00:00:15 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:00:17 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 16TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN
00:00:19 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .
00:00:22 >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:00:23 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT
00:00:26 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
00:00:31 PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER AND NOT PRESENT
00:00:35 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENT SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN
00:00:39 PRESIDENT MANDEL AND PRESENT SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:00:46 PRESENT SUPERVISOR SAUTER SAUTER PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:50 CHERYL SHERRELL PRESENT SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON
00:00:54 PRESENT AND SUPERVISOR HUANG WONG PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT YOU
00:00:58 HAVE A QUORUM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:01:01 THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
00:01:02 WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAW
00:01:05 MATERIAL OWNING WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN
00:01:08 FRANCISCO PENINSULA. AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF
00:01:12 THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW
00:01:13 MATERIALS WE HAVE NEVER CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR
00:01:16 RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS
00:01:19 WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL
00:01:21 TERRITORY. AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE
00:01:24 BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS
00:01:27 . WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:29 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE RAW
00:01:32 MATERIAL OWNING COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR
00:01:33 SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:36 COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:38 ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:01:43 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:01:46 IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
00:01:52 AND JUSTICE. >> ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD I
00:02:00 WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF AT S.F. GOV TV AND TODAY
00:02:03 THAT IS ESPECIALLY KALEENA MENDOZA.
00:02:06 THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR MEETINGS AND MAKE THE
00:02:07 TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
00:02:10 >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
00:02:11 YES. THANK YOU.
00:02:13 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELCOMES YOU ALL TO BE PRESENT
00:02:15 IN THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER.
00:02:17 AND WHEN YOU'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE YOU CAN WATCH THE
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00:02:40 JUST ADDRESS THE ENVELOPE THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:02:44 SUPERVISORS THE NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD LIT PLACE CITY
00:02:48 HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94102.
00:02:54 >> AND IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A
00:02:58 FUTURE MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:03:02 OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, JUST CONTACT THE
00:03:06 CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY
00:03:12 CALLING 4155545 184 AND IN LINE MR. PRESIDENT WITH SUPERVISOR
00:03:17 FIELDER'S APRIL SEVENTH MEMO REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED FROM
00:03:20 THE BOARD MEETINGS UNTIL JUNE 30TH THE MOTION WOULD BE
00:03:24 IN ORDER TODAY. THANK YOU.
00:03:26 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IS THERE EMOTION EXCUSE
00:03:28 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM TODAY'S MEETING MOVED BY DORSEY
00:03:31 SECONDED BY CHEN. WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT
00:03:35 OBJECTION. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:03:39 SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS EXCUSED. >> MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO
00:03:42 APPROVAL OF OUR MEETING MINUTES .
00:03:45 >> YES. APPROVAL OF THE MAY 12TH 2026
00:03:48 BOARD MEETING MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE
00:03:52 THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY CHEN?
00:03:56 IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY MELGAR?
00:03:57 MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES AS
00:04:01 PRESENTED SINCE SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS NOT IS THAT EXCUSED
00:04:07 FROM THIS MEETING? SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD YOU WILL BE
00:04:10 FIRST ON ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS AND VOTES.
00:04:11 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR MANDEL MAN RIGHT
00:04:17 MANDEL MEN EYES SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR
00:04:21 SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES
00:04:29 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I
00:04:33 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:04:41 THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE
00:04:42 APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S
00:04:47 GO TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE
00:04:49 ITEM ONE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE COMPETITIVE
00:04:52 SOLICITATION REQUIRED AND UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 21
00:04:56 G AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:05:00 WORKS TO RETROACTIVELY ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE
00:05:03 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT IN AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 24,000
00:05:10 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRINTING AND INSTALLING PLACEMAKING
00:05:14 BANNERS IN THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
00:05:15 TENDERLOIN AND ALONG SIXTH STREET SOUTH OF MARKET PLEASE
00:05:22 CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM ONE SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:05:26 SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN MANDOLIN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I
00:05:30 SUPERVISOR SHORTER SHORTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:05:36 SUPERVISOR WALTON I WILTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
00:05:44 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:05:48 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:05:52 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK
00:05:55 PLEASE CALL ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE TOGETHER ITEMS TWO THROUGH
00:05:59 FIVE ARE FOR ORDINANCES THAT ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE
00:06:03 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
00:06:05 FOLLOWING UNIONS FOR ITEM TWO THIS IS WITH THE MUNICIPAL
00:06:08 EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION FIRE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH
00:06:15 JUNE 30TH 2030. ITEM THREE THIS IS WITH THE
00:06:18 MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION POLICE TO BE
00:06:22 EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2034.
00:06:27 ITEM FOUR THIS ORDINANCE FIXES COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS
00:06:31 EMPLOYED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY WHOSE COMPENSATION IS SUBJECT
00:06:35 TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8.409 OF THE CHARTER IN JOB
00:06:38 CODES NOT REPRESENTED BY AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND TO
00:06:42 ESTABLISH WORK SCHEDULES AND OTHER TERMS OF CONDITIONS
00:06:46 OF EMPLOYMENT AND METHODS OF PAYMENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST,
00:06:50 2026 AND FOUR ITEM FIVE THIS ORDINANCE ADOPTS AND IMPLEMENTS
00:06:55 THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 THROUGH 2027 MEMORANDUM OF
00:06:59 UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND THE MACHINISTS
00:07:03 UNION LOCAL 1414 THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
00:07:06 MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS MACHINISTS AUTOMOTIVE
00:07:09 TRADES DISTRICT LODGE 190. EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST 2026 TO
00:07:16 ADOPT A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT TO UPDATE THE APPENDIX D
00:07:20 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. >> COLLEAGUES TO TAKE THESE
00:07:23 ITEMS. SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:07:24 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED.
00:07:28 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM SIX.
00:07:31 ITEM SIX IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PLANNING CODE TO MAKE
00:07:32 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BALBOA RESERVOIR SPECIAL USE DISTRICT
00:07:36 THAT ALLOW FOR A CONNECTING ELEMENT BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS
00:07:39 ADJACENT TO SOUTH STREET AND ACROSS FROM THE BRIGHTON
00:07:43 PASEO. TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN DESIGN
00:07:46 PARAMETERS TO AUTHORIZE RESIDENTIAL AND CERTAIN OTHER
00:07:50 USES TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT THIS LOCATION TO AFFIRM THE
00:07:54 SIGNAL DETERMINATION AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
00:07:57 WILL TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:08:01 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:08:02 NUMBER SEVEN ITEM SEVEN THIS ORDINANCE EXEMPTS PUBLIC
00:08:06 INFRASTRUCTURE ON GENEVA AVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFFORDABLE
00:08:10 HOUSING PROJECT AT 2340 SAN JOSE AVENUE.
00:08:14 TO DEDICATE THIS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC USE
00:08:18 FOR PUBLIC STREET AND ROADWAY PURPOSES TO ACCEPT THE PUBLIC
00:08:22 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CITY MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY
00:08:25 PURPOSES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED LIMITATIONS TO ESTABLISH
00:08:29 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH AND STREET GRADE.
00:08:31 TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 1061 ENTITLED REGULATION A
00:08:38 REGULATING THE WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL
00:08:41 SIDEWALK WIDTHS ON A PORTION OF GENEVA AVENUE TO ACCEPT A
00:08:46 PUBLIC WORKS ORDER RECOMMENDING VARIOUS ACTIONS REGARDING THE
00:08:49 PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. TO WAIVE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
00:08:52 CHAPTER 23 AND TO AUTHORIZE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER OF
00:08:56 CITY PROPERTY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
00:09:00 DEVELOPMENT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND TO ADOPT THE APPROPRIATE
00:09:04 FINDINGS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
00:09:05 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:09:09 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ITEM EIGHT THIS IS
00:09:12 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE
00:09:15 THE DOWNTOWN HOSPITALITY ZONE AND TO AFFIRM THE SECRET
00:09:19 DETERMINATIONS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:09:23 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:09:25 PLEASE CALL ITEM NINE THROUGH 11 TOGETHER ITEMS NINE THROUGH
00:09:31 11 ARE THREE ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO THE INTERIM BUDGET.
00:09:35 ITEM NINE IS FOR THE PROPOSED INTERIM BUDGET
00:09:36 AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE ALL ESTIMATED
00:09:40 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY
00:09:44 AND COUNTY. AS OF MAY 30TH 2026 FOR FISCAL
00:09:48 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028 ITEM TEN IS
00:09:53 THE PROPOSED INTERIM ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING
00:09:57 POSITIONS IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR
00:10:01 FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028.
00:10:09 TO CONTINUE TO CREATE OR ESTABLISH POSITIONS TO
00:10:13 ENUMERATE AND INCLUDE THEIR IN ALL POSITIONS CREATED BY
00:10:17 CHARTER OR STATE LAW FOR WHICH COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID FROM THE
00:10:21 CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS AND APPROPRIATED IN THE ANNUAL
00:10:22 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE APPOINTMENTS FOR
00:10:26 CONTINUATION OF APPOINTMENTS THERE ARE TWO TO SPECIFY
00:10:29 AND FIX THE COMPENSATIONS AND WORK SCHEDULES THEREOF TO
00:10:33 AUTHORIZE APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY POSITIONS AND TO FIX
00:10:37 COMPENSATIONS. AND FOR ITEM 11 THIS RESOLUTION
00:10:40 APPROVES THE FISCAL YEAR INTERIM BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF
00:10:44 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING AS
00:10:48 THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
00:10:51 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:10:55 ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING AND THE RESOLUTION IS
00:10:57 ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:10:59 ITEM NUMBER 12 ITEM 12 THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES THE
00:11:05 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
00:11:06 AND COUNTY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
00:11:09 AND HOMELESSNESS. THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK TO
00:11:12 PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES TO EXTEND THE TERM BY
00:11:17 ONE YEAR FROM JUNE 30TH 2026 FOR A NEW TERM OCTOBER 1ST,
00:11:22 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY
00:11:27 APPROXIMATELY 3.2 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF
00:11:29 APPROXIMATELY 11.8 MILLION THE SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:11:36 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:11:40 OUT A NUMBER 13 ITEM 13 THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY
00:11:43 AND COUNTY TO ENTER INTO THE FOLLOWING TWO RELATED
00:11:49 AGREEMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
00:11:52 WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR
00:11:54 REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE STATE'S MEDI CAL COUNTY INMATE PROGRAM
00:12:00 TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AGREEMENT 26 M.C. IP SAN FRANCISCO DASH
00:12:08 38 AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT NUMBER 20 6-60140
00:12:16 IN AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 35,000 TERM JULY 1ST 2026
00:12:21 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ASSUME
00:12:25 SOLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL PENALTIES
00:12:29 AND INTEREST CHARGED AS A RESULT OF A FEDERAL AUDIT
00:12:33 DISALLOWANCE RELATED TO THE RENDERING OF SERVICES BY THE
00:12:37 STATE UNDER THE AMC IP SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:12:40 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:12:44 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 14.
00:12:46 ITEM 14 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:12:48 PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT A CAPITAL GIFT OF A MOBILE
00:12:52 MAMMOGRAPHY VAN VALUED AT 1.5 MILLION FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:12:58 GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION FOR USE BY THE ZUCKERBERG SAN
00:13:00 FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL AND TRAUMA CENTER TO BE
00:13:03 PURCHASED WITH A CASH DONATION OF 1.6 MILLION FROM SALESFORCE
00:13:07 INC IN CONSIDERATION FOR AN AGREEMENT TO NAME THE MOBILE
00:13:15 MAMMOGRAPHY VAN Z AS F G MAMA VAN SALES FORCE IN PARTNERSHIP
00:13:19 WITH Z AS OF G AND Z F G H F FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY JANUARY
00:13:27 1ST 2027 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST 2040 ONE.
00:13:30 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:13:34 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 15.
00:13:37 >> ITEM 15 THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT
00:13:41 OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A $3.75 MILLION
00:13:44 GRANT FROM FUNDS FROM THE HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS FUND LLC, A
00:13:52 WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND FOR
00:13:56 PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ENTITLED PLACEMENT SOLUTIONS
00:13:57 FOR PATIENTS AND TENANTS WHOSE NEEDS EXCEED CURRENT PSC AGE
00:14:02 CAPACITY. >> TO APPROVE THE GRANT
00:14:05 AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSFORMING THE CARE PROVIDES
00:14:11 TO PATIENTS JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 FOR A
00:14:18 TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 3.75 MILLION.
00:14:20 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:14:21 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 16 ITEM 16 THIS IS A
00:14:28 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE
00:14:32 DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OR THEIR
00:14:35 DESIGNEE TO PREPARE AN APPENDIX TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
00:14:39 PLAN FOR THE ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
00:14:43 SAN FRANCISCO INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZATION FINANCING
00:14:47 DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AS A NEW PROJECT AREA AND DETERMINING
00:14:51 OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
00:14:54 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:14:55 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:14:59 ITEM 17 ITEM 17 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SAN
00:15:04 FRANCISCO FIRE CODE TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OFFER AND DELIVERY OF
00:15:08 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND REPLACEMENT LITHIUM
00:15:11 AND LITHIUM ION BATTERIES THAT DO NOT MEET SPECIFIED
00:15:16 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS TO ANY ADDRESS WITHIN SAN
00:15:20 FRANCISCO TO ESTABLISH ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES
00:15:23 AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY
00:15:28 TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE AND MONETARY RELIEF AND AN ATTORNEY'S FEES
00:15:31 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE
00:15:35 RESTRICTION THROUGH RULES FORMS AND GUIDANCE.
00:15:39 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:15:43 IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 18
00:15:47 ITEM 18 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND DIVISION ONE OF THE
00:15:50 TRANSPORTATION CODE TO MAKE NON SUBSTANTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL
00:15:54 CHANGES TO THE PROVISIONS GOVERNED GOVERNING THE
00:15:57 INTERDEPARTMENTAL STAFF COUNCIL ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
00:16:01 AND TO REMOVE OUTDATED PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE
00:16:05 TEMPORARY USE OF STREETS FOR SCHOOL USES TO AMEND THE
00:16:09 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIRE CODES TO UPDATE CROSS-REFERENCES
00:16:12 AND TO AFFIRM THE SECRET DETERMINATION SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:16:16 CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:16:17 ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING AND I WOULD NOTE THAT
00:16:20 WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY FORMER PUC
00:16:24 GENERAL MANAGER AND CURRENT AIRPORT COMMISSIONER SUSAN LAO
00:16:30 . >> MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO A
00:16:35 ROLL CALL. >> YES.
00:16:38 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD, YOU WOULD BE FIRST UP TO INTRODUCE NEW
00:16:42 BUSINESS. >> COLLEAGUES I THINK WE CAN
00:16:49 ALL AGREE THAT EVERY SAN FRANCISCAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO
00:16:53 BUY GROCERIES AND PICK UP PRESCRIPTIONS CLOSE TO HOME.
00:16:56 IT'S A BASIC EXPECTATION. AND YET IN TOO MANY OF OUR
00:17:00 COMMUNITIES WE'RE NO LONGER MEETING IT.
00:17:03 >> GROCERY PRICES ARE UP. MILK IS UP 13%.
00:17:07 TOMATOES ARE UP 40% OVER LAST YEAR.
00:17:10 >> AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT FAMILIES ARE STRETCHED THIN ON
00:17:14 FOOD COSTS, THE BUILDINGS THAT USED TO HOUSE THEIR
00:17:17 NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY ARE SITTING EMPTY
00:17:21 OFTEN FOR YEARS WITH NO PLAN TO REOPEN.
00:17:24 SAN FRANCISCO NOW HAS MULTIPLE FOOD DESERTS AS A RESULT.
00:17:26 >> AND THE TWO PROBLEMS COMPOUND EACH OTHER.
00:17:29 LESS ACCESS AND HIGHER PRICES WHERE ACCESS DOES EXIST.
00:17:33 >> LAST WEEK I INTRODUCED THE FIRST TWO PIECES OF THE
00:17:36 AFFORDABLE GROCERIES ACT THE ABANDONED PHARMACY AND GROCERY
00:17:40 TAX WHICH WOULD GO TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.
00:17:43 CREATES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS THAT LEAVE
00:17:44 FORMER GROCERY AND PHARMACY STOREFRONTS VACANT AND ZOMBIE
00:17:48 STORES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
00:17:51 >> INTENTIONALLY KEEPING THESE PARCELS VACANT TO BLOCK
00:17:54 COMPETITION BECAUSE FRANKLY VACANT STORES DON'T FEED
00:17:58 FAMILIES AND EMPTY PHARMACIES DON'T FILL PRESCRIPTIONS.
00:18:03 >> THE SECOND MEASURE THE AFFORDABLE GROCERY FUND
00:18:04 ESTABLISHES A DEDICATED CITY FUND TO INVEST IN REAL
00:18:08 SOLUTIONS. >> THE POSSIBLE THESE INCLUDE
00:18:11 HELPING CORNER STORES CONVERT INTO FULL GROCERY MARKETS LIKE
00:18:15 THE HEALTHY RETAIL S.F. PROGRAM SUPERVISOR JIM KIM STARTED MANY
00:18:19 YEARS AGO. >> IT COULD ENABLE THE CITY TO
00:18:20 ACQUIRE VACANT BUILDINGS AND LEASE THEM AFFORDABLY TO
00:18:23 GROCERS WHO COMMIT TO KEEPING PRICES LOW LIKE MAYOR MAMDANI
00:18:27 IS DOING IN NEW YORK. OR WE COULD PROVIDE GRANTS
00:18:31 AND LOANS FOR NONPROFIT AND WORKER OWNED CO-OP GROCERY
00:18:32 OPERATORS. A SIMPLE CONDITION FOR ALL
00:18:36 THESE IS THAT THEY RUN THROUGH ALL OF IT AS A PUBLIC DOLLARS
00:18:39 THAT SUPPORT A STORE. AFFORDABILITY SHOWS UP AT THE
00:18:43 REGISTER. >> TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING TWO
00:18:46 ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OF THIS PACKAGE THAT MY OFFICE WILL BE
00:18:47 PURSUING IF THESE PASS IN NOVEMBER.
00:18:50 THE FIRST IS A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX CREDIT FOR PHARMACIES
00:18:54 OPERATING IN SAN FRANCISCO TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR NEW
00:18:57 PHARMACIES TO OPEN AND OPERATE HERE.
00:18:58 THIS IS A CARROT TO COMPLEMENT THE TAXES STICK A CONCRETE
00:19:02 FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR
00:19:05 PHARMACY OPERATORS CONSIDERING NEW LOCATIONS OR WEIGHING
00:19:09 WHETHER TO STAY. AND SECOND, ESTABLISHING AN
00:19:13 AFFORDABLE GROSS'S WORKING GROUP AN ADVISORY BODY TO GUIDE
00:19:14 IMPLEMENTATION AND HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE TO OUTCOMES ON
00:19:18 THE GROUND. ALL OF THESE PIECES OF
00:19:21 LEGISLATION THE GOAL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
00:19:24 LESS BLIGHT AND MORE GROCERIES, MORE PHARMACIES, MORE FRESH
00:19:29 FOOD IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. NO SAN FRANCISCANS SHOULD HAVE
00:19:32 TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE CITY JUST TO PICK UP A PRESCRIPTION OR TO
00:19:36 FIND AN AFFORDABLE HEAD OF LETTUCE.
00:19:37 >> THANK YOU TO DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS BRAD RASSI, SCOTT
00:19:41 REIBER AND CHARLES OLSON WHO TOOK THESE CONCEPTS AND BUILT
00:19:44 THEM INTO A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE READY FOR THE VOTERS AS WELL AS
00:19:47 LISA GLUCKSTEIN FROM PLANNING LAUREL CARAVAN DE JUSTICE FROM
00:19:51 WDIV. AMANDA FRIED AND ERIC MUNKY
00:19:55 FROM THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR FOR PROVIDING
00:19:56 FEEDBACK AND MAKING THESE MEASURES SMARTER AND STRONGER.
00:19:59 AS WELL AS SAM LOGAN, MY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR SHEPHERDING THE
00:20:02 PACKAGE FROM CONCEPT TO INTRODUCTION, I ALSO WANT TO
00:20:05 THANK MY CO-SPONSORS SUPERVISOR MELGAR CHERYL SAUTER AND CHEN
00:20:10 AND OUR COALITION PARTNERS INCLUDING U OF S.W. SEIU LOCAL
00:20:14 87 FARMING FARMING HOPE BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND THE FOOD
00:20:18 AND AGRICULTURAL ACTION COALITION TOWARD SOVEREIGNTY
00:20:19 COALITION. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
00:20:22 BOARD'S SUPPORT AND TO BRINGING THIS TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.
00:20:25 >> SECOND COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE THAT
00:20:29 WILL ALLOW FOR BUILDERS TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE BUILDING
00:20:30 CODE WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUDING MEZZANINE, MEZZANINE OR SPACES
00:20:33 BETWEEN FLOORS OF A BUILDING THAT DO NOT TAKE UP THE FULL
00:20:37 FOOTPRINT OF A BUILDING USUALLY SITUATED ABOVE A PORTION OF THE
00:20:41 GROUND FLOOR. THEY ALLOW FOR BUILDINGS TO
00:20:42 HAVE HIGH CEILINGS IN ONE PART OF A SPACE WHILE ALLOWING FOR
00:20:45 MORE FOCUSED SPACE IN A SMALL PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
00:20:49 UNDER THE BUILDING CODE THOUGH, MEZZANINE CAN BE UP TO 50% OF
00:20:53 THE AREA OF THE FLOOR BELOW SO LONG AS THE SPACE HAS PROPER
00:20:57 SPRINKLERS. >> THE PLANNING CODE, HOWEVER,
00:20:58 HAS A DIFFERENT RULE. IT LIMITS MEZZANINE TO JUST ONE
00:21:01 THIRD OF THE FOOTPRINT. >> THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT
00:21:04 THAT EXPERTS WHO COMPILE THE BUILDING CODE HAVE NO LIFE
00:21:06 SAFETY ISSUES WITH A BIGGER MEZZANINE.
00:21:08 THIS MEANS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A BUILDING WITH THREE STORIES
00:21:11 AND A MEZZANINE BIGGER THAN ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF THE FLOOR
00:21:13 THAT COUNTS AS A THREE STOREY BUILDING UNDER THE BUILDING
00:21:16 CODE BUT A FOUR STORY BUILDING AND THE PLANNING CODE.
00:21:19 THIS CONFLICT LED TO CONFUSION FOR A PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE
00:21:22 WHERE A MEZZANINE WAS COUNTED AS A FLOOR DURING CODE REVIEW.
00:21:26 ANY SORT OF DELAY AND AMBIGUITY CAN COST TIME FOR PROJECTS
00:21:29 IN THIS AMBIGUITY MAY LEAD TO ARCHITECTS NOT TAKING FULL
00:21:31 ADVANTAGE OF THE TOOLS AT THEIR ARSENAL TO MAXIMIZE USABLE
00:21:34 SPACE AND OUR DENSITY. FOR SOME PROJECTS THE EXTRA
00:21:38 FLOOR THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT COUNTS COULD HAVE
00:21:41 CASCADING EFFECTS ON THE USES ALLOWED IN THE FINAL BUILDING.
00:21:44 SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL BRING THE TWO CODES INTO ALIGNMENT.
00:21:46 CLEANING UP ANY CONFUSION AND ALLOWING FOR MORE USABLE
00:21:49 SPACE IN OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING
00:21:53 SAFETY. THANK YOU TO DEPUTY CITY
00:21:54 ATTORNEY ROB KAPLAN, RACHEL COOPER AND MY TEAM FOR WORKING
00:21:57 ON THIS AS WELL AS LISA GLUCKSTEIN AND ELIZABETH GORDON
00:22:00 JUNKER FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR INPUT.
00:22:03 ALSO THANKS TO GILLIAN ALLEN, BRIAN HARDY AND REZA CUSHION OF
00:22:08 ONION FOR BRINGING THIS SUBJECT TO OUR ATTENTION.
00:22:12 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS LEGISLATION
00:22:13 THAT TAKES THE BUILDING AND PLANNING CODE HARMONIZATION
00:22:16 TO ANOTHER LEVEL OR AT LEAST ON ANOTHER MEZZANINE.
00:22:19 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
00:22:20 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD. >> SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN THANK
00:22:23 YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES I'M ASKING THAT WE
00:22:27 ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL FRANK RICE
00:22:31 WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN PARK
00:22:32 ASSOCIATION AND MICHAEL DIED ON MAY 31ST AT THE AGE OF 79.
00:22:38 MICHAEL WAS BORN IN 1947 IN PARIS, FRANCE.
00:22:40 >> HIS FATHER JAMES WAS A SOCIAL WORKER SENT OVERSEAS TO
00:22:43 HELP RESETTLE JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN AUSTRIA.
00:22:47 HE AND HIS FAMILY, HIS PARENTS AND HIS OLDER BROTHER MOVED
00:22:48 FROM PARIS. THEN TO SWITZERLAND, THEN TO
00:22:51 GERMANY BEFORE ULTIMATELY RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES
00:22:54 AND SETTLING SETTLING IN EAST CHESTER, NEW YORK.
00:22:56 MICHAEL FOLLOWED HIS BROTHER TO BOWDOIN COLLEGE IN MAINE
00:22:59 INITIALLY STUDYING CHEMISTRY. HOWEVER, AN AVID READER
00:23:02 AND TALENTED WRITER, HE SOON REALIZED HIS INTERESTS LAY
00:23:06 ELSEWHERE AND SWITCHED HIS MAJOR TO ART HISTORY.
00:23:07 >> AFTER GRADUATING HE WENT ON TO EARN A MASTER'S IN URBAN
00:23:10 PLANNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE
00:23:13 JANE. >> MICHAEL LOVED BIG CITIES
00:23:16 AND LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN FIGURING OUT A NEW PUBLIC
00:23:17 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. IN 1972 HE PACKED HIS THINGS
00:23:20 INTO HIS YELLOW TOYOTA COROLLA AND DROVE ACROSS ACROSS THE
00:23:25 COUNTRY FROM PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:23:28 TWO YEARS LATER HE MET JANE WHO HAD SIMILARLY TO HER BELONGINGS
00:23:32 INTO HER VW BUG AND MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:23:35 THE COUPLE MARRIED IN 1977. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY
00:23:38 WELCOMED THEIR FIRST SON JOEL AND THEIR SECOND SON NATHAN
00:23:41 IN 1980. >> THE YOUNG FAMILY LIVED
00:23:42 BRIEFLY IN THE CASTRO AND BERNAL HEIGHTS BEFORE
00:23:45 SETTLING IN GLEN PARK. AFTER MOVING TO THE
00:23:49 NEIGHBORHOOD, MICHAEL ATTENDED A FATEFUL GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION
00:23:50 MEETING WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN A DEBATE ABOUT THE PROPOSED
00:23:54 REBUILDING OF THE DEYOUNG MUSEUM, WHICH HAD BEEN
00:23:56 CRITICALLY DAMAGED BY THE 1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE.
00:23:59 MICHAEL, WHO HAD WRITTEN COUNTLESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
00:24:03 REPORTS FOR PROJECTS INVOLVING ORACLE PARK, THE ACADEMY OF
00:24:07 SCIENCES, GOLDEN GATE PARK MISSION BAY AND MORE WAS WELL
00:24:09 SPOKEN AND CLEARLY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
00:24:12 >> HE IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF ZOLAN NORDSTROM,
00:24:15 THEN PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION WHO INVITED HIM TO
00:24:19 JOIN AND TOLD HIM HE WOULD BE PERFECT AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
00:24:23 >> SO ANSWER TURNED OUT TO BE CORRECT.
00:24:27 MICHAEL WENT ON TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN PARK
00:24:31 ASSOCIATION FOR 12 YEARS AND HIS EXPERTISE, CARE
00:24:34 AND THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP HELPED SHAPED GLEN PARK INTO
00:24:37 THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS TODAY WHICH I WOULD NOTE HAS BEEN
00:24:39 RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE 40 COOLEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
00:24:43 WORLD BY TIMEOUT MAGAZINE AFTER THE DIMOND SUPERMARKET BURNED
00:24:48 DOWN IN 1998. SIX YEARS OF CONTENTIOUS DEBATE
00:24:49 FOLLOWED AS PEOPLE SPARRED OVER HOW THE SITE SHOULD BE
00:24:52 REDEVELOPED. >> GLEN PARK A MAJORITY OF GLEN
00:24:55 PARK NEIGHBORS FAVORED A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A SUPERMARKET
00:24:59 WITH A LIBRARY ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ADD 15 UNITS OF
00:25:02 HOUSING. >> DESPITE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S
00:25:03 OVERALL SUPPORT, A SMALL GROUP FOUGHT TO BLOCK THIS PROJECT AT
00:25:07 EVERY TURN. CIRCULATING DOCTORED IMAGES OF
00:25:10 THE PROPOSAL AND EXPLOITING THE CITY'S CONVOLUTED BUREAUCRATIC
00:25:14 PROCESSES. THIS MAY SOUND FAMILIAR TO
00:25:15 MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, HOWEVER MICHAEL, WHO HAS STUDIED EVERY
00:25:18 LAWSUIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND CITY DOCUMENT
00:25:22 PERSISTED IN PUSHING THE PROJECT THROUGH.
00:25:23 HIS DILIGENCE PAID OFF AND TODAY THAT AREA IS HOME TO
00:25:26 THE CANYON MARKET AND THE GLEN PARK LIBRARY WHICH HAVE BECOME
00:25:29 BELOVED FIXTURES IN GLEN PARK. AMONG MICHAEL'S MANY OTHER
00:25:33 ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE HELPING TRANSFORM AN OVERGROWN STRIP OF
00:25:36 LAND INTO THE GLEN PARK GREENWAY A LUSH THREE BLOCK
00:25:39 CORRIDOR THAT REMAINS A SOURCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE.
00:25:41 WORKING WITH THEN SUPERVISOR KEVIN DUFTY TO SECURE LONGER
00:25:43 PARKING LIMITS NEAR GLEN CANYON PARK MAKING IT EASIER FOR
00:25:47 FAMILIES AND VISITORS TO ENJOY THE AREA AND PRESERVING GLEN
00:25:50 PARK'S HISTORY THROUGH THE ARCHIVING AND DIGITIZATION OF
00:25:52 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSPAPERS.
00:25:55 MICHAEL EVENTUALLY LEFT SAN FRANCISCO TO BE CLOSER TO HIS
00:25:56 GRANDCHILDREN BUT EVEN AFTER MOVING AWAY HE REMAINED
00:26:00 CONNECTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THE CITY.
00:26:03 STAYING INFORMED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AND KEEPING
00:26:04 IN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS UNTIL THE END RESIDENTS
00:26:07 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND CITY OFFICIALS INCLUDING ME REMEMBER
00:26:11 HIM AS A GENTLE LEADER, RESOURCEFUL, DETERMINED
00:26:14 AND ABLE TO REMAIN CALM AND RESPECTFUL NO MATTER HOW
00:26:18 CONTENTIOUS THE CIRCUMSTANCES. REST IN PEACE MICHAEL RICE.
00:26:22 MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:26:26 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. LET'S DO ONE MORE.
00:26:29 THAT WOULD BE SUPERVISOR MELGAR .
00:26:33 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM FORMALLY
00:26:37 INTRODUCING ALONG WITH OUR BUDGET CHAIR SUPERVISOR CONNIE
00:26:41 CHAN A MOTION TO DIRECT THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS
00:26:45 TO COLLABORATE WITH A COMPTROLLER'S TEAM TO CONDUCT A
00:26:49 PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE ACADEMY OF
00:26:52 SCIENCES. THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IS A
00:26:56 DISTRICT SEVEN INSTITUTION LOCATED IN OUR CROWN JEWEL FOUR
00:27:00 REC AND PARK GOLDEN GATE PARKS. THE ACADEMY RECEIVED A GENERAL
00:27:04 FUND ALLOCATION OF $8.1 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2526 AND THERE
00:27:10 IS A PROPOSAL FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IN FISCAL
00:27:13 YEAR 2627. WE ARE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE
00:27:17 PRESENT FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THIS INSTITUTION WHICH HAS LED
00:27:21 TO 50 THREE WORKERS BEING LAID OFF EARLIER THIS YEAR ALONG
00:27:24 WITH AN UNMANAGED FINANCIAL DEFICIT AND QUESTIONABLE DEBT
00:27:28 REFINANCING PRACTICES. >> THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IS
00:27:32 AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION, NOT JUST FOR SAN FRANCISCO BUT
00:27:36 BECAUSE OF ITS MISSION TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCES
00:27:40 AND CONSERVATION ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME OF FEDERAL
00:27:44 ATTACKS ON BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCES.
00:27:48 SIMILAR TO THE ZOO, THE CITY ALSO HAS A MAJOR STAKE IN THE
00:27:52 ACADEMY AND IT BEHOOVES US TO ENSURE THAT IT IS FOLLOWING
00:27:56 BEST PRACTICES AND THAT IT IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
00:28:00 >> I WANT TO THANK THE WORKERS WHO ORGANIZED INTO A UNION LAST
00:28:03 YEAR AND HAVE BEEN RINGING THE ALARM BELLS FOR SOME TIME
00:28:05 AND FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE MISSION OF THE ACADEMY'S WORK.
00:28:08 I HOPE THAT THE FINDINGS OF THIS AUDIT AND THE
00:28:12 RECOMMENDATIONS PURDUE WILL PROVIDE US WITH A MAP FORWARD
00:28:16 TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS STRONGER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
00:28:20 THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER OVERSIGHT AND CAN PROVIDE
00:28:24 SUPPORT TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT INSTITUTION.
00:28:27 I AM ALSO SUBMITTING IN IN MEMORIAM FOR PHOEBE LEE.
00:28:31 >> I AM SADDENED TO SHARE THAT PHOEBE LEE PASSED AWAY AT THE
00:28:36 AGE OF 88 IN HER DISTRICT SEVEN HOME IN GOLDEN GATE HEIGHTS.
00:28:41 I HONORED WE ALL HONORED PHOEBE LAST YEAR DURING A SPECIAL
00:28:45 COMMENDATION FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS SUPPORTING
00:28:48 CHINESE ARTS AND CULTURE. PHOEBE LEE WAS A TALENTED
00:28:53 MARTIAL ARTIST STORYTELLER AND THE ELDEST SISTER OF BRUCE
00:28:57 LEE, AN INTERNATIONAL LEGEND BORN IN CHINESE HOSPITAL.
00:29:01 FOR THE PAST FEW DECADES MISLEADS DEVOTED HER TIME TO
00:29:05 SHARING THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF HERSELF AND HER FAMILY.
00:29:09 SHE WAS ALSO THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE BRUCE LEE CLUB
00:29:12 FOUNDED TO COMMEMORATE HIS LIFE.
00:29:16 MOUSLEY SPENT HER LIFE BUILDING A THE BRIDGES BETWEEN DIVERSE
00:29:20 COMMUNITIES AND SHARING HER CULTURE AND HER STORY INCLUDING
00:29:23 HER FAMILY STORY. HER WORK HAS INSPIRED FUTURE
00:29:27 GENERATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCANS AND FOR THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE
00:29:31 IMMENSELY GRATEFUL. MS..
00:29:32 LEE WAS AN INSPIRATION AND EVEN IN HER FINAL YEARS WOULD GRACE
00:29:36 ANYONE THAT MET HER. WITH HER MARTIAL ARTS MOVES
00:29:40 AND ALSO CANTONESE OPERA, SHE WAS ALWAYS REMINDING THOSE OF
00:29:47 US AROUND HER ABOUT THE POWER OF MOVEMENT AND REFLECTION.
00:29:51 TO THE LEE FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER BROTHER ROBERT AND ALL THE
00:29:55 FRIENDS SHE HAS MADE THROUGHOUT HER LIFE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:29:58 WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONSOLE CONDOLENCES.
00:30:02 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING IN HER MEMORY
00:30:03 ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR SHYANNE CHEN WHO ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY
00:30:07 A FEW WORDS WHEN WE REVISE OUR AGENDA.
00:30:11 THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
00:30:14 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MELGAR. THANK YOU MADAM CARD.
00:30:18 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MGR FOR HONORING MS..
00:30:20 PHOEBE LEE AS AN OLDER SISTER OF BRUCE LEE.
00:30:23 SHE BROUGHT IMMENSE WARM AND LEADERSHIP TO OUR
00:30:25 COMMUNITY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING
00:30:28 MS. FOUR BAILEY DURING AN EVENT WHERE SHE WAS PROMOTING CHINESE
00:30:32 CULTURE AND ARTS. HER PASSION FOR CULTURAL
00:30:35 PRESERVATION LEFT HER DEEP IN MY IMPRESSIONS ON ME.
00:30:39 >> THROUGH THE LEE'S CLUB SHE SHARED RARE AND VARIED PERSONAL
00:30:42 INSIGHT WITH THE WORLD ABOUT HER BROTHER OBVIOUSLY FROM
00:30:47 THEIR CHILDHOOD DAYS IN HONG KONG WHERE LAUGHTER WAS VIEWED
00:30:51 IN THEIR HOME TO HONORING BRUCE LEE'S LEGACY AFTER HE PASSED.
00:30:55 REST IN PEACE PHOEBE LEE AND FOR BILLY SORRY AND THE
00:31:02 REST I THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHEN.
00:31:04 >> MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR 2:30
00:31:07 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER. >> YES, THE 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL
00:31:09 ORDER IS THE RECOGNITION OF COMMON DONATIONS FOR
00:31:13 MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:31:17 >> AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BARBARA HALE.
00:31:20 >> COME ON UP OUR. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE
00:31:36 GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU. >> OH.
00:31:41 TODAY I AM HONORED TO PRESENT A SPECIAL COMMENDATION TO BARBARA
00:31:46 HALE, THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION'S
00:31:50 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR POWER WHO WILL BE RETIRING AT
00:31:53 THE END OF THIS MONTH AFTER MORE THAN 21 YEARS OF SERVICE
00:31:58 TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:32:01 THE SPOKES POWER ENTERPRISE MANAGES SAN FRANCISCO'S PUBLIC
00:32:05 ELECTRICITY PROGRAMS SERVING NEARLY 400,000 HOMES
00:32:08 AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. FROM STREET LIGHTS AND MUNI
00:32:12 BUSSES TO HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:32:15 WHEN BARBARA ARRIVED AT THE SFO IN 2000 FOR A HIRED BY GENERAL
00:32:22 MANAGER SUSAN LASALLE WAVES SUSAN LAIL.
00:32:26 >> THERE SHE IS. LITTLE APPLAUSE FOR SUSAN LOYAL
00:32:30 MAKING A GOOD HIRE. >> THE ENTERPRISE DID NOT
00:32:34 EXIST. SHE BUILT IT.
00:32:37 SHE GREW UP IN SONOMA COUNTY, ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN.
00:32:38 HER FATHER WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT
00:32:42 TO FAIRNESS AND AN INCLUSIVE WORLDVIEW OF VALUES THAT HE
00:32:46 PASSED ON TO HIS DAUGHTER. >> BARBARA EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP
00:32:49 TO SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE, TRANSFERRED TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:32:51 STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS
00:32:54 BEFORE JOINING THE CITY. BARBARA HAD ALREADY BUILT A
00:32:58 DISTINGUISHED RECORD AT THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:33:01 COMMISSION. RISING THROUGH PROGRESSIVELY
00:33:02 MORE SENIOR ROLES AS ANALYST ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT,
00:33:05 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE AND DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC
00:33:07 PLANNING. AS I SAID, SUZANNE, THEY ALL
00:33:15 RECRUITED HER IN 2004 TO LEAD THE AGENCY'S NEWLY FORMED POWER
00:33:16 ENTERPRISE. BARBARA WAS ITS FIRSTS AND TO
00:33:19 THIS DAY HAS BEEN THE UK'S ONLY ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR
00:33:23 POWER. HER SIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENT IS
00:33:26 CLEAN POWER S.F. SAN FRANCISCO'S PUBLIC CLEAN ENERGY
00:33:28 PROGRAM WHICH SHE LAUNCHED IN 2016.
00:33:31 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP IT GREW FROM ROUGHLY 7800 ACCOUNTS TO
00:33:35 MORE THAN 385,000 AND IT NOW ACCOUNTS FOR 75% OF ALL
00:33:40 ELECTRICITY CONSUMED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:33:44 BY 2023 IT WAS DELIVERING 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY
00:33:45 ELECTRICITY TO EVERY ONE OF ITS CUSTOMERS.
00:33:49 REACHING THAT MILESTONE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE PROGRAM'S OWN
00:33:52 TARGET OVER ITS TEN YEAR HISTORY CLEAN POWER S.F. HAS
00:33:56 SAVED CUSTOMERS MORE THAN $146 MILLION ON THEIR ENERGY BILLS
00:33:59 COMPARED TO P, G AND E RATES. BARBARA ALSO CREATED GO SOLAR
00:34:03 S.F. THE CITY'S ROOFTOP SOLAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM WHICH SINCE
00:34:07 2008 HAS DISTRIBUTED NEARLY $30 MILLION AND PUT NEARLY 6000
00:34:11 SOLAR INSTITUTIONS ON ROOFTOPS ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO.
00:34:15 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP THE SFP HAS ALSO BUILT AND NOW OPERATES
00:34:19 30 ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEMS ON MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ACROSS THE
00:34:23 CITY. BARBARA'S INFLUENCE EXTENDS
00:34:24 WELL BEYOND SAN FRANCISCO. SHE HELPED FOUND THE CALIFORNIA
00:34:27 COMMUNITY CHOICE ASSOCIATION AND SERVED AS ITS FIRST
00:34:31 PRESIDENT. TURNING SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:34:32 EXPERIENCE INTO A MODEL FOR PUBLIC CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS
00:34:35 ACROSS THE STATE. SHE'S ALSO BEEN A LONGSTANDING
00:34:38 BOARD MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN WATER ENERGY
00:34:42 AND ENVIRONMENT. OPENING DOORS FOR WOMEN IN A
00:34:43 FIELD WHERE THEY REMAIN UNDER REPRESENTED WHAT BARBARA HALE
00:34:47 LEAVES BEHIND IS SOMETHING SAN FRANCISCO DID NOT HAVE BEFORE
00:34:51 SHE ARRIVED A WORLD CLASS PUBLIC POWER PROGRAM.
00:34:53 THAT'S THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS WILL DEPEND ON FOR
00:34:56 GENERATIONS. BARBARA ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
00:35:01 OF SUPERVISORS AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, WE
00:35:02 ARE GRATEFUL. DEEPLY, DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR
00:35:05 YOUR 21 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:35:06 WE CONGRATULATE YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS AND ALL YOUR
00:35:10 FAMILY ON YOUR WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT AND WE WISH YOU ALL
00:35:14 THE BEST IN THE YEARS AHEAD. I HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF MY
00:35:18 COLLEAGUES WHO WANTS TO SPEAK AND I ALSO HAVE THE FORMER
00:35:21 GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PUC. AND LET'S TAKE SUPERVISOR CHAN
00:35:24 FIRST AND THEN JEN AND THEN COMMISSIONER LEO.
00:35:29 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MENDHAM AND OF COURSE BARBARA IS
00:35:33 AMAZING AND I HAVE LEARNED EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD KNOW
00:35:37 AND EVER KNOW ABOUT LIKE PUBLIC POWER, MUNICIPAL POWER BUT ALSO
00:35:44 JUST HOW EVERYTHING WORKS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:35:45 AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR GRATEFUL.
00:35:48 AS A TWO SURVIVOR, SOPHIE MAXWELL, YOU'VE BEEN FOR ME AS
00:35:52 AN AIDE TO HER WHO REALLY UNDER HER LEADERSHIP SHE WAS THINKING
00:35:56 ABOUT MY POWER PLANS IN HER DISTRICT AND SO MUCH MORE.
00:36:01 YOU WALK ME THROUGH YOU WALK HER THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.
00:36:04 WE'RE JUST IN AND TO UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT BUT
00:36:10 TO ALSO VERY MUCH MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF NOT JUST
00:36:14 ELECTED LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY.
00:36:15 I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE CRITICAL PIECE THAT YOU DIDN'T
00:36:20 JUST BRING A BROADER CRADDICK POINT OF VIEW TO THIS DYNAMIC
00:36:26 AND TO THE POWER STRUGGLE PUN INTENDED BUT YOU ALSO BROUGHT
00:36:31 IN WITH THAT EXPERTISE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WHAT IT'S
00:36:34 REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND AND ESPECIALLY
00:36:38 THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. AND SO I REALLY AM GRATEFUL YOU
00:36:40 HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK FOR IN CHILE.
00:36:43 I WOULD SAY IS SOMETHING THAT NOT JUST THE PAST GENERATION OF
00:36:51 PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE CAN WHAT WE HAVE
00:36:54 DONE IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT I THINK FOR THE GENERATIONS
00:36:57 TO COME TO SAY WOW, THIS IS AMAZING WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:36:59 THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY CHOICE
00:37:02 AGGREGATION AND TO KIND OF TAKE THAT STEP TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE
00:37:06 DONE TODAY WITH CLEAN POWER S.F..
00:37:09 >> AMAZING WORK. THANK YOU.
00:37:10 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
00:37:13 BARBARA WHEN I WORKED FOR CITY ATTORNEY DENNIS HERRERA
00:37:17 AND DEPUTY CITY WITH THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY TERESA MILLER,
00:37:21 YOU KNOW WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND I WILL SAY
00:37:25 AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A BELIEVER IN PUBLIC POWER, SOMETHING WE
00:37:29 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 113 YEARS IN THIS BUILDING TRYING
00:37:32 TO GET DONE, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE CLOSER TO THAT THAN EVER.
00:37:36 IT MAY TAKE MORE YEARS BUT YOU GOT US THERE AND I REALLY
00:37:40 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
00:37:43 YOU'LL BE MISSED AND I'M SURE THAT YOU PEOPLE WILL SEEK OUT
00:37:47 YOUR COUNSEL IN RETIREMENT. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL
00:37:50 ON RETIREMENT. >> COMMISSIONER GENERAL MANAGER
00:37:54 ,TREASURER. >> TAX COLLECTOR AND SUPERVISOR
00:37:55 LEO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE
00:38:07 LISTENING IN. WE'RE RECOGNIZED IN WHAT IS I
00:38:11 CAN ONLY CALL A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT AND ALL THOSE THINGS
00:38:18 THAT YOU HEARD AND SHE GOT ACHIEVED GETTING BRINGING THAT
00:38:22 POWER FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND HAVING THIS CLEAN POWER
00:38:26 AND CSK ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED SHE DID IT WITH
00:38:33 UNFORTUNATELY VERY TOUGH OPPOSITION, VERY TOUGH
00:38:39 OPPOSITION SOMETIMES FROM HER OWN COMMISSION BUT SHE QUIETLY
00:38:46 STOOD HER GROUND AND I THINK ALL OF YOU SHE COULD BE A REAL
00:38:54 SHE IS AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE GETTING IT DONE,
00:38:58 STANDING YOUR GROUND EVEN WHEN THERE'S STRONG OPPOSITION.
00:39:02 SO BARBARA, YOU MADE ME LOOK GOOD.
00:39:06 >> THANK YOU, BARBARA HALE. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:39:17 THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE A JOB
00:39:24 YOU ALWAYS KNOW THIS THIS DAY IS GOING TO COME EVENTUALLY,
00:39:25 RIGHT? BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY PLANNING
00:39:27 FOR IT. >> SO FORGIVE ME IF I IF I
00:39:29 STUMBLE A BIT HERE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:39:32 OPPORTUNITY THAT BEGAN WITH A PHONE CALL WHILE I WAS WAITING
00:39:36 FOR THE BUS ON ON VENICE A PHONE CALL FROM SUSAN AL
00:39:41 SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF
00:39:43 THE SAN FRANCISCO PUC AND I WANT TO WORK ON POWER AND I
00:39:47 HEAR YOU. >> I HEAR YOU WANT YOU WORK ON
00:39:48 POWER TOO. SO LET'S TALK I'M PARAPHRASING
00:39:51 OF COURSE. >> AND THEN WE WENT FROM THERE
00:39:55 TO TWO TO TODAY. I HAVE GREAT PRIDE AND HUMILITY
00:39:59 IN BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT I'M PART OF THE LEGACY OF OPERATING
00:40:04 THE HATCH HATCH YOU WATER AND POWER SYSTEM A SYSTEM BUILT
00:40:10 FIRST TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAM
00:40:15 BUT THEN ON TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY THAT POWERS ARE
00:40:19 ESSENTIAL SERVICES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO POLICE, FIRE, LIBRARY
00:40:22 SCHOOLS, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
00:40:26 AIRPORT BEING THE LARGEST OF THOSE CUSTOMERS.
00:40:30 WE WERE FOR MANY YEARS A QUIET LITTLE UTILITY PLUGGING ALONG.
00:40:34 BUT AS THE PRESSURES CAME ON THE CITY TO FIND WAYS TO BUILD
00:40:39 HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLY, DEVELOPERS LIKE LYNN ARE
00:40:45 BUILDING OUT THE HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD, CONVERTING IT FROM
00:40:49 THE SHIPYARD INTO THE COMMUNITY IT IS TODAY CAME TO CITY HALL
00:40:53 AND SAID IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO WORK WITH PGE AND IT'S
00:40:57 REALLY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH PGE AND CAN WE WORK WITH THE
00:41:00 POWER FOLKS OVER AT THE SFP? YOU SEE?
00:41:04 AND SO FROM THAT CONVERSATION THE OPPORTUNITY GREW TO PROVIDE
00:41:08 MORE AFFORDABLE POWER THROUGH THE HETCH HETCHY POWER PROGRAM
00:41:11 TO MORE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS MISSION ROCK OUR
00:41:16 LATEST EXAMPLE ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
00:41:21 OF COMMUNITY CHOICE POWER THROUGH OUR CLEAN POWER ASF
00:41:24 PROGRAM. I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY I WAS
00:41:28 AT THE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE BUT HAD A VERY STRONG TEAM BEHIND
00:41:33 ME INCLUDING MIKE HIMES WHO'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE ACTING
00:41:38 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. AS I LEAVE LEADING THAT PROGRAM
00:41:42 FROM THE GERM OF AN IDEA INTO THE OPERATION IT IS TODAY.
00:41:50 >> BUT MAYBE THE THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF IN IN IN MY
00:41:54 CLOSING HERE IS THE PEOPLE THAT I LEAVE BEHIND.
00:41:58 I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:42:03 PUC. >> THEY HAVE SUCH STRONG SKILLS
00:42:07 THAT WILL CARRY US FORWARD AS A SUPERVISOR, CHAN SAID IT'S A
00:42:14 VERY OPTIMISTIC FUTURE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND THE POWER
00:42:18 PROVISION THAT SFP C REPRESENTS .
00:42:22 >> IT MAY TAKE SUPERVISOR DORSEY A LONG TIME TO GET TO A
00:42:24 FULL PUBLIC POWER HERE IN THE CITY BUT THE FOUNDATION'S BEEN
00:42:27 LAID AND AND THE FUTURE IS OPTIMISTIC.
00:42:33 I'M I'M VERY HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:42:37 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:42:39 FRANCISCO TO ENGAGE WITH THIS BODY WITH THE COMMISSION WITH
00:42:42 THE GENERAL MANAGERS THAT I SERVED WITH.
00:42:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECORD RECOGNITION.
00:42:49 >> VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, BARBARA.
00:43:07 ALL CAN TAKE YOUR NEXT UP DISTRICT TEN SUPER VISOR WALTON
00:44:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT MADAM AND COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY
00:44:23 PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE AS AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY LEADER,
00:44:27 MENTOR, EDUCATOR AND MOTHER PROFESSOR THEODORE ILDEFONSO
00:44:33 OLMO FOR 20 FIVE YEARS PROFESSOR TEODORA HAS DEDICATED
00:44:44 HER LIFE TO EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE,
00:44:48 VALUES AND TRADITIONS OF THE CHALLENGED CAMPO.
00:44:52 A PROUD SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE RAISED IN VISITATION VALLEY,
00:44:56 SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY SHE CALLS HOME WHILE
00:45:02 RAISING HER TWO CHILDREN ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND.
00:45:06 >> HER JOURNEY OF SERVICE BEGAN AT JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER
00:45:09 IN THE LATE 1990S AND CONTINUED THROUGH REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY
00:45:13 KIDS. >> TODAY SHE CARRIES ON THAT
00:45:17 LEGACY THROUGH APPA FAMILY SERVICES AND THE SAMOAN
00:45:21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN SUNNYDALE.
00:45:22 >> THROUGH HER WORK SHE HAS GIVEN GENERATIONS OF YOUTH
00:45:26 CONFIDENCE DISCIPLINE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS,
00:45:30 SELF-RESPECT AND THE ABILITY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
00:45:34 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, TIGER PALM SALON CAMPO HAS BECOME A
00:45:41 BEACON OF EXCELLENCE AND VISITATION VALLEY.
00:45:44 SHE HAS TRAINED COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE AND DEVELOPED 16 BLACK
00:45:48 BUILDS ALL FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:45:52 >> HER STUDENTS HAVE REPRESENTED SAN FRANCISCO WITH
00:45:56 DISTINCTION AT LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
00:46:00 EARNING NUMEROUS MEDALS WHILE DEMONSTRATING THE VALUES SHE
00:46:04 INSTILLS IN THEM EVERY DAY. >> TODAY WE ARE ALSO HONORED TO
00:46:09 RECOGNIZE TWO OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADERS WHO EMBODY THOSE VALUES
00:46:15 . HER CHILDREN MALI AND GABRIEL
00:46:16 OLMO FROM MALI, A SENIOR AT PHILLIP AND SALA BURTON HIGH
00:46:28 SCHOOL AND GABRIEL, A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT AT VISITATION
00:46:31 VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE BOTH BEEN SELECTED TO THE 2026 W.K.
00:46:37 U. >> WORLD USA KARATE TEAM CHOSEN
00:46:44 AMONG THE NATION'S TOP MARTIAL ARTISTS.
00:46:49 THEY WILL REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES THIS AUGUST AT THE WQ
00:46:52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
00:46:53 COMPETING AGAINST ATHLETES FROM MORE THAN 25 COUNTRIES AS THE
00:46:59 ONLY TWO SAN FRANCISCO SELECTED FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS TEAM MALI
00:47:03 AND GABRIEL SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS
00:47:07 OUR CITY. >> SHOWING WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED
00:47:11 THROUGH HARD WORK DISCIPLINE AND DEDICATION.
00:47:14 >> PROFESSOR THEODORE MALI AND GABRIEL EXEMPLIFY THE VERY
00:47:21 BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO. THEY REMIND US THAT GREATNESS
00:47:24 CAN EMERGE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN SUPPORTED BY
00:47:26 STRONG FAMILIES, DEDICATED MENTORS AND A COMMUNITY THAT
00:47:30 BELIEVE IN ITS YOUNG PEOPLE. >> WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST
00:47:34 GRATITUDE AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR
00:47:37 THEODORE ILDEFONSO OMO FOR 25 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE SERVICE
00:47:44 AND TO MALI AND GABRIEL OMO FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
00:47:52 AND REPRESENTATION OF OUR CITY. ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.
00:47:55 CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING SAN FRANCISCO PROUD
00:48:06 . >> THANK YOU.
00:48:07 SUPERVISOR WALTON AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:48:10 >> I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO STEP BACK AND LET MY CHILDREN SPEAK
00:48:12 AND GIVE THEM THE FLOOR. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:48:17 MY BROTHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON AND THE
00:48:20 SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR PRESENTING US
00:48:23 WITH THIS AWARD. WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR
00:48:25 THIS HONOR AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE IT NOT
00:48:29 ONLY AS KARATE TEAMMATES BUT ALSO AS SIBLINGS.
00:48:32 OUR MARTIAL ARTS JOURNEY BEGAN AS SOON AS WE STARTED CRAWLING
00:48:36 FROM FILMING WORKOUT VIDEOS FOR SFE ISD'S EDUCATION CHANNEL
00:48:39 DURING COVID TO NOW BEING ABLE TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
00:48:40 TOGETHER. >> IT'S SUCH A FULL CIRCLE
00:48:44 MOMENT. >> WE ARE VERY PROUD
00:48:47 AND GRATEFUL TO BE REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:48:50 AND ALSO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND OF COURSE OUR
00:48:54 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> VISITATION VALLEY.
00:48:57 >> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE OUR PRAISE TO GOD BECAUSE HE
00:49:01 HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH US THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES.
00:49:02 WE BOTH WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD AND BE
00:49:05 COMPETING IN THE WQ TOURNAMENT WITHOUT HIS EVERLASTING LOVE,
00:49:09 GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. OUR PRAYERS HAVE DEFINITELY
00:49:13 BEEN HEARD AND ANSWERED. >> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
00:49:14 OUR AUNTIES LIZETTE GRAY AND DR. PATTI TITO FOR OPENING
00:49:21 THE DOORS OF APA FAMILY SERVICES AND THIS ONLINE
00:49:22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ALLOWING NOT ONLY MY SISTER
00:49:26 AND I WELL ALL OF THE TIGERBALM KIDS AND ADULTS TO TRAIN
00:49:30 AND BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH
00:49:34 THESE LOVELY SPACES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND SUCCEED
00:49:37 IN OUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING. >> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
00:49:44 OUR KARATE FAMILY AND DCF LEADERS AND STAFF WHO ARE
00:49:45 IN ATTENDANCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
00:49:48 AND AS WE PREPARE FOR GERMANY WE COULD NOT HAVE MADE THE TEAM
00:49:52 WITHOUT YOUR DEDICATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND GOOD VIBES.
00:49:58 THANK YOU UNCLE AMA AND UNCLE LUIS FOR COACHING US
00:49:59 AND HELPING US DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO TRAIN THE STRENGTH
00:50:03 AND IMPROVE OUR STAMINA. THANK YOU TIGER PHONE FOR
00:50:07 KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE AND PUSHING US TO BE OUR BEST
00:50:10 DURING EVERY TRAINING SESSION. >> WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
00:50:14 LASTLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR MOM.
00:50:18 WE HAVE NOT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN KARATE WITHOUT YOU
00:50:21 AND WE ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU NOT ONLY AS OUR MOTHER
00:50:25 BUT ALSO AS AN AMAZING PROFESSOR MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL
00:50:28 WHO ALWAYS GUIDES US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE CAN'T
00:50:32 FORGET ABOUT OUR DAD WHO HAS BEEN THE BEST, WHO HAS BEEN THE
00:50:36 BEST CHEERLEADER BOTH AT HOME AND IN OUR ENDEAVORS.
00:50:40 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BELIEVING IN US AND SUPPORTING US ON THIS
00:50:45 JOURNEY. >> THANK YOU AND AND I SEE WE
00:50:55 HAVE I SEE WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
00:50:59 YOUTH AND FAMILIES SERVICE, DORSEY SMITH I DON'T KNOW IF
00:51:01 YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I KNOW YOU ARE HERE TO SUPPORT.
00:51:16 >> I JUST SAY REALLY QUICK WILLIE REALLY QUICKLY.
00:51:20 I AM SUPER PROUD OF ONE TO HAVE TEODORA THE FOUNDER OF AS ON MY
00:51:26 STAFF AS MY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT CAPACITY BUILDING MANAGER,
00:51:31 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EXTRAORDINAIRE, SUPER MOM
00:51:34 WONDERFUL PROFESSOR BUT SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.
00:51:38 I'VE SEEN YOU GROW THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
00:51:39 YOUR CONFIDENCE, YOUR YOUR FAITH, YOUR ABILITY EVERYTHING
00:51:44 THAT YOU REPRESENT IS WHAT WE WANT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
00:51:47 IN SAN FRANCISCO. EVERYTHING THAT YOUR MOM
00:51:51 THEODORA BRINGS TO WHAT SHE DOES FOR SHAOLIN TEMPLE SHAOLIN
00:51:55 TIGER PARK AND JUST THE WORK THAT SHE DOES IN COMMUNITY.
00:52:02 THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THIS IS
00:52:04 WHAT WE HOPE. SAN FRANCISCO STRIVES TO BE SO
00:52:06 THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE ONLY SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH
00:52:10 TO GO TO THIS TOURNAMENT. >> AWESOME.
00:52:14 AND BRING ME SOMETHING BACK FROM GERMANY.
00:52:15 OKAY
00:53:19 . >> DISTRICT TWO SUPERVISOR
00:53:23 CHERYL THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT MANDOLIN.
00:53:27 COLLEAGUES TODAY IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE DOLPHIN
00:53:31 SWIMMING AND BOATING CLUB AND THE SOUTH END ROWING CLUB
00:53:34 AS THEY CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF WOMEN'S MEMBERSHIP.
00:53:38 THIS MILESTONE WAS NOT GIVEN BUT WON.
00:53:41 SO COULD I PLEASE ASK DIANE WALTON AND LEE TO COME UP TO
00:53:45 THE PODIUM AT THE SOUTH END ROWING CLUB WAS FOUNDED
00:54:11 IN 1873. >> THE OLDEST ROWING CLUB WEST
00:54:14 OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE DOLPHIN CLUB THAT FOLLOWED SOON
00:54:18 AFTER FOUNDED IN 1877. AND FOR NEARLY A CENTURY BOTH
00:54:22 CLUBS WERE MEN ONLY. BUT DESPITE THESE BARRIERS,
00:54:26 WOMEN HAVE BEEN SWIMMING THESE WATERS LONG BEFORE THEY WERE
00:54:29 WELCOMED. >> LOOK AT THAT.
00:54:30 IN 1911, HAZEL LAGUNA BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM ACROSS
00:54:35 THE GOLDEN GATE WEARING A SOUTHEND JERSEY.
00:54:38 IN 1912, NELL SCHMITT BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM ACROSS
00:54:42 SAN FRANCISCO BAY. WOMEN WERE PART OF THIS STORY
00:54:45 BEFORE THE CLUBS WERE READY TO ADMIT IT.
00:54:48 BUT IN 1975 SIX WOMEN BROUGHT SUIT TO INTEGRATE THE CLUB'S
00:54:51 LEE JOAN BROWN, MARY DAKE, TRUDY DE LORENZO, DIANE MAJOR
00:54:56 AND MARILYN RODMAN. AND WITH THE LEGAL HELP BY
00:55:00 ATTORNEYS SANDRA TARAZI AND FELICE, THEIR CASE AGAINST
00:55:03 THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE PRIVATE CLUBS ON PUBLIC LAND
00:55:07 COULD NOT BAR WOMEN BACK. >> SO ON OCTOBER 20TH, 1976,
00:55:21 THE FIRST FIVE WOMEN JOINED THE DOLPHIN CLUB.
00:55:22 SALLY JO AND ANTON SHOOK MARY KAUFMAN, VERONICA MANN, JOYCE
00:55:29 SWETNICK AND ZITA TAFT. THAT SAME YEAR THE FIRST FIVE
00:55:33 WOMEN JOINED SOUTHEND, THE PLAINTIFFS LEAGUE JOAN, MARY,
00:55:37 TRUDY AND DIANE WHOSE COURAGE AND LOVE OF THE BAY OPENED THE
00:55:40 DOOR FOR EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWED. IN 1977 49 MORE WOMEN JOINED
00:55:44 THE DOLPHIN CLUB IN ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF WOMEN'S
00:55:47 MEMBERSHIP. 13 ARE STILL ACTIVE TODAY.
00:55:49 >> SUSAN ALLEN, JOANIE B.M. BAUER, CYNTHIA EHRLICH.
00:55:57 MILO FAY. PEGGY KNICKERBOCKER.
00:55:58 MORGAN COOLA JACKIE MARAVICH ERA OAKBAY CAROLE BRADY PALMER
00:56:05 PODOLSKY CATHERINE ROCKWOOD ROBIN ROMAN.
00:56:09 SOPHIE TAGGART. AND ONCE WOMEN WERE IN.
00:56:13 NATURALLY THEY LED. >> AT THE DOLPHIN CLUB KATIE
00:56:17 MALONEY MEG RILEY AND DIANE WALDEN HAVE ALL SERVED AS
00:56:20 PRESIDENT AT THE SOUTHEND WOMEN HAVE LED THE CLUB SIX TIMES.
00:56:24 SHARON IN CORSICA NOW. NANCY STRETCH, LAURA TAYLOR,
00:56:27 KIM HOWARD FRAN HAGLER AND VANESSA MARLAND.
00:56:31 THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE DOLPHIN CLUB WHO'S HERE WITH US
00:56:34 TODAY AT SOUTH END SORRY TYPO. >> THANK YOU.
00:56:39 HEY, THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT HERE.
00:56:43 >> I'LL TAKE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
00:56:44 ALL RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, DANA?
00:56:47 WHAT DID YOU SAY? WOMEN WON AND EVERYBODY
00:56:50 BENEFITED. >> WOMEN FOUGHT AND EVERYBODY
00:56:51 WON. YEAH.
00:56:52 >> THERE WE GO. YEAH.
00:57:00 >> AND THEY REWROTE THE RECORD BOOKS.
00:57:01 SUSAN HIND BONE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE ALCATRAZ SWIM
00:57:05 IN THE GOLDEN GATE SWIM. >> JOANIE B.M. BAUER, SUSAN
00:57:09 ALLEN, LISA SMITH. SUSAN COBB, CAROL MCGRATH
00:57:12 AND KAREN DRUCKER. THESE SIX DOLPHIN WOMEN BECAME
00:57:15 THE FIRST ALL FEMALE AMERICAN RELAY TEAM TO SWIM THE ENGLISH
00:57:17 CHANNEL. KIM CHAMBERS AND AMY APPLE.
00:57:20 HANDS UP, SIR. SORRY.
00:57:23 CARRIED THE SOUTH END'S OPEN WATER TRADITION TO THE WORLD
00:57:25 STAGE ALONGSIDE RUNNERS LIKE MARTY MARKEL AND ROWERS LIKE
00:57:28 MARY DAKE AND DIANE DAVIS. THESE WOMEN HAVE MADE THEIR
00:57:32 MARKS IN WORLD WIDE RECORD BOOKS.
00:57:35 TODAY 785 WOMEN MAKE UP 37% OF THE DOLPHIN CLUB AND WOMEN MAKE
00:57:41 UP A THIRD OF THE SOUTH END'S 1300 MEMBERS.
00:57:43 THEY ROW BEFORE SUNRISE TRAIN FOR THEIR FIRST ALCATRAZ
00:57:46 CROSSING AND SWIM TO THE FLAG FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
00:57:50 >> SPEAKING FOR THE TWO CLUBS TODAY ARE DIANE IMMEDIATE PAST
00:57:53 PRESIDENT OF THE DOLPHIN CLUB AND LEE THE TRAILBLAZER WITH
00:57:57 THE SOUTHEND ROWING CLUB. BOTH LIVING EXAMPLES OF WOMEN'S
00:58:00 LEADERSHIP AT THESE INSTITUTIONS ACROSS GENERATION
00:58:04 LINES. 50 YEARS AGO A HANDFUL OF WOMEN
00:58:05 FOUGHT FOR A DOOR THEY HAD TO OPEN.
00:58:08 AND TODAY HUNDREDS WALK THROUGH IT EVERY DAY.
00:58:11 SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU
00:58:15 AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH CLUBS AND TO EVERY WOMAN WHO
00:58:18 HAS BEEN PART OF THIS LEGACY. >> OH, SUPERVISOR SAUDER, THANK
00:58:44 YOU. AND IF I MAY ADD VERY QUICKLY,
00:58:45 YOU KNOW SUPERVISOR SHARE AND I SHARE A BORDER AND THIS IS ONE
00:58:48 OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE I'M REALLY, REALLY JEALOUS THAT
00:58:52 YOU'RE JUST ACROSS THE LINES AND YOU'RE IN DISTRICT TWO
00:58:56 RATHER THAN DISTRICT THREE. IF WE COULD TRADE I'D LIKE TO
00:58:57 TAKE BOTH OF YOU. I'D LIKE TO TAKE BUENA VISTA
00:59:00 FOR THE IRISH COFFEES BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
00:59:04 I WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
00:59:07 YOUR LEGACY, YOUR TRAILBLAZING LEGACY.
00:59:08 I KNOW IT'S A BIG COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.
00:59:12 YOU KNOW THERE'S NEVER ANY FIGHTING BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS.
00:59:16 NEVER. SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS THIS
00:59:19 MOMENT. THERE YOU GO.
00:59:20 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS MOMENT OF UNITY.
00:59:22 WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF OUR
00:59:26 DISTRICTS AND YOU KNOW TO HAVE YOU ON THE WATER.
00:59:30 I STILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY FOR WHAT YOU DO.
00:59:32 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT BUT GOOD ON YOU AND THANKS FOR
00:59:35 EVERYTHING. WELL, THANK YOU.
00:59:39 I'M LEE. I'M A SOUTH ENDER AND I'M
00:59:43 THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE
00:59:48 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TO OUR WONDERFUL LEADERS.
00:59:51 THAT'S VANESSA MARLIN AND DIANE WALTON FROM THE SOUTH
00:59:59 AND ROWING CLUB AND THE DOLPHIN CLUB.
01:00:02 AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO TO STILL BE
01:00:07 HERE AFTER AFTER 50 YEARS. THE REASON I'M STANDING HERE IS
01:00:14 BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF SIX PLAINTIFFS WHO SUED THE CLUB
01:00:20 BACK IN 1974 AND WE ENDURED QUITE A STRUGGLE.
01:00:28 BACK BACK TO THE 70S WAS A TIME OF TUMULTUOUS SOCIAL CHANGE AS
01:00:34 THE OLDER FOLKS AMONG US MIGHT REMEMBER.
01:00:38 AND SO OUR CLUBS WERE NO DIFFERENT.
01:00:42 BUT WE WE SUED THE CLUBS AND WE GOT IN AND AND I THINK THE THE
01:00:49 MAIN POINT IS THAT NONE OF THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.
01:00:54 SO I'M NOT HERE TO SAY ISN'T IT GREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
01:00:59 THIS FOR 50 YEARS AND I'M HERE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT WAS
01:01:04 NOT WITHOUT THE STRUGGLE THAT ANY OF THIS HAPPENED.
01:01:07 THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT AND SO AT ANY RATE, I'M JUST DELIGHTED
01:01:12 TO STILL BE ALIVE AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
01:01:19 EVERYBODY ELSE IS BAD. >> IT WAS JOAN BROWN AND TRUDY
01:01:27 DE LORENZO AND MARY DAY AND DIANE MAJOR.
01:01:34 OH LORD, I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING A COUPLE OF FOLKS I
01:01:40 SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT DOWN. BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
01:01:43 IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY FOR US AND AND I COULDN'T BE
01:01:48 HAPPIER TO SEE ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS FROM THE CLUB.
01:01:52 >> YEAH. >> THIS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL.
01:02:02 >> HI. DIANE WALTON IMMEDIATE PAST
01:02:06 PRESIDENT OF THE DOLPHIN CLUB AND PRESIDENT OF OUR FOUNDATION
01:02:09 . >> NOW FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE
01:02:11 ALL INVITED TO COME AND BE IN THE WATER OR ON THE WATER OR
01:02:17 NEAR THE WATER. >> WHATEVER BEST SUITS YOUR
01:02:18 FANCY. SUPERVISOR CHERYL OF COURSE HAS
01:02:22 BEEN IN THE WATER. SO I THINK IT'S ON YOU, SIR.
01:02:25 >> OH. >> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
01:02:29 WE ALL KNOW AND THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT
01:02:32 WE LEARN BY GETTING TO BE PART OF THIS IS IT'S REALLY
01:02:36 IMPORTANT TO DO HARD THINGS. YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
01:02:41 AND YOU DO HARD THINGS. WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO THAT
01:02:44 AND YOU ALSO PROVIDE THE SPACE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT
01:02:48 AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SEEING US AND FOR YOUR
01:02:52 SUPPORTING US. OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN
01:02:53 EXTRAORDINARY REALLY. WE'RE JUST THIS FUNNY LITTLE
01:02:57 DONUT HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHAOTIC PARK THAT IS ON CITY
01:03:00 PROPERTY AND AND YOU TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF US AND WE'RE
01:03:04 GRATEFUL. THE OTHER THING THE SUPERVISOR
01:03:07 BROUGHT UP IS AND I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO WALK AWAY
01:03:11 WITH TODAY AND LEE REFERENCED IT ALSO WHICH IS THE WOMEN
01:03:14 FOUGHT AND EVERYBODY WON. >> SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
01:03:19 EVERYTHING AND AND REALLY COME DOWN AND SWIM JUST YOU CAN ONLY
01:03:29 HAVE TO DO IT TRY ONCE YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK A
01:03:33 SECOND TIME BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD COME AND TRY AT LEAST
01:03:35 ONCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:03:46 >> I KNOW
01:04:47 . MM HMM.
01:04:54 DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR WONG THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
01:05:02 COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE MIKE, NORA
01:05:06 AND KATHRYN ROBERTS THE WINNERS OF SAN FRANCISCO DUMBLEDORE'S
01:05:13 CONTEST. WHEN MY OFFICE LAUNCHED THIS
01:05:14 CONTEST EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR GOAL WAS SIMPLE TO LISTEN.
01:05:20 WE WANTED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
01:05:22 THEY ENCOUNTER AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY SEE TO MAKE
01:05:26 SAN FRANCISCO AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A
01:05:29 FAMILY. >> WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 200
01:05:32 SUBMISSIONS FROM ACROSS THE CITY AND THEY REMINDED US THAT
01:05:36 SOME OF THE BEST IDEAS COME FROM PEOPLE WHO CARE DEEPLY
01:05:39 ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES. AFTER REVIEWING THOSE
01:05:40 SUBMISSIONS, MIKE AND KATHRYN'S ENTRIES STOOD OUT FOR
01:05:44 IDENTIFYING A PRACTICAL SOLUTION THAT COULD BENEFIT
01:05:48 RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
01:05:51 THEY BROUGHT ATTENTION TO SAN FRANCISCO'S CEILING HEIGHT
01:05:53 REQUIREMENT FOR HACKABLE HABITABLE ROOMS WHICH DIFFERS
01:05:56 FROM CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS.
01:05:59 WHILE THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY SIX INCHES, IT CREATES A
01:06:03 SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR HOMEOWNERS TRYING TO LEGALIZE
01:06:07 EXISTING LIVING SPACES. >> THEIR SUBMISSION HIGHLIGHTED
01:06:11 AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN LOCAL STANDARDS WITH STATE LAW WHILE
01:06:15 MAINTAINING IMPORTANT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
01:06:16 DOING SO WOULD HELP MORE RESIDENTS BRING EXISTING LIVING
01:06:19 SPACES INTO SAN FRANCISCO'S LEGAL HOUSING STOCK, CREATE A
01:06:23 PATHWAY FOR UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS TO BECOME LEGAL
01:06:27 UNITS AND MAKE BETTER USE OF EXISTING HOMES FOR OUR CITY.
01:06:30 WHAT MAKES THIS SUBMISSION ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL IS THAT
01:06:34 IT REFLECTS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROBLEM
01:06:35 SOLVING THAT HELPS SAN FRANCISCO MOVE FORWARD.
01:06:38 MIKE AND CATHERINE SAW A CHALLENGE, TOOK THE INITIATIVE
01:06:40 TO SPEAK UP AND OFFERED A THOUGHTFUL SOLUTION THAT COULD
01:06:43 BENEFIT HOMEOWNERS FAMILIES, RENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
01:06:46 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. >> MEANINGFUL PROGRESS HAPPENS
01:06:50 WHEN RESIDENTS AND LOCAL LEADERS WORK TOGETHER.
01:06:51 LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND FOCUS ON SOLVING PROBLEMS AS A
01:06:55 COMMUNITY. I REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING
01:06:58 ALONGSIDE RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND KUMU
01:07:00 STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY PRACTICAL WAYS TO STRENGTHEN
01:07:02 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE
01:07:06 WE SERVE. THAT IS WHY MY OFFICE IS
01:07:08 ADVANCING LEGISLATION TO ALIGN SAN FRANCISCO'S CEILING HEIGHT
01:07:11 REQUIREMENTS WITH STATE LAW AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR
01:07:14 HOMEOWNERS TO LEGALIZE EXISTING HOUSING WHILE MAINTAINING
01:07:18 SAFETY STANDARDS. THIS HELPS BOTH HOMEOWNERS
01:07:22 AND RENTERS. THANK YOU, MIKE AND CATHERINE.
01:07:25 >> YOU TOO ARE OUR OF MANY RESIDENTS UTAH OF MANY
01:07:32 RESIDENTS WHO REGULARLY ENGAGE OUR OFFICE SHARE IDEAS, RAISE
01:07:36 CONCERNS AND WORK WITH US TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY.
01:07:37 >> THE BEST SOLUTIONS OFTEN COME FROM PEOPLE WHO CARE
01:07:41 ENOUGH TO GET INVOLVED AND TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THEIR VOICES
01:07:45 HEARD. THIS WINNING SUBMISSION IS A
01:07:48 GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION.
01:07:49 >> TOGETHER WE ARE WORKING TO TURN THE IDEA INTO MEANINGFUL
01:07:53 CHANGE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
01:07:55 TO WORK WITH BOTH OF YOU AND WITH SO MANY OTHER
01:07:58 RESIDENTS ACROSS DISTRICT FOUR AND SAN FRANCISCO WHO DEDICATE
01:08:00 THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND IDEAS TO MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
01:08:03 STRONGER. NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK MIKE, ONE
01:08:05 OF OUR DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS, TO SHARE A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE
01:08:08 PRESENT THE COMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:08:09 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ALAN I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
01:08:13 THE TIMES I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU.
01:08:16 I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY SINCE
01:08:18 DURING COVID. INVOLVED IN LOTS OF AFFORDABLE
01:08:21 HOUSING MEETINGS TRYING TO COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS THAT
01:08:24 WOULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
01:08:27 THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
01:08:31 INCLUDING THE RENTERS IS THAT IN THE CITY THERE ARE HUNDREDS
01:08:35 OF THOUSANDS OF IN-LAW UNITS MOSTLY SITTING EMPTY.
01:08:39 THE AVERAGE BLOCK HAS 48 PARCELS AND ON MY BLOCK ALONE
01:08:45 NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE RENTING THEIR UNITS OUT BECAUSE
01:08:47 THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF IF THEY GET
01:08:50 TURNED IN FOR HAVING A RENTER. >> AND THE PENALTIES ARE QUITE
01:08:54 HARSH. IT CAN COST HUNDREDS OF
01:08:57 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE TO TEAR OUT YOUR FOUNDATION TO
01:08:58 LOWER THE FLOORING AND TO DO ALL THAT.
01:09:01 >> IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN ADDITION TO AFFORDABLE
01:09:05 HOUSING, AFFORDABLE TAXATION IS ALSO TIED TO THAT.
01:09:09 AND PART OF WHY I FIXED MY UNIT UP HOPING TO BE ABLE TO RENT IT
01:09:13 OUT. I'M 64 YEARS OLD.
01:09:15 I WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK THAT MUCH LONGER.
01:09:16 I WAS HOPING TO HAVE RENTAL INCOME TO PAY FOR MY PROPERTY
01:09:20 TAXES EVERY 30 YEARS. >> YOUR PROPERTY TAXES DOUBLE
01:09:26 MINOR 17,000. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY
01:09:29 $34,000 WHEN I'M MY DAD'S AGE. >> THAT'S 100 GRAND EVERY THREE
01:09:32 YEARS. AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD
01:09:33 NEIGHBORS ARE JUST LIKE ME. >> ANYONE WHO BOUGHT FOR OVER
01:09:37 $1 MILLION. SO COMING UP WITH A CREATIVE
01:09:40 SOLUTION SO PEOPLE CAN AND ARE WILLING TO FIX UP THEIR UNITS,
01:09:43 RENT THEM OUT. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO KEEP OUR
01:09:47 ELDERLY POPULATION IN THEIR HOME BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO
01:09:51 LIVE IN MY HOME MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S DAUNTING
01:09:52 AND I'M LIKE AT WHAT POINT WILL I GET KICKED OUT?
01:09:56 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WHOLE BOARD LOOKING INTO THIS
01:09:59 ISSUE AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS.
01:10:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
01:10:07 SUPERVISOR WANG FOR ADDRESSING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
01:10:12 I'VE JUST NOTICED SO MANY TIMES IN SAN FRANCISCO WE GO FOR SORT
01:10:15 OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE IMPACT TO CALL DISRUPTIVE.
01:10:19 JUST YOU KNOW, INFERIOR SOLUTIONS WHEN THE THE A BETTER
01:10:27 SOLUTION IS LITERALLY RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES ALL WE HAVE TO
01:10:28 DO IS RISE TO THE OCCASION AND AND FIX IT.
01:10:31 >> AND I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE
01:10:35 LAST 20 YEARS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY BUILDING WHICH HAS
01:10:38 ILLEGAL UNITS IN THE BASEMENT IT LEGALLY I CAN'T CHARGE A
01:10:42 PENNY OF RENT FOR THOSE UNITS SO ANYONE WHO RENTS THEM FROM
01:10:46 ME CAN SUE ME AND GET EVERY DIME BACK AND JUST LIVE THERE
01:10:51 FOR FREE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
01:10:54 THAT'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF LIABILITY THAT I'VE
01:10:57 EXPOSED MYSELF TO BY RENTING THESE UNITS OUT BECAUSE AS MIKE
01:11:01 POINTED OUT, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE
01:11:03 IN MY OWN BUILDING OR EVEN TO OWN THAT BUILDING THIS ENTIRE
01:11:06 TIME WITHOUT USING THAT EXTRA RENTAL INCOME THE WHOLE TIME.
01:11:10 BUT THE CITY HAS JUST MADE THAT SO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO THAT.
01:11:13 AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYBODY IS SAYING WE HAVE A HOUSING
01:11:17 CRISIS, WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS BUT WE'RE SORT OF GIVING
01:11:20 WITH ONE HAND AND TAKING WITH THE OTHER AND WE DON'T NEED TO
01:11:23 DO THAT. WE JUST NEED TO PUT OUR ENERGY
01:11:25 INTO USING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND YOU KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT
01:11:28 ARE ALREADY THERE WHICH ARE SO MUCH EASIER TO OPEN UP THAN YOU
01:11:32 KNOW, TEARING UP NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUTTING UP BUILDINGS, YOU
01:11:35 KNOW, THAT ARE GOING TO THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT
01:11:39 AND THEN ARE GOING TO DISRUPT PEOPLE'S LIVES BECAUSE WE NEED
01:11:42 MORE HOUSING. SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE
01:11:46 LOOKING AT WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND I WOULD BE
01:11:47 SO THRILLED IF THIS LEGISLATION FINALLY WENT THROUGH AND I JUST
01:11:53 WANT TO SAY I'M SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT AFRAID OF SPEAKING UP EVEN
01:11:55 IF IT CREATES BAD LIKE REPERCUSSIONS FOR MYSELF.
01:12:01 >> THAT'S JUST THE WAY I'M WIRED.
01:12:02 BUT I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD BAD CONSEQUENCES FOR SORT OF,
01:12:09 YOU KNOW, STICKING MY NECK OUT ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS THROUGH MY
01:12:10 LIFE SO I KNOW I, I KNOW HOW SERIOUS THAT CAN BE AND I'M
01:12:16 SURE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY WHO ARE JUST
01:12:17 TERRIFIED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION WHO ARE IN THE
01:12:24 SAME SITUATION I'M IN BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY SCARED THAT IT
01:12:26 COULD COMPLETELY DESTROY THEIR LIVES IF THEY DO THAT.
01:12:29 >> SO I KNOW THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH THERE ARE SO MANY
01:12:33 PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT WHO AREN'T IN A POSITION LIKE MIKE
01:12:36 AND I ARE IN THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK UP AND CALL
01:12:40 ATTENTION TO IT. >> THERE ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST
01:12:41 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS WHO ARE
01:12:45 INVISIBLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
01:12:48 SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
01:12:52 >> I WILL BE AMAZED IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PULL THIS
01:12:56 OFF AND AND AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL COALESCE
01:13:00 BEHIND YOU AND MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO
01:13:04 IMPROVE THIS SITUATION. IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF YOU
01:13:07 DID THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:13:50 AND LAST BUT NEVER LEAST, CHRISTOPHER VERDUGO.
01:14:01 >> OH ALSO A BITTERSWEET, BITTERSWEET COMMENDATION I HAVE
01:14:12 THE KIND OF PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THE OUTGOING CEO OF
01:14:17 THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS AND MY FRIEND CHRIS
01:14:20 VERDUGO. >> CHRIS'S FIRST INTRODUCTION
01:14:30 TO THE GAY CHORAL MOVEMENT CAME FROM THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF
01:14:33 SOUTH FLORIDA WHICH HE JOINED AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 18.
01:14:37 THREE YEARS LATER HE BECAME ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF PARAGON
01:14:41 PRODUCTIONS KOREA CHOREOGRAPHING, DIRECTING
01:14:42 AND PRODUCING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS FOR CRUISE LINES
01:14:45 AND HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
01:14:49 >> THIS IS A VERY GAY PERSON, VERY GAY STAFF STARTING IN 1999
01:14:55 HE COMBINED HIS EVENT PRODUCTION BACKGROUND WITH HIS
01:15:00 FUNDRAISING SKILLS TO WORK WITH THE MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE
01:15:04 PARALYSIS MIAMI BEACHES WINTER PARTY MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE
01:15:08 COMMUNION FOUNDATION AND HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF
01:15:09 DIRECTORS FOR THE SOUTH BEACH GAY MEN'S CHORUS.
01:15:14 BUT IN 2003 CALIFORNIA GOT CHRIS AND HE MOVED TO L.A.
01:15:20 AND WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF TWO CHOREOGRAPHERS FOR THE MISS
01:15:23 UNIVERSE PAGEANT. >> SO GAY I REPEAT GAY.
01:15:30 SOON AFTER HE LEFT HIS ARTISTIC ROOTS TO FOCUS ON LGBT Q PLUS
01:15:34 AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES WORKING WITH VARIOUS LGBT,
01:15:38 LGBTQ PLUS NONPROFITS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN
01:15:41 TASK FORCE EQUALITY CALIFORNIA HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND GLAD
01:15:45 PRODUCING LOUNGE AT SUNDANCE FOR FOUR YEARS.
01:15:48 IN 2006 HE JOINED THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES AS A
01:15:53 SINGER AND FIVE YEARS LATER WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
01:15:56 AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE L.A.
01:16:00 CHORUS BUILT AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR MUSICAL
01:16:03 EXCELLENCE, DOUBLED ITS BUDGET, EXPERIENCED MASSIVE EXPANSION,
01:16:08 INCORPORATING EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN L.A. HIGH SCHOOLS
01:16:09 AS WELL AS A NATIONAL MUSIC TOUR TITLED IT GETS BETTER
01:16:15 IN SEPTEMBER 20TH 16, SAN FRANCISCO LUCKED OUT.
01:16:19 HE MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO AND ASSUMED THE ROLE OF
01:16:21 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS TWO
01:16:26 MONTHS AFTER HE STARTED THERE THOUGH THE 2016 ELECTION
01:16:30 HAPPENED THE CHORUS HAD A TOUR PLANNED TO GO TO CHINA TO
01:16:35 COMMEMORATE THE COURSE'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
01:16:39 BUT IN LIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THE CHORUS PIVOTED
01:16:43 AND DECIDED TO TAKE ITS TOUR TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED
01:16:48 STATES WHERE IT WAS NEEDED MOST .
01:16:53 >> INSPIRED BY THE LAVENDER PEN THAT SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK
01:16:55 GAVE TO FORMER MAYOR GEORGE MOSCONE TO SIGN THE LANDMARK
01:16:59 GAY CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN 1978. THE LAVENDER PEN TOUR FEATURED
01:17:05 MORE THAN 200 SINGERS FROM S.F. GMC AND THE OAKLAND INTERFAITH
01:17:09 GOSPEL CHOIR. THEY EMBARKED ON A NINE DAY
01:17:12 TRIP ACROSS FIVE SOUTHERN STATES MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA,
01:17:15 TENNESSEE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
01:17:16 >> THE SINGERS AND STAFF FROM THE TWO CHORUSES PAID THEIR OWN
01:17:20 WAY FOR THE TOUR. AND ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE
01:17:23 PERFORMANCES WENT TO LOCAL LGBTQ CHORUSES, NONPROFITS
01:17:26 AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY WERE VISITING
01:17:29 . THEY SANG IN CHURCHES
01:17:30 AND CONCERT HALLS ACROSS THE SOUTH.
01:17:31 THEY RALLIED AGAINST ANTI LGBTQ LEGISLATION ON THE STEPS OF THE
01:17:35 MISSISSIPPI STATE CAPITOL. AND THEY WORKED WITH STUDENTS
01:17:38 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE TO HOST WORKSHOPS ON
01:17:42 POLITICAL ORGANIZING, TRANS IDENTITY AND CHORAL SINGING.
01:17:45 >> A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FILM TITLED GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH
01:17:49 WENT ON TO WIN THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE 2019 TRIBECA FILM
01:17:52 FESTIVAL. IN 2024 CHRIS AND THE CHORUS
01:17:55 TOOK THEIR LOVE TOUR ON THE ROAD THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
01:17:59 GOING BACK A BIT TO TATE TEEN. THAT WAS WHEN CHRIS AND THE
01:18:04 CHORUS TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO UNAMBITIOUS.
01:18:07 >> SOME WOULD SAY CRAZY BUT DEFINITELY AMBITIOUS PROJECT
01:18:11 WHICH WAS FOR AN LGBTQ ARTS NONPROFIT TO BUY AND OPERATE A
01:18:19 BUILDING THANKS TO A GENEROUS GIFT FROM FOUNDING CHORUS
01:18:23 MEMBER TERRENCE CHAN AND HIS HUSBAND ED SELL THE CHORUS WAS
01:18:26 ABLE TO BUY THE FORMER BARKAI CENTER AT 170 VALENCIA STREET
01:18:30 IN DISTRICT EIGHT. CHRIS LED THE ORGANIZATION
01:18:34 THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL $15 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR
01:18:38 THE BUILDING NOW KNOWN AS THE CHAN NATIONAL ARTS CENTER.
01:18:44 THEIR ASPIRATION FOR THE BUILDING HAS BEEN FOR IT TO BE
01:18:45 A HUB FOR INNOVATIVE ARTS PROGRAMING FROM THE BAY AREA
01:18:49 AND BEYOND. IN THE YEARS SINCE IT OPENED
01:18:53 IT'S SHOWN THEY'VE SHOWN PERFORMANCES BY STEPHEN
01:18:56 SCHWARTZ, ANDREW LIPPA, LIA DELARIA AND CHEYENNE JACKSON.
01:19:00 HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE APPLE'S ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR
01:19:03 AND SERVED AS A SPACE TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CHORUS
01:19:07 MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED IN 2018. >> CHRIS ALSO IN 2018 CHRIS
01:19:11 HELPED LAUNCH RHYTHM THAT'S REACHING YOUTH THROUGH MUSIC AN
01:19:15 IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT BRINGS CHORUS MEMBERS INTO BAY AREA
01:19:19 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO SHARE MESSAGES OF
01:19:20 INCLUSION, ANTI-BULLYING AND LIVING AUTHENTICALLY
01:19:23 THROUGH MUSIC AND STORYTELLING. TODAY RHYTHM REACHES MORE THAN
01:19:27 3000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS EACH YEAR.
01:19:30 OVER THIS LAST DECADE, CHRIS HAS OVERSEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH
01:19:34 AT THE S.F. GMC BUILDING. HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM FROM 3
01:19:38 TO 11 AND THROUGH STRATEGIC FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS
01:19:42 GROWING THE SIZE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET FROM $800,000
01:19:44 TO MORE THAN $5 MILLION. >> HE CHAMPIONED THE ARTIST
01:19:48 PORTAL AT THE AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE CREATING A PERMANENT
01:19:50 ARTISTIC INSTALLATION THAT CONNECTS VISITORS TO THE
01:19:53 STORY'S HISTORY AND ENDURING LEGACY OF LGBTQ ARTISTS.
01:19:56 CHRIS'S TENURE AT S.F. GMC HAS EMBODIED THE BEST OF THE
01:20:01 COURSE'S MISSION TO BUILD COMMUNITY, INSPIRE ACTIVISM
01:20:04 AND FOSTER COMPASSION AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD.
01:20:08 >> ALTHOUGH CHRIS WILL BE MOVING TO PALM SPRINGS WHICH
01:20:12 FEELS A LITTLE LIKE A JOKE BUT HIS IMPACT ON S.F. GMC WILL BE
01:20:19 FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. AND I HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME
01:20:22 AND CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP
01:20:24 AND SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:20:40 THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN AND THANK YOU BOARD OF
01:20:41 SUPERVISORS. FIRST I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
01:20:45 THANKING YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR YOUR YEARS OF
01:20:49 SUPPORT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE A ARTS CENTER
01:20:52 WERE IT NOT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
01:20:56 BEING INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE AND WITH YOUR FINANCIAL
01:20:59 RESOURCES BUT ALSO THE SPIRIT AND LOVE AND SUPPORT WITH WHICH
01:21:04 YOU HAVE GIVEN US. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY STAFF,
01:21:11 SINGERS AND BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP TODAY.
01:21:13 AS I SHARED WITH MY BOARD CHAIR TOM PAULINO, PEOPLE HAVE LIVES.
01:21:16 THEY HAVE JOBS. I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYONE TO BE
01:21:19 HERE AND YET I AM PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL.
01:21:22 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:21:26 >> I WON'T BE LONG BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S DEEPLY
01:21:31 MEANINGFUL TO BE HERE TODAY. >> ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 1978,
01:21:37 HARVEY MILK AND MAYOR MOSCONI WERE ASSASSINATED HERE THAT
01:21:40 EVENING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ENSUED WITH MEMBERS OF THE SAN
01:21:44 FRANCISCO GAME AND SCORES. THAT WAS OUR FIRST PUBLIC
01:21:48 PERFORMANCE RIGHT THERE ON THE STEPS OF THIS CITY HALL THAT IS
01:21:55 NEVER LOST ON ME, THAT IS NEVER LOST ON ME.
01:21:59 AND AS WE APPROACH ALMOST 50 YEARS OF A STORIED HISTORY MUCH
01:22:02 OF WHICH YOU JUST SHARED PRESIDENT MANTLE MEN BUT SOME
01:22:09 OF WHICH YOU DIDN'T LIKE. TWO YEARS LATER, THREE YEARS
01:22:12 LATER EXCUSE ME WE EMBARKED ON A NATIONAL TOUR ACROSS THE
01:22:16 COUNTRY AND IN OUR WAKE STARTED COURSES FROM DIFFERENT CITIES
01:22:20 WHICH ARE NOW GOING ON TO CELEBRATE THEIR 4748 YEAR
01:22:23 ANNIVERSARIES. >> AND WE ALSO LOST HUNDREDS OF
01:22:27 SINGERS DURING THE AIDS PANDEMIC.
01:22:31 AND THIS ORGANIZATION WAS BUILT BY THEM.
01:22:35 SO IT IS ON THEIR SHOULDERS THAT I STAND THAT WE ALWAYS
01:22:40 STAND WHEN WE ARE ON STAGE IN SCHOOLS AND IN STATES ACROSS
01:22:43 THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S BEEN THE HONOR OF MY
01:22:47 LIFE TO SHEPHERD S.F. TMC OVER THE LAST DECADE BUT I JUST WANT
01:22:54 TO CLOSE WITH A REALLY IMPORTANT STORY.
01:22:57 ON SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER THE LAST CONCERT OF THE SEASON MY
01:22:59 LAST SHOW AS THE CEO, I WAS AT THE AFTER PARTY WITH ONE OF OUR
01:23:05 SINGERS AND I HAD NEVER HEARD HIS STORY AND SO I JUST ASKED
01:23:10 WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE FOUR YEARS AGO?
01:23:12 AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS HE SAID I WAS LIVING IN REDDING
01:23:20 AND I JUST COULDN'T BE MYSELF AND I NEEDED TO MOVE TO A CITY
01:23:24 AND FIND AND FIND IT FIND MYSELF FIND A PLACE WHERE I
01:23:28 COULD TRULY BE ME. AND HE SAID AND I FOUND THIS
01:23:31 CHORUS. AND FROM THE MINUTE I STEPPED
01:23:35 IN TO, YOU KNOW, INTO THE ARTS CENTER I WAS ABLE TO FULLY
01:23:38 AND AUTHENTICALLY EMBRACE ALL OF ME AND THE JOY THAT HE
01:23:46 EXUDES AT EVERY REHEARSAL ON STAGE.
01:23:50 AND WHENEVER YOU JUST MEET WITH HIM AND SPEAK TO HIM IS A
01:23:54 DIRECT EFFECT OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND AND THE FACT
01:23:58 THAT WE EXIST IN THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU SAN FRANCISCO FOR
01:24:05 BEING THE INCREDIBLE BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE THAT YOU ARE FOR
01:24:09 PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF
01:24:13 THE SAN FRANCISCO GAIMAN'S CHORUS THOSE WHO ARE HERE NOW
01:24:17 OUR ALUMNI AND THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US FOR CREATING
01:24:21 ANOTHER BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN
01:24:25 FRANCISCO FOR FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ALLIES.
01:24:33 I KNOW THAT THIS ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 50
01:24:35 YEARS. WELL PAST MY LIFE IN PALM
01:24:36 SPRINGS. BUT I WILL CLOSE TO SAYING IT
01:24:41 HAS BEEN THE HONOR AND WILL FOREVER BE THE HONOR OF MY LIFE
01:24:47 TO HAVE PLAYED SOME SMALL ROLE IN THE LIFE OF THIS
01:24:51 ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
01:24:52 SUPPORT FOR YOUR LOVE AND FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
01:24:56 >> THANK YOU
01:25:27 . I WOULD LOVE THAT.
01:25:28 QUICK, QUICK, QUICK
01:26:21 . >> ALL RIGHT.
01:26:22 WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE HAVE SOME 3 P.M. SPECIAL
01:26:26 ORDERS TO GO TO. YES, WE DO.
01:26:29 ITEM 19 AND 20. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE
01:26:33 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
01:26:39 TODAY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION
01:26:41 WHICH IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ITEM 22 AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR
01:26:46 OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE
01:26:49 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS LENDER FOR SAN
01:26:54 FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY PUBLIC
01:26:57 TRANSIT OPERATING PURPOSES UP TO A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
01:27:01 OF 200 MILLION FOR A 12 YEAR TERM.
01:27:02 JULY FIRST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 3RD 2038.
01:27:08 PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER 117 SCHEDULED PURSUANT
01:27:11 TO A MOTION NUMBER 20 6-050 APPROVED ON JUNE 9TH 2020 SIXTH
01:27:19 . THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:27:20 AS OUR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CHAIR AND MTC REPRESENTATIVE
01:27:28 GIVE ME YOUR NAME, MELGAR RECOUNTED LAST WEEK.
01:27:31 THIS THIS ITEM WAS A LOT OF WORK FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE
01:27:36 AND NOT A CERTAINTY AT ALL OVER MANY YEARS AND THERE WAS A LOT
01:27:43 OF ADVOCACY FROM TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AROUND THE BAY AREA
01:27:48 PUSHING FOR THIS GREAT WORK BY SENATORS ARAGON OR AT SENATORS
01:27:54 WIENER AND ARAGON ESPECIALLY OUR WHOLE BAY AREA LEGISLATIVE
01:27:58 CAUCUS. THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
01:27:59 HANEY AND STEPHANIE. ULTIMATELY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
01:28:02 AND HIS STAFF AND THEN OF COURSE THE MTC SPUR ALEESHA
01:28:06 JOHN BAPTIST AND EILEEN MARIANO IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE FOLKS
01:28:11 AT THE MTA DIRECTOR KIRSCHBAUM SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
01:28:17 SO THERE WERE A LOT OF MOMENTS WHEN IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE
01:28:19 WERE TO GET HERE AND YOU DID GET US HERE AND THAT IS A VERY
01:28:22 VERY GOOD THING FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR TRIP AND THE
01:28:26 BAY AREA AND OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SO WITH THAT I'LL
01:28:29 INVITE JUDSON TRUE TO COME ON UP SAY SOME TELL US WHAT'S
01:28:33 GOING ON HERE. >> WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON?
01:28:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH PRESIDENT MAILMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
01:28:36 GOOD AFTERNOON. JUDSON DREW CHIEF OF STAFF
01:28:38 AND DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT THE S.F. MTA.
01:28:41 IT IS A THIS IS A KEY MOMENT IN A VERY LONG JOURNEY TO GET
01:28:45 THIS TO GET THIS LOAN APPROVED .
01:28:48 THIS LOAN IS A KEY PART OF THE TWO YEAR BUDGET THAT THE MTA
01:28:51 BOARD APPROVED IN APRIL AND THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
01:28:55 HEARD OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARD A
01:28:58 PRESENTATION ON IN MAY. I WILL BE BRIEF AND BE
01:29:02 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND I DO WANT TO START OUT JUST
01:29:03 ECHOING PRESIDENT EDELMAN'S YOU KNOW, DEEP THANKS TO EVERYONE
01:29:06 WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IN SECURING THIS EFFORT FROM ELECTED
01:29:10 OFFICIALS TO ALL OF THE GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS
01:29:13 ESPECIALLY WHO SHOWED UP FOR THE RALLY AT THE END OF SESSION
01:29:16 LAST LATE SUMMER LAST YEAR WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THE LOAN MIGHT
01:29:20 NOT SURVIVE AS A CONCEPT. AND MAYOR LURIE WAS VERY
01:29:24 INVOLVED AS WELL AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS
01:29:28 AND THE EFFORTS OF EVERYONE HERE AS WELL AS THE STATE
01:29:30 DELEGATION. YOU MENTIONED.
01:29:32 I'LL GO VERY BRIEFLY THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE LOAN.
01:29:36 SO THE LOAN WAS APPROVED AS I SAID BY THE MTA BOARD AS PART
01:29:41 OF THE TWO YEAR BUDGET AND THAT $200 MILLION FROM THE LOAN IS
01:29:43 AN IMPORTANT SET OF REVENUE FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT TO YOUR
01:29:48 BUDGET. WHILE WE WAIT AND ANTICIPATE
01:29:51 LONG TERM REVENUE FROM POSSIBLE BALLOT MEASURES, THE LOAN WAS
01:29:58 AUTHORIZED BY AND REQUIRED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 101 17 WHICH
01:30:02 REQUIRED THE LOAN TO THE MTC ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST WHICH IS
01:30:09 COMING UP QUICKLY AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE LOAN WAS 590
01:30:12 MILLION AND THAT'S DIVIDED AMONG THE FOUR LARGE OPERATORS
01:30:16 IN THE IMMEDIATE BARRIER AREA MUNI, MTA, BART CALTRAIN AND AC
01:30:24 TRANSIT. >> THE TERMS OF THE LOAN THE
01:30:28 LOAN GOES TO MTC AND THEN MTC DIVIDES IT TO THE OPERATORS.
01:30:32 THE LOANS WILL EACH HAVE A 12 YEAR TERM WITH TWO YEARS OF
01:30:35 INTEREST ONLY AND TEN YEARS THAT INCLUDE BOTH INTEREST
01:30:38 IN PRINCIPAL. WE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW THAT THE
01:30:41 INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE 8 MILLION AND THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS WITH
01:30:45 BOTH INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ARE ABOUT 30 MILLION.
01:30:46 THERE IS A VARIABLE INTEREST RATE TIED TO A NEW ACRONYM FOR
01:30:50 ME THE SMITH OR THE SURPLUS MONEY INVESTMENT FUND AT THE
01:30:53 STATE LEVEL AND THAT WILL FLUCTUATE.
01:30:57 IT IS A VARIABLE RATE ALL OF THE BOARDS ARE AUTHORIZING
01:31:00 THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO ENTER INTO THE LOAN AND OF
01:31:02 COURSE WE DID THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD TO
01:31:05 AUTHORIZE IT AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR AUTHORIZATION TODAY
01:31:08 IN ADVANCE OF THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MTC
01:31:11 AND THE STATE AND THEN US AND MTC.
01:31:15 I WENT THROUGH THIS ALREADY ON THE STRUCTURE AND THE AND THE
01:31:20 REPAYMENT TERMS ARE PRESENTED HERE IN A MORE SUMMARY WAY
01:31:23 AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THE REPAYMENT IS SECURED BY A
01:31:27 STATE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE RECEIVE CALLED STATE TRANSIT
01:31:30 ASSISTANCE OR STAY AND THAT AMOUNT WE GET AS WELL OVER THE
01:31:34 30 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND SO IF FOR SOME REASON WE
01:31:35 DID NOT BUDGET OR PAY FOR THAT 30 MILLION ANNUAL PAYMENT THE
01:31:39 STATE WOULD WITHHOLD OUR STATE FUNDS.
01:31:41 THE OBLIGATION IS ABSOLUTE AND UNCONDITIONAL BUT LIMITED
01:31:46 TO THOSE STATE FUNDS AND WE ARE PERMITTED TO PREPAY THE LOAN
01:31:49 WITH A SHORT NOTICE. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
01:31:53 I KNOW YOU HAVE A REPORT FROM THE BUDGET ANALYST AND I'M ALSO
01:31:58 OF COURSE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I'M HERE WITH
01:32:00 MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE RAMOS AND ANTHONY BURTON.
01:32:04 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:32:04 I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
01:32:10 MR. BILA MR. MINOT, ALWAYS GOOD TO NICK MENARD FROM THE L A
01:32:18 REPORTING ON ITEM 20 ON YOUR AGENDA.
01:32:21 THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF
01:32:24 TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE
01:32:26 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
01:32:28 THE LOAN HAS A 12 YEAR TERM AND A VALUE OF UP TO $200
01:32:33 MILLION. WE SHOWED THE LOAN TERMS ON
01:32:34 PAGE THREE OF OUR REPORT AND THEN THE FISCAL IMPACT ALSO
01:32:37 ON PAGE THREE YOU CAN SEE THAT MTA IS BUDGETING $8 MILLION
01:32:43 IN EACH OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR DEBT SERVICE ON THE LOAN
01:32:46 AND THEN WOULD HAVE TO REPAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OVER A
01:32:49 TEN YEAR PERIOD THAT ENDS JUNE 3RD 2038.
01:32:54 MTA IS BUDGETING ABOUT $30 MILLION A YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE
01:32:57 PAYMENTS AND AS WAS MENTIONED BY MTA STAFF, THE LOAN IS
01:33:03 SECURED BY STATE TRANSIT ASSISTANCE FUNDS MTA RECEIVES
01:33:08 ABOUT $65 MILLION A YEAR IN THOSE REVENUES AND SO THE
01:33:11 LOAN PAYMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT HALF OF THAT FUNDING.
01:33:15 >> THE CHARTER ALSO REQUIRES THAT MTA IDENTIFY A LOCAL
01:33:19 SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR ANY DEBT IT TAKES ON IN THIS CASE THE
01:33:24 LOCAL SOURCE OF FUNDING IS TO GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS TO MTA
01:33:27 WHICH EXCEEDS $600 MILLION A YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
01:33:33 SO THAT DOES FULFILL THAT CHARTER REQUIREMENT.
01:33:37 AND THEN FINALLY I'LL JUST NOTE ON PAGE FOUR OF OUR REPORT WE
01:33:40 DISCUSS HOW THIS LOAN IS ABOUT 13% OF MTA IS OPERATING
01:33:43 REVENUES NEXT YEAR AND THE BUDGET THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED
01:33:50 BY MTA AND THE SECOND YEAR ASSUMES PASSAGE OF TWO NEW
01:33:52 REVENUES SOURCES ONE THE REGIONAL SALES TAX AND THEN
01:33:56 ALSO THE PARCEL TAX WHICH TOGETHER WOULD PROVIDE MTA OVER
01:34:00 $300 MILLION IN REVENUE STARTING IN THE SECOND YEAR OF
01:34:05 THE BUDGET AND 2728. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS LOAN IS
01:34:08 REALLY TO PROVIDE INTERIM FUNDING FOR MTA TO GET THROUGH
01:34:11 NEXT YEAR AND TO THOSE NEW FUNDING SOURCES BECOME
01:34:13 AVAILABLE. HOWEVER IF THE REVENUE MEASURES
01:34:16 DON'T PASS MTA WILL STILL BE LIABLE FOR THIS LOAN AND WOULD
01:34:20 HAVE TO MAKE CUTS TO ITS SERVICES IN ADDITION TO ITS
01:34:26 $1.5 BILLION OF OPERATING REVENUES, MTA HAS ABOUT $300
01:34:29 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE AND BUDGET RESERVES THAT IT CAN
01:34:33 USE TO SMOOTH OVER THE TRANSITION TO A LOWER REVENUE
01:34:37 ENVIRONMENT. >> BUT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL
01:34:39 OF ITEM 20. >> RIGHT?
01:34:41 THANK YOU MR. MINARD. >> COACH SUPERVISOR JEN THANK
01:34:48 YOU PRESIDENT MENDHAM IN JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND SHOULD
01:34:55 THIS IS WITH THE US SO ROUGHLY RIGHT NOW THE 70 HAS PUT ASIDE
01:35:01 ABOUT $8 MILLION IN YOUR BUDGET PROJECTED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
01:35:06 TWO FISCAL OR FISCAL YEARS TO COME AND IN THE NEXT 12 YEARS
01:35:10 AND WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A $31
01:35:16 MILLION ANNUAL PAYMENT BECAUSE IT'S ALSO TO ASSUME THAT
01:35:20 PASSAGE OF TO REVENUE MEASURE BOTH THE PARCEL TAX AND THE
01:35:24 REGIONAL SALES TAX UPCOMING HOW WE UNDERSTAND SHOULD SHOULD WE
01:35:31 AND I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY FROM YOUR
01:35:33 PRESENTATION AND I DON'T SEE IT ON THE LEGISLATIVE FILE IS THAT
01:35:36 IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ALSO ASSUMING IF THE CITY MUST
01:35:40 DEFAULT ON THE PAYMENT THEN THEY ARE GOING TO WITH HOW WELL
01:35:47 THE STATE IT'S GOING TO WITHHOLD A REVENUE FUND AND HOW
01:35:50 MUCH IS THAT YET? >> YES SUPERVISOR CHAN IF THE
01:35:55 MTA DID NOT PAY MTC THE REQUIRED PAY PAYMENT OF
01:36:02 INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL THEN MTC WOULD ESSENTIALLY WITHHOLD THE
01:36:07 STATE TRANSIT ASSISTANCE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE
01:36:10 AND AS MR. MINARD SAID THAT IS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE EXPECT THE
01:36:14 ANNUAL LOAN PAYMENT TO BE. SO THERE ISN'T A SCENARIO WHERE
01:36:15 WE WOULD DEFAULT, IT WOULD SIMPLY BE THAT ANOTHER FUND
01:36:19 SOURCE WOULD BE WITHHELD AND THE AGENCY WOULD YOU KNOW,
01:36:22 HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT LACK OF FUNDING AND WHAT IS THE TERMS
01:36:30 AND CONDITIONS? WELL, WE HAVE 15 DAYS OF NOTICE
01:36:33 THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THE PAYMENT .
01:36:37 ARE THERE ARE THAT WITHIN THE AGREEMENTS?
01:36:38 ARE THERE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO
01:36:41 POTENTIALLY EITHER APPEAL TO AND BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A
01:36:45 NEGOTIATION AND SAY WE COULD PERHAPS ASK FOR LOAN
01:36:49 FORGIVENESS AND YOU KNOW ALL THAT A CHURCH AND FORGIVENESS
01:36:55 IS A IS AN AMAZING THING AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME
01:36:57 FORGIVENESS OF THE LOAN IN THE FUTURE.
01:37:00 >> BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, A FURTHER ACT
01:37:01 IN SACRAMENTO. BUT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WELCOME
01:37:04 THAT AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT WITH ALL OF OUR
01:37:06 PARTNERS. BUT WE WE THE 15 DAY NOTICE
01:37:09 JUST TO CLARIFY BRIEFLY WOULD IS A NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT.
01:37:12 SO IF WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PREPAY A PORTION OF THE
01:37:16 LOAN AMOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL THAT WE JUST PROVIDE THE NOTICE
01:37:19 IN ORDER TO PREPAY THAT UNDERSTOOD SO CURRENTLY IN THE
01:37:23 LONG AGREEMENT THERE IS NO WRITTEN IN MECHANISM OF HOW THE
01:37:26 CITY MAY APPROACH THE STATE FOR A POTENTIAL APPEAL OR POTENTIAL
01:37:31 PROCESS TO TO OBTAIN LOAN FORGIVENESS.
01:37:38 THAT'S CORRECT YOUR HAND THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S NO
01:37:42 THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE WOULD DO IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT THAT
01:37:45 WOULD WOULD HAVE ANY FORCE OF LAW OR OR FORCE OF FORCE OF LAW
01:37:50 IN THE FUTURE ANY ANY EFFORT TO FORGIVE THE LOAN WOULD BE A
01:37:54 FUTURE LEGISLATIVE EFFORT A BUDGET BUDGETARY EFFORT AT THE
01:37:58 STATE LEVEL UNDERSTOOD. I MEAN I THINK WE HAVE A
01:38:02 SIMILAR ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO JUST I JUST WANTED TO
01:38:05 UNDERSTAND AND CLARIFY. I APPRECIATE IT.
01:38:06 THANK YOU. I DO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS
01:38:09 LONG I THINK IT'S IN PAWN. IT'S CRITICAL.
01:38:11 WE NEED IT AND I APPRECIATE ALL OUR STATE LEGISLATURE
01:38:17 AND DELEGATES AND AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR APPROVING THIS
01:38:21 LOAN AND OF COURSE ALL THE HARD WORK FROM US OF MTA AND OUR
01:38:24 AND OF COURSE MAYOR LEARY AND HIS TEAM I'M REALLY PLEASED
01:38:28 TO SEE THAT WE HAVE TODAY'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
01:38:32 LONG AGREEMENT I KNOW IS ASSUMING THAT WE WILL HAVE THE
01:38:34 PASSAGE OF THE PASO AND A REGIONAL SALES TAX.
01:38:37 NONETHELESS THIS IS COME AT A CRITICAL TIME FOR FOR OUR
01:38:40 PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY AND WE NEED IT MORE THAN EVER.
01:38:44 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK.
01:38:45 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU
01:38:48 FOR YOUR QUESTIONS CHAIR CHAN AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT THANKS
01:38:52 TO STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PEOPLE
01:38:59 THAT WE THINK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN I JUST WANTED TO
01:39:00 UNDERSCORE WHAT A UNUSUAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IT WAS TO
01:39:06 GET HERE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND IT REQUIRED
01:39:10 PUTTING ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES THAT HAVE ARISEN OVER THE YEARS
01:39:15 OVER THE OPERATIONS AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN
01:39:19 TRANSIT AGENCIES AND ALL ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION BECAUSE
01:39:23 WE NEEDED TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT ALSO SETS
01:39:26 US UP WELL IN THE COLLABORATION THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN TO GET
01:39:33 THE REGIONAL SALES TAX MEASURE PASSED AND SO I JUST WANTED TO
01:39:37 YOU KNOW IN ADDITION TO THANKING ALL THE COMMUNITY
01:39:42 ADVOCATES THAT PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN,
01:39:49 I WANTED TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE EMPTY SEA
01:39:51 AND ALL OF THE BOARDS OF THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT
01:39:54 ALL COLLABORATED IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND I HOPE THAT WE GET
01:39:58 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
01:40:01 >> GILL THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MCGUIRE.
01:40:04 THANK YOU. MR. TRUE LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
01:40:05 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR
01:40:09 ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD
01:40:13 SPECIFIC TO ITEM 20 WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES
01:40:16 THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT
01:40:20 WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS
01:40:24 LENDER FOR SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
01:40:28 FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATING PURPOSES ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS
01:40:32 ? >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT.
01:40:33 ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
01:40:36 AND THE MATTER HAS BEEN HEARD AND IS NOW FILED.
01:40:40 AND LET'S CONSIDER FOR ITEM 20. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CALL
01:40:48 THE ROLL ON ITEM 20 ON ITEM 20 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
01:40:54 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI RANDLEMAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
01:40:58 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SAUTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
01:41:02 CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON I WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG I WONG
01:41:10 I SUPERVISOR CHEN I CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
01:41:17 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
01:41:20 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO
01:41:24 OUR NEXT 3 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER PLEASE CALL ITEM 21 ITEM 21 IS
01:41:31 A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONVENE
01:41:34 IN THE SETTING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TODAY JUNE 16TH TO
01:41:37 CONSIDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S BUDGET REDUCING
01:41:41 MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY
01:41:45 AND COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 27 AND 2027
01:41:48 THROUGH 28 PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY
01:41:51 CODE SECTION 1442.5 SUB A THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND AS YOU
01:42:01 INDICATED, OUR CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE REQUIRES
01:42:02 THAT BEFORE A COUNTY CAN CLOSE, ELIMINATE OR REDUCE MEDICAL
01:42:05 SERVICES, THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MUST HOLD A HEARING
01:42:09 CALLED A BJORNSEN HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CUTS THE
01:42:13 MAYOR'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 TO 28 BUDGET DOES INCLUDE
01:42:17 PROPOSED CUTS TO THE BUDGET AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO HAVE
01:42:20 THIS HEARING AND AFFORD THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
01:42:24 HEARD ON THE PROPOSED CUTS. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
01:42:28 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH DANZHAI WHO WILL PRESENT THEN
01:42:32 WE CAN TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES
01:42:36 AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT DIRECTOR SIDE THANK YOU
01:42:42 MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:42:46 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DAN TSAI, THE DIRECTOR OF
01:42:47 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
01:42:50 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:42:54 AND OTHERS WHO ALL GIVE I THINK VERY IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
01:42:57 AND COMMENT SHORTLY ON THE BUDGET.
01:43:01 I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT OF WHAT OUR
01:43:05 STATUTORY OBLIGATION IS HERE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOTING THAT FOR
01:43:09 FOR THE RECORD I WILL TALK THROUGH A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE
01:43:13 BUDGET AND SOME OF THE SPECIFIC BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT ARE PART
01:43:17 OF THIS HEARING. THERE WAS A SEPARATE BALANCE
01:43:20 AND HEARING ON SOME OTHER SERVICES BUT I BELIEVE YOU WILL
01:43:24 HEAR COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL. SO I WILL ALSO NOTE
01:43:27 AND SUMMARIZE THOSE PIECES AND SO THE BILLING BALANCE
01:43:31 AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACT
01:43:35 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU
01:43:37 DESCRIBED, WHENEVER THERE IS ANY PLAN TO CLOSE, ELIMINATE OR
01:43:44 REDUCE HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES, THE REQUIREMENT IS
01:43:47 FOR THE PERIODS TO HOLD A HEARING IN A RANGE OF FORUMS WE
01:43:52 USE THE HEALTH COMMISSION AND MAY FOR A SET OF PIECES
01:43:56 THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT AND THEN FOR CONTRA ACTED CBO PROVIDER
01:44:00 CUTS THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS HEARING.
01:44:04 BUT AGAIN I BELIEVE YOU WILL HEAR A RANGE OF COMMENTS THAT
01:44:08 ARE VERY PERTINENT TO THE BUDGET.
01:44:09 LET'S GO FORWARD. >> SO I THINK WE HAD OUR BUDGET
01:44:15 HEARING OH GOODNESS. WHAT DAY IS IT TODAY?
01:44:20 TUESDAY WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST THURSDAY LAST THURSDAY.
01:44:23 AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
01:44:24 BUT JUST TO SET AS CONTEXT THE BIGGEST UNDERLYING PIECE FOR
01:44:27 THE CITY'S BUDGET AND THE BUDGET IS VERY, VERY LARGE CUTS
01:44:34 TO MEDICAID HERE IN CALIFORNIA KNOWN AS MEDI-CAL THAT ARE
01:44:39 PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF MASSIVE UNPRECEDENTED VERY TERRIBLE
01:44:46 CUTS TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THAT WERE VOTED ON BY CONGRESS
01:44:50 AND SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. THEY RESULT IN THE LARGEST CUTS
01:44:54 TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM SINCE THE PROGRAMS INCEPTION IN 1965
01:44:58 AND IN ADDITION, THE STATE BUDGET HAS ALSO MADE A SET OF
01:45:02 CUTS TO MEDICAL WHERE NEIGHBORS WITH CERTAIN IMMIGRATION STATUS
01:45:09 WILL BE LOSING THEIR MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY AND SO THAT IS
01:45:13 SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF LOST FEDERAL AND STATE
01:45:17 REVENUE TO THE D H IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE THAT ALONE IS A
01:45:25 SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE ENTIRE CITY'S BUDGET DEFICIT
01:45:29 WITH A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR OVER THE PAST SEVEN
01:45:34 MONTHS WE MADE A DECISION WHERE D H WOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE
01:45:38 FULL BRUNT OF THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
01:45:42 REDUCTION BY OURSELVES IF WE WERE AND I'VE BEEN ON WITH
01:45:46 OTHER COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
01:45:49 ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT MASSIVE, MASSIVE
01:45:53 CLOSURES TO CLINICAL SERVICES, CBO CONTRACT CUTS, LAYOFFS ALL
01:45:57 ACROSS THE CITY, THINGS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY UNTENABLE AND SO
01:46:04 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET DIRECTION ASKED ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
01:46:08 FIND REDUCTIONS THAT HELP TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY NET.
01:46:12 >> H THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS IS WE DON'T FEEL
01:46:16 ANY OF THAT MEANING AND ACTUALLY IF YOU GO TO THE
01:46:20 NEXT PAGE OUR BUDGET IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE THIS IS OUR
01:46:24 BUDGET THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED. THE BOTTOM ROW IS OUR OVERALL
01:46:28 BUDGET TODAY WE ARE AT $3.3 BILLION BY THE SECOND YEAR OF
01:46:33 THIS BUDGET CYCLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT WE WILL BE
01:46:36 AT $3.7 BILLION. THE FIRST ROW IS THE PORTION OF
01:46:40 OUR BUDGET THAT WE RELY ON LOCAL TAX REVENUE FOR GENERAL
01:46:43 FUND. THE REST OF IT WE FUND BASED ON
01:46:44 MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT, MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT, THE THINGS THAT
01:46:48 ARE BEING CUT AND SO WE ARE GETTING A 32% INCREASE IN OUR
01:46:52 GENERAL FUND GROWING FROM 779 MILLION TO $1.03 BILLION THAT'S
01:46:59 LARGER BY PERCENT AND DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN ANY OTHER CITY
01:47:04 DEPARTMENT PRECISELY TO HELP PRESERVE THE SAFETY NET.
01:47:07 THE PART ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS NONE OF US FEEL THE BENEFIT OF
01:47:11 THAT BECAUSE THAT MASSIVE INCREASE IS SIMPLY TO BACKFILL
01:47:14 AND OFFSET CUTS TO OFFSET THE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL
01:47:18 GOVERNMENT AND FROM THE STATE IN OUR BUDGET DOES ASSUME FOR
01:47:22 EXAMPLE WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
01:47:24 AND SUPPORT TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO LOSE THEIR MEDI-CAL BECAUSE
01:47:29 OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE WILL SEE THEM AT THE
01:47:30 GENERAL. WE WILL BRING THEM COVER THEM
01:47:32 THROUGH HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO. WE'LL MAKE SURE OUR CLINICS
01:47:34 AND OUR COMMUNITY CLINICS, OUR CBOS ARE ABLE TO SEE THOSE
01:47:37 FOLKS. BUT WE WILL ABSORB ALL OF THAT
01:47:41 PURE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BECAUSE THE STATE AND FEDERAL
01:47:44 GOVERNMENT HAVE STEPPED BACK FROM THOSE PIECES.
01:47:45 MANY COUNTIES WERE ON THE FRONT OF SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL
01:47:49 HOSPITAL THE OTHER WEEK INCLUDING OUR UNION PARTNERS
01:47:52 ADVOCATING THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO STEP IN TO HELP US HERE.
01:47:56 WE AS THE COUNTY CANNOT DIG OUT OF ALL OF THESE CUTS BY
01:48:00 OURSELVES. SO THAT'S THE UNDERLYING
01:48:00 CONTEXT AND WE HAVE A LARGE BUDGET INCREASE RELATIVE TO
01:48:03 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT BUT WE WILL NOT FEEL THAT IMPACT
01:48:07 AND WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE MANY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AS EVEN
01:48:10 IN SPITE OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS.
01:48:14 >> NEXT PAGE PLEASE. SO THE FOCUS OF THIS BALANCING
01:48:18 IS ON THE CBO CONTRACT PIECES. I WILL THEN BRIEFLY MENTION
01:48:22 WHERE WE WERE ON THE FTE IS AND SOME PIECES THAT I BELIEVE
01:48:26 YOU'LL HEAR SOME COMMENT ON AS WELL.
01:48:29 SO A PORTION OF OUR CONTROL OF OUR BUDGET AS I SAID WE BOTH
01:48:34 GOT A BUNCH AND WE'VE HAD TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND WE'VE
01:48:37 CALLED ON THE STATE TO HELP STEP IN.
01:48:38 BUT JUST IF YOU ZOOM OUT WE HAD TO IDENTIFY $20 MILLION OF
01:48:44 REDUCTIONS TO OUR CBO CONTRACTS, OUR COMMUNITY BASED
01:48:48 ORGANIZATIONS AND I JUST THE 20 MILLION YOU SEE HERE IS OFF OF
01:48:55 A GROWING NUMBER. SO WE WOULD HAVE OUR CBO
01:48:57 CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE GROWN BY $100 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET
01:49:00 CYCLE AFTER THE $20 MILLION REDUCTION OUR CBO CONTRACTS
01:49:04 GROW BY $80 MILLION. NEXT PAGE PLEASE.
01:49:10 ONE PIECE I WANT TO MENTION IS BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF
01:49:14 DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON THE HIV PIECE AND I WANT TO
01:49:19 NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH REAL CHALLENGING CUTS WE'VE HAD TO
01:49:23 MAKE AND ALSO NOTE HOW HARD WE AS A TEAM AND MY STAFF WHO ARE
01:49:27 DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS WORK, HOW WE FOUGHT TO DO EVERYTHING
01:49:31 POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR HIV AS
01:49:35 POSSIBLE. ONE REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE ON
01:49:39 THE HIV CONTEXT THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES A STEADY DECREASE
01:49:42 OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR HIV IN SAN FRANCISCO OVER
01:49:46 THE COURSE OF 25 YEARS. IT'S A $23 MILLION REDUCTION
01:49:52 IN RYAN WHITE PART A FUNDING IN THE CITY NEXT PAGE WE AS THE
01:49:55 CITY HISTORICALLY HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT FOR HIV SERVICES TO
01:50:02 BACKFILL THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
01:50:03 THOSE LOSS OF FEDERAL REVENUES. AND SO IF YOU LOOK ON THIS
01:50:07 SLIDE THE HIV HEALTH SERVICES WHICH IS FOR HIV TREATMENT THAT
01:50:10 SECOND ROW THE GENERAL FUND BACKFILL THE MAYOR HAS
01:50:14 MAINTAINED THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN THE GENERAL FUND
01:50:19 BACKFILL WHAT YOU SEE THIS YEAR IS $28.7 MILLION THAT'S
01:50:21 BACKFILLING FOR FEDERAL CUTS AND THAT GENERAL FUND BACKFILL
01:50:25 WILL GROW TO $30 MILLION OR OVERALL HIV TREATMENT SERVICES
01:50:30 WILL INCREASE HIV PREVENTION WHICH THERE ARE REDUCTIONS ON
01:50:35 THAT WE WILL TALK THROUGH AROUND THAT.
01:50:38 BUT IN AGGREGATE EVEN WITH VERY PAINFUL DECISIONS WHICH ARE NOT
01:50:42 WHY ANY OF US DO THIS WORK THE PREVENTION BUCKET DECREASES
01:50:48 FROM 34.5 TO 34 SO WHEN YOU ADD UP OVERALL HIV SPENDING AT THE
01:50:53 DEPARTMENT TODAY WE ARE 84.1 MILLION BY THE SECOND YEAR OF
01:50:56 THIS BUDGET CYCLE WE WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WE ARE NOW.
01:50:59 I THINK OUR CBO'S WOULD APPROPRIATELY SAY THAT $300,000
01:51:03 INCREASE ON $84 MILLION DOES NOT KEEP UP WITH INFLATION
01:51:07 AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE FOLKS AND THEY WOULD BE RIGHT ABOUT
01:51:10 THAT AS WELL. BUT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
01:51:14 JUST WHERE WE ARE WHERE MEANT WE FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN THE
01:51:17 CITY'S GENERAL FUND BACKFILL AND THE MAYOR HAS HAS HAS PUT
01:51:20 HIS SUPPORT BEHIND THAT GENERAL FUND BACKFILL PIECE AS WELL.
01:51:25 SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE SO AGAIN THE SUBJECT OF THIS
01:51:29 BALANCING IS ON THE CONTRACT CBO REDUCTIONS.
01:51:32 >> LET ME WALK THROUGH THE OVERALL CBO FUNDING LINES
01:51:36 AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED THE BALANCE
01:51:43 IN AND THEN WE'LL BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH EACH THAT I'LL COME TO
01:51:44 SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AND THE CLINIC CLOSURES THAT HAVE COME
01:51:48 UP. SO ON THE CONTRACT REDUCTIONS I
01:51:53 MENTIONED $20 MILLION THE EXACT NUMBER IS $19.9 MILLION.
01:51:56 AGAIN THESE ARE REDUCTIONS TO OUR GENERALLY NONPROFIT
01:52:00 PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERS
01:52:05 WITH US. MOST OF THE $20 MILLION WE
01:52:07 WORKED REALLY HARD TO IDENTIFY THROUGH THINGS THAT WOULD NOT
01:52:11 IMPACT SERVICES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST
01:52:15 BUCKET 7.148 MILLION THERE ARE A RANGE OF CONTRACT
01:52:18 RENEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL NOT IMPACT SERVICES.
01:52:22 I WANT TO COMMEND AS ONE EXAMPLE UCSF JEFF HERE WHO IS A
01:52:26 VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER TO US ACROSS THE D H IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:52:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL WE WENT TO THEM, WE SAID THIS IS THE
01:52:33 SITUATION WE'RE IN. WE NEED TO FIND EFFICIENCIES
01:52:34 IN YOUR CONTRACT AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO IMPACT SERVICES.
01:52:40 TO THEIR CREDIT THEY LEANED IN, THEY'VE WORKED WITH US AROUND
01:52:41 THAT. YOU'LL SEE TWO LINES THERE
01:52:44 ADDING TO $2.795 MILLION THAT WE'VE WORKED ON WITH UCSF.
01:52:47 THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE TO FIRST TO NOT
01:52:51 IMPACT SERVICES ON THE SECOND BUCKET YOU'LL SEE TWO THINGS
01:52:55 HIGHLIGHTED THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS BALANCE
01:52:56 AND HEARING WHERE WE'VE HAD CHANGES TO FUNDING SOURCES
01:52:59 AND PRIMARILY THE CHANGES TO FUNDING SOURCES.
01:53:02 I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE BALANCE IN PIC WE DID NOT PROPOSE FOR
01:53:06 BUDGET REASONS VARIOUS CUTS TO SOMETHING FUNDED CALLED FUNDED
01:53:11 THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT PROP ONE HERE
01:53:14 IN THE STATE BUT THE STATE HAS MADE A RANGE OF POLICY
01:53:17 DECISIONS WHERE WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE ALLOWED TO FUND WITH
01:53:24 PROP ONE STATE PROP ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
01:53:25 FUNDING HAS CHANGED AND HAS REDUCED A CERTAIN SET OF
01:53:28 SERVICES OF THINGS THAT GO UPSTREAM.
01:53:32 SO YOU WILL SEE A SET OF CONTRACTS LISTED HERE AND ONE
01:53:36 OF THE UPCOMING SLIDES FOR BALANCE AND BECAUSE THEY MEET
01:53:40 THE REQUIREMENT OF LEADING TO A REDUCTION IN SERVICES, THOSE
01:53:43 CONTRACT REDUCTIONS ARE BECAUSE THE STATE THOSE ARE ALL STATE
01:53:47 FUNDED. THE STATE HAS CHANGED THEIR
01:53:48 ALLOCATION CRITERIA AND WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND AS A
01:53:52 RESULT FOR THAT FOR OUR BUDGET PURPOSES WHAT THE STATE ALSO
01:53:55 DID WAS ALLOW FOR INCREASED USE FOR HOUSING AND HOUSING
01:53:59 SUPPORTS AND SO WE CERTAINLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
01:54:00 THAT'S HOW WE HAVE FUNDING IN HERE.
01:54:03 BUT THAT IS WHY THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVICES ACT PROP ONE
01:54:06 FUNDING THAT IS A STATE PIECE WIDE FACTORS INTO THIS
01:54:08 DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET.
01:54:11 NEXT PAGE PLEASE. AND THEN ON THIS PAGE YOU'LL
01:54:15 SEE A RANGE OF LINES ALL HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN BLUE.
01:54:18 THIS IS A PAGE OF THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR REMAINING CBO REDUCTIONS
01:54:22 FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE YOU'LL SEE A SET OF THINGS AROUND HARM
01:54:26 REDUCTION SUPPLY POLICY. I WALK THROUGH THESE SHORTLY
01:54:29 AND A RANGE OF OTHER PIECES HERE THE BLUE ONES ARE THE ONES
01:54:34 THAT HAVE SOME SORT OF IMPACT TODAY THAT ARE PART OF THE
01:54:39 BALANCE AND NOTABLY I WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I'VE HAD MANY
01:54:42 DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CBO PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE BOARD
01:54:45 ON WHAT WE CALL OUR HEALTH ACCESS POINTS A REALLY CRITICAL
01:54:49 PIECE FOR HIV PREVENTION. THERE'S A 6% PERCENT 6.6%
01:54:54 REDUCTION IN THOSE SERVICES WITH OUR HAP PARTNERS.
01:54:58 WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE CUTS. THE 6.6% GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL
01:55:02 NEXT FISCAL YEAR JULY 1ST OF 2027.
01:55:06 WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE
01:55:10 SERVICE IMPACT INCLUDING MEDICAID BILLING AND SO THEY
01:55:13 ARE NOT IN THE BALANCE AND NOW BUT WE WILL HAVE TO DO A
01:55:16 BALANCE AND IF IN THE WORK OVER THE NEXT YEAR THERE ARE ACTUAL
01:55:18 SERVICE REDUCTIONS AS A RESULT. SO THAT IS WHY THAT IS NOT
01:55:22 HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. OKAY.
01:55:24 SO THAT'S THE OVERALL ZOOM OUT OF WHICH PIECES ARE HERE AS
01:55:28 PART OF THE BUDGET. NEXT PAGE PLEASE.
01:55:29 RAGHU AND I THINK I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS PIECE AROUND BE
01:55:33 IT JUST SAY AND AGAIN TODAY'S OKAY SO TODAY'S HEARINGS ARE
01:55:40 ABOUT THE CONTRACTED PIECE WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEND A MOMENT ON
01:55:44 IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE IS WE HELD A BALANCE IN ON MAY MAY
01:55:50 18TH FOR PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES AT THE D H THAT INVOLVE OUR OWN
01:55:54 STAFF. AND SO ONE THING I WANT TO NOTE
01:55:58 FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT IS WE HAD TO REDUCE 130 FTE BUDGETED
01:56:05 FTE POSITIONS IN THIS BUDGET. MY DIRECTION TO OUR LEADERSHIP
01:56:09 TEAM AND STAFF WAS TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE EVEN IF WE
01:56:11 DIDN'T LAND AT THE PERFECT POLICY ANSWERS TO MINIMIZE
01:56:17 LAYOFFS AND TO HELP PRESERVE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF ABILITY TO
01:56:21 MAINTAIN THEIR JOBS ALL OF THAT IN THE H AND SO OF THE 134
01:56:25 YEARS WE DID 100 VACANCIES OF ELIMINATION WE DID ROUGHLY 25
01:56:31 TO 27 REASSIGNMENTS AND WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR LABOR
01:56:35 PARTNERS AND UNIONS. WE'RE DOWN TO TWO LAYOFFS NOW
01:56:37 OUT OF 8000 STAFF AT THE H. I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
01:56:41 MORE OF CONTINUED WORK TO DO WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AROUND
01:56:44 THAT THE CLINIC CONSOLIDATIONS AND I SEE SOME OF OUR STAFF
01:56:49 AND MAYBE SOME PATIENTS IN OTHER AREAS.
01:56:52 I WANT TO RECOGNIZING THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM THEM.
01:56:55 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT TESTIMONY FROM THEM FOR
01:56:57 FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS BUDGET AND WHAT IT HAS
01:57:00 ON REAL PEOPLE. WE MADE A DECISION A VERY
01:57:04 DIFFICULT DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE A SET OF CLINICS
01:57:10 THAT ARE LOWER VOLUME AND HAVE THE STAFF NO LAYOFFS BUT BE
01:57:15 REASSIGNED TO OTHER CLINICS, CONTINUING TO SEE PATIENTS
01:57:18 AND TO HELP WORK THROUGH MAKE SURE WE COULD TRANSITION
01:57:20 PATIENTS. WE HELD THAT BALANCE AND ON MAY
01:57:23 18TH I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW THINGS TOO BECAUSE I KNOW SOME
01:57:27 OF THE TEAM AND I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY BASED
01:57:29 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SPACE ARE HERE.
01:57:30 YOU WILL HEAR ACCURATELY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CARED FOR
01:57:34 IN THESE CLINICS ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY VULNERABLE.
01:57:37 IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE NOT WANTED TO GET CARE AND OTHER
01:57:42 PARTS OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM THEY HAVE LONG STANDING
01:57:45 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLINICIANS AND THE PLACES THAT THEY ARE
01:57:50 GOING AROUND THAT AND THESE ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PIECES
01:57:53 AND THEY WOULD BE RIGHT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE
01:57:54 PIECES. AND SO THIS IS NOT WHY I TOOK
01:57:58 THIS JOB A YEAR AGO AND I HOPE YOU ARE SEEING AS WE TRY TO
01:58:02 SOLVE THE BUDGET ONE GOAL I HAVE HAD IS TO MINIMIZE LAYOFFS
01:58:09 AND TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REASSIGN THAT HAS LED TO THINGS
01:58:10 WHERE WE IN A FACT BASED WAY TRIED TO MAKE REASSIGNMENTS BUT
01:58:14 YOU WILL HEAR ACCURATELY THE IMPACT OF THAT AND THAT IS
01:58:17 IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW AND TO SEE AND TO RECOGNIZE
01:58:20 AND I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU WILL
01:58:23 HEAR FROM THEM ON THE SPECIFICS.
01:58:28 I WON'T WALK THROUGH IT BECAUSE THE REST OF THIS I THINK TO
01:58:29 SATISFY THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE
01:58:32 ARE LEAVING SPACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:58:35 THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THAT FROM THE BOARD TODAY BUT
01:58:36 THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS WE HOLD PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE
01:58:40 ARE ABLE TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE COMMENTS AS WE WORK THROUGH
01:58:44 IMPLEMENTING THESE PIECES. YOU'LL SEE HERE A RANGE OF
01:58:50 SUBSTANCE USE AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES AND I CAN GET INTO
01:58:55 DETAILS AS NEEDED AROUND THAT NEXT PAGE.
01:58:56 ROG, THE SET OF CHANGES AND SAFER USE SUPPLY POLICY
01:59:02 AND A RANGE OF OTHER PROGRAM REDUCTIONS FOR SOME OF OUR
01:59:06 LARGER CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NEXT PAGE
01:59:10 AND I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY JUST TO THEN FINISH
01:59:13 WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO HERE AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO
01:59:15 COMMENT AND QUESTIONS THIS PAGE I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
01:59:20 THE SERVICES HERE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SERVICES.
01:59:23 THESE ARE WITHIN THE STATE PROP ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
01:59:25 ACT OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BE HSA CHANGES WHERE THE STATE IS
01:59:28 REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE GET FOR WHAT OUR
01:59:33 UPSTREAM KIND OF PREVENTATIVE TYPE OF SERVICES.
01:59:37 AND SO THIS IS WHERE OUR TEAM HAD TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS
01:59:41 BASED ON THAT NEW STATE DIRECTION.
01:59:44 THEY ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE DID OF OUR OWN VOLITION FROM A
01:59:45 BUDGET STANDPOINT BUT WE ARE INCLUDING THEM HERE BECAUSE
01:59:48 THEY ARE EFFECTUATED ON THE SAME BUDGET CYCLE IN OUR
01:59:52 INTERSECTING HERE AND THAT IS THERE ONE MORE PAGE NOW?
01:59:58 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:59:59 WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS
02:00:02 STAFF OTHERS WHO HAVE VERY VOCALLY EXPRESSED THEIR
02:00:06 THOUGHTS AND I ON THAT RESPECT THAT HEAR THAT AND ALSO OUR
02:00:10 STAFF WHO NONE OF THEM GOT INTO THIS WORK FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TO
02:00:14 WORK ON PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT BUDGET THAT HAS HAD
02:00:17 AS I UNDERSTAND FROM STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2008.
02:00:21 AND SO IT'S TAKING A TOLL ON EVERYONE NOT LEAST OF WHICH
02:00:25 IMPACTED STAFF AND PROGRAMS AND I APPRECIATE THEIR
02:00:32 PERSEVERANCE AND TRYING TO FIND MY FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN DO THE
02:00:36 LEAST HARM POSSIBLE AND WE NEED HELP FROM THE STATE TO HELP US.
02:00:40 WE AS THE COUNTY IN SAN FRANCISCO CANNOT OFFSET EVERY
02:00:43 FEDERAL AND STATE CUT BY OURSELVES.
02:00:44 SO WITH THAT I THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR SIGH I DO
02:00:51 NOT SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE AND SO WE WILL OPEN THIS UP TO
02:00:59 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
02:01:04 IF YOU ARE HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BALANCE IN HEARING
02:01:09 BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE
02:01:13 REDUCTIONS OF OR CUTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
02:01:17 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE SETTING THE TIMER FOR
02:01:21 TWO MINUTES AS FROM THE PRESIDENT.
02:01:24 IF YOU ARE STEPPING UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE NOTICE THAT THERE
02:01:28 IS A TIMER ON THE PODIUM WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK FOR
02:01:31 TIME FOR TWO MINUTES AND THAT IS THE PODIUM TO YOUR TO YOUR
02:01:38 RIGHT SIR. >> THAT PODIUM HAS THE TIMER.
02:01:39 YOU ARE WELCOME TO USE EITHER PODIUM AND BEGIN YOUR TIME NOW
02:01:46 . GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD OF
02:01:47 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS OMAR FALLING I'M TO
02:01:50 SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIRECTOR OF SEIU LOCAL 1021 REPRESENTING
02:01:53 FRONTLINE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS AND MANY EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE
02:01:57 CITY REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET
02:02:01 REDUCTION, SEIU STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSED CUT
02:02:05 NOT ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT THEY ARE DISMANTLING OF
02:02:09 CRITICAL LIFESAVING SERVICES CLOSING CLINIC LIKE THIS
02:02:13 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GERIATRIC CLINICS ELIMINATE TO ONLY
02:02:17 OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE ESPECIALLY SERVING OLDER ADULTS
02:02:21 IN THE CITY. THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT SYSTEM
02:02:22 WAITING TO ABSORB THIS PATIENT. SIMILARLY YOU HAVE CLINIC LIKE
02:02:28 IN AND CALL SERVING HIGHLY SPECIALIZED POPULATION UNHOUSED
02:02:32 YOUTH LGBTQ YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CRISIS WHO CANNOT
02:02:36 SIMPLY BE REDIRECTED INTO GENERAL CARE.
02:02:40 THESE PROPOSALS ALSO DO NOT REPRESENT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
02:02:46 WHEN CLINIC LIKE SOUTHEAST MISSION GENERATES A SIGNIFICANT
02:02:48 PORTION OF THEIR REVENUE THROUGH MEDICARE BILLING
02:02:51 CUTTING SERVICES MEAN FORFEITING FEDERAL DOLLARS
02:02:55 WHILE INCREASING DOWNSTREAM COSTS IN EMERGENCY ROOM
02:02:58 HOSPITALIZATION AND CRISIS RESPONSES INSTEAD OF
02:03:02 STABILIZING SERVICE IN THE FRONT IN THE FACE OF THE STATE
02:03:06 LEVEL REDUCTION THE CITY IS LAYERING ADDITIONAL LOCAL CUTS
02:03:10 ON TOP OF ACTUAL HARM TO THE VERY COMMUNITY MOST AT RISK
02:03:14 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION BUILT OVER A DECADE WITH
02:03:18 TRUSTED PARTNERS LIKE FELTON HEALTH CARE 360 AND OTHER
02:03:23 CANNOT BE REBUILT. WHAT DISMANTLE THE LOSS OF
02:03:26 PROVIDERS RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST WILL IMMEDIATE WOULD
02:03:30 BE IMMEDIATE AND LONG LASTING. THIS CUT WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS
02:03:34 OF RESIDENTS SENIORS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
02:03:38 INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
02:03:42 CONDITION. FOR MANY THERE'S NO REALISTIC
02:03:43 ALTERNATIVE ACCESS TO CARE. WE URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS
02:03:48 REDUCTION AND RESTORE FUNDING. >> DO NOT PASS A BUDGET THAT
02:03:51 CLOSES EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
02:03:55 SIR. ALL RIGHT.
02:03:56 CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE?
02:04:01 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO ROBISON
02:04:02 AND I'M A CLINICIAN AT SOUTHEAST MISSION GERIATRIC
02:04:05 SERVICES. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS.
02:04:08 I'VE SEEN THIS CLINIC GROW AND SUFFER 25 YEARS OF CLOSURE
02:04:12 AFTER ATTEMPTED CLOSURE. AND IT IS MY POSITION THAT IF
02:04:16 YOU ALLOW THIS CLINIC TO BE CLOSED THEN WHILE IT'S DEFINITE
02:04:19 THIS WILL BE THE LAST GERIATRIC OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC
02:04:23 FOR OUR SENIORS. THIS IS A POPULATION THAT'S
02:04:24 VERY VULNERABLE THAT ALL OVER 60 ARE WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL
02:04:31 AND OTHER CONDITIONS THAT THEY NEED THE OUTPATIENT SERVICES
02:04:35 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I WILL SAY THAT WE WERE
02:04:39 IDENTIFIED FOR CLOSURE BECAUSE THEY SAY WE WERE LOW VOLUME.
02:04:43 >> IN FACT THOSE STATISTICS THOSE NUMBERS WERE COMPLETELY
02:04:47 INCORRECT. THEY'VE BEEN SINCE RAISED TO
02:04:51 DOUBLE WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THEY TOLD US WE HAD TO BE CLOSED
02:04:52 BECAUSE OF LOW VOLUME. >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT THOSE
02:04:55 INACCURATE KEYS IN THEIR EPIC SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE NOW
02:04:59 CURRENTLY BILLING THAT WE JUST STARTED BILLING ABOUT A YEAR
02:05:03 AND A HALF OR SO ARE INACCURATE BECAUSE THERE WAS LITTLE
02:05:07 ATTENTION PAID TO THE KIND OF SERVICES OUTPATIENT MENTAL
02:05:11 HEALTH PROVIDES. AND THUS THERE'S A PERIOD
02:05:14 IN WHICH ALSO THE TO THE POSITIONS THAT ARE FULL TIME
02:05:18 WERE NEW INTERNS AND WE WERE TRAINING THEM APART FROM THE
02:05:22 FACT THAT TWO OF THE CLINICIANS ARE OUT OF THE CLINIC IN TOTAL
02:05:27 . >> OUR CLIENTS ARE BEING TOLD
02:05:30 THAT THEIR SERVICES ARE NOT IMPORTANT, THAT THEIR CARE IS
02:05:34 NOT IMPORTANT. PLEASE PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS
02:05:35 CLINIC TO BE CLOSED. WE BILL MEDICARE MEDICARE IS
02:05:42 NOT BEING CLOSED IS NOT BEING TERMINATED AT ALL.
02:05:46 IT'S 80% OF OUR BILLING. AND SAN FRANCISCO'S ONLY
02:05:50 GETTING OLDER. ABOUT A THIRD OF SAN FRANCISCO
02:05:51 IS GOING TO BE OVER 60 IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
02:05:54 WE ARE THE LAST OLDER ADULT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC.
02:05:58 >> YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TERMINATING ELIMINATING
02:06:01 CLIENTS. >> AND IF WE HAD SAN FRANCISCO
02:06:04 WE SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND INTERRUPT.
02:06:09 >> WHAT CAN WE HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER?
02:06:12 PLEASE BE BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS.
02:06:17 >> I WILL SAY WE HAVE A BOARD RULE AN APPROVED BOARD RULE
02:06:21 WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW ANY CLAPPING OR BOOING ON ONE SIDE
02:06:24 OR THE OTHER. >> BUT IF YOU MUST PROVIDE SOME
02:06:28 SIGNAL OF SUPPORT YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO YOU WAIVE YOUR
02:06:32 HANDS? >> ALL RIGHT.
02:06:33 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT SUPPORT.
02:06:36 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER .
02:06:39 >> OH, HERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS LESLIE.
02:06:40 MANY WHETHER I'M A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN AT MISSION
02:06:43 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GERIATRIC CLINIC.
02:06:47 I'M IMPRESSED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:06:48 I USED TO WORK FOR A CONGRESSMAN IN D.C..
02:06:51 >> I'M IMPRESSED BY THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
02:06:56 CHANGE, RECONSTRUCT, HELP OR NOT HELP.
02:07:02 I'M ASKING THAT YOU KEEP OUR CLINIC OPEN BECAUSE I MYSELF AM
02:07:06 A SENIOR AND I KNOW THE IMPACT THAT CLOSING OUR CLINIC WILL
02:07:14 HAVE ON THE SENIORS THAT SIT IN THIS ROOM TODAY.
02:07:18 WE ARE A SPECIALIZED CLINIC THE ONLY ONE AND THE LAST ONE.
02:07:25 >> WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. >> OUR BUDGET IS NOT THAT MUCH
02:07:32 . >> WE BILL MEDICARE
02:07:33 AND MEDI-CAL AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO YOU
02:07:41 ESTEEMED SUPERVISORS WERE WRONG AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE WRONG
02:07:45 BECAUSE THE REPORTING SYSTEM IN EPIC DOES NOT EXIST.
02:07:48 IT IS BEING CREATED. SO I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE I'M
02:07:56 I'VE COME TO A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT MEETINGS BUT THIS IS
02:07:59 THE ONE THAT I GUESS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL.
02:08:01 SO I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE WE'RE BEGGING LITERALLY BEGGING THAT
02:08:07 YOU KEEP US OPEN AND LET US PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE
02:08:08 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR SENIORS.
02:08:12 THE ONE THING THAT I HEAR FROM OUR SENIORS MORE THAN ANYTHING
02:08:15 IS THAT THEY FEEL SAFE COMING TO US.
02:08:19 AND FOR A VULNERABLE POPULATION SAFETY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
02:08:23 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
02:08:27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:08:34 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS MARNI REGAN LARKIN STREET YOUTH
02:08:39 SERVICES AND CHAIR OF HEZBOLLAH.
02:08:40 WE URGE YOU TO HALT THESE REDUCTIONS AND THE CLOSURE OF
02:08:43 THREE CLINICS THAT POOR AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND ELDERS.
02:08:46 THE MOST THE MOST IN NEED IN THIS CITY DEPEND ON TO
02:08:53 SURVIVE. HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTH ARE
02:08:54 INSEPARABLE. YOUR SERVICE CUTS DON'T SAVE
02:08:58 MONEY. THEY SHIFT THE COST TO
02:08:59 EMERGENCY ROOMS, JAILS AND CRISIS RESPONSE WHILE
02:09:02 WORSENING SUFFERING ON OUR STREETS.
02:09:05 WHEN ACCESS SHRINKS, PEOPLE WITH UNTREATED NEEDS ARE PUSHED
02:09:07 FURTHER FROM CARE AND NOT CLOSER.
02:09:10 HOW DO WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO GET WELL BECOME STABLE
02:09:13 AND SELF-SUFFICIENT? IF WE REDUCE HEALTH SERVICES
02:09:16 AND ACCESS TO CARE NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE.
02:09:18 THIS IS A POLICY CHOICE. WE NEED CONTINUITY, LOW BARRIER
02:09:21 ACCESS AND TRUST. >> DISRUPTING SERVICES BREAKS
02:09:25 THAT TRUST AND UNWINDS A HARD WON PROGRESS.
02:09:28 THIS IS A POLICY CHOICE. WE HAVE A $400 MILLION FEDERAL
02:09:31 AND STATE RISK RESERVE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR THIS
02:09:35 PURPOSE. >> PLEASE USE IT AND URGE YOU
02:09:39 TO PROTECT THESE SERVICES AND KEEP THE CLINICS OPEN.
02:09:42 I WORK FOR LARKIN STREET. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING WE'VE
02:09:46 BEEN HOUSING AND COVERING THE OVERHEAD AT THE YOUTH THE
02:09:50 MICHAEL BAXTER CLINIC FOR DECADES.
02:09:51 >> WE WE PAY FOR ALL THE OVERHEAD PAYS FOR STAFF.
02:09:55 IT IS A HUGE COST SAVING RESOURCE FOR THE CITY AND TO
02:09:59 CLOSE IT FOR VULNERABLE HOMELESS YOUTH AND MINORS IS
02:10:03 UNACCEPTABLE TO ALL OUR CITY'S VALUES DEMAND THAT WE RESPOND
02:10:08 WITH CARE, STABILITY AND DIGNITY NOT RETRENCHMENT.
02:10:11 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:10:15 NEXT SPEAKER WHEN I CAME OUT MY PARENTS AND HAVE ALL THE TOOLS
02:10:22 OR KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEEDED TO SUPPORT ME.
02:10:23 >> I WAS DEALING WITH TRANSPHOBIA A FREQUENT
02:10:26 MICROAGGRESSIONS AND INVISIBILITY THAT THEY
02:10:27 HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND AND IT WAS TAKING A
02:10:30 SIGNIFICANT TOLL ON MY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL TO LIVE.
02:10:34 >> WHEN WE LOOKED FOR SUPPORT WE FOUND LYRIC WHEN I SHOW UP
02:10:36 AT MY FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT LYRIC WAS THERE TO SUPPORT ME
02:10:38 AND MY FRIENDS. I'VE MET MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AT
02:10:41 THE S.F. LGBT CENTER AND ALWAYS FELT SAFE INSIDE THAT BUILDING.
02:10:45 I'M VERY FORTUNATE IN MY FAMILY AND FINANCIAL SITUATIONS TO
02:10:49 HAVE OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS THERAPY BUT I CAN STILL COUNT
02:10:50 THE TIMES IN MY LIFE THAT THIS CENTER, THAT HOTLINE OR THAT
02:10:53 ORGANIZATION HAS SAVED ME. I STILL NEEDED THESE RESOURCES
02:10:57 WHICH EMPHASIZES HOW ESSENTIAL AND LIFESAVING THESE
02:11:00 ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOR MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE IN MY
02:11:01 COMMUNITY. >> AS LGBTQ PLUS ORGANIZATIONS
02:11:04 ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO ARE ALREADY
02:11:08 FACING FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS AND HOSTILITY.
02:11:09 NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO MAKE THESE CUTS.
02:11:13 SAN FRANCISCO A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS RICH HISTORY
02:11:16 AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BE
02:11:18 THE ONE TO DEFUND THESE PROGRAMS.
02:11:20 I URGE YOU TO FUND SERVICES LIKE LYRIC AND HELP SAN
02:11:23 FRANCISCO CONTINUE TO BE AS CHRIS VERDUGO EARLIER PUT IT,
02:11:27 THE INCREDIBLE BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOR
02:11:28 THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. THANK YOU.
02:11:31 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:11:34 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS LESLIE COOPER.
02:11:39 I AM COMING TO YOU WEARING SEVERAL DIFFERENT HATS.
02:11:42 I OWN A CONDO IN SAN FRANCISCO ON THE 1300 BLOCK OF STEVENSON
02:11:49 STREET. >> I AM A CITY AND COUNTY OF
02:11:53 SAN FRANCISCO GBH EMPLOYEE SEIU MEMBER AND I CURRENTLY WORK AS
02:11:57 A SENIOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN ON THE STREET HEALTH
02:12:01 TEAM. PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO
02:12:04 FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREETS WHO ARE HIGHLY PRIORITIZED.
02:12:08 >> WE NEED SOMEONE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO.
02:12:12 >> WE NEED SOMEONE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO.
02:12:18 MOST FOLKS ON THE STREETS ARE HAVING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
02:12:22 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SYMPTOMS AND MANY OF THEM ARE OUR
02:12:26 SPECIALTY POPULATIONS AT EITHER END OF THE AGE SPECTRUM.
02:12:30 I CAN THINK OF FOUR CLIENTS OUT OF 20 WHO ARE EITHER SENIORS OR
02:12:34 TRANSITION AGE YOUTH WHO ARE SEVERELY UNDERSERVED, WHO WE
02:12:41 ARE SPENDING A LOT OF EFFORTS AND ENERGY TO TRY TO HELP.
02:12:42 >> IT BEND IN IMPACTS THE REST OF THE SYSTEM OF CARE.
02:12:48 IF WE DON'T HAVE PLACES LIKE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GERIATRIC.
02:12:52 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:12:56 >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:13:00 >> I'M LAURA THOMAS AND WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT
02:13:04 FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
02:13:07 AND I'M ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE HIV AIDS PROVIDER NETWORK.
02:13:11 AS YOU WILL NOTICE FROM THE LIST OF FUNDING CUTS, THE SAN
02:13:15 FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION IS FACING SUBSTANTIAL CUTS THIS
02:13:19 YEAR INCLUDING THE ONES THAT ARE UP FOR THIS HEARING INCLUDE
02:13:23 CLOSING SOME OF OUR VERY LONG STANDING HIV PREVENTION
02:13:27 HEPATITIS PREVENTION, OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND LINKAGE TO CARE
02:13:32 SERVICES IN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE COUNTY AND WITHOUT
02:13:38 THESE SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE
02:13:42 UNDERSERVED. THESE HAVE BEEN LIFELINES TO
02:13:46 PEOPLE CONNECTING TO TREATMENT FOR DECADES AND WITHOUT THEM
02:13:50 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO TO ACCESS
02:13:54 SERVICES. WE'RE ALSO FACING THE
02:13:57 ELIMINATION OF OUR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COORDINATOR
02:14:01 POSITION WHICH DESPITE WHAT IT SAYS IN THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
02:14:05 IS NOT AT ALL UNDERUTILIZED. THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS
02:14:10 WITHIN OUR TREATMENT PROGRAM AND HELPS TO MOVE PEOPLE ON TO
02:14:13 MORE INTENSIVE LEVELS OF TREATMENT AND ADDRESS OTHER
02:14:14 NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. THEY PERFORM A VERY CORE
02:14:18 FUNCTION IN ENSURING THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
02:14:22 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND STAY IN THAT
02:14:25 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT.
02:14:26 ALSO NOT ON THIS LIST. OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALLIANCE
02:14:29 HEALTH PROJECT IN THEIR CLEARINGHOUSE CONTRACT IT
02:14:33 INCLUDES SOME OF THEIR HIV TESTING CAPACITY WHICH THE CITY
02:14:35 WILL BE LOSING WITH THESE BUDGET CUTS WITH HIV GETTING TO
02:14:41 ZERO IS WITHIN REACH AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR US AS A CITY
02:14:45 TO BE GOING BACKWARDS AND CUTTING THESE CORE
02:14:49 ESSENTIAL LIFE SAVING HIV PREVENTION SERVICES.
02:14:52 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:14:53 NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS STEVEN TORRES.
02:15:00 I'M A NIGHTLIFE WORKER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:15:03 I AM REFLECTING UPON THE COMMENTS EARLIER DURING THE
02:15:04 SPECIAL ORDER ABOUT HOW THIS IS A PLACE OF HOPE FOR SO MANY
02:15:08 FROM ACROSS OUR NATION AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
02:15:11 THERE ARE SEEKING A PLACE TO BE WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES.
02:15:15 BUT WHEN YOU MAKE CUTS LIKE THIS, IT SIGNALS THAT THAT
02:15:19 SUPPORT IS CONDITIONAL, THAT IT'S ONLY A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
02:15:22 WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
02:15:23 YOU TELL US THAT YOU SUPPORT US AND YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT US
02:15:28 FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND YET THIS LEAVES OUR MOST
02:15:30 VULNERABLE BEHIND. IT'S PRIDE RIGHT NOW.
02:15:33 MANY OF YOU WILL BE IN THE PARADE AT THE END OF THE MONTH
02:15:37 . SOME OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF OUR
02:15:39 COMMUNITY. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO FACE OUR
02:15:42 COMMUNITY KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN CUTS TO THE VERY PEOPLE
02:15:46 WHO NEED IT THE MOST? OUR ELDERS, OUR KIDS, THOSE
02:15:51 WHO ARE LIVING WITH LONG TERM CONDITIONS LIKE HIV, THOSE WHO
02:15:55 ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE.
02:15:57 >> PLEASE. YOU CANNOT LEAVE US BEHIND.
02:16:01 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
02:16:05 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
02:16:10 >> I'VE LOST MY ELOQUENCE IN PUTTING TOGETHER THESE
02:16:15 COMMENTS BECAUSE I JUST FEEL PAIN NOW WHEN I HEAR AND SEE
02:16:23 PEOPLE'S LIVES REDUCED TO NUMBERS AND BUDGETS.
02:16:27 >> IS THIS WHAT THE COMEBACK IS FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO GET RID OF
02:16:35 POOR PEOPLE, HOMELESS PEOPLE, PEOPLE, SENIORS, DISABLED
02:16:38 PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH HIV SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
02:16:42 >> IS THIS THE COMEBACK OF. IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO
02:16:51 COMMIT A MASSACRE AGAINST US AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP
02:16:57 THAT. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP THAT
02:16:58 BECAUSE IF WE DID WE WOULD HAVE STOPPED IT ALREADY YEARS AGO.
02:17:01 THIS DIDN'T START WITH LAURIE. >> WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO
02:17:06 STOP YOU? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO STOP
02:17:10 THE MAYOR? WHAT DO WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO
02:17:13 DO? BECAUSE WORDS AREN'T WORKING.
02:17:16 CONVERSATIONS AREN'T WORKING. AND THEN THAT REDUCES THE
02:17:20 OPTIONS LEFT OVER. SO I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT
02:17:23 DO WE NEED TO DO TO STOP YOU? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO STOP
02:17:25 THE MASSACRE? >> YOU KNOW, WE SEE THESE
02:17:28 THINGS OF DRONES AND MISSILES BRINGING DOWN CITIES
02:17:31 AND KILLING MASSES AND MASSES AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OTHER
02:17:38 LANDS. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE SAME THING
02:17:43 THE SAME BLOODLESS MASSACRE IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
02:17:44 BUT YOUR HANDS DON'T HAVE TO GET BLOODY BUT OURS WILL.
02:17:47 FIGHTING YOUR YOUR POLICY ASSAULTS.
02:17:57 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
02:18:01 I WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN POINT OUT THAT THESE CUTS WILL
02:18:05 AFFECT SPECIFICALLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE
02:18:12 UNIVERSITY THAT IS LYRIC HUCKLEBERRY LOGGING STREET
02:18:13 CLINIC AND THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE MOVING ABSOLUTE
02:18:20 MOUNTAINS WITH THIS BUDGET DEFICIT THAT YOU TAKE NO PRIDE
02:18:23 OR JOY IN CUTTING THESE SORTS OF THINGS BUT THAT I THINK THAT
02:18:27 IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTRUCTURE THE BUDGET AND THE
02:18:34 THINGS THAT OUR CITY SPENDS MONEY ON AND SPECIFICALLY THE
02:18:36 THINGS THAT WE PRIORITIZE AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AS
02:18:43 MUCH AS IT IS A CRISIS. >> I THINK SPECIFICALLY DURING
02:18:47 PRIDE MONTH IT IS IMPORTANT TO AGAIN REMEMBER THAT THE PEOPLE
02:18:52 WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE ALL DESERVE THE MOST HELP.
02:18:56 AND EARLIER IN THIS MEETING YOU SAW A A MOVEMENT TO SPEND I
02:19:03 THINK SOMETHING LIKE $25,000 ON PUTTING UP BANNERS IN THE
02:19:07 SO-CALLED TRANSGENDER DISTRICT THAT SORT OF STUFF.
02:19:11 >> WELL, HELPFUL AND VERY IMPORTANT IS USELESS WHEN YOU
02:19:15 ARE DENYING NECESSARY CARE TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHOM YOU CLAIM
02:19:20 TO TOUT AND THAT IS ALL. >> THANK YOU.
02:19:26 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER OH GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:19:34 >> MY NAME'S CATHY BURKE. I'M A LONG TIME SAN FRANCISCO
02:19:36 RESIDENT CITY COLLEGE TEACHER. >> I KNOW IT'S LIKE A COMMENT
02:19:41 THAT IS SO OBVIOUS IT SHOULDN'T BE SAID BUT I FELT LIKE I HAD
02:19:42 TO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE JUNE 1ST STATEMENT FROM THE MAYOR'S
02:19:46 OFFICE THAT THIS WAS A BUDGET THAT STRENGTHENS THE SOCIAL
02:19:50 SAFETY NET AND THEN I SAW WHAT WAS BEING CUT FROM IT IN HEALTH
02:19:57 CARE AND SENIOR SERVICES AND ON AND ON AND ON.
02:20:01 >> I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY
02:20:04 NET FOR THE PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO REALLY NEED IT.
02:20:05 THESE CUTS JUST DO THE OPPOSITE.
02:20:09 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:20:12 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:20:20 MY NAME IS SUSAN ZEIGER. I HAVE BEEN A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
02:20:21 CLINICIAN AT THE DEPARTURE RANK CALLED STREET YOUTH CLINIC FOR
02:20:27 19 YEARS. I'M HERE TO CONTEST THE CLOSURE
02:20:28 OF THE DEEP, DEEP CHIP'S CLINIC.
02:20:32 CHIP WAS BUILT BY MICHAEL BAXTER, A GAY MAN LIVING WITH
02:20:35 HIV WHO WATCHES COMMUNITY DIE AND DECIDED TO DEDICATE HIS
02:20:39 LIFE TO MAKING SURE NO YOUNG PERSON WOULD FACE THAT ALONE.
02:20:43 WHAT MAKES OUR CLINICS VALUABLE IS NOT JUST THE MEDICAL,
02:20:47 REPRODUCTIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE WE PROVIDE.
02:20:50 BOTH CLINICS ARE EMBEDDED INSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
02:20:54 HUCKLEBERRY AND LARKIN WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ALSO ACCESS
02:20:55 MUCH NEEDED CASE MANAGEMENT, FOOD, HOUSING SUPPORT
02:20:59 AND EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES. IN A SINGLE VISIT ON A SINGLE
02:21:04 DAY WITHOUT NEEDING MULTIPLE APPOINTMENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS
02:21:07 OF THE CITY THEY CAN ADDRESS THE FULL COMPLEXITY OF THEIR
02:21:11 LIVES. THIS INTEGRATED CARE IS THE
02:21:14 ONLY MODEL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THIS POPULATION.
02:21:17 WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDST OF A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
02:21:21 THESE CLINICS PROVIDE ON THE SPOT LOW BARRIER MENTAL HEALTH
02:21:25 SUPPORT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE NOWHERE TO
02:21:27 TURN. THERE ARE NO OTHER CLINICS LIKE
02:21:30 THESE IN SAN FRANCISCO. ADULT CLINICS ARE NOT EQUIPPED
02:21:35 TO SERVE THIS POPULATION AND THERE IS NO TRANSITION
02:21:38 PLAN. THERE ARE THEY ARE UNIQUE BUILT
02:21:42 OVER 30 YEARS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS POPULATION IN SPACES WHERE
02:21:46 THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. ONCE THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE GONE
02:21:50 . NOW CONSIDER WHAT CLOSING THESE
02:21:50 CLINICS ACTUALLY SAVES. DEEP SPACE ZERO RENT.
02:21:54 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER COVER THE OVERHEAD.
02:21:57 THE STAFF ARE BEING REASSIGNED NOT LAID OFF.
02:22:01 AS PER DPA OWN CALCULATION THE SAVING IS ABOUT $700,000 PER
02:22:04 CLINIC A ROUNDING ERROR AGAINST A BUDGET SHORTFALL IN THE
02:22:09 HUNDREDS OF MILLION. BUT THE LOSSES FOR THESE
02:22:12 VULNERABLE YOUTH ARE IMMEASURABLE.
02:22:13 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL NOT GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
02:22:17 THEY WILL GO WITHOUT ASKING THIS BOARD TO RESTORE FUNDING
02:22:21 AND KEEP THESE CLINICS OPEN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:22:25 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:22:33 MY NAME IS SOFIA PADILLA AND I'M A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
02:22:36 CLINICIAN WITH THE MICHAEL BAXTER LARKIN STREET CLINIC.
02:22:38 >> I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR CLOSING OUR
02:22:41 KIBBY CLINICS IS BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE THAT THESE
02:22:44 CLINICS ARE UNDERUTILIZED. THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE
02:22:48 BEEN CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED AND UNSUPPORTED FOR YEARS.
02:22:51 YOU CANNOT REDUCE STAFFING WHO LEAVE POSITIONS VACANT, LIMITED
02:22:55 AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS, REDUCE CLINIC HOURS AND THEN POINT TO
02:22:57 LOWER SERVICE NUMBERS AS EVIDENCE THAT A CLINIC IS NOT
02:23:00 NEEDED. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT
02:23:03 UNDERUTILIZATION BUT IT IS THE PREDICTABLE RESULT OF
02:23:05 UNDERINVESTMENT. OUR DEDICATED CHIPPIE STAFF
02:23:08 HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE THE YOUTH OF THE HAIGHT TENDERLOIN
02:23:12 AND BEYOND DESPITE ONGOING STAFF SHORTAGES AND RESOURCE
02:23:15 CONSTRAINTS. INSTEAD OF RECEIVING THE
02:23:16 SUPPORT NEEDED TO MEET COMMUNITY DEMAND, THESE CLINICS
02:23:20 ARE NOW BEING PUNISHED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE
02:23:23 SHORTAGES. I'M ALSO DEEPLY CONCERNED BY
02:23:24 THE LACK OF A CONCRETE TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE
02:23:27 PATIENTS THAT CURRENTLY RELY ON THESE CLINICS.
02:23:30 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WE HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS ASSURANCES THAT
02:23:34 PATIENTS WILL EXPERIENCE A SMOOTH TRANSITION BUT
02:23:35 ASSURANCES ARE NOT A PLAN. TO DATE THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE
02:23:39 PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE PATIENTS WILL GO, WHETHER THE
02:23:42 RECEIVING PROGRAMS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ABSORB THEM OR HOW
02:23:45 THE CITY WILL ENSURE THAT VULNERABLE PATIENTS DO NOT FALL
02:23:46 OUT OF TREATMENT. ANY PLAN DISCUSSED BY EACH
02:23:50 COMES AS THE RESULT OF ADVOCACY AND PRESSURE FROM STAFF CBOS
02:23:53 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DECLARING THAT OUR PATIENTS DESERVE
02:23:56 BETTER. AND IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH.
02:24:00 >> IF THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AND USE
02:24:05 RESOURCES WISELY FOR A HEALTHIER SAN FRANCISCO, THE
02:24:07 ANSWER IS NOT TO CLOSE THESE CLINICS.
02:24:09 THE ANSWER IS TO ADEQUATELY STAFF AND SUPPORT THEM SO THEY
02:24:12 CAN OPERATE AT THEIR FULL CAPACITY.
02:24:13 CLOSING THESE CLINICS WILL NOT SOLVE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
02:24:16 IT WILL REDUCE ACCESS TO CARE, DISRUPT MEANINGFUL
02:24:19 RELATIONSHIPS AND DISPLACE PATIENTS.
02:24:20 I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE NARRATIVE OF UNDERUTILIZATION.
02:24:23 LOOK AT THE REALITY OF CHRONIC UNDERSTAFFING
02:24:26 AND UNDERINVESTMENT AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO RESTORE
02:24:28 FUNDING AND KEEP THESE CLINICS OPEN.
02:24:31 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:24:34 OKAY. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:24:35 I'LL JUST REVISIT REALLY QUICKLY.
02:24:38 >> THERE IS NO APPLAUSE IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE.
02:24:39 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> WELCOME.
02:24:42 HI. FIRST OFF, I'VE NOTICED SINCE
02:24:46 BEING IN LINE THAT MOST BOARDS I GUESS THE SUPERVISORS HAVE
02:24:49 EITHER BEEN ON THEIR PHONES AND NOT PROVIDING THE GOOD
02:24:56 PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE SPEAKING WITH RESPECT.
02:25:00 >> SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE AT LEAST LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M
02:25:02 SPEAKING. >> THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY
02:25:05 GREAT. SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO
02:25:09 SHARE IS MY NAME IS DALIA MARTINEZ AND I'M A BILINGUAL
02:25:12 COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR WITH HUCKLEBERRY WHICH MEANS THAT I
02:25:16 DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I FACILITATE WORKSHOPS
02:25:18 IN SCHOOLS. I TALK ABOUT BOUNDARIES
02:25:21 AND CONSENT. I TALK ABOUT S'S PROTECTION
02:25:23 METHODS, HOW TO USE A CONDOM CORRECTLY.
02:25:26 THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I GO INTO SCHOOLS AND I TALK TO
02:25:30 YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT MEANING I DO OUTREACH IN PERSON.
02:25:33 >> THAT IS HOW A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED BY
02:25:38 HUCKLEBERRY COME RIGHT BECAUSE I'M IN THE SCHOOLS AND I'M
02:25:41 PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION COME TO HUCKLEBERRY TO SEE THE
02:25:45 CLINIC, GET SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR FREE.
02:25:46 IT'S CONFIDENTIAL. >> NO, YOUR PARENTS DON'T NEED
02:25:49 TO KNOW. RIGHT?
02:25:52 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I DO AND A LOT OF WHAT THE STAFF DO
02:25:56 WHERE I WORK AT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE
02:26:01 IS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT COME IN FOR STI TESTING, THEY MIGHT
02:26:04 COME IN FOR A PREGNANCY TESTING WHATEVER IT IS AND I OFTEN FIND
02:26:08 MYSELF IN THESE CLINICAL SPACES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FINDING OUT
02:26:11 THAT THE REASON WHY THEY'RE GETTING STI TESTING IS BECAUSE
02:26:15 THEY WERE COERCED INTO THAT SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH A
02:26:19 PARTNER. >> THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
02:26:20 CONVERSATIONS THAT I AM HAVING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH STAFF.
02:26:24 THEY'RE PRESENT. I'M ABLE TO HAVE THESE
02:26:27 CONVERSATIONS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
02:26:30 IT'S REALLY, REALLY UPSETTING TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU
02:26:34 ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS THAT I DO AND HAVE YOU ON
02:26:38 YOUR PHONES NOT LOOKING ACTING AS IF YOU'D RATHER LEAVE.
02:26:42 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO THESE
02:26:45 PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE TELLING YOU WHAT'S WRONG.
02:26:49 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF
02:26:53 THE PUBLIC IF YOU ALL HAVE A MOBILE PHONE YOU TWO CAN LOOK
02:26:56 AT THE FILE IN THE FILE FOR THIS ITEM CONTAINS THE CUTS
02:27:01 THAT ARE BEING REDUCED OR THE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE
02:27:04 BEING UH MOVED AND OTHER BITS AND PIECES OF INFORMATION THERE
02:27:11 AS WELL. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
02:27:15 . >> MY NAME IS JACKIE AND I WORK
02:27:16 AT THE HUCKLEBERRY COLE STREET CLINIC.
02:27:20 >> IT'S INCREDIBLY DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THE PLAN
02:27:22 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLINIC CLOSURE.
02:27:23 I'M TIRED OF ACTING LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
02:27:27 SMOOTHLY TRANSITION OUR CLIENTS THE ADULT PRIMARY CARE
02:27:30 FACILITIES. >> HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THE
02:27:31 REASON TO BE CLINICS WERE CREATED?
02:27:33 >> BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS A POPULATION THAT NEEDS
02:27:35 SPECIALIZED CARE FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDERS WHO
02:27:38 ARE TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH YOUTH.
02:27:39 THERE ARE MANY CLIENTS WHO COME TO COLE AND LARKIN BECAUSE OF
02:27:42 THE TRUST THAT WE'VE BUILT WITH THEM.
02:27:44 IF YOU CLOSE OUR CLINICS, MANY OF THESE CLIENTS WILL SIMPLY
02:27:46 STOP ACCESSING MEDICAL CARE. THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:27:50 PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP OUR
02:27:52 COMMUNITY SAFE. >> THEIR MISMANAGEMENT
02:27:53 AND INABILITY TO STAFF OUR CLINICS HAS BEEN OUR BURDEN TO
02:27:57 BEAR FOR YEARS AND NOW THEY'RE THREATENING TO CLOSE OUR DOORS
02:28:01 PERMANENTLY. >> DO NOT CUT COSTS IN THE
02:28:02 BACKS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
02:28:05 >> I'M ALSO GOING TO READ A STATEMENT FROM A YOUNG PERSON
02:28:08 WHO WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. >> I'M CURRENTLY A 22 YEAR OLD
02:28:12 STUDENT AND HAVE BEEN ACCESSING THE HUCKLEBERRY COLE FREE
02:28:16 CLINIC SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. THE THERAPY IN THE MEDICAL
02:28:19 SERVICES HAVE MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON MY LIFE DURING VERY
02:28:20 DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUTH TO NOT
02:28:24 HAVE THESE SERVICES BECAUSE IT LEAVE THEM ALONE AND SCARED
02:28:27 WHEN THEY HAVE HEALTH RELATED EXPERIENCES OR QUESTIONS.
02:28:31 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUTH HAVE GUARDIANS OR PARENTS THAT MAY
02:28:32 BE OVERBEARING OR UNAWARE OF THEIR CONCERNS AND SAFETY.
02:28:36 >> THIS ENDS UP LEAVING ALL OF THAT STRESS ON THE YOUTH
02:28:39 SHOULDERS. WHEN ADULTS SHOULD UPLIFT
02:28:40 AND GUIDE THEM WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY HEALTH SERVICES YOU ARE
02:28:44 TAKING AWAY THEIR ACCESS AND ABANDONING THEIR BASIC
02:28:47 RIGHT TO MEDICAL SERVICES AND HEALTH EDUCATION.
02:28:50 >> DEFUNDING THE CLINIC IS GETTING RID OF A SAFE SPACE FOR
02:28:52 YOUTH WHERE THEY TALKED WITH AND NOT TALKED TO WHERE WE FEEL
02:28:55 EMPOWERED AND NOT JUDGED. >> DO NOT CLOSE THIS CLINIC.
02:28:59 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
02:29:06 . >> HI JESSICA PASCOE ARE AN
02:29:07 EXPERT WITNESS, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRICT
02:29:11 SENATE CANDIDATE. BEFORE WE CLOSE ANYTHING I'M
02:29:14 ASKING HAS THE CITY EXHAUSTED EVERY FUNDING OPTION?
02:29:18 >> ARE WE ACTIVELY PURSUING STATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANTS?
02:29:22 FEDERAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION
02:29:26 SUPPORT TO KEEP THESE DOORS OPEN AND TO ANYONE LISTENING
02:29:33 TODAY WHO HAS THE MEANS A FOUNDATION OR DONOR, A
02:29:37 PHILANTHROPIST WHO CARES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
02:29:44 >> THESE CLINICS NEED A CHAMPION.
02:29:48 IF YOU CAN CREATE OR FUND A GRANT TO SUSTAIN YOUTH HEALTH
02:29:52 CARE IN THIS AREA WHETHER IT BE IN THE HAIGHT OR IN THE
02:29:59 TENDERLOIN, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT .
02:30:03 >> IF THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE FOR A
02:30:07 HEALTHIER SAN FRANCISCO, THE ANSWER IS NOT TO CLOSE THESE
02:30:10 CLINICS. THE ANSWER IS TO ADEQUATELY
02:30:14 STAFF AND SUPPORT THEM SO THEY CAN FULLY OPERATE AT FULL
02:30:19 CAPACITY. >> CLOSING HUCKLEBERRY
02:30:23 AND LARKIN STREET WILL NOT SOLVE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
02:30:26 >> IT WILL REDUCE ACCESS TO CARE, DISRUPT MEANINGFUL
02:30:30 RELATIONSHIPS HIPS AND DISPLACE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON
02:30:38 THEM. >> I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE
02:30:39 NARRATIVE OF UNDERUTILIZATION. LOOK AT THE REALITY OF CHRONIC
02:30:45 UNDERINVESTMENT AND KEEP THE HUCKLEBERRY AND LARKIN STREET
02:30:50 CLINICS OPEN. >> THANK YOU.
02:30:53 THANK YOU. AND JESSICA.
02:30:54 THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO MENTION THAT YOU'RE A DISTRICT
02:30:58 TEN CANDIDATE HERE. THERE'S NO ELECTIONEERING
02:30:59 IN THIS CHAMBER. I'M SORRY.
02:31:01 OKAY. THANK YOU KINDLY.
02:31:02 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI THERE, MARION.
02:31:06 CITY COUNCIL. >> I'M HOMELESS.
02:31:10 CAN YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THAT MICROPHONE?
02:31:11 WE'RE HANGING OUT WITH HER RIGHT HERE.
02:31:13 I'M HOMELESS AND I'VE LIVED HERE NOW FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
02:31:16 AND THE THING IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO IS THAT YOU
02:31:18 GUYS HAVE A CALIFORNIA HAS SO MUCH BIODIVERSITY IN EVERYTHING
02:31:21 HERE IT'S JUST A MARGE PODGE OF JUST A A COLLECTION OF OF
02:31:27 CULTURE AND INCLUSIVITY. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WHEN
02:31:32 I'M HEARING THIS SUBJECT COME UP I FEEL EMPOWERED BECAUSE
02:31:35 THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN BE DOING THINGS BETTER.
02:31:38 BECAUSE LET'S SAY THE STREET THE STREET TEAM THAT COMES
02:31:43 IN THAT ENGAGES OTHER THAN THE HOMELESS.
02:31:45 IF WE DID A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM INSTEAD OF MAKING IT AN
02:31:47 ADVERSARIAL ROLE, MAYBE THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD SAVE
02:31:50 IN LITIGATION FROM THE TURMOIL THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THESE
02:31:54 TWO GROUPS THAT ARE CONVERGING ON THE STREET, WHAT COULD BE
02:31:57 USED TO KEEP THIS CLINIC OPEN? SO THERE'S THESE THINGS WHERE
02:31:58 WE CAN FIND WIN WINS. IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO DIG
02:32:02 THEM OUT. AND WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS KIND
02:32:03 OF FORUM IS THAT WHEN YOU PUT US ALL TOGETHER AND WE'RE ALL
02:32:05 WORKING CONSTRUCTIVELY AND WE'RE ON A PLANE, WE'RE ALL
02:32:07 GOING TO HIT TURBULENCE. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
02:32:09 I MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE BUMPY. BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO MAKE IT
02:32:12 . AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE ALL
02:32:13 GOING TO MAKE IT. THAT'S JUST THAT.
02:32:14 HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT A SMOOTH AS RIGHT AS POSSIBLE?
02:32:16 THE THING IS I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO IT BUT ONE OF THE
02:32:20 OFFICERS STOLE A BIKE FROM ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THOSE OD'ING
02:32:24 ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEY TOLD ME I WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
02:32:25 I'M LIKE DUDE, THAT'S HIS TRANSPORTATION.
02:32:28 AND THEN HE WENT ABOVE AND THREW THE BIKE AWAY.
02:32:29 AFTER I TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN'T WANT IT I HATE TO DO THIS BUT I
02:32:32 PUT HIM UNDER CITIZEN'S ARREST .
02:32:36 I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE JUST THIS IS HOW IF
02:32:37 YOU'RE GOING TO MEET FORCE WITH FORCE, THIS IS HOW THIS IS
02:32:40 GOING TO GO. NOW THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS,
02:32:41 THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE OVERSEEING THIS
02:32:44 WHOLE ISSUE. WE HAVE ANOTHER I'M WRAPPING
02:32:45 UP. THE OTHER ONE IS I MEAN PEOPLE
02:32:48 ARE OUT LOOKING FOR WORK AND THE GUARDS ARE COMING UP
02:32:49 THING. YOU GOT TO GO.
02:32:52 YOU CAN'T PULL WEEDS IF THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
02:32:53 YOU CAN'T HAVE THE GOVERNMENT DOING A PUSH DOWN AND A PULL UP
02:32:56 AT THE SAME TIME. ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:32:59 EMAILING YOU AND ENGAGING THIS IN CONVERSATION MORE.
02:33:02 AS A HOMELESS PERSON THAT'S WILLING TO GET SOME AIRTIME.
02:33:06 >> THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:33:09 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:33:10 I AM TAB BUCKNER AND I HAVE WITNESSED THE ENTIRE AIDS
02:33:14 EPIDEMIC ALL 45 YEARS CLOSE UP. I SPENT MY EARLY ADULTHOOD
02:33:22 ATTENDING THE FUNERALS OF CONTEMPORARIES MORE OFTEN THAN
02:33:23 BIRTHDAY PARTIES. >> WHAT I LEARNED LONG AGO IS
02:33:27 SERVICES SAVE LIVES. CULTURALLY, CULTURALLY RELEVANT
02:33:31 ACCESS OUTREACH AND HEALTH CARE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
02:33:35 LIFE AND DEATH. CUTTING ANY HARM REDUCTION
02:33:38 PROGRAMS WILL INCREASE NOT LOWER OVERDOSES AND OTHER
02:33:42 LETHAL HEALTH SITUATIONS. >> NOT ALLOCATING ADEQUATE
02:33:49 SERVICES FOR LONG TERM HIV SURVIVORS WILL RESULT IN SEVERE
02:33:54 ISOLATION AND INCREASED MEDICAL CRISES FOR COUNTLESS
02:33:57 INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT TRADITIONAL FAMILIES OR SURVIVING PEERS.
02:34:01 >> PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY THE LGBTQ
02:34:06 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ALL TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED
02:34:10 COMMUNITIES HAVE THE TOOLS TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE.
02:34:13 BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT WRITING IN THIS YEAR'S PRIDE
02:34:17 PARADE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
02:34:18 TAB BUCKNER FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
02:34:28 . >> MY NAME IS ZANDER BRIER
02:34:29 AND I WANT YOU TO SIT WITH THE WEIGHT OF WHAT THESE CUTS
02:34:33 ACTUALLY MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR I
02:34:36 CAME HERE BEGGING YOU TO NOT CUT OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF A
02:34:39 MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT. >> THE LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY
02:34:43 WAS S.F. CHC AND IT WAS CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS.
02:34:47 >> OH THAT'S NOT FRONTLINE SERVICES.
02:34:48 MY ENTIRE SUPPORT GROUP WAS CUT.
02:34:52 >> I AM NOW AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
02:34:53 I AM NOW ON FOOD STAMPS. >> I NO LONGER HAVE THE SUPPORT
02:34:57 SYSTEMS THAT I WAS BUILDING OUT FOR FOUR YEARS AND SEVEN
02:35:00 MONTHS. >> THIS WAS MY ABILITY TO GIVE
02:35:03 BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AFTER CASE MANAGER AFTER CASE MANAGER
02:35:08 DECIDED MY LIFE WAS STILL WORTH IT.
02:35:10 BUT APPARENTLY Y'ALL DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT BECAUSE I NO
02:35:15 LONGER HAVE A JOB. I NO LONGER HAVE STABILITY.
02:35:16 I NO LONGER HAVE THAT SAFETY NET.
02:35:19 I AM TRANS AND I AM VULNERABLE .
02:35:22 AND THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO LITERALLY KILL US.
02:35:25 THEY HAVE SAID IT POINT BLANK PERIOD.
02:35:27 THEY WANT US DEAD. SO WHY ARE YOU CONTINUOUSLY
02:35:31 CUTTING TRANSGENDER SERVICES KNOWING WE ARE AT THE MOST RISK
02:35:34 OF MARGINALIZATION FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
02:35:39 I WANT YOU TO SIT WITH THAT WEIGHT BECAUSE IF I END UP ON
02:35:41 THE STREETS AGAIN IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DECISIONS.
02:35:43 I WAS GOOD AT MY JOB. I WAS MAKING SURE THAT I WAS
02:35:47 DOING ALL OF MY P'S AND Q'S. I WAS TURNING IN ALL OF MY
02:35:50 FORMS THAT I WAS DOING EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED TO DO
02:35:54 TO BE A GOOD SUPPORT GROUP LEADER BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
02:35:55 BEST THAT I KNEW HOW TO DO TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
02:35:58 AND NOW NOBODY IS THERE FOR ME .
02:36:00 >> NONE OF YOU. >> THANK YOU XANDRA BRYANT FOR
02:36:07 YOUR COMMENTS EVERYONE, I'LL JUST REVISIT.
02:36:11 WE DO HAVE AN APPROVED BOARD RULE WHICH THERE IS NO SUPPORT
02:36:15 OR AGAINST ANY AUDIBLE SOUNDS IN THIS CHAMBER.
02:36:19 AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, PLEASE SHOW
02:36:23 YOUR SUPPORT AS SUCH. >> WELCOME, SIR.
02:36:24 GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD SUPPORTERS.
02:36:28 >> I'M JIM BENNETT. >> I'M 56 THROUGH OR KNOW ON
02:36:35 FRASER ROAD AND SHARE BOTH HOUSES.
02:36:40 >> YEAH. >> I'LL BE SEVEN 0 IN 2010
02:36:46 AND I LOVE MY WHOLE FAMILY IN GEORGIA BUT I CAME FOR SOME
02:36:50 KIND OF LEGAL SERVICE. LEGAL?
02:36:55 I'VE LIVED IN THE PRIVACY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND IN HEY
02:37:02 YOU KNOW HOW I'M FROM THE HORNE COMMUNITY FOR IS A FOUNDATION.
02:37:09 I'M PAUL. I'M BROTHER.
02:37:13 >> THERE THERE ARE A FEW FIRST AND THE FIRST CHARITY PROJECT.
02:37:22 >> YEAH. YEAH.
02:37:22 HEY WENDY. COMMUNITY HAS SO MUCH SUPPORT
02:37:29 AND YEAR ROUND THESE SURGERIES I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR
02:37:36 SPOKEN THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE TODAY.
02:37:41 BUT BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S
02:37:48 EVERY SINGLE PAST AND LIVING IS FUTURE.
02:37:52 YEAH I BELIEVE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING.
02:37:55 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. REALLY?
02:37:59 YEAH. I BELIEVE.
02:38:02 >> DID YOU DID YOU NOT? COULD WE VOUCHER SOME MORE
02:38:06 DRUGS? WE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
02:38:09 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS OR CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
02:38:13 PLEASE? >> HELLO MY DEAR ARI AND I'M
02:38:31 THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AT THE CLINIC ON MISSION STREET 40
02:38:38 YEARS AGO OR SO MYSELF AND JOE RUSKIN ESTABLISHED A CLINIC.
02:38:45 AND ALL THESE YEARS I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE CLINIC CONSTRUCTION
02:38:49 WISE HELP WISE WHATEVER I COULD .
02:38:52 AND I'VE KEPT MY RENTS REALLY LOW.
02:38:53 I THINK THE LAST TIME I RAISED MY RENT WAS LIKE EIGHT YEARS
02:38:57 AGO. SO BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE
02:39:01 SERVICE THAT ARE THERE AND THEY'RE THERE ARE VERY
02:39:04 IMPORTANT TO ALL PEOPLE AND INTERACT AND I THINK
02:39:11 ANYBODY THAT DOES DIDN'T APPRECIATE HOW OLD PEOPLE
02:39:15 VULNERABLE ARE. THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF
02:39:19 THEMSELVES AND NOW THEY HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS AND HOW THEY
02:39:25 CAN'T BE ALONE AND THEY NEED HELP.
02:39:29 AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SUPPORT THE CLINIC.
02:39:30 YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE BY SHUTTING THE DOOR ON THESE
02:39:36 PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO LITERALLY CUT OFF BOTH THEIR
02:39:40 LIFE SUPPORT AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THESE
02:39:44 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR PARENTS.
02:39:47 THEY COULD BE YOU IN A FEW YEARS.
02:39:50 SO BY CUTTING THESE SERVICES YOU'RE REALLY HURTING THE
02:39:54 COMMUNITY AND THE MOST VULNERABLE PART OF OUR
02:39:55 COMMUNITY PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MADE THEIR
02:40:02 COMMUNITY POSSIBLE AND NOW YOU'RE ANYWHERE BY CLOSING THE
02:40:06 CLINIC YOU'RE SHUTTING THEIR DOOR IN THEIR FACE.
02:40:10 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR
02:40:11 COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:40:27 >> YES, HE CAN USE THAT MICROPHONE.
02:40:32 >> JUST PULL IT CLOSE PLEASE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BEST.
02:40:35 CERTAINLY. SO MA'AM, THE WAY IT WORKS IS
02:40:36 HE SPEAKS FOR TWO MINUTES AND THEN YOU PROVIDE THE
02:40:40 INTERPRETATION FOR TWO MINUTES AT A PROFESSIONAL.
02:40:46 >> IT'S A BOARD RULE SO IF I WILL SAY IF IF IF IF YOU DO IT
02:40:54 THAT'S OKAY. >> I'M JUST BREAKING THE RULES
02:40:57 ON BEHALF FOR THIS GENTLEMAN AND FOR YOUR ABILITY
02:42:21 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES
02:42:22 MANDELMAN. I AM A SURVIVOR OF SEVERAL
02:42:26 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS CLINIC HAVE HELPED ME
02:42:29 SURVIVE. HE WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT THIS
02:42:33 IS A COMMUNITY AND HE NOT ONLY GETS SUPPORT AND SERVICES FROM
02:42:39 THE CLINICIANS HE ALSO FINDS LOVE AND SUPPORT CARING
02:42:43 ENVIRONMENT AND WITHOUT THEM HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL DO.
02:42:47 >> PLEASE KEEP THE CLINIC OPEN. KEITH ROCCO, 30, WHO TAKE
02:42:51 IN HISTORY WAS COULD SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
02:43:03 KEEP THESE CLINICS OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH
02:43:06 ISSUES CAN SURVIVE AND CONTINUE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.
02:43:10 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:43:14 YES PURSE WAS COMENTARIOS THANK YOU.
02:43:17 WHY DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? MA'AM?
02:43:21 DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REQUESTING AN
02:43:28 ACCOMMODATION? OKAY.
02:43:35 WELCOME. WOULD AFTERNOON.
02:43:39 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT
02:43:43 SOUTHEAST AND THE OTHER TWO CLINICS I'M BEING WORKING.
02:43:46 >> SO IS FOUR OVER 20 YEARS AND I THINK CROSSING THIS OUT
02:43:53 IS MISSION DID WE HAD THREE IS GOING TO BE A BIG MISTAKE THIS
02:43:59 IS THE LAST PSYCHIATRY OUTPATIENT CLINIC FOR SENIORS
02:44:03 IN SAN FRANCISCO IF WE CLOSE IF YOU CLOSE IS SEEING AS A
02:44:07 DISBURSING CUT SO THE CITY MOST VULNERABLE ELDERLY WHAT WILL
02:44:14 HAPPEN WITH THEIR SENIORS IS THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE
02:44:18 EMERGENCY VISITS EARLY PLACEMENT.
02:44:22 >> WE HAD TO BE LOOKING FOR BOARDING CARE FACILITY THERE
02:44:26 WILL DIE ALONE BECAUSE AS YOU MOST OF THEM WILL BE SENIORS
02:44:30 SOMEDAY THEY WILL BE MORE ISOLATED.
02:44:37 >> SOME OF THE CLIENTS SAY THEY WILL STOP EATING IF THEY CLOSE
02:44:41 THE CLINIC. SO I'M BEGGING YOU TO KEEP OPEN
02:44:45 THIS CLINIC. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS
02:44:49 BUT I WAS CHECKING THE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO
02:44:52 GIVE TO THE TO THE TRANSIT. >> YOU KNOW, MILLIONS
02:44:56 AND MILLIONS. >> I HEARD ALSO THAT THE POLICE
02:44:59 OFFICERS ARE GETTING AN INCREASE BUT WE DON'T HAVE
02:45:02 MONEY TO PAY FOR THE SENIORS. >> I'M BEGGING YOU PLEASE TO
02:45:07 CONSIDER YOU KNOW THAT THIS CLINIC SHOULD BE OPEN
02:45:11 AND REMEMBER YOU WANT TO BE SEEN HERE.
02:45:15 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:45:18 >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE LINE
02:45:22 MA'AM. >> MA'AM, DOES SHE REQUIRE AN
02:45:23 ACCOMMODATION OTHERWISE WE NEED TO GO TO THE LINE.
02:45:29 >> MY APOLOGIES. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
02:45:32 IN LINE. >> WELCOME, SIR.
02:45:40 >> HELLO. MY NAME'S TREY TURNER.
02:45:41 I WORK FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION AS A MANAGER OF
02:45:44 THE CLINICAL ASSISTANCE JOB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PUBLIC
02:45:48 HEALTH. I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU ALL
02:45:55 RECONSIDER YOUR CUTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
02:45:56 WE KNOW THAT THE IMPACTS OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE
02:45:59 TREMENDOUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY MAKE UP SOME OF OUR MOST
02:46:04 VULNERABLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:46:10 SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH FOLKS THE
02:46:15 CUTS TO CLINICS LIKE ARKANSAS AND HUCKLEBERRY.
02:46:19 THESE ARE VITAL, VITAL LIFESAVING SERVICES.
02:46:22 I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THESE CUTS
02:46:26 THEN THE MAYOR SHOULD BE HONEST ABOUT THESE CUTS THAT ARE
02:46:28 HAPPENING AND NOT TRY TO PAT HIMSELF ON THE BACK.
02:46:31 WE KNOW THAT THE TRANS COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK.
02:46:34 THE MAYOR IS SAYING HE'S RESTORING THE FUNDING BUT HE'S
02:46:37 NOT RESTORING THE FUNDING. SO LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S
02:46:41 HAPPENING. I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD
02:46:45 GO INTO A ROOM OF BLACK PEOPLE TO SAY THAT THE CITY CARES
02:46:48 ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND HE'S MAKING MAJOR CUTS TO PUBLIC
02:46:52 HEALTH FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THE LATINO
02:46:53 COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK BY THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY
02:46:57 HAVE HUGE DISPROPORTIONATE OUTCOMES OF HEALTH.
02:47:00 THE MAYOR SAYS HE CARES ABOUT THESE COMMUNITIES BUT YET THAT
02:47:04 COMMUNITY'S GETTING A MAJOR CUT.
02:47:07 SO LET'S REALLY BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
02:47:11 AND IF YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING, I THINK IT'S A
02:47:15 LOT HARDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND OUTCOMES THAT ARE GOING TO
02:47:22 HAPPEN FROM THESE CUTS THAN TO INVEST IN MORE PREVENTATIVE
02:47:25 MEASURES. YOU CAN'T THE MAYOR CAN'T SAY
02:47:30 HE'S CREATING A RESET CENTER AND THEN CUTTING FUNDING FOR
02:47:34 THE THERAPISTS, CLINICIANS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
02:47:38 BE SERVING IN THAT RESEARCH CENTER.
02:47:39 SO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON THERE ?
02:47:41 >> ASK FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT.
02:47:42 THANK YOU, TREY TURNER FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:47:45 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU BOARD.
02:47:53 MY NAME IS JERRY COFFEE. SOON TO BE 74 YEARS OLD IN FIVE
02:47:58 DAYS. AND I'VE BEEN A 38 YEAR LONG
02:48:02 TERM SURVIVOR WITH HIV AND AIDS SO BORED IN HALF MY LIFE I'VE
02:48:05 HAD HIV. SO I'M SPEAKING ABOUT LONG TERM
02:48:09 SURVIVING AND AGING. LAST WEEK THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:48:13 AGING SERVICES APPROPRIATE IT AND I'M GOING TO USE THAT WORD
02:48:17 GENTLY APPROPRIATED $150,000 TOWARDS LONG TERM SURVIVORS
02:48:24 AND WITH HIV WHO ARE 50 YEARS AND OLDER.
02:48:28 THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF A FUND CALLED THE DIGNITY FUND.
02:48:34 THAT'S $3 MILLION. THERE ARE 11,500 PEOPLE PLUS
02:48:38 LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH HIV WHO ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
02:48:44 >> IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT IS $13 PER PERSON LIVING IN SAN
02:48:51 FRANCISCO WITH HIV. THAT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
02:48:55 $13. DO I LOOK LIKE I'M ONLY VALUED
02:48:58 AT $13? >> WHERE IS THE REST OF THE
02:49:02 MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR SERVICES FOR HIV?
02:49:09 AND LONG TERM SURVIVORS WANT BEING A LONG TERM SURVIVOR
02:49:13 MEANS THAT I HAVE CO-MORBIDITIES A HIGHER CHANCE
02:49:17 OF ATTAINING DIABETES, HEART ATTACK, KIDNEY DISEASE
02:49:21 AND OTHER ISSUES. >> THESE FUNDS WOULD SERVE TO
02:49:29 HELP OTHERS LIKE MYSELF TO LIVE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WITH
02:49:33 DIGNITY. I'M ALREADY PAST 73 WHICH IS
02:49:39 WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO NOT BE HERE.
02:49:40 I WAS SUPPOSED TO NOT BE HERE 38 YEARS AGO BUT I'M STILL HERE
02:49:46 AND I'M STILL FIGHTING. AND I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR JUST
02:49:47 TO COME THIS FAR. >> SO HELP ME KEEP GOING.
02:49:53 >> THANK YOU JERRY DUFFY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:49:57 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> MA'AM, ARE YOU INTERPRETING
02:50:02 WE'RE HERE TOGETHER. MY NAME IS JUNEBUG.
02:50:06 BEFORE YOU TO JUNEBUG YOU KNOW THE RULES HERE YOU SPEAK FOR
02:50:09 TWO MINUTES AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL WILL SPEAK FOR TWO
02:50:11 MINUTES BUT YOU CAN'T CROSS OVER.
02:50:13 >> OKAY? OKAY.
02:50:13 SO PLEASE BEGIN. I MEAN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE
02:50:17 HIM STAND BY YOU OKAY? >> YOU WANTED TO STAND WITH ME
02:50:18 THEN WHY I DO THIS? OKAY.
02:50:20 >> AWESOME. MY NAME IS JUNEBUG AND I'M BORN
02:50:21 AND RAISED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:50:24 >> OH, AND I SUPPORT THE ASK OF THE HIV ADVOCACY NETWORK.
02:50:28 IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR HIV PREVENTION.
02:50:32 WE NEED TO THINK OF THE GENERATIONS THAT COME BEHIND US
02:50:36 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PREVENTION IN PLACE AND ACCESS
02:50:39 TO SERVICES. IT'S VITAL.
02:50:40 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAVE SEX ADVOCACY WORK.
02:50:45 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAVE HARM REDUCTION.
02:50:48 >> AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH TRANSITIONAL ADULT
02:50:52 YOUTH AT THE GLIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY WITH THE TAY
02:50:55 FELLOWSHIP. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
02:50:57 SAVING THESE TWO YOUTH CLINICS IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE SUPER
02:51:00 VITAL AS WELL. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS A
02:51:04 YOUNGSTER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE HUCKLEBERRY
02:51:06 STREET CLINIC HELPED SAVE MY LIFE.
02:51:07 AND I JUST WANT US TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST OUR ELDERS
02:51:11 BEFORE US BUT THINK OF THE YOUTH BEHIND US.
02:51:15 >> THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE YOUTH
02:51:16 BEHIND US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
02:51:18 JUNEBUG. >> HELLO EVERYONE.
02:51:22 MY NAME IS ERIC. I AM WITH THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
02:51:25 ACADEMY AT GLIDE TRANSITIONAL H YOUTH COHORT.
02:51:27 >> UM. >> FIRSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO
02:51:32 CONGRATULATE MADAME SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN ON HER WIN ON THE
02:51:36 PRIMARIES. I WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO
02:51:37 WORKED WITH THE UAW. >> YOU HAVE SIR.
02:51:40 PLEASE CURB YOUR COMMENTS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER BEFORE THIS
02:51:42 PUBLICATION. >> OKAY.
02:51:44 I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UM
02:51:50 TAKE IN BENEFITS FROM THE LGBTQ SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY AS
02:51:55 WELL AS HARM REDUCTION. I HAVE HAD PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO
02:51:59 HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM THINGS SUCH AS LIKE OVERDOSE AND I
02:52:03 THINK PEOPLE, IMMIGRANT PEOPLE AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WE ARE
02:52:07 THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS CITY BEAUTIFUL AND WE REALLY
02:52:11 APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS COULD SUPPORT US.
02:52:17 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
02:52:18 LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:52:22 >> PLEASE WELCOME. >> HELLO.
02:52:25 MY NAME IS THE RESCUE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN
02:52:30 FRANCISCO FOR THREE YEARS, 23 OF THOSE WITH HIV.
02:52:32 I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX. >> I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY
02:52:36 WITHOUT THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY MANY AGENCIES THAT
02:52:39 OPERATE IN THE CITY CATERING TO PEOPLE WITH HIV AND AIDS.
02:52:43 >> SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE LAST 20
02:52:46 YEARS HAVE INCLUDED MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH ALLIANCE HEALTH
02:52:49 PROJECT AND NEW LIFE SERVICES HARM REDUCTION FOR SUBSTANCE
02:52:53 USE INCLUDING STONEWALL PROJECT OFFERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:52:55 INSTALLATION. QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES
02:52:58 OFFERED BY THE SHANTI PROJECT AND JOB SEARCH SERVICES OFFERED
02:53:01 BY THE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL AS PRC TO NAME A FEW.
02:53:05 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN A MODEL NATIONALLY
02:53:09 AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR HIV, AIDS AND LGBT SERVICES AND AS
02:53:12 THESE ARE BEING RAISED IN DC, I HOPE THAT SAN FRANCISCO STAND
02:53:17 FIRM AND NOT SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE AND CONTINUE OFFERING
02:53:21 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV AIDS AND LGBT BOOKS.
02:53:24 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:53:27 THE BEST OUTCOME FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:53:28 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
02:53:34 MY NAME IS GEORGE ROY TAN. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO
02:53:37 SPEAK TODAY. I AM A GAY AND TRANSGENDER MALE
02:53:38 TRANSITIONAL AGED YOUTH BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:53:43 AND WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF HUCKLEBERRY THERE IS A CHANCE I
02:53:46 WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
02:53:47 THERE IS NOT A CHANCE THERE'S A CERTAINTY THAT WITHOUT THE
02:53:50 SERVICES OF HUCKLEBERRY AND THE LURGAN STREET CLINIC THAT AT
02:53:55 LEAST FIVE OF MY VERY CLOSE FRIENDS WOULD NOT BE ALIVE OR
02:53:59 HOUSED TODAY. I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TELLING
02:54:03 YOU THAT THE CUTS PROPOSED BY MARY LAURIE AND THE BOARD OF
02:54:04 SUPERVISORS TARGETED SPECIFICALLY VULNERABLE
02:54:07 COMMUNITIES. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING
02:54:08 ARE THE ELDERLY, THE UNHOUSED, THE CHRONICALLY ILL
02:54:10 AND DISABLED AND THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW.
02:54:13 IF YOU WANT A SAFE SAN FRANCISCO, IF YOU WANT A CLEAN
02:54:15 SAN FRANCISCO, IF YOU WANT A SAN FRANCISCO THAT TAKES CARE
02:54:19 OF ITS CITIZENS THEN YOU WILL NOT PASS THIS BUDGET AS IT AS
02:54:23 NOW. >> IF YOU THINK THAT YOU DON'T
02:54:26 HAVE A STAKE IN THIS IF YOU ARE NOT AT RISK FROM THESE SERVICES
02:54:28 BEING CUT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS
02:54:30 AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOON. I HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAT I WANT
02:54:36 TO SAY BUT MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO HERE IN PROTEST HAVE
02:54:39 SAID IT FOR ME AND I JUST WANT TO THANK JUST EVERYONE HERE FOR
02:54:44 TURNING OUT AND FOR SAYING THEIR PIECE SAN FRANCISCO.
02:54:46 PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN. >> THANK YOU.
02:54:50 THANK YOU, GEORGE WRIGHT FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:54:53 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
02:54:57 >> HELLO BOARD. MY NAME IS JUSTICE DOOM LAO.
02:55:01 I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH HIV FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW AND WORK AT THE
02:55:03 SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION. I'LL BE READING AN EXCERPT FROM
02:55:06 MY LIVING OBITUARY TO REALLY MAKE CLEAR WHAT POLICY
02:55:09 DECISIONS CAN DO TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
02:55:13 THESE LOCAL CUTS STUNG LIKE A STAB IN THE BACK A BETRAYAL TO
02:55:18 THE LEGACY CREATED ON THESE VERY STREETS BY HIV LONG-TERM
02:55:21 SURVIVORS WHO BUILT OUR CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SAFETY NETS
02:55:25 AND LIFELINES CUT AS IF THAT WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO
02:55:28 BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
02:55:30 LIKE IT WOULD HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR JUSTICE.
02:55:32 THE CONSEQUENCES BECAME ALL TOO REAL.
02:55:36 JUSTICE DIED NOT BECAUSE SCIENCE FAILED TO CREATE
02:55:37 TREATMENT BUT BECAUSE ACCESS TO THAT TREATMENT AND A SAFETY NET
02:55:40 MEANT TO CATCH HIM WAS WITHERED AWAY BY POLICY DECISIONS MASKED
02:55:44 AS COST SAVING MEASURES. $3.4 MILLION CUT FROM OUR
02:55:51 SOCIAL SAFETY NET ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.
02:55:52 >> CUTS TO HEALTH ACCESS POINTS ALL ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO
02:55:54 SERVING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES LIKE STRUTS LIKE
02:55:58 GRAFFITI COALITION. MOU HAP.
02:56:01 >> CUTS TO OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH
02:56:05 AIDS OR HOPE FOR PREVENTING THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM CUTS
02:56:08 TO LIFE SAVING LOW BARRIER EVIDENCE BASED HARM REDUCTION
02:56:10 SERVICES BUT EXTRA FOR THE SHAMEFUL SHERIFF RON RESET
02:56:14 CENTER. DESPITE JUSTICE HAVING LIVED A
02:56:17 HEALTHY LIFE WITH HIV AND BEING UNDETECTABLE FOR NEARLY EIGHT
02:56:21 YEARS, THE DECISIONS MADE BY BOTH NATIONAL AND CITY LEADERS
02:56:25 ENSURED THAT JUSTICE WOULD NEVER GET TO CELEBRATE LONG
02:56:28 TERM HIV SURVIVOR DAY FOR HIMSELF.
02:56:29 JUSTICE IS LIFE SERVES A REMINDER TO ALL OF US THAT
02:56:33 POLICY DECISIONS CANNOT BE NEUTRAL AND THAT COST SAVING
02:56:36 MEASURES LEAD TO QUIET DEATHS SENTENCES ALL AROUND THIS CITY.
02:56:41 >> JUSTICE LEAVES US WITH A CALL TO ACTION TO KEEP FIGHTING
02:56:45 FOR HIS NAMESAKE THAT TRUE JUSTICE WILL NEVER DIE SO LONG
02:56:48 AS WE ARE HERE TO HOLD THE TORCH, TO HONOR OUR HISTORY SO
02:56:52 THAT WE ARE NOT DOOMED TO REPEAT IT AND TO CREATE A
02:56:55 COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND LOUDLY SPEAK
02:56:59 TRUTH TO POWER. >> THANK YOU, JUSTICE DON LEMON
02:57:03 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE.
02:57:07 >> WE ARE LETTING A PANEL SET UP TO DO.
02:57:38 >> SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU AND THAT IS HOW MANY OF
02:57:44 YOU WANT TO BE OLDER AND THINK ABOUT YOURSELF AS AN OLDER
02:57:51 PERSON WITH HEALTH ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
02:57:54 IF THIS GOES THROUGH THEN THE SAFETY NET FOR OLDER ADULTS
02:57:58 WILL NOT BE HERE FOR YOU. SHE WANTS YOU TO REALLY THINK
02:58:02 ABOUT THAT FACT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION AT HAND FOR
02:58:06 OUR LITTLE CLINIC TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
02:58:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTERPRETATION.
02:58:11 CURRENCY US VERSUS COMENTARIOS .
02:58:14 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS MY
02:58:18 NAME IS CARRIED ALL I'M THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE WITH SEIU
02:58:21 10 TO 1 FOR THE NURSES IN THE AFFECTED THREE CLINICS THAT ARE
02:58:23 FACING CLOSURE DUE TO HIS MISMANAGEMENT.
02:58:29 >> I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
02:58:30 POINTED OUT HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THERE IS
02:58:33 NOT A CONTINUITY OF CARE THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE UNION
02:58:36 ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO FOLKS UTILIZING THESE
02:58:40 CLINICS. THIS IS KEY TO US INSOFAR AS
02:58:44 THE CLINICS ARE BEING PLANNED TO MOVE YOUNG FOLKS INTO
02:58:48 IN HOSPITAL ALL PRIMARY CARE CLINICS IN THE TENDERLOIN
02:58:55 IN THE MAXINE HALL THAT ARE JUST NOT GOING TO BE APPLICABLE
02:58:56 TO THAT POPULATION. FURTHERMORE, TO INSINUATE THAT
02:59:00 GERIATRIC CLIENTS FROM SOUTHEAST GERIATRIC WOULD THEN
02:59:04 GO TO MISSION MENTAL HEALTH. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THESE CLINICS
02:59:08 YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
02:59:09 AND SO WE'RE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE INATTENTION FROM MANAGEMENT
02:59:12 TO THIS CORE CONCERN. WE DO NOT ABIDE THE CUTTING OF
02:59:19 SOCIAL SERVICES IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO
02:59:21 BE THROWN WITHOUT. SO WE URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER
02:59:24 DEVIATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
02:59:27 AND ONE MORE POINT IS SIMPLY THAT THE CLINICS ACROSS THE
02:59:31 BOARD ARE SUFFERING FROM HIGH RATES OF VACANCY IN A NUMBER OF
02:59:35 CLASSIFICATIONS MOST NOTABLY SOCIAL WORK.
02:59:36 THE CITY HAS GOT A CRISIS IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO
02:59:39 MAGNETIZE TALENT TO COME TO WORK AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES
02:59:43 NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS CITY BOTH LIVABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT
02:59:46 ARE SUFFERING BUT ALSO FOR THE REST OF US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
02:59:50 THAT ARE AMONG FOLKS THAT ARE SUFFERING SO I REALLY WOULD
02:59:54 LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL CALL IT MANAGEMENT AND REIN THEM IN AND
02:59:58 MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR INABILITY TO STAFF UP AN
03:00:01 ADEQUATE LEVEL. >> THANK YOU.
03:00:02 THANK YOU, KERRY DOYLE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:00:05 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER SERVICES.
03:00:08 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DEREK ARTHUR.
03:00:09 I AM A FIELD REP AT SEIU 10 TO 1 I REPRESENT OVER 1200 HEALTH
03:00:16 CARE WORKERS AT LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL.
03:00:19 I WAS PROVOKED TO SPEAK TODAY AFTER HEARING THAT DIRECTOR CI
03:00:23 TESTIFIED THAT OUT OF 8000 WORKERS WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT
03:00:26 TWO EMPLOYEES LEFT SERVE THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES HAVE NAMES.
03:00:30 THEY ARE MARIA ELENA HEALY AND LORNA ROSE.
03:00:35 BOTH ARE CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS AT LAGUNA HONDA.
03:00:38 >> THE DEPARTMENT HAS GUTTED THAT DEPARTMENT WITH PLANS TO
03:00:43 ELIMINATE THE ROLE OF CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST AT LAGUNA.
03:00:49 THIS DECISION WILL HAVE SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON PATIENT
03:00:53 AND RESIDENT OUTCOMES AND IS ALSO GOING TO STYMIE THE VOICE
03:00:57 OF NURSES AT LAGUNA. BOTH OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE
03:01:01 UNION LEADERS AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT OTHER
03:01:05 BAD DECISIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PUT RESIDENTS AT
03:01:08 LAGUNA AT RISK, RAISING THE SPECTER THAT THEIR ELIMINATION
03:01:12 HAS BEEN TARGETED PROFESSIONALLY BOTH RETAIN
03:01:16 CERTIFICATION AND EXPERTISE THAT WILL OTHERWISE NOT EXIST
03:01:20 AT LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL, WHICH TO US SAYS THAT THEIR
03:01:25 ELIMINATION WHICH TO US SAYS THAT THROUGH THEIR ELIMINATION
03:01:29 THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF LAGUNA DON'T
03:01:32 DESERVE THAT KIND OF CARE. MARIA ELENA HEALY IS A
03:01:36 CARDIOVASCULAR EXPERT CERTIFIED DIABETES EDUCATOR, EMERGENCY
03:01:39 MANAGER WHO PROVIDES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THE BEDSIDE.
03:01:44 LORNA IS A DEMENTIA DEMENTIA CARE WITH BEHAV DOES DEMENTIA
03:01:47 CARE WITH BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATIONS AND ADULT
03:01:51 GERONTOLOGY BY ELIMINATING THESE ROLES IS GAMBLING WITH
03:01:55 THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS
03:01:59 FAMILIAR WITH AND HAS PAID FOR WITH LIVES AND MONEY IS MAKING
03:02:02 BAD DECISIONS AND SENSELESS SERVICE REDUCTIONS.
03:02:10 >> THEY'RE TARGETING THESE THESE NURSES FOR LAYOFF AND WE
03:02:13 ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO ADD THOSE POSITIONS BACK.
03:02:14 >> THANK YOU ERIC ARTHUR FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:02:17 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD YOUR
03:02:22 APPLAUSE PLEASE. THANK YOU.
03:02:24 >> WELCOME. HI, MY NAME IS KENDRA COMO
03:02:28 AND I AM A GAY TRANS MAN. >> I BELIEVE THE BUDGET FOR
03:02:35 2027 2020 IS $16.9 BILLION OR SORRY TWO BILLION OR MILLION.
03:02:42 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING BECAUSE I THOUGHT
03:02:46 THAT WE ELECTED YOU GUYS INTO OFFICE SO THAT IMMIGRANTS TRANS
03:02:50 PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN GENERAL COULD BE SAFE.
03:02:54 >> I GREW UP IN THE CASTRO BEING TAUGHT THAT EVERYONE
03:02:58 DESERVES THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE NO MATTER YOUR
03:02:59 AGE, GENDER ORIENTATION OR RACE.
03:03:02 >> SO WHERE DID THAT GO? CUTTING HAM REDUCTION RESOURCES
03:03:06 IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
03:03:07 WHAT WE WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED INTO OFFICE FOR I'VE BEEN
03:03:11 SEEING A LOT OF CUTS TO HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS RECENTLY
03:03:15 AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO CLEARING OUT UNHOUSED
03:03:18 INDIVIDUALS. >> S.F. PD IS LOOKING PRETTY
03:03:22 PADDED RIGHT NOW. >> REMEMBER YOUR MAIN SUPPORT
03:03:25 SYSTEM WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THE PEOPLE POURING MONEY INTO YOUR
03:03:26 CAMPAIGN BUT THE PEOPLE KEEPING SAN FRANCISCO ALIVE.
03:03:32 >> DON'T FORGET WHY SAN FRANCISCO IS THE CITY IT IS
03:03:35 IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE CAST ASIDE AFTER BEING OUTED
03:03:37 IN WORLD WAR TWO THEY DECIDED TO OPT.
03:03:40 THEY OPTED TO STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
03:03:44 WANT TO FACE THE STIGMA OF GOING BACK HOME.
03:03:47 THAT IS WHY SAN FRANCISCO HAS GROWN INTO THE ROBUST COMMUNITY
03:03:49 THAT IT IS TODAY. >> WHY ARE WE HERE?
03:03:54 THE OPIATE THE MAYOR SAYS OPIOID USE AND HOMELESSNESS IS
03:03:58 THE PROBLEM. SO WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO CUT
03:03:59 FUNDING FOR THE PLACES FIGHTING THAT?
03:04:05 >> PARDON ME BUT NERVOUS. OKAY.
03:04:09 SORRY. >> WHEN YOU CUT RESOURCE
03:04:13 RESOURCES FOR LGBTQ YOUTH THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE YOU
03:04:18 HAVE TO CLEAR OUT OR DEAL WITH GETS BIGGER.
03:04:21 >> IT'S NOT DOING IT'S JUST DOING HARM.
03:04:25 >> DON'T PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE
03:04:29 AND THE PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO .
03:04:33 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
03:04:36 >> THANK YOU. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE LAST
03:04:37 SPEAKER IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D
03:04:41 LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BALANCE IN HEARING THAT IS THE CUTS
03:04:44 THAT H IS PRESENTING THIS AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD FOR THIS
03:04:51 PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE COME OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
03:04:53 CHAMBER OTHERWISE THIS MAY BE OUR LAST SPEAKER WELCOME.
03:04:56 >> HI, I'M ON YOUR WALL-E SEGMENT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
03:05:00 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION AND SHARING FROM THE
03:05:04 PERSPECTIVE OF A YOUNG PERSON IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT WE FEEL
03:05:07 AS YOUNG PEOPLE. >> IT IS OUR JOB AND IT IS OUR
03:05:12 MORAL OBLIGATION TO UPHOLD THE GETTING TO ZERO PROMISE.
03:05:15 >> THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE
03:05:19 WERE THERE DURING THE HIV AND AIDS CRISIS.
03:05:23 WE CARRY THAT WITH US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE CONTINUE TO
03:05:26 FIGHT FOR IT. AND SO WHEN DEEPA OR THE
03:05:27 MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION OFTEN TAKES CREDIT FOR 25 YEARS OF
03:05:31 FUNDING AND BACKFILLING HIV SERVICES AT NO POINT WAS IT HIS
03:05:38 DECISION OR LEADERSHIP THAT LED TO THAT.
03:05:42 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMUNITY WHO MADE THAT DECISION.
03:05:46 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMUNITY BEGGING FOR THE CITY TO TAKE
03:05:49 NOTICE AND SO IT IS COMMUNITY WHO WE NEED TO LISTEN TO
03:05:53 IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO DESERVES THE CREDIT FOR THE YEARS
03:05:56 AND YEARS OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING TO HIV.
03:06:00 AND YOU HAVE TO RECKON WITH THE FACT THAT THESE CUTS ARE
03:06:01 SENDING A MESSAGE AND THEY ARE SENDING A VERY CLEAR ONE THAT
03:06:05 IS STRIKING RIGHT AT THE CORE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN SAN
03:06:10 FRANCISCO. >> IT IS TELLING US A VERY
03:06:13 CLEAR MESSAGE OF WHEN TIMES ARE HARD IT WILL BE YOU.
03:06:16 YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO. WE ARE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF
03:06:19 YEARS OF THIS BUDGET CRISIS AND ALREADY YOU ARE CUTTING
03:06:23 SERVICES THAT OUR LEADERS AND OUR ELDERS ARE SAYING ARE
03:06:24 ESSENTIAL. >> WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
03:06:27 LOOK AT YOUR ACTIONS AND TO JUDGE YOU BY THEM AND IN YEARS
03:06:32 LIKE THIS YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY YOUR BUDGET CUTS.
03:06:36 >> WE WILL WEIGH THEM AGAINST YOU ALL OF YOUR CAMPAIGN
03:06:39 PROMISES, ALL OF YOUR PLATFORMS, ALL OF IT COMES DOWN
03:06:40 TO MOMENTS LIKE THESE AND IT'S NOT EASY AND IT'S CERTAINLY A
03:06:44 BIG CHALLENGE. >> BUT THAT IS YOUR
03:06:47 RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE WILL HOLD EVERY
03:06:50 CUT AGAINST YOU BECAUSE WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
03:06:51 >> WE DO NOT HAVE YOUR POWER. YOU HAVE THAT POWER AND YOU
03:06:55 HAVE TO USE IT TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
03:06:59 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:07:02 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
03:07:07 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED ON NO MORE PUBLIC MR. RIGHT THIS
03:07:10 ISN'T GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC TO THE
03:07:14 MEDICAL HEALTH CARE CUTS. >> THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO
03:07:18 TALK ABOUT. >> OKAY?
03:07:18 OKAY. MEDICAL CUTS NO MEDICAL CUTS
03:07:21 BECAUSE OF THE MOLD TYPE BILLION DOLLAR NEGATIVE CASH
03:07:25 FLOW IS YOUR OWN FAULT WHEN YOU LET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
03:07:32 FOR THE MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES
03:07:36 AND YOU TAP INTO THE FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY PROGRAMS
03:07:40 CORPORATIONS, UNITED STATES MEDICAL PROGRAMS AND AS A
03:07:44 RESULT YEAH PEOPLE THAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE AND YOU OVERLOADED THE
03:07:48 PROGRAM AND NOW YOU HAVE A MULTI MILLION BILLION DOLLAR
03:07:52 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW AND YOU DO THIS ALL THE TIME NOT ONLY
03:07:59 IN THE MEDICAL INSURANCE BUT EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY.
03:08:00 AND THEN WHEN YOU TALLY UP THE MONEY AND YOU HAVE A
03:08:04 MULTIMILLION BILLION DOLLAR NEGATIVE CASH FLOW, YOU ALWAYS
03:08:07 WANT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A THING TO DO THE PROBLEM YOU
03:08:11 WANT THEM TO PAY FOR YOUR EFFORT.
03:08:12 IT'S NOT FAIR. >> IT'S A VIOLATION OF DUE
03:08:15 PROCESS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
03:08:18 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
03:08:22 CITIZENS FROM 192 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SNEAK INTO THE UNITED
03:08:26 STATES AND GET MEDICAL INSURANCE AS IF THEY ARE BORN
03:08:30 AND RAISED IN OUR JURISDICTION. WE'RE NOT AND THEN YOU HAVE A
03:08:34 NEGATIVE CASH FLOW AND THEN AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN
03:08:37 YOU ADD UP THE NUMBERS THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND HAVE A NEGATIVE
03:08:42 CASH FLOW AND YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE NOTHING
03:08:45 TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM TO PAY FOR IT IS UNFAIR,
03:08:48 UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE AMERICAN
03:08:52 DISABILITIES ACT BECAUSE THESE AND WANT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE
03:08:55 BEING CUT NOT ONLY THE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
03:09:03 INFESTED WITH INFECTED WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS HIV MENTAL
03:09:11 DISABILITIES ALL DISABILITIES HEART HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
03:09:15 AND EVERY DAY YOU'RE VIOLATING AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT TWO
03:09:19 IS A MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS AND IF ANYBODY SHOULD BE PAYING
03:09:23 FOR IT, IT SHOULD BE YOU GUYS FAULT.
03:09:24 YOU SHOULD PAY FOR IT. >> THANK YOU MR. RIGHT FOR YOUR
03:09:27 COMMENTS. MR. WASHINGTON LET ME YOU KNOW
03:09:31 I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I CAN COME SPEAK ON BUT LET ME
03:09:35 GET A LITTLE BIT ON IT. I'LL BEGIN THE TIME FOR THEM.
03:09:36 BUT RIGHT NOW THESE WHEN IT IS TRUE AND THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE
03:09:40 CITY AND COUNTY ALWAYS SAY WE GOT DEFICITS.
03:09:43 WE AIN'T GOT NO MONEY. YOU GOT MONEY, YOU GOT
03:09:46 DISCRETIONARY FUNDS YOU CAN USE YOU GOT EMERGENCY RESERVES.
03:09:50 SO I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT BECAUSE WELL THAT'S RUMOR TALK
03:09:51 ABOUT YOU SITTING CURRENTLY AIN'T GOT NO MONEY
03:09:54 PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BLACK FOLKS.
03:09:55 BUT YOU GOT MONEY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
03:09:58 YOU GOT THIS KIND OF FUND THAT CAN FUND.
03:10:01 >> I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF MONEY YOU GOT.
03:10:02 MR. WHITE DISCRETIONAL FUNDS. >> MR. WASHINGTON THIS IS ABOUT
03:10:06 REDUCTION TO MEDICAL HEALTH SERVICES.
03:10:09 >> OH YEAH, BUT IT'S TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS THAT WAS OKAY.
03:10:15 AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:10:20 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW REALLY CLOSED ON THIS ITEM AND SEE NO
03:10:26 OTHER NAMES ON THE ROSTER. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HEARD
03:10:29 AND IS NOW FILED. >> MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO BACK
03:10:30 TO ROLL CALL. YES, WE LAST LEFT OFF WITH
03:10:34 PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN AND NOW WE'LL GO TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:10:38 ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS. >> I THINK WE GOT SUPERVISOR
03:10:41 OKAY OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH THOUGHT FOR APOLOGIES
03:10:44 SUPERVISOR SAUTER SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHERYL SMITH
03:10:49 SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON SUBMIT THANK YOU
03:10:53 SUPERVISOR WONG SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHAN SUBMIT
03:11:00 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN SUBMIT.
03:11:01 THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
03:11:05 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM
03:11:09 SUBMITTING A LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING REQUEST TO UPDATE
03:11:12 AND MODERNIZE SAN FRANCISCO'S TGA ANTHONY CATASTROPHIC
03:11:13 ILLNESS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES A LIFELINE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
03:11:17 FACING SERIOUS MEDICAL CHALLENGES AFTER THEY HAVE
03:11:20 EXHAUSTED THEIR AVAILABLE LEAVE.
03:11:21 NAMED FOR T.J. ANTHONY, A LONGTIME CITY HALL STAFFER
03:11:24 AND LGBTQ PLUS ACTIVIST SOMEONE I ACTUALLY MET A FEW TIMES
03:11:30 IN THE EARLY 90S. T.J. PASSED AWAY FROM HODGKIN'S
03:11:32 DISEASE IN 1996 AT THE AGE OF JUST 37 AND THE PROGRAM THAT
03:11:36 STANDS AN ENDURING TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY ENABLES CITY
03:11:40 EMPLOYEES LIKE US TO DONATE OUR LEAVE TIME TO A GENERAL POOL
03:11:43 THAT HELPS OUR FELLOW CITY WORKERS REMAIN FINANCIALLY
03:11:45 STABLE DOING IT DURING EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT
03:11:48 CIRCUMSTANCES. SO IT COMES AS NO ADDED WITH NO
03:11:52 ADDED COSTS TO CITY TAXPAYERS WHILE SUCCESSFULLY HAVING
03:11:56 HELPED HUNDREDS OF OUR FELLOW CITY WORKERS OVER THE YEARS TO
03:12:00 AVOID HARDSHIPS THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO
03:12:01 ENDURE. UNFORTUNATELY THE CURRENT
03:12:04 DEFINITION OF CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS ENSHRINED IN THE
03:12:07 RELEVANT PORTION OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IS FAR
03:12:09 NARROWER THAN THE ONE USED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
03:12:12 AND MANY OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYERS .
03:12:15 UNDER CURRENT LOCAL LAW AN EMPLOYEE MUST GENERALLY SUFFER
03:12:18 FROM A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS OR INJURY TO QUALIFY.
03:12:22 AS A RESULT, EMPLOYEES WHO FACE SEVERE, DEBILITATING OR LIFE
03:12:26 ALTERING MEDICAL CONDITIONS ILLNESSES THAT ARE CATASTROPHIC
03:12:30 BY ANY RATIONAL DEFINITION OF THE TERM MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM
03:12:34 THIS WORTHY PROGRAM. ONE CASE THAT HAS BROUGHT
03:12:35 ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE IS THAT OF SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
03:12:39 SERGEANT KEVIN BROOK. A LETTER IN 2020 FOR SERGEANT
03:12:41 BROOK. A LETTER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED
03:12:44 IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE DURING
03:12:46 AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORM. IN FACT, SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN
03:12:49 WHO WAS SERVING AS ACTING MAYOR AT THE TIME JOINED ME
03:12:54 IN VISITING S.F. GENERAL HOSPITAL TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT
03:12:57 TO SERGEANT BROOK A LETTER THAT HIS FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES
03:13:00 SERGEANT BROOK LEOTA IS NOW PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN
03:13:04 BUT HE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD RECOVERY DESPITE THE SEVERITY
03:13:08 OF HIS CONDITION. HE HAS APPLIED TO THE PROGRAM
03:13:09 TWICE BEEN DENIED TWICE AND HAS LOST TWO APPEALS.
03:13:13 WHILE SERGEANT BROOK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE CERTAINLY
03:13:16 HIGHLIGHTED THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE CURRENT STANDARD, THIS
03:13:17 LEGISLATION IS NOT ABOUT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL.
03:13:20 RATHER IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS AS
03:13:24 INTENDED FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WHO FACE A CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS
03:13:27 OR INJURY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM WORKING AND THAT CREATES
03:13:30 SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. THE LEGISLATION I AM PROPOSING
03:13:35 WOULD BETTER ALIGN SAN FRANCISCO'S DEFINITION OF
03:13:36 CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS WITH CURRENT CALIFORNIA LAW BY
03:13:39 FOCUSING ON INCAPACITY EXTENDED ABSENCE FROM WORK AND THE
03:13:43 EXHAUSTION OF AVAILABLE LEAVE RATHER THAN REQUIRING THAT THE
03:13:47 CONDITION BE LIFE THREATENING. EMPLOYEES WOULD STILL NEED TO
03:13:51 PROVIDE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OR EXHAUST AVAILABLE PAID LEAVE
03:13:52 AND SATISFY ALL OF THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
03:13:56 THE EXISTING APPEAL PROCESS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED AT ITS
03:13:59 CORE. THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THAT A
03:14:00 CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL CONDITION CAN BE DEVASTATING FOR AN
03:14:03 EMPLOYEE AND THEIR FAMILY EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIFE
03:14:07 THREATENING. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD UPDATE
03:14:08 LOCAL LAW TO REFLECT THAT REALITY.
03:14:11 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
03:14:12 OFFICE AND TO COLLABORATING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
03:14:15 RESOURCES, OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
03:14:18 AND COLLEAGUES AS WE CRAFT THIS LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD.
03:14:21 AND THE REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR
03:14:23 DORSEY. MR. PRESIDENT, SEEING NO NAMES
03:14:25 ON THE ROSTER, THAT CONCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW
03:14:27 BUSINESS. >> LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC
03:14:30 COMMENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:14:30 FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL LEFT IN THE CHAMBER, IT IS NOW TIME
03:14:34 TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON GENERAL MATTERS.
03:14:38 YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED ITEMS 24 THROUGH 26
03:14:42 ON THE ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE CALENDAR OF
03:14:45 THE AGENDA AND OTHER GENERAL MATTERS NOT ON THE PUBLISHED
03:14:48 AGENDA. >> MR. RIGHT WE'RE SETTING THE
03:14:50 TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES AND YOU ARE UP SIR.
03:14:55 SUPERVISORS JUST SPOKE THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT YOU'RE USING
03:14:57 FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH INCOME BRACKETS IS THE SAME PHILOSOPHY
03:15:00 YOU SHOULD BE USING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
03:15:04 >> MR. RIGHT JUST KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A
03:15:07 WHOLE. YES, SIR.
03:15:08 THANK YOU. IS THE WHOLE BOARD ALL OF YOU
03:15:11 KNOW WHAT I CAN'T DO? >> I'M SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY.
03:15:12 EVERYBODY IS WATCHING ME USE THAT PHILOSOPHY FOR PEOPLE WHO
03:15:15 ARE MOST VULNERABLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OUT ON THE STREET YOU
03:15:20 REDUCE THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND REDUCE THE DRUG ADDICTION
03:15:25 PROBLEM. YOU SHOULD BE THE POSTER PERSON
03:15:28 TO ADVOCATE REHABILITATE OPTION FOR DRUG ADDICTS.
03:15:33 YOU WENT TO A REHABILITATION PROGRAM YOURSELF A TRUE
03:15:36 AND CORRECT REHABILITATION PROGRAM WHERE THEY DIDN'T LET
03:15:40 YOU USE CRACK COCAINE NO HEROIN ,NO SPEECH, CRYSTAL METH,
03:15:44 AMPHETAMINES AND DID NOT LET YOU DRINK NO ALCOHOL OR SMOKE
03:15:48 NO CIGARETS. BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN LOW
03:15:52 INCOME BRACKETS WHO ARE HOMELESS THE MOST YOU WANT TO
03:15:55 DO IS A SAFE INJECTION SITE AND THEN YOU SUPPLY THE
03:15:59 PARAPHERNALIA FOR THEM TO USE DRUGS ON THE TAXPAYERS MONEY ON
03:16:03 CITY FACILITIES TO A IN A BET DRUG REHABILITATION TO
03:16:11 COUNSELING AND SABOTAGE TO REHABILITATION.
03:16:15 AND THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THIS BOARD ATTENTION MR. DORSEY JUST
03:16:19 USE YOU SHOULD APPLY IT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
03:16:23 YOU ALWAYS CAMPAIGN WHEN YOU GET NEW JOB THAT YOU'RE GOING
03:16:25 TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS AND THE MOST VULNERABLE AS A
03:16:28 WHOLE. MR. RIGHT PLAN BOARD AS A WHOLE
03:16:31 DON'T USE YOU AS A WHOLE. >> I'M TALKING AS A WHOLE.
03:16:32 ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT I MADE THAT CLEAR.
03:16:35 IT'S DISGUSTING AND I WANT MY TIME BACK TOO.
03:16:37 AND BY THE SAME RESPONSE YOUR BUDGET CUTS PERTAINING TO
03:16:42 TEENAGERS AS HOMELESS IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
03:16:46 THOSE TEENAGERS DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU $1.5
03:16:49 BILLION NEGATIVE CASH FLOW. >> SAME FOR THE SENIORS CITIZEN
03:16:52 PROGRAM. THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO
03:16:54 WITH THAT BUDGET PROGRAM NEGATIVE CASH FLOW DEBT THAT'S
03:16:57 YOUR FAULT. >> THANK YOU MR. RIGHT WELCOME
03:17:01 TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING.
03:17:06 MY NAME IS BARRY PEARL. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN
03:17:12 FRANCISCO. MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH RETIRED
03:17:16 CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION
03:17:21 SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY UPSETTING TO US.
03:17:24 WE'RE BOTH COVERED UNDER MEDICARE AND THROUGH BLUE
03:17:28 SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WE
03:17:35 RECEIVED MULTIPLE NOTICES ADVISING US OF AN UPDATE TO OUR
03:17:40 NETWORK AND WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR LONG TERM PRIMARY CARE
03:17:47 PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALISTS WERE NO LONGER COVERED BY THE
03:17:52 PROGRAM. WE CONTACTED THE HEALTH SERVICE
03:17:55 SYSTEM. THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THESE
03:18:00 NOTICES. WE IN TURN CONTACTED BLUE
03:18:03 SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA AND THEY INFORMED THAT THIS THAT THESE
03:18:07 NOTICES WERE ALL ISSUED IN ERROR AND THAT THEY WERE
03:18:11 ISSUED TO MORE THAN RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYEES.
03:18:14 THEY WERE ISSUED TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA THAT
03:18:18 THESE NOTICES WERE ISSUED IN ERROR.
03:18:22 I RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BOARD CALL A BLUE SHIELD TO TESTIFY
03:18:30 BEFORE THIS BOARD TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS
03:18:35 ERROR AND HOW DO THEY PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE
03:18:38 THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE RELIED ON FOR MEDICAL CARE WITH
03:18:43 LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS. MY WIFE HAS LONG TERM HEALTH
03:18:49 ISSUES SUCH AS DIABETES AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS SO THIS
03:18:57 IS A MAJOR DISASTER AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE
03:19:01 THIS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:19:02 THANK YOU. MR. CARROLL.
03:19:05 DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT LETTER THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE
03:19:08 FILE? I CAN WE CAN MAKE A COPY OF
03:19:12 YOUR ORIGINAL YES. >> THE ONLY THING IS THAT MY ID
03:19:16 NUMBER IS CAN YOU DO THAT? >> CERTAINLY.
03:19:19 OKAY. ARTHUR WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
03:19:20 HE'S COMING AROUND. THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON.
03:19:23 OKAY, BEFORE YOU GIVE ME MY TIME, I WANT THE SCREEN TO SHOW
03:19:27 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE FIRST MINUTE OF TV, PLEASE.
03:19:30 >> OKAY. SO THAT THERE IS A IT'S AN
03:19:37 ARTICLE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO POST OFFICIAL IN SO I'M
03:19:42 STARTING YOUR TIME NOW. OKAY.
03:19:46 START MY TIME CAN I GET SOME ACTION ON WHAT I'M TALKING
03:19:50 ABOUT I SO GO TV PLEASE. YES BECAUSE IT'S NOT SHOWING
03:20:01 ANYWAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE JUNE 18TH 19TH WESLEY
03:20:08 JOHNSON WHITE HORSE AWARD. THAT'S HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY
03:20:12 AND NOT EVEN UP THERE YET. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S
03:20:13 HAPPENING. THE AWARDS IS GO CELEBRATE WITH
03:20:17 SHUG KNIGHT AND WILLIE BROWN JUNIOR DOCTOR AMOS BROWN
03:20:20 AND FORMER WASHINGTON. >> I'M PAUSING YOUR TIME.
03:20:24 OKAY, WE'RE CHECKING ON THAT PROJECTOR TO DETERMINE IF IT IS
03:20:28 IN FACT OKAY. >> PLEASE.
03:20:31 THANK YOU. I JUST THOUGHT THANK YOU.
03:20:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS WEEK EVERY GO APOLOGIES
03:20:35 MR. WASHINGTON. >> APPRECIATE IT.
03:20:39 OH, THAT'S A GOOD THING. ALL RIGHT.
03:20:40 I'M GOING TO RESTART YOUR TIME. HERE WE GO.
03:20:43 >> OKAY. SO WITH THAT HERE IS A CROWN IS
03:20:44 THE SAN FRANCISCO POST STATING A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION TO BE
03:20:50 HELD AT THE NEWLY REOPENED HERITAGE CENTERED.
03:20:53 DOGGONE IT, THE WHOLE CITY KNOWS ABOUT THIS THING AND I'M
03:20:57 HERE BEGGING THEM PLEASE AND SOME SOME SUPPORT FROM THE
03:20:59 CITY AND COUNTY THEY HELPED ME PULL THIS THING OFF.
03:21:02 >> AND EVERYWHERE I GO WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY.
03:21:06 >> WE WHEN YOU GOT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IT MAKES NO
03:21:09 SENSE. EVEN MY SUPERVISOR SAID WE
03:21:10 AIN'T GOT NO FUND. YOU GOT FUNDS?
03:21:13 THERE WAS THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE.
03:21:14 I'M BUSTING MY BUDDY. MY STAFF IS MAKING THIS THING
03:21:17 HAPPEN HISTORICALLY FOR THE JUNETEENTH MARCH THERE AND I
03:21:20 CAN'T GET A DIME AND I GOT PAPERS.
03:21:24 I'M MISSING OUT TO EVERYBODY ALL I NEED A FEW BUCKS.
03:21:28 SO ANYWAY, LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT'S THE OTHER THING I GOT AN
03:21:31 EMAIL THAT THERE IS A MEETING HAPPENING ON THE 21ST OR SECOND
03:21:35 AT LSU HUTCH CITY THE COUNTY IS DOING IT AND THEY TOLD ME
03:21:39 NOTHING WOULD THE ONLY THINK THEY'RE GOING ON TRYING TO DO
03:21:42 IT MY COMMUNITY SUPERVISOR YOU KNOW ABOUT IT YOU SAID YOU
03:21:45 DIDN'T YOU TOLD A FEW OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BOARD AS A
03:21:47 WHOLE IS OH AS A WHOLE HE KNOWS ABOUT IT.
03:21:50 THE MAYOR KNOWS EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT I'M SICK AND TIRED OF
03:21:54 BEING SICK AND TIRED IN THIS CITY.
03:21:57 I'VE BEEN IN THIS BOARDROOM LONGER THAN EVERYBODY IN HERE
03:22:01 AND I'M TIRED. >> I NEED RESPECT.
03:22:02 I AM THE FILLMORE COURTROOM AMBASSADOR NOT THE.
03:22:08 ANYTHING THAT SHAKES YOU RATTLES AND ROLLS IN THE STILL
03:22:10 MORE NEEDS TO COME TO MY OFFICE.
03:22:13 THE SUPERVISOR YOU JUST BEEN THERE?
03:22:14 THE MAYOR JUST BEEN THERE A YEAR.
03:22:17 >> THEY DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY
03:22:18 COMMUNITY. >> YOU KNOW I'M SICK AND TIRED
03:22:22 OF IT NOW. I THOUGHT I WAS ME REAL JOB BE
03:22:25 ABLE TO SAY IT'S A FOUR LETTER WORDS ALL DAY LONG ONE OF YOU
03:22:28 YOU BECAUSE OF THAT JOB THIS BOARD DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
03:22:30 DEBT I'M 72 YEARS OLD AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO
03:22:36 MAKE MY COMMUNITY AIN'T GOT NO HELP FROM THE SUPERVISORS.
03:22:37 THE MAYOR NOBODY MY NAME IS ACE AND I'M NEW PEOPLE HAPPY
03:22:44 WITH WITHOUT YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON.
03:22:48 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE.
03:22:51 OH, YOU THINK? >> AND GIVE ME A NAME.
03:22:55 EXCUSE ME. I'M NOT UPSET.
03:22:56 MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS UP. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, BOARD
03:23:07 PRESIDENT MAN, WOMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS AT A HALL ONCE AGAIN I
03:23:11 NOTICE THAT THE SEAT FOR DISTRICT NINE IS EMPTY AND I
03:23:18 REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN READING MUCH ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER.
03:23:22 NONE OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS REALLY COMMENT ON AND MAYBE IS
03:23:30 THERE A BACKROOM DEAL THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAMPUS CREW
03:23:33 WHICH ESSENTIALLY HOLDS THE DISTRICT NINE AT THE MOMENT?
03:23:41 WHAT DOES THE MAYOR ARE DOING? BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK THE
03:23:46 PEOPLE THAT REALLY BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEMS OF OUR CLINICS.
03:23:51 I MEAN I'VE BEEN IN THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY FOREVER.
03:23:58 >> THAT IS NOT THE TOPIC OF THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
03:24:02 >> WE ALREADY HAD THE MEDICAL SERVICES CUT JUST HALF WAY.
03:24:06 >> I ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M GOING TO JUST LEAVE
03:24:07 THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:24:10 WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
03:24:13 >> I'M EXHAUSTED TO THIS MEETINGS GO ON.
03:24:17 >> YOUR ACADEMY AWARDS ARE RIDICULOUS IN THE SENSE THAT
03:24:21 NOBODY FROM DISTRICT NINE SEEMS TO BE REPRESENTED.
03:24:25 I THINK YOU'RE GOING IN IN THE WRONG WAY.
03:24:29 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, MR. GAMBRELL, ARE
03:24:33 YOU COMING? WHO'S NEXT?
03:24:36 >> I'M HERE AGAIN. WELCOME.
03:24:37 LEAH. >> OKAY.
03:24:43 HELLO. I AM TRANS SPECIFICALLY
03:24:47 NONBINARY BISEXUAL AND I'M MARRIED TO A BRILLIANT,
03:24:50 BEAUTIFUL TRANS WOMAN. I WORKED FOR THE S.F. GIANTS
03:24:52 FOR A FEW MONTHS THIS YEAR. >> I GOT THE FREE HAT AS WELL
03:24:59 AND WAS ENJOYING IT UNTIL JOSHUA KUSHNER BOUGHT A STAKE
03:25:02 IN THE TEAM A CULTURAL ASSET. >> I QUIT FOR MORE MORAL
03:25:04 REASONS S.F. GIANTS PLAYERS LANDON, JT AND RYAN USED THE
03:25:11 GIANTS PRIDE GAME TO INVOKE THEIR RELIGION TO PROTEST THE
03:25:15 EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ KIDS AND ADULTS.
03:25:16 >> SHAME ON THEM SHAME ON THE OTHER GIANTS EMPLOYEE SAM FOR
03:25:19 DISRESPECTING THEIR AUDIENCE. >> OH SHAME ON THE GIANTS FOR
03:25:23 DISRESPECTING A STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING PRIDE WHOSE
03:25:27 ATTENDANCE AND PURCHASING OF GIANTS MERCHANDISE MAKES THEM
03:25:28 MONEY. >> HOPEFULLY FRIDAY WAS THEIR
03:25:31 LAST GAME AND PURCHASE THESE S.F. GIANTS PLAYERS THESE
03:25:34 EMPLOYEES THESE MEN JEWS CHOSE TO DO THIS WHEN 10% OF LGBTQ
03:25:38 PLUS YOUTH ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THIS PAST YEAR WHEN SUICIDE IS
03:25:42 THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG LGBTQ PLUS KIDS AGE
03:25:45 10 TO 14, ONE IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE AMONGST LGBTQ
03:25:49 PLUS YOUTH AGES 15 TO 24 WHEN LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH ARE FOUR TIMES
03:25:56 MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR PEERS TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE FOR SHAME
03:25:59 THESE MEN DID THIS TO KIDS IN THE NAME OF GOD.
03:26:06 >> THEY DID THIS IN THE NAME OF A MAN WHO PREACHED THE LOVE THY
03:26:08 NEIGHBOR. >> THEIR STUNTS CONTRIBUTED TO
03:26:11 THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES KIDS FEEL ALIENATED
03:26:14 AND ASHAMED MAKING THEM WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES.
03:26:17 SHAME ON THESE MEN. SHAME ON THE OWNERS AND SHAME
03:26:21 ON LARRY BEAR SOME LEADERSHIP, SOME CULTURE.
03:26:23 >> WHAT A LOSER ASSET PERFECT FOR YOUR BILLIONAIRE
03:26:26 STAKEHOLDERS. >> IS THAT WHAT BEING A MAN IS
03:26:30 TO YOU ALL BULLYING KIDS TO DEATH ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE
03:26:34 MY LAST GAME BEFORE I QUIT I ACTUALLY CRIED DURING THE
03:26:37 NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT I CRIED WHEN I HEARD THE LINE.
03:26:39 >> LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL FREE AT ALL.
03:26:42 >> THANK YOU LIAM MCKEEVER FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:26:46 >> MR. GAMBRELL GIDEON LADIES MANDELMAN OF THE BOARD I WAS
03:26:49 IN HERE LAST WEEK. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR I
03:26:53 HAD AN ATTITUDE WHEN I CAME THE FIRE YOUR SUPPORT I NEED YOUR
03:26:57 SUPPORT VERY DEARLY. I LIVE IN 11 NINE IN MISSION
03:27:01 STREET AND I WAS THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN THE PAST.
03:27:05 WHEN I COME TO YOUR WORK AND I HAD AN ATTITUDE AND I APOLOGIZE
03:27:09 AGAIN BUT THE SITUATION YOU GUYS ON ME RIGHT NOW I GOT A
03:27:13 THREE DAY CONVICTION NOTICE I HAVE TO REPORT HERE MY HAND
03:27:17 THAT TO TIME THE MAN WHO STAYED IN MY BUILDING TRIED TO RAPE MY
03:27:24 MY CHILDREN'S MOTHER PUT HER IN THE HALLWAY AND TO TELL ME
03:27:28 THAT HE DID IT. I TRY TO GET HELP FROM SOMEBODY
03:27:31 TO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. THE POLICE WAS CALLED HERE TACK
03:27:35 MY WOMAN AND CHILD TO RAPE JUST RESILIENTLY HE CAME TO MY DOOR
03:27:39 AND ME AND MY FAMILY WAS IN THE HOUSE SLEEPING AND I WALKED UP
03:27:43 BY MY DAUGHTER CRYING AND SAYING DADDY, DADDY,
03:27:47 SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO BREAK IN THE HOUSE.
03:27:48 SO WENT UP TO THE DOOR. I SEEN THAT GUY THE SAME GUY
03:27:52 WHO TRIED TO PULL MY WIFE DOWN AND RAPED TWICE.
03:27:55 SO AFTER HE STOPPED KNOCKING ON HER DOOR I GOT MY FAMILY
03:27:58 TOGETHER, LET THEM GET HIS STUFF AND I DIDN'T WANT A 20 OR
03:28:03 4 AND I'M HANDICAPPED NOW WITH BRACES ON MY LEG.
03:28:06 SO WE WALKED DOWN AND I GOT HIM OUT OF THE BUILDING TO SAFETY
03:28:10 GROUND AND I WENT IN OPPOSITE NON-MATERIAL SOMETHING
03:28:12 MANDELMAN I HAD A BASEBALL BAT WITH ME FOR MY FAMILY.
03:28:17 I WAS COMING DOWN 25 STAIRS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO
03:28:21 GO ON DOWN THE STAIRWAY BUT JUST SO THE PROPERTY MANAGER
03:28:25 INSTEAD AS YOU CALL THE POLICE WHEN THE MAN TRIED TO RAPE MY
03:28:29 WIFE THE FIRST TIME THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
03:28:30 BUT NOW THAT I HAD A BASEBALL BAT TRYING TO PROTECT ME AND MY
03:28:33 FAMILY, THEY STABBED ME WITH A THREE DAY NOTICE OF CONVICTION.
03:28:37 NOTICE FOR ME PROTECTING MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN BUT THIS
03:28:43 MAN NOT TO RAPE MY CHILDREN AND NOT TO DO NOTHING TO ME NOW
03:28:47 I'M ON EARTH TO GET GETTING PUT OUT.
03:28:48 I WANT TO KNOW I APOLOGIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAD ATTITUDE
03:28:52 BUT I'M NOT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. GAMBRELL.
03:28:55 THANK YOU. >> I WILL COME AROUND AND SPEAK
03:28:59 TO YOU IN JUST ONE MOMENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF
03:29:02 THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING
03:29:03 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, ALL
03:29:09 RIGHT. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
03:29:10 CLOSED, MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE THE FOR ADOPTION COMMITTEE
03:29:15 REFERENCE AGENDA BUT I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THESE THESE ITEMS
03:29:18 REQUIRE A LITTLE ATTENTION. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST CALL THEM
03:29:22 ONE BY ONE ITEM 24 TWO THROUGH 26 ITEM 24 WELL LET'S SAY ITEMS
03:29:27 24 THROUGH 26 WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE
03:29:28 REFERENCE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF A
03:29:32 RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TODAY ANY MEMBER MAY REQUIRE A
03:29:36 RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TO GO TO COMMITTEE ITEM 24 THIS IS
03:29:38 A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL'S ROLE
03:29:42 IN STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY AND GENERATIONAL BONDS THROUGH
03:29:45 CULTURAL CELEBRATION AND TO SUPPORT ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
03:29:49 RESOLUTION 123 INTRODUCED BY ASSEMBLYMAN PHILLIP CHEN AND TO
03:29:53 RECOGNIZE JUNE 19TH, 2026 AS DWAN WU JIA DAY IN STATE OF
03:30:00 CALIFORNIA AND TO FURTHER DECLARE JUNE 19TH, 2026 AS
03:30:03 DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL DAY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHEN
03:30:11 THANK YOU PRESENT AMENDMENTS I AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
03:30:18 MOTION TO AMEND ITEM 24 FILE NUMBER 2606 EIGHT SUPPORTING
03:30:22 CALIFORNIA'S ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 123
03:30:26 DOGWOODS YET DRAGON BALL FESTIVAL DATE JUNE 19TH, 2026
03:30:30 TO MAKE MINOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS ALL OF US HAVE
03:30:37 RECEIVED AT EVENTS COPIES OF THE PROPOSED IT AMENDMENTS.
03:30:41 THE AMENDMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS PAGE ONE NINE NUMBER FIVE
03:30:46 CHANGE COMMA AND TO SEMICOLON AT PAGE ONE 917 CAPITALIZE F
03:30:52 IN FESTIVAL PAGE ONE LINE 18 WE MOVE ALSO PAGE ONE 921 CHANGE
03:31:00 IN TO DURING THE PAGE TWO LINE SEVEN AT THE PAGE TO NIGHT
03:31:10 NUMBER I CAPITALIZED IN FESTIVAL PAGE TWO 918
03:31:14 CAPITALIZED AS IN STATE PAGE TWO LINE 23 AT THE PAGE THREE
03:31:22 911 CHANGE DIRECT TO DIRECTS PAGE THREE NINE THIRD TEEN
03:31:29 CHANGE MY TO MONIQUE NEWMAN'S PAGE THREE 914 AT MEMBERS THANK
03:31:39 YOU THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN IS THERE A SECOND FOR THIS
03:31:43 MOTION SECONDED BY CHAN CAN WE TAKE THAT MOTION WITHOUT
03:31:47 OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION THE THE RESOLUTION IS AMENDED
03:31:51 AND THEN CAN WE TAKE THE RESULT LET'S CALL THE ROLL ON THE ON
03:31:56 THE RESOLUTION ON ITEM 24 AS AMENDED SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
03:32:00 MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI GENTLEMEN I
03:32:03 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
03:32:07 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON ALL RIGHT
03:32:14 WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
03:32:18 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
03:32:22 HIGH THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE AMENDED
03:32:26 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL I AM 25 ITEM
03:32:32 20 FIVE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AS A DAY OF
03:32:35 REFLECTION, EMPOWERMENT AND COMMEMORATION OF BLACK
03:32:39 FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND TO URGE ALL
03:32:43 SAN FRANCISCANS TO JOIN IN HONORING THIS IMPORTANT DAY
03:32:46 . >> SUPERVISOR WELL THANK YOU
03:32:47 PRESIDENT BENJAMIN I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL
03:32:51 OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO CO-SPONSORED THIS RESOLUTION AS
03:32:54 YOU KNOW IN 2021 JUNETEENTH WAS MADE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND OF
03:32:58 COURSE THIS IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION.
03:33:02 WE ARE IN JUNETEENTH WEEK AND JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
03:33:06 SUPPORT EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU.
03:33:07 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD CO SPONSOR NOTED THANK YOU.
03:33:13 >> GREAT LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
03:33:17 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
03:33:21 ITEM 26 ITEM 26 THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE A PHASED
03:33:25 FINAL MAP NUMBER 1268 ONE CANDLESTICK POINT MAJOR PHASE
03:33:31 TWO RELATING TO PORTIONS OF THE CANDLESTICK POINT HUNTERS POINT
03:33:33 SHIPYARD PHASE TWO PROJECT FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES A MERGER
03:33:40 AND RE SUBDIVISION RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 50 LOTS
03:33:43 CONSISTING OF 12 DEVELOPMENT LOTS 24 LOTS INTENDED FOR
03:33:46 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY USE AND 14 REMAINDER LOTS AND TO AUTHORIZE
03:33:51 UP TO 440 441 RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS AND UP TO 15
03:33:58 COMMERCIAL CAM INDIAN CONDOMINIUM UNITS SUBJECT TO
03:34:02 SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AND TO APPROVE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
03:34:03 AGREEMENT RELATED TO FINAL MAP NUMBER 12681 AND TO ADOPT THE
03:34:09 APPROPRIATE FINDINGS SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU PRESIDENT MY
03:34:13 COLLEAGUES YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED AN AMENDMENT FOR THIS
03:34:17 ITEM AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO
03:34:21 REMOVE THE FINDINGS AND THE LONG TITLE ON PAGE ONE LINES
03:34:25 NINE TO LEVEL 11 REMOVING THE WORDS AND ADOPTING FINDINGS
03:34:31 PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL PLAN COMMA AND THE EIGHT PRIORITY
03:34:34 POLICIES OF PLANNING CO COMMA SECTION 101.1 PERIOD THERE'S
03:34:40 MOTION IS BEEN SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHAN AND COLLEAGUES
03:34:48 . CAN WE TAKE THE MOTION WITHOUT
03:34:49 OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS AMENDED.
03:34:52 AND THEN I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE AMENDED RESOLUTION SAME
03:34:53 HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
03:34:56 AMENDED RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED APPROVED THAT IT'S A MOTION THE
03:35:03 WELL THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED.
03:35:07 SO WHAT I DID MADAM CLERK WELL, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
03:35:11 >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, DO WE
03:35:18 HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS THERE ARE NONE TO REPORT.
03:35:23 >> MR. PRESIDENT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIAM?
03:35:26 YES. TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
03:35:27 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS
03:35:31 ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR THE LATE MR.
03:35:34 MICHAEL FRANK RICE AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:35:38 AND SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR THE LATE MRS. PHOEBE LEE.
03:35:45 I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA MADAM CLERK
03:35:48 DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
03:35:50 >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
03:35:53 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK WE ARE ADJOURNED