00:00:13 AND GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE MAY 5TH 2026
00:00:18 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:21 >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:00:24 >> YES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESIDENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN
00:00:28 PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:32 FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMOOD NOT
00:00:37 PRESENT SUPERVISOR OR MANDOLIN PRESIDENT MANDOLIN PRESENT
00:00:41 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR PRESENT SUPERVISOR SADR SADR
00:00:47 PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHERRELL PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:51 WALTON WALTON PRESENT SUPERVISOR WANG WANG PRESENT
00:00:55 MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A QUORUM .
00:00:58 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:01:00 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:01:03 HOMELAND OF THE ROMITA COLONY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:01:06 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE
00:01:09 INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:01:11 THEIR TRADITIONS THEIR AMATEUR SHALLOWNESS HAVE NEVER CEDED
00:01:14 LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSABLE CITIES AS THE
00:01:17 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:19 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE
00:01:22 RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR
00:01:25 TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:26 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE
00:01:30 ROMITA ALONI COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN
00:01:33 RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES. COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME
00:01:36 IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE YOUR REPUBLIC FOR
00:01:47 WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD?
00:01:57 >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF
00:02:01 AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY THAT IS ESPECIALLY KALEENA MENDOZA.
00:02:05 THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR MEETINGS AND MAKE THE
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00:02:09 >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
00:02:10 YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:02:14 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELCOMES YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE
00:02:15 IN PERSON AT THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER.
00:02:18 ROOM TWO 52ND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
00:02:21 WHEN YOU CAN'T BE HERE, THE PROCEEDINGS ARE AIRING LIVE ON
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00:02:35 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:39 . ONE DOCTOR CALL TIME BE GOOD
00:02:40 PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1
00:02:46 OR 2 TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A FUTURE
00:02:48 MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ORDER
00:02:50 REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANT PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK'S
00:02:54 OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING
00:03:01 (415) 554-5184. FINALLY WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF
00:03:04 TWO MEMOS AS STATED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS SUPERVISOR
00:03:05 FIELDER SUBMITTED A MEMO DATED APRIL 7TH REQUESTING TO BE
00:03:08 EXCUSED EACH WEEK BETWEEN APRIL 7TH IN MAY AND JUNE 30TH AND ON
00:03:15 MAY 4TH WE RECEIVED A MEMO MEMO FROM SUPERVISOR MAHMUD
00:03:16 REQUESTING BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
00:03:19 MEMBERS MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMUNICATION
00:03:22 AND THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. >> COLLEAGUES, COULD I HAVE A
00:03:24 MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISORS FIELDER AND MAHMOOD FROM
00:03:27 TODAY'S MEETING? MOTION MADE BY CHAN
00:03:30 AND SECONDED BY WALTON COLLEAGUES.
00:03:34 I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:03:38 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISORS FIELDER AND MAHMOOD
00:03:40 ARE EXCUSED. AND THEN MADAM CLERK LET'S GO
00:03:42 TO OUR CONSENT TO AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE ITEMS ONE
00:03:49 THROUGH FIVE ARE ON CONSENT. THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED
00:03:50 ROUTINE. >> IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN ITEM
00:03:54 MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
00:03:56 >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE
00:04:00 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
00:04:04 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
00:04:12 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN II MANDOLIN
00:04:16 I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
00:04:23 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EITHER NICE OR WITHOUT OBJECTION THESE
00:04:27 ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO
00:04:31 UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER SIX.
00:04:33 >> ITEM NUMBER SIX IS THE ORDINANCE RETROACTIVELY
00:04:35 AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AN
00:04:38 EXPENDED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 6.22 5 MILLION FROM THE U.S.
00:04:41 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
00:04:45 SERVICES TO FUND 50 NEW POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS FOR
00:04:48 APPROXIMATELY FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST 2025 THROUGH
00:04:53 SEPTEMBER 30TH 2030 AND AMENDING THE ANNUAL SALARY
00:04:56 ORDINANCE. I'M COLLEAGUES I THINK WE CAN
00:05:00 TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:05:03 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:05:07 SEVEN THROUGH NINE TOGETHER. >> ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 9 OR 3
00:05:11 ORDINANCES ADOPTING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO BE
00:05:15 EFFECTIVE BETWEEN JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030 BETWEEN
00:05:18 THE CITY AND FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:05:22 OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR ITEM EIGHT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:05:26 FIREFIGHTERS UNION LOCAL 798 IAF AFL-CIO UNIT TWO AND FOR
00:05:31 ITEM NINE WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS UNION
00:05:33 LOCAL 798 IAF F AFL CIO UNIT ONE I THINK WE CAN TAKE THESE
00:05:41 ITEMS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:05:44 ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:05:48 NUMBER TEN. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS AN ORDINANCE
00:05:52 TEMPORARILY EXCLUDING CERTAIN SITES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SB
00:05:55 79 THAT REQUIRE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ALLOW
00:05:59 RESIDENTS SHOW USES ON SITES WITHIN ONE HALF MILE OF A
00:06:02 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STOP PERMANENTLY EXCLUDING
00:06:05 SITES LOCATED IN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS, AMENDING THE
00:06:09 PLANNING CODE TO PERMIT ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND HEIGHT
00:06:10 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ON CERTAIN PARCELS WITHIN ONE HALF
00:06:14 MILE OF A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
00:06:17 STOP ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO SB 79 AND MAKING
00:06:21 APPROPRIATE FINDINGS AGAIN SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:06:27 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:06:31 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 11.
00:06:32 ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:06:36 CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE SFM T TO ESTABLISH A CURBSIDE ELECTRIC
00:06:40 VEHICLE CHARGING STATION PERMIT PROGRAM AMENDING THE PUBLIC
00:06:44 WORKS CODE TO REFLECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE S.F. MTA TO
00:06:47 ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE CURBSIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
00:06:51 STATION PROGRAM. AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION
00:06:52 CODE TO AUTHORIZE S.F. MTA TO IMPOSE ADMINISTER RIDER
00:06:59 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS AND MAKING APPROPRIATE FINDINGS
00:07:03 . >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:07:03 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:07:06 MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 12.
00:07:10 >> ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 1.5
00:07:14 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL RESERVE TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
00:07:18 TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTED INCREASES IN SALARIES
00:07:19 AND FRINGE BENEFIT COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026
00:07:26 AND PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 9.1 13C THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES
00:07:30 A TWO THIRDS APPROVAL OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
00:07:31 SUPERVISORS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:07:34 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES PASSED ON FIRST
00:07:38 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 13 AND 14 TOGETHER ITEMS
00:07:43 13 AND 14 OR 2 RESOLUTIONS APPROVING AGREEMENTS WITH THE
00:07:47 DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES.
00:07:50 ITEM 13 IS WITH HOLMBRIDGE INCORPORATED FOR CONTRACT MODE
00:07:54 IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCREASING THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT
00:07:58 FOR A NEW TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 158
00:08:00 MILLION WITH NO CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL TERM AND EFFECTIVE
00:08:04 UPON APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
00:08:08 AND ITEM 14 IS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE
00:08:10 SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR INDEPENDENT PROVIDER MODE
00:08:13 IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS FROM JULY
00:08:18 1ST 2026 TO JUNE 30TH 2031 AND FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED
00:08:23 AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 991 MILLION.
00:08:26 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:08:29 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:08:34 NUMBER 15. >> ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A
00:08:37 RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:08:38 PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT INCREASE
00:08:41 FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH THROUGH FLORIDA STATE
00:08:44 UNIVERSITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ENTITLED
00:08:48 ADOLESCENT MEDICINE TRIALS NETWORK FOR HIV AIDS
00:08:52 INTERVENTIONS SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP CENTER FOR A TOTAL
00:08:53 AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 408,000 FOR THE TOTAL PERIOD OF JANUARY
00:09:00 25TH 2023 THROUGH JANUARY 14TH 2027.
00:09:03 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:09:07 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL EVENT
00:09:11 PLEASE CALL ITEM 16. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A RESOLUTION
00:09:15 RETROACTIVE AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
00:09:19 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ACCEPT AN EXPENDED GRANT IN THE
00:09:22 AMOUNT OF 50,000 FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
00:09:26 CALIFORNIA NATIONAL RESOURCES AGENCY FOR AMERICANS WITH
00:09:29 DISABILITIES ACT. RESTROOM AND RESTROOM
00:09:30 IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CHARITY CULTURAL CENTER SERVICES CENTER
00:09:34 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
00:09:41 2026. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:09:45 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:09:48 >> MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 17.
00:09:50 ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION
00:09:54 CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE
00:09:58 TEMPORARY STREET USE PERMITS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
00:10:01 AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR
00:10:03 OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE CERTAIN STREET CLOSURES
00:10:06 PROPOSED BY COMMUNITY BENEFITS DISTRICTS UNDER THE DOWNTOWN
00:10:09 ENTERTAINMENT EVENT ACTIVATION PROGRAM AND MAKING APPROPRIATE
00:10:13 FINDINGS. SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:10:16 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING
00:10:19 MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 18.
00:10:23 >> ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING
00:10:27 CODE TO REVISE QUALIFICATIONS AND DEADLINES FOR CONDUCTING
00:10:28 STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS AND MAKING
00:10:31 APPROPRIATE FINDINGS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:10:36 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:10:38 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 19 ITEM NUMBER 19 IS AN
00:10:43 ORDINANCE CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTING AN OFFER OF
00:10:44 DEDICATION AND QUITCLAIM DEED FOR REAL PROPERTY FROM THE
00:10:47 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SEGMENT
00:10:50 OF EAST CLEMENTINA STREET BETWEEN BEAL AND MAIN STREETS
00:10:54 FOR MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY. CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTING OFFERS
00:10:58 OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM TRANSBAY TO FAMILY LP AND TRANSBAY TO
00:11:01 SENIOR LP WAIVING THE APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER
00:11:05 1061 TO ALLOW ESTABLISHMENT EXPANSION AND REDUCTION OF
00:11:09 OFFICIAL SIDEWALK WASTE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
00:11:12 ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREET SEGMENT AND TRANSBAY TO PUBLIC
00:11:14 IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKING APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:11:16 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:11:21 ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:11:24 ITEM NUMBER 20. >> ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN
00:11:28 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
00:11:29 AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO PURCHASE UTILITY
00:11:32 INFRASTRUCTURE FROM CUSTOMERS THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:11:35 COMMISSION WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL SUBJECT TO
00:11:39 SPECIFIED CONDITIONS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:11:43 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING
00:11:45 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 21.
00:11:48 >> ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A RESOLUTION ADDING THE
00:11:52 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME HELEN WAKASA WAY TO JULIAN AVENUE
00:11:56 IN RECOGNITION OF HER LEGACY AS A FOUNDER OF FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
00:12:00 AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
00:12:03 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:12:04 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:12:08 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:12:11 ITEM 22. ITEM NUMBER 22 IS AN ORDINANCE
00:12:15 AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO STATE THAT IT IS CITY
00:12:18 POLICY TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY A SITE BASED
00:12:22 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT PROHIBITS ON SITE ILLICIT
00:12:26 DRUG USE AMONG RESIDENTS BARRED THE CITY FROM FUNDING NEW SITE
00:12:29 BASED PCH FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT
00:12:34 PROHIBITS EVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF DRUG USE ALONE
00:12:35 AND REQUIRE AGENCIES H S H TO SURVEY RESIDENTS OF SITE BASED
00:12:42 PCH TO ASSESS THEIR INTEREST IN LIVING IN EITHER DRUG
00:12:45 TOLERANT OR DRUG FREE H.S. >> CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU
00:12:52 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN I'M COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
00:12:54 A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR ONE WEEK APART FROM ONE OF
00:12:59 MY CO-SPONSORS BEING UNAVAILABLE TODAY I ALSO AM
00:13:01 ENCOURAGED BY CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH RECOVERY
00:13:04 COMMUNITY ALLIES IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY WHO BELIEVE THAT
00:13:08 THERE IS STILL COMMON GROUND TO FIND WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:13:11 MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY. AS I MENTIONED IN MY LETTER
00:13:15 YESTERDAY, I AM PROUD TO HAVE STOOD WITH THIS ORGANIZATION
00:13:19 OVER THE YEARS ON ISSUES LIKE DEFENDING OUR ENFORCEMENT OF
00:13:26 HEALTH WARNINGS FOR ADS FOR SUGARY BEVERAGES AS A PRIVATE
00:13:30 SECTOR CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST WHEN I WORKED WITH THE SUPERVISOR
00:13:33 WALTON AND OTHERS IN 2019 TO DEFEAT AN EFFORT BY JEWEL LABS
00:13:40 TO OVERTURN SOME OF OUR TOBACCO CONTROL LAWS, IT INCLUDES
00:13:44 LEGISLATION WE HAD WORKED ON TO EXPAND ACCESS TO BUPRENORPHINE
00:13:48 AND NARCAN AND ALSO FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE RECOVERY FIRST
00:13:54 ORDINANCE. SO I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'VE
00:13:55 GOT SOME GOOD COMMON GROUND THAT WE CAN STAND ON AND I HAVE
00:13:58 MADE A COMMITMENT TO TWO COLLEAGUES THAT I'M GOING TO DO
00:14:02 EVERYTHING I CAN IN THE WEEK THAT WE HAVE TO FIND COMMON
00:14:05 GROUND. >> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
00:14:08 >> VICE VERSA HAS MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR ONE WEEK
00:14:10 SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHERYL. >> COLLEAGUES, CAN WE TAKE THAT
00:14:16 WITHOUT OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:14:17 THE MOTION PASSES. >> I WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE
00:14:24 BEEN JOINT I THINK IT'S REVEREND BROWN OUT THERE.
00:14:27 >> THERE IS I WOULD NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY OUR FORMER
00:14:32 MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, REVEREND AMOS BROWN.
00:14:34 >> WELCOME. A LITTLE APPLAUSE.
00:14:38 VERY NICE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:14:41 NUMBER 23. >> ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A
00:14:44 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
00:14:48 OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING WORK PROGRAM
00:14:49 AND ENCOURAGING THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL
00:14:53 DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE
00:14:56 OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS
00:14:59 PRESERVED AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED.
00:15:03 >> SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN CHERTSEY
00:15:05 HAS BEEN IN SAN FRANCISCO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR OVER 90
00:15:08 YEARS. TODAY IT OPERATES AT SIX HIGH
00:15:11 SCHOOLS BARBARA GALLO LINCOLN LAW MISSION AND WASHINGTON.
00:15:15 AND IT SERVES OVER 900 STUDENTS WHO WHO CHOOSE TO ENROLL
00:15:20 AND OVER 600 MORE WHO USE THE PROGRAMS PHYSICAL EDUCATION
00:15:22 OPTION. ENROLLMENT HAS GROWN FROM 350
00:15:27 STUDENTS THREE YEARS AGO TO OVER 900 TODAY.
00:15:28 THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE STUDENTS
00:15:31 AND FAMILIES WHO MAKE THIS CHOICE FIND REAL VALUE IN IT.
00:15:34 THE PROGRAM TEACHES LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION FIRST AID
00:15:35 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, FINANCIAL LITERACY
00:15:39 AND OTHER SKILLS THAT PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR LIFE AFTER
00:15:42 HIGH SCHOOL. THE COST IS SHARED EQUALLY
00:15:43 BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PROGRAM DOES
00:15:47 NOT RECRUIT CADETS INTO JOINING THE MILITARY.
00:15:49 CADETS DESCRIBE THEIR JROTC COMMUNITY AS A SECOND FAMILY
00:15:53 AND AS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY BELONG.
00:15:56 THAT IS A MEANINGFUL OUTCOME FOR ANY AFTER-SCHOOL OR
00:15:58 CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM SERVING OVER 1000 KIDS IN THE CITY.
00:16:02 I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO SUPERVISORS DORSEY MANAGEMENT
00:16:05 MELGAR AND CHERYL FOR CO-SPONSORING AND I WANT TO
00:16:09 THANK THE OVER 100 CURRENT JROTC CADETS, PARENTS
00:16:13 AND SUPPORTERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE TO THIS BOARD.
00:16:14 THE VOLUME OF CORRESPONDENCE REFLECTS THE VALUE OF THE
00:16:17 PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES AND THE STUDENTS LIVES.
00:16:20 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:16:21 THANK YOU PRESIDENT AMENDMENT. I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:16:27 WE ARE DOING HERE. I DO THINK THAT JROTC IS A
00:16:32 PROGRAM THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:16:36 BUT I ALSO KNOW AND IT IS NOT TRUE THAT THE COST IS SHARED
00:16:40 EQUALLY BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE
00:16:47 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY FOR HALF THE
00:16:51 SALARIES OF THE EDUCATORS. BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS
00:16:56 100% OF THE BENEFITS FOR THAT POSITION AND 100% FOR ALL
00:17:02 EQUIPMENT ETC. FOR THE JROTC PROGRAM SUPPORT JROTC.
00:17:06 >> BUT I, I CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT IS URGING THE
00:17:10 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO POSSIBLY SPEND MORE MONEY ON A PROGRAM
00:17:16 THAT IS A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROGRAM.
00:17:17 SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE
00:17:21 RESOLUTION DOING HERE? WHAT ARE WE URGING THE DISTRICT
00:17:24 TO DO? ARE WE TELLING THEM TO USE MORE
00:17:28 SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR JROTC WHICH IS A FEDERAL
00:17:31 PROGRAM OR WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO DO WITH THIS
00:17:35 RESOLUTION? >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE THE CUTE
00:17:44 SYMBOL ON OUR SON. >> I TO SEE SOMEONE IN THE
00:17:46 SUPERVISOR WHEN I PRESS THE WRONG BUTTON.
00:17:48 OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:17:48 SUPERVISOR WALTON. THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION
00:17:51 IS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED PRESERVATION OF THE JROTC
00:17:54 PROGRAM. AS MANY HAVE SEEN IN PAST YEARS
00:17:59 AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GERTIE SU PROGRAM HAS BEEN AT
00:18:03 RISK BEFORE IN BACK IN I THINK 2006 OR 2008 THE CITY PASSED I
00:18:08 THINK IT WAS PROPOSITION V SUPPORTING THE JROTC PROGRAM
00:18:12 IN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TODAY THERE'S CONTINUED
00:18:16 SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR ROTC
00:18:23 PROGRAM AS IS DURING COMMITTEE. WE HAD INSTRUCTORS AND FORMER
00:18:27 STUDENTS COME AND SPEAK UP TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM
00:18:29 AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT ITS CONTINUED PRESERVATION IN THE
00:18:35 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
00:18:39 >> THE JROTC PER BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:18:41 AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
00:18:49 PRESIDENT MELMAN SO JUST FOR MY CLARITY.
00:18:50 WE'RE NOT ASKING OR URGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SPEND
00:18:54 ANOTHER DIME ON JROTC. WE'RE JUST SUPPORTING THAT.
00:18:58 THE PROGRAM STAY AS IS. >> YES.
00:19:02 AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED THERE THERE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR MORE
00:19:10 FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM. IT'S TO PRESERVE IT AS IS.
00:19:13 >> THANK. >> SUPERVISOR JAN THANK YOU.
00:19:17 I MEAN I THINK THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE WE WILL THERE BE
00:19:24 SURVEYS WONG IF WE'RE CONSIDER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON PAGE
00:19:29 TWO LINE 20 THAT INDICATED FOR THAT CLAUSE THE CLAUSE IS
00:19:35 CURRENTLY STATED TO SAY RESOLVED THAT THE CITY
00:19:37 AND COUNTY ALSO FRANCISCO RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:19:40 THE JROTC PROGRAM ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO CONTINUE TO
00:19:44 PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE
00:19:47 PARTICIPATE IN JROTC AND TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM REMAINS
00:19:51 FULLY FULLY OPERATIONAL WHEN AS OF USD NO LONGER FACE BUDGET
00:19:58 DEFICIT. SO LIKE IN THE IN THE PAGE TWO
00:20:04 LINE 20 AFTER THE CLASS I SAY REMAIN FULLY OPERATIONAL WHEN
00:20:11 SUB USD NO LONGER FACES BUDGET DEFICIT OR EXPERIENCE BUDGET
00:20:16 DEFICIT MAY HAVE THESE AMENDMENTS BEEN SHARED WITH
00:20:20 SUPERVISOR WONG PRIOR TO THIS? NO.
00:20:23 >> BUT I MEAN I THINK THAT IF THIS IS SPRING UP I'M JUST KIND
00:20:25 OF BROKE. OKAY.
00:20:26 ALL RIGHT. >> WELL THIS WAS I'M HAPPY TO
00:20:28 DEFER CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEMS LATER IN THE AGENDA IF
00:20:31 FOLKS WANT TO THINK ABOUT AMENDMENTS THIS WAS
00:20:32 IN COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN COMMITTEE.
00:20:35 SUPERVISOR WONG YOU CAN DEAL WITH US HOW YOU WANT TO IF
00:20:39 YOU'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME THINK ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
00:20:44 . UM I AM OPEN TO AMENDMENTS.
00:20:51 >> I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT SO FAR.
00:20:53 SO IF THERE'S A OKAY SO I'M GOING TO JUST SUGGEST THAT IF
00:21:00 SUPERVISORS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SIDEBAR CONVERSATION
00:21:03 THAT'S FINE. WE CAN COME BACK.
00:21:04 LOOKS LIKE SUPERVISOR MELGAR MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING SHE WANT.
00:21:05 NOPE. OKAY.
00:21:07 ANYBODY OBJECT TO UP SUPPORT SUPERVISOR WALTON, YOU WANT TO
00:21:11 SAY SOMETHING? >> THANK YOU.
00:21:12 PRESENT AMENDMENT. I DEFINITELY DON'T OBJECT TO
00:21:13 MOVING FORWARD YOUR SUGGESTION I WOULDN'T EVEN MIND CONTINUING
00:21:17 THIS ITEM ANOTHER WEEK BUT REMEMBER YOU'RE CORRECT.
00:21:21 WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE.
00:21:25 >> IF YOU RECALL THIS CAME INITIALLY TO THE FULL BOARD TO
00:21:32 GO ON FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE WHICH I
00:21:37 DEFINITELY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND DEFINITELY THOUGHT IT
00:21:38 SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COMMITTEE AND I DID NOT THINK AS WE WERE
00:21:44 HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE IT GOT TO US THAT IT WILL COME
00:21:49 IN THIS SAME FORM. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
00:21:52 SUBMITTING ANY AMENDMENTS EARLIER BUT DEFINITELY WOULD
00:21:56 SUPPORT THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENT OF SUPERVISOR CHEN AND IF
00:22:03 SUPERVISOR ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS DURING THIS MEETING OR
00:22:04 POSSIBLY CONTINUE IT TO NEXT WEEK, I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE
00:22:08 OF THAT. I'M TRYING I KNOW IT CAME TO
00:22:12 THE FACT I'M TRYING NOT TO VOTE NO ON THIS BUT I DO STRUGGLE
00:22:14 KNOWING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET INTIMATELY WITH MAKING A
00:22:18 BLANKET STATEMENT SAYING WE SUPPORT ONE SPECIFIC PROGRAM
00:22:22 THAT AGAIN IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM IS PROBLEMATIC.
00:22:29 >> OKAY? SUPERVISOR ONE CAN THINK OF HE
00:22:30 CAN COUNT HE CERTAINLY CAN COUNT.
00:22:33 >> YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHETHER HE WANTS TO TRY THIS DAY,
00:22:35 WHETHER HE WANTS TRY IT IN A WEEK WITH A CONTINUANCE,
00:22:37 WHETHER HE WANTS TO TRY TO AMEND TO POTENTIALLY GET, YOU
00:22:41 KNOW, UNANIMOUS FOR IT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
00:22:45 ON. I LEAVE THIS IN HIS IN HIS
00:22:46 HANDS AND WE WILL AFTER SUPERVISOR CHERYL CONTINUE ON
00:22:49 WITH OTHER ITEMS AND COME BACK TO THIS.
00:22:52 >> YEAH I JUST THINK THIS IS HAD PLENTY OF TIME FOR
00:22:53 DISCUSSION THIS IS SILA THIS SO THAT AGAIN I THINK THIS IS HAD
00:22:56 PLENTY OF TIME FOR DISCUSSION OKAY SOUNDS LIKE SUPERVISOR
00:23:00 CHERYL IS READY TO VOTE BUT WE WILL TAKE IT UP LATER MADAM
00:23:03 CLERK YOU WANT PLEASE CALL ITEM 20 FOUR.
00:23:07 >> ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING AN
00:23:12 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ACTION URGING THE
00:23:13 UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY
00:23:16 AGENCY AND URGING SAN FRANCISCO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
00:23:20 CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES.
00:23:26 I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE BACK TO BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS SAME
00:23:30 HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTION IS
00:23:34 ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:23:35 CALL ITEM 25? >> ITEM 25 IS THE RESOLUTION
00:23:38 DETERMINING THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 90 CONSUL GENERAL
00:23:42 MUSIC VENUE LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE MELLOW LLC TO DO BUSINESS
00:23:45 AS THE MELLOW S.F. LOCATED AT 1401 HAIGHT STREET WILL SERVE
00:23:49 THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY OF THE CITY
00:23:53 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND REQUESTING THAT THE
00:23:54 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
00:23:57 IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE SAME
00:24:01 HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS
00:24:04 ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE HAVE A
00:24:08 COMMITTEE REPORT. ITEM NUMBER 28 WAS HEARD BY THE
00:24:13 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING
00:24:17 ON MAY 4TH, 2026 AND WAS RECOMMENDED AS THE COMMITTEE
00:24:23 REPORT. >> IT IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING
00:24:24 THE OFFICIAL NAMING OF CERTAIN UNNAMED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
00:24:27 STREETS AND THE PROPOSED RENAMING OF THE EXISTING BILL
00:24:31 WALSH WAY TO GIANTS DRIVE ALONG GILMAN PLAYGROUND PARK.
00:24:35 ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL DO THIS SAME HOUSE,
00:24:36 SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:24:39 >> AND MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE CAN DO TWO MINUTES OF ROLL
00:24:44 CALL. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:24:45 FIRST UP ON ROLL CALL IS SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:24:46 >> OH. >> OH, THANK YOU.
00:24:49 SUPERVISOR WALTON. SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:24:59 OKAY. TODAY.
00:25:10 OKAY. THERE IT IS.
00:25:11 COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE HONORED THE LIFE OF SUNSET RESIDENT JIM
00:25:14 GARCIA JR A PROUD SAN FRANCISCAN WHO PASSED AWAY ON
00:25:21 APRIL 15TH AT THE AGE OF 61 AFTER A LONG AND COURAGEOUS
00:25:25 BATTLE WITH CANCER, JIM WAS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE SUNSET.
00:25:27 HE GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ATTENDING SAINTS OF CELIA
00:25:31 AND ST IGNATIUS AND LATER WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN
00:25:34 FRANCISCO WHERE HE PLAYED DIVISION ONE TENNIS AND WAS
00:25:38 AMONG THE TOP PLAYERS ON HIS TEAM.
00:25:39 HIS LOVE FOR SPORTS STAYED WITH HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
00:25:42 HE PLAYED IN LOCAL SOFTBALL GAMES FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS
00:25:45 AND GAVE BACK AS A COACH AT SAINT CECILIA MENTORING
00:25:49 GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING HIS OWN CHILDREN.
00:25:51 AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, JIM HELPED BUILD HOMES ACROSS THE
00:25:54 SUNSET AND THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO INCLUDING THE HOME
00:25:57 WHERE HE RAISED HIS FAMILY. HE TOOK PRIDE NOT ONLY IN THE
00:26:01 STRUCTURES HE BUILT BUT IN THE PEOPLE HE TAUGHT ALONG THE WAY.
00:26:05 HE SHARED HIS SKILLS GENEROUSLY TRAINING WITH YOUNG WORKERS
00:26:08 AND WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS SON.
00:26:09 FOR JIM IT WAS NEVER JUST ABOUT THE WORK.
00:26:12 IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING LASTING AND BRINGING OTHERS
00:26:15 ALONG WITH HIM. MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO KNEW
00:26:17 JIM THROUGH HIS PASSION FOR CARS FOR MEET UPS ALONG THE
00:26:20 GREAT HIGHWAY TO GATHERINGS AT SPEEDWAY MEADOW.
00:26:24 HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER HIS LOVE FOR MEL PERS ESPECIALLY
00:26:27 HIS RED ROAD RUNNER WAS UNMISTAKABLE.
00:26:32 IT WAS NOT JUST A HOBBY IT WAS THE WAY HE CONNECTED WITH
00:26:33 OTHERS AND BUILT LASTING RELATIONSHIPS.
00:26:36 JIM WAS ALSO AN ATHLETE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD FROM
00:26:40 TENNIS TO BASEBALL TO YEARS ON THE SOFTWARE ALL FIELD.
00:26:43 HE SHOWED UP WITH ENERGY, DISCIPLINE AND HEART.
00:26:45 AS COACH HE GAVE THAT SAME SPIRIT TO YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS
00:26:48 THE SUNSET SHAPING NOT JUST PLAYERS BUT CONFIDENT
00:26:51 AND RESILIENT INDIVIDUALS. BUT ABOVE ALL, JIM WAS A
00:26:55 DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, SON AND FRIEND.
00:26:56 HE SHARED 34 YEARS OF MARRIAGE WITH HIS WIFE THERESA
00:26:59 AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED RACHEL ANTONIO AND GINO IN THE SUNSET.
00:27:03 THE FACT THAT HE BUILT THEIR HOME WITH HIS OWN HANDS SAYS SO
00:27:07 MUCH ABOUT THE KIND OF MAN HE WAS.
00:27:10 STEADY, HARDWORKING AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO HIS FAMILY.
00:27:12 WHAT STANDS OUT MOST IS HOW MANY PARTS OF THE SUNSET JIM
00:27:15 TOUCHED THE HOMES HE BUILT THE PLAYERS HE COACHED, THE FRIENDS
00:27:19 HE MADE, THE NEIGHBORS WHO KNEW THEY COULD COUNT ON HIM.
00:27:23 HIS LIFE BECAME PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A
00:27:24 QUIET BUT MEANINGFUL WAY. AND I WANT TO SHARE THIS IN THE
00:27:27 SUNSET SOME OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL LIVES ARE LIVED
00:27:30 QUIETLY. PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THEIR
00:27:31 FAMILIES, THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT
00:27:34 EVER ASKING FOR RECOGNITION. THEY JUST GIVE DAY AFTER DAY.
00:27:36 THAT WAS JIM. HIS STRENGTH AND COURAGE
00:27:38 THROUGH HIS ILLNESS WERE AN INSPIRATION BUT IT IS THE WAY
00:27:42 HE LIVED WITH GENEROSITY PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND DEEP LOVE FOR
00:27:45 HIS FAMILY THAT WILL STAY WITH US.
00:27:47 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES
00:27:50 TO HIS WIFE TERESA, HIS CHILDREN RACHEL ANTONIO
00:27:53 AND GINO AND THE ENTIRE GARCIA FAMILY.
00:27:55 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR JIM'S LIFE AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED
00:27:57 IN THE SUNSET AND ACROSS OUR CITY.
00:28:00 >> THANK YOU. THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:28:01 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WONG SUPERVISOR.
00:28:04 >> LET'S SAY WE PROSECUTOR OUR 230.
00:28:05 ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO TWO ROLL
00:28:08 CALL. BUT MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CALL
00:28:13 OUT 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER? >> YES, SIR.
00:28:15 SPECIAL ORDER AT 230 IS RECOGNITION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
00:28:18 MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:28:24 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND AS HAS BECOME TRADITION FOR
00:28:29 THE FIRST TUESDAY OF AAPI HERITAGE MONTH, I WANTED TO
00:28:33 INVITE THE CO-CHAIR OF THE APA HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO COME ON
00:28:38 UP THE CHAIR CLAUDINE CHAMP, PRESIDENT OF THE APA HERITAGE
00:28:41 FOUNDATION AND CLAUDINE CHANG CO-CHAIR AL PEREZ.
00:28:45 YOUR PARTNERS IN CRIME WHO WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE ARE NOT HERE
00:28:49 BUT ARE HERE IN SPIRIT DENNIS YEE, GRACE ARCURI AND THOMAS
00:28:53 LEE CLAUDINE WHO WE ALL KNOW HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE
00:28:59 BEHIND THE APA HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION FOR 21 YEARS.
00:29:06 IT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONWIDE EVERY DAY SINCE 1978.
00:29:10 SAN FRANCISCO'S CELEBRATIONS BEGAN IN 2005 WHEN CLAUDINE
00:29:15 FIRST PITCHED THE IDEA TO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM.
00:29:18 AND IT IS AN AMAZING, WONDERFUL CITYWIDE CELEBRATION WITH FILM
00:29:23 SCREENINGS AND AUTHOR READINGS AND CUISINE AND DANCES
00:29:27 AND PERFORMING ARTS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR DOING IT
00:29:31 YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE WANTED TO WELCOME YOU TO TELL US
00:29:34 WHAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR FLOODING THANK YOU.
00:29:35 >> BOARD PRESIDENT OWN AND SIMPLIFY THIS YOU MUST HAVE
00:29:39 READ OUR CELEBRATION GUIDE IT SEEMS THAT YOU DESCRIBE MANY OF
00:29:42 THE EVENTS SUPERVISOR SO YES THIS IS AAPI HERITAGE MONTH
00:29:49 AGAIN AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
00:29:53 EFFORTS OF THE COMMITTEE WE HAVE OVER 100 PROGRAMS
00:29:56 THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY AND IN THE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS
00:30:00 I, I REVIEW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO
00:30:04 ENJOY AND THE THEME THIS YEAR IS ELEVATING CULTURES,
00:30:08 ELEVATING CULTURES IS THIS REALLY A CALL TO ACTION, A CALL
00:30:09 TO ACTION THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO DO MORE TO THAT TO EXPECT OF
00:30:15 THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO AMPLIFY THE INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE
00:30:19 CULTURAL HERITAGE OF EACH OF THE AAPI ETHNIC GROUP.
00:30:22 AND AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO WANT TO AMPLIFY WHAT THE GROUP
00:30:26 LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE COME TOGETHER.
00:30:27 >> WE DO AAPI COMMUNITY. IT REALLY MAKES UP A VERY
00:30:31 BEAUTIFUL FABRIC FOR THIS OF THE CITY.
00:30:34 AND SO I THINK THAT WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE UNIQUENESS OF
00:30:38 EACH, WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE THE TOGETHERNESS OF OUR MANY
00:30:43 ETHNIC GROUPS TOGETHER. FOR MANY OF YOU AND I THINK ALL
00:30:46 OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR EVENTS IN THE PAST AND IN RECENT
00:30:50 YEARS. OUR INITIATIVES INCLUDE
00:30:53 NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATION BECAUSE WE THINK THAT WE REALLY MUST
00:30:56 SPREAD THE LOVE AROUND. SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM US IN A
00:31:01 COUPLE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES SECONDS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT
00:31:04 A NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT HAVE BEGAN IN ONE
00:31:07 NEIGHBORHOOD NOW INTO FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:31:08 WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
00:31:14 EFFORTS BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY
00:31:18 THAN TO NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUTH LEADERS
00:31:19 STARTING LAST YEAR WE HAVE A GROUP UP WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
00:31:24 >> ARE YOU YOU AAPI YOUTH ADVISORS?
00:31:27 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MANAGED THE PROGRAM THAT IS CALLED THE
00:31:31 AAPI YOUTH CHANGEMAKERS. >> SO WHAT AND THIS REALLY HAS
00:31:34 BECOME A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE
00:31:35 CREATED FOR MEMBERS OF THAT ADVISORY GROUP AND WORKING
00:31:39 IN CLOSE WITH IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE SAN
00:31:43 FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMISSION AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
00:31:47 BEEN ABLE TO PUT A LAUNCH DATE LAST YEAR AND TO CONTINUE IT
00:31:51 THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE CELEBRATION
00:31:54 GUIDE YOU CAN ALL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AT APA S.F.
00:31:58 DOT ORG. BUT I MUST SAY THAT THIS YEAR
00:32:02 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS.
00:32:05 THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WILL INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATE
00:32:08 AAPI MONTH ON THE WATER ON THE WATER AND WOMEN IT BECAUSE OF
00:32:13 THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SEE YOU I SEE YOU ALL INVITED TO GET ONTO
00:32:16 THE DRAGON BOAT AND TO TO PADDLE WITH US.
00:32:20 >> IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. IT WILL BE AT LAKE MORISSET
00:32:24 THIS SATURDAY AT NOONTIME PRESS MEDIA SARAH WANG CONVINCE ME
00:32:27 AND ASSURE ME THAT NO SWIMMING EXPERIENCE NEEDED AS LONG AS
00:32:31 YOU CAN BALANCE YOURSELF IN THE BOAT BUT REALLY IT'S GOING TO
00:32:36 BE A LOT OF FUN. IS IT GOING TO BE A GREAT
00:32:38 FAMILY FUN EVENT AND I HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU AND IF YOU CAN
00:32:42 MAKE IT TO TO TIME AND TO DO THAT I ALSO WANT TO JUST CALL
00:32:46 OUT TO ONE IMPORTANT EVENT AND THAT IS THE CANTONESE OPERA
00:32:49 SING ALONG. AND I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF TO
00:32:54 SUPERVISE THIS YOU HAVE BEEN PRACTICING AND I THINK YOU'LL
00:32:57 BE IT WAS REALLY GOING TO BE GREAT FUN I THINK THERE ARE SO
00:32:58 MANY ASPECTS OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
00:33:04 BEEN DOING THIS FOR 22 YEARS, EVERY YEAR WE FIND SOMETHING
00:33:06 SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING TO OH WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE
00:33:09 THAT. >> WE HAVEN'T AMPLIFIED THAT
00:33:12 THIS YEAR HAVING YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THAT.
00:33:13 SO I THINK IT IS REALLY AMAZING WHAT COLLECTIVELY WE CAN DO
00:33:17 TOGETHER. >> SO BEFORE I TURN TO OUR
00:33:20 CULTURE OUR POOREST WE TO COMMITTEE ONLY HAVE TO ASK FROM
00:33:26 ALL OF YOU ONE IS TO ATTEND AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU CAN IN YOUR
00:33:31 DISTRICT AND AND AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND COUNTY
00:33:35 OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> PLEASE DO BECAUSE IT WILL BE
00:33:39 ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU THERE WITH YOUR PRESENCE OR YOUR
00:33:40 SUPPORT AND THE SECOND OSCARS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE A
00:33:43 NEWS LETTER AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU DO.
00:33:47 >> PLEASE DO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT CELEBRATING AAPI HERITAGE
00:33:51 MONTH. >> ALL OF YOUR OFFICES HAVE
00:33:54 RECEIVED OUR PUBLICITY TOOLKIT PREPARED BY THOMAS LEE AND I
00:33:58 HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US AMPLIFY.
00:34:02 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HERE IS MY PARTNER IN CRIME
00:34:06 ELLE US. >> THANK YOU CLAUDINE HELLO
00:34:09 BOYS SUPERVISOR MY NAME IS ALBERT THIS AND IN ADDITION TO
00:34:13 AP HERITAGE MONTH WE ALSO CELEBRATE SAN FRANCISCO'S SMALL
00:34:17 BUSINESS WEEK. SO WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO
00:34:21 DINE LOCAL AND EAT GLOBAL AT THIS PROJECT.
00:34:25 >> SO WE CALL IT CHOW FUN. IT'S A CULTURAL CULINARY
00:34:28 FESTIVAL IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND EXCELSIOR OCEAN AVENUE
00:34:32 AND GENEVA AVENUE VISITATION VALLEY AND THIS YEAR EXPANDING
00:34:36 INTO PORTALES AND IT'S A WAY FOR US TO CELEBRATE SMALL
00:34:40 BUSINESS OWNERS, LOCAL MERCHANTS WE'RE CALLING IT A
00:34:41 DINE AROUND INSTEAD OF RESTAURANT WEEK BECAUSE WE WANT
00:34:45 TO BE INCLUSIVE OF MOM AND POP BAKERIES, BOBA CAFES AND BARS.
00:34:52 THEY'RE NOT TRADITIONALLY CALLED RESTAURANTS SO WE'RE
00:34:53 CALLING IT DINE AROUND. IT'S FOR TWO WEEKS MAY 2 TO 16
00:34:58 AND SO YEAH, WE HAVE THIS PASSPORT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE
00:35:00 AS MANY OF YOU ALL TO SUPPORT MANY RESTAURANTS EVERY TIME YOU
00:35:04 MAKE A PURCHASE TO GET A SNAP OF YOUR PASSPORT AND YOU NEED
00:35:08 ONLY FOUR STAMPS TO QUALIFY FOR SOME VERY EXCITING PRIZES.
00:35:11 SO WE WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS CITY TO COME OUT TO THIS
00:35:14 TO OUR SIDE OF THE CITY AND I THINK SUPERVISORS CHAN CHAN FOR
00:35:19 YOUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT
00:35:22 OF FUN SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL MERCHANTS
00:35:26 AND CULTURE IN OUR SITE. >> THANK YOU.
00:35:29 >> WE ASK YOU TO ASSOCIATE OH YEAH.
00:35:31 SO THIS YEAR WE ARE WE HAVE 71 PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS ACROSS
00:35:34 THE EXCELSIOR OUR OCEAN AVENUE GENEVA AVENUE VISITATION VALLEY
00:35:41 AND PORTOLA. >> SO YES, JUST AMAZING
00:35:45 DIVERSITY OF OF CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES IN THIS PART OF
00:35:49 THE CITY. SO WE'D LOVE YOU ALL TO TRY
00:35:53 LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD JUST THROUGH
00:35:55 CUISINE SO PLEASE COME CHECK US OUT OR OUR WEBSITE IS CHAO FUN
00:35:58 S.F. DOT COM THANK YOU AND LAST BUT LONELY SO FOR THOSE OF YOU
00:36:05 WHO HAVE NOT SIGN UP FOR OUR CANTONESE OPERA SING ALONG IT'S
00:36:09 NEVER TOO LATE PLEASE TALK TO ME OR FIND ME SOMEWHERE AND OR
00:36:12 EMAIL ME TEXT ME AND WE'LL GET YOU BE TO BE A PART OF IT I
00:36:16 PROMISE YOU'LL BE GREAT FUN. >> THANK YOU.
00:36:19 >> THANK YOU BOTH. I'LL LEAVE BEHIND SOME
00:36:20 PASSPORTS SO YOU GUYS CAN ALL GET A COPY AND EXPERIENCE CHOW
00:36:24 FUN IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT.
00:36:24 WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT AT HERBST THEATER.
00:36:27 THANK YOU. AND NOW WE WILL RESPOND TO WE
00:36:31 WILL RETURN TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMING WITH
00:36:34 DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU FOR PRESSING COMES UP
00:36:42 CHILDLINE COME TO VISIT DISTRICT 11 AS WELL.
00:36:46 >> COLLEAGUES, MAY I ASK SUZANNE RETURN NORMAN TO COME
00:36:49 TO THE PODIUM? >> COLLEAGUES I'M VERY PROUD TO
00:37:00 KICK OFF AAPI HERITAGE MONTH BY HONORING YAO GONG ONE SAN
00:37:06 FRANCISCO TODAY A PIONEER OF WORLD CLASS LION DANCE IN SAN
00:37:10 FRANCISCO AND INTERNATIONALLY YAO GORMAN HAS OPERATED FOR
00:37:14 OVER 50 YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO ,SETTING THE GOLD STANDARD FOR
00:37:18 LION DANCE PERFORMANCES WINNING COMPETITION LOCALLY
00:37:22 AND INTERNATIONALLY. DEREK IT'S WOAI WITH SCHOOLS
00:37:26 IN THE UNITED STATES, HONG KONG ,AUSTRALIA AND CANADA THEIR
00:37:30 LION DANCES HAVE BEEN A HIGHLIGHT TO OVER 43 LUNAR NEW
00:37:34 YEAR PARADES, COUNTLESS GRAND OPENING CELEBRATIONS
00:37:40 AND CULTURAL EVENTS. YAO GORMAN'S OUTSTANDING
00:37:42 PERFORMANCE AS SPRING'S IMMENSE POSITIVITY, CULTURAL PRIDE
00:37:48 AND HOPE TO OUR COMMUNITY, GRANDMA SAID BEAUTY HAS BEEN
00:37:51 OUR INTEGRAL LEADER IN BOTH SAN FRANCISCO ALGONQUIN
00:37:53 AND CHINATOWN COMMUNITIES AND WAVERING SUPPORTING THE
00:37:56 PRESERVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF ART
00:38:00 AND CULTURE. THE CURRENT GENERATION OF THE
00:38:04 ALGONQUIN IS LED BY THREE FIERCE AND DEDICATED MASTERS
00:38:07 SUSAN YI RITUAL OUT AND NORMAN LAO AND NORMAN.
00:38:11 IT'S A PROUD MEMBER OF DISTRICT 11.
00:38:14 THEY CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND MENTOR OUR FUTURE
00:38:16 GENERATION OF STUDENTS TIRELESSLY SUPPORTING THE
00:38:19 PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR MARTIAL ART.
00:38:23 >> SUSAN IS THE ONLY FEMALE YOGA MASTER UNDER HER
00:38:27 INSTRUCTION A PROMISING GENERATION OF YOUNG WOMEN
00:38:31 STUDENTS ARE EMERGING WINNING GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS.
00:38:34 >> MASTER RICHER HAS DEDICATED OVER 25 YEARS PRESERVING
00:38:37 AND TEACHING YAO GONG ONCE IN CHINATOWN AND SUNSET
00:38:42 DISTRICT ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CULTURE
00:38:45 EDUCATION. MASTER NORMAN FANG LION DANCE
00:38:49 ME TWO EVENTS MODERN LION DANCE WHY PRESERVING TRADITIONAL
00:38:53 YANGON FOUNDATIONS HE HAS CREATED PROGRAMS
00:38:57 AND OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWER YOUTH LEADERSHIP.
00:39:00 LION DANCE ME HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL
00:39:03 IN COMPETITION LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
00:39:07 IN 2023 LION DANCE ME WANT THE WESTERN LION KING TITLE AT THE
00:39:11 GENTING WORLD LION DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MALAYSIA.
00:39:16 >> ALSO AS A DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD
00:39:19 TO HAVE NORMAN FROM OUR DISTRICT UNDER TODAY LEADERSHIP
00:39:22 YAO GONG WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND BRING THE PEOPLE
00:39:25 TOGETHER IN UNITY. WHETHER IT'S YOU'VE EXPLORING
00:39:29 MARTIAL ARTS IN LION DANCING FOR ITS FIRST TIME OR SENIORS
00:39:33 AND FAMILY WATCHING A PERFORMANCE IN THEIR
00:39:34 NEIGHBORHOOD, YAO GOLDWIN CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR
00:39:37 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY
00:39:40 BONDS. I AM ALSO INTRODUCING A
00:39:41 RESOLUTION TODAY TO RECOGNIZE MAY 15TH, 2026 YAO GONG ONE DAY
00:39:47 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO CELEBRATE YOAKAM WINS CONTRIBUTION
00:39:50 AND DEDICATION TO CHINESE CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION
00:39:55 AND COMMUNITY. >> AND I WILL ALSO SAY A FEW
00:39:56 WORDS IN CHINESE THIS IS LIKE THIS ARE THE WORDS THAT WE
00:39:59 OFTEN HEAR WHEN YOU HAVE A LION DANCE AND JOG IN THIS LONG
00:40:03 TONGUE SAY HI WISEMAN PERFORM COME SEE HIM AND SAY HEY
00:40:10 THOMPSON HOME GOODS AND TIN DAY LONG SEE YOUNG WHITE YET THE
00:40:15 TEEN TAKE HOME ONE DON'T TELL ETIM SOMEWHAT TALL YOU CAN
00:40:18 COUNT ON SOMETIMES SEE HOW SAY YOU FONG LA FOLK LONG HUNG TIN
00:40:24 HA SEE MORE KIM KWAN SING SEE HAZY YIP PING WONG HAIKOU LONG
00:40:29 TUNG CEO AUDIE COMITATO GET MORE LOMO SI NANCY HAI HOY
00:40:33 TITLE YELLOW GHETTO MEAN GANGADHAR YOU DON'T GET HOME ON
00:40:37 FINE TUNE GET HOME I SAY QUIT GETTING SUN LONG SEA SALT OR
00:40:40 TISSUE DILATE GET DON'T HATE TO DOHA DOHA SING TO ANGELIC LAND
00:40:47 YOU IN SOME FANCY JOSE COME ALONG YOUNG TOM WE WERE LIKE
00:40:51 JOSE SING SIA YO YOU WANT ACTING LADY SUPERVISORS SAUDER
00:40:58 THANK YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN
00:41:02 WHAT A APT RECOGNITION AND FOR THIS MONTH I JUST WANT TO ADD
00:41:07 MY QUICK APPRECIATION AND REALLY MY ALL OF YOUR WORK
00:41:10 IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE YOUR PERFORMANCES AND YOU KNOW MY
00:41:14 FAVORITE PART AND I SAW THIS THIS WEEKEND AS WELL AT THE
00:41:19 SEEING A LION DANCE MY FAVORITE PART IS THE BEGINNING OF A
00:41:22 PERFORMANCE OR A SHOW OR A GRAND OPENING.
00:41:26 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE AROUND BUT THEN QUICKLY
00:41:30 WHEN THE ENERGY PICKS UP AND WHEN THE NOISE STARTS
00:41:31 REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF CHINATOWN, ALL OF A
00:41:35 SUDDEN YOU SEE A CROWD JUST FORM AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:41:38 LOCAL COMING JUST FROM DOWN THE STREET.
00:41:42 BUT THEN YOU SEE PEOPLE COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN GRAND AVENUE
00:41:43 AND IT'S JUST SUCH A SIGHT TO BEHOLD AND I WILL NEVER GET
00:41:46 TIRED OF IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR
00:41:48 WORK. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO TO
00:41:49 REALLY BRING THE YOUTH IN. IT'S ALWAYS SO AMAZING FOR ME
00:41:53 AS WELL TO JUST SEE YOU KNOW WITHIN WITHIN THESE COSTUMES
00:41:59 AND WITHIN THE LION DANCE YOU HAVE KIDS OF ALL AGES AND JUST
00:42:03 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WHAT LESSONS THEY ARE LEARNING BOTH THE
00:42:07 PHYSICAL STAMINA AND THE STRENGTH OF LION DANCE BUT ALSO
00:42:11 JUST ALL OF THE WORK OF COLLABORATION AND OF TEAMWORK
00:42:14 AND RESPONSIBILITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
00:42:18 AND NOW THE FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS TO
00:42:25 THINK DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ELDERS, SEAFOOD STUDENTS
00:42:29 AND FRIENDS ON BEHALF OF A LOCAL WHEN KUNG FU SPORTS
00:42:33 ASSOCIATION USA WE ARE DEEPLY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS SPECIAL
00:42:37 ACCOMMODATION TODAY WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY
00:42:41 OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR RECOGNIZING NOT JUST OUR
00:42:44 ORGANIZATION BUT THE RICH TRADITION OF CHINESE MARTIAL
00:42:45 ART THAT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS.
00:42:48 YOUR ARGUMENT IS MORE THAN JUST KUNG FU AND LINE DANCE IS A
00:42:52 SYSTEM THAT CULTIVATES DISCIPLINE, RESPECT,
00:42:55 PERSEVERANCE AND A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
00:42:59 >> I WOULD LIKE TO PAY MY DEEPEST RESPECTS TO OUR
00:43:03 PREDECESSORS AND TEACHERS ESPECIALLY GRANDMASTERS WANG
00:43:08 CHUNG, TANJUNG CHOON GUAN DUK BILL LEE, DERRICK LEE, MICHAEL
00:43:12 LAO AND DAVID LUI. THEIR GUIDANCE SACRIFICE
00:43:16 DEDICATION HAVE ALLOWED THIS TRADITION TO CONTINUE TO GROW
00:43:19 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS RECOGNITION ALSO BELONGS
00:43:23 TO OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS MANY OF THEM
00:43:27 TRAINED QUIETLY AND CONSISTENTLY NOT FOR
00:43:31 RECOGNITION BUT FOR PERSONAL GROWTH.
00:43:34 THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS THEY CARRY FOR THE VALUES OF
00:43:35 HUMILITY, STRENGTH AND INTEGRITY INTO THEIR DAILY
00:43:39 LIVES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, ESPECIALLY WITHIN CHINATOWN.
00:43:45 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS SERVE AS BOARD AND TRAINING HALLS.
00:43:49 THERE ARE PLACES WHERE CULTURE IS PRESERVED, WHERE GENERATIONS
00:43:53 CONNECT AND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND DIRECTIONS CONFIDENCE
00:43:56 AND PURPOSE. WE ACCEPT THIS COMBINATION WITH
00:43:57 GRATITUDE AND ALSO OFFER A NEW SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:44:01 CONTINUE TEACHING, TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND TO
00:44:05 REPRESENT OUR CULTURE WITH HONOR AND RESPECT.
00:44:08 THANK YOU SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF SAN
00:44:12 FRANCISCO FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION OF HELLO.
00:44:23 >> AND FIRST OF ALL, IT'S EXCITING WHEN I WALK INTO THIS
00:44:24 ROOM AND I GET TO SEE ALL THESE FACES IN A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE
00:44:30 BECAUSE USUALLY I SEE YOU AT A LOT OF MANY EVENTS.
00:44:33 SUPPORTING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY EVERYWHERE YOU GO TIRELESSLY AS
00:44:38 SUPERVISORS AND OFFICIALS OF OUR CITY.
00:44:42 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M JUST SO VERY THANKFUL THAT OUR
00:44:46 OUR GROUP GETS TO BE KNOW GET TO GET TO HAVE A DAY TWO TO BE
00:44:53 RECOGNIZED AND I CAN'T BE ANY HAPPIER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
00:44:57 IN THIS FOR 40 YEARS AND I REMEMBER AS A89 YEAR OLD KID
00:45:00 JOINING. >> AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:45:03 IN THE ROOM FROM CLAUDINE TO SELF-HELP AND ELDERLY AND ANNIE
00:45:07 WHO'S NOT HERE WHERE WE GOT OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY AND I
00:45:11 REMEMBER BEING IN CHINATOWN IT'S LIKE A SAFE HAVEN WHERE
00:45:14 YOU COME TO A COMMUNITY AS A KID NOT KNOWING WHAT LIFE IS.
00:45:19 IT GIVES YOU GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW?
00:45:20 RIGHT. AND THAT GUIDANCE HAS BEEN
00:45:21 INSTRUMENTAL IN MY LIFE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS
00:45:24 ENCOURAGED ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO GIVE BACK.
00:45:27 AND I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PASS IT ON AND I'M VERY
00:45:31 THANKFUL FOR MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND SEAFOODS
00:45:34 AND EVERYONE WHO HAVE DEFINITELY SUPPORTED ME ALONG
00:45:38 THE WAY AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY .
00:45:42 THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A HUGE PART AND I THINK EVERYONE
00:45:46 IN THIS ROOM SETS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COMING TOGETHER IN A
00:45:47 COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENCES.
00:45:50 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE ALWAYS GROW AND I FEEL THAT AND THAT
00:45:53 WHAT'S MAKES ME TRY TO BE BETTER FOR THE CITY TOO.
00:45:55 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU
00:46:45 . I JUST MADE SOMETHING.
00:46:57 YEAH BUT DON'T MAKE IT VERY BIG .
00:47:26 >> DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MAN DOMAIN
00:47:33 TODAY COLLEAGUES IN HONOR OF API HERITAGE MONTH I WOULD LIKE
00:47:38 TO RECOGNIZE MR. DALEY AND MR. DALEY HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE
00:47:44 CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOR OVER FIVE DECADES.
00:47:47 >> HE HE HAS BEEN A A GREAT MEMBER OF THE CHINESE
00:47:57 CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CCP
00:48:01 FOR HOLDING MANY ROLES INCLUDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT
00:48:05 A PRESIDING PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENTS OF NINGBO BENEVOLENT
00:48:09 ASSOCIATION, CHINESE HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBER AND VICE CHAIR OF
00:48:13 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE CENTRAL CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL.
00:48:17 CCP IS ONE OF THE OLDEST UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS
00:48:21 IN CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INITIALLY ESTABLISHED TO
00:48:24 PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, FIGHT DISCRIMINATION, PROMOTE
00:48:28 CHINESE CULTURE AND ORGANIZE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DURING TIMES
00:48:32 OF INTENSE HOSTILITY AND RACISM CRITICAL WORK THAT THEY
00:48:36 CONTINUE TO DO TODAY KPA WAS GALVANIZED BY THE LANDMARK
00:48:41 SUPREME COURT CASE U.S. VERSUS WONG KIM ARK, WHICH THE COURT
00:48:47 LATER RULED IN FAVOR OF THE COMMUNITY THE CHINESE-AMERICAN
00:48:51 COMMUNITY AND HELP ENSHRINE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR
00:48:55 EVERYONE THE VERY SAME RIGHT THAT IS BEING THREATENED AGAIN
00:48:59 BY THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
00:49:00 MR. DALEY IMMIGRATED FROM HONG KONG TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH HIS
00:49:07 FAMILY IN THE 1970S. HE FIRST JOINED CCP BECAUSE HIS
00:49:11 FATHER WAS PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
00:49:14 DENG WAS FATHER'S HIS FATHER'S CHAUFFEUR WAITING IN THE CAR
00:49:18 UNTIL HIS FATHER WAS DONE WITH MEETINGS AND BANQUETS OFTEN AT
00:49:21 THE HISTORIC FAR EAST CAFE WHICH UNCLE BILLY WAS I THINK
00:49:26 HE WAS HERE EARLY ON TO AND IT'S ALSO WHERE UNCLE BILLY
00:49:33 MANAGES MR. DENG LEE'S FATHER THOUGHT IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME
00:49:37 FOR DANE TO WAIT AROUND. HE SUGGESTED THAT HE JOIN CCP
00:49:41 AND HE QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF THE LEADERS DURING THE COVID 19
00:49:47 PANDEMIC DENG WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE FIRST
00:49:50 ANTI-ASIAN HATE RALLY AND MARCH DURING THE PANDEMIC LONG BEFORE
00:49:54 IT BECAME A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FIGHT.
00:49:58 THE VIRUS NOT THE PEOPLE WAS IT A CHANT FROM CHINATOWN,
00:50:03 PORTSMOUTH SQUARE TO UNION SQUARE RECOGNIZING ITS
00:50:06 SIGNIFICANCE IN 2022 THIS SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVE THE 20 BY
00:50:15 FOUR FOOT RED VINYL BANNER FROM THE RALLY FOR ITS PERMANENT
00:50:20 COLLECTION MR. DALEY WORKED WITH CHINESE HOSPITAL
00:50:23 AND FORMER SUPERVISOR AND PESKIN AND CREATED THE VERY
00:50:26 FIRST MOBILE COVID 19 TESTING STATION FOR LOW INCOME SRO
00:50:31 TENANTS IN CHINATOWN. MR. DALEY HAS BEEN PARTNERING
00:50:34 EXTENSIVELY WITH NONPROFIT TO ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF LOW
00:50:38 INCOME SENIORS AND FAMILIES INCLUDING PROJECT LIGHT
00:50:42 COLLABORATIONS WITH SOUTH HALL FOR THE ELDERLY TO RAISE
00:50:45 AWARENESS ON CENSUS 2020 AND TAI CHI FOUNDATION TO
00:50:49 DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND CARE PACKAGES TO OUR SENIORS TODAY
00:50:57 HE'S MOVING FULL STEAM FORWARD ON CULTURAL PRESERVATION EFFORT
00:51:00 . >> HE LEADS PILGRIMAGE TO DUTCH
00:51:01 FLAT AND COMA, TWO OF THE LARGEST HISTORIC
00:51:05 CHINESE-AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS AND GOLDEN GATE GOLDEN SPIKE
00:51:08 NATIONAL PARK TO HONOR THE THOUSANDS OF CHINESE-AMERICAN
00:51:11 LABORERS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
00:51:15 THE RAILROAD. >> AS A LEADER OF CHINATOWN
00:51:19 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS COMMITTEE, HE IS ALSO
00:51:23 LEADING A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO PRESERVE ARCHIVE AND ORGANIZE
00:51:28 OVER 30,000 DOCUMENTS. STORE CBAS MEETING HALL HE
00:51:33 HOPES THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LEARN ABOUT CBA'S CRITICAL
00:51:37 HISTORIC ROLE AND HE DREAMS THAT THE ARTIFACTS CAN BE
00:51:41 DISPLAYED AS CBAS VERY OWN HISTORY MUSEUM I ALSO WANT TO
00:51:48 SAY THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY PERSONAL THANKS TO MR. DALEY
00:51:52 DURING MY FIRST TERM WE FIRST TO LANDMARK LINCOLN PARK WHICH
00:51:56 INCLUSIVE A KONG CHAO MEMORIAL AND IN THAT SITE BECAUSE OF MR.
00:52:03 DANG LEE'S WORK WE ARE ABLE TO NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THAT SITE TO
00:52:07 HONOR OUR ANCESTOR BUT WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER THE
00:52:11 LEGION OF HONOR LEADERS LINCOLN PARK, COMMUNITY LEADERS, EVEN
00:52:14 THE GOLF COURSE LEADERS TO COME TOGETHER TO TO REALLY HONOR THE
00:52:18 KONG CHAO MEMORIAL. SO WITH THAT IN CELEBRATION OF
00:52:22 AAPI HERITAGE MONTH THANK YOU MR. DALEY, FOR ALL YOUR
00:52:27 CONTRIBUTION AND LEADERSHIP FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
00:52:34 BUT BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU
00:52:38 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHEN FOR CELEBRATING MR. DENNY
00:52:45 . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:52:46 EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO
00:52:49 AND SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND PRESERVING ARTS AND CULTURE
00:52:53 AND AND HISTORY AND ALSO I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE LEE'S
00:52:57 FAMILY ASSOCIATION AT YOUR INSTRUMENTAL LEADERSHIP IN ALL
00:53:01 THIS YEARS AND ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM
00:53:05 AND UPLIFTING THE YOUNGER GENERATION WITHIN THE FAMILIES
00:53:09 ASSOCIATION AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO
00:53:12 NURTURE THE YOUNG PEOPLE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SEE THAT
00:53:16 THE FAMILY ASSOCIATION UNDER LEADERSHIP'S LAW USE CONTINUE
00:53:20 TO GIVE LOTS OF HOPE TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATION BUT AT THE
00:53:24 SAME TIME CONTINUE TO HAVE LOTS OF PROGRAM THAT IS CARING FOR
00:53:28 OUR OLDER GENERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRIDGE THE GAP
00:53:32 THAT WE OUR CULTURE, OUR HERITAGE AND OUR HISTORY
00:53:33 CONTINUE TO ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD.
00:53:36 >> AND I WOULD WITH THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN THE FAN
00:53:40 AND ALSO IN THE BACK BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WIFE WAS
00:53:43 HERE TODAY WITH YOU AND I THINK WITHOUT YOU KNOW THE FAMILY
00:53:44 SUPPORT IT'S ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR FOR A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK
00:53:51 YOUR AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TO BE CONTINUE TO BE OUTSIDE AND TO
00:53:54 BE A MENTOR FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN MY MIND.
00:53:56 SO I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION
00:53:59 AND OUR LOVE TO YOUR WIFE. >> THANK YOU PERSONALLY
00:54:03 RECENTLY I HAD BORDERLINE HIGH THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUDER
00:54:10 THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU FOR
00:54:11 BRINGING THIS RECOGNITION FOR MR. DINGLEY BEFORE US.
00:54:14 IT IS WELL-DESERVED AND YOU KNOW THERE'S HARDLY A AN
00:54:19 INITIATIVE IN CHINATOWN OR AN ORGANIZATION IN CHINATOWN THAT
00:54:23 YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THAT YOU ARE NOT TOUCHING, THAT YOU
00:54:26 ARE NOT LEADING IN SOME WAY. SO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO
00:54:30 LEARN OF YOUR WORK, OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL YOU'VE
00:54:31 DONE IN THE PAST BUT ALL YOU HAVE ON THE HORIZON.
00:54:35 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND I THINK YOU'RE A
00:54:37 PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WORKING
00:54:41 TOGETHER. >> SO THANK YOU
00:54:42 AND CONGRATULATIONS GIL AND NOW THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:54:48 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN.
00:54:52 ARE THE MEMBERS ACTING AS A GUESS AND ALL THE CONFERENCE?
00:54:59 I'M SO GRATEFUL I HAVE THIS GREAT HONOR TO ME AND I'M JUST
00:55:04 SURPRISED AND THEN I JUST THAT THE LONG RECORD OF PEOPLE
00:55:11 AND JUST DO WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY
00:55:15 AND BECAUSE AS THE MEMBER OF THE UNION ASSOCIATION AND CCP
00:55:19 FOR ALSO MY FAMILY AND THE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE THING I
00:55:26 JUST LEARNED FROM MY HISTORY AS A CPA THAT HE HAS 175 YEARS
00:55:33 HISTORY ALWAYS A FIGHT FOR THE THE RIGHT FOR THE HUMAN RACE
00:55:36 ALL THE THINGS I'VE LIKE A LONG CAME OUR CASE AND EQUAL
00:55:47 PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW OR BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ALSO IS
00:55:55 OUR POLITICAL SILENCE ALL KIND OF CASE TO EDUCATE ME HOW TO
00:56:03 LEARN HOW TO SURF THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE AND I JUST WANT TO
00:56:08 FOLLOW OUR INSIST AS THE FOOTSTEPS EXTEND OUR SPIRIT SO
00:56:12 CONTINUE THOSE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
00:56:19 THAT'S MY GOAL AND ALSO SEBAS CHEN MENTIONED THAT CONG TOLL
00:56:24 MEMORIAL I STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE I MY GYM IS
00:56:28 WILL BE SET UP THE MONUMENT OVER THERE TO SHOW THAT 180
00:56:34 YEARS AGO WHAT OUR INSISTENCE OVER THERE TO HOW THEY FIGHT
00:56:38 FOR THE FOR THE LIVING FOR THEIR LIFE THAT'S MY MY GOAL MY
00:56:45 MISSION I WISH EVERYBODY CAN HELP ME TO DO THAT TO CONTINUE
00:56:49 TO SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:57:37 THE DISTRICT TO SUPERVISOR CHERYL WELL THANK YOU PRESIDENT
00:57:42 GENTLEMAN AND COLLEAGUES. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO
00:57:43 COMMEND LESLIE KING FOR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AS
00:57:47 CO-LEADER OF THE AVILA'S STREET CORRIDOR NEIGHBORHOOD
00:57:50 ASSOCIATION. LESLIE, PLEASE COME UP TO THE
00:57:52 PODIUM NOW. >> LESLIE WAS BORN AND RAISED
00:58:01 RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, ARTS
00:58:03 ADVOCATE AND NOW A MOTHER OF TWO WHO BRINGS CREATIVITY,
00:58:05 WARMTH AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO CIVIC LIFE IN EVERYTHING THAT
00:58:09 SHE DOES NOW OFTEN IN THESE COMMENDATIONS WE RECOGNIZE
00:58:15 PEOPLE FOR DECADES AND DECADES OF SERVICE FOR LIVING IN A
00:58:19 NEIGHBORHOOD OR BEING PART OF AN ORGANIZATION FOR 30 YEARS,
00:58:22 50 YEARS. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
00:58:23 TO REMEMBER THAT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THE MAGIC OF THIS
00:58:27 CITY IS THE MIX OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWER TO A NEIGHBORHOOD
00:58:30 WITH THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER.
00:58:32 AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOU BECAUSE YOU DOVE
00:58:37 IN WITH BOTH FEET AND BOTH HANDS AND NOW BOTH CHILDREN
00:58:41 ALONG WITH SARAH WITHOUT WHOM NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
00:58:45 I KNOW I'LL SAY IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
00:58:46 YOU DO HAVE TO. BUT SINCE MOVING TO A VILLAGE
00:58:49 STREET IN THE FALL OF 2024, LESLIE WASTED NO TIME
00:58:52 ORGANIZING BLOCK PARTIES, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
00:58:56 AND FOSTERING THE GENUINE CONNECTIONS AMONG LONGTIME
00:58:57 RESIDENTS AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE. THE AVILA STREET CORRIDOR
00:59:01 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS A NEWLY FORMED BUT ALREADY
00:59:04 BELOVED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BUILDING COMMUNITY
00:59:07 AND CONNECTION IN THE MARINA BRINGING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER
00:59:09 THROUGH THOSE SHARED MOMENTS, THOSE CASUAL GET TOGETHERS
00:59:12 AND THE NOW SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENTS THAT ARE TRADITIONS.
00:59:15 NOW AMONG THOSE TRADITIONS IS THE FAMOUS OF ILLUSTRATED
00:59:20 HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION THAT LESLIE HAS NOW HELPED TAKE OVER
00:59:23 THE ORGANIZATION OF BRINGING JOY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING TO
00:59:24 RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. PROFESSIONALLY, LESLIE WORKS
00:59:27 IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING AT LOOKING UP
00:59:31 ARTS, A SAN FRANCISCO NONPROFIT SUPPORTING LARGE SCALE
00:59:34 INTERACTIVE ART WHERE SHE ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD OF
00:59:35 DIRECTORS. >> HER BACKGROUND IN EVENT
00:59:38 MANAGEMENT SPANS MAJOR COMMUNITY FESTIVALS INCLUDING
00:59:41 THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ART AND WINE FESTIVAL AS WELL AS CORPORATE
00:59:42 EVENTS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO EXPERIENCE SHE NOW CHANNELS
00:59:46 DIRECTLY INTO STRENGTHENING HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BUT BEYOND
00:59:49 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING LIKE LESLIE QUIETLY GIVES BACK BY
00:59:53 MENTORING INDIVIDUALS AND STUDENTS NAVIGATING THE JOB
00:59:57 SEARCH PROCESS REFLECTING HER BELIEF IN LIFTING OTHERS AS SHE
01:00:01 RISES HERSELF, LESLIE EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF WHAT MAKES SAN
01:00:06 FRANCISCO'S NEIGHBORHOODS THRIVE NEIGHBORS SHOWING UP FOR
01:00:09 ONE ANOTHER BUILDING TRADITIONS WORTH CELEBRATING BUILDING
01:00:13 FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TURNING THEIR
01:00:17 STREETS INTO COMMUNITIES. >> SO LESLIE, ON BEHALF OF THE
01:00:21 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENERGY.
01:00:25 YEAH, I KNOW I'M EXCITED TOO. I AGREE.
01:00:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO
01:00:30 MAKING A VILLAGE STREET IN THIS CITY A WARMER, MORE CONNECTED
01:00:34 PLACE TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SUPERVISOR
01:00:47 CHERYL AND THE CITY FOR THIS HONOR.
01:00:50 >> THAT'S MY DAUGHTER TALIA. SHE'S VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE
01:00:52 WITH US TODAY. UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED
01:00:55 IN SAN FRANCISCO AS YOU MENTIONED AND PRIOR TO LAST
01:00:59 YEAR I'VE NEVER REALLY KNOWN ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
01:01:02 UM, I ALSO COULD HAVE NEVER TOLD YOU THE NAME OF A DISTRICT
01:01:07 SUPERVISOR OF MINE. >> WE MOVED TO A VILLAGE STREET
01:01:11 A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE TOOK OUR
01:01:14 DAUGHTER TRICK OR TREATING ON A VILLA WHEN SHE WAS THREE WEEKS
01:01:18 OLD AND WE FELL IN LOVE AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
01:01:21 REALLY AMAZING COMMUNITY FOR OUR FAMILY TO BE IN.
01:01:24 MY PARENTS LIVE IN THE MARINA AS WELL AND YOU KNOW WE WERE SO
01:01:28 EXCITED TO MOVE THERE BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF A LITTLE
01:01:30 DISAPPOINTED WHEN I GOT THERE AND I STARTED MEETING A COUPLE
01:01:33 OF MY NEIGHBORS AND LEARNED THAT BASICALLY NO ONE ON MY
01:01:36 BLOCK KNEW EACH OTHER EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE PERSON WHO LIVED
01:01:39 NEXT DOOR. >> SO I HAPPENED TO SEE THIS
01:01:43 RANDOM POSTING FROM THE CIVIC JOY FUND HOW THEY WERE DOING
01:01:48 SOMETHING CALLED A BLOCK PARTY FUND AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
01:01:51 A COOL THING SO I APPLIED FOR IT AND WE GOT THIS GRANT AND WE
01:01:55 WERE ABLE TO HOST OUR FIRST BLOCK PARTY ON A REAL STREET.
01:01:59 WE GOT SUPPORT FROM CHERYL'S OFFICE AND WE WERE ABLE TO
01:02:03 LAUNCH A REALLY AWESOME PARTY. WE'VE NOW HAD TWO BIG BLOCK
01:02:07 PARTIES THE FALL ONE WHICH HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE AND THE SMALLER
01:02:12 ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
01:02:15 >> BUT WE NOW HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
01:02:19 KNOW EACH OTHER. PEOPLE TELL ME THIS CONSTANTLY
01:02:22 . I HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO'VE LIVED
01:02:23 ON OUR BLOG FOR 30 YEARS WHO CONSTANT LEE TELL ME THAT THEY
01:02:28 KNOW MORE PEOPLE NOW FROM ME AND FROM THE LAST YEAR THAN
01:02:31 THEY HAVE IN THREE DECADES OF LIVING ON OUR BLOCK.
01:02:34 >> UM I PERSONALLY CAN'T EVEN WALK FROM MY HOUSE TO CHESTNUT
01:02:38 STREET WITHOUT IT SOMETIMES TAKING AN HOUR BECAUSE I RUN
01:02:40 INTO SO MANY NEIGHBORS THAT WANT TO CHAT UM, MY KIDS GET TO
01:02:43 GROW UP KNOWING THE OTHER KIDS ON THEIR BLOCK AND YOU KNOW FOR
01:02:47 ME LIKE I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT WERE LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO
01:02:51 AND A LOT OF IT WAS YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DRAWN TO THE IDEA OF
01:02:55 THIS COMMUNITY. YOU OFTEN FIND IN THE SUBURBS
01:02:58 WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND I NEVER
01:03:01 EVER EVER WANT TO LEAVE CISCO OR MY HOUSE FOR THAT MATTER.
01:03:05 SO I PLAN TO STAY FOREVER AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE
01:03:09 A PART OF CREATING THIS COMMUNITY.
01:03:10 WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THAT THIS CONNECTION DIDN'T STOP AT
01:03:13 THE BLOCK PARTY WE NOW HAVE AN ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
01:03:17 WITH A WHATSAPP GROUP THAT HAS 60 PEOPLE A DIRECTORY OF 120
01:03:23 HOUSEHOLDS OLDS. WE'VE BEEN SHARING DISASTER
01:03:24 PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES. WE WERE ABLE TO WARN NEIGHBORS
01:03:27 WHEN THERE WAS THREE HOME BREAK INS ON OUR STREET IN A SHORT
01:03:33 PERIOD OF TIME OR YESTERDAY MY NEIGHBOR TEXTED ME WHEN SHE SAW
01:03:37 I WAS PARKED IN STREET CLEANING AND I WAS ABLE TO AVOID GETTING
01:03:39 A TICKET SOMETHING THAT OTHERWISE NEVER WOULD HAVE
01:03:42 HAPPENED IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THAT WHO I WAS ANYWAYS, THE
01:03:45 GATHERINGS ARE JUST TO ME MORE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST ONE FUN
01:03:49 AFTERNOON AND I THINK CREATING THE FOUNDATION FOR REAL
01:03:53 COMMUNITY AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS IS A HUGE PART OF
01:03:57 THAT. >> SO I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU
01:03:58 TO CIVIC JOY FUN AND THE CITY AND MY FAMILY AND FOR JUST THE
01:04:04 CITY FOR RECOGNIZING HOW POWERFUL SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
01:04:08 YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS COMING TOGETHER CAN BE.
01:04:11 >> SO THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE?
01:04:22 WE HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE JUST WITH
01:05:04 DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR SAUDER THANK YOU.
01:05:10 >> PRESIDENT MANDOLIN COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE THE
01:05:13 HONOR OF WELCOMING HARRISON ANDERSON TO OUR CHAMBERS FOR A
01:05:17 SPECIAL RECOGNITION. HARRISON WOULD YOU PLEASE COME
01:05:19 ON UP AND JOIN US? >> HARRISON IS A DISTRICT THREE
01:05:26 DAD WHO CHANNELED HIS LOVE FOR WALKING INTO SOMETHING BIGGER
01:05:30 RECENTLY AFTER TRAGEDY STRUCK ON SATURDAY MARCH 14TH,
01:05:34 HARRISON LACED UP HIS SHOES AND STARTED WALKING.
01:05:37 HE DIDN'T STOP UNTIL 50 MILES LATER.
01:05:40 ALONG THE WAY HE KEPT FOLLOWERS UPDATED ON INSTAGRAM, TALKED TO
01:05:44 NEARLY A DOZEN REPORTERS AND HELPED RAISE THOUSANDS OF
01:05:48 DOLLARS FOR SAFE STREETS ADVOCACY WITH WALK SAN
01:05:49 FRANCISCO. HARRISON STARTED WALKING
01:05:52 BECAUSE HE WAS SHAKEN BY THE DEATH OF A TODDLER IN MISSION
01:05:56 BAY KILLED IN FEBRUARY AT A LARGE DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
01:05:59 THIS DEATH CAME AMIDST A DEVASTATING START TO THE YEAR
01:06:03 IN WHICH WE'VE SEEN FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE KILLED ON OUR
01:06:04 STREETS WILL SIMPLY TRYING TO MOVE ABOUT THEIR DAY.
01:06:10 >> HARRISON STARTED HIS LONG JOURNEY AT 7 A.M. IN DISTRICT
01:06:13 THREE OF COURSE CHOOSING THE BEAUTIFUL IN A CULBREATH PARK
01:06:14 ABOVE RUSSIAN HILL TO DEPART FROM.
01:06:17 HE ZIGZAGGED ACROSS THE CITY AND THEN ENDED BACK AT UNICO
01:06:21 WORTH PARK JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AFTER HAVING WALKED 50 MILES
01:06:25 ACROSS THE CITY. HARRISON THANK YOU FOR TAKING
01:06:28 ACTION. WHEN MANY SEE TRAGEDY THEY LOOK
01:06:32 AWAY. BUT YOU STEP FORWARD.
01:06:35 YOU PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND YOU GOT A LOT OF
01:06:36 ATTENTION OUT OF IT. YOUR ACTION GENERATED THOUSANDS
01:06:39 IN DONATIONS FOR SAFE STREET ADVOCACY WITH WALK US F AND CUT
01:06:43 HEADLINES ACROSS THE BAY AREA TO DRAW ATTENTION AND REMIND US
01:06:46 OF THE CRISIS OF DANGEROUS STREETS.
01:06:50 I KNOW THIS IS PERSONAL TO YOU AS YOU HAVE A YOUNG SON
01:06:54 AND WALK AND TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY
01:06:57 BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK. YOUR SON WILL HAVE A SAFER CITY
01:06:58 TO MOVE THROUGH WHEN HE GROWS UP.
01:07:02 YOU HAVE MY WORD I WILL DO EVERYTHING ON THIS BOARD TO
01:07:05 HELP WITH THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU HARRISON.
01:07:09 I LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR WALK.
01:07:11 IN A MOMENT AND HEAR WHAT YOU SAW ON THAT 50 MILES ACROSS OUR
01:07:14 CITY. WE USUALLY GIVE PEOPLE FLOWERS
01:07:17 WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THEM. WE THOUGHT AFTER ALL THAT
01:07:21 WALKING YOU COULD USE A NEW PAIR OF SOCKS OR WE'RE GOING TO
01:07:24 GIVE YOU SOME NEW SAN FRANCISCO SOCKS.
01:07:25 BUT FOR NOW ON INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND AGAIN TELL
01:07:29 US ABOUT THAT WALK. >> THANK YOU.
01:07:32 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
01:07:36 AND EVERYBODY HERE FIRST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
01:07:40 EVERYBODY THAT DONATED TO THE FUNDRAISER FOR THE WALK SAN
01:07:43 FRANCISCO WE RAISED NEARLY $6,000 FROM OVER 100 DIFFERENT
01:07:47 DONATIONS AND I HEARD FROM PEOPLE NOT JUST HERE IN SAN
01:07:51 FRANCISCO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW PEDESTRIAN
01:07:54 SAFETY HAS AFFECTED THEM AS A NATION.
01:07:58 WE'VE SPENT THE LAST EIGHT YEARS PRIORITIZING
01:07:59 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARS, NOT PEOPLE AND IT'S AN EVIDENT
01:08:02 PROBLEM ACROSS THE NATION. SO I KNOW THAT THIS RESONATED
01:08:06 WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE LAST FALL THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
01:08:10 REPORTED THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF
01:08:13 CHILDREN OF ANY MAJOR AMERICAN CITY AT JUST ABOUT 13%.
01:08:17 NOW WHENEVER I HEAR FROM FELLOW PARENTS REASONS WHY THEY HAVE
01:08:20 CHILDREN AND LEAVE THE CITY, IT TENDS TO FALL INTO TWO CAMPS.
01:08:23 NUMBER ONE IS AFFORDABILITY AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS SAFETY
01:08:26 AND THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT THEY BRING UP TO ME AREN'T CRIME OR
01:08:30 THE UNHOUSED THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY THINK OF.
01:08:34 IT'S HAVING SAFE SPACES TO BE OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH THEIR KIDS
01:08:37 AND SO MUCH OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR
01:08:39 INTERSECTIONS AND THE BEHAVIOR OF DRIVERS.
01:08:43 SO I AM COUNTING ON YOU MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO DO EVERYTHING
01:08:46 YOU CAN TO BRING SAFER STREETS FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE BECAUSE
01:08:53 WE ARE THE FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:08:54 WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I BELIEVE IT WAS TENNESSEE
01:08:57 WILLIAMS THAT SAID THERE'S THREE AMERICAN CITIES NEW YORK,
01:09:01 SAN FRANCISCO, NEW ORLEANS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IT'S
01:09:02 CLEVELAND. WE'RE NOT HEADED TO CLEVELAND
01:09:05 SO PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME WALK 60 MILES NEXT TIME LET'S LET'S
01:09:07 HAVE 50 BE ENOUGH. THANK YOU
01:09:45 . >> NEXT UP DISTRICT FOUR
01:09:50 SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MADELINE.
01:09:53 GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO PRESENT
01:09:57 COMMENDATIONS TO TWO REMARKABLE LEADERS IN THE SUNSETS CULTURAL
01:10:01 AND DANCE COMMUNITY MS.. AMY CAI AND MISS LISA ZOU.
01:10:05 THEIR DEDICATION, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT HAVE
01:10:06 ENRICHED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.
01:10:09 MANY IN OUR CHINESE AND AAPI COMMUNITIES ARE FAMILIAR WITH
01:10:13 PLAZA DANCING AND ITS ROOTS IN BOTH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN
01:10:17 FOLK DANCE FORMS. WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE
01:10:20 AND ACCESSIBLE WAY FOR NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS TO
01:10:21 STAY ACTIVE HAS GROWN INTO A CULTURAL PHENOMENON ACROSS
01:10:25 CITIES WORLDWIDE. BEYOND MOVEMENT AND MUSIC,
01:10:29 PLAZA DANCING BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
01:10:32 IT SUPPORTS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING CREATES BELONGING
01:10:36 AND KEEPS CULTURAL TRADITIONS ALIVE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE HERE
01:10:37 IN SAN FRANCISCO. MS..
01:10:40 AMY CAI HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN THIS MOVEMENT.
01:10:43 SHE FOUNDED THE SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE DANCE TEAM IN 2009
01:10:47 AND BEGAN GATHERING RESIDENTS IN THE WEST SUNSET PLAYGROUND
01:10:51 FOR OUTDOOR PRACTICE. FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS HER
01:10:53 LEADERSHIP HAS BUILT MORE THAN JUST A DANCE TEAM.
01:10:57 SHE HAS BUILT A COMMUNITY UNDER HER GUIDANCE, THE GROUP HAS
01:10:58 BECOME A PLACE OF JOY, CONNECTION AND CULTURAL
01:11:02 EXCHANGE. ONE OF THE DANCERS WHO GREW
01:11:05 UNDER AMY'S MENTORSHIP IS MS.. LISA ZOU.
01:11:08 LISA BEGAN AS A MEMBER OF AMY'S TEAM AND THROUGH HER TALENT
01:11:10 AND DEDICATION SHE BECAME THE TEAM COACH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:11:14 HAPPY DANCE TEAM. SHE CONTINUES TO CARRY FORWARD
01:11:18 THE VALUES OF INCLUSIVITY, DISCIPLINE AND CULTURAL PRIDE
01:11:21 THAT PLAZA DANCING REPRESENTS. BOTH AMY AND LISA HAVE
01:11:25 CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO UPLIFTING COMMUNITY SPIRIT
01:11:26 THROUGHOUT THE SUNSET AND BEYOND.
01:11:29 THEIR WORK HAS ENCOURAGED HEALTHY MOVEMENT AMONG SENIORS
01:11:32 ,SUPPORTED EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, FOSTERED
01:11:33 INTERGENERATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS AND SHARED CHINESE DANCE
01:11:37 CULTURE WITH THE BROADER SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY.
01:11:40 TODAY WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THEIR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
01:11:41 IN ORGANIZING THE UPCOMING DANCE LEGACY SAN FRANCISCO
01:11:44 PLAZA DANCE DANCING GRAND PERFORMANCE EVENT TAKING PLACE
01:11:48 THIS SATURDAY MAY 9TH AT ST END OF THE SUNSET.
01:11:52 AS PART OF THIS AS PART OF OUR CITY'S CELEBRATION OF AAPI
01:11:56 HERITAGE MONTH, THIS EVENT WILL BRING TOGETHER PERFORMERS
01:12:00 ACROSS THE CHINESE DANCE AND PLAZA DANCE COMMUNITY TO
01:12:04 HONOR TRADITION, CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND SHOWCASE THE
01:12:07 ARTISTRY THAT THRIVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:12:08 I WANT TO EXTEND MY WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU TO
01:12:12 PARTICIPATE AT THIS EVENT FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE,
01:12:15 CULTURAL LEADERSHIP AND THEIR DEEP COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN
01:12:18 THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH DANCE WE PROUDLY OFFERS TODAY IS
01:12:22 COMMENDATIONS TO MS.. AMY CAI AND MS. LISA XU.
01:12:23 WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR
01:12:27 CITY. >> DR. O SUPER SUPERVISOR CHEN.
01:12:33 >> THANK YOU BOB. I'M SO LISA TO WHOM I IMITATE
01:12:38 L.A. THEY COME WITHOUT L.A. THE YELLOW GIRL SUE THOMAS.
01:13:00 HE
01:16:08 WON. >> DEAR SUPERVISORS.
01:16:09 MY NAME IS AMY TAI. I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE
01:16:12 ESTABLISHED THE SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE DANCE TEAM FOR 17 YEARS.
01:16:16 AND THROUGH THESE YEARS WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING WEEKLY AT THE
01:16:22 ORTEGA LIBRARY SUNSET WEST SUNSET SQUARE OR PLAYGROUND.
01:16:26 >> AND FOR THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE PERFORMANCE WILL
01:16:31 INVOLVE 13 GROUPS AND ALSO MORE THAN 200 PERFORMERS.
01:16:37 SO WE WELCOME EVERY ONE OF YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AAPI
01:16:41 CELEBRATION AND ENCOURAGE US FOR LEARNING AND THRIVING
01:16:45 AND UPLIFTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER
01:19:36 . >> MY NAME IS LISA SHI AND I'M
01:19:41 THE TEAM COACH AND LEADER AT THE SAN FRANCISCO HAPPY DANCE
01:19:45 TEAM. AND EVERY WEEK EVERY WEDNESDAY
01:19:48 WE OFFER A FREE COMMUNITY DANCE TEACHING CLASSES IN THE SUNSET
01:19:52 DISTRICT AND WE ARE VERY WELL RECEIVED AND LOVED BY THE
01:19:56 DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM'S MISSION IS TO SPREAD
01:20:03 POSITIVE ENERGY AND ALSO CULTIVATE FRIENDSHIPS, UNITY,
01:20:08 HARMONY IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE THE VERY
01:20:12 BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT CHINESE FOLK DANCE AND SQUARE DANCE
01:20:16 THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE US.
01:20:17 SO THIS SATURDAY AGAIN WE SINCERELY INVITE EVERY ONE OF
01:20:23 YOU TO PARTICIPATE AT THE SING AND CELEBRATION.
01:20:26 >> IT'S AT 1 P.M. ON SATURDAY MAY NINTH.
01:20:29 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO LISA. THANK YOU.
01:20:47 OKAY. I CAN SEE YOU.
01:21:26 >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR DORSEY
01:21:50 THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDOLIN. >> COLLEAGUES AS WE KICK OFF
01:21:57 SAN FRANCISCO SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IT IS MY HONOR TO
01:21:58 RECOGNIZE A WELL-LOVED SOMA ESTABLISHMENT BEANIES BEANIES
01:22:05 KITCHEN. >> WITH THIS COMMENDATION WE
01:22:08 ALSO CELEBRATE THE INSPIRING STORY OF ITS CO-OWNERS BEANIE
01:22:12 AND SUNITA. TWO IMMIGRANT WOMEN FROM
01:22:13 KATHMANDU, NEPAL GIFTED RESTAURATEURS WHOSE SKILLS
01:22:17 CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO OUR CITY'S CULINARY SCENE.
01:22:20 IN BENNY'S KITCHEN THEY HAVE CREATED A SPACE WHERE GUESTS
01:22:24 ARE WELCOME LIKE FAMILY AND INTRODUCED TO THE RICH
01:22:28 TRADITIONS OF NEPALI CUISINE. HAVING HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES
01:22:32 TO VISIT BENNY'S MYSELF, I CAN SAY FIRSTHAND HOW EXCEPTIONAL
01:22:36 THE FOOD IS AS ARE THE DRINKS THEIR MOMOS, HOWEVER, ARE TRULY
01:22:40 STAND OUT FRESH FLAVORFUL, MADE WITH UNMISTAKABLE CARE
01:22:43 AND SINGLE HANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EARNING BENNY THE MONIKER
01:22:47 FROM THE SFGATE FOOD CRITIC. AS THE BAY AREA'S QUEEN OF
01:22:52 MOMOS THEIR MANGO LASSI IS ALSO A TREAT.
01:22:55 THE PERFECT BALANCE OF SWEETNESS AND TRADITION JUST
01:22:58 GREAT TRY TO IN FACT. NEVER BEFORE HAVE I GROWN SO
01:23:02 HUNGRY JUST DELIVERING A COMMENDATION OR WRITING ONE
01:23:08 IN THIS CHAMBER BENNY'S KITCHENS LEAGUE LEGIONS OF FANS
01:23:12 ATTEST TO ITS EXCELLENCE IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS FROM ITS FIVE
01:23:16 STAR REVIEWS ONLINE TO ITS NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE BUZZ.
01:23:20 THIS IS AN EXEMPLARY SMALL BUSINESS NOT SOLELY BECAUSE OF
01:23:24 THEIR GREAT FOOD BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LOVE
01:23:26 AND NEIGHBORLY NESS THESE TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN OFFER TO THEIR
01:23:29 CUSTOMERS AND TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
01:23:32 BENNY ENCINITAS JOURNEY AS IMMIGRANT BUSINESS OWNERS
01:23:36 REFLECTS RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION AND A DEEP
01:23:39 COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
01:23:41 THEY HAVE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS THAT ALSO BRINGS
01:23:44 PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS.
01:23:48 THEIR RESTAURANT HAS BECOME A CHERISHED PART OF THE
01:23:51 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE STORIES ARE SHARED.
01:23:52 FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORMED. GUESTS FEEL AT HOME AND WHERE
01:23:56 WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
01:23:59 THEIR SUCCESS IN SOMA WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL
01:24:02 BUSINESSES LIKE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE REALLY FACED ONGOING
01:24:04 CHALLENGES IN RECENT YEARS MERITS A SPECIAL COMMENDATION.
01:24:11 >> FOR THIS SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
01:24:12 DESPITE NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES, BENNY AND SUNITA
01:24:15 HAVE REMAINED STEADY AND COMMITTED CONTINUING TO
01:24:17 INVEST IN THEIR BUSINESS, THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY
01:24:20 AROUND THEM. THEIR PERSEVERANCE SPEAKS NOT
01:24:23 ONLY TO THEIR STRENGTHS AS ENTREPRENEURS BUT ALSO TO THEIR
01:24:27 BELIEF IN SOMA AND ITS FUTURE. BENNY AND SUNITA THEY'VE
01:24:32 ENRICHED OUR CITY IN COUNTLESS WAYS THROUGH YOUR FOOD, YOUR
01:24:35 HOSPITALITY, YOUR NEIGHBORLINESS AS AN EXAMPLE.
01:24:38 I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE YOUR
01:24:40 SUPERVISOR TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY WE
01:24:43 ALL LOVE AND TO CELEBRATE THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF YOUR
01:24:46 BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME .
01:24:49 AS WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, I AM PROUD
01:24:51 TO HONOR BENNY'S KITCHEN WITH THIS RECOGNITION FOR ITS
01:24:54 ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMA AND TO SAN FRANCISCO.
01:24:58 >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR.. AND THANK YOU.
01:25:05 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
01:25:10 HONOR, SUPERVISORS. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME.
01:25:13 >> MY SISTER AND MY ENTIRE TEAM OF BENNY'S KITCHEN.
01:25:17 WE STARTED WITH A SIMPLE VERY, VERY SIMPLE GOAL TO SHARE
01:25:21 AUTHENTIC NEPALESE FOOD AND BRING OUR CULTURE TO A
01:25:25 COMMUNITY HERE IN LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY
01:25:29 SAN FRANCISCO. >> THIS YEAR MARKS OUR 14 YEARS
01:25:32 OF SERVICE AND CONTINUES TO SOMA, A GRADUATE FROM LA
01:25:36 COCINA, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THIS
01:25:40 RECOGNITION ENCOURAGED US TO KEEP GROW AND GROW AND KEEP ON
01:25:44 GOING. I WANT TO THANK YOU MY TEAM,
01:25:48 OUR CUSTOMERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US ALONG THE WAY.
01:25:51 WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AND OUR
01:25:56 LOVELY CLIENTS. A SPECIAL THANK.
01:25:59 THANK YOU TO MONASH VERY GRATEFUL AND SUPERVISOR DOROTHY
01:26:03 VERY GRATEFUL. >> AND OF COURSE URBAN ACADEMY
01:26:07 FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND IN SOMA COMMUNITY.
01:26:11 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BELIEVING IN SMALL BUSINESS LIKE US
01:26:12 AND THE IMMIGRANT WOMAN WHO WILL KEEP ON GOING.
01:26:16 >> THANK YOU
01:26:54 . >> ALL RIGHT.
01:26:58 WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR 3 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER
01:26:59 PLEASE CALL ITEMS 26 AND 27 TOGETHER ITEMS 26 AND 27 ARE
01:27:05 HEARING AND RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A REPORT
01:27:09 OF ASSESSMENT COSTS SUBMITTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
01:27:10 FOR INSPECTION AND OR REPAIR OF BLIGHTED PROPERTIES ORDERED TO
01:27:14 BE PERFORMED BY SAID DIRECTOR WITH THE COST THEREOF HAVING
01:27:18 BEEN PAID OUT PAID FOR OUT OF A BLIGHT ABATEMENT FUND RATE WE
01:27:24 HAVE BEFORE US A HEARING ON THE REPORT OF ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
01:27:28 FOR BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING
01:27:32 AND I GUESS I'M OPENING THAT HEARING AND THEN WE ARE FIRST
01:27:35 GOING TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
01:27:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT MADALYN AND MEMBERS
01:27:42 OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS WOULD YOU CHUNG
01:27:43 REPRESENTING SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
01:27:46 ARTICLE 23 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS CODE KNOWN AS THE
01:27:50 GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT ORDINANCE AND CHAPTER 80 OF THE
01:27:54 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
01:27:56 AND BLIGHT REDUCTION ACT REQUIRES PROPERTY OWNERS TO
01:27:59 MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY IN A SAFE AND LIGHT FREE CONDITION.
01:28:03 THE CODE REQUIRES PUBLIC WORKS TO INSPECT GRAFFITI AND NOTIFY
01:28:07 PROPERTY OWNERS TO ABATE THE GRAFFITI WITHIN 30 DAYS WHEN
01:28:09 GRAFFITI IS OBSERVED, PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES A NOTICE OF
01:28:13 VIOLATION AND NOTIFIES PROPERTY OWNERS BY POSTING A PHYSICAL
01:28:17 NOTICE ON THE PROPERTY AND SENDING OUT COPIES OF THE
01:28:21 NOTICE VIA USPS. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION
01:28:24 CONTAINS INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THE GRAFFITI UNIT, HOW
01:28:26 TO REQUEST A HARDSHIP HEARING, HOW TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF
01:28:29 ADDITIONAL TIME AS NEEDED DATE STAMP COLORED PHOTOS SHOWING
01:28:33 THE EXTENT AND LOCATION OF THE GRAFFITI IS AVAILABLE ON
01:28:36 REQUEST OR EVERY NOTICE OF VIOLATION POSTED THE GRAFFITI
01:28:40 UNIT MAKES A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO RESEARCH PROPERTY
01:28:41 OWNERSHIP AND MAKES COURTESY CALLS OR SENSE COURTESY EMAILS
01:28:45 TO PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVES AND OR PROPERTY
01:28:49 TENANTS ALERTING THEM OF THE GRAFFITI VANDALISM ON THEIR
01:28:52 PROPERTY AND ABATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
01:28:55 >> IF AFTER THE 30 DAY PERIOD HAS PASSED AND THE GRAFFITI HAS
01:28:59 NOT BEEN REMOVED WE WILL POST A COURTESY FINAL NOTICE INFORMING
01:29:03 THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT A BLIGHT FEE WILL BE LEVIED
01:29:04 SHOULD THE GRAFFITI NOT BE REMOVED.
01:29:07 A BLIGHT NOTICES THEN ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY AND A BLIGHT FEE
01:29:11 IS ASSESSED IF THE GRAFFITI IS NOT REMOVE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF
01:29:14 THE BLIGHT POSTING THE CITY CAN ELECT TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO
01:29:18 REMOVE THE GRAFFITI ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AT THE ADDITIONAL
01:29:21 EXPENSE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE INTENTION OF THIS DIVISION
01:29:25 IS NOT TO COLLECT FEES BUT TO ENSURE THAT GRAFFITI IS REMOVED
01:29:29 IN A TIMELY MANNER. HOWEVER, WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER
01:29:33 FAILS TO PAY THE FLIGHT FEE OR THE FEES RELATED TO THE
01:29:35 ABATEMENT COSTS, PUBLIC WORKS WILL SUBMIT AN ASSESSMENT FOR
01:29:38 THE OVERDUE AMOUNT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
01:29:41 CONSIDERATION TO INCLUDE AN INDEX OR REGULAR TAX BILL ON AN
01:29:45 ANNUAL BASIS. SINCE THE LAST HEARING IN MAY
01:29:47 OF 2025 UP UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025 3298 NOTICES OF
01:29:54 VIOLATIONS WITHOUT FEES WERE ASSESSED WERE ISSUED.
01:29:58 OF THOSE LOCATIONS 110 OR 3% WERE NOT ABATED IN A TIMELY
01:30:04 MANNER AND ASSESSED APPLY FOR 20 ONE OF THE 110 OR 19% OF
01:30:08 BITE FEES WERE PAID. A TOTAL OF FOUR HARDSHIP
01:30:12 HEARINGS WERE REQUESTED IN WHICH 11 INDIVIDUAL CASES
01:30:15 WERE REVIEWED A TOTAL OF 82 UNPAID INVOICES WERE SUBMITTED
01:30:19 FOR YOUR INITIAL CONSIDERATION AS OF MAY 5TH 2026 INVOICES
01:30:26 TOTALING AT $9,480 WERE REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST THROUGH
01:30:32 PAYMENTS MADE IN RECENT MONTHS. 20 OF THE 82 INVOICES WERE PAID
01:30:36 ROUGHLY COMING TO 24% $7,900 RECOVERED OUT OF 32,000
01:30:44 AND $192 WHICH IS ABOUT 22% OF FOUR INVOICES WERE WAIVED
01:30:49 TOTALING 15,580. >> THEREFORE THE REPORT WE ARE
01:30:53 SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY HAS 58
01:30:54 INVOICES TOTALING $22,712 INCLUDING THE TOP PERCENT
01:31:01 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AS OF 12 P.M. TODAY.
01:31:04 IT IS HERE THAT THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE BOARD'S APPROVAL
01:31:06 OF THE LIST FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF BLIGHTED
01:31:09 PROPERTIES. >> THANK YOU.
01:31:16 I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES
01:31:20 AND SO I BELIEVE WE WILL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC
01:31:24 COMMENTS. >> IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE
01:31:25 PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 26 OR 27, PLEASE COME
01:31:28 UP TO THE PODIUM IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON LINE UP ON
01:31:32 YOUR RIGHT. OUR LEFT?
01:31:35 >> YEAH. COME RIGHT.
01:31:36 COME ON UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
01:31:46 I'M ONE OF THE SIGHTED OWNERS AND MY OVERSIGHT OF THE
01:31:54 NOTATION OF THE GRAFFITI I ACTUALLY CALLED TO TRY TO GET
01:32:03 SOME GUIDANCE BUT I DIDN'T GET A REPLY ON THE ON THE LAST
01:32:07 NOTICED THAT THEY POSTED ON ME I WAS REQUESTED THAT I COME
01:32:15 IN HERE. I ASK I ASKED ONE OF THE PUBLIC
01:32:18 WORKS INSPECTORS BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE ANY GRAFFITI IN MY
01:32:25 PROPERTY. I TOOK A PICTURE OF MY PROPERTY
01:32:29 TODAY I DID FIND A LITTLE DRAWING ON A LITTLE BRICK WHICH
01:32:33 WAS VERY SMALL AND I CLEAN THAT UP.
01:32:37 IT WAS PENCIL BUT AS I TALKED TO AN INSPECTOR TODAY HE SHOWED
01:32:41 ME A LITTLE TAG AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF THE BRICKS WHICH I
01:32:48 COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED SO I ASKED FOR LENIENCY ON MY
01:32:52 CITATION. I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
01:32:57 MY OVERSIGHT WAS NOT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES, WAS
01:33:01 NOT ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES.
01:33:04 SO I ASK FOR LENIENCY ON THIS ITEM.
01:33:07 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
01:33:08 THANK YOU. >> FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE WE
01:33:12 HAVE WE GOT A LINE OVER THERE SO FEEL FREE TO LINE UP
01:33:16 AND DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE HERE AND CAN TALK TO PEOPLE AND WHAT
01:33:20 WE WILL BE ASKING THEM TO TALK TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER
01:33:23 WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER CAN WE HAVE OUR NEXT PERSON
01:33:33 SUPERVISORS? GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:33:34 MY NAME'S ALAN KWONG NOT ALAN LONG YEAH PEOPLE ASKED ME IF I
01:33:42 MIGHT GO FOR THE CENSOR SUPERVISOR.
01:33:46 I SAID NO THAT'S WONG. MY NAME IS QUAN SO YEAH I
01:33:50 REPRESENT A AND ASSOCIATION IN CHINATOWN CALL YANG
01:33:54 BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND THEY OWN THIS BUILDING ON 19 AND 12
01:34:01 OUT AND THIS YEAR 2026 I WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
01:34:08 ASSOCIATION AND RIGHT AFTER I BECAME PRESIDENT I WAS HANDED
01:34:18 OVER A LOT OF LETTERS FROM YEAH GRAFFITI FROM THE HEALTH
01:34:26 DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YEAH A LOT OF THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS THEY
01:34:31 DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY SAY WHY WE HAVE TO PAY
01:34:35 WELL THAT'S THE THE SOME CISCO LAW ORDINANCE WE HAVE TO YOU
01:34:42 KNOW GO BY THAT SO SO THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A
01:34:49 WAIVER OF THIS GRAFFITI BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER I TOOK OVER WE DID
01:34:57 A LOT OF PAINTING AGAIN RIGHT AFTER WE REPAINT THE GRAFFITI.
01:35:03 ANOTHER ONE WILL GO UP AGAIN THIS 19 AND TELL ABOUT THE
01:35:07 BUILDING IS ON 20 2004 19 AVENUE SO WE GOT I TALKED TO
01:35:16 JOSE RAMIREZ. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A ART
01:35:22 PROGRAM THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, REQUEST THE CITY TO DO SOME
01:35:28 WORK ON IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID TWO WEEKS
01:35:32 AGO AND THEN WE GOT APPROVED. >> SO I'M JUST THINKING IF WE
01:35:39 CAN GET THAT THE WAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:35:44 WE'RE PROVIDING EVERYONE THE SAME TWO MINUTES.
01:35:47 WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT YOU'LL
01:35:49 BE ABLE TO TALK TO ABOUT YOUR PROPERTIES AND FOR MEMBERS OF
01:35:52 PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU CAN ALSO
01:35:56 TALK TO STAFF WHO ARE HERE TO TALK.
01:35:59 >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN
01:36:03 LITTLE. I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE TO TALK
01:36:09 ABOUT 969 ONE OF VISTA AVENUE WEST.
01:36:10 >> THIS PROPERTY IS PARTICULARLY IGNORED.
01:36:17 THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT WHERE THERE ARE ALSO
01:36:21 LEANS ON WATER AND TRASH AND I HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING AND BEATING
01:36:28 THE GRAFFITI AT THIS PROPERTY AS OF TWO SUNDAYS AGO ON APRIL
01:36:32 19TH WE ENTER THE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING IT AND IT HAS
01:36:39 BEEN PAINTED OVER. >> IT HAS BEEN TAGGED AGAIN
01:36:44 TWICE AND REPAINTED OVER WITHIN A SINGLE DAY AND EVERY SINGLE
01:36:50 ONE OF THE DOZEN NEARBY NEIGHBORS OR STORE OWNERS HOMES
01:36:54 WALKS BY AND SEEN AS DOING THIS HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT.
01:36:57 >> WE'RE PLANNING TO WE'VE PAID FOR A THREE OR SO GALLONS OF
01:37:02 PAINT OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS IN A COUPLE OF FRIENDS, SOME OF
01:37:07 WHOM ARE IN ATTENDANCE AND PLANNING TO PAY THIS FEE
01:37:10 OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS. >> HOWEVER, IF IT IS WITHIN THE
01:37:14 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISCRETIONARY POWER WE WOULD
01:37:18 LOVE TO SEE THAT FEE WAIVED OR REDUCED SINCE WE HAVE AS OF
01:37:25 OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY ABATED THIS GRAFFITI PARTICULARLY
01:37:27 QUICKLY AND SENT AN EMAIL TO S.F. PUBLIC WORKS AS DIRECTED
01:37:33 ON THEIR WEBSITE. >> THANK YOU.
01:37:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:37:40 >> MY NAME IS WANTED THOMAS AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MERCY
01:37:45 HOUSING THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 130 ONE SIXTH STREET.
01:37:48 IT'S IT'S ON THE MINNA ALLEY THERE.
01:37:51 WE DO HAVE A MURAL. WE DID HAVE A MURAL ON THE SIDE
01:37:55 OF OUR BUILDING. IT WAS GRAFFITI TO THE POINT
01:37:56 WHERE IT WAS GOING TO COST US AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY
01:38:00 TO TRY TO RESTORE THE MURAL. THE MURAL HAS SINCE BEEN
01:38:03 PAINTED OVER. THE GRAFFITI HAS BEEN REMOVED
01:38:07 AND WE'RE ASKING IF THE FEE COULD BE WAIVED FOR US.
01:38:10 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:38:17 >> MY NAME IS SALVADOR VASQUEZ AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE
01:38:22 PROPERTY OF 2987 TO 2995 24TH STREET AND WELL I BEEN IN THAT
01:38:31 BUSINESS IN THAT BUILDING SINCE 1975 AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
01:38:38 CATCH UP OR TO BRING THAT BUILDING TO THE CODE.
01:38:42 >> IT WAS FOR A WHILE THAT IT WAS EVERY TWO MONTHS OR SO LAST
01:38:47 YEAR I PAINTED THE GRAFFITI OR I PAINTED AND THE NEXT DAY IT
01:38:51 WAS DONE AGAIN AND I WELL I FINALLY GOT THIS LETTER WITH A
01:38:58 FINE OR SOMETHING THAT I NEVER GOT BEFORE BUT AGAIN MY
01:39:06 BUILDING I TRIED THE BEST THAT I COULD HAVE AND I.
01:39:10 >> I TRIED RIGHT NOW I MADE SOME PICTURES OF IT BECAUSE THE
01:39:14 WORST THAT I DONE WAS THAT THEY WENT AS THE LADY BEFORE SAID
01:39:18 THAT THEY NEVER PAINTED OVER THE MURALS BUT LAST YEAR THEY
01:39:22 WENT EVEN OVER THEM. >> SO I WAS ALL FOR A GRANT OR
01:39:29 TWO $2,500 THROUGH THE CITY TO REPAINTED AND I ASKED WHAT DO I
01:39:34 HAVE TO DO? >> THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO
01:39:38 HAVE A POLICE REPORT. I HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY THINGS
01:39:42 THAT I COULDN'T EVEN GET POSSIBLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
01:39:45 WHO WHO IS DOING THIS THING AND IT'S DONE OVERNIGHT AND HOW
01:39:49 CAN I WATCH OVER OR DO ANYTHING I DON'T KNOW.
01:39:55 BUT AGAIN, AS I SAID, I HAVE PICTURES OF THE BUILDING RIGHT
01:39:59 NOW AS IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OR
01:40:03 THREE WEEKS NOBODY HAVE DONE ANY GRAFFITI BUT IN THE PAST
01:40:10 THAT WAS DONE I PAINTED IT AND THE NEXT DAY IT WAS DONE
01:40:14 AGAIN. I JUST NOTICED ACROSS THE
01:40:18 STREET THERE IS A BUILDING THERE.
01:40:19 I SAW THE MAN PAINTING IT. >> I SAW AND I HAVE A PICTURE
01:40:23 OF THAT HERE TOO. >> I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
01:40:27 COMMENTS. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR CUTTING YOU
01:40:30 OFF. WE ARE PROVIDING EVERYONE THE
01:40:32 SAME TWO MINUTES YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
01:40:34 THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF NEXT SPEAKER HELLO.
01:40:39 THANK YOU FOR LETTING GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN THESE
01:40:44 CHAMBERS. MY NAME'S NICOLE, OKLAHOMA.
01:40:45 DORCAS HI. ON THE PROPERTY AT 15 DEBOSE
01:40:47 AVENUE LIKE THE OTHER FELLOW PROPERTY OWNERS.
01:40:51 YOU KNOW I'VE GONE AND PAINTED OVER THE GRAFFITI AND BECAUSE
01:40:56 OF MY BUILDING'S PROXIMITY TO A SKATE PARK ACROSS THE STREET
01:40:59 WHICH IS ALSO GRAFFITIED WITH MURALS ALL PAINT IT
01:41:03 AND LITERALLY THE VERY NEXT DAY IT'LL BE COVERED AGAIN AND I'LL
01:41:06 PAINT IT AGAIN AND IT'LL BE COVERED AGAIN IN GRAFFITI ROCK
01:41:09 PAINT IT AGAIN AND IT WILL BE COVERED WITH MURALS AND SO I'VE
01:41:14 DONE SOME THINGS TO MITIGATE THAT WOOD FOR THE LIGHTING I'VE
01:41:15 PUT UP LIGHTING TO LIGHT UP BOTH THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY,
01:41:18 THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTY TO THE LEFT AND THE NEIGHBOR'S
01:41:22 PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT WHICH THE NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE BECAUSE
01:41:23 WHEN I GET TAGGED THEY GET TAGGED AS WELL.
01:41:26 YOU KNOW I'M SIX GENERATION SAN FRANCISCO AND THE THIS CITY
01:41:32 RUNS IN MY DNA AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME KIND OF RESPITE FOR
01:41:36 THE FINE AND YOU KNOW, I COULD COME BACK TOMORROW.
01:41:39 I'LL SHOW YOU THAT I'LL PAINT THE BUILDING TOMORROW AND THE
01:41:41 VERY NEXT DAY IT'LL BE GRAFFITI AGAIN.
01:41:43 AND IT'S A IT'S A BIG ISSUE AND IT'S HARD IT'S A HARDSHIP
01:41:44 ON PROPERTY OWNERS AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ALLOW SOME
01:41:47 KIND OF MITIGATION FOR THE FINE.
01:41:51 I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:41:55 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS
01:41:58 WHO LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON ITEMS 26 OR 27?
01:42:01 >> SEE NONE, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
01:42:02 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED AND SEE NO OTHER NAMES ON THE
01:42:09 ROSTER. THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER
01:42:11 26 HAS BEEN HEARD AND IS NOW FILED AND WE DO HAVE OUR HAS
01:42:15 OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF GONE OUT INTO THE YEP THEY'RE OUTSIDE SO
01:42:19 IF PEOPLE OR THEY'RE GOING OUTSIDE PEOPLE WANT TO ENGAGE
01:42:25 AND TALK WITH MR. CHANG ABOUT ASSESSMENT PLEASE DO AND WE'LL
01:42:33 COME BACK TO THIS WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM 27 LATER IN THE
01:42:37 MEETING. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:42:48 >> I THINK THEN THAT POSSIBLY WE COULD GO BACK TO ITEM 23,
01:42:54 MADAM CLERK. >> YES.
01:42:55 AND FOR THE PUBLIC THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CALLED ITEM 23 IS THE
01:42:59 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS
01:43:03 TRAINING CORE SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU.
01:43:06 >> APPRECIATE COLLEAGUES SUPERVISOR CHAN AND SUPERVISOR
01:43:10 WALTON FOR BRINGING UP A POTENTIAL FOR SUGGESTIONS
01:43:14 AND AT THIS TIME FOR FOR THE SUGGESTED CHANGES I DON'T THINK
01:43:18 THAT HAVING THE CHANGES WOULD MEET THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE
01:43:21 RESOLUTION WHICH IS TO URGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PRESERVE THE
01:43:26 PROGRAM AS CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED IF THERE ARE
01:43:29 CONCERNS REGARDING BUDGET. >> SO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE
01:43:33 AMENDMENTS AND LIKE TO HAVE IT GO FORWARD.
01:43:36 THIS ITEM HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE
01:43:37 AND APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD AT
01:43:40 THIS TIME. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
01:43:41 SUPPORT AND WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE.
01:43:45 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU.
01:43:48 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I RESPECT SUPERVISOR WONG
01:43:53 SUPERVISOR WONG'S CHOICE OF NOT WANTING TO ACCEPT THE
01:43:56 AMENDMENTS. >> I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T FEEL
01:43:57 COMFORTABLE URGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO ANYTHING THAT
01:44:00 MAY HAMPER THEIR ABILITY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
01:44:04 I AM THE LONE PERSON ON THIS BODY THAT HAS SERVED ON THE
01:44:08 BOARD OF EDUCATION, UNDERSTANDS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S BUDGET
01:44:11 INTRICATELY AND I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE
01:44:15 LATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THE
01:44:19 WAY THEY NEED TO. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A
01:44:23 PROGRAM THAT MOST CERTAINLY IS DOING GOOD THINGS WITH GROUPS
01:44:26 OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT BUT IT IS A DEPARTMENT OF
01:44:31 JUSTICE PROGRAM AND QUITE FRANKLY IN THE RIGHT WORLD THEY
01:44:37 WOULD BE FUNDING THE PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
01:44:39 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS STEPPED UP IN A MAJOR WAY TO MAKE SURE
01:44:42 JROTC OPERATES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:44:45 BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE URGING THE DISTRICT TO PRESERVE
01:44:49 ANY PROGRAM THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ACADEMIC WHEN THEY
01:44:53 SAY THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW OF COURSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
01:44:59 40 PLUS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS RECEIVE A QUALITY EDUCATION.
01:45:06 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM ON ITEM 23.
01:45:09 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON NO SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
01:45:14 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
01:45:18 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN I MENDELSON
01:45:25 I SUPERVISOR MELGAR I MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
01:45:29 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I THERE ARE EIGHT EYES IN ONE NO
01:45:36 LESS SUPERVISOR OF WALTON VOTING NO AND THE RESOLUTION IS
01:45:39 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO BACK TO ROLL CALL.
01:45:46 >> NEXT UP ON ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS IS SUPERVISOR
01:45:48 CHAN THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU.
01:45:54 >> SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:45:57 COLLEAGUES, I AM TODAY CALLING FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE
01:46:02 OPTIONS ON HOW SAN FRANCISCO CAN BETTER UTILIZE ITS OWN REAL
01:46:07 ESTATE ASSETS TO REVITALIZE OUR MARKET STREET CORRIDOR
01:46:10 AND BETTER LEVERAGE THE DRAW OUR WORKFORCE AND CITIZENRY
01:46:14 WOULD OFFER TO ATTRACT MORE PRIVATE INVESTMENT
01:46:17 AND REINVIGORATE OUR CIVIC CENTER AND OUR DOWNTOWN.
01:46:20 PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IN MY VIEW SHOULD BE RELOCATING OUR HALL
01:46:25 OF JUSTICE TO THE MARKET STREET CORRIDOR THIS MID-TWENTIETH
01:46:28 CENTURY BEHEMOTH WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED AS A SERIOUS SEISMIC
01:46:32 HAZARD IN THE AGNUS ADMINISTRÉ PORTION AND THEN LISTED FOR
01:46:35 DEMOLITION IN THE JORDAN ADMINISTRATION.
01:46:38 AND WE HAVE TEMPTED FATE FAR TOO LONG FOR FAR TOO MANY YEARS
01:46:40 TO ALLOW ITS CLOSURE AND RELOCATION TO LANGUISH
01:46:43 FURTHER. THE HALL OF JUSTICE
01:46:46 ADDITIONALLY REFLECTS THE KIND OF LAND USE DECISION TYPICAL OF
01:46:50 THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY WHEN CONVENIENT MEANT OFF THE
01:46:54 HIGHWAY RATHER THAN ON A TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
01:46:55 KNOW THESE DECISIONS HAVE CEASED TO SERVE US WELL IN THE
01:46:58 21ST CENTURY AND THERE THE KIND OF LAND USE PROBLEMS WE NOW
01:47:02 HAVE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE WITH SOME
01:47:05 OF OUR ADAPTIVE REUSE INITIATIVES.
01:47:09 THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE HALL OF JUSTICE COULDN'T BE
01:47:13 PRIORITIZED AS ONE OF THEM THE REBUILD OR MAJOR REPLACEMENT OF
01:47:17 THE HALL OF JUSTICE RIGHT NOW ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $417
01:47:20 MILLION IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN AND ITS HUNDREDS OF WORKERS
01:47:24 AND THOUSANDS OF VISITORS INCLUDING 30,000 JURORS
01:47:27 ANNUALLY WOULD DOUBTLESS FIND A MARKET STREET LOCATION MORE
01:47:31 ACCESSIBLE AND WOULD COLLECTIVELY BENEFIT THE
01:47:32 NEIGHBORHOOD OF MID-MARKET AND CIVIC CENTER WITH ITS
01:47:35 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. WE FURTHERMORE DON'T LACK FOR
01:47:39 OPTIONS ON OR NEAR MARKET STREET WHICH COULD INCLUDE THE
01:47:43 SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FIVE M THE OLD MINT WHITCOMB HOTEL TWITTER
01:47:46 BUILDING ONE SOUTH VAN NESS 1455 MARKET AND OTHERS NOTABLY
01:47:50 THE EMPORIUM SITE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CENTER ONCE HOUSED
01:47:54 THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT 120 YEARS AGO SO ITS
01:47:56 REACTIVATION AS A JUDICIAL DESTINATION FOR THE STATE'S
01:48:00 COURTS COULD BRING ITS HISTORIC USE FULL CIRCLE BEYOND ADAPTIVE
01:48:04 REUSE POLICIES. WE MAY ALSO HAVE AN ACQUISITION
01:48:07 OPTIONS ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF FEDERAL ASSETS THAT THE TRUMP
01:48:12 ADMINISTRATION AND GSA IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR FOR
01:48:15 POSSIBLE SALE THESE COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE 50 NEW
01:48:19 AND PLAZA. YOU MAY ALSO RECALL THAT THE
01:48:23 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI FEDERAL BUILDING WAS LISTED FOR A TIME
01:48:27 I THINK YOU KNOW HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WE WOULD WELCOME
01:48:30 IN MID-MARKET A SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HALL OF JUSTICE IF THAT
01:48:34 WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE.
01:48:35 NEITHER ARE WE LIMITED TO IN THIS DISCUSSION.
01:48:38 TWO TO THE HALL OF JUSTICE ALONE AMONG CIVIC CENTER CIVIC
01:48:42 CENTER APPROPRIATE REAL ESTATE ASSETS THE POLICE ACADEMY WOULD
01:48:46 DO WELL ON OR NEAR MARKET STREET.
01:48:49 I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS WE HAVE ANOTHER REAL ESTATE
01:48:53 ASSET THAT HAS BEEN IN ITS LOCATION FOR A LONG TIME.
01:48:56 THERE ARE DOUBTLESS OTHER REAL ESTATE ASSETS TOO THAT WE COULD
01:48:58 BE LOOKING AT FROM OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION, OUR OFFICE OF
01:49:01 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE COULD
01:49:04 EXPLORE AS WELL. I WILL BE INVITING EXPERT
01:49:05 PERSPECTIVE FROM PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONALS IN ADAPTIVE REUSE
01:49:11 PROJECTS INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE HAVE YEARS OF FAMILIARITY WITH
01:49:16 PROJECTS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO WEIGH IN ON HOW WE MIGHT BE
01:49:17 THINKING BETTER AND MORE CREATIVELY TO READ TO LEVERAGE
01:49:21 OUR CITY REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND MAKE SAN FRANCISCO'S MARKET
01:49:25 STREET THE SHOWPLACE IT DESERVES TO BE.
01:49:29 >> YEAH THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY
01:49:33 SUPER SUPERVISOR AND WE SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR
01:49:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CLERK TODAY I JUST HAVE AN A MEMORIAL
01:49:45 IN MEMORIAM FOR LARRY MAZOLA SENIOR LARRY MAZOLA SENIOR WAS
01:49:48 A TOWERING FIGURE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S LABOR MOVEMENT
01:49:55 AND A STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
01:49:56 HE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 82 LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY DEFINED
01:50:03 BY STRENGTH, LOYALTY AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP.
01:50:07 >> A PROUD NATIVE SON MAZOLA DEVOTED NEARLY FIVE DECADES TO
01:50:11 LOCAL 38 AND THE UNITED ASSOCIATION RISING THROUGH THE
01:50:15 RANKS TO ASSISTANT TRAINING DIRECTOR AND ORGANIZER TO
01:50:18 BUSINESS MANAGER IN FINANCIAL SECRETARY TREASURER WHERE HE
01:50:22 SET A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR WAGES, BENEFITS AND WORKPLACE
01:50:26 SAFETY KNOWN AS THE RELENTLESS FIGHTER WHO NEVER WAVERED
01:50:31 IN DEFENDING HIS MEMBERS, HE HELPED SECURE PROSPERITY
01:50:35 AND DIGNITY FOR THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THEIR
01:50:38 FAMILIES. HIS INFLUENCE HIS INFLUENCE
01:50:39 EXTENDED BEYOND THE UNION HALL INTO PUBLIC SERVICE WHERE HE
01:50:43 SERVED WITH DISTINCTION FOR 26 YEARS AS A SAN FRANCISCO
01:50:46 AIRPORT COMMISSIONER INCLUDING 18 YEARS AS PRESIDENT BEFORE
01:50:50 RETIRING IN 2022. ADDITIONALLY, HE SERVED ON THE
01:50:55 GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE COMMISSION. THE RECREATION AND PARKS
01:50:59 COMMISSION SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF A DISTRICT FIVE
01:51:02 VICE PRESIDENT ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE AFL-CIO BOARD
01:51:06 AND AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL
01:51:10 AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING
01:51:14 AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FOR 30 YEARS, MISSOULA'S
01:51:16 ENDURING IMPACT LIVES ON AND THE LIVES THAT HE IMPROVED,
01:51:21 THE INSTITUTIONS HE STRENGTHENED AND BUILD IN THE
01:51:24 CITY THAT HE HELPED TO BUILD. LARRY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE
01:51:28 OF 50 EIGHT YEARS, STEPHANIE, HIS CHILDREN LARRY JUNIOR,
01:51:33 STEVE AND LAURIE AND THEIR SPOUSES AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN
01:51:36 JOEY, NICK, SOPHIA AND STELLA AND HIS SISTER JOANNE ALL HIS
01:51:40 FAVORITE PEOPLE CALLED HIM PAPA.
01:51:43 SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 8TH, 2026 AT 10
01:51:50 A.M. AT ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL THROUGH THE PRESIDENT.
01:51:54 I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING FOR THE
01:51:55 WHOLE BOARD IN MEMORY OF LARRY MAZOLA SENIOR ON BEHALF OF ALL
01:52:01 OF US THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU.
01:52:06 SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THAT
01:52:10 ON BEHALF OF THE FULL BOARD AND THERE WE GO.
01:52:13 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR SUPERVISOR SARDAR THANK YOU.
01:52:20 >> COLLEAGUES EARLIER THIS YEAR I INDICATED THAT I WAS DRAFTING
01:52:24 LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE RETAIL SALE OF NITROUS OXIDE
01:52:27 AND TODAY I AM INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION I'M DOING SO AFTER
01:52:32 A FEW MONTHS OF PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE
01:52:33 CRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WORKS IN RESPONSE TO THIS GROWING
01:52:36 HEALTH CONCERN. THE RECREATIONAL USE OF NITROUS
01:52:40 OXIDE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS LAUGHING GAS OR WHIPPETS HAS
01:52:43 BEEN EXPLODING IN POPULARITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ACROSS THE
01:52:47 UNITED STATES. THE PRODUCT IS BEING BRANDED
01:52:50 IN COLORFUL CANISTERS AND MARKETED TO YOUTH UNDER
01:52:52 NAMES LIKE GALAXY GAS, MIAMI MAGIC AND COSMIC GAS.
01:52:58 THIS SHOWS A CLEAR PATTERN OF MANUFACTURERS FOLLOWING THE
01:52:59 PLAYBOOK OF BIG TOBACCO AND VAPE MARKETING DID
01:53:02 DANGEROUS PRODUCTS TO YOUTH AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHEN
01:53:06 INHALED NITROUS OXIDE CAN CAUSE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING
01:53:10 BLOOD CLOTS, NERVE DAMAGE, HEART PALPITATIONS, PARALYSIS
01:53:13 AND IN SOME CASES DEATH. PROLONGED USE CAN ALSO LEAD TO
01:53:17 SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN DAMAGE. >> THE SAN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
01:53:23 SHERIFF'S CRIME LAB HAS NOTED AN UPTICK IN CASES OF SUSPECTED
01:53:24 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NITROUS OXIDE INCLUDING 18 CAR
01:53:30 CRASHES IN JUST A ONE YEAR PERIOD.
01:53:31 IN A RECENT STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
01:53:34 UNDERSCORED THE DANGERS OF NITROUS OXIDE DURING A 578%
01:53:38 INCREASE IN DEATHS BETWEEN 2010 AND 2023.
01:53:40 THE AUTHORS OF THE STUDY POINT TO A RISE IN AVAILABILITY
01:53:44 AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS LIKE GAS STATIONS AND CORNER STORES
01:53:47 AS A REASON FOR THIS SPIKE. SO OUR LEGISLATION FOCUSES ON
01:53:52 RETAIL STORES IN THESE LOCATION AND THESE LOCATIONS.
01:53:53 WELL ALLOWING EXCEPTIONS FOR LEGITIMATE INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH
01:53:57 AS MEDICAL CATERING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
01:54:00 SINCE A BAN ON NITROUS OXIDE IN THE UK PASSED IN 2023, USAGE
01:54:06 AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IS DOWN BY APPROXIMATELY 60%.
01:54:09 AND ACROSS CALIFORNIA DOZENS OF CITIES OR COUNTIES HAVE
01:54:13 RECENTLY PASSED RETAIL BANS INCLUDING SAN MATEO, SAN JOSE,
01:54:16 SANTA CRUZ, MENDOCINO, HUMBOLDT, NEWPORT, ORANGE
01:54:20 COUNTY AND ANAHEIM. I WANT TO THANK TO THE BELL
01:54:24 IN MY OFFICE FOR HER THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH WORK ON THIS.
01:54:28 JAN A CLERK IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL.
01:54:31 AND THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE POLICE
01:54:33 DEPARTMENT FOR CONVERSATIONS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.
01:54:36 I'M HAPPY TO BE INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION TODAY WITH THE
01:54:40 FULL SUPPORT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY
01:54:43 . I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY
01:54:44 CO-SPONSORS SUPERVISORS WONG, SHERYL AND MELGAR AND THE REST
01:54:48 OF SCHMIDT. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOUDER
01:54:51 SUPERVISOR SHERYL. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I'D LIKE TO
01:54:52 ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF DORIS FISHER, CO-FOUNDER OF
01:54:56 THE GAP, CHAMPION OF EDUCATION AND DEVOTED PHILANTHROPIST
01:55:02 WHOSE VISION HELPED RESHAPE THE AMERICAN RETAIL INDUSTRY
01:55:04 AND WHOSE GENEROSITY CONTINUES TO TRANSFORM LIVES.
01:55:07 >> DORIS PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 94.
01:55:10 DORIS LEE FEIGENBAUM WAS BORN ON AUGUST 23RD, 1931 IN SAN
01:55:15 FRANCISCO. TO B.J. AND DOROTHY FEIGENBAUM
01:55:18 . >> DORIS ATTENDED THE KATHERINE
01:55:19 DEL MAR BURKE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WENT ON TO
01:55:23 EARN AN ECONOMICS DEGREE FROM STANFORD IN 1953 WHERE SHE
01:55:25 WOULD LATER SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM 1992 TO 2002.
01:55:29 SHE MARRIED DON FISHER IN JULY OF 1953 BEGINNING NOT ONLY A
01:55:33 LIFELONG PARTNERSHIP IN LOVE BUT ONE OF THE MOST
01:55:36 CONSEQUENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COLLABORATORY COLLABORATIONS
01:55:40 IN AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTORY. IN 1969, DORIS AND DON OPENED A
01:55:44 SINGLE STORE ON OCEAN AVENUE IN SAN FRANCISCO SELLING BLUE
01:55:45 JEANS AND RECORDS. THAT STORE BECAME THE GAP, A
01:55:49 NAME NAMED DORIS HERSELF COINED A NOD TO THE GENERATION GAP
01:55:55 AND THE YOUNG CONSUMERS THEY HOPED TO SERVE AS THE COMPANY'S
01:55:59 FASHION MERCHANDIZER FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS.
01:56:00 DORIS WAS BY HER FAMILY'S ACCOUNT THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF
01:56:03 THE COMPANY'S VALUES AND ITS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO
01:56:08 OTHERS. >> THE FISHERS BUILT THE GAP
01:56:08 INTO A GLOBAL RETAIL BRAND CHANGING THE WAY AMERICANS
01:56:12 DRESS AND BRINGING AFFORDABLE, WELL-ORGANIZED, ACCESSIBLE
01:56:15 CLOTHING TO NEARLY EVERY SHOPPING MALL AND URBAN RETAIL
01:56:19 DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THE STRAIGHT.
01:56:20 DESPITE HER EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS, DORIS LIVED PRETTY
01:56:24 CONSISTENTLY DRIVING THE SAME BUICK STATION WAGON YEAR AFTER
01:56:30 YEAR WEARING HER DECADES OLD OUTFITS AND NEVER REALLY
01:56:31 CHANGING TOO MUCH. TOGETHER WITH DON, DORIS BECAME
01:56:35 AN AVID COLLECTOR OF MODERN ART BUILDING THE DORIS AND DONALD
01:56:38 FISHER COLLECTION TO INCLUDE MORE THAN 1100 WORKS BY 185
01:56:41 ARTISTS INCLUDING ANDY WARHOL, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, CHUCK CLOSE
01:56:45 AND ELLSWORTH KELLY. NOW ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE
01:56:50 SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EDUCATION, THOUGH WAS
01:56:53 PERHAPS DORIS'S DEEPEST PASSION .
01:56:57 >> SHE AND DON DONATED MILLIONS TO SCHOOLS, TEACHER TRAINING
01:57:00 PROGRAMS AND COLLEGE PREP PROGRAMS FOR UNDERSERVED
01:57:05 COMMUNITIES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ACROSS THE
01:57:08 COUNTRY. >> HER SON BOB SAID SHE GOT
01:57:09 MORE ENJOYMENT SITTING WITH SCHOOLCHILDREN THAN ALMOST
01:57:12 ANYTHING ELSE SHE DID IN HER REMARKABLE LIFE.
01:57:14 DORIS IS SURVIVED BY HER THREE SONS BOB, BILL AND JOHN.
01:57:18 TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
01:57:19 HER HUSBAND DON PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 2009 FROM A SINGLE
01:57:23 STORE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO A GLOBAL BRAND FROM GALLERY WALLS
01:57:27 TO CLASSROOM CHAIRS. DORIS FISHER'S LEGACY IS ONE OF
01:57:30 CREATIVITY, INTEGRITY AND AN ABIDING BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL
01:57:34 OF PEOPLE. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST
01:57:35 CONDOLENCES TO THE FISHER FAMILY AND ALL WHO MOURN HER
01:57:38 PASSING. MAYOR MEMORY CONTINUE TO
01:57:41 INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS, EDUCATORS
01:57:42 AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS TO COME. >> THE REST I SUBMIT.
01:57:46 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
01:57:49 MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
01:57:53 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU ADD ME TO SUPERVISOR
01:57:54 CHERYL'S IN MEMORIAM IF HE DOES NOT OBJECT.
01:57:57 YES. ALL RIGHT.
01:58:00 AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:58:04 >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:58:06 PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER ALONG
01:58:09 THE CURTAINS. YOU MAY SPEAK TO ITEMS 31
01:58:11 THROUGH 34 WHICH ARE THE ITEMS ON THE FLOOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
01:58:15 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AND GENERAL MATTERS NOT ON THE
01:58:19 PUBLISHED AGENDA BUT MUST BE WITHIN THE BOARD SUBJECT MATTER
01:58:20 JURISDICTION. >> ALL OTHER AGENDA CONTENT
01:58:23 WILL HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT TO THE BOARD BY AN APPROPRIATE
01:58:26 COMMITTEE WHERE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUIREMENT OCCURRED.
01:58:31 >> EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED TWO MINUTES.
01:58:33 WILL THE FIRST SPEAKER COME FORWARD?
01:58:37 >> HELLO I'M BARBARA BELLA AND I'M SPEAKING YOU TODAY AS A
01:58:38 CIVILIAN AS A CITIZEN. >> ACTIVISTS ONCE AGAIN SEEKING
01:58:42 SUPPORT FOR TO SPONSOR LEGISLATION TO END THE SALE OF
01:58:49 CIGARETS WITH PLASTIC FILTERS. >> MY COLLEAGUE VINCE YOON WHO
01:58:53 WILL SPEAK TO ME IN A MOMENT HAS ORGANIZED OVER 22,020 2000
01:58:59 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE CITY. AND FROM THIS WORK HE HAS
01:59:03 CONCLUDED THAT NO DISTRICT IS IMMUNE FROM THE DANGERS AND THE
01:59:07 POLLUTION CAUSED BY CIGARET LITTER.
01:59:11 GIVEN THIS, IF SOMEONE WHO HAS MOBILIZED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
01:59:14 INDIVIDUALS IS TELLING YOU THAT OUR CLEAN STREETS THAT CLEANING
01:59:18 UP OUR STREETS IS NOT SUFFICIENT BUT THAT ACTUALLY WE
01:59:22 HAVE TO STOP IT AT THE SOURCE THAT SHOULD BE PERSUASIVE ON
01:59:27 ITS OWN. WE CANNOT CLEAN OUR WAY OUT OF
01:59:28 THIS. WE HAVE TO STOP IT AT THE
01:59:30 SOURCE. >> I KNOW EACH OF YOU HAVE
01:59:34 HEARD DAILY FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU WANT A CLEANER CITY,
01:59:37 THAT THEY WANT CLEANER STREETS. BUT TOO OFTEN THIS IS
01:59:39 INTERPRETED AS CLEANING UP AFTER THE MESS.
01:59:42 WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS NOT JUST CLEAN UP BUT WE NEED THIS
01:59:45 PREVENTION. IF YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR
01:59:46 HOUSE YOU DON'T JUST MOP THE FLOOR.
01:59:49 >> YOU FIX THE PIPE RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOPPING UP CIGARET BUTTS
01:59:53 FROM SIDEWALKS, FROM PARKS, FROM BEACHES.
01:59:56 BUT WE CANNOT STOP THIS TOXIC WASTE.
01:59:57 ENDING THE SALE OF CIGARETS FIXES THE PIPE AT THE SOURCE.
02:00:04 >> OUR EFFORT HAS BROAD SUPPORT.
02:00:07 EIGHT OF THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPERTS ON THIS TOPIC 20 NINE
02:00:11 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OVER 5500 PETITIONS SIGNATURES.
02:00:14 MOMENTUM IS BUILDING BEYOND SAN FRANCISCO.
02:00:19 VINCE AND I JUST SPOKE AT THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CONFERENCE
02:00:20 IN OAKLAND AND AFTER OUR PRESENTATION SUPERVISOR NATE
02:00:24 MALEY OF DISTRICT FOUR OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AGREED
02:00:28 AND COMMITTED TO TAKE ON THIS LEGISLATION.
02:00:31 WE CAN DO THIS TOO. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
02:00:34 SUPERVISOR SAUTER HAS IS ORDERING THE BLR TO STUDY THE
02:00:37 IMPACTS OF THIS BAN. >> WE HAVE THE SCIENCE
02:00:39 ORDINANCE AND THE CITY WIDE SUPPORT.
02:00:42 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:00:45 >> HI EVERYONE. VINCE YOU AND OF REFUSE REFUSE
02:00:46 THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS.
02:00:50 YOU HEARD IT BEFORE SO I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING NEW BECAUSE
02:00:54 EVERYONE KNOWS THAT CIGARET BUTTS ARE THE NUMBER ONE
02:00:56 CONTRIBUTOR TO PLASTIC POLLUTION IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.
02:01:01 VERY EASY TO IGNORE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL BUT WHEN YOU
02:01:02 MEET A NEW VOLUNTEER WHO JOINS ONE OF OUR CLEANUPS INEVITABLY
02:01:05 THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS LIKE WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW SO MANY
02:01:09 PEOPLE STILL SMOKED AND SO THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AS I'M
02:01:12 SPENDING THIS TWO MINUTES THERE'S HUNDREDS OF CIGARET
02:01:13 BUTTS BEING LITTERED IN SAN FRANCISCO TENS OF THOUSANDS,
02:01:17 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ACROSS THE WORLD AND WE JUST CAN'T
02:01:18 STOP IT. I MEAN WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO OUT
02:01:21 THERE. WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 500
02:01:22 VOLUNTEERS A WEEK NOW. >> I THINK WE NEED MORE THAN
02:01:25 THAT AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. BUT IT'S A SMALL DROP IN THE
02:01:28 BUCKET OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND THE ONLY WAY TO
02:01:29 HELP US IS REALLY TO DO SOMETHING UPSTREAM SO WE HAVE
02:01:33 THE ABILITY AND POWER AND I'M ENCOURAGING CITIZENS TO COME
02:01:36 OUT AND CLEAN UP WHAT WE CAN BUT THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE CAN
02:01:40 DO IT OURSELVES WITHOUT THE HELP.
02:01:41 SO WE'RE EMPOWERED TO PICK UP THE BUTTS BUT WE DON'T HOLD ANY
02:01:44 POWER TO DO ANYTHING UPSTREAM TO PREVENT THIS WASTE POLLUTION
02:01:48 AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE COME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
02:01:51 BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO AND I THINK IT'S
02:01:52 INEVITABLE. SUPERVISOR SOUDER WAS LISTING
02:01:55 OFF RATTLING OFF THE NAMES OF COMMUNITIES BANNING NITROUS
02:01:59 OXIDE. I THINK THE SAME THING'S GOING
02:02:00 TO HAPPEN HERE WITH CIGARET BUTTS, PLASTIC CIGARET BUTTS
02:02:03 AND IT'S JUST INEVITABLE AND YOU SEE ALAMEDA COUNTY
02:02:06 INSTANTLY JUMPING ON IT. AND SO WE CAN RATTLE OFF THE
02:02:11 LISTS AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MATTER OF WHERE SAN FRANCISCO
02:02:12 LIES IN THAT LIST. ARE WE GOING TO BE NEAR THE TOP
02:02:14 WITH LEADERS LIKE SANTA CRUZ OR ARE WE GOING TO BE AT THE
02:02:18 BOTTOM WITH OTHER FOLLOWERS? BUT EITHER WAY IT WILL HAPPEN.
02:02:19 IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL BE PICKING UP BOATS AND IT'S VERY
02:02:22 EASY BECAUSE SANTA CRUZ HAS ALREADY CREATED THE PLAYBOOK.
02:02:25 TARA LEONARD OF THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED A
02:02:27 VERY MUCH A TURNKEY WAY FOR US TO INTRODUCE THAT HERE IN SAN
02:02:30 FRANCISCO AND SHE'S WILLING TO HOLD YOUR HAND THROUGH IT.
02:02:33 SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISORS WHO WOULD BE
02:02:36 WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS. MELGAR SUPERVISOR MELGAR I
02:02:40 THINK IT GOES GREAT WITH YOUR PAIRS VERY WELL WITH YOUR SMOKE
02:02:43 FREE PATIOS. YOU KNOW THE UNINTENDED
02:02:44 CONSEQUENCE OF THE SMOKE FREE PATIOS IS THEY GO TO THE CURB
02:02:48 AND THEY LITERATE SO I DON'T WANT SERVERS TO GET SECONDHAND
02:02:49 SMOKE. >> BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
02:02:51 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO.
02:02:57 TODAY I RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER THE MISSING AND MURDERED
02:03:01 INDIGENOUS WOMAN GIRLS AND TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE AS WELL AS HAPPY
02:03:05 CINCO DE MAYO AND ASIAN AMERICAN INDIGENOUS NATIVE
02:03:09 HAWAIIAN AND SPECIFIC ISLANDER MONTH.
02:03:15 I HAVE TO ASK WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT IN A MAYOR A WEALTHY
02:03:19 WHITE MAN ROAMING AROUND THE CITY IN HIS LUXURY RIVIAN JUST
02:03:22 TO BULLY HOMELESS PEOPLE IN PUBLIC?
02:03:24 >> OR EVER? WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT
02:03:27 AND PUSHING ABSTINENCE ONLY RECOVERY AS THOUGH THE HUMAN
02:03:31 SPECIES IS ONE MONOLITH? >> WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT
02:03:35 IN CRUELLY CRUELLY IGNORING THE REALITY THAT HUMANS ARE VERY
02:03:38 DIVERSE SO WE NEED VERY DIVERSE OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR
02:03:42 PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
02:03:43 WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT IN CONTINUING TO THROW MONEY AT
02:03:46 POLICING WHEN SCHOLARSHIP AND COMMUNITY SHOWS POLICING IS
02:03:49 NOT A SILVER BULLET SOLUTION TO SAFETY THAT HOUSING, BASIC
02:03:54 INCOME, FOOD, SOCIAL ENRICHMENT AND SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE
02:03:57 ARE WHAT MAKE A COMMUNITY THRIVE.
02:03:58 >> WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT IN SLASHING FUNDING TO THESE
02:04:02 SOCIAL SERVICES AND CLOSING HEALTH CLINICS LIKE WHOLE
02:04:05 STREET YOUTH CLINIC, LARKIN STREET YOUTH CLINIC
02:04:06 AND SOUTHEAST MISSION GERIATRIC CLINIC?
02:04:09 >> WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT IN DEFUNDING BLACK AND OTHER
02:04:13 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RACIALLY
02:04:16 RESEGREGATING AMERICA? >> WHERE IS THE GOOD JUDGMENT
02:04:20 AND NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A REAL EFFORT?
02:04:23 EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE TRANSGENDER GENOCIDE HAPPENING
02:04:27 IN AMERICA BEING DONE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND I AM NOT
02:04:32 RADICAL FOR SAYING THIS AND ACTUAL GENOCIDE PREVENTION
02:04:36 INSTITUTE HAVE SAID THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
02:04:40 >> YOU KNOW IT THOUGH BASED OFF OF YOUR ACTIONS IN HERE.
02:04:43 >> TRANS PEOPLE ARE FLEEING VERY VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
02:04:48 COUNTRY TO SAN FRANCISCO. I HAVE HEARD THAT SINCE LAST
02:04:51 YEAR. WE NOW HAVE TWICE AS MANY
02:04:52 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THIS CITY LOOKING FOR REFUGE.
02:04:56 >> WE NEED INVESTMENT IN OUR SURVIVAL.
02:04:59 >> I MEAN, YEAH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:05:03 NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS BOB HALL AND I'M
02:05:09 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF KEEP REAL, A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY
02:05:14 ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING RESIDENTS OF AMAZON IN THE
02:05:15 EXCELSIOR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO
02:05:19 INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION INITIATING AN ARTICLE TEN CITY
02:05:22 LANDMARK NOMINATION FOR AMAZON PLAYGROUND BEFORE IT'S TOO
02:05:26 LATE. >> AMAZON ZION IS NOT JUST A
02:05:30 PARK IT'S ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST SIGNIFICANT
02:05:33 SURVIVING NEW DEAL LANDSCAPES DESIGNED BY MASTER ARCHITECT
02:05:37 WILLIAM G. MERCHANT WE BUILT BETWEEN 1934
02:05:41 AND 1941 WITH OVER $938,000 IN WPA FUNDING THE LARGEST NEW
02:05:47 DEAL INVESTMENT IN ANY SINGLE SAN FRANCISCO PLAYGROUND.
02:05:51 IT IS A PLACE OF GENUINE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE.
02:05:52 THE CITY'S OWN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT COMPLETED JUST
02:05:56 LAST YEAR DOCUMENTS THAT SIGNIFICANCE.
02:05:59 AND RIGHT NOW SAN FRANCISCO REC AND PARK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:06:03 THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION
02:06:05 IS PROPOSING TO DEMOLISH IT OVER 100 WPA ERA TREES.
02:06:10 WP ERA TREES ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED 20 ACRES OF HISTORIC
02:06:14 GRASS REPLACED WITH FAST LED AND ARTIFICIAL TURF
02:06:18 AND EXPANDED PARKING. THE PARK FENCED OFF THE PARK
02:06:21 WILL BE FENCED OFF AND HANDED OVER PRIMARILY TO BASEBALL.
02:06:25 AN OPEN COMMUNITY COMMON SERVING PACIFIC ISLANDER
02:06:28 SENIORS, FAMILIES AND IMMIGRANTS IN A DESIGNATED
02:06:31 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE TURNED
02:06:33 INTO A PRIVATE SPORTS COMPLEX. THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE POWER TO
02:06:36 ACT A BOARD RESOLUTION INITIATING ARTICLE TEN
02:06:39 NOMINATIONS TRIGGERS A DEMOLITION STAY THE ONE TOOL
02:06:43 THAT CAN STOP IRREVERSIBLE HARM WHILE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
02:06:47 COMMISSION DOES ITS WORK. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO
02:06:50 INTRODUCE THAT RESOLUTION NOW. CONSTRUCTION IS TARGETED FOR
02:06:54 2027. THE 80 FOOT TALL TREES CANNOT
02:06:57 BE REPLANTED. THE LANDSCAPE CANNOT BE
02:07:00 RESTORED. PLEASE ACT BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO
02:07:01 LOSES THIS COMMUNITY TREASURE FOREVER.
02:07:04 >> THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:07:06 NEXT SPEAKER. >> C.
02:07:14 OKAY I'M JUST GOING TO READ OFF THE TOP BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW
02:07:17 RIGHT HERE. >> SO I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE
02:07:19 KNOW THAT ON MAY NINTH THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO CLEANUPS IN THE
02:07:24 BAYVIEW. ONE IS GOING TO BE AT 10 A.M.
02:07:27 ON 1605 GERALD'S AVENUE AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS
02:07:31 GOING TO BE AT FOUR 6:00 AT TWO 2022 LANE STREET AT 50 270
02:07:42 THREE THIRD STREET. >> SO COME ON DOWN.
02:07:45 WE'RE HERE TO CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT UP.
02:07:46 THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CAREER TRANSITION CONFERENCE
02:07:50 TOMORROW. IF YOU LOOK UP CAREER
02:07:53 TRANSITION CONFERENCE DESIGN YOUR FUTURE WITH EIGHT PLUS
02:07:57 WEB3 IS GOING TO BE ONLINE FROM 530 TO 8:30 P.M. TOMORROW.
02:08:01 IT'S FREE. THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:08:04 GET A STOREFRONT GRANT. IF YOU GO LOOK AT APPLY FOR A
02:08:08 GRANT TO AN OPEN AS NEW STOREFRONT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
02:08:14 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES GO FROM ABOUT 50 TO 100,000 OR SO
02:08:18 AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BAYVIEW.
02:08:22 >> THERE'S OTHER AREAS. CHECK IT OUT.
02:08:25 THE APPLICATIONS END ON MAY 29TH SO GET IT IN.
02:08:29 ALSO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE OPEN UP THE CITY CAREER
02:08:34 CENTER DOWNSTAIRS TO NOT JUST INCLUDE CITY WIDE JOBS BUT IF
02:08:42 WE COULD OPEN IT UP TO OPEN IT TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR OTHER TYPES
02:08:46 OF JOBS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT A POLICY IN PLACE.
02:08:49 IT'S MORE OF A ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY IN PLACE TO KEEP IT FOR
02:08:52 CITYWIDE JOBS. THERE'S NO LAW ORDINANCE
02:08:56 REQUIRING IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SUCH A NEED RIGHT
02:09:00 NOW FOR EMPLOYMENT. LET'S OPEN THAT CAREER CENTER
02:09:04 UP AND LET'S TRY TO PUT SOME CITY STANDARD DESKS IN THERE TO
02:09:08 ACCOMMODATE THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
02:09:09 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:09:12 NEXT SPEAKER PRESIDENT MAN WOMAN SUPPORTERS.
02:09:33 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS RICHARD SD PETERSON
02:09:36 AND REALLY REALLY WHY DO I HAVE TO SEE NATIONAL NEWS TO SEE
02:09:45 THAT TWO SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:09:50 AIRPORT? THIS IS VERY EMBARRASSING.
02:09:54 YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MUCH OF
02:09:59 THE TECH INDUSTRY FOR SURE CERTAINLY ARE NOT ALL BLUE
02:10:05 DEMOCRATS. >> THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICANS
02:10:10 IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS STATE YOU JUST CAN'T IGNORE THAT WHEN
02:10:14 YOU'RE PROTESTING ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
02:10:18 EVERYBODY CAN BE AGAINST ICE. NOBODY WANTS ICE TO RUN RUN
02:10:25 RAMPANT OVER OUR CITY OR OVER OUR CITIZENS.
02:10:29 >> BUT REALLY WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STOPPING
02:10:32 TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT AND MOTORCYCLES STOPPING
02:10:33 TRAFFIC ON THE BAY BRIDGE? IS IT THE POLITICAL IDEAL
02:10:38 ENERGY? >> I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT
02:10:43 MUCH MORE TO SAY EXCEPT AS ONE ADDED THING AS COLUMBO WOULD
02:10:48 SAY. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
02:10:54 PGE IN HERE AND THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY
02:10:57 EVEN THOUGH THE CITY IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE ELECTRICAL
02:11:01 PORTION PGE AND ME. >> BUT THE BILLS ON GAS ARE
02:11:06 JUST ASTRONOMICAL. I'VE HAD A COTTAGE FOR OVER 50
02:11:12 YEARS AND IT'S GONE FROM $25 UNINSULATED AND NOW IT'S $100
02:11:19 SIMPLY FOR GAS. AND IT'S BEEN INSULATED AND I
02:11:23 DON'T DO ANY LAUNDRY AND IT'S JUST HOT WATER.
02:11:27 SO GET A HOLD OF PGE AND WE ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
02:11:31 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS
02:11:35 WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT?
02:11:38 >> SEEING NONE, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
02:11:39 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO
02:11:42 BACK TO ITEM 27. >> YES.
02:11:46 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CALLED IT IS THE
02:11:50 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT OF ASSESSMENT COSTS FOR
02:11:54 BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. >> THAT AFTERNOON PRESENT
02:11:58 AMENDMENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE
02:12:02 OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THOSE MATTERS WITH THE WITH THE
02:12:08 CONSTITUENTS. IT WAS PRODUCTIVE.
02:12:09 WE WILL BE WAIVING IN GOOD FAITH THE SEVEN MEMBERS FROM
02:12:15 THE PUBLIC AND THEIR FINES ASSESSED.
02:12:19 WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A UPDATED I BELIEVE WITH MORE OF
02:12:23 A RED REDLINED LIST WAS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK AND WE
02:12:29 WILL PROVIDE YOU A TRUE UP TO DATE LIST TOMORROW MORNING ONCE
02:12:34 WE HAVE ASSESSED IN A MATTER OF THE LAST FEW HOURS WE DID HAVE
02:12:37 A FEW EMAILS THAT CAME IN WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO GET RESOLVED
02:12:41 PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL FROM YOURSELVES.
02:12:45 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
02:12:47 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
02:12:51 I THINK WE HAVE AN UPDATED REPORT.
02:12:55 >> YES, THE WE ARE MAKING COPIES BUT THE ADDRESS IS TO BE
02:12:59 STRICKEN FROM THE LIST WILL BE 533 1233 AVENUE 969 BUENA VISTA
02:13:06 AVENUE WEST 130 ONE SIXTH STREET 1131 MISSION STREET 2404
02:13:15 19 AVENUE 2987 24TH STREET 15 DEBOSE AVENUE 200 POTRERO
02:13:22 AVENUE 960 POTRERO AVENUE AND 1271 POTRERO AVENUE.
02:13:32 OKAY SO COLLEAGUE CAN WE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE REPORT
02:13:38 WITHOUT OBJECTION? >> SEEING NO OBJECTION, THOSE
02:13:44 CHANGES ARE ACCEPTED. >> THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
02:13:48 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION WITH THE AMENDED
02:13:50 REPORT? >> YES.
02:13:52 AND ITEM 27 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I.
02:13:56 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I
02:14:00 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I. SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
02:14:07 SUPERVISOR MANDARIN HAI MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR I
02:14:11 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL
02:14:17 EITHER NINE NICE ALL RIGHT WITHOUT OBJECTION ITEM 27 IS
02:14:21 ADOPTED WITH THE AMENDED REPORT AND WITH THAT MADAME CLERK
02:14:25 LET'S GO TO THE FOUR ADOPTION COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA
02:14:29 ITEMS 31 TO 30 FOUR ITEMS 30 ONE THROUGH 34 WERE INTRODUCED
02:14:32 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS
02:14:36 REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE
02:14:39 ANY SUPERVISOR MAY REQUIRE RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE
02:14:43 TO GO TO COMMITTEE. ANYBODY WANT TO SEVER ANYTHING
02:14:48 COLLEAGUES I AM GOING TO SEVER 34 TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON IT
02:14:54 AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR I JUST WANTED TO BE ADDED AS A
02:14:58 CO-SPONSOR TO ITEM 32 PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT.
02:15:02 THE CLERK I THINK HAS NOTED THAT AND MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
02:15:06 CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS 3132 AND 33 ON ITEMS 3132 AND 33.
02:15:13 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
02:15:18 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
02:15:25 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN HIGH
02:15:29 MANDARIN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER
02:15:33 SUTTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EITHER NINE NICE WITHOUT
02:15:40 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
02:15:44 ITEM 34 ITEM NUMBER 34 IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 2026
02:15:48 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND MAY 9TH THROUGH THE
02:15:53 16TH 2026 IS SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH WEEK IN THE CITY
02:15:55 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK
02:15:58 COLLEAGUES THIS IS A COMBO RESOLUTION FOR JEWISH AMERICAN
02:16:02 HERITAGE MONTH AND SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH WEEK.
02:16:05 AGAIN THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR YOUR CO-SPONSOR SHIP
02:16:10 SUPERVISOR MILLER AND I HAVE BEEN ALTERNATING DOING THIS
02:16:13 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR GRACIE FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP AS WELL
02:16:17 AS FOLKS KNOW JEWISH IMMIGRANTS FIRST ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:16:21 DURING THE GOLD RUSH MANY FLEEING PERSECUTION IN EUROPE
02:16:24 AND FINDING HERE WHAT SO MANY WERE DENIED ELSEWHERE
02:16:26 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNITY AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE 1870S SAN
02:16:31 FRANCISCO IS HOME TO THE SECOND LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION
02:16:32 IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE EARLY RESIDENTS HELPED
02:16:35 SHAPE THE CITY AS MERCHANTS, CIVIC LEADERS
02:16:37 AND PHILANTHROPISTS ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY
02:16:40 INSTITUTIONS AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR GENERATIONS TO
02:16:41 COME. AND THAT LEGACY CONTINUES TODAY
02:16:43 AS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY REMAINS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN CIVIC LIFE
02:16:47 WORKING TO BUILD A MORE JUST INCLUSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE SAN
02:16:50 FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH WEEK IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR
02:16:54 BROUGHT TO US BY VALUE CULTURE AND ADAM SWIG THE CELEBRATION
02:16:58 HIGHLIGHTS JEWISH CULTURE IN SMALL BUSINESSES, CHEFS
02:17:03 AND ARTISTS AND THERE WILL BE DAILY EVENTS DURING THE WEEK
02:17:06 FROM VALKYRIES JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT TO ROBOT SHABBAT AND A
02:17:07 TASTE OF S.F. JEWISH AND SO HAPPY TO CALL ATTENTION TO BOTH
02:17:13 OF THOSE AND FACTS IN FACT MR. SWIG AND VALUE CULTURE ARE
02:17:17 HAVING A PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW WHICH FOLKS CAN HEAD
02:17:21 OVER TO AFTER THIS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
02:17:24 AND WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM.
02:17:28 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS
02:17:32 ADOPTED. >> AND MADAM CLERK COULD YOU
02:17:36 PLEASE WELL KNOW DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS?
02:17:40 >> WE HAVE NO IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS TODAY THEN COULD YOU
02:17:44 PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIAM? YESTERDAY'S MEETING WILL BE
02:17:45 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS
02:17:49 ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR WANG FOR THE LATE MR. JIM GARCIA
02:17:53 AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR
02:17:57 THE LATE MR. LARRY MAZOLA SENIOR AND ON BEHALF OF
02:18:01 SUPERVISOR CHERYL AND MEN'S WOMEN FOR THE LATE MRS. DORIS
02:18:05 LEE FISHER. ALL RIGHT.
02:18:09 COLLEAGUES, I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA
02:18:12 MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US
02:18:14 TODAY? >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS
02:18:17 FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:18:18 THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED