00:00:09 AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE MAY 12TH 2026
00:00:14 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:17 >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:00:19 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESIDENT
00:00:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
00:00:29 PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:33 MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENT SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN PRESIDENT
00:00:36 MANDOLIN PRESENT SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR PRESENT
00:00:41 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHERRELL
00:00:45 PRESENT SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON PRESENT AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:49 WONG WONG PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
00:00:53 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:57 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:00:58 HOMELAND OF THE DRAMATIST SALONI, WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:01:02 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE
00:01:04 INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:01:08 THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIALS WE HAVE NEVER CEDED
00:01:10 LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:01:13 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:16 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE
00:01:19 RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR
00:01:21 TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:24 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE
00:01:28 RAMAKRISHNA ONLY COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR
00:01:30 SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:31 COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:34 ALLEGIANCE? THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:01:42 AND THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
00:01:46 INDIVISIBLE WITH. >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I
00:01:57 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY ESPECIALLY
00:02:00 KALEENA MENDOZA. THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR
00:02:01 MEETINGS AND MAKE THE TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE
00:02:06 PUBLIC ONLINE. >> MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR
00:02:11 2 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER. YES THE 2 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER IS
00:02:13 THE MONTHLY APPEARANCE OF THE HONORABLE MAYOR DANIEL LURIE
00:02:16 HERE TODAY. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS
00:02:20 SUBMITTED FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD REPRESENTING DISTRICTS
00:02:23 ONE, TWO, 3 OR 4. BUT THE MAYOR MAY ADDRESS THE
00:02:27 BOARD FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES. >> WELCOME, MR. MAYOR.
00:02:28 AS OUR CLERK INDICATED, WE HAVE NO TOPIC SUBMITTED FOR YOU
00:02:31 TODAY SO WE WELCOME YOU TO SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
00:02:35 >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:02:36 BOARD PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
00:02:38 OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES ABOUT THE
00:02:42 WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET
00:02:46 AND INTO SHELTER AND TREATMENT AND ONTO A PATH TO STABILITY.
00:02:53 IT'S CLEAR THAT SAN FRANCISCANS FEEL LIKE OUR CITY IS MOVING
00:02:56 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TODAY I WAS EXCITED TO
00:02:58 ANNOUNCE ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
00:03:01 ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY READ 2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT
00:03:06 UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO IS NOW AT THE LOWEST
00:03:10 LEVELS IN 15 YEARS. SINCE 2024, UNSHELTERED
00:03:16 HOMELESSNESS IS DOWN 22%. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN TENTS
00:03:20 IS DOWN 85% AND OVERALL HOMELESSNESS IS DOWN WITH
00:03:24 NEARLY 1000 FEWER PEOPLE SLEEPING ON OUR STREETS
00:03:26 COMPARED TO 2024. THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT PEOPLE
00:03:30 COMING INDOORS, GETTING HELP AND GETTING ON THE PATH TO
00:03:34 STABILITY. WHEN I TOOK OFFICE WE COMMITTED
00:03:37 TO TRANSFORMING HOW SAN FRANCISCO RESPONDS TO
00:03:41 HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
00:03:44 WE FOCUSED ON ACCOUNTABILITY, COORDINATION AND GETTING PEOPLE
00:03:48 OFF THE STREET FASTER. WITH THIS BOARD'S SUPPORT
00:03:52 AND LEADERSHIP WE PASSED THE FENTANYL STATE OF EMERGENCY
00:03:56 ORDINANCE AND LAUNCHED OUR BREAKING THE CYCLE PLAN.
00:03:57 WE INTEGRATED STREET OUTREACH TO BETTER CONNECT PEOPLE TO
00:04:01 CARE. WE ENDED THE POLICY OF HANDING
00:04:05 OUT FENTANYL SMOKING SUPPLIES WITHOUT PATHWAYS TO TREATMENT.
00:04:08 LAST YEAR ALONGSIDE SUPERVISORS CHERYL AND SOUDER, WE OPENED
00:04:12 822 GEARY, A 24 SEVEN STABILIZATION CENTER.
00:04:18 AND JUST LAST WEEK WE OPENED THE RESET CENTER AND SUPERVISOR
00:04:22 DORSEY'S DISTRICT MAKING CLEAR THAT OPEN AIR DRUG USE IS NOT
00:04:26 ACCEPTABLE ON OUR STREETS ACROSS SANFORD CISCO WE ADDED
00:04:30 MORE THAN 600 SHELTER AND TREATMENT BEDS BECAUSE
00:04:34 RECOVERY REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
00:04:38 WE'VE ALSO MADE MAJOR PROGRESS HELPING FAMILIES LIVING IN RVS.
00:04:42 THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF MY LEGISLATIVE CO-SPONSOR
00:04:46 SUPERVISOR MELGAR TODAY WE'VE HELPED 132 FAMILIES MOVE FROM
00:04:52 RVS INTO SHELTER OR HOUSING. AND WE'VE EXPANDED JOURNEY HOME
00:04:59 RECONNECTING MORE PEOPLE WITH FAMILY AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
00:05:03 IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS THAN IN ANY THREE MONTH PERIOD SINCE
00:05:07 THE PROGRAM STARTED AT EVERY STEP FROM OUTREACH TO SHELTER
00:05:11 TO PERMANENT HOUSING, WE ARE REFORMING THE SYSTEM TO DELIVER
00:05:14 BETTER OUTCOMES AND BREAK THE CYCLES OF HOMELESSNESS
00:05:18 AND ADDICTION. BUT WE ALL KNOW OUR WORK IS
00:05:21 FAR, FAR FROM DONE. >> FAMILY HOMELESSNESS
00:05:28 INCREASED SINCE 2024 REFLECTING TRENDS WE'RE SEEING ACROSS
00:05:29 CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST
00:05:35 IN PREVENTION, SHELTER AND HOUSING SUPPORT FOR
00:05:36 FAMILIES BECAUSE NO CHILD SHOULD EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
00:05:40 IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND BEYOND THE NUMBERS.
00:05:43 I KNOW YOU SEE IT. I SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:05:47 AND RESIDENTS ALSO STILL SEE IT AND WANT CLEANER AND SAFER
00:05:52 STREETS. I DO TOO AND I'M AS MOTIVATED
00:05:55 AS EVER. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO
00:05:59 HAVE MADE WHO HAVE MADE THIS PROGRESS POSSIBLE HERE AT THE
00:06:03 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, OUR NONPROFIT
00:06:07 PARTNERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR OUTREACH WORKERS ON THE
00:06:11 FRONT LINES EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU BOARD
00:06:12 PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL OF YOU
00:06:16 HERE AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR
00:06:19 PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK BUT WE
00:06:20 HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO AND WE NEED TO DO IT TOGETHER.
00:06:24 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT WITH ALL OF YOU.
00:06:27 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
00:06:30 >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE GREAT PITCH COUNT NUMBERS
00:06:33 AND OTHER SUCCESSES. AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
00:06:37 >> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
00:06:38 THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:06:41 THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BEEN DISCUSSED AND IS NOW FILED.
00:06:48 AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE GO BACK TO
00:06:49 COMMUNICATIONS. >> YES.
00:06:53 THANK YOU. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:06:56 WELCOMES YOU ALL TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON HERE IN THE
00:06:58 BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER. IT'S ROOM 250 IN CITY HALL ON
00:07:04 THE SECOND FLOOR. WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BE
00:07:05 HERE, THE PROCEEDING IS BEING AIRED LIVE ON S.F. GOVEE TV'S
00:07:10 CHANNEL TWO X. OR YOU CAN VIEW THE LIVESTREAM
00:07:12 AT WW W DOT S.F. GOV TV.ORG. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT
00:07:18 PUBLIC COMMENT TIM WRITING YOU CAN DO SO BY EITHER SENDING AN
00:07:22 EMAIL TO B O S AT S.F. GOV DAWG OR SEND A LETTER TO THE SAN
00:07:26 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THE NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON B
00:07:32 GOOD LIT PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
00:07:38 94102 IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A
00:07:43 FUTURE MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:07:47 OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, CONTACT THE CLERK'S
00:07:51 OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING
00:07:56 (415) 554-5184. AND FINALLY, AS STATED
00:07:58 PREVIOUSLY PURSUANT TO A MEMO DATED APRIL 7TH, 2026 FROM
00:08:04 SUPERVISOR JACKIE FIELDER, A MOTION RENEWED EACH WEEK
00:08:07 BETWEEN APRIL 7TH AND JUNE 30TH, 2026 WOULD BE AN ORDER
00:08:11 TODAY, MR. PRESIDENT, TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM TODAY'S
00:08:14 MEETING. THANK YOU.
00:08:15 MEMBERS MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:08:18 CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM TODAY'S
00:08:22 MEETING? MOTION MADE BY CHANCE SECONDED
00:08:25 BY WALTON. AND I THINK COLLEAGUES, WE CAN
00:08:26 TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:08:30 SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS EXCUSED. >> LET'S GO TO OUR MEETING
00:08:34 MINUTES. YES, MEETING MINUTES.
00:08:37 THE APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 7TH 2026 BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
00:08:44 >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE
00:08:49 MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY CHEN SECONDED BY CHERYL.
00:08:53 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES AS
00:08:57 PRESENTED. SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES
00:09:00 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
00:09:04 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES
00:09:11 SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN HIGH MANDEL MANDOLIN EYES SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:09:15 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:09:20 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:09:24 OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
00:09:29 AS PRESENTED. AND WITH THAT MADAM CLERK I
00:09:35 THINK WE GO TO OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
00:09:37 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> ITEM ONE THIS IS AN
00:09:39 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE 1.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL
00:09:42 RESERVE TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTED
00:09:46 INCREASES IN SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR
00:09:51 2025 THROUGH 2026. THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES A TWO
00:09:55 THIRDS APPROVAL OR EIGHT VOTES OF ALL MEMBERS PURSUANT TO
00:09:56 CHARTER SECTION 9.113 SUBSIDY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM
00:10:03 ONE. >> SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES
00:10:07 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:10:10 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:10:17 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI MANDELL MAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:10:21 I SUPERVISOR SAUDER SUTTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:10:28 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:10:32 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK
00:10:35 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO ITEM TWO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE
00:10:39 TO AMEND DIVISION ONE OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE TO
00:10:42 AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE
00:10:46 TEMPORARY STREET USE PERMITS AND UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
00:10:50 TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR
00:10:51 OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE CERTAIN STREET CLOSURES
00:10:55 PROPOSED BY COMMUNITY BENEFITS DISTRICTS UNDER THE DOWNTOWN
00:10:59 ENTERTAINMENT EVENT ACTIVATION PROGRAM AND TO AFFIRM THE
00:11:02 SECRET DETERMINATION. >> LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME
00:11:06 HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:11:07 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:11:10 ITEM NUMBER THREE ITEM THREE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
00:11:13 THE HOUSING CODE TO REVISE QUALIFICATIONS AND DEADLINES
00:11:17 FOR CONDUCTING STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS AND TO
00:11:21 AFFIRM THE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION.
00:11:21 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:11:25 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:11:28 NUMBER FOUR. >> ITEM FOUR.
00:11:29 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO CONDITIONALLY ACCEPT AN OFFER
00:11:33 OF DEDICATION AND QUITCLAIM DEED FOR REAL PROPERTY FROM THE
00:11:37 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A
00:11:38 SEGMENT OF EAST CLEMENTINA STREET BETWEEN BEAL AND MAIN
00:11:42 STREETS. TO CONDITIONALLY ACCEPT THE
00:11:46 SEGMENT OF EAST CLEMENTINA STREET FOR MAINTENANCE
00:11:47 AND LIABILITY TO DELEGATE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THE
00:11:50 AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE STREET SEGMENT FOR CITY MAINTENANCE
00:11:54 AND LIABILITY PURPOSES TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC
00:11:58 RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS AND STREET GRADES AND OTHER RELATED
00:12:01 ACTIONS TO CONDITIONALLY ACCEPT OFFERS OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM
00:12:05 TRANSBAY TO FAMILY LP AND TRANSMIT TO SENIOR LP
00:12:09 COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS TRANSBAY TO FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ON
00:12:13 BOTH FOLSOM AND MAIN STREETS AND TO APPROVE FOLSOM STREET
00:12:17 PUBLIC SIDEWALK EASEMENTS FROM TRANSBAY TO AND TO WAIVE THE
00:12:21 APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1061 ENTITLED REGULATING THE
00:12:25 WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS TO ALLOW ESTABLISHMENT EXPANSION
00:12:29 AND REDUCTION OF OFFICIAL SIDEWALK WIDTHS THROUGH
00:12:32 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE
00:12:36 IMPROVEMENTS AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:12:39 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:12:40 IS FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL OUT
00:12:43 A NUMBER FIVE ITEM FIVE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:12:46 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:12:49 COMMISSION TO PURCHASE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM CUSTOMERS
00:12:53 THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WOULD OTHERWISE BE
00:12:56 REQUIRED TO INSTALL SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED CONDITIONS SAME
00:13:01 HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:13:02 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:13:06 ITEM NUMBER SIX ITEM SIX THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:13:10 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO STATE THAT IT IS CITY POLICY TO
00:13:13 EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF SITE BASED PCH OR PERMANENT
00:13:17 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT PROHIBITS ONSITE ILLICIT DRUG
00:13:21 USE AMONG RESIDENTS. THE DRUG FREE PASSAGE TO MEET
00:13:25 THE DEMAND OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
00:13:28 PREFER SUCH A RESIDENTIAL OPTION TO BAR THE CITY FROM
00:13:32 FUNDING NEWS SITE BASED PCH FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:13:35 HOMELESSNESS THAT PROHIBITS EVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF DRUG
00:13:37 USE ALONE. THAT'S THE DRUG TOLERANT PCH
00:13:40 EXCEPT WHERE OPERATION OF THE HOUSING AS DRUG FREE PASSAGE
00:13:44 WOULD CONFLICT WITH STANDARDS IMPOSED BY LAW OR BY A
00:13:48 CONDITION OF OTHER FUNDING OR IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS
00:13:52 WAIVED THE FUNDING PROHIBITION BASED ON SPECIFIC FINDINGS
00:13:56 AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF
00:13:59 HOUSING TO SURVEY RESIDENTS OF THE SITE BASED PCH TO ADDRESS
00:14:03 TO ASSESS THEIR INTEREST IN LIVING IN EITHER DRUG
00:14:07 TOLERANT PCH OR DRUG FREE PCH AND TO REPORT ON THE SURVEY
00:14:12 FINDINGS AND SAGE STRATEGIES TO MEET PCH RESIDENTS DEMANDS
00:14:18 CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
00:14:22 COLLEAGUES ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS
00:14:26 THIS LEGISLATION IN ITS CURRENT FORM TODAY I WANTED TO REPORT
00:14:30 THAT WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:14:34 AND MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY LAST FRIDAY AFTER A LOT OF BACK
00:14:38 AND FORTH BETWEEN US OVER THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE REACHED AN
00:14:41 AGREEMENT AT LEAST IN PRINCIPLE ON CLARIFYING LANGUAGE FOR
00:14:45 EVICTION PROTECTIONS THAT I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.
00:14:46 LIKEWISE, MANY ADVOCATES FROM THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY I'VE
00:14:50 SPOKEN WITH ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
00:14:53 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT S.F. MAYOR IS ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH
00:14:54 IT AND IS PREPARED TO WITHDRAW ITS OPPOSITION TO THE
00:14:57 LEGISLATION. ALL THAT BEING SAID, THE FINAL
00:15:00 FINAL WORDSMITHING IS STILL BEING DONE WITH OUR CITY
00:15:02 ATTORNEY, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HHS H.
00:15:05 HOWEVER, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO BE
00:15:09 SUBSTANTIVE MEANING THE ITEM WILL NEED TO GO BACK TO
00:15:13 COMMITTEE FOR A REHEARING AND AMENDMENT GIVEN THAT WE'RE
00:15:16 NOT FACING ANY IMMINENT ACQUISITIONS OF PERMANENT
00:15:20 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT REQUIRES RUSHING THIS ITEM
00:15:24 AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MANY CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD
00:15:25 INCLUDING WITH COLLEAGUES ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCE TO FORGE THE
00:15:29 BROADEST POSSIBLE CONSENSUS ON DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IF
00:15:33 POSSIBLE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS ITEM BACK
00:15:36 TO COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME AND WE SHOULD SEE YOU BACK HERE
00:15:40 IN A MONTH. >> THANK YOU CHAIR DORSI THANK
00:15:41 YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. THERE'S A MOTION TO SEND THIS
00:15:44 ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE. IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY
00:15:47 CHAN COLLEAGUES? I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT
00:15:50 WITHOUT OBJECTION. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:15:51 THE MOTION IS APPROVED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:15:58 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. >> ITEM SEVEN THIS IS AN
00:16:02 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION OF
00:16:06 AMBULANCE BILLINGS AND APPROXIMATELY 426,000 OF
00:16:10 FIRE OVERTIME SERVICE FEES REVENUES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:16:15 TO APPROPRIATE PERMANENT SALARIES OF 500,000 IN THE
00:16:17 DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERMANENT SALARIES
00:16:20 OF APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION AND DEPENDENT COVERAGE OF
00:16:26 APPROXIMATELY 990,000 IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PERMANENT
00:16:27 SALARIES OF 1.25 MILLION IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
00:16:34 AND APPROXIMATELY 500,000 TO OVERTIME IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:16:38 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT APPROXIMATELY 8.6 MILLION
00:16:42 IN OVERTIME IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 1.25 MILLION
00:16:45 IN OVERTIME IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO SUPPORT
00:16:49 THE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECTED INCREASES IN OVERTIME AS
00:16:53 REQUIRED PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
00:16:55 SECTION 3.17 THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF
00:16:59 ALL MEMBERS FOR APPROVAL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S APPROPRIATION
00:17:03 OF 7.9 MILLION. COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE WE CAN
00:17:07 TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:17:10 ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:17:14 ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ITEM EIGHT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO
00:17:15 APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY A 2.5 MILLION OF OPEN SPACE
00:17:18 ACQUISITION FUNDING AND APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION
00:17:22 IN THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR A LOAN TO THE
00:17:26 SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IN FISCAL YEAR 2025
00:17:32 THROUGH 2026. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU
00:17:36 SO MUCH PRESIDENT AND CLERK I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING
00:17:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
00:17:44 AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AT SUPERVISOR
00:17:48 CHAN FOR THEIR VERY THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATIONS AT LAST WEEK
00:17:55 AND FOR THE WORK AHEAD OF NEXT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING REGARDING
00:17:59 THE LOAN AGREEMENT THAT GOES WITH THIS.
00:18:02 I ALSO WANT TO PROFUSELY THANK THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:18:06 ANALYST FOR ALL OF THE NUMBER CRUNCHING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
00:18:11 FOR FINISHING THE AUDIT THAT I REQUESTED A WHILE BACK.
00:18:15 IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET HERE BUT I CAN REPORT THAT WE ARE
00:18:22 THERE. THE AUDIT SHOWED THAT THERE HAD
00:18:26 BEEN SOME THINGS THAT THE FORMER ZOO LEADERSHIP HAD DONE
00:18:31 THAT MUST BE RECTIFIED IN TERMS OF INSTITUTING NEW POLICIES
00:18:38 AND PROCEDURES AND DOING THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET
00:18:41 THIS VERY IMPORTANT INSTITUTION BACK ON TRACK TO SERVE THE
00:18:46 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR GENERATIONS TO
00:18:50 COME. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IT
00:18:54 BEFORE YOU WOULD BE APPROPRIATE 2.5 MILLION FOR THE OPEN SPACE
00:18:58 ACQUISITION RESERVE AND APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS TO
00:19:01 PARK RACK AND TO BE USED AS AN INITIAL LOAD DISBURSEMENT TO
00:19:08 THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO IN THE YEAR 2526.
00:19:12 THE FORMAL LOAN AGREEMENT IS STILL BEFORE THE BUDGET
00:19:17 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. IT WILL BE HEARD AT THIS COMING
00:19:20 WEEK AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE EXECUTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526.
00:19:27 THE REMAINING LOAN AMOUNTS WILL BE DISBURSED AND THE SAN
00:19:31 FRANCISCO ZOO IS THEN OBLIGATED TO MEET SOME STRICT MILESTONES
00:19:38 INCLUDING COMPLETION OF A FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
00:19:42 AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. >> SO I WANT TO THANK AT RAK
00:19:43 PARK THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE. GREG WAGNER THANK YOU FOR ALL
00:19:50 OF THE SUPPORT AND ADVICE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
00:19:58 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AT DAN GONGCHA AND LINDEN BARRY FOR
00:20:01 ALL OF THEIR WORK. AND OF COURSE NICK MINARD,
00:20:05 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT AND WORK.
00:20:08 THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES I, I RESPECTFULLY
00:20:12 REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR
00:20:16 MELGAR. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT ITEM
00:20:17 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
00:20:20 PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEMS NINE
00:20:23 THROUGH 11 TOGETHER ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11 APPROVE VARIOUS
00:20:26 GRANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND FOR ITEM NINE THIS IS
00:20:32 WITH THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC INC AND THE DEPARTMENT
00:20:36 OF HOMELESSNESS IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING FOR THE ABIGAYLE
00:20:37 HOUSING LADDER PROGRAM TO EXTEND THE TERM BY 36 MONTHS
00:20:42 FOR A TOTAL TERM JANUARY 1ST, 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029
00:20:48 AND TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT BY 5.5 MILLION FOR A NEW
00:20:52 TOTAL OF 15.5 MILLION FOR ITEM TEN.
00:20:55 THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT
00:20:59 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC
00:21:02 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS IN SUPPORT OF
00:21:03 HOUSING FOR SUPPORT SERVICES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
00:21:07 AND MASTERLY STEWARDSHIP AT THE GARLAND HOTEL TO EXTEND THE
00:21:10 TERM BY 36 MONTHS FOR A TOTAL TERM APRIL FIRST, 2022 THROUGH
00:21:16 JUNE 30TH OF 2029 AND TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT
00:21:21 BY 7.3 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 17.3 MILLION FOR ITEM 11.
00:21:25 THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT
00:21:28 AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMUNITY FORWARD S.F. AND THE DEPARTMENT
00:21:33 OF HOMELESSNESS IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING AGAIN FOR SUPPORT
00:21:36 SERVICES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND MASTER LEASE STEWARDSHIP AT
00:21:40 THE CORONADO HOTEL TO EXTEND THE TERM BY 12 MONTHS FOR A
00:21:43 TOTAL TERM OF JANUARY 1ST 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 AND TO
00:21:49 INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY 2.1 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT
00:21:55 OF 11.9 MILLION FOR ITEM 12. THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES THE
00:21:59 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIVE
00:22:02 KEYS SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME
00:22:05 ASSISTANCE BOARD OF HOUSING FOR THE PROVISION OF THIS SEMI
00:22:07 CONGREGATE SHELTER TO EXTEND THE TERM 24 MONTHS FOR A NEW
00:22:11 TOTAL TERM DECEMBER 15TH 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 AND TO
00:22:17 INCREASE THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT BY 12.2 MILLION FOR ITEM 13.
00:22:24 THIS RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZES THE OFFICE OF
00:22:28 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ACCEPT
00:22:29 AND EXPEND A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL
00:22:33 RESOURCES AGENCY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION
00:22:37 OF THE CASTRO THEATER, A HISTORIC LGBTQ VENUE TO HELP
00:22:43 ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD
00:22:45 DURING THE GRANT PERIOD OF APRIL 1ST, 2026 THROUGH
00:22:50 DECEMBER 31ST, 2027 AND YOU WANTED ME TO GO ALL THE WAY TO
00:22:54 ITEM 15. MR. PRESIDENT?
00:22:57 NO. OH, OKAY.
00:22:57 JUST I THINK WE CAN STOP AT 13. >> OKAY.
00:23:01 SO ON FOR ITEMS NINE THROUGH 13 I THINK WE CAN TAKE THESE SAME
00:23:09 HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
00:23:12 ADOPTED AND THEN PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 14 ITEM 14 THIS
00:23:23 RESOLUTION APPROVES AND AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR OF
00:23:27 PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION
00:23:31 CENTER TO EXECUTE A LEASE WITH A 33 EIGHTH STREET LLC, A
00:23:35 CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FOR A PORTION OF THE
00:23:39 REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 33 EIGHTH STREET FOR A TERM OF TEN
00:23:41 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS AT AN INITIAL ANNUAL BASE RENT OF
00:23:45 APPROXIMATELY 448,000 WITH 3% ANNUAL INCREASES.
00:23:51 >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN
00:23:55 AND COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THIS AGREEMENT HAPPENS TO BE WITH MY
00:23:59 OWN LANDLORD I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY COUNSEL THAT I
00:24:00 SHOULD RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE RIGHT.
00:24:06 >> WELL THEN YOU MAY LEAVE COLLEAGUES.
00:24:07 MAY I MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR DORSEY FROM
00:24:11 THIS VOTE MOVED BY CHERYL SECONDED BY CHAN
00:24:17 AND COLLEAGUES. >> CAN WE TAKE THAT WITHOUT
00:24:18 OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:24:19 SUPERVISOR DORSEY IS EXCUSED AND THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
00:24:22 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ITEM ON ITEM 14.
00:24:28 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:24:32 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:24:40 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I MANDELL MIDNIGHT A MIDDLEMAN I
00:24:43 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR MY
00:24:48 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:24:55 THERE ARE NINE EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS
00:25:01 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 15 AND 16 TOGETHER ITEMS
00:25:09 15 AND 16 ART TO RESOLUTIONS THAT RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE
00:25:16 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND EXPEND TO
00:25:20 GRANTS FOR ITEM 15 THIS IS $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE
00:25:23 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR PARTICIPATION
00:25:27 IN A PROGRAM ENTITLED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
00:25:30 SERVICES GRANT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE HOSPITAL TO
00:25:34 SUPPORT THE NEW ONCOLOGY CLINIC AND CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER AT THE
00:25:38 CHINESE HOSPITAL JULY 1ST, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31ST 2026 FOR ITEM
00:25:44 16. THIS RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY
00:25:45 AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF GRANT FUNDS
00:25:49 FROM JULY FIRST 2025 RETROACTIVELY APPROVING THE
00:25:52 GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE
00:25:57 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER
00:25:59 RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING BAY
00:26:03 AND OCEAN SHORELINE WATER SAMPLES FOR PATHOGEN ANALYSIS
00:26:07 FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS JULY FIRST 2025 NOW THROUGH JUNE
00:26:14 30TH 2028 FOR A TOTAL OF 87,000 SUPERVISOR WONG LIKE TO BE
00:26:21 ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF HER 15.
00:26:22 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:25 ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND ITEM 15
00:26:28 AND 16 AND ITEMS 15 AND 16 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
00:26:32 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:26:39 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISE HER MY MY GOOD I
00:26:46 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI MANDELL THEN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:26:49 I SUPERVISOR SAUDER SAUDER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:26:56 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:27:00 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:27:03 ITEM NUMBER 17 ITEM 17 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE
00:27:07 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
00:27:10 MANAGEMENT THE COMPTROLLER AND THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER AS
00:27:14 AGENTS TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:27:15 FRANCISCO FOR ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO STATE AND FEDERAL
00:27:19 DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUNDING AND TO
00:27:22 PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE AND AGREEMENTS REQUIRED BY THE
00:27:26 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
00:27:29 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:27:31 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THAT BRINGS US TO 230.
00:27:34 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL OUR 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL
00:27:38 ORDER? >> YES.
00:27:41 THE SPECIAL ORDER AT 230 IS THE RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS
00:27:44 FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:27:46 FRANCISCO. >> ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL BEGIN
00:28:00 WITH DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR WONG HEY, I'M IN HONOR OF
00:28:13 JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AS WELL AS A BELATED TRANS
00:28:17 HISTORY WEEK. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE RABBI
00:28:18 MARTIN ROLLINS FINE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
00:28:22 SERVICE, CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A
00:28:25 MORE INCLUSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY.
00:28:29 MARTIN IS A BAY AREA RABBI, EDUCATOR, FILMMAKER, PARENT
00:28:34 ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHOSE WORK HAS TOUCHED FAITH
00:28:37 COMMUNITIES, CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL
00:28:40 ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL SPACES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO
00:28:44 AND BEYOND. HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO
00:28:45 CREATING A WORLD WHERE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, LGBTQ
00:28:49 PEOPLE, JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES OF ALL KINDS CAN
00:28:52 LIVE OPENLY, AUTHENTICALLY AND OF DIGNITY.
00:28:55 AS A RABBI AND EDUCATOR, MARTIN HAS HELPED ADVANCE INCLUSIVE
00:28:59 JEWISH LIFE, CREATIVE RITUAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE FOR PEOPLE
00:29:03 OF MANY BACKGROUNDS THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP WITHIN HIS
00:29:07 CONGREGATION AND IN BROADER JEWISH COMMUNITY SPACES.
00:29:08 HE HAS HELPED BUILD PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR
00:29:11 FULL SELVES INTO RELIGIOUS LIFE .
00:29:15 HIS WRITINGS AND LITURGY HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO JEWISH
00:29:18 SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE, INCLUDING WORK ON PRIDE,
00:29:22 MOURNING AND TRANSGENDER JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
00:29:23 >> MARTIN HAS ALSO MADE A LASTING IMPACT THROUGH CIVIC
00:29:27 AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
00:29:30 WALLENBERG JEWISH DEMOCRATIC CLUB AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS
00:29:34 CO-CHAIR OF THE ALICE B TOKLAS LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB
00:29:38 STRENGTHENING COALITION BUILDING AND ELEVATING LGBTQ
00:29:42 AND JEWISH VOICES IN PUBLIC LIFE.
00:29:43 HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS AN ELECTED EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
00:29:46 AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT DELEGATE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP,
00:29:50 FURTHER REFLECTING HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTATION,
00:29:54 PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:29:55 AT UCSF WHERE HE HAS WORKED FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, MARTIN
00:29:59 HAS SUPPORTED EDUCATION COLLABORATION AND TRANSGENDER
00:30:02 HEALTH ADVOCACY INCLUDING WORK CONNECTED TO THE UCSF CENTER OF
00:30:05 EXCELLENCE FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH AND THE NATIONAL
00:30:09 TRANSGENDER HEALTH SUMMIT. AS A FILMMAKER AND COMMUNITY
00:30:12 BUILDER, MARTIN HAS HELPED EXPAND VISIBILITY THROUGH
00:30:16 STORYTELLING, CO-CREATED THE FIRST SAN FRANCISCO TRANS
00:30:20 MARCHES FOUNDED BY ICONIC FILM FESTIVAL AND LIFTED UP TRANS
00:30:27 AND BI PLUS VOICES THROUGH FILM ARTS, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
00:30:32 WHAT MAKES MARTIN'S EXAMPLE SO POWERFUL IS THAT HIS VISIBILITY
00:30:36 HAS ALWAYS BEEN TIED TO SERVICE.
00:30:37 HE HAS USED HIS VOICE NOT ONLY TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF BUT TO
00:30:40 OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS. TODAY WE THINK RABBI MARTIN
00:30:44 ROLLINS FAMED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP GENEROSITY, COURAGE
00:30:48 AND ENDURING COMMITMENT TO DIGNITY, BELONGING AND JUSTICE
00:30:52 . OH WOW.
00:30:56 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS.
00:31:01 >> HAVING KNOWN RABBI ROLLINS FINE FOR LIKE PROBABLY 20 YEARS
00:31:07 AT THIS POINT IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO SEE SENIOR CONTRIBUTIONS
00:31:11 OVER THAT TIME. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:31:14 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN AND AND ALAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:31:19 I, I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY DUTY AS A AS A PERSON OF FAITH TO
00:31:28 SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL LOVED.
00:31:36 THIS IS A BIG DEAL. PEOPLE SHOULD BE AUTHENTIC
00:31:39 AND BE WHO THEY ARE. AND FOR ALL THE TRANS KIDS OUT
00:31:40 THERE THIS IS FOR YOU BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO WHAT I DO UNLESS I
00:31:47 WAS THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING WAY FORWARD BECAUSE I'M NOT
00:31:50 DOING THIS FOR MYSELF. I'M DOING THIS FOR EVERYBODY
00:31:54 WHO'S COMING AFTER ME AND AND THIS WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW
00:32:01 ,IF YOU'RE A TRANS KID OUT THERE IN THE WORLD AND YOU NEED
00:32:05 TO HEAR THIS YOU ARE LOVED. WE WE WILL EMBRACE YOU.
00:32:10 WE LOVE YOU. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING
00:32:13 THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT.
00:32:17 WE NEED TO REALLY EMBRACE OUR TRANS CHILDREN AND HELP THEM
00:32:21 AND GOING FORWARD. AND I, I JUST I'M REALLY
00:32:25 BLESSED TO BE HERE AND I AM REALLY WONDERFUL WONDERFULLY.
00:32:32 >> I THIS IS VERY TOUCHING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF
00:32:39 YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS TODAY AND AND YOU KNOW THE ALPHABET
00:32:47 THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA BISEXUAL
00:32:50 BIPHOBIA AND UH AND AND AND TRANSPHOBIA ON MAY 17TH
00:33:01 THIS YEAR. AND IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY
00:33:02 IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW HONESTLY DEMOCRACY THAT'S PART
00:33:09 OF THE THING IS YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
00:33:12 OF DEMOCRACY IS EVERYBODY BEING ACCEPTED.
00:33:13 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:33:47 . >> DISTRICT TEN SUPERVISOR
00:33:51 WALTON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, MADAM
00:33:55 AND COLLEAGUES. >> TODAY I WANT TO TAKE A
00:33:56 MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN THE VERY
00:34:02 FIRST FACES WHEN WE SEE WHEN WE WALK INTO THIS BUILDING.
00:34:06 >> EACH DAY OUR SHERIFF'S CADETS AND AS THEY COME FORWARD
00:34:16 BEFORE THE MEETINGS BEGIN, BEFORE THE CONVERSATION HAS
00:34:21 HAPPENED, BEFORE THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT GETS UNDERWAY.
00:34:25 YOU ARE HERE. YOU WELCOME STAFF MEMBERS OF
00:34:28 THE PUBLIC. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VISITORS
00:34:32 WITH PROFESSIONALISM, PATIENCE AND RESPECT IN MANY WAYS.
00:34:39 YOU HELP SET THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
00:34:43 WHAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS NOT JUST THE WORK YOU DO BUT HOW
00:34:47 YOU DO IT. OVER TIME YOU BUILD REALLY
00:34:51 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH THESE DOORS
00:34:52 EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU LEARN NAMES, EXCHANGE
00:34:56 GREETINGS, OFFER KINDNESS AND CREATE A SENSE OF
00:35:00 FAMILIARITY AND COMFORT THAT OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED.
00:35:04 >> BUT MATTERS DEEPLY. >> PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT ONLY
00:35:11 ABOUT BIG MOMENTS. IT IS ALSO ABOUT CONSISTENCY,
00:35:14 RELIABILITY AND SHOWING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH
00:35:19 INTEGRITY. EACH OF YOU REPRESENTS THAT
00:35:22 SPIRIT. >> YOUR PRESENCE HELPS MAKE
00:35:26 CITY HALL FEEL SAFER, MORE WELCOMING AND MORE CONNECTED TO
00:35:30 THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. YOU KEEP US SAFE.
00:35:34 AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN WE WALK IN THIS BUILDING WE ARE
00:35:38 SECURE. >> I DON'T WANT A DAY TO GO BY
00:35:41 WITHOUT ALL OF YOU KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU ARE APPRECIATED.
00:35:45 >> ON BEHALF OF MY OFFICE. THIS BOARD I WANT TO SINCERELY
00:35:49 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.
00:35:53 THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS STARTING OUR DAY OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
00:35:57 WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE VALUE YOU.
00:36:01 AND TODAY WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ALL THAT YOU DO.
00:36:05 POINTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION KEEPING OUT DANGER.
00:36:08 WELCOMING COMMUNITY. REMAINING PROFESSIONAL.
00:36:13 GREETING THE PUBLIC WITH WARMTH .
00:36:16 MAINTAINING PATIENCE. WATCHING OUR BACKS.
00:36:20 >> ALWAYS PRESENT. AND FOR THIS WE ARE GRATEFUL.
00:36:24 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THE SUPERVISOR WALTER.
00:36:39 MR. PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS.
00:36:40 I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT. PRESIDENT MADAM.
00:36:43 >> WE HAVE A LONG LINE OF SUPERVISORS.
00:36:44 THE SHERIFF CAN GO AHEAD FIRST IF YOU'D LIKE.
00:36:46 I APOLOGIZE. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
00:36:49 >> GO FOR IT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT IS A
00:36:53 VERY CHALLENGING JOB. SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:36:54 APPRECIATE THE WORDS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY
00:36:57 TIMES WHERE YOUR WORK HAS GONE UNRECOGNIZED.
00:37:00 AND I ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO THANK ONE OF THEM ONE AT A TIME
00:37:02 WITH OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THIS RECOGNITION TODAY BY THE
00:37:05 BOARD IS A REFLECTION OF HOW THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT YOU.
00:37:09 AND IT'S A REFLECTION ABOUT ALL OF US IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
00:37:12 FAMILY FEEL ABOUT YOU. YOU REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF
00:37:16 OUR COMMUNITY. THE HEART AND SOUL BEHIND YOUR
00:37:19 PATCHES AND BEHIND YOUR BADGES REALLY ARE A REFLECTION OF SAN
00:37:23 FRANCISCO. SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING
00:37:24 EVERYONE SAFE AND WELCOME. AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THE
00:37:28 GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:37:29 AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING.
00:37:31 >> ALL RIGHT. >> NOW WE HAVE THE LONG LINE OF
00:37:36 SUPERVISORS. >> SUPERVISOR JEN, THANK YOU
00:37:40 FOR PRESSING. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:37:43 FOR RECOGNIZING OUR CITY HALL CADETS.
00:37:46 >> I AM. YOU ALL CAN SEE BUT WE'RE NOT
00:37:50 WE'RE NOT DONE. >> WE WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU.
00:37:54 >> I AM GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR HARD WORK.
00:37:58 >> YOU KEEP ARE FOR US AND THE PUBLIC SAFE FROM HARM.
00:38:03 >> FOR MANY VISITORS YOU ARE THE FIRST FACE THAT THEY SEE
00:38:06 WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THIS DOORS AND YOU ARE THE
00:38:10 AMBASSADOR OF CITY HALL. >> YOUR ROLE AS MULTIFACETED
00:38:14 AND DEMANDING AND PROVIDING VITAL INFORMATION TO THE
00:38:18 PUBLIC. WHETHER YOU ARE HELPING A
00:38:19 RESIDENT AND FINDING THE RIGHT OFFICE OR PROVIDING FIRST AID
00:38:22 IN CRITICAL MOMENTS. YOUR PRESENCE ENSURES THAT OUR
00:38:25 SEATS OF GOVERNMENT REMAINS A SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR
00:38:27 ALL SAN FRANCISCANS AND VISITORS.
00:38:30 >> I AM AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOUR DEDICATIONS THAT YOU
00:38:34 SHOW EVERY DAY AND OFTEN WORKING LONG HOURS AND HOLIDAYS
00:38:37 TO KEEP US SAFE. >> THANK YOU.
00:38:43 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD, CONGRATULATIONS.
00:38:50 AND I THINK JUST ONE OF THE THINK AND TWO POINTS TO ECHO MY
00:38:53 COLLEAGUES. ONE YOU REALLY MAKE CITY HALL
00:38:55 INVITING FOR NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING BUT FOR
00:38:59 THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE DAY IN, DAY OUT BORDERS.
00:39:03 >> YOU WILL ASK ME ABOUT MY WIFE AS IF I GOT MARRIED
00:39:07 YESTERDAY. IT'S BEEN NINE MONTHS BUT YOU
00:39:11 STILL ASKED ME ABOUT IT. BUT YOU ALSO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
00:39:14 DAUGHTER AND THE VACATIONS YOU TAKE AND IT MAKES US FEEL AT
00:39:18 HOME AS WE WALK IN. AND THEN SECOND, I REALLY
00:39:23 APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND DON'T
00:39:24 LET US GO THROUGH THE SECURITY GATES WITH ANY EXCEPTIONS.
00:39:27 AND IT REALLY JUST SHOWS THAT YOU REALLY ARE KEEPING US SAFE
00:39:31 AND HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
00:39:32 >> BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR A PERSON WHO'S VISITING CITY HALL
00:39:38 . SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR
00:39:39 KEEPING US SAFE KEEPING US WELCOME AND MAKING US FEEL LIKE
00:39:42 WE BELONG IN OUR AND IN OUR MUTUAL OFFICE SPACE.
00:39:46 >> SO THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR JAN THANK YOU.
00:39:53 >> OF COURSE. ON A GOOD DAY WE ALWAYS
00:39:54 APPRECIATE YOU. BUT WE ALSO DO KNOW GIVEN THE
00:39:57 HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING THAT YOU DO PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK
00:40:01 EVERY DAY YOU DE-ESCALATE ALL THE INTENSE SITUATION EITHER AT
00:40:08 THE DOOR OF THE CITY HALL OR AT THE DOORS OF OUR OFFICES.
00:40:11 WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU AT LEAST
00:40:15 FOR ME I WOULD SAY AS A BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR.
00:40:17 WE APPRECIATE YOU DURING THE MONTH OF BUDGET WHERE EVERYBODY
00:40:20 IS COMING THROUGH AND THOSE ABSOLUTELY THOSE LONG NIGHTS
00:40:24 THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH US AND STAY PUT WITH US BUT ALSO
00:40:28 EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BOARD CHAMBER OR
00:40:32 THAT WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE HEARING WHEN THERE'S PUBLIC
00:40:35 COMMENTS, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT SHOULD THERE
00:40:38 BE ATTENTION WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT THERE YOU
00:40:42 WILL STEP IN AND TO AGAIN THE SKILLS THAT YOU DISPLAY AND ON
00:40:46 DISPLAY TO ESCALATE WE APPRECIATE YOU.
00:40:50 AND NOT TO MENTION EVEN LAST YEAR BUDGET.
00:40:51 WE HAVE OUR FELLOW LABOR SIBLINGS COMING IN HERE
00:40:57 AND GETTING ARRESTED. AGAIN, YOU DEMONSTRATE IT
00:40:59 PROFESSIONALISM. WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.
00:41:02 YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR
00:41:06 LIFE JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. >> BUT BECAUSE OF YOU I THINK
00:41:10 THAT MANY PEOPLE FEEL ACTUALLY FREE AND SAVED TO BE ABLE TO
00:41:14 SPEAK THEIR MINDS IN THIS CHAMBER AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE
00:41:18 ROAD THAT YOU HAVE PLACED SO FORTH THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU
00:41:22 AND GRATEFUL. >> THANK YOU.
00:41:24 SUPERVISORS. >> CHERYL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:41:30 KINDNESS, FOR YOUR PATIENCE FOR PRETENDING LIKE PEOPLE WHO
00:41:36 PRETEND LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A METAL DETECTOR BEFORE ARE
00:41:38 RIDICULOUS. BUT THE SMILE THAT WE SEE ON
00:41:47 BOTH SIDES OF YOUR FACES MOST OF THE TIME ARE REALLY
00:41:50 APPRECIATE IT. I WON'T PRETEND LIKE I KNOW
00:41:55 YOUR NAME SO I'M SORRY BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I HAVE GOTTEN
00:41:59 TO KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
00:42:02 WALK INTO A PLACE THAT FEELS A LITTLE MORE LIKE HOME AND A
00:42:06 LITTLE LESS LIKE WORK AND THAT STARTS WITH YOU ALL YOU WORK
00:42:10 REALLY HARD BUT YOU ARE REALLY KIND, THOUGHTFUL, GENEROUS
00:42:13 PEOPLE AND FOR THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU.
00:42:20 >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN YOU KNOW MY
00:42:24 FIRST DAY ON THE JOB IN THIS BUILDING WAS ALMOST 24 YEARS
00:42:27 AGO AND IN THAT TIME I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE
00:42:32 CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALISM AND FRIENDLINESS OF OUR DEPUTY
00:42:36 SHERIFFS. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD
00:42:37 THINGS WHERE I'VE HAD TO COME HERE AND GET 3:00 IN THE
00:42:40 MORNING BECAUSE I LEFT MY LAPTOP OR ZERO JUST SOME OF THE
00:42:43 THINGS THAT I HAVE HAD TO DO AND SHERIFFS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
00:42:46 THERE AND IT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT YOU KNOW, TO
00:42:50 BE GREETED BY FRIENDLY FACES AND I JUST KNOWING THAT YOU
00:42:53 KEEP US SAFE YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED AND I'M GRATEFUL
00:42:57 THAT YOU'RE BEING CELEBRATED TODAY.
00:42:58 >> THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR, THANK YOU
00:43:05 SO MUCH. I WILL JUST ADD TO WHAT MY
00:43:09 COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID BECAUSE I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
00:43:12 YOU ASIDE FROM KEEPING US SAFE AND ENFORCING ORDER WHEN PEOPLE
00:43:19 COME INTO THE BUILDING I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A BAD
00:43:23 DAY I SEE YOU AND YOU SEE ME TOO.
00:43:28 THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE DOOR WHEN I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY
00:43:31 BIKE BAGS BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTLESS LONG HOURS
00:43:37 THAT YOU PUT IN ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS.
00:43:40 I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF YOU WORK DOUBLE SHIFTS.
00:43:44 YOU'RE HERE TOO LATE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU STARTED, YOU KNOW,
00:43:47 EARLY IN THE MORNING TO KEEP US SAFE YOU'VE OPENED DOORS FOR ME
00:43:51 ON WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS AND FOR MY STAFF WHEN WE'VE
00:43:55 LOCKED OURSELVES OUT OF THE OFFICE LATE AT NIGHT ALL OF
00:43:59 THESE THINGS WE SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU
00:44:05 FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND GREETINGS EVERY MORNING IT
00:44:09 MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:44:16 SUPERVISOR SAUDER THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
00:44:17 I WILL ECHO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.
00:44:21 I JUST A FEW THINGS TO ADD YOU KNOW STARTING THIS ROLE NOW
00:44:26 1516 MONTHS AGO FROM DAY ONE I FELT VERY EMBRACED AND VERY
00:44:28 LOVED VERY CARED FOR BY ALL OF YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ALL
00:44:32 THESE FOLKS IN THE WELL HERE AS MY COLLEAGUES AND I CONSIDER
00:44:35 YOU TO BE MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL .
00:44:38 YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR US.
00:44:39 YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT OUR DAYS AND AND LOOKING AFTER US.
00:44:42 >> I YOU KNOW, WEEKENDS, EVENINGS I COME INTO THE
00:44:46 BUILDING AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE NO ONE HERE AND ONE
00:44:50 OF YOU IS HERE AND I ALWAYS FEEL A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BUT
00:44:53 VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WATCHING GUARD AND I I JUST
00:44:58 WANT TO SAY ON THE RECORD I ALWAYS FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY BUT
00:45:02 I'M BRINGING IN MY COFFEE AND MY PASTRIES, MY LUNCH AND I
00:45:05 DON'T HAVE ANY FOR YOU AND I WAS I FEEL GUILTY SO I'LL BRING
00:45:09 YOU SOME AT SOME POINT. >> THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LOOKING
00:45:11 AFTER US AND PROTECTING US. >> I WILL JUST I HAVE THOUGHTS
00:45:20 . >> I WILL JUST SHAMANS READY TO
00:45:23 GIVE YOU YOUR SIGNIFICANCE. I'LL JUST THANK YOU.
00:45:24 SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR DOING THIS.
00:45:28 >> I THINK I THOUGHT I WAS SPECIAL.
00:45:31 >> I THOUGHT I HAD THIS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF YOU
00:45:35 BUT NOW I REALIZE THAT YOU ARE KIND AND HELPFUL AND AND START
00:45:42 EVERYBODY'S DAY OFF. >> RIGHT?
00:45:43 AND SO JUST FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP CITY HALL RUNNING
00:45:47 AND ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND BEING KIND TO US
00:45:51 AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, I'M COMING IN WITH ALL MY STUFF
00:45:54 FALLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOU DON'T MAKE TOO MUCH FUN
00:45:58 OF ME. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY
00:46:01 COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE ALL DO APPRECIATE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH
00:46:03 SO THANK YOU, CADETS. THANKS.
00:46:45 THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE
00:46:56 GOING TO SHIFT AROUND THE ORDER THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A
00:47:00 LITTLE BIT TODAY. I APOLOGIZE BUT I BELIEVE WE
00:47:01 MAY HAVE A CONSUL GENERAL IN THE IN THE ROOM AND SO WE'LL
00:47:04 GO TO SUPERVISOR DISTRICT ONE. >> SUPERVISOR CHANT THANK YOU,
00:47:08 PRESIDENT MA'AM ROMAN AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME
00:47:11 TO BE ABLE TO FIRST I REALLY WANT TO RESPECTFULLY INVITE OUR
00:47:18 HONORABLE LIM YONG TAE CONSUL GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF
00:47:22 KOREA, DR. JONATHAN KIM, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:47:27 AND BAY AREA KOREA CENTER AND LEE YONG KWANG, A
00:47:30 REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHANG CULTURAL FOUNDATION WHO'S ALSO
00:47:34 AN AWARD WINNING VOCALIST WHO HAS EARNED COUNTLESS TITLES
00:47:38 FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FROM GERMANY AND ITALY TO
00:47:42 TURKEY AND SEOUL. COLLEAGUES IN THE CELEBRATION
00:47:46 OF API HERITAGE MONTH I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SAN
00:47:49 FRANCISCO AND BAY AREA KOREA CENTER FOR THE CONTRIBUTE
00:47:53 AND TO SAN FRANCISCO CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY KOREA
00:47:55 CENTER LOCATED AT 745 BUCHANAN STREETS WAS ESTABLISHED TO
00:47:58 PROMOTE THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC
00:48:02 PROGRESS OF KOREAN AMERICANS AND TO STRENGTHEN MUTUAL
00:48:06 UNDERSTANDING AND PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
00:48:10 CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA.
00:48:13 AS PART OF THE MAYS AAPI HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION
00:48:15 KOREA CENTER HAS INVITED TWO TOURING OF THE INCHEON CULTURAL
00:48:21 FOUNDATION AND PERFORMANCE GROUP TO SAN FRANCISCO SHOWCASE
00:48:25 KOREAN AMERICAN HERITAGE THROUGH DANCE AND PERFORMING
00:48:29 ARTS. SO ONE OF THE PIECES THAT THE
00:48:30 DANCE GROUP IS FEATURING IS A MASTERPIECE OF KOREAN FOLK
00:48:34 DANCE TRADITION ONLY PERFORMED DURING THE HARVEST MOON
00:48:38 FESTIVAL. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE,
00:48:41 LONGEVITY AND THE BOND BETWEEN HUMANITY AND NATURE A PERFECT
00:48:46 PIECE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
00:48:47 >> THIS MONTH AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR BEING
00:48:53 HERE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
00:48:54 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR A LONG TIME THAT
00:49:00 IN SAN FRANCISCO THE AAPI COMMUNITY SHOULD ALL TO REALLY
00:49:04 WORK IN SOLIDARITY TO RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.
00:49:08 I KNOW THAT OFTEN TIME WE RECOGNIZE CHINESE-AMERICAN
00:49:11 COMMUNITY BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A MOMENT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE
00:49:15 AND EXTEND THAT WELCOMING INCLUS ACTIVITY TO OUR
00:49:19 KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY THEIR
00:49:21 POSITIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION ARE IN SAN
00:49:24 FRANCISCO. I KNOW THAT MANY
00:49:28 KOREAN-AMERICANS IN SAN FRANCISCO BOTH BE IT SMALL
00:49:32 BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ARTISTS REALLY HAVE DONE
00:49:35 WOW INCLUDING OUR ASIAN ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR DIRECTOR LEE
00:49:39 ALS DR. LEE ALSO HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE ART
00:49:43 AND CULTURE AND RICHNESS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND BAY AREA.
00:49:47 AND SO FOR THAT I WANT TO WELCOME THEM AND THANK YOU SO
00:49:51 MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR AS
00:50:02 I CONSIDER HERE THE I ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THE
00:50:10 CORNEA CHEN FOR GIVING US IN WITH THIS THE PRECIOUS
00:50:13 OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR THE CULTURAL TROUPE THE KOREAN
00:50:17 COMMUNITY IS VERY THE WELCOME TO BY THE BORDER WITH
00:50:24 SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:50:25 SO I'M VERY HONORED TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE
00:50:32 KOREAN COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:50:42 WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JONATHAN KIM ON
00:50:47 BEHALF OF THE JIN DOG AND COUNTS KIM FOUNDATION
00:50:50 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA KOREA CENTER.
00:50:51 IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO SUPPORT THE 5000 YEAR OLD KOREAN
00:50:57 CULTURE HISTORY DRAMA, MUSIC, FOOD, COSMETIC SURGERY,
00:51:01 COSMETIC MAKEUP, TAEKWONDO AND HANGUL THE KOREAN LANGUAGE
00:51:08 . >> NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
00:51:09 MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT CREDIT TO SUPERVISOR CONNIE
00:51:12 CHEN FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
00:51:15 UNWAVERING DEDICATION IS FIGHTING VISION FOR THE CITY
00:51:19 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:51:26 AS YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE A 24 KOREAN TRADITIONAL DANCERS TO
00:51:30 SUPPORT THE KOREAN HERITAGE TONIGHT AT ORACLE PARK AND TO
00:51:34 CELEBRATE API HERITAGE MONTH IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING
00:51:41 KOREAN CULTURE ARE FREE PLEASE VISIT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
00:51:45 AREA CAREER CENTER LOCATED AT 745 BUCHANAN STREET ONLY 10 TO
00:51:51 15 MIN A WALK FROM THE CITY HALL AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
00:51:54 TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CAREER CENTER IS A MARKET
00:51:58 CULTURAL HUB THAT OFFERS AUDIENCE A WINDOW INTO KOREAN
00:52:00 MUSIC OUR FILM HISTORY AND LANGUAGE AND THANK YOU SO
00:52:06 MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> PLEASE ENJOY TODAY'S EVENT.
00:52:07 THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:52:20 MY NAME IS LEE. I'M THE CEO OF THE ASIAN
00:52:25 CULTURAL FOUNDATION, REPRESENTATIVE OF A CITY
00:52:29 IN KOREA. THERE MAY BE SOME MORE IN SIZE
00:52:35 BUT IS A GIANT IN SPIRIT AND CULTURE.
00:52:39 TODAY I STAND BENEATH THIS MAGNIFICENT DOME OF A SAN
00:52:44 FRANCISCO CITY HALL WITH OUR TOTAL PLAY TROUPE.
00:52:47 WE COME TO YOU UNDER THE TITLE EACH YEAR ARE INSPIRED BY THE
00:52:55 HISTORICAL PEACE AND VOICE OF KOREA.
00:52:58 >> HAVING CROSSED THE VAST PACIFIC.
00:52:59 WE ARE DEEPLY MOVED TO SHARE OUR MESSAGE OF HARMONY IN THIS
00:53:03 BEAUTIFUL CITY BY THE BAY. >> LADIES MANDELMAN, WE LIVE
00:53:10 IN A WORLD THAT IS WEARY. HOWEVER, I STAND HERE TODAY
00:53:14 WITH A FIRM CONVICTION. POLITICS CANNOT SOLVE AND WHAT
00:53:18 ECONOMICS CANNOT FILL CAN BE HEALED BY THE POWER OF CULTURE
00:53:26 AND THE ARTS. >> LAST WEEK OUR ECON TEAM HAD
00:53:29 A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE RIGHT HERE AT THE CITY HALL PLAZA
00:53:37 AND ORACLE PARK. >> MUSIC IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
00:53:41 LANGUAGE. THE TRADITIONS BORDER TOURIST
00:53:44 TRADITION THESE ARE MESSAGES SENT UP PAST TO GUIDE OUR
00:53:48 FUTURE. OURS IS SIMPLE.
00:53:52 FOR THE BRIEF MOMENTS OUR MELODIES LINGER IN YOUR EARS.
00:53:55 WE HOPE YOU CAN FORGET THE WORRIES OF THE WORLD AND FIND
00:53:59 TRUE HAPPINESS. EACH 1ST MAY APPEAR AS A SMALL
00:54:04 DOT ON A MAP BUT IT HOVERS A GIANT SIZE HOLE FOR GLOBAL
00:54:11 PEACE. >> PLEASE REMEMBER THE DENSITY
00:54:16 OF EACH ONE KOREA AND THAT EACH CULTURE FOUNDATION WILL ALWAYS
00:54:22 BE CHEERING FOR YOU AND FOR PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
00:54:25 ACTUALLY BEFORE I CONCLUDE I HAVE A SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR ALL
00:54:30 OF YOU. LONG BEFORE I LAID THIS
00:54:34 FOUNDATION I SPENT THE MANY TIMES PRAISE FOR OPERA SINGER
00:54:40 AT THE THEATER BASEL IN SWITZERLAND.
00:54:44 TO HONOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ENCOUNTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, I
00:54:47 WOULD LIKE TO RAISE MY VOICE FOR YOU.
00:54:51 MANY OF YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS MELODY THROUGH US.
00:54:55 BUT TODAY I WANT TO SHARE THE ORIGINAL ROOTS OF THIS SONG.
00:55:00 THE TRUE SOUL OF KOREA ARIRANG. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:10 >> OH, DID ALL MY OH DID ALL 0000 OH OH OH DID ON IT OR NO
00:55:30 I'M ALL GONE. >> 000 NO
00:56:13 THIS DEAR LIFE OH ONCE WAS ALL IN OH OH OH VERSE NINE OH OH OH
00:57:04 THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ASKING I SUPPOSE OH I ALWAYS LOVED
00:57:49 KINSHIP. >> HMM HMM.
00:58:00 >> MY FUTURE BE TO
00:58:35 OKAY. AND NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR
00:58:40 REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMING BACK TO DISTRICT FIVE
00:58:44 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THANK YOU, PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES TODAY
00:58:51 DURING POLICE WEEK IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF
00:58:55 THE TENDERLOIN STATION PATROL. WE HAVE THEM TO THE PODIUM
00:58:56 PLEASE. >> WE'RE HONORING THE
00:59:09 TENDERLOIN STATION PATROL WHOSE WORK REFLECTS A DEEP COMMITMENT
00:59:13 TO PUBLIC SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AND THE DAY TO DAY
00:59:17 WELL-BEING OF DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS.
00:59:20 THIS INCLUDES OFFICER NESTOR LINARES, OFFICER SIR EDWIN
00:59:25 ANAYA AND SAM SAMUEL BERENSON FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE
00:59:28 TENDERLOIN COMMUNITY AND FOR THE WORK THEY DO EVERY SINGLE
00:59:32 DAY TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND CARED FOR.
00:59:37 >> AS MANY KNOW, THE TENDERLOIN IS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC BUT
00:59:40 CHALLENGING NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:59:43 IT IS HOME TO WORKING FAMILIES SENIORS, IMMIGRANTS, SMALL
00:59:47 BUSINESSES, STUDENTS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS WHO
00:59:51 DESERVE CLEAN, SAFE AND WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACES.
00:59:55 RESIDENTS REQUIRE NOT JUST CONSISTENCY BUT ALSO VISIBLE
00:59:59 TIES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE TENDERLOIN STATION PATROL
01:00:04 DELIVERS THIS. THEY SHOW A LEVEL OF DEDICATION
01:00:08 IN THE FORM OF KNOWING THE NAMES OF THE RESIDENTS THEY
01:00:11 SERVE AND PUTTING IN THE TIME BY BEGINNING THEIR WORK IN THE
01:00:15 EARLY HOURS OF EVERY MORNING. OFTEN BUT FOR MOST OF THE CITY
01:00:18 IS EVEN AWAKE. >> THEY HELP ENSURE SIDEWALKS
01:00:22 ARE CLEAR, PUBLIC SPACES ARE MAINTAINED AND RESIDENTS CAN
01:00:26 SAFELY NAVIGATE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:00:27 THESE OFFICERS HAVE DEDICATED MUCH OF THEIR CAREERS TO
01:00:31 EXACTLY THAT MISSION. >> OFFICER NESTOR LINARES
01:00:35 IMMIGRATED TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM EL SALVADOR AS A CHILD
01:00:38 AFTER HIS FAMILY FLED THE CIVIL WAR.
01:00:42 HE JOINED THE MARINE CORPS RESERVES AT JUST 17 YEARS OLD
01:00:46 AND LATER ENTERED THE S.F. PD IN 2006.
01:00:50 FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS HE HAS BEEN AT TENDERLOIN STATION
01:00:54 AND HAS SERVED AS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND COMMUNITY
01:00:57 SERVICES OFFICER FOCUSING ON HOMELESSNESS, OUTREACH, PUBLIC
01:01:02 SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
01:01:04 >> HIS LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION AND RESILIENCE EMBODY THE VERY
01:01:09 BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE. OFFICER EDWIN ANIYA IS A SAN
01:01:13 FRANCISCO NATIVE AND PROUD GRADUATE OF LINCOLN HIGH WHO
01:01:17 HAS SERVED AT TENDERLOIN STATION SINCE 27.
01:01:20 >> OVER THE YEARS HE HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY AS A HOMELESS
01:01:24 OUTREACH OFFICER HELPING CONNECT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS TO
01:01:28 NAVIGATION SERVICES, SOBERING CENTERS AND CRITICAL SUPPORT
01:01:31 SYSTEMS. >> HIS WORK EARNED HIM A
01:01:35 MAYORAL COMMENDATION IN 2017 AND IN 2019 HE RECEIVED A LIFE
01:01:39 SAVING AWARD FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A CRITICAL INCIDENT
01:01:45 IN SAN BRONSON HAS BROUGHT A COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
01:01:49 APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY WORK ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY
01:01:50 DEPARTMENTS FROM ADDRESSING ILLEGAL STREET VENDING AT
01:01:54 MISSION STATION TO HELPING COORDINATE DEMAK OPERATIONS
01:01:57 IN THE TENDERLOIN. SAM HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH
01:02:01 CITY AGENCIES, PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
01:02:05 IMPROVE SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS.
01:02:09 HIS WORK ON INITIATIVES LIKE OPERATION A-FRAME DEMONSTRATE
01:02:12 HOW COORDINATION ACROSS AGENCIES CAN DELIVER DELIVER
01:02:17 MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE GROUND.
01:02:18 >> AS CAPTAIN MATT SULLIVAN HAS SAID ABOUT HIS TEAM, THEY ARE
01:02:22 PART OF THE REASON SIDEWALKS ARE OPEN EVERY MORNING FOR
01:02:26 PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK AND TO SCHOOL AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:02:29 OF 3500 CHILDREN OFTEN THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF IMMIGRANTS
01:02:35 AND REFUGEES. YOU THREE AS PART OF YOUR TEAM
01:02:39 HAVE GIVEN THEM HOPE FOR A BETTER LIFE.
01:02:43 CAPTAIN SULLIVAN ALSO NOTES THAT THEIR CONSISTENT
01:02:44 COMMITMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE
01:02:48 IN THE COMMUNITY EACH DAY. BECAUSE YOU AT THE TENDERLOIN
01:02:51 STATION PATROL REPRESENT A MODEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE ROOTED
01:02:58 IN CONSISTENCY, COLLABORATION AND CARE FOR COMMUNITY.
01:03:01 YOUR WORK BEGINS BEFORE MOST OF US EVEN WAKE UP.
01:03:05 AND WHILE MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT,
01:03:07 RESIDENTS SEE THE IMPACT OF WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY
01:03:10 I'LL SHARE AN ANECDOTE AS I WAS WALKING HOME FROM WORK THE
01:03:14 OTHER DAY, CAPTAIN SULLIVAN, I TALKED TO OUR FAVORITE BIKE
01:03:18 SHOP OWNER ON MARKET STREET AND HE COMMENTED HOW HE'S NEVER
01:03:24 SEEN THE STREET CONDITIONS BETTER IN THE TEN YEARS HE'S
01:03:27 BEEN RUNNING THAT BIKE SHOP IN MARKET STREET IN THE
01:03:29 TENDERLOIN. AND WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR HARD
01:03:32 WORK TO THANK FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN TODAY
01:03:35 AND FOR THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
01:03:39 >> SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE RESIDENTS
01:03:42 OF DISTRICT FIVE, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
01:03:43 TENDERLOIN AND TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:03:47 >> THANK YOU. BUT BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SOUP
01:03:54 SUPERVISOR CHEN WHO DOES NOT REPRESENT THE TENDERLOIN HAS
01:03:58 PUT ITSELF INTO THE QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT.
01:04:02 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPERVISOR MY MOVE FOR THIS
01:04:06 COMMENDATION. >> I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK
01:04:10 THAT TURNER AND STATION PATROL DOES TO COLLABORATE AND WANT TO
01:04:14 SOLVE VERY COMPLEX ISSUES FOR THE CITY.
01:04:17 BUT IN PARTICULAR TODAY I WANT TO THANK SAM BERENSON FOR MANY,
01:04:20 MANY YEARS SERVE IN DISTRICT 11 OFFICE FIRST AS A LEGISLATIVE
01:04:25 AIDE AND THEN AS OUR BELOVED PUBLIC SAFETY LIAISONS.
01:04:28 MYSELF, MY TEAM AND MY CONSTITUENTS MISS SAM'S
01:04:32 DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE FIELD.
01:04:35 BUT I AM VERY PROUD TO SEE SAM DOING IMPORTANT WORK WITH THE
01:04:37 TENDERLOIN TEAM CITYWIDE. AGAIN, THANK YOU, SAM.
01:04:43 THANK YOU ALSO AGAIN TO THE TENORIO STATION PATROL TEAM FOR
01:04:45 YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.
01:04:53 >> NOW THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS
01:05:01 . IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
01:05:02 IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND TO WORK FOR THE CITY
01:05:05 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S BEEN MY DREAM AND I'M HERE
01:05:08 ON BEHALF OF OFFICER ANAYA AND SAMUEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK
01:05:16 YOU FOR THIS AWARD AND ALSO A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DPW
01:05:20 DEPUTY RECOLOGY AND EVERY TEAM THAT HELPS US COMPLETE OUR JOB
01:05:24 EVERY DAY. ALSO TO OUR CAPTAIN TENDERLOIN
01:05:28 GREAT LEADERSHIP AND MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT CAME OVER TO
01:05:35 SUPPORT US TODAY AND TO MY WIFE THAT MOTIVATES ME EVERY DAY TO
01:05:39 BE A BETTER MAN. >> THANK YOU SO
01:07:29 ,UH. NEXT UP DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR
01:07:34 CHEN. THANK YOU FOR PRESIDENT.
01:07:38 MAY I HAVE JAY THE OWNER OF THE RECOVERY ROOM TO THE PODIUM
01:07:48 IN CELEBRATION OF OUR EIGHT AND HPI HERITAGE MONTH.
01:07:52 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE JAY PHAM, OWNER OF
01:07:55 THE RECOVERY ROOM BAR IN THE EXCELSIOR.
01:07:59 >> JAY MOVED TO THE EXCELSIOR AT TEN YEARS OLD FROM HOLLAND,
01:08:04 VIETNAM TO LIVE IN HIS TO LIVE WITH HIS MOM AND GRANDPA.
01:08:08 HE LATER MOVED TO THE OCEAN VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE
01:08:11 ATTENDING SAN FRANCISCO STATE AND WORKED IN BARS
01:08:15 AND RESTAURANTS. >> WHEN JAY BECAME THE OPERATOR
01:08:19 OF HIS BAR. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN
01:08:20 THE CHARACTER AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
01:08:24 >> HE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EXCELSIOR COMMUNITY FROM
01:08:28 THE ANNUAL JERRY DAY IN AUGUST. HE HELPS WITH FUNDRAISING
01:08:34 AND PROVIDES A SPACE FOR GRATEFUL DEBT ENTERTAINMENT.
01:08:35 >> HE ALSO HOSTS EXCELSIOR STREET CLEAN UPS ON SATURDAY
01:08:40 MORNINGS AT THE RECOVERY ROOM. >> LAST HOLIDAY SEASON HE ALSO
01:08:43 HOSTED A TOY DRIVE FOR YOU FIRST AND DONATE IT TO THE
01:08:47 EVENT BUSINESS MY RECOVERY ROOM HOW TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
01:08:54 VIBRANT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR
01:08:55 NEIGHBORHOOD, I HOPE YOU WILL STOP BY FOR A DRINK AND BUY AT
01:08:58 THE RECOVERY ROOM. AND THANK YOU JAY, FOR
01:09:02 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR EXCELSIOR TO KEEP DISTRICT
01:09:03 VIBE IN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:09:12 >> I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.
01:09:17 THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING HONOR TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 11.
01:09:20 >> I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR
01:09:27 GIVING ME THIS AMAZING HONOR. AND I WANT TO THANK DISTRICT 11
01:09:31 TO TAKE ME IN AS A YOUNG IMMIGRANT KID AND ALLOW ME TO
01:09:35 PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. AND TO BE HERE TODAY.
01:09:40 AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR
01:09:43 LISTENING TO ME. SURE
01:10:29 . >> DISTRICT TWO SUPERVISOR
01:10:31 CHERYL. THANK YOU.
01:10:35 PRESIDENT MANDELL MEAN WOULD MARLA PERKINS PLEASE COME UP TO
01:10:39 THE ROSTRUM? >> COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY
01:10:47 ABSOLUTE HONOR TO COMMEND MARLA PERKINS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
01:10:51 OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN LOCATED IN COW HOLLOW FOR MORE THAN 30
01:10:54 YEARS OF ARTISTIC EDUCATION, PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY
01:10:58 CONTRIBUTION TO THE WONDERFUL FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY TO THE
01:11:03 CHILDREN OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:11:06 MARLA WAS BORN AND RAISED NEAR BRANDON, MANITOBA AND CANADA
01:11:09 WHERE HER LOVE OF MUSIC BEGAN AS A CHILD SINGING BESIDE HER
01:11:11 MOTHER AT THE PIANO. A LOVE SHE HAS SPENT HER LIFE
01:11:14 SHARING WITH OTHERS. SHE HOLDS ADVANCED DEGREES
01:11:18 IN PIANO PERFORMANCE FROM BRANDON UNIVERSITY IN THE HEART
01:11:19 SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE SHE WON THE SCHOOL'S CONCERTO
01:11:22 COMPOSITION COMPETITION EXCUSE ME AND LATER EARNED A
01:11:25 POSTGRADUATE DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES DIPLOMA
01:11:28 FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
01:11:29 NOW SINCE MOVING TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1991, MARLO'S
01:11:33 TAUGHT PIANO AND VOICE TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACROSS THE
01:11:37 CITY INCLUDING AT SAINT BRIDGET ACADEMY ÉCOLE NOTRE DAME DE
01:11:40 VICTOIRE CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL AND HER
01:11:44 OWN PRIVATE STUDIO. FOR OVER 20 YEARS SHE'S A
01:11:47 ACCOMPANIED AND COACHED YOUNG MUSICIANS THROUGH VILLAR
01:11:50 SINFONIA AND THE ACT YOUNG CONSERVATORY HELPING STUDENTS
01:11:52 FIND THEIR ARTISTIC VOICE AND PERFORM WITH GREATER DEPTH
01:11:56 AND CONFIDENCE. A SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN
01:11:59 PARISHIONER SINCE 1994, MARLA HAS SERVED AS ASSOCIATE MUSIC
01:12:02 DIRECTOR SINCE 2016 DIRECTING THE CHILDREN'S AND HANDBELL
01:12:05 CHOIRS AND PRODUCING ORIGINAL PAGEANTS AND MUSIC EACH YEAR
01:12:09 INCLUDING SEWING COSTUMES BY HAND FOR MARLA, MUSIC AND FAITH
01:12:14 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INSEPARABLE. THROUGH HER WORK AT THE CHURCH.
01:12:17 SHE HAS HELPED WEAVE TOGETHER WORSHIP COMMUNITY AND THE JOY
01:12:20 OF MUSIC CREATING A SPACE WHERE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FEEL
01:12:24 SEEN, FEEL CELEBRATED AND CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
01:12:28 HER APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MORE THAN PERFORMANCE.
01:12:29 SHE TEACHES CHILDREN TO LISTEN DEEPLY, EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH
01:12:33 CONFIDENCE AND CARRY A LIFELONG LOVE OF MUSIC WITH THEM.
01:12:39 NOW MARLO IS PREPARING TO BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER RETURNING TO
01:12:40 CANADA CLOSER TO HER DAUGHTER AND HER FIRST GRANDCHILD.
01:12:43 BUT THE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SHE HAS IMPACTED
01:12:47 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL REMEMBER HER CONTRIBUTIONS
01:12:49 IN THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
01:12:51 SO MARLA, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ON BEHALF
01:12:55 OF THE PARISHIONERS OF SAINT MARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
01:12:59 BEAUTY, THE JOY AND THE DEDICATION YOU'VE BROUGHT TO
01:13:02 SAN FRANCISCO'S CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE
01:13:06 COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.
01:13:09 WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THIS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER.
01:13:13 >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> IT'S SUCH A QUIET CROWD HERE
01:13:20 COMPARED TO THE CHILDREN WRIGGLING ON THE FLOOR BOUNCING
01:13:24 OFF THE WALLS AND HIDING UNDER THE CHAIRS.
01:13:25 >> BUT MY COMMUNITY WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN ENTIRELY
01:13:33 THROUGH MUSIC. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS
01:13:34 HONOR. AND THROUGH THESE YEARS I TRULY
01:13:37 LOVE WATCHING A CHILD OPEN UP TO THE SONG AND THE DANCE
01:13:44 WITHIN THEMSELVES. DISCOVERING A MUSICAL VOICE
01:13:49 AND EXPRESSION OF THEM SHARING WITH OTHERS OF LISTENING AND IN
01:13:53 AN AGE OF DISTRACTION. >> TUNING IN AND ENGAGING MY
01:14:00 WORK IN THE CHURCH COMMUNITY OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST
01:14:04 MARY, THE VIRGIN AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS
01:14:08 PROVIDED SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO WITNESS JUST THAT.
01:14:11 I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO EVERY CHILD
01:14:16 AND ADULT IN SAINT MARY'S AND FOR ITS SUPPORT OF
01:14:20 CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND MULTIGENERATIONAL
01:14:23 INTERACTION. ALSO FOR MY COMMUNITIES IN THE
01:14:27 RICHMOND AND SUNSET DISTRICTS THE SCHOOLS AND THE MUSICAL
01:14:31 ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHOM I'VE WORKED AND SOCIALIZE.
01:14:35 >> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A
01:14:39 CHILD. >> I FEEL BLESSED AND HONORED
01:14:40 TO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THIS GREAT CITY OF SAN
01:14:45 FRANCISCO FOR 35 YEARS AND TO HAVE RAISED MY OWN FAMILY HERE
01:14:49 BESIDE THE OCEAN IN THE PARKS. AMONG THE VARIETY OF PEOPLE
01:14:53 IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS I NOW PREPARE TO MOVE TO HELP RAISE
01:14:57 MY NEW GRANDSON, I WILL CHERISH THESE YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO AT
01:15:02 ST MARY'S AND IN THIS CITY IN MY HEART.
01:15:06 THANK YOU
01:15:48 . AND NEXT WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE
01:15:51 SUPERVISOR SAUTER. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDOLIN
01:15:55 . COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE THE
01:15:56 HONOR OF WELCOMING DAVID OSMOND TO THE CHAMBERS FOR A SPECIAL
01:16:00 RECOGNITION. >> DAVID, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME
01:16:01 ON UP AND JOIN US? >> DAVID YOU HAVE SOME FANS OUT
01:16:10 THERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW LAST MONTH WAS
01:16:13 EARTH MONTH AND WE HAD PLANNED TO HAVE DAVID IN THEN BUT WE'RE
01:16:14 HAPPY TO USE A SCHEDULING CONFLICT AS AN EXCUSE TO EXTEND
01:16:18 EARTH MONTH CELEBRATIONS JUST A BIT LONGER.
01:16:21 NOT ONLY IS DAVID A PROUD DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT
01:16:24 RESIDING IN RUSSIAN HILL BUT HE IS ALSO THE RETIRED DEPUTY
01:16:28 DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT.
01:16:31 DURING HIS TIME THERE HE LED RECYCLING PROGRAM EFFORTS
01:16:33 INCLUDING ADOPTING A ZERO WASTE GOAL.
01:16:36 HE WORKED TO CLOSE THE POINT IN POTRERO POWER PLANTS CREATED
01:16:39 THE GREEN JOBS PROGRAM AND SAW THE DEPARTMENT GROW IN SIZE
01:16:43 AND IMPACT OVER THE YEARS. >> DAVID IS ALSO A SAN
01:16:48 FRANCISCO A PROMINENT SAN FRANCISCO BIRDER
01:16:51 AND PHOTOGRAPHER TWO PASSIONS THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO SPEND
01:16:55 MORE TIME ON IN RETIREMENT. HE MANAGES THE ANNUAL SAN
01:16:58 FRANCISCO CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT FOR THE NATIONAL AUDUBON
01:16:59 SOCIETY, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE TO TRACK POPULATION
01:17:03 CHANGES AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
01:17:06 >> DAVID LEADS REGULAR GOLDEN GATE BIRD ALLIANCE FIELD TRIPS
01:17:10 AT FORT MASON WHERE HE DELIGHTS VISITORS WITH HIS ENCYCLOPÉDIE
01:17:14 . KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANY SPECIES
01:17:15 THAT CALL A SAN FRANCISCO HOME .
01:17:17 IN FACT, DAVID ESTIMATES THAT HE HAS SPOTTED NEARLY 500
01:17:20 UNIQUE BIRD SPECIES THAT HAVE FLOWN THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO
01:17:23 OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. >> DURING THE PANDEMIC HE
01:17:24 TURNED HIS KNOWLEDGE INTO A WELCOME DISTRACTION WHEN HE
01:17:29 STARTED A PRACTICE OF POSTING A NEW BIRD OF THE DAY ON NEXT
01:17:32 DOOR EACH DAY. NEIGHBORS OFFERED HIS POST
01:17:36 EVERY DAY AND COMMENTED HOW IT WAS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD
01:17:39 TO AND LEARN ABOUT IN THE MIDST OF A DARK TIME.
01:17:40 DAVID THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEARLY 20 YEARS THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:17:44 ENVIRONMENT FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND ALWAYS
01:17:48 ENSURING THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS A PLACE THAT CONTINUES TO LEAD
01:17:51 IN PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT. I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SHARE A FEW
01:17:55 WORDS MAYBE TELL US SOME OF THE BIRDS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
01:17:58 OUT THERE. AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS IF YOU
01:18:00 WANT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU.
01:18:02 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR SAUTER FOR THIS HONOR.
01:18:04 AFTER A LIFE LONG CAREER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD I'M NOW
01:18:08 DEDICATED TO SHARING IMAGES AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE
01:18:11 BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE THAT CALL SAN FRANCISCO HOME AND TO DO
01:18:14 WHAT I CAN TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION.
01:18:18 >> DESPITE BEING 95% DEVELOPED SAN FRANCISCO IS STILL ONE OF
01:18:23 THE MOST BIODIVERSE CITIES IN THE NATION.
01:18:24 HERE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES.
01:18:27 WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH FAIL THE
01:18:31 OFFICIAL CITY ANIMAL AND WE PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
01:18:35 SEA LIONS HAD PIER 39 INCLUDING ITS ANCHORS THE STELLAR SEA
01:18:38 LION AND THE SHORE SHOWN UP. >> BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER
01:18:42 ACTIVITY IN THIS CITY. THERE'S THE HARBOR SEALS NOW
01:18:46 BRINGING THEIR YOUNG TO THE DOCKS ACROSS THE STREET FROM
01:18:47 THE SAFEWAY AND THE MARINA THERE.
01:18:51 AND THEN THERE ARE THE BIRDS. LAST NIGHT RADAR PICKED UP
01:18:57 275,000 BIRDS FLYING OVER THE CITY AS THEY MIGRATED ON THE
01:18:58 PACIFIC FLYWAY WITH A NUMBER OF THEM STOPPING HERE TO REST OR
01:19:04 TO SPEND THE SUMMER. WE HAVE 75 SPECIES OF BIRDS
01:19:06 THAT RAISE THEIR YOUNG IN THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:19:10 >> ALSO THERE'S THE GRAY AND HUMPBACK WHALES THAT
01:19:13 MIGRATE THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO WATERS AND SOMETIMES HANG
01:19:17 AROUND ALCATRAZ OR THE CLIFF HOUSE.
01:19:21 >> THERE ARE THE MANY SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES THAT LIVE HERE
01:19:24 ON MIGRATE THROUGH HERE. >> THERE ARE 20 PLUS SPECIES OF
01:19:28 MAMMALS THAT LIVE HERE INCLUDING THE REESTABLISHED
01:19:29 COYOTES. >> AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
01:19:33 NATIVE PLANT SPECIES INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE FOUND NOWHERE
01:19:36 ELSE IN THE WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO END BY
01:19:37 DEDICATING THIS COMMENDATION TO THE SPECIES THAT SHARE OUR HOME
01:19:57 ISN'T SLEEPING. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:20:26 LAST BUT NOT LEAST IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT A
01:20:31 COMMENDATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED PULL OFF SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:20:34 ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE AND FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
01:20:39 AND SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO INVITE UP JAMES QUINN, P.J.
01:20:42 MASTERSON AND ALLIE SHAFER WHO ARE THESE AMAZING PEOPLE?
01:20:53 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. SO THE SAME SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
01:20:57 PARADE HAS BEEN A PART OF SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY SINCE 1851
01:21:01 AND IS ONE OF THE CITY'S LONGEST RUNNING AND MOST
01:21:05 BELOVED TRADITIONS. THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETIES OF
01:21:08 SAN FRANCISCO, A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION THAT CELEBRATES
01:21:12 IRISH CULTURE AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE LONG TIME HOST IN 2024
01:21:16 . >> JAMES QUINN STEPPED INTO THE
01:21:17 ROLE OF PARADE DIRECTOR AT UNITED IRISH SOCIETIES ASSUMING
01:21:21 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARADE'S OVERALL COORDINATION AND VISION
01:21:27 . AS THE HEAD OF THE ORGANIZING
01:21:28 COMMITTEE. JAMES MANAGES THE BIG PICTURE
01:21:29 ELEMENTS OF THE EVENT INCLUDING INVITATIONS, COORDINATION WITH
01:21:32 GRAND MARSHALS AND ORGANIZING THE MANY VOLUNTEERS
01:21:36 AND PARTICIPANTS THAT MAKE THE CELEBRATION POSSIBLE.
01:21:39 JAMES WORKS CLOSELY WITH P.J. MASTERSON, HIS RIGHT HAND MAN
01:21:43 TO HIS RIGHT WITH WITHIN THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETY'S WHO
01:21:48 HELPS HIM WITH THE FINER DETAILS OF THE EVENT
01:21:51 AND TROUBLESHOOT ITS CHALLENGES.
01:21:52 UNDER JAMES'S LEADERSHIP, THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETY'S ALSO
01:21:58 LAUNCHED THE ST PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL IN 2024 AS PART OF THE
01:22:01 EFFORT TO RE-ENERGIZE THE CELEBRATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
01:22:05 JAMES AND THE COMMITTEE WORK TO RECRUIT PERFORMERS, FOOD
01:22:08 VENDORS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE
01:22:09 CITY AND THAT FIRST FESTIVAL LAUNCHED UNDER THE THEME UNITE
01:22:13 S.F. AIMING TO SHARE ST PATRICK'S DAY WITH MORE PEOPLE
01:22:16 AND EMBRACE ALL THE UNIQUE CULTURAL GROUPS THAT MAKE SAN
01:22:20 FRANCISCO UNIQUE NOW. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A SUCCESS IT
01:22:23 WAS ALSO COSTLY AND THOSE EXORBITANT COSTS AND MYRIAD OF
01:22:28 LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES MADE IT IMPRACTICAL IMPOSSIBLE TO DO A
01:22:32 ST PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL IN 2025.
01:22:36 FORTUNATELY JAMES IS NOT SOMEONE WHO GIVES UP.
01:22:43 HE PLOTS, HE MEETS, HE CAJOLES .
01:22:47 >> I WAS IN SOME I WAS INVITED TO AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE
01:22:48 MEETINGS DETERMINED TO HOST A FESTIVAL IN 2026 HE MET
01:22:51 REPEATEDLY WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BETTER
01:22:55 UNDERSTAND THE MANY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES
01:22:58 INVOLVED. AND THROUGH THAT PERSISTENCE HE
01:22:59 FORGED CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY AGENCIES AND LEADERS
01:23:05 WHOSE SHARED COMMITMENT ULTIMATELY HELPED MAKE THE
01:23:07 FESTIVAL A REALITY. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY
01:23:10 WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:23:12 PARK FOLKS WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETY'S
01:23:16 ON THE PARADE AND FESTIVAL AND SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO CALL
01:23:20 OUT BEVERLY NG, SHAUNA BO GATES AND DANA KETCHUM.
01:23:24 BUT I REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE HONOR LEE SCHAEFER, THE
01:23:32 DIRECTOR OF LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:23:35 AND MY CONSTITUENTS WHO WAS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT CHAMPION
01:23:40 FOR THE PARADE AND FESTIVAL INSIDE TD CITY HALL.
01:23:43 AND I'VE SEEN HER DO THIS FOR OTHER EVENTS WHERE SOMEONE HAS
01:23:48 A GOOD IDEA THE CITY IS BIG, DAUNTING BUREAUCRATIC
01:23:55 AND FIGURES OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
01:23:56 SHE BROUGHT TOGETHER SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING REC
01:23:59 AND PARK, SFPD, MTA AND DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
01:24:03 MANAGEMENT COORDINATING THE MANY CONVERSATIONS AND MOVING
01:24:04 PIECES AND MOVING PIECES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY MAKE
01:24:07 THE FESTIVAL HAPPEN. ALONG THE WAY SHE HELPED JAMES
01:24:14 AND PJ CUT THROUGH THE MAZE OF CITY REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
01:24:18 ,WRANGLING THE COMPLICATED BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS INTO A
01:24:19 CLEARER SET OF GUIDELINES THAT JAMES P.J. AND THE UNITED IRISH
01:24:26 SOCIETIES COULD FOLLOW NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL BUT WE
01:24:27 HOPE FOR FUTURE CELEBRATIONS AS WELL.
01:24:30 SO THANK YOU ELLIE, FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.
01:24:33 YOUTH SPORTS DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
01:24:37 ON THAT BRIGHT MARCH AFTERNOON, CHILDREN DARTED AROUND CIVIC
01:24:38 CENTER LEARNING TRADITIONAL IRISH SPORTS INCLUDING GAELIC
01:24:41 FOOTBALL HURLING AND RUGBY AND HAVING IRISH SPORTS PLAYED
01:24:45 AND REPRESENTED IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO MADE FOR A
01:24:48 FITTING CLOSE TO THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE.
01:24:52 SHARING AN IMPORTANT PART OF IRISH CULTURE WITH NEW
01:24:53 GENERATIONS ORGANIZING THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
01:24:56 AND FESTIVAL IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED.
01:25:01 BUT I DO WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETY'S
01:25:05 I KNOW WE GOT A FEW FOLKS HERE IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY VOLUNTEER
01:25:11 RUN WITH NO PAID STAFF OR DEDICATED FUNDING AND THE TIME
01:25:15 COMMITMENT OFTEN RIVALS THAT OF A FULL TIME JOB.
01:25:16 >> SO THANK YOU TO JAMES PJ EVERYONE AT THE UNITED IRISH
01:25:20 SOCIETIES FOR ALL YOU DO FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU
01:25:23 ELLIE FOR STEPPING UP IN THIS CASE AS IN SO MANY OTHERS.
01:25:27 >> AND NOW UP OF COURSE THE DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR HAS
01:25:31 WISELY PUT HIMSELF INTO THE QUEUE.
01:25:34 >> SUPERVISOR LONG OKAY. THANK YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMAN
01:25:38 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THIS WONDERFUL GROUP
01:25:39 AND THE WORK THEY DO FOR OUR CITY.
01:25:42 I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE
01:25:45 THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE THE ST PATRICK'S
01:25:46 DAY CELEBRATION SUCCESSFUL. THESE KIND OF TRADITIONS DON'T
01:25:50 JUST HAPPEN THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE CARE ENOUGH TO PUT
01:25:54 IN THE TIME, ENERGY AND HEART TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
01:25:58 YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE'RE ESPECIALLY LUCKY TO HAVE
01:26:01 SUCH A STRONG IRISH COMMUNITY IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A PLACE
01:26:05 WHERE FRIENDSHIPS ARE BUILT. TRADITIONS ARE PASSED DOWN
01:26:06 AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE.
01:26:10 ST PATRICK'S DAY IS ALWAYS SUCH A JOYFUL TRADITION IN SAN
01:26:13 FRANCISCO BUT THAT JOY COMES FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE
01:26:16 SCENES WHO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU TO THE UNITED
01:26:20 IRISH SOCIETY'S JAMES QUINN, P.J. MASTERSON, ELLIE SCHAEFER,
01:26:24 BEVERLY NG AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED ORGANIZE SUPPORT
01:26:27 AND BRING THIS CELEBRATION TO LIFE.
01:26:28 THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THIS TRADITION GOING IN A
01:26:31 CITY THAT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
01:26:32 THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES
01:26:35 THAT CONTINUE SHOWING UP BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND KEEPING
01:26:39 THESE TRADITIONS ALIVE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
01:26:40 CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
01:26:49 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG AND NOW JAMES,
01:26:52 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
01:26:56 US HERE THIS AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT THANK
01:27:00 YOU. YOUR BIG SUPPORT FROM THE
01:27:04 MOMENT I MET YOU THERE HAD A CASE WAS SERVED EIGHT MONTHS
01:27:08 AGO FOR THE ROGER CASEMENT DEDICATION.
01:27:12 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
01:27:13 PJ AND ELLIE, I MEAN YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING.
01:27:16 PAGE IS BRILLIANT. HE READS ALL THE FINE PRINT
01:27:17 AND ELLIE, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN GRACED TO WALK, READ AND I WAS
01:27:23 JUST TALKING TO OUR LEADER NEXT YEAR WE HAVE OUR EYES SET ON
01:27:27 FOLSOM PLAZA SO FAR A BIG FESTIVAL THERE SO AGAIN THIS IS
01:27:31 A FABULOUS ROOM AND I LOVE THIS CITY.
01:27:35 I KNOW WHERE I'M FROM. I GOT MARRIED OUTSIDE THAT DOOR
01:27:38 25 YEARS AGO SO I REALLY APPRECIATE APPRECIATE IT THE
01:27:43 CITY AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR US AND THE PLACE LOOKS
01:27:45 GREAT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
01:28:22 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT WITH AROUND
01:29:04 AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I SHOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE OUR FORMER
01:29:08 WELL NOT OUR COLLEAGUE BUT FORMER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
01:29:10 SUPERVISORS WE HAVE A NAME IS BROWN IS BACK IN THE CHAMBER.
01:29:13 WELCOME REVEREND BROWN AND I THINK WE WERE MADAM CLERK AT
01:29:25 ITEM 18 ITEM PLEASE CALL ITEM 18.
01:29:26 >> ITEM 18 IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION
01:29:30 AND DELIVERY OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES IN ONE OR
01:29:36 MORE SERIES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
01:29:38 30 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCING FOR THE
01:29:42 CONSTRUCTION OF A 94 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING
01:29:46 PROJECT KNOWN AS 1687 MARKET RESIDENCES.
01:29:51 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM ON ITEM 18 SUPERVISOR WONG
01:29:55 WANG EYES SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
01:30:02 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MUHAMMAD MAHMOOD I
01:30:06 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI MANDELL MAN I SUPERVISOR MALKA MELGAR I
01:30:11 SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
01:30:18 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EITHER ATTORNEYS WITHOUT
01:30:22 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED FOR CITY STAFF WHO MAY
01:30:26 BE WONDERING I THINK WE WILL WILL TAKE IT TO THE 3 P.M.
01:30:29 SPECIAL ORDERS AFTER WE GET THROUGH ITEM 20 I THINK MADAM
01:30:32 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 19. >> ITEM 19 THIS IS A MOTION TO
01:30:36 APPOINT JASPER A VERDIN TERM ENDING JANUARY 1ST 2027 MICHAEL
01:30:42 FRUIT FOR TRO SAM HURST LUZINSKI RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
01:30:46 WAIVED AND KEESHA MASON TERMS ENDING JANUARY 1ST 2028
01:30:52 AND BRANDON FOUNTAIN AMELIA HARMON, STEPHANIE GONZALEZ
01:30:56 AND TARA GAMBOA EASTMAN. TERMS ENDING JANUARY 1ST, 2029
01:31:00 TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION.
01:31:03 >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT ITEM
01:31:07 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS
01:31:08 APPROVED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
01:31:12 ITEM 20. ITEM 20.
01:31:15 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
01:31:19 AND TAX REGULATIONS CAMPAIGN AND GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT CODE
01:31:23 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT MUNICIPAL
01:31:27 ELECTIONS PART PLANNING POLICE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
01:31:30 CODES TO DEFINE AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN COMMISSIONS
01:31:35 AND ADVISORY BODIES TO ESTABLISH THE TERM AND TERM
01:31:38 LIMITS OF BODIES TO ESTABLISH, MODIFY OR CLARIFY THE SUNSET
01:31:43 DATES OF CERTAIN BODIES TO ABOLISH OTHER BODIES TO MODIFY
01:31:46 THE COMPOSITION AND EXCUSE ME TO MODIFY THEIR POWERS
01:31:51 AND DUTIES TO MODIFY THE COMPOSITION, MEMBERSHIP OR
01:31:54 APPOINTMENT STRUCTURE TO TRANSFER TO CHAPTER FIVE OF THE
01:31:58 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PROVISIONS FOR BODIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
01:32:02 LOCATED ELSEWHERE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY THE
01:32:06 DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, DEFINITIONS AND MEMBERSHIP OF
01:32:10 THE CHILD CARE PLANNING AND ADVISORY COUNCIL TO CONFORM
01:32:13 WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW TO ADD TO STATE REQUIRED BODIES TO
01:32:18 MAKE OTHER MINOR OR CLARIFYING CHANGES AND TO AUTHORIZE
01:32:21 AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE CLERICAL NON SUBSTANTIVE
01:32:25 CHANGES TO UPDATE THE MUNICIPAL CODE PURSUANT TO CHARTER
01:32:29 SECTION FOUR POINT 100.1 SUB E TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD OF
01:32:36 SUPERVISORS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EITHER AMEND OR DISAPPROVE
01:32:39 THIS ORDINANCE, AMEND IT TO GET THE NAMES IN THE QUEUE BUT
01:32:43 THERE THEY ARE SUPERVISED THEIR MELGAR.
01:32:50 >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES I FIRSTLY WANT TO
01:32:57 EXPRESS MY UTMOST GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
01:33:01 STREAMLINING TASK FORCE I WATCHED ALMOST EVERY MEETING
01:33:05 ALONG WITH MY STAFF. IT WAS LONG HOURS AND A LOT OF
01:33:09 WORK. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK
01:33:13 CHAIR AT HARRINGTON AND THE REMARKABLE STAFF AT THE CITY
01:33:18 ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE ESPECIALLY RACHEL MORAN FOR ALL
01:33:22 THE HOURS THAT THEY DEDICATED TO THE PROCESS TO BEING THERE
01:33:28 BUT ALSO ALL THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THIS WAS A
01:33:32 HERCULEAN EFFORT THAT UNVEILED SO MUCH THAT HAS BEEN LEFT
01:33:36 UNTOUCHED AND LOST IN OUR CODE .
01:33:39 BEFORE THIS PROCESS WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF
01:33:43 THE COUNT OF OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN HOW MANY
01:33:44 BODIES THAT WE HAVE. >> THERE'S A PARALLEL PROCESS
01:33:48 THAT NEEDS TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS AND WE WILL TAKE CERTAIN
01:33:52 PARTS OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION THROUGH THE CHARTER AMENDMENT
01:33:56 PROCESS IN THE COMING MONTHS. >> I FEEL THAT THE ORDINANCE
01:34:00 BEFORE US TODAY REFLECTS MANY OF THE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE
01:34:04 AS A CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ELIMINATING 36
01:34:07 INACTIVE DEFUNCT BODIES REORGANIZE USING THE CODE
01:34:12 SECTION SO THAT THEY'RE EASIER TO INTERPRET CLARIFYING THE
01:34:16 ROLES FOR VARIOUS BODIES AND PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF
01:34:19 UNIFORMITY OF SEATS IN TERMS. >> HOWEVER, THERE ARE
01:34:27 RECOMMENDATIONS OR ELIMINATIONS OR CONSOLIDATIONS OF BODY THAT
01:34:30 I DON'T AGREE WITH OR I FEEL NEED MORE FOCUSED ANALYSIS.
01:34:38 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS YOU KNOW, FOCUS MY
01:34:41 ATTENTION ON WHILE I'VE BEEN SUPERVISOR IS AT THE LITTLE'S
01:34:46 THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION IN THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES THE
01:34:50 ELIMINATION OF THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION OVERSIGHT
01:34:54 AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WHICH I SAT WITH ITS DUTIES
01:34:58 CONSOLIDATING IT INTO THE FIRST FIVE COMMISSION WHICH IS A
01:35:03 STATE MANDATED BODY THAT IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE SPENDING OF
01:35:06 STATE PROP TEN TOBACCO TAX REVENUE FUNDING.
01:35:12 >> THE FIRST FIVE COMMISSION INCLUDES MEMBERS OF STAFF FROM
01:35:13 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
01:35:17 IT FEELS INAPPROPRIATE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS
01:35:21 AND STAFF TO INFLUENCE THIS DEPARTMENT.
01:35:22 THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, ITS BUDGET AND ITS
01:35:25 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STATE MANDATE.
01:35:29 >> EVEN THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION ACKNOWLEDGED
01:35:32 THAT THIS WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, A GREAT FIX BUT THEY FELT
01:35:36 CONSOLIDATED TO CONSOLIDATE THE BODIES AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE
01:35:40 SOME OVERLAP. >> WHILE THE FIRST FIVE
01:35:44 COMMISSION DOES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE
01:35:47 THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN ON EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY
01:35:51 SERVICES, THAT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH.
01:35:55 >> SAN FRANCISCANS APPROVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
01:35:59 TO SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ENVISION UNIVERSAL CHILD
01:36:02 CARE SYSTEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
01:36:03 HAVE PROPER OVERSIGHT AND POLICY ESPECIALLY NOW THAT
01:36:06 WE ARE FORGING AHEAD WITH UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE.
01:36:10 I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS ORDINANCE ENCAPSULATES ALL THE
01:36:14 CHANGES THAT I WANT TO SEE AND I WOULD LIKE THE
01:36:18 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT TRAILING LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THOSE
01:36:22 ISSUES. SO AS SUCH BECAUSE THE VOTE
01:36:23 BEFORE US TODAY IS THE ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE AND WE
01:36:27 CAN'T BE VOTING ON DIFFERENT PARTS.
01:36:29 I WILL BE VOTING NO AND FORTUNATELY THERE ARE SOME
01:36:33 AMENDMENTS I THINK MANY OF US HAVE EXPLORED BUT FEEL THAT WE
01:36:37 NEED MORE TIME TO DEVELOP AND TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.
01:36:41 GIVEN THAT THIS ORDINANCE GETS APPROVED WITH OR WITHOUT OUR
01:36:45 VOTE AND THAT IT WAS PUT FORTH BECAUSE OF A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
01:36:49 . AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
01:36:50 MOST OF WHAT'S IN THIS ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY
01:36:54 AND SHOULD BE ENACTED. I JUST WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO
01:36:58 DO IT WITHOUT TAKING THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I FEEL
01:37:01 LIKE NEED MORE WORK OR HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR
01:37:05 NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON
01:37:10 THE TRAILING LEGISLATION AND TAKING MANY OF THE
01:37:12 RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERED BY THE TASK FORCE AND MY APOLOGIES.
01:37:17 I ALSO WANT TO THANK RACHEL ALONSO FROM THE CITY
01:37:18 ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE FOR HER INCREDIBLE WORK STAFFING THIS
01:37:22 TASK FORCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:37:25 >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD. >> COLLEAGUES WANT TO ECHO
01:37:33 SUPERVISOR MELGAR HIS COMMENT ON I'M THINKING A LOT OF PEOPLE
01:37:36 TO HELP GET US HERE BUT I WANT TO START WITH THINKING THE
01:37:38 VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 SAN FRANCISCANS PASSED PROPOSITION
01:37:43 E WITH 53% OF THE VOTE CREATING THE COMMISSION STREAMLINING
01:37:47 TASK FORCE AND DIRECTING IT TO METHODICALLY REVIEW ALL THE
01:37:50 CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND TODAY WE ARE FOLLOWING
01:37:54 THROUGH ON THAT MANDATE FROM THE VOTERS.
01:37:55 >> IT'S WORTH APPRECIATING THE SCALE OF WHAT THE TASK FORCE
01:37:59 TOOK ON SAN FRANCISCO HAS 152 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH
01:38:06 OVER 1000 RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME BUT
01:38:09 ONLY 115 OF THOSE BODIES WERE EVER EVEN ACTIVE.
01:38:13 >> MANY EXISTED IN LA BUT HADN'T MET IN YEARS.
01:38:18 >> THE TASK FORCE SPENT ALL OF 2525 REVIEWING EVERY SINGLE ONE
01:38:21 OF THOSE COMMISSIONS. THAT MEANS 21 PUBLIC MEETINGS
01:38:27 556 PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM OVER 320 UNIQUE COMMENTERS AND 6667
01:38:32 PIECES OF WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:38:36 THIS ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTS THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS
01:38:40 STANDARDIZING TERMS, ADDING TERM LIMITS, LIMITING HOLDOVER
01:38:41 SERVICE AND CONSOLIDATING THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THESE BODIES
01:38:45 INTO A SINGLE READABLE CHAPTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
01:38:48 SOME ARE WORRIED THAT STREAMLINING MEANS LESS
01:38:52 COMMUNITY VOICE BUT THIS PROCESS IS PROOF THAT THOSE
01:38:56 GOALS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT. THE BODIES THAT SURVIVED ARE
01:38:59 BETTER DEFINED AND BETTER STRUCTURED.
01:39:00 THEY'LL BE MORE MEANINGFUL VENUES FOR PARTICIPATION THAN
01:39:06 152 BODIES OF UNEVEN QUALITY. >> WHAT WE ARE ELIMINATING IS
01:39:10 BUREAUCRATIC REDUNDANCY NOT COMMUNITY VOICE.
01:39:14 AND AGAIN BEFORE I CLOSE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SO MANY OF THE
01:39:18 PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. TASK FORCE MEMBERS GAVE AN
01:39:21 ENORMOUS COMMITMENT OF TIME AND EXPERTISE.
01:39:22 >> SOPHIE HAYWARD FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
01:39:25 NATASHA MITCHELL FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, ANDREA
01:39:29 BROSS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT HARRINGTON AS THE
01:39:32 BOARD'S LABOR REPRESENTATIVE SOPHIA KETTLER FROM THE MAYOR'S
01:39:34 OFFICE AND GENE FRASER OF THE PRESIDIO TRUST WHO SERVED
01:39:40 DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS WORK AND TO THE STAFF WHO
01:39:43 PRODUCED THE FINAL REPORT. RACHEL ALONZO HANNAH GONZALES,
01:39:47 JOANNA BELL, HENRY O'CONNELL AND CHELSEA HALL.
01:39:51 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
01:39:52 SAN FRANCISCO HAS LONG HAD A REPUTATION FOR GOVERNING BY
01:39:56 COMMITTEE SOMETIMES AT THE EXPENSE OF CLARITY
01:39:59 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS ORDINANCE IS A MEANINGFUL
01:40:03 VOTER MANDATED STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I INTEND TO
01:40:04 VOTE FOR IT AND SUPPORT THIS. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
01:40:10 PRESIDENT MILLIMAN AND COLLEAGUES.
01:40:13 AS YOU CAN SEE THIS CAME TO US WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
01:40:17 I WANT TO ECHO ALL OF SUPERVISOR MYRNA MELGAR
01:40:21 STATEMENTS. I AGREE WITH HER
01:40:25 WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF
01:40:28 THINGS. ONE, I THINK EVEN THOUGH THAT
01:40:30 SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES THAT ARE EITHER BEING ELIMINATED OR
01:40:35 CHANGED EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE A PART OF THE CHARTER,
01:40:39 THEY MOST CERTAINLY WERE CREATED BY BODIES THAT CAME
01:40:43 FROM CHARTER BODIES. AND SOME OF THESE CHANGES MOST
01:40:47 CERTAINLY NEEDED TO HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME SOME
01:40:51 COMMITTEES THAT ARE STILL IMPORTANT THAT DID PROVIDE A
01:40:54 LOT OF COMMUNITY VOICE THAT WE STILL NEED.
01:40:58 I ALSO THINK THAT WE ARE UNDER THE GUN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN
01:41:00 DO HERE TODAY. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
01:41:03 THINGS WHERE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT EVERYTHING THEN YOU KNOW
01:41:07 WE'RE STUCK. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
01:41:11 IS WHY I WILL SUPPORT IT SITTING HERE WITHOUT
01:41:15 RECOMMENDATION. AND LIKE SUPERVISOR MELGAR
01:41:19 CANNOT SUPPORT THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND HAVING NO CHOICE.
01:41:22 I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS TODAY. THANK YOU.
01:41:26 THANK YOU. CHAIR WALTON I WILL ECHO THE
01:41:30 THANKS OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOUR CHAIR HARRINGTON
01:41:37 AND MEMBERS BRUCE HEYWARD, ME HALL AND KETTLER FOR THEIR WORK
01:41:41 ON THE TASK FORCE. >> I THINK SUPERVISOR MAHMUD
01:41:45 DETAILED SOME OF YOU KNOW THE WORK THAT THEY DID BUT 20
01:41:49 THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS IT WAS A HEAVY, HEAVY LIFT.
01:41:52 THEY WERE DEEP IN THE WEEDS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I DON'T
01:41:56 KNOW THAT IT'S AS OVER TIME WE WILL THINK WE WILL DECIDE OR
01:42:00 FEEL LIKE EVERY LAST DECISION THAT THEY MADE WAS EXACTLY
01:42:04 RIGHT. BUT THE POINT OF THE BENEFIT OF
01:42:07 THIS BEING AN ORDINANCE IS THAT AT ANY POINT THE BOARD CAN MAKE
01:42:10 A CHANGE. >> I DO THINK IT IS HARD ONCE
01:42:17 BODIES HAVE BEEN CREATED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS HAVE
01:42:19 BEEN ADDED AND THOSE THINGS TEND TO ACCRETE MUCH MORE
01:42:25 RELIABLY THAN THAN WE GET AROUND TO TRIMMING OR PRUNING.
01:42:33 AND I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO MAKE OUR
01:42:37 GOVERNMENT WORK. IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE DID A
01:42:38 LITTLE MORE PRUNING, A LITTLE MORE OFTEN.
01:42:41 >> I THINK THE FORCING FUNCTION HERE OF MAKING THIS BOARD VOTE
01:42:45 ON SOMETHING AND HAVING IT TAKE EFFECT EVEN IF WE DON'T
01:42:49 AND UNLESS WE REJECTED BY A SUPERMAJORITY WAS PROBABLY A
01:42:55 LITTLE BIT OF GENIUS IN ACTUALLY FORCING US TO TO
01:42:59 TAKE SOME ACTIONS THAT MIGHT BE HARD.
01:43:00 BUT AGAIN IF A MAJORITY OF US, YOU KNOW, WANT TO CHANGE
01:43:06 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT GOING
01:43:07 FORWARD. AND I'M SURE AND I SUSPECT THAT
01:43:11 WE WILL MAKE AT LEAST SOME CHANGES IN SOME OF WHAT WE'RE
01:43:15 DOING HERE TODAY. BUT I THINK OVERALL THIS IS A
01:43:16 GOOD SET OF A GOOD SET OF CHANGES AND A GOOD PROCESS
01:43:22 AND I WAS HAPPY TO PUT MY NAME ON IT.
01:43:26 AND WITH THAT MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS
01:43:30 ITEM ON ITEM 20 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN
01:43:36 NO SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES
01:43:40 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
01:43:44 RANDLEMAN I'M SUPERVISOR MELGAR NO MELGAR NO SUPERVISOR SAUDER
01:43:51 SOLDER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I AND SUPERVISOR WALTON
01:43:58 WALTON NO THERE ARE SIX EYES AND FOUR NOS WITH SUPERVISORS
01:44:02 CHAN CHIN MELGAR AND WALTON VOTING NO.
01:44:06 >> THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING.
01:44:10 >> ALL RIGHTS MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR THREE PM OUR FIRST 3
01:44:21 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER ITEM 21 THROUGH 24 COMPRISE A APOLOGIES
01:44:27 MR. PRESIDENT ITEMS 21 AND 22 COMPRISE A PUBLIC HEARING.
01:44:33 THIS IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER OBJECTIONS TO A REPORT OF
01:44:38 ASSESSMENT COSTS SUBMITTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
01:44:41 FOR SIDEWALK AND CURB REPAIRS THROUGH THE SIDEWALK INSPECTION
01:44:45 AND REPAIR PROGRAM ORDERED TO BE PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC
01:44:49 WORKS DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO THE CODE 706.9 AND THE
01:44:52 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 80 THE COSTS BEING PAID FOR BY THE
01:44:57 CITY AND COUNTY OUT OF A REVOLVING FUND SCHEDULE
01:45:01 PURSUANT TO A MOTION NUMBER M 20 6-037 APPROVED ON APRIL 14TH
01:45:10 2026 AND ITEM 22 CONTAINS THE REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT COSTS
01:45:14 WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED IN JUST A MOMENT.
01:45:18 >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THREW FOR A LOOP, MADAM CLERK I'M
01:45:21 SORRY YOU CAN CALL ITEMS 23 AND 20 FOR THE SECOND SPECIAL
01:45:25 ORDER AS WELL. >> YES, THE SECOND SPECIAL
01:45:27 ORDER WAS SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO A MOTION NUMBER M 20 6-038
01:45:32 APPROVED ON APRIL 14TH 2026 FOR A HEARING TO CONSIDER
01:45:37 OBJECTIONS TO A REPORT OF ASSESSMENT COSTS CONTAINED
01:45:40 IN ITEM 24 SUBMITTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR
01:45:44 INSPECTION AND OR REPAIR OF BLIGHTED PROPERTIES ORDERED
01:45:48 THROUGH THE ACCELERATED SIDEWALK ABATEMENT PROGRAM TO
01:45:49 BE PERFORMED BY THE DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
01:45:53 CODE CHAPTER 80 AND COSTS THEREOF HAVING BEEN PAID FOR BY
01:45:59 THE CITY AND COUNTY OUT OF THE BLIGHT ABATEMENT FUND
01:46:03 COLLEAGUES WE ARE NOW SITTING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR
01:46:04 THESE TO HEARINGS ON THE REPORT OF ASSESSMENT COSTS FOR THE
01:46:08 SIDEWALK INSPECTION REPAIR PROGRAM AND THE ACCELERATED
01:46:10 SIDEWALK ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND THESE HEARINGS ARE NOW OPEN
01:46:15 AND WE WILL BEGIN BY HEARING FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
01:46:18 >> WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT,
01:46:22 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
01:46:25 MY NAME IS RUDY CHUNG AND I AM APPEARING ON BEHALF OF SAN
01:46:27 FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THE SIDEWALK
01:46:30 INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM AND THE ACCELERATED SIDEWALK
01:46:33 ABATEMENT PROGRAM. >> I'LL BE PRESENTING ON BOTH
01:46:37 AGENDA ITEMS 21 AND 23 FOR EFFICIENCY.
01:46:40 UNDER BOTH PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO STATE HIGHWAY CODE 5611
01:46:44 AND MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WORKS CODE SECTION 706 THE PROPERTY OWNER
01:46:48 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALK
01:46:52 ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY AGENDA ITEM 21 FOR THE SIDEWALK
01:46:56 INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM OR COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS SERP
01:47:00 IS A PROACTIVE SIDEWALK INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM
01:47:03 DESIGNED TO INSPECT ALL SIDEWALKS IN SAN FRANCISCO ON A
01:47:07 25 YEAR ROLLING BASIS WE INSPECT AND NOTIFY PROPERTY
01:47:10 OWNERS AND OTHER ENTITIES WHEN DEFECTS ARE FOUND THAT NEED TO
01:47:14 BE REPAIRED. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MAKE
01:47:15 IT EASIER FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLETE THOSE REPAIRS BY
01:47:19 PROVIDING A CITY CONTRACTOR WHICH THEY CAN USE OR THEY HAVE
01:47:22 THE OPTION OF USING A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND MAKING THE
01:47:26 REPAIRS THEMSELVES. WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS ELECT TO
01:47:30 HAVE THE CITY CONTRACTOR MAKE THE REPAIRS OR WHEN NO RESPONSE
01:47:32 IS RECEIVED AND THE REQUISITE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE
01:47:35 WITHIN THE TIME SPECIFIED, THE CITY WILL SEE THAT THE REPAIRS
01:47:39 ARE MADE AND THEN INVOICE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ACCORDINGLY.
01:47:42 AND IN INSTANCES WHERE THESE BILLS GO UNPAID OR INSTANCES
01:47:46 WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ELECT TO HAVE THE COST OF REPAIRS
01:47:50 PLACE ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WE SUBMIT THE LINES TO THE
01:47:51 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL AND INCLUSION ON THE
01:47:54 ANNUAL TAX ROLL SINCE THE LAST HEARING IN MAY OF 2020 FOR 207
01:48:00 THE INVOICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN
01:48:05 JANUARY OF 2024 TO JANUARY OF 2026 AND 244 OR 90.3% WERE PAID
01:48:10 A TOTAL OF 26 UNPAID INVOICES WERE INITIALLY SUBMITTED FOR
01:48:15 YOUR CONSIDERATION AS OF 11 A.M. TODAY, 20 INVOICES
01:48:24 TOTALING $35,890 WERE REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST THROUGH
01:48:28 PAYMENTS MADE IN RECENT WEEKS. 19 OF THE 20 INVOICES WERE PAID
01:48:34 . ONE PAYMENT PLAN WAS REQUESTED
01:48:34 AND GRANTED. THEREFORE THE REPORT WE ARE
01:48:38 SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION HAS SIX INVOICES
01:48:45 TOTALING $23,121.28 INCLUDING THE TOTAL PERCENT
01:48:49 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 20 THREE
01:48:52 FOR THE ACCELERATED SIDEWALK ABATEMENT PROGRAM IS MORE SITE
01:48:57 SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC AND DESIGNED TO EXPEDITE REPAIRS OF HIGH
01:49:01 PRIORITY LOCATIONS AS WELL AS ADDRESS OUTSTANDING NOTICES TO
01:49:04 REPAIR AGAIN WE INSPECT AND NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS
01:49:08 AND OTHER ENTITIES WHEN DEFECTS NEED TO BE REPAIRED IF THEY
01:49:12 FAIL TO DO SO WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 30 DAYS A NOTICE OF
01:49:14 VIOLATION IS ISSUED WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE THE REPAIRS
01:49:17 WITHIN 15 DAYS AND AN ASSOCIATED BLIGHT FEE
01:49:21 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 80
01:49:24 IF THE DEPARTMENT MAKES REPAIRS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS BEHALF
01:49:28 AND THEY FAIL TO PAY OR ELECT TO HAVE THE COSTS PUT ON THEIR
01:49:29 PROPERTY TAXES WE SUBMIT FOR IT TO BE ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL FOR
01:49:33 THIS YEAR THE PROPERTIES ON THE REMAINING LIST HAVE BEEN
01:49:36 ASSESSED THE BLIGHT FEE ONLY SINCE THE LAST HEARING AND MAY
01:49:41 OF 2024 UP UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 20 2650 INVOICES WERE ISSUED TO
01:49:45 PROPERTY OWNERS 17 HAVE BEEN PAID LEAVING A TOTAL OF 34
01:49:50 UNPAID INVOICES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FOR YOUR
01:49:51 CONSIDERATION AS OF 11 A.M. TODAY, 19 INVOICES TOTALING
01:49:57 $7,519 WERE REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST IN THE RECENT
01:50:01 WEEKS 12 OF THOSE 19 HAVE BEEN PAID.
01:50:04 SEVEN OF THE 19 INVOICES HAVE BEEN WAIVED.
01:50:07 THOSE ADDRESSES INCLUDE 525 SEVENTH AVENUE 6 OR 4 WALLER
01:50:11 STREET 431 CASTRO STREET 1741 TERRIBLE STREET 7 OR 8 ELLIS
01:50:17 STREET AND TWO INVOICES FOR 571 NEVADA STREET.
01:50:22 THEREFORE WE ARE SUBMITTING THE REMAINING 15 INVOICES TOTALING
01:50:28 $6,647.20 INCLUDING THE 12% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
01:50:31 IT IS HERE THAT THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE BOARD'S APPROVAL
01:50:34 OF BOTH LISTS FOR AGENDA ITEM 22 AND 24.
01:50:38 WELL, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND I DON'T
01:50:42 SEE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES SO THANK YOU.
01:50:46 WE WILL NOW OPEN THESE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:50:50 IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
01:50:53 ON ITEMS 21 THROUGH 24 THE LEAN MATTERS MATTERS.
01:50:57 YOU MAY COME UP TO THE PODIUM OR LINE UP ON THE ON YOUR RIGHT
01:51:00 MY MY LEFT IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THESE ITEMS THAT DO NOT WANT TO
01:51:05 PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:51:09 SPEAK WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER TO RESOLVE
01:51:12 YOUR ISSUE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN.
01:51:16 ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES TO PROVIDE YOUR
01:51:19 COMMENTS. MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
01:51:22 CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER WELCOME WELCOME COME TO THE PODIUM SIR.
01:51:26 >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
01:51:27 MY NAME IS BORIS FORDHAM AND YOU TRY TO SPEAK CLOSER
01:51:30 CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
01:51:34 MY NAME IS BORDERS FOOD AND I'M THE OWNER OF FIVE ON FOR
01:51:37 VISITATION. FIRST OF ALL ON THIS LIST THIS
01:51:40 PROPERTY TWICE ON THE LIST. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY BUT I'M
01:51:44 TRYING TO BUILD IT HERE IN THIS BUILDING FOR LAST SIX YEARS I
01:51:48 APPLIED THROUGH IDBI THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT WHICH IS AS I
01:51:52 HEARD IT'S VERY BUREAUCRATIC. SEE TO SOMEBODY COMING HERE
01:51:55 AND I WENT TO DUBAI THERE'S NO WAY TO GO THROUGH AND SPEAK TO
01:51:59 SOMEONE BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME.
01:52:03 THERE'S NO SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT AND THE LAST I KNOW THE
01:52:07 PROJECT IS BEING HELD BY REQUEST TO PUT THE THREE WHICH
01:52:13 IS ON THE REVISION NUMBER FOR FIRST THREE REVISION THEY WERE
01:52:15 OKAY TO TAKE THE FEES INSTEAD OF THREE AND WHEN I PROVIDED
01:52:20 THE PICTURE TO TWO PEOPLE WHO REQUESTED THE THREE BECAUSE
01:52:27 THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT THE THREE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING
01:52:30 BECAUSE THERE'S A BUS STOP ELECTRICAL POLE AND DRIVEWAY
01:52:35 AND THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT REPLYING SO I HAVE NO CLUE
01:52:39 WHERE TO GET FROM HERE BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO DUBAI THIS SAYS
01:52:43 WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR YOU TO SPEAK SEND EMAIL WHEN
01:52:47 YOU SEND EMAIL THE PEOPLE ARE NOT REPLYING BUT YOU DO HAVE
01:52:51 PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE TIME TO GO AND GIVE ME A FINE WHICH IS THE
01:52:58 WORK WHICH THEY REQUESTED ME TO DO HAVE TO BE REDONE BECAUSE
01:53:01 ACCORDING TO THEIR NOTES I HAVE TO CUT REMOVE THE CUT OF THE
01:53:06 CURB SO THAT WHAT IT IS THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THIS BUILDING.
01:53:17 OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.
01:53:18 IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
01:53:22 CHAMBER, WOULD YOU? >> CHUNG WILL YOU AND YOUR TEAM
01:53:25 SIGNAL TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE TO
01:53:29 NEGOTIATE WITH YOU JUST GET THEIR ATTENTION AND DIRECT THEM
01:53:32 TO GO INTO THE HALLWAY PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.
01:53:36 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU.
01:53:39 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. SAN FRANCISCO.
01:53:40 MY NAME IS STARCHILD. I'M CHAIR OF THE LIBERTARIAN
01:53:44 PARTY OF SAN FRANCISCO LP ASPHAUG AND I FIND THIS WHOLE
01:53:51 EXERCISE AND SIDEWALK INSPECTION REPREHENSIBLE.
01:53:55 THERE'S A BACKLOG OF COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY
01:53:59 SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING
01:54:03 SIDEWALKS THAT NEED REPAIRING. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR THE
01:54:07 CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THAT BACKLOG
01:54:08 AND THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO THEIR
01:54:12 ATTENTION THAT NEED FIXING TO BE GOING OUT AND DOING
01:54:13 INSPECTIONS AND THEN BASICALLY NAILING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR
01:54:16 SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
01:54:20 IT'S UNFAIR TO THEM AND IT'S ALSO UNFAIR TO THE PUBLIC
01:54:23 BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SIDEWALKS HERE.
01:54:24 IF YOU MAKE THE PROPERTY OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR
01:54:27 REPAIRS TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS THAT WILL NATURALLY GIVE THEM A
01:54:31 FEELING OF ENTITLEMENT OWNERSHIP OF THOSE SIDEWALKS.
01:54:34 BUT THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT THEIRS.
01:54:35 THEY BELONG TO THE PUBLIC AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE
01:54:38 PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO LIVE NEARBY THAT GET STUCK FOR THE
01:54:42 BILL REPAIRING THEM. AGAIN, THIS ENCOURAGES AN
01:54:46 ENTITLEMENT AND SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND THEN THEY FEEL
01:54:47 LIKE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THOSE SIDEWALKS
01:54:50 AND KEEP OTHER PEOPLE OFF THEM OR OUT OF THE AREA OR WHATEVER
01:54:51 IT IS CREATES MORE NIMBYISM. AND WHY DOESN'T THE CITY
01:54:54 GOVERNMENT JUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
01:54:58 REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC OF THINGS THAT NEED FIXING?
01:55:01 I KNOW THERE'S A BACKLOG FOR THAT.
01:55:02 IF YOU CHECKED THERE'S PROBABLY A VERY LONG LIST OF STREETS
01:55:05 AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED REPAIRING.
01:55:06 I THINK THIS INSPECTION PROGRAM IS JUST BASICALLY A WAY TO
01:55:09 EXTORT MORE MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC AND PUT IT IN THE CITY
01:55:13 GOVERNMENT COFFERS. THANK YOU.
01:55:14 THANK YOU. STARCHILD FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:55:16 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. NOW THIS THIS IS NO GENERAL
01:55:21 PUBLIC WARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RICHARD SD PETERSON.
01:55:25 I WILL BE NOT TALKING ON THE GENERAL COMMENTS BECAUSE THE
01:55:28 COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO MAKE ACTUALLY RELATE TO THE PUBLIC
01:55:32 SIDEWALKS ON THE WAY OVER HERE WALKING FROM MARKET STREET TO
01:55:39 BY THE UP THE THE BUILDING THE EDUCATION BUILDING TO CITY HALL
01:55:47 I WAS NEARLY STRUCK I WAS STRUCK BY ONE UP AND ELECTRIC
01:55:54 SCOOTER AND I WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY TWO BICYCLISTS ON THE
01:55:59 SIDEWALK. NOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO REPAIR
01:56:02 THE SIDEWALKS, ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR OUTSIDE ANY OF THAT MONEY
01:56:06 THAT YOU MAY BE COLLECTING MAYBE FOR ENFORCING THE NO
01:56:10 VEHICLES ON THE SIDEWALK? >> THANK YOU.
01:56:15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
01:56:19 PLEASE COME ON UP. WELCOME.
01:56:22 HELLO. MY NAME IS WOODY ALBERTINE
01:56:26 AND MRS. RUBY, ONE OF MY MRS. RUBY TRIPPED AND FELL AND DIED
01:56:33 WHILE WALKING HER DOG ON THE MCALLISTER STREET BETWEEN
01:56:38 LAGUNA AND WEBSTER THE SIDEWALK A BRICK WAS LIFTED BY TREE
01:56:44 ROOTS. IT WAS ONLY WHEN SHE DIED FROM
01:56:45 TRIPPING AND FALLING THAT THE SIDEWALK WAS FIXED.
01:56:48 >> TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALK TO
01:56:52 BE ON THE PROPERTY OWNER WHILE THE CITY ENTITY DPW ISSUES
01:56:56 FINES I DON'T BELIEVE THIS ACTION BEST SERVES THE PUBLIC.
01:57:01 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:57:04 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY HALL.
01:57:08 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE JUST CAME OUT
01:57:13 OF COVID AND A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
01:57:16 BARELY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THEIR HOMES
01:57:20 AND I'LL GET IT TAKEN AWAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
01:57:23 >> AND I THINK THIS IS A TIME WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
01:57:24 BARELY SURVIVING ARE GETTING ATTACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH
01:57:27 MORE TAXES AND FINES WHICH IS WHAT ALL OF YOU DID TODAY JUST
01:57:31 ADD MORE TAXES ON TO THE CITIZENS THAT OWN HOUSES
01:57:35 AND PROPERTY AND AND BUSINESSES AND I JUST THINK IT'S VERY NICE
01:57:38 AND EVERYTHING FOR YOU ALL TO SAY SOMETHING IS FREE BUT
01:57:42 NOTHING IS FREE. YOU'RE TAXING PEOPLE AND YOU
01:57:46 SAY FREE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PAY
01:57:47 ATTENTION TO POLITICS. YOU ARE ALL VERY INTELLIGENT
01:57:50 PEOPLE. YOU ALL WENT TO VERY GOOD
01:57:54 SCHOOLS. SO DID I.
01:57:54 I ALSO WENT TO VERY GOOD SCHOOLS AND I'M ALSO VERY
01:57:58 INTELLIGENT PERSON BUT I AM NOT A BAD PERSON AND I DON'T
01:58:01 APPRECIATE HOW YOU ALL ARE UP HERE SAYING THIS IS FREE
01:58:02 UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE IS NOT FREE.
01:58:05 >> YOU'RE GOING TO TAX PEOPLE UNLESS YOU GET GRANTS WHICH
01:58:09 MOST OF YOU DON'T. >> AND I DIDN'T SEE A GRANT ON
01:58:10 THIS ON THIS UNIVERSAL MA'AM, THIS IS NOT GENERAL PUBLIC
01:58:13 COMMENT. >> OKAY.
01:58:14 SO YOU AND ALSO IT'S COMING ON THE SIDEWALK SO LET ME FINISH
01:58:17 ON THE SIDEWALK ALSO I WANT YOU TO MAYBE THINK AND BE A LITTLE
01:58:21 LENIENT ON THE FINES AND MAYBE GIVE THEM MORE TIME OR DON'T DO
01:58:24 IT AT ALL AND THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE LIKE I
01:58:28 SAID, BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE BARELY SURVIVING AND BARELY
01:58:31 KEEPING THEIR HOMES ESPECIALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:58:34 YES, THE PEOPLE HERE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT EVEN ALL THE MONEY
01:58:36 THEY MAKE THEY STILL CAN'T AFFORD IT.
01:58:39 >> SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:58:40 ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO
01:58:43 IS ACTUALLY HERE WHO NEEDS TO DISCUSS THE LIENS PURSUANT TO
01:58:47 THEIR PROPERTY? >> WELCOME.
01:58:48 HELLO. MY NAME'S MICHAEL RUSHING.
01:58:50 I'M SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 23.
01:58:54 I WAS ASSESSED A FINE. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE
01:58:58 BEEN. THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALK
01:59:02 IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. A LARGE SECTION BECAUSE OF A
01:59:03 TREE ROOTS AND POPPED IT UP. AND THE DPW HAS COME BY PUT
01:59:09 GREEN MARKS ON IT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FIX.
01:59:13 THEY NEVER FIXED ANYTHING. THEY COME BY AND PUT WHITE
01:59:17 MARKS IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHICH ISN'T IN THE PATH OF
01:59:20 TRAVEL. >> THERE'S NO THERE'S NO
01:59:21 TRIPPING HAZARDS. ANYTHING THERE?
01:59:24 BUT NOW THEY SEND ME A BLIGHT. FINE.
01:59:27 AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
01:59:28 THAT'S ENOUGH. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
01:59:32 ARE YOU GOING TO GO INTO THE HALLWAY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
01:59:36 WITH THE D P W INSPECTORS? MR. RIGHT, WELCOME.
01:59:42 >> THANKS. THE SIDEWALK INSPECTION IS
01:59:44 ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF POOR SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT
01:59:47 AND SHIFTING THE BLAME TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A THING
01:59:51 TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM. THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT
01:59:55 PLANTING THOSE TREES. THAT'S ROOTS THAT'S CAUSING THE
01:59:58 SIDEWALKS TO BUCKLE AND CAUSES VIOLATIONS AND SAFETY HAZARDS.
02:00:05 YOU ALWAYS SHIFTING THE BLAME TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE
02:00:09 A THING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM.
02:00:10 THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY IS SEVEN
02:00:13 GOD SYSCO. YOU'RE THE ONE PLANTING THOSE
02:00:17 TREES ON THAT PROPERTY AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO CHARGE THE
02:00:21 PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY FOR IT. THIS IS THE RESULT OF PEOPLE
02:00:25 PACKING UP AND LEAVING. THE CITY HAS LOST $25 BILLION
02:00:32 IN REVENUE BECAUSE OF THIS TECHNIQUE THAT YOU APPLIED TO
02:00:36 NOT ONLY HIGH INCOME MULTI MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES
02:00:40 BUT NOW YOU'RE DOING IT TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT BARELY
02:00:44 SURVIVED WITH A HIGH PAYING JOB AND YOU'RE TAXING THEM.
02:00:48 SO FOR YOU TO SIT UP THERE AND PENALIZE THEM FOR FUNDS
02:00:55 THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
02:00:57 AND SHIFT THE BLAME OVER THERE IS AS RIDICULOUS AS DISGUST.
02:01:03 AND IT IS SCANDALOUS. SO FOR THAT CONTINUATION WHICH
02:01:08 IS A PATTERN WHICH DEMONSTRATES THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION
02:01:12 WHENEVER IT IS A NEGATIVE CASH FLOW, A MULTIMILLION BILLION
02:01:17 DOLLAR NEGATIVE CASH FLOW IS ALWAYS BECAUSE OF THE CITY
02:01:20 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S ADMINISTRATION ALWAYS.
02:01:27 AND THEN YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A THING TO DO
02:01:29 IT WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT. I REPEAT WE HAVE LOST A MINIMUM
02:01:37 OF $25 BILLION IN TAX REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
02:01:41 USE THIS TECHNIQUE ON PACKED UP AND LEFT THE CITY.
02:01:45 >> ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
02:01:48 SPEAKER PLEASE? THIS IS SPECIFIC TO SIDEWALK
02:01:53 ABATEMENT. YES.
02:01:54 YOU ACCELERATED SIDEWALK REPAIR?
02:01:57 YES. WELCOME.
02:01:57 THANK YOU. ELISA ROCHELLE HERE, RESIDENT
02:02:01 OF BABY BONUS POINT DISTRICT TEN.
02:02:04 >> THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
02:02:08 I FELL ONTO A METAL GATE BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS.
02:02:12 >> THE ROOFS OF THE SIDEWALK STICKING UP AND YES, THE GRAY
02:02:16 EXCUSE ME THE GREEN SPRAY PAINT WAS THERE FOR MONTHS.
02:02:20 >> THERE WERE TWO WOMEN WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING WHERE
02:02:26 I TRIPPED AND FELL AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT IT'S BEEN LIKE
02:02:30 THAT FOR MONTHS AND IT'S VERY IT'S INCHES HIGH.
02:02:34 >> AND SO THE FOLKS WHO OWN AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
02:02:42 BUILDING HAS NOT REPAIRED IT. >> I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE GREEN
02:02:47 SPRAY COMES WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?
02:02:50 >> BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE CITY THAT HAS COME OUT AND DID THAT
02:02:54 AND NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE. I WILL GO BACK AND CHECK
02:02:58 AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS AS OF YET.
02:03:01 LAST TIME I WENT BY THERE THERE WAS SOME WORK BEING DONE BUT
02:03:05 NOT ON THE EXACT SPOT WHERE THE TREE ROOTS WERE COMING UP
02:03:06 AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DOWN. >> SO THAT WHOLE BLOCK IS KIND
02:03:10 OF MESSED UP BETWEEN THIRD AND CASITA ON THE EXCUSE ME
02:03:15 QUESADA AND PALU ON THIRD STREET.
02:03:18 AND SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?
02:03:20 >> WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR
02:03:23 A WEEK? I HAD TO GET CHILD CARE FOR A
02:03:28 WEEK BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO CARE FOR MY CHILD.
02:03:31 >> SO HOW DOES THAT GET TAKEN CARE OF?
02:03:37 AND I HAVE CALLED 311 AND SUBMITTED THAT AND I ALSO
02:03:39 HAVE THE CITY FORM THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR A
02:03:46 COMPLAINT. >> SO JUST PUT THAT ON THE
02:03:47 RECORD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
02:03:49 AND IF YOU COULD GO OUTSIDE TO THE HALLWAY TO REPORT THAT
02:03:51 INFORMATION TO THE DPW SIDEWALK INSPECTOR THAT WOULD BE
02:03:57 HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU.
02:03:58 DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO HAS A LINE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
02:04:01 TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
02:04:04 OTHERWISE THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
02:04:08 >> JUST IN GENERAL I THINK THE SIDEWALKS ARE TOO HIGH.
02:04:12 THEY'RE TOO HIGH AND I FELL ALMOST A COUPLE OF TIMES
02:04:13 BECAUSE I HAD TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHEN I'M YOU KNOW I GOT
02:04:18 TO LIFT MY PUT UP LIKE THIS JUST TO GO UP THERE, YOU KNOW
02:04:21 WHAT I MEAN? MAKE SURE THAT I CAN'T WALK
02:04:23 LIKE NORMALLY ON THE SIDEWALKS BE GET CROSSING THE STREETS.
02:04:27 >> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT UM, I JUST THINK THE
02:04:31 SIDEWALKS ARE TOO HIGH, YOU KNOW?
02:04:35 AND I'M ALMOST FELL A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE PILE HOLES ARE
02:04:39 WOULD YOU CONSIDER THOSE POTHOLES BREAKING AWAY THE
02:04:40 CEMENT? >> I DON'T KNOW.
02:04:42 I THINK IS SOMETHING GOING ON UNDER SAN FRANCISCO THAT'S
02:04:47 CAUSING THESE REOCCURRING ISSUES WHEN THEY GET FIXED?
02:04:50 YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING GOING ON MORE SO
02:04:53 GOING ON BENEATH THE SURFACE OF WHY THESE REOCCURRING ISSUES
02:04:57 KEEP COMING UP ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS IS MY OPINION.
02:05:02 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:05:05 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
02:05:08 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
02:05:12 AND ON ON THESE ITEMS WE'LL WE'LL BE DOING REAL PUBLIC
02:05:17 COMMENT ITEMS 21 AND 23 HAVE BEEN HEARD HAVE BEEN HEARD
02:05:24 AND ARE NOW FILED. >> UM AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS
02:05:28 TO SPEAK WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT
02:05:31 ON THEIR PROPERTY YOU SHOULD GO OUT INTO THE HALLWAY NOW STAFF
02:05:35 IS OUT THERE. THEY WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT
02:05:36 YOUR ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO ITEMS 22
02:05:42 AND 24 OR LATER IN THE MEETING .
02:05:49 >> MADAM CLERK COULD WE GO TO OUR LAST 3 P.M. SPECIAL COURT
02:05:55 SPECIAL ORDER PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 25 YES.
02:05:57 >> ITEM 25 SCHEDULED PURSUANT TO A MOTION M 20 DASH 125
02:06:02 APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 2020.
02:06:05 ITEM 25 IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD TO CONVENE A
02:06:09 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO HEAR AND RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE
02:06:10 PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE UNITED STATES
02:06:13 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDING TIONS PERTAINING
02:06:17 TO REFORMS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
02:06:20 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU PRESIDENT, MADAM AND COLLEAGUES
02:06:24 THERE IS NOT MUCH NEW INFORMATION TO REPORT SO WE'RE
02:06:28 I'M REQUESTING THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO NOVEMBER 10TH
02:06:31 2026. THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE
02:06:35 THE ITEM TO WHAT DATE? NOVEMBER 10TH.
02:06:40 NOVEMBER 10TH. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND SECOND
02:06:42 BY CHEN AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT BEFORE WE TAKE THAT MOTION WE
02:06:46 NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE.
02:06:49 SO THIS IS JUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 25
02:06:55 TO NOVEMBER 10TH. IF THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS
02:06:56 YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
02:06:59 MATTER WILL BE CONTINUED. COME ON UP AND LINE UP
02:07:08 SUPERVISORS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT COPS COMMUNITY ORIENTED
02:07:13 POLICING SERVICES THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHICH WE
02:07:21 ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE KILLINGS AND SHOOTINGS
02:07:28 AND WE NEED DUE DILIGENCE FROM THE POLICE AND THE VARIOUS TYPE
02:07:36 OF COMMITTEES THEY FORMED WHO REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
02:07:42 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HARMED AND HOW WE HAD TO GO
02:07:49 ATTEND THIS LONG MEETINGS ONLY FOR SOMETHING TO BE ANNOUNCED
02:07:57 ON AN AGENDA LIKE THIS AND SAY ALL RIGHT, LET'S CONTINUE IT
02:08:00 CONTINUE ABOUT WHAT THIS CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IS
02:08:05 GOING TO THE HOGS. >> THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS
02:08:09 WHICH NOW ARE NEUTRALIZED IN WASHINGTON DC.
02:08:16 THERE IS NO REAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
02:08:20 SO COPS HAD SOME FUNDS. WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT THE
02:08:28 STATE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO IT AND I WANT TO KNOW WHICH OF
02:08:32 YOUR SUPERVISORS ATTENDED THE MEETINGS AND WHAT THE DO YOU
02:08:36 KNOW ABOUT COPS AND WHAT THE HAVE YOU DONE TO SAVE THOSE
02:08:40 PEOPLE OR HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HARMED?
02:08:43 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. DECOSTA MR.
02:08:47 RIGHT YOU AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MADE THE COMMENT
02:08:55 YOU WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS. THE VOTERS VOTE IS ALWAYS AN
02:08:58 ACCEPTED AND FUNDS THAT WE VOTED FOR IS ALWAYS SPENT
02:09:05 AND ENJOYED BY PEOPLE IN HIGH INCOME BRACKETS.
02:09:08 >> FOR EXAMPLE PROPOSITION C WE VOTED FOR PROPOSITION C WHICH
02:09:13 WAS A MEASURE TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO ARE
02:09:20 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. HOMELESS WERE A COMBINATION OF
02:09:23 BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND OUT IN THE
02:09:24 STREET AND PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.
02:09:28 NOW FAST FORWARD TO THE PRESENT DATE YOU GET THE MAYOR AND I
02:09:32 AGREE I DON'T AGREE IF THIS BOARD GOES ALONG WELL WITH THE
02:09:37 MAYOR IS DOING IS USING FUNDS FROM THAT VOTED PROPOSAL
02:09:43 AND AGREED TO AND VOTED ON TO BE ENJOYED BY PEOPLE IN HIGH
02:09:47 INCOME BRACKETS DOES MAKE MAKING 200,000 TO $230,000 A
02:09:54 YEAR TO PAY FOR THEIR CHILD CARE.
02:09:58 WHY THEY MAKE MAKING THAT MUCH MONEY PER YEAR THOSE FUNDS FOR
02:10:02 PROPOSITION C IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE
02:10:06 YOU DEMONSTRATING AGAIN THAT YOU JUST OPPOSITE OF ROBIN HOOD
02:10:10 ROBIN HOOD STEALS FROM THE RICH AND GIVES FROM THE POOR.
02:10:14 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS STEALING MONEY FROM THE PROGRAMS FOR THE
02:10:17 POOR AND GIVING IT AND BENEFITING IT FOR THE RICH.
02:10:21 >> IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT'S UNETHICAL AND IS DISGUSTING
02:10:24 AND IT'S DISCRIMINATION NOW ALSO THIS $1.5 BILLION THAT YOU
02:10:35 WERE DEALT WITH, YOU GOT NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOURSELVES.
02:10:39 POOR SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY THERE TO
02:10:42 . AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU
02:10:43 ALSO LOST TWO POINT FIVE B BILLION STRIKE THAT $25 BILLION
02:10:53 IN TAX REVENUE BECAUSE THE BIG COMPANIES PACKING UP
02:10:56 AND LEAVING. >> SO THAT'S A TOTAL A 20 $6.5
02:10:59 BILLION THAT YOU WASTED AND ABOUT YOU CELEBRATE
02:11:03 IN CELEBRATING ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE ST PATRICK'S DAY MADE
02:11:07 SEVEN POINT $5 BILLION MILLION DOLLARS THAT DAY.
02:11:10 >> MR.. BUT THIS IS SPECIFIC THIS IS
02:11:13 NOT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS OR I THOUGHT YOU SAID GENERAL
02:11:17 PUBLIC CAN THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF
02:11:21 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
02:11:24 JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS? OH WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME
02:11:29 THAT. >> I THINK YOU MR. RIGHT MR.
02:11:32 QUINN CHANDLER AND SPEAKING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
02:11:36 AND FRANCISCO DE CASCA SPOKE VERY WELL.
02:11:40 I WENT TO FRANCISCO THE COSCO WHEN MY SON WAS MURDERED
02:11:43 CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND I STILL DID NOT GET
02:11:44 ANY JUSTICE. I HAD TO BE THE ONE TO FIGHT
02:11:48 FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND FOR THE ARREST OF THE MURDER OF MY
02:11:52 SON JELANI JAY MASTER JOHN MARIN DE DE SAN FRANCISCO
02:11:56 QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE AND I AM GOING TO SPEAK AT THE END WITH
02:11:59 GENERAL BUT THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:12:02 THE POLITICAL SYSTEM HAS FAILED THE COMMON PEOPLE AND THE
02:12:06 DISENFRANCHIZED AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME THAT MANY OF YOU
02:12:10 THAT KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A PRICE
02:12:11 BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO YOU HAVE US COME HERE AND SPEAK BEHIND
02:12:15 THESE WALLS AND ACTUALLY NOTHING HAPPENS.
02:12:18 >> MANY OF YOUR FIGHT IS FOR YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS AND I
02:12:22 KNOW THAT AND THE DISRESPECT THIS MIGHT BE OFF BUT THE
02:12:27 DISRESPECT OF YOU GIVEN THE BLACK NATION A REPARATIONS THAT
02:12:30 HAS TO DO WITH A GO FUND ME IS AN INSULT AND I'M A LEAVE YOU
02:12:34 WITH THIS. WHAT YOU PUT OUT IS WHAT YOU
02:12:38 DON'T GET BACK BECAUSE YOU HAVING US BEG YOU FOR SOMETHING
02:12:41 THAT YOU KNOW WAS RIGHTFULLY VOTED AT THIS AT THIS THIS THIS
02:12:44 THIS EXCUSE ME THIS CHAMBER HERE.
02:12:45 SO I'M GOING TO COME AND SPEAK AT THE END.
02:12:49 BUT IT'S NO JUSTICE IN THIS IN THIS STATE AND IS SURE NO
02:12:52 JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
02:12:54 TIME THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
02:12:59 THANK YOU, MISS CHANDLER STARCHILD THANK YOU, MADAM
02:13:03 CLERK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
02:13:07 >> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAN FRANCISCO.
02:13:11 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELAY IS BUT THIS ITEM KEEPS GETTING
02:13:12 CONTINUED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR LOCAL
02:13:16 POLICE TO COMPLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JUSTICE
02:13:19 DEPARTMENT? VERY IRONIC NOW THAT WE HAVE
02:13:23 YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CURRENT
02:13:26 ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS MORE ANTI LIBERTY AND MORE WILLING
02:13:30 TO TOLERATE POLICE ABUSE IN A POSITION OF TELLING THE LOCAL
02:13:34 POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY ARE OUT OF LINE AND IF THE LOCAL
02:13:39 POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH YOU CONTROL AND THE MAYOR CONTROLS
02:13:45 WOULD GET ITS ACT TOGETHER, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS
02:13:46 EMBARRASSING SITUATION OF HAVING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
02:13:49 LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS TO TELL THE LOCAL POLICE HOW TO DO
02:13:54 THEIR JOBS. ONE REASON IS THAT THEY DON'T
02:13:57 HAVE ANY COMPETITION. BACK IN THE 1990S AND BEFORE
02:14:00 THEN ACTUALLY SINCE BEFORE THE SPD WAS CREATED THERE WAS A
02:14:04 GROUP CALLED THE PATROL SPECIALS WHO WERE BASICALLY
02:14:05 LIKE PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS EXCEPT THEY COULD MOVE AROUND
02:14:08 FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION. THEY HAD BEATS AND PEOPLE HIRED
02:14:11 THE MERCHANT GROUPS HIRE THEM AND OTHER PEOPLE HIRE THEM TO
02:14:14 PROVIDE MORE EXTRA SECURITY AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
02:14:18 THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANTED IN THE CASTRO THERE'S A PLAQUE
02:14:21 DEDICATED TO ONE OF THEM JANE WARNER AT THE CORNER OF MARKET
02:14:25 AND 17TH WHO WAS A LONG TIME PATROL SPECIAL OFFICER INJURED
02:14:28 IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND A MUCH LOVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
02:14:30 I THINK YOU SHOULD TRY TO BRING BACK THE PATROL SPECIALS,
02:14:34 PROVIDE SOME COMPETITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHOW THEM
02:14:37 WHAT GOOD POLICING LOOKS LIKE. HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE
02:14:41 IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF
02:14:43 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THEN WE WANT TO HAVE THAT TRUMP
02:14:45 ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS
02:14:46 IN THIS EMBARRASSING FASHION. >> THANK YOU.
02:14:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE PLEASE.
02:14:53 ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
02:14:56 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO
02:15:00 REFORMS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?
02:15:01 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
02:15:04 PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE IS
02:15:07 NOW CLOSED. SUPERVISOR WALTON HAS MADE MUST
02:15:10 CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO NOVEMBER 10TH.
02:15:11 IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHEN.
02:15:15 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE
02:15:18 ITEM 25 TO NOVEMBER 10TH SUPERVISOR WANG WONG EYES
02:15:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
02:15:30 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
02:15:34 ABSENT SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI RANDLEMAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
02:15:38 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
02:15:45 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I THERE ARE NINE EYES AND THE
02:15:49 HEARING IS CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER 10TH.
02:15:52 >> ALL RIGHT MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS PLEASE
02:15:56 CALL ITEM NUMBER 26 ITEM 26 WAS CONSIDERED BY THE RULES
02:15:59 COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY MAY 11TH.
02:16:03 IT WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH THE
02:16:06 SAME TITLE IT NOW READS ITEM 26 ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
02:16:10 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE THE DOWNTOWN HOSPITALITY ZONE
02:16:17 IN MULTIPLE AREAS BOUNDED BY FIFTH STREET FROM FOLSOM STREET
02:16:22 TO MARKET STREET SERIAL MAGNON STREET FROM MARKET TO EDDY
02:16:25 STREET EDDY STREET FROM CIRCLE MAGNIN STREET TO MASON STREET
02:16:29 MASON STREET FROM EDDY STREET TO ELLIS STREET ELLIS STREET
02:16:33 FROM MASON STREET TO TAYLOR STREET TAYLOR STREET FROM ELLIS
02:16:37 STREET TO POST STREET POST STREET FROM TAYLOR STREET TO
02:16:40 MASON STREET MASON STREET FROM POST STREET TO BUSH STREET BUSH
02:16:44 STREET FROM MASON MASON STREET TO KEARNY STREET KEARNY STREET
02:16:48 FROM BUSH STREET TO MARKET STREET MARKET STREET FROM THIRD
02:16:50 STREET TO SECOND STREET SECOND STREET FROM MARKET STREET TO
02:16:54 FOLSOM STREET AND FOLSOM STREET FROM SECOND STREET TO FIFTH
02:16:57 STREET. AND TO AFFIRMED THE PLANNING
02:16:58 DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
02:17:01 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU
02:17:09 PRESIDENT AMENDMENT BEFORE WE VOTE I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A
02:17:11 BIT OF CONTEXT ON THIS. THIS IS THE LOCAL
02:17:16 IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATE LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR UP TO 20
02:17:21 NEW LIQUOR LICENSES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR
02:17:22 DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO WITHIN A HOSPITALITY ZONE.
02:17:26 THE BOUNDARIES AS READ BY OUR CLERK WHICH IS ROUGHLY SPLIT
02:17:32 BETWEEN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT SIX WITH
02:17:33 SUPERVISOR DORSEY. THIS STATE LAW WAS INTRODUCED
02:17:37 OVER A YEAR AGO IN FEBRUARY 2025, THEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY
02:17:40 GOVERNOR NEWSOM IN OCTOBER 2025.
02:17:43 AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE TODAY IS THE LOCAL
02:17:47 IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT SINCE THE SIGNING BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
02:17:53 IN OCTOBER OF 2025, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN ENGAGING WITH
02:17:55 KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN GATE RESTAURANT
02:17:59 ASSOCIATION, UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE THROUGH YERBA BUENA
02:18:02 PARTNERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT BAR OWNERS AND WE HAVE BEEN PART OF
02:18:05 THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED
02:18:09 FROM BAR OWNERS, AN AMENDMENT WAS MADE AND RULES COMMITTEE
02:18:13 YESTERDAY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TOTAL LICENSES AVAILABLE
02:18:16 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM FROM 20 TO 15.
02:18:19 THE STATE LAW DICTATES THAT A MAXIMUM OF TEN LICENSES CAN BE
02:18:23 GRANTED IN THE FIRST YEAR WITHIN FIVE MORE AVAILABLE
02:18:26 IN THE SECOND YEAR. SO THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT MADE
02:18:29 YESTERDAY AND THE FILE IS AS AMENDED BEFORE YOU.
02:18:32 BUT THE FILE WAS ALSO DUPLICATED IN COMMITTEE
02:18:33 YESTERDAY WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND WILL GIVE US TIME
02:18:37 FOR FURTHER CONSIDERING FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
02:18:40 WE ARE UNDER A TIME CONSTRAINT HERE AS THERE IS A JULY 1ST
02:18:45 DEADLINE IN THE STATE LAW TO HAVE A LOCAL ORDINANCE
02:18:48 IN EFFECT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THAT DEADLINE
02:18:50 AND DO NOT LOSE THIS REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY.
02:18:52 SO IT IS MY INTENT TODAY THAT WE PASS THIS AND AGAIN HAVE
02:18:57 THAT DUPLICATED FILE IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
02:19:00 AMENDMENTS. >> THANKS SUPERVISOR JAN THANK
02:19:06 YOU. >> PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN I WILL
02:19:10 BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
02:19:14 LEGISLATION HAS BEEN DUPLICATED AT COMMITTEE AND THAT THERE'S
02:19:18 AN INTENTION TO AMEND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL PLAYING
02:19:25 FIELD FOR ALL THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
02:19:30 THAT HAVE LIQUOR LICENSE AND THAT WE DON'T END UP
02:19:36 SETTING UP A TWO TIER SYSTEM. SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
02:19:41 BUT I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE AMENDED VERSION OR TWO THAT
02:19:44 IT'S TO COME. >> THANK YOU.
02:19:48 CHAIR WALTON THANK YOU PRESIDENT AMENDMENT AND THANK
02:19:51 YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER FOR SUMMARIZING WHAT HAPPENED
02:19:55 IN THE RULES COMMITTEE YESTERDAY WE HAD A HEFTY
02:19:56 DISCUSSION AGAIN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT EXISTING
02:19:59 BUSINESSES AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
02:20:03 REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE
02:20:08 WERE NOT HAPPY TO BE PUT UP AGAINST THE GUN AND HAVING TO
02:20:12 MAKE THIS DECISION IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE WE
02:20:16 ARE CAUGHT UP AGAINST THE TIMELINE SO IT'S LIKE WE
02:20:20 SUPPORT IT OR WE DON'T BUT WE DID DUPLICATE THE FILE SO THAT
02:20:23 WE COULD WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE
02:20:27 THAT WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT TO USE THE TERM
02:20:31 MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY WOULD MOST CERTAINLY DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
02:20:35 TO SUPPORT FUTURE BUSINESS AND KEEP DOWNTOWN THRIVING BUT
02:20:39 TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRENT BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO THRIVE
02:20:42 AS WELL. >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
02:20:46 ECHOING WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR WALTON.
02:20:54 >> A LITTLE HEAD'S UP A LITTLE EARLIER WOULD HAVE SOLVED A LOT
02:20:56 OF PROBLEMS. I THINK THERE'S BEEN MUCH MORE
02:21:01 NEGOTIATION ON THIS MATTER, MUCH MORE BACK AND FORTH THAN I
02:21:08 AND PROBABLY MY MY COLLEAGUES ON THE RULES COMMITTEE WERE
02:21:12 MADE AWARE OF MY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS TO 24
02:21:16 HOURS REALLY HAVE MADE ME A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE WORK
02:21:20 THAT'S BEEN DONE. >> BUT AT SAME TIME I THINK A
02:21:24 LOT OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
02:21:25 I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE BACK AGAINST THE WALL.
02:21:28 I'M GLAD THAT WE DUPLICATED THE FILE.
02:21:29 I'M GOING TO BE VOTING TO SUPPORT THIS.
02:21:31 I THINK THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR WAS MUCH MORE
02:21:35 ROBUST THAN I WAS INITIALLY LED TO BELIEVE AND I APPRECIATE
02:21:36 THAT. I'M GLAD THAT'S TRUE.
02:21:38 SO I'LL BE VOTING SUPPORT ON THIS TODAY BUT I'M GLAD WE HAVE
02:21:42 A DUPLICATE FILE AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
02:21:45 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AND ITEM 26
02:21:48 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES
02:21:52 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES
02:21:57 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN MANDOLIN I
02:22:04 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR I
02:22:09 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
02:22:15 THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
02:22:18 PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL FOR
02:22:22 INTRODUCTIONS. >> SUPERVISOR WONG YOUR FIRST
02:22:23 UP TO INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS SUBMIT THANK YOU.
02:22:29 SUPERVISOR CHAN SUBMIT THANK YOU.
02:22:33 SUPERVISOR CHEN SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
02:22:34 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:22:37 COLLEAGUES I'M TODAY INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION
02:22:39 COMMEMORATING THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDMARK
02:22:41 CIVIL RIGHTS CASE JACOBO V HOPKINS WITH ZERO PRECEDENT TO
02:22:45 SUGGEST THEY MIGHT SUCCEED LEE YOCK AND THE CHINESE SIX
02:22:50 COMPANIES OF SAN FRANCISCO BRAVELY ASSERTED THE PROMISE OF
02:22:53 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IN 1885 WHEN THEY SUED OVER
02:22:56 DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT OF A LOCAL LAW.
02:22:59 THAT CASE REMAINS ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL EQUAL PROTECTION
02:23:00 PRECEDENTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HAS BEEN CITED
02:23:04 COUNTLESS TIMES IN RULINGS EVER SINCE.
02:23:07 IT WAS ALSO AMONG HISTORY'S FIRST INSTANCES IN WHICH SAN
02:23:10 FRANCISCANS OF PRINCIPLE AND DARING CHALLENGED AN
02:23:14 INJUSTICE AND IN SO DOING CHANGED AMERICA FOR THE BETTER.
02:23:18 IT'S ALSO AMONG THE ENDURING LEGACIES OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
02:23:19 CHINESE COMMUNITY. THE CASE AROSE BECAUSE UNDER A
02:23:22 LAW ENACTED BY THE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE CITY
02:23:26 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DENIED NECESSARY PERMITS TO ALL
02:23:30 BUT ONE OF MORE THAN 200 CHINESE LAUNDRIES INCLUDING
02:23:35 YAKS WHILE GRANTING PERMITS TO ALL BUT ONE WHITE OWNED
02:23:38 LAUNDRY. THE CITY DECLINED THE RENEWAL
02:23:41 OF LEE PERMIT DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAD OPERATED FOR MORE
02:23:45 THAN TWO DECADES WITH A CLEAN SAFETY RECORD.
02:23:47 HE WAS A FINED AND THEN IMPRISONED FOR REFUSING TO PAY
02:23:51 WHEN HE FILED SUIT IN 1885. HE DID SO ALONG WITH WOLSEY,
02:23:55 ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY OPERATOR.
02:23:56 THEY WERE BACKED BY THE CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT
02:23:59 ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHINESE SIX COMPANIES WHICH
02:24:04 RAISED SOME $20,000 FOR THE CASE.
02:24:06 THAT'S MORE THAN $600,000 IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.
02:24:09 THEIR LEGAL TEAM WAS LED BY AN ALL STAR ATTORNEY NAMED HELM
02:24:13 HALL MCALLISTER WHOSE STATUE STANDS ON THE STREET THAT STILL
02:24:16 BEARS HIS NAME RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL.
02:24:17 THE EQUAL CASE WAS APPEALED ALL THE WAY TO THE U.S. SUPREME
02:24:22 COURT AND ON MAY 10TH, 1886, THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT
02:24:24 ISSUED AN UNANIMOUS RULING THAT HELD THAT A LAW APPLIED IN A
02:24:28 RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY MANNER VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL
02:24:31 GUARANTEE OF EQUAL PROTECTION TO ALL PERSONS CITIZENS OR NOT.
02:24:36 THIS REMAINS A FOUNDATIONAL CASE IN AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE
02:24:39 AND IT IS PART OF A STILL LARGELY UNDERRECOGNIZED
02:24:43 TRADITION OF LEGAL ACTION BY CHINESE-AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS WHO
02:24:46 FOUGHT DISCRIMINATORY LAWS IN AMERICAN COURTS AT A TIME
02:24:50 WHEN THEY WERE BARRED FROM CITIZENSHIP AND LARGELY
02:24:51 STRIPPED OF POLITICAL POWER. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN
02:24:54 EVER TO CELEBRATE THAT HISTORY AND TO RECOGNIZE THE
02:24:58 ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
02:25:01 EDUCATION AND PLAYMAKING PLACEMAKING OUR POWERFUL TOOLS
02:25:04 TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE HISTORY.
02:25:05 WHICH IS WHY THIS RESOLUTION ALSO SUPPORTS PLACEMAKING AT
02:25:09 THE SITE OF YOUR LAUNDRY IN MY DISTRICT.
02:25:13 AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT MUCH OF MY CAREER AROUND LAWYERS IN THE
02:25:16 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
02:25:18 OFFICE, I'VE LONG BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE BUT ONLY LEARNED
02:25:21 RECENTLY THAT THE EQUAL LAUNDRY WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN MY
02:25:25 DISTRICT. SO I BELIEVE PLACEMAKING
02:25:26 AND PHYSICAL RECOGNITION NEAR THE SITE WOULD BE WARRANTED.
02:25:29 I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO
02:25:32 ORGANIZED THE EVENT YESTERDAY WHERE WE CELEBRATED THE CASE
02:25:37 AND SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THIS STORIED
02:25:38 HISTORY. WE WERE JOINED TO BY MY
02:25:40 COLLEAGUES SUPERVISORS RANDLEMAN SAUDER CHAN AND CHEN
02:25:44 WHO ARE CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION AND I HOPE IT CAN
02:25:47 EARN EVERYONE SUPPORT AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
02:25:49 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUPERVISOR
02:25:53 MAHMUD. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M
02:26:01 INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 1422
02:26:04 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARIA ELENA DURAZO WHICH WOULD
02:26:07 RESTORE FULL SCOPE MEDI-CAL ACCESS FOR UNDOCUMENTED ADULTS
02:26:11 IN CALIFORNIA. >> CALIFORNIA HAS MADE REAL
02:26:12 PROGRESS ON HEALTH COVERAGE. >> WE BROUGHT OUR UNINSURED
02:26:16 RATE DOWN TO ABOUT 6% THROUGH HEALTH FOR ALL EXPANSIONS
02:26:21 GIVING ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED CALIFORNIANS
02:26:23 ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE AND PRIMARY CARE.
02:26:26 >> THAT PROGRESS IS NOW AT RISK.
02:26:29 >> THE 20 2526 STATE BUDGET IMPOSED A FREEZE ON MEDI-CAL
02:26:33 ENROLLMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ADULTS WHICH IS PROJECTED TO
02:26:37 STRIP COVERAGE FROM OVER 1 MILLION CALIFORNIANS BY 2030.
02:26:40 >> CUTTING PEOPLE OFF FROM MEDI-CAL DOESN'T MAKE THEIR
02:26:44 HEALTH NEEDS DISAPPEAR. >> IT JUST PUSHES THOSE COSTS
02:26:45 ONTO COUNTIES, HOSPITALS AND EMERGENCY ROOMS INCREASING
02:26:49 UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND STRAINING LOCAL PUBLIC
02:26:53 HEALTH SYSTEMS LIKE OURS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:26:55 >> PREVENTIVE AND PRIMARY CARE SAVES MONEY.
02:26:59 WHEN PEOPLE CAN SEE A DOCTOR REGULARLY.
02:27:00 WE REDUCE AVOIDABLE E.R. VISITS, HOSPITALIZATIONS
02:27:04 AND LONG TERM COSTS TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
02:27:07 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS LONG SERVED AS A PROVIDER OF LAST
02:27:10 RESORT. >> THIS ENROLLMENT FREEZE WILL
02:27:11 DIRECTLY INCREASE THE FISCAL AND SERVICE BURDENS ON OUR
02:27:15 CITY. SB 1422 WOULD SUNSET THIS
02:27:17 ENROLLMENT FREEZE AND RESTORE FULL SCOPE MEDI-CAL BEGINNING
02:27:21 JANUARY 1ST, 2027. A COMMON SENSE INVESTMENT
02:27:25 IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
02:27:29 >> UNDOCUMENTED CALIFORNIANS CONTRIBUTE AN ESTIMATED $8.5
02:27:32 BILLION ANNUALLY IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
02:27:33 THEY DESERVE ACCESS TO THE SAME HEALTH CARE THAT KEEPS OUR
02:27:37 COMMUNITIES HEALTHY AND OUR ECONOMIES STRONG.
02:27:40 I WANT TO THANK SILVER AS A STARTER FOR BEING AN EARLY
02:27:42 CO-SPONSOR. >> AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
02:27:44 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD PRESIDENT
02:27:46 RANDLEMAN. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:27:51 I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. FIRST, I'M INTRODUCING A
02:27:59 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 8426 THE CRIME SURVIVORS
02:28:02 SUPPORT AND STABILITY ACT OF 2026 INTRODUCED BY
02:28:05 REPRESENTATIVE LATIFA SIMON AND REPRESENTATIVE AMELIA
02:28:09 SYKES. THIS LEGISLATION TAKES THREE
02:28:11 IMPORTANT STEPS FORWARD FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE.
02:28:12 IT DIRECTS STATES TO ENUMERATE AND PROTECT SURVIVOR RIGHTS
02:28:16 AND ESTABLISHES A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND COMMUNITY BASED
02:28:19 ORGANIZATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO
02:28:23 SURVIVORS. AND IT AUTHORIZES AUTHORIZES
02:28:27 STATE LEVEL VICTIM NEED SURVEYS TO STRENGTHEN THE EVIDENCE BASE
02:28:28 FOR FUTURE FEDERAL INVESTMENTS. THE NEED IS SUBSTANTIAL.
02:28:31 THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORTED
02:28:35 APPROXIMATELY 6.4 MILLION VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION IN THE
02:28:39 UNITED STATES IN 2023 WITH ASSOCIATED COSTS, MEDICAL
02:28:42 EXPENSES, LOST WAGES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TOTALING TENS
02:28:46 OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
02:28:46 VIOLENCE LEAVES PEOPLE MATERIALLY DEVASTATED AT THE
02:28:51 VERY MOMENT THEY ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
02:28:52 AND THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR THAT PRIOR VICTIMIZATION IS AMONG
02:28:55 THE STRONGEST PREDICTORS OF FUTURE VIOLENCE.
02:28:56 EXISTING VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAMS HAVE DONE IMPORTANT
02:29:00 WORK BUT THEY CONTAIN GAPS THAT LEAVE MANY SURVIVORS WITHOUT
02:29:03 ACCESS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS. THAT CONDITION ELIGIBILITY ON
02:29:06 REPORTING TO OR COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE
02:29:08 WELL-INTENTIONED, OFTEN EXCLUDE IMMIGRANTS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
02:29:12 SURVIVORS AND OTHERS WHOSE CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE COOPERATION
02:29:15 DIFFICULT OR UNSAFE. THESE ARE OFTEN THE SAME
02:29:16 INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE VIOLENCE AT DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH
02:29:19 RATES AND MAY NEED SUPPORT MOST URGENTLY.
02:29:22 H.R. 8426 ADDRESSES THOSE GAPS. UNDER THIS LEGISLATION,
02:29:26 SURVIVOR RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO ASSISTANCE WOULD NOT BE
02:29:28 CONDITIONED ON REPORTING IMMIGRATION STATUS, HOUSING
02:29:31 STATUS, ARREST OR CONVICTION RECORD OR ANY CLAIM THAT THE
02:29:34 SURVIVOR CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR OWN VICTIMIZATION.
02:29:36 >> DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE DELIVERED THROUGH COMMUNITY
02:29:39 BASED ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM INCOME AND ASSET
02:29:43 CALCULATIONS FOR FEDERAL MEANS TESTED PROGRAMS TO ENSURE IT
02:29:46 WOULD NOT REDUCE SURVIVORS ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER PUBLIC
02:29:50 BENEFITS. >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
02:29:53 AND THANK REPRESENTATIVE SIMON FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS
02:29:54 LEGISLATION AND REPRESENTATIVE SYKES FOR HER CO-SPONSORSHIP.
02:29:58 I ALSO WANT TO THANK IVEY LEE AND BARBARA LOPEZ IN THE
02:30:02 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR VICTIMS RIGHTS FOR FOR ALL THEIR HELP
02:30:05 WITH THIS RESOLUTION. AND I WANT TO THANK RONNELL THE
02:30:09 JOY IN MY OFFICE FOR HIS WORK AS WELL.
02:30:13 >> SECONDLY, COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S
02:30:17 MEETING IN MEMORY OF LAWRENCE MICHAEL STEPHANIE THE BELOVED
02:30:21 FATHER OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLYWOMAN STEPHANIE WHO
02:30:25 DIED ON APRIL 29TH, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 82.
02:30:29 >> HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 18TH, 1943, RAISED IN MASUD,
02:30:32 CALIFORNIA IN A TIGHT KNIT ITALIAN CATHOLIC FAMILY.
02:30:36 GROWING UP HE WORKED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
02:30:39 STEPHANIE CLOTHIERS. AFTER GRADUATING FROM
02:30:40 BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREP IN COLLEGE PREPARATORY IN 1961,
02:30:43 LAWRENCE MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF
02:30:47 NOTRE DAME. AT NOTRE DAME HE FORMED
02:30:50 LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS AND DEVELOPED A DEEP
02:30:51 AND ABIDING LOVE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS TRADITIONS.
02:30:54 LONG AFTER HE GRADUATED HE WOULD FILL HIS HOME WITH NOTRE
02:30:58 DAME SONGS, STORIES AND SPIRIT AND MANY OF US WILL REMEMBER
02:31:01 THAT HIS DAUGHTER ALSO CARRIED THAT AFFECTION WITH HER
02:31:03 AND TALKED ABOUT IT OFTEN. >> HE EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE
02:31:09 IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM UC BERKELEY BEFORE SERVING AS A
02:31:10 FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INCLUDING A YEAR
02:31:14 STATIONED IN VIETNAM IN 1968. HE WAS AWARDED THE ARMY
02:31:17 COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL
02:31:20 COMPETENCE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.
02:31:21 HE WENT ON TO BUILD A LONG AND RESPECTED CAREER
02:31:25 IN FINANCIAL SERVICES BEGINNING AT BANK OF AMERICA AND LATER AT
02:31:28 PAINEWEBBER AND UBS AND MORE SAID HE MANAGED ONE OF THE MOST
02:31:32 SUCCESSFUL BRANCH OFFICES AND PAINEWEBBER GROUP'S GLOBAL
02:31:33 INVESTMENT NETWORK. FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES
02:31:36 AND REMAINED DEEPLY COMMITTED TO MENTORING COLLEAGUES,
02:31:39 SERVING CLIENTS AND LEADING WITH INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT HIS
02:31:42 37 YEAR CAREER, HE AND HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
02:31:46 LARRY WAS ENDLESSLY CURIOUS, DEEPLY THOUGHTFUL AND FULL OF
02:31:48 LIFE. HE WAS AN AVID READER
02:31:50 AND DEVOTED STUDENT OF HISTORY, PARTICULARLY THE CIVIL WAR.
02:31:51 HE LOVED TRAVELING TO ITALY TO STAY CONNECTED TO HIS FAMILY
02:31:55 AND HERITAGE AND FOUND JOY IN MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE
02:31:58 THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. >> FROM SINGING IN A BOYS CHOIR
02:31:59 AND THE BELLOWING GLEE CLUB TO PERFORMING WITH THE MASUD
02:32:03 CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND LATER SERVING SINGING TENOR
02:32:07 AT ST PATRICK'S PARISH. >> ABOVE ALL HE WAS A DEVOTED
02:32:10 HUSBAND, FATHER, MENTOR AND FRIENDS.
02:32:14 HE MADE PEOPLE FEEL SEEN, VALUED, WELCOMED.
02:32:17 HIS WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT PLAN FOCUS EXECUTE AND PERSEVERANCE
02:32:21 AS THE PRICE OF GREATNESS REFLECTED THE VALUES BY WHICH
02:32:25 HE LIVED AND INSPIRED OTHERS INCLUDING KATHARINE TO DO THE
02:32:28 SAME. REST IN PEACE.
02:32:29 REST IN PEACE LAWRENCE STEPHANIE.
02:32:32 MAY YOUR MEMORY AND LEGACY BE A BLESSING AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
02:32:36 >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> NEXT UP IS SUPERVISOR
02:32:44 MELGAR. >> I THINK YOU COLLEAGUES
02:32:48 PRESIDENT IF IT'S OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO YOUR
02:32:52 IN MEMORIAM FOR OUR DEAR FORMER COLLEAGUES.
02:32:55 >> FATHER, DID YOU GET THAT APOLOGY?
02:32:59 >> WANTED TO BE ADDED TO THE IN MEMORIAM FOR NOW.
02:33:01 WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? >> YEAH.
02:33:04 ON BEHALF OF THE FULL I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
02:33:05 THANK YOU. >> OKAY.
02:33:07 AT COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO
02:33:12 URGE STATE OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT SENATE BILL 436 THAT IS AISHA
02:33:16 SCHWAB'S BILL THE KEEPING CALIFORNIA'S HOUSE ACT OF 2026
02:33:22 THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS IS TO PREVENT
02:33:27 PEOPLE FROM BEING HOMELESS. SB 436 IS A BILL THAT WOULD
02:33:30 EXTEND THE NOTICE PERIOD FOR RENTERS TO PAY, LAY RENT OR
02:33:36 MOVE OUT FROM THREE DAYS TO 14 DAYS.
02:33:38 A THREE DAY NOTICE PERIOD MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR RENTERS
02:33:40 TO FALL BEHIND ON RENT TO ACCESS EMERGENCY RENTAL
02:33:44 ASSISTANCE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT
02:33:47 FOR PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SUBSIDIES EITHER SECTION EIGHT
02:33:51 OR ANY OTHER LOCAL SUBSIDIES WHERE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A
02:33:52 BUREAUCRACY THAT MAY NOT MOVE AS FAST.
02:33:57 THE THREE DAY NOTICE WHETHER IT'S GETTING HELP FROM FAMILY
02:34:01 OR PAY IT AND GET HELP FROM SOMEONE IS SHORT.
02:34:05 SO IN 2022 THE POLICY PROVIDES WAS AGREED AND UNANIMOUSLY
02:34:09 PASSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A TEN DAY
02:34:13 WARNING PERIOD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY BEFORE EVICTION
02:34:16 PROCEEDINGS COULD HAPPEN. >> HOWEVER, THE COURT SAID THAT
02:34:21 IT NEEDED TO BE STATE LAW AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
02:34:24 ATTEMPTING TO DO NOW. SB 436 WOULD BE THAT TENANT
02:34:27 ADVOCATES HAVE ASKED OUR OFFICE TO DRAFT THIS RESOLUTION SO
02:34:32 THAT SAN FRANCISCO COULD BE ON THE RECORD TO SUPPORT
02:34:35 REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE AND HANEY SUPPORTED THE 22
02:34:38 LOCAL VERSION WHILE ON THE BOARD AND NOW THEY WILL HAVE AN
02:34:42 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE STATE VERSION WHEN IT COMES
02:34:44 BEFORE THEM. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS MAHMUD
02:34:47 SADR AND CHEN FOR CO-SPONSORING IN ADVANCE AND THE REST I
02:34:51 SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR
02:34:54 . >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU
02:34:55 COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M INTRODUCING HEARING REQUESTS TO
02:34:58 DISCUSS HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE WELCOMING FOR FAMILIES TO USE
02:35:02 PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SAN FRANCISCO .
02:35:05 >> THIS HEARING REQUEST IS PART OF THE STROLLER ACT MY PUSH TO
02:35:07 FOCUS ON MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR YOUNG FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:35:13 WHILE PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SAN FRANCISCO DOES OFTEN FEEL EASY
02:35:14 AND ENJOYABLE NAVIGATING BUSSES AND SUBWAYS WITH TODDLERS
02:35:18 IN TOW OR STROLLERS IN HAND CAN PRESENT ITS OWN UNIQUE
02:35:22 CHALLENGES ARE HERE. OUR HEARING WILL PROVIDE SPACE
02:35:25 TO HEAR FROM OPERATORS INCLUDING MUNI AND BART
02:35:28 AND UNDERSTAND THEIR PROGRESS, SUCCESS AND SHORTCOMINGS
02:35:31 IN FACTORS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FAMILIES USING
02:35:33 PUBLIC TRANSIT SUCH AS ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR ACCESS
02:35:39 AND RELIABILITY WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE, RESTROOM
02:35:40 AVAILABILITY FARES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES SAFETY SPEED
02:35:43 AND FREQUENCY MOVING AROUND A CITY BE IT FROM HOME TO SCHOOL
02:35:47 OR WEEKEND TRIPS TO LIBRARIES, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS IS A
02:35:52 MAJOR PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF RAISING A FAMILY IN SAN
02:35:55 FRANCISCO. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE OUR TRANSIT
02:35:56 AGENCIES ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:35:59 THESE ARE THESE EXPERIENCES ARE MORE POSITIVE.
02:36:03 YES, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY FASTER, LESS EXPENSIVE AND MORE
02:36:07 RELIABLE. DOING SO IS A MAJOR WAY THAT WE
02:36:10 CAN MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO RAISE A FAMILY IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:36:14 . >> THE COST OF OWNING A CAR IS
02:36:15 ENORMOUS AND IT'S GOTTEN CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE
02:36:17 IN RECENT YEARS BETWEEN THE VEHICLE INSURANCE PARKING
02:36:21 AND MAINTENANCE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PRICE TAG THAT COULD BE
02:36:24 WELL NORTH OF $10,000 ANNUALLY. GIVEN THIS THE ABILITY FOR OUR
02:36:28 PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR MORE FAMILIES
02:36:29 TO NOT FEEL FORCED TO DRIVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THOUSANDS
02:36:33 OF DOLLARS BACK IN THE POCKETS OF AN AVERAGE FAMILY EACH YEAR
02:36:39 AS THE SUPERVISOR REPRESENTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
02:36:41 LOWEST CAR OWNERSHIP IN OUR CITY, I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR
02:36:45 BETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND AS WE FACE FISCAL
02:36:48 CHALLENGES THIS FOCUS IS ALSO A GOOD INVESTMENT WHEN YOU MAKE
02:36:49 IT PRACTICE TO RIDE TRANSIT EARLY ON YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO
02:36:52 BE A LIFELONG MUNI RIDER AND CUSTOMER.
02:36:56 FINALLY, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE MAKE IT MORE
02:37:00 WELCOMING FOR FAMILIES TO RIDE PUBLIC TRANSIT WE ALSO MAKE IT
02:37:03 BETTER FOR EVERYONE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING
02:37:04 WITH PARTNERS INCLUDING SENIOR IN DISABILITY ACTION AND THE
02:37:07 OFFICE OF DISABILITY TO SHAPE THIS HEARING AND MAKE SURE THAT
02:37:10 TRANSIT CAN WORK BETTER FOR ALL THOSE WHO NEED EXTRA TIME OR
02:37:13 SPACE TO MOVE ABOUT OUR CITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
02:37:17 HEARING FOR A FULL DISCUSSION ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AND THE
02:37:18 REST SUBMIT THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SAUTER SUPERVISOR
02:37:22 CHERYL SUBMIT THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR WALTON SUBMIT.
02:37:28 THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. SEEING NO NAMES ON THE ROSTER
02:37:32 THAT CONCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS.
02:37:36 >> GREAT. AND MADAM CLERK, ARE WE READY
02:37:37 TO GO BACK TO ITEMS 22 AND 24? >> I BELIEVE WE ARE.
02:37:41 MR. PRESIDENT WILL ASK ALL RIGHTS DPW REPRESENTATIVE TO
02:37:45 COME UP PRESIDENT MANDOLIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THANK YOU
02:37:59 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
02:38:02 OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS. MANY OF THEM WERE JUST
02:38:06 INFORMATIONAL. >> THEY HAD QUESTIONS NOT
02:38:07 PERTAINING TO THE ANY OF THEM TEN ITEMS ITSELF.
02:38:11 THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL IN WHICH WE HAD STRUCK IN ONE
02:38:14 FROM THE LIST FOR ITEMS 21 AND 20 TWO THE THE LIST REMAINS
02:38:20 THE SAME AND FOR ITEMS 23 AND 24 THERE IS ONE ITEM THE
02:38:29 PROPERTY AT 514 VISITATION AVENUE WHICH HAS BEEN STRICKEN
02:38:30 WITH THE REVISED AMOUNT THAT IS BEING ON REQUEST FOR APPROVAL
02:38:38 IS $6,204.80. WE WILL PROVIDE THAT REVISED
02:38:39 REPORT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE CLERK WHICH IS THIS DAY STRIKE
02:38:46 OUT FORM BUT WE'LL WILL PROVIDE A MORE FORMAL REPORT IN THE
02:38:50 MORNING. THANK YOU.
02:38:51 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
02:38:54 COLLEAGUES, CAN WE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE REPORT SOUGHT
02:39:02 IN ITEM 24 AND REMOVE THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY
02:39:07 DEPARTMENT STAFF WITHOUT OBJECTION AND SEEING NO
02:39:11 OBJECTION, THOSE CHANGES ARE ACCEPT THAT CHANGE IS ACCEPTED
02:39:15 AND THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
02:39:18 RESOLUTIONS ITEM 22 AND 24 WITH THE AMENDED REPORT ON THE
02:39:24 AMENDED REPORTS FOR ITEM 22 AND 24 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
02:39:28 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN EYES
02:39:36 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
02:39:40 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN ALL RIGHT MANDEL MEN EYES SUPERVISOR
02:39:44 MALKA MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR SAUTER EYES SUPERVISOR
02:39:48 CHERYL CHERYL I AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EITHER ATTORNEYS
02:39:56 WITHOUT OBJECTION ITEMS 22 AND 24 ARE ADOPTED WITH THE
02:39:59 AMENDED REPORTS. AND NOW LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
02:40:03 COMMENTS AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC
02:40:07 COMMENT IF YOU'LL LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
02:40:11 CHAMBER YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED THE
02:40:15 MAYORAL APPEARANCE ITEMS 29 THROUGH 31 THESE ARE THE ITEMS
02:40:22 UP FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AND OTHER
02:40:23 GENERAL MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA TODAY BUT
02:40:27 MUST BE WITHIN THE BOARD'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
02:40:30 I WILL MAKE A SPECIAL NOTE OF THREE ITEMS IF YOU SPEAK TO THE
02:40:35 REPORT OF ASSESSMENT COSTS FOR EITHER THE SIDEWALK INSPECTION
02:40:38 AND REPAIR PROGRAM OR THE BLIGHTED PROPERTIES FOR THE
02:40:42 ACCELERATED SIDEWALK ABATEMENT PROGRAM OR THE UPDATE ON
02:40:46 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
02:40:47 PRACTICES. THOSE THREE ITEMS ARE NOT
02:40:50 ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS GENERAL
02:40:53 PUBLIC COMMENT YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED AND THE CLOCK WILL
02:40:58 CONTINUE TO TICK. >> SO LET'S HEAR FROM OUR FIRST
02:41:00 SPEAKER. >> WELCOME.
02:41:05 WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
02:41:06 OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:41:07 MY NAME IS MICKEY GEORGE WATKINS AND I'M A FIRST GIVE AN
02:41:13 HONOR TO GOD WHO WAS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE.
02:41:14 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO THE SUPERVISORS.
02:41:17 I'VE LIVED IN THE FILLMORE FOR MOST OF THE 53 YEARS OF MY LIFE
02:41:23 . I'VE WORKED THERE FOR 3030
02:41:24 YEARS AS A LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST FROM FROM MY
02:41:28 BUSINESS TO MY HOME. I'M ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY I
02:41:32 SEE THE GAPS THAT THE CITY OFTEN MISSES FOR OVER A DECADE
02:41:39 ,THE ELLA HILL CHURCH CENTER HASN'T LIVED UP TO ITS
02:41:41 POTENTIAL. WE NEED IT TO BE MORE TRUE TO
02:41:44 BE A TRUE COMMUNITY HUB AGAIN A PLACE FOR SENIOR ACCESS FOR
02:41:49 YOUNG ADULTS, FOR KIDS AND FOR SINGLE MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO
02:41:53 NEED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. >> IT SUGGESTS IT SHOULDN'T
02:41:57 JUST BE FOR A GROUP. IT NEEDS TO BE FOR A LIFELINE A
02:42:01 LIFELINE FOR EVERYONE FROM OUR ELDERS TO OUR INFANTS.
02:42:08 >> BUT WE CANNOT BUILD THAT VISION THROUGH GOVERNMENT
02:42:12 OVERREACH TRYING TO RUSH A SINGLE PERSON INTO LEADERSHIP
02:42:16 WITHOUT CHANCE, WITHOUT A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY PROCESS
02:42:20 IS A MISTAKE IN A NORTH IGNORES THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE
02:42:24 THERE. >> THIS DEMANDS COLLECTIVE
02:42:28 ACTION AND A FAIR PROCESS NOT A TOP DOWN APPOINTMENT.
02:42:32 >> WE NEED A LEADER WITH THE HEARTBEAT FOR THE COMMUNITY
02:42:36 SOMEONE WHO COMMUNICATES WITH US NOT TO US.
02:42:40 >> WE ARE NOT HERE TO HATE YOU BUT WE ARE HERE FOR JUSTICE.
02:42:45 WE HAVE PETITIONS FROM RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVE THAT MY
02:42:51 ROLE IS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MY ROLE AS
02:42:55 LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO WORK.
02:42:59 WE ARE ASKING FOR A CALL DIRECTOR MODEL BETWEEN SHAKIRA
02:43:02 SMILEY AND RENARD MONROE SUPERVISORS PLEASE DO NOT VOTE
02:43:06 ON A SINGLE DIRECTOR HONOR THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE LET'S MAKE
02:43:10 ELDER HILL THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
02:43:14 >> THANK YOU KINDLY. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER
02:43:17 APPROACHES WE DO HAVE AN ADA CALLER WHO HAS MADE A PRIOR
02:43:22 ARRANGEMENT AND IS ON THE LINE AND PREPARED TO GIVE THERE TO
02:43:26 COME TWO MINUTES OF COMMENT DELFINO BRODY ARE YOU PREPARED
02:43:29 TO SPEAK? >> AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS DUFFY
02:43:40 AND BRODY THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED NOT TO RENEW VITAL
02:43:43 CITY FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT RENTAL HOUSING SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
02:43:49 FOR TRANS PEOPLE WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THESE PROGRAMS
02:43:52 AND THE SUBSIDIES THEY PROVIDE FOR MORE THAN 300 TRANS PEOPLE
02:43:55 FUNDED BY THE CITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
02:43:59 >> SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS NOT TO ELIMINATE
02:44:03 THEM IS KEY TO THE CITY GOAL DECLARED FIVE YEARS AGO AT THE
02:44:07 INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM PROVIDING THE SUBSIDY I
02:44:10 RECEIVED TO END TRANSGENDER HOMELESSNESS.
02:44:14 SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS A FORMERLY HOMELESS, DISABLED
02:44:18 TRANS WOMAN AND ADVOCATE WHOSE WORK IN SUPPORT OF TRANS
02:44:22 PRISONERS 25 YEARS AGO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FOUNDING OF THE
02:44:26 TRANSGENDER PERIOD AND AND INTERSEX JUSTICE PROJECT AND AS
02:44:32 AN SSI BENEFICIARY WITH A MEANS TESTED INCOME BELOW THE FEDERAL
02:44:37 POVERTY LEVEL FOR 20 OF THE 20 OF THE PAST 28 YEARS SINCE I
02:44:40 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
02:44:44 AFTER SURVIVING A SERIES OF TRAUMATIC ORDEALS UNABLE TO
02:44:47 MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL INCOME AS THE COST OF RENTING A
02:44:51 STUDIO APARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER PARTS OF
02:44:52 THE INNER BAY AREA ROSE FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT OF REACH FOR
02:44:56 THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS MY DISABILITIES HAVE MULTIPLIED
02:44:59 BECOME MORE SEVERE AND KEPT ME HOMEBOUND MOST DAYS IN ORDER TO
02:45:06 KEEP THIS ROOF OVER MY HEAD OUT OF NECESSITY I'VE HAD TO RELY
02:45:10 ON THE RENTAL HOUSING SUBSIDY I NOW RECEIVE FROM THE T.G.I.
02:45:14 JUSTICE PROJECT TODAY THE COST OF A STUDIO APARTMENT IN SAN
02:45:18 FRANCISCO IS 2560 A MONTH MORE THAN TWICE THE MONTHLY INCOME I
02:45:22 RECEIVED FROM SSI IF THE CITY DOES NOT RENEW THE FUNDING FOR
02:45:26 TWO PROPOSED HOUSING SUBSIDY PROGRAMS, I WILL BE ONE OF
02:45:29 HUNDREDS OF TRANSGENDER BARRIER RESIDENTS WHO COULD NO LONGER
02:45:32 AFFORD TO RENT OUR APARTMENTS AND FACE PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT
02:45:37 AND A RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE DANGEROUS TRAUMATIC
02:45:38 CONDITIONS THAT EXACERBATED MY PTSD AND PRECIPITATED MY
02:45:42 PERMANENT DISABLEMENT ALMOST THREE DECADES AGO.
02:45:45 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:45:49 >> WELCOME. THANK YOU.
02:45:53 I'LL START GIVING HONOR TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS AHEAD
02:45:57 IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU.
02:45:58 SUPERVISOR. MY NAME IS ERIKA SCOTT.
02:46:01 ARE YOU ALL RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ME LAST WEEK REGARDING THE
02:46:05 ALLEY HILL HUTCH COMMUNITY CENTER SUPERVISOR BYLAW.
02:46:09 IT'S NO DISRESPECT TO YOU BUT I AM ASKING THE OTHER SUPERVISORS
02:46:16 TO NOT SUPPORT THE LEASE TRANSFER TO BOOKER T WASHINGTON
02:46:21 COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHE CARES
02:46:25 SIMILARLY AS WE ALL KNOW THE LARGE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT
02:46:32 NOW IS FACING COURT PROCEEDINGS REGARDING THE LEADERSHIP THE
02:46:40 FORMER LEADERSHIP OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER TO RUSH
02:46:44 AND GIVE THE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER ENTITY WITHIN OUR
02:46:48 COMMUNITY CREATES ANOTHER MONOPOLY THAT WE'RE JUST
02:46:52 GETTING OUT OF. THE FORMER LEADERSHIP HAD NO
02:46:58 REAL ACCOUNTABILITY. >> THEY USE THE CENTER TO THEIR
02:47:02 ADVANTAGE DECIDING WHO WOULD RECEIVE SERVICES, FUNDING
02:47:07 AND SUPPORT AND SHAKIRA SIMILARLY IS A DIRECT PRODUCT
02:47:15 OF THAT SAME LINE OF LEADERSHIP .
02:47:19 >> SHE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
02:47:21 >> SHE'S SHE'S THE ONE THAT THE THE EXISTING LEADERSHIP IS
02:47:29 PUSHING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.
02:47:33 IT'S JUST NOT A FAIR PROCESS. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR
02:47:37 COMMUNITY. WE ARE IN TRAUMA RIGHT NOW
02:47:38 AND TO GIVE SUCH A LEADERSHIP POSITION TO ONE PERSON WHO'S
02:47:42 NOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHO'S NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE
02:47:46 FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST NOT A GOOD DECISION FOR US AS A
02:47:50 WHOLE. >> SO I AM ASKING THAT YOU DO
02:47:53 NOT AGREE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED BY.
02:47:58 >> THANK YOU ERICA SCOTT FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:48:02 MR. WRIGHT. >> DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
02:48:08 AND TRICKING DEVICES REAL COMPLICATED AND SOPHISTICATED
02:48:12 BUT YOU'RE NOT MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN ME.
02:48:15 YOU TRY TO PUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL ALIENS ON
02:48:19 MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE A $1.5
02:48:27 BILLION NEGATIVE CASH FLOW DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.
02:48:31 YOU CAN'T GIVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO PEOPLE WHO
02:48:36 SNUCK IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY AND VIOLATE FEDERAL RULES
02:48:39 AND THEN BY THE SAME RESPONSE EXPECT TAXPAYERS WHO ARE UNITED
02:48:46 STATES CITIZENS TO PAY FOR THEIR INSURANCE.
02:48:50 THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU GOT A $1.5 BILLION NEGATIVE CASH FLOW
02:48:54 RIGHT NOW. WHAT PART OF THAT YOU DON'T
02:48:57 UNDERSTAND IT BRINGS INTO QUESTION IF YOU'RE DOCUMENTED
02:49:02 OR NOT. >> OKAY.
02:49:02 AND BY THE SAME RESPONSE THIS BOARD PARTICIPATES IN ILLEGAL
02:49:05 IMMIGRATION AND HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
02:49:10 >> YOU GOT A MEMBER ON YOUR BOARD, CONNIE CHEN.
02:49:13 SHE'S NOT EVEN A US CITIZEN. UNDERSTAND ME?
02:49:17 YOU GOT A JOB. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELD BY
02:49:18 US CITIZEN A PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
02:49:24 FRANCISCO JURISDICTION THAT IS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, NOT
02:49:28 SOMEBODY THAT'S SNUCK INTO THE COUNTRY AND COMES FROM CHINA
02:49:32 AND ALWAYS CREATING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR NEGATIVE
02:49:33 AGAINST MR. RIGHT. >> WHY NOT?
02:49:36 WE DO NOT ENDORSE THOSE COMMENTS THAT YOU JUST MADE.
02:49:38 WELL, WHEN YOU GO TIME IS TICKING.
02:49:40 >> OKAY. STOP ME FROM SPEAKING SO AM
02:49:44 CLAIMING MY TIME. SO AS A RESULT EXAMPLE YOU LET
02:49:48 PEOPLE COME TO THE CHINESE NEW YEARS RIGHT?
02:49:52 MEANING FOR FREE MONEY IS $1.5 MILLION IN DEBT.
02:49:55 OKAY. >> ADD TO THAT CHINESE
02:49:59 CELEBRATION NOW MONEY IS $3.5 MILLION IN DEBT BECAUSE OF YOU
02:50:05 . A ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE A
02:50:06 WEEK OR TWO LATER MAY 7TH POINT $5 MILLION.
02:50:09 >> THAT'S AN EXAMPLE YOUR TIME IS CONCLUDED AND MR. RIGHT YOU
02:50:13 CANNOT COME HERE AND INSULT PEOPLE.
02:50:17 >> I TELLING YOU THE DAY OF TO THE JUNE 1ST ANNUAL FLY BELOW
02:50:23 THE BELT AMEN CAN THE NEXT SPEAKER GET READY TO COME
02:50:27 FORWARD PLEASE? >> SO WE TALK ABOUT THE
02:50:30 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO TALK LIKE THAT DOES.
02:50:31 >> NO, YOU DO NOT. IT'S A LIMITED RIGHT.
02:50:35 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. WELCOME.
02:50:41 >> SEE ABOUT THAT? YES.
02:50:42 PLEASE PROCEED. HI LADIES MANDELMAN OF THE
02:50:46 BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
02:50:47 TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
02:50:49 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT.
02:50:50 MY NAME IS ERIN ROACH. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARINA
02:50:53 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND I'M HERE TO JUST GIVE YOU ALL AN
02:50:57 UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MARINA SAFEWAY PROJECT
02:50:58 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A PROJECT THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR ALL
02:51:01 OF YOUR DISTRICTS AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER.
02:51:05 >> WE ARE CHALLENGING ITS ELIGIBILITY FOR AB 2011.
02:51:11 FORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD THE SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR CHERYL
02:51:14 IN THIS RECENTLY. >> IT'S A PROJECT THE PROJECT
02:51:18 SITE IS RIDDLED WITH COMPLEXITY AND IT IS NOT ONE THAT EASILY
02:51:21 FITS IN A SERIES OF CHECKED BOXES.
02:51:27 >> THE LANDMASS THAT THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS IS EQUAL TO
02:51:31 A HALF A PERCENTAGE OF ALL OF THE MARINA.
02:51:32 AND SO WHEN THE IMPLICATION IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, SEWAGE,
02:51:36 LIQUEFACTION. SOIL CONTAMINATION AREN'T
02:51:40 SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
02:51:44 AND IF ANY OF YOU LIVED THROUGH THE RECENT F1 DEBACLE YOU'LL
02:51:47 KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN THINGS GET CROWDED AT THE MARINA IT'S
02:51:49 VERY DIFFICULT ON THE REST OF THE CITY.
02:51:53 SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE'VE SENT A LETTER TO CITY
02:51:56 PLANNING THAT DETAILS THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO
02:52:00 AB 2011 AND I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU ALL A COPY.
02:52:04 IT'S A BIG DOCUMENT BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF SUPPORTING
02:52:08 EVIDENCE HERE AND I CAN SEND IT VIA EMAIL.
02:52:12 I CAN GIVE IT TO THE CLERK TO MAKE COPIES BUT I WOULD LIKE
02:52:16 YOU ALL TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH
02:52:18 THE CITY TO MAKE A MORE REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THAT
02:52:21 SITE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:52:23 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME MR. DE COSTA
02:52:30 SUPERVISORS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO ISSUES ISSUE NUMBER
02:52:35 ONE WE HAVE RESERVOIRS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT ARE CONTAMINATED
02:52:44 . IMAGINE CLEAN DRINKING WATER
02:52:47 CONTAMINATED BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SRP YOU
02:52:55 SEE 16 TIMES TOOK THIS TO THE OCEAN, BROUGHT THIS TO THE
02:53:07 ATTENTION OF ONE OF YOUR IN THIS CHAMBER.
02:53:12 ARE WE GOING TO PUT SAN FRANCISCANS IN HARM'S WAY?
02:53:20 YOU BETTER LOOK INTO IT. >> SECONDLY, I SEE PEOPLE THEY
02:53:24 HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
02:53:28 IF YOU TAKE COPS COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE SERVICE SAYS
02:53:35 OVER $1 MILLION WAS SPENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY
02:53:47 AND BRING CHANGES TO HOW POLICE FORCE WE SHOULD BE 2000 WHICH
02:53:55 IS 800. >> WHAT I WAS DOING ABOUT THAT
02:53:58 YOU SEEM NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OPERATIONS.
02:54:03 >> YOU SEEM NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NEEDS
02:54:06 ASSESSMENT. >> MICKEY MOUSE IS WHAT YOU ALL
02:54:09 NEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:54:13 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> UM OKAY.
02:54:16 OKAY. HELLO EVERYBODY.
02:54:21 SO ON A GOOD NOTE MY NAME IS DANNY DELMAR I ARI AND I TELL
02:54:24 THEM WHY ADELIA AMARI THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF SAN
02:54:28 FRANCISCO DOES A GREAT JOB IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:54:31 I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT
02:54:33 BECAUSE I NOTICE I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HOW I WALK
02:54:39 DOWN THE STREETS OF JERRY POWELL, FRANKLIN AND BUSH
02:54:42 AND OTHER STREETS OFTEN I WALK ALONE OFTEN AND I ALSO OFTEN
02:54:46 FEEL MYSELF I DO VLOGS I STARTED DOING WAS ABOUT A MONTH
02:54:48 AGO AND THE REASON I DO IT IS BECAUSE I STARTED WATCHING THIS
02:54:52 YOUNG MAN CALLED QUERCUS AND HE DOES LOGS ALL OVER THE WORLD
02:54:58 AND HE'S A NOMAD AND I THINK I MIGHT END UP BEING ONE IN THE
02:55:02 NEXT YEARS BUT I'M A BIT NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE REST
02:55:05 OF THE WORLD IS A LOT MORE VIOLENT AND THEY ALSO LACK
02:55:09 POLICE THE WAY WE DO HERE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE FERAL
02:55:12 GOVERNMENT LIKE MILITIA WORKING.
02:55:13 THEY DON'T HAVE POLICE LIKE WE HAVE HERE AND IT LOOKS VERY
02:55:17 DANGEROUS. BUT I HOPE WHEN I GET OUT THERE
02:55:20 THEY HAVE POLICE. I KNOW THEY DON'T DO THAT BUT I
02:55:22 HOPE THEY CONSIDER OTHER COUNTRIES CONSIDER HAVING
02:55:24 REGULAR POLICE LIKE WE DO. >> I STARTED BECOMING VERY
02:55:28 ACTIVE IN THE PUBLIC OF SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO
02:55:32 AND I STARTED SINGING ON THE STREETS MAKING VIDEOS AND I
02:55:35 STARTED ATTENDING THE FRENCH ALLIANCE MEETINGS WHICH WE HAVE
02:55:40 A HUGE ALLIANCE WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
02:55:43 IF YOU GUYS DID NOT KNOW ONE OF THE BIG REASON THAT WE WON THE
02:55:45 CIVIL WAR AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ALL OF OUR WARS
02:55:49 WAS THANKS TO THE FRENCH ARMY WHICH ALWAYS CAME TO HELP US.
02:55:54 >> SO I SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO MONTHLY
02:55:56 AND SOMETIMES WEEKLY AND I HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO
02:56:00 BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO BUY MY FIRST HOUSE WORKING TWO JOBS
02:56:02 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I ALSO DON'T OWN THE HOUSE
02:56:05 ANYMORE THANKS TO COVID I CAN SAY WITH ASSURANCE EVERY WEEK
02:56:09 SAN FRANCISCO BECOMES MORE LIVELY AND MORE POPULAR
02:56:10 WORLDWIDE. I HOPE TO ONE DAY PARTICIPATE
02:56:13 IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND HELP PROMOTE THE BEAUTY OF
02:56:17 SAN FRANCISCO WORLDWIDE AND BRING THE CULTURE OF UNION
02:56:18 SQUARE WORLDWIDE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES
02:56:22 IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
02:56:25 THANK YOU. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
02:56:35 . >> HELLO EVERYBODY.
02:56:36 MY NAME IS LYDIA BETWEEN UH MY COMMENT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE
02:56:43 LIKE OKAY SO JUJU MENTIONED THAT THE COMPLAINTS THAT HIS
02:56:48 OFFICE RECEIVE COMES FROM AREAS OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT ARE MORE
02:56:51 RESPECTED AND I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT DPW LEADS A CAMPAIGN THAT
02:56:55 INFORMS THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE 311 APPLICATION AND HOW TO
02:56:56 SUBMIT A RESPONSE AND THAT IT SHOULD BE A COLLABORATION
02:57:00 EFFORT. AND IN ADDITION TO A311
02:57:03 APPLICATION CAMPAIGN, THE CITY SHOULD EXPAND THE SIDEWALK
02:57:07 INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM AND THEN THAT CAN ALSO BE LIKE
02:57:11 WHAT'S THE WORD? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD I'M
02:57:15 TALKING ABOUT BUT A PIPELINE TO WORK INTO THE CITY.
02:57:19 >> UM ANOTHER COMMENT THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE RIGHT
02:57:23 NOW. >> THANK YOU MR. CUI CHANDLER.
02:57:26 >> WELCOME TO YOU IN ON UM I'VE NOTICED THAT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF
02:57:38 BLACKS THAT HAD CITY POSITIONS THAT ARE EITHER IN PRISON OR BE
02:57:42 IN CHARGE. THE NAME IS MOHAMMED NURU AND I
02:57:46 WANT TO SAY THESE INDIVIDUALS I DON'T KNOW THE STORY AS FAR AS
02:57:53 GUILT OR INNOCENCE BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE HERE OF
02:57:57 ALL THESE BLACK INDIVIDUALS MOHAMMED NURU, HARLAN KELLEY
02:58:04 BLACK SURE. DAVIS BLACK, GWENDOLYN
02:58:08 AND WESTBROOK BLACK CAR WERE WORTHY BLACK JAMES SPINOLA
02:58:15 BLACK CHERYL DAVIS BLACK. >> DWAYNE JONES BLACK.
02:58:23 >> NOW IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IS A LOT OF INVESTIGATION GOING ON
02:58:24 AROUND HERE WITH THESE BLACK SO-CALLED EXECUTIVES BUT IT'S
02:58:30 NOT MUCH INVESTIGATION GOING DOWN CONCERNING THE OTHER
02:58:34 NATIONALITIES. WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE?
02:58:40 >> NO ONE IS BLIND ANYMORE. WE ARE AWAKENED PEOPLE WHO HAVE
02:58:45 STEPPED INTO OUR POSITION OF POWER.
02:58:48 THE TRIBE OF JUDAH HAS RISEN. >> THE HEBREW NATION IS
02:58:53 AWAKENING. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY THE
02:58:56 DISRESPECT OF INSULTING US AS A COMMONLY CALLED BLACK NATION
02:59:00 AND SAYING THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE VOTED FOR REPARATIONS
02:59:04 FOR US YET AS A GO FUND ME FOR US TO GET THE MONEY OURSELVES.
02:59:11 >> BEING NICE TO THE SYSTEM IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
02:59:15 BUT I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM WHEN IT'S TIME
02:59:19 TO CALL IN THE ORDER. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE
02:59:26 MANY OF OUR YOUNG BLACK BOYS HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND THE
02:59:27 BLOOD HAS SPILLED IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE ENSLAVEMENT
02:59:31 AND THE CONDITION OF MY PEOPLE. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN CALLING
02:59:35 THE ORDER. >> THANK YOU, MISS CHANDLER,
02:59:39 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MISS CHANDLER.
02:59:52 ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER WELCOME.
02:59:55 THIS IS TOUGH GUYS, GALS, GUYS. >> ELISE ROCHELLE AGAIN.
03:00:03 >> >> I ONLY GOT TWO MINUTES. I WASTED MY GAS.
03:00:07 EXCUSE ME? I USED MY GAS TO GET HERE.
03:00:14 >> I'M JUST GONNA STAY IN HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT NECESSARILY I
03:00:22 DON'T WANNA SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED.
03:00:23 I'M TRYING TO FIND MY SPACE IN THIS POLITICAL SITUATION.
03:00:25 I NEVER WANTED TO BE POLITICAL ,BUT EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL.
03:00:30 I WILL SAY SHARON, HE WAS NAME AGAIN BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME THAT
03:00:36 THIS IS HOW IT IS AND I STILL DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
03:00:40 BUT HERE I AM. I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF Y'ALL
03:00:42 AND I HEARD SO MUCH GOING ON TODAY, SO MANY THINGS JUST THE
03:00:48 WHOLE DAY IS HERE IN THIS THESE CHAMBERS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
03:00:51 SPEAK HERE AT THIS MICROPHONE, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GUYS
03:00:55 DOING WITH THIS INFORMATION? I WANT TO KNOW AND I JUST
03:00:59 REALLY WANT TO SEE A MORE TRANSPARENT SYSTEM HERE BECAUSE
03:01:06 I MEAN I'M 50 PLUS AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS NOT THE BEST
03:01:14 SYSTEM OF HOW THINGS WORK FOR ME AS A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN
03:01:18 GREW UP HERE. >> YEAH, JUST YEAH, JUST
03:01:22 LISTEN. I GUESS I'LL WAIT FOR THE BEEP
03:01:23 TOO, BUT IT'S JUST IS REALLY INTERESTING HOW THIS PROCESS IS
03:01:29 WORKING AND I'M HERE FOR IT. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
03:01:33 I'M GOING TO FIND OUT MY PLACE IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE GOD TOLD
03:01:37 ME THAT I'M TO BE WORKING WITH THE SUPERVISORS.
03:01:40 >> SO HERE ARE THE SUPERVISORS. HERE I AM.
03:01:41 YOU'LL SEE MORE OF ME AND I AM LISTENING TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT
03:01:48 WHEN I CALL YOU PLEASE ANSWER WORK WITH ME.
03:01:53 I'M READY TO WORK WITH YOU. OKAY?
03:01:56 BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING HERE IN THIS SPACE TOGETHER.
03:02:00 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
03:02:06 . HI MY NAME IS NICK PIAZZA
03:02:10 AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER
03:02:14 OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT YOU PLEASE ACT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
03:02:18 THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO FUND THE CITY'S SERVICES
03:02:21 AND HOLD THE AIR COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE.
03:02:22 THERE IS A JUSTIFIED AND GROWING PUBLIC CONCERN
03:02:26 REGARDING THE CURRENT HARMS AND IMPENDING RISKS OF
03:02:29 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THESE INCLUDE NEGATIVE
03:02:30 COGNITIVE EFFECTS AIR ADDICTION AND PSYCHOSIS INVASIONS OF
03:02:37 PRIVACY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, WIDENING
03:02:38 SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY, JOB DISPLACEMENT, OUTRIGHT SOCIAL
03:02:43 ENGINEERING, MASTER SURVEILLANCE, CYBER ATTACKS,
03:02:46 AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND EVEN AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT
03:02:50 TO THE HUMAN SPECIES. I HOPE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.
03:02:54 THESE CURRENT HARMS AND IMPENDING RISKS OF AI
03:02:57 CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC EMERGENCY. RIGHT NOW IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT
03:03:01 EVERY LEVEL OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT ADDRESS THEM SATISFY
03:03:05 UTTERLY AND IMMEDIATELY. WE SAN FRANCISCANS ARE ALSO
03:03:06 AWARE OF THE SEVERE BUDGET CUTS WHICH WILL IMPACT IMMIGRANT
03:03:10 FAMILIES AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES THE MOST
03:03:13 AND ELIMINATES MANY HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS.
03:03:14 THESE ISSUES AND CONCERNS CAN BE RESOLVED.
03:03:17 SO WE PROPOSE THAT YOU DO THE FOLLOWING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
03:03:22 NUMBER ONE MANDATE BY EMERGENCY ORDER OR CITY ORDINANCE THAT NO
03:03:25 A.I. COMPANY IN SAN FRANCISCO OPERATE WITHOUT A VALID A.I.
03:03:29 LICENSE ISSUED BY THE CITY AND NOT WITHOUT A MONSTER BILL
03:03:33 AND CERTIFIABLE EVIDENCE AND ONGOING PROOF THAT THE A.I.
03:03:37 COMPANY'S MODELS ARE SAFE, SECURE AND UNDER HUMAN CONTROL
03:03:40 . NUMBER TWO SET THE ANNUAL COST
03:03:41 TO OBTAIN THE AI LICENSE AT 2% OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REVENUE
03:03:45 AND SET THE FINE FOR OPERATION WITHOUT THE VALID LICENSE AT $2
03:03:51 MILLION PER DAY PAID TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:03:54 AND THREE ALLOCATE THE REVENUE GAINED FROM THE LICENSING
03:03:55 PROGRAM TO FUND THE CITY SERVICES THAT ARE OTHERWISE
03:03:58 BEING CUT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
03:04:01 PROMPT ATTENTION TO THIS URGENT ISSUE.
03:04:05 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
03:04:08 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER .
03:04:12 GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN AND BOARD OF
03:04:13 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS FIONA YIM AND I'M
03:04:17 THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT WALK SAN FRANCISCO.
03:04:20 >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR DORSEY MANAGEMENT
03:04:24 AND MELGAR FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION TO FURTHER
03:04:27 EMBRACE SPEED CAMERAS TO SAVE LIVES, MAKE STREETS SAFER
03:04:29 AND OUR CITY BETTER. >> ALREADY THE THREE SPEED
03:04:32 CAMERAS IN SAN FRANCISCO'S PILOT PROGRAM ARE MAKING A
03:04:35 REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE. DATA FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
03:04:38 SPEED CAMERA PROGRAM SHOWS THE CAMERAS ARE WORKING WITH A
03:04:41 NEARLY 80% DROP IN DRIVERS TRAVELING TEN MILES PER HOUR OR
03:04:42 MORE. BUT THE SPEED LIMIT ACROSS ALL
03:04:45 CAMERA LOCATIONS WHEN THE CAMERAS WERE TURNED ON BAYSHORE
03:04:48 AVENUE GAVE AN AVERAGE OF 255 NOTICES PER DAY.
03:04:52 NOW IT GIVES AN AVERAGE OF 74 PER DAY.
03:04:55 THAT'S A 71% DECREASE. MICHIGAN BETWEEN SEVENTH
03:04:58 AND EIGHTH SAW A 83% DROP IN SITUATIONS IN YOUR SOCIAL
03:05:01 AND HEALTH SERVICES. GENEVA HAS SEEN A 94% DROP
03:05:05 IN NOTICES IN CROCKER AMAZON THERE ARE MORE THAN 40,000
03:05:09 FEWER INSTANCES OF DANGEROUS SPEEDING EVERY DAY AND 65% OF
03:05:15 VEHICLE OWNERS WHO RECEIVE A NOTICE DO NOT RECEIVE A SECOND
03:05:17 CITATION. BRINGING DOWN SPEEDS IS THE
03:05:19 NUMBER ONE WAY TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.
03:05:22 THIS PILOT HAS SHOWN THAT SPEED CAMERAS WILL DO JUST THAT.
03:05:23 BUT THE PROGRAM MUST BE BROUGHT TO SCALE.
03:05:26 >> CALIFORNIA'S BECOME A PILOT HAS STRONG PRIVACY PROTECTION
03:05:30 PARAMETERS THAT ENSURE THAT THE DATA DOES NOT GET INTO THE
03:05:34 WRONG HANDS. AND EQUITY WAS EXPLICITLY
03:05:35 DESIGNED INTO THE LAW. >> SAFE SPEEDS IS ONE OF THE
03:05:38 PILLARS OF THE CITY'S STREETS SAFETY INITIATIVE AND STREET
03:05:41 SAFETY ACT. >> THE CAMERAS ARE ONE TOOL TO
03:05:43 REACH THE CITY'S GOAL OF ENDING DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES
03:05:46 FROM TRAFFIC CRASHES. THANK YOU AGAIN, SUPERVISOR
03:05:50 DORSEY FOR REESTABLISHING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THIS
03:05:51 TECHNOLOGY AND BEGINNING THE EXPLORATION OF HOW TO EXPAND
03:05:54 THE LEGISLATION TO MEET THE DEMAND.
03:05:57 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:05:58 NEXT SPEAKER. >> WILL HONORABLE SUPERVISORS.
03:06:09 MY NAME IS THE DRAGON KING. I'M A SAN FRANCISCO DRAG KING A
03:06:10 TRANS MAN, A MAN RAISED TO LOVE HIS NEIGHBORS BY HIS CATHOLIC
03:06:13 LUTHERAN AND ASHKENAZI JEWISH RELATIVES AND I RUN A FREE
03:06:16 COMMUNITY DAY AT 575 CASTRO STREET SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK'S
03:06:21 CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AND CAMERA STORE.
03:06:24 FOR TEN WEEKS WE HAVE OFFERED FREE USE OF TYPEWRITERS TO
03:06:28 WRITE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE
03:06:29 IN USING CBD. WE OFFER FIVE DIFFERENT NEWS
03:06:32 SOURCES TO ASSIST IN DRAFTING AND FOR TEN WEEKS WE HAVE BOTH
03:06:33 HAND-DELIVERED AND SENT SCANNED EMAILS TO THIS WITH A SIMPLE
03:06:37 REQUEST WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE COURTESY OF A RESPONSE FROM YOU
03:06:40 OR A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF REGARDING THE CONTENTS
03:06:43 AND PROPOSALS SET FORTH IN THIS LETTER WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO
03:06:46 RESPONSES. THE SAN FRANCISCO CITIZENS THAT
03:06:50 CAME TO CASTRO THE CASTRO WROTE TO THE MAYOR OR OR AT LEAST ONE
03:06:54 OF HIS STAFF EXPECTING A RESPONSE FROM THEIR ELECTED
03:06:55 OFFICIAL BUT THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED.
03:06:59 WHERE ARE THESE CITIZENS NOT IN PORTLAND OR WHERE ARE THEY
03:07:00 ENOUGH FOR A RESPONSE? >> COULD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NOT
03:07:03 SPARE AT LEAST ONE OF HIS 45 BUDGETED STAFF MEMBERS IN THE
03:07:06 OFFICE TO RESPOND? WE HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT CUTS TO
03:07:09 COMMUNITY SERVICES, CUTS TO HIV FUNDING, ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE
03:07:13 MAYORAL EXECUTIVE POWER AND WE HAVE EVEN WRITTEN IN TO ASK
03:07:16 THAT SPEED LIMITS BE PUT ON OUR SHIPS SO THEY STOP KILLING
03:07:18 WHALES IN THE BAY. I HOPE HE HAS SOME STAFF TO
03:07:21 SPARE TODAY FOR TODAY COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM ME
03:07:25 AND THE 575 FIGHTING FOR THE MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE THE S.F.
03:07:28 PEOPLE'S BUDGET AND THE S.F. AIDS FOUNDATION TOOK THAT IDEA
03:07:31 OF SENDING THE MAYOR LETTERS AND INNOVATED IN WAYS BEYOND MY
03:07:34 WILDEST DREAMS. SO MANY POSTCARDS WITH
03:07:35 GRIEVANCES FEARS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS TO THE MAYOR ALL HELD UP
03:07:39 BY SAN FRANCISCANS WHO QUITE FRANKLY GAVE THE COPS PANIC
03:07:43 ATTACKS MAYBE BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEIR OVERSATURATED
03:07:46 BUDGETS ARE UNDER THREAT. >> THAT IS SAN FRANCISCO.
03:07:51 SO THOSE ARE YOUR PEOPLE DEMANDING TO BE HEARD BY THEIR
03:07:52 ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS
03:07:55 THIS HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO TRUST THE MAYOR'S
03:07:58 OFFICE AND BY THE EXTENSION ITS SUPERVISORS IF THEY FEEL
03:08:00 UNHEARD? HOW CAN THE MAYOR OF SAN
03:08:03 FRANCISCO POSSIBLY REPRESENT AND MEET THE NEEDS OF HIS
03:08:05 NEIGHBORS IF EVEN THE LETTERS FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CASTRO
03:08:07 STREETS HOME OF HIS HOME BE BLATANTLY IGNORED?
03:08:11 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HELP
03:08:14 FOR THE MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE? >> LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
03:08:18 SPEAKER PLEASE. I WELCOME.
03:08:21 HI. YES, JESSICA PERSICO DISTRICT
03:08:25 TEN CANDIDATE AND ARE AN EXPERT WITNESS.
03:08:29 >> AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SOME OF OUR WAYS
03:08:33 FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND IN OUR TRANSPORTATION.
03:08:36 >> SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL AS
03:08:40 AS OF MTA AND REDOING SOME OF OUR BUS ROUTES.
03:08:44 >> FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAPPING BUS ROUTES NINE
03:08:47 NINE HOUR 14 14 HOUR AND THERE'S OTHER BUS ROUTES
03:08:50 IN MY DISTRICT SUCH AS THE 54 AND THE 19 THAT WE COULD REDO
03:08:57 SO WE CAN GET BETTER ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL AND MAJOR EVENTS
03:09:02 WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE .
03:09:05 SO I'D LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
03:09:06 ALSO IF WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO EVALUATE WAYS TO DECREASE
03:09:13 THE COST OF PARKING TICKETS IT'S EXPENSIVE ENOUGH TO OWN A
03:09:17 CAR LET ALONE AFFORD GAS NOW AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
03:09:22 TO KEEP COSTS DOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDE
03:09:28 THEM SAFE PLACES THAT ARE THAT WE CAN WORK.
03:09:30 WE'RE OFTEN FINDING THAT A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES WELL NOT
03:09:34 EMPLOYEES THEIR 1099 WORKERS ARE BEING MISCLASSIFIED
03:09:40 AND THEY SHOULD BE W2 EMPLOYEES.
03:09:41 THE PROBLEM IS THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR A.K.A ALSO THE
03:09:48 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IS NOT
03:09:52 ONLY UNDERSTAFFED BUT THEY NEED A BIGGER BUDGET TO HELP SOME OF
03:09:59 THESE WORKERS GET THEIR BENEFITS BECAUSE WE'RE OFTEN
03:10:01 SEEING THAT THERE'S A BIG LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND A
03:10:07 LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING A LOT OF HOURS BUT THEY
03:10:12 CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE. THEY'RE AFRAID OF WORKING MORE
03:10:15 BECAUSE IF THEY DO THAT THEY DON'T GET MEDICAL BECAUSE THE
03:10:20 LIMIT IS $1,800. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WAYS
03:10:23 TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH CARE ACCESS.
03:10:24 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
03:10:30 . >> HELLO.
03:10:31 MY NAME IS SHANNON GILMER. >> I WORK WITH 18 STAFFING.
03:10:35 AND I ALSO SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT FOR JESSICA PASCOE
03:10:39 RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. >> SHE'S CANDIDATE FOR SAN
03:10:42 FRANCISCO DISTRICT TEN SUPERVISOR.
03:10:46 I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TIME TO SPEAK AND SHARE
03:10:49 IF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ENTERTAINMENT
03:10:50 COMMISSION REGARDLESS OF THE GUIDELINES PERMITS FOR AN
03:10:54 ORDINANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND TIMES AND STUFF I WOULD
03:10:57 LIKE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ME TO SPEAK WITH MY FRIEND
03:11:02 JESSICA ON THE PODIUM IF THAT'S OKAY.
03:11:05 >> ALL RIGHT. COOL.
03:11:06 THANKS SO. AFTER GOING TO THE
03:11:09 ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION SPEAKER'S TIME YOU CAN USE THE
03:11:13 TIME IS ALLOTTED TO YOU. >> I ASKED IF SHE CAN SPEAK
03:11:17 WITH ME. NO, WE DON'T DO THAT.
03:11:18 SHE'S COMPLETED HER TIME. >> SO REGARDLESS OF OF THE
03:11:21 VENTILATIONS REQUIREMENTS OR CURRENT GUIDELINES AND EMPHASIS
03:11:26 ON KEEPING DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED INSIDE OF VENUES, I'D
03:11:29 LIKE TO PROPOSE RECONSIDERING THIS APPROACH AND I'M PAUSING
03:11:33 YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT.
03:11:34 JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO ELECTORAL, NO ELECTIONEERING
03:11:38 YOU CAN DO IN THE CHAMBER DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:11:41 OKAY. SO JUST KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
03:11:44 GENERAL. I DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE
03:11:45 ELECTION OR THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A CANDIDATE OR ANYONE
03:11:49 ELSE IS A CANDIDATE. OKAY.
03:11:50 OKAY. THANK YOU.
03:11:51 >> WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
03:11:52 CURRENTLY THE LIKE GAL THE FOUNDER OF THE MODERN NURSING
03:11:58 ENFORCES IMPORTANCE IN THE FRESH AIR HAVING WINDOWS OPEN,
03:12:00 DOORS OPEN DURING EVENTS AND NEVER TO BE AFRAID TO OPEN
03:12:04 THE WINDOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
03:12:07 >> SO FOR HEALTH REASONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR INDOOR
03:12:11 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO HELP PREVENT NOISE COMPLAINTS I
03:12:15 RECOMMEND THAT ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSIONS PROVIDE CLEAR
03:12:19 GUIDANCE TO BUSINESSES ABOUT SOUND LIMITS SPECIFIC TO THEIR
03:12:22 LOCAL AREA. AS NOTED IN THE PERMIT GUIDANCE
03:12:25 BUSINESS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR SOUND
03:12:30 LIMITS CLEARER MORE ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION WILL HELP IMPROVE
03:12:34 COMPLIANCE FOR BUSINESS APPEARING IN COMMERCIAL ZONES I
03:12:38 SUGGEST ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER PERMITS ARE NECESSARY FOR LOWER
03:12:42 IMPACT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS KARAOKE REDUCING THE
03:12:46 STREAMLINED PERMIT REQUIREMENTS IN THESE CASES COULD LOWER
03:12:49 COSTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKE COMPLIANCE MORE
03:12:51 EFFICIENT. ALL RIGHT.
03:12:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:13:01 HELLO. MY NAME'S DARRYL DANIELS, BORN
03:13:05 AND RAISED IN THE CITY. >> I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AIR.
03:13:06 YOU CAN HOLD THAT MICROPHONE UP TOO STRAIGHT THAT AS MUCH AS I
03:13:09 WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE ELLA HILL SITUATION, I THINK EVERY
03:13:12 HOUSEHOLD SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN PARENT AND I THINK ELLA HILL
03:13:16 HUT SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN PARENT AND I DON'T THINK A PERSON
03:13:20 SHOULD HAVE TWO JOBS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT NEEDS ITS OWN
03:13:27 ATTENTION FROM WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE PAST.
03:13:28 THERE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY UNFAIR FOR ONE PERSON TO
03:13:38 RUN TO PLACES LIKE THAT. IT NEEDS TO BE ONE PERSON
03:13:45 RUNNING HERE AND ONE PERSON RUN IT THERE.
03:13:49 >> AND I WANT TO SAY THIS TO THE SUPERVISORS AND I WANT YOU
03:13:53 TO TAKE THIS PERSONAL. >> I SAT AND I WATCHED CERTAIN
03:13:58 PEOPLE SPEAK. YOU DON'T LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.
03:14:01 YOU LOOK DOWN, YOU TALK AND YOU SHOULD TREAT EVERYTHING THE
03:14:08 SAME THE ENERGY YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE GUY WHO SPOKE ON THE
03:14:12 TRENDS AND THE KIDS THE FIRST GUY EVERYBODY WAS INTO IT.
03:14:16 YOU SHOULD BE LIKE THAT WITH EVERYONE ESPECIALLY THE
03:14:20 NATIVES. >> GOD BLESS.
03:14:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
03:14:27 AGAIN. STARCHILD CHAIR OF THE
03:14:28 LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:14:32 >> STARCHILD THAT FOR LIBERTY DAWG REFERENCING ONE OF THE
03:14:35 PREVIOUS COMMENTS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMERAS, THE
03:14:40 SPEED CAMERAS. >> THIS IS PART OF A MUCH
03:14:43 LARGER TREND IN OUR SOCIETY OF MASS SURVEILLANCE.
03:14:47 EVERYTHING FROM MONITORING CARS THROUGH THE FAST TRACK THING
03:14:55 THAT GO OVER THE BRIDGE CAMERAS IN OUR MUNI BUSSES CAMERAS ON
03:14:58 BART ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION BEING DATA HARVESTED THROUGH
03:15:06 TECH COMPANIES AND OFTEN ENDS UP IN THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT
03:15:08 IF GOVERNMENT ISN'T HARVESTING IT DIRECTLY.
03:15:10 THIS IS A GROWING THREAT TO ALL OF OUR PRIVACY AND CIVIL
03:15:14 LIBERTIES. I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO REDUCE
03:15:17 DEATHS ON THE STREET. I DON'T OWN A CAR.
03:15:18 I'M A CYCLIST. I BIKE MOSTLY TO GET AROUND BUT
03:15:21 I DO NOT WANT MORE CAMERAS OUT THERE SURVEILLING US.
03:15:25 THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYTHING
03:15:26 THEY'RE DOING TO ERODE CIVIL LIBERTIES AND DEMOCRACY IN THIS
03:15:30 COUNTRY SHOULD REALLY MAKE YOU THINK TWICE BEFORE BEING
03:15:33 WILLING TO PUT IN A NETWORK LIKE THIS.
03:15:37 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO SUCCEED YOU.
03:15:38 I MEAN SAN FRANCISCO SEEMS SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC RIGHT NOW.
03:15:42 I KNOW YOU'RE ALL DEMOCRATS. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING
03:15:44 TO EXIST AND BE THE CASE FOREVER BUT IT ISN'T
03:15:48 NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE CASE FOREVER.
03:15:49 ANY POWER THAT YOU GIVE TO GOVERNMENT IT THINKING THAT OH,
03:15:53 THIS IS SOMEONE I AGREE WITH AND I TRUST THEM WITH THIS
03:15:57 POWER WELL THAT POWER WILL STILL BE THERE WHEN THEY'RE
03:15:58 SUCCEEDED BY SOMEBODY WHOSE AGENDA YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
03:16:01 AGREE WITH AND ALL THESE MASS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS REALLY
03:16:05 AGAIN POSE A STANDING THREAT TO ALL OF US.
03:16:09 SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT DON'T INVOLVE
03:16:12 MONITORING AND SURVEILLING THE PUBLIC AND ADDING TO THIS
03:16:16 GROWING TURNKEY TOTALITARIAN POLICE STATE THAT'S BEING BUILT
03:16:17 IN THIS COUNTRY. >> PLEASE REMOVE THE CAMERAS
03:16:20 AND LOOK INTO SPECIFICALLY THE FLOCK COMPANY.
03:16:23 IT'S GETTING A LOT OF NEGATIVE PRESS.
03:16:24 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISINGENUOUS INFORMATION FROM
03:16:27 THEM. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO IT
03:16:31 BUT PLEASE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:16:34 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AND BEFORE YOU SPEAK, ARE THERE
03:16:38 ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
03:16:41 WELCOME THE BOARD DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT?
03:16:46 ALL RIGHT. PLEASE PROCEED.
03:16:46 WE'LL SET THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
03:16:49 HI, THIS IS KIMBERLY SIMMONS AND I JUST LIKE TO MAKE A
03:16:53 PROPOSAL A FEW IDEAS THAT I HAVE.
03:16:54 >> KIMBERLY, CAN YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE
03:16:57 FOR US? >> I JUST WANTED TO PROPOSE A
03:16:58 FEW IDEAS THAT I HAVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
03:17:01 ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I HAVE BEEN PROPOSED ONE WOULD LIKE TO
03:17:03 PROPOSE IS SAN FRANCISCO BAY SEAWALL.
03:17:06 THE WATER YOU KNOW THESE ANXIETY ATTACKS ABOUT THIS
03:17:10 WATER AND OCEAN AND YOU'VE GOT THE BAY AND YOU GOT THE OCEAN.
03:17:15 EVERYTHING IS ALL AROUND SAN FRANCISCO SO SMALL I DON'T KNOW
03:17:19 IF IT CAN HOLD UP AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE.
03:17:22 >> HOWEVER, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL.
03:17:26 I DON'T HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION IDEAS ON HOW TO FIX IT.
03:17:33 >> HOWEVER I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR
03:17:35 PROFESSIONAL HELP IN THESE SITUATIONS BUT HAVEN'T.
03:17:40 IT WOULD BE SAN FRANCISCO BAY SEAWALL AND I WAS ALSO THINKING
03:17:44 ABOUT A BOAT HARBORING STATION OVER THERE IN CANDLESTICK BAY
03:17:48 VIEW AREA FOR BOAT HARBORING. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS
03:17:54 EVER BEEN TO LONG BEACH QUEEN MARY IT'S LIKE A BOAT THERE
03:17:59 AND IT'S A HOTEL RESTAURANT FOOD JUST LIKE YOU KNOW JUST
03:18:02 LIKE A NICE BOAT AN AREA ONLY IN THE CITY THE CITY OF
03:18:06 BAYVIEW, CANDLESTICK PARK. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
03:18:11 EXTENDING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY?
03:18:14 IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT ENOUGH HOUSING AND OTHER
03:18:18 STUFF BUT EXPANDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY I'M NOT SURE WHAT
03:18:22 ALL PROFESSIONAL LEVELS YOU GUYS DEAL WITH THIS
03:18:26 RECONSTRUCTIONS RECONSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT I JUST
03:18:29 WANT TO MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
03:18:33 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IF I COULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU
03:18:34 CHECK OUT THE PORT COMMISSION THEY ARE WORKING ON EXACTLY
03:18:37 BUILDING A SEAWALL. OKAY.
03:18:40 WELCOME REVEREND BROWN. MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM CLERK,
03:18:51 MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZED BODY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF
03:18:59 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAINT FRANCIS.
03:19:03 OBVIOUSLY I SAT AND LISTENED FOR MY GRANDMOTHER SAID GOD
03:19:14 GAVE US TWO EYES TO SEE AND TWO YEARS TO HEAR AND THE MORE WE
03:19:22 LOOK AND LISTEN UNLESS WE SPEAK THE BETTER WE SHALL ALL BE HERE
03:19:32 AND I RISE AT THE AGE OF 80 AND VIVE SAY I SAT OR YOU SAT
03:19:43 YOU SIT RATHER RIGHT NOW AND I MADE EVERY EFFORT TO DO THE
03:19:53 RIGHT THING FOR THE SALMON BALLROOM THE COMMON GOOD AND NO
03:20:00 ONE I FELT SHOULD MONOPOLIZE GOODNESS AND ALSO ANOTHER
03:20:14 MATTER I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION OUR STAR ROSE
03:20:19 SAID AND HIS POLITICS DURING THE FIRST CENTURY SEE THAT THE
03:20:25 BLACK MAN ARE THE ETHIOPIAN BOY INFERIOR BECAUSE OUR SKIN WAS
03:20:29 DARK AND THAT WE WOULD NEVER BE CAPABLE OF SELF-GOVERNANCE
03:20:36 AND THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A WHITE PERSON OVER US
03:20:43 . >> MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF
03:20:44 BOARD LET US NOT GIVE CREDENCE AND TRUTH TO THAT FOR THE BLACK
03:20:54 COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO FEELS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING
03:20:58 AROUND THE ISSUE OF L.A. HILL HUTS CENTER IS AN OBVIOUS
03:21:05 SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE SEEKS TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR.
03:21:12 >> PLEASE HEAR ME. THE BLACK COMMUNITY I'M
03:21:16 STANDING HERE REPRESENTING THE BLACK FAITH COMMUNITY, THE
03:21:20 BLACK CHURCH WHICH IS THE BASE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY
03:21:28 . THE SOCIOLOGISTS OF ALL SAID
03:21:31 AND THE HISTORIANS HAVE SAID IT BUT THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE
03:21:35 AROUND LITTLE HUTCH NOT ONE BLACK FAITH COMMUNITY WAS
03:21:41 CONSULTED. THAT'S BAD POLITICKING THAT
03:21:49 DENIES A PERSON'S ENFRANCHISED ENFRANCHISEMENT.
03:21:56 >> SO WE ARE SAYING AS A COMMUNITY THE CIVIL RIGHTS
03:22:00 COMMUNITY I'M REPRESENTING ACP TOO AND THE FAITH COMMUNITY
03:22:07 BETHLEHEM CHURCH, THIRD BAPTIST FIRST A.M.E. ZION CORNERSTONE
03:22:14 THAT I CAN'T CALL ALL OF THEM BUT WE ARE UNITED AND WE ARE
03:22:19 SAYING PLEASE, PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE DON'T INSULT US AGAIN BY
03:22:26 MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
03:22:30 >> OLDER APPLAUSE PLEASE. SO I TRUST THAT YOU ALL WILL
03:22:34 SEE ALSO THAT WE HAVE WISDOM. WE KNOW HOW TO BE STATES
03:22:41 PERSONS. >> BUT LEADERSHIP SOMEWHERE
03:22:48 IN THE BODY POLITIC AND FROM BOOKER T HAVE SAID NO TO REASON
03:22:56 AND COMMON SENSE. WHEN WE WAS ADVANCED IDEA THAT
03:23:00 WE WOULD HAVE AT THAT CENTER JOINT LEADERSHIP SO THAT WE
03:23:07 WOULD COME FROM UNDER THAT PAIN ANGUISH AND AGONY OF A CLOUD
03:23:11 THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE COMMUNITY.
03:23:15 SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PLEASE LISTEN PLEASE WORK WITH US
03:23:24 AND DON'T DISMEMBER US. >> THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE DURING
03:23:31 THE DAYS OF LYNCHINGS OF THE SOUTH AFTER THEY STRONG US UP.
03:23:34 >> WHAT DID THEY DO? >> THEY CUT OFF OUR FINGERS
03:23:38 AND OUR TOES. >> CHECK IT OUT ON THE
03:23:43 INTERNET. IT'S THE TRUTH.
03:23:46 AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE PLAY DIVISIVE POLITICS WE DISMEMBER
03:23:50 A COMMUNITY. >> SO PLEASE LISTEN.
03:23:54 THANK YOU. AND NOT ACT ON WHAT YOU ARE
03:23:58 THINKING OF DOING. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE
03:24:04 RESPECTED. >> THANK YOU.
03:24:09 AND I NOW PRESENT TO YOU A YOUNG MAN FROM THE COMMUNITY
03:24:13 THAT YOU SHOULD HEAR AND SEE. >> THE NEW DIRECTOR OF KOMEN
03:24:17 ADVOCATES COMING UP HERE. >> THANK YOU.
03:24:21 WELL, I'M A FATHER AND I WILL JUST MACHARIA I WILL MAKE A
03:24:25 NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO THE BOARD RULES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
03:24:28 ALLOWED REVEREND BROWN PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR AS HE IS
03:24:32 A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
03:24:33 BUT GENERALLY THERE ARE WE SET THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
03:24:37 WELCOME, SIR. >> IF YOU'RE THE LAST SPEAKER,
03:24:40 PLEASE. >> HE BRINGS GREAT CREDENTIALS
03:24:47 . >> HOW ARE WE FEELING?
03:24:48 SCALE. HELLO BOARD.
03:24:48 HELLO, SAN FRANCISCO. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY STEPHEN,
03:24:55 HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
03:24:56 I'M IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO BE A SMALL COG IN A MIGHTY
03:25:00 CLOCK THAT MAKES UP THE ECOSYSTEM OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:25:03 ALTHOUGH I'M NOT BORN HERE AND I CONSIDER THIS MY MY HOME.
03:25:10 I WOULD SAY THAT COLEMAN HAVING 52 YEARS OF LEGACY AND SUCCESS
03:25:13 IS WILLING AND READY TO WORK NOT ONLY AS A PREVENTATIVE ARM
03:25:17 OF THE ECOSYSTEM BUT ALSO AS AN ACCOUNTABILITY ARM.
03:25:23 SO I ASKED REVEREND BROWN TO ALLOW ME TO COME HERE SIMPLY TO
03:25:28 SAY CONSIDER US YOUR PARTNER. >> AS HE WAS SAYING, THE BLACK
03:25:32 COMMUNITY AS ANY OTHER COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE.
03:25:36 IT HAS A MIND AND IT HAS AUTONOMY.
03:25:39 >> WHENEVER YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS I THINK IT IS
03:25:41 PERTINENT THAT YOU CONSIDER THOSE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY
03:25:47 THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE MAKING.
03:25:48 AGAIN, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
03:25:51 >> GOD BLESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:25:55 >> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
03:25:56 PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING
03:25:59 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. PRESIDENT, PUBLIC COMMENT
03:26:02 IS NOW CLOSED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
03:26:05 FOR ADOPTION OF THAT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS 29
03:26:09 THROUGH 31 ITEMS 29 THROUGH 31 WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION
03:26:12 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE. A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED
03:26:16 FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TODAY.
03:26:17 ANY MEMBER MAY REQUIRE A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TO
03:26:21 GO TO COMMITTEE. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON.
03:26:25 THANK YOU. JUST SENDING ITEM 32 COMMITTEE
03:26:31 SUPERVISOR DORSEY. >> I'D LIKE TO 730 JUST TO
03:26:33 SPEAK TO IT IF IT'S POSSIBLE. >> YEAH.
03:26:38 MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN A MEMBER INDICATES AN ITEM IT CAN BE
03:26:42 SENT TO COMMITTEE JUST AS SUCH AND YOU CAN INDICATE WHICH
03:26:45 COMMITTEE IT'S GOING TO GO TO. WE'D WE WOULD RECOMMEND SAYS
03:26:50 YEAH I MEAN IT WOULD GET A PIECE PERFECT.
03:26:52 >> BUT I HAVE A MEMBER IN THE QUEUE BECAUSE HE CAN SAY
03:26:56 WHATEVER HE WANTS. >> YEAH IT'S A SINGLE MEMBER'S
03:26:57 PRIVILEGE THERE'S NO DEBATE ON. BUT IS.
03:27:04 >> BUT IF THERE'S AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO COMMITTEE IT
03:27:08 IS CERTAINLY GOING TO COMMITTEE.
03:27:09 I MEAN THERE'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER IT'S GOING TO CREDIT
03:27:11 COMMITTEE THE QUESTION IS I HAVE A MEMBER IN THE QUEUE WHO
03:27:12 WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AFTER THAT
03:27:16 MEMBER TOO. >> IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT I
03:27:18 MEAN SURE. >> OH, SURE.
03:27:19 OKAY. I MEAN THIS IS SORT OF A BOARD
03:27:23 RULE QUESTION. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER
03:27:27 HERE IS. I THINK IF YOU JUST SEE SURE.
03:27:33 >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALTHOUGH IF THIS IS GOING TO BE
03:27:35 GOING TO A COMMITTEE HEARING AS IS ANY MEMBER'S RIGHT, I DID
03:27:38 WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHY I'VE BEEN SUCH A
03:27:41 STRONG PROPONENT OF THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT
03:27:42 PROGRAM DURING MY TIME ON THE BOARD.
03:27:45 THIS PROGRAM TOOK SEVERAL TRIES IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
03:27:48 AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP FORMER ASSEMBLY
03:27:52 MEMBER LAURA FRIEDMAN PROVIDED AND FINALLY GETTING THIS BILL
03:27:53 ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
03:27:56 LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY DAVID CHIU WHO DURING HIS TIME
03:28:00 IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE SPONSORED THIS LAW SEVERAL
03:28:03 TIMES BACK IN 2023 I JOINED ADVOCATES FROM WALK US F
03:28:07 AND FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS FOR AN ADVOCACY DAY IN IN
03:28:10 SACRAMENTO. IT WAS DEEPLY MOVING TO SEE HOW
03:28:13 TRAFFIC VIOLENCE CAN AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HOW SOME
03:28:17 FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES FIND PURPOSE IN ADVOCATING FOR
03:28:21 TRAFFIC SAFETY LIKE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS TO ENSURE
03:28:22 THAT NO MORE FAMILIES FACE THE TRAGEDIES THAT THEY DID.
03:28:25 SAN FRANCISCO MOVED QUICKLY TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL AND TO
03:28:29 MAXIMIZE THE PROGRAM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
03:28:32 THIS BOARD TOOK ACTION TO ALLOW DESIGN BUILD A CONTRACT TO
03:28:36 ALLOW FOR SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION.
03:28:37 LAST WEEK S.F. MTA RELEASED ITS DATA ON THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF
03:28:40 THE PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
03:28:43 SPEED HAS DROPPED AN AVERAGE OF 80% AT 33 LOCATIONS IN THE
03:28:46 PROGRAM MANY OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT.
03:28:50 DISTRICT SIX HAS MANY DANGEROUS ARTERIALS WHERE DRIVERS BEHAVE
03:28:53 AS IF THEY ARE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN IN REALITY THEY'RE IN THE
03:28:55 MIDDLE OF A DENSE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:28:58 THE STREETS WITH CAMERA DO FEEL SAFER AND WE'VE SEEN INCREDIBLE
03:29:02 PROGRESS. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVING WHY WE
03:29:03 SHOULD HAVE MORE OF THIS LIFE SAVING TECHNOLOGY.
03:29:07 THIS RESOLUTION WOULD RECOGNIZE THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESS AND PUT
03:29:10 SAN FRANCISCO ON RECORD IN SAYING THAT WE SUPPORT IT,
03:29:11 THAT WE BELIEVE THE STATE LEGISLATURE SHOULD STRENGTHEN
03:29:14 IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
03:29:15 OUR LOCAL ADVOCATES AND OUR STATE DELEGATION TO SEE SLOWER
03:29:18 CARS AND SAFER STREETS. I WANT TO THANK WALK S.F. FOR
03:29:22 THEIR UNRELENTING ADVOCACY ON THIS ISSUE.
03:29:24 FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO SPOKE TO IT AND TO MTA FOR
03:29:26 THEIR DILIGENT WORK TO IMPLEMENT AND RUN THE PROGRAM.
03:29:29 I APPRECIATE THE SPORT'S PRIOR SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTIONS TO
03:29:32 SUPPORT THE STATE LAW. HB 645 AS WELL AS THE TRAILING
03:29:35 LEGISLATION NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT IT PROMPTLY.
03:29:38 AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION
03:29:40 WHEN IT COMES BACK FROM COMMITTEE.
03:29:45 >> SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU PRESIDENT MADELINE.
03:29:49 ANYTHING WITH SURVEILLANCE INVOLVED IN IT?
03:29:50 I AM GOING TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
03:29:55 COMMITTEE REFERENCE MAKES A BLANKET STATEMENT THAT WE'RE
03:29:59 ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYTHING AND THAT'S NOT
03:30:00 ALWAYS THE CASE. >> THAT'S WHY THIS IS GETTING
03:30:03 SENT TO COMMITTEE AND WE SEND IT TO COMMITTEE SO WE DON'T
03:30:07 HAVE A DEBATE ON IT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE IT'S FOR ADOPTION
03:30:10 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE. SO FOR US TO BE GOING BACK
03:30:13 AND FORTH IS INAPPROPRIATE. THERE ARE RULES THAT WE NEED TO
03:30:17 GO BY AT THIS BOARD EVEN OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR COLLEAGUES.
03:30:21 >> SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE
03:30:25 SHOULDN'T BE GOING BACK AND FORTH OVER SOMETHING THAT
03:30:26 GOT SENT TO COMMITTEE. >> THAT'S WHAT COMMITTEE IS
03:30:29 FOR. >> I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR WALTON
03:30:30 IS CORRECT AND THAT I AM IN ERROR.
03:30:36 >> I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU.
03:30:38 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS 29
03:30:41 AND 31. 931 ON ITEMS 20 NINE AND 31.
03:30:45 >> SUPERVISOR HUANG WONG I. SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I.
03:30:52 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I. SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
03:30:59 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMUD I. SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I.
03:31:03 WOMEN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR.
03:31:07 I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL. I AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON
03:31:14 EITHER ATTORNEYS. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
03:31:15 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. AND THEN MADAM CLERK DO WE.
03:31:21 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE? DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE
03:31:22 AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NONE TO REPORT.
03:31:25 >> ALL RIGHT. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
03:31:26 IN MEMORIAM? TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
03:31:30 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUAL.
03:31:33 ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
03:31:34 ON THE MOTION MADE BY PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR THE LATE MR.
03:31:40 LAWRENCE MICHAEL STEPHANIE. >> AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US
03:31:45 TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA. MADAM CLERK.
03:31:48 >> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
03:31:49 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
03:31:52 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK WE ARE ADJOURNED