00:00:13 . >> ALL RIGHT.
00:00:13 GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 2026
00:00:16 RULES COMMITTEE MEETING. >> I AM YOUR CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:20 SIMON WALTON I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR STEPHEN CHERYL AND SOON
00:00:25 TO BE JOINED BY PRESIDENT RAFAEL MANDOLIN.
00:00:28 >> TODAY'S CLERK IS VICTOR YOUNG AND I WANT TO THANK JAMIE
00:00:32 SAVORY WITH S.F. GOV TV FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS MEETING
00:00:39 IS TELEVISED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:00:40 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING?
00:00:43 >> YES. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:47 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM VENTURES COMES UP
00:00:48 IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALL PLEASE LINE TO SPEAK.
00:00:52 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING
00:00:55 IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE RULES
00:00:58 COMMITTEE CLERK AT VICTOR DOT Y O U N AT S.F. GOVERNMENT OR IF
00:01:03 YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT BY EMAIL IT'LL BE INCLUDED AS PART
00:01:06 OF THE FILE ME ALSO SEND IN COMMENT VIA A U.S. MILITARY
00:01:10 OFFICE IN CITY HALL WHEN DR. CROUCH AND BE REPLACED.
00:01:13 ROOM TWO FOR FOUR SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2
00:01:16 PLEASE MAKE SURE THE SILENT ALSO PHONE TEN ELECTRONIC
00:01:20 DEVICES ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE
00:01:24 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JULY 13TH UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:27 STATED. >> THAT COMPLETES MY INITIAL
00:01:31 ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK.
00:01:34 WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:01:35 YES BEFORE I DO THAT I JUST ITEMS PASSED THEY WILL APPEAR
00:01:42 NOT ON JULY 13TH BUT JULY 14TH WHICH IS A TUESDAY SO MY
00:01:46 APOLOGIES. >> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA
00:01:50 ITEM NUMBER ONES ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:01:51 CODE TO CREATE THE CHESTNUT STREET ENTERTAINMENT ZONE ON
00:01:54 CHESTNUT STREET FROM THIS WINTER DOES HAVE A DEFICIT
00:01:57 DARROW STREET TO FILLMORE STREET STEINER STREET FROM
00:02:01 CHESTNUT STREET TO LAMBERT PIERCE STREET FROM CHESTNUT
00:02:05 STREET TO LOMBARD STREET AND SCOTT STREET FROM CHESTNUT
00:02:06 STREET TO LAMBERT STREET. AND AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:02:09 DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
00:02:12 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:02:17 AND WE WILL OF COURSE PASS THIS ITEM ON TO SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
00:02:23 >> THANK YOU CHAIR WALTON FOR SCHEDULING THIS ITEM TODAY.
00:02:27 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS OF ENTERTAINMENT
00:02:29 ZONES AROUND THE CITY. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND THE
00:02:31 FILLMORE JAZZ FESTIVAL WHICH HAD ESTIMATED 30 THOUSAND
00:02:36 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING AND WAS GREAT
00:02:39 YESTERDAY. IT WAS THE FIRST ENTERTAINMENT
00:02:42 ZONE EVENT ON FILLMORE WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
00:02:43 UNION STREET WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME SMALLER ENTERTAINMENT ZONE
00:02:47 EVENTS AND I THINK THE WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS IS
00:02:50 ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY FOR MERCHANTS, ABOUT GIVING
00:02:52 OPTIONALITY TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND AND HELPING, YOU
00:02:55 KNOW, BOOST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDORS.
00:02:58 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP BUILDING ON THESE
00:03:00 SUCCESSES, KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING TO BOOST OUR LOCAL
00:03:02 ECONOMY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M MOVING
00:03:03 FORWARD. THIS NEW ENTERTAINMENT ZONE ON
00:03:06 CHESTNUT STREET TO HELP THEM ORGANIZE MORE ACTIVATIONS
00:03:10 IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> TODAY I'VE GOT SOME MINOR
00:03:11 CLEANUP AMENDMENTS THAT THE REST OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AS
00:03:15 YOU MAY REMEMBER COLLEAGUES RECENTLY WE PASSED A STREET
00:03:18 CLOSURE STREAMLINING ORDINANCE TO BETTER ENABLE STREET
00:03:22 PERMITTING. SO NOW WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR
00:03:26 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES TO PROPERLY REFLECT THE UPDATED
00:03:29 CROSS-REFERENCES TO THE TRANSPORTATION CODE.
00:03:31 >> SO THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE CIRCULATED TO YOUR OFFICES
00:03:35 EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT I JUST HANDED OUT ON PAPER THEY
00:03:37 GO THROUGH EACH ENTERTAINMENT ZONE SUBSECTION AN
00:03:44 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 94 B AND CHANGES THE TRANSPORTATION
00:03:47 CODE DIVISION ONE REFERENCE FROM SECTION 6.6 OR 6.16 TO
00:03:50 ARTICLE SIX. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON
00:03:58 THOSE AMENDMENTS? COLLEAGUES THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:04:01 MUCH FOR SURE AND I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR AMENDMENT
00:04:04 BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST IN TERMS
00:04:06 OF PREVIOUS ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, HOW DOES THIS AMENDMENT
00:04:09 PLAY OUT FOR THOSE? >> DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD
00:04:14 RUSSELL, THE AMENDMENTS THAT SUPERVISOR CHERYL IS PROPOSING
00:04:17 WOULD CORRECT THE CITATIONS TO ALL THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
00:04:21 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES. AND THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE
00:04:24 STILL THERE ARE SOME I THINK STILL PENDING AND ON THEIR WAY
00:04:27 HERE WE'LL FIX THOSE IN COMMITTEE WHEN THEY COME.
00:04:28 >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT.
00:04:34 DON'T THANK ME. THANK MY STAFF LORENZO ROSAS
00:04:35 AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO DID A LOT OF THE HARD WORK.
00:04:39 BRAD, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THAT.
00:04:43 >> SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE FILE AS I CIRCULATED
00:04:46 AND DESCRIBED AND THEN MOVED TO SEND THE AMENDED FILE TO THE
00:04:48 FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS
00:04:51 A COMMITTEE REPORT AND WE WILL TAKE THAT MOTION OF COURSE
00:04:55 AFTER WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:04:58 WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL I SPEAK AT THIS TIME?
00:05:02 EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
00:05:04 ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS? THE PUBLIC COLLECTIVE PART
00:05:07 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
00:05:11 THANK YOU SENIOR SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:05:14 >> MR. CLERK ON THE MOTION TO AMEND AND SEND THE AMENDED FILE
00:05:18 TO THE FULL BOARD AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH
00:05:23 RECOMMENDATION. >> YES ON THAT MOTION.
00:05:26 VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MELMAN.
00:05:30 AND I CHAIR WALTON. I DENY THAT MOTION PASSES
00:05:34 WITHOUT OBJECTION RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE
00:05:38 REPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:05:39 MOTION CARRIES MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:05:42 >> ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A MOTION APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S
00:05:46 NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ISAIAH LEANNA
00:05:49 YOU SOAPY FOR THE SANITATION AND STREETS COMMISSION TERM
00:05:55 ENDING JULY 1ST, 2030. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:05:59 AND WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE LEANNA AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF
00:06:04 MINUTES JUST TO TELL US ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO
00:06:05 SERVE. >> AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
00:06:07 THIS MORNING. OKAY.
00:06:14 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR WALTON, SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:06:19 AND SUPERVISOR AND ELLEN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
00:06:23 HERE TODAY. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING
00:06:27 MALLORY FOR HIS CONFIDENCE IN ME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:06:30 TO CONTINUE SERVING ON A SANITATION AND STREET
00:06:33 COMMISSION. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR.
00:06:37 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
00:06:40 IT WAS THE VERY FIRST CITY I CAME TO WHEN I ARRIVED FROM THE
00:06:43 UNITED STATE. >> I BUILT MY LIFE HERE, RAISE
00:06:47 MY CHILDREN HERE AND BUILD A BUSINESS THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO
00:06:51 SHARE MY CULTURE WITH THE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
00:06:54 >> FOR ME SAN FRANCISCO IS MUCH MORE THAN THE PLACE WHERE I
00:06:57 LIVE. IT IS THE CITY THAT GAVE MY
00:06:58 FAMILY A FUTURE. CURRENTLY YOU HAVE A BUSINESS
00:07:02 IN THE TENDERLOIN AND MY FAMILY HAS BUILT OVER LIFE IN BAYVIEW.
00:07:06 >> LIVING AND WORKING IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
00:07:09 SHOWN ME JUST HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THEY
00:07:13 CALL HOME. >> I'VE MET NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS
00:07:16 OWNERS, VOLUNTEERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY
00:07:20 BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE SAN FRANCISCO IS WORTH CARING FOR.
00:07:25 >> AS A RESTAURANT OWNER I KNOW MY GUESTS EXPERIENCE STARTS
00:07:29 LONG BEFORE THIS SIT FOR DINNER.
00:07:33 IT STARTS WITH A WALK DOWN THE BLOCK.
00:07:36 THE FEELING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHETHER PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME
00:07:40 . THE SAME IS TRUE FOR RESIDENTS
00:07:41 CLEAN, SAFE, WELCOMING STREETS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN EVERY
00:07:45 DAY'S LIFE. >> SERVING ON THIS MISSION HAS
00:07:48 GIVEN ME AN EVEN DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
00:07:52 DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:07:55 LISTEN, LEARN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OUR
00:07:58 CITY FACES. IT HAS REMINDED ME THAT
00:08:02 PROGRESS COME FROM WORKING COLLECTIVELY AND LISTENING TO
00:08:06 THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BEST.
00:08:08 MY FAMILY HAS BEEN STREET FOOD VENDORS FOR FIVE GENERATIONS.
00:08:13 STREET HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WHERE PEOPLE GATHER, WHERE
00:08:17 COMMUNITIES CONNECT AND WHERE CULTURES ARE SHARED.
00:08:20 THAT PERSPECTIVE HAS STAYED WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.
00:08:24 IF CONFIRMED I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH GRATITUDE.
00:08:29 LISTEN CAREFULLY AND DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF SAN
00:08:31 FRANCISCO. SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION IS
00:08:34 ONE SMALL WAY I CAN GIVE BACK TO THE CITY THAT HAS THAT HAS
00:08:38 GIVEN MY FAMILY SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
00:08:41 AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:08:46 COMMISSIONER. AND I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS
00:08:49 OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES. SO MR. CLERK LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
00:08:50 COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:08:54 WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
00:08:57 EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
00:09:00 ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO COMMENT ON
00:09:01 THIS MATTER? >> THERE ARE NO COMMENTERS.
00:09:04 THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON
00:09:07 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
00:09:11 . >> MR. QUIRKE, WOULD YOU.
00:09:12 OH, I'M SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
00:09:16 TO STRIKE REJECTING AND AMEND TO REPLACE WITH APPROVING
00:09:19 AND SEND THIS TO THE FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION.
00:09:26 YES, ON THAT MOTION. VERY SURE.
00:09:31 CHERYL. CHERYL, I REMEMBER MADAM AND I
00:09:34 MADAM AND I CHAIR WALTON. ALL RIGHT.
00:09:35 WELL TONIGHT THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:09:39 >> THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.
00:09:41 >> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CLERK. WOULD YOU CALL ITEMS 3 TO 5
00:09:46 TOGETHER? >> YES.
00:09:48 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A MOTION APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S
00:09:50 NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF RICH LEE TO THE PORT
00:09:53 COMMISSION TERM ENDING MAY 1ST, 2030.
00:09:55 ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A MOTION TO APPROVE OF REJECTING MAYOR'S
00:09:58 NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF VANESSA HARDING.
00:09:59 HARDING AGAIN TO THE PORT COMMISSION TERM ENDING MAY 1ST
00:10:06 2030. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS MOTION
00:10:07 APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
00:10:10 REAPPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM ADAMS TO THE PORT COMMISSION TERM
00:10:13 ENDING MAY 1ST 2030. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
00:10:17 APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND WILL CALL UP
00:10:22 INDIVIDUALS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
00:10:26 >> SO WE WILL START WITH RICH LEE.
00:10:29 >> GOOD MORNING CHARLTON SUPERVISOR BENJAMIN
00:10:33 AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL PUT YOU CAN PUT THEM UP TO YOUR CHAIR.
00:10:37 THERE YOU GO. >> TELL US WHY YOU WANT TO
00:10:44 SERVE. >> AND SO I HAVE I WAS BORN
00:10:47 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I HAD TO MOVE AWAY BECAUSE I
00:10:52 COULDN'T MY PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD LIVING HERE AND FOUND MY
00:10:55 WAY BACK. I COULD NOT AFFORD WORKING
00:10:59 IN SAN FRANCISCO EXCUSE ME LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO THE
00:11:03 FIRST THREE YEARS BUT I PLANTED MY FLAG IN MISSION BAY STARTED
00:11:07 A SMALL BUSINESS AND SLOWLY BLOSSOMED OVER THE YEARS I
00:11:13 COMMUTED FROM SAN JOSE FOR THREE YEARS STRAIGHT SEVEN DAYS
00:11:16 A WEEK BEFORE BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A PLACE TO LIVE IN SAN
00:11:21 FRANCISCO. IT IS HOME TO ME.
00:11:24 I'M GLAD I'M BACK. I OPERATE FIVE OTHER CAFES
00:11:30 AND OPENING MY SIX ONE IN IN A WEEK IT IS IT IS HOME TO ME
00:11:37 WHAT I DO ON A REGULAR BASIS IS YOU KNOW I MANAGE EMPLOYEES, I
00:11:44 MANAGE MY SMALL BUSINESSES. I WAS ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO
00:11:48 BUILD IN SAN FRANCISCO EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE FINANCIAL
00:11:52 TROUBLES AND I THINK I CAN SHED SOME LIGHT AND GIVE SOME
00:11:59 GUIDANCE TO PEOPLE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO LISTEN.
00:12:02 I DID TRY BEFORE TO DO MY OWN MEET UPS AND TRY TO EDUCATE
00:12:06 OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ON HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL
00:12:11 BUSINESS EACH TIME I DID A MEET UP THERE WERE A LOT OF
00:12:17 SALESPEOPLE TRYING TO SELL STUFF I WANTED TO BE IN A ROLE
00:12:21 WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRUST ME AND BE ABLE TO TO TALK TO ME
00:12:26 ABOUT BUSINESS. SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
00:12:30 TO ME IS THE TWO WATERFRONT. LIKE I SAID, I STARTED MY
00:12:32 BUSINESS ON THE WATERFRONT. I LIVE IN THE MISSION BAY.
00:12:35 I LIVED IN THE DOGPATCH. I STILL HAVE MY T-SHIRT THAT
00:12:42 SAYS LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH MY FACE
00:12:46 PHOTOSHOPPED ONTO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S BODY.
00:12:52 THAT USED TO BE A TIME WHERE SAN FRANCISCO THE THE PORT WAS
00:12:56 SO MAGICAL TO ME AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE.
00:12:58 I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THAT THE
00:13:04 PORT MAKES MONEY ON IS PRIMARILY OF SMALL BUSINESSES
00:13:08 AND I LIKE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN I CAN HELP.
00:13:15 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I SEE SUPERVISOR MELMAN ON THE ROSTER
00:13:22 THANK YOU CHAIR WELL I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. LEE.
00:13:27 I AM A FAN. I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW RICH
00:13:31 IN PART BECAUSE HE HAS A CAFE IN MY DISTRICT AND I'VE SEEN
00:13:38 THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT
00:13:39 LOCATION AND IT'S HE'S DEFINITELY HAD LIKE THE STORY
00:13:43 OF A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH
00:13:46 BROKEN WINDOWS AND CHALLENGING STREET CONDITIONS AND HAS
00:13:51 PERSEVERED THROUGH ALL OF THAT. AND I KNOW THE FOLKS IN NEAR
00:13:58 SAT WHO LIVE OR ARE GETTING COFFEES OR HIS FINE FINE FOODS
00:14:02 AT 17TH AND CHURCH APPRECIATE THAT AND THEN I YOU KNOW HE HAS
00:14:09 HIS LOCATION HERE IN THE P C BUILDING WHICH I THINK SOME OF
00:14:14 US PROBABLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. SO I THINK DEFINITELY IS HE'S
00:14:17 KEENLY AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES FACING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
00:14:22 WHO HAVE NARROW MARGINS AND DO CRAZY THINGS BECAUSE YOU KNOW
00:14:29 THEY HAVE A DREAM AND ARE WILLING TO PUT OFF PLANS FOR
00:14:33 ALL SORTS OF THINGS. I'M GLAD HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO
00:14:37 HAVE A KID AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
00:14:38 BUT YEAH, I AM A FAN OF ASHLEY'S.
00:14:41 >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION MR. LEE THE
00:14:47 PORT PROPERTY IS VERY VAST AND RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE
00:14:52 SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE CITY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO
00:14:57 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PORT THRIVES?
00:14:59 >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE AND I THINK I ACTUALLY
00:15:03 SPEND THE LAST MONTH JUST REALLY STUDYING WHAT YOU KNOW,
00:15:08 RESEARCHING ABOUT THE PORT. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FUNDING
00:15:12 USUALLY DRIFTS UP NORTH AND I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE YOU
00:15:15 KNOW, IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF HIDDEN POTENTIAL THAT
00:15:22 ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SOUTHERN WATERFRONT THERE'S A LOT OF
00:15:26 UNTAPPED POTENTIAL I THINK IN ALL OF OUR STUFF ESPECIALLY
00:15:30 IN THAT ALL ALONG THE PORT FROM FISHERMAN'S WHARF ALL THE WAY
00:15:36 DOWN TO HERE AND SAID AS A BUSINESS OPERATOR OPERATOR
00:15:40 MYSELF I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL MY CAFES OR MY BUSINESSES
00:15:45 ARE EQUALLY TREATED WITH LOVE AND I'M NOT NEGLECTING ANY PART
00:15:53 OF MY BUSINESS. I FEEL LIKE I CAN SHARE SOME
00:15:57 PERSPECTIVE ON MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY ISN'T FOCUSED ON ONE
00:16:03 AREA UP NORTH THAT'S HOW I I FEEL.
00:16:08 OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE BUT I'D
00:16:12 LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE BETTER EDUCATED YOU KNOW, RESPONSES
00:16:19 IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
00:16:22 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER.
00:16:23 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:16:26 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE OTHER TWO APPLICANTS.
00:16:29 OH MY APOLOGIES. I DID.
00:16:30 WE DID ALL ITEMS TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE.
00:16:33 I DO BELIEVE THAT VANESSA IS NOT HERE SO WE WILL CALL UP MR.
00:16:41 WILLIAMS. >> ADAMS GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN
00:16:55 WALTON VICE CHAIR CHERYL PRESIDENT BENJAMIN I'M WILLIAM
00:16:59 ADAMS. I'VE BEEN ON THE PORT
00:17:00 COMMISSION SINCE 2012. >> I WAS THE FORMER
00:17:03 INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE
00:17:06 AND WAREHOUSE UNION, A I REPRESENT LABOR AND ONE OF THE
00:17:10 MOST POWERFUL UNIONS IN THE WORLD.
00:17:13 >> AND WHEN YOU ASKED THE QUESTION RECENTLY ABOUT WHAT DO
00:17:16 YOU BRING TO THE PORT IS SUCH AS MADE UP OF SO MANY DIFFERENT
00:17:21 AREAS AT ONE TIME WE HAD OVER 30 MILLION TOURISTS THAT WOULD
00:17:24 COME TO SAN FRANCISCO, THEN COVID HIT.
00:17:27 WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE CRUISE SHIPS THAT COME
00:17:32 IN HERE 27 JAMES ARMOND WHO WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE
00:17:36 UNION THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF AND I WAS THE SEVENTH WAS NAMED
00:17:39 AFTER JIMMY HERMAN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THAT UP TO OVER A
00:17:42 MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR. >> WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE 3
00:17:46 MILLION TOURISTS A YEAR AND PEOPLE THAT RIDE THE
00:17:47 FERRIES DAILY THAT HUMAN CARGO THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALSO
00:17:53 WE ARE MULTI SERVICE PORT. >> WE JUST DID A WORKING ON THE
00:17:55 RENOVATION OF FISHERMAN'S WHARF.
00:17:57 WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FERRY BUILDING AND YOU
00:18:02 ASKED ABOUT THE SOUTHERN WATERFRONT.
00:18:04 SO THE WATERFRONT DEFINITELY NEEDS THE LOVE.
00:18:06 IT NEEDS THE ATTENTION IT HAS THE WHOLE WATERFRONT DOES.
00:18:10 AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
00:18:14 WE ALL HAVE ON OUR MINDS RIGHT NOW.
00:18:15 >> THE FIRST SEAWALL WAS 1867 AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:18:20 ANOTHER SEAWALL. THE SEAWALL WAS OVER 100 YEARS
00:18:24 OLD. >> OUR SECOND SEAWALL STARTED
00:18:27 IN 1879 AND WE FINISHED IT IN 1960.
00:18:30 SO WE DEFINITELY NEED THE HISTORICAL UPGRADES.
00:18:34 AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE ABOUT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO IS THE
00:18:38 HISTORICAL PROPERTY, THE HISTORICAL PIERS AND WHEN THE
00:18:42 PORT WAS FORMED APRIL 24TH, 1863 IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GOLD
00:18:45 RUSH AND WE NEEDED THE FINGER PIER SO SAN FRANCISCO COULD
00:18:50 THRIVE AND THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 1898 THE ICONIC
00:18:54 OPENING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING AND THEN OF
00:18:57 COURSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT 1969 THE BURTON ACT AND I
00:19:01 HAPPEN TO SERVED ON THE PORT COMMISSION WITH THE LATE JOHN
00:19:05 BURTON AND HE WAS A MENTOR AND WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:19:11 SKYLINE AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES BECAUSE AS
00:19:14 PRESIDENT OF THE IOW I GOT TO GO TO 80 PORTS THROUGHOUT THE
00:19:19 WORLD AND 29 PORTS ON THE WEST COAST.
00:19:22 THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO WAS SO DIFFERENT THAN THE PORT OF
00:19:25 OAKLAND WHICH HAS CONTAINERS AND CARGO L OR L.A. LONG BEACH,
00:19:30 SAN DIEGO, STOCKTON, SACRAMENTO.
00:19:33 SAN FRANCISCO HAS ITS OWN VISION.
00:19:34 IT'S UNIQUE. IT'S A BOUTIQUE PORT AND WE
00:19:38 HAVE TO WORK AROUND THAT IS STRENGTHEN THAT AND CONTINUE TO
00:19:42 MAKE THAT SHINE. I LOOK AT IT AS A REBIRTH OF
00:19:46 THE COOL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE PORT OF SAN
00:19:49 FRANCISCO, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE GIANTS
00:19:53 PROJECT AND OVER TO 500 LEASES THAT WE HAVE TO SEE.
00:19:56 SO AS A COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GRASP OF THAT
00:20:00 AND I'VE ENGAGED MYSELF IN AND IT'S FUNNY EVERY TIME THAT I'M
00:20:04 REAPPOINTED AND I KNOW YOU GUYS GET THIS WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING
00:20:08 FOR? COMMISSIONER ADAMS MUHAMMAD ALI
00:20:12 SAID IT BEST SERVICE TO OTHERS IS THE RENT YOU PAY FOR YOUR
00:20:16 ROOM ON EARTH. I'M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING.
00:20:19 IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER
00:20:22 AND YOU DON'T NEED A TITLE TO HAVE HONOR.
00:20:24 HAVE INTEGRITY. >> PEOPLE FOLLOW PEOPLE THAT
00:20:27 HAVE CONVICTION AND THAT HAS BEEN MY CONVICTION.
00:20:31 I LIVE IN THAT AREA. I WALK ON THE EMBARCADERO FOR
00:20:34 THE LAST 23 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THAT I VIBE WITH
00:20:38 THAT AND WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:20:42 THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES
00:20:43 SINCE 2012 CHANGES GOOD CHANGE IS HEALTHY AND WE NEED TO
00:20:49 CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM OURSELVES TO SEE HOW OUR CITY IS GOING TO
00:20:53 LOOK. >> PEOPLE HAVE WROTE THE CITY
00:20:54 OFF DURING COVID AND AFTER COVID WE'VE COME BACK AND AS
00:21:00 WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID IT BEST WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOU
00:21:01 KEEP GOING WELL THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AND PEOPLE NOW HAVE
00:21:08 CONFIDENCE. PEOPLE ARE SEEING US AGAIN.
00:21:10 IS THAT SHINING LIGHT AND THAT BEACON OF LIGHT.
00:21:13 SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
00:21:17 I AM THE SENIOR COMMISSIONER ON THE COMMISSION.
00:21:20 I UNDERSTAND IT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT FOR MAYORS
00:21:22 BUT I HAVE A PASSION ALSO THE SEAWALLS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
00:21:28 ME BECAUSE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION WE HAVE TO DO THIS
00:21:32 AND WE HAVE TO ACT NOW. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBLE CITY FOR
00:21:36 FUTURE AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION SAN FRANCISCO
00:21:39 AND ONE OTHER THING I CAN VOTE ON EVERYTHING.
00:21:44 I HAVE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
00:21:45 I HAVE NEVER HAD TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE.
00:21:48 SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES.
00:21:49 I HAVE NO INTEREST, ANY SPECIAL INTERESTS, MY INTERESTS OR THE
00:21:52 PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU FOR LET ME BE
00:21:57 IN THE HOUSE TODAY OF THE PEOPLE.
00:21:58 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
00:22:00 AND WITH THAT SUPERVISOR CHERYL ,I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH OF
00:22:04 THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HERE TODAY. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE NOMINEES
00:22:11 OR HOWEVER WE SAY IT IS NOT HERE BUT I JUST THINK IS VERY
00:22:15 INTERESTING HOW BOTH OF YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT.
00:22:16 >> I REPRESENT A LOT OF THE NORTHERN WATERFRONT, THE VERY
00:22:19 LITTLE THE PORT AS IT TURNS OUT IN DISTRICT TWO.
00:22:21 >> BUT THE CLARITY THAT YOU TO HAVE THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
00:22:25 THAT YOU DO HAVE AND I THINK BOTH OF YOU MENTIONED THE
00:22:29 SOUTHERN WATERFRONT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ALSO AND I
00:22:30 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE SEAWALL BUT BOTH
00:22:33 OF YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND INTEREST
00:22:36 IN SERVING AND YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON IN YOUR PERSONAL
00:22:37 LIVES. I KNOW RICH, YOUR PROFESSIONAL
00:22:40 LIFE BECAUSE I BENEFIT FROM IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
00:22:43 >> BUT JUST THANK YOU BOTH VERY, VERY MUCH.
00:22:48 THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE CHAIR CHERYL AND WITH THAT
00:22:49 MR. CLERK WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC ON ALL THREE ITEMS.
00:22:55 YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS
00:22:57 SHALL I SPEAK AT THIS TIME EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO
00:23:01 MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:23:02 PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THESE THREE ITEMS?
00:23:05 >> PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:23:16 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW RICH THROUGH MY TIME
00:23:17 WORKING AT HIS COMPANIES FROM WHERE I'M CURRENTLY WORKING AS
00:23:21 THE GENERAL MANAGER. >> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT
00:23:23 RICH'S APPOINTMENT TO THE SAN FRANCISCO PORT COMMISSION
00:23:27 AND THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT I HAVE KNOWN HIM HE'S
00:23:28 CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND THE
00:23:31 ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THOUGHTFULLY WITH PEOPLE FROM
00:23:35 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. >> AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
00:23:36 WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO, I BELIEVE HE
00:23:40 UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES
00:23:44 WHILE ALSO MAKING BALANCED DECISIONS TO SUPPORT THE
00:23:45 BROADER COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:23:48 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
00:23:52 SPEAKERS OF PUBLIC COMPANIES NOW CLOSE.
00:23:55 >> I DO SEE OUR PORT DIRECTOR HERE.
00:23:56 I'M NOT SURE. MIKE IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS
00:24:00 OR ANYTHING OR THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
00:24:03 PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT MENEM IN UH THANK
00:24:06 YOU CHAIR WALTON I WANT TO THANK BOTH MR. LEE
00:24:11 AND COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER ADAMS FOR
00:24:14 THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OR CONTINUE SERVING AND I WOULD
00:24:18 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THREE AND FIVE THAT WE STRIKE UH, A
00:24:29 REJECTING FROM BOTH AND THAT WE FORWARD RICH LEAVE FOR ITEM
00:24:35 THREE AND WILLIAM ADAMS FOR ITEM FIVE TO THE FULL BOARD
00:24:38 WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS COMMITTEE REPORTS AND WE
00:24:42 CONTINUE ITEM FOUR TO CALL THE CHAIR AND CONTINUE ITEM FOUR
00:24:48 YES ON THE MOTION TO AMEND ITEM THREE AND FIVE TO RECOMMEND
00:24:55 APPLICANT AND TO RECOMMEND THOSE ITEMS THREE AND FIVE AS
00:24:59 AMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT AND TO CAN CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER
00:25:02 FOUR TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON THAT MOTION.
00:25:06 >> VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MADAM.
00:25:10 ALL RIGHT MADAM AND I CHAIR WALTON I WHAT IN I THAT MOTION
00:25:14 PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:18 MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CLERK.
00:25:21 >> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS THIS MORNING?
00:25:23 THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
00:25:25 >> THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED