEIVING THIS COMMENDATION.
00:58:41 WE SHARE THIS ORDER TODAY WITH THE RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES
00:58:47 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHICH MAKE THE FILIPINO
00:58:48 CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT A LIVING AND THRIVING COMMUNITY.
00:58:51 WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED HERE TODAY WITH SOME OF THE
00:58:55 COMMUNITY PILLARS AND UNSUNG HEROES.
00:58:58 THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE. NOT EVERYONE CAN JOIN BUT YOU
00:59:03 KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT REPRESENTATION HERE OF THE
00:59:06 STAKEHOLDERS INTO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH.
00:59:08 WE ARE SO HAPPY TO REACH THIS TEN YEAR MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY
00:59:11 ESPECIALLY TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC AND EVEN TO COME OUT
00:59:15 STRONGER THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECESSION AND ATTACKS
00:59:19 AGAINST IMMIGRANTS. AND DESPITE ONGOING THREATS OF
00:59:23 DISPLACEMENT AND DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO SHOW UP
00:59:27 FOR EACH OTHER AND WORK WITH OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
00:59:31 AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO HAVE A FUTURE
00:59:34 IN THE CITY. >> SAMA PILIPINAS TEN YEAR
00:59:37 IMPACT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUSTAINED
00:59:39 PARTNERSHIP OF LEGACY FILIPINO ARTS AND COMMUNITY
00:59:43 ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE ROOTS IN THE SOUTH THE MARKET RUNS
00:59:47 DECADES DEEP. MUCH LONGER THAN THE TEN YEAR
00:59:50 ANNIVERSARY THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY.
00:59:53 WE ARE JOINED HERE BY COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
00:59:57 THE CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
00:59:58 >> SOME FOR THE LAST. MANY HERE ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST
01:00:04 20 YEARS AND SOME FOR OVER 30 YEARS ALTHOUGH YOU COULDN'T
01:00:09 TELL BECAUSE THEY LOOK EVERY YOUNG CAME THROUGH THE.
01:00:14 >> LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WOULD
01:00:18 LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE FILIPINO AMERICAN
01:00:22 DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, OUR MOTHER ORGANIZATION ADF.
01:00:26 WE HAVE M.S. BERNICE AND JOHNNY HERE AND I THANK YOU FOR
01:00:30 JOINING US. AND OUR SIBLING PROGRAMS
01:00:37 FILIPINO EDUCATION CENTER GALING BATA AND FILIPINO MENTAL
01:00:38 HEALTH INITIATIVE AND I THINK I SEE CHANCE HERE THE BOARD
01:00:41 PRESIDENT WILL PROBABLY ASK YOU TO DO THE WAVE THING SO CLAP
01:00:48 OUR COMMITTEE PARTNERS IN ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND HOUSING RIGHTS
01:00:52 SOME COUNTIES HERE THINK WE HAVE JERICHO AND RAMON THIS AT
01:00:56 THE MARKET COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK HAVE PROTECTED SO MANY
01:01:00 FILIPINO FAMILIES FROM DISPLACEMENT AND WE'RE ALSO
01:01:04 JOINED BY BISHOP THE HOUSING PROGRAM WHICH HAS HELPED
01:01:07 HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT FAMILIES FIND PERMANENT AFFORDABLE
01:01:12 HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE'RE HERE WITH PLANNING
01:01:13 COMMISSIONER TERESA IMPERIALE WHO'S ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
01:01:16 AND THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RACONTEUR.
01:01:25 >> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE IRENE ALMARIO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
01:01:29 OF BENTO STUDIO OVER SINCE THE 90S WINDOWS STAFF HAS DEVELOPED
01:01:34 HUNDREDS OF MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS AND ALSO AN EVEN
01:01:37 EVEN MORE COMMUNITY BASED ACTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS
01:01:41 AND PRODUCERS TO TELL THE FILIPINO AMERICAN STORY.
01:01:44 >> THIS WEEKEND THEY'RE PRESENTING COOL ARTS BURDEN OF
01:01:46 PROOF WHICH HAS RECEIVED A GREAT REVIEW FROM S.F.
01:01:49 CHRONICLE. SO WE HOPE WE GET OUT.
01:01:52 YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT. COOL ARTS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
01:01:54 OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS BEEN REALLY MAKING CULTURE
01:01:58 AND SHIFTING CULTURE IN SOMA FOR DECADES.
01:01:59 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LUISA ANTONIO AND MARY ROQUE
01:02:06 FROM THE BAYANIHAN EQUITY CENTER BOTH WEARING MONKEY BACA
01:02:09 SWEATSHIRTS AND MARIA TERESA TEN MAN TERESA TEN FROM CANON
01:02:14 KIPP CENTER YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT BUT THEY'VE BEEN SERVING THE
01:02:21 SOMA DISTRICT FOR DECADES EVERY DAY SERVING SENIORS, PROVIDING
01:02:26 THEM A WARM MEAL AND ALSO MAKING SURE THEY HAVE OUTLETS
01:02:30 FOR THEIR SINGING AND DANCING AND ALL OF THEIR TALENTS.
01:02:33 OUR LEGACY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HERE STILL CELIA'S CLEANER
01:02:37 CELLULAR SELF IN PAUL AND OF COURSE AT THE AT ITS OF JT'S
01:02:45 RESTAURANT WHO'S BEEN HONORED HERE MANY TIMES BOTH BUSINESSES
01:02:49 HAVE BEEN SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR CLOSE TO THREE
01:02:54 DECADES. WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY CAT
01:02:58 GENNARO WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF APOLLO SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER
01:03:02 AND MEMBERS OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER AND MALAY
01:03:06 MOVEMENT RACHEL AND GLENN WE PARTNER WITH ALL THREE
01:03:10 ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS WORKERS RIGHTS
01:03:14 AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT AT THIS
01:03:15 TIME WHEN ALL OF THOSE RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
01:03:19 >> WE ALSO HAVE JOSE PETRO OF THE FILIPINO CHAMBER OF
01:03:23 COMMERCE, PRESIDENT OF FILIPINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A BIG
01:03:27 SUPPORTER AND DESI DARDEN FROM CULTIVATE LABS WHO POPULARIZED
01:03:31 NIGHT MARKETS IN THE CITY. >> AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE NOW
01:03:35 NIGHT MARKETS HAPPENING IN ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
01:03:38 AND WE ALSO AND THEY ALSO SERVED ON OUR ADVISORY
01:03:43 COMMITTEE WANT TO SHE'S SITTING DOWN BUT OLIVIA ONGPIN WHO
01:03:46 HELPED PRODUCE OUR MAKI BACA EXHIBIT BRINGING OVER 4000
01:03:54 PEOPLE TO TABERNA FOR THE EXHIBIT LAST YEAR AND JAN TELL
01:03:57 LABYRINTH SO WHO IS OUR CHESS COORDINATOR?
01:04:02 >> SHE'S WITH REP AND HELPED WRITE THE 100 PAGE REPORT.
01:04:05 >> DID I FORGET? AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WOULD
01:04:09 LIKE TO PERSONALLY EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE SUMMER
01:04:13 PILIPINAS TEAM THAT DIDN'T HAVE ALL OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
01:04:16 COORDINATOR CHRISTINE ABEBA OUR ARTS AND ADMINISTRATOR DAVID
01:04:21 WU, OUR LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR NEXT
01:04:28 GARY OUR MARKETING COORDINATOR WHO COULDN'T BE HERE AND MARIA
01:04:31 DE MIRA OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LEADING PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS
01:04:38 AND THE JEEPNEY DRIVER I COULDN'T WISH FOR A BETTER TEAM
01:04:42 TO DO THIS WORK WITH EVERY DAY .
01:04:46 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR CHAMPIONS IN CITY
01:04:50 GOVERNMENT BESIDES ALL OF YOU. THERE'S TWO FOLKS IN THE
01:04:51 DEPARTMENT IMANI FROM CD APRIL FROM IWD.
01:04:57 >> I SAW JOCELYN MANALO EARLIER OTHER FOLKS IN THE BACK SO DID
01:05:01 I FORGET AND VERY I'M GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IF I DID.
01:05:05 OKAY WELL JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BY TO SUPERVISORS BUT
01:05:08 REALLY THINK EVERYONE HERE IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL
01:05:13 OF YOU AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TEN YEARS
01:05:15 OF SOME OF FILIPINOS. >> OKAY.
01:05:27 YES, THERE IT'S REALLY EASY, BABY.
01:05:43 >> I KNOW IN THE HALLWAY. YEAH, I GUESS I GO ALL RIGHT.
01:06:29 AND NEXT WE HAVE DISTRICT TEN SUPERVISOR WALTON.
01:06:32 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT MADAM AND COLLEAGUES.
01:06:37 TODAY I STAND TO HONOR THE CURTIS FAMILY SEE NOTES.
01:06:47 >> IT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A JOY TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY
01:06:52 TO RECOGNIZE A FAMILY WHOSE IMPACT ON SAN FRANCISCO REACHES
01:06:56 FAR BEYOND THE STAGE, FAR BEYOND MUSIC AND DEEP INTO THE
01:06:59 HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. MANY FIRST CAME TO KNOW THE
01:07:05 CURTIS FAMILY THROUGH THEIR UNFORGETTABLE APPEARANCE ON
01:07:09 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. BUT HERE IN THE BAY AREA
01:07:12 AND ESPECIALLY IN BAY VIEW, WE KNOW THEM AS SOMETHING EVEN
01:07:14 MORE SPECIAL A LIVING BREATHING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO USE
01:07:20 TALENT IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY .
01:07:24 FRESH OFF A REMARKABLE TOUR ACROSS 18 STATES FROM
01:07:26 WASHINGTON, D.C. TO NEW ORLEANS ,THEY HAVE CARRIED THE SPIRIT
01:07:31 OF SAN FRANCISCO WITH THEM SHARING SONGS FROM THEIR LATEST
01:07:35 ALBUM AWAKENED THREE AND SPREADING A MESSAGE OF
01:07:39 UNITY, LOVE AND CULTURAL PRIDE WHEREVER THEY GO.
01:07:42 AND YET NO MATTER HOW FAR THEIR MUSIC TRAVELS, THEIR ROOTS
01:07:47 REMAIN FIRMLY PLANTED HERE AT HOME.
01:07:50 THE CURTIS FAMILY. PAPA SEE MAMA C AND THEIR
01:07:54 INCREDIBLE CHILDREN ZAHARA NOW ICES KIKI AND PHENIX ARE MORE
01:08:02 THAN PERFORMERS. THEY ARE EDUCATORS.
01:08:03 THEY ARE BRIDGE BUILDERS. THEY ARE HEALERS THROUGH THEIR
01:08:08 NONPROFIT PASSING THE TORCH. THEY HAVE CREATED POWERFUL
01:08:12 INTERGENERATIONAL SPACES WHERE SENIORS AND YOUNG PEOPLE COME
01:08:16 TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC, STORYTELLING AND SHARED
01:08:20 EXPERIENCE. IN A TIME WHEN SO MANY FEEL
01:08:21 DISCONNECTED, THEY HAVE CHOSEN CONNECTION IN A TIME OF
01:08:24 ISOLATION. THEY HAVE CHOSEN COMMUNITY
01:08:28 DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WHEN FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY
01:08:32 GRIPPED OUR CITY. THE CURTIS FAMILY SHOWED US
01:08:35 WHAT COURAGE LOOKS LIKE. THEY STEPPED FORWARD NOT JUST
01:08:39 AS ARTISTS BUT AS NEIGHBORS DELIVERING GROCERIES, OFFERING
01:08:42 COMFORT AND LIFTING SPIRITS WITH SONGS THAT REMINDED PEOPLE
01:08:49 THEY WERE NOT ALONE. >> THEIR MUSICAL EXCELLENCE HAS
01:08:53 TAKEN THEM TO LEGENDARY STAGES LIKE YOSHI'S BLUE NOTE JAZZ
01:08:57 CLUB, FOX THEATER, CONCORD PAVILION AND THE BITTER END.
01:09:04 THEY HAVE SHARED THE STAGE WITH MUSICAL ICONS LIKE JOHN BAPTIST
01:09:08 AND LAYLA HATHAWAY. YET THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
01:09:10 THAT SAME LEVEL OF PASSION AND EXCELLENCE RIGHT BACK INTO
01:09:14 THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. >> THEIR COMMITMENT TO ACCESS
01:09:17 AND EDUCATION IS EQUALLY PROFOUND.
01:09:21 AS FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY MUSIC
01:09:25 CENTER, THEY EMBODY THE BELIEF THAT MUSIC BELONGS TO EVERYONE
01:09:31 REGARDLESS OF AGE, BACKGROUND OR INCOME.
01:09:35 >> AND AS THEY STEP INTO AN EXCITING NEW CHAPTER DEVELOPING
01:09:38 A TELEVISION SITCOM THAT CELEBRATES THEIR LOVE STORY
01:09:42 WITH SAN FRANCISCO ALONGSIDE ACCLAIMED PRODUCERS LIKE JAMIE
01:09:47 FOX AND HIS CREATIVE PARTNERS THAT CONTINUE TO ELEVATE NOT
01:09:51 ONLY THEIR FAMILY'S STORY BUT THE STORY OF OUR CITY.
01:09:55 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSED ME TO HAVE SUCH HIGH ADMIRATION
01:09:58 FOR THEM IS THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW NOT ONLY CAN JUST SING BUT
01:10:06 THEY ALL PLAY INSTRUMENTS AS WELL.
01:10:09 THEY ALSO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT AFFAIRS.
01:10:10 AND I REMEMBER MEETING WITH THEM AND EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM
01:10:14 HAD A SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO WORK TO
01:10:18 IMPROVE THE DISTRICT. I AM SO PROUD THEY ARE FROM MY
01:10:22 COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TEN.
01:10:24 TODAY WE HONOR THE CURTIS FAMILY NOT JUST FOR THEIR
01:10:28 EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL GIFTS BUT FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
01:10:32 TO JUSTICE EQUITY, COMMUNITY AND CARE.
01:10:36 THEY REMIND US THAT ART IS NOT SEPARATE FROM SERVICE.
01:10:40 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORMS OF IT.
01:10:43 IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO COMMEND THE CURTIS FAMILY FOR
01:10:47 THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS THEIR INSPIRING LEADERSHIP
01:10:50 AND THEIR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO UPLIFTING EVERY CORNER OF
01:10:55 OUR COMMUNITY. >> AND SUPERVISOR MAHMUD HAVE
01:10:58 SOME WORDS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
01:11:10 FOR AMAZING COMMENDATION. >> I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THE
01:11:14 CURTIS FAMILY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE IN THE
01:11:17 FILLMORE. I THINK WE FIRST MET ON A SMALL
01:11:21 BUSINESS MERCHANT WALK AND ACTUALLY EVEN BEFORE THAT I
01:11:25 MET YOU AT YOUR CHURCH BY SURPRISE.
01:11:28 >> JONES JUST YEAH HESWALL. BUT THE VERY FIRST TIME I SAW
01:11:32 YOU WAS WHEN YOU PERFORMED AT AND SPOKE AT REVEREND
01:11:36 TOWNSEND'S FUNERAL ACTUALLY. AND SO I'VE SEEN HOW YOU'VE
01:11:40 PERSONALLY TOUCHED EVERY WALK OF LIFE IN THE FILLMORE FROM
01:11:44 COMMUNITIES OF FAITH TO WHEN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS UPLIFTING
01:11:48 THE MOST. WHEN SOMEONE HAS PASSED AWAY TO
01:11:51 REVITALIZING OUR ECONOMY WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS CORRIDOR
01:11:55 IN THE FILLMORE. AND YOU DO IT ALL AS A FAMILY.
01:11:58 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS STICK TOGETHER.
01:12:00 FAMILIES ARE COMPLICATED BUT SOMEHOW YOU'RE ABLE TO PERFORM
01:12:03 AND WE SEE THE JOY AND THE UNITY AND THEN YOU INSPIRE US
01:12:09 TO BE BETTER THROUGH YOUR FAMILY, THROUGH YOUR HOPE
01:12:14 AND THROUGH YOUR LOVE. >> AND SO THANK YOU FOR
01:12:15 BRINGING THAT INSPIRATION TO SAN FRANCISCO.
01:12:16 THANK YOU TO THE SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:12:27 THIS IS SUCH AN AUSPICIOUS OCCASION FOR US TO BE
01:12:32 RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR
01:12:36 COMMUNITY. WE ARE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.
01:12:39 SOMETIMES WE DO IT THROUGH OUR MUSIC.
01:12:43 SOMETIMES WE DO IT WALKING THE STREETS.
01:12:46 AND SO IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THIS.
01:12:51 WE SHARE THIS HONOR WITH THE GODPARENTS AND THE UNCLES WHO
01:12:55 HAVE BEEN AND AUNTIES WHO HAVE MADE SURE THAT THE MUSIC WAS
01:13:02 ALWAYS ON POINT FIRST OF ALL. BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE
01:13:09 ARE SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH LOVE.
01:13:10 >> MISS MISS LINETTE MACKEY PEOPLE LIKE FELICIA THIBODEAUX
01:13:20 WHO RUNS A PROGRAM AT BOOKMAN MOTHER BROWN'S KITCHEN.
01:13:24 THESE ARE AVENUES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN TO GO INTO AND HELP THEM
01:13:32 TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. AND IT IS AN HONOR FOR US AND I
01:13:37 SPEAK FOR MY WIFE AS YOU HONOR US.
01:13:43 WE WANT TO HONOR YOU WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER MADE
01:13:47 WRITTEN ABOUT A CITY. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG IN FACT
01:13:50 IT'S EVER BEEN DONE. ONE LOVE.
01:14:05 LOVE IS LOVE. >> ALVIN'S SINGING SOMEHOW
01:14:12 SADLY GAY LOVE BEAUTY THAT WAS OH SEVEN THE DAY HE I'VE BEEN
01:14:32 TOTALLY ALONE AND FORGOTTEN AND THEN HOME.
01:14:40 I'M GOING HOME TO MY DIVINE LOVE.
01:14:51 BUT WHEN MAY I REST MY LOVE IT MADE SAN FRANCISCO HOME.
01:15:08 UP ON THE HILL IT'S CLOSE TO ME TO BE WHERE LITTLE TABLES GONE
01:15:28 . >> I'M HALFWAY TO THE STAR
01:15:31 IN THE MORNING FOG MAY CHILL THE AIR.
01:15:39 >> I DON'T CARE MY LOVE WAS THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO OH ABOVE
01:15:54 THE BLUE OH AND CITY WHOA. I GO HOME TO SAN FRANCISCO OH
01:16:14 YOUR GOLDEN SUN SHONE. >> OH, WE REALLY
01:17:39 MADAM CLERK. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:17:42 AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:17:44 PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER
01:17:47 ALONG THE CURTAINS. YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE MINUTES AS
01:17:50 PRESENTED ITEMS 34 THROUGH 40 WHICH ARE MATTERS ON THE FLOOR
01:17:53 ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AND GENERAL
01:17:56 MATTERS NOT ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA BUT WITHIN THE BOARD
01:18:00 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. ALL OTHER AGENDA CONTENT WILL
01:18:03 HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT TO THE BOARD BY AN APPROPRIATE
01:18:05 COMMITTEE WHERE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUIREMENT OCCURRED.
01:18:08 FIRST SPEAKER YES GUY OF THIS PROJECTOR PLEASE.
01:18:12 >> S.F. GOV TV THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JERRY DE RATTLER.
01:18:21 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 THE BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 1660
01:18:25 MISSION STREET, THE FORMER HOME OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
01:18:29 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION FOR $18.5 MILLION.
01:18:33 THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED ON A $5 MILLION BUILDING PERMIT
01:18:40 IN 1999 THAT EXPIRED IN 1992 AND EXPIRED BUILDING PERMIT IS
01:18:48 NULL AND VOID. >> THERE ARE NO DEBRIS FIELD
01:18:49 INSPECTIONS ON THE BUILDING PERMIT AND NONE OF THE PERMIT
01:18:53 SPECIAL INSPECTIONS WERE APPROVED BY DVI.
01:18:56 I FORWARDED EACH OF YOU A COPY OF AN EMAIL I SENT TO THE
01:19:00 DIRECTORS OF DBI AND PLANNING REQUESTING THE $5 MILLION
01:19:07 BUILDING PERMIT BE REVOKED AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATION
01:19:10 ISSUED. I ALSO REQUESTED THAT NEW
01:19:11 BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE $57 MILLION OF PLANNED RENOVATIONS
01:19:19 WOULD NOT BE APPROVED UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT LICENSED
01:19:23 PROFESSIONAL DETERMINES THE BUILDING IS CODE COMPLIANT.
01:19:27 IN 2020 DUBAI FINALIZED THE NULL AND VOID BUILDING PERMIT.
01:19:31 FORMER BUILDING INSPECTOR BERNIE CURRAN APPROVED AN
01:19:35 ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT TO FINAL THE EXPIRED PERMIT AND MATTHEW
01:19:39 GREEN, THE CURRENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DUBAI FINAL THE
01:19:46 PERMIT HONORED CERTIFICATE OF FINAL COMPLETION BETWEEN 1993
01:19:53 AND 2020 1660 MISSION STREET DID NOT HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF
01:19:54 OCCUPANCY AND DVI IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ILLEGALLY
01:20:01 OCCUPIED THE SPACE. THE GEO SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
01:20:05 BOARD NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS
01:20:09 PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU.
01:20:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO SUPERVISORS.
01:20:18 >> I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS.
01:20:26 >> WE NEED TO TO USE YOUR YOUR POWER TO INVESTIGATE THE
01:20:31 MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP OF THOMAS PAINE SQUARE APARTMENTS
01:20:37 . FOR YEARS RESIDENTS HAVE HAD
01:20:38 THEIR CHECKS GO MISSING, THEIR MONEY ORDERS GO MISSING.
01:20:46 DON'T MISS THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY MAKES RESIDENTS PAY
01:20:49 RENT WITH CASHIER'S CHECKS THEN NEVER GET CREDITED TO THEIR
01:20:54 ACCOUNT. ALSO WITH THE MONEY YOU ORDERS
01:20:58 THEY DO THAT THE SAME BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THAT TO ME A FEW
01:21:01 TIMES. >> I WAS JUST LUCKY TO HAVE A
01:21:05 LAWYER. SOME PEOPLE AREN'T LUCKY LIKE
01:21:08 THAT. THOMAS PAINE WHERE WE JUST HAD
01:21:15 A ROBBERY AND THEY JUST MOVED THE CRIMINALS ONE IS THAT A
01:21:23 SISTER PLACE AND THE OTHER ONES THEY LET GO.
01:21:30 THEY WON'T HAND OVER RECORDS THAT ARE LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO BE
01:21:38 HANDED OVER FROM THE FEDERAL LAW.
01:21:41 THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1970 BOARD REQUIRES FOR THOMAS PAINE TO
01:21:48 SHARE OUR LEDGERS. >> OUR LEDGERS, PLEASE HELP US
01:21:55 OUT. THIS IS GOING ON.
01:21:59 >> THEY STOLEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE TENETS.
01:22:03 >> THEY WON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
01:22:07 WE'VE SEEN SO MANY CHANGES AND IT'S NOT.
01:22:11 BUT THE GOOD IS FOR THE THE BAD.
01:22:14 >> WE'RE ASKING YOU WE'RE PLEADING WITH YOU.
01:22:19 >> PLEASE, PLEASE AND THAT'S THE GATE.
01:22:22 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:22:29 YOUR. I'M FROM THOMAS PAINE SQUARE
01:22:34 ALSO A RESIDENCE OVER 50 SOME YEARS BUT AT THOMAS PAINE
01:22:36 SQUARE. >> I HAVE SEEN SO MANY MANAGERS
01:22:40 SO MANY PEOPLE COME IN LIKE SHE SAID, WE HAD A RESIDENT THAT
01:22:44 GOT ROBBED. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
01:22:48 THEY LET THEM WALK. THEY FIRED HIM BUT THEY GET TO
01:22:52 COME ON THE PREMISES. THEY STAY AROUND THE CORNER.
01:22:55 THEY BE EVERYWHERE BUT THEY NEVER TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY
01:22:57 SUPPOSED TO BE. THOMAS PAINE HAD NEVER AS LONG
01:22:59 AS I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE THESE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS I HAVE NOT
01:23:03 SEEN THOMAS PAINE EVADE AND STAY SELF UP.
01:23:07 ALL I EVER SEE IS THAT ALL THE BLACK FOLKS RED GO UP.
01:23:13 THEY RIDDEN OUT PRICES. THEY THEY LISTEN PLACES THEY
01:23:17 GET TO PLACES THE LEAST AMOUNT I'M NOT PREJUDICED BUT IS JUST
01:23:21 IDEA WHY WE CAN'T GET WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO GET AT THOMAS PAINE
01:23:25 SQUARE THEY HAVE STAINLESS STEEL REFRIGERATORS WHEN I HAVE
01:23:28 A WHITE ONE I TOOK ME FOUR MONTHS TO GET MY REFRIGERATOR
01:23:35 TO GET A NEW ONE THAT WAS LEAKING.
01:23:38 THEY CAME IN LOOK IT UP. OH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS.
01:23:41 THEY TRIED IT. IT DID WORK.
01:23:42 FINALLY THEY BOUGHT ME A REFRIGERATOR AND THEN THEY SAY
01:23:45 WE ONLY HAVE A BUDGET OF $200 IF YOU ONLY GOT A BUDGET OF
01:23:48 $200. WE GOT PEOPLE STAYING AT THOMAS
01:23:49 PAINE SQUARE. THAT CARPET HAS BEEN IN THE
01:23:53 SAME PLACES FOR 30 SOME YEARS. THEY HAVE NOT MOVED THAT
01:23:57 CARPET. THEY TALK ABOUT COMING OUT
01:24:00 MEASURE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MEASURE THE CARPET THAT THE
01:24:03 SAME THING IN THE SAME PLACE IF YOU GOT A THREE BEDROOM YOU
01:24:07 ALREADY MEASURES ALL THE THREE BEDROOMS APARTMENT YOU MEASURE
01:24:09 THE TWO YOU MEASURE THE POINT IN A ONE BEDROOM THEY ARE THE
01:24:11 SAME MEASUREMENTS GET THE CARPET DONE, THEY REMOVE THE
01:24:15 PADDING EVEN PUT NEW PADDING UP UNDERNEATH THINGS.
01:24:17 THOMAS PAINE HAS BEEN SO BAD, SAYS DOMAS HAS BEEN THE COMPANY
01:24:21 THAT WE HAVE TO BE. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE SAY JUST
01:24:25 GET US TO HAVE SOME HELP PLEASE.
01:24:26 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:24:29 NEXT SPEAKER HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:24:36 ALSO LIVE IN THOMAS PAINE SQUARE APARTMENTS IN FILLMORE,
01:24:37 SAN FRANCISCO. MY NAME IS JESSICA SALINAS
01:24:41 AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THOMAS PAINE SQUARE APARTMENTS.
01:24:45 FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF CRIME
01:24:46 AND HARASSMENT AT THOMAS PAINE SQUARE APARTMENTS.
01:24:49 I'VE HAD MY TIRES SLASHED, STOPPED MY CHILDREN THREATENED
01:24:53 BY THE SAME RESIDENT. I'VE REACHED OUT TO OWNERSHIP
01:24:57 AND TO OUR MANAGER DOMAS. BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
01:25:00 OUR SECURITY IS WORTHLESS AND IS OWNED BY BOBBY SISK WHO
01:25:01 IS A CHAIR OF THE BOARD THAT CONTROLS THOMAS PAINE SQUARE
01:25:08 APARTMENTS AND IS A STEWARD OF BETHEL A.M.E..
01:25:12 UNDER LAW HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT TO A COMPANY HE
01:25:16 OWNS BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HIM. WE PAID 3600 PER UNIT FOR
01:25:19 SECURITY EVERY YEAR WHICH IS WAY MORE THAN OUR BUILDINGS.
01:25:22 BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN SECURITY WALK THE PROPERTY.
01:25:26 THE SAN FRANCISCO STUDENT STANDARD RECENTLY DID A STORY
01:25:30 ON THAT AND REVEALED THAT BOBBY WAS OVERPAID MILLIONS OF
01:25:34 DOLLARS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
01:25:36 THE CITY COULD HAVE INVESTIGATED BOBBY SIX YEARS
01:25:38 AGO BUT THEY DIDN'T. WHICH HAS ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE
01:25:42 MORE MONEY OFF OF OUR MISERY. I FACE DEATH.
01:25:46 I FACED DEATH THREATS DUE TO THE TERRIBLE SECURITY AT THOMAS
01:25:50 PAINE SQUARE APARTMENTS. AND WE'VE HAD OTHER RESIDENTS
01:25:53 WHO HAVE BEEN NEARLY KILLED IN ATTACKS.
01:25:54 THE SAME MAN WHO HAS THREATENED ME WAS IN AN INSTIGATOR OF SOME
01:25:58 OF THE RECENT ATTACKS ON OTHER WOMEN AT THOMAS PAINE SQUARE
01:26:02 APARTMENTS. WE NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
01:26:05 INVESTIGATE MY BOYS. SISK AND MAKE SURE HE CAN
01:26:06 RECEIVE NO MORE MONEY FROM THE CITY.
01:26:10 WE NEED A NEW SECURITY COMPANY A THOMAS PAINE SQUARE
01:26:13 APARTMENTS THAT HAS NO CONNECTIONS TO BOBBY SISK HIS
01:26:14 GREED HAS ENDANGERED US AND WE NEED THE CITY TO STOP THAT.
01:26:18 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:26:21 NEXT SPEAKER A MY NAME IS PAT COCHRAN.
01:26:25 I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH THE RESIDENTS AT THOMAS PAINE
01:26:28 SQUARE AND I'M OBVIOUSLY HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LIVING
01:26:30 CONDITIONS THERE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON.
01:26:33 IF YOU LOOK UP THOMAS PAINE SQUARE IN YOUR PHONE YOU WILL
01:26:36 SEE A SERIES OF ARTICLES OVER THE LAST YEAR.
01:26:37 YOU'LL SEE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE CAUGHT STEALING CHRISTMAS
01:26:40 GIFTS. YOU'LL SEE THAT BOBBY SMITH,
01:26:43 THE GUY WHO CONTROLS THE BOARD HAS MADE IS OVERCHARGES BY
01:26:47 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SECURITY THAT IS
01:26:49 INADEQUATE AND HAS LED THE PEOPLE GETTING ATTACKED DEATH
01:26:51 THREATS AND BASICALLY THIS IS A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH BOBBY
01:26:55 SAYS THE CITY COULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS DECADES AGO.
01:26:58 IF YOU LOOK UP THE S.F. STANDARD STORY, HE WAS OVERPAID
01:27:01 BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT SHOULD
01:27:03 HAVE THEY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HIM FROM GETTING ANY CONTRACTS
01:27:07 AND BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN UP TO ON TAKING CARE OF
01:27:11 THIS ISSUE, THIS HAS JUST GONE DOWNHILL AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE
01:27:15 AND WORSE AND WORSE. THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED
01:27:16 IN FIRES. THERE'S THE MOLD, ASBESTOS JUST
01:27:19 EVERYTHING TERRIBLE YOU CAN THINK OF AND WE ALL KNOW
01:27:22 IN THIS CITY ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE FILLMORE REDEVELOPED IN THE
01:27:26 50S THEY ARE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING RIGHT NOW.
01:27:30 THEY ARE TAKING THEY'RE EVICTING BLACK RESIDENTS, MANY
01:27:33 OF THEM WHO'VE HAD THEIR CASHIER'S CHECK STOLEN
01:27:35 AND THERE'S AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S MUCH HELP.
01:27:38 I GOT TO THANK THE FLOOD SUPERVISOR FOR, YOU KNOW,
01:27:41 REACHING OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
01:27:42 BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE HELP THAN THIS.
01:27:45 THIS IS A SERIOUS LIVING CONDITION AND TRUST ME, IF THIS
01:27:49 ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF, PEOPLE WILL DIE.
01:27:53 TRUST ME ON THIS. IT IS BAD.
01:27:54 IT IS EVERYTHING BAD YOU CAN THINK ABOUT A HOUSE HOUSING YOU
01:27:58 KNOW THE BUILDING THOMAS PAINE HAS AND WE NEED THE CITY TO
01:28:01 STEP UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STOP THIS AND PROTECT THESE
01:28:04 RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU.
01:28:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER YES, GOOD
01:28:08 AFTERNOON. I GET THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR AS
01:28:13 A BACKUP TO BE THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS ERIC SEDGLEY
01:28:16 AND I JUST WANTED THREE MINUTES NOT A LONG TIME BUT I WANT TO
01:28:20 THANK SUPER FOR MELGAR FOR REVEREND G.
01:28:23 I'M A FORMER RESIDENT 72 LOBO STREET ATTENDED REVEREND G'S
01:28:30 CHURCH AND VISITED MAYFLOWER RESTAURANT MANY YEARS, JUST
01:28:34 WENT TO HIS CHURCH LAST SUNDAY AND THE FORMER SUNDAY BEFORE HE
01:28:38 PASSED. I'M NOW A RESIDENT OF THE
01:28:39 FILLMORE FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND AS A RESIDENT JUST SPOKE
01:28:43 ABOUT THOMAS PAINE. >> OUR WHOLE FAMILY NEEDS HELP,
01:28:46 RIGHT? I CAME HERE TO ASK FOR HELP
01:28:49 BEFORE EVEN WITH LARGE COMMUNITY CENTER NOT YOU KNOW,
01:28:53 THE DETERIORATION OF THE BUILDING AND AS REVEREND G'S
01:28:57 PICTURE IS ALL PART OF THE BUILDING THAT'S CRACKING IN THE
01:29:01 FOUNDATION, WE REALLY NEED HELP, RIGHT?
01:29:02 WE'VE BEEN NEEDING HELP FOR YEARS AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU
01:29:05 KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE HELP THAT WE NEED.
01:29:08 RIGHT? THE FILLMORE SAFEWAY CLOSED
01:29:09 AND NOW I'M ORGANIZING IT BECAUSE GROCERY STORES ARE AN
01:29:13 ISSUE IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW.
01:29:17 RIGHT. YOU TALKED ABOUT HEARING FOR
01:29:18 DOGS AND YOU KNOW WE NEED A HEARING FOR GROCERY STORES,
01:29:21 RIGHT? WE NEED TO GET UNDERSTAND WHAT
01:29:25 ARE WE DOING WITH ALL THESE GROCERY STORES AND EVERY
01:29:27 NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S A GROCERY STORE ALMOST CLOSING IN SAN
01:29:29 FRANCISCO RIGHT. AND ONE OF OUR PRIME
01:29:32 DEVELOPMENTS IS THE SAFEWAY STORE IN FILLMORE THAT WE'RE
01:29:36 NOT GETTING NO JUSTICE WITH AND THEY'RE LEADING THE CASE
01:29:39 WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO REDO ALL
01:29:44 SAFEWAY STORES. SO WE REALLY NEED HELP.
01:29:48 SO I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING A TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY
01:29:52 AT THE SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY JUST TO START THE PROCESS.
01:29:53 SO MAX AND ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES YOU'LL ASSIST IS
01:29:56 SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND HELP WITH THIS PROCESS.
01:30:00 YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING, RIGHT?
01:30:03 I'M GOING ACROSS THE CITY NOW TO ORGANIZE AND HELP MY
01:30:05 COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE FILLMORE NEEDS HELP BEEN NEEDING HELP
01:30:08 AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE JUSTICE WE NEED.
01:30:11 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:30:12 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON YOU ARE MY NAME IS JALEN TILLIS
01:30:21 AND I'M 26 YEARS OLD. LONG STORY SHORT THERE ARE FOUR
01:30:25 PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TO THIS
01:30:27 MATTER. ONE THERE IS A LOT OF
01:30:30 DEFECATION AND THERE IS A LOT OF URINATION ON THE STREETS OF
01:30:34 SAN FRANCISCO AND I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY IT IS BAD TO THE
01:30:37 ENVIRONMENT BUT IT'S ALSO BAD TO THE YOUTH THAT HAVE TO WALK
01:30:41 THESE STREETS. AND PERSONALLY I FEEL LIKE WE
01:30:44 NEED MORE BATHROOMS IN THE PUBLIC SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE
01:30:48 TO URINATE AND DEFECATE. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TO
01:30:51 WHERE EVERYWHERE I WALK I HAVE TO LOOK DOWN THE MAKES RIGHT
01:30:53 OUT STEP AND FECES. I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S MESSING
01:30:56 UP THE OZONE LAYER AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S MESSING UP THE
01:31:01 AIR QUALITY AS WELL. >> AND THE LAST LIKE THE SECOND
01:31:06 ONE GROCERY STORES, GROCERY STORES WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
01:31:10 DEATH IN THE CITY TOO. PERSONALLY I RECOMMEND HIRING
01:31:11 MORE SECURITY AND I RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF TAKING IT OUT
01:31:18 ON THE CITIZENS WHO DO NOT STEAL IN SAN FRANCISCO WE HAVE
01:31:22 MORE STRICTER LAWS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO STILL SAME THING OR
01:31:26 PEOPLE WHO DEFECATE AND URINATE IN THE STREETS.
01:31:30 >> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE STILL HAVE A MAJOR DRUG PROBLEM
01:31:34 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SMOKING 30 IN FRONT
01:31:40 OF DAYCARES AND SCHOOLS, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LIKE DOING OPEN
01:31:44 AIR DRUG DEALING LIKE AT NIGHT YOU KNOW, IN THE DAYTIME DANIEL
01:31:47 LURIE'S DOING A GOOD JOB BUT THERE'S A PART THAT HE'S NOT
01:31:52 COVERING WHICH IS AT NIGHT WHICH SAN FRANCISCO DATOS
01:31:55 IN PARTICULAR IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREA AND THAT'S WHERE
01:31:59 YOU KNOW THE FREAKS COME OUT. AND PERSONALLY I THINK THAT IF
01:32:03 JAN LIKE FOR EXAMPLE DIDN'T WORK NINE SEARCHES LIKE RAN
01:32:07 CANINES FOR THE CITY IS A LOT MORE LIKE JUST RANDOMLY I FEEL
01:32:10 LIKE WE COULD CRACK DOWN ON MORE DRUG USAGE AS WELL AS DRUG
01:32:14 DEALING. AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAD
01:32:18 STRICTER PRECAUTIONS, A STRICTER PUNISHMENT.
01:32:19 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
01:32:21 APOLOGIES FOR CUTTING YOU OFF OR PROVIDING EVERYONE THE SAME
01:32:24 TWO MINUTES. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
01:32:29 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS RYAN ORTIZ AND I
01:32:30 WORK AS A LEGISLATIVE INTERN AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S OFFICE.
01:32:34 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM NUMBER 34 WHICH
01:32:36 DECLARES APRIL 24TH 2026 AS ARBOR DAY.
01:32:39 OUR DAY IS A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED CELEBRATION THAT
01:32:41 ENCOURAGES THE PLANTING, NURTURING AND CARE OF TREES
01:32:43 TREES PROVIDE US WITH MORE SHADE, BETTER AIR QUALITY NOISE
01:32:47 REDUCTION AND A SENSE OF CALM THAT WE COULD ALL USE IN THESE
01:32:50 TROUBLING TIMES. >> SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THE
01:32:51 GREATEST IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR MOST DENSE
01:32:54 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTION, URBAN
01:32:57 HEAT AND LIMITED ACCESS TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:32:58 THIS TIME SERVES AS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE BEAUTY OF THE
01:33:02 NATURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL AS A SENSE OF
01:33:05 COMMUNITY THAT IS CREATED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE EFFORTS
01:33:08 FROM OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. >> SO LET US TAKE THIS TIME
01:33:10 AND SPEND TO TAKE A WALK AND SPEND A LITTLE EXTRA TIME
01:33:13 APPRECIATING OUR TREES. JOIN THE CONVERSATION AS I
01:33:17 SUPPORT TREE PLANTING AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF
01:33:18 THOSE WHO MAKE A BETTER TOMORROW FOR US.
01:33:20 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:33:22 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:33:28 MY NAME IS DENISE HEIGHTS AND RYDER.
01:33:32 I'M THE MANAGER FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT THE DEPARTMENT
01:33:33 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. AND ON BEHALF OF THE
01:33:36 DEPARTMENT, I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU AND EXPRESS OUR
01:33:39 APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR ITEM 38.
01:33:41 THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF APRIL BEING RECOGNIZED AS
01:33:44 SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, WE NOW
01:33:48 HAVE A WOMEN'S AGENDA FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND SOME OF THOSE KEY
01:33:52 PILLARS AND PARTS OF THAT AGENDA INVOLVE ENSURING THAT
01:33:55 WOMEN ARE SAFE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN ALL PLACES
01:33:59 COMMUNITY SPACES, SCHOOLS, TRANSIT AS WELL AS IN THEIR
01:34:04 HOMES. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC
01:34:06 POPULATIONS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY INCLUDING TRANS
01:34:08 WOMEN WOMEN EXPERIENCING POVERTY AND HOUSING INSECURE
01:34:11 WOMEN ARE AT GREATER RISK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
01:34:14 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE TO
01:34:18 MAKE SURE THAT THESE THE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CRUCIAL
01:34:20 FRONTLINE SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
01:34:23 EXPERIENCED CRISIS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
01:34:27 AND YOUR SUPPORT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
01:34:30 WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING SURVIVOR SURVIVORS,
01:34:34 PROVIDING HOLISTIC WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THEM AND MAKING
01:34:38 SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING PROVIDING CULTURALLY RELEVANT
01:34:42 SUPPORT TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SEXUAL ASSAULT
01:34:45 AND VIOLENCE. WE ALSO NEED TO BEGIN TO
01:34:46 ADDRESS THE GROWING PROBLEM OF ONLINE HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE
01:34:50 THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATING TO MORE AND MORE REAL REAL WORLD
01:34:54 VIOLENCE. WE KNOW THAT A.I. HAS LED TO A
01:34:57 MASSIVE PROLIFERATION OF DEEPFAKES.
01:35:01 WE'VE SEEN TERRIBLE COVERAGE PARTICULARLY FROM CNN RECENTLY
01:35:05 ABOUT ONLINE RAPE ACADEMIES. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN
01:35:09 EMERGING PROBLEM FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND WOMEN OF ALL GENDERS
01:35:12 ,TRANS INDIVIDUALS AND FOLKS ALL ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
01:35:14 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS WORK THAT IS DONE
01:35:18 IN COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR CITY LEADERS.
01:35:20 AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION
01:35:22 AND SUPPORTING IT. >> THANK YOU.
01:35:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:35:28 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JOSEPH AND I SERVE
01:35:32 AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMISSION.
01:35:34 >> WE WANT TO FIRST THANK SUPERVISOR CHERYL MELGAR
01:35:39 AND CHEN FOR LEADING THIS RESOLUTION FOR NATIONAL SEXUAL
01:35:44 ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.
01:35:47 THIS RESOLUTION WAS ALSO INTRODUCED AT THE YOUTH
01:35:49 COMMISSION BY THE TWO COMMISSIONER CAMERON MALO
01:35:53 AND ALSO CITYWIDE COMMISSIONER JACQUELINE MORENO.
01:35:56 SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THE COMMISSION HAPPENED
01:36:00 AND ADDRESSING AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ABOUT 20 PLUS YEARS
01:36:04 NOW SINCE 2005 AND IT IS STILL A PREVAILING ISSUE AMONGST
01:36:08 YOUNG PEOPLE. >> SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST
01:36:12 RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH EVERY MONTH THIS NEEDS TO BE
01:36:15 RECOGNIZED AND ALSO HOLD THE YOUTH COMMISSION IN OUR BUDGET
01:36:19 AND POLICY PRIORITIES. THIS YEAR IS ADVOCATING TO
01:36:22 ADDRESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING ING EDUCATION
01:36:26 PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
01:36:30 THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE SEXUAL
01:36:34 ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT AND TO PREVENT SEXUAL ASSAULT
01:36:38 AND HARASSMENT. SO WE THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING
01:36:42 THIS RESOLUTION. WE DO ASK FOR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
01:36:45 ON THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BUDGET COMING IN JUNE ALSO
01:36:50 REFLECTS THIS. >> THANK YOU.
01:36:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST WANTED
01:37:00 TO MAKE SURE I CAN WORK THIS DISPLAY.
01:37:05 YES, AS I'VE GOT TO BE. >> THANK YOU.
01:37:16 I'M PETER WARFIELD, EXECUTIVE. CAN I START THE TWO MINUTES
01:37:19 PLEASE? >> YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE
01:37:21 STARTED. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET TWO
01:37:23 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
01:37:28 I'M DOWN TO 133 AND PETER WARFIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
01:37:31 LIBRARY USERS ASSOCIATION. LIBRARY USERS 2004@YAHOO.COM
01:37:34 EXCUSE ME AT PROTON MAIL.COM AND P.O. BOX 170544 SAN
01:37:42 FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94117-0544 IT'S NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
01:37:49 AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND I'M CERTAINLY GLAD TO JOIN
01:37:53 IN WITH TALKING ABOUT THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARIES
01:37:57 TO OUR CIVIC LIFE VALUE ESPECIALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO
01:38:00 EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY
01:38:05 AND BEYOND. THERE ARE GREAT ASSET
01:38:08 AND HELPING PEOPLE ENJOY AND APPRECIATE AND LEARN ABOUT
01:38:10 THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND WITHIN.
01:38:15 LAST MONTH THE SUN THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE FOUND THAT
01:38:19 THE LIBRARY COMMISSION WAS IN VIOLATION OF OPEN GOVERNMENT
01:38:24 LAW BY CUTTING ALL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM UP TO THREE
01:38:31 MINUTES TO TWO WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PROCESS OR EXPLANATION.
01:38:34 AND THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR
01:38:39 STARTING EARLY LAST YEAR THEY CUT PUBLIC COMMENT ON A
01:38:42 PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM WHICH THEY'D ALWAYS HAD PUBLIC
01:38:46 COMMENT ON AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES.
01:38:49 ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE LIBRARY'S CONSTANT
01:38:53 UNCRITICAL TOUTING OF SOCIAL MEDIA DESPITE THE FACT THAT
01:38:57 WE'VE WARNED THEM ABOUT THE DANGERS.
01:38:58 HERE'S AN EXAMPLE FROM AT THE LIBRARY AND HERE IS YOUTUBE.
01:39:01 >> HERE'S A HEADLINE FROM METTA FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
01:39:05 ABOUT THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAT WERE DETERMINED IN A COURT CASE
01:39:12 WHICH AWARDED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:39:16 . NEXT SPEAKER MY NAME IS RICHARD
01:39:37 STEVE PETERSON AND TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING THAT I'M GOING TO
01:39:42 RUN FOR SUPERVISOR OF DISTRICT EIGHT.
01:39:46 >> WELL NOT REALLY. >> IT'S A PRANK, MR. PETERSON
01:39:50 PASSING YOUR TIME. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO
01:39:53 ELECTIONEERING IN THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU.
01:39:55 I'LL GO AHEAD AND RESTART. >> CONTINUE YOUR TIME.
01:39:57 OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T HEAR MY ENTIRE REMARK.
01:40:01 YOU'VE BEEN FRANK BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO SOME ISSUES THAT
01:40:08 I ENCOUNTERED UP. LIKE AS YOU KNOW, I'VE CHANGED
01:40:09 MY POSITION ON PARTIAL TAXES AND I'M A GREAT SUPPORTER OF
01:40:14 THE MUNI YET ALL OF A SUDDEN I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL FROM AN
01:40:20 INCIDENT THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A WARNING WHEN I WAS
01:40:24 INTERFERING WITH APPARENTLY TWO TRANSIT OFFICERS THAT WERE
01:40:30 AGGRESSIVELY QUESTIONING A. AN ASIAN PERSON WHO COULDN'T
01:40:35 SPEAK ENGLISH AND OF COURSE MY MOUTH GET ME IN TROUBLE AND SO
01:40:39 THEY GAVE ME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WARNING.
01:40:43 BUT APPARENTLY IT'S A WHOLE NEW $34 FINE THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU
01:40:49 WHEN YOU APPARENTLY DON'T DISPLAY.
01:40:53 AND IF ANYBODY CAN TELL ME WHAT THE WHAT THE OFFENSE IS FOR NOT
01:41:00 DISPLAYING. >> I HAD MY IDENTITY I HAD MY
01:41:04 MY TRANSIT CARD BUT I, I DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE TRANSIT CARD TO
01:41:08 SHOW THAT IT'S BEEN USING USE BUT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS TYPE
01:41:13 OF POSITION TO TAKE. >> BUT THE REAL REASON THAT I'M
01:41:19 HERE TO TALK AGAIN IS I'M STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT
01:41:26 THAT THIS BOARD IS NOT DOING ITS DUTY IN ORDER TO.
01:41:31 I FEEL CENSURE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AND INDUCE HER TO
01:41:35 RESIGN BECAUSE SHE'S HOLDING UP DISTRICT NINE.
01:41:38 I SEE THAT EXCUSE ME THE DISTRICT AND I SEE THESE
01:41:44 SUPERVISOR IS ABSENCE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:41:49 ONCE AGAIN. >> NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUSE MY
01:42:04 TIME. IT HASN'T BEGUN.
01:42:31 IS THE SPEAKER'S READY WHILE WE'RE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
01:42:42 THE SPEAKER IS THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO
01:42:46 PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER
01:42:56 THE SHOWS IF IT DOESN'T I'M SORRY PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT'S
01:43:04 BEING SHOWN ON SCREEN. ALL RIGHT.
01:43:15 OKAY. I'LL TRY.
01:43:16 YEAH. I'M SORRY IF IT'S NOT PERFECT
01:43:19 BEST I CAN. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:43:27 OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA PASCOE
01:43:30 ARE AN EXPERT WITNESS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE FOUNDER SINGER
01:43:34 SONGWRITER, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER .
01:43:38 AND SO HERE IS WHAT MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS.
01:43:42 COULD WE VOTE YES FOR A SET OF BILLS FOR 009 TO STOP
01:43:46 HARVESTING ORGANS IN CHINA? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING
01:43:51 OUTSIDE CAN WE ALSO VOTE AGAINST YOU KNOW, STREAMLINING
01:43:58 THE CHARTER? >> WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE
01:44:03 CHARTER. IN FACT, WE WANT IT
01:44:03 STRENGTHENED. WE WANT THE ARTS COMMISSION
01:44:06 AND MORE TO ACTUALLY GET MORE ADVOCACY AND MORE PEOPLE ON
01:44:17 THERE BECAUSE WE NEED MORE SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT RIGHT
01:44:20 NOW IN DISTRICT TEN WE HAVE NO BANKS.
01:44:21 WE HAVE NO APPLE STORE. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS.
01:44:28 OPPORTUNITY I'M GOING TO TRY TO BRING UP MY PHONE HERE FOR A
01:44:32 MINUTE. THERE ARE SOME GRANTS THAT ARE
01:44:36 AVAILABLE ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE FOR THIRD STREET
01:44:40 AND THE BAYVIEW. IF ANYONE WANTS TO OPEN UP A
01:44:42 STOREFRONT THERE. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND THIS
01:44:44 TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS INCLUDING DISTRICT FIVE.
01:44:48 WE WANT TO OPEN UP SOME STOREFRONTS AND GET PEOPLE SOME
01:44:51 GRANTS. WE NEED SOME MORE BUSINESSES
01:44:52 IN OUR AREAS. OH I ONLY HAVE 35 SECONDS.
01:44:57 >> SO WHEN I WAS ATTENDING THE YOUTH COMMISSION THEY WANTED
01:45:01 THERE WAS A6I VOTE TO GET US SURE A RIDE SHARE COMPANIES
01:45:08 BIKE SHARE COMPANIES TO GET HELMETS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:45:11 RIDING THE BIKES BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.
01:45:15 FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THAT COULD BE COSTLY BUT ON
01:45:18 THE OTHER HAND THERE'S ISSUES WITH SANITATION.
01:45:20 BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING TO THERE'S NO COST ON THE
01:45:23 CONSUMER. THIS COULD BE A GOOD IDEA
01:45:26 BECAUSE AGAIN WE DO WANT TO PREVENT BIKE ACCIDENTS.
01:45:28 >> WE KNOW THOSE COSTLY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:45:31 SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT.
01:45:35 >> ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:45:38 >> MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE
01:45:40 REFERENCE TO AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEM 34 THROUGH 40 ITEMS 34
01:45:44 THROUGH 40 WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE
01:45:46 REFERENCE. A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED
01:45:49 FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE ANY SUPERVISOR
01:45:52 MAY REQUEST A RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE TO GO TO
01:45:56 COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR HUANG LIKE TO SEVER ITEM 39 TO SPEAK ON IT
01:46:06 ITEM 39. GOT IT SUE VISOR DORSEY I'D
01:46:11 LIKE TO SEVER ITEM 34 SORRY 34 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
01:46:21 PRESIDENT AMENDMENT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ADDED AS A
01:46:26 CO-SPONSOR TO NUMBER 37 NUMBER 38 AND ITEM 39 YES YOU'VE BEEN
01:46:31 ADDED. THANK.
01:46:34 >> AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR TO SEVER HER ITEM 37 PLEASE.
01:46:43 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED TO ITEM 39.
01:46:49 OKAY. >> OKAY.
01:46:53 SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
01:46:57 >> I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACT AS A CO-SPONSOR TO A NUMBER 39
01:47:02 STEP. ALL RIGHT.
01:47:06 SO I THINK ITEMS 3437 AND 39 HAVE BEEN SEVERED OFF.
01:47:12 >> YES. SO ITEMS 35, 36, 38 AND 40 CALL
01:47:18 THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. >> SUPERVISOR SOLDER SOLDER I
01:47:22 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
01:47:26 SUPERVISOR HUANG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
01:47:33 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
01:47:38 SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN I. AMENDMENT I SUPERVISOR MELGAR I
01:47:41 MELGAR I THEIR NINE EYES ALL RIGHT WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:47:44 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED AND MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
01:47:48 ITEM 34 ITEM 34 IS A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE APRIL 24TH 2026 AS
01:47:54 ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:47:58 >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDOLIN COLLEAGUES
01:47:59 TODAY WILL BE VOTING ON A RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL 23RD
01:48:05 24TH 2026 AS ARBOR DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:48:08 ARBOR DAY IS A REMINDER THAT TREES ARE ONE OF THE SIMPLEST
01:48:12 AND MOST IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE IN OUR CITY.
01:48:15 THEY IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, REDUCE NOISE, PROVIDE SHADE
01:48:16 AND MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MORE LIVABLE.
01:48:19 THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE
01:48:23 SOUTH MARKET AND TENDERLOIN WHERE ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE
01:48:24 AND TREE CANOPY CANOPY CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON QUALITY OF
01:48:28 LIFE. THIS PAST WEEKEND WE SAW THAT
01:48:32 ACTION THAT IN ACTION IN THE SOUTH OF MARKET WHERE
01:48:33 VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PLANTING DAY.
01:48:36 IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP
01:48:40 THIS RESOLUTION IS MEANT TO UPLIFT.
01:48:42 >> EXPANDING OUR URBAN FOREST IS ABOUT EQUITY AND CLIMATE
01:48:44 RESILIENCE HELPING ADDRESS LONG STANDING DISPARITIES WHILE
01:48:47 REDUCING URBAN HEAT AND SUPPORTING A HEALTHIER
01:48:50 ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK THE SAN
01:48:53 FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:48:55 RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:48:57 URBAN FOREST AND BOARD PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN WHO JOINED
01:49:02 ME THERE FOR THEIR ONGOING WORK TO PLANT AND CARE FOR TREES
01:49:05 ACROSS OUR CITY. ALSO DESERVING OF RECOGNITION
01:49:09 ARE THE MULTITUDE OF TREE ADVOCATES IN COMMUNITIES
01:49:10 THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO SO THOSE WHO PARTNER WITH OUR CITY
01:49:14 WHO PUSH US TO DO MORE AND WHO CONSISTENTLY SHOW UP TO CARE
01:49:18 FOR AND IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY DISTRICT
01:49:20 WHICH HAS FAR FEWER TREES THAN WE SHOULD HAVE, I SINGLE OUT
01:49:24 FOR APPRECIATION THE SUMMER WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
01:49:28 AND SHAWN OAKLAND, A CONSTITUENT OF MINE WHO HAS
01:49:29 UNDERTAKEN SOME EXCELLENT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ON THIS
01:49:33 TOPIC. FINALLY I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
01:49:34 OUT TO RYAN ORTIZ WHO SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:49:37 RYAN IS AN INTERN IN MY OFFICE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR
01:49:40 THE EXCELLENT WORK HE HAS DONE IN RESEARCHING AND PUTTING
01:49:42 TOGETHER THIS RESOLUTION. IT ENCOURAGES SAN FRANCISCANS
01:49:45 TO GET INVOLVED ON ARBOR DAY WHETHER PLANTING A TREE, CARING
01:49:49 FOR ONE OR JUST TAKING TIME TO APPRECIATE THE URBAN FOREST
01:49:53 AROUND US. I HOPE IT WILL HAVE YOUR
01:49:54 SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
01:49:57 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DORSEY WITHOUT
01:49:58 WITHOUT I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME
01:50:01 CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:50:02 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 37 ITEM
01:50:08 37 IS A RESOLUTION TO MARK THE 111TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
01:50:12 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND DECLARING APRIL 24TH 2026 AS ARMENIAN
01:50:15 GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION DAY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
01:50:19 FRANCISCO. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
01:50:23 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
01:50:24 CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE
01:50:29 111TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND DECLARING
01:50:30 APRIL 24TH, 2026 AS THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION
01:50:37 DAY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:50:38 THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST ATROCIOUS CRIMES
01:50:42 AGAINST HUMANITY RESULTING IN THE MURDER OF OVER 1.5
01:50:48 MILLION ARMENIANS BY THE TURKISH EMPIRE.
01:50:49 >> YET TO THIS DAY THERE CONTINUES TO BE AN OFFICIAL
01:50:53 POLICY OF DENIALISM BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF TURKEY
01:50:57 AND AZERBAIJAN. THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS STILL
01:51:00 FEELING THREATENED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ALL OVER THE
01:51:04 WORLD. DISTRICT SEVEN IS HOME TO A
01:51:05 LARGE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
01:51:08 IN RECENT YEARS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:51:12 >> THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED AT THE KAIKOHE ARMENIAN SCHOOL ON
01:51:15 BROTHERHOOD WAY IN MY DISTRICT AND ARSON THAT TOOK PLACE AT ST
01:51:17 GREGORY'S IN DISTRICT TWO AN ARMENIAN CHURCH THAT ALSO HAS A
01:51:20 COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH WAS WHICH HAS STILL NOT BEEN FULLY
01:51:24 REPAIRED TODAY. >> THE CROSS AT THE TOP OF MT.
01:51:28 DAVIDSON IS CONSTANTLY DEFACED WITH HATEFUL GRAFFITI.
01:51:31 OUR PLACES OF REFUGE SHOULD NOT BE PLACES OF FEAR.
01:51:36 WE MUST CONDEMN THESE ACTS. THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
01:51:39 COMMEMORATION AT MOUNT DAVIS AT CROSS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR
01:51:44 ON SUNDAY APRIL 26TH AT 2 P.M.. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
01:51:51 ATTEND TO HOLD SPACE WITH A GREATER KARMIC COMMUNITY
01:51:54 IN REMEMBERING THIS TRAGEDY AND RECOGNIZING THE RESILIENCE
01:51:58 OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE IN THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN SAN
01:52:00 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
01:52:03 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR. LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME
01:52:06 HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:52:07 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
01:52:12 ITEM 39. >> ITEM 39 IS A RESOLUTION TO
01:52:13 HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF FEATURE RATS AN IMPACT ON THE
01:52:19 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
01:52:21 AGAINST ELDERS AND REAFFIRMING SAN FRANCISCO COMMITS SAN
01:52:24 FRANCISCO'S COMMITMENT TO ELDERS SAFETY, VIOLENCE
01:52:27 PREVENTION, COMMUNITY HEALING AND STANDING AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN
01:52:31 HATE. >> SUPERVISOR WONG.
01:52:32 COLLEAGUES THANK YOU. I'M PROUD TO BRING THIS
01:52:36 RESOLUTION FORWARD TODAY. I WANT TO FIRST THANK THE
01:52:40 RETIREMENT PARTY FAMILY FOR REACHING OUT AND TRUSTING US
01:52:41 WITH THIS RESOLUTION. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
01:52:44 OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND HONORED GRANDPA OF HIS LIFE
01:52:48 ON BEHALF OF THEIR FAMILY FIVE YEARS AGO ON A JANUARY MORNING
01:52:53 IN 2021, AN 84 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER NAMED VICENTE
01:52:57 RETIREMENT PARTY LEFT HIS DAUGHTER'S APARTMENT AND THE
01:52:58 VISTA TO TAKE HIS DAILY WALK. HE NEVER CAME HOME.
01:53:02 HE WAS SHOVED TO THE GROUND IN THE UNPROVOKED ATTACK.
01:53:05 HE DIED TWO DAYS LATER FROM HIS INJURIES.
01:53:08 THE RETURN OF PARTY FAMILY CALLED HIM GRANDPA VICTOR.
01:53:11 SO DID THE CITY EVENTUALLY AND SO DID THE COUNTRY.
01:53:15 HE BECAME THE FACE OF A MOVEMENT THAT CAME OUT OF A
01:53:19 MOMENT WHEN ASIAN-AMERICAN ELDERS WERE AFRAID TO WALK
01:53:22 THEIR OWN STREETS. AND WHEN ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES
01:53:23 IN SAN FRANCISCO ROSE 567% IN A SINGLE YEAR, HIS FAMILY HAS
01:53:30 SPENT THE FIVE YEARS SINCE TRUMP OF HIS DEATH REFUSING TO
01:53:34 LET THE GRIEF BE PRIVATE. THEY'VE STOOD AT RALLIES AT
01:53:37 PRESS CONFERENCES AND AT CEREMONIES AND HAVE DONE MORE
01:53:38 FOR THEIR LOVED ONES MEMORY THAN MOST OF US WILL EVER BE
01:53:43 ASKED TO DO. THE RETURN OF FAMILY HAS THEIR
01:53:46 GRATITUDE AND THEY HAVE OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT.
01:53:50 I BRING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AS THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS WHO
01:53:54 GREW UP IN THE SUNSET A NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF
01:53:55 GRANDPARENTS WHO TAKE THE SAME MORNING WALKS WHICH I TOOK
01:53:58 EVERY ASIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY IN THIS CITY UNDERSTOOD WHAT
01:54:02 HAPPENED TO GRANDPA EACH YEAR BECAUSE EVERY ASIAN AMERICAN
01:54:06 FAMILY SEES THEIR OWN LOVED ONES IN HIM.
01:54:09 >> GRANDPA WHICH BECAME SOMETHING SO MUCH LARGER
01:54:10 INSPIRED A MOVEMENT INSPIRED ME AND SO MANY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE
01:54:14 TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NAME OF
01:54:17 SAFETY FOR SENIORS. >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY IS
01:54:21 WHAT WE SHOULD BE SAYING EVERY DAY.
01:54:23 OUR ELDERS DESERVE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS CITY WITHOUT FEAR
01:54:25 VIOLENCE AGAINST THE OLDEST AND MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US IS
01:54:29 AN ASSAULT ON WHO WE ARE AS A CITY.
01:54:33 THIS RESOLUTION HONORS EACH HIS LIFE.
01:54:36 IT COMMITS SAN FRANCISCO TO ELDER SAFETY VIOLENCE
01:54:39 PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY HEALING.
01:54:40 HE ASKS OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES
01:54:43 AND OUR EDUCATORS TO TEACH AND ACT WITH RESPECT FOR ELDERS
01:54:47 AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST TARGETED.
01:54:48 I WANT TO THANK MY CO SPONSORS SUPERVISORS CHERYL SAUTER,
01:54:54 MAILMAN DORSEY WALTON MAHMOOD MELGAR AND CHEN FOR JOINING ME
01:54:57 IN THIS. TO TRULY HONOR HIS LIFE IS NOT
01:54:58 ONLY TO REMEMBER BUT TO ACT TO BUILD A CITY WHERE EVERY ELDER
01:55:03 IS PROTECTED, RESPECTED AND ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR
01:55:07 COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR. THANK YOU.
01:55:10 >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HUANG. WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME
01:55:14 HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:55:15 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY
01:55:20 IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS? >> WE HAVE NO IMPERATIVE TO
01:55:22 AGENDA ITEMS TODAY. >> COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
01:55:25 IN MEMORIAM? YES.
01:55:26 TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE
01:55:29 FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS. ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR WANG
01:55:32 FOR THE LATE MISS HONG CHING PAUL ANG AND ON BEHALF OF
01:55:36 SUPERVISORS MELGAR CHEN IN WALTON AND THE ENTIRE BOARD
01:55:40 FOR THE LATE REVEREND ROLAND GORDON.
01:55:44 >> AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA, MADAM
01:55:48 CLERK. >> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER
01:55:49 BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR
01:55:51 TODAY. >> THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED