00:00:11 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
00:00:16 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 7TH JUNE 9TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF
00:00:19 THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:22 MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:00:23 >> YES, SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN
00:00:26 PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:33 FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:00:37 PRESENT SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN PRESIDENT MANDOLIN PRESENT
00:00:41 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR PRESENT SUPERVISOR SADR SADR
00:00:45 PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHERRELL PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:49 WALTON WALTON PRESENT SUPERVISOR WANG HUANG PRESENT
00:00:53 MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
00:00:57 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:01:00 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:01:02 HOMELAND OF THE RAMAKRISHNA LONEY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:01:05 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE
00:01:09 INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:01:10 THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIALS MANY HAVE NEVER CEDED
00:01:13 LOST OR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:01:17 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:18 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL CARE TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE
00:01:21 RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR
00:01:24 TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:26 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE RAW
00:01:29 MATERIAL OWNING COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR
00:01:32 SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:35 >> COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:36 ALLEGIANCE SINCE THE REVIVAL ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD I WANT TO
00:01:58 ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY THAT IS ESPECIALLY
00:02:02 KALEENA MENDOZA. THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR
00:02:06 MEETINGS AND MAKE THE TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE
00:02:07 PUBLIC ONLINE. >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:02:10 COMMUNICATIONS? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:02:16 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELCOMES YOUR ATTENDANCE
00:02:17 IN PERSON HERE IN THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ROOM TWO
00:02:23 52ND FLOOR OF CITY HALL. WHEN YOU CAN'T BE HERE, THE
00:02:24 PROCEEDINGS ARE AIRING LIVE ON S.F. GOV TV'S LOCAL CABLE
00:02:28 CHANNEL OR LIVESTREAMING AT S.F. GOV TV DOT ORG.
00:02:31 YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING BY SENDING AN EMAIL
00:02:32 TO BOSSIE AT S.F. JOB TALK OR VIA U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO THE
00:02:39 SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:02:40 ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN
00:02:43 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
00:02:49 FOR A FUTURE MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:02:50 OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE
00:02:54 CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY
00:02:59 CALLING (415) 554-5184. FINALLY IN LINE WITH SUPERVISOR
00:03:03 FIELDER'S APRIL 7TH MEMO REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED FROM
00:03:05 ALL MEETINGS UNTIL JUNE 30TH, A MOTION IS IN ORDER TO CONSIDER
00:03:08 THAT REQUEST FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
00:03:11 >> MEMBERS. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES
00:03:12 MY COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:03:16 COLLEAGUES SUPERVISOR DORSEY HAS INDICATED THAT HE IS COMING
00:03:23 BUT IS GOING TO BE LATE SO COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE
00:03:25 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM THE MEETING ENTIRELY AND SUPERVISOR
00:03:28 DORSEY FROM THE VOTES THAT HE MISSES.
00:03:31 >> MOTION MADE BY FERRELL. VOTE BY FERRELL BY CHERYL YIKES
00:03:34 SORRY WRONG DISTRICT TWO MADE BY CHERYL AND SECONDED BY CHAN.
00:03:38 WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:03:42 WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS EXCUSED
00:03:45 FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETINGS TO PROVIDE SUPERVISOR
00:03:47 DORSEY UNTIL HE ARRIVES. >> AND THEN WITH THAT LET'S GO
00:03:53 TO OUR 2 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER, MADAM CLERK.
00:03:54 >> THE SPECIAL ORDER AT 2 P.M. IS THE APPEARANCE BY THE
00:03:57 HONORABLE MAYOR DANIEL LURIE. THERE BE NO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED
00:04:01 FROM ELIGIBLE MEMBERS REPRESENTING DISTRICTS FIVE
00:04:05 THROUGH EIGHT. THE MAYOR MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD
00:04:06 FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES. >> WELCOME BACK TO THE CHAMBER,
00:04:08 MR. MAYOR. >> YOU MAY HAVE UP TO FIVE
00:04:11 MINUTES. THANK YOU.
00:04:12 BOARD PRESIDENT. LAST WEEK I SUBMITTED A
00:04:15 BALANCED BUDGET THAT IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
00:04:16 AND STRENGTHENS OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
00:04:19 SO EVEN IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL CUTS, SAN FRANCISCANS KNOW THEY
00:04:24 CAN COUNT ON THIS CITY. THIS BUDGET CLOSES A $642
00:04:30 MILLION TWO YEAR DEFICIT MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD FOR ALL SAN
00:04:34 FRANCISCANS. LAST JULY JUST AS OUR CITY WAS
00:04:35 GETTING BACK ON TRACK, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSED H.R.
00:04:40 ONE MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO ACCESS
00:04:44 THE CRITICAL HEALTH CARE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE THAT THEY
00:04:46 DEPEND ON. WHEN PEOPLE LOSE HEALTH CARE
00:04:49 COVERAGE, THEY TURN TO OUR PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND WHEN THE
00:04:52 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS FUNDING THOSE COSTS FALL TO THE CITY OF
00:04:56 SAN FRANCISCO UNLESS WE HELP PEOPLE KEEP THE BENEFITS THEY
00:05:01 NEED, WE ARE DEDICATING $34 MILLION TO HELP SAN FRANCISCANS
00:05:04 STAY ON MEDI-CAL AND CAL FRESH. WE ARE HIRING 138 CASE MANAGERS
00:05:11 AND ELIGIBILITY WORKERS AT HSA TO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE THE
00:05:15 NEW REQUIREMENTS AND WE ARE COMMITTING $120 MILLION TO HELP
00:05:19 FAMILIES STAY HOUSED SO THAT ONE MISSED PAYCHECK OR
00:05:23 EMERGENCY MEDICAL BILL DOES NOT LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS.
00:05:27 >> THIS BUDGET PROTECTS LEGAL SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANT
00:05:31 FAMILIES. IT CONTINUES CRITICAL SUPPORT
00:05:34 FOR LGBTQ PLUS AND TRANS RESIDENTS INCLUDING CRITICAL
00:05:38 HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE NOW PROTECTED FOR TWO
00:05:42 CONSECUTIVE BUDGETS. THIS BUDGET ALSO ALLOCATES
00:05:45 FUNDING FOR A MODERNIZED FLEET OF POLICE CARS AND FIRE TRUCKS
00:05:49 TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. A NEW BACKUP SYSTEM THAT KEEPS
00:05:52 911 UP AND RUNNING DURING POWER OUTAGES AND A MAJOR INCREASE
00:05:56 IN STREET REPAVING AND POTHOLE REPAIR AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY
00:06:00 SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES SO
00:06:04 THAT OUR NURSES, OUR DOCTORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ARE SAFE
00:06:08 WHILE THEY CARE FOR OTHERS. UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION WE WILL
00:06:12 NOT FALL BACK ON TEMPORARY FIXES THAT FORCED DEEPER CUTS
00:06:16 YEAR AFTER YEAR LAST YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS BOARD.
00:06:20 WE BEGAN MOVING BEYOND THAT CYCLE.
00:06:23 THIS BUDGET BUILDS ON THAT PROGRESS BY REDUCING OUR LONG
00:06:27 TERM STRUCTURAL DEFICIT BY APPROXIMATELY $300 MILLION.
00:06:30 AND OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS SAVED TAXPAYERS $100 MILLION
00:06:34 AND COUNTING BY SLOWING HIRING AND FOCUSING ON FILLING ROLES
00:06:38 THAT PROVIDE CORE SERVICES. BUT IF WE FAIL TO ACT NOW, OUR
00:06:43 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WILL GROW TO $1 BILLION.
00:06:46 AND THE DIFFICULT CHOICES BEFORE US TODAY WILL BECOME
00:06:49 EVEN MORE PAINFUL AND COSTLY TOMORROW.
00:06:54 LAST YEAR WE INVESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TODAY CRIME
00:06:57 CONTINUES TO HIT RECORD LOWS. WE TRANSFORMED OUR HOMELESSNESS
00:06:59 RESPONSE AND NOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ON OUR STREETS
00:07:03 IS AT THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN 15 YEARS.
00:07:06 AND JUST TODAY WE ANNOUNCED THE MAY 2026 QUARTERLY COUNT FOUND
00:07:10 OUR CITY AT RECORD LOW NUMBER OF TENT ENCAMPMENTS ON OUR
00:07:16 STREETS FOR THE FOURTH TIME DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
00:07:19 AND DOWN 53% SINCE WE TOOK OFFICE LAST JANUARY.
00:07:24 WE'RE ALSO AT RECORD LOW NUMBER OF LARGE VEHICLES ON OUR
00:07:28 STREETS AND 31% LOWER THAN JUST THIS PAST FEBRUARY.
00:07:31 MY PROPOSED BUDGET CARRIES THIS WORK FORWARD ENSURING THAT SAN
00:07:35 FRANCISCO'S SAN FRANCISCANS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
00:07:38 BUSINESSES CAN GROW AND COMMUNITIES CAN THRIVE.
00:07:43 AND IN THE WEEKS AHEAD I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU.
00:07:47 BOARD PRESIDENT MAILMAN BUDGET CHAIR CHAN, THE BUDGET
00:07:50 COMMITTEE AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO FINALIZE THIS
00:07:54 BUDGET. SAN FRANCISCO IS ON THE RISE
00:07:55 AND WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND.
00:07:58 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION.
00:08:02 >> AND I'LL SEE YOU A LOT THIS MONTH.
00:08:03 THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU.
00:08:08 >> COLLEAGUES, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND IS NOW
00:08:12 FILED. MADAM CLERK LET'S GO BACK TO
00:08:16 OUR MEETING MINUTES. >> TODAY WE ARE APPROVING THE
00:08:20 BOARD MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 5TH 2026.
00:08:23 >> ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
00:08:27 THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY WALTON AND SECONDED BY CHAN
00:08:34 . >> AND MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU
00:08:35 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:08:38 DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMUD I SUPERVISOR.
00:08:42 GENTLEMEN. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.
00:08:43 I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
00:08:50 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:08:54 SUPERVISOR WANG HUANG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:08:58 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN EITHER TEN TONIGHT WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:09:05 MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AS PRESENTED.
00:09:09 AND WITH THAT MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
00:09:12 ONE THROUGH THREE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE ARE ON CONSENT.
00:09:16 THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN
00:09:19 ITEM MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
00:09:23 >> AND COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH
00:09:27 THREE SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:09:30 SUPERVISOR MANDELMAN I AM I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I
00:09:38 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR
00:09:43 WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:09:50 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION
00:09:54 THESE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO
00:10:00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
00:10:04 >> ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BUSINESS
00:10:06 AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE TO EXTEND FOR TEN YEARS TO
00:10:11 DECEMBER 31ST 2035 AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PARKING TAX FOR A
00:10:12 LIMITED NUMBER OF SPECIAL PARKING EVENTS OPERATED BY
00:10:16 VOLUNTEER LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:10:20 PROPERTY TO BENEFIT SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:10:21 IN EARNING LESS THAN 10,000 IN RENT PER EVENT.
00:10:24 >> LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:10:28 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:10:31 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
00:10:34 >> ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE 195
00:10:37 MILLION OF BOND PROCEEDS TO DPW REC AND PARK AND MTA FOR
00:10:44 ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY FOR VARIOUS
00:10:45 HEALTH CARE NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES CERTAIN
00:10:49 TRANSPORTATION, PEDESTRIAN STREET SAFETY RELATED CAPITAL
00:10:52 IMPROVEMENTS, STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC
00:10:55 SPACE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026
00:10:59 AND TO PLACE THESE FUNDS ON CONTROLLERS RESERVE THE SAME
00:11:03 HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
00:11:07 FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:11:08 SIX THROUGH NINE TOGETHER. >> ITEM SIX THROUGH NINE ARE
00:11:11 FOR ORDINANCES REGARDING PC REVENUE BONDS AND AN
00:11:14 APPROPRIATION ITEM SIX APPROPRIATES ALL ESTIMATED
00:11:17 CAPITAL PROJECT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUC
00:11:21 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028.
00:11:24 ITEM SEVEN AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF TAX EXEMPT
00:11:28 OR TAXABLE POWER REVENUE BONDS AND OTHER FORMS OF DEBT BY THE
00:11:32 PUC FOR 138.1 MILLION TO FINANCE A COSTS OF VARIOUS
00:11:36 CAPITAL PROJECTS BENEFITING THE POWER ENTERPRISE AND TO
00:11:40 AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF POWER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS AND THE
00:11:44 RETIREMENT OF OUTSTANDING POWER ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL PAPER
00:11:50 ITEM EIGHT AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF TAX EXEMPT
00:11:51 OR TAXABLE WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS BY THE PUC FOR
00:11:54 APPROXIMATELY 1.1 BILLION TO FINANCE A COST OF VARIOUS
00:11:59 CAPITAL WASTEWATER PROJECTS BENEFITING THE WASTEWATER
00:12:02 ENTERPRISE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF WASTEWATER REVENUE
00:12:06 REFUNDING BONDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF OUTSTANDING
00:12:09 WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE. COMMERCIAL PAPER AND ITEM NINE
00:12:12 AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF TAX EXEMPT OR
00:12:13 TAXABLE WATER REVENUE BONDS AND OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS
00:12:17 BY THE PUC IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
00:12:23 APPROXIMATELY 570 MILLION TO FINANCE A COST OF VARIOUS
00:12:24 CAPITAL WATER AND HATCHERY WATER PROJECTS BENEFITING THE
00:12:28 WATER ENTERPRISE AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
00:12:31 WATER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF
00:12:34 OUTSTANDING WATER ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL PAPER SAME HOUSE,
00:12:38 SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:12:39 ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:12:42 ITEM NUMBER TEN. >> ITEM NUMBER TEN IS AN
00:12:46 ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BUILDING CODE TO ADJUST FEES CHARGED BY
00:12:49 THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION AMENDING THE
00:12:51 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
00:12:54 INSPECTION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO CHARGE NOTARY
00:12:57 FEES AND A FIRM TO SEEK DETERMINATION.
00:13:00 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
00:13:01 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:13:05 ITEM NUMBER 11. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE
00:13:08 TO AUTHORIZE SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY NATASHA CORAL
00:13:12 AGAINST THE CITY FOR 150,000. THE LAWSUIT INVOLVES ALLEGED
00:13:15 PERSONAL INJURY ON A CITY SIDEWALK THE SAME HOUSE SAME
00:13:22 CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:13:24 IS FINALLY PASSED. PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 12.
00:13:27 >> ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:13:30 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE THE NORTH BEACH ENTERTAINMENT
00:13:33 ZONE THE FERRY BUILDING ENTERTAINMENT ZONE THE BUILDING
00:13:34 PLACE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION ZONE TO AUTHORIZE THE OUTDOOR
00:13:38 CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS DURING AN
00:13:42 ENTERTAINMENT ZONE EVENT STARTING AT 11 A.M. RATHER THAN
00:13:44 NOON AND AFFIRMING THE SEQUEL DETERMINATION SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:13:48 CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:13:52 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 13.
00:13:55 >> ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE COMPETITIVE
00:13:58 SOLICITATION REQUIREMENT UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 21
00:14:02 G AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:14:06 WORKS TO RETROACTIVELY ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE
00:14:07 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 24,000
00:14:13 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRINTING AND INSTALLING PLACEMAKING
00:14:14 BANNERS IN THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT.
00:14:17 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:14:21 IS PASSED ON FIRST READING PLEASE CALL ITEM 14.
00:14:24 >> ITEM 14 IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE
00:14:28 RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A $1
00:14:30 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
00:14:32 AGENCY FOR THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFIED GRANT FOR THE PROJECT
00:14:36 OF PORTSMOUTH SQUARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
00:14:39 AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED GRANT AGREEMENT FOR A TERM
00:14:43 LIMIT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UPON GRANT AGREEMENT EXECUTION
00:14:47 THROUGH MARCH 1ST, 2028. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:14:51 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:14:52 PLEASE CALL ITEMS 15 AND 16 TOGETHER.
00:14:55 >> ITEMS 15 AND 16 OR 2 RESOLUTIONS RETROACTIVELY
00:14:58 AUTHORIZING ACCEPT AND EXPAND GRANTS OR GIFTS OR THE POLICE
00:15:02 DEPARTMENT. ITEM 5015 EXECUTES AN AMENDMENT
00:15:04 TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY
00:15:08 CORRECTIONS FOR THE ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT PREVENTION GRANT
00:15:12 PROGRAM EXTENDING THE GRANT TERM FROM JUNE FIRST 2027
00:15:15 THROUGH JUNE 1ST, 2028 WITH NO CHANGE THE GRANT AMOUNT OF
00:15:19 APPROXIMATELY 15.3 MILLION AND ITEM 618 FOR AN IN-KIND
00:15:23 GIFT OF NALOXONE IN 2025 VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 43,000 THROUGH
00:15:29 THE NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION PROJECT WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE
00:15:33 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
00:15:36 AND ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
00:15:38 SERVICES SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:15:42 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. PLEASE CALL ITEM 17.
00:15:45 >> ITEM 17 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE MODIFICATION NUMBER ONE
00:15:49 TO THE CONTRACT WITH CITY INFORMATION NETWORK COMPUTING
00:15:52 USA INC. FOR SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT SHARED USE PASSENGER
00:15:56 PROCESSING SYSTEMS TO EXTEND THE TERM FOR THREE YEARS
00:16:00 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 AND INCREASE THE CONTRACT
00:16:03 AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 9.7 MILLION FOR A NEW CONTRACT
00:16:05 AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 16.8 MILLION.
00:16:09 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:16:12 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 18.
00:16:16 >> ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE
00:16:17 AND AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY AND BEHALF OF THE
00:16:20 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO EXECUTE AN OFFICE LEASE FOR THE
00:16:24 CONTINUED USE OF OFFICE SPACE LOCATED AT 796 BRANDON STREET
00:16:27 WITH 796 BRANDON STREET LLC AS LANDLORD WITH AN ESTIMATED
00:16:32 COMMENCEMENT DATE OF JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2031
00:16:37 WITH TWO FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OPTIONS.
00:16:38 THE INITIAL TERM STARTING AT A MONTHLY BASE RENT OF
00:16:43 APPROXIMATELY 3000 WHERE TOTAL ANNUAL BASE RENT OF
00:16:46 APPROXIMATELY 41,000 WITH ANNUAL 3% INCREASES.
00:16:49 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:16:53 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 19 ITEM 19 IS A RESOLUTION
00:16:56 TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ENTER INTO A
00:17:00 PERFORMANCE CONTRACT WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
00:17:04 CARE SERVICES INCORPORATING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
00:17:07 LETTERMAN PURCHASE SHORT ACT PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE
00:17:11 IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
00:17:13 SERVICES BLOCK GRANT SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION TREATMENT
00:17:17 AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND CRISIS COUNSELING
00:17:20 ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2026
00:17:24 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:17:26 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 20.
00:17:31 >> ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT
00:17:34 NUMBER ONE TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND H AND WEST
00:17:39 SIDE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER TO PROVIDE SHORT TERM
00:17:40 RESEARCH RESPITE BEDS PLUS HELP ESTABLISH STABILIZATION SUPPORT
00:17:47 FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO EXTEND THE TERM
00:17:51 BY TWO YEARS FOR A NEW TERM THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 AND TO
00:17:54 INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 13.7 MILLION FOR
00:17:56 A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 21.5 MILLION.
00:18:00 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:18:04 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 21.
00:18:07 >> ITEM 21 IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE
00:18:11 OFFICE OF CANNABIS TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN APPROXIMATELY 2.2
00:18:17 MILLION GRANT AWARD AND TO EXPEND INTEREST EARNED OR
00:18:18 ACCRUED ON GRANT FUNDS FOR THE GRANT TERM OF APRIL 1ST 2026
00:18:21 THROUGH JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST 2027 FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
00:18:25 OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CANNABIS
00:18:28 EQUITY GRANTS PROGRAM FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
00:18:32 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:18:36 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 22.
00:18:39 >> ITEM 22 IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:18:42 TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ALL GRANTS FUNDED BY THE 2024
00:18:45 CLIMATE BOND CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION FOUR FOR WHICH
00:18:48 THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:18:52 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
00:18:55 >> PLEASE CALL ITEMS 23 AND 24 TOGETHER.
00:18:59 ITEMS 23 AND 24 TWO RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE 820 POST STREET
00:19:02 HOUSING PROJECT ITEM 23 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE
00:19:06 AND AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY AND MO CODE TO ENTER
00:19:10 INTO A GROUND LEASE FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY
00:19:13 AND LOCATED AT 1820 POST STREET WITH GOLDEN GATE APARTMENTS LP
00:19:16 FOR A LEASE TERM OF 75 YEARS FOR AN ANNUAL BASE RENT OF
00:19:20 15,000 IN ORDER TO REHABILITATE 100% AFFORDABLE 72 UNIT
00:19:24 MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW INCOME
00:19:27 HOUSEHOLDS APPROVING AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND DIRECTOR OF EMOJI
00:19:31 CG TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
00:19:35 AND TO PROVIDE THE BORROWER WITH A LOAN IN AN AGGREGATE
00:19:39 AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 22.6 MILLION TO FINANCE THE PROJECT
00:19:45 TO A FIRM SECURE DETERMINATION AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE
00:19:46 FINDINGS AND WE CAN TAKE THESE SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:19:52 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
00:19:56 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 25. OH, I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:19:59 I DIDN'T CALL ITEM 24 OH, WE CAN JUST TAKE ITEM 24.
00:20:03 IT IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE FOUR TO APPROVE FOR PURPOSES OF
00:20:06 THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
00:20:10 AND DELIVERY OF A MULTI FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTE IN AN
00:20:14 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 18.7 MILLION FOR
00:20:17 THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCE FOR THE REHABILITATION
00:20:21 OF A 71 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT LOCATED AT 1820
00:20:27 POST STREET. >> LET'S TAKE THAT ITEM SAME
00:20:30 HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:20:31 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:20:35 HAVING 25 ITEM 25 IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY
00:20:38 APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN O
00:20:41 IWD AND BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE
00:20:45 COMMUNITY ECONOMIC RECOVERY HUB'S GRANT AND TO INCREASE THE
00:20:49 CONTRACT AMOUNT BY 1.5 MILLION FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF
00:20:54 APPROXIMATELY 16.8 MILLION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2022
00:21:00 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2026. >> SUPERVISOR CHANDA MANAV KAUL
00:21:04 AND SUPERVISOR WALDEN BEFORE I CALL ON YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:21:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT.
00:21:08 I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM DUE TO POTENTIAL.
00:21:12 >> CAN I HAVE OUR MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR WALTON MOTION
00:21:14 BY SUPERVISOR CHAN SECONDED BY CHEN.
00:21:19 COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:21:20 SUPERVISOR WALTON IS EXCUSED. >> A AND SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK
00:21:33 YOU, PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
00:21:35 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR CHAIR CHEN FOR
00:21:38 HEARING THIS ITEM AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
00:21:41 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS FOR
00:21:45 COORDINATING WITH O W D THE GRANTEE AND THE SUBCONTRACTORS.
00:21:49 THIS GRANT HAS FUNDED THREE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC RECOVERY
00:21:53 HUBS IN DISTRICT 910 AND 11. >> THIS HUBS OFFER SERVICES
00:22:00 RANGING FROM WORKFORCE REFERRAL JOB TRAINING FOR DISTRIBUTION
00:22:04 AND FLU SHOTS AND CONNECTION TO ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SAFETY
00:22:08 AND SOCIAL SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR MY DISTRICTS.
00:22:12 SPECIFICALLY CASA DE POYA HAS OFFERED NECESSARY LIFELINE
00:22:16 AND STABILIZATION TO RESIDENTS GIVEN THE LOCAL CHAOS OCCURRING
00:22:20 AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL BETWEEN INCREASED IT ICE
00:22:21 ENFORCEMENT AND HR1 AND OTHER MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS TO OTHER
00:22:25 NECESSARY WRAPAROUND SERVICES IMPACTING THE MOST VULNERABLE
00:22:30 COMMUNITIES WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL SERVICES HUBS THAT
00:22:33 KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND PROVIDE TRUSTED CONNECTION
00:22:37 TO NECESSARY SERVICES IN CULTURALLY AND LANGUAGE
00:22:41 COMPETENT WAYS. >> THE WORK THAT THIS GRANT
00:22:44 FUNDS IS ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH MANY OF OUR OTHER STATED
00:22:47 PRIORITIES. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS
00:22:48 RETROACTIVE GRANT AND MANY FOR SERVICES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
00:22:53 GIVEN AND HAS ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED DURING COMMITTEE
00:22:57 THERE WERE QUESTIONS FOR YET E W D ABOUT OVERSIGHT
00:23:01 AND REPORTING FROM THE PREVIOUS GRANTEE.
00:23:04 HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE STRENGTHENING ITS OVERSIGHT
00:23:07 MEASURES AND WILL WORK WITH THE CURRENT PROVIDER TO ACHIEVE THE
00:23:09 HIGHEST STANDARD FOR OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING.
00:23:12 AND I AM ASKING YOU TODAY MY COLLEAGUES TO APPROVE THIS TO
00:23:16 APPROVE THIS ITEM THIS TIME FUNDING THIS INCREDIBLY
00:23:20 IMPORTANT SERVICES. THANK YOU.
00:23:23 THANKS VIRGIN. LET'S TAKE THIS I HOPE WE HAVE
00:23:27 TO CALL THE ROLL PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 25 SUPERVISOR
00:23:29 DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR
00:23:35 MANDOLIN HI BENJAMIN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I
00:23:39 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHERYL I
00:23:43 SUPERVISOR WONG WANG I SUPERVISOR CHAN SHAN I
00:23:50 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN EITHER OR NINE NICE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:23:55 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 26 ITEM NUMBER 26 IS AN
00:24:02 ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PLANNING CODE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
00:24:05 BALBOA RESERVOIR SPECIAL USE DISTRICT THAT ALLOW FOR A
00:24:09 CONNECTING ELEMENT BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO SOUTH
00:24:12 STREET AND ACROSS FROM THE BRIGHTON PASEO ESTABLISHING
00:24:14 CERTAIN DESIGN PARAMETERS AUTHORIZING RESIDENTIAL
00:24:17 AND CERTAIN OTHER USES AND ADOPTING A MAXIMUM HEIGHT
00:24:21 AT THIS LOCATION TO A FIRM SECURED DETERMINATION AND MAKE
00:24:24 THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 26
00:24:28 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISED HER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:24:33 I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN HI MENDHAM AND I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:24:37 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SAUTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:24:41 CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I
00:24:48 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN EITHER
00:24:55 AND ICE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST
00:24:57 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 27 ITEM NUMBER 27 IS AN
00:25:02 ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON GENEVA AVENUE
00:25:06 ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT 2340 SAN
00:25:10 JOSE AVENUE ESTABLISHING AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WITH
00:25:14 AND STREET GRADE ACCEPTING A PUBLIC WORKS ORDER RECOMMENDING
00:25:17 VARIOUS ACTIONS REGARDING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAIVE
00:25:18 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 23 AND AUTHORIZING AND INTO INTER
00:25:22 DEPARTMENT RENTAL TRANSFER CITY PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM MAUI TO
00:25:28 PUBLIC WORKS AND ADOPTING THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS TAKE THAT
00:25:32 SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
00:25:33 PASSED ON FIRST READING PLEASE CALL ITEM 28 ITEM NUMBER 28 IS
00:25:40 A RESOLUTION TO IMPOSE INTERIM INTERIM ZONING CONTROLS FOR 18
00:25:44 MONTHS TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
00:25:47 ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW CONVENIENCE STORE USES IN THE
00:25:51 TENDERLOIN AND SOUTH OF MARKET PUBLIC SAFETY ZONE TO A FIRM
00:25:55 SCORE DETERMINATION AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS SAME
00:25:59 HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS
00:26:00 ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEMS 29 THROUGH 31 TOGETHER ITEMS 29
00:26:06 THROUGH 31 OR 3 RESOLUTIONS TO DETERMINE THAT THREE LIQUOR
00:26:10 LICENSE TRANSFERS WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR
00:26:13 NECESSITY OF THE CITY. ITEM 29 IS A PERSON TO PERSON
00:26:14 PREMISE TO PREMISES TRANSFER OF A TYPE 21 OFF SALE GENERAL BEER
00:26:20 WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO HARLAN
00:26:21 RECORDS LLC DOING BUSINESS AS HARLAN WRECKERS LOCATED AT 447
00:26:27 BUSH STREET 18 HARLAN PLACE ITEM 30 IS A PERSON TO PERSON
00:26:31 PREMISE TO PREMISE TRANSFER OF A DWIGHT TYPE 20 OFF SELL BEER
00:26:34 AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO CASTRO BOTTLE SHOP INC DOING
00:26:37 BUSINESS AS CASTRO BOTTLE SHOP LOCATED AT 2306 MARKET AND 31
00:26:44 IS A PERSON TO PREMISE PREMISE TO PREMISES TRANSFER OF TYPE 48
00:26:48 ON SALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS
00:26:52 LIQUOR LICENSE TO OATHS OF ART LLC DOING BUSINESS AS IN D
00:26:57 DARLENE LOCATED AT 537 STEPHENSON STREET WE TAKE THESE
00:27:01 SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
00:27:05 ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 30 TWO ITEM 32 AS AN ORDINANCE TO
00:27:09 AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE THE DOWNTOWN
00:27:12 HOSPITALITY ZONE IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY FIFTH STREET FROM
00:27:16 FOLSOM STREET TO MARKET STREET SEVERAL MAGNIN STREET FROM
00:27:19 MARKET STREET TO EDDY STREET EDDY STREET FROM ZERO MAGNIN
00:27:22 STREET TO MASON MASON STREET FROM EDDY TO ELLIS ELLIS STREET
00:27:27 FROM MASON STREET TO TAYLOR TAYLOR STREET FROM ELLIS TO
00:27:30 POST POST STREET FROM TAYLOR STREET TO MASON STREET MASON
00:27:34 STREET FROM POST TO BUSH BUSH FOR MASON TO KEARNY KEARNY FROM
00:27:38 BUSH TO MARKET MARKET FROM THIRD TO SECOND SECOND FROM
00:27:41 MARKET TO FOLSOM AND FOLSOM FROM SECOND TO FIFTH STREET
00:27:45 AND AFFIRMED TO SEQUEL DETERMINATION SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:27:49 CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES PASSED ON FIRST
00:27:53 READING. >> AND WITH THAT LET'S GO TO
00:27:56 OUR 230 SPECIAL ORDER RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS,
00:27:57 OUR SPECIAL ORDER AT 230 IS THE RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS
00:28:04 TODAY. WE WILL BEGIN WITH DISTRICT SIX
00:28:08 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN COLLEAGUES
00:28:11 TODAY I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE KEN BUKOWSKI ON THE OCCASION OF
00:28:16 HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN 24 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED
00:28:20 SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:28:23 >> HOW CAN YOU PERSONALLY THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER KEN HAS
00:28:34 BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM STEADY
00:28:38 LEADERSHIP AND HIS TRADEMARK DRY WIT.
00:28:39 HE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF COLLEAGUES ACROSS CITY HALL BY
00:28:43 APPROACHING EVERY CHALLENGE WITH THOUGHTFULNESS, PRAGMATISM
00:28:46 AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:28:49 SINCE 2022, KEN HAS SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE CONVENTION
00:28:54 FACILITIES DEPARTMENT LEADING MOSCONE CENTER THROUGH A
00:28:55 PIVOTAL CHAPTER IN SAN FRANCISCO'S RECOVERY.
00:28:58 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MOSCONE CENTER IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE
00:29:02 AT THE HEART OF DISTRICT SIX, THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT AND I
00:29:03 CANNOT THANK KEN ENOUGH FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO
00:29:06 OUR DOWNTOWN. AS THE CITY WORKED TO REBUILD
00:29:10 ITS TOURISM AND CONVENTION ECONOMY FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC,
00:29:14 KEN HELPED TO CREATE THE MOSCONE CENTER RECOVERY FUND, A
00:29:20 $5 MILLION INITIATIVE THAT BROUGHT MAJOR CONVENTIONS
00:29:22 AND CONFERENCES BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO THAT HELPED TO
00:29:25 REVITALIZE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND THAT REAFFIRMED OUR
00:29:28 STANDING AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR VISITORS AROUND
00:29:32 THE WORLD. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, MOSCONE
00:29:33 CENTER SECURED AND RETAINED MAJOR EVENTS THAT INCLUDE THE
00:29:37 APEC LEADERS WEEK AND CEO SUMMIT, THE SUPER BOWL 60 FAN
00:29:41 EXPERIENCE THE NBA ALL STAR CROSSOVER EXPERIENCE MICROSOFT
00:29:45 IGNITE DATABRICKS DATA PLUS AI SUMMIT, DREAMFORCE AND MANY
00:29:49 MORE. THESE EVENTS GENERATED
00:29:52 SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND SUPPORTED LOCAL BUSINESSES
00:29:56 INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND DISTRICT SIX HOSPITALITY
00:29:58 WORKERS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
00:30:00 SAN FRANCISCO CAN ALSO CHAMPIONED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
00:30:06 THE AREAS AROUND MOSCONI CENTER PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY
00:30:07 ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS TO BRING NEW LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC
00:30:11 ART MURALS AND OTHER BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS TO
00:30:14 DOWNTOWN AND THROUGHOUT SOUTH MARKET.
00:30:17 HE UNDERSTOOD THAT CREATING A WELCOMING EXPERIENCE FOR
00:30:19 VISITORS ALSO MEANS INVESTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY
00:30:22 EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARRIVE BEFORE LEADING THE CONVENTION
00:30:26 FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, KEN SERVED IN NUMEROUS LEADERSHIP
00:30:30 ROLES ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT INCLUDING DEPUTY CITY
00:30:33 ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, INTERIM
00:30:36 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
00:30:37 OFFICER FOR BOTH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT
00:30:41 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
00:30:44 HE ALSO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
00:30:45 PERMIT CENTER AT 49 SOUTH VAN NESS HELPING TO CREATE A ONE
00:30:48 STOP DESTINATION THAT HAS IMPROVED ACCESS TO CITY
00:30:53 SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE BEFORE
00:30:56 ENTERING CITY GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE
00:30:59 DIRECTOR OF POSITIVE RESOURCE CENTER, AN ORGANIZATION THAT I
00:31:03 HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR.
00:31:04 THERE HE HELPED TO EXPAND EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFIT SERVICES
00:31:08 FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AIDS AND HE MADE A MEANINGFUL
00:31:11 DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS SAN FRANCISCANS.
00:31:15 IT IS ESPECIALLY FITTING THAT KEN'S RETIREMENT COMES AS WE
00:31:16 CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH AS A FELLOW MEMBER OF SAN
00:31:19 FRANCISCO'S LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND THROUGH HIS YEARS
00:31:22 OF SERVICE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CITY GOVERNMENT HE HAS
00:31:26 HELPED TO ADVANCE THE VALUES OF INCLUSION, DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY
00:31:30 AND YES, PRIDE THAT MAKE OUR CITY STRONGER.
00:31:31 KEN'S LEGACY CAN BE SEEN IN THE INSTITUTIONS HE HAS
00:31:35 STRENGTHENED THE PROJECTS HE HELPED TO DELIVER AND THE
00:31:38 COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES AND CAREERS HE TOUCHED ALONG
00:31:41 THE WAY. KEN.
00:31:42 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:31:45 EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:31:48 FRANCISCO TO ITS PEOPLE AND TO ITS VISITORS ALIKE.
00:31:51 AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT.
00:32:01 MAYOR NOW PEOPLE, BEFORE YOU SPEAK I KNOW CITY ADMINISTRATOR
00:32:09 CARMEN CHU AND DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR RACHEL SUE KERMAN
00:32:14 WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONGRATULATORY REMARKS AS WELL.
00:32:15 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AS YOU CAN SEE WITH KEN, HE
00:32:19 DID NOT WANT THAT PUBLIC APPLAUSE SO I THINK WE SHOULD
00:32:21 GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE. >> I KNOW THAT WE'RE WE WILL
00:32:32 MISS KEN. KEN HAS SERVED SAN FRANCISCO
00:32:33 VERY WELL FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS IN VARIOUS ROLES AT DCF AS
00:32:39 DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND NOW AS THE EXECUTIVE
00:32:42 DIRECTOR OF THE MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER.
00:32:43 AND I SIMPLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FAMILY WHO IS
00:32:46 HERE, PETER WHO IS HIS HUSBAND AND HIS SON JOSE WHO IS HERE.
00:32:50 >> THANK YOU. >> THEY SHARE THEY SHARE HIS
00:32:57 LIFE WITH US AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING
00:32:59 US HAVE A LITTLE MOMENT OF HIS TIME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE
00:33:02 PUBLIC. I KNOW THAT I WILL SHARE
00:33:05 AND CEDE MY TIME TO RACHEL ZUKERMAN, MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
00:33:09 WHO IS ALSO GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS BUT KEN FROM THE BOTTOM
00:33:13 OF MY HEART I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
00:33:14 WE WILL MISS YOU AND YOUR VERY CAPABLE AND QUIET DEMEANOR
00:33:20 WHICH HONESTLY IS A LITTLE BIT DISCONCERTING BUT REALLY
00:33:22 EFFECTIVE. >> HI RACHEL SILVERMAN I'M A
00:33:34 DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
00:33:35 GETTING TO WORK WITH KEN FOR THE 18 PLUS YEARS THAT I'VE
00:33:38 BEEN WITH THE CITY AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO WORK
00:33:42 TOGETHER IN VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS AND THE
00:33:46 ONE THING THAT HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT IS THE
00:33:49 AMOUNT OF TIME AND GENEROSITY SPENT WITH ME AND HIS
00:33:54 COLLEAGUES WHEN THINKING THROUGH COMPLEX SITUATIONS THAT
00:33:55 THE CITY HE HAS AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF INSTITUTIONAL
00:34:00 KNOWLEDGE AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE IT AND I REALLY WANT
00:34:02 TO THANK HIM FOR THAT TIME AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND I'M
00:34:05 GOING TO REALLY MISS CALLING ON YOU.
00:34:08 I'M EXCITED FOR YOU IN THIS NEXT PHASE BUT WE WILL
00:34:12 DEFINITELY MISS YOU. >> SO CONGRATULATIONS.
00:34:13 THANK. >> SO KEN BUKOWSKI THE FLOOR IS
00:34:20 YOURS. OKAY, I'LL KEEP IT.
00:34:24 I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. FIRST OF ALL, THANK THANK YOU
00:34:26 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THIS
00:34:30 RECOGNITION. IT'S NICE TO BE IN THIS
00:34:31 CHAMBERS AND GETTING SOMETHING RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE
00:34:35 BOARD TAKING SOMETHING DURING A BUDGET HEARING WHICH IS HOW I
00:34:38 SPENT MOST OF MY CITY CAREER PARTICULARLY IN CFO ROLES THAT
00:34:41 USUALLY STANDING UP HERE WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE.
00:34:43 IT STILL IS A LITTLE BIT TODAY QUITE HONESTLY.
00:34:46 >> BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND PETER IN SAN JOSE AS AS
00:34:52 CITY ADMINISTRATOR TOO. DID ANY OF YOU HAVE FAMILY KNOW
00:34:56 THAT THEY ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT SUPPORT YOU AND ALLOW YOU
00:34:57 TO DO YOUR WORK HERE WHETHER IT'S IN THIS JOB OR ANY JOB
00:35:00 AND WITHOUT THEM I REALLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT I'VE
00:35:04 BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE CITY. SO THANK YOU.
00:35:07 >> AND I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS JUST TO
00:35:11 ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE I KNOW YOU YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED AND A FEW
00:35:13 OTHER PEOPLE TODAY AS WELL. BUT THERE ARE PROBABLY HUNDREDS
00:35:16 OF OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES RETIRING THIS MONTH.
00:35:20 AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS
00:35:24 WELL. THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS GET THE
00:35:25 ACCOLADES THE CUSTODIANS, THE SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERKS, THE
00:35:29 FLEET ENGINEER FOLKS BUT THEY ARE CRITICAL TO THE WORK WE DO
00:35:33 EVERY DAY AND SO I DO THIS WORK AND I ENJOY BEING IN PUBLIC
00:35:39 SERVICE. I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO.
00:35:40 THIS IS MY HOME. I SAY IT NOW SECOND SAID BEFORE
00:35:43 WE ARE BUT I EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE A BIAS OF HIRING PEOPLE
00:35:46 WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S
00:35:48 IMPORTANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT YOU'RE SERVING AND SO I
00:35:50 ENJOY WALKING TO AND FROM WORK .
00:35:54 I LOVE THIS CITY. I THINK IT'S THE BEST CITY
00:35:55 IN THE WORLD AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OTHER WAYS
00:35:58 TO SERVE IT IN THE FUTURE AND MAYBE COMING BACK TO THIS
00:36:01 BOARD AND IN SOME POINT IN SHARING MY FEELINGS ABOUT
00:36:05 DIFFERENT ISSUES. >> BUT I JUST WANT THANK YOU
00:36:09 AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU FOR THE
00:36:10 OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LEARNING TYPE YOU DON'T HAVE IN THIS
00:36:13 ROLE. >> THANK YOU.
00:36:16 SUPERVISOR DORSEY YOU WANT TO BRING DIRECTOR BORKOWSKI INTO
00:36:18 THE WELL
00:36:50 YOU ONE THANK YOU. SO OUTSIDE DISTRICT TWO
00:37:32 SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDEL MANDOLIN
00:37:40 COLLEAGUES TODAY IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE VIRGIN DONAHUE
00:37:44 VIRGINIA WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE LECTERN?
00:37:47 THIS IS THIS IS BOTH A SAD DAY AND AN EXCITING DAY.
00:37:59 A SAD DAY BECAUSE AFTER 11 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, EXECUTIVE
00:38:02 DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
00:38:05 VIRGINIA IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER SERVING THE ANIMALS AND THE
00:38:10 PEOPLE OF THIS CITY WITH COMPASSION, INTEGRITY
00:38:13 AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION. >> WE ARE VERY SAD TO SEE YOU
00:38:16 GO BUT IT'S ALSO EXCITING. BUT I'LL GET TO THAT LATER.
00:38:21 BEFORE JOINING ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, VIRGINIA CO
00:38:24 FOUNDED PET CAMP, A PET LODGING FACILITY WITH TWO LOCATIONS
00:38:27 AND 40 EMPLOYEES. VIRGINIA ALSO SERVED
00:38:31 IN MANAGEMENT ROLES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
00:38:32 PROTECTION AGENCY AND BOTH CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.
00:38:35 AND SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S IN JOURNALISM AND A MASTER'S
00:38:39 IN MANAGEMENT FROM NORTHWESTERN.
00:38:40 NOW UNDER VIRGINIA'S LEADERSHIP, ANIMAL CARE
00:38:44 AND CONTROL HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OPEN
00:38:46 DOOR SHELTERS IN THE COUNTRY ACCEPTING EVERY ANIMAL
00:38:49 REGARDLESS OF SPECIES MEDICAL CONDITION OR BEHAVIOR
00:38:53 AND RESPONDING TO NEARLY 10,000 ANIMALS AND 12,000 CALLS FOR
00:38:59 HELP EVERY YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES
00:39:03 EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 PETS EVERY
00:39:06 YEAR WHEN THEIR OWNERS ARE FACING HOSPITALIZATION,
00:39:09 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR INCARCERATION.
00:39:10 AND THIS IS INDEED A REFLECTION OF VIRGINIA'S BELIEF THAT
00:39:14 ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN WELFARE ARE INSEPARABLE.
00:39:18 >> IN 2021, VIRGINIA LED EC'S SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION INTO THE
00:39:22 NEW MODERN AND SEISMICALLY SAFE FACILITY AT 1419 BRYANT STREET.
00:39:28 AND SHE THEN STRENGTHENED THE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE AS THE CITY'S
00:39:31 FIRST RESPONDER FOR ANIMALS DURING DISASTERS.
00:39:32 WILDLIFE SINCE THE INCIDENTS AND CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS,
00:39:38 VIRGINIA EMBODIES COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP WHILE DIRECTOR SHE
00:39:42 EXPANDED THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS OFFERING LOW COST
00:39:43 VETERINARY CARE, PET FOOD ASSISTANCE, VACCINATIONS
00:39:47 AND MICROCHIPPING AND GROUP PROGRAMS THAT KEEP PETS
00:39:51 AND THEIR OWNERS TOGETHER THROUGH HARDSHIP.
00:39:54 NOW I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT VIRGINIA DID NOT DO THIS
00:39:57 ALONE BUT WAS THE LEADER OF A FANTASTIC SCC TEAM SOME OF WHOM
00:40:02 ARE HERE TODAY JUST IN ALBERTO ARIANA LUCHSINGER, SB BARTOLO
00:40:06 JUDY CHOI HOLLY STUMP IN AND WE WELCOME AMY CORSO WHO WILL BE
00:40:10 STEPPING IN AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VIRGINIA
00:40:14 WHILE WE WILL ALL MISS YOUR STEADY AND COMPASSIONATE
00:40:17 LEADERSHIP I KNOW YOU ARE LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT IN VERY
00:40:21 GOOD HANDS. NOBODY DOES PUBLIC SERVICE
00:40:22 ALONE AND NOT ONLY IS IT ABOUT COLLEAGUES, IT'S ALSO ABOUT
00:40:26 FAMILY. SO VIRGINIA, THEY ALSO LIKE TO
00:40:30 ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FAMILY HERE TODAY I BELIEVE THAT YOUR
00:40:32 HUSBAND MARK AND YOUR DAUGHTERS JOANNA AND SIDNEY ARE HERE
00:40:36 TODAY. >> AND THEN ALSO I THINK
00:40:37 CLEMENT AND QUINN ARE NOT HERE BUT THEY ALSO DESERVE GREAT
00:40:41 RECOGNITION. >> AND SO TO VIRGINIA'S FAMILY
00:40:44 IT IS YOUR SUPPORT THAT MAKES VIRGINIA'S LEADERSHIP POSSIBLE
00:40:48 AND WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL ALL FOR YOU GIVING HER TO US AND TO
00:40:52 THIS CITY. >> NOW FINALLY I WANT TO
00:40:56 RECOGNIZE DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER JOHNSON
00:41:00 FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING A COMMITTED
00:41:01 PARTNER WITH VIRGINIA AND IN MAKING A LIFE SAVING WORK
00:41:05 POSSIBLE. NOW BACK TO THE EXCITING PART.
00:41:08 WHILE WE WILL MISS YOU AS HEAD OF HCC, WE ARE EXTREMELY GLAD
00:41:12 THAT YOU ARE STAYING IN SAN FRANCISCO IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
00:41:16 AS THE HEARING OFFICER FOR SPD'S VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS DOG
00:41:19 HEARINGS. >> THANK I YOU WILL BE YOU WILL
00:41:27 BE THE DOG JUDGE FOR DOG COURT .
00:41:30 NOW I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS OFFICIAL THAT THE DOG JUDGE
00:41:32 IS NOT IN FACT A DOG BUT IS A HUMAN IN CASE THERE WAS ANY YOU
00:41:37 KNOW BUT BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WE'RE REALLY QUITE
00:41:41 THRILLED YOU'LL BE TAKING UP THIS MANTLE AND HELPING THESE
00:41:42 CRITICAL HEARINGS GET BACK ON TRACK.
00:41:46 >> AND IN A MOMENT WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU BUT ON
00:41:52 BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VIRGINIA, THANK YOU
00:41:56 SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS CITY'S ANIMALS,
00:42:00 FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
00:42:13 BUT BEFORE YOU SPEAK, THERE'S SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU WHO VERY
00:42:15 MUCH WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CITY
00:42:19 ADMINISTRATOR CARMEN CHU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:42:22 SUPERVISOR. YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A THOROUGH
00:42:23 JOB. EXPLAIN ALL OF THE
00:42:26 CONTRIBUTIONS THAT VIRGINIA HAS SHARED THAT I DON'T HAVE TOO
00:42:29 MUCH MORE TO ADD EXCEPT TO ADD MY PROFOUND THANKS TO YOU
00:42:33 AND TO YOUR FAMILY. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A
00:42:35 TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE, THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL AND SO WE
00:42:39 WILL MISS WORKING WITH VIRGINIA AND AS YOU SAW AS YOU MENTIONED
00:42:43 HER NEXT LIFE COMING BACK WORKING WITH VICIOUS DOGS
00:42:47 OFTENTIMES PEOPLE WHO TAKE ON THESE JOBS DO IT BECAUSE OF
00:42:51 THEIR LOVE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT PUBLIC SERVICE
00:42:54 AND LOVE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CONTINUES EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT
00:42:57 . >> SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR
00:42:58 THAT. I DO WANT TO SHARE MY TIME WITH
00:43:00 DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER JOHNSON WHO HAS HAD
00:43:02 THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH HER MANY, MANY YEARS AND I WANT TO
00:43:06 MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING
00:43:07 WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISORS.
00:43:13 IT'S VERY MUCH MY PLEASURE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT VIRGINIA
00:43:17 A VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
00:43:19 >> I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH VIRGINIA FOR OVER
00:43:21 THE LAST SIX YEARS. I AM SINCERELY GOING TO MISS
00:43:24 HER. SHE IS A NO NONSENSE STEADY,
00:43:28 DIRECT AND STRATEGIC APPROACH. >> SHE IS THE MOST UNFLAPPABLE
00:43:31 AND DETERMINED PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET EVEN IN THE MOST
00:43:35 EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES CHAOTIC EMERGENCIES AND OFTEN
00:43:39 COMPLICATED AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AND SENSITIVE ISSUES.
00:43:42 SHE IS AN UNWAVERING LEADER IN ALL THINGS SO SHE HAS LEFT A
00:43:47 LASTING MARK ON OUR CITY AND SHE HAS IMPROVED THE
00:43:51 OUTCOMES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ANIMALS AND THEIR PETS
00:43:52 SO I OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING THAT
00:43:56 YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.
00:43:59 I'VE CERTAINLY LEARNED A LOT AND I TOO AM A LITTLE AFRAID OF
00:44:03 YOUR CALM STILLNESS AND YOUR YOUR AIR CALM DEMEANOR ALL THE
00:44:06 TIME. >> ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
00:44:13 >> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE VISION
00:44:18 DONAHUE IS MY CONSTITUENT STILL IS STILL MY CONSTITUENT.
00:44:22 ALL RIGHT, DISTRICT EIGHT YOU WILL ALL EXCELLENT.
00:44:25 >> I GOT TO KNOW WELL, I GOT I BENEFITED FROM VIRGINIA DONAHUE
00:44:32 BEFORE I MET VIRGINIA DONAHUE BECAUSE I THERE ARE TWO OF US
00:44:37 ON THIS BOARD I THINK WHO TOOK OFFICE AFTER HAVING BEATEN
00:44:40 INCUMBENTS AND THE THE THE MOOD THE TRANSITION IS NOT ALWAYS AN
00:44:48 EASY ONE AND I BENEFITED FROM AN INTERN WHO HAD BEEN IN THE
00:44:52 PRIOR SUPERVISORS OFFICE AND WAS WILLING TO STAY THROUGH
00:44:56 INTO MY OFFICE AND I THINK THAT WITHOUT QUINN WE WOULD HAVE HAD
00:45:00 NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. SO I DO WANT TO THANK FOR
00:45:04 JEANNIE DONAHUE FOR FOR GIVING JEFF SHEEHY AND THEN ME QUINN
00:45:08 AND THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS PATIENCE WITH
00:45:13 MY QUESTIONS OVER ALL THESE YEARS, YOUR ENDLESS PATIENCE
00:45:17 WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE
00:45:21 AND CONTROL HAS TO DEAL WITH IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:45:24 FRANCISCO AND FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP THAT
00:45:28 YOU'VE SHOWN IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU
00:45:31 AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL CONGRATULATE ASIANS ON SOLVING
00:45:35 THE VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS DOG PROBLEM.
00:45:38 AMAZING. AND THANK YOU VIRGINIA DONAHUE
00:45:39 FOR PLAYING A ROLE IN THAT. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:45:42 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
00:45:48 I'M HAPPY SORT OF HAPPY TO DO THE VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS DOG
00:45:52 HEARING PROCESS BECAUSE IT REALLY, REALLY HAS TO HAPPEN
00:45:56 AND IT'S IT'S TRULY IMPORTANT REALLY WHO I WANT TO THANK
00:45:59 TODAY ARE MY COLLEAGUES. SUPERVISOR CHERYL HAS
00:46:04 ELOQUENTLY EXPLAINED WHAT THEY DO BUT I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH
00:46:07 HOW PHYSICALLY DEMANDING AND EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING
00:46:11 THEIR WORK IS. THEY CARE FOR 10,000 ANIMALS A
00:46:15 YEAR AND GENERALLY IF AN ANIMAL COMES TO THE SHELTER IT IS NOT
00:46:19 HAVING A GOOD DAY AND THE TEAM IS ALWAYS GRACIOUS.
00:46:26 >> THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL, THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT.
00:46:27 YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
00:46:31 POSSIBLY CAN FOR THE ANIMALS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
00:46:35 SINCE THE PANDEMIC THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS WE HAVE IN THE
00:46:38 CUSTODY PROGRAM WHICH IS THE PROGRAM FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:46:42 INCARCERATED OR EVICTED OR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:46:47 ARE HOSPITALIZED THAT ROLLED AROUND FOR DECADES AT 500 PER
00:46:53 YEAR SINCE THE PANDEMIC IT'S JUMPED TO A THOUSAND.
00:46:57 >> THAT IS AN ENORMOUS BURDEN AND RIGHT NOW IT'S HAVING THE
00:47:01 BIGGEST EFFECT ON OUR CITIES DOGS.
00:47:04 IT HAS BECOME HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND NEW HOMES FOR THEM
00:47:07 AND A RESULT AS A RESULT MORE ARE BEING EUTHANIZED.
00:47:09 WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF WORKING WITH UC DAVIS ON A SEARCH FOR
00:47:13 SOLUTIONS BUT THERE ARE MORE WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HELP
00:47:17 NOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ANIMAL COMPANION PLEASE MAKE
00:47:23 YOUR FIRST STOP ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL EVEN IF YOU
00:47:27 ULTIMATELY FIND YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND SOMEWHERE ELSE, LOOK AT
00:47:30 YOUR CITY ANIMAL SHELTER FIRST. >> THANK YOU.
00:47:36 SUPERVISOR CHERYL WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING THE DIRECTOR INTO
00:47:38 THE WELL? YEAH, I HEAR
00:49:30 . >> NEXT UP DISTRICT SEVEN
00:49:31 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
00:49:35 IF WE COULD HAVE A SAJA AND CHUCK BUTLER PLEASE COME
00:49:39 FORWARD. I LIKE THE WAY THAT SOUNDS.
00:49:41 >> COME ON UP, PLEASE. TODAY I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE
00:49:50 DUKE BUTLER FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN
00:49:54 FRANCISCO AND IN PARTICULAR THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY A TERRIBLE
00:49:57 STATION SO EVERYBODY CAN RELAX PARTICULARLY YOU AS SUPERVISOR
00:50:05 CHEN. SERGEANT BUTLER IS NOT LEAVING
00:50:09 US OR RETIRING. HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED.
00:50:10 CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SERGEANT BUTLER'S STORY IS
00:50:16 ONE OF PERSEVERANCE, RESILIENCE AND DEDICATION AFTER
00:50:20 IMMIGRATING TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM LIBERIA AS A CHILD HE
00:50:24 BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BEFORE
00:50:28 ANSWERING A HIGHER CALLING AND JOINING THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:50:31 POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> HIS JOURNEY REMINDS US THAT
00:50:35 PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT JUST A PROFESSION IT IS A COMMITMENT
00:50:38 TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:50:42 THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS AT TERRIBLE STATION, SERGEANT
00:50:46 BUTLER HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE VERY BEST OF COMMUNITY POLICING
00:50:49 WHETHER WALKING A FOOT BEAT, RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE
00:50:53 OR SIMPLY GREETING NEIGHBORS WITH HIS TRADEMARK SMILE.
00:50:58 HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT EFFECTIVE
00:51:01 POLICING BEGINS WITH RESPECT WITH COMMUNICATION WITH A
00:51:06 GENUINE HUMAN CONNECTION. I HAVE A WHOLE COLLECTION OF
00:51:09 SELFIES WITH SERGEANT BUTLER. >> I KNOW THAT HE WAS ON OCEAN
00:51:13 AVENUE EVERY TIME I WAS THERE WHETHER I WAS THERE AS A
00:51:15 SUPERVISOR OR JUST BUYING GROCERIES AS A RESIDENT
00:51:17 AND OCCASIONALLY ON WEST PORTAL TWO YOU WERE EVERYWHERE AND YOU
00:51:21 EVERYBODY KNEW THE SCHEDULE OF OUR SHOPS AND YOU KNEW PEOPLE
00:51:29 AND YOU KNEW THE ELDERS THAT NEEDED SUPPORT.
00:51:30 YOU KNOW EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU.
00:51:33 THAT IS TRULY THE BEST. WHAT SETS SERGEANT BUTLER APART
00:51:37 ASIDE FROM HIS SMILE IS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT EVERY INTERACTION
00:51:41 MATTERS. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT PUBLIC
00:51:45 SAFETY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES BUT
00:51:49 IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING TRUST ,ABOUT STRENGTHENING
00:51:53 RELATIONSHIPS, ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SEEN AND HEARD
00:51:57 INCLUDING ME AND VALUED. >> HIS APPROACH HAS EARNED HIM
00:52:01 THE ADMIRATION OF RESIDENTS, MERCHANTS, COLLEAGUES, EVERYONE
00:52:05 WHO KNOWS YOU AND HAS WORKED WITH YOU.
00:52:09 >> SERGEANT BUTLER'S COMMITMENT TO SERVICE HAS MADE A LASTING
00:52:12 IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HE HAS SERVED.
00:52:16 HE HAS HELPED FOSTER STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW
00:52:19 ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY AND HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN AN
00:52:23 EXAMPLE FOR OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
00:52:24 THE RESIDENTS IN INGLESIDE AND TARAWA WILL DEFINITELY KNOW
00:52:31 YOU. YOU SHOW UP TO EVERY BARBECUE,
00:52:32 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PARTY.
00:52:35 >> YOU REALLY ARE EVERYWHERE, MY FRIEND.
00:52:40 >> ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND THE CITY
00:52:42 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, I EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO
00:52:47 SERGEANT DREW KAI BUTLER FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE
00:52:51 TO TERRIBLE STATION IN OUR CITY.
00:52:51 WE THANK HIM FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO MAKING SAN FRANCISCO A
00:52:55 SAFER, MORE CONNECTED, MORE RESPECTFUL PLACE.
00:52:59 PLEASE JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATE READING SERGEANT DREW KAI
00:53:03 BUTLER IN WISHING HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AT PARK STATION.
00:53:06 WORKING NIGHTS AND WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY TARA VAULT
00:53:10 CAPTAIN AND CAPTAIN HARMSEN. BUT BEFORE WE ASK CAPTAIN
00:53:15 HARBISON TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS AT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
00:53:19 WANT TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU AS WELL.
00:53:22 >> OFFICER BUTLER AND THIS RESOLUTION IS IN THE QUEUE.
00:53:33 THANK YOU BOB PERSON. THANK YOU.
00:53:34 SUPERVISOR MAL GAR FOR OFFERING A SPECIAL COMMENDATION TO
00:53:37 SERGEANT JEWEL KAI. THANK YOU.
00:53:40 I I YOU TRULY TRULY IS THE BEST OF THE BEST THAT I CAN THINK OF
00:53:48 AND I'M SO SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOU
00:53:54 HAVE BEEN DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR KEEPING OUR
00:53:55 COMMUNITY SAFE. >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE A
00:53:59 LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VERY PERSONAL EVEN BEFORE I I
00:54:03 AM ELECTED AS A SUPERVISOR THAT DURING COVID ON OCEAN AVENUE I
00:54:07 SEE YOU EVERY DAY THAT I GO SHOPPING THERE I SEE YOU AT THE
00:54:12 BAKERY. I SEE YOU AT THE LIBRARY.
00:54:15 >> I SEE YOU BASICALLY JUST EVERY CORNER OF OCEAN AVENUE I
00:54:19 YOU TRULY WITH YOUR SIGNATURE SMILE YOU KNOW YOU MAKE US FEEL
00:54:24 REALLY SAFE EVEN DURING THE TIME OF COVID.
00:54:27 I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER PERSON REALLY EXEMPLIFY, YOU
00:54:34 KNOW, COMMUNITY POLICE THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED.
00:54:38 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND
00:54:39 THAT YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR WORK ETHIC
00:54:43 ALSO HAVE ALL THE MERCHANTS ON OCEAN AVENUE REALLY APPRECIATE
00:54:50 HAVING YOU. I NOW WALK OCEAN AVENUE PEOPLE
00:54:54 ASKING ME WHY ARE YOU HERE? >> WE MISS YOU AND AND I'M SURE
00:54:58 MANY TRY TO CALL YOU SO THIS IS LIKE YOU KNOW THE FEEDBACK THAT
00:55:03 I RECEIVE FROM CONSTITUENTS AND FROM MERCHANT REALLY
00:55:04 DEMONSTRATE WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE
00:55:07 IMPACT THAT YOU MAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
00:55:10 THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU EVERYTHING FOR EVERYTHING THAT
00:55:14 YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONGRATULATION
00:55:17 FOR YOUR PROMOTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:20 SO BEFORE WE LET YOU SPEAK, I THINK AT CAPTAIN HARBISON WAS
00:55:24 GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELCOME, CAPTAIN.
00:55:31 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR IN MEMBERS OF
00:55:35 THE BOARD. >> THINGS NOT COOPERATING.
00:55:36 OKAY. IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE
00:55:40 TO CELEBRATE SERGEANT BUTLER. >> HE HAS BEEN AT TERRIBLE
00:55:46 STATION FOR EIGHT YEARS, SEVEN OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ON THE FOOTE
00:55:50 BEAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
00:55:53 SERGEANT BUTLER REALLY EMBODIES WHAT A BEAT OFFICER IS
00:55:57 AND SHOULD BE. I'M SURE SIR ROBERT PEEL IS
00:56:01 LOOKING DOWN AND REALLY AMAZED AT THE LEGACY THAT DUKE BUTLER
00:56:08 IS LIVING UP TO BECAUSE TRULY HE BELIEVES THAT THE POLICE ARE
00:56:13 THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY ARE THE POLICE.
00:56:14 AND WITH EVERY INTERACTION HE HAS IT BLOWS ME AWAY JUST TO
00:56:17 SEE THE REACTION THAT HE GETS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE
00:56:22 AND THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS HE'S HAD IN TERRYVILLE AND ONCE
00:56:28 HE'S OFF PROBATION IF I CAN PULL SOME STRINGS I WILL TRY TO
00:56:32 GET HIM BACK TO THE TERRIBLE. >> I CONGRATULATE SERGEANT
00:56:36 BUTLER. >> I'M SERGEANT BUTLER.
00:56:47 I'M GETTING USED TO THE NEW TITLE.
00:56:48 I'M SO USED TO JUST BEING OFFICER BUTLER.
00:56:51 IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU ALL
00:56:53 TODAY. IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY TO GET TO
00:56:56 MEET SO MANY OF YOU AND WORK WITH SO MANY OF YOU DISTRICT
00:56:59 FOUR, DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT 11.
00:57:01 >> THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW CLOSER AND WORK TOGETHER
00:57:05 AND PARTNER THAT I COULD BE A PART OF YOUR DIFFERENT
00:57:06 COMMUNITY EVENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAKE A POSITIVE
00:57:10 IMPACT FOR YOU ALL WHO ARE HERE IN OUR CITY.
00:57:14 WELCOME TO MY FANTASTIC CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:57:17 WE HAVE THIS SPECTACULAR CITY. IT'S AN AWESOME PLACE TO HAVE
00:57:19 THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALL OF YOU WHOEVER YOU
00:57:26 ARE IN OUR MAGNIFICENT CITY. SO IT IS WITH PRIDE AND JOY
00:57:29 THAT I TAKE THIS MOMENT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.
00:57:33 LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE THIS SPECTACULAR GREAT CITY.
00:57:37 LET'S KEEP FIGHTING TO MAKE IT A GREAT CITY.
00:57:38 LET US BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. BE A NICE SMILE IN SOMEBODY'S
00:57:42 DAY. YOU MIGHT BE THAT ONLY SMILE
00:57:45 THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODIES DAY.
00:57:46 THEY DON'T HAVE TO SMILE BACK. >> THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAY HI
00:57:49 BACK. BUT JUST GO OUT THERE AND MAKE
00:57:52 A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST REALLY
00:57:53 PLEASED TO HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THAT I GET TO GO
00:57:56 OUT AND ESPECIALLY MY FOOT BIDETS AND JUST SAY HI TO
00:58:00 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EVERY WEEK AND JUST SHARE A SMILE AND IN
00:58:03 SOME CASES GET TO SHARE A HUG WITH SOMEBODY.
00:58:04 JUST TO LET THEM KNOW I'M HERE FOR YOU.
00:58:07 AND I PROUDLY REPRESENT SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M ANOTHER GREAT
00:58:11 PERSON IN THIS CITY AMONGST HUNDREDS OF OTHER OFFICERS WHO
00:58:14 GO OUT DAILY WITH THEIR HEART AS WELL AND LEAD THIS CITY
00:58:18 AND SERVE THIS CITY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
00:58:19 YOU, EVERYONE. AND I'M PROUD THAT I GET TO
00:58:22 CONTINUE SERVING THIS CITY. LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IT MIGHT
00:58:24 BRING AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE OTHER LIVES THAT WE GET TO
00:58:27 IMPACT AS A DEPARTMENT THAT WE GET TO IMPACT AS A CITY IN OUR
00:58:31 LITTLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS SPECTACULAR
00:58:34 SPECTACULAR CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:58:35 SO I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT JUST ONE MEMBER OF OUR
00:58:38 DEPARTMENT OUT OF HUNDREDS WHO DO THIS FANTASTIC JOB ALL THE
00:58:41 TIME. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
00:58:44 AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR DAY
00:59:45 . >> DISTRICT TEN SUPERVISOR
00:59:46 WALTON THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:59:53 COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE ARE HERE TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE AN
00:59:57 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT DIRECTOR SHEREEN MCSPADDEN WITH
01:00:02 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:00:09 >> IT IS MY DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE SHEREEN IN HONOR
01:00:13 OF HER RETIREMENT AND TO THANK HER FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES
01:00:18 OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO SENIORS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
01:00:24 AND INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
01:00:29 AS A PROUD BAYVIEW RESIDENT AND DISTRICT TANK CONSTITUENT,
01:00:33 SERENA'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS EXTENDED FAR BEYOND
01:00:37 HER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
01:00:40 SHE HAS NOT ONLY WORKED ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCANS
01:00:41 THROUGHOUT HER CAREER BUT HAS ALSO BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF
01:00:45 THE COMMUNITY. SHE CALLS HOME.
01:00:48 WHEN SHEREEN WAS APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
01:00:52 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN 2021,
01:00:55 SHE STEPPED INTO ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING LEADERSHIP
01:00:59 ROLES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SHE BROUGHT WITH HER A DEEP
01:01:02 UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC SERVICE, A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY
01:01:06 AND A VISION FOR BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT TRULY SERVE PEOPLE
01:01:11 WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. OVER THE COURSE OF HER TENURE,
01:01:17 SHEREEN TRANSFORMED NOT ONLY A DEPARTMENT BUT THE WAY SAN
01:01:21 FRANCISCO APPROACHES HOMELESSNESS.
01:01:22 SHE STRENGTHENED ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH DATA DRIVEN PLANNING
01:01:25 AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. >> ESTABLISHED THE DEPARTMENT'S
01:01:31 FIRST EQUITY OFFICE AND EMBEDDED RACIAL EQUITY INTO
01:01:35 THE FABRIC OF THIS WORK. HER LEADERSHIP ENSURED THAT THE
01:01:39 VOICES OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE HELPED SHAPE POLICY
01:01:43 AND PRACTICE CREATING A MORE RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE SYSTEM
01:01:50 . UNDER HER GUIDANCE AGENCY
01:01:50 EXPANDED SHELTER CAPACITY LAUNCHED INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
01:01:54 SUCH AS THE CITY'S FIRST CABIN COMMUNITIES.
01:01:59 THE FIRST SHELTER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR OLDER ADULTS
01:02:02 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ADVANCED RECOVERY FOCUSED
01:02:06 SERVICES THAT HAVE HELPED HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS BEGIN
01:02:10 NEW CHAPTERS IN THEIR LIVES. DURING HER LEADERSHIP,
01:02:14 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOVED FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO STABLE
01:02:18 HOUSING. THOUSANDS MORE HOUSEHOLDS WERE
01:02:21 PREVENTED FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.
01:02:22 AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADULTS, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
01:02:26 RECEIVED CRITICAL SHELTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
01:02:33 >> SERENE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT LASTING CHANGE REQUIRES
01:02:36 PARTNERSHIP. SHE STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION,
01:02:37 COLLABORATE MISSION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS COMMUNITY BASED
01:02:44 ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCATES, PHILANTHROPY, NEIGHBORHOOD
01:02:48 STAKEHOLDERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS HELPING BUILD A MORE
01:02:52 COORDINATED AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS
01:02:56 THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. HER LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT A
01:03:00 LASTING IMPACT ON OUR CITY. OUR INSTITUTIONS AND THE
01:03:03 COUNTLESS LIVES SHE HAS TOUCHED ALONG THE WAY WE EXTEND OUR
01:03:07 DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND VISIONARY
01:03:14 LEADERSHIP. YOUR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO
01:03:17 SHAPE THIS CITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
01:03:18 WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR WILL EARN RETIREMENT AND WISH
01:03:22 YOU HAPPINESS, FULFILLMENT, JOY AND ALL YOU DESERVE.
01:03:29 AND THE CHAPTER HEAD I WANT YOU TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING
01:03:34 AND HONORING SHEREEN FOR HER REMARKABLE CAREER AND ENDURING
01:03:38 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:03:44 AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON ONE OF THE HARDEST TASK IN PUBLIC
01:03:48 SERVICE AND RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS.
01:03:52 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DURING A CRUCIAL AND PIVOTAL TIME THAT
01:03:56 SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER .
01:04:00 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AND BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I
01:04:11 HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES THAT WANT TO SAY SOME NICE WORDS AND THEN
01:04:15 WE ALSO WANT TO BRING UP CHIEF KUNAL MODI TO SAY SOMETHING AS
01:04:18 WELL. >> AND WE WILL START WITH
01:04:19 SUPERVISOR CHAN. >> THANK YOU.
01:04:23 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HONORING FOR AMOS BAD AND I
01:04:27 AM CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
01:04:31 I DO AGREE IT'S THE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST TIME THAT THE CITY HAS
01:04:35 EVER FACED BE IT THE THE PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND AND JUST
01:04:41 SEEING SO MANY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ON OUR STREETS,
01:04:49 PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE SENIORS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT A
01:04:52 LOT OF UNDERSTANDING AND CONTEXT ABOUT HOW WE AS A
01:04:57 CITY CAN BEST SERVE THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.
01:05:00 >> BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO YOU ON THE
01:05:07 MOST PERSONAL LEVEL THAT NOT ONLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BUT
01:05:11 ALSO FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND COMPASSION, PARTICULARLY
01:05:12 YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR CHARACTER.
01:05:16 ABSOLUTELY CONCUR WITH A SUPERVISOR AT WALTON AND JUST
01:05:20 MENTIONING YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR INTEGRITY AND WHO YOU
01:05:23 ARE. DURING OUR WORK TOGETHER I
01:05:24 THINK REALLY THE LAST YEAR FOR A LOT OF HOMELESS FAMILIES.
01:05:30 AND BE IT THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR THOSE WHO ARE
01:05:31 JUST NEWLY ARRIVED AND THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND AND
01:05:35 THOSE FAMILIES WITH KIDS WHO ARE SICK AND ON SO MANY LEVEL
01:05:41 AND JUST SEEING HOW YOU AND YOUR TEAM WORK TOGETHER
01:05:45 AND MAKING SURE AND PRIORITIZING RESOURCES FOR
01:05:50 THEM IN A WAY THAT ALSO STILL NOT LEAVING SO MANY OTHER
01:05:53 PEOPLE BEHIND. IT'S A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
01:05:55 TASK AND BECAUSE AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE RESOURCES IS
01:05:59 NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR FOR EVERY FAMILY THAT YOU PLACE
01:06:05 . IT'S JUST DEMORALIZING WATCHING
01:06:06 YOU DOING THE WORK BECAUSE FOR EVERY FAMILIES THAT YOU PLACE
01:06:09 FOR PERMANENT HOME TO THREE, FOUR AND MORE FAMILIES BECAME
01:06:16 HOMELESS DURING THE VERY SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
01:06:20 YET YOU KEPT AT IT YOU NEVER GAVE UP AND YOU ALWAYS ALWAYS
01:06:27 DID IT WITH SUCH A CALM DEMEANOR AND AND IN SUCH A
01:06:31 PROBLEM SOLVING MODE IS WHAT I HAVE.
01:06:34 I JUST RESPECT YOU THE MOST FOR THAT AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL
01:06:38 AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
01:06:42 ALONG WITH MY WORK AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR YOU MADE THAT
01:06:45 WORK NOT ONLY GOOD BUT ACTUALLY VERY MEANINGFUL.
01:06:50 YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND THE COMMITMENT THAT
01:06:54 THE CITY MUST MAKE FOR EVERY DOLLAR TO MAKE SURE IT COUNTS.
01:06:57 I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON THAT THOUSANDS, TENS
01:07:01 AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE MUCH BETTER OFF TODAY BECAUSE
01:07:05 OF WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COMPASSION
01:07:09 AND SO YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, SO PROUD THE WORK THAT
01:07:12 YOU HAVE DONE YOU HAVE DONE IT NOT ONLY IN THE BEST INTERESTS
01:07:14 OF SAN FRANCISCAN, YOU HAVE DONE IT IN THE BEST INTERESTS
01:07:18 OF HUMANITY. SO FOR THAT I AM VERY, VERY
01:07:21 GRATEFUL AND I THINK THAT REALLY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE
01:07:25 FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO ON BEHALF OF THEM THANK YOU.
01:07:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU.
01:07:33 CHURCH AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR SO SUPERVISOR MELGAR, THANK YOU SO
01:07:47 MUCH. AND SO I FIRST WANT TO
01:07:49 ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS CITY BEFORE
01:07:53 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS WHEN YOU WORKED AT DISABILITY
01:07:57 AGING SERVICES AND INSTITUTED THE FIRST BATCH OF PLANS FOR
01:08:03 THE SERVICES TO THIS POPULATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT PRODUCED.
01:08:05 YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO STRATEGIC AND COMPETENT BUT
01:08:11 ALSO DOING IT WITH GREAT HEART AND EMPATHY.
01:08:14 SO I WORKED WITH YOU VERY CLOSELY WHEN WE TACKLED THE
01:08:22 GROWTH OF THE POPULATION OF FOLKS LIVING IN VEHICLES
01:08:26 IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I PROBABLY CAN'T DO TOO MUCH
01:08:30 FOR YOUR COMFORT. >> I'M SO SORRY BUT THAT'S
01:08:34 BECAUSE I TRUSTED YOU. YOU KNOW, DESPITE ALL OF THE
01:08:38 CHALLENGES, THE IMPEDIMENTS PEOPLE SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
01:08:42 >> I WANTED TO HEAR YOU. YOU WERE ALWAYS HONEST
01:08:46 AND STRAIGHT UP AND TRANSPARENT BUT ALSO DELIVER URGENT IN YOUR
01:08:50 LEADERSHIP OF YOUR STAFF TO DELIVER THE THINGS THAT WE
01:08:54 NEEDED TO GET TO. SO SHEREEN, I'M REALLY SORRY
01:08:55 THAT YOU'RE LEAVING. >> I AM I'M GLAD FOR YOUR WIFE
01:08:59 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND I THINK
01:09:05 WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MISS YOUR WISDOM, YOUR INTELLIGENCE, YOUR
01:09:10 STRATEGY BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON TO YOUR LIFE
01:09:17 OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY SAN FRANCISCO.
01:09:21 BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE
01:09:24 CITY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE
01:09:25 FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS TO GIVE PEOPLE A
01:09:28 CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE A LIFE AFTER RECOVERY, A LIFE AFTER
01:09:33 HAVING BEEN AT THE BOTTOM ONE THAT HAS SUCCESS.
01:09:36 YOU KNOW IN FRONT YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT.
01:09:39 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
01:09:42 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN
01:09:49 SHEREEN I HAVE HAD RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR YOU LONG
01:09:53 BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER
01:09:54 IN THIS BUILDING BUT BACK IN 2019 WHEN YOU WERE OUT ON
01:09:58 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND I WAS I THINK WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON
01:10:02 WORKING AGAINST JEWEL LABS AND ANOTHER BALLOT MEASURE
01:10:06 AND JUST YOU KNOW, SEEING YOU OUT THERE AND OF COURSE AS A
01:10:07 RUNNING PARTNER AND THINGS I REALLY RESPECT HOW YOU HAVE
01:10:13 STEPPED UP AND SERVED THE CITY IN SOME REALLY DIFFICULT ROLES
01:10:17 AND DIFFICULT TIMES. AND AS I SAID, I THINK I THINK
01:10:18 THIS WAS THE QUOTE THAT I GAVE TO THE B.A.R.
01:10:21 THAT I WOULD CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT BUT I
01:10:24 ANTICIPATE THAT I WILL BE INTERRUPTING IT WITH CALLS FOR
01:10:27 ADVICE EARLY AND OFTEN TOO JUST BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE SO MUCH
01:10:32 KNOWLEDGE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
01:10:35 HAVE DONE SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I MAY BE INTERRUPTING YOUR
01:10:37 RETIREMENT FROM TIME TO TIME. >> THANKS.
01:10:39 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU FOR PRESIDENT FOR
01:10:47 SURE. AND I EVEN ONLY WANT YOU KNOW,
01:10:48 JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND INSIDE THIS CHAMBER AND AND
01:10:52 TO WHAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AND THE PARTNERSHIP THE
01:10:56 COLLABORATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP YOUR COMPASSION TO
01:10:59 THIS HOMELESSNESS ISSUES IN OUR CITY, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX
01:11:03 ISSUES WE ALL UNDERSTAND. BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT,
01:11:07 YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE TIME THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER YOUR YOUR
01:11:11 DETAILS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SOLVING AND GETTING DATA
01:11:15 AND GETTING TO UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE CASE.
01:11:19 AND I REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT SOLVING OUR FAMILY
01:11:20 HOMELESSNESS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO REALLY TRACK DOWN EVERY
01:11:24 SINGLE FAMILY AND THEIR STATUS AND TRYING TO SUPPORT EVERY
01:11:27 SINGLE ONE OF THEM. AND WITH THAT WHAT ETHIC
01:11:31 AND PROFESSIONAL AND LOVE AND IT SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT YOU
01:11:34 KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU WILL BE MISSED AND I BUT I ALSO
01:11:38 AGAIN I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY
01:11:42 AND FOR SOLVING THIS CRISIS FOR THE CITY AND I WISH YOU A HAPPY
01:11:46 RELAXING RETIREMENT. >> THANK YOU.
01:11:50 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THANK YOU
01:11:53 DIRECTOR, FOR ALL YOUR WORK. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON TWO
01:11:56 FACETS ONE AND WORKING OVER THE LAST YEAR TOGETHER JUST THE
01:12:00 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION YOUR DEPARTMENT
01:12:04 AND TEAM HAVE HAD AND I STEMS FROM THE TOP DOWN.
01:12:08 WE WORKED ON SOME HARD LEGISLATION TOGETHER WITH THE
01:12:11 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY ORDINANCE BUT IT WAS THROUGH THAT
01:12:15 COLLABORATION THAT WE CAME OUT WITH A STRONGER PIECE OF
01:12:17 LEGISLATION THAN WHEN WE STARTED AND HAVE A LOT OF YOU
01:12:20 AND YOUR TEAM TO THANK FOR THAT.
01:12:24 AND AS A RESULT OF THAT WE HAVE LIKE MORE DATA ABOUT THINGS
01:12:27 THAT ARE HAPPENING AND I THINK SECOND ALSO JUST IT'S BEEN
01:12:31 GREAT TO GO TO DIFFERENT SITES POTENTIALLY SITES THAT WILL
01:12:34 HOPEFULLY BE ANNOUNCING SOON AND DISTRICT FIVE AND THE HEART
01:12:37 AND HUMANITY AND EMPATHY THAT YOU HAVE FOR ADDRESSING THIS
01:12:41 CRISIS. YOU'VE MADE A PERMANENT IMPACT
01:12:46 ON THE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
01:12:49 SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
01:12:53 >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL SHARI AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A
01:12:57 PLEASURE IT'S BEEN ABLE TO BE TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE LAST
01:13:01 FOUR YEARS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE NEW IDEAS AND NEW
01:13:07 STRATEGIES IN THE FACE OF OMNIPRESENT CHALLENGES I THINK
01:13:09 IS VERY UNIQUE, IS VERY DIFFICULT AND I JUST WANT TO
01:13:14 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY.
01:13:18 >> WE WILL MISS YOU. THANK YOU.
01:13:21 I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. ONE IS I LIKE SUPERVISOR
01:13:25 MELGAR. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
01:13:26 WORK THAT YOU DID BEFORE H.S. BECAUSE I HEARD WHEN I FIRST
01:13:31 GOT TO KNOW YOU IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE SORT OF THE ZERO WHO
01:13:35 HAD IMPLEMENTED MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND LGBTQ
01:13:41 AGING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND YOU WERE BEING CELEBRATED BY PEOPLE
01:13:46 LIKE MARCY ADELMAN, TOM NOLAN WHO I THINK WORKED FOR YOU
01:13:50 MAYBE THEN THAT COULD BE. >> BUT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO'D
01:13:53 DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO TRY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS
01:13:55 OF AGING LGBT SENIORS AND YOU HAD BEEN GREAT AROUND THAT
01:14:01 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOUR OF DUTY HERE.
01:14:05 >> LIKE IT HAS BEEN I WOULD IMAGINE AN INCREDIBLY ROUGH
01:14:10 TIME AND YET YOU'VE DONE AMAZING WORK.
01:14:13 I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR LEADERS PUBLIC SECTOR
01:14:20 LEADERS IN SAN FRANCISCO IS YOU'RE NOT ONLY TRYING TO DO
01:14:22 THE WORK, YOU'RE ALSO LIKE MANAGING POLITICAL HEADWINDS,
01:14:25 GOING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND I THINK THERE'S
01:14:29 PROBABLY NO ONE IN THE CITY NO LEADER OF A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
01:14:32 BEEN MORE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND MORE SUBJECT TO BEING
01:14:36 PUSHED IN A MILLION DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BY ME AND EACH OF MY
01:14:40 COLLEAGUES. WE ALL THINK WE HAVE THE
01:14:43 SOLUTIONS. WE DO NOT AGREE WITH EACH OTHER
01:14:46 . WE DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH
01:14:47 THE MAYOR. WE DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH
01:14:48 THE NUMBERS OF HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION OR THE
01:14:51 VARIOUS MYRIAD OTHER BODIES TO WHICH YOU ANSWER AND IT'S JUST
01:14:54 AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS VAST CONSTITUENCY OF OUR NONPROFIT
01:14:58 PARTNERS AND AND EVERYONE AND IT'S NOT JUST ALL OF US WHO
01:15:02 HAVE OPINIONS LIKE THE WHOLE CITY HAS OPINIONS AND EVERYONE
01:15:06 IS GIVING THEM TO YOU. SO IN ALL OF THAT CACOPHONY
01:15:10 AND CHAOS AND DEMAND YOU HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND SO THANK
01:15:14 YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HONORING AN EXTRAORDINARY
01:15:18 PUBLIC SERVANT AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU STREAM MCSPADDEN
01:15:21 FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVICE AND I BELIEVE
01:15:25 SUPERVISOR WALTON WE WERE YOU WANTED TO GIVE CHIEF MOTY A
01:15:27 MOMENT AS WELL. SHEREEN EVERY DAY I WORK
01:15:38 IN THIS BUILDING I'M FILLED WITH MORE AND MORE HUMILITY
01:15:40 BECAUSE THIS PUBLIC SERVICE IS REALLY HARD AND MAKING CHANGE
01:15:47 IS REALLY HARD AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 23 YEARS AND AS
01:15:50 EVERYONE HAS SAID YOU'VE DONE IT WITH INTEGRITY, YOU'VE DONE
01:15:54 IT WITH GRACE AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH COMPASSION ON SOME OF
01:15:57 OUR CITY'S TOUGHEST CHALLENGES HELPING OLDER ADULTS AGE WITH
01:16:02 DIGNITY, FIGHTING FOR DISABILITY JUSTICE AND MAKING
01:16:06 OUR CITY MORE INCLUSIVE, HELPING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
01:16:09 HOMELESSNESS FIND STABILITY. I SHARE THIS STORY AT
01:16:13 COMMISSION LAST WEEK BUT IT BEARS REPEATING I WAS REALLY
01:16:17 MOVED WHEN WE VISITED THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE KELSEY
01:16:21 TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE SUPERVISORS HERE.
01:16:24 IT'S THE FIRST MUNICIPALLY FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:16:28 COMPLEX FOR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES THAT'S DESIGNED
01:16:31 FROM THE GROUND UP WITH UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBLE DESIGN
01:16:35 PRINCIPLES. IT WAS SOMETHING CONCEIVED
01:16:36 DURING YOUR LEADERSHIP AT DOS AND THAT WAS FINISHED
01:16:43 AND OPENED AFTER YOU HAD LEFT THE DEPARTMENT AND IT MADE ME
01:16:47 THINK ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE'LL CELEBRATE IN THIS
01:16:51 BUILDING YEARS FROM NOW THAT HAVE YOUR FINGER PRINTS
01:16:55 AND EARLY IDEAS HAVING SHAPED THEM.
01:16:58 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THE BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR SERVICE
01:17:00 FOR YEARS TO COME THAT HSA THAT YOU TOOK ON UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF
01:17:06 THE TOUGHEST, TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS THE CITY HAS TO
01:17:10 OFFER AND YOU REALLY STABILIZED THE DEPARTMENT.
01:17:14 YOU BUILT SYSTEMS, YOU BUILT A TEAM WHICH CONTINUES TO BE PART
01:17:18 OF YOUR LEGACY AND I KNOW WILL COLLECTIVELY ALL TRY
01:17:22 AND CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU PROUD AND YOU'VE DELIVERED SO MANY
01:17:26 RESULTS FOR PEOPLE THROUGH ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TIMES THIS CITY
01:17:33 HAS SEEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU
01:17:37 HAVE A BIG HEART. YOU HAVE A BIG BRAIN AND ARE SO
01:17:42 OUR CITY IS SO LUCKY THAT YOU PUT THEM IN SERVICE TO IT.
01:17:45 AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, AS A COLLEAGUE AND AS A
01:17:49 RESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
01:17:55 SHEREEN MCSPADDEN THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:18:01 >> WAIT, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THE FLOOR?
01:18:05 SO I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR
01:18:09 THIS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO ME.
01:18:13 I AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:18:17 I WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS REALLY BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK
01:18:20 WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH MOST OF YOU
01:18:24 VERY CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOU
01:18:28 JUST HAD AGREED WITH ME THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT EASIER
01:18:30 FOR ALL OF US. NO, BUT I MEAN I KNOW WE WERE
01:18:35 OFTEN NOT I'VE NOT EVEN OFTEN BUT SOMETIMES ON OPPOSITE SIDES
01:18:38 OF ARGUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
01:18:41 AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I KNOW VERY WELL THAT ALL OF US
01:18:45 ARE INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO THIS WONDERFUL CITY THAT WE
01:18:47 LIVE IN AND THAT'S WHERE THAT ALL COMES FROM AND IT'S BEEN IT
01:18:50 REALLY HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, REALLY
01:18:53 APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK KUNAL.
01:18:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU SAID TOO AND I REALLY THINK
01:19:01 THAT THE CITY IS IN VERY GOOD HANDS.
01:19:04 I'M EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING
01:19:07 IN PARTICULARLY AS WE THINK ABOUT DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATING
01:19:11 SO WELL TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW WE'VE REALLY NEEDED THAT RESET
01:19:16 AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO
01:19:19 NEED OUR SERVICES MOST IF WE CAN BE ALIGNED ACROSS
01:19:24 DEPARTMENTS AND AS A CITY TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO
01:19:27 BETTER BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.
01:19:31 SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU KNOW, IT TURNS OUT THAT
01:19:35 ACTUALLY SOLVING HOMELESSNESS AND MAKING THINGS EASIER FOR
01:19:38 OLDER PEOPLE IN A VERY HILLY CITY FULL OF STAIRS I MEAN NONE
01:19:45 OF THESE THINGS ARE EASY AND THEY KNOW BECAUSE THEY DO
01:19:49 THIS EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY MY STAFF IS SOLVING
01:19:51 HOMELESSNESS FOR SOMEONE EVERY DAY.
01:19:54 WHEN I WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING PEOPLE WERE DOING
01:19:55 THINGS TO MAKE SOME OLDER PERSON'S LIFE BETTER.
01:19:58 AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM.
01:20:02 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE THEIR COLLEAGUE AS SUPERVISOR
01:20:10 MAHMOOD SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
01:20:11 WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO THEM AND I'M
01:20:14 REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES
01:20:18 IN OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE THE
01:20:24 HOMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES NEED.
01:20:28 I MEAN WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BIG
01:20:30 AND SMALL THAT SERVE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THAT SERVE
01:20:33 WOMEN REALLY WELL OLDER ADULTS, FAMILIES AND YOUTH.
01:20:36 AND I THINK WE'RE JUST I MEAN SOMETIMES WE WORRY ABOUT HAVING
01:20:40 TOO MANY AND MAYBE THAT'S THE CASE BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE
01:20:44 AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE IN THIS CITY AND WE'RE FORTUNATE FOR
01:20:47 THAT. YOU KNOW, I ALSO REALLY WANT TO
01:20:51 THANK PEOPLE WHO COME FORWARD TO TELL US WHAT THEY NEED
01:20:55 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THIS WORK BY HEARING FROM
01:20:59 PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
01:21:03 SOLVE. RIGHT.
01:21:03 AND SO I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
01:21:06 IN THIS ROOM WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE AGING
01:21:10 IN OUR CITY JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING FORTH
01:21:13 AND BEING BRAVE AND SHARING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES.
01:21:15 IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE ON ALL
01:21:21 OF THESE PROBLEMS AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU WILL CONTINUE
01:21:22 THAT WORK AND I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE JAY WHO'S HERE FOR ALL
01:21:29 OF THE SUPPORT. >> I MEAN IT'S I THINK IT'S
01:21:33 REALLY HARD TO BE THE SPOUSE OF SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN FIELDS
01:21:36 LIKE THIS AND I PROBABLY BRING A LOT OF THE ANGST HOME AND SO
01:21:40 I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT
01:21:44 THROUGHOUT THAT MY THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER WITH THE CITY
01:21:48 SO THANK YOU'D J AND I THINK THAT'S IT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO
01:21:52 SAY THANK YOU SURPRISED ONE SPRING DIRECTOR MCSPADDEN THE
01:21:56 WELL I'M SORRY MAN I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S YOUR NATURAL
01:22:32 HAIR COLOR
01:24:01 DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR JEN THANK YOU BOB PERCENT.
01:24:08 PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JEFFERSON JOHNSON TO THE PODIUM
01:24:25 . >> COLLEAGUES, I'M VERY PROUD
01:24:26 TO RECOGNIZE A YEAR WHO IS PERSISTENT, HUMBLE AND DEEPLY
01:24:33 ROOTED IN HIS COMMUNITY. JEFFERSON JOHNSON WAS BORN
01:24:37 IN ANDORRA AND IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATE WHEN HE WAS 16
01:24:40 YEARS OLD. HE ATTENDED MISSION HIGH SCHOOL
01:24:43 AND JOINED HAUMEA IN 2023 BY HIS PEERS AND PROGRAM
01:24:47 COORDINATORS. JEFFERSON IS DESCRIBED AS A
01:24:48 YOUNG MAN WHO DOES NOT GIVE UP AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS CARE
01:24:52 AND LOVE FOR HIS FRIENDS AND PEERS.
01:24:55 >> ON APRIL 9TH, 2026, A FELLOW PROGRAM PARTICIPANT WHO WAS
01:25:01 SHOT NEXT TO DOOR NEXT DOOR WHILE GETTING LUNCH, JEFFERSON
01:25:06 APPLIED IT LIFE SAVING FIRST EXCUSE THAT HE LEARNED FROM
01:25:12 IN LANGUAGE TRAINING A FEW WEEKS PRIOR AND STABILIZED AT
01:25:16 HIS FRIEND LONG ENOUGH FOR THE PARAMEDICS TO ARRIVE ON THE
01:25:20 SCENE TO AID JEFFERSON APPLY. >> HE QUICKLY THINKING AND HE'S
01:25:24 BRAVELY MADE THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE IN SAVING A YOUNG
01:25:28 LIFE THAT DAY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
01:25:31 EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR HOMIE .
01:25:34 HOMIE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF AT RISK YOUTH
01:25:38 IN DISTRICT NINE, TEN AND 11. THROUGH A LEADERSHIP SKILLS
01:25:42 DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP GROUP BREATHING LIFE
01:25:46 EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVE HIM IN THEIR
01:25:48 PARTICIPANTS. THE SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS THE
01:25:51 IMPORTANCE OF OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
01:25:54 AND THE COMMUNITY SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:25:58 WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ACCESS LIFE SAVING TRAINING
01:26:02 IN LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM AS WELL.
01:26:05 TODAY I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND THANK
01:26:09 JEFFERSON FOR APPLYING THIS VALUABLE SKILLS.
01:26:10 THANK YOU JEFFERSON FOR EMBODYING THE VALUE OF
01:26:14 PERSISTENCE AND RELIANCE. AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP
01:26:17 AND SAVING THE LIFE OF A FELLOW PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.
01:26:21 >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN I STARTED THE
01:26:32 ENVIRONMENTAL WORK I SAW HOW THE US YEAH IMPLEMENT LUGARD
01:26:39 GET ORGANIZED, HOW THE US AND SAY I WANT THEM IN MY
01:26:44 POCKET. I SAID HEY YEAH SO YOU KNOW
01:26:45 AND WE KORERO
01:28:41 HUH? >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:28:42 SURPRISE I'M GOING TO JUST TRANSLATE OR DO MY BEST TO
01:28:46 TRANSLATE. HE KIND OF WENT OFF SCRIPT SO
01:28:49 I'M GOING TO DO THE READ THE SCRIPT AND THEN SHOOT.
01:28:52 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEFFERSON JOHNSON.
01:28:56 FIRST I GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND SECOND TO MY MOM BECAUSE
01:28:57 THANKS TO HER I AM STRONG PERSON AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:29:01 SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
01:29:04 WHEN I WAS YOUNG THE STREETS TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS JUST AS
01:29:06 THEY TAUGHT ME THE BAD THEY ALSO TAUGHT ME THE GOOD.
01:29:09 I LEARNED TO BECOME STRONGER AND NEVER GIVE UP.
01:29:12 I FEEL THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED IS LOVE.
01:29:15 THE WORK WON'T CHANGE UNLESS WE SHOW LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHAT
01:29:19 HELPS ME CHANGE IS EVERYONE GUIDING ME HAS TAUGHT ME THE
01:29:23 CONCEPT OF YOU ARE THE OTHER VERSION OF ME.
01:29:26 THIS MEANS WE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND YES IF I HURT YOU I HURT
01:29:28 MYSELF, I'VE HURT MYSELF, I HURT YOU.
01:29:31 I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE GOD HAS PLACED IN MY PATH.
01:29:35 THEY HAVE BECOME A SECOND FAMILY TO ME AND THEY HAVE
01:29:38 TURNED ME INTO A WARRIOR AND A ROLE MODEL FOR MY ENTIRE
01:29:42 COMMUNITY. MY MESSAGE TO ALL THE YOUTH IS
01:29:45 LET'S FOLLOW OUR DREAMS AND NO MATTER HOW HARD THINGS GET, LET
01:29:48 US NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE THE PRESENT FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
01:29:52 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE ALSO SAID THAT'S NOT IN HERE
01:29:56 BUT HE ALSO SAID HE WANTED TO THANK CAL POLY AND ALL THE
01:30:00 PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE HELPED THEM DEVELOP.
01:30:03 AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE EBBY BECAUSE IVY WAS ALSO THERE
01:30:07 THE THE DAY THAT THAT YOUNG MAN WAS CAME INTO OUR OFFICE
01:30:11 BLEEDING OUT. THEY BOTH QUICKLY JUST WENT
01:30:15 INTO ACTION AND SAVED THE YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE AND I THINK IT'S
01:30:20 WHERE I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE TWO YOUNG INDIVIDUALS FOR
01:30:26 THE LIFESAVING WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
01:30:27 >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY
01:31:29 . >> ALL RIGHT.
01:31:30 CAN I INVITE UP DIKES ON BIKES? >> PRESIDENT KATE BROWN AND AS
01:31:37 MANY OF HER DIKES ON BIKES AS SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING WITH
01:31:39 HER OR 50 YEARS THE UNMISTAKABLE ROAR OF DIKES ON
01:31:50 BIKES, MOTORCYCLES HAS SIGNALED THE START OF PRIDE PRIDE
01:31:53 PARADES NOT JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT AROUND THE WORLD
01:31:57 PARIS, LONDON, TOKYO, MELBOURNE AND BEYOND WHAT IS NOW AN
01:32:00 INTERNATIONAL PRIDE TRADITION BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN
01:32:05 FRANCISCO WHEN ABOUT 2025 FEMALE MOTORCYCLISTS DECIDED TO
01:32:12 RIDE THEIR BIKES IN THE 1976 SAN FRANCISCO GAY FREEDOM DAY
01:32:15 PARADE NOT WANTING TO STORE THEIR BIKES BEHIND OTHER SLOWER
01:32:19 MOVING CONTINGENTS THE GROUP BOLDLY CLAIMED A POSITION AT
01:32:22 THE VERY FRONT OF THE PARADE AND DIKES ON BIKES HAVE PROUDLY
01:32:26 LED EVERY PARADE SINCE. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BEST KNOWN
01:32:31 FOR THEIR COMMANDING PRESENCE IN PRIDE PARADES, DIKES ON
01:32:34 BIKES HAS ALSO WON A MAJOR VICTORY FOR FREE EXPRESSION
01:32:37 AND LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS IN A LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE
01:32:42 THAT UPHELD THEIR RIGHT TO CLAIM AND TRADEMARK THEIR NAME
01:32:47 FIRST COINED BY A MEMBER DURING THE 1976 PARADE.
01:32:48 THE NAME DIKES ON BIKES WAS ADOPTED AS THE GROUP'S OFFICIAL
01:32:52 NAME AFTER IT WAS PRINTED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
01:32:56 IN 2003. THE ORGANIZATION APPLIED TO
01:32:59 TRADEMARK THEIR NAME BUT THE UNITED STATES PATENT
01:33:03 AND TRADEMARK OFFICE WHICH I WILL REFER TO AS THE USPTO
01:33:07 REJECTED THE APPLICATION CLAIMING THE TERM WAS
01:33:10 DEROGATORY. DIKES ON BIKES SUBMITTED
01:33:11 MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE FROM HISTORIANS, CARTOONISTS
01:33:15 SCHOLARS SHOWING THAT THE LESBIAN COMMUNITY CONSIDERED
01:33:16 THE TERM SELF-REFERENCE RACIAL RATHER THAN DEROGATORY.
01:33:20 >> ALTHOUGH THE USPTO EVENTUALLY GRANTED THE
01:33:23 TRADEMARK IN 2006 A MAN SUED THE GROUP A YEAR LATER CLAIMING
01:33:28 THE NAME WAS SCANDALOUS, IMMORAL, DISPARAGING TO MEN.
01:33:34 >> DIKES ON BIKES CONTINUED FIGHTING TO TRADEMARK THEIR
01:33:38 NAME AND LOGO UNTIL 2017 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT RULED
01:33:39 UNANIMOUS SLATE THAT DENYING TRADEMARKS SEEN AS IMMORAL OR
01:33:47 SCANDALOUS WAS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION OF
01:33:48 FREEDOM OF SPEECH. >> TODAY DIKES ON BIKES BOASTS
01:33:54 22 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD
01:33:58 WITH SAN FRANCISCO DIKES ON BIKES SERVING AS THE MOTHER
01:33:59 CHAPTER CHAPTERS GO ON RIDES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IN THE
01:34:03 MONTHS LEADING UP TO JUNE WORK TO RECRUIT AND ORGANIZE
01:34:06 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE PARADE OR PARADES.
01:34:10 THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOSTS PRIDE EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS
01:34:11 ARCHIVES LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY FUNDRAISERS FOR CHARITY
01:34:15 AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON MOTORCYCLE RIDING.
01:34:18 >> AS DIKES ON BIKES CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR
01:34:25 ,I WANTED TO HONOR THE ORGANIZATION AND CELEBRATE ALL
01:34:29 THE WORK AND ALL THE JOY THE DIKES ON BIKES GENERATIONS OF
01:34:33 THEM HAVE BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BROADER
01:34:37 COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND AROUND THE WORLD.
01:34:41 AND WITHOUT PRESIDENT BROWN THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:34:48 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT MANCHIN, MEMBERS OF
01:34:49 THE BOARD AND EVERYONE GATHERED HERE TODAY.
01:34:53 I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF
01:34:57 THE SAN FRANCISCO DIKES ON BIKES WOMEN'S MOTORCYCLE
01:35:00 CONTINGENT OUR MEMBERS, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR
01:35:04 EMERITUS MEMBERS EVERY RIDER WHO HAS CARRIED THIS LEGACY
01:35:07 FORWARD OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE IN THE
01:35:10 CITY OF CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO MEANS MORE THAN I CAN
01:35:14 FULLY EXPRESS. SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT JUST WHERE
01:35:18 OUR ORGANIZATION BEGAN. IT IS THE PLACE WHERE A BOLD
01:35:21 ACT OF VISIBILITY BECAME A MOVEMENT.
01:35:25 >> 50 YEARS AGO A GROUP OF DIKES AND WE'RE GOING TO USE
01:35:29 THAT WORD FREQUENTLY A GROUP OF DIKES MOVED THEIR MOTORCYCLES
01:35:32 TO THE FRONT OF A GAY FREEDOM DAY PARADE AND THEY CLAIMED
01:35:37 SPACE THEY CLAIMED DIGNITY AND THEY CLAIMED JOY AND A
01:35:41 WORLD THAT TOO OFTEN TOLD THEM TO BE SILENT AND INVISIBLE.
01:35:45 >> THAT ACT OF COURAGE BECAME TRADITION.
01:35:49 THAT TRADITION BECAME A COMMUNITY.
01:35:52 >> AND FROM HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:35:56 DIKES ON BIKES BECAME THE NONPROFIT MOTHER CHAPTER OF
01:35:59 DIKES ON BIKES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE
01:36:03 WORLD. >> EACH CHAPTER OPERATES WITH A
01:36:07 UNIFIED MISSION OF REACHING OUT TO EMPOWER A COMMUNITY OF
01:36:11 DIVERSE RIDERS THROUGH RIDES, CHARITY EVENTS, PRIDE EVENTS
01:36:15 AND EDUCATION ABOUT LGBT CULTURE AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
01:36:23 AS PRESIDENT MANUELIAN SAID THOUGH, OUR HISTORY IS ALSO A
01:36:24 HISTORY OF FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR NAME AND OUR LOGO AND OUR
01:36:27 RIGHT TO DEFINE OURSELVES. THAT FIGHT TOOK 13 YEARS 13
01:36:36 YEARS AND TWO TRIPS TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
01:36:40 CULMINATING IN THE 2017 CASE OF MATTEL VERSUS TAM WHERE WE DID
01:36:44 INDEED HELP OVERTURN A LAW IN A MAJOR WIN FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITY
01:36:51 AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. >> AND I'LL SAY THAT WE WOULD
01:36:54 NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY INCLUDING BROOKE
01:36:59 OLIVER, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL WHO LED THAT LEGAL STRATEGY AND PRO
01:37:03 BONO FOUGHT THAT BATTLE AND THE MANY LAWYERS AND SCHOLARS WHO
01:37:08 HELPED THE WORLD UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE CALL OURSELVES
01:37:11 DIKES, WHEN WE CALL OURSELVES DIKES ON BIKES, WE DO SO WITH
01:37:15 PRIDE. >> WE ARE RECLAIM ING THAT
01:37:19 WORD. >> WE ARE TRANSFORMING AN
01:37:20 EPITHET INTO A SYMBOL OF PRIDE, POWER AND RECLAIMED IDENTITY.
01:37:28 >> EVERY TIME WE PUT THIS PATCH ON OUR BACKS WE ARE ENGAGING
01:37:32 IN AN ACT OF POLITICAL SPEECH. >> WE ARE CARRYING THE COURAGE
01:37:36 OF VISIBILITY. WE ARE HONORING THOSE WHO CAME
01:37:40 BEFORE US. PROTECTING THOSE RIDING BESIDE
01:37:44 US AND MAKING SPACE FOR THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US.
01:37:50 >> AND EVERY PRIDE THAT COURAGE IS HEARD BEFORE IT IS EVEN
01:37:54 SEEN. >> REVVING ENGINES, LOUD PIPES
01:37:58 CHEERING PASSENGERS AND THE DEAFENING ROAR OF HUNDREDS OF
01:38:03 MOTORCYCLES COMING DOWN MARKET STREET.
01:38:06 >> THE ICONIC IMAGE OF REBELLIOUS INDEPENDENT BIKES
01:38:11 RIDING POWERFUL MOTORCYCLES HAS BEEN REPEATED IN PRIDE PARADES
01:38:14 THE WORLD OVER CREATING A GLOBAL THUNDEROUS CACOPHONY OF
01:38:19 NOISE AND A RALLYING CRY FOR MOTORCYCLISTS EVERYWHERE.
01:38:23 >> ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DIKES ON BIKES, THANK
01:38:27 YOU FOR SEEING US HONORING US, HEARING US AND CELEBRATING THIS
01:38:31 REMARKABLE MILESTONE WITH US. >> THANK YOU.
01:38:49 >> BEFORE WE GO, YOU AND I ARE HERE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE
01:38:53 AROUND. HELLO RIDING IN YOUR PHOTO
01:39:01 ALBUM. THANK YOU.
01:39:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR
01:40:02 . MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO
01:40:04 COMMITTEE REPORTS. PLEASE CALL ADAMS 33 TO 36
01:40:07 TOGETHER. >> YES.
01:40:08 ITEM 33 THROUGH 36. WE'RE CONSIDERED BY THE
01:40:16 GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING
01:40:19 ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026 AND WE'RE FORWARDED AS
01:40:22 COMMITTEE REPORTS. THEREFORE ORDINANCES REGARDING
01:40:24 CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THE CITY
01:40:27 AND VARIOUS UNIONS. ITEM 33 ADOPTS AND IMPLEMENTS
01:40:30 AN MOU WITH THE MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION FIRE TO
01:40:33 BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030.
01:40:37 ITEM 34 ADOPTS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
01:40:44 MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION POLICE TO BE
01:40:45 EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030.
01:40:51 ITEM 35 FIXES COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY
01:40:55 WHOSE COMPENSATION IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
01:40:59 8.409 OF THE CHARTER AND JOB CODES NOT REPRESENTED BY AN
01:41:03 EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND ESTABLISHING WORK SCHEDULES
01:41:04 AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND METHODS OF
01:41:07 PAYMENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026 AND ITEM 36 IS AN
01:41:13 ORDINANCE THAT ADOPTS AND IMPLEMENTS THE FIRST
01:41:15 AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 TO 2027 MOU WITH THE MACHINISTS UNION
01:41:19 LOCAL 1414 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS
01:41:22 AND AEROSPACE WORKERS MACHINISTS AUTOMOTIVE TRADES
01:41:26 DISTRICT LODGE 190. EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026 AND TO
01:41:30 ADOPT A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT UPDATING THE APPENDIX D
01:41:34 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
01:41:37 THESE ITEMS AN ITEM 33 TO 36 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
01:41:41 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN MANDOLIN I
01:41:48 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
01:41:52 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
01:41:57 SUPERVISOR WONG WANG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I
01:42:04 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN EITHER TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
01:42:09 AUDIENCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
01:42:10 ITEM NUMBER 37 YES ITEM 37 WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED WITH THE
01:42:17 SAME TITLE WITH A NEW TITLE TO ADD THE DATE AND TIME OF THE
01:42:19 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IT IS A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION
01:42:22 TO ADD TERRITORY TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:42:25 INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZATION FINANCING
01:42:28 DISTRICT NUMBER ONE TREASURE ISLAND AS NEW PROJECT AREAS
01:42:33 ORDERING AND SETTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
01:42:34 OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SITTING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE
01:42:37 WHOLE ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION ON SEPTEMBER 15TH
01:42:43 2026 AT 3:00 PM AND TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE THEREOF I THINK
01:42:47 WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
01:42:48 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
01:42:55 >> MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
01:42:56 MR. PRESIDENT WE RETURN GO BACK.
01:42:59 YES MY APOLOGIES MEMBERS AND MR. PRESIDENT I DID READ
01:43:03 THE WRONG TITLE FOR CIP FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 SO WE'RE GOING
01:43:06 TO RECALL THAT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO RESTATE
01:43:09 IT? >> ITEM 11 IS AN ORDINANCE
01:43:10 APPROVING AMENDED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY POLICIES FOR PUBLIC
01:43:14 WORKS USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL DEVICES AND USE OF AN ILLEGAL
01:43:17 DUMPING CAMERA SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER
01:43:21 TECHNOLOGY AND CAMERAS AND MAKING REQUIRED FINDINGS
01:43:24 IN SUPPORT OF STATE APPROVALS. >> AND LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM
01:43:27 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
01:43:29 IS FINALLY PASSED. >> NOW LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL.
01:43:34 FIRST UP FOR ROLL CALL IS SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
01:43:38 I'D LIKE TO BE REFERRED TO. ALL RIGHT.
01:43:40 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:43:45 >> COLLEAGUES, TODAY I'M INTRODUCING THE NO HIDDEN RENT
01:43:49 ACT BECAUSE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO IS EXPENSIVE ENOUGH
01:43:53 AS IT IS WITHOUT SURPRISES CHARGES, HIDDEN FEES AND FINE
01:43:56 PRINT COSTS THAT LEAVE RENTERS PAYING FAR MORE THAN THEY
01:44:00 EXPECTED. >> FOR MOST PEOPLE RENT IS THE
01:44:02 SINGLE LARGEST EXPENSE THEY FACE EVERY MONTH.
01:44:05 FAMILIES BUDGET AROUND IT WORKERS TAKE EXTRA SHIFTS
01:44:09 BECAUSE OF IT. YOUNG PEOPLE DELAY MAJOR LIFE
01:44:12 DECISIONS BECAUSE OF RENT COSTS.
01:44:13 AND SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES WORRY ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO
01:44:16 PAY IT. >> AND YET AFTER ALL THAT
01:44:17 PLANNING AND SACRIFICE, TOO MANY RENTERS DISCOVER THE PRICE
01:44:21 THEY SAW ADVERTISED ISN'T ACTUALLY THE PRICE THEY'LL PAY.
01:44:25 A LISTING WILL SAY ONE THING BUT THE LEASE SAYS ANOTHER.
01:44:28 THEN COMES MANDATORY FEES, AMENITY FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE
01:44:32 FEES AND MY FAVORITE THE TRASH CONCIERGE FEE.
01:44:35 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD A TRASH CONCIERGE BEFORE.
01:44:39 >> I HAVE NOT BUT CHARGES THAT APPEAR ON ONLY AFTER SOMEONE
01:44:43 HAS INVESTED TIME SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND SIGN ON THE
01:44:47 DOTTED LINE AND EMOTIONALLY COMMITTED TO A HOME.
01:44:50 THAT ISN'T TRANSPARENCY. IT ISN'T FAIRNESS AND IT
01:44:51 CERTAINLY ISN'T HELPING PEOPLE COMMIT TO A LIFE IN SAN
01:44:54 FRANCISCO. THE REALITY IS THAT WE'RE
01:44:58 LIVING THROUGH AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
01:44:59 >> PEOPLE ARE STRETCHING EVERY DOLLAR JUST TO REMAIN IN THE
01:45:01 CITY THEY LOVE. THEY SHOULDN'T NEED A
01:45:03 CALCULATOR, A LAWYER OR A MAGNIFYING GLASS JUST TO FIGURE
01:45:07 OUT WHAT THEIR RENT WILL ACTUALLY COST.
01:45:09 THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE NO HIDDEN RIGHT ACT IS SIMPLE.
01:45:13 WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS FOR A HOME THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THE REAL
01:45:16 PRICE ONE NUMBER UPFRONT BEFORE THEY APPLY, BEFORE THEY SIGN
01:45:20 AND BEFORE THEY MOVE IN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE NO HIDDEN
01:45:24 RENT ACT DOES. >> IT REQUIRES LANDLORDS TO
01:45:25 CLEARLY DISCLOSE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF RENTING A
01:45:28 UNIT INCLUDING RECURRING FEES AND CHARGES SO TENANTS CAN MAKE
01:45:32 INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD.
01:45:36 >> THIS ISN'T ABOUT CREATING NEW COSTS.
01:45:37 IT'S ABOUT HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY.
01:45:40 AND IT'S ABOUT GIVING RENTERS THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO
01:45:43 MAKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL DECISIONS OF THEIR
01:45:44 LIVES. I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO THE
01:45:47 ADVOCATES WHO ARE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE THEY SEE FIRSTHAND
01:45:50 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUSHED BEYOND THE EDGE
01:45:52 FINANCIALLY. THEY SEE FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO
01:45:55 STAY HOUSED. THEY SEE WORKERS STRUGGLING
01:45:58 MULTIPLE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
01:45:59 THEY SEE TENANTS FACING EVICTION OVER CHARGES THEY
01:46:03 DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SIGNED A LEASE.
01:46:06 IN A CITY WHERE HOUSING COSTS ARE ALREADY AMONG THE HIGHEST
01:46:07 IN THE NATION, EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS AT A TIME WHEN MANY
01:46:10 LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS TAKE YEARS TO BUILD IMPLEMENT.
01:46:14 WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBLE CITY TO PURSUE PRACTICAL CHANGES
01:46:18 THAT CAN MAKE RENTING FAIRER NOW THIS LEGISLATION WON'T
01:46:22 SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS ON ITS OWN BUT IT WILL MAKE THE SYSTEM
01:46:26 MORE HONEST. IT WILL MAKE THE MARKET MORE
01:46:29 TRANSPARENT AND IT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE ADVERTISED
01:46:30 PRICE OF HOUSING IS THE REAL PRICE OF HOUSING.
01:46:34 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TENANTS DESERVE CLARITY
01:46:37 AND THEY DESERVE THE ABILITY TO PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE WITHOUT
01:46:41 WORRYING ABOUT HIDDEN COSTS WHILE WAITING AROUND THE CORNER
01:46:44 . I WANT TO THANK THE INCREDIBLE
01:46:45 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED CONSULT ON THIS
01:46:48 LEGISLATION. THANK YOU TO GAIL GILMAN WHERE
01:46:51 OUR PROJECT OFF NICK PROPTECH AND THE EVICTION DEFENSE
01:46:53 COLLABORATIVE WHOSE WORK EVERY DAY HELPS SAN FRANCISCANS HOUSE
01:46:56 AND PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS BEFORE IT STARTS.
01:47:00 THANK YOU TO ALL OF MIRANDA AND SEIU LOCAL 87 FOR BEING
01:47:03 RELENTLESS CHAMPIONS FOR WORKING FAMILIES, IMMIGRANT
01:47:06 COMMUNITIES AND THE WORKERS WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING.
01:47:07 THANK YOU TO RECEIVE A TECHIE AND TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC
01:47:11 FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF TENANTS ACROSS SAN
01:47:15 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF
01:47:17 SAM LOGAN FOR HER COMMITMENT IN CARRYING THIS LEGISLATION.
01:47:19 AND THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR SADR MELGAR AND CHEN FOR THEIR
01:47:22 EARLY PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
01:47:26 >> THANK YOU AND THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR
01:47:29 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:47:34 >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TWO ORDINANCES.
01:47:38 >> FIRST, I'M INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE CURRENT
01:47:42 FEE WAIVER FOR BANNER PERMITS TO INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS
01:47:45 IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, NEIGHBORHOOD
01:47:49 COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICTS AND AND RESIDENTIAL TRANSIT
01:47:52 ORIENTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS CITYWIDE BANNERS ON CITY OWNED
01:47:55 UTILITY POLES ARE A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR
01:47:59 PLACEMENT MAKING. THEY SIGNAL NEIGHBORHOOD
01:48:00 IDENTITY CELEBRATE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND GIVE COMMERCIAL
01:48:04 CORRIDORS A SENSE OF CHARACTER AND COHESION.
01:48:08 BUT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE
01:48:09 SO MUCH TO OUR CULTURAL SPACES CANNOT AFFORD THE FEES
01:48:12 ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BANNERS. >> UNDER CURRENT LAW, BANNER
01:48:15 PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES ARE WAIVED BUT ONLY FOR SELECT
01:48:19 ORGANIZATIONS. >> IN 2020 THREE SUPERVISOR
01:48:22 DORSEY PASSED LEGISLATION TO WAIVE FEES FOR SOMA PILIPINAS
01:48:26 AND THE LEATHER AND LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT IN 2024
01:48:29 FORMER SUPERVISOR PRESTON PASSED LEGISLATION TO WAIVE
01:48:33 FEES FOR NONPROFITS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
01:48:34 IN DISTRICT FIVE. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD EXTEND
01:48:37 THAT FEE WAIVER TO ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFITS
01:48:41 IN EVERY NCD AND TDI AND ARTO DASHTI DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
01:48:49 IT WOULD MAKE THE PROGRAM PERMANENT AND INCREASE THE
01:48:53 ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD FROM
01:48:59 $250,000 TO $500,000 REFLECTING THE REALITY OF WHAT IT COSTS TO
01:49:01 RUN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. >> TODAY I WANT TO THANK TERRY
01:49:05 AUSTIN BENNETT FROM THE CASTRO MERCHANTS FOR BRINGING THIS
01:49:08 ISSUE TO OUR OFFICES ATTENTION. I WANT TO THANK PETER MILLION
01:49:15 FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HIS WORK AND I WANT TO
01:49:16 THANK MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE RENE AUBERJONOIS FOR HIS WORK AS
01:49:20 WELL. >> SECONDLY, I'M INTRODUCING
01:49:23 ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE EXISTING FEE WAIVER PROGRAM FOR
01:49:31 PROPERTY OWNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
01:49:32 INSPECTIONS INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL AUDIT AMNESTY PROGRAM.
01:49:38 AND SPECIFICALLY WE ARE PROPOSING TO WAIVE FIRE CODE
01:49:42 AND PUBLIC WORKS CODE FEES. >> LAST YEAR THE BOARD PASSED
01:49:46 LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH THAT AT AUDIT AMNESTY PROGRAM TO
01:49:50 WAIVE BUILDING AND PLANNING CODE FEES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
01:49:57 UNWITTINGLY CAUGHT UP IN THE AFTER MATH OF THE CORRUPTION
01:50:01 SCANDAL AT TBI INVOLVING PERMIT EXPEDITER RODRIGO SANTOS
01:50:08 AND FORMER SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR BERNIE CURRAN MOST OF
01:50:11 THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WERE HIT WITH NOTICES OF VIOLATION
01:50:16 BASED ON THE DEBES REVIEW OF PROPERTIES THAT HAD BEEN
01:50:20 TOUCHED BY SANTOS AND CURRAN BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTIES LONG
01:50:23 AFTER THE PERMITTED UNPERMITTED WORK WAS COMPLETED AND WERE
01:50:27 COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE VIOLATIONS.
01:50:31 >> THE IN THE COURSE OF SO WE WAIVED AS I SAID THE PLANNING
01:50:36 AND BUILDING CODE FEES BUT IN THE COURSE OF COMMUNICATING
01:50:40 WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE IDENTIFIED
01:50:43 ADDITIONAL CITY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMITS THAT ARE
01:50:44 NEEDED TO BRING THEIR PROPERTIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
01:50:48 THE BUILDING CODE AND ACCORDINGLY ACCORDINGLY
01:50:50 THIS ORDINANCE WOULD WAIVE PLAN REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE
01:50:51 AND INSPECTION FEES FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:50:55 PERMITS UNDER THE AUDIT AMNESTY PROGRAM.
01:50:58 LIKE THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, THESE WAIVERS WOULD BE
01:51:02 RETROACTIVE AND WE WOULD REFUND FEES TO THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY
01:51:03 PAID. >> I WANT TO THANK ROB COPPOLA
01:51:06 AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HIS WORK TO HANNA
01:51:10 AND FERGAL CLANCY AT TBI. IAN SCHNEIDER AT PUBLIC WORKS.
01:51:14 KATHY HEROLD AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MY LEGISLATIVE
01:51:17 AIDE AGAIN RENE AUBERJONOIS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK AND THE REST
01:51:21 I SUBMIT THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
01:51:25 SUPERVISOR MILLER THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU
01:51:28 COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO INTRODUCE RELATED TO
01:51:32 KEEPING OUR STREETS SIDEWALK AND PUBLIC SPACES CLEAN.
01:51:37 >> FIRST I'M INTRODUCING LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW
01:51:41 PUBLIC WORKS TO PURSUE COST RECOVERY WHEN THEY ENFORCE A
01:51:44 LEGAL DUMPING VIOLATIONS. AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS SAN
01:51:47 FRANCISCO'S MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FINE IS $1,000 FOR LEGAL
01:51:49 DUMPING VIOLATIONS. BUT THE TRUE COST TO OUR CITY
01:51:53 IS FAR MORE COMPLEX FOR CLEANUPS FOR FOR LARGER
01:51:56 VIOLATIONS WHICH OFTEN INVOLVE HAZARDOUS WASTE BULK INDUSTRIAL
01:52:02 ITEMS OR LARGE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
01:52:05 THESE COSTS FROM QUICKLY CLIMB TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CITY
01:52:08 STAFFING, TIME AND RESOURCES. OUR LEGISLATION MAKES
01:52:12 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 26 OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CODE AND SEEKS TO
01:52:16 BRING THE TRUE CLEANUP COSTS AND VIOLATIONS MORE IN LINE.
01:52:20 COST RECOVERY WILL ALLOW US TO FORCE VIOLATORS TO PAY FOR THE
01:52:23 TRUE COST OF CLEANUP, INVESTIGATION AND DISPOSAL OF
01:52:24 UNAUTHORIZED WASTE. 2024 DATA SHOWS THAT DISTRICT
01:52:31 THREE HAS THE MOST SERVICE REQUESTS FOR LEGAL DUMPING OF
01:52:32 ANY DISTRICT. WHILE MANY OF THESE REQUESTS
01:52:35 ARE FOR SMALL ITEMS OR OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS, WE
01:52:39 STILL HAD APPROXIMATELY 7000 CASES OF A LARGER VIOLATIONS.
01:52:43 >> WE NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT
01:52:47 THIS NEW TOOL WILL HELP. THIS COST RECOVERY MODEL
01:52:48 DOESN'T LEAD WITH SUBJECTIVE PUNITIVE FINES BUT RATHER
01:52:51 ALIGNS THE TRUE COST OF CLEANUP WITH THE VIOLATION ITSELF.
01:52:55 AND THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN MOST MAJOR CITIES.
01:52:58 >> AND AS WE GIVE PUBLIC WORKS MORE TOOLS IT IS REASONABLE
01:53:03 THAT WE SHOULD ALSO EXPECT BETTER RESULTS.
01:53:06 SO TODAY I AM CALLING FOR A HEARING ON ILLEGAL DUMPING
01:53:08 ENFORCEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL.
01:53:11 IN OUR HEARING WE WILL EXAMINE HOW OUR CURRENT ENFORCEMENT
01:53:14 EFFORTS ARE GOING AND SEE WHERE THEY FALL SHORT.
01:53:17 AN OCTOBER 2025 PERFORMANCE AUDIT FROM THE BLM SHED LIGHT
01:53:21 ON THIS CALLING CURRENT EFFORTS TO ENFORCE ILLEGAL DUMPING
01:53:25 INSUFFICIENT. THE REPORT NOTED THAT ILLEGAL
01:53:26 DUMPING FINES ARE TOO OFTEN NOT PURSUED OR COLLECTED AND THAT
01:53:30 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY REMAINS BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
01:53:33 THE BLM ALSO OUTLINED FIVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
01:53:37 WE INTEND TO ASK FOR UPDATES ON OUR CITY'S STREETS, SIDEWALKS
01:53:41 AND PUBLIC SPACES SHOULD BE CLEANED CLEAR AND SAFE FOR ALL
01:53:46 THOSE TO MOVE ABOUT AND ENJOY. AND OUR INTRODUCTION OF THESE
01:53:49 TWO ITEMS TODAY WILL HELP MOVE US TOWARDS MEETING THAT VERY
01:53:52 GOAL. THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF
01:53:55 TO TO BELL FOR HER WORK ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS.
01:53:57 AND THANKS TO CITY ATTORNEY CHRIS TOM FOR HIS WORK TO DRAFT
01:53:59 OUR LEGISLATION. >> AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
01:54:02 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR SHERYL.
01:54:03 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WALTON.
01:54:07 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG.
01:54:10 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU,
01:54:14 MADAM CLERK. >> COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
01:54:18 ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF KENT JONES, A
01:54:21 RETIRE 17 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:54:27 WHO PASSED AWAY FROM WORK RELATED LUNG CANCER ON MAY 30TH
01:54:33 OF 2026. CAN JOIN THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
01:54:37 DEPARTMENT IN 1995 SEEKING MEANINGFUL WORK AND OPPORTUNITY
01:54:41 TO USE HIS SKILLS IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
01:54:45 HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING LI IMPROVING HIS
01:54:49 FIREFIGHTING AND MEDICAL EXPERTISE, STRONG WORK ETHIC
01:54:53 AND THE KINDNESS AND GOOD HUMOR HE BROUGHT TO THE FIREHOUSE.
01:54:57 IN A LATER YEARS OF HIS CAREER, KEN HELPED REVITALIZE THE FIRE
01:55:03 DEPARTMENT'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT THEN KNOWN AS THE STRESS
01:55:07 UNIT. HE DEVOTED BOTH HIS TIME
01:55:11 AND HIS HEART TO SUPPORTING FELLOW MEMBERS THROUGH SOME OF
01:55:15 THE PROFESSION'S MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.
01:55:19 THE SUPPORT INCLUDED HELPING MEMBERS TO COPE WITH THE TRAUMA
01:55:23 OF RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING CIVILIANS DEATHS,
01:55:27 FIREFIGHTER INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND HARM TO
01:55:32 CHILDREN. KEN HAD A RARE GIFT FOR MAKING
01:55:35 PEOPLE FEEL HURT AND RESPECTED AND MEMBERS FROM ALL WALKS OF
01:55:39 LIFE TRUSTED HIM WITH THEIR STRUGGLES.
01:55:43 KEN'S CANCER TREATMENT WAS COMPLICATED BY BLUE SHIELD'S
01:55:46 DENIAL OF COVERAGE FOR MEDICATIONS THAT HIS UCSF
01:55:53 ONCOLOGISTS BELIEVE OFFERED THE BEST CHANCE OF EXTENDING HIS
01:55:57 LIFE. THOUGH SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT
01:56:01 THOSE CHALLENGES BROUGHT HIM NO PERSONAL BENEFIT, HE CHOSE TO
01:56:05 DO SO IN THE HOPE THAT GREATER AWARENESS MIGHT LEAD TO CHANGES
01:56:09 THAT WOULD HELP OTHERS FACING SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
01:56:13 HE ULTIMATELY RECEIVED APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ONLY
01:56:17 AFTER LEAVING BLUE SHIELD. KEN JONES WILL BE REMEMBERED AS
01:56:21 A MAN OF SERVICE, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND HUMOR.
01:56:28 HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS COLLEAGUES AND HIS COMMUNITY
01:56:31 DEEPLY. AND I WOULD ADD HE LOVES SAN
01:56:36 FRAN. HE LOVED SAN FRANCISCO DEEPLY
01:56:37 AND HE MADE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
01:56:41 COUNTLESS PEOPLE. HIS LEGACY WILL ENDURE THE
01:56:44 LIVES OF THOSE WHO HE SERVED, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRE.
01:56:49 >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU MIND IF WE DO THAT
01:56:54 ON BEHALF OF THE FULL BOARD? ABSOLUTELY.
01:56:56 AND I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR DORSEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD
01:56:58 TO THIS TOO IF HE CAN BE WE REFER NOW.
01:57:05 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:57:09 I WANTED TO THANK SUPERVISOR CHAN FOR A BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING
01:57:12 TRIBUTE TO THE LATE KEN JONES AND ADD MY OWN CONDOLENCES TO
01:57:16 HIS WIFE AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES AS WELL AS TO
01:57:17 THE FIREFIGHTERS OF LOCAL 798 AS THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE TO
01:57:24 THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM I HAD A ROLE TO PLAY AT A HEARING
01:57:26 AND SOME OTHER EFFORTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF DENIALS OF
01:57:29 CARE BY BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA THAT KEN JONES
01:57:33 EXPERIENCED IN LARGE PART FOR ME THAT MEANT RIDING SHOTGUN TO
01:57:37 BUDGET CHAIR CONNIE CHAN AND I THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN FOR YOUR
01:57:40 LEADERSHIP ON THAT. THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS
01:57:41 HOWEVER, I WAS CONTINUALLY MOVED AND INSPIRED BY KEN'S
01:57:44 COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT THE HARDSHIPS HE AND HIS FAMILY
01:57:49 FACED WOULD NOT BE FACED BY OTHER PATIENTS AND THEIR
01:57:53 FAMILIES IN A LIFETIME DISTINGUISHED BY HEROIC PUBLIC
01:57:56 SERVICE. KEN JONES EXEMPLARY ADVOCACY TO
01:58:00 THE VERY END OF HIS LIFE MADE AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE AND I
01:58:03 WAS GRATEFUL TO READ THAT BLUE SHIELD IS NOW ENGAGING WITH SAN
01:58:05 FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER ADVOCATES TO EXPLORE
01:58:07 INSURANCE POLICY REFORMS TO ENSURE THAT FIRST RESPONDERS
01:58:11 ARE NEVER AGAIN LEFT WITHOUT CRITICAL MEDICAL CARE.
01:58:15 SO I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS WELL TO THE IN MEMORIAM OFFERED BY
01:58:19 SUPERVISOR CHAN AND JUST SAY REST IN PEACE.
01:58:20 KEN JONES. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT ON BEHALF
01:58:23 OF THE FULL BOARD. >> OKAY.
01:58:26 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU MADAM
01:58:30 CLERK. COLLEAGUE TODAY I'M PROUD TO
01:58:34 INTRODUCE OUR RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 19TH, 2026 AS
01:58:37 THE DRAGON BALL FESTIVAL DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SUPPORTING
01:58:41 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 123 WHICH RECOGNIZE THE SAME
01:58:45 DAY A STRONG WOULD YET THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
01:58:49 CALIFORNIA AS A CHINESE-AMERICAN THE DAUGHTER
01:58:52 OF IMMIGRANT FROM GUANGDONG AND THE PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF
01:58:56 ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE WORLD.
01:59:00 AND IT'S ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO CELEBRATE A TRADITION THAT
01:59:01 HAS CONNECTED GENERATIONS OF CHINESE FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES
01:59:07 FOR MORE THAN 2000 YEARS. THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL OR
01:59:09 DOGWOODS YET IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CHERISHED STATE HOLIDAYS
01:59:12 IN CHINESE CULTURE OBSERVED ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE FIFTH
01:59:16 MONTH OF NOON AND AFTERNOON AND CALENDAR.
01:59:19 IT'S A CELEBRATION OF RICH WIT, HISTORY, SYMBOLISM
01:59:23 AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT ACROSS GENERATIONS.
01:59:27 FAMILY GATHER TO MAKE AND SHARE JOINT STICKY RICE WRAPPED IT
01:59:32 IN BAMBOO LEAVES TRADITIONAL HERBS ARE HANG TO PROMOTE
01:59:36 HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. MOST FAMOUSLY COMMUNITIES COME
01:59:39 TOGETHER FOR DRAGON BOAT RACE A VIBRANT SPORT THAT EMBODIES
01:59:43 TEAMWORK, PERSEVERANCE, DISCIPLINE AND COLLECTIVE
01:59:47 STRENGTH. THE DRAGON ITSELF IT'S A
01:59:51 POWERFUL SYMBOL IN CHINESE CULTURE REPRESENTING COURAGE,
01:59:55 PROSPERITY, RESILIENCE AND GOOD FORTUNE.
01:59:59 THIS VALUES RESONATE DEEPLY WITH THE SPIRITS OF SAN
02:00:00 FRANCISCO, A CITY BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS STRENGTHENED BY
02:00:03 DIVERSITY AND UNITED BY BELIEF THAT OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES
02:00:07 MAKE US STRONGER TOGETHER. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IS MORE
02:00:10 THAN A HOLIDAY. IT'S A LIVING EXPRESSIONS OF
02:00:14 CULTURE, IDENTITY AND HERITAGE. IT REMINDS US THAT PRESERVING
02:00:18 TRADITION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT LOOKING BETTER, IT'S ABOUT
02:00:21 CARRYING FORWARD THE STORIES, THE VALUES, THE CONNECTION THAT
02:00:25 SHAPE WHO WE ARE AND ENRICH THE COMMUNITIES WE ARE ALL CALLED
02:00:29 HOME. THIS YEAR WE ARE ESPECIALLY
02:00:33 HONOR THAT THE CALIFORNIA DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION WILL
02:00:34 HOST A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT
02:00:38 FESTIVAL AT LINK SET RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:00:41 ATHLETES FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION
02:00:46 WILL GATHER TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY A BELOVED CULTURE
02:00:49 TRADITION BUT ALSO THE UNIVERSAL VALUES OF TEAMWORK,
02:00:52 SPORTSMANSHIP AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.
02:00:56 IN SAN FRANCISCO WE CELEBRATE THE MANY CULTURES THAT
02:01:00 CONTRIBUTE TO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.
02:01:01 RECOGNIZING DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL DAY AFFIRMS OUR
02:01:04 COMMITMENT TO HONORING CULTURAL HERITAGE, EMBRACING DIVERSITY
02:01:08 AND ENSURING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY SEES ITS TRADITION
02:01:11 REFLECTED IN THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:01:15 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION
02:01:19 AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CO-SPONSORSHIP WHICH IS EVERY
02:01:22 ONE OF YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:01:23 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHEN. MR. PRESIDENT, SEE NO OTHER
02:01:27 NAMES ON THE ROSTER. >> THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL FOR
02:01:30 INTRODUCTIONS. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
02:01:33 >> AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
02:01:37 PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER ALONG
02:01:38 THE CURTAINS. YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE MAYOR'S
02:01:41 APPEARANCE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
02:01:41 ITEMS 40 THROUGH 59 THE ITEMS ON THE FLOOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
02:01:45 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AND GENERAL MATTERS NOT ON THE
02:01:49 PUBLISHED AGENDA BUT MUST BE WITHIN THE BOARD SUBJECT MATTER
02:01:52 JURISDICTION. >> ALL OTHER AGENDA CONTENT
02:01:53 WILL HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT TO THE BOARD BY AN APPROPRIATE
02:01:57 COMMITTEE WHERE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUIREMENT OCCURRED.
02:02:00 >> WILL THE FIRST SPEAKER COME FORWARD?
02:02:04 >> EVERYONE WILL BE PROVIDED THE SAME TWO MINUTES.
02:02:14 >> HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
02:02:15 SO MY NAME IS HENRY FROM COMMITTEE YOUTH CENTER AND ON
02:02:18 BEHALF OF COMMITTEES CENTER AND CALIFORNIA DRY BALL
02:02:23 ASSOCIATION AND THE DRAGON WILL COMMITTEE WILL BE APPRECIATED
02:02:26 FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU THE SUPERVISORS
02:02:29 LUNCHEON AND ALSO EVERYBODY THAT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE ABOUT
02:02:33 THIS TANGLEWOOD DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL AND JUST IN LEGEND NOW
02:02:38 THAT DIANE WILL HAVE BEEN. 2000 THE 500 YEARS OF HISTORY
02:02:41 AND WE WILL BE FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN HOST THE DRAGON BOAT
02:02:45 RACE IN SAN FRANCISCO A LAKE MASS THAT LIKE WHAT SUPERVISORS
02:02:49 ARE IN CHARGE AND SAY THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
02:02:52 BRING THE WHOLE JONESVILLE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
02:02:56 AND COME OUT THIS EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF DRAGON
02:02:57 BOAT AND ALSO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
02:03:01 SO THE THEME OF THE DRAGON BOAT IS TO RAISE A CHILD IS CALLED
02:03:04 YE LONG WAY OUT IS ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP THROUGH WITH THE
02:03:08 DRAGONS. SO ON THAT DAY WE HAVE 40 TEAMS
02:03:11 FROM THE COMMUNITY TEAM FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO FROM SOME
02:03:16 CORPORATE SAMPLE FASHION SHOW TEAM AND THEY ALL JOIN TOGETHER
02:03:20 TO HAVE A FRIENDLY RACE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEY
02:03:23 WILL IMPORTANT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WILL BE HAPPY
02:03:27 TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE DRAGON BALL IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVE MORE
02:03:33 THAN 30 YEARS OF HISTORY AND WE NEVER GOT RECOGNIZED.
02:03:38 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT DRAGON BOAT MY FLAG I HAVE
02:03:41 BAILEY AND KEVIN AND ZAC. THEY ARE THE FORMER YOUTH WHEN
02:03:45 THEY PADDLES IN 2013 AND THEY STILL COME BACK TO DAY AS A
02:03:49 DRAGON BALL COACH FOR THE C BAILEY AND THE COACH FOR THE
02:03:51 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO
02:03:53 THE COMMUNITY SO I WILL BE HERE AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO
02:03:57 MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT EVERYBODY.
02:04:00 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:04:02 NEXT SPEAKER I JUST WANT TO CHECK FIRST IS THIS CURRENTLY
02:04:10 WORKING? >> YES IT IS.
02:04:11 OKAY. UM HELLO.
02:04:17 >> I SEE A LOT MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TRANS PEOPLE THIS
02:04:21 PRIDE WHICH IS GREAT. HOWEVER I DO NOT FORGET WHAT
02:04:24 HAPPENED LAST PRIDE I SUPERVISOR UPON I MADE THIS
02:04:33 COMMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE AT THE TRANS MARCH HECKLED THE
02:04:36 MAYOR AWAY THIS OBNOXIOUS BEHAVIOR DOES NOT REPRESENT SAN
02:04:40 FRANCISCO'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND OUR ALLY MAYOR DANIEL LURIE
02:04:43 DESERVES BETTER. >> EVERYONE IN THE LGBTQ
02:04:47 COMMUNITY NEEDS TO START CALLING OUT THIS EMBARRASSING
02:04:48 FRINGE THAT BAD THAT BADLY HURTING THE CAUSE OF LGBTQ PLUS
02:04:52 PROGRESS FOR ALL OF US. YOU KNOW I SOUND LIKE BIGOTRY
02:04:58 OR SOMETHING FOR TRANS PEOPLE THE OTHER DAY AND I GUESS
02:05:01 THAT'S FINE BUT WHEN YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO YOU SHOULD
02:05:05 ACTUALLY PUT FORTH SOME REAL LEGISLATION THAT WILL ACTUALLY
02:05:09 HELP US THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THIS BOARD IN GENERAL ALSO
02:05:17 NEEDS TO ATONE FOR HOW THEY VOTED ON THE GIFT PROGRAM
02:05:21 SETTLEMENTS THAT HAPPENS IN 2024.
02:05:24 >> THAT WAS WHERE THE GIFT PROGRAM WAS A BASIC INCOME
02:05:27 PROGRAM FOR TRANS PEOPLE BLACK AND LATINO TRANS PEOPLE
02:05:31 SPECIFICALLY AND THE SETTLEMENTS FOR BAIT MADE IT
02:05:35 ILLEGAL FOR ANY BASIC INCOME PROGRAMS TO EXIST IN SAN
02:05:39 FRANCISCO FOR NOT JUST TRANS PEOPLE BUT BLACK PEOPLE
02:05:43 AND LATINO PEOPLE AS WELL. >> AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
02:05:46 FIGURE OUT HOW HOW DO WE RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR ALL
02:05:50 THESE PEOPLE. >> WHEN YOU AGREED EXCEPT FOR
02:05:54 SOME ON WALTON DEAN PRESTON AND AARON PESKIN WHO VOTED
02:05:58 AGAINST IT AND BEGGED YOU ALL TO VOTE AGAINST IT BUT ANYWAY
02:06:01 WHEN YOU MADE IT ILLEGAL REPARATIONS THAT WOULD HELP THE
02:06:02 BLACK COMMUNITY BLACK LATINO PEOPLE AND BLACK TRANS PEOPLE.
02:06:06 >> SO FUND THE REPARATIONS. >> I HEAR BILLIONAIRES ARE
02:06:10 DONATING TO OUR GOVERNMENT NOW ,RIGHT?
02:06:13 >> WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM FOR SOME DONATIONS ON THAT ONE?
02:06:14 OH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO, GLORIA BARRY, FORMER
02:06:24 RESIDENT IN THE 1D4D5 6010 AND NOW I'M IN THE 11.
02:06:32 >> UM I AM HERE ONE THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING REPARATIONS.
02:06:36 I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE MORE CREATIVE AND HOW THAT'S FUNDING
02:06:40 AND ALSO GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE TO AVOID LAWSUITS
02:06:46 AND MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING THE REPARATIONS
02:06:51 ORDINANCE ON A SHELF. >> BUT WHY I'M REALLY HERE IS
02:06:54 UM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I'M REALLY CLOSE TO CAME
02:06:59 BEFORE YOU ABOUT THE ELLA HILL COMMUNITY CENTER ELLA HILL
02:07:03 HUTCH COMMUNITY CENTER IN D FIVE AND WE MADE A BIG IMPACT
02:07:10 ON OUR ON OUR EFFORTS AND EVEN THE CHRONICLE CAME OUT
02:07:15 AND SUPPORTED US AND THE MAYOR REMOVES THE ELLA HILL
02:07:22 HUTCH FROM BEING UNDERNEATH EXACTLY.
02:07:26 >> GIVE DIRECTOR SHAKIRA SMILEY AT BOOKER T COME TO FIND OUT
02:07:30 TODAY SHE STILL GETS THE MONEY BUT NOBODY GETS FUNDED IN THE
02:07:38 CENTER SO NOW PECKINPAH EXCUSE ME PARKS AND REC IS UH,
02:07:45 STRUGGLING TO GET A PROGRAM OPEN MONDAY FOR THE YOUTH WITH
02:07:49 NO FUNDING, NO SCHEDULE, NO FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN, NO FIELD
02:07:57 TRIPS AND SHAKIRA SMILEY IS LOOKING FOR A BUILDING BECAUSE
02:08:02 SHE'S AVOIDING COLLAB READING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT ELLA
02:08:06 HILL CHURCH. >> THIS IS DISGUSTING.
02:08:10 ONE PERSON'S SHOULDN'T BE THE TRUSTED SOURCE OF THE MAYOR OR
02:08:18 ANYONE ELSE AND PLEASE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY YOUR KIDS NEED
02:08:22 PROGRAMING THIS SUMMER. >> THANK YOU.
02:08:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
02:08:33 MY NAME IS GLORIA LAWRENCE. I'VE BEEN IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:08:37 ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I CAME FROM I'M JUST GOING TO
02:08:38 SAY REAL FAR RIGHT BIBLE BELT AREA WHERE I CAME HERE FOR MY
02:08:44 REFUGE AND ALSO I'M A BIT OF A POLITICAL ACTIVIST HOPING TO
02:08:49 EVENTUALLY GET INTO POLITICS SOMEDAY.
02:08:50 TODAY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS ON HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO
02:08:57 GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
02:09:02 THE ABILITY MYSELF BEING HOMELESS.
02:09:06 I AM IN THE NEXT DOOR SHELTER RIGHT NOW.
02:09:09 I'VE BEEN THROWN OUT OF ONE SHELTER FOR FALSE PRETENSES.
02:09:13 I'VE HAD A LOT OF JUST DISCRIMINATION.
02:09:17 THERE'S A LOT OF NEGLIGENCE WITHIN THE FIVE KEY SYSTEM.
02:09:20 I'M NOT HERE THIS TIME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CORRUPTION
02:09:24 AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'LL BE REPORTING THAT SEPARATELY.
02:09:27 WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IS TO ASK YOU TO
02:09:31 CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF I GUESS INSTEAD OF JUST JOBS
02:09:39 AND JUST GIVING PEOPLE LIKE EMPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW,
02:09:41 OPPORTUNITIES AND I GUESS BASIC RESUMÉ WORKSHOPS AND INTERVIEW
02:09:50 ASSISTANTS, WHATEVER. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR
02:09:51 SO MANY OF US. NOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY
02:09:55 TAKE ADVANTAGE. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES.
02:09:58 BUT SO MANY OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT FROM
02:10:02 BEING ABLE TO OH I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM
02:10:06 OR COULD CREATE A SPECIAL PROGRAM WHERE LIKE THE CITY
02:10:09 APPRENTICESHIPS SPECIFICALLY FOR AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT
02:10:13 IT'S CALLED BUT THE ONES REGARDING LIKE THE TYPES OF
02:10:17 PROGRAMS LIKE 4 OR 5 KEYS AND THE OTHER EMPLOYMENT
02:10:22 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND INSTEAD OF I
02:10:25 GUESS JUST HOW DO I SAY IT LIKE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE THAT NEED
02:10:33 SHELTER THAT ARE IN THE HOMELESS PROGRAM THEY THANK YOU
02:10:37 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> MY APOLOGIES FOR CUTTING YOU
02:10:38 OFF. WE ARE PROVIDING EVERYONE THE
02:10:41 SAME TWO MINUTES. >> NEXT SPEAKER PRESIDENT
02:10:55 MANAGEMENT AND BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:11:00 YOU. YOU PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
02:11:04 THE GREAT ORATORS OF OUR TIME AND WHY CAN'T YOU SPEAK UP?
02:11:08 I MEAN, I HAVE GREAT TROUBLE HEARING YOU AND I HAVE PRETTY
02:11:11 GOOD HEARING AND I NOTICE I CHASTISE SO I THINK I WAS
02:11:16 DISTRICT 11 MEMBER AND NOW HE'S SPEAKING UP SO I HAVE TO GO
02:11:21 AROUND AND CHASTISE EACH ONE OF YOU.
02:11:24 BUT IN THE MEANTIME I'M STILL NOTICING THAT THE SEAT FOR
02:11:28 DISTRICT NINE IS EMPTY AND I'M WONDERING HOW LONG ARE YOU
02:11:32 GOING TO KEEP THIS CHARADE UP WITH THE MAYOR?
02:11:33 I MEAN AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE
02:11:36 AND EVENTUALLY SUPPOSE THE DISTRICT NINE SUPERVISOR CAME
02:11:42 BACK UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS HE GOING TO COME BACK?
02:11:44 >> DOES SHE HAVE TO GET A NOTE FROM HER DOCTOR?
02:11:47 ARE WE GOING TO BE ASSURED BY THE BE THE PEOPLE GOING TO BE
02:11:51 ASSURED THAT IF SHE'S COMPETENT TO TO LEAD DISTRICT NINE?
02:11:54 >> I DON'T KNOW. THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I
02:11:57 THINK YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF INTO A BIND IN ORDER TO ANSWER COME
02:12:02 JUNE 28TH. IS SHE GOING TO COME BACK?
02:12:06 I DON'T KNOW. IS THERE TIME FOR THE MAYOR TO
02:12:09 APPOINT SOMEBODY TO RUN AND IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS I DON'T
02:12:17 KNOW. >> THOSE ARE ALL INTERESTING
02:12:18 QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND I DON'T SEE THE
02:12:21 BOARD MEMBERS ANSWERING THIS QUESTION AND I DON'T SEE THAT
02:12:24 THE FIGHT WITH THE MAYOR ON KEEPING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT
02:12:28 OUT IS GOING TO HELP MATTERS AT ALL.
02:12:32 SO AGAIN, I'M JUST CONCERNED. >> GOOD LUCK.
02:12:35 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:12:45 >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING.
02:12:46 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ERICA SCOTT AND I AM
02:12:53 ADDRESSING YOU ALL IN REFERENCE TO THE AL-HAJJ COMMUNITY
02:12:57 CENTER. A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
02:13:01 AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER FROM PARKS
02:13:05 AND REC WHO IS GOING TO OVERSEE PROGRAMING AT THE HILL ELMO
02:13:12 HUTCH COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE'S
02:13:15 NOT ACTUAL YOUTH PROGRAMING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT
02:13:19 THE SITE. AND WE JUST WANT CLARITY.
02:13:23 WE WANT TRANSPARENCY. WE WANT TO KNOW THE EXACT
02:13:27 PROCESS. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING?
02:13:28 BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT PARK AND REC WAS GOING TO COME IN TO
02:13:33 HOST PROGRAMING. IT'S JUST NOT AS CUT AND DRY AS
02:13:39 IT WAS TOLD TO US AS IT WAS TOLD TO THE PUBLIC.
02:13:43 BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER IS STILL INVOLVED
02:13:47 IN PROGRAMING WHICH AGAIN WE WERE TOLD PUBLICLY THAT WOULD
02:13:51 NOT HAPPEN. >> SO AGAIN I'M JUST SITTING
02:13:55 HERE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME CLEAR ANSWERS
02:13:59 AND INFORMATION. A DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC
02:14:03 THE STAFF THAT WE MET WITH WERE VERY OPEN, VERY WELCOMING TO US
02:14:07 WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM. BUT AGAIN THERE'S POWERS THAT
02:14:12 BE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN AND NOT
02:14:19 BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT IN THE PROCESS.
02:14:20 AND WE JUST DON'T WANT SUMMER PROGRAMING TO HAPPEN THAT TURNS
02:14:24 INTO FALL PROGRAMING. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN THE CITY IS
02:14:27 MAKING DECISIONS ON OUR BEHALF. WE THOUGHT WE HAD KIND OF
02:14:31 WORKED TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
02:14:35 BUT COMMUNITY IS STILL NOT BEING MADE AWARE OF THE ACTUAL
02:14:39 PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON
02:14:40 PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE REALLY, REALLY REQUIRE MORE OF AN OPEN
02:14:43 PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO ELMHURST COMMUNITY CENTER.
02:14:47 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:14:50 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE WE START TIME I JUST
02:14:57 WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPERVISOR ON
02:14:59 STARTING YOUR TIME. >> OKAY.
02:15:02 SO MY NAME IS DANNY CECALA. I AM A RESIDENT LONGTIME
02:15:07 RESIDENT OF THE FILLMORE DISTRICT.
02:15:11 >> AND I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY TAKING CARE
02:15:17 OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IS SUCH A DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR
02:15:24 THIS BODY AND THE BODIES OF THE POLITICAL FIGURES IN THIS CITY.
02:15:29 >> WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT A LOT OF OTHER
02:15:33 COMMUNITIES ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
02:15:37 AND WE SPEND AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO MAKE
02:15:41 SURE THAT THE FILLMORE DISTRICT IS FURTHER A ANNIHILATED.
02:15:49 AND I USE THAT WORD VERY SPECIFICALLY.
02:15:52 >> ELLA HILL HUTCH IS A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
02:15:56 >> IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND IT HAS SERVED
02:16:01 MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TRANSPARENCY SEEMS TO BE
02:16:08 VERY LOST TO THE POLITICIANS IN THIS CITY.
02:16:15 >> I THINK IT IS DISRESPECTFUL .
02:16:19 I THINK IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE
02:16:22 CARE OF BLACK SAN FRANCISCO. WHILE PARTICIPATING IN BACKROOM
02:16:27 DEALS AND MEETINGS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, I AM
02:16:34 ASKING THAT YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY OUR SUPERVISOR FOR
02:16:39 THE FILM OUR DISTRICT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
02:16:43 >> IT IS NOT A JOKE. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU DO NOT
02:16:49 FREQUENT OR LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
02:16:51 >> BUT THE SAME CARE AND ATTENTION THAT YOU GIVE TO
02:16:55 YOUR PERSONAL LIVES AND TO THE DISTRICTS THAT YOU ARE
02:17:01 REPRESENT DO SO FOR THE FILLMORE DISTRICT.
02:17:05 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:17:12 >> MY NAME IS SOLILOQUY BACHELOR.
02:17:15 >> ABOLITIONIST. SOCIAL JUSTICE FIGHTER FOR MY
02:17:19 PEOPLE FOR MY NATION TO MAKE A BETTER HUMANITY.
02:17:23 I'M HERE JUST TO INFORM THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF A
02:17:27 LYNCHING WHICH IS ALSO CALLED A HANGING.
02:17:31 >> AUGUST THE 25TH OF LAST YEAR .
02:17:35 CARL RAY ABERNATHY WAS FOUND HANGING ON A TREE ON YOSEMITE
02:17:39 STREET IN BAYVIEW. HUNTERS POINT.
02:17:43 >> WE MET WITH THE POLICE COMMISSION.
02:17:47 I AM THE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY.
02:17:50 WE PRESENTED ALL OF THE EVIDENCE.
02:17:52 THE CORONER'S OFFICE HAD STATED THAT IT WAS A SUICIDE.
02:17:55 >> SOMEONE WHO SAW THE BODY ABOUT 11 P.M..
02:17:59 STATED THAT WHEN HE CALLED 911 HE WAS A HISPANIC WHO DIDN'T
02:18:03 SPEAK ENGLISH AND HE STATED THAT 911 DISPATCHER TOLD HIM TO
02:18:10 CUT THE BODY DOWN. >> WE FOUND THAT STRANGE FOR
02:18:14 THE 911 CALLER TO TELL A PASSERBY TO CUT THE BODY DOWN.
02:18:18 >> SO THE SISTER SENT A LETTER TO 911 DISPATCHER REQUESTING
02:18:25 FOR THE AUDIO. 911 SAID THAT THEY DENIED HER
02:18:28 THAT SHE COULD NOT HAVE IT FOR PRIVATE REASONS.
02:18:32 >> WE ALSO HAVE A PICTURES THAT I SHOWED THE POLICE COMMISSION.
02:18:36 THIS HAS BEEN GIVEN OVER TO THE POLICE CHIEF JUST AS WELL
02:18:40 IN THE POLICE COMMISSION SHOWING A POSSIBILITY THAT THE
02:18:43 MAN'S CAR WAS CONFISCATED AND OF IT WAS A POSSIBILITY
02:18:47 THAT HE WAS HUNG ACTUALLY HELD TRAPPED IN HIS CAR.
02:18:52 >> ACCORDING TO THE STRAPS, WHICH IS EVIDENCE A WOMAN
02:18:56 PASSED BY AND SAID THAT SHE HAD SAW THE BODY ON THE GROUND
02:19:02 FIRST. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A BAG OF
02:19:03 CLOTHING AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A BODY THERE.
02:19:07 ALSO THERE WAS A WITNESS TO HIS FORMER HOME.
02:19:11 A WITNESS STATED THAT SHE HEARD TWO MEN FIGHTING AND THEN SHE
02:19:15 FOUND OUT HE WAS DEAD. >> SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR
02:19:18 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER WELCOME REV HER
02:19:25 NAME IS BROWN. AS A MEMBER FORMER MEMBER OF
02:19:29 THE BOARD, YOU'RE BEING GRANTED PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR.
02:19:32 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THIS
02:19:40 AUGUST BODY I RISE TO SAY AS PASTOR EMERITUS OF THE HISTORIC
02:19:50 THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:19:54 >> I MUST USE THE WORDS OF THE LATE LANGSTON HUGHES.
02:20:04 >> I SWEAR TO THE LORD I STILL CAN'T SEE WHY DEMOCRACY MEANS
02:20:11 EVERYBODY BUT ME IN THE COURT. MY FRIENDS.
02:20:22 >> THERE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH OF AN ASSAULT AND AN INSULT TO THE
02:20:30 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE
02:20:37 FILLMORE. >> PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SPOKE OF
02:20:44 THE ISSUE AT LARGE AND AROUND THAT ISSUE THAT MATTER.
02:20:52 THERE HAS NOT BEEN DUE PROCESS AND BLATANT DISRESPECT BUT OF
02:21:02 THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT FACILITY
02:21:07 NAMELY FREDERICK DOUGLASS HAYNES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT,
02:21:14 FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE, FREEDOM WEST L BETHEL ARMS AND NOW
02:21:26 BETHEL TERRACE RAH AND MILLER AND MY FRIENDS, I DO BELIEVE
02:21:33 THAT WE HAVE A RULE THAT WHENEVER THERE IS MADE A PLAN
02:21:40 FOR CONSTRUCTION, A NEW ACTIVITY IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS
02:21:48 GIVEN DUE NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS FOR THE CITIZENRY TO BE
02:21:56 INFORMED WHAT IS TO BE TAKE PLACE.
02:22:03 >> I SAY WITHOUT FEAR OF CONTRADICTION MR. PRESIDENT,
02:22:05 MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED DUE PROCESS.
02:22:17 THEREFORE WE HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTED, DISSED
02:22:21 AND DIVIDED AND I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WILL FEEL TO HAVE IT
02:22:31 ABOUT IN ABOUT WHO WOULD MAKE AN ASSAULT ON YOUR HUMANITY.
02:22:34 AND I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY
02:22:39 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS HAPPENING IN THE FILLMORE
02:22:46 AND I WONDER WHEN IS SUCH GOING TO STOP?
02:22:53 >> JOHN STEINBECK AND THE GRAPES OF WRATH SAID I WONDER
02:22:57 HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFETIME HAVE I JUST LOOKED AT BUT DID
02:23:01 NOT SEE MY FRIENDS? IT IS HIGH TIME THAT IN THE
02:23:10 CITY OF COUNTY IN THIS COUNTY THAT THE BODY POLITIC STOP.
02:23:14 >> JUST LOOKING AT BLACK FOLKS AS BEING TOOLS AND THINGS
02:23:21 AND SEE THEM AS BEING A MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.
02:23:28 >> THANK YOU, REVEREND BROWN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS
02:23:32 WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT?
02:23:36 >> SEEING NONE. MR. PRESIDENT, PUBLIC COMMENT
02:23:38 IS NOW CLOSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
02:23:43 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS.
02:23:46 >> ITEMS 40 THROUGH 59 TOGETHER ITEMS 40 THROUGH 50 NINE WERE
02:23:50 INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE.
02:23:54 A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON
02:23:57 FIRST APPEARANCE. ANY SUPERVISOR MAY REQUIRE
02:23:59 RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE TO GO TO COMMITTEE.
02:24:01 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR. AND MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
02:24:17 ROLL ON THE REMAINING BALANCE ON ITEMS 40 THROUGH 58
02:24:20 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
02:24:25 SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN. HI GENTLEMEN I SUPERVISOR
02:24:29 MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
02:24:36 SHERRELL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WANG I
02:24:40 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I THERE
02:24:47 TONIGHT WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED PLEASE
02:24:52 CALL ITEM 50 NINE YES ITEM 59 IS A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CLERK
02:24:56 OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SCHEDULE A COMMITTEE OF THE
02:25:00 WHOLE ON JUNE 16TH 2026 AT 3:00 PM FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO
02:25:05 CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
02:25:07 TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE
02:25:10 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS LENDER FOR SAN
02:25:14 FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY PUBLIC
02:25:17 TRANSIT OPERATING PURPOSES UP TO A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
02:25:21 OF 200 MILLION FOR A 12 YEAR TERM FROM JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH
02:25:27 JUNE 3RD, 2028. >> THE PROPOSED MOCA.
02:25:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT MANDELL MAN FOR PUTTING THIS ON
02:25:34 THE AGENDA. WE WILL HEAR THIS AS A
02:25:36 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NEXT WEEK.
02:25:38 I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO A BUNCH OF FOLKS
02:25:42 WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN. THIS OF COURSE IS A LOAN THAT
02:25:46 WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE TO TRY THIS OVER UNTIL WE CAN HAVE
02:25:50 OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME TO SAVE OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
02:25:51 SYSTEMS REGIONALLY. FIRST I WANT TO THANK SUPERB I
02:25:55 AM SENATORS WEINER AND IRENE FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.
02:26:01 NANCY CALL ALREADY AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHO DID MOST
02:26:05 OF THE HEAVY LIFTING IN FIGURING OUT TERMS FOR THIS
02:26:09 LOAN AND AMOUNTS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF
02:26:13 AT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR
02:26:16 DOING A LOT OF THE NEGOTIATING OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.
02:26:20 OUR OWN TO STAFF IS ESPECIALLY AT JESSE KAYLOR AND TILLY CHANG
02:26:28 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALICIA JOHN BAPTIST AT THE MAYOR'S
02:26:31 OFFICE WHO DID LATE NIGHTS IN LOTS OF LOBBYING WITH ALL
02:26:35 SORTS OF FOLKS INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
02:26:38 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES FOR BEING WILLING TO HEAR THIS.
02:26:42 THAT'S THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NEXT WEEK.
02:26:44 BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE STAFF TO
02:26:47 MAKE IT HAPPEN IN ALL OUR PARTNERS REGIONALLY AND AT THE
02:26:48 STATE. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
02:26:51 YOUR WORK AS OUR CHAIR AND MTC REP.
02:26:55 I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
02:26:59 WITHOUT OBJECTION AND THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
02:27:06 >> MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS?
02:27:11 >> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS.
02:27:14 WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIAM?
02:27:17 YES. TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
02:27:19 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUAL.
02:27:21 ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR CHAN AND THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR THE
02:27:26 LATE MR. KEN JONES, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US
02:27:33 TODAY? >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS
02:27:34 FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:27:35 WE ARE ADJOURNED