00:01:43 THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC
00:01:47 FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
00:01:50 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I
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00:02:04 THAT IS ESPECIALLY KALEENA MENDOZA.
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00:02:11 COMMUNICATIONS? THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
00:02:14 >> THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE IN THE BOARD'S
00:02:16 LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER IN ROOM TWO 52ND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
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00:02:44 SERVICE AND ADDRESS THE ENVELOPE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:02:45 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. >> THE NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON B
00:02:50 GOODLATTE PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
00:02:57 94102. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A
00:02:59 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A FUTURE MEETING UNDER THE
00:03:02 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE
00:03:05 ASSISTANCE, CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS
00:03:09 DAYS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING (415) 554-5184.
00:03:15 >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS.
00:03:18 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AS WE HAVE DONE BEFORE, I THINK
00:03:22 WE ARE GOING TO BE RECUSING SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR ONE MORE
00:03:26 MEETING. I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS GOING
00:03:27 TO BE BACK IN THE BUILDING ON MONDAY.
00:03:31 BUT FOR NOW COULD I HAVE A MOTION EXCUSED SUPERVISOR
00:03:34 FIELDER MOVED BY CHEN SECONDED BY DORSEY.
00:03:38 COLLEAGUES, CAN WE TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION?
00:03:40 WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS EXCUSED.
00:03:45 >> AND THEN QUICK LET'S GO TO OUR APPROVAL OF MEETING
00:03:46 MINUTES. YES.
00:03:49 THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 19TH 2026 BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
00:03:53 >> COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS
00:03:56 PRESENTED MOVED BY CHEN SECONDED BY CHERYL.
00:04:00 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES AS
00:04:04 PRESENTED? SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES
00:04:08 SUPERVISOR MENDELSON HI MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:04:12 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR SARDAR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:04:16 CHERYL I SUPERVISOR FOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG
00:04:23 I'M SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:04:28 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:04:32 OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
00:04:35 AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS
00:04:40 PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER.
00:04:43 >> ITEM ONE IS THE PROPOSED INTERIM BUDGET
00:04:46 AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE ALL ESTIMATED
00:04:47 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY
00:04:51 AND COUNTY AS OF MAY 30TH 2026 FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
00:04:57 30TH 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028 AND ITEM TWO IS THE PROPOSED
00:05:01 INTERIM ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE TO ENUMERATE POSITIONS IN THE
00:05:05 ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR
00:05:08 FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028.
00:05:15 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO
00:05:19 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR
00:05:26 HI HIGH MAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
00:05:33 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WILTON WALTON EYES
00:05:38 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I'M SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I
00:05:45 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:05:49 AND DORSEY I THEIR ATTORNEYS WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:05:53 ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:05:56 THREE ITEM THREE IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SAN
00:05:59 FRANCISCO FIRE CODE TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OFFER AND DELIVERY OF
00:06:03 LITHIUM LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND REPLACEMENT LITHIUM ION
00:06:07 BATTERIES THAT DO NOT MEET SPECIFIED CERTIFICATION
00:06:11 REQUIREMENTS TO ANY ADDRESS WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:06:14 ESTABLISH ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS TO
00:06:19 AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE AND MONETARY
00:06:20 RELIEF AND ATTORNEY'S FEES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE FIRE
00:06:23 DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE RESTRICTION THROUGH RULES,
00:06:27 FORMS AND GUIDANCE. COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE CAN TAKE
00:06:31 THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:06:35 IS FINALLY PASSED AND PLEASE CALL ITEM FOUR.
00:06:38 >> ITEM FOUR. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
00:06:42 DIVISION ONE OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE TO MAKE NON
00:06:45 SUBSTANTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO THE PROVISIONS
00:06:48 GOVERNING THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL STAFF COUNCIL ON TRAFFIC
00:06:52 AND TRANSPORTATION AND TO REMOVE OUTDATED PROVISIONS
00:06:54 CONCERNING THE TEMPORARY USE OF STREETS FOR SCHOOL USES TO
00:06:58 AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIRE CODES TO UPDATE
00:07:01 CROSS-REFERENCES AND TO AFFIRM THE SECOND DETERMINATION
00:07:03 AND AGAIN SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:07:07 IS FINALLY PASSED. MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO NEW
00:07:12 BUSINESS. >> PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE
00:07:13 ITEM FIVE THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY APPROVE AN
00:07:16 AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
00:07:20 AND COUNTY AND TANS INC FOR THE RETAIL SPACE LOCATED AT 44
00:07:25 ALLEN STREET IN THE EL PASO FERAL GARAGE TO AMEND THE
00:07:27 CALCULATION OF THE MONTHLY BASE RENT TO A PERCENTAGE RENT
00:07:31 CALCULATED AS 8% OF GROSS REVENUES RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY
00:07:37 FIRST 2021 TO AMEND THE MONTHLY WATER CHARGE TO APPROXIMATELY
00:07:41 2400 TO RETRO ACTIVE TO FEBRUARY 1ST 2024 TO AMEND THE
00:07:47 CALCULATION OF BASE RENT AND WATER CHARGE DURING THE
00:07:51 FIRST OPTION TO EXTEND TO REQUIRE TAD'S TO PAY A $4,000
00:07:56 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO IMPOSE MINIMUM HOURS OF OPERATION TO
00:08:00 WAIVE TAX OBLIGATION TO PAY BEST BASE RENT FOR THE TERM
00:08:05 BEGINNING APRIL 1ST 2020 TO DECEMBER 31ST 2020 AND TO WAIVE
00:08:08 TOWN'S OBLIGATION TO PAY OUTSTANDING WATER CHARGE
00:08:12 BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2020 TO JANUARY 31ST 2024 EFFECTIVE
00:08:17 UPON APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THROUGH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF
00:08:23 APRIL 30TH 2029 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:08:27 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL OUT A NUMBER SIX
00:08:32 ITEM SIX THIS IS A MOTION ENACTING A 4.50% COST OF LIVING
00:08:36 ADJUSTMENT TO THE BASE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 26 CONTRACT
00:08:42 AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILLION FOR BUDGET
00:08:45 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST SERVICES EFFECTUATED AS OF JULY
00:08:52 1ST 2026 TO RESULT IN A NEW FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 27
00:08:55 CONTRACT AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILLION AN
00:08:58 ANNUAL INCREASE OF 152,000 AND A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED
00:09:02 CONTRACT AMOUNT OF 36 MILLION FOR THE CONTRACT TERM ENDING
00:09:07 DECEMBER 31ST 2031 AND TO DIRECT THE CLERK TO TAKE THE
00:09:14 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS ACCORDINGLY.
00:09:17 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS
00:09:18 APPROVED. >> MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:09:22 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ITEM SEVEN THIS IS A RESOLUTION
00:09:25 TO ADD THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME TONI STEPHANIE WAY TO
00:09:31 FALMOUTH STREET BETWEEN FOLSOM STREET AND SHIPLEY STREET
00:09:34 IN RECOGNITION OF RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:09:36 CAPTAIN TONY STEPHANIE. >> AGAIN SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:09:42 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED MADAM
00:09:45 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ITEM EIGHT THIS IS AN
00:09:47 ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATE OF CODE TO CHANGE
00:09:51 THE NAME OF THIS STATUS SO WOMEN'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:09:54 PROGRAM FUND TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASED PROGRAM
00:09:58 FUND TO REVISE THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND TO ESTABLISH THE
00:10:02 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR
00:10:05 ANOTHER AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR AS ADMINISTRATOR OF
00:10:09 THE FUND WITH DELEGATED DUTIES AND TO UPDATE PROVISIONS
00:10:13 REGARDING THE FUND TO REFLECT STATE LAW CHANGES RELATING TO
00:10:14 FEES COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY CLERK FOR THE FUND.
00:10:21 >> COLLEAGUES YOUR OFFICES SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AND YOU
00:10:25 SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR DESKS RIGHT NOW A PROPOSED NON SUBSTANTIVE
00:10:28 CLARIFYING AMENDMENT. ITEM EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE AS
00:10:33 OUR CLERK INDICATED, UPDATING SECTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:10:36 CODE GOVERNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASED
00:10:39 GOVERNING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER BASE PROGRAM FUND.
00:10:41 AFTER THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AND RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE
00:10:44 15TH, THE COUNTY CLERK ALERTED US TO A PHRASE THAT COULD
00:10:48 CREATE CONFUSION SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE TWO LINES TEN AND 11
00:10:53 THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CURRENTLY STATES OR AT LEAST AS
00:10:56 IT APPEARS IN THE AGENDA STATES THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE
00:11:00 LAW $23 SHOULD BE COLLECTED EITHER AT THE ISSUANCE OF A
00:11:03 MARRIAGE LICENSE OR AT THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF
00:11:06 MARRIAGE AND THEN DEPOSITED INTO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:11:07 SHELTER BASE PROGRAM FUND. THE COUNTY CLERK HAS POINTED
00:11:10 OUT THAT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC LEGAL PROCESS OR FEE ASSOCIATED
00:11:13 WITH FILING A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AND THEREFORE AT THE
00:11:17 RECOMMENDATION OF THE CLERK WE HAVE NEW LANGUAGE AND AN
00:11:21 AMENDMENT TO STRIKE OUT THE PHRASE OR AT THE TIME OF THE
00:11:22 FILING OF ANY CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
00:11:25 ON PAGE TWO, LINE 11 CLARIFYING THAT THE $23 WILL BE COLLECTED
00:11:28 AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE.
00:11:32 THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A NON SUBSTANTIVE
00:11:35 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
00:11:36 AND SO I'M GOING TO NOW MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER
00:11:40 EIGHT FILE 250720 TO STRIKE OUT THE PHRASE OR AT THE TIME OF
00:11:43 THE FILING OF ANY CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
00:11:46 AND ON PAGE TWO, LINE 11 AS I JUST DESCRIBED COULD I HAVE A
00:11:49 SECOND SECONDED BY CHERYL AND COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE NO
00:11:54 OBJECTIONS WE'LL TAKE THAT AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:11:57 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
00:12:01 AND ON THE AMENDED ITEM I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT SAME HOUSE
00:12:05 SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AMENDED
00:12:09 ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
00:12:13 CALL ITEM NUMBER NINE. >> ITEM NINE THIS IS A MOTION
00:12:17 TO APPOINT ATHENA BING YING ANG AND RAYMOND DANG.
00:12:21 >> TERMS ENDING JANUARY 1ST 2027 TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:12:24 COUNCIL TERM ENDING JANUARY 1ST 2020 EIGHT.
00:12:27 >> COLLEAGUES LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:12:31 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
00:12:37 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TEN. >> ITEM TEN THIS IS A MOTION TO
00:12:39 REAPPOINT MARIA DAVIS TO THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION TERM
00:12:43 ENDING JULY 1ST 2030. >> AGAIN, SAME HOUSE, SAME
00:12:48 CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
00:12:49 IS APPROVED. >> MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE A
00:12:53 COMMITTEE REPORT I BELIEVE. YES.
00:12:57 ITEM 11 IT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE AT A
00:12:58 RESCHEDULED MEETING ON MONDAY JUNE 22ND AND WAS FORWARDED AS
00:13:02 A COMMITTEE REPORT. ITEM 11 IS A RESOLUTION TO
00:13:05 AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF
00:13:09 HOUSING'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ITS CHIEF DEPUTIES AND DEPUTY
00:13:12 DIRECTORS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS TO SOLICIT DONATIONS FROM
00:13:15 VARIOUS PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
00:13:19 SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF TEMPORARY SHELTER AND OTHER
00:13:23 HOMELESS SERVICES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:13:26 HOMELESSNESS NOTWITHSTANDING THE BE HAS TO PAYMENT ORDINANCE
00:13:30 AND WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:13:31 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
00:13:34 >> MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL.
00:13:38 YES SUPERVISOR MAHMUD YOUR FIRST UP TO INTRODUCE NEW
00:13:39 BUSINESS SUBMIT THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR MENDELSOHN MR.
00:13:46 PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:13:50 >> I HAVE AN IN MEMORIAM. I'M ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN
00:13:57 TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF JOHN V GIUSTI.
00:14:01 BELOVED SON, HUSBAND, COUSIN, FRIEND AND BUSINESS PARTNER OF
00:14:05 MASOOD SAMIRA AT ARIA PROPERTIES WHO DIED ON JUNE
00:14:09 7TH, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 80. >> JOHN WAS A PROUD LIFELONG
00:14:13 SAN FRANCISCAN BORN TO JOHN B GIUSTI AND ANNA BUNDER GIUSTI
00:14:20 WHOSE LOVE, VALUES AND EXAMPLE REMAINED A GUIDING INFLUENCE
00:14:21 THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. AFTER GRADUATING FROM BALBO
00:14:24 HIGH SCHOOL HE WENT ON TO EARN A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
00:14:28 IN PRINTING FROM CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
00:14:29 SAN LUIS OBISPO. HE SERVED AS A COMMISSIONED
00:14:32 OFFICER IN THE ARMY AND WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL
00:14:35 IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURAGE AND DEDICATION.
00:14:37 A VIETNAM VETERAN, HE OFTEN SPOKE OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE
00:14:40 WITH PRIDE EVEN AFTER COMPLETING ACTIVE DUTY, HE
00:14:44 CONTINUED HIS SERVICE AS A RESERVE COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
00:14:47 FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, HE WORKED FOR MORE THAN TWO
00:14:50 DECADES AT BONE OF THE SAN BONE OF SAN FRANCISCO, A FINANCIAL
00:14:53 PRINTING COMPANY WHERE HE CONTRIBUTED TO MAJOR INITIAL
00:14:58 PUBLIC OFFERINGS AND ANNUAL REPORTS FOR NUMEROUS FORTUNE
00:15:00 500 COMPANIES. EVENTUALLY HE MOVED FROM
00:15:01 FINANCIAL PRINTING TO A CAREER IN REAL ESTATE WHERE HE FOUND A
00:15:06 NATURAL OUTLET FOR HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
00:15:09 AND PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS. UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF ROBERT
00:15:12 SCHUMANN, HE JOINED HARTFORD PROPERTIES AND BUILT A
00:15:14 SUCCESSFUL CAREER BEFORE TEAMING UP WITH MASOOD SAMARI
00:15:17 TO FOUND ARIA PROPERTIES IN 2012.
00:15:20 JOHN LOVED REAL ESTATE BECAUSE IT GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:15:22 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
00:15:25 HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS KINDNESS, GENEROSITY AND SENSE
00:15:28 OF HUMOR. HE ALWAYS HAD A STORY TO SHARE
00:15:30 A PERSPECTIVE TO OFFER AND A WAY OF MAKING THOSE AROUND HIM
00:15:34 FEEL WELCOME. AND IT IS HE FOUND GREAT JOY
00:15:36 IN SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVELING
00:15:38 AND GATHERING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND GOOD FOOD AND GOOD
00:15:40 COMPANY. HE HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS
00:15:41 HEART FOR HIS BELOVED BEAGLES GINGER ONE, GINGER TWO
00:15:46 AND DOLLY WHOM HE ADORED AND CARED FOR WITH ENDLESS
00:15:47 AFFECTION. HE IS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY
00:15:50 HIS PARTNER JOSEPH J. JR, HIS NEPHEWS DENNIS WALLS
00:15:54 AND JOHN HOLDS HIS GRANDNEPHEWS DONALD AND DAVE AND DANIEL
00:15:58 HALLS HIS COUSIN DONALD BONDER ALFONSO AL BONDER VIENNA BONDER
00:16:06 AND JOHANNA VANDER KRON AS WELL AS HIS LONGTIME BUSINESS
00:16:09 PARTNER MASOOD. SUMMARY AND MASOOD'S WIFE FATTY
00:16:13 TABRIZI. JOHN'S LIFE WAS DEFINED BY
00:16:14 SERVICE, FRIENDSHIP, LAUGHTER AND LOVE.
00:16:17 HE LEAVES BEHIND A LASTING LEGACY IN THE LIVES HE TOUCHED
00:16:20 AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
00:16:21 REST AND REST IN PEACE JOHN GIUSTI.
00:16:25 >> MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND THE REST I SUBMIT
00:16:27 . >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:16:28 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:16:35 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF
00:16:38 OF THE WHOLE BOARD. IN LOVING MEMORY OF JULIE
00:16:42 DRISCOLL FERRER THE BELOVED MOTHER OF OUR DEAR FRIEND
00:16:47 AND COLLEAGUE DISTRICT SEVEN LEGISLATIVE AIDE MICHAEL FERRER
00:16:50 JR. JULIE WAS A PROUD FOURTH
00:16:53 GENERATION SAN FRANCISCAN AND THE ELDEST OF SEVEN
00:16:58 DRISCOLL CHILDREN OF MICHAEL JOSEPH DRISCOLL AND REGINA
00:17:01 ESTELLE BAKER DRISCOLL. SHE ATTENDED SAINT MARY'S
00:17:05 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MERCY HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED HER
00:17:06 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND EARNED A
00:17:10 JURIS DOCTORATE FROM GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
00:17:14 AT THE AGE OF 43, JULIE WAS A GIFTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
00:17:20 TEACHER AND SPENT 20 YEARS TEACHING AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS
00:17:23 IN THE CITY INCLUDING SAINT BRENDAN SCHOOL.
00:17:27 AND AS AN AVID READER. SHE JOYFULLY INSTILLED IN HER
00:17:31 STUDENTS AND CHILDREN A LIFELONG LOVE OF BOOKS JOLIE'S
00:17:35 COURAGEOUS ENDEAVOR TO RETURN TO LAW SCHOOL MID-CAREER WAS
00:17:39 ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF HER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT STRENGTH OF
00:17:43 CHARACTER AND INCREDIBLE PERSEVERANCE.
00:17:46 SHE HAD A SHARP AND BRILLIANT MIND AND DID NOT LET CONVENTION
00:17:51 DICTATE HER CHOICES. >> SHE SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION
00:17:55 PROVING BY EXAMPLE THAT WITH DETERMINATION, DISCIPLINE,
00:18:00 INTELLECT AND AN UNWAVERING WORK ETHIC YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR
00:18:04 DREAMS AT ANY AGE AND ACHIEVE GREAT SUCCESS.
00:18:05 JULIE HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS AN EQUITY PARTNER AT
00:18:08 THE FIRM ERICKSON ANN ARBOR'S NOT AND PRACTICED GENERAL CIVIL
00:18:12 LITIGATION FOR 23 YEARS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2011.
00:18:19 THROUGHOUT HER LIFE PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO HER FOR HER WISE
00:18:22 COUNSEL ABILITY TO LISTEN WITHOUT JUDGMENT AND FOR HER
00:18:26 WARM OPEN HEART. JULIE WAS KNOWN FOR HER
00:18:29 KINDNESS, STRENGTH AND HER JOYFUL LAUGH THAT WOULD WARM UP
00:18:34 ANYONE SHE MET AND SHE IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HER LIFELONG
00:18:37 COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. AMONG HER MANY COMMUNITY
00:18:41 CONTRIBUTIONS SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LITTLE
00:18:45 CHILDREN'S AID AND REARDON HIGH SCHOOL.
00:18:46 SHE DEVOTED COUNTLESS HOURS TO ST BRENDAN'S SCHOOL AND AS A
00:18:49 MEMBER OF QUEEN'S BENCH BAR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS COMMITTED
00:18:53 TO EMPOWERING WOMEN AND PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY.
00:18:57 GIVEN ALL OF HER ACHIEVEMENTS, JULIE'S GREATEST LEGACY WHERE
00:19:01 SHE TRULY SHONE BRIGHTEST WAS HER DEDICATION TO HER FAMILY.
00:19:06 AS A MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT, WIFE AND GRANDMOTHER, THE MOST
00:19:11 SIGNIFICANT STORY OF JULIE'S LIFE WAS THAT WAS THAT OF THE
00:19:15 LOVE SHE SHARED WITH HER LATE HUSBAND MICHAEL FARRAH SENIOR.
00:19:19 THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A TRIBUTE TO COMMITMENT, FRIENDSHIP
00:19:23 AND FAMILY. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO
00:19:26 MICHAEL FARRAH JUNIOR AND FARRAH SARIAH FARRAH
00:19:30 DAUGHTER IN LAW MIA MY EDRIS AND FARRAH IN HER LATE SON
00:19:34 GEORGE FARRAH THE THIRD HER GRANDCHILDREN FINNEGAN, ELIJAH
00:19:38 AND JULIANNE WERE THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE WITH WHOM SHE SHARED A
00:19:41 JOYFUL AND UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING RELATIONSHIP.
00:19:46 JULIE WAS A SPIRITUAL WOMAN WITH A STRONG FAITH.
00:19:49 SHE WAS A GUIDING LIGHT, A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LIVE
00:19:53 GRACEFULLY AS A MATRIARCH OF A LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY.
00:19:56 JULIE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY. TO MIKE AND SORAYA AND THE
00:20:01 ENTIRE DRISCOLL FARAH FAMILY. OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS ARE
00:20:05 WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
00:20:08 MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY REQUEST THAT THIS IN MEMORIAM BE MADE
00:20:11 ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD THE REST I SUBMIT ON SUPERVISOR
00:20:15 MEL GARS MOTION. WE WILL HAVE THAT IN MEMORIAM
00:20:20 BE BY FROM THE FULL BOARD. >> THANK YOU.
00:20:23 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL.
00:20:27 >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER. THANK YOU.
00:20:30 COLLEAGUES, TODAY I HAVE AN IN MEMORIAM TO SHARE FOR
00:20:32 JEANETTE ETHERIDGE, THE LONGTIME OWNER OF SAN
00:20:35 FRANCISCO'S TOSCA CAFE WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE
00:20:38 OF 85. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES ON
00:20:42 COLUMBUS AVENUE, JEANETTE ETHERIDGE SERVED AS THE
00:20:43 PROPRIETOR OF TOSCA CAFE. SHE OWNED THE BAR BUT EVEN MORE
00:20:46 SHE OWNED THE ROOM. SEAN PENN ONCE A REGULAR
00:20:50 DESCRIBE JANETTE AS THE MOTHER AND MAYOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:20:56 NIGHT. SHE WAS BORN IN CHINA.
00:20:57 A SOMEWHAT SURPRISING FACT SHAPED BY HER FAMILY'S JOURNEY.
00:21:02 HER PARENTS WERE THE CHILDREN OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES WHO FLED
00:21:05 THE GENOCIDE FIRST TO RUSSIA AND THEN TO CHINA.
00:21:07 SHE SPOKE RUSSIAN, CHINESE AND JAPANESE BEFORE SHE EVER
00:21:10 LEARNED ENGLISH. AS SHE MADE HER WAY TO SAN
00:21:13 FRANCISCO. SHE ATTENDED THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:21:16 ART INSTITUTE AND FOCUSED ON SCULPTURE.
00:21:17 >> SHE FOUND THE PRACTICE, HOWEVER, TO BE TOO SOLITARY
00:21:21 AND IN HER WORDS TOO DIFFICULT. >> FATE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PLAN
00:21:24 FOR HER WHEN SHE WAS CHATTING WITH THE THEN OWNER OF TOSCA
00:21:28 CAFE WHO INFORMED HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE BAR
00:21:32 AND MOVE ON. SHE TOLD HER MOTHER THIS WHO
00:21:35 THEN PLEADED WITH HER TO BUY THE BAR.
00:21:36 THE RATIONALE. >> IT WAS THE FIRST BAR HER
00:21:39 MOTHER EVER VISITED IN THE UNITED STATES AND HER MOTHER
00:21:42 ALSO HAPPENED TO FAVOR TOSCA HOUSE CAPPUCCINO THE CHOCOLATE
00:21:46 A CONCOCTION THAT ACTUALLY CONTAINS NO COFFEE.
00:21:49 SO JEANNETTE SOON TOOK OVER THE KEYS AND IT WAS OFF TO THE
00:21:51 RACES. THROUGH THE YEARS, TOSCA
00:21:54 REGULARLY WELCOMED CELEBRITIES OF ALL STRIPES JAY-Z, FRANCIS
00:21:57 FORD COPPOLA, LEBRON JAMES, BILL MURRAY, HUNTER THOMPSON.
00:22:02 BUT MANAGED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD REGULARS WERE
00:22:06 WELCOME. THAT SUMMED UP JEANNETTE WHO
00:22:09 JOHN MOSCONI DESCRIBED AS SIMULTANEOUSLY QUOTE BOTH FANCY
00:22:13 AND DOWN TO EARTH. TOSCA WAS A LIVING ROOM WHERE
00:22:17 BALLET DANCERS AND BUSINESSMEN, COPS AND POETS, LONGSHOREMEN
00:22:21 AND MOVIE STARS ALL ANSWERED TO JEANNETTE AND HER PARTNER
00:22:25 AND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT WAS A MASSIVE JUKEBOX FILLED WITH
00:22:29 HUNDREDS OF SONGS THAT SHE EACH HANDPICKED.
00:22:32 >> EACH SELECTION WAS SCRAWLED IN WRITING THAT SHE TOOK PRIDE
00:22:36 IN BEING THE ONLY ONE ABLE TO ACTUALLY READ.
00:22:37 SHE FAVORED OPERA MELODIES AND DEAN MARTIN.
00:22:40 THANKFULLY, JEANNETTE INCLUDED IN THOSE HUNDREDS OF SONGS ALSO
00:22:44 LAY MIO ON THE JUKEBOX, WHICH IS A FAMOUS NEAPOLITAN LOVE
00:22:48 SONG. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
00:22:49 THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT BONO SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED WHEN HE
00:22:53 SHOWED UP AT TOSCA CAFE. ONE NIGHT WHILE AFTER CLOSING
00:22:56 TIME. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO JUMP ON
00:23:00 THE BAR BELT OUT THE BALLOT AND EVER SINCE HE WOULD SAY
00:23:01 THAT TOSCA CAFE WAS HIS FAVORITE HAUNT IN SAN
00:23:04 FRANCISCO. >> JANETTE WAS GENEROUS OUTSIDE
00:23:08 THE BAR TOO. SHE WAS A FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER
00:23:09 OF NORTH BEACH CITIZENS AND SHAPED THEIR EARLY WORK
00:23:12 IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH BEACH
00:23:15 NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF
00:23:16 THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
00:23:19 >> JANETTE WAS PROPOSED TO IN THE BOOTH AT TOSCA AND THE
00:23:23 COUPLE LATER DECIDED TO DIVORCE AT A BOOTH IN TOSCA.
00:23:27 YEARS LATER I'M TOLD IT WAS A DIFFERENT BOOTH THOUGH.
00:23:30 SHE ONCE SAID OF TOSCA IT'S LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR EXCEPT
00:23:34 THE ENTIRE CITY IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:23:37 >> JANETTE MADE A SINGLE ROOM IN NORTH BEACH FEEL LIKE THE
00:23:41 CENTER OF THE WORLD AND SHE MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO
00:23:42 WALKED INTO IT BELIEVED THAT THEY BELONG THERE.
00:23:46 >> THAT WAS HER POWER. >> REST IN PEACE.
00:23:50 LEGEND OF TOSCA CAFE MOTHER AND MAYOR OF THE NIGHT.
00:23:54 JANETTE ETHERIDGE. MAY THERE BE A HOUSE CAPPUCCINO
00:23:57 AND A RED LEATHER BOOTH WAITING FOR YOU AND THE RESIDENT.
00:24:00 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SAUDER SUPERVISOR
00:24:01 CHERYL COLLEAGUES. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S
00:24:08 MEETING IN MEMORY OF NAGAR GOWRI DAVY KOKA, A CHERISHED
00:24:12 MEMBER OF OUR DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY WHOSE LIFE WAS
00:24:16 DEFINED BY RESILIENCE, KINDNESS, COURAGE AND ABOVE ALL
00:24:20 ON WAVERING LOVE. KNOWN TO ALL AS GOWRI SHE MADE
00:24:27 HER HOME AT THE MARTIN LUTHER TOWER IN CATHEDRAL HILL WHERE
00:24:29 SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF BOTH THAT COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY
00:24:32 OF ST MARK'S CHURCH AND SHE SIMPLY LOVED SAN FRANCISCO FOR
00:24:36 HOW ACCEPTING AND DIVERSE IT ALLOWED HER TO BE.
00:24:39 GARY PASSED AWAY ON MAY 29TH, 2026.
00:24:42 >> SHE WAS BORN ON JUNE FIRST, 1954 IN A BLUE ROOM ANDHRA
00:24:49 PRADESH, INDIA AND EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2000 SEVEN
00:24:53 MAKING SAN FRANCISCO HER HOME. ON MARCH 26TH, 2025, JUST OVER
00:24:57 A YEAR BEFORE HER PASSING, GARY FINALLY BECAME A NATURALIZED
00:25:01 UNITED STATES CITIZEN A BEACON OF ACCEPTANCE AND GRACE.
00:25:05 GARY, WELCOME PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BY MAKING
00:25:09 EVERYONE SHE MET FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND LOVED.
00:25:15 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS SHE SERVED AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER
00:25:17 AND EDUCATOR SHAPING YOUNG LIVES WITH PATIENCE, WISDOM
00:25:20 AND WARMTH. A DEDICATED FAITH LEADER
00:25:24 AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER HINDU COMMUNITY, SHE WAS ALSO A
00:25:28 TRUSTED COUNSELOR AND SAFE HAVEN FOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN
00:25:29 NAVIGATING LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY.
00:25:31 AS A PARENT ADVOCATE, GARY ENCOURAGED FAMILIES TO EMBRACE
00:25:36 AND SUPPORT THEIR AND TRANS CHILDREN.
00:25:37 SERVING AS A MOTHER TO MANY IN THE TRANS KIN R HIJRA
00:25:43 AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AND A SISTER TO COUNTLESS WOMEN, SHE
00:25:47 CHAMPIONED AUTISM AWARENESS AND HELPED BUILD SUPPORT
00:25:48 SYSTEMS FOR FAMILIES RAISING AUTISTIC CHILDREN ENSURING NO
00:25:51 ONE HAD TO FACE THOSE CHALLENGES ALONE.
00:25:54 >> A FOUNDATIONAL PILLAR DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF PART OF
00:25:56 OUR BAY AREA, SHE HELPED BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER BRIDGING
00:25:59 PARENTS AND CHILDREN, SIBLINGS AND LOVED ONES THROUGH
00:26:03 UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE.
00:26:06 SHE ALSO HELPED OVERSEE GLOBAL COVID 19 RELIEF EFFORTS
00:26:07 AND TRANSGENDER LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES.
00:26:10 >> GOWRI IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND APPA RAO COCA AND HER
00:26:14 CHILDREN KAREN KOKA, SHRI KALA ROHAN KHUSHI LAXMAN AND ANJALI
00:26:21 RUMI. FROM THE VILLAGES OF INDIA TO
00:26:26 THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO GARY COCO'S JOURNEY WAS ONE OF
00:26:29 COURAGE AND CONVICTION AND IN LIVING IT FULLY SHE GAVE SO
00:26:33 MANY OTHERS THE STRENGTH TO LIVE AS THEIR TRUEST SELVES.
00:26:36 ANGEL IN HER FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY FOR
00:26:38 GARY'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE ON TUESDAY JUNE 30TH FROM 6 P.M.
00:26:44 TO 8:15 P.M. AT ST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH LOCATED AT 1111
00:26:48 O'FARRELL STREET. AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
00:26:49 SUPERVISORS WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE
00:26:53 ENTIRE COCO FAMILY AND ALL WHO MOURN HER PASSING.
00:26:56 MAY HER MEMORY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ACCEPTANCE, BELONGING
00:27:00 AND LOVE FOR ALL WHO CALL SAN FRANCISCO HOME.
00:27:05 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
00:27:06 SUPERVISOR SHERYL SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:27:08 >> SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
00:27:12 SUPERVISOR WONG. TODAY I'M INTRODUCING A
00:27:15 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
00:27:19 IN OPPOSING DISABILITY BENEFIT CUTS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED
00:27:22 TAKE CARE OF AMERICA'S VETERANS ACT LEGISLATION THAT VETERANS
00:27:27 ADVOCATES HAVE CHARACTERIZED AS A BAIT AND SWITCH EFFORT TO
00:27:31 FUND NEW BENEFITS BY CUTTING EARNED DISABILITY COMPENSATION
00:27:34 AND SHIFTING CARE AWAY FROM THE VA AS A SOLDIER IN THE NATIONAL
00:27:38 GUARD. I HAVE A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE
00:27:39 WOMEN MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AND FOR THE VETERANS WHO LIVE
00:27:46 OF INJURIES, ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS CONNECTED TO
00:27:47 THAT SERVICE. WHEN SOMEONE TAKES THE OATH TO
00:27:50 SERVE OUR COUNTRY WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THEM AS WELL.
00:27:54 >> THAT COMMITMENT CANNOT END WHEN THEIR SERVICE ENDS
00:27:55 ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME HOME WITH SERVICE CONNECTED
00:27:58 DISABILITIES, DISABILITY COMPENSATION IS NOT A HANDOUT
00:28:02 IT IS A EARNED BENEFIT. >> IT IS PART OF THE PROMISE
00:28:06 THIS COUNTRY MAKES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE BORNE THE COST OF
00:28:07 SERVICE. >> THIS RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON
00:28:10 PROVISIONS IN HOUSE BILL 9237 AND SENATE BILL 474 FOR THE
00:28:15 PROPOSED TAKE CARE OF AMERICA'S VETERANS ACT THAT WOULD CHANGE
00:28:20 HOW THE VA RATES SERVICE CONNECTED TO AIDS AND SLEEP
00:28:24 APNEA. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE COMMON
00:28:27 BUT THEY ARE NOT MINOR. FOR MANY VETERANS THEY AFFECT
00:28:28 SLEEP CONCENTRATION, MENTAL HEALTH WORK AND DAILY LIFE.
00:28:32 THE PROPOSED CHANGES COULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE
00:28:35 COMPENSATION FOR MANY FUTURE CLAIMS NEWLY FILED CLAIMS,
00:28:39 REASSESSMENTS OR REEVALUATION EVEN OF SOME EXISTING RATINGS
00:28:42 ARE GRANDFATHERED. WE SHOULD BE CLEAR CUTTING
00:28:46 BENEFITS FOR FUTURE VETERANS IS STILL A CUT.
00:28:47 REDUCING COMPENSATION AVAILABLE TO VETERANS WHO FILE LATER IS
00:28:50 STILL CUT AND FUNDING ONE SET OF VETERANS BENEFITS BY
00:28:54 REDUCING EARNED BENEFITS FOR OTHER DISABLED VETERANS IS THE
00:28:57 WRONG APPROACH. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO URGES
00:28:58 CONGRESS TO PROTECT THE VA WORKFORCE AND PRESERVE ACCESS
00:29:01 TO DIRECT VA CARE. VETERANS DESERVE A STRONG,
00:29:06 ACCOUNTABLE V.A. SYSTEM STAFFED BY PROFESSIONAL AIDES WHO
00:29:09 UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. AT ITS CORE, THIS RESOLUTION
00:29:10 SAYS THAT CONGRESS SHOULD ADVANCE VETERANS BENEFITS ON
00:29:13 THEIR OWN MERITS NOT BY BALANCING THE BOOKS ON THE
00:29:17 BACKS OF DISABLED VETERANS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR HIS
00:29:21 SUPPORT. I'M ALSO INTRODUCING A HEARING
00:29:22 REQUEST ON STAFFING LEVELS AT TERRYVILLE STATION WHICH SERVES
00:29:26 THE SUNSET PARK SITE AND SURROUNDING WEST SIDE
00:29:29 NEIGHBORHOODS. TURBEVILLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:29:30 THE LARGEST POLICE DISTRICT IN SAN FRANCISCO BY GEOGRAPHY
00:29:34 SERVING A LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA FROM GOLDEN GATE PARK TO
00:29:37 THE COUNTY LINE AND FROM OCEAN BEACH TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE
00:29:42 CITY. WHEN STAFFING IS STRETCHED THIN
00:29:44 IN A DISTRICT THAT LARGE, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS
00:29:46 ON THE CHART AND AFFECTS THE RESPONSE TIMES.
00:29:49 IT AFFECTS NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS.
00:29:49 IT AFFECTS WHETHER OFFICERS CAN BE PRESENT ON COMMERCIAL
00:29:53 CORRIDORS, RESPOND TO PROPERTY CRIME, FOLLOW UP ON
00:29:56 INVESTIGATIONS AND PROVIDE VISIBLE ENFORCEMENT IN THE
00:29:57 NEIGHBORHOODS THEY SERVE. THIS HEARING WILL ASK THE
00:30:00 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RESOURCES TO
00:30:04 REPORT ON CURRENT SWORN AND CIVILIAN STAFFING
00:30:05 VACANCIES, RECRUITMENT, HIRING AND RETENTION AND WHAT IS
00:30:08 NEEDED TO BETTER SUPPORT TERRYVILLE STATION AND THE WEST
00:30:12 SIDE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. >> IN ADDITION, I'M INTRODUCING
00:30:16 A SECOND HEARING ON THE CITY'S STREET TREE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
00:30:20 INCLUDING HOW OFTEN TREES ARE PRUNED.
00:30:21 HOW THAT WORK IS SCHEDULED AND HOW THE CITY MANAGES THE
00:30:25 SIDEWALK AND INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TREE ROOTS.
00:30:28 AS DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR ROOT MANAGEMENT AND TREE
00:30:34 PRUNING ARE ONE MOST COMMON ISSUES THAT I HEAR FROM MY
00:30:35 CONSTITUENTS. STREET TREES ARE AN IMPORTANT
00:30:39 PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY PROVIDE SHADE, IMPROVE AIR
00:30:42 QUALITY, HELP WITH STORMWATER AND MAKE OUR STREETS MORE
00:30:45 LIVABLE. BUT THEY ALSO REQUIRE REGULAR
00:30:46 MAINTENANCE WHEN PRUNING IS DELAYED, TREES CAN BECOME
00:30:50 OVERGROWN BLOCK SIGNS OR STREET LIGHTS INTERFERE WITH OVERHEAD
00:30:53 WHITE LINES AND CREATE SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN TREE ROOTS DAMAGE
00:30:58 SIDEWALKS, CURBS SEWERS OR OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:31:02 RESIDENTS NEED A CLEAR AND TIMELY PROCESS FOR REPAIR.
00:31:05 THIS HEARING WILL GIVE PUBLIC WORKS THE BUREAU OF URBAN
00:31:09 FORESTRY AND THE URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:31:13 EXPLAIN THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE HOW PRIORITIES ARE
00:31:15 DETERMINED, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND WHERE THE TREE
00:31:19 MAY NEED OR THE CITY MAY NEED TO IMPROVE COORDINATION
00:31:23 AND RESPONSIVENESS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
00:31:24 SUPPORT. THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:31:27 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG MR. PRESIDENT.
00:31:29 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. >> I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO
00:31:32 SUPERVISOR CHERYL'S IN MEMORIAM IF HE HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO
00:31:36 THAT. >> NO OBJECTION.
00:31:37 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
00:31:39 AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO OUR 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER.
00:31:41 >> YES, THE 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER IS THE RECOGNITION OF
00:31:47 COMMENDATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
00:31:49 OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
00:31:54 CATHERINE MOORE TO COME FORWARD .
00:32:05 YOU COME UP, YOU GO TO THE MICROPHONE AND I SAY NICE
00:32:14 THINGS ABOUT YOU AND THEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ALSO GOING
00:32:17 TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU. ALL RIGHT.
00:32:21 WE ARE HONORING CATHERINE MOORE AS SHE APPROACHES THE END OF
00:32:25 WHAT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE SAN
00:32:28 FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION. CATHERINE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED
00:32:32 ARCHITECT AND URBAN DESIGNER WHO PRIOR TO HER TIME ON THE
00:32:35 PLANNING COMMISSION LED SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND OWENS
00:32:38 AND MERRILL'S URBAN DESIGN STUDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 27
00:32:42 YEARS. AFTER STUDYING ARCHITECTURE
00:32:43 IN EUROPE AND EARNING A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE YALE
00:32:47 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, CATHERINE WENT ON TO WORK ON
00:32:50 AND LEAD URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING PROJECTS IN THE
00:32:51 UNITED STATES. EUROPE, ASIA AND THE MIDDLE
00:32:55 EAST INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF A NEW CITY'S MIXED USE
00:32:58 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION
00:33:02 AND MORE. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE WON
00:33:03 A AWARDS. KATHRYN HAS ALSO WRITTEN
00:33:06 AND LECTURED EXTENSIVELY ON URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING
00:33:10 ISSUES BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND TAUGHT
00:33:13 FOR TEN YEARS AS A VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:33:14 STUTTGART IN GERMANY. HER SERVICE TO THE CITY
00:33:18 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO BEGAN IN 2001 WHEN SHE WAS
00:33:21 APPOINTED TO THE TREASURE ISLAND CITIZEN'S ADVISORY BOARD
00:33:25 BY SUPERVISOR MARK LENO. SHE SERVED IN THAT ROLE UNTIL
00:33:30 2015 HELPING GUIDE THE WORK THE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO
00:33:33 THE APPROVAL OF THE TREASURE ISLAND MASTER PLAN IN 2005.
00:33:37 THEN MAYOR NEWSOM APPOINTED HER TO THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:33:41 WATERFRONT DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHERE SHE HAS HELPED
00:33:45 SHAPE SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS ON THE CITY'S WATERFRONT
00:33:48 INCLUDING THE EXPLORATORIUM, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARENA
00:33:51 AND PIER 70. SINCE HER APPOINTMENT TO THE
00:33:54 PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2006, KATHRYN HAS SERVED UNDER FOUR
00:33:57 MAYORS AND HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE FOUR PLANNING DIRECTORS, 45
00:34:00 SUPERVISORS, 24 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, THREE ZONING
00:34:05 ADMINISTRATORS AND TWO COMMISSION SECRETARIES.
00:34:09 HER METICULOUSLY REVIEW OF PROJECTS RIGOROUS ANALYSIS
00:34:13 AND COMMITMENT TO DESIGN EXCELLENCE HAS QUITE LITERALLY
00:34:17 HELPED SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:34:18 SHE'S WORKED ON THE MARKET. OCTAVIA PLAN THE EASTERN
00:34:22 NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT PLAN AMERICA'S
00:34:25 CUP 34, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARENA AT MISSION BAY
00:34:29 MARKET STREET HUB MISSION 2020 ACTION PLAN AND MULTIPLE
00:34:33 ITERATIONS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ELEMENT.
00:34:35 SHE'S SHAPED THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO CITYWIDE CHALLENGES
00:34:38 AS WELL INCLUDING THE EXPANSION OF TRANSIT ORIENTED PROJECTS,
00:34:41 PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
00:34:43 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
00:34:49 KATHRYN CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR THOUGHTFUL, SUSTAINABLE
00:34:53 GROWTH BALANCING THE NEED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT
00:34:54 AND CARE FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S UNIQUE HISTORY, CULTURE
00:34:57 AND CHARACTER. SHE'S EARNED RECOGNITION FROM
00:35:01 NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY FOR HER FOCUS
00:35:04 ON AFFORDABILITY, LOCAL VOICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD INTERESTS.
00:35:08 NO ONE ON THE COMMISSION COMMISSION HAS WORKED HARDER
00:35:09 SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS MASTERING COMPLEX PLANNING
00:35:13 CODES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT
00:35:16 PROPOSALS. BEYOND HER TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
00:35:20 AND INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC, THOSE WHO'VE WORKED WITH
00:35:21 KATHRYN HAVE PRAISED HER INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY.
00:35:24 WOE BE TO ANY BOARD PRESIDENT WHO WOULD TRY TO INFLUENCE HER
00:35:31 OR HER THINKING ON ANY MATTER DURING HER TENURE ON THE
00:35:35 PLANNING COMMISSION. SHE WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO
00:35:36 SERVE AS COMMISSION VICE PRESIDENT SEVEN TIMES.
00:35:39 KATHRYN MY COLLEAGUES GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
00:35:44 BUT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WE ARE INCREDIBLY
00:35:47 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND WE WISH YOU
00:35:50 THE VERY, VERY BEST IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
00:35:51 AND I WILL START WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:35:54 >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT MENEM AND COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT
00:35:58 TO SAY THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE YOU HAVE BROUGHT
00:36:03 THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND A DEEP COMMITMENT
00:36:06 TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO. YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN A
00:36:10 CHAMPION FOR COMMUNITY VOICES AND RESIDENTS AND SHARING THEIR
00:36:14 CONCERNS, NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF NEIGHBORHOODS REMAINED AT
00:36:18 THE CENTER OF IMPORTANT PLANNING DECISIONS.
00:36:22 YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO LISTENING TO AND ADVOCATING FOR
00:36:26 THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENT HAS EARNED YOU SO
00:36:30 MUCH TRUST AND RESPECT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS CITY.
00:36:33 THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE YOU WERE NEVER AFRAID TO TAKE ON
00:36:37 DIFFICULT ISSUES OR ENGAGE IN TOUGH BATTLES WHEN THE
00:36:41 INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WERE AT STAKE
00:36:45 . YOU APPROACHED EVERY CHALLENGE
00:36:46 WITH COURAGE, CONVICTION AND A STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE EVEN
00:36:49 IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION.
00:36:53 YOU REMAIN STEADFAST IN YOUR PRINCIPLES AND NEVER WAVERED
00:36:56 FROM YOUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT YOU BELIEVED TO BE BEST FOR SAN
00:37:01 FRANCISCO. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STAND FIRM,
00:37:04 ASK HARD QUESTIONS AND ADVOCATE FOR THOUGHTFUL AND COMMUNITY
00:37:08 CENTERED OUTCOMES DISTINGUISH YOU AS A RESPECTED AND TRUSTED
00:37:12 LEADER. YOUR DEDICATION TO RESPONSIBLE
00:37:16 PLANNING EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT ,HISTORIC PRESERVATION
00:37:20 AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS HELPED SHAPE A
00:37:23 STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO.
00:37:27 YOUR ABILITY TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
00:37:31 RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS HAS MADE
00:37:35 YOU CONTINUOUSLY A RESPECTED LEADER AND POWERFUL ADVOCATE
00:37:39 FOR COMMUNITY CENTERED PLANNING.
00:37:42 >> AS YOU CONCLUDE YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:37:47 FRANCISCO, WE ARE LOSING AN EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY
00:37:51 AMOUNT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE
00:37:54 AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. YOUR DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF SAN
00:37:58 FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING, HISTORY AND CIVIC
00:38:02 PROCESSES HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING GUIDE THOUGHTFUL
00:38:06 DECISION MAKING DURING TIMES OF BOTH OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE.
00:38:10 YOUR WISDOM STEADY LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC
00:38:15 GOOD WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. THE DISTRICT TEN OFFICE WILL
00:38:18 ESPECIALLY FEEL YOUR ABSENCE. OVER THE YEARS OUR OFFICE HAS
00:38:22 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU COMMISSIONER
00:38:27 MOORE ON SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND CONSEQUENTIAL
00:38:30 ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES. MY CHIEF OF STAFF PERCY BURCH
00:38:34 WILL LIKELY MISS YOU THE MOST. HE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS
00:38:38 WORKING TOGETHER CHALLENGING PROJECTS, ADDRESSING COMMUNITY
00:38:42 CONCERNS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULT PROJECT PROBLEMS.
00:38:46 >> THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE ROOTED IN A SHARED COMMITMENT
00:38:50 TO RESIDENTS AND A BELIEF THAT GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN
00:38:53 PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LISTEN AND COLLABORATE AND STAY
00:38:57 FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY. COMMISSIONER MOORE YOU WERE
00:39:01 ALWAYS GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME, THOUGHTFUL IN YOUR APPROACH
00:39:06 AND AND WAVERING IN YOUR DEDICATION TO GETTING THINGS
00:39:09 RIGHT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
00:39:13 YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND STEADFAST
00:39:16 COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:39:20 YOUR LEGACY WILL BE DEFINED NOT ONLY BY THE PROJECTS YOU HELPED
00:39:24 SHAPE BUT BY THE COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE VOICES
00:39:28 YOU WORK TIRELESSLY TO ELEVATE AND PROTECT.
00:39:30 SAN FRANCISCO IS A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE AND I
00:39:34 WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
00:39:37 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:39:41 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT
00:39:48 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON .
00:39:52 THAT WAS REALLY WELL SAID. I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD
00:39:56 THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER
00:40:02 MOORE FOR MANY YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:40:05 IN ADDITION TO THANKING YOU AS OTHER SUPERVISORS HAVE FOR YOUR
00:40:10 GREAT SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO ,I WANT TO THANK YOU
00:40:13 PERSONALLY BECAUSE YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT.
00:40:16 YOU HAVE A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT VOICE ABOUT EVERYTHING TO DO
00:40:24 WITH URBAN DESIGN AND THE ESTHETICS OF THE ARCHITECTURE
00:40:25 OF SAN FRANCISCO. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE TECHNICAL
00:40:29 KNOWLEDGE. IT WAS THE PASSION AND LOVE
00:40:33 THAT YOU BRING TO IT AND ALWAYS FINDING NEW THINGS TO BE ABLE
00:40:37 TO ZERO IN ON FOCUS AND CLEARLY ARTICULATE AND THEN CONVEY TO
00:40:44 OTHERS SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND THAT POINT OF VIEW
00:40:48 AND DO IT CONVINCINGLY. TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT ONLY AT
00:40:53 CLEAR ON WHAT THE CODE SAYS BUT ALSO WITH THE DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF
00:40:57 THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL SERVE.
00:41:00 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US
00:41:04 BUT ALSO FOR YOUR WARMTH AS A COLLEAGUE, FOR YOUR HEART, YOUR
00:41:08 PASSION AND THE CARE WITH WHICH YOU ALWAYS ENGAGED
00:41:13 IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC AND EVEN
00:41:17 THE STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:41:20 EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ALL OF US AND WE WILL MISS
00:41:24 YOU DEARLY. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL STILL BE
00:41:27 AROUND DOING STUFF IN THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY IN SAN
00:41:31 FRANCISCO BUT WE WILL MISS YOU ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:41:35 YOU BRING A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE NOT JUST ABOUT
00:41:39 ARCHITECTURE OR DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING BUT ABOUT
00:41:44 PEOPLE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN ONE
00:41:47 ANOTHER, ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE
00:41:51 AND FAMILIES THAT WE ALL SERVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:41:55 COMMISSIONER MOORE, VICE PRESIDENT MOORE FOR EVERYTHING
00:41:59 YOU HAVE DONE. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU
00:42:05 FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT. >> COMMISSIONER MOORE YOUR
00:42:08 LEGACIES ARE HIGH. COMMISSIONER MOORE.
00:42:15 >> YEAH HI. HERE.
00:42:19 >> YOUR LEGACY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IT'S FOREIGN
00:42:23 DIRECTLY INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.
00:42:24 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU LOOKED AT EVERY PROJECT THROUGH
00:42:27 A LONG TERM LENS ALWAYS ASKING HOW ARE BUILDING WHAT IMPACT
00:42:31 THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE LIVING AROUND IT NOW
00:42:36 AND IN THE FUTURE. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:42:40 YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICES AND LEADERSHIP.
00:42:43 AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS
00:42:47 RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:42:48 CONGRATS FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU.
00:42:50 >> SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR
00:42:55 HONORING COMMISSIONER MOORE. COMMISSIONER MOORE.
00:42:57 IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE SERVING AS A SUPERVISOR
00:43:01 WHILE YOU ARE PLANNING COMMISSIONER TOGETHER.
00:43:05 THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
00:43:06 WHAT IT'S AMAZING ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND
00:43:10 THE TECHNICAL LAND USE POLICY YOU'RE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT FOR
00:43:14 ME, ALI AND MANY OF US IN A WAY HOW ACTUALLY IMPACT PEOPLE
00:43:21 AND HOW THE CHANGE OF LAND USE WHILE OFTENTIMES BEEN TECHNICAL
00:43:28 THE REALITY HOW IT RESULTS IN IMPACTING LIVES OF MANY.
00:43:32 >> YOU HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK FOR SAN FRANCISCANS IN THE
00:43:36 BEST INTEREST OF SAN FRANCISCANS AND FOR THAT WE'RE
00:43:39 SO GRATEFUL TO YOU. >> WE ALSO KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN
00:43:43 EASY. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO BE SORT
00:43:44 OF THIS VOICE OF REASON AND THE VOICE OF TRYING TO ARTICULATE
00:43:50 THROUGH LAND USE POLICY BUT ALSO TECHNICAL CHANGES AND WHAT
00:43:57 THAT ACTUALLY MEANS NOT JUST FOR THE MOMENT BUT FOR DECADES
00:43:59 TO COME FOR THE FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:44:02 I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN A CRITICAL POINT AND THE CRITICAL
00:44:05 TIME AND I'M JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE NOT ONLY
00:44:09 FOR YOUR DECADES OF PAST OF YOUR SERVICE BUT I HAD A
00:44:16 CONFIDENCE THAT I THINK THERE ARE I THINK MANY ARE GOING TO
00:44:21 SEE A DIFFERENT YOU AS YOU NO LONGER SERVE AS OUR PLANNING
00:44:25 COMMISSIONER AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE
00:44:29 AND AS A AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE IT WILL BE VERY
00:44:32 DIFFERENT AND I SAY CITY HALL BETTER WATCH OUT.
00:44:34 >> THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT IF I MAY 1ST
00:44:45 MORE TWO. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:44:46 COMMISSIONER GILBERT WILLIAMS IS HERE AND I THINK MAYBE
00:44:49 TERESA IMPERIO MAYBE IS SOMEWHERE TOO.
00:44:53 >> BUT I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
00:44:54 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHAN VICE PRESIDENT
00:45:00 MOORE THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> OKAY.
00:45:03 >> MANY OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU YOU PICKED UP ON
00:45:08 YOUR OWN. SOMEBODY GAVE YOU MY RÉSUMÉ.
00:45:11 I NORMALLY DON'T SPEAK ABOUT MYSELF TO SUCH A LEVEL OF
00:45:15 DETAIL, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR
00:45:17 ACKNOWLEDGING ME. I KNOW.
00:45:20 I KNOW SOME OF YOU BETTER THAN OTHERS.
00:45:21 SOME OF THEM ARE NEW AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:45:27 DIRECTLY WORK WITH YOU. >> HOWEVER, PRESIDENT MEN,
00:45:30 THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST
00:45:34 THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES PAST AND PRESENT HAVE EXTENDED
00:45:38 TO ME THROUGHOUT THESE 15 AS FAR AS THESE 20 YEARS.
00:45:41 YOU LOSE TRACK WHEN YOU DON'T COUNT TIME YOU JUST DO IT.
00:45:45 SO IT'S 20 YEARS, HUH? THANK YOU.
00:45:46 AVOID SECRETS. SORRY.
00:45:50 ANGELA CARRILLO. SECRETARY CARRILLO FOR INFO.
00:45:52 >> SOME OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY OFFICIATED AND SWORE
00:45:57 ME IN FOR MY FOURTH APPOINTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2018 AND HAS
00:46:01 ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE WITH WISDOM AND ADVICE.
00:46:04 >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE LET ME ALLOW ME A FEW
00:46:11 MINUTES TO REMINISCE AND I WILL NOT GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL.
00:46:15 IT'S NOT MEMORY LANE BUT IT'S TOUCHING ON A COUPLE OF
00:46:19 IMPORTANT POINTS THAT ARE BENCHMARKS AND HAVE ALL COME
00:46:23 TOGETHER TO TALK TO YOU OF WHAT MAY TAKE AWAY IS FROM MY
00:46:27 SERVICE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU ARE
00:46:31 LOOKING BACK AT 20 YEARS OF SERVICE?
00:46:35 IS IT ENDLESS MEETINGS, HUGE COMMISSION PACKETS, LONG
00:46:41 HEARINGS, LATE NIGHT GET TOGETHERS WHEN THE GARAGE IS
00:46:45 ALREADY CLOSED? NO, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
00:46:49 >> WHAT IS IT? IS IT STATS THAT COUNT A
00:46:53 SUPERVISOR A PRESIDENT MEN WOMEN TOUCHED ON A FEW NUMBERS.
00:46:57 >> THOSE ARE THINGS THAT FLOW THROUGH YOUR MIND LIKE 936
00:47:03 MEETINGS 5869 PROJECT APPROVALS INDEED FOUR MAYORS INDEED 45
00:47:10 SUPERVISORS INCLUDING THOSE WHO SIT HERE AND FOR 26 FELLOW
00:47:18 COMMISSIONERS WITH WHOM YOU LEARN TO WORK EVERY FOUR YEARS
00:47:21 AND IN CYCLES FOR PLANNING DIRECTORS ALL OF DIFFERENT AGE
00:47:25 AND BACKGROUND THREE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR LEADERS TWO
00:47:28 COMMISSION SECRETARIES. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
00:47:32 PEOPLE MANY OF WHOSE NAMES YOU REMEMBER AFTER YOU SEE THEM YOU
00:47:36 IN YOU'RE ON YOUR COUCH BEING IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING
00:47:40 COMMISSION. >> WHAT WHAT IS IT?
00:47:44 WHAT IS IT? WHAT STICKS?
00:47:45 AND I GOT TO REFER TO SOME OF MY NOTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
00:47:49 THAT HAS STUCK. WHAT HAS REALLY SHAPED ME IS
00:47:52 INDEED THE VOICES OF OUR CITIZENS AND THAT GROWS ON YOU
00:47:59 SLOWLY. IT DOES TODAY IT IS A DIVERSE
00:48:00 AND PASSIONATE VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
00:48:03 HAVE HAD SOME MOST PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME.
00:48:07 THESE ARE THE VOICES OF WHAT I REFER TO AS TWO URBAN DWELLERS
00:48:14 GENUINE NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE WHO CARE ALL THIS HAS TOUCHED,
00:48:18 MOVED AND INSPIRED ME AND BECOME CLEARER AND MORE
00:48:22 INTO FOCUS AS YEARS WENT BY IN THE BEGINNING YOU MAKE A
00:48:25 NOTE BUT AS IT OCCURS AGAIN AND AGAIN IT GROWS ON YOU AS IF
00:48:30 YOU'RE DEVELOPING AN OLD DEAR FRIEND.
00:48:33 >> THESE VOICES ARE VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT ONLY CARE
00:48:38 ABOUT THEMSELVES AND WHAT WORKS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT
00:48:41 THESE ARE VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE CITY AS AN URBAN
00:48:45 CONTRACT AND WHAT MATTERS TO THE CITY AT LARGE.
00:48:49 >> OVER THE YEARS I'VE BECOME A BETTER LISTENER AND A BETTER
00:48:53 AND STRONGER, MORE INFORMED VOICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS
00:48:57 WHICH CALLS FOR CONSTANT AWARENESS OF SOCIAL, RACIAL
00:49:01 AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY ISSUES .
00:49:05 >> AND TO THAT END ONE OF MY OBJECTIVES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
00:49:09 BROADENING AS SUPERVISOR MALAGA SAID THE DIALOG AMONG MY FELLOW
00:49:14 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE TECHNICAL
00:49:21 ELEMENTS OF PLANNING AND THE EMOTIONAL COMPONENT THAT
00:49:25 INFLUENCES, INFLUENCES AND OFTEN SHAPES DECISION
00:49:29 MAKING. >> IT'S A VERY, VERY SUBTLE
00:49:33 POINT. WE CAN NOT ONLY DRAW ON OUR
00:49:34 MOTION WHAT IS WIDE WAS WRONG BUT FINGER AND THE WIND.
00:49:38 THERE IS INDEED A BALANCE IN HOW WE DO THINGS IN THIS
00:49:41 PARTICULAR CITY. >> IN THIS DIALOG, LISTENING TO
00:49:47 THE VOICE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS A MOST POWERFUL TOOL FOR
00:49:51 ATTAINABLE SOLUTION. >> THIS IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
00:49:56 OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. >> JUST AS I'M SURE THERE ARE
00:50:02 SOME OF YOU WHO WOULD SAY I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
00:50:09 I'M SORRY I GOT TO STICK MOST MY COMMENTS HERE.
00:50:13 >> HERE WE GO. SORRY THERE MAY BE SOME OF YOU
00:50:16 WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAY WE WERE 20 YEARS AGO AND YOU ME
00:50:21 BEST YOU MAY BE SURPRISED. YOU'RE BURDENED WITH ISSUES
00:50:25 WHICH SEEM TO BE SO OVERWHELMINGLY NEW
00:50:29 AND UNSOLVABLE. BUT THROUGHOUT THE PAST 20
00:50:32 YEARS THE CITY'S PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE HAS ALWAYS
00:50:36 BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF PLANNING.
00:50:40 20 YEARS OF PRESSING HOUSING ISSUES THE SIGNIFICANT LACK OF
00:50:44 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE THREAT OF GENTRIFICATION, RISING
00:50:51 INCOME GAPS AND DISPLACEMENT OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IT IS
00:50:55 JUST AS SERIOUS AS IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
00:51:02 >> IN CLOSING I AM HONORED TO HAVE SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER
00:51:10 FOR FIVE TERMS AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUPPORTED ME
00:51:13 THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. >> AND I'M GOING TO SAY GOODBYE
00:51:17 FOR NOW. >> BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:51:25 PERHAPS IN A YEAR OR SO FROM NOW TO SAYING HELLO AGAIN
00:51:29 AND IMAGINE MYSELF IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD PERHAPS AS A
00:51:34 NEIGHBOR WHO DEEPLY CARES ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO IN ITS SEARCH FOR
00:51:40 GOOD PLANNING, FOR GOOD CITY PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
00:51:44 >> THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.
00:51:55 CATHERINE MOORE. WE ARE WE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
00:52:02 YEARS. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS
00:52:06 FOR YOU TODAY, CATHERINE. >> LATER IN OUR AGENDA WE'RE
00:52:10 GOING TO BE VOTING ON A RESOLUTION COMMENDING YOU
00:52:11 AND THANKS TO OUR EXTRAORDINARY CLERK AND HER STAFF.
00:52:15 WE HAVE A FRAMED COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION FOR YOU.
00:52:18 >> AND THEN I HAVE THE TRADITIONAL CERTIFICATE OF
00:52:20 HONOR THAT WE GIVE OUT TO FOLKS FOR OUR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
00:52:23 I'M AN INVITE YOU INTO THE WELL FOR A PHOTO WITH THE BOARD.
00:52:28 THANK YOU. BE PUBLIC.
00:52:56 YEAH, IT'S ME. ALL RIGHT.
00:53:11 THREE, TWO, ONE AND TWO
00:53:49 YEARS. WE'RE TALKING TO GET.
00:54:14 >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN SUPERVISOR
00:54:19 MELGAR. THANK YOU.
00:54:22 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE FOLKS MAYBE SIT AROUND UNTIL YOU'RE
00:54:26 READY TO TO COME UP AND SPEAK. BUT COLLEAGUES, TODAY I AM
00:54:30 HONORED TO JOIN SUPERVISE OWNERS WALTON AND FIELDER'S
00:54:34 OFFICE IN RECOGNIZING MARY SAID VOLUNTEERS AS SHE CELEBRATES
00:54:41 THEIR 100TH BIRTHDAY. >> SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MARY
00:54:52 AND FOR THOSE 100 YEARS TO COMMEND HER FOR A LIFE MARKED
00:54:56 BY RESILIENCE, FAMILY DEVOTION AND HARD WORK.
00:55:00 MARY WAS BORN IN L.A. TO A LARGE MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
00:55:08 WHERE SHE WAS ONE OF 13 CHILDREN.
00:55:11 >> HER PARENTS ORIGINALLY FROM PUNJAB AND SINALOA, IMMIGRATED
00:55:14 TO L.A. IN THE 1920S AND HER FATHER WORKED ON THE UNION
00:55:19 PACIFIC RAILROAD. MARY CAME OF AGE DURING THE
00:55:22 GREAT DEPRESSION A TIME WHEN HARDSHIP AND ECONOMIC
00:55:26 INSTABILITY FOR MANY LATINO FAMILIES WAS THE NORM.
00:55:33 >> HER STORY REFLECTS THE STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE OF
00:55:37 THESE FAMILIES AS THEY SUPPORTED EACH OTHER AND HELPED
00:55:39 BUILD CALIFORNIA INDIA. >> SHE GRADUATED FROM BISHOP
00:55:42 CANADY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943 WHERE SHE STUDIED BUSINESS
00:55:46 ADMINISTRATION AND BOOKKEEPING .
00:55:50 >> AND THROUGH HARD WORK AND SKILL SHE BUILT A CAREER
00:55:53 IN ADVANCE OF POSITIONS TO POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
00:55:54 INCLUDING OFFICE MANAGEMENT. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE MARY
00:55:58 CONTRIBUTED TO HER FAMILY'S STABILITY WHILE WORKING RAISING
00:56:01 HER CHILDREN, MANAGING A HOUSEHOLD, SEWING AND KEEPING
00:56:05 BOOKS FOR MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. >> AFTER PASSING THAT THROUGH
00:56:13 THE PASSING OF HER HUSBAND LAURA CERVANTES, WHO WAS A
00:56:14 WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN, MARY MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:56:18 AND BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION AND BERNAL HEIGHTS
00:56:21 IN DISTRICT NINE. >> TODAY MARY CONTINUES TO BE
00:56:25 AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY BY CROCHETING
00:56:29 CHILDREN'S HATS TO HOLIDAY PROGRAMS SERVING FAMILIES
00:56:32 IN NEED. AND AS MARY CERVANTES
00:56:36 CELEBRATES THIS EXCEPTIONAL MILESTONE, WE HONOR HER LIFE
00:56:40 IN HER COMMITMENT TO RESILIENCE AND FAMILY DEVOTION.
00:56:44 WE WILL BE FORMALLY VOTING ON A RESOLUTION AS WELL COLLEAGUES
00:56:47 IN HER HONOR LATER TODAY IN THIS MEETING.
00:56:51 SO I WANT TO WISH YOU A AN INCREDIBLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
00:56:55 MARY. WE DO HAVE HER DAUGHTER
00:56:59 AND SERVANT THIS YEAR WHO'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON HER
00:57:03 BEHALF. >> WELCOME AND HOPE.
00:57:10 >> AND HOLD UP THOUGH. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
00:57:14 SO MUCH, PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:57:17 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I
00:57:21 KNOW SUPERVISOR MELGAR SAID IT ALL BUT YOU CAN TELL A LOT FROM
00:57:25 SOMEONE IN THEIR FRUITFUL LIFE FROM THEIR OFFSPRING AS WE WILL
00:57:28 BE HEARING FROM HER DAUGHTER. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY
00:57:32 100TH BIRTHDAY. WE SHOULD ALL LIVE TO BE SO
00:57:34 YOUNG. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
00:57:42 WELL, YOU KNOW ME AS AN SERVANT IS AND I'M NOT HERE AS A
00:57:46 BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE OR PROVIDING INSIGHT
00:57:50 INTO YOUR LEGISLATION. >> YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME LATER AT
00:57:54 A DIFFERENT EVENT. >> BUT I'M HERE TO SORT OF
00:57:58 CELEBRATE MY MOM AND JUST THE GIFTS THAT SHE'S GIVEN ME.
00:58:11 SORRY AND CARE ABOUT OTHERS AND HER SELF-DETERMINATION
00:58:19 WHICH A LOT OF YOU KNOW THAT I DO HAVE THAT SELF
00:58:24 DETERMINATION. I DON'T LET UP.
00:58:27 >> SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. SHE'S MADE IT THROUGH THE
00:58:30 DEPRESSION AS A LITTLE KID SIMILAR.
00:58:34 >> YES. SIMILAR TO WHAT THE IMMIGRANTS
00:58:37 ARE GOING THROUGH. THIS CITY IS LIVING IN FEAR BUT
00:58:39 SHE SURVIVED THAT AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION
00:59:25 AT THIS
01:00:17 D-10 SUPERVISOR WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:00:22 PRESIDENT MADAM IN COLLEAGUES IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO
01:00:29 RISE AND RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT
01:00:33 AND ADVOCATE PATTY LEE. >> PATTY PATTY IS RETIRING FROM
01:01:02 THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AFTER 49
01:01:05 YEARS OF SERVICE TO PUBLIC DEFENDER CLIENTS IN THE CITY
01:01:09 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. PATTY WAS BORN AND RAISED
01:01:13 IN SAN FRANCISCO. SHE MOVED FROM CHINATOWN TO THE
01:01:16 RICHMOND DISTRICT AS A CHILD AT A TIME WHEN THERE WERE NO OTHER
01:01:20 CHINESE FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY.
01:01:21 HER GRANDFATHER OPENED HIS STORE IN CHINATOWN AND HER
01:01:26 FATHER CAME OVER THROUGH ANGEL ISLAND AT AGE FOUR.
01:01:29 PATTY ATTENDED SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAFAYETTE
01:01:33 ELEMENTARY, PRESIDIO MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS THE
01:01:37 SCHOOL'S SECOND EVER GIRL PRESIDENT AND WASHINGTON HIGH
01:01:41 SCHOOL. SHE CHOSE TO BECOME A PUBLIC
01:01:44 DEFENDER BECAUSE SHE SAW THE SYSTEM WAS BROKEN AND SAW HOW
01:01:48 THAT BROKEN SYSTEM IMPACTED PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER.
01:01:52 PATTY STARTED AT THE DOWNTOWN OFFICE AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE.
01:01:56 FIVE YEARS LATER SHE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE JUVENILE UNIT
01:02:00 AND THAT'S WHERE SHE FOUND HER LIFE'S WORK.
01:02:03 SHE BEGAN REPRESENTING YOUNG CLIENTS IN 1981 AND WENT ON TO
01:02:07 LEAD THE YOUTH DEFENDER UNIT FORMERLY THE JUVENILE UNIT.
01:02:11 AS MANAGING ATTORNEY FOR OVER 30 YEARS UNDER HER LEADERSHIP,
01:02:18 SAN FRANCISCO NEARLY ELIMINATED STATE INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
01:02:22 FOR YOUTH. THROUGH HER WORK DEVELOPING
01:02:23 AND PROMOTING SOCIAL WORK SERVICES AND DEFENSE BASED
01:02:26 DISPOSITION REPORTS AS ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.
01:02:33 MORE RECENTLY PATTY BECAME ASSISTANT CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER
01:02:37 OVERSEEING THE OFFICE'S DEFENSE DIVISION WHICH INCLUDES
01:02:41 REPRESENTATION IN ADULT JUVENILE IMMIGRATION
01:02:45 POST-CONVICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH CASES.
01:02:49 IN RECENT YEARS, PATTY'S LEADERSHIP WAS CENTRAL TO THE
01:02:53 FIGHT TO CLOSE SAN FRANCISCO'S JUVENILE HALL WHICH REMAINS THE
01:02:57 OFFICE'S NORTH STAR AND HERS. PATTY HAS BEEN A REGIONAL
01:03:02 AND NATIONAL LEADER IN THIS WORK.
01:03:05 CO-DIRECTOR OF THE PACIFIC JUVENILE DEFENDER CENTER
01:03:09 APPOINTED TO OBAMA'S SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD ON JUVENILE
01:03:13 AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL
01:03:16 COUNCIL'S FAMILY AND LAW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
01:03:20 THE CENTER FOR FAMILIES CHILDREN IN THE COURTS AND THE
01:03:24 MCARTHUR RESEARCH NETWORK IN ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
01:03:27 AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. SHE SERVES ON THE BOARDS OF THE
01:03:31 CENTER FOR JUVENILE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE EAST BAY
01:03:33 CHILDREN'S LAW OFFICES. FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS SHE'S
01:03:36 ORGANIZED AND FACILITATED QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF
01:03:40 CALIFORNIA'S LEADING JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCACY GROUPS.
01:03:43 WORK THAT HAS DRIVEN MAJOR POLICY WINS REDUCING THE
01:03:48 STATE'S YOUTH INCARCERATION RATE.
01:03:52 >> HER HONORS INCLUDE THE SAN FRANCISCO MODERN DAY
01:03:56 ABOLITIONIST AWARD, THE PACIFIC ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN BAY AREA'S
01:04:00 COALITION WOMAN WARRIOR AWARD, THE NATIONAL JUVENILE DEFENDERS
01:04:04 CENTER LEADERSHIP AWARD, THE PACIFIC JUVENILE DEFENDER OF
01:04:08 THE YEAR AWARD AND THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION
01:04:12 PEACE PRIZE. TODAY WE THANK PATTY LEE, THE
01:04:17 49 YEAR FAN FOR 49 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE THE
01:04:22 CITY TOO OFTEN COULD USE TO MOVE AND.
01:04:33 AND PATTY, BEFORE YOU SPEAK. >> WE DO HAVE A SUPERVISOR CHAN
01:04:38 BUT I DO WANT TO BRING UP PUBLIC DEFENDER MINO RASOOL TO
01:04:41 SPEAK AFTER SUPERVISOR CHAN. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:04:49 SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HONORING YOU.
01:04:52 IT'S YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME BUT I REMEMBER YOU.
01:04:56 >> I WAS YOUNG, A CASE MANAGER FOR A COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER
01:05:00 SPECIFICALLY FOR MONOLINGUAL YOUTH ON JUVENILE PROBATION
01:05:07 IN NEW IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND WITH THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE
01:05:11 GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM YOU WERE BAD.
01:05:12 >> YOU STILL ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
01:05:19 AND BUT YOU ALSO MUCH COMPASSION AND WITH SO MUCH
01:05:23 LOVE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT YOU WANT THE BEST FOR THEM
01:05:27 THE FAMILIES COULD SEE YOU WANTED THE BEST FOR FOR THEIR
01:05:31 KIDS AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR IMMIGRANT
01:05:35 FAMILIES WHO WERE SCARED GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
01:05:39 BUT YOU WERE THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH THEM GOING
01:05:40 THROUGH ALL OF IT AS AND THAT'S HOW I THINK I LEARN SO MUCH
01:05:46 FROM YOU FROM THAT POINT AND ON AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS
01:05:50 TO REFORM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
01:05:54 YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY STUCK IN STUCK IN THAT SYSTEM
01:05:58 AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO GIVE THEM HOPE AND GIVE THEM A FUTURE
01:06:01 THAT IS MUCH BETTER AND THAT THEY DESERVE THAT TOO AND SO DO
01:06:06 THEIR FAMILIES. SO YOUR WORK IT'S IMPACTFUL.
01:06:09 I KNOW THERE'S GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ONE NIGHT
01:06:13 GENERATIONS ONLY 49 YEARS BUT STILL THAT CENTURY THERE ARE
01:06:17 LIKE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY HAVING A GREAT FUTURE
01:06:21 BECAUSE OF YOU. THEY OWE IT TO YOU AND SO DO
01:06:25 THEIR FAMILIES. SO FOR THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL.
01:06:26 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
01:06:29 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KIM.
01:06:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. YOU KNOW A SENIOR ATTORNEY
01:06:42 IN THE OFFICE TOLD ME THAT IF WE MADE A LINE IF EVERYONE WHO
01:06:47 DECIDED TO BE A PUBLIC DEFENDER AS A RESULT OF THE INFLUENCE OF
01:06:53 PATTY LEE IT WOULD START HERE. GO OUT THAT DOOR, SNEAK AROUND
01:06:58 AND BE ALL THE WAY OUTSIDE THE INFLUENCE THAT PATTY LEE HAS
01:07:02 HAD ON GENERATIONS OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS IS ABSOLUTELY
01:07:06 INCREDIBLE. SHE'S BEEN A HUGE LEADER IN OUR
01:07:10 FIELD. >> POSITIVELY INFLUENCING THE
01:07:14 LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF SYSTEM INVOLVED PEOPLE.
01:07:20 ONE OF THE MOST EMPATHETIC PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER MET.
01:07:25 THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF ONE OF OUR STATED VALUES WHICH IS THAT
01:07:29 OF COMPASSION WHILE STILL ALWAYS BEING A FIGHTER.
01:07:35 >> SHE'S ONE OF THE DEFENDERS THAT BEGAN THE HOLISTIC DEFENSE
01:07:43 MOVEMENT THAT WE TRY TO LIVE UP TO EVERY DAY.
01:07:47 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING THE
01:07:51 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN COURTS AND FIGHTING FOR JUST RESULTS
01:07:55 IN THE COURTROOM, WE MEET PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILIES AT THE
01:08:03 MOST VULNERABLE PERIOD IN THEIR LIVES.
01:08:06 AND BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP, PEOPLE LIKE PATTY, MANY WHO
01:08:10 HAVE HAD TO ENDURE A COMPLEX TRAUMA, SYSTEMIC RACISM
01:08:14 AND OTHER BARRIERS, WE'RE ABLE TO TRY AND FIND THAT CONNECTION
01:08:18 THAT CONNECTION TO MENTORS. THAT CONNECTION TO TREATMENT
01:08:22 THAT CONNECTION TO THERAPY. THAT CONNECTION TO JOB
01:08:26 OPPORTUNITIES, THAT CONNECTION TO EDUCATION THAT CAN LEAD TO A
01:08:30 MORE POSITIVE TRAJECTORY FOR THOSE WHO WE REPRESENT.
01:08:36 THAT HOLISTIC MODEL HAS BEEN EMULATED BY DEFENDER OFFICES
01:08:40 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I HAD A TRIAL THAT WE DID
01:08:48 IN THE OFFICE AND IT WAS THE LAST DIRECT FILE ON A YOUNG
01:08:52 PERSON IN ADULT COURT. THE CLIENT WAS IN CUSTODY FOR A
01:08:59 NUMBER OF YEARS VERY COMPLEX TRIAL.
01:09:00 IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO LITIGATE .
01:09:02 ONCE WE FINALLY GOT TO THE JURY THEY ACTUALLY VOTED NOT GUILTY.
01:09:06 IN ABOUT AN HOUR THE CLIENT WAS RELEASED.
01:09:09 BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I WALK WITH THAT CLIENT IN THE
01:09:11 OFFICE AND PATTY LOOKED UP AND SAW HIM, SHE IMMEDIATELY
01:09:14 RECOGNIZED HIM, CALLED HIM UP BY HIS NICKNAME AND CAME UP
01:09:21 AND GAVE HIM THE BIGGEST HUG AND FOR HER SHE TREATS ALL OF
01:09:25 HER CLIENTS AS A PART OF HER FAMILY.
01:09:29 AND WHEN WE TRAIN PEOPLE WE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF
01:09:32 REPRESENTATION WOULD YOU WANT FOR YOUR LOVED ONE IF THEY WERE
01:09:36 IN THE SYSTEM? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD
01:09:39 PROVIDE. BUT FOR PATTY THAT'S NOT AN
01:09:43 EXERCISE BECAUSE SHE REALLY DOES CONSIDER EVERYONE SHE
01:09:47 REPRESENTS AS PART OF HER FAMILY.
01:09:48 SO PATTY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP.
01:09:54 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRATION .
01:09:58 >> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK FOR OUR CLIENTS
01:10:02 AND YOUR SIMPLY EPIC CAREER AS ONE OF OUR PARALEGALS SAID AS
01:10:06 WE WERE WALKING IN HERE YOU ARE EVERYTHING.
01:10:09 >> AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR EVERYTHING TO
01:10:16 EVERYONE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
01:10:20 IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON, YOU TOOK
01:10:35 THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. >> I AM GOING OUT AS A 49 YEAR
01:10:39 OLD AND AS A DAUGHTER OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:10:43 SO FIRST BORN AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY PROUDLY A SAN
01:10:52 FRANCISCAN. SO AFTER 49 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC
01:10:55 DEFENDER'S OFFICE I STAND HERE WITH A FULL HEART AND DEEP
01:11:02 GRATITUDE. >> THIS OFFICE OF MONO HAS
01:11:06 MENTIONED AND MY FAMILY BACK HERE HAS BEEN MY HOME.
01:11:09 >> MY COMMUNITY AND MY FAMILY. >> I HAVE HAD THE EXTRAORDINARY
01:11:18 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE
01:11:25 WHO BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE IS ABOUT HUMANITY.
01:11:30 >> IT IS ABOUT COURAGE AND GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE TO
01:11:34 BE HEARD, TO BE LOVED. >> AND THOSE THAT KNOW ME TO BE
01:11:42 HUGGED IT MAY. >> SO MUCH OF MY CAREER AS YOU
01:11:46 ALL KNOW AND I'VE HAD THIS PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR
01:11:50 DEDICATED TO FIGHTING FOR YOUTH AND IMAGINING A BETTER SYSTEM
01:11:57 OF JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
01:12:01 >> OMEGA JACK. JACK, JACK FOR WHO'S HERE?
01:12:08 MY YOU ALL AND SHOW YOUR FACE IS NOW JUDGE ROGER CHAN, THE
01:12:15 HEAD OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT MY ENTIRE JUVIE FAMILY
01:12:23 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF NOW EMILY GOLDMAN.
01:12:30 >> WE HAVE CONTINUED TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.
01:12:34 AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS BEEN PART OF THAT FIGHT
01:12:38 AND CHALLENGE THE WAY THAT WE TREAT CHILDREN AND THE WAY THAT
01:12:42 WE TREAT FAMILIES. >> WE WORK TO CLOSE YOUTH
01:12:45 PRISON WITH THE WHY A COALITION .
01:12:49 >> AND IT WAS GOVERNOR NEWSOM THAT SIGNED THE LEGISLATION TO
01:12:53 CLOSE DOWN STATE YOUTH PRISON. AND AND I PROUDLY STAY THAT SAN
01:13:03 FRANCISCO HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT TO CLOSE
01:13:11 JUVENILE HALL. >> AND THAT HAS BEEN WITH THE
01:13:15 PARTNERSHIP OF THE WARRIORS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS ROOM.
01:13:18 AND THE WARRIORS THAT WE HAVE HERE SITTING ON THE BOARD OF
01:13:22 SUPERVISORS ALL OF YOU AND I, I GIVE TRIBUTE TO OUR FEARLESS
01:13:30 LEADER SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR LEADING THAT CHARGE AS WELL AS
01:13:34 WITH PRIOR SUPERVISOR HILLARY RONEN AND THEIR AIDES CAROL
01:13:42 AND GOOSEN AND TRACY BROWN. >> I SAW HERE EARLIER WE
01:13:45 COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, YOU KNOW, AND THE MOVEMENT IS STILL
01:13:49 THERE. >> SO WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
01:13:53 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
01:13:59 >> SO ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER PARTNERS, IT'S
01:14:04 IMPORTANT TO AS WE SIT HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNITY
01:14:08 BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO AND I WANT TO PAY
01:14:15 TRIBUTE TO THE MAGIC PROGRAMS ARE OUR LEADER BRITTANY FORD
01:14:19 C.J C.J. YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER
01:14:23 AND MANY OTHERS. WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE YOUTH
01:14:27 DEFENDER UNIT THAT WAS OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
01:14:30 >> WE WERE AT FULL CAPACITY. >> AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
01:14:35 WE HAD MORE THAN 130 YOUTH LOCKED UP.
01:14:40 IT'S 150 BED FACILITY. BUT STAFF FOR ONE THIRD WE HAD
01:14:45 KIDS THAT WERE DOUBLE BUNKED. WE HAD KIDS THAT WERE SLEEPING
01:14:49 ON THE CONCRETE FLOORS. >> THE ENTIRE GIRLS UNIT WAS
01:14:53 FULL. >> AND I'M SO HAPPY TO REPORT
01:14:57 TODAY I'M NOT ECSTATIC THOUGH. >> WE HAVE 30 YOUTH IN CUSTODY
01:15:07 AND TWO GIRLS, SHE SAYS WE CAN DO BETTER.
01:15:11 >> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OCCASIONS THAT WE'VE HAD NO
01:15:15 GIRLS. AND AS A MOTHER MOTHER OF FOUR
01:15:19 GIRLS I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR
01:15:22 GIRLS. >> THIS IS NOT A MOMENT TO
01:15:26 CELEBRATE. WE CAN AND WE MUST DO BETTER.
01:15:30 >> I URGE ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND ESPECIALLY ON THIS
01:15:34 BOARD TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR REFORMS THAT RECOGNIZE THAT
01:15:40 YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE NOT CAGES.
01:15:47 WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T WORK. >> AND FOR OUR CLIENTS DOWNTOWN
01:15:54 I AM FOREVER AN ADVOCATE AND OKAY, I HAVE ONE BIG
01:15:59 PARTING ASK PLEASE DON'T DEFUND PRETRIAL DIVERSION RIGHT NOW.
01:16:06 >> MY LIFE SAVED HER LIFE CHANGED HER LIFE.
01:16:14 I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE THIS PERSON TO SAY THANK YOU.
01:16:17 >> I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROVEN MODEL THAT I KNOW WORKS.
01:16:21 I HAVE WORKED WITH CLIENTS THROUGH THE YEARS THAT ARE
01:16:25 SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL AND CONTRIBUTE MEMBERS OF OUR
01:16:29 COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO .
01:16:36 >> PRETRIAL DIVERSION HAS RECOGNIZED SUPPORT FROM THE
01:16:37 LEGISLATURE AND LONG STANDING SUPPORT FROM OUR PHILANTHROPIC
01:16:44 PARTNERS. >> SO IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T
01:16:47 FIX IT. >> AND I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO
01:16:55 STAND WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY COMES
01:16:59 FROM INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND CREATING PATHWAYS FOR
01:17:06 CHANGE AND FOR A BETTER LIFE. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU DO HERE
01:17:11 SHARE THAT VALUE THESE PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN THE
01:17:18 GUIDING LIGHT OUR NORTH STAR FOR OUR OFFICE AND OUR TEAM
01:17:26 MEMBERS HERE. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE VISION
01:17:29 FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. >> SO TO MATT MANNO BECAUSE AS
01:17:37 YOU LISTEN ANGELA CHAN, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, I THANK YOU
01:17:42 FOR THE LASTING IMPACT THAT YOU'VE MADE ON THE OFFICE
01:17:46 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
01:17:50 MANNO I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO STAY AT JUVIE BUT
01:17:57 WHEN MANNO ASKED ME TO COME JOIN AND COME DOWNTOWN, THE
01:18:01 LEADERSHIP TEAM I LEFT MY PERCH AT JUVIE AND IT WAS REALLY AN
01:18:09 OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST IN THE LIVES OF ALL OUR CLIENTS THAT
01:18:16 ARE ENMESHED IN THIS CRIMINAL INJUSTICE SYSTEM AND AND I WANT
01:18:23 TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE ATTORNEYS AND THE UNSUNG HEROES
01:18:28 IN OUR OFFICE WHO ARE THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE CLERKS, THE
01:18:31 PARALEGALS INVESTED GATORS, THE THE I.T TEAM.
01:18:37 >> WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THAT FOUNDATION.
01:18:40 I ALWAYS SAY THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HOLD US TOGETHER.
01:18:44 WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK BY OURSELVES.
01:18:48 >> AND SO I LEAVE TODAY AFTER 49 YEARS ALMOST 50 KNOWING THAT
01:18:56 THE HARD WORK CONTINUES YOU I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT
01:19:04 GENERATION OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS FREEDOM FIGHTERS WILL CARRY
01:19:11 FORWARD THE VISION OF A MORE JUST AND A MORE COMPASSIONATE
01:19:15 SYSTEM. SO I I, I CAN'T THANK ENOUGH MY
01:19:19 FRIENDS, MY COLLEAGUES, THE MANAGERS THAT ALL THESE
01:19:26 MEETINGS WE'VE HAD I HOPE IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE.
01:19:29 AND MY I HAVE TO SAY MY FAMILY IS HERE.
01:19:37 >> I WANT TO THANK MY BEST FRIEND.
01:19:40 >> I WAS HOPING I WOULDN'T CRY .
01:19:44 >> LEFT MY TISSUES AND MY BEST FRIEND CONFIDANT AND LIFE
01:19:48 PARTNER GILL MY DAUGHTER IS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE CARINA AND YOU
01:19:56 VANESSA AND AUTUMN SAID I'VE GOT FOUR GIRLS.
01:20:00 >> MY GRANDDAUGHTER COCO IS HERE.
01:20:01 I THANK YOU FOR SACRIFICING WIFE MOMMY AND GRANDMA TIME TO
01:20:08 MY ALMOST HALF CENTURY WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND TO
01:20:15 MY SISTER JENNY WHO IS HERE AND MY BROTHER JIMMY.
01:20:19 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE SPIRIT OF MOM AND DAD TODAY
01:20:22 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WALKING ALONG SIDE WITH ME
01:20:30 THROUGH THIS AMAZING JOURNEY. >> THE PD'S OFFICE WILL ALWAYS
01:20:34 BE A PART OF WHO I AM. YOU ARE MY FAMILY AND IT HAS
01:20:42 BEEN MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE.
01:20:46 >> SO I SIGN OFF TODAY I'M STILL ON A FEW FEW BOARDS SO
01:20:50 YOU MAY SEE ME HERE BUT I AM NOT SIGNING OUT.
01:20:54 >> OKAY. I GOT ANOTHER 50 YEARS TO GO
01:20:59 AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME .
01:21:11 SUPERVISOR WALDEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING PATTY INTO THE
01:21:16 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M I'M I'M SORRY.
01:21:43 I'M JUST PICTURE AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE OUTSIDE.
01:21:59 EVERYONE EVERYBODY FROM PATTY BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE
01:22:11 . YEAH, I'M AS SOON AS I SEE
01:22:31 INTERESTING I DO THINK ALL RIGHT NEXT UP DISTRICT THREE
01:23:18 SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN COLLEAGUES
01:23:22 TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF WELCOMING SHENG T CHEN TO THE
01:23:27 CHAMBERS FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION SHANTI WOULD YOU
01:23:30 PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US? >> LAST MONTH A NUMBER OF US ON
01:23:40 THIS BOARD GATHERED IN A CHINATOWN ALLEY TO CELEBRATE TO
01:23:44 CELEBRATE SHANTI AND SPECIFICALLY HER WORK TO
01:23:48 OPEN THE OUT MUSEUM. WE WERE JOINED BY HUNDREDS OF
01:23:52 OTHERS NEIGHBORS, ARTISTS, ADMIRERS AND SUPPORTERS.
01:23:56 THE OUT MUSEUM'S OPENING IS SIGNIFICANT.
01:24:00 IT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST CHINESE MUSEUM.
01:24:02 >> IT IS ALSO THE REALIZATION OF A DREAM FOR SHANGHAI WHO
01:24:07 SKETCH THE IDEA FOR THE MUSEUM MORE THAN SIX YEARS AGO WHEN
01:24:11 SHE WAS ISOLATED INSIDE HER SHANGHAI APARTMENT DURING THE
01:24:14 PANDEMIC, THE MUSEUM IS A POWERFUL REPRESENTATION OF
01:24:19 STORIES THAT HAVE OFTEN BEEN UNTOLD IN A PHYSICAL SPACE
01:24:22 DEDICATED TO THE COUNTLESS CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE HAD
01:24:26 THEIR STORIES CENSORED OR ERASED SIMPLY ON THE BASIS OF
01:24:30 WHO THEY LOVE. ONE FELLOW ARTIST DESCRIBED
01:24:33 SHANGHAI AS THE MOST COURAGEOUS PERSON SHE KNEW WHILE ANOTHER
01:24:37 GAVE HER PRAISE FOR HER DECISION DETERMINATION TO SEE
01:24:41 THIS VISION THROUGH TO LAST MONTH'S OPENING AND TRUE TO
01:24:44 CHINATOWN IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO BRING AN IDEA TO LIFE
01:24:49 IN PARTICULAR THE CHINESE CULTURE CENTER HAS BEEN A VITAL
01:24:52 EARLY SUPPORTER AND FUNDER OF THIS WORK THE WORLD'S FIRST
01:24:57 CHINESE LGBTQ PLUS MUSEUM OPENING IN OUR CHINATOWN IS A
01:25:01 FITTING MILESTONE AND FEELS LIKE A STORY THAT MIGHT ONLY BE
01:25:05 POSSIBLE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> SO AS WE CELEBRATE BOTH
01:25:11 PRIDE AND IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH WE APPLAUD YOU.
01:25:13 SHANGHAI FOR HOW YOU'VE ALREADY HELPED SHAPE OUR CITY AND FOR
01:25:17 ALL THAT WE KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
01:25:20 AND NOW THE FLOOR IS YOURS. IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY A FEW
01:25:25 WORDS THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD.
01:25:31 CHANGING THE STATUE DAZZLE GOOD LIGHTING FILM AND THEN YOU HAVE
01:25:37 PRIDE
01:27:23 ON THE BROOM. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
01:27:27 ADVISERS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND FRIENDS.
01:27:30 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A VOLUNTEER AT OUR MUSEUM.
01:27:32 I'M HERE TO TRANSLATE SCIENTISTS SPEECH.
01:27:34 IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION DURING
01:27:38 THE PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE. TODAY I GUESS THAT IS A WAR
01:27:40 WITH HUMILITY. >> AND I DEDICATE IT TO THE
01:27:43 CHINATOWN COMMUNITY THAT DEARLY LOVE AS WELL AS TO MY AND ALL
01:27:47 MY COLLEAGUES VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
01:27:51 WORKED ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTED US.
01:27:54 AND FINALLY LGBTQ MUSEUM OUR MUSEUM WITH THE HOPE TO
01:27:58 PRESERVING AND SHARING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF CHINESE
01:28:01 LANGUAGE, LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AND OF CREATING A SPACE FOR
01:28:05 GREATER UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT AND CONNECTION.
01:28:08 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORLD'S FIRST CHINESE LANGUAGE
01:28:10 LGBTQ MUSEUM IN CHINATOWN WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
01:28:14 THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
01:28:18 ORGANIZATION AS I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT DIVERSITY
01:28:25 AND INCLUSION ARE AMONG THE MOST VALUABLE STRENGTH OF THIS
01:28:26 CITY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A
01:28:30 RETHINK THIS TIME AS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS WELL AS
01:28:33 SUPERVISOR DANNY SLAUGHTER OF DISTRICT THREE FOR YOUR
01:28:37 RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT. THIS HONOR DOES NOT BELONG TO
01:28:41 ME ALONE. IT BELONGS TO EVERYONE WHO
01:28:44 BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND HAS CONTRIBUTED
01:28:48 TO IT. I HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK
01:28:49 ALONGSIDE THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY AND DEDICATE MYSELF.
01:28:52 HOWEVER MODESTLY TO THE PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF
01:28:56 CHINESE LANGUAGE, LGBTQ HISTORY, CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
01:29:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:29:57 . >> DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR
01:29:58 WONG. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
01:30:04 TODAY I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE EMMA SLIM.
01:30:05 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? >> HER HUSBAND, FATHER,
01:30:15 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND PROUD SAN FRANCISCAN WHOSE
01:30:19 LIFE AND WORK BEAUTIFULLY REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF BOTH
01:30:23 IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH AND PRIDE.
01:30:24 AND THIS CAME FROM TO THE UNITED STATES FROM SINGAPORE
01:30:29 IN 1999 TO BE WITH HIS PARTNER MIKI.
01:30:30 BUT LIKE SO MANY SAME SEX BINATIONAL COUPLES AT THE TIME,
01:30:34 THEY'RE TREATED AS LEGAL STRANGERS UNDER THE LAW WITHOUT
01:30:37 MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND FELT EQUAL IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS
01:30:41 FOR LGBTQ PLUS FAMILIES. AND WAS QUICKLY SAW THAT HIS
01:30:46 OWN FAMILY'S STRUGGLE WAS PART OF SOMETHING MUCH LARGER.
01:30:49 RATHER THAN ACCEPT THAT INJUSTICE AND MUST HELP
01:30:52 ORGANIZE AGAINST IT, HE CO-FOUNDED OUT FOR IMMIGRATION
01:30:56 AN ALL VOLUNTEER GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT LIFT UP THE
01:30:58 STORIES OF SAME SEX BINATIONAL COUPLES AND HELPED CONNECT TO
01:31:02 MOVEMENTS THAT HAD TOO OFTEN BEEN KEPT SEPARATE IMMIGRANT
01:31:05 RIGHTS AND THE LGBT Q PLUS COMMUNITY EQUALITY COMMUNITY.
01:31:09 >> AND MOST UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE STRUGGLES WERE DEEPLY
01:31:13 CONNECTED AND THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WOULD BE STRONGER
01:31:16 WHEN WE FOUGHT TOGETHER. THE COMMITMENT TO SERVICE ONLY
01:31:20 GREW AND WAS HELPED ORGANIZE SAN FRANCISCO'S 2007 IMMIGRANT
01:31:23 RIGHTS SUMMIT. >> SERVED ON CITY COMMITTEES
01:31:27 AND ADVISORY BODIES, VOLUNTEERED AT HIS DAUGHTER'S
01:31:28 PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF LYRIC SUPPORTING LGBTQ
01:31:35 YOUTH IN FINDING SAFETY, BELONGING AND COMMUNITY.
01:31:39 HE ALSO BROUGHT THAT SAME DEDICATION TO CHINESE FOR
01:31:40 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WHERE HE FOUGHT AGAINST PROPOSITION
01:31:43 EIGHT AND CONTINUES TO SERVE SAN FRANCISCO'S LIMITED ENGLISH
01:31:47 PROFICIENT CHINESE COMMUNITY THROUGH ECONOMIC JUSTICE,
01:31:51 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORK.
01:31:52 AND THIS STORY IS A SAN FRANCISCO STORY.
01:31:55 IT IS ABOUT IMMIGRATION, FAMILY PRIDE, PERSEVERANCE AND THE
01:31:59 BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WHO THEY LOVE
01:32:03 AND WHERE THEY BELONG. >> SO TODAY DURING IMMIGRANT
01:32:04 HERITAGE MONTH AND PRIDE WE HONOR AL-MUSALLAM FOR HIS
01:32:07 DECADES OF ADVOCACY, COALITION BUILDING AND SERVICE TO A MORE
01:32:11 JUST INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING SAN FRANCISCO.
01:32:15 >> CONGRATULATIONS, AMOS AND THANK YOU.
01:32:17 >> THANK YOU. >> I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH.
01:32:25 I DIDN'T KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE A SPEECH BUT THIS IS A
01:32:28 DEEP HONOR. I ARRIVE HERE MAY 1999 SO THIS
01:32:34 IS MY 27TH YEAR HERE. SAN FRANCISCO HAS GIVEN ME MY
01:32:38 POLITICAL VOICE, MY ACTIVISM. IT HAS AFFIRMED THAT I HAVE A
01:32:46 PLACE IN THIS CITY AS AN IMMIGRANT, AS A GAY PERSON.
01:32:49 IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO ADOPT A DAUGHTER FROM THE CITY.
01:32:57 AND MY MIND IS STILL BLOWN THAT SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM
01:33:02 MCCAULEY INSTITUTE A MONTH AGO .
01:33:07 SO I AM OVERWHELMED TO BE STANDING HERE AS SOMEBODY WHO
01:33:16 DIDN'T HAVE A POLITICAL VOICE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, DIDN'T
01:33:20 KNOW HOW TO FIGHT FOR OTHER PEOPLE, HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR
01:33:24 ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME TO COME HERE TO BE ABLE TO MEET
01:33:31 FELLOW VOLUNTEERS, FELLOW JOURNEYMEN TO FIGHT FOR A
01:33:35 DIVERSE SOCIETY, TO FIGHT FOR SERVICES AND HELP FOR
01:33:42 RECOGNITION FOR IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS
01:33:46 COUNTRY AND RIGHT NOW HELPING LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT
01:33:50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOOK FOR JOBS .
01:33:54 YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A NEW LIFE. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE
01:33:58 UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO HELP OTHERS.
01:34:01 YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ULTIMATE, ULTIMATE STRESS
01:34:06 AND SATISFACTION HAVING TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
01:34:10 DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE TO EMPOWER THEM, TO EDUCATE THEM AND TO
01:34:14 GIVE THEM A NEW PATH. I'M NOT HERE ALONE.
01:34:18 I HAVE MY FAMILIES MY LOVING HUSBAND WHO SUPPORTED ME EVEN
01:34:24 WHILE WE ARE SEPARATED ON TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO HIM
01:34:27 BRINGING ME OVER ME GETTING A DEGREE HERE MY MASTERS HERE,
01:34:34 FINDING MY POLITICAL VOICE AND FINDING WHAT I CAN DO WITH
01:34:39 MY VOICE AND HOW TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM MORE VOICE
01:34:42 TO FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES. HAS BEEN A JOY HAS BEEN A
01:34:49 REWARD THAT KEPT COMING. I APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION
01:34:54 VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. I'M REALLY OVERWHELMED TO BE
01:34:57 SPEAKING TO ALL OF YOU. I AM TOTALLY AFRAID OF TALKING
01:35:01 TO LEADERS. IF YOU SEE ME AT EVENTS YOU
01:35:04 KNOW I RUN AWAY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU ARE JUST PEOPLE UP
01:35:11 THERE THAT I NEED TO RESPECT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
01:35:12 FIGHT FOR US. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION
01:35:19 IN THIS JOB AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU SOME COMMENDATION FOR
01:35:26 YOUR FIGHT. WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE
01:35:31 UNDER ATTACK AND YOU KNOW WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
01:35:34 THE CITY AND YOU SUPPORT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND NEED YOUR
01:35:41 SUPPORT. AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM I
01:35:42 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS AWESOME, AWESOME HONOR
01:35:45 AND PRIVILEGE. >> THANK YOU TO THANK YOU.
01:36:27 >> ALL RIGHT. AND LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST FOR
01:36:31 THIS PRIDE TUESDAY WE'RE GOING TO HONOR SOME ALLIES.
01:36:36 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TERRY ASTON BENNETT TO COME UP
01:36:42 AND MARTHA TO COME UP AND RICH TO COME UP AND WE'LL REALLY
01:36:47 ANYBODY YOU WANT TO BRING UP TO COME UP BECAUSE FRIENDS TODAY
01:36:57 WE'RE GOING TO HONOR ONE OF THE QUEEREST BUSINESSES THERE IS
01:37:01 CLIFFS VARIETY ON THE OCCASION THIS YEAR IS THEIR 90TH
01:37:06 ANNIVERSARY YEAR AND AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
01:37:09 ABOUT THE HISTORY. IN 1936 HILARIA DE BARCA A
01:37:15 FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER FROM NEW MEXICO OPENED THE VERY FIRST
01:37:18 CLIFFS AS THE MOSTLY ONE MAN SHOP AT 545.
01:37:21 CASTRO IN A QUIET LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THEN KNOWN AS
01:37:25 EUREKA VALLEY. HE NAMED IT AFTER HIS YOUNGEST
01:37:28 SON CLIFFORD AND SOLD MAGAZINES CIGARS, SEWING NOTIONS
01:37:32 AND CANDY. IN 1942, HILARIO MOVED CLIFFS
01:37:39 FROM 545 CASTRO TO 515 CASTRO AND THE SECOND SHOP WAS STILL
01:37:44 QUITE SMALL BUT ACTUALLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL
01:37:48 LOCATION. IN 1946 HILARIA'S SON ERNIE
01:37:51 JOINED THE BUSINESS. HE WOULD BRING BIG CHANGES SOON
01:37:55 AFTER JOINING HE LAUNCHED THE FIRST HALLOWEEN STREET PARTY ON
01:37:59 CASTRO STREET WHICH BEGAN AS A CHILDREN'S COSTUME CONTEST WITH
01:38:03 A SINGLE STOOL FOR A STAGE AND GREW OVER THE DECADES INTO
01:38:06 A NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTION. ERNIE WAS AN INVENTOR AND AN
01:38:10 ENTREPRENEUR AND THE SECOND LOCATION WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF
01:38:14 MANY OF HIS INNOVATIONS. HE GOT CREATIVE WITH LITTLE
01:38:17 SPACE. HE HAD TO WORK WITH THE
01:38:20 CEILING. HE BUILT A MOTORIZED CANDY
01:38:21 DISPLAY WHICH INCLUDED METAL TRAYS SUSPENDED ON BICYCLE
01:38:25 CHAIN TRACKS DESCENDING TO THE CUSTOMER'S REACH AT THE FLIP OF
01:38:29 A SWITCH. HE FOLLOWED IT WITH SIMILAR
01:38:30 MACHINES FOR SEWING RIBBONS, BUTTONS, KEY BLANKS, GREETING
01:38:33 CARDS AND FABRIC DYES. THE RIBBON MACHINE IS STILL
01:38:37 RUNNING IN THE ANNEX TODAY. >> THESE INNOVATIONS REALLY
01:38:41 GREW THE BUSINESS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE PROPERTY
01:38:44 OWNER, THE HIBERNIA BANK DEMOLISHED THE SECOND LOCATION
01:38:45 SO THEY COULD BUILD A DRIVE THRU TELLER FOR THEIR BANK.
01:38:48 >> IN 1960 CLIFF'S VARIETY OPENED THEIR THIRD LOCATION AT
01:38:54 495 CASTRO AND THIS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE STORE WHERE YOU
01:38:58 COULD TAKE ANYTHING TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE ERNIE WOULD
01:39:00 FIX IT. BEGINNING IN 1963, ERNIE ASTON
01:39:05 ERNIE DE BARCA'S GRANDSON AND HILARIA'S GREAT GRANDSON
01:39:09 STARTED WORKING AT CLIFF'S AFTER SCHOOL.
01:39:12 NOW MARTHA SULLIVAN, ERNIE'S GIRLFRIEND STARTED WORKING AT
01:39:19 CLIFF'S IN 1968. SHE MARRIED ERNIE A YEAR LATER,
01:39:23 TOOK OVER THE BOOKS AND HAS NEVER LEFT.
01:39:26 >> AT APPLAUSE AT 77 AFTER 58 YEARS WORKING THERE SHE SO
01:39:38 SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN .
01:39:41 >> NOW THE HISTORY OF THE CASTRO EUREKA THAT FORMERLY
01:39:45 EUREKA VALLEY NOW CASTRO IN THE 60S AND 70S IS WELL KNOWN BY
01:39:48 THE LATE 60S HIPPIES FROM THE SUMMER OF LOVE HAD BEGUN
01:39:51 TRICKLING OVER THE HILLS TO EUREKA VALLEY AND A FEW GAY
01:39:55 OWNED BUSINESSES WERE OPENING ON CASTRO AS AND LESBIANS
01:39:56 BEGAN BUYING AND INVESTING IN THE OLDER VICTORIANS
01:40:00 AND MORE PEOPLE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:40:04 COMMERCIAL RENTS INCREASED AND WHEN THE LANDLORD AT THEIR
01:40:06 THIRD LOCATION TRIPLED THE RENT IN 1971, ERNIE DIDN'T
01:40:10 NEGOTIATE. HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING A COUPLE
01:40:11 DOORS DOWN AT 479 CASTRO OUTRIGHT AND CLIFF'S HAS BEEN
01:40:16 THERE EVER SINCE. >> YEAH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:40:21 CHANGED, CLIFFS CHANGED WITH IT.
01:40:22 THE STORE BECAME THE FIRST STRAIGHT OWNED BUSINESS ON THE
01:40:24 BLOCK TO HIRE OPENLY GAY EMPLOYEES.
01:40:27 >> IT EXPANDED ITS INVENTORY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LGBT Q
01:40:31 PLUS COMMUNITY CONTINUING TO CARRY HARDWARE SUPPLIES.
01:40:34 OF COURSE. >> BUT ADDING RHINESTONE TIARAS
01:40:38 AND BOAS AND WIGS THROUGH THE AIDS CRISIS, THROUGH
01:40:43 RECESSIONS, THROUGH THE RISE OF CHAIN RETAIL AND A GLOBAL
01:40:46 PANDEMIC. CLIFF STAYED OPEN AND FAMILY
01:40:47 RUN. >> MARTHA AND ERNIE'S DAUGHTER
01:40:50 TERRY GREW UP WORKING IN THE SALES FLOOR IN THE FAMILY
01:40:54 TRADITION. SHE CAME BACK AFTER COLLEGE,
01:40:57 TOOK OVER OPERATIONS AND HAS LED THE STORE FOR MORE THAN TWO
01:41:00 DECADES AND IN HER FREE TIME HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
01:41:05 CASTRO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION MULTIPLE TIMES AS VOLUNTEER TO
01:41:12 ANNUALLY AS AN AIDS LIFECYCLE ROADIE AND AND HAS CONTINUED TO
01:41:16 CARRY HER GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER'S LEGACY FORWARD.
01:41:20 >> IN 2003 TERRY HAD A DAUGHTER OF HER OWN WHO MAY 1ST DAY BE
01:41:23 THE SIXTH GENERATION TO RUN THE PLACE.
01:41:27 OF COURSE THE FAMILY HAS NOT DONE IT ALONE.
01:41:28 PAUL ELLIS HAS BEEN THE STORE'S MANAGER FOR 40 YEARS STARTING
01:41:32 ON THE SALES FLOOR AND BRINGING IN EXPERTISE IN COSTUME DESIGN,
01:41:36 TEXTILES AND SEWING THAT HAS MADE HIM A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR
01:41:39 GENERATIONS OF CUSTOMERS AND COWORKERS.
01:41:43 >> JEFFREY GALLEGOS HAS BEEN THERE FOR 30.
01:41:44 THERE WE ARE HAS BEEN THERE 35 YEARS AS A RECEIVING CLERK
01:41:47 WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH GENEROSITY AND MAKES EVERYONE
01:41:51 AROUND HIM FEEL AT HOME. >> MARK WILSON HAS BEEN WITH
01:41:55 CLIFF'S FOR 30 YEARS MOVING FROM THE SALES FLOOR TO THE
01:41:58 BUYING US TO THE BACKROOM WITH METICULOUS ATTENTION TO
01:42:00 EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES. TAMLYN SANGALANG HAS WORKED AS
01:42:06 A SALES CLERK AND LOCKSMITH FOR 33 YEARS SINCE ARRIVING IN SAN
01:42:10 FRANCISCO THROUGH THE TIBETAN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM.
01:42:11 TOGETHER THE TEAM HAS AND HAS ACCUMULATED MORE THAN 196 YEARS
01:42:15 OF SERVICE TO THE CASTRO COMMUNITY AND THOSE ARE JUST
01:42:18 THE LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEES. >> SO TERRY AND MARTHA, ON
01:42:25 BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE CASTRO
01:42:27 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE ALWAYS AND INCREDIBLY
01:42:29 GRATEFUL TO YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 90
01:42:34 YEARS. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:42:37 TERRY'S HUSBAND RICH WHO DID NOT GET A SPECIAL YEAR WHILE HE
01:42:41 GETS APPLAUSE BUT NOT BUT NOT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT BECAUSE HE'S
01:42:47 A RELATIVELY JUNIOR, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE THERE AT ONLY 20
01:42:51 YEARS. >> SO YOU KNOW CATCH UP TERRY.
01:42:55 >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:43:05 I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING ABOUT CAMILLE BECAUSE I LIKE MY CHILD
01:43:09 AND RETAIL'S REALLY HARD THESE DAYS.
01:43:12 >> WE HAVE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL AT CLIFF'S TO HAVE A
01:43:16 RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERVISORS GOING
01:43:20 BACK TO GOING BACK TO HARVEY MILK.
01:43:21 REALLY? HE'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY
01:43:24 POLITICAL CANDIDATE WE'VE EVER ENDORSED BUT A DISTRICT DATE
01:43:27 HAS A REALLY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY HALL
01:43:31 THAT OUR DISTRICT SUPERVISOR MAKES A POINT OF BEING AT OUR
01:43:36 MONTHLY MERCHANT MEETINGS AND MAKES A POINT OF HAVING
01:43:40 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES
01:43:43 AND THAT IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL
01:43:47 THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU LOVE AND WANT TO SEE SUCCEED HAVE A
01:43:51 CHANCE BECAUSE MOST OF US IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES DON'T
01:43:55 HAVE TIME TO SEND EMAILS AND PICK UP PHONES TO CALL
01:43:58 AND SAY HEY YOU DOUBLED MY GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES THIS YEAR
01:44:03 WHICH YOU DID. >> BUT THAT RELATIONSHIP MAKES
01:44:09 IT POSSIBLE FOR THE THINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE DOWN
01:44:13 BUSINESSES LIKE MINE TO SUCCEED.
01:44:14 SO FOR THAT I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL BUT MORE GRATEFUL AM I
01:44:17 TO ALL THE AIDES THAT WORK IN HIS OFFICE BECAUSE WE ALL
01:44:21 KNOW THAT THE AIDES ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY DO THE WORK.
01:44:22 TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL
01:44:26 SHOUT OUT TO ADAM WHO WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE DISTRICT
01:44:31 EIGHT A SPECIAL PLACE AND TO SEE US AND BE HEARD AND TO
01:44:32 SOPHIE WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON AND I HOPE WHOEVER
01:44:38 REPLACES YOU HAS THE GOOD SENSE TO HIRE HER.
01:44:40 >> YES. >> BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:44:43 AND WE'LL JUST KEEP KEEP IT ON AS LONG AS WE CAN.
01:44:53 >> BLUE LIVES JUST ALWAYS MAKING SIDE
01:46:01 . IS THERE GOING TO BE PUBLIC
01:46:02 COMMENT OR. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:46:09 WITH THAT LET'S GO BACK TO ROLL CALL AND I BELIEVE WE WERE AT
01:46:13 SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU PRESIDENT IN A THANK YOU.
01:46:23 >> SO IN CELEBRATION OF PRIDE IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND
01:46:27 IN SOLIDARITY WITH BOTH OUR LGBTQ AND LABOR COMMUNITIES TO
01:46:31 INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF
01:46:35 THE COURSE BOYCOTT HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP
01:46:39 BETWEEN LGBTQ RIGHTS AND ORGANIZED LABOR MOVEMENTS
01:46:43 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE 1960, CHICANO AND BLACK
01:46:49 ORGANIZERS BEGAN A BOYCOTT THE COURSE BREWERY THE COURSE
01:46:54 BREWERY COMPANY IN COLORADO IN PROTEST AGAINST THE
01:46:58 COMPANIES DISCRIMINATE TORY HIRING PRACTICES TO
01:47:02 SYSTEMATICALLY SCREEN OUT BLACK, CHICANO AND LGBTQ
01:47:09 WORKERS. >> AT ONE POINT THE BEER
01:47:10 COMPANY EVEN SUBJECTED WORKERS TO MANDATORY POLYGRAPH TESTS
01:47:16 PRYING INTO WORKERS PERSONAL LIVES AND ASKING INTRUDING
01:47:20 QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION GENDER
01:47:24 IDENTITY AND POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
01:47:28 IN 1977 THE BOYCOTT MOVEMENT WAS GALVANIZING CALIFORNIA WHEN
01:47:32 A HISTORIC ALLIANCE WAS FORGED IN SAN FRANCISCO BETWEEN
01:47:37 ORGANIZED LABOR AND LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
01:47:40 THE ALLIANCE WAS LED BY PRESIDENT ALLAN BAIRD AND ANDY
01:47:44 CIRCLES OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 9 TO 1 AND LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVIST
01:47:52 HARVEY MILK AND HOWARD WALLACE STANDING AGAINST CORPORATE
01:47:56 DISCRIMINATION. THEY LAUNCH A LARGE SCALE
01:47:57 BOYCOTT FROM THE CASTRO'S DISTRICT WHICH LATER SPREAD
01:48:01 THROUGH THE BAY AREA AND CALIFORNIA DUE TO THE
01:48:05 STATEWIDE EFFORT. THE BEER COURSE BREWERY COMPANY
01:48:13 THEIR MARKET SHARE IN CALIFORNIA PLUMMETED FROM
01:48:16 40% TO ABOUT 14% IN THE 1970S. BY 1987 COURSE WAS FORCED TO
01:48:24 ADOPT SOME OF THE FIRST CORPORATE NONDISCRIMINATION
01:48:27 POLICY IN THE COUNTRY. THE COURSE BOYCOTTS REMINDS US
01:48:32 THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR LABOR RIGHTS IS IN SEPARABLE FROM THE
01:48:36 STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, THE FIGHT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR
01:48:40 MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED
01:48:44 WHEN WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT EACH OTHER IN OUR MUTUAL FIGHTS THAT
01:48:48 EXIST TO THRIVE AND TO BE LOVED.
01:48:52 SO THANK YOU HARVEY MILK LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB CASTRO LGBTQ
01:48:56 CULTURAL DISTRICT TEAMSTERS SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL FOR
01:49:03 YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION AND TO END THE
01:49:07 COMMEMORATIVE POUR OUT EVENT THIS FRIDAY JUNE 26 IN FRONT OF
01:49:11 THE HISTORIC TWIN PEAKS TAVERN AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE
01:49:15 INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY IS CERTAINLY IS A
01:49:19 PRIVILEGE SO AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
01:49:22 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHAN SUPERVISE HER CHEN SUBMIT THANK
01:49:27 YOU AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUBMIT.
01:49:30 >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SEEING NO NAMES ON THE ROSTER
01:49:34 THAT INCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS.
01:49:35 >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES
01:49:38 YOU ALL TO PROVIDE YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU LINE UP
01:49:42 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE
01:49:45 MINUTES AS PRESENTED ITEMS 14 AND 15 ON THE ADOPTION WITHOUT
01:49:49 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AND OTHER GENERAL MATTERS NOT PUBLISHED
01:49:53 ON THE AGENDA BUT MUST BE WITHIN THE BOARD'S SUBJECT
01:49:56 MATTER JURISDICTION. IF YOU'RE STANDING AT THE TALL
01:50:00 PODIUM YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS A TIMER WE ARE SETTING THE TIMER
01:50:03 FOR TWO MINUTES PER PERSON. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR FROM OUR
01:50:06 FIRST SPEAKER. >> WELCOME.
01:50:07 THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:50:10 MY NAME IS AISHA MCCAIN. TODAY IS MY BROTHER ERIC
01:50:12 MCCAIN'S BIRTHDAY AND TODAY THE CITY RELEASED A REPORT FROM A
01:50:15 CIVIL GRAND JURY ON THE FAILURES IN OVERSIGHT.
01:50:19 ERIC ERIC HIS STORY IN THE CHRONICLE AND MY ADVOCACY SINCE
01:50:23 HIS DEATH READING THAT REPORT MADE ME REALLY SAD BECAUSE I
01:50:27 MISS MY BROTHER BUT I ALSO FELT HOPE, YOU KNOW, FOR IT TO COME
01:50:30 OUT ON HIS BIRTHDAY COMING TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS
01:50:34 AND OVERSIGHT MEETINGS HASN'T BEEN EASY.
01:50:36 MY BROTHER'S PREVENTABLE DEATH WAS ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL
01:50:39 AND DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE
01:50:41 ADVOCATING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE FIGHTING CANCER
01:50:43 AND NAVIGATING MY OWN HEALTH CHALLENGES IS EXHAUSTING.
01:50:49 BUT I KEEP SHOWING UP BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER'S LIFE MATTERED
01:50:53 AND I CAN'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED TO ERIC BUT I CAN
01:50:57 CREATE CHANGE FOR OTHER PEOPLE .
01:51:00 SO I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO TAKE THIS REPORT SERIOUSLY.
01:51:04 PLEASE ACT ON IT. IMPLEMENT ITS RECOMMENDED
01:51:08 ACTIONS. USE THIS MOMENT TO STRENGTHEN
01:51:09 OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESIDENT SAFETY.
01:51:12 IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A GRIEVING SISTER AN INVESTIGATIVE
01:51:16 JOURNALIST FOR THE CITY TO ACT .
01:51:20 >> THE BEST WAY TO HONOR MY BROTHER I'M SORRY IT'S OKAY IS
01:51:24 TO ENSURE IT LEADS TO MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
01:51:29 HIS DEATH AND ALL THIS EVERYTHING.
01:51:36 >> MY HOPE IS THAT ERIC'S LEGACY IS NOT ABOUT HIS DEATH.
01:51:39 MY HOPE IS THAT HIS LEGACY IS WHAT CHANGED IN HIS NAME.
01:51:47 >> WHEN I FIRST STARTED SPEAKING I TOLD THEM THEY GOT
01:51:48 THE RIGHT SISTER AND I MEANT EVERY WORD OF THAT.
01:51:51 SO I'M ASKING THIS BOARD TO JUST ACT ON THIS REPORT THAT
01:51:56 WAS ISSUED BY THE CIVIL GRAND JURY.
01:51:59 MAKE THESE CHANGES BUT YOU WANT ACCOUNTABLE.
01:52:02 FOLLOW THE MONEY. WATCH THE MONEY.
01:52:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY
01:52:07 ERIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:52:10 BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER MAY I JUST ASK THERE IS AN APPROVED
01:52:14 BOARD RULE. THERE ARE NO SOUNDS AUDIBLE
01:52:15 SOUNDS OF SUPPORT OR BEING AGAINST ANY MATTER BUT IF YOU
01:52:18 WANT TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHOW YOUR
01:52:21 HANDS. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
01:52:22 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TORY.
01:52:26 I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION
01:52:29 OF BLACK HISTORY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:52:30 YESTERDAY MANY OF US ATTENDED A MEETING EXPECTING ANSWERS ABOUT
01:52:33 THE FUTURE OF OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY CENTER.
01:52:37 >> INSTEAD WE WERE ONCE AGAIN ASKED WHAT WE WANT AND NEED
01:52:41 FROM THE VERY INSTITUTIONS THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN DISMANTLING
01:52:45 WHAT WAS ONCE A THRIVING BLACK COMMUNITY.
01:52:46 MANY RESIDENTS ARE TIRED OF ATTENDING MEETING AFTER MEETING
01:52:50 WITHOUT RECEIVING CLEAR ANSWERS .
01:52:53 TRUST IS ALREADY FRAGILE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY,
01:52:57 DISPLACEMENT, BROKEN PROMISES AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE
01:53:00 WESTERN TRADITION. MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS REMAIN
01:53:01 CONCERNED THAT DESPITE THE DEPARTURE OF CERTAIN
01:53:06 ORGANIZATIONS FROM EARLIER WATCH INDIVIDUALS WITH
01:53:09 LONGSTANDING TIES TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO
01:53:12 OPERATE IN THE BUILDING THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS.
01:53:16 WHETHER THESE CONCERNS ARE JUSTIFIED OR NOT, THE PUBLIC
01:53:17 DESERVES TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAR ANSWERS ABOUT WHO IS
01:53:21 INFLUENCING THE DECISIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THIS
01:53:25 IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSET. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW
01:53:29 WHO IS MAKING DECISIONS, WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO
01:53:33 ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND HOW RESIDENTS WILL HAVE MEANINGFUL
01:53:37 INPUT IN THE FUTURE OF ELIHU HUTCH COMMUNITY CENTER.
01:53:41 FOR THESE REASONS I'M ASKING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
01:53:45 INITIATE LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR A LARGE COMMUNITY CENTER.
01:53:49 THIS BUILDING IS MORE THAN A FACILITY.
01:53:50 IT IS A SYMBOL OF BLACK SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY, RESILIENCE
01:53:53 AND CULTURAL LEGACY. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES MORE
01:53:57 THAN LISTENING SESSIONS. RESIDENTS IN THE WESTERN
01:54:01 TRADITION DESERVE REAL ANSWERS. ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTION
01:54:04 OF THIS HISTORIC INSTITUTION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
01:54:08 >> AND I AM ABSOLUTELY AND MY BECAUSE THE SAME THE SAME AREA.
01:54:15 >> THESE PEOPLE WERE TOO LITERALLY BEING BILLIONAIRES
01:54:20 HAD THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER CAME IN AND DESTROYED THE
01:54:23 HOUSES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:54:27 . >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
01:54:28 HELLO. SO I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE
01:54:31 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION FIGHTING AGAINST THE MAYORS
01:54:34 DETRIMENTAL PROPOSED CUTS. I HAVE BEFORE SARCASTICALLY
01:54:36 TOLD THE BOARD AND MAYOR TO ASK YOUR CORPORATE AND BILLIONAIRE
01:54:39 FRIENDS FOR DONATIONS. >> AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT
01:54:43 ABOUT THE WHOLE BE TESTED PAYMENT WAIVER THING.
01:54:46 AND SO YOU HAVE BEEN RIGHT. COINCIDENTALLY THE CHRONICLE
01:54:50 PUT OUT A STORY TODAY IN A CITY FULL OF BILLIONAIRES LORI TAP
01:54:56 $7 MILLION IN PRIVATE FUNDS FOR S.F. SUPPORTING SUPPORTIVE
01:54:58 HOUSING REPAIRS AS PUBLIC FUNDS SHRINK.
01:55:01 >> STILL, I HAVE TO ASK WHERE IS THE MONEY FROM ALL OF THESE
01:55:05 BEHEST AND WAIVERS THIS PAST YEAR?
01:55:05 WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY? CAN WE GET MORE REPORTING ON
01:55:09 THIS? WE NEED AN EXPLANATION OR AN
01:55:10 INVESTIGATION. AND HERE IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST
01:55:13 OF WAIVERS THAT WERE GRANTED THIS PAST YEAR OR SO.
01:55:17 WE HAVE THE TEMPORARY SHELTER AND HOMELESS SERVICES BEHEST A
01:55:21 PAYMENT WAIVER ENACTED IN OCTOBER THE 24TH 2020 FOR
01:55:25 THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND THE
01:55:28 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
01:55:30 SOLICIT DONATIONS FROM VARIOUS PRIVATE ENTITIES
01:55:33 AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF TEMPORARY
01:55:36 SHELTER AND OTHER HOMELESS SERVICES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE
01:55:37 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. >> AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE
01:55:41 FOR HOMELESS SERVICES BUT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:55:44 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
01:55:48 CHIEF DEPUTIES, DEPUTY DIRECTORS AND PROGRAM
01:55:51 DIRECTORS. >> THIS WAS ENACTED APRIL 20,
01:55:55 25 RENEWED DECEMBER 2025 SEEMS TO BE UNDER RENEWAL AGAIN.
01:55:59 AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDRAISING FOR SERVICES RELATED TO
01:56:00 IMMIGRATION AND LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL
01:56:04 PROTECTIONS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY ENACTED
01:56:08 FEBRUARY 20TH, 25 RENEWED OCTOBER 20TH, 25 AUTHORIZING A
01:56:12 LOT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICE OF
01:56:15 THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
01:56:17 THE HEADS OF EACH DIVISION OFFICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE
01:56:19 SUPERVISION OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO SOLICIT
01:56:20 DONATIONS. EVEN THE ASSESSOR RECORDER IN A
01:56:23 DIFFERENT RESOLUTION. AND THE DEPUTY ASSESSORS THE
01:56:27 DIRECTOR OF POLICY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.
01:56:30 >> WE'RE ALSO AUTHORIZED TO DO IT.
01:56:31 SO WHERE IS THE MONEY FOR. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:56:35 LIAM MCGEEVER. ALL RIGHT.
01:56:38 SO WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER .
01:56:49 >> AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS RICHARD S.G. PETERSON.
01:56:56 >> BOARD PRESIDENT MAN ROOM AND BOARD MEMBERS.
01:57:00 ONCE AGAIN I NOTICE THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR FOR DISTRICT NINE.
01:57:10 APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I'M READING IN THE NEWS SHE'S QUITE
01:57:14 HEALTHY AND SHOULD BE HERE TODAY.
01:57:15 I'M NOT FEELING WELL TODAY AND I HAD TO DRAG MYSELF AND I
01:57:19 MADE IT LATE TO THE MEETING. BUT I'M HERE.
01:57:23 BUT WHAT I WANT TO REALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT IS WHY AM I
01:57:26 BEING DISTRACT DID BY AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO DISBAR ME.
01:57:36 HEY, I'M AN OLD GUY. I'M 83.
01:57:37 WHY DO YOU WANT TO DISBAR ME? I'M STILL A DECENT ATTORNEY.
01:57:42 I CAN PRACTICE LAW BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN MY OWN BAR ASSOCIATION
01:57:48 SENDS MY EMERGENCY CHECK TO PAY MY BAR FEES UP TO ZERO.
01:57:56 >> THE COUNTY. YOU'VE SEEN THE NEWS.
01:58:00 THERE WAS A FOUR PAGE ARTICLE ABOUT SIERRA COUNTY.
01:58:04 NOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE PARANOID?
01:58:08 >> NO, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I AM.
01:58:11 MAYBE I'M NOT. MAYBE THIS IS JUST OH, AN
01:58:15 INNOCENT MISTAKE. HOW MANY INNOCENT MISTAKES ARE
01:58:18 WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO? OKAY, I GOT 20S LEFT.
01:58:25 BUT I WANT TO KNOW YOU THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON
01:58:30 THAT IS VERY DEEP AND THERE'S VERY DIRE CONSEQUENCES
01:58:40 NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND TO OUR OWN DEMOCRACY.
01:58:48 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:58:52 >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER .
01:59:02 HI. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD
01:59:04 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS STEVE ARENAS.
01:59:06 I'M A RANK AND FILE MEMBER AND STEWARD OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL
01:59:09 853 AND A CO-FOUNDER OF THE CRS BOYCOTT COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE
01:59:13 . I WANT TO COMMEND THIS BOARD
01:59:14 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT SUPERVISOR CHAN
01:59:17 REFERENCED. TO COMMEMORATE THE CRS BOYCOTT
01:59:18 OFFICIALLY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:59:21 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, SUPERVISOR CHAN.
01:59:23 IT'S DEEPLY APPRECIATED. THIS HISTORY IS NOT ONLY
01:59:26 IMPORTANT TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND NORTHERN
01:59:30 CALIFORNIA BUT TO THE ENTIRETY OF OUR LABOR MOVEMENT.
01:59:33 IT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR AND PERSONAL TO ME.
01:59:36 >> AND I WANT TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU
01:59:40 THAT SUPPORT THIS HISTORY THAT ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY AND ALL
01:59:44 OF MY COLLEAGUES IN LABOR AND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DO AS
01:59:48 WELL. I ONLY WISH THAT HOWARD
01:59:49 WALLACE, HARVEY MILK, ANDY SERWER, KELLIS AND ALAN BAIRD
01:59:52 WERE HERE TO SEE HOW FAR THIS HISTORY HAS COME AND HOW FAR
01:59:56 IT'S GOING TO GO. WITH YOUR HELP AND EVERYBODY'S
01:59:59 HELP IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN LABOR.
02:00:00 SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. >> APPRECIATE IT.
02:00:03 AND SOLIDARITY. THANK YOU.
02:00:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:00:10 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS NICHOLAS CURRENT.
02:00:13 I WE'LL TALK FROM THE CAUSE BOYCOTT COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE
02:00:17 . YEAH, THIS HISTORY IS REALLY
02:00:18 IMPORTANT. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO MY SISTER
02:00:24 WAS LIVING IN TRUCKEE. >> WE'RE WORKING FOR CAL FIRE
02:00:26 BUT SHE WOULD DRIVE DOWN TO VISIT HER PARTNER IN SAN
02:00:29 FRANCISCO AND SHE HAD WENT TO A BAR AND TRIED TO ORDER A COURSE
02:00:37 AND THE BARTENDER WAS LIKE WE DON'T SELL CAUSE AND IT WASN'T
02:00:41 LIKE A WE DON'T CARE CAUSE IT'S LIKE WE DON'T SELL IT IN A
02:00:44 PASSIONATE SORT OF WAY AND MY SISTER WAS INTERESTED AND SHE
02:00:46 KNEW THAT I KIND OF WAS CONNECTED WITH THIS BOYCOTT
02:00:49 AND KIND OF KNEW ABOUT IT. SO SHE CALLED ME AND WE TALKED
02:00:53 A LONG TIME BECAUSE THE STORY AND THE LESSON OF THIS HISTORY
02:00:57 IS JUST SO BIG, SO VAST AND WE WE STILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
02:01:01 IT. BUT I THINK AND WHAT I'VE SEEN
02:01:04 IS THAT MY SISTER NOW IS A SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTER AND MY
02:01:11 OTHER SISTER IS A NURSE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY ARE BOTH
02:01:14 REALLY PROUD MEMBERS, UNION MEMBERS AND THEY UNDERSTAND
02:01:18 THAT STRUGGLE NOW WHEREAS BEFORE THEY DID IT AND YEAH IT
02:01:21 JUST TEACHES SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
02:01:23 AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:01:26 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT
02:01:30 MANDEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:01:34 MY NAME IS STEVEN TORRES. I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE
02:01:37 CASTRO LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
02:01:41 SUPERVISOR CHAN FOR INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION AND TO BROTHER
02:01:45 ARENAS FROM THE TEAMSTERS FOR REALLY DRIVING THIS INITIATIVE
02:01:51 . IT'S PRIDE.
02:01:55 WE SEE A LOT OF IMAGES OF HARVEY MILK AND BECAUSE HE IS A
02:01:59 HERO TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS RIGHT BUT WITH THAT COMES A
02:02:04 LITTLE BIT OF THE ICONOGRAPHY THAT SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE
02:02:08 BECOME FLAT ICONS AND WE FORGET WHY THEY ARE ICONS AND WHY THEY
02:02:12 ARE HEROES AND THE LEGACY FOR THE CASTRO LGBTQ CULTURAL
02:02:16 DISTRICT OF HARVEY MILK LIES IN HIS ABILITY TO CREATE
02:02:22 COALITIONS AND IT WAS REALLY THE WORK OF HARVEY AND HOWARD
02:02:26 AND ANDY AND ALAN THAT CREATED THIS COALITION AND AN UNLIKELY
02:02:31 COALITION AT THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LABOR
02:02:34 AND THE LGBT LGBTQ COMMUNITY WAS NOT A NATURAL ONE ALTHOUGH
02:02:40 IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED HOW NATURAL
02:02:44 IT TRULY WAS BECAUSE WE WERE FIGHTING FOR THE VERY SAME
02:02:48 THINGS FOR THE VERY SAME RIGHTS AND THE VERY SAME PROTECTIONS
02:02:52 AND THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZE IT NOW
02:02:55 BECAUSE WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THOSE THINGS.
02:02:57 WE ARE STILL BEING TARGETED WORKERS AND ORGANIZED LABOR ARE
02:03:00 BEING TARGETED IN THIS COUNTRY AS ARE LGBTQ PEOPLE.
02:03:04 EVEN HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS BUDGET SERVES TO CUT OUR MOST
02:03:08 VULNERABLE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:03:12 THIS IS WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT.
02:03:15 THIS IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHY THIS
02:03:19 FIGHT TOGETHER, THIS COALITION TOGETHER AND SOLIDAIRE ITY IS
02:03:24 IMPORTANT. >> THANK YOU.
02:03:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME.
02:03:28 YES DISPLAY PLEASE AS OF GOV TV ON THE PROJECTOR THANK YOU ON
02:03:33 THE PROJECTOR PLEASE IT'S OH OKAY.
02:03:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. NO INTRODUCTION SPEAKING TO THE
02:03:43 RESIDENTS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:03:45 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERIC MORGAN.
02:03:48 IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, I WENT TO SAINT IGNATIUS IF
02:03:50 ANYBODY CARES TO CHECK MY CREDENTIALS.
02:03:51 NONETHELESS, STRAIGHT TO BUSINESS.
02:03:54 YOUR BOARD IS CHECKED OUT, LADIES MANDELMAN.
02:03:56 THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONES. THEY'RE TEXTING.
02:03:59 THEY ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. SO LET ME RAISE THE STAKES
02:04:04 REALLY QUICKLY. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU I'M
02:04:07 ALLEGING FRAUD, CONSPIRACY AND CORRUPTION IN THE CITY
02:04:11 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. YOU GUYS CAN STAY CHECKED OUT
02:04:15 BILAL AND STEPHEN GOVERNMENT AUDIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE
02:04:19 BOARD AS A WHOLE SEARCH OKAY SO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE IS LISTED
02:04:22 ON THIS EMAIL. >> CAN YOU CAN YOU PUT THAT
02:04:26 BACK UP PLEASE? THANK YOU.
02:04:27 THE BOARD IS LISTED ON THIS EMAIL.
02:04:29 PLEASE TAKE SCREENSHOTS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE WHAT I AM
02:04:33 BRINGING TO THE TABLE. >> SO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
02:04:34 OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:04:38 AIRPORT COMMISSION YOU FOLKS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON
02:04:42 THIS EMAIL TAKE THE DATES DOWN, DO YOUR RESEARCH.
02:04:45 I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT'S IN HERE BUT I AM PURPORTING
02:04:48 OKAY. SYSTEMIC FRAUD, CORRUPTION
02:04:53 AND CONSPIRACY. TRY ME.
02:04:53 I WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK. CONTACT THE FOLKS THAT YOU NEED
02:04:57 TO PLEASE CHECK INTO IT. DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY.
02:05:00 >> OKAY. SO YOU'RE ON NOTICE.
02:05:01 BILAL STEPHEN YOU GUYS CAN KEEP LOOKING AT YOUR COMPUTERS BUT
02:05:06 YOU'RE ON NOTICE. >> THANK YOU.
02:05:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE
02:05:13 ADDRESSING YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.
02:05:14 SIR. >> THANK YOU KINDLY.
02:05:16 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> OKAY, EILEEN BOGAN I'M THE
02:05:20 PRESIDENT OF SPEAK AND SAID PARKSIDE EDUCATION IN ACTION
02:05:24 COMMITTEE I'M HERE ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 TRIBUTE TO
02:05:30 CATHERINE MOORE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANNING
02:05:31 COMMISSION. >> I WILL KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE
02:05:35 TO COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MOORE, THANK YOU FOR CARING
02:05:42 ABOUT THE COASTAL ZONE ISSUE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:05:47 NEXT SPEAKER. >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGAIN
02:06:01 AND AGAIN IN OUR CITY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE NOT PAYING
02:06:06 ATTENTION TO DISMISSAL CLASS WHERE MANAGEMENT GANGS UPON
02:06:13 BONDS EMPLOY THESE WHO GET TRAUMATIZED AND MANY OF THEM
02:06:21 HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND WE COME HERE AND WE TALK AND WHEN
02:06:29 WE COME HERE WE SEE ALL, YOU KNOW, CATERING TO WHATEVER.
02:06:36 BUT WHERE ARE THE STANDARDS THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO.
02:06:43 WE HAD STANDARDS. WE HAVE NO STANDARDS WHATSOEVER
02:06:50 . NOBODY CHALLENGES THE CIVIL
02:06:54 SERVICE COMMISSION. >> NOBODY CHALLENGES THE ASSET
02:06:58 BE YOU SEE THAT STARTED WITH $6 BILLION HAS NOW SPENT $15
02:07:05 BILLION AND IS HEADING TOWARDS $25 BILLION.
02:07:08 >> SO WHAT THE ARE Y'ALL DOING ?
02:07:12 >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND HISTORY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE
02:07:16 FIRED WHO ARE TRAUMATIZED. >> YES, RIGHT INTO THE HOSPITAL
02:07:26 AND MONTHS LATER I HAD TO TAKE ON THE CASE AND OPEN UP THE
02:07:30 CASE WITH TORTURE AND I'M SICK SITTING IN THAT.
02:07:34 AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? DO YOU KNOW MY AGE?
02:07:41 DO YOU KNOW FOR HOW LONG I'VE BEEN COMING HERE?
02:07:45 THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS TO HAVE TO COME WITH A PLAN TO
02:07:49 SERVE SAN FRANCISCANS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:07:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT WEEK.
02:07:58 MY NAME IS JIM MCCARTHY. THANK YOU.
02:07:59 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR HEARING ME.
02:08:02 I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO VOTED FOR AN
02:08:07 INSPECTOR GENERAL BECAUSE THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM WASN'T
02:08:11 DOING THAT GOOD OF A JOB TAKING CARE OF CORRUPTION IN SAN
02:08:14 FRANCISCO. >> SO HERE ARE JADED, JADED
02:08:17 JUNE 23RD, 2026 HOW CAN I REPORT FRAUD, WASTE OR ABUSE TO
02:08:22 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL? THE INSPECTOR GENERALS
02:08:25 DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RECEIVING
02:08:27 INFORMATION AND INITIATING INVESTIGATIONS?
02:08:32 IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS. >> THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
02:08:33 THE IG CAN BE REACHED AT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL STANDARD OR
02:08:40 YOU COULD REACH HIM BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU REPORT FRAUD TO
02:08:41 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. IT'S NOT IN FACT YOU DON'T
02:08:45 REPORT FRAUD TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
02:08:48 >> REPORTS OF FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE CAN BE MADE THROUGH
02:08:51 THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM SO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS UNDER
02:08:55 THE SAME CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE THAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM
02:08:59 IS IS JUST ANOTHER LEVEL ON TOP OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM WE
02:09:06 HAVE AN IG THAT'S BEING PAID AND POSSIBLY TWO OTHER PEOPLE
02:09:11 STILL THING HAPPENING HERE THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM THIS WORD
02:09:15 CORRUPTION GOES TO BE HIDDEN WHERE IT GOES TO DIE, WHERE IT
02:09:19 GOES TO FADE AWAY AND NOW THE IG IS FINALLY TO THAT OKAY
02:09:26 OKAY. >> CLAIRE AT THE COMPTROLLER'S
02:09:27 OFFICE TOLD ME I MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
02:09:30 STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ARE THAT MAY NEVER BE PUBLIC.
02:09:34 THAT'S SUNSHINE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:09:37 >> ANOTHER LEVEL OF PRO OCRACY THAT'S JUST GOING TO HIDE
02:09:41 CORRUPTION THROUGH A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE THAT
02:09:48 FORBIDDEN FROM REVEALING ANYTHING THEY FIND OUT ABOUT.
02:09:52 >> THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT FOR THAT.
02:09:55 >> THAT'S GOING TO HELP FIGHT CORRUPTION.
02:09:57 SAN FRANCISCO PEACE AND LOVE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:10:00 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER
02:10:03 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD
02:10:07 DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STEP UP OTHERWISE THIS
02:10:09 WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER BUT COMPUTER TO MA'AM I CANNOT HEAR
02:10:17 YOU. MY APOLOGIES.
02:10:18 I'M SORRY CAN I USE THE COMPUTER TO ACCESS MY WEBSITE?
02:10:22 >> YOU CERTAINLY CAN. OKAY.
02:10:23 YOU'VE LOADED IT IN ADVANCE. >> OH NO.
02:10:25 YOU JUST GOT TO USE GOOGLE CHROME.
02:10:29 IS THAT IS THAT OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE
02:10:36 COME OVER TO YOU TO ASSIST YOU .
02:10:40 OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:10:41 I PRAY THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO RELATIVELY QUICKLY,
02:10:42 MA'AM. >> YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING TO
02:10:45 SHOW MY WEBSITE AND STREAMLINES IT SO I CAN TELL YOU THE
02:10:49 INFORMATION RIGHT NOW IF YOU NEED IT.
02:10:53 >> I'M GOING FORWARD. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU LOAD YOUR
02:10:56 INFORMATION. OH, HERE IT IS VERY QUICKLY SO
02:11:00 THAT WE CAN TAKE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS BEHIND YOU.
02:11:02 I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN LINE NOW BUT THEY'RE VERY WELL COULD BE
02:11:05 OKAY. >> THANK YOU.
02:11:07 I APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS WEBSITE STREAM LINES
02:11:12 I'M SETTING THE TIMER NOW. >> OKAY GREAT.
02:11:13 AND WAIT CAN YOU POSITIVE FOR A MINUTE LET ME JUST GET THE
02:11:17 WEBSITE UP AND TAKE YOUR TIME. HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU THINK
02:11:26 YOU NEED, MA'AM? I GOT THIS.
02:11:29 ALL RIGHT. I WILL RESUME YOUR TIME.
02:11:33 >> YOU HAVE A MINUTE? 50 LEFT.
02:11:34 ALL RIGHT. >> SO THIS WEBSITE I JUST WANT
02:11:38 TO KNOW WHAT THE BOARD THINKS ABOUT THIS WEBSITE AND IF WE
02:11:44 COULD TRY TO USE IT. OKAY.
02:11:45 I HAVE BOARDED I ON THE PHONE WITH ME.
02:11:49 OKAY. IT'S GOV CENTRAL AND IT'S A
02:11:53 STATEWIDE SINGAPORE PORTAL FOR DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
02:11:57 OKAY. AND IT HAS A LOT OF THE FORMS
02:12:01 THAT WE NEED ON HERE CASE ANYBODY NEEDS IT AND THEN IT
02:12:08 SHOWS THE DIFFERENT BUDGETS. >> I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE
02:12:12 OUR BOARD LOOK INTO HOW ACCURATE THIS INFORMATION IS
02:12:16 AND IF ANYONE OUT THERE IS LISTENING THEY CAN WRITE
02:12:21 COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING. THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR
02:12:25 PEOPLE TO YOU KNOW, GET A JOB. THERE'S ALSO A SECTION ABOUT,
02:12:32 YOU KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO AND SO I WANT TO SEE IF SOME OF THESE
02:12:39 SECTIONS ARE ACCURATE IF WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, IF WE CAN
02:12:44 HAVE THE BOARD HELP ME OUT AND KIND OF DECIDE WHETHER
02:12:49 THESE THE SECTIONS ARE ACCURATE.
02:12:53 >> I WAS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
02:12:57 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE REPARATIONS FUND.
02:13:01 >> IT'S BEEN KIND OF CHALLENGING.
02:13:04 I KNOW THAT THERE IS A REPARATIONS FUND THAT WAS
02:13:05 ESTABLISHED ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2025 BUT WE HAVEN'T SET UP A
02:13:10 PORTAL FOR IT YET. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
02:13:14 TO CONTACT THEM BECAUSE THE LAST MEETING OR TOMORROW'S
02:13:22 MEETING IS CANCELED. SO I HAVE TO GIVE THEM THANK
02:13:26 YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT,
02:13:33 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
02:13:41 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS 14
02:13:44 AND 15 TOGETHER. >> YES.
02:13:44 THESE ITEMS WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE
02:13:48 REFERENCE. A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED
02:13:49 FOR ADOPTION OF EITHER OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
02:13:52 TODAY ANY MEMBER MAY REQUIRE A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TO
02:13:56 GO TO COMMITTEE ITEM 14 THIS RESOLUTION.
02:14:00 >> WELL I MR. PRESIDENT AND I THINK ARE YOU TAKING THEM
02:14:03 INDIVIDUALLY OR PRESENTING THEM TOGETHER?
02:14:07 YES. YEAH.
02:14:10 >> AND SO ITEM 14 HONORS MARY CERVANTES FOR HER 100TH
02:14:14 BIRTHDAY AND ITEM 15 COMMENDING PLANNING COMMISSION VICE
02:14:17 PRESIDENT CATHERINE MOORE COULD YOU PLEASE CALL WHAT'S GOING ON
02:14:26 AND THERE'S A SUPERVISOR JIM COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
02:14:29 ON THESE ITEMS? >> YES ON ITEMS 14 AND 15
02:14:34 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN ALL RIGHT
02:14:37 MANDEL MEN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUDER
02:14:44 SOLDER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON
02:14:49 WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN I
02:14:56 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
02:15:00 THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
02:15:04 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS?
02:15:08 I HAVE NONE TO REPORT MR. PRESIDENT, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:15:11 READ THE IN MEMORIAM? >> YESTERDAY'S MEETING WILL BE
02:15:12 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS
02:15:16 ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT MANDEL MEN FOR THE LATE MR. JOHN V
02:15:21 GIUSTI ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR SAUDER FOR THE LATE MR..
02:15:27 FOR THE LATE MRS. JEANETTE ETHERIDGE ON BEHALF OF
02:15:31 SUPERVISORS CHERYL AND PRESIDENT MANDEL MEN FOR
02:15:35 THE LATE MS. NAGAR GAURI DEBBIE COCA.
02:15:38 >> AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE
02:15:42 REQUEST OF SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR THE LATE MISS JULIE
02:15:46 DRISCOLL FARAH. >> MADAM CLERK, I THINK THAT
02:15:53 BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER
02:15:54 BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS
02:15:58 FOR TODAY. THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED