00:00:09 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON WELCOME TO
00:00:13 THE JULY 28TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:00:17 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
00:00:20 ROLL. >> YES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN
00:00:23 PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:00:27 DORSEY PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER PRESENT
00:00:31 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENTS SUPERVISOR GENTLEMAN
00:00:35 PRESIDENT MENDHAM AND PRESENT SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:00:38 PRESENT SUPERVISOR SARDAR SAUTER PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:42 CHERYL CHERYL NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON
00:00:47 PRESENT SUPERVISOR WANG HUANG PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE
00:00:53 A QUORUM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:00:54 THE SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:58 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:00:59 HOMELAND OF THE RAMAKRISHNA LONEY WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:01:03 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA.
00:01:06 AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE
00:01:09 WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAMAKRISHNA LONI HAVE NEVER
00:01:11 CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:01:14 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:17 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY.
00:01:19 AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING
00:01:22 ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:25 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE
00:01:29 RAMAKRISHNA LONI COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR
00:01:30 SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:32 COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:34 ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:01:40 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION
00:01:46 INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:01:52 >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF
00:01:56 AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY THAT IS ESPECIALLY KALEENA MENDOZA.
00:01:59 THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR MEETINGS AND MAKE TRANSCRIPTS
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00:02:04 >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
00:02:05 YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:08 WELCOMES YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE IN PERSON IN THE BOARD'S
00:02:11 LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ROOM 250 ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
00:02:14 WHEN YOU CAN'T BE HERE, THE PROCEEDINGS ARE AIRING LIVE ON
00:02:18 S.F. GOV TV'S LOCAL CABLE CHANNEL OR LIVE STREAMING AT
00:02:21 SFO VTV TALK. AS OF JULY 1ST PURSUANT TO SB
00:02:24 707 THE FULL BOARD IS REQUIRED TO TAKE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:02:28 DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
00:02:29 WE WILL PRIORITIZE THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED IN PERSON AND THEN
00:02:32 HEAR FROM OUR REMOTE CALLERS. THE BOARD HAS ALSO APPROVED A
00:02:36 RULE TO ADDRESS DISORDERLY PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:02:39 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST KEEP THEIR COMMENTS GERMANE TO
00:02:41 MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.
00:02:43 ANY COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN PERSONAL ATTACKS, HARASSMENT OR
00:02:47 DISCRIMINATORY REMARKS DIRECTED TO A CITY EMPLOYEE OR BOARD
00:02:51 MEMBER ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS BODY AND SHALL BE
00:02:54 REDIRECTED. FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY REDIRECT
00:02:55 THOSE COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S FORFEITURE
00:02:58 OF REMAINING TIME AND WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
00:03:02 . PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR
00:03:03 COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL
00:03:06 MEMBERS. TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:03:07 IN WRITING SEND AN EMAIL TO BOSSA AT SAFETY OF DAWG OR VIA
00:03:11 YOUR POSTAL SERVICE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:03:15 NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN
00:03:18 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOUR 1 OR 2.
00:03:21 TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A FUTURE
00:03:25 MEETING UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR TO
00:03:27 REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK'S
00:03:32 OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING
00:03:35 (415) 554-5184 MEMBERS. THAT CONCLUDES MY
00:03:39 COMMUNICATION. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:03:40 THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK. ALL RIGHT.
00:03:46 LET'S GO TO OUR APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.
00:03:50 >> TODAY THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF THE
00:03:53 JUNE 23RD BOARD MEETING MINUTES AND THE JUNE 22ND JUNE 24TH
00:03:56 AND JUNE 25TH SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES AT THE BUDGET
00:04:00 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH CONSTITUTED A QUORUM OF
00:04:01 THE BOARD. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO
00:04:04 APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY WALTON
00:04:07 SECONDED BY CHAN? >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:04:08 CALL THE ROLL? YES ON THE MINUTES SUPERVISOR
00:04:11 WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG HUANG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I
00:04:19 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:04:23 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMUD I
00:04:27 SUPERVISOR GENTLEMAN I MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:04:31 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL
00:04:37 EITHER LEBANESE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE
00:04:42 APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S
00:04:45 GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 18 ITEMS
00:04:49 ONE THROUGH 18 ARE ON CONSENT. THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED
00:04:53 ROUTINE IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED
00:04:56 AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
00:05:00 CONSENT AGENDA. SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:05:04 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I
00:05:11 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:05:15 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:05:19 SUPERVISOR GENTLEMAN HI AMENDMENT I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:05:23 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:05:30 THERE ARE LEBANESE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE AUDIENCES ARE
00:05:33 FINALLY PASSED AND THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
00:05:37 >> LET'S GO TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS PLEASE CALL THE BUDGET
00:05:38 ITEMS 19 THROUGH 26 TOGETHER ITEMS 19 THROUGH 26 COMPRISE
00:05:44 THE FINAL READING OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET ITEM 19 IS A BUDGET
00:05:48 AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL ESTIMATED
00:05:52 RECEIPTS AND ALL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR DEPARTMENTS OF
00:05:53 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS OF JULY 1ST, 2026
00:05:58 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND 2028.
00:06:02 I DON'T 20 IS THIS ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING
00:06:05 POSITIONS IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR
00:06:09 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND 2028 KNOW IN 2021
00:06:14 IS THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
00:06:18 AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO PAUSE, REDUCE
00:06:19 OR RETURN THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE
00:06:22 DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO THE SAN
00:06:26 FRANCISCO SELFISH SELF-INSURANCE 30 BOND FUND
00:06:31 ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE BASELINE FUNDING
00:06:32 REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
00:06:35 IN FISCAL YEARS 2627 AND 2728 TO ENABLE THE CITY TO USE THE
00:06:42 INTEREST EARNED FROM THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION COMMERCIAL
00:06:43 RENTS TAX FOR THOSE BASELINE PROGRAMS.
00:06:48 ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH CODE TO SET
00:06:49 PATIENT RATES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:06:53 PUBLIC HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEARS 2627 AND 2728.
00:06:58 ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:07:00 CODE TO INCREASE CERTAIN UTILITY METER FEES
00:07:05 AND AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER TO ANNUALLY JUSTIFY FEES FOR
00:07:06 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND UTILITY METERS UP TO THE
00:07:09 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW.
00:07:13 AND ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE CAP
00:07:17 ON THE USE OF HOMELESSNESS GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUES TO
00:07:20 FUND SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND FINDING THAT
00:07:24 TEMPORARILY ALLOWING FOR INCREASED EXPENDITURES ON SHORT
00:07:25 TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF OUR THE
00:07:29 OUR CITY OUR HOME FUND. AND FINALLY ITEM 26 IS THE
00:07:33 ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION
00:07:36 AND GRAFFITI CLEANUP FUND TAX DESIGNATION CEILING FOR TAX
00:07:39 YEAR 2026. >> CHAIR CHAN THANK YOU PRESENT
00:07:43 AMENDMENT COLLEAGUES I RISE BEFORE YOU AT A VERY PROUD
00:07:48 MOMENT. A MONTH AGO THE BUDGET
00:07:52 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE COMPLETED ITS WORK TO BRING
00:07:56 BEFORE THE FULL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND IT FOR
00:08:00 FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND 2728 CHU FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND TODAY WE
00:08:06 ARE POISED TO HOPEFULLY AGAIN UNANIMOUS CITY APPROVED THIS
00:08:11 BUDGET SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD SUPERVISORS HAS NOT DONE
00:08:14 IN SIX YEARS AND THIS BUDGET WHILE IT CAN CERTAINLY BE
00:08:18 IMPROVED UPON IS SOMETHING WE ALL CAN BE VERY PROUD OF ALL 11
00:08:23 OF US WE WILL RESTORE MORE THAN $28 MILLION IN CUTS TO VITAL
00:08:26 SERVICES, RETAIN FRONTLINE JOBS AND SAFEGUARD MORE THAN $1.3
00:08:33 BILLION IN RESERVE FUNDS TO PROTECT AGAINST FURTHER
00:08:37 ANTICIPATED CUTS FROM TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION.
00:08:41 FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS OUR WORK MY TEAM AND I AS CHAIR OF
00:08:45 THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS CENTERED ON REDUCING WASTEFUL
00:08:49 SPENDING, CREATING OUR RAILS AGAINST CORRUPTION, SAVING FOR
00:08:53 THE FUTURE BY PUTTING REASONABLE DOLLARS ON RESERVE
00:08:57 AND REVERSING CUTS AFFECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE SAN
00:09:01 FRANCISCANS AND SAVING ESSENTIAL JOBS AND SERVICES.
00:09:05 I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS WORK
00:09:09 THIS YEAR AGAIN IN COLLABORATION WITH
00:09:12 MAYOR LURIE WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND THANKS
00:09:16 TO HIM AND HIS TEAM THIS YEAR WE INVESTED EIGHT $8 MILLION
00:09:20 ANNUALLY TO REPLACE THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
00:09:24 FIRE TRUCKS, ALL OF WHICH ARE MORE THAN TEN YEARS OLD WITH
00:09:27 SOME UP TO 50 YEARS. SO WE FUNDED NEW PFA FREEZE
00:09:31 UNIFORM FOR EVERY FIREFIGHTER BY JULY OF THIS YEAR REPLACING
00:09:35 ALL UNIFORMS CONTAINING CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS OF COURSE AS
00:09:42 MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE NOW PUT TOGETHER A 1.3 BILLION
00:09:45 DOLLARS IN RESERVE TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST TRUMP'S CUT TO HEALTH
00:09:49 CARE. WE HAVE ENSURE FULL FUNDING FOR
00:09:52 IMMIGRATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDS AND IMMIGRANT RESOURCES
00:09:56 IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL MEMBERS AND PARTICULARLY THE
00:10:01 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
00:10:04 WE RESTORE $28 MILLION IN REINVESTMENT AND THOSE
00:10:08 INCLUDE VITAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT SENIORS EMPLOYMENT
00:10:11 OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH CRITICAL PROGRAMING
00:10:14 AND SERVICES FOR OUR LGBTQ. A TRANSGENDER LINUX AND BIPOC
00:10:19 COMMUNITIES WE FULLY FUND IT FREE CITY COLLEGE WE ALSO FUND
00:10:23 VITAL HIV PREVENTION AND CARE SERVICES.
00:10:30 WE REVERSE LAYOFFS FOR WORKERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AT 311
00:10:34 CALL CENTERS LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL AND CHILD CARE
00:10:38 FACILITIES UNDER THE HUMAN SERVICE SAYS AGENCY.
00:10:42 THIS BUDGET SHOWED THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD MOVE FORWARD A
00:10:46 SPENDING PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES SUPPORT FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE
00:10:50 COMMUNITIES AND THAT WE CAN STILL SAFEGUARD FOR OUR FUTURE.
00:10:54 SO I AM PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER
00:10:57 AND HONORED TO HAVE SERVES SAN FRANCISCO AS YOUR BUDGET
00:11:01 COMMITTEE CHAIR UNDER TWO DIFFERENT MAYORS TWO DIFFERENT
00:11:03 BOARD PRESIDENTS AND THROUGH 18 CIVIL RIGHTS SUPERVISORS.
00:11:10 >> AND SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. WHY ARE WE STILL FACING TOUGH
00:11:11 CHALLENGES AHEAD? THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER
00:11:15 HAS MOVED SAN FRANCISCO IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
00:11:18 >> SO WHILE THIS IS MY LAST YEAR SHEPHERDING THE CITY'S
00:11:22 BUDGET AS CHAIR, PLEASE KNOW COLLEAGUES I AM HERE AT YOUR
00:11:26 SERVICE TO ASSIST ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
00:11:30 STAY ON THIS POSITIVE TRAJECTORY.
00:11:33 MEANWHILE THOUGH I CONTINUE TO HOPE NOT JUST RIGHT NOW BUT
00:11:38 REMAINING OF THE YEAR THAT ALL OF US CONTINUE TO STAY VIGILANT
00:11:42 IN GUARDING THE CITY'S FISCAL HEALTH.
00:11:46 SO OF COURSE I JUST WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT AMENDMENT FOR
00:11:50 APPOINTING ME TO AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THANK YOU
00:11:53 COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU VICE CHAIR DORSEY FOR BEING A VICE
00:11:57 CHAIR REALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR NOT JUST DURING THE BUDGET
00:12:01 PROCESS. SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR
00:12:02 YOUR SUPPORT. >> IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING
00:12:05 YOU. THANK YOU.
00:12:06 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
00:12:09 COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO START BY THANKING BUDGET CHAIR CONNIE
00:12:13 CHAN FOR HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE
00:12:14 BUDGET PROCESS AS I HAVE WITNESSED HERE IN CITY HALL FOR
00:12:17 MANY YEARS PRAYING PRIOR TO JOINING THIS BOARD GUIDING OUR
00:12:20 CITY THROUGH CHALLENGING FISCAL TIMES IS NO SMALL TASK.
00:12:24 CHAIR CHAN HAS APPROACHED IT FOR MORE YEARS THAN JUST THIS
00:12:28 PAST ONE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, INTELLIGENCE AND A
00:12:31 COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT BENEFITED ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.
00:12:34 AND AS I SAID AT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS
00:12:35 AGO I KNOW THAT SOME MEN MY AGE MIGHT BRISTLE AT THE NOTION OF
00:12:40 HAVING TO ADMIT THEY'VE BEEN WELL MENTORED BY SOMEONE WHO'S
00:12:43 YOUNGER THAN THEY ARE. FORTUNATELY I'M NOT ONE OF
00:12:47 THOSE MEN AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THROUGH THE CHAIR, CONNIE,
00:12:48 YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MENTOR TO ME AS YOUR VICE CHAIR ON
00:12:51 BUDGET. THANK YOU.
00:12:54 I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO CHAIR CHAN STAFF AND ESPECIALLY FRANCIS
00:12:57 SHEA FOR THE GENEROUS COLLABORATION THE ENTIRE OFFICE
00:13:01 BROUGHT TO WORKING WITH MY OFFICE THROUGH THE BUDGET
00:13:03 PROCESS. THANK YOU ALL.
00:13:05 THAT SAME SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP EXTENDED TO MANY OTHERS OF
00:13:06 COURSE I WANT TO THANK MAYOR LURIE AND HIS TEAM BUDGET
00:13:10 DIRECTOR SOPHIA KETTLER FOR THEIR COLLABORATION EVERY STEP
00:13:14 OF THE WAY. MS. KETTLER WAS THOUGHTFUL,
00:13:17 RESPONSIVE AND DEEPLY ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
00:13:20 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COMPTROLLER GREG WAGNER AND HIS
00:13:21 TEAM BUT THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE
00:13:25 AND EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS AND SHARED
00:13:29 THEIR EXPERTISE IN ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING THE
00:13:33 INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO MAKE WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS.
00:13:37 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BUDGET
00:13:38 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND ALL THE COLLEAGUES ON THIS
00:13:41 BOARD. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST
00:13:44 COLLABORATIVE BUDGET PROCESSES I HAVE EVER OBSERVED.
00:13:45 LET ALONE BEEN A PART OF. WE BROUGHT DIFFERENT
00:13:49 PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIES TO THE TABLE OF COURSE, BUT WE
00:13:52 APPROACHED THIS WORK WITH MUTUAL RESPECT A WILLINGNESS TO
00:13:56 LISTEN AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO FINDING COMMON GROUND.
00:13:59 FOR MUCH OF THAT SPIRIT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT
00:14:02 OUT TO PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT
00:14:04 YOU HAVE IMPARTED IN YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS BOARD.
00:14:07 THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY.
00:14:10 WE MET WE ENTERED THIS PROCESS FACING A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
00:14:12 DEFICIT COMPOUNDED BY THREATS POSED BY THE FEDERAL
00:14:15 GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE OUR RESPONSIBILITY
00:14:19 WAS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT PUT THE CITY'S FINANCES ON A MORE
00:14:20 SUSTAINABLE PATH FOR YEARS TO COME.
00:14:24 AT THE SAME TIME, BUDGETS ARE ULTIMATELY ABOUT PEOPLE
00:14:27 AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS I APPRECIATED THAT THE COMMITTEE
00:14:29 REMAINED FOCUSED ON LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES AND RESPONDING
00:14:31 AS BEST WE COULD. THE BOARD'S SPENDING PLAN
00:14:35 REFLECTS THAT EFFORT. I THINK RESTORING
00:14:38 AND PROTECTING PROGRAMS THAT MATTER DEEPLY TO SAN
00:14:39 FRANCISCANS WHILE REMAINING MINDFUL OF OUR CITY'S FISCAL
00:14:42 CONSTRAINTS. PERHAPS CLOSEST TO MY HEART,
00:14:45 I'M PROUD THAT WE FOUND A WAY TO STABILIZE FUNDING FOR
00:14:46 PROGRAMS THAT TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF ADDICTION
00:14:49 AND RECOVERY SPECIALISTS AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
00:14:51 COUNSELORS AT A TIME WHEN SAN FRANCISCO IS MAKING HISTORIC
00:14:54 INVESTMENTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES.
00:14:58 WE ALSO HAVE TO INVEST IN THE WORKFORCE THAT MAKES THESE
00:15:01 SERVICES POSSIBLE MANY OF WHOM ARE IN RECOVERY THEMSELVES
00:15:05 AND WHO ARE FINDING REAL PURPOSE IN HELPING OTHERS.
00:15:07 I'M GRATEFUL TO FOR THE PARTNERSHIP OF SUPERVISOR
00:15:11 SHARON CHEN AND HER STAFF JACKIE PRAGER IN PARTICULAR
00:15:14 IN WORKING TO PRESERVE ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICES
00:15:15 ESPECIALLY FOR THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY SO THAT WE SHARE
00:15:18 IN DISTRICT SIX AND 11 AND BEYOND.
00:15:21 THOSE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE TRUSTED CULTURAL COMPETENCE
00:15:25 SUPPORT THAT THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY YEAR.
00:15:26 I'M PROUD WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THEM.
00:15:29 FINALLY, THANKS TO MY TEAM MY CHIEF OF STAFF DOMINICA DONOVAN
00:15:33 WHO STAFFED ME ON THIS BUDGET. THANKS TO TO MADISON TAM, BRIAN
00:15:37 DAHL AND MOHANA SOMEBODY FROM MY TEAM I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL
00:15:40 FOR THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS I GET TO WORK WITH WHO ARE PART
00:15:44 OF MY TEAM AND I'M PLEASED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRESERVE
00:15:45 IMPORTANT SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS ACROSS OUR CITY
00:15:48 INCLUDING HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE LGBTQ
00:15:53 PLUS COMMUNITY AND THOSE OF US AGING WITH HIV.
00:15:56 THESE PROGRAMS ARE LIFELINES FOR SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS
00:16:00 ALIKE AND THEY DESERVE OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
00:16:01 AND FINALLY, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE COLLEGIALITY OF ALL MY
00:16:04 COLLEAGUES IN THIS PROCESS. WE DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING
00:16:07 BUT WE APPROACHED THESE DECISIONS IN GOOD FAITH AND A
00:16:09 SHARED COMMIT TO SERVING THE CITY WE LOVE.
00:16:11 THANK YOU ALL. AND FOR THESE REASONS I'M HAPPY
00:16:13 TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET. SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU
00:16:18 PRESIDENT MADELINE. >> COLLEAGUES IF WE TAKE
00:16:19 OURSELVES BACK A FEW MONTHS I THINK WE ALL KNEW THE ORIGINAL
00:16:23 BUDGET WASN'T ACCEPTABLE AND HAD TOO MANY CUTS AND WAS
00:16:26 TOO BLUNT AND HOW IT MADE THOSE DECISIONS.
00:16:27 I KNOW WE ALL SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS SINCE TRYING TO GET THIS
00:16:30 BUDGET TO A BETTER PLACE. MAYBE NOT THE EXACT PERFECT
00:16:34 PLACE ANY OF US WOULD HAVE LIKED BUT A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
00:16:38 AND IN A MOMENT WHEN WE SEE OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TURNING ON
00:16:42 ITS MOST VULNERABLE AND PROUD THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
00:16:46 AND NOW THIS BOARD STOOD UNITED AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE CITY,
00:16:50 I'M ALSO PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR AND WIN BACK
00:16:53 MANY OF THE PROPOSED CUTS. IN PARTICULAR WE ADVOCATED
00:16:56 AND WON BACK FUNDING TO SAVE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OUR SENIORS
00:16:58 SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS THAT FUEL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SERVICES
00:17:02 TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
00:17:04 >> OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
00:17:08 LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES BOTH INSIDE THESE CHAMBERS AND OUT
00:17:12 IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THROUGH THAT I'VE HEARD
00:17:13 LOUD AND CLEAR THAT RESIDENTS WANT TRANSPARENCY FROM CITY
00:17:16 HALL. THEY WANT PARTNERSHIP AND THEY
00:17:19 WANT TO SEE CITY DOLLARS TURNED INTO RESULTS.
00:17:23 THOSE ARE VALUES THAT DON'T END TODAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS
00:17:24 BUDGET IN WHICH WE NEED TO KEEP TOP OF MIND GOING FORWARD
00:17:27 BECAUSE THIS CERTAINLY WON'T BE THE LAST CHALLENGING BUDGET
00:17:30 BEFORE US. I WANT TO APPRECIATE MY
00:17:34 COLLEAGUES PARTICULARLY ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE LED BY CHAIR
00:17:36 CHAN OR VICE CHAIR DORSEY. AND THANKS AS WELL TO MY TEAM
00:17:39 FOR NAVIGATING A CHALLENGING AND TIME CONSUMING LAST FEW
00:17:43 MONTHS PARTICULARLY MY CHIEF OF STAFF TINA BELL AND MICHELLE
00:17:46 ANDREWS AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
00:17:47 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN PASS THIS
00:17:51 BUDGET. I WILL ADD ONLY A FEW THANK YOU
00:17:58 SINCE MOST OF THE THANK YOU'S HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN MADE I DO
00:18:00 WANT TO THANK SOPHIE, MARIE AND RENEE ALL THE JOY IN MY
00:18:05 OFFICE. I DO WANT TO THANK SPECIAL
00:18:06 THANKS TO CHAIR CHAN WHO HAS NOW DONE THIS FOR FOUR YEARS
00:18:09 AND ABLY LED PROCESSES WITH DIFFERENT BOARDS AND DIFFERENT
00:18:13 PRIORITIES BUT HAS DONE IT WITH A UNIQUE SET OF SKILLS.
00:18:20 AND SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO FRANCES SHEA AND TO ALL THE
00:18:24 FOLKS IN YOUR OFFICE WHO GOT US THROUGH THAT.
00:18:27 TO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE.
00:18:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OF YOUR
00:18:32 WORK AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO
00:18:36 CHEYENNE CHEN WHO AGREED TO SIT IN FOR ME ON A NUMBER OF OF
00:18:40 THOSE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
00:18:44 >> I HOPE IT WAS A USEFUL EXERCISE AND EXPERIENCE FOR
00:18:47 YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR WELL YOUR
00:18:50 WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT FOR ME AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK.
00:18:55 I ACTUALLY I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL.
00:18:58 I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:19:02 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED.
00:19:05 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 27. ITEM NUMBER 27 IS AN ORDINANCE
00:19:09 AMENDING THE POLICE CODE TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE
00:19:12 PROHIBITED DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS INCLUDING A FIRST
00:19:14 OFFENSE WITH A FINE NOT LESS THAN 125 OR MORE THAN 250
00:19:19 AND IS SECOND IN ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES WITH A FINE NOT FINE
00:19:23 NOT LESS THAN 250 OR MORE THAN 750 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT
00:19:28 MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. >> THIS ONE WE DO NEED TO DO A
00:19:29 ROLL CALL ON ON ITEM 27 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON NO
00:19:35 SUPERVISOR WONG WANG I. SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:19:42 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:19:46 SUPERVISOR FIELDER. FIELDER NO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
00:19:50 MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR BENJAMIN HI BENJAMIN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:19:57 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR SARDAR I SUPERVISORS CHERYL.
00:20:01 CHERYL EITHER NINE EYES AND TWO NOSE WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:20:06 AND FIELDER VOTING NO. >> THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY
00:20:07 PASSED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 28.
00:20:13 ITEM NUMBER 28 IS A RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING A
00:20:17 GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
00:20:18 AND RECREATION FOR THE SUNSET DUNES STRIPING AND SIGNAGE
00:20:21 PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 FOR A GRANT PERFORMANCE
00:20:25 PERIOD STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028.
00:20:30 >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND ITEM 28 SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:20:33 WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
00:20:40 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:20:44 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:20:49 SUPERVISOR MAINTENANCE HI AMENDMENT I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
00:20:53 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SOLDER SOLDER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
00:20:59 CHERYL EITHER 11 DAYS WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS
00:21:03 ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 29 ITEM 29 IS A RESOLUTION
00:21:07 AUTHORIZING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 250,000 FROM THE JANE
00:21:10 PRIVITY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING YOUR PER DIEMS TO
00:21:14 QUALIFYING LOW INCOME THROUGH THE B B THE JURY PROGRAM FROM
00:21:20 AUGUST 1ST 2026 THROUGH JULY 31ST 2031 I CAN TAKE THIS ITEM
00:21:24 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:21:28 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. PLEASE CALL 3332 TOGETHER ITEMS
00:21:32 30 THROUGH 32 OR 3 RESOLUTIONS TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT
00:21:34 AND EXPEND GIFTS FROM THE EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION TO HELP LOW
00:21:38 INCOME AND AT RISK POPULATIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2025
00:21:43 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2026. ITEM 30 AUTHORIZES MONETARY
00:21:46 MONETARY GIFT AND ENTITLED A 2025 UTMB SAFETY NET GRANT
00:21:51 IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 12.7 THOUSAND ITEM 31
00:21:54 AUTHORIZES A MONETARY GIFT ENTITLED 2025 SAFETY NET GIFT
00:21:59 IN THE AMOUNT OF 115,000 AND ITEM 32 AUTHORIZES A
00:22:05 MONETARY GIFT ENTITLED 2025 UNRESTRICTED GIFT IN THE AMOUNT
00:22:10 OF 37 37.5 THOUSAND. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:22:14 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
00:22:17 PLEASE CALL ITEMS 33 AND 34 TOGETHER ITEMS 33 AND 34 TWO
00:22:23 RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THIRD AMENDMENTS WITH RESOURCE DESIGN
00:22:26 INTERIORS FOR SYSTEM FURNITURE ITEM 33 INCREASES AMOUNT BY
00:22:31 APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF
00:22:34 APPROXIMATELY 10.6 MILLION AND EXTENDING THE TERM BY THREE
00:22:37 YEARS FOR A TERM OF NINE YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH 2022
00:22:43 SEPTEMBER 14TH 2029 AND ITEM 34 INCREASES THE AMOUNT BY
00:22:45 APPROXIMATELY 8.8 MILLION FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF
00:22:50 APPROXIMATELY 17.8 MILLION AND EXTENDING THE TERM BY THREE
00:22:53 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND 17 DAYS FOR A TERM OF NINE YEARS FROM
00:22:57 JANUARY 1ST 2021 TO JUNE 2ND. SOME I MEAN TO DECEMBER 31ST
00:23:00 2029 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:23:06 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. PLEASE CALL 35 AND 36 TOGETHER
00:23:08 ITEMS 35 AND 36 ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS RETROACTIVELY
00:23:13 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT
00:23:16 AND EXPEND GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION
00:23:20 FOR A TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 15.9 MILLION FROM
00:23:23 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOR
00:23:27 PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM AND TABLE ENTITLED
00:23:30 STRENGTHENING STD PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR HEALTH
00:23:31 DEPARTMENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY JANUARY 1ST, 2019 TO
00:23:37 FEBRUARY 28TH 2027 AND ITEM 36 IN THE AMOUNT OF 250,000 FROM
00:23:44 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THROUGH ESSENTIAL ACCESS HEALTH FOR
00:23:47 PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ENTITLED COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL
00:23:51 AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR FROM
00:23:54 APRIL 1ST, 2026 THROUGH MARCH 31ST 2027 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
00:23:58 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
00:24:03 PLEASE CALL 37. >> ITEM 37 IS A RESOLUTION
00:24:07 APPROVING THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT GENERAL
00:24:08 MANAGER DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY FOR EMERGENCY
00:24:11 DREDGING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MARINA YACHT HARBOR ESTIMATED
00:24:14 TO COST IN EXCESS OF 2.5 MILLION.
00:24:17 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:24:21 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. >> PLEASE CALL 38 AND 39
00:24:22 TOGETHER ITEMS 38 AND 39 OR 2 RESOLUTIONS REGARDING
00:24:26 CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ITEM 38 AUTHORIZES EACH
00:24:31 CITY TO ACQUIRE THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 758 PACIFIC
00:24:35 AVENUE FROM NEW AGE TO HOUSING LP FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.2
00:24:39 MILLION APPROVING A THIRD AMEND AT THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
00:24:42 LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
00:24:46 APPROXIMATELY 13.7 MILLION ENTER INTO A RESIDENTIAL GROUND
00:24:49 LEASE FOR A TERM OF 75 YEARS IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A 100%
00:24:55 AFFORDABLE 175 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
00:24:59 AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS.
00:25:00 APPROVING A COMMERCIAL GROUNDLESS WITH DC NEW ASIA
00:25:03 COMMERCIAL LLC TO LEASE A PORTION OF 772 PACIFIC FOR A
00:25:08 TERM OF 75 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL
00:25:11 SPACE FOR COMMUNITY SERVING PURPOSES AND MAKING APPROPRIATE
00:25:15 FINDINGS. AND ITEM 39 RESOLUTION IS A
00:25:18 RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES MOU CD TO PARTIALLY FORGIVE
00:25:23 APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING RENT OBLIGATION
00:25:29 LIENS AND REDUCE THE MONTHLY BASE RENT TO 5000 PER MONTH FOR
00:25:30 THE MAIN REMAINING DURATION OF THE MONTH TO MONTH OCCUPANCY TO
00:25:33 END ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 2026. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
00:25:37 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
00:25:41 AND WITH THAT YES, MADAM CLERK WE SHALL GO TO OUR 2:30 P.M.
00:25:45 SPECIAL ORDER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR ITEMS LATER ON
00:25:49 IN THE AGENDA. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS UNDER
00:25:52 OUR 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER AND SO THAT COULD BE IT'LL
00:25:56 DEFINITELY BE MORE THAN AN HOUR .
00:26:00 >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL 2:30 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER YES OUR 230
00:26:03 SPECIAL ORDER IS THE RECOGNITION OF MERITORIOUS
00:26:07 SERVICE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:26:11 >> LET'S START WITH THE DISTRICT TEN SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:26:14 . THANK YOU.
00:26:19 PRESIDENT OF COLLEAGUES TODAY IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE
00:26:23 AND CELEBRATE SOMEONE WHO HAS DEDICATED AN EXTRAORDINARY 50
00:26:27 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES
00:26:31 AND COMMUNITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:26:32 MISS EMILY WADE THOMPSON. MISS WADE THOMPSON IS A TRUE
00:26:45 SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE AND LIFELONG PRODUCT OF THE SAN
00:26:46 FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
00:26:49 SHE ATTENDED SMU AS THE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE
00:26:53 AND THEN WENT ON TO EARN HER DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
00:26:58 IN FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY.
00:26:59 IN HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM
00:27:02 THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ,SHE HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE
00:27:06 CAREER GIVING BACK TO THE VARIOUS GOOD DISTRICT THAT
00:27:10 HELPED SHAPE HER OVER THE COURSE OF 50 YEARS WITH SFI
00:27:13 USD. EMILY SERVED AS A TEACHER,
00:27:16 PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATOR. SHE SPENT 15 YEARS IN THE
00:27:20 CLASSROOM, 11 YEARS AS PRINCIPAL AND 24 YEARS AS AN
00:27:24 ADMINISTRATOR FOR 30 OF THOSE YEARS.
00:27:28 SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
00:27:31 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST AS A TEACHER AND LATER AS A
00:27:35 PRINCIPAL. SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF
00:27:38 GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
00:27:42 >> BUT EMILY'S IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE WALLS OF ANY ONE
00:27:46 SCHOOL. >> FOR 24 YEARS SHE SERVED AS A
00:27:49 SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
00:27:53 WHERE SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS
00:27:57 BETWEEN SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
00:28:00 SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE INVEST IN FAMILIES AND BRING
00:28:04 COMMUNITIES TO THE TABLE. OUR STUDENTS ARE STRONGER
00:28:08 AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE STRONGER. SHE ALSO BELIEVED DEEPLY
00:28:13 IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DREAM BIGGER.
00:28:16 >> SHE COACHED THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRACK TEAM
00:28:19 AND SMU SD AT THE TIME AND ORGANIZED EDUCATION
00:28:23 AND CULTURAL TRIPS THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE
00:28:26 WORLD. TRAVELING FROM PARIS, FRANCE TO
00:28:28 SENEGAL, TAIWAN WASHINGTON DC. HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE HAS
00:28:35 ALSO BEEN FELT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
00:28:38 FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE
00:28:42 SAN FRANCISCO ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS SERVING AS
00:28:46 PRESIDENT AND HELPING LEAD IMPORTANT INITIATIVES SUCH AS
00:28:48 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN READING DAY AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS.
00:28:52 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS SHE PARTNERED WITH THE SUU KYI
00:28:55 FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ATTENDANCE AND STUDENT SUCCESS
00:28:59 AND BABY BONUS POINT SCHOOLS. AND SHE'S SUPPORTED 28
00:29:04 SHOESTRINGS PRE-K COHORT GRADUATIONS.
00:29:08 THROUGH HER MEMBERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE BETTER
00:29:10 NEW CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SORORITY OF PHI DELTA KAPPA
00:29:13 INCORPORATED, SHE HAS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE LITERACY, MENTORSHIP
00:29:16 AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND AS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF
00:29:23 FIRST UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE HAS REMAINED
00:29:25 COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING FAMILIES AND STRENGTHENING THE BONDS
00:29:28 THAT HOLD OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
00:29:31 >> MS.. WADE THOMPSON YOUR CAREER IS A
00:29:35 TESTAMENT TO WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY SERVE.
00:29:39 >> YOU CANNOT SIMPLY WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS.
00:29:40 YOU HELP BUILD COMMUNITY. YOU DIDN'T SIMPLY EDUCATE
00:29:44 STUDENTS. YOU OPEN DOORS, CREATED
00:29:47 OPPORTUNITIES AND INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO
00:29:50 SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES.
00:29:54 50 YEARS OF SERVICE IS AN INCREDIBLE MILESTONE AND YOUR
00:29:58 IMPACT CAN BE SEEN IN THE STUDENTS YOU TAUGHT THE
00:30:02 FAMILIES YOU SUPPORTED, THE EDUCATORS YOU MENTORED AND THE
00:30:05 COMMUNITIES YOU STRENGTHENED. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO HONOR YOU
00:30:09 TODAY AND CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE LEGACY YOU HAVE
00:30:13 BUILT RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:30:14 CONGRATULATIONS MS.. WADE THOMPSON ON 50 YEARS OF
00:30:18 SERVICE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
00:30:21 WE CELEBRATE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
00:30:26 GIVEN TO OUR CITY. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
00:30:28 >> THANK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:30:50 OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:30:54 AND TO SUPERVISOR SHIMON WALTON AND TO EVERYONE THAT IS PRESENT
00:30:58 IT IS DEDE AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS.
00:31:05 I AM SO HUMBLED. AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
00:31:06 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE 50 YEARS THAT I HAVE SERVED IN THE SAN
00:31:10 FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON SOMETHING THAT I
00:31:14 KNOW THAT I WAS CALLED TO DO THAT I LOVED AND I WAS VERY
00:31:18 PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT OF BEING AN EDUCATOR.
00:31:21 I COULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY WITHOUT SOME VERY
00:31:26 STRATEGIC PARTNERS SUCH AS THE SAN FRANCISCO ALLIANCE OF BLACK
00:31:30 SCHOOL EDUCATORS, THE FIRST UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST
00:31:34 CHURCH, THE NATIONAL SORORITY OF PHI TO CAP INC. BEGIN A NEW
00:31:38 CHAPTER THE SUSHI FOUNDATION THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
00:31:44 ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE AND OF COURSE MY
00:31:48 FAMILY. AND I DO WANT TO SAY TO
00:31:49 SUPERVISOR SHIMON WALTON THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THOSE
00:31:53 AFRICAN-AMERICAN READERS THAT HAVE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY
00:31:57 FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS. >> I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT
00:32:02 . >> I ALSO WANTED TO SAY A
00:32:06 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY
00:32:10 FOR HAVING BUILT A RELATIONAL TRUST WHERE YOU ALLOWED ME TO
00:32:18 WORK WITH THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN THAT COMMUNITY
00:32:22 AND ESPECIALLY THE DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ACADEMIC
00:32:26 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE COME
00:32:29 THROUGH THAT DOOR. AND I'M HOPING IN SOME WAY THAT
00:32:31 I NURTURED THEIR GENIUS. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH
00:32:37 A CALL TO ACTION. >> PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THOSE
00:32:42 AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN THAT I'VE WORKED SO HARD WITH
00:32:46 AND THAT ARE STILL THERE. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN HELP
00:32:50 THEM AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW HOW TO EDUCATE
00:32:54 THEM, PLEASE DO SO. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.
00:32:57 SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON. >> AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE
00:33:01 WHO'S PRESENT HERE TODAY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
00:33:24 TO GO OVER
00:34:02 ADD ALL RIGHT DISTRICTS. >> 11.
00:34:26 SUPERVISOR CHEN. >> MAY I HAVE MR. SIMON
00:34:34 TANNER'S COME UP TO THE PODIUM ?
00:34:57 >> TOLLEY IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE ROXY
00:35:01 FOR CENTER CHU DISTRICT 11 INSTITUTION.
00:35:05 AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN THIS AUGUST ROXY
00:35:11 IT'S MORE THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.
00:35:12 >> IT'S A STORY OF IMMIGRATION'S PERSEVERANCE
00:35:15 FAMILY AND AMERICAN DREAM. AND THEN IN THE 1970S, SIMON
00:35:22 TANNER'S AND HIS FAMILY ONE OF TEN SIBLINGS IMMIGRATED FROM
00:35:26 JORDAN IN SEARCH OF BETTER FUTURES.
00:35:30 LIKE SO MANY IMMIGRANTS, FAMILY WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD SAN
00:35:33 FRANCISCO, SIMON BEGAN BY WORKING LONG HOURS IN A LOCAL
00:35:38 SUPERMARKET ALONGSIDE HIS UNCLE THROUGH WORK, DETERMINATION
00:35:41 AND SACRIFICES. HE AND HIS BROTHER PETER
00:35:45 REALIZED THAT THEIR DREAM OF OPENING ROXY FOR CENTER ON SAN
00:35:48 JOSE AVENUE IN 1975 OVER THE PAST FIVE DECADES.
00:35:53 ROXY HAS BECOME WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF DISTRICT 11 WHEN A
00:35:58 LARGER GROCERY STORE LIKE THE SAFEWAY CLOSED FOR THE EVENING.
00:36:01 ROXY STAYED OPEN SERVING NEIGHBORS, WORKERS, FAMILY,
00:36:08 ANYONE WHO WAS NEEDING A WARM MILK OF FRIENDS OR A FRIENDLY
00:36:12 FACE. >> THEY CAREFULLY SELECTED PART
00:36:13 OUT THAT REFLECTED DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY MAKING EVERYONE
00:36:17 FEEL WELCOME. ROXY HAS ALSO BEEN A GATHERING
00:36:21 PLACE FOR A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:36:25 THEY HAVE PROUDLY SPONSORED A LOCAL ETHIC EFFORT LIKE DAY
00:36:28 PROGRAMS INCLUDING CITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL, RIOT AND HIGH SCHOOL
00:36:32 TEAMS, ROAD AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAM AND BALBOA
00:36:35 BUCCANEERS FOUND PROUDLY KNOWN AS MANY AS ROXY SPORTS.
00:36:40 >> THEY WERE FILLED WITH TROPHIES AND TEAM PHOTOS TELL
00:36:44 THE STORY OF BUSINESS THAT HAS ALWAYS INVESTED IN ITS
00:36:47 COMMUNITY. THEIR GENEROSITY EXTENDS FAR
00:36:51 BEYOND THE STORE. ROSIE HAS DONATED FOOD TO
00:36:52 COUNTLESS COMMUNITY DRIVES, PARTICIPATED IN NEIGHBORHOOD
00:36:58 CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE AND REGULARLY
00:36:59 CATERED COMMUNITY MEETING AND PUBLIC SAFETY EVENT.
00:37:06 >> TODAY SIMON'S NEPHEW MAKE PROUDLY CARRY ON THE FAMILY'S
00:37:11 LEGACY AS A FATHER OF THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN.
00:37:15 HE REPRESENTS THE NEXT GENERATION OF AN IMMIGRANT'S
00:37:19 FAMILY WHOSE TOT WORK CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OUR CITY.
00:37:22 >> HIS STORY REMINDS US THAT SAN FRANCISCO AND AMERICA IS
00:37:26 BUILT BY FAMILY WHO ARRIVES WITH HOPE WARTIME TIRELESSLY
00:37:30 GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
00:37:34 NEXT GENERATIONS. >> IT IS ALSO FITTING THAT ROXY
00:37:38 HAS BECOME A FAVORITE SPOT FOR DEDICATED OFFICERS AFTER
00:37:42 INGLESIDE POLICE STATIONS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY
00:37:46 SAY SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT SAY SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE
00:37:47 WELCOMING SPIRITS AND QUALITY OF THE ROXY HAS OFFERED TO FOR
00:37:54 THE LAST 50 YEARS. ROXY FOOD CENTER IS NOT SIMPLY
00:37:58 A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL IVAN.
00:37:59 IT'S ALSO A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN DREAM A BELOVED PILLAR
00:38:05 IN DISTRICT 11 AND ALSO ONE OF THE MANY IMMIGRANTS SUCCESSFUL
00:38:06 STORY THAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO THE EXTRAORDINARY THE
00:38:10 EXTRAORDINARY CITY THAT IT IS TODAY.
00:38:13 >> CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 INCREDIBLE YEARS.
00:38:16 WE THANK YOU SIMON MAKE AND THE ENTIRE TEN YEARS FAMILY FOR
00:38:20 YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE LOOK
00:38:24 FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MANY MORE MILESTONE TOGETHER.
00:38:27 >> CONGRATULATION. THANK YOU.
00:38:35 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SIMON TANASE.
00:38:39 I I'M REALLY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO RECEIVE THIS
00:38:46 RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF MY ROXY FAMILY.
00:38:51 MY NEPHEW MICK AND HIS BROTHER IN LAW MIKE.
00:38:58 HIS WIFE SIENNA AND MIKE'S WIVES MY HERO AND THEIR FAMILY.
00:39:05 I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY BROTHER PETER TO THANK HIM FOR
00:39:10 ALL THE HARD WORK AND HIS WIFE BETH MERCY AND OVER THERE
00:39:14 AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE PART OF THE MISSION TERRORISTS
00:39:20 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST 51 YEARS.
00:39:26 AND IT IS BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND A BLESSING TO BE PART OF
00:39:30 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE CUSTOMER IS THE NEIGHBORS, THE
00:39:35 MISSION TERRORISTS ASSOCIATION LED BY DAVID HOOPER AND HIS
00:39:39 WIFE LISA HERE IN A BIG PART OF THE ROXY SUCCESS AND YOU KNOW I
00:39:50 LIKE TO THINK ALSO OF INGLESIDE POLICE STATION FOR ALL THE
00:39:54 PROTECTION THEY GAVE US OVER THE YEARS.
00:39:57 ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THERE ARE COUNTLESS INCLUDING
00:40:00 CITY COLLEGE. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED.
00:40:04 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR BRINGING US
00:40:08 TO THIS POINT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:40:12 >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:40:21 >> OKAY, SO HERE YOU CAN USE THE
00:41:07 ONE DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR CHAN.
00:41:33 >> THANK YOU. COUSIN RANDOM AND I FIRST WANT
00:41:37 TO THANK SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR REALLY LIKE JUST SAY THE
00:41:41 RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
00:41:45 AND THAT I'M SO HONORED TO CO-SPONSOR.
00:41:48 >> BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISORS DORSEY'S A MOHANDAS
00:41:51 PEABODY FOR ORGANIZING ALL OF US AND I'M SO HUMBLE THROUGH
00:41:56 THIS ABILITY THAT WE TOGETHER CAN HONOR THE NEXT GENERATION
00:42:04 AND OUR YOUNG AND ALSO ALL AFGHAN-AMERICAN LEADERS IN THE
00:42:08 COMMUNITY AND THROUGH THE RECOGNITION.
00:42:09 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
00:42:11 IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TODAY THAT I GET TO HONOR RABBI
00:42:19 MAHA DIDI WHO IS A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCANS AND WHOSE
00:42:23 PROFESSION AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT REFLECT HIS DEEP
00:42:28 DEDICATION TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:42:31 RABBI HAS REMAINED DEVOTED TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH
00:42:35 AND SUCCESS OF OUR CITY THAT HE PROUDLY CALLS HOME.
00:42:39 >> HIS COMMITMENT TO SAN FRANCISCO IS REFLECTED NOT ONLY
00:42:43 IN HIS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ALSO IN HIS
00:42:47 DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES
00:42:50 AND COMMUNITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY'S VIBRANT
00:42:54 CHARACTERS. >> THROUGH HIS WORK AS AN
00:42:56 ATTORNEY, ENTREPRENEUR AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, ROBBIE
00:42:59 CONTINUES TO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP
00:43:04 AND CIVIC PRIDE THAT DEFINES SAN FRANCISCO.
00:43:07 >> ROBBIE IS A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY WITH
00:43:11 NEARLY A DECADE OF LEGAL SHAKESPEAREAN.
00:43:14 AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY AT OGLETREE
00:43:19 DEAKINS WHERE HE FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON LITIGATION
00:43:23 AND REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS IN COMPLEX WORKPLACE MATTERS.
00:43:29 ROBBIE EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM
00:43:34 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY AND HIS JURIS DOCTOR FROM OHIO NAUGHTON
00:43:38 UNIVERSITY. >> PETTIT COLLEGE OF LAW.
00:43:41 BEYOND HIS LEGAL PRACTICE ROBBIE HAS IS A PARTNER WITH
00:43:46 PRICKLY AND NATURAL HYDRATION COMPANY POWERED BY PRICKLY
00:43:50 PEAR. >> CHARISSE WATER HE HAS HELPED
00:43:54 GROW THE BRAND FROM AN EMERGING START UP INTO A NATIONALLY
00:43:57 RECOGNIZED COMPANY THAT IS CARRYING MORE THAN 3000 RETAIL
00:44:02 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
00:44:06 DEMONSTRATING HIS PASSION FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL
00:44:10 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CONTRIBUTING TO SAN
00:44:11 FRANCISCO'S THRIVING BUSINESS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICE HAS
00:44:17 ALSO BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS LIFE FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS.
00:44:20 HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN RELAY FOR LIFE ORGANIZING FUNDRAISING
00:44:24 EFFORT IN HONOR OF A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND WHO LOST HIS
00:44:27 BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS A MENTOR
00:44:32 FOR GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSE AT HIS MOCK TRIAL COMPETITIONS HELPING
00:44:36 ASPIRING ATTORNEYS STRENGTHEN THEIR ADVOCACY AND COURTROOM
00:44:40 SKILLS. IN ADDITION, HE VOLUNTEERS AT
00:44:44 HIS LOCAL MOSQUE SUPPORTING COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES,
00:44:47 YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, CHARITABLE EFFORTS AND SERVICE
00:44:51 PROJECT TO ASSIST FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA.
00:44:55 >> SO CLEARLY HE DOES NOT SLEEP THROUGH HIS LEGAL CAREER.
00:44:58 >> ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS AND LIFELONG CONNECTION TO SAN
00:45:03 FRANCISCO ROBBIE CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE HIS SKILLS,
00:45:07 LEADERSHIP AND PASSION TO THE CITY AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
00:45:10 SHAPED HIM. >> AND I'M SO PROUD AND SO
00:45:14 HUMBLE TO RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTION HERE TODAY AND THE
00:45:18 FLOOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:45:19 THANK YOU. PRESIDENT MANDO MAN BOARD OF
00:45:22 SUPERVISORS AND A SPECIAL THANKS AGAIN TO YOU.
00:45:23 SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHEN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
00:45:26 I'M TRULY HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THE COMMENDATION
00:45:32 FROM DISTRICT ONE. I REMEMBER BEING A KID LOOKING
00:45:33 UP AT THE TALL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AND THINKING TO MYSELF
00:45:38 THAT ONE DAY YOU KNOW I WANT TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS
00:45:42 DOING SOMETHING THAT MATTERS. SAN FRANCISCO LIT THAT FIRE
00:45:46 IN ME. IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO REACH
00:45:48 FOR AND IT INSPIRED ME TO DREAM BIG.
00:45:52 AND TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY RECOGNIZED BY THIS INCREDIBLE
00:45:53 COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING I WILL CARRY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
00:45:57 >> AS A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY AT OGLETREE DEAKINS
00:46:01 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE DEDICATING NEARLY A DECADE OF
00:46:04 MY LIFE OF MY CAREER TO ADVOCACY AND PROBLEM SOLVING,
00:46:08 HELPING ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZES NAVIGATE COMPLEX
00:46:12 CHALLENGES. EVERY DAY I GET TO DO WORK I
00:46:16 LOVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY I LOVE.
00:46:19 THAT COMBINATION IS SOMETHING I NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.
00:46:22 AND BEYOND THE COURTROOM I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
00:46:24 CHANNEL MY ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT INTO A BETTER FOR YOU
00:46:31 BEVERAGE COMPANY THAT MAKES NATURAL HYDRATION DRINKS FROM
00:46:34 REAL FRUIT INSTEAD OF ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS.
00:46:37 >> AND WE HAVE THEM HERE IN MANY STORES HERE IN OUR VERY
00:46:43 OWN SAN FRANCISCO. AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT
00:46:46 SAME HUSTLE, CREATIVITY AND DETERMINATION TO THE CITY
00:46:49 INSTILLED IN ALL OF US. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY
00:46:53 EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:46:56 WHETHER IT'S THE LAW TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP OR SIMPLY
00:46:58 SHOWING UP FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, THE CITY IS WHAT
00:47:01 DRIVES ME. THE PEOPLE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
00:47:04 THE BUSINESSES, THE CULTURE. >> THERE'S A HEARTBEAT HERE
00:47:08 LIKE NOWHERE ELSE AND I FEEL IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:47:09 I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND LIFT EACH OTHER
00:47:12 UP AND NEVER STOP STRIVING TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER FOR
00:47:15 EVERYONE ELSE. >> I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY
00:47:19 ESPECIALLY MY WIFE WHO THINKS I WORK TOO MUCH.
00:47:22 MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE
00:47:24 WAY. I PROMISE TO KEEP WORKING HARD
00:47:26 TO KEEP SERVING THIS INCREDIBLE CITY AND TO KEEP MAKING SAN
00:47:29 FRANCISCO PROUD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:47:55 >> LET'S TAKE ONE MORE. LET'S TAKE ONE DISTRICT TWO
00:48:15 SUPERVISOR CHERYL. THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANTEL MIN
00:48:20 AND COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING FOR AFGHAN-AMERICAN
00:48:23 HERITAGE MONTH THIS MONTH. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
00:48:28 AND HONORED TO COMMEND ZARINA YOUSAFZAI FROM THE UNION SQUARE
00:48:35 ALLIANCE. ZARINA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:48:36 BEING HERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU KNOW
00:48:40 ZARINA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FREMONT, THE AFGHAN
00:48:43 IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO INSTILLED IN HER A STRONG COMMITMENT TO
00:48:46 EDUCATION, HARD WORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
00:48:50 SHE CARRIED THOSE VALUES WITH HER TO UC IRVINE WHERE SHE
00:48:51 EARNED HER DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE IN 2018.
00:48:54 AND SINCE 2019 SAREEN HAS BUILT HER CAREER HERE IN SAN
00:48:57 FRANCISCO AT THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE WHERE SHE NOW SERVES
00:49:01 AS FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUPERVISOR OVERSEEING THE
00:49:04 ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
00:49:08 OPERATIONS. IN THIS ROLE SHE HAS
00:49:09 DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP AND RESILIENCE
00:49:12 IN FIELDS WHERE WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR REMAIN
00:49:15 UNDERREPRESENTED. ZARINA ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
00:49:19 ROLE IN ADVANCING THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE'S MISSION TO
00:49:21 SUPPORT SAN FRANCISCO'S DOWNTOWN RECOVERY.
00:49:24 SHE HAS HELPED MANAGE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE OFFICE OF
00:49:27 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DELIVERING PUBLIC
00:49:29 ACTIVATIONS CONCERT SERIES SAFETY INITIATIVES
00:49:32 AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMING. >> THIS WORK HAS BEEN
00:49:35 INSTRUMENTAL IN REVITALIZING UNION SQUARE, BRINGING
00:49:36 RESIDENTS WORKERS VISITORS BACK TO THE AREA AND REVITALIZING
00:49:39 SAN FRANCISCO AS A WHOLE. BUT BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL
00:49:43 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SERENA IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING
00:49:47 HER COMMUNITY. SHE VOLUNTEERS AT AL SABEEL
00:49:50 MASJID NURUL ISLAM MOSQUE ON JONES STREET WHERE SHE ASSISTS
00:49:54 AFGHAN FAMILIES AND SHE MENTORS YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR
00:49:58 EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER PURSUITS.
00:49:59 >> ZARINA, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
00:50:02 SAN FRANCISCO AND THE COMMUNITY.
00:50:03 >> YOUR STORY REFLECTS THE BROADER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
00:50:06 AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:50:09 CONTRIBUTIONS ROOTED IN SERVICE PERSEVERANCE AND A DEDICATION
00:50:14 TO UPLIFTING OTHERS. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR
00:50:18 LEADERSHIP, YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND MOST OF ALL YOUR
00:50:21 COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY. ZARINA CONGRATULATIONS AND THE
00:50:23 FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK.
00:50:31 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
00:50:32 IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:50:36 FOR THIS COMMENDATION. IN HONOR OF AFGHAN-AMERICAN
00:50:40 HERITAGE MONTH IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:50:43 I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MANAS ABIDI FOR
00:50:47 RECOMMENDING ME FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
00:50:48 I'M GRATEFUL OUR PATHS CROSS WHILE SERVING THIS INCREDIBLE
00:50:51 CITY. YOUR COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING
00:50:55 OUR AFGHAN COMMUNITY INSPIRES ME DEEPLY AND I'M HONORED TO
00:50:59 STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT.
00:51:00 >> MY AFGHAN COMMUNITY IS THE CORE OF WHO I AM.
00:51:04 I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FREMONT.
00:51:07 AS MENTIONED BY SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
00:51:10 KNOWN TO MANY AS LITTLE KABUL WHERE THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS
00:51:14 INCLUDING MY PARENTS FOUND REFUGE IN THE 1980S.
00:51:15 I CARRY THAT HISTORY WITH ME EVERY DAY.
00:51:18 IT REMINDS ME OF THE RESILIENCE OUR COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN
00:51:22 AND MOTIVATES ME TO SERVE ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH AND OUR
00:51:26 YOUNG AFGHAN WOMEN WHO DESERVE TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
00:51:29 >> MY PARENTS INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY.
00:51:33 >> THEIR SACRIFICE, STRENGTH AND BELIEF IN EDUCATION
00:51:37 AND HARD WORK ARE THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING I DO.
00:51:38 I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THEM.
00:51:41 LIKE SO MANY CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS, I AM HERE BECAUSE
00:51:46 OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY WORK SO HARD TO CREATE AND I BELIEVE
00:51:49 IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION
00:51:54 THROUGH EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY
00:51:56 INVOLVEMENT. >> BEING RECOGNIZED IN THE CITY
00:52:00 I LOVE MEANS SO MUCH. SAN FRANCISCO IS A HUGE PART OF
00:52:04 MY STORY. I AM PROUD TO WORK FOR THE
00:52:05 UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS MISSION
00:52:08 ALONGSIDE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT HAS PROVIDED ME WITH
00:52:12 COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES AND COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO
00:52:16 GROW BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
00:52:17 GROWING UP SAN FRANCISCO WAS ALWAYS A PLACE I DREAMED OF
00:52:21 BEING AND I'M GRATEFUL TO NOW SERVE AND GIVE BACK TO THIS
00:52:24 CITY. THEY SAY IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU
00:52:25 DO YOU NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.
00:52:28 AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS.
00:52:31 THIS COMMENDATION IS NOT A PURCHASE, A PERSONAL HONOR.
00:52:33 IT'S A RECOGNITION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OUR
00:52:36 HISTORY, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND OUR FUTURE.
00:52:40 IT CELEBRATES THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND THOSE WHO WILL
00:52:41 COME AFTER US. I DID I DID NOT TAKE THIS
00:52:45 COMMENDATION LATELY I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE COMMENDED DURING
00:52:51 A MONTH THAT CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THEIR
00:52:52 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:52:54 >> THANK YOU
00:53:26 . >> DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR
00:53:28 SAUTER THANK YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN.
00:53:31 COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE SARA FOR ROSIE
00:53:35 IN HONOR OF AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
00:53:36 SARA PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US .
00:53:41 SARA FOR ROSIE IS AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER AT THE SAN
00:53:46 FRANCISCO OFFICE OF FRAGMENT. RAY BERNSEN AND LOWY LLP
00:53:49 LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE. HER JOURNEY IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:53:53 STARTED AT USF LAW SCHOOL IN 2017 WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER
00:54:00 J.D. IN 2020 AND FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS SARA HAS WITNESSED
00:54:04 FIRSTHAND SAN FRANCISCO'S VIBRANT CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL
00:54:07 SPIRIT AND DEEP ROOTED IMMIGRANT HERITAGE.
00:54:08 >> THROUGH HER WORK SHE ACTIVELY PROTECTS
00:54:12 AND STRENGTHENS THESE ATTRIBUTES EVERY DAY BY HELPING
00:54:16 IMMIGRANTS BUILD THEIR FUTURE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:54:17 >> SHE IS ENSURING THAT OUR CITY CONTINUES TO BE A HUB FOR
00:54:20 INNOVATION AND GENOMIC GROWTH. HER WORK ALSO ENRICHES SAN
00:54:24 FRANCISCO'S CULTURAL FABRIC BY HELPING INDIVIDUALS
00:54:27 AND FAMILIES BUILD NEW LIVES, ESTABLISH LASTING ROOTS
00:54:31 AND CONTRIBUTE THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, TRADITIONS
00:54:35 AND TALENTS. AS A BILINGUAL ATTORNEY FLUENT
00:54:38 IN ENGLISH AND FARSI, SARA BRINGS A VALUABLE CULTURAL
00:54:42 PERSPECTIVE TO HER PRACTICE REPRESENTING THE IMMEASURABLE
00:54:43 CONTRIBUTION INS AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE
00:54:47 LEGAL PROFESSION AND BEYOND. HER INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
00:54:51 IN CELEBRATING AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE IS A REFLECTION OF HER
00:54:56 BELIEF IN PROMOTING THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO CHOSE TO CALL THIS
00:55:00 CITY HOME. AND AS WE HONOR SARA'S WORK
00:55:03 AND PREPARE TO CELEBRATE AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
00:55:07 IN AUGUST, THIS IS A MOMENT TO RECOMMIT TO THE WORK OF MAKING
00:55:10 SURE OUR CITY IS A PLACE THAT WELCOMES AND PROTECTS
00:55:14 IMMIGRANTS, VALUES THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND RECOGNIZES
00:55:17 THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN SHAPING OUR CITY'S FUTURE.
00:55:21 SO SARA, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING AN INSPIRING
00:55:25 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND FOR
00:55:29 HELPING SAN FRANCISCO BE A STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE
00:55:32 CITY. >> AND I NOW WELCOME YOU TO
00:55:33 SHARE A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU.
00:55:34 SUPERVISOR SAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:55:44 >> I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THIS
00:55:45 RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:55:49 I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY EXTENDING MY SINCERE THANKS TO
00:55:53 BOARD PRESIDENT MADELINE. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
00:55:59 SUPERVISORS AND ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR SAUTER AND MENARD'S
00:56:03 ANYBODY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION.
00:56:06 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SERVICE TO THE
00:56:10 CITY AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE
00:56:13 COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE SAN FRANCISCO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
00:56:17 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MEANINGFUL THIS
00:56:21 MOMENT IS BECAUSE IT COMES AS THE BOARD PREPARES TO PASS A
00:56:25 RESOLUTION TODAY RECOGNIZING AUGUST AS AFGHAN-AMERICAN
00:56:28 HERITAGE MONTH. AS AN AFGHAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
00:56:32 RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION AT A TIME WHEN OUR COMMUNITY'S
00:56:36 CONTRIBUTIONS, STORIES AND HISTORY ARE BEING FORMALLY
00:56:40 RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MAKES US HONOR EVEN
00:56:44 MORE PROFOUND IT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF HOW FAR OUR
00:56:48 COMMUNITY HAS COME AND THE COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
00:56:53 RESILIENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND SERVICE HAVE HELPED SHAPE
00:56:57 THE CITY WE ALL CALL HOME. FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS SAN
00:57:00 FRANCISCO HAS BEEN MY HOME. IT IS WHERE I ATTENDED THE
00:57:04 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHERE I BUILT MY CAREER WHERE I
00:57:08 FOUND COMMUNITY LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS AND WHERE I HAVE
00:57:11 GROWN BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
00:57:14 THIS CITY WELCOMES ME, CHALLENGES ME AND INSPIRES ME
00:57:18 TO GIVE BACK IN WAYS THAT I NEVER IMAGINED.
00:57:20 TODAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS AN IMMIGRATION
00:57:24 ATTORNEY. EVERY DAY I WORK ALONGSIDE
00:57:27 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE PURSUING NEW FUTURES.
00:57:31 EXCUSE ME NEW BEGINNINGS SEEKING OPPORTUNITY
00:57:35 AND BUILDING THEIR FUTURES IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:57:38 THROUGH THAT WORK I AM CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE
00:57:39 DETERMINATION AND HOPE THAT IMMIGRANTS BRING TO OUR
00:57:43 COMMUNITIES. AS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS
00:57:46 AND AS SOMEONE WHOSE OWN LIFE HAS BEEN SHAPED BY THOSE
00:57:49 VALUES, IT IS AN HONOR TO HELP OTHERS NAVIGATE THEIR OWN
00:57:53 JOURNEYS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY AND COUNTRY
00:57:56 . >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY
00:57:58 PARTNER BREGMAN WHO IS HERE TODAY.
00:58:01 THANK YOU RACHEL FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT.
00:58:04 I AM GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH DEDICATED AND TALENTED
00:58:08 PROFESSIONALS AND THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT MINE ALONE.
00:58:11 TO MY PARENTS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES, PERSEVERANCE
00:58:16 AND UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE POWER OF EDUCATION, HARD WORK
00:58:19 AND SERVICE. EVERYTHING I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
00:58:20 STANDS ON THE FOUNDATION YOU BUILT FOR ME.
00:58:24 TO MY MOM ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING MY GREATEST SUPPORTER
00:58:28 AND CONSTANT SOURCE OF STRENGTH .
00:58:31 AND TO MY HUSBAND THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT,
00:58:35 ENCOURAGEMENT, LOVE AND PARTNERSHIP.
00:58:36 I AM SO GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU AND OUR
00:58:40 DAUGHTER. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE
00:58:43 WITH AN AFGHAN PROVERB. >> EXCUSE MY FARSI.
00:58:50 CATARACT. CATARACT JAMYCHAL.
00:58:53 ONE GOT A TATTOO ON ME SHOT. THIS MEANS DROP BY DROP OF
00:58:58 RIVER CROSS INTO THE SEA. TO ME THIS REFLECTS THE SPIRIT
00:59:02 OF SAN FRANCISCO. EVERY ACT OF SERVICE, EVERY
00:59:06 OPPORTUNITY EXTENDED TO ANOTHER PERSON AND EVERY CONTRIBUTION
00:59:10 TO OUR COMMUNITY MAY SEEM SMALL ON ITS OWN BUT TOGETHER THEY
00:59:14 CREATE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
00:59:18 INCREDIBLE HONOR. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO CALL SAN
00:59:22 FRANCISCO MY HOME AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE
00:59:23 RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.
00:59:26 >> THANK YOU
01:00:29 . >> ALL RIGHT.
01:00:37 >> DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR WONG.
01:00:44 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. MAY HAVE PARK AND REC.
01:00:47 >> COME JOIN US UP HERE. HELLO.
01:00:51 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. IN CELEBRATION OF PARK
01:00:56 AND RECREATION MONTH. I'M PLEASED TO HONOR THE
01:00:59 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO RECREATION AND PARK
01:01:03 DEPARTMENT WHOSE HARD WORK MAKES OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
01:01:07 SOME OF THE GREATEST ASSETS IN OUR CITY.
01:01:08 DISTRICT FOUR IS HOME TO SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST ICONIC PARKS
01:01:11 AND OPEN SPACES. WHETHER IT'S CHILDREN PLAYING
01:01:14 AT A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND, FAMILIES GATHERING FOR A
01:01:18 PICNIC. ATHLETES COMPETING ON OUR BALL
01:01:19 FIELDS OR RESIDENTS SIMPLY ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS.
01:01:22 THESE SPACES ENRICH OUR DAILY LIVES.
01:01:25 NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARDWORKING PARK
01:01:27 RECREATION AND PARK EMPLOYEES WHO CARE FOR THEM EVERY SINGLE
01:01:31 DAY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL
01:01:34 MEMBERS OF THE REC AND PARK DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE JOINED US
01:01:36 TODAY. THERE'S GENERAL MANAGER SARAH
01:01:38 MEDLAND AND POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER JACK AVERY.
01:01:41 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EVERYTHING YOU
01:01:43 DO FOR OUR CITY. >> TODAY I'M HONORED TO
01:01:45 RECOGNIZE TWO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT NICK
01:01:49 BORGERSON AND PARK SERVICE MEMBER AND BRANDON O'KEEFE.
01:01:56 >> GARDNER CAPTAIN. NICK SERVES AS THE PARK
01:02:04 SERVICES MANAGER FOR SERVICE AREA FOR OVERSEEING MORE THAN A
01:02:08 THOUSAND ACRES OF PARKLAND ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF DISTRICT
01:02:10 FOUR. FOR MORE THAN 14 YEARS HE HAS
01:02:11 LED GARDENING AND CUSTODIAL TEAMS WORKING CLOSELY WITH
01:02:15 RESIDENTS SUPPORT COUNTLESS COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENSURED
01:02:19 OUR PARKS AND REC FACILITIES REMAIN IN OUTSTANDING
01:02:22 CONDITION. HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN
01:02:22 INSTRUMENTAL IN SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING OUR PARKS THROUGH FOUR
01:02:27 STERN GROVE FESTIVAL SEASONS INCLUDING THE CHALLENGING YEARS
01:02:30 FOLLOWING THE SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND IN MAINTAINING
01:02:34 PREMIER ATHLETIC FIELDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHILE
01:02:35 HELPING DELIVER THE NEW STERN GROVE PLAYGROUND.
01:02:41 BRENNAN SERVES AS THE GARDENER CAPTAIN FOR THE STERN GROVE
01:02:42 COMPLEX CARING FOR STERN GROVE PINE LAKE PARK.
01:02:47 PARKSIDE SQUARE. MCALPIN PARK, CARLSON PARK
01:02:50 AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
01:02:53 DURING HIS NEARLY 12 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, HE HAS ADVANCED
01:02:55 FROM APPRENTICE GARDENER TO GARDENER CAPTAIN BRINGING
01:02:58 REMARKABLE SKILL AND PRIDE TO EVERY PARK HE HAS SERVED.
01:03:01 ONE OF HIS PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS WAS LEADING THE
01:03:05 LANDSCAPE RESTORATION OF STERLING GROVE'S EAST MEADOW
01:03:08 FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING WINTER STORMS HELPING RESTORE
01:03:10 HIS BELOVED COMMUNITY'S SPACE FOR CONCERTS, WEDDINGS, PICNICS
01:03:17 AND COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS.
01:03:18 WHILE WE'RE RECOGNIZING NICK AND BRENNAN TODAY THEY
01:03:21 REPRESENT THE HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED RECREATION AND PARK
01:03:25 EMPLOYEES WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES EVERY DAY FROM GARDENERS
01:03:29 AND CUSTODIANS TO MAINTENANCE CREWS, RECREATION LEADERS
01:03:32 AND SUPERVISORS. YOUR DEDICATION KEEPS OUR PARKS
01:03:33 BEAUTIFUL. OUR FACILITIES WELCOMING
01:03:36 AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THRIVING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF
01:03:40 DISTRICT FOUR, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO
01:03:42 TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A
01:03:45 FLOOR TO SAY A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE
01:03:51 BOARD FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THE HONOR OF WHICH I'M
01:03:55 REALLY PROUD. ON BEHALF OF MY TEAM BOTH
01:03:58 GARDENING AND CUSTODIAL TO ACCEPT IT'S IT'S REALLY QUITE
01:04:03 AN HONOR. AS PARKS SERVICES MANAGER I'M
01:04:06 INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE FANTASTIC AND COMMITTED STAFF
01:04:10 WE HAVE OVER IN DISTRICT FOUR. TOGETHER WE MANAGE AS YOU
01:04:15 MENTIONED 11 PARKS AND COMPLEX SPORTS COMPLEXES JUST WITHIN
01:04:19 DISTRICT FOUR. I HAVE TO PAUSE AND SAY ONE OF
01:04:21 THE ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS I HAVE WITH AND WORKING WITH
01:04:25 PARKS IS THE AMAZING TEAM THAT I WORK WITH TOWARDS THE THE
01:04:29 BENEFICIAL MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF THOSE UNIQUE PARKS
01:04:34 IN DISTRICT FOUR AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:04:36 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EACH PARK IS IS A VERY UNIQUE LITTLE
01:04:40 GEM AND SO UNIQUE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND EACH
01:04:44 EACH PARK SO EACH ONE IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE NEXT AND SO
01:04:47 THE PARKS THERE SERVE THOSE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND IT'S JUST
01:04:51 NICE TO BE PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS TO PROVIDE SOME OXYGEN
01:04:56 TO YOU KNOW, THIS THIS THIS AREA THAT CAN SEEM A LITTLE BIT
01:05:02 9 TO 5 FOR FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. SO JUST A I ALSO WANTED TO
01:05:10 MENTION THAT OUR SFR PD TEAM DEVALUES ITS ROLE IN WORKING
01:05:14 TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE HERE ASPECTS AND THAT'S IN PROVIDING
01:05:18 BEAUTIFUL ACTIVE SPACES FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
01:05:22 THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK AND EFFORTS OF OUR
01:05:26 HUMBLE TEAM. >> APPRECIATE IT.
01:05:43 EVEN THOUGH YOU GET DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:06:11 >> COLLEAGUES TODAY IT IS MY HONOR DURING AN AFRICAN
01:06:16 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FOR THE UPCOMING MONTH OF AUGUST TO
01:06:20 RECOGNIZE WILLIAM HUSSEINI, THE ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY WHOSE
01:06:23 CAREER HAS BEEN DEFINED BY EXTORTING VERY COMMITMENT TO
01:06:27 PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES A
01:06:30 COURAGEOUS ALUM HAS SPENT THE PAST 13 YEARS AS A FEDERAL
01:06:41 PROSECUTOR SINCE RETURNING HOME TO THE BAY AREA IN 2022.
01:06:44 SHE HAS SERVED IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WHERE
01:06:47 SHE WORKED ON CORPORATE FRAUD MATTERS, VIOLENT CRIME AND DRUG
01:06:51 TRAFFICKING CASES AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN SAN
01:06:52 FRANCISCO INCLUDING THE TENDERLOIN.
01:06:55 >> SHE WAS BORN IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AND CAME TO FREMONT
01:06:59 AS A CHILD AFTER HER FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES
01:07:02 . LIKE SO MANY AFGHAN FAMILIES
01:07:03 WHO MADE THEIR EAST BAY THEIR HOME, THEY BECAME PART OF
01:07:07 FREMONT'S VIBRANT AFGHAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HELPING
01:07:11 BUILD THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
01:07:12 NEXT GENERATION. >> SHE WENT ON TO EARN BOTH HER
01:07:16 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND LAW DEGREE FROM UC BERKELEY FOR
01:07:19 CLERKING FOR A FEDERAL JUDGE IN MIAMI AT BOTH THE DISTRICT
01:07:23 COURT AND 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.
01:07:26 ALTHOUGH SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN
01:07:27 IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, ELAM CHOSE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
01:07:31 SHE JOINED THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN MIAMI.
01:07:34 PROSECUTING CASES AND VIOLENCE INVOLVING VIOLENT CRIME, CHILD
01:07:38 EXPLOITATION, FRAUD, CIVIL RIGHTS, PUBLIC CORRUPTION
01:07:41 AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. IN 2022 SHE RETURNED TO THE BAY
01:07:45 AREA TO CONTINUE THAT WORK HERE AT HOME.
01:07:46 >> HER RECENT JURY TRIALS IN SAN FRANCISCO INVOLVE THE
01:07:49 HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF A YOUNG MINOR AND A MURDER FOR HIRE
01:07:52 PROSECUTION REPRESENTING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CASES.
01:07:55 >> OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CALLED UPON TO HANDLE.
01:07:59 >> THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, ELAM HAS APPROACHED THIS WORK WITH
01:08:01 CONVICTION AND RESPONSIBILITY ROOTED IN PROTECTING
01:08:03 AND SERVING OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
01:08:07 >> SHE HAS WORKED TO PROTECT VICTIMS, UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
01:08:11 AND HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
01:08:12 >> THIS IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO RECOGNIZE.
01:08:16 ELAM DURING A FINE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH BECAUSE THIS
01:08:17 MONTH OF AUGUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
01:08:20 GENERATIONS OF AFGHAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR CITY
01:08:24 AND OUR COUNTRY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
01:08:27 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
01:08:28 >> HOLMES CAREER REFLECTS THAT LEGACY AND STANDS AS AN EXAMPLE
01:08:32 OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICANS GROWING UP
01:08:35 HERE IN THE BAY AREA. >> RECENTLY I ALSO LEARNED THAT
01:08:39 ELAM IS THE COUSIN OF AUTHOR CHARLOTTE FOR ANY WHO'S WORK
01:08:42 MANY MILLIONS OF READERS MAY KNOW TO AFGHAN'S HISTORY AND TO
01:08:46 THE RESILIENCE OF ITS PEOPLE THROUGH THE BOOK KITE RUNNER.
01:08:50 MY AS YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT ONE OF THE LAST MEMORIES I HAVE OF
01:08:54 MY GRANDMOTHER WAS WATCHING THE KITE RUNNER WHEN IT WAS PLAYING
01:08:57 ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK AND IT'S A MEMORY I WILL
01:09:01 CHERISH FOR THE MANY YEARS NOW THAT SHE HAS PASSED.
01:09:04 >> SO HAMM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN
01:09:06 FRANCISCO AND FOR REPRESENTING THE VERY BEST OF OUR
01:09:08 AFGHAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:09:18 >> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT AMENDMENT BOARD
01:09:19 SUPERVISOR AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:09:23 I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND MY AFGHAN
01:09:26 HERITAGE IS A BIG PART OF WHO I AM.
01:09:27 MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO FREMONT WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD.
01:09:31 MY EARLIEST MEMORY AS A CHILD OR FROM GROWING UP
01:09:35 IN AFGHANISTAN AND MY FIRST MEMORIES OF IMMIGRATING TO THIS
01:09:38 COUNTRY INVOLVE HOW WARMLY THE COMMUNITY IN FREMONT WELCOMED
01:09:41 MY FAMILY. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY
01:09:44 IN FREMONT BUT THE BAY AREA IN GENERAL AND THAT BECAME MY
01:09:48 HOME. >> AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
01:09:49 TO LIVE ESPECIALLY AS AN IMMIGRANT.
01:09:53 >> I'M THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE BUILT.
01:09:54 A BIG PART OF WHY I CHOSE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE IS TO
01:09:57 SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO WELCOMED ME AND MY FAMILY TO THIS
01:10:01 COUNTRY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
01:10:04 WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND OFFICIALS TO MAKE
01:10:07 THE TENDERLOIN A SAFER A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
01:10:11 I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE PARTNERS FOR THE WORK WE'VE
01:10:13 DONE TOGETHER AND ALSO HAVE SPECIAL NOTE THANK YOU TO
01:10:16 MAHNAZ ABADI FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS IN WORKING TO BRING
01:10:19 PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
01:10:23 ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO MY MOM WHO IS
01:10:26 HERE TODAY. MOM, I'M AMAZED BY YOUR
01:10:27 SACRIFICES AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
01:10:31 YOU ARE THE SMARTEST AND STRONGEST PERSON THAT I
01:10:34 KNOW. AND FINALLY AS A MOM MYSELF, I
01:10:35 WANT TO CALL OUT MY BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN ZANE AND PERRY.
01:10:38 I LOVE YOU BOTH. THANK YOU AGAIN.
01:10:41 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND DISTRICT SIX
01:11:10 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDELBAUM.
01:11:14 COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AN
01:11:18 EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVANT WHOSE LIFE AND CAREER EMBODY
01:11:20 THE VERY BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO'S VALUES RESILIENCE,
01:11:26 OPPORTUNITY, INTEGRITY AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
01:11:27 SERVING OTHERS. I'M PROUD TO HONOR JOSEPH AS
01:11:30 THE MAYOR LURIE'S ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR PUBLIC SAFETY JOSEPH
01:11:41 JOSEPH STORY BEGINS LIKE SO MANY GREAT SAN FRANCISCANS
01:11:42 STORIES DO WITH A FAMILY SEEKING REFUGE AND FINDING A
01:11:46 HOME. IN THE EARLY 1980S HIS FAMILY
01:11:49 ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO AS AFGHAN REFUGEES SEEKING SAFETY,
01:11:53 STABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE.
01:11:57 THEY SETTLED NEAR SILVER AVENUE AND SWEENEY STREET IN A
01:12:00 COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMED THEM WITH COMPASSION AND HOPE.
01:12:02 >> JOSEPH SAYS THAT SAN FRANCISCO GAVE HIS FAMILY
01:12:05 EVERYTHING OPPORTUNITY, SECURITY AND A FUTURE AND HE
01:12:09 HAS SPENT HIS CAREER ADMIRABLY REPAYING THAT GIFT THROUGH A
01:12:12 LIFETIME DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND SERVING THE
01:12:16 PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. THAT CALLING LED HIM TO THE SAN
01:12:19 FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE BROKE NEW GROUND AS
01:12:22 THE FIRST AFGHAN POLICE OFFICER PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
01:12:24 SERGEANT AND WAS A SPEEDY COLLEAGUE OF MINE FOR A TIME.
01:12:27 OVER THE COURSE OF HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER HE SERVED
01:12:30 HONORABLY AND WELL IN THE MISSION SOUTHERN TENDERLOIN
01:12:34 AND NORTHERN POLICE DISTRICTS EARNING THE RESPECT OF
01:12:35 COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITIES ALIKE.
01:12:38 JOSEPH UNDERSTOOD THAT TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY ISN'T ACHIEVED
01:12:42 SOLELY BY ENFORCING THE LAW BUT BY EARNING TRUST AND BUILDING
01:12:45 MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY HE WAS SWORN TO
01:12:47 PROTECT. HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO
01:12:50 STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR DIVERSE
01:12:53 COMMUNITIES APPROACHING EVERY INTERACTION WITH FAIRNESS,
01:12:57 EMPATHY AND WITH RESPECT. WHEN MEDICAL CHALLENGES BROUGHT
01:13:01 HIS POLICE CAREER TO AN UNEXPECTED CLOSE, JOSEPH
01:13:02 CONTINUED HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
01:13:06 WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS ORGANIZATION.
01:13:08 AND WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE ONCE AGAIN TO SERVE THE CITY
01:13:12 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, HE ANSWERED THAT CALL WITHOUT
01:13:15 HESITATION. TODAY AS ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR
01:13:16 PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAYOR LURIE'S ADMINISTRATION HE CONTINUES TO
01:13:20 ADVANCE INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY
01:13:24 AND FOSTER COLLABORATION ACROSS OUR CITY.
01:13:27 WHAT MAKES JOSEPH'S CAREER SO TRULY REMARKABLE ISN'T SIMPLY
01:13:31 THE POSITIONS HE HAS HELD BUT THE VALUES THAT HAVE GUIDED HIM
01:13:32 THROUGH EVERY CHAPTER OF HIS SERVICE.
01:13:35 HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND AN ENDURING BELIEF THAT
01:13:39 PUBLIC SAFETY IS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND A RESPONSIBILITY
01:13:42 . JOSEPH, ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
01:13:43 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN
01:13:47 FRANCISCO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE, YOUR
01:13:50 PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR
01:13:51 CITY'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. AS WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE
01:13:54 AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN A FEW DAYS, IT IS OUR
01:13:58 PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO
01:14:02 EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU
01:14:05 HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY WE LOVE. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
01:14:15 AND I HAVE TO LEAVE. BUT BEFORE YOU SPEAK,
01:14:23 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD YOSEF YOSEF ,YOU HAVE MADE ONE THE MOST
01:14:34 PROFOUND IMPACTS IN MY CAREER AND THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF
01:14:38 OFFICE. >> I REMEMBER THAT WEEKEND
01:14:42 IN SEPTEMBER WHERE THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE
01:14:46 IN THE TENDERLOIN. AND YOU AND I HAD A CALL
01:14:50 AND YOU SAID LET'S GO ON A WALK.
01:14:53 AND WE WALKED DOWN LEAVENWORTH AND IT WAS LIKE WALKING DOWN
01:15:00 HISTORY MEMORY LANE BECAUSE EVERY BLOCK YOU TOLD ME THE
01:15:04 STORY OF WHO WAS THERE, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN THERE
01:15:09 DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, DIFFERENT RACES.
01:15:12 EVERY BLOCK WAS A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, A DIFFERENT
01:15:17 CHALLENGE AND A DIFFERENT ELEMENT OF HOPE.
01:15:18 AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT I THINK TO LEAVENWORTH AND EDDIE
01:15:23 A GROUP OF 20 KIDS RUNS UP THERE WEREN'T KIDS ANYMORE BUT
01:15:27 PROBABLY YOUNG, YOUNG EARLY 20S AND THEY RUN UP TO YOU.
01:15:30 I DON'T THINK YOU'D SEEN THEM IN YEARS.
01:15:34 AND ONE OF THEM SAYS UNCLE YOSEF, I JUST GOT A JOB.
01:15:35 >> AND YOU SHOWED ME HOW THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNEW AS
01:15:42 KIDS FROM YOUR DAYS IN COMMUNITY POLICING.
01:15:46 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT LESSON YOU WERE TRYING TO TEACH ME
01:15:50 THAT DAY BUT I CAME AWAY WITH LIKE 50 LESSONS.
01:15:55 >> AND IT SHOWED ME THE POWER OF COMMUNITY POLICING, THE
01:15:56 PROFOUND RELATIONSHIPS YOU FORMED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:16:03 AND THAT ON THAT DAY FOUR YEARS PRIOR AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT
01:16:07 HAS HAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME AND THAT IMPACT I THINK
01:16:14 HAS LED TO PERMANENTLY SHAPING A FUTURE FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
01:16:19 WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS WE'RE INVESTING
01:16:26 IN COMMUNITY POLICING AGAIN IN THE TENDERLOIN FOR THE FIRST
01:16:29 TIME IN YEARS WE'RE TAKING A FOCUS ON THE YOUTH AND ACTUALLY
01:16:30 ELEVATING THEIR STORIES BECAUSE OF YOU WE ARE NOW CREATING THE
01:16:37 FIRST YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM WHICH I SEE SQUALOR AS
01:16:41 GUYS ARE BEHIND YOU. >> WE WANT TO RISE WITH THE
01:16:48 UNITED PLAYERS AND AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW ONE PERSON NAMELY YOU
01:17:03 CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND MAYOR LURIE PICKING YOU WAS
01:17:08 ONE OF YOUR BEST CHOICES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAND LIKE IT
01:17:13 WAS LIKE IF YOU WERE NOT IN THIS POSITION THE TENDERLOIN
01:17:16 WOULD NOT BE IN THE RECOVERY THAT IT'S IN TODAY.
01:17:19 AND I HAVE PERMANENTLY LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU THAT I WILL
01:17:27 NEVER FORGET. WE HAVE MANY YEARS TO GO BUT I
01:17:30 I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND FOR
01:17:34 TEACHING ME SO MUCH ON HOW TO TURN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND.
01:17:36 AND REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY GREAT CHOICE.
01:17:39 I'M REALLY BUMMED IT WASN'T MINE.
01:17:40 SO BIG. >> CONGRATS YOSEF.
01:17:43 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT COMMENT.
01:17:49 YOSEF I SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR BOSS MAYOR LURIE HAS
01:17:54 ENTERED THE CHAMBER. >> MAYOR LARRY IF YOU WOULD
01:17:55 LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING PLEASE COME UP.
01:17:58 >> OKAY. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THAT WAS
01:18:01 REALLY POIGNANT AND I APPRECIATE IT AND HE DESERVES
01:18:05 EVERY SINGLE WORD OF IT. I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY
01:18:12 AND SAY I'VE KNOWN WHAT DO I CALL YOU MR. IZZY YOSEF FOR A
01:18:17 VERY LONG TIME NOW. HIS BROTHER AND HIS SISTER ARE
01:18:21 HERE WHO ARE DEAR FRIENDS. AND WHEN YOU GO INTO JOBS LIKE
01:18:25 THIS YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO ALL IN WITH YOU.
01:18:33 AND THIS IS A TOUGH POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN CHALLENGING ONE
01:18:39 YOU AND AND STEPHEN BETTS AND YOU ALL HAVE JUST GONE ALL
01:18:43 IN WITH YOUR YOUR SOUL AND YOUR HEART.
01:18:47 AND AND I TALK TO YOU AT MIDNIGHT.
01:18:51 I TALK TO YOU AT 6 A.M.. YOU ARE ALWAYS ON AND YOU CARE
01:18:54 SO DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY. YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE T L
01:18:58 BUT YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS CITY.
01:19:02 YOU WANT OUR YOUTH TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU'RE
01:19:06 FIGHTING FOR IT EVERY DAY IN THIS POSITION.
01:19:07 AND YOU COME FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE BUT YOUR HEART
01:19:11 IS IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING SIDE WHICH I THINK IS SO
01:19:15 INCREDIBLY UNIQUE. AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT
01:19:19 IN THIS CITY. AND SO IT'S I'M SO GRATEFUL TO
01:19:23 THE SUPERVISORS FOR HONORING I KNOW YOSEF AZEEM.
01:19:26 HE'S A DEAR FRIEND. BUT I'M GLAD THAT THE WHOLE
01:19:30 CITY GETS TO SEE A TRUE CHAMPION OF SAN FRANCISCO DOING
01:19:37 THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOUR TWO CHILDREN, YOUR WIFE,
01:19:41 YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SISTER, YOUR PARENTS I KNOW ARE INCREDIBLY
01:19:45 PROUD OF YOU AS AM I. >> SO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK
01:19:49 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:19:59 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
01:20:00 THE PRESIDENCY PRESIDENT, MANDOLIN AND BOARD.
01:20:03 I'M TRULY GRATEFUL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:20:07 MAYOR LURIE OR CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY STEVEN BETTS, MY
01:20:11 COUNTERPART AND THE GUY THAT TRULY PUTS IN ALL THE WORK WITH
01:20:14 ME. MY TEAMMATES ACROSS OUR CITY
01:20:15 DEPARTMENTS CHIEFTAIN CHRISMAN SHERIFF MIYAMOTO, CHIEF
01:20:19 CLINICAL LIEUTENANT DAVE GOUGH YOU KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING
01:20:22 WITH US EVERY SINGLE DAY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
01:20:26 AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW MY
01:20:30 FAMILY, MY WIFE NICOLE, MY KIDS LUCIANO JOSEPH JR.
01:20:33 AND MY BROTHER TAREK AZEEM. DINA AND MY MOM AND MY UNCLE
01:20:37 TONY FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME. I ALWAYS HAVE BIG DREAMS, BIG
01:20:41 GOALS AND THEY'VE NEVER TOLD ME I CAN'T DO THEM.
01:20:44 >> THEY ALWAYS SAY GO HARDER, GO BIGGER.
01:20:46 AND EVEN WHEN I DO GO YOU'VE GOT TO GO EVEN HARDER NEXT TIME
01:20:48 . SO THEY'RE NEVER IT'S NEVER
01:20:49 ENOUGH. YOU GOT TO KEEP GOING.
01:20:50 SO I GENERALLY THANK YOU FOR FOR FOR DOING THAT AND REALLY
01:20:53 THE COMMUTE ORGANIZATIONS I MEAN YOU GOT HOWARD WE GOT
01:20:57 RUDY, WE GOT THE SQUAD, WE GOT VIP UNITED PLAYERS.
01:21:00 I MEAN IT'S BEEN OVER CLOSE TO 15 YEARS.
01:21:01 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE GUYS DAY IN AND DAY OUT
01:21:04 AND JUST LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I'M ON THE PHONE WITH HOWARD AT
01:21:07 FOUR IN THE MORNING, SIX IN THE MORNING WITH THESE GUYS.
01:21:09 ANSWER THE CALL. THEY SHOW UP.
01:21:11 IT'S REALLY NOT ME DOING THE WORK.
01:21:12 IT'S HONESTLY THEM DOING THE WORK AND I'M JUST THE GUY
01:21:14 THAT'S CONVEYING THE MESSAGING .
01:21:15 SO THANK YOU ALL. THIS IS REALLY YOUR AWARD, NOT
01:21:16 MINE. SO THANK YOU.
01:21:19 SINCERELY. YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY'S JOURNEY
01:21:23 BEGAN ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO WHEN MY PARENTS ARRIVED AS REFUGEES
01:21:26 WITH NOTHING BUT HOPE. AND MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT NO
01:21:30 MATTER HOW HARD LIFE GETS, YOU ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOUR
01:21:33 COMMUNITY AND IN RETURN YOUR COMMUNITY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
01:21:36 . AND WHY I SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE
01:21:37 SHE AS A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN MY FATHER HAD SOME
01:21:41 SEVERE HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SHE NEVER GAVE UP ON
01:21:45 HIM. SHE CONTINUED TO CARE FOR HIM
01:21:48 AND YOU KNOW SHE WOULD STILL HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
01:21:52 AND I WOULD ALWAYS SAY MOM, YOU'RE STRUGGLING BUT YOU'RE
01:21:53 HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY YOU
01:21:56 HAVE TO KEEP HELPING PEOPLE. AND THAT LESSON JUST STUCK WITH
01:22:00 ME. KNOW I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT
01:22:01 I SAW IT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF INGRAINED IN ME NOW
01:22:04 AND I JUST DO IT NATURALLY BECAUSE I WATCHED HER DO IT.
01:22:06 >> AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE SHE'S PROUD.
01:22:07 I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD, MOM. THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS
01:22:10 TODAY. >> THIS IS REALLY ABOUT YOU
01:22:11 KNOW, NOT I AGAIN BUT I COULD TELL YOU GUYS YOU KNOW, I GET A
01:22:15 LITTLE EMOTIONAL EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
01:22:17 UNIFORM WAS THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIFE.
01:22:21 THE WAY IT ENDED WASN'T ON MY TERMS OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF
01:22:22 SOME HEALTH ISSUES. BUT BEING ABLE TO COME BACK
01:22:25 IN THIS ROLE IS SO SPECIAL FOR ME AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO WORK
01:22:30 WITH THESE PEOPLE AGAIN AND DO WHAT I DO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
01:22:32 HEART THERE'S NOTHING GREAT ON THIS ROAD.
01:22:33 I MEAN WHEN THIS ENDS I'VE ACCOMPLISHED MY MISSION
01:22:37 IN LIFE. >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, HAPPY
01:22:40 TO DO WHAT I COULD WITH YOU GUYS.
01:22:43 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.
01:22:47 SUPERVISOR DORSEY, YOU'RE THE BEST.
01:22:48 I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. A GREAT PARTNER.
01:22:50 >> I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT A GROUP LIKE THIS AND ONE OF US
01:22:55 YOU'RE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FROM THE
01:22:58 BOTTOM MY HEART. >> THANK YOU TO SEE THE WHOLE
01:23:33 FAMILY WELL TAKE OF HER TWIN. OKAY.
01:24:11 GOT IT. LET'S TAKE SOME
01:25:34 . >> AND NEXT UP, DISTRICT SEVEN
01:25:38 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
01:25:41 COLLEAGUES, IT IS GREAT. >> ON WITH A GREAT HONOR THAT
01:25:46 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WE WILL BE PRESENTING A SPECIAL
01:25:49 COMMENDATION TO THE POMEROY RECREATION AND REHABILITATION
01:25:53 CENTER. >> IF YOU COULD COME UP PLEASE
01:26:00 . >> YOU TOO, DAVID.
01:26:01 WELL, I LOCATED ON THE OUTER EDGE OF SAN FRANCISCO A
01:26:07 DISTRICT SEVEN. THE POMEROY CENTER HAS SERVED
01:26:08 AT SAN FRANCISCO'S DISABILITY COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 70
01:26:14 YEARS. NEXT YEAR WILL MARK THE
01:26:15 CENTER'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY. >> AND IT IS IT'S PROBABLY
01:26:23 LESSER KNOWN THAN THE POMEROY CENTER BUT IT IS ACTUALLY OWNED
01:26:27 BY THE CITY AND THE LAND IS THROUGH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
01:26:28 COMMISSION. THE POMEROY CENTER WAS FOUNDED
01:26:31 BY JANET POMEROY IN 1952 AT A TIME WHEN MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH
01:26:38 DISABILITIES WERE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY LIFE
01:26:42 AND OFTEN INSTITUTIONALIZED. >> IN FOUNDING THE CENTER,
01:26:47 JANET POMEROY AIMED TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR PROGRAMS
01:26:51 THAT SERVE CHILDREN ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES SENIORS.
01:26:55 THE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE RECREATION ATIONAL
01:26:58 VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH
01:27:03 DISABILITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ENCOURAGE
01:27:04 SELF-EXPRESSION, PROMOTE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH
01:27:08 AND LEAD TO GREATER INDEPENDENCE.
01:27:11 TODAY THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SUPPORT NEARLY
01:27:15 2000 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK. SOME OF POMEROY CENTER'S
01:27:19 IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR
01:27:23 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WHO ATTEND S.F. SCHOOL THROUGHOUT
01:27:27 THE DAY OFFERING A SAFE, ACTIVE ,ENGAGING PLACE TO LEARN TO
01:27:31 PLAY, TO HOLD RELATIONSHIP UPS. THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM WHICH
01:27:36 PROVIDES ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WITH SAFE, STABLE
01:27:39 HOUSING AND INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT.
01:27:40 >> THE AQUATICS PROGRAM A POOL AND SWIMMING PROGRAM THAT
01:27:43 SERVES BOTH THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND THE BROADER
01:27:48 COMMUNITY. PARTICULARLY CHILDREN
01:27:51 AND SENIORS. AND THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
01:27:54 PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES
01:27:58 TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. >> WE CELEBRATE THE POMEROY
01:28:02 CENTER FOR THIS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH BECAUSE ITS WORK IS
01:28:06 ABOUT UPLIFTING AND HONORING THE HISTORY, THE EXPERIENCES,
01:28:10 THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
01:28:13 AND OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
01:28:17 DISABILITY LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE.
01:28:20 >> FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DISABILITY IT IS A VERY DIVERSE
01:28:25 THING. THIS MONTH IS A CHANCE FOR US
01:28:29 TO CELEBRATE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE
01:28:32 THE CHALLENGES FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY FACE STILL.
01:28:36 >> THE PRIMARY CENTER IS A DEEPLY ADMIRABLE EXAMPLE OF HOW
01:28:40 AN ORGANIZATION WORKING TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH
01:28:44 DISABILITIES CAN GROW AND THRIVE AND HELP PEOPLE
01:28:48 CONNECT WITH OTHERS. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE HOW
01:28:49 IMPRESSED I AM WITH THE STAFF AT THE POMEROY CENTER WHO TRULY
01:28:53 SERVE WITH PURPOSE, WITH LOVE, WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE
01:29:00 MISSION OF THE CENTER. THEY ARE A LARGE PART OF WHY
01:29:01 THIS SPACE IS SO WARM AND WELCOMING.
01:29:04 FAMILIES FEEL TRULY CONNECTED TO THE CENTER AND THAT IS ONLY
01:29:08 POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE INTENTION ALITY OF THE
01:29:12 RELATIONSHIPS THAT GET BUILT HERE.
01:29:13 I WANT TO CELEBRATE THE POMEROY CENTER FOR ITS MORE THAN 70
01:29:18 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
01:29:23 SAN FRANCISCO'S DISABILITY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CITY
01:29:27 AT LARGE. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
01:29:28 PRESENT JILLIAN MUELLER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
01:29:32 AND COMMUNICATE AND DAVID DREW PINSKY, CEO AND JJ KIN WHO WILL
01:29:39 SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE IN THE POMEROY
01:29:44 CENTER. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
01:29:45 SERVICE, THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR CARE FOR THE
01:29:48 COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:29:57 GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT VANDEMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
01:30:01 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON BEHALF OF THE POMEROY CENTER.
01:30:04 THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR ORGANIZATION DURING DISABILITY
01:30:06 PRIDE MONTH. >> WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL
01:30:09 TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE
01:30:12 AND FRIEND TO POMEROY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND WE ARE
01:30:16 INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY.
01:30:17 >> THIS RECOGNITION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REFLECTS
01:30:21 SOMETHING REALLY EXTRAORDINARY .
01:30:24 HISTORY HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN KIND TO THE DISABILITY
01:30:26 COMMUNITY WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE OFTEN BEEN EXCLUDED, IGNORED
01:30:29 AND HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC LIFE. >> THIS COMMENDATION SHOWS THAT
01:30:33 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SEES VALUES AND CELEBRATES THIS
01:30:38 COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY MAKE
01:30:41 EVERY DAY. >> POMEROY WE CREATE
01:30:44 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
01:30:46 DISABILITIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, DEVELOP LIFE
01:30:50 SKILLS, EXPRESS THEMSELVES, FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT,
01:30:54 STAY ACTIVE AND OF COURSE HAVE FUN.
01:30:57 WE ALSO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES THAT OFFER SAFE
01:31:01 AND SUPPORTIVE HOMES WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN BUILD
01:31:02 INDEPENDENCE WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING CONNECTED TO THE
01:31:05 POMEROY COMMUNITY. >> OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT
01:31:06 ONLY INVOLVED THAT POMEROY. THEY ALSO VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT
01:31:10 THE BAY AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE GROUP
01:31:13 VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK
01:31:14 AND DELIVERS MEALS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA SHARING THEIR TIME
01:31:18 AND TALENTS WHILE MAKING A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE
01:31:21 LIVES OF OTHERS. >> OUR IMPACT AS SUPERVISOR
01:31:24 MELGAR SAID, EXTENDS TO THE BROADER PUBLIC WITH OUR 92
01:31:27 DEGREE SALTWATER POOL WE PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC SWIMMING
01:31:28 SENIOR PROGRAMS AND CHILDREN'S SWIM LESSONS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL
01:31:32 AGES AND ALL ABILITIES. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
01:31:36 WE PLAN TO EXPAND OUR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROGRAM SO
01:31:39 MORE PARTICIPANTS CAN HAVE SAFE STABLE HOMES FOR FAMILIES WITH
01:31:44 A CHILD OR A SIBLING WITH A DISABILITY.
01:31:47 HOUSING CAN BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF FEAR AND ANXIETY, ESPECIALLY
01:31:49 WHEN THEY ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
01:31:51 WE ARE COMMITTED TO EASING THAT BIER BY CREATING MORE LONG TERM
01:31:55 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES SO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN REMAIN
01:31:57 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND STAY CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE AND THE
01:31:59 PLACES THEY KNOW AND LOVE. WE ALSO HOPE TO ONE DAY OPEN AN
01:32:04 INCLUSIVE, INCLUSIVE OF PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE ON SITE
01:32:07 WHERE CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES AGES 0 TO 5 CAN
01:32:10 LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER FROM AN EARLY AGE.
01:32:13 >> TODAY POMEROY SERVES MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE EACH WEEK BUT
01:32:17 OUR TRUE IMPACT IS FOUND IN THE SMALL MOMENTS OF COMPETENCE,
01:32:21 CONNECTION, INDEPENDENCE AND BELONGING THAT HAPPEN HERE
01:32:24 EACH DAY. >> THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE BOARD
01:32:26 OF SUPERVISORS FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION
01:32:29 AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR YOUR
01:32:30 CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
01:32:32 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JJ WHO'S ONE OF OUR
01:32:36 PARTICIPANTS AT POMEROY TO GIVE HER WORDS ON THE HER EXPERIENCE
01:32:38 AT POMEROY TO UP TO NOON. MY NAME IS JJ.
01:32:46 I AM PROUD TO BE A POSITIVE PET AT THE PALMERSTON DAY DOJO.
01:32:54 MY MOTHER MET MODEL AND SERVICES GO BOARD OF
01:32:59 SUPERVISORS FOR OUR PATHWAY TO DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH.
01:33:05 >> PAUL HAS HELPED ME GROW BECAUSE PARTLY BECAUSE OF
01:33:09 POMONA I HAVE A JOB AT NO TO AND I'M PROUD TO WORK AND BE
01:33:13 PART OF MY COMMUNITY. >> MY JOB GIVES ME ALERTS
01:33:20 AND HELPS ME BE MORE INDEPENDENT.
01:33:28 >> PAUL MIGHT ALSO WHAT HAS ALSO HELPED ME MAKE WELL.
01:33:32 WONDERFUL FRIENDS ARE TO TO NEW TUNES GO ON FUN COMMUNITY
01:33:40 OUTINGS AND ACTIVITIES I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD DO.
01:33:43 >> I FEEL INCLUDED. I FEEL SUPPORTED.
01:33:47 I FEEL LIKE I BELONG ON DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH MOMENTS
01:33:55 AS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE DRAPES COLORED AND DREAMS
01:34:01 WITH THE WHITE SUPPORT WE CAN WORK, MAKE FRIENDS, BE PART OF
01:34:07 OUR COMMUNITIES AND LIVE FOR A MYRIAD OF LIVES.
01:34:14 >> GET YOUR BALL THAT IS A PALM AND BOARD SUPPORTED PEOPLE LIKE
01:34:17 ME. IT HAS TO DISTRICT NINE
01:35:23 SUPERVISOR FIELDER. THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT
01:35:25 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON YOUR WALL ZIMMERMAN AND PLEASE COME
01:35:29 TO THE PODIUM. COLLEAGUES I'M THRILLED TODAY
01:35:35 TO COMMEND ON YOUR WALLY ZIMMERMAN WHO AMONG THE MANY
01:35:40 ROLES THEY PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE FOUNDER
01:35:42 AND COORDINATOR OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION.
01:35:46 >> TODAY AFTER PASSING THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT
01:35:47 IS FITTING TO HONOR ANNA FOR THEIR WORK BRINGING US ALL
01:35:51 TOGETHER TO PROTECT VITAL SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
01:35:54 >> AT THE HELM OF PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION WHICH
01:35:57 REPRESENTS OVER 150 ORGANIZATIONS CITYWIDE SPANNING
01:36:01 THE SPECTRUM OF SERVICES IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE THAT
01:36:05 THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD CONSENSUS AMONG PARTNERS
01:36:08 AND GET TO AGREEMENT ON PRIORITIES FOR ADVOCACY
01:36:12 AND THEY ACCOMPLISH THIS DURING AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING
01:36:13 DEFICIT YEAR WHEN WE WERE INITIALLY FACING PROPOSED
01:36:17 MASSIVE CUTS TO SAN FRANCISCO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND EXTENSIVE
01:36:21 LAYOFFS OF CITY WORKERS. INSTEAD, DUE TO AUDIENCE
01:36:24 EXPERTISE ON THE CITY BUDGET AND PROCESS AS THEY LED THE WAY
01:36:28 IN ENSURING THE RESTORATION OF $28 MILLION IN CUTS TO
01:36:31 COMMUNITY SERVICES ON YEAR HAS BEEN NO STRANGER TO CITY HALL
01:36:35 BUDGET SEASON FOR THE PAST SIX BUDGET YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN
01:36:39 ADVOCATING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN OUR
01:36:42 CITY. THEY BEGAN THEIR TIME AS AN
01:36:43 INTERN FOR FORMER SUPERVISOR DEAN PRESTON IN THE DISTRICT
01:36:46 FIVE OFFICE BACK IN 2020 AT AGE 18 AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WITH
01:36:50 THE OFFICE OF FORMER SUPERVISOR RONAN WHO WAS BUDGET CHAIR AT
01:36:54 THE TIME IN THE ROLE OF BUDGET FELLOW.
01:36:57 >> THEY LEARN THE ROPES, PORED OVER SPREADSHEETS AND BUILT
01:37:00 RELATIONSHIPS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND AMONG STAKEHOLDERS
01:37:04 OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE BECOME A MASTER OF
01:37:06 BUDGETS AND SPREADSHEETS WHILE A FELLOW ON REALIZE THE NEED
01:37:12 FOR A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS WHERE RESIDENTS AND THE
01:37:14 ORGANIZATION IN SERVING THEM SHAPE HOW OUR MONEY IS SPENT
01:37:18 THEY WENT TO WORK CREATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD
01:37:21 BECOME THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION OTHER THAN THE
01:37:25 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND CHAIR CHAN ANA KNOWS THE BUDGET
01:37:28 AND BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS LIKE NO OTHER IN THIS BUILDING
01:37:33 . >> BUT ANA ALSO KNOWS THE
01:37:34 COMMUNITY THE NEEDS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND HOW TO
01:37:37 BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PROTECT
01:37:40 THESE VITAL SUPPORTS PROVIDED BY SO MANY AMAZING COMMUNITY
01:37:44 BASED ORGANIZATIONS DUE TO THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE
01:37:48 COLLECTIVE PARTNERSHIP OF PEOPLE'S BUDGET MEMBERS
01:37:49 AND NEGOTIATION WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR BUDGET
01:37:53 STAFFERS, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT FOR
01:37:56 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT FOR
01:37:59 PEOPLE ESPECIALLY SYSTEM INVOLVED YOUTH CASE MANAGEMENT
01:38:00 RECOVERING SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND SUPPORTIVE
01:38:04 SERVICES CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUPPORT FOR ADULTS IN THE
01:38:08 MISSION MOBILE HEALTH CARE, SDI TESTING AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION
01:38:12 FOR SEX WORKERS TRAININGS AND JOB CONNECTIONS FOR OLDER
01:38:15 ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
01:38:16 HOUSING SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING GENDER BASED
01:38:20 VIOLENCE SUPPORT FOR CULTURE DISTRICTS AND COMMERCIAL
01:38:23 CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION AND SO MUCH MORE ON YOU.
01:38:27 YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THE WORK YOU DID TO MAKE ALL THIS
01:38:29 HAPPEN. WE KNOWN AS A COALITION AND IT
01:38:32 TAKES A VILLAGE BUT WHAT YOU BRING TO THIS WORK IS A
01:38:35 RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AN UNPARALLELED GRASP
01:38:39 OF CITY BUDGETING AND NUMBERS AND A DEEP LOVE FOR COMMUNITY.
01:38:43 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
01:38:47 YOU AT CITY HALL NEXT YEAR DURING BUDGET SEASON AND TO
01:38:51 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT OUR VITAL SERVICES.
01:38:54 >> CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO SEE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
01:38:56 ROSTER. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:39:01 >> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR ADVOCACY
01:39:05 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I REALLY APPRECIATED YOU
01:39:07 HOSTING THE TOWN HALL IN THE TENDERLOIN AND I THINK WHAT IT
01:39:11 SPOKE TO IS THAT YOU PROACTIVELY BROUGHT TOGETHER SO
01:39:14 MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES NOT JUST IN THE TENDERLOIN BUT
01:39:17 ACROSS DISTRICT FIVE AND ELEVATED VOICES AND ISSUES
01:39:21 THAT TOO OFTEN ARE FORGOTTEN AS PART OF BUDGET PROCESSES.
01:39:24 EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING TO TENANT PROTECTIONS TO FOOD
01:39:28 SECURITY. >> AND IT REALLY FELT LIKE ONE
01:39:32 OF THE LARGEST TOWN HALLS WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:39:35 BUT IT SPOKE TO GIVING A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.
01:39:39 AND ALSO EXPLAINING THE BUDGET PROCESS WHICH CAN BE EXTREMELY
01:39:43 COMPLICATED. BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS A
01:39:47 CONVERSATION ABOUT REVENUE AND REVENUE AND MAKING IT
01:39:51 REALLY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE THERE EVEN MONOLINGUAL SPEAKERS
01:39:52 WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
01:39:55 >> AND BECAUSE OF THAT EDUCATION AND BECAUSE OF THAT
01:39:59 ADVOCACY, I DO THINK THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR WAS ABLE
01:40:03 TO REPRESENT WHAT THE PEOPLE NEEDED AS WELL.
01:40:07 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ADVOCACY SUPERVISOR, FIELDER
01:40:11 SAID WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE OUTCOME HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU
01:40:14 AND YOUR COALITION. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:40:15 SUPERVISOR JEN. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
01:40:19 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR OFFERING
01:40:22 THIS SPECIAL COMMENDATION TO ANGEL AND YOUR WORK ON BUDGET
01:40:26 THIS YEAR AND DURING PREVIOUS YEARS AS A LARGE PART HOW THIS
01:40:30 SPORT HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
01:40:34 SO YOUR VOICE, YOUR ADVOCACY HAVE HELPED TO ENSURE THAT WE
01:40:38 DON'T WAVER AND THAT WE PROTECT THE DIRECT ESSENTIAL SERVICES
01:40:45 THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HAVE RELIED ON FOR
01:40:49 DECADES. >> YOU KEPT PEOPLE CALM.
01:40:50 WHY STILL REMAINING FIRM AND STEADFAST?
01:40:54 YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD OF YOUR COALITION
01:40:58 BUILDING AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
01:41:01 >> AND I KNOW FOR MY DISTRICT MICHELLE LEVIN, WE ARE GRATEFUL
01:41:05 FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP DURING THIS BUDGET YEAR.
01:41:07 >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:41:12 THANK YOU. I'M ANYA WALLIS EKMAN WITH THE
01:41:16 S.F. PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION. IT'S NICE TO NOT HAVE THE TIMER
01:41:20 COUNTING DOWN WHILE I SPEAK UP HERE.
01:41:21 RARELY. >> I HAVE VERY MUCH GROWN UP
01:41:24 IN CITY HALL. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 18.
01:41:28 MY SEVENTH BUDGET YEAR AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
01:41:32 EXCEEDED THE BUDGET PROUD OF WHAT WE ALL DID TOGETHER
01:41:36 BECAUSE TRULY IT TOOK EACH ONE OF YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
01:41:39 OF SUPERVISORS I SAW EACH ONE OF YOU FIGHT IN A WAY THAT I'VE
01:41:43 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. FIGHTING NOT JUST FOR YOUR
01:41:47 DISTRICT OR FOR ONE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS IMPORTANT
01:41:50 TO YOU. EACH OF YOU FOUGHT FOR A
01:41:53 COMMUNITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT DESPERATELY NEEDED YOUR VOICE
01:41:57 AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND A COUNTRY THAT IS DEMOLISHING
01:42:01 PEOPLE'S VOICE AND PEOPLE'S LEADERSHIP.
01:42:02 >> YOU GIVE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ACCESS TO CITY HALL
01:42:05 THROUGH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH STAYING ATTENTIVE TO
01:42:09 OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THROUGH WELCOMING US IN AND ALLOWING US
01:42:13 TO MAKE A BUNCH OF NOISE IN THE HALLWAY AND INTERRUPT YOU
01:42:17 AND ANNOY YOU AND BOTHER YOU. YOU LET WORKING CLASS PEOPLE
01:42:20 NOW THIS YEAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER THAT WHEN THEY GET
01:42:24 INVOLVED THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
01:42:28 WE'VE LET PEOPLE KNOW THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE
01:42:31 SAVED EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT WAS GOING TO CLOSE THAT IS NOT
01:42:35 GOING TO HAPPEN AND DID NOT HAPPEN ON JULY 1ST AND THAT IS
01:42:40 BECAUSE OF YOU. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN REMEMBER
01:42:43 AND HOLD THIS TOGETHER AS THE FUTURE FIGHTS COME AHEAD AS IT
01:42:47 CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGING. I HOPE ALL OF US CAN REMEMBER
01:42:51 THE WINS THIS YEAR AND THE LESSON THAT IT TAUGHT TO
01:42:55 WORKING CLASS SAN FRANCISCO. WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR
01:42:58 CITY GOVERNMENT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
01:42:59 WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE BUDGET YOU CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S
01:43:03 LIVES RADICALLY. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS LESSON
01:43:07 FOR WORKING CLASS SAN FRANCISCO TO KNOW WHICH IS THAT WHEN WE
01:43:10 FIGHT WE WIN. AND SO WE WILL BE BACK OF
01:43:14 COURSE WE'LL BE BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR UNTIL THE WORK IS
01:43:18 DONE BECAUSE PEOPLE'S BUDGET IS A BROAD COALITION THAT IS SO
01:43:21 MUCH MORE THAN JUST MYSELF THOUGH I AM SO HONORED WITH THE
01:43:26 LEADERSHIP THAT THEY ALLOW ME TO HAVE AS SUCH A YOUNG PERSON
01:43:29 WHO CAN MAKE MISTAKES CERTAINLY THE COALITION BACKING ME UP HAS
01:43:34 GIVEN ME A VOICE TO SAY WHAT MANY OF US FOR MANY YEARS HAVE
01:43:38 BEEN CHANTING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WHICH IS THAT IN SAN
01:43:41 FRANCISCO WE CAN DO BETTER. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.
01:43:45 WE CAN HAVE UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE.
01:43:48 WE CAN HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
01:43:49 WE CAN GET TO ZERO ON HIV. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ELDERS
01:43:53 OUT ON THE STREET. WE CAN FEED EVERY CHILD.
01:43:56 WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT IN MORE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE CAN DO
01:44:00 IT MOST OF ALL WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
01:44:03 AND SO I THINK MOST OF ALL SUPERVISOR FIELDER IT IS
01:44:07 INCREDIBLE TO HAVE YOU BACK AND TO HAVE OUR CHAMPION BACK
01:44:09 IN CITY HALL AND ESPECIALLY TO SUPERVISOR CHAN AS WELL INTO
01:44:13 EVERY SUPERVISOR WHO HELD A TOWN HALL WITH US.
01:44:16 YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. YOUR CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE
01:44:19 DO CITY GOVERNMENT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND RECLAIMING OUR
01:44:23 ROLE AS SAN FRANCISCO AS THE LEADER IN DEMOCRACY MOST OF
01:44:27 ALL. AND I THINK OF COURSE MY
01:44:30 WONDERFUL MOTHER A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERSELF WHO
01:44:34 HAS PASSED ON TO ME JUST A PORTION OF THE STRENGTH THAT
01:44:38 SHE WAS BLESSED WITH AND THAT I CARRY WITH ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:44:41 SO SHE IS THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU
01:44:43 ESPECIALLY TO SUPERVISOR FIELDER SUPERVISOR PRESTON WHO
01:44:46 ORIGINALLY BROUGHT ME INTO CITY HALL AND TRAINED ME IN THE
01:44:51 FIRST PLACE. SUPERVISOR RONAN FOR TEACHING
01:44:54 ME THE BUDGET AND TO MY PARTNER D.O. FOR SUPPORTING ME FOR
01:44:57 ENDLESS ENDLESS DAYS. >> HE KNOWS ALL OF YOUR NAMES
01:44:58 WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS TO. >> SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
01:45:02 AND THANK YOU. I ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF MY
01:45:05 COALITION AND ON BEHALF OF EVERY WORKING CLASS PERSON WHO
01:45:09 CAME TO CITY HALL AND GOT TO SEE A VISION OF WHAT IT WOULD
01:45:14 BE LIKE FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE TO REALLY CONTROL CITY
01:45:16 HALL. >> THANK YOU
01:45:52 . ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, I HAVE
01:45:56 TO TODAY A RETIRING OR A RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE OF GREAT
01:46:01 EXCELLENCE AND THEN AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION.
01:46:07 FIRST I'M GOING TO INVITE EILEEN LOFGREN TO COME ON.
01:46:21 >> YOU CAN'T BE LEAVING US. >> THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS, EILEEN.
01:46:26 LUCKY ME. I AM HONORED TO PRESENT A
01:46:30 COMMENDATION RECOGNIZING EILEEN FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES OF
01:46:34 WORK ON SOME OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST PUBLIC HEALTH
01:46:37 CHALLENGES INCLUDING OVERDOSES ,HIV, HEPATITIS C
01:46:42 AND HOMELESSNESS. >> IF IT'S HARD IN SAN
01:46:45 FRANCISCO HAS TO DEAL WITH IT. EILEEN HAS PROBABLY BEEN HAVING
01:46:47 TO DEAL WITH IT FROM THE START OF HER CAREER.
01:46:50 >> SHE HAS CHAMPIONED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
01:46:53 HISTORICALLY BEEN MARGINALIZED, STIGMATIZED OR OVERLOOKED.
01:46:54 AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SHE'D WORKED IN THE
01:46:58 FORMER HIV PREVENTION SECTION THE COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY
01:47:01 AND PROMOTION BRANCH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
01:47:04 HELPING STRENGTHEN THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPACITY TO
01:47:06 PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE SERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS, THOSE
01:47:09 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OTHERS FACING SYSTEMIC
01:47:12 HEALTH INEQUITIES. >> AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
01:47:16 OVERDOSE PREVENTION, EILEEN BUILT ON THAT PREVIOUS WORK
01:47:17 AND EXPERIENCE GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF
01:47:20 OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. BEFORE HER RETIREMENT IN JUNE,
01:47:28 EILEEN SERVED AS COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER WHERE SHE
01:47:29 CONTINUED TO ADVANCE HIV OVERDOSE AND HEP C PREVENTION
01:47:33 EFFORTS IN EVERY ROLE. EILEEN EMPHASIZED BUILDING
01:47:36 PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITHIN THE
01:47:39 DEPARTMENT ENSURING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES WERE NOT
01:47:41 ONLY GROUNDED IN SCIENCE BUT ALSO INFORMED BY THE LIVED
01:47:44 EXPERIENCES AND NEEDS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST VULNERABLE
01:47:47 RESIDENTS. HER ABILITY TO LISTEN BUILD
01:47:48 TRUST AND CONNECT WITH SAN FRANCISCANS FROM ALL
01:47:51 BACKGROUNDS HELPED SHAPE MORE RESPONSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH
01:47:55 POLICIES THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. EILEEN ALSO SUPPORTED THE NEXT
01:47:59 GENERATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS STRENGTHENED
01:48:00 COLLABORATION ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT AND HELPED FOSTER A
01:48:03 CULTURE CENTERED ON COMPASSION, PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION.
01:48:09 WITH DEEP RESPECT AND GRATITUDE.
01:48:10 WE THANK YOU, EILEEN, FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITY
01:48:14 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:48:17 >> THANK YOU. WAY TO MAKE AN INTROVERT FEEL
01:48:33 COMFORTABLE. >> YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME.
01:48:34 ANYWAY, THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDOLIN AND MEMBERS OF THE
01:48:37 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'M SO DEEPLY HONORED TO BE
01:48:41 RECOGNIZED TODAY FOR MY 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE
01:48:44 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE
01:48:48 THAT SUCCESS IS NEVER A SOLO ACHIEVEMENT.
01:48:52 IT'S A TEAM EFFORT AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
01:48:55 COUNTLESS COLLEAGUES CITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY
01:48:58 STAKEHOLDERS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO COLLABORATE WITH
01:49:02 COLLABORATE WITH OVER THE DECADES.
01:49:03 >> SAN FRANCISCO IS MY HOME. >> I MOVED HERE VERY YOUNG
01:49:07 AND I GREW UP HERE AND I'VE CALLED THIS CITY HOME FOR
01:49:10 NEARLY 40 YEARS. AS A YOUNG ADULT I WORKED MY
01:49:14 WAY THROUGH CITY COLLEGE IN SAN FRANCISCO STATE DETERMINED TO
01:49:17 BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS.
01:49:21 >> I STILL REMEMBER THIS YEAR EXCITEMENT OF LANDING MY FIRST
01:49:25 ROLE WITH A PART TIME NON BENEFITED POSITION ON AN HIV
01:49:29 PREVENTION RESEARCH STUDY. >> WHAT BEGAN AS A TEMPORARY
01:49:34 ASSIGNMENT BECAME AN INCREDIBLE 28 YEAR JOURNEY AND OVER TIME
01:49:38 MY WORK HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FROM HIV PREVENTION TO OVERDOSE
01:49:45 PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
01:49:46 AND MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SIMPLE TO BRING PEOPLE
01:49:50 TOGETHER CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, GROW AND BUILD
01:49:53 LASTING PARTNERSHIPS. >> HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN
01:49:58 A DIVIDE BETWEEN HARM REDUCTION AND RECOVERY.
01:50:02 AND DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS DURING MY CAREER TO BRIDGE THAT
01:50:06 GAP, I'VE OFTEN FOUND MYSELF NAVIGATING A BROADER CONFLICT.
01:50:10 >> THIS MISSION TOO WAS DEEPLY PERSONAL AND IS DEEPLY PERSONAL
01:50:14 TO ME. HAVING LOST MANY LOVED ONES TO
01:50:18 OVERDOSE AND HAVING ALSO CELEBRATED MANY OTHERS WHO ARE
01:50:22 THRIVING IN RECOVERY, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT A VARIETY OF
01:50:26 APPROACHES ARE VITAL TO A PERSON'S JOURNEY.
01:50:30 >> REGRETTABLY, THE CIVIL SERVANTS AND FRONTLINE STAFF
01:50:34 WHO LEAD THIS VITAL WORK HAVE INCREASINGLY BECOME TARGETS OF
01:50:40 HOSTILITY BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
01:50:41 AND UNFORTUNATE. I EXPERIENCED THAT BACKLASH
01:50:45 FIRSTHAND SIMPLY FOR CHAMPIONING ENDING THESE LIFE
01:50:49 SAVING EFFORTS. >> YET SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS
01:50:52 BEEN A GLOBAL TRAILBLAZER AND I HOPE OUR CITY CONTINUES TO LEAD
01:50:57 BY STANDING FIRM IN OUR CORE VALUES.
01:51:01 SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT BULLYING OVER DIFFERING
01:51:05 OPINIONS HAS NO PLACE HERE. >> WHILE MY TIME AT EPA HAS
01:51:09 ENDED, I KNOW I WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MANY OF YOU AS I EMBRACE
01:51:15 MY NEXT CHAPTER AS A PROUD LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN
01:51:19 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF
01:51:22 SERVING THE CITY ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
01:51:24 SAN FRANCISCO FOR THESE PAST 28 YEARS.
01:51:27 AND I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT I'LL SEE SUPERVISOR MENDHAM
01:51:31 BECAUSE WE SEE EACH OTHER EVERYWHERE.
01:51:32 >> SO THANK YOU FOR DID YOU WANT TO GO BACK?
01:51:57 OKAY, WE'RE GOING BACK INSIDE. COME ON.
01:52:02 OKAY. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
01:52:10 . I THINK YOU SEE MANY PEOPLE
01:52:11 FROM THE DEPARTMENT HERE, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
01:52:14 I HAVE WORKED WITH EILEEN FOR FAR LONGER THAN I HAVE AND YET
01:52:16 IN MY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR I'VE QUICKLY COME TO KNOW HOW
01:52:22 INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE YOU ARE.
01:52:26 AND I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR GRACE, YOUR
01:52:29 COMPASSION, YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR DESIRE TO BRIDGE DIFFERENT
01:52:34 POINTS OF VIEW AND ULTIMATELY ALWAYS TO MAKE SURE WE CARE FOR
01:52:39 THE PEOPLE WE CARE FOR HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:52:42 SO I THINK THE FOLKS THAT WORK WITH YOU BOTH AT THE DEPARTMENT
01:52:46 AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE SEEN THAT AND WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE
01:52:49 TO FILL EXACTLY THE HOLE THAT YOU ARE LEAVING HERE.
01:52:53 AND I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON.
01:52:57 SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE MISS YOU AND WE WISH YOU WERE STILL
01:53:01 WITH US. SO BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
01:53:04 >> THANK YOU. >> LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN
01:54:01 . >> ALL RIGHT.
01:54:02 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE JINGLING CANTONESE OPERA
01:54:06 COMPANY TO COME ON UP. SHUBIN CHEN AND ANYBODY WITH
01:54:13 YOU? >> COME ON UP.
01:54:23 >> THERE WE GO. EXCELLENT.
01:54:26 >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY
01:54:31 GREAT HONOR TO BE PRESENTING A COMMENDATION TO THE JING
01:54:35 IN CANTONESE OPERA INSTITUTE TODAY.
01:54:39 FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES, JINGJING HAS WORKED TO PRESERVE
01:54:42 THE CENTURIES OLD TRADITION OF CANTONESE OPERA.
01:54:44 WHILE INTRODUCING THIS ART FORM TO NEW GENERATIONS
01:54:47 AND AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA.
01:54:50 CANTONESE OPERA IS A TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE ART
01:54:51 THAT COMBINES SINGING LIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, ACTING
01:54:54 MARTIAL ARTS ACROBATICS AND ELABORATE COSTUMES TO TELL
01:54:59 STORIES DRAWN FROM HISTORY, FOLKLORE, ROMANCE AND EVERYDAY
01:55:02 LIFE. ALTHOUGH IT ORIGINATED IN THE
01:55:06 CANTONESE SPEAKING REGIONS OF SOUTHERN CHINA, IT HAS SINCE
01:55:09 SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD AS CHINESE IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT
01:55:11 SONGS PERFORMANCES AND STORIES ABROAD WITH THEM.
01:55:14 THE FIRST KNOWN PERFORMANCE OF CANTONESE OPERA IN AMERICA
01:55:17 ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN THE HONG TONG
01:55:21 CHINESE DRAMATIC COMPANY PERFORMED IN THE SANSOM THEATER
01:55:25 IN 1852. IN RECOGNITION OF ITS CULTURAL
01:55:29 SIGNIFICANCE, CANTONESE OPERA WAS INSCRIBED IN UNESCO'S
01:55:33 REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF
01:55:36 THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY.
01:55:39 IN 2009, DESPITE ITS SIGNIFICANCE, HISTORY
01:55:40 AND POPULARITY WITHIN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, HOWEVER,
01:55:43 OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT CANTONESE OPERA
01:55:47 ARE LIMITED IN THE UNITED STATES.
01:55:48 SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1997 BEING ONE OF THE FEW
01:55:51 ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEDICATED
01:55:54 SPECIFICALLY TO PRESENTING CANTONESE OPERA TO BROADER
01:55:58 AUDIENCES HAS WORKED TO ENSURE THIS TRADITION CONTINUES TO BE
01:56:01 PERFORMED, TAUGHT AND SHARED WITH NEW AUDIENCES.
01:56:05 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF FOUNDER AND MUSIC DIRECTOR SHUBIN CHEN,
01:56:09 A FIFTH GENERATION GENERATION CANTONESE OPERA MUSICIAN
01:56:13 JINGJING HAS HOSTED REGULAR PERFORMANCES OF CANTONESE OPERA
01:56:17 COMPLETE WITH A TRADITIONAL CANTONESE OPERA ORCHESTRA
01:56:20 ELABORATE EMBROIDERED COSTUMES AND HEADPIECES MARTIAL ARTS
01:56:25 AND MORE. THROUGH PERFORMANCES AT VENUES
01:56:28 SUCH AS THE HISTORIC GREAT STAR THEATER AND PARTICIPATION
01:56:32 IN CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS INCLUDING AAPI HERITAGE MONTH,
01:56:35 THE INSTITUTE HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF SAN
01:56:39 FRANCISCO'S ARTS AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, DRAWING MORE THAN
01:56:42 800 AUDIENCE MEMBERS EACH YEAR. JINGJING ALSO HOSTS MORE
01:56:45 INTIMATE SALONS AND WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND CONNECTING NOT
01:56:49 ONLY ESTABLISHED PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS BUT ALSO MEMBERS
01:56:51 OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CANTONESE
01:56:54 OPERA JANG'S WORK, HOWEVER, GOES BEYOND PRESERVATION.
01:56:58 PART OF THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT CANTONESE
01:57:01 OPERA REACHES NEW AUDIENCES EVOLVING AND GROWING AS A
01:57:03 LIVING TRADITION RATHER THAN REMAINING A RELIC OF THE PAST.
01:57:06 THROUGH BILINGUAL PERFORMANCES WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES,
01:57:10 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING AND INTERACTIVE TALKBACK
01:57:13 SESSIONS, THE THE INSTITUTE INTRODUCES AUDIENCES OF ALL
01:57:16 BACKGROUNDS TO THE HISTORY, ARTISTRY AND CULTURAL
01:57:18 SIGNIFICANCE OF CANTONESE OPERA AT THEIR ANNUAL FESTIVAL THIS
01:57:21 MAY JING BROUGHT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
01:57:25 FROM ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. MANY OF WHOM WERE NOT OF
01:57:28 CHINESE HERITAGE INCLUDING MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR SÖDER ON
01:57:32 STAGE TO PERFORM FRAGRANT SACRIFICE ONE OF THE MOST
01:57:36 ICONIC SONGS IN THE CANTONESE OPERA REPERTOIRE.
01:57:39 >> IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY NERVE
01:57:43 WRACKING BUT I THINK ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS WERE
01:57:47 GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRADITION
01:57:50 AND AN EVENT LIKE THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF AN
01:57:52 ORGANIZATION UNLIKE JINGJING WHICH ACTIVELY WORKS TO MAKE
01:57:55 CANTONESE OPERA ACCESSIBLE TO BROADER AUDIENCES AND TO
01:57:59 ENCOURAGE NEW AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE WITH THE ART FORM.
01:58:02 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT THE JING AND CANTONESE OPERA
01:58:04 INSTITUTE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND WITH THAT I WANT TO IN WELL
01:58:09 KNOW I ACTUALLY WANT TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO WEIGH IN OTHER
01:58:13 PEOPLE WANT TO TALK. >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER WELL THANK
01:58:14 YOU PRESIDENT GENTLEMAN FOR BRINGING THIS HONOR BEFORE US.
01:58:17 >> IT IS WELL-EARNED AND DESERVED.
01:58:18 I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK TO CARRY THIS LEGACY ON AND TO
01:58:22 MAKE SURE THAT IT REACHES EVERYONE.
01:58:25 AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO TO
01:58:29 PARTICIPATE, IT WAS A TREASURED MEMORY THAT THAT ALL THAT WILL
01:58:36 ALWAYS LIVE ON WITH ME AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO PATIENT
01:58:40 ,SUPPORTIVE, KIND AND WELCOMING ME INTO YOUR
01:58:41 SPACE. AND WE JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE
01:58:44 CONCERT THERE AT GREAT STAR THEATER.
01:58:45 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO CARRY THIS
01:58:48 LEGACY FORWARD. >> AND SUPERVISOR CHEN, THANK
01:58:51 YOU. CIVIL RIGHTS OF MY MOMENT.
01:58:56 YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN CANTON, YOU KNOW ALSO
01:58:59 GREW UP IN KENT. CANTONESE OPERA I, I REALLY
01:59:03 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE WHO IS SITTING HERE ACTUALLY
01:59:06 YOU KNOW, OUR RESPECTED ELDERS FOR CONTINUE A CONTINUOUS
01:59:11 EFFORT AND LOVE IN PRESERVING OUR CULTURE AND HERITAGE.
01:59:17 >> IT'S THIS PERFORMANCE IS REALLY I IT'S A VERY SPECIAL
01:59:22 WAY OF CONTINUE TO TELL THE CHINESE STORIES YOU KNOW
01:59:26 WHETHER IT'S HISTORY, IF FOLKTALES STORIES ROMANCE OR
01:59:30 LOYALTY. I HAVE A SEVEN YEAR OLD SHE
01:59:34 TRIED IT YOU KNOW LITTLE KIDS WAS TRYING IT BUT AGAIN I THINK
01:59:41 THE VOCAL LIKE THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IT'S REQUIRES A LOT OF
01:59:45 DEDICATION AND PRACTICES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT IT'S REALLY
01:59:49 HARD TO DO IT. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
01:59:50 YOU KNOW, THIS PERFORMANCE IT'S ALSO THE MAKEUP.
01:59:53 IT TAKES HOURS TO PUT IT ON IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT IS ON THE
01:59:57 STAGE AND THAT'S OUR CHINESE SAYS IT TAKES TEN YEARS OF
02:00:01 PRACTICE. IT'S JUST TO SHOW YOU TEN
02:00:04 MINUTES ON THE STAGE AND SEEING A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY
02:00:08 IT'S ALSO ENGAGING THROUGH A DING YANG'S OPERA AND IT'S TO
02:00:11 ME IT'S REALLY WARM AND ALSO FEELING REALLY GRATEFUL
02:00:16 AND EXCITED AND SEEING THAT OUR HERITAGE IS CONTINUE TO BE ABLE
02:00:19 TO CARRY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
02:00:23 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL DESERVED.
02:00:24 CONGRATULATION FOR THIS WELL DESERVED ACCOMMODATIONS.
02:00:27 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT NOW FOR THE
02:00:34 MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY THAT BRINGS US CANTONESE OPERA.
02:00:38 >> COME ON UP. THANK YOU.
02:00:39 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. >> MY NAME IS ANNIE CHEN
02:00:43 AND I'M KAITLYN CHEN, OUR DAD CUBAN CHEN WILL BE GIVING HIS
02:00:47 REMARKS IN CANTONESE VERSE AND THEN WE WILL BE GIVING OUR
02:00:51 ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
02:04:13 . >> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
02:04:14 SINCERELY THANK PRESIDENT RAFAEL MENDELSSOHN FOR
02:04:18 INITIATING THIS COMMENDATION AND THANK YOU TO THE SAN
02:04:19 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING
02:04:23 SINGING CANTONESE OPERA INSTITUTE.
02:04:26 >> TODAY'S HONOR DOES NOT BELONG TO ME ALONE.
02:04:29 IT BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE SINGING FAMILY OUR APPRENTICES,
02:04:33 OPERA FRIENDS, STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS.
02:04:37 DONORS. SPONSORS.
02:04:38 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. YOUTH PARTICIPANT ARTS
02:04:41 AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED AND BELIEVED IN US THROUGHOUT
02:04:43 THE PAST 29 YEARS. TODAY IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL
02:04:46 TO ME BECAUSE THREE GENERATIONS OF OUR CANTONESE OPERA FAMILY
02:04:50 ARE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER MY FATHER, MY WIFE AND OUR
02:04:57 CHILDREN. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE
02:04:58 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING TO MY FATHER.
02:05:02 DAD THANK YOU. IT WAS MY FATHER TOGETHER WITH
02:05:06 MY GRANDFATHER WHO INTRODUCED ME TO THE WORLD OF CANTONESE
02:05:09 OPERA. >> WHAT THEY PASSED ON TO ME
02:05:12 WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST MUSIC. THEY PASS ON A PASSION AND A
02:05:17 RESPONSIBILITY AND A MISSION TO ME THAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF
02:05:21 INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE. ON THIS OCCASION WE HOPE TO
02:05:27 SHARE A CHAPTER OF CANTONESE OPERAS HISTORY THAT MANY PEOPLE
02:05:31 EVEN HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO MAY NOT KNOW.
02:05:35 FOR MANY EARLY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS INCLUDING THE
02:05:38 RAILROAD WORKERS AND LABORERS WHO HELPED BUILD THE AMERICAN
02:05:42 WEST COUNTIES OPERA PERFORMANCES WERE AN IMPORTANT
02:05:43 WAY TO LEARN ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS AND STAY CONNECTED TO
02:05:47 NEWS FROM HOME. >> IN MANY WAYS CANTOR'S OPERA
02:05:50 SERVED AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORMS OF COMMUNITY MEDIA FOR
02:05:54 SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINESE COMMUNITY.
02:05:55 >> THIS HISTORY IS NOT ONLY THE STORY OF COUNTY'S OPERA IT IS
02:06:01 ALSO PART OF SAN FRANCISCO STORY.
02:06:02 >> TODAY'S RECOGNITION GIVES US EVEN GREATER CONFIDENCE
02:06:05 AND DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WHETHER IN PRESERVING
02:06:09 THE ART OF CANTOR'S OPERA OR EXPANDING EDUCATION
02:06:12 AND OUTREACH TO YOUNGER AUDIENCE AUDIENCES.
02:06:13 >> FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN THANK PRESIDENT
02:06:17 RAFAEL MENDELSSOHN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND EVERYONE
02:06:23 HERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
02:06:38 ALL RIGHT, COME ON OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
02:07:21 ALL RIGHT. >> OH
02:08:00 ,OKAY. AND THAT TAKES US BACK TO ITEM
02:08:09 40. AND CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO
02:08:13 EXCUSE SUPERVISOR WALTON FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING?
02:08:16 MOVED BY JEN, SECONDED BY FIELDER.
02:08:17 WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
02:08:20 SUPERVISOR WALTON IS EXCUSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
02:08:24 MEETING. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
02:08:25 ITEM NUMBER 40. YES.
02:08:28 ITEM NUMBER 40 IS A RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING THE
02:08:32 LEASE WITH THIRD STREET YOUTH CENTER AND CLINIC FOR THE
02:08:35 SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 888 POST
02:08:37 STREET FOR A TWO YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JULY 1ST, 2026
02:08:41 FOR AN ANNUAL BASE RENT OF $1 AND MAKING APPROPRIATE
02:08:44 FINDINGS. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL IN THIS
02:08:47 ITEM AND ITEM 40. >> SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
02:08:51 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN. I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I.
02:08:58 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I
02:09:02 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SOBER SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
02:09:06 AMANDA MAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR
02:09:13 SARDAR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EITHER TOO NICE OR
02:09:18 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED PLEASE
02:09:21 CALL ITEM 41 ITEM NUMBER 41 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2026
02:09:28 GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
02:09:29 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM WITH
02:09:33 ANTICIPATED REVENUE TO THE CITY IN EXCESS OF 16 MILLION
02:09:36 AND FULFILLING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REVIEW AND APPROVAL
02:09:39 PROCESS WE CAN TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
02:09:43 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEMS 42
02:09:47 AND 43 TOGETHER ITEMS 42 AND 43 OR 2 RESOLUTION SUSPENDING
02:09:52 BOARD RULE 3.20 5.2 WHICH REQUIRES AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF
02:09:56 EIGHT MEMBERS AND APPROVING SETTLEMENT OF UNLIT GUILTY
02:09:58 CLAIMS INVOLVING AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ARISING FROM
02:10:01 EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES. ITEM 42 APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT
02:10:04 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TECHNICAL
02:10:07 ENGINEERS LOCAL 21 FOR APPROXIMATELY 201,009 AND 43
02:10:12 APPROVES A SETTLEMENT WITH THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL
02:10:15 UNION LOCAL 10 TO 1 FOR APPROXIMATELY 181,000.
02:10:18 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
02:10:22 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. PLEASE CALL ITEM 44.
02:10:25 ITEM NUMBER 44 IS A MOTION ORDERING SUBMITTED TO THE
02:10:29 VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 AN
02:10:32 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE TO
02:10:37 BEGINNING MARCH 1ST 2027 ELIMINATE THE REAL PROPERTY
02:10:41 TRANSFER TAX FORECLOSURE EXEMPTION FOR THE TRANSFER OF
02:10:42 ALL PROPERTIES OTHER THAN THE TRANSFER OF RESIDENTIAL
02:10:46 AND MIXED USE PROPERTIES WITH FEW FEWER THAN FIVE RESIDENTIAL
02:10:50 UNITS AND TO MAKE OTHER NONSTOP SUBSTANTIVE CLARIFICATIONS TO
02:10:54 THE REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX AND INCREASING THE CITY'S
02:10:58 APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT BY THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY
02:11:01 TRANSFER TAX COLLECTED FOR FOUR YEARS FROM NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.
02:11:05 >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THANK YOU PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES.
02:11:09 THIS MEASURE GIVES SAN FRANCISCO THIS BEFORE YOU TODAY
02:11:12 VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER A TRANSFER TAX
02:11:15 CODE SHOULD REFLECT THE WAYS TO TODAY'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
02:11:19 MARKET OPERATES RATHER THAN THE MARKET THAT EXISTED DECADES AGO
02:11:23 . BEFORE I GO FURTHER, I WANT TO
02:11:24 THANK THE MANY PARTNERS WHO MADE THIS BALLOT MEASURE
02:11:27 POSSIBLE OUR DRAFTING CITY ATTORNEYS CARROLL REPORT
02:11:31 AND SCOTT REIBER OUR PARTNERS AT DE LA LA TEN SKI AND MAGGIE
02:11:35 MATTSON, WHOSE WORK WAS CENTRAL TO GETTING THIS MEASURE TO
02:11:39 WHERE IT IS TODAY. IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NED SEGAL
02:11:41 AND ALI BONDI COMPTROLLER WAGNER AND GRACE AND SPENCER
02:11:44 FOR THEIR RIGOROUS ANALYSIS AND ASSESSOR RECORDER JOAQUIN
02:11:48 TORRES AND HIS TEAM FOR THE DATA THAT GROUNDS THIS
02:11:52 CONVERSATION. >> I WANT TO THANK MAYOR LURIE
02:11:53 AS WELL FOR INITIATING THIS MEASURE TOGETHER AND MANY
02:11:56 CO-SPONSORS OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISORS DORSEY MELGAR, CHEN
02:12:00 WONG WALTON AND RANDLEMAN FOR STANDING BEHIND THIS MEASURE
02:12:04 AND THE GROWING LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING SEIU 10
02:12:07 TO 1, SEIU 2015 TEAMSTERS AND A GROWING LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
02:12:11 FOR SPONSORING THIS MEASURE AS WELL.
02:12:14 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMENDMENT WE ADOPTED
02:12:18 IN COMMITTEE WHICH GUARANTEES THAT IF THIS MEASURE AND ANY
02:12:21 OTHER MEASURE ADDRESSING THE TRANSFER TAX BOTH PASSED
02:12:22 IN NOVEMBER BOTH WILL GO INTO EFFECT.
02:12:26 >> THIS MEASURE ALSO COMES AT A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE CITY'S
02:12:30 FINANCES. SAN FRANCISCO IS CONFRONTING A
02:12:33 SERIOUS BUDGET CRISIS ONE THAT HAS FORCED DIFFICULT TRADE OFFS
02:12:37 ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES.
02:12:38 >> IT IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE TO ASK WHETHER OUR TAX CODE IS
02:12:42 CAPTURING REVENUE. IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO CAPTURE
02:12:45 NOT CREATING A NEW TAX BUT CLOSING A GAP THAT HAS GROWN
02:12:49 SUBSTANTIALLY AS THE MARKET HAS CHANGED.
02:12:50 >> HISTORICALLY THE FORECLOSURE EXEMPTION WAS PRIMARILY USED
02:12:53 IN TRADITIONAL LENDER FORECLOSURES WHERE A BANK TOOK
02:12:57 TITLE AND TRANSFER TAX WAS GENERALLY PAID LATER WHEN THE
02:13:00 LENDER SOLD THE PROPERTY. THE ASSESSOR RECORDER'S DATA
02:13:04 SHOWS THAT PATTERN HAS SHIFTED DRAMATICALLY BETWEEN FISCAL
02:13:05 YEARS 2223 TO 24 AND FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 26.
02:13:11 MORE THAN HALF OF EXEMPTION CLAIMS INVOLVE PROPERTIES
02:13:15 VALUED OVER $10 MILLION COMPARED TO JUST 4 TO 5% IN THE
02:13:19 PRECEDING 15 YEARS. SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS
02:13:22 STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN EXEMPTION
02:13:23 THAT WAS NEVER DESIGNED WITH THEM IN MIND.
02:13:28 DURING THAT SAME THREE YEAR PERIOD TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING
02:13:30 INCOME PRODUCING AND INVESTMENT ORIENTED PROPERTIES ACCOUNT FOR
02:13:33 MORE THAN $450 MILLION IN TRANSFER TAXES THAT
02:13:36 OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN GENERATED COMPARED WITH ROUGHLY
02:13:39 50 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR 15 YEARS COMBINED.
02:13:42 >> THE COMPTROLLER'S ESTIMATE OFFICE ESTIMATES THAT THIS
02:13:46 MEASURE WOULD INCREASE OUR REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX REVENUES
02:13:47 BY AN AVERAGE OF 100 TO $150 MILLION ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT
02:13:52 FIVE YEARS. MEANINGFUL REVENUE WE CANNOT
02:13:56 AFFORD TO LEAVE ON THE TABLE. THOUGH THE COMPTROLLER WAS
02:13:57 CANDID THAT IT WILL BE UNPREDICTABLE AND CYCLICAL TIED
02:14:01 TO FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY AND REAL ESTATE CONDITIONS.
02:14:04 >> IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE
02:14:06 EXEMPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS OR SMALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
02:14:09 IT REMAINS IN PLACE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SMALLER
02:14:12 MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES WITH FEWER THAN FIVE UNITS
02:14:13 AND QUALIFYING SMALL MIXED USE PROPERTIES.
02:14:16 THE MEASURE ASK ONLY WHETHER A LARGER COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT
02:14:20 PROPERTY TRANSFER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE SAME
02:14:21 TREATMENT UNDER TODAY'S MARKET CONDITIONS.
02:14:24 >> ULTIMATELY A POLICY QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE TAX CODE IS
02:14:28 OPERATING AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED OR WHETHER IT SHOULD
02:14:31 BE UPDATED IN LIGHT OF HOW DRAMATICALLY THE MARKETPLACE
02:14:35 HAS CHANGED. COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING TO SEND
02:14:36 THIS TO THE VOTERS SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES
02:14:39 WHETHER THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
02:14:42 SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDEL AND I'M GOING
02:14:47 TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BUT IT'S NOT WITHOUT RESERVATION.
02:14:53 >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE A HUGE NUMBER
02:14:57 OF THINGS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A VERY HIGH COST OF CONSTRUCTION
02:14:59 FOR HOUSING, A VERY HIGH COST OF TRANSACTION FOR DOWNTOWN
02:15:03 OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BE SOLD
02:15:07 AND REHABILITATED AND AND REINVIGORATED.
02:15:09 AND THIS WILL BE A SLIGHT SLIGHT ADDED COST, NOT A HUGE
02:15:14 ONE. AND SO I WOULD URGE US TO BE
02:15:17 AWARE THAT THIS MEASURE LOOKS TO PROVIDE BALANCE AND GIVES US
02:15:22 MORE OPTIONALITY AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEVERS LIKE THE
02:15:26 BROADER TRANSFER TAXES THAT MIGHT BE BLOCKING ESPECIALLY
02:15:32 CERTAIN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US AS
02:15:33 WE LOOK FORWARD PAST NOVEMBER SHOULD THIS PASS AT THE BALLOT
02:15:37 TO NOT THINK OF THIS AS A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE TO ALLOW US
02:15:44 TO POSSIBLY SPEND MORE ON THINGS BUT AS A WAY TO GIVE US
02:15:49 THE FLEXIBILITY TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER LOWERING A TRANSFER
02:15:53 TAX THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BUILD MORE HOUSING THAT WE
02:15:56 DESPERATELY NEED. I THINK THE CONVERSATION AROUND
02:16:00 THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
02:16:01 HAS US AS A CITY SAYING WE VALUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:16:06 AND WE'RE WILLING TO PUT OUR MONEY THERE.
02:16:08 SIMILARLY ON THIS SIDE I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND SAY
02:16:12 HEY, WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING A GAP, A LOOPHOLE IF YOU WILL,
02:16:18 IN IN THE TAX CODE WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT GAP.
02:16:20 BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY TO MAYBE LOWER
02:16:23 TRANSFER TAXES BLOCKING THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER HOUSING.
02:16:27 SO I WITH RESERVATIONS I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUT I WOULD
02:16:31 URGE US TO REMEMBER THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT BEHIND THIS WAS
02:16:34 NOT TO CREATE A NEW STREAM OF INCOME IN A VACUUM BUT WAS
02:16:38 INTENDED TO BALANCE OUT THE POTENTIAL REDUCTION OF OTHER
02:16:42 INCOME STREAMS IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE MORE HOUSING
02:16:45 PRODUCTION THAT WILL HELP SAN FRANCISCANS OVERALL.
02:16:47 THANK YOU. >> OKAY.
02:16:52 AND WITH THAT I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM.
02:16:56 SO SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
02:17:01 IS APPROVED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
02:17:04 ITEMS 45 AND 46 TOGETHER. >> ITEMS 45 AND 46 ARE TWO
02:17:10 RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE TREASURE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE
02:17:11 AND REVITALIZE ATION FINANCING DISTRICT.
02:17:15 ITEM 45 IS THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ISSUE BONDS AS A
02:17:18 RESULT OF AN ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY AND 46 IS A RESOLUTION
02:17:22 APPROVING ANNEXATION SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
02:17:26 INFRASTRUCTURE FINDINGS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING PLAN.
02:17:29 >> LET'S TAKE THESE ITEMS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
02:17:33 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED AND PLEASE CALL ITEMS
02:17:38 47 THROUGH 68 TOGETHER ITEMS 47 THROUGH 68 ARE 22 ORDINANCES
02:17:45 AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO DESIGNATE VARIOUS PROPERTIES AS
02:17:48 LANDMARKS AND MAKING THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
02:17:50 ITEM 47 DESIGNATES THE ALEXANDER ADAMS HOME LOCATED AT
02:17:55 1450 MASONIC AVENUE. >> ITEM 48 DESIGNATES A BORN
02:18:00 HOME LOCATED AT 99 DAVIS ADERO STREET.
02:18:03 ITEM 49 DESIGNATES A CHARLES CAT'S HOME LOCATED AT 1200
02:18:06 DELORES STREET. ITEM 50 DESIGNATES THE CHARLES
02:18:09 L HINKLE HOME LOCATED AT 740 CASTRO STREET.
02:18:13 ITEM 51 DESIGNATES A DAY EUROSTAT EUR EUROS D HOME JAMES
02:18:20 C HORMEL MANSION LOCATED AT 181 BUENA VISTA AVENUE EAST.
02:18:23 ITEM 52 DESIGNATES THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE GREEK REVIVAL HOME
02:18:27 LOCATED AT 2173 15TH STREET. ITEM 54 DESIGNATES THE EARLY
02:18:34 HAIGHT ASHBURY FARMHOUSE LOCATED AT 11 PIEDMONT STREET.
02:18:38 ITEM 54 DESIGNATES ELLIOTT AND WILSON HOME LOCATED AT 1335
02:18:43 GUERRERO STREET. ITEM 55 DESIGNATES ENGINE
02:18:46 COMPANY NUMBER 44 ADAMS VAN HOUSE HOUSE LOCATED AT 3816
02:18:52 22ND STREET. ITEM 56 DESIGNATE GUERRERO
02:18:55 STREET DOUBLE STICK EASTLAKE HOME LOCATED AT 1415 1417 GROVE
02:19:02 STREET. ITEM 57 DESIGNATES A HENRY
02:19:03 STREET ROWHOUSES LOCATED AT 190 121 97 HENRY STREET.
02:19:09 ITEM 58 DESIGNATES A HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH LOCATED AT 455
02:19:13 FAIR OAK STREET. ITEM 59 DESIGNATES THE JOHN J.
02:19:17 CLARK HOUSE LOCATED AT 210 DOUGLAS STREET.
02:19:21 ITEM 60 DESIGNATES A MISSION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH LOCATED
02:19:26 AT 3689 19TH STREET. ITEM 61 DESIGNATES THE PHENIX
02:19:30 BREWERY LOCATED AT 552 NO EAST STREET.
02:19:34 ITEM 62 DESIGNATES THE RICHARD SPRECKELS MANSION BUENA VISTA
02:19:37 STUDIOS LOCATED AT 737 BUENO VISTA AVENUE WEST.
02:19:42 ITEM 63 DESIGNATES THE SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST
02:19:46 LOCATED AT 651 DOLORES STREET. ITEM 64 DESIGNATES ITS ANARCHY
02:19:52 HOUSE LOCATED AT 657 CANNERY STREET.
02:19:57 ITEM 65 DESIGNATES A WILLIAM SHAUGHNESSY HOME LOCATED AT 394
02:20:01 FAIR OAK STREET. ITEM 66 DESIGNATES A FERNANDO
02:20:05 NELSON HOME LOCATED AT 701 CASTRO.
02:20:08 ITEM 67 DESIGNATE SOLANGE HOUSE LOCATED AT 199 CORAL STREET.
02:20:14 AND FINALLY ITEM 68 DESIGNATES ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER 33
02:20:19 LOCATED AT 117 BROAD STREET ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE THESE ITEMS.
02:20:24 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
02:20:25 ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING PLEASE CALL ITEM 69.
02:20:28 >> ITEM 69 IS A MOTION APPROVING THE MAYOR'S
02:20:32 NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDSAY MCALEESE TO THE
02:20:35 BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION TERM ENDING JULY 1ST, 2028.
02:20:39 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
02:20:43 IS APPROVED. PLEASE CALL ITEM 70 ITEM 70 IS
02:20:46 A MOTION APPROVING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
02:20:47 REAPPOINTMENT OF ELEANOR ELINOR BLOOM TO THE PUBLIC WORKS
02:20:50 COMMISSION. TERM ENDING JULY SECOND 2030.
02:20:54 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS
02:20:58 APPROVED. PLEASE CALL ITEM 71.
02:21:01 >> ITEM 71 IS A MOTION APPROVING THE MAYORAL
02:21:05 NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN TRICE
02:21:06 TRUSTEE NOW TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS TERM ENDING JULY 1ST,
02:21:09 2013. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
02:21:12 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
02:21:17 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 72. ITEM 72 IS A MOTION APPROVING
02:21:21 THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE JOSHUA
02:21:24 RSA TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TERM ENDING AUGUST
02:21:28 FIRST, 2013. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
02:21:32 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
02:21:35 PLEASE CALL ITEM 73. >> ITEM 73 IS A MOTION
02:21:38 APPROVING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RAFAEL
02:21:40 MENDELSSOHN'S NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBIN
02:21:43 COVELLO TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS TERM ENDING JULY 1ST, 2013.
02:21:46 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
02:21:50 IS APPROVED. PLEASE CALL 74.
02:21:54 >> ITEM 74 IS A MOTION REAPPOINTING KIMBERLY HARTWIG
02:21:57 SHULMAN TERM ENDING JULY 1ST, 2030 TO THE SANITATION
02:22:01 AND STREETS COMMISSION. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
02:22:04 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
02:22:05 LET'S GO TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
02:22:08 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 75. I'LL FIRST START WITH ITEM 75
02:22:12 THROUGH 77 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
02:22:15 COMMITTEE ON JULY 27TH AND FORWARDED TO THE BOARD AS
02:22:18 COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEM 75 IT WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED WITH
02:22:23 THE SAME TITLE. IT IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING
02:22:24 IRREVOCABLE OFFERS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
02:22:28 THE HUNTER'S VIEW HOPE S.F. PROJECT PHASE TWO DEDICATED
02:22:31 AND SAID PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC USE DEDICATING THEM
02:22:34 FOR PUBLIC STREET AND ROADWAY PURPOSES EXCEPTING FOR CITY
02:22:38 MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY PURPOSES.
02:22:39 ESTABLISHING AN OFFICIAL STREET GRADE SIDEWAYS SIDEWALK LIST
02:22:43 AND PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WITH ACCEPTING AN OFFER DEDICATION
02:22:46 FOR PHASE TWO EASEMENTS DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT
02:22:51 THE PHASE THREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AFFIRMING THE
02:22:53 SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND MAKING THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS SAME
02:22:56 HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
02:22:59 PASSED ON FIRST READING PLEASE CALL 76 ITEM 76 WAS RECOMMENDED
02:23:07 AS AMENDED WITH A NEW TITLE. IT IS A RESOLUTION ADDING THE
02:23:11 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME CARLOTTA TEXTURED OR DEL
02:23:12 PORTICO TOLLWAY ON BARTLETT STREET BETWEEN 21ST STREET
02:23:17 AND 22ND STREET IN RECOGNITION OF DR. CARLOTTA TEXTURED OTEL
02:23:22 DEL PORTILLO'S LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE CITY
02:23:23 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MISSION CAMPUS AND HER LEGACY
02:23:26 AS A LONGTIME CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL LEADER.
02:23:29 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
02:23:33 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL 77 ITEM 77 IS A RESOLUTION OF
02:23:37 INTENT TO INITIATE AN UNDERGROUNDING PROCESS FOR
02:23:41 HOMESTEAD STREET BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH STREETS AND MAKING
02:23:44 FINDINGS THAT UNDERGROUNDING AT THIS LOCATION IS A GENERAL
02:23:48 BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
02:23:51 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL
02:23:54 78 THROUGH 81 TOGETHER. >> YES.
02:23:57 ITEM 78 THROUGH 30 THROUGH 81 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC
02:23:59 SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE ON JULY 23RD AND WERE
02:24:03 FORWARDED TO THE BOARD AS COMMITTEE REPORTS THEY COMPRISE
02:24:06 FOUR RESOLUTIONS DETERMINING THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR
02:24:10 NECESSITY OF VARIOUS LIQUOR LICENSES AND REQUESTING THAT
02:24:13 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON THE
02:24:16 ISSUANCE OF THESE LICENSES. ITEM 78 IS A PERSON TO PERSON
02:24:21 PERMITS TO PERSONS TRANSFER OF A TYPE 48 ON SELL GENERAL
02:24:22 PUBLIC PREMISES BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR
02:24:26 LICENSE TO OUT OF SIGHT PRODUCTIONS DOING BUSINESSES
02:24:29 RANGING IN MODELS LOCATED AT 456 TO 460 LARKIN STREET.
02:24:35 ITEM 79 IS A TYPES 64 ON SELL GENERAL THEATER LIQUOR LICENSE
02:24:39 TO UPTOWN TENDERLOIN DOING BUSINESS AS TENDERLOIN MUSEUM
02:24:43 LOCATED AT 835 LARKIN STREET. ITEM 80 WHAT IS A PERSON TO
02:24:48 PERSON PREMISE TO PERMITS TRANSFER OF A TYPE 21 OFF SELL
02:24:51 GENERAL BEER WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO
02:24:55 MISSING LIQUOR DOING BUSINESS AS COLLEGE MARKET LOCATED AT
02:24:59 995 ELM STREET. AND FINALLY ITEM 81 IS A PERSON
02:25:03 TO PERMIT PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISES TRANSFER OF A TYPE 20
02:25:07 OFF SELL BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO H.J. M.W. ENTERPRISE
02:25:11 DOING BUSINESS SAYS HELLO MART LOCATED AT 2135 BUCHANAN STREET
02:25:18 . >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
02:25:18 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.
02:25:21 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 82 ITEMS 82 THROUGH 85 WERE CONSIDERED BY
02:25:26 THE RULES COMMITTEE ON JULY 27TH AND WERE FORWARDED TO THE
02:25:29 BOARD AS COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEM 82 AS A MOTION APPROVING THE
02:25:32 MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KATE STACY TO
02:25:36 THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TERM ENDING AUGUST 1ST, 2013
02:25:39 AND WE CAN TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
02:25:43 MOTION IS APPROVED PLEASE CALL 83.
02:25:47 >> ITEM 83 IS A MOTION APPROVING THE MAYOR ON
02:25:50 NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MIKE CHEN TO THE PLANNING
02:25:52 COMMISSION TERM ENDING JUNE 30TH 2030.
02:25:55 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
02:25:59 IS APPROVED. >> PLEASE CALL ITEMS 84 AND 85
02:26:02 TOGETHER ITEMS 84 AND 85 OR 2 MOTION AND MOTIONS APPROVING
02:26:09 THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR RAFAEL MENDELSSOHN'S
02:26:10 NOMINATION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
02:26:14 ITEM 84 IS FOR ELIZABETH MCDONALD WITH THE TERM ENDING
02:26:16 JULY 1ST, 2030 AND ITEM 85 IS FOR JOE KOPPEL TERM ENDING JULY
02:26:22 1ST 2030. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
02:26:26 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTIONS ARE APPROVED.
02:26:29 AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL.
02:26:33 FIRST UP, A ROLL CALL TO INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS TODAY
02:26:34 WILL BE SUPERVISOR WONG NOTES HERE COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM
02:26:47 INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A $1 MILLION IN STATE
02:26:50 FUNDING FOR THE SUNSET BOULEVARD RECYCLED WATER AIR
02:26:54 STATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SUNSET BOULEVARD HAS A
02:26:58 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE RUNNING THROUGH THE
02:26:59 NEIGHBORHOOD BUT MUCH OF IT IS CURRENTLY DRY, PATCHY AND NOT
02:27:03 NEARLY AS GREEN OR WELCOMING AS IT SHOULD BE.
02:27:07 YEARS OF DROUGHT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND PROBLEMS OF THE
02:27:10 EXISTING IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAVE TAKEN A VISIBLE TOLL.
02:27:14 >> THIS PROJECT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD CHANGING THAT.
02:27:17 >> THE FUNDING WILL HELP CONNECT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM
02:27:19 SERVING APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF MEDIANS AND ROADSIDE
02:27:22 GREENSPACE TO SAN FRANCISCO'S RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM THAT WILL
02:27:26 ELIMINATE THE USE OF POTABLE DRINKING WATER FOR IRRIGATION
02:27:30 AND CONSERVE AN ESTIMATED 40 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE
02:27:34 WATER EVERY YEAR. THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT
02:27:38 TRANSFORM THE BOULEVARD OVERNIGHT BUT RELIABLE
02:27:40 SUSTAINABLE IRRIGATION IS ESSENTIAL IF WE WANT TO RESTORE
02:27:44 THE LANDSCAPING, SUPPORT HEALTHIER TREES AND PLANTINGS
02:27:45 AND MAKE BETTER USE OF THIS LARGE PUBLIC SPACE.
02:27:49 I WANT TO THANK SENATOR SCOTT WEINER FOR HIS WORK
02:27:52 IN SACRAMENTO TO SECURE THE STATE INVESTMENT.
02:27:55 HIS EFFORTS MADE THIS FUNDING POSSIBLE AND WE APPRECIATE HIS
02:27:57 PARTNERSHIP IN DELIVERING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
02:27:59 IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAN FRANCISCO. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
02:28:02 PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR ADVANCING THIS
02:28:03 IMPORTANT PROJECT. THE SUNSET DESERVES THE SAME
02:28:07 LEVEL OF ATTENTION AND INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY
02:28:10 GIVES TO PROMINENT PUBLIC SPACES ELSEWHERE.
02:28:12 THIS IS A PRACTICAL, MUCH NEEDED INVESTMENT IN THE
02:28:15 NEIGHBORHOOD AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR ITS SUPPORT.
02:28:18 >> THANK YOU. PROCESS.
02:28:19 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WONG.
02:28:20 SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU.
02:28:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:28:29 COLLEAGUE TODAY I'M INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE JULY
02:28:33 28TH, 2026 AS WOOL HEPATITIS DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:28:39 IN 2020 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED JULY 28TH
02:28:44 AS WOOL HEPATITIS DAY TO HONOR NOBEL PRIZE WINNER SCIENTIST
02:28:48 DR. BARUCH BLUMBERG WHO DISCOVERED A HEPATITIS B VIRUS
02:28:55 IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 15,000
02:28:58 RESIDENTS ARE LIVING WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS HEPATITIS B 1
02:29:05 IN 12 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ADULT IMMIGRANTS A
02:29:06 DISPROPORTIONATE ALLEY AFFECTED BY HEPATITIS B DEATHS BY
02:29:10 EFFECTIVE VACCINES. HAPPY HAPPY CONTINUES TO IMPACT
02:29:14 OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUE
02:29:18 PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE SCREENING TREATMENTS AND RAISE
02:29:22 EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS. THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZED TWO
02:29:26 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ADVOCATES IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:29:30 HAPPY FREE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE CARE
02:29:33 COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND WHO ADVOCATE FOR STATE LEGISLATION
02:29:37 MANDATING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO OFFER SCREENINGS
02:29:40 TO INDIVIDUALS AT RISK. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT URGES
02:29:45 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PREVENT IT
02:29:48 PREVENTATIVE HEPATITIS SCREENING, ACCESSIBLE CARE
02:29:51 AND TO CONTINUE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO ENSURE OUR
02:29:53 COMMUNITIES ARE HEALTHY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
02:29:56 COLLEAGUES SUPERVISOR CHEN FIELDER, MADAM WONG AND WALTON
02:30:00 FOR YOUR EARLY CO-SPONSORSHIP. >> NEXT COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE
02:30:04 TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER RESOLUTION URGING KHIZR TO DROP HIS
02:30:10 TERRIBLE THREE CONTRACT DEMANDS.
02:30:11 >> THIS COMES AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE HEARING THAT WE HELD AT
02:30:15 LAST WEEK'S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
02:30:18 WE HEARD FROM CLINICIANS AND EXPERTS ABOUT PROBLEMATIC
02:30:22 CONTRACT DEMANDS THAT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGATIVELY
02:30:26 IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE DUE TO A
02:30:29 POTENTIAL FOR LAYOFFS OF STAFF CLINICIANS INCREASED IT
02:30:33 OUTSOURCING OF CARE AND REFERRAL OF LARGER NUMBER
02:30:37 OF PATIENTS ONTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THERAPY PLATFORMS.
02:30:40 I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF AI OR MACHINE
02:30:45 LEARNING FOR CLINICAL TREATMENT AND CLINICAL TRIAGE.
02:30:49 AS I SAID DURING THE HEARING I'M NOT AGAINST TECHNOLOGY BUT
02:30:52 WITHOUT MEANINGFUL DATA AND EVIDENCE THAT EMERGING
02:30:53 TECHNOLOGIES READY FOR THE KIND OF WORK THAT IS ALLEGEDLY BEING
02:30:57 EMPLOYED WHIT THROUGH KAISER. WE RISE PUTTING PATIENTS
02:31:00 IN HARM'S WAY AI AND OTHER MACHINE LEARNING EMERGING
02:31:04 TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO PATIENT CARE OR WELLNESS.
02:31:08 THEY DO NOT TAKE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.
02:31:12 IF SOMEONE IS SEEKING OUT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO INQUIRE
02:31:16 ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENTS THEY DESERVE AT
02:31:17 MINIMUM TO BE ASSESSED BY A LICENSED CLINICIANS ON INTAKE.
02:31:21 >> THIS RESOLUTIONS URGED KAISER TO DROP ITS TERRIBLE
02:31:26 THREE CONTRACT LIMITS AND REQUESTS THAT DAY COME TO
02:31:30 THE BARGAINING TABLE IN GOOD FAITH.
02:31:31 AND WHAT INTENTIONS OF UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY
02:31:35 STANDARDS OF CARE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE
02:31:38 SUPERVISOR WALTON CHAN FIELDER FOR THEIR EARLY CO-SPONSORSHIP
02:31:42 AND THE RICE I SUBMITTED. >> THANK YOU.
02:31:43 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN SUPERVISOR
02:31:46 DORSEY. THANK YOU.
02:31:47 SUPERVISOR FIELDER. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK PLEASE BE
02:31:51 REFERRED TO ME AFTER MY COLLEAGUES THE WRITER BILL GARS
02:31:55 IN MEMORIAM. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMUD COLLEAGUES
02:32:01 AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING EFFORT TO ADDRESS FOOD
02:32:02 INSECURITY I AM SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INQUIRY TODAY TO THE
02:32:06 CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE TO
02:32:09 LEARN MORE ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO'S MUNICIPAL PROPERTY
02:32:10 PORTFOLIO AND HOW IT CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT FUTURE
02:32:14 INVESTMENTS IN FOOD SECURITY. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM
02:32:17 RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE ACCESSING AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY
02:32:20 GROCERIES IS AN ISSUE IN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
02:32:21 AND GROCERY STORES CLOSING AND TARIFFS AFFECTING THE COSTS
02:32:25 OF GOODS. THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL
02:32:26 ONLY GET WORSE AND MAKE SAN FRANCISCO HARDER AND HARDER TO
02:32:29 LIVE IN FOR THOSE WHOSE INCOMES CAN'T KEEP PACE WITH RISING
02:32:32 COSTS, THE CITY HAS SOME DATA ON ITS REAL ESTATE BUT THIS
02:32:37 INFORMATION ISN'T EASILY ACCESSIBLE OR COMPILED IN A WAY
02:32:40 TO HELP LEADERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS PLAN FOR POTENTIAL NEW
02:32:43 FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL USES THE ASK IN THIS LETTER IS
02:32:47 FOR A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY INCLUDING
02:32:49 VACANT PARCELS, UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS AND GROUND FLOOR
02:32:52 COMMERCIAL SPACES IN CITY OWNED BUILDINGS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR
02:32:55 SUPERVISORY DISTRICT IN WHICH EACH PROPERTY IS LOCATED THE
02:32:59 APPROXIMATE SIZE OF EACH PERSON IN EACH BUILDING AND WHERE
02:33:02 AVAILABLE AND EXISTING USE DESIGNATION OCCUPANCY STATUS OR
02:33:07 KNOWN CONSTRAINTS FOR EACH PROPERTY.
02:33:08 I HOPE THE RESULTS OF THIS OTHERWISE CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE
02:33:10 REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS WE CONSIDER THE CITY'S ROLE
02:33:14 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST LIKE THE BUDGET WE APPROVED EARLIER
02:33:15 TODAY. HOW THE CITY USES ITS REAL
02:33:18 ESTATE IS A MORAL DOCUMENT AND SHOULD BE AN HONEST
02:33:19 EXPRESSION OF OUR VALUES. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS
02:33:23 ACHIEVING THAT. >> THE REST I SUBMIT.
02:33:26 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR. MR. PRESIDENT.
02:33:29 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I HAVE A HEARING REQUEST, AN
02:33:34 ORDINANCE AND THREE IN MEMORIAM.
02:33:39 FIRST I CALLING FOR A HEARING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY'S
02:33:43 ONGOING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS DRUG MARKETS AND OPEN AIR DRUG
02:33:44 SCENES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. IN MAY 2023, THE CITY
02:33:47 ESTABLISHED THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER
02:33:50 DEMAK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO OPEN
02:33:54 AIR DRUG MARKETS. SINCE THAT TIME RESIDENTS
02:33:55 AND VISITORS ALIKE REPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN STREET
02:33:58 CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. HOWEVER, DRUG SCENES HAVE
02:34:01 PERSISTED IN HISTORICALLY CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOODS AT
02:34:05 LEVELS OF ACTIVITY THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND NEW AREAS HAVE
02:34:09 EMERGED AS HUBS OF DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY NOTABLY INCLUDING THE
02:34:13 AREAS AROUND THE BART PLAZAS AT 16TH AND 24TH STREETS.
02:34:16 RECOGNIZING THE DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS IN THE MISSION,
02:34:18 THE ADMINISTRATION IN JUNE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE INITIATED A
02:34:21 90 DAY PERIOD OF FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER
02:34:25 ACTIVITIES TO TRY TO TURN THE TIDE.
02:34:26 AT THIS HEARING I AM INTERESTED IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING
02:34:30 AND ALSO GIVING THE PUBLIC A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO
02:34:33 UNDERSTAND THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO REDUCE STREET
02:34:37 LEVEL DRUG ACTIVITY CITYWIDE AND THE MORE RECENT SPECIFIC
02:34:41 EFFORTS FOCUSED ON THE MISSION. IN SHORT, WHAT HAS WORKED?
02:34:45 WHAT HASN'T AND WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE?
02:34:46 I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE POLICE
02:34:50 DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:34:51 PUBLIC HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE
02:34:53 DEVELOPMENT AND BART AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR JACKIE
02:34:57 FIELDER AND SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY FOR THEIR CO-SPONSORSHIP
02:35:01 OF THIS HEARING REQUEST. >> SECONDLY, EARLIER THIS YEAR
02:35:08 THE BOARD PASSED AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY
02:35:12 THE PROPOSITION E COMMISSION STREAMLINING TASK FORCE.
02:35:13 YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS I HOPE YOU
02:35:16 REMEMBER THIS. THE TASK FORCE'S MANDATE WAS TO
02:35:18 IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO MODIFY, CONSOLIDATE OR
02:35:21 ELIMINATE PUBLIC BODIES TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF
02:35:24 CITY GOVERNMENT WHILE PRESERVING MEANINGFUL
02:35:25 OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
02:35:28 AMONG OTHER CHANGES, THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED MORE
02:35:32 STANDARDIZED STRUCTURES AND MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
02:35:33 ACROSS COMMISSIONS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY
02:35:36 IN HOW THESE BODIES OPERATE. >> THE TASK FORCE'S ORDINANCE
02:35:39 ESTABLISHED TERM LIMITS FOR MOST OF OUR CITY'S OVERSIGHT
02:35:43 BODIES. HOWEVER, THE MEMBERS RECOGNIZED
02:35:46 THAT TERM LIMITS MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR ALL
02:35:50 BODIES. ONE SUCH BODY WAS THE RENT
02:35:51 BOARD. THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE
02:35:55 RECOMMENDED PRESERVING THE RENT BOARD'S CURRENT STRUCTURE WITH
02:35:58 NO TERM LIMITS. THE ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED
02:35:59 AND PASSED HOWEVER INADVERTENTLY OMITTED AN
02:36:02 EXCEPTION TO GIVE EFFECT TO THAT DIRECTION.
02:36:06 THE LEGISLATION I'M INTRODUCING CORRECTS THIS AND RESTORES THE
02:36:09 RENT BOARD TERM LIMIT PROVISION TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM WHICH IS
02:36:12 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED.
02:36:13 I WANT TO THANK MITCHELL OMER BERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
02:36:17 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE. MEG HEISLER, POLICY DIRECTOR
02:36:21 FOR SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITIES AGAINST DISPLACEMENT.
02:36:24 AND POLLY MARSHALL, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE
02:36:26 HOUSING ALLIANCE AND 35 YEAR VETERAN OF THE RENT BOARD FOR
02:36:28 IDENTIFYING AND WORKING WITH MAE SKELLY IN MY OFFICE ON THIS
02:36:32 ISSUE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND NEW
02:36:35 AND THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.
02:36:37 AND FINALLY I WANT TO THANK OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD RUSSI
02:36:39 FOR HIS WORK DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION.
02:36:45 >> THE FIRST MEMORIAM I HAVE IS FOR JERRY FULLER.
02:36:48 I'M ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF
02:36:52 JERRY WHO DIED OF JERRY GERALD ALLEN FULLER WHO DIED ON JULY
02:36:56 14TH AT THE AGE OF 76. HE WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS ON
02:37:00 SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1949 AND SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS IN DES PLAINES,
02:37:04 A SUBURB OF CHICAGO BEFORE HIS FAMILY MOVED TO NEARBY MOUNT
02:37:08 PROSPECT. WHEN HE WAS 11 HE GRADUATED
02:37:11 HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN 1967. A LIFELONG FRIEND ONCE SAID
02:37:15 THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE MINDED PEOPLE
02:37:16 IN THAT CONSERVATIVE SUBURB AND GROWING UP IN THAT
02:37:20 ENVIRONMENT SPARKED JERRY'S LIFELONG POLITICAL ACTIVISM.
02:37:23 IN HIGH SCHOOL HE STUDIED FRENCH UNLIKE MOST STUDENTS.
02:37:26 TRUE, HE LEARNED TO TRULY C TRULY LEARN TO SPEAK IT
02:37:28 FLUENTLY. AND AFTER SPENDING A SEMESTER
02:37:31 AT THE SORBONNE HE FELL IN LOVE WITH PARIS WHERE HE WOULD
02:37:34 RETURN TO SPEND MANY OF HIS BIRTHDAYS.
02:37:35 JERRY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE AND BOUNDLESS
02:37:39 CURIOSITY. HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF
02:37:40 WISCONSIN IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 70S STUDYING
02:37:42 POLITICAL HISTORY. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
02:37:46 VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS WHEN THE STREETS AROUND WERE LITERALLY
02:37:47 ON FIRE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS
02:37:50 UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES, JERRY MOVED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO
02:37:53 PURSUE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT
02:37:55 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. LATER TRANSFERRING TO AMERICAN
02:37:58 UNIVERSITY LIVING IN GEORGETOWN IN THE MID TO LATE 70S WAS
02:38:02 JERRY'S FIRST TIME LIVING IN A CITY WITH A VISIBLE OPENLY GAY
02:38:05 COMMUNITY AND CULTURE AND D.C. WOULD REMAIN ONE OF HIS
02:38:08 FAVORITE CITIES ALONG WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND OF COURSE PARIS.
02:38:12 IN 1980 MOVED BY THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
02:38:13 ASSASSINATION OF HARVEY MILK, JERRY RELOCATED TO SAN
02:38:17 FRANCISCO. HE GOT A JOB AT KAISER WHERE HE
02:38:19 HELPED DEVELOP ONE OF THE FIRST OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE
02:38:21 LIVING WITH HIV. DURING THESE YEARS HE SUFFERED
02:38:24 THE LOSS OF MANY DEAR FRIENDS LOSSES THAT ONLY REINFORCED HIS
02:38:28 COMMITMENT TO POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.
02:38:31 HE WORKED AT KAISER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING
02:38:34 IN HIS EARLY 50S DUE TO ATTENDANT INJURY.
02:38:35 IN RETIREMENT HE DISCOVERED A PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TAKING
02:38:38 CLASSES AT CITY COLLEGE. >> HOWEVER, POLITICS REMAINED
02:38:40 HIS FIRST LOVE. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE
02:38:43 ALICE B TOKLAS LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB IN THE EARLY TO MID 2000S
02:38:47 WHICH IS HOW I MET HIM AS A YOUNG GAY ASPIRING POLITICO.
02:38:51 HE REMAINED ACTIVE WITH LGBTQ RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND WAS A
02:38:54 DEDICATED VOLUNTEER AT THE FRAME LINE AT FRAME ONE
02:38:58 IN EVERY CITY HE LIVED AT EVERY JOB AND SCHOOL.
02:39:02 JERRY FORMED DEEP LASTING FRIENDSHIPS IN ADDITION TO HIS
02:39:06 INTELLIGENCE PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS LOVE OF ART
02:39:07 AND LITERATURE AND SENSE OF HUMOR.
02:39:09 IT WAS THIS GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP THAT DEFINED JERRY FULLER.
02:39:10 HE LEFT BEHIND A WORLD FULL OF BEST FRIENDS REST IN PEACE
02:39:14 AND POWER. JERRY FULLER.
02:39:17 MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING. I AM ALSO ASKING THAT WE
02:39:21 ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF JEREMIAH.
02:39:24 JERRY FRANCIS HALSEY. A CIVIC, ENVIRONMENTAL
02:39:26 AND EDUCATIONAL LEADER WHO DIED ON JULY 17TH AT THE AGE OF 87.
02:39:30 >> HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15TH, 1939 IN BOSTON AND MOVED TO THE
02:39:37 BAY AREA TO EARN HIS JURIS DOCTOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
02:39:38 CALIFORNIA BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW.
02:39:40 AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM
02:39:44 BOSTON COLLEGE AND OUR MASTER OF ARTS IN INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR
02:39:45 RELATIONS FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY AFTER GRADUATING HE
02:39:48 SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1963 TO 1969
02:39:52 AND FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE HE BEGAN A
02:39:55 DISTINGUISHED LEGAL CAREER THAT SPANNED MORE THAN FIVE DECADES.
02:39:58 AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA BAR IN 1966, HE
02:40:01 SERVED AS A DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR CONTRA COSTA
02:40:05 COUNTY AND AS A STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES
02:40:06 AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. HE WENT ON TO CO-FOUND THE
02:40:10 OFFICES OF HALSEY AND JOHNSON IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1970 WHERE
02:40:13 HE SPECIALIZED IN CALIFORNIA ENERGY AND LABOR LAW EVEN AFTER
02:40:17 LEAVING HIS FULL TIME ROLES IN PUBLIC SERVICE, HOWEVER,
02:40:20 HALSEY REMAINED COMMITTED TO SERVING THE PUBLIC.
02:40:21 OVER THE YEARS HE HELD A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
02:40:25 IN VARIOUS CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,
02:40:27 INCLUDING HIS 20 YEAR TENURE AS A TRUSTEE OF THE CALIFORNIA
02:40:29 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST.
02:40:32 BEGINNING IN 2006, HE ALSO SERVED ON THE CALIFORNIA
02:40:35 TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WHERE HE WAS VICE CHAIRMAN THE
02:40:38 CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, THE CALIFORNIA
02:40:39 STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
02:40:42 CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGENTS. HE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED
02:40:45 IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICS PLAYING KEY ROLES IN THE
02:40:47 CAMPAIGNS OF GOVERNORS EDMUND G.
02:40:50 BROWN JR GRAY DAVIS AND GAVIN NEWSOM AND FUNDRAISING FOR
02:40:53 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL INCLUDING
02:40:54 PRESIDENTS JIMMY CARTER, BILL CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA AND JOE
02:40:57 BIDEN. HALSEY'S CATHOLIC FAITH WAS A
02:41:00 GUIDING FORCE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE SHAPING THE WAY HE
02:41:04 APPROACHED HIS WORK, RELATIONSHIPS AND SERVICE TO
02:41:05 OTHERS. GUIDED BY THE CHURCH'S
02:41:08 TEACHINGS, HE CONSISTENTLY SOUGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO CARE
02:41:11 FOR THOSE AROUND HIM AND HELP THOSE IN NEED.
02:41:12 HE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING A WHETHER ENTHUSIAST AND FOR HIS
02:41:16 LOVE OF BOOKS AND ECLECTIC ART. MANY REMEMBER HIM AS AN
02:41:19 INSTITUTION AT THE INSTITUTION OF SAM'S GRILL.
02:41:20 ADDITIONALLY, WHILE HE EVENTUALLY EMBRACED THE SAN
02:41:24 FRANCISCO 40 NINERS AND CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS HE
02:41:26 NEVER LOST HIS BOSTON ACCENT OR HIS LOYALTY TO THE BOSTON RED
02:41:28 SOX AND BOSTON BRUINS. OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS
02:41:31 SONS JEREMY AND SEAN, HIS STEPSON CHARLIE JOHNSON AND THE
02:41:35 MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND AND
02:41:38 CLIENTS WHO LOVED HIM. REST IN PEACE, JEREMIAH HALSEY.
02:41:42 MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING. AND FINALLY I'M ASKING THAT WE
02:41:46 ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF SIDNEY ALAN
02:41:49 JOHNSTON WHO DIED FAR, FAR TOO YOUNG.
02:41:53 ON JUNE 26TH, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 40 SHE GREW UP IN MARIN
02:41:56 COUNTY, RECEIVED BOTH HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND MBA
02:42:00 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
02:42:04 SAID IT WAS NAMED FOR HER GRANDMOTHER WHO ALONG WITH HER
02:42:05 GRANDFATHER GUS BOUGHT JOHN'S GRILL IN 1969 AND TURNED IT
02:42:08 INTO THE LANDMARK RESTAURANT IT IS TODAY.
02:42:12 CYDNEY OFTEN WORKED BEHIND THE BAR AT JOHN'S GRILL AND WAS
02:42:15 KNOWN FOR HER WARMTH, QUICK WIT AND HER GENUINE INTEREST
02:42:19 IN EACH AND EVERY CUSTOMER. HER GIFT FOR CONNECTING WITH
02:42:20 OTHERS LED HER TO A CAREER IN HOSPITALITY.
02:42:23 ALTHOUGH SHE LATER MOVED TO GREECE, SAN FRANCISCO REMAINED
02:42:27 AN IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE. SHE CONTINUED TO STAY CONNECTED
02:42:28 TO JOHN'S GRILL AND COLLABORATED ON PROJECTS
02:42:31 WITH HER BROTHER INCLUDING THE JOHN ELLIS BLOCK PARTY AND THE
02:42:34 HELLO LOCAL PODCAST. FRIENDS AND FAMILY REMEMBER
02:42:36 SADNESS AS EVENT AS ADVENTUROUS, JOYFUL GIVING
02:42:38 AND DEVOTED TO HER FAMILY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS
02:42:43 JOHN AND ATHENA CONSTANTINE. HER BROTHER JOHN CONSTANT JR.
02:42:46 AND HIS FIANCEE LINDSAY HER NIECES ATHENA AND LEAH.
02:42:50 AND MANY BELOVED COUSINS. WE WANT TO SEND OUR PROFOUND
02:42:54 AND DEEP CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
02:42:57 REST IN PEACE AND POWER SAD NOW.
02:42:58 MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
02:43:01 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
02:43:07 THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE
02:43:08 IN MEMORIAM FOR AS A CONSTANT PLEASE.
02:43:12 COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M ALSO SUBMITTING AN IN MEMORIAM ALONG
02:43:16 WITH MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND SUPERVISOR WALTON
02:43:23 IN HONOR OF MY DEAR FRIEND DR. ESTELLA REYES GARCIA WHOSE
02:43:27 LIFE'S WORK HAS TRANSFORMED THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
02:43:31 GENERATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCANS. DR. ESTELLA REYES GARCIA WAS A
02:43:35 PARTNER AT THE A SISTER, A LEADER, A CHICANA AND ACTIVIST
02:43:42 ,A PSYCHOLOGIST, A MENTOR, A JOKESTER AND SO MANY OTHER
02:43:46 THINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE. SHE CARRIED WARMTH AND HUMOR
02:43:50 ALONGSIDE DEEP WISDOM AND SHE WAS TOUGH.
02:43:53 SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT HEALING DID NOT HAPPEN ONLY IN A CLINICAL
02:43:57 OFFICE. HEALING HAPPENED
02:43:58 IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY COMMUNITY LAND ANCESTORS
02:44:02 CEREMONY, ANY LANGUAGE, MUSIC MOVEMENT AND COLLECTIVE
02:44:07 STRUGGLE. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND CAREER,
02:44:10 DR. GARCIA WORKED TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL,
02:44:14 SPIRITUAL AND COMMUNAL WELL-BEING OF CHICANO, LATINO
02:44:18 INDIGENOUS AND ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:44:23 SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER APPROXIMATELY 35 YEARS AT
02:44:29 INSTITUTO FAMILIA DE LA RAZA INCLUDING 15 YEARS AS ITS
02:44:33 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LEADER. HER STORY IS ONE OF
02:44:37 PERSEVERANCE, SERVICE AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
02:44:41 UPLIFTING OUR CHICANO, LATINO AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
02:44:45 FROM HER CHILDHOOD WORKING ALONGSIDE HER MOTHER
02:44:46 AND SIBLINGS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY TO EARNING
02:44:49 DEGREES FROM CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, UC SANTA CRUZ,
02:44:52 UC BERKELEY AND A DOCTORATE FROM UCSF'S LANGLEY PORTER
02:44:56 INSTITUTE DR. GARCIA HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WHERE SHE COMES FROM
02:45:00 AND WHO SHE SERVES. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTO
02:45:04 HAS BECOME A MODEL FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE
02:45:08 PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES THAT RECOGNIZE THAT TRUE WELLNESS IS
02:45:12 AN EMOTIONAL SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL.
02:45:16 THROUGHOUT HER WORK, COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES HAVE
02:45:21 FOUND SUPPORT, DIGNITY AND HOPE A DEFINING FEATURE OF DR.
02:45:25 GARCIA'S WORK WITH HER CONVICTION THAT MEANINGFUL
02:45:28 HEALING MUST RECOGNIZE THE CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIVES OF
02:45:32 THE PEOPLE SEEKING SUPPORT. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP IFR
02:45:35 BROUGHT TOGETHER CLINICAL SERVICES FAMILY SUPPORT, YOUTH
02:45:39 DEVELOPMENT PREVENTION, PEER SUPPORT, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING,
02:45:43 TRADITIONAL PRACTICES IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF HEALING.
02:45:47 DARKER GARCIA DESCRIBES HEALING AS A CONTINUUM THAT INCLUDED
02:45:51 PREVENTION, TREATMENT, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, SPIRITUAL
02:45:54 WELLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. SHE EMPHASIZED THAT NO SINGLE
02:45:58 PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL, DISCIPLINED OR HEALING
02:46:02 TRADITION WAS ENOUGH ON ITS OWN.
02:46:03 PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES NEED MANY MEDICINES AND THOSE CAN
02:46:06 INCLUDE THERAPY BUT THEY ALSO CAN INCLUDE HEALING CIRCLES
02:46:13 CEREMONY PRAYER ALLTHAT IS DANCE ART MUSIC MOVEMENT
02:46:17 STORYTELLING LAUGHTER FOOD FAMILY PARTICIPATION ELDER
02:46:21 GUIDANCE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND CONNECTION TO THE
02:46:25 ANCESTORS. >> HER PHILOSOPHY REJECTED THE
02:46:29 IDEA THAT PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT HAD TO BE
02:46:31 SEPARATED FROM WANTS CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.
02:46:34 SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCH A SEPARATION OFTEN REFLECTED A
02:46:38 SYSTEM THAT HAD HISTORIC DISMISSED INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
02:46:42 AND TREATED WESTERN CLINICAL MODELS AS THE ONLY LEGITIMATE
02:46:46 FORM OF CARE. DR. GARCIA INSTEAD AFFIRMED
02:46:49 THAT ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY TRADITIONS HAD
02:46:54 ALWAYS SUSTAINED OUR PEOPLE. SHE WORKED TO CREATE SPACES
02:46:58 IN WHICH CLINICAL PRACTICE AND TRADITIONAL WAYS OF HEALING
02:47:02 COULD EXIST TOGETHER STRENGTHENING EACH OTHER.
02:47:05 ONE OF DR. GARCIA'S MANY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IS SAN
02:47:09 FRANCISCO WITH HER ADVOCACY FOR BOTH INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS FROM
02:47:12 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND FURTHER SOUTH AS WELL AS
02:47:16 HER SUPPORT IN BRIDGE BUILDING WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN
02:47:17 COMMUNITY. MANY INDIGENOUS IMMIGRANTS TO
02:47:21 SAN FRANCISCO ENCOUNTERED HEALTH, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION,
02:47:24 EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS THAT WERE JUST NOT
02:47:28 PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR LANGUAGES, THEIR CULTURES,
02:47:30 HISTORIES, MIGRATION EXPERIENCES.
02:47:33 INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS WERE OFTEN GROUPED BROADLY INTO LATINO
02:47:37 CATEGORIES MAKING THEIR DISTINCT IDENTITIES AND NEEDS
02:47:40 INVISIBLE. DR. GARCIA UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS
02:47:45 INVISIBILITY WAS NOT SIMPLY ADMIN AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE
02:47:48 PROBLEM EXCUSE ME BUT IT WAS PART OF A LONGER HISTORY OF
02:47:53 COLONIZATION AND CULTURAL ERASURE.
02:47:56 THE INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE BEGAN
02:48:00 THROUGH ASSOCIATION MAB IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF SAN
02:48:04 FRANCISCO'S YOGA TECH AND MAYAN COMMUNITY AND DR. GARCIA'S
02:48:08 ADVOCACY HELPED SECURE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR
02:48:11 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, IFR
02:48:15 INITIATED AND SUPPORTED MANY PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS THAT
02:48:16 CONTINUE TO THIS DAY TO SERVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM ACROSS
02:48:20 LATIN AMERICA WITH GREATER ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH,
02:48:23 CULTURAL IDENTITY, MIGRATION AND TRAUMA.
02:48:28 >> DR. GARCIA ALSO PLAYED A FORMATIVE ROLE IN THE
02:48:31 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROAD MAP TO PEACE, A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
02:48:35 CREATED IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AFFECTING YOUNG LATINO
02:48:39 RESIDENTS. FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF SEVERAL
02:48:43 YOUNG PEOPLE IN 24, THE 2014 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
02:48:46 AND LEADERS BEGAN MEETING TO DEVELOP ACCORDING NEEDED
02:48:50 RESPONSE. DR. GARCIA MADE CLEAR THAT THE
02:48:51 COMMUNITY COULD NOT REMAIN INACTIVE WHILE YOUNG PEOPLE
02:48:55 WERE BEING LOST. SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT VIOLENCE AS
02:48:59 CONNECTED TO DEEP DEEPER CONDITIONS TRAUMA,
02:49:02 DISCONNECTION, INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, POVERTY, NEIGHBORHOOD
02:49:06 DISPLACEMENT, INVOLVEMENT IN JUVENILE AND LEGAL
02:49:10 AND CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEMS, LIMITED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
02:49:14 AND THE LOSS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND BELONGING WROTE
02:49:19 ROADMAP TO PEACE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY
02:49:20 AND PROVIDING COMBINED COORDINATED SERVICES YOUTH
02:49:23 LEADERSHIP, HEALING FAMILY SUPPORT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
02:49:27 AND ALTERNATIVES TO INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL
02:49:30 JUSTICE SYSTEM. DR. ESTELLA GARCIA LEGACY CAN
02:49:34 BE FOUND IN THE CLINICIANS SHE MENTORED.
02:49:37 THE ORGANIZATION SHE STRENGTHENS THE COALITION.
02:49:41 SHE HELPED BUILD THE CEREMONIES AND HEALING CIRCLES SHE
02:49:45 SUPPORTED. THE YOUNG PEOPLE MANY YOUNG
02:49:48 PEOPLE GIVEN ANOTHER PATH AND THE FAMILIES WHO
02:49:50 ENCOUNTERED SERVICES THAT RECOGNIZE THEIR FULL HUMANITY.
02:49:53 IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE CONTINUED PRACTICE SHE LEFT
02:49:57 WITH ALL OF US. THE PRACTICE OF LA QUINTA
02:50:01 GUERRA MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER SPOUSE ROBIN SAN MIGUEL THANK
02:50:05 YOU ESTELLA FOR YOUR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO HEALING OUR
02:50:08 COMMUNITIES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY
02:50:13 JULIUS HUBERTY AND TRACY BROWN FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND IN
02:50:17 PREPARING THIS IN MEMORIAM. SAN FRANCISCO IS A BETTER,
02:50:21 HEALTHIER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE CITY BECAUSE OF
02:50:22 DR. ESTELLE GARCIA. THE DOCTOR IS THE LATTER AS
02:50:26 GARCIA AND MR. PRESIDENT. MADAM CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO
02:50:32 TURN THIS OVER TO SUPERVISOR FIELDER TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS
02:50:36 AND THEN BE REFERRED FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
02:50:37 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR
02:50:41 MELGAR FOR LEADING THIS IN MEMORIAM.
02:50:44 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FEW BRIEF REMARKS ON BEHALF OF MYSELF
02:50:48 AND DISTRICT NINE TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. STELLA
02:50:49 RAE AS GARCIA WHO PLAYED SUCH A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE MISSION
02:50:53 DISTRICT. THROUGHOUT HER DECADES OF
02:50:56 LEADERSHIP AND WORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE INCLUDING OVER 35 YEARS
02:51:00 AT INSTITUTO FAMILIA DE LA RAZA 15 OF THOSE AT THE HELM.
02:51:04 DR. GARCIA WAS A BELOVED MENTOR AND VISIONARY, ESPECIALLY
02:51:07 VISIBLE IN THE COUNTLESS WOMEN LEADERS WHO GREW UP IN HER
02:51:11 ORBIT AND WHO ARE NOW OUTSPOKEN CHANGEMAKERS IN OUR CITY.
02:51:14 DR. GARCIA LEFT HER MARK IN ADVOCATING FOR
02:51:18 AND IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC POLICY AND MENTAL HEALTH HIV SERVICES
02:51:22 AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND PROMOTE HEALTHY
02:51:23 COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY FOR THE LATINO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
02:51:27 THE MISSION DISTRICT WILL MISS HER DEARLY BUT REMEMBER HER
02:51:31 LEGACY WHICH LIVES ON IN IFR AND SO MANY OF OUR LEADERS.
02:51:35 I OFFER MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HER LIFELONG PARTNER ROBERT
02:51:38 AND SON MIGUEL, THEIR DAUGHTER AND NIECES MIKAYLA, ANA
02:51:42 AND ESPERANZA, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR
02:51:43 EXTENDED COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE SUPERVISOR CHEN ALSO.
02:51:51 >> THANK YOU PERSON. DON'T MIND.
02:51:55 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MALKIA FOR
02:51:56 GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY
02:51:59 CONTRIBUTIONS THAT DR. GARCIA BLASTED OUR COMMUNITY WITH.
02:52:02 NOT ONLY DID SHE HELP BUILD IFR INTO WHAT IS TODAY BUT SHE HAD
02:52:06 A DIRECT IMPACT AND INFLUENCE OVER THE WELLNESS AND SAFETY OF
02:52:10 SO MANY FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:52:13 HER INNOVATION, GRIT AND LOVE FOR COMMUNITY WILL BE
02:52:14 REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS. I'M ALSO SENDING MY LOVE TO OUR
02:52:19 FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH
02:52:22 OUR CITY. MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING.
02:52:24 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:52:28 AND SUPERVISE YOUR MELGAR. YOU WANTED TO FINISH YOUR ROLL
02:52:33 CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:52:37 TODAY I AM INTRODUCING A HEARING REQUEST ALONG WITH
02:52:40 SUPERVISORS DORSEY CHEN CHAN AND FIELDER FOR A JOINT MEETING
02:52:45 BETWEEN THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND THE BOARD
02:52:49 OF SUPERVISORS PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
02:52:53 COMMITTEE. THE STAFFING NEEDS POLICIES
02:52:55 AND PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO AND ADDRESSING REPORTS OF
02:52:57 SEXUAL ASSAULT. >> LAST MARCH WE HELD A HEARING
02:53:01 ON THE SEVERE UNDERSTAFFED UNDERSTAFFING AND POLICIES FOR
02:53:05 THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL VICTIMS
02:53:08 UNIT. >> THE HEARING ILLUMINATED THE
02:53:09 CRITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNDERSTAFFED TEAM TASKED WITH
02:53:13 SOME OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
02:53:17 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE TOLL THAT
02:53:21 IT TAKES ON OVERWORKED INVESTIGATORS.
02:53:25 WHILE STAFFING REMAINED DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS, THERE WAS
02:53:28 STILL A COMMITMENT AND IMMEDIATE STEPS THAT WERE
02:53:30 TAKEN AFTER THE HEARING TO ALLEVIATE THE STRAINS OF THE
02:53:33 SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT INTO STRENGTHENED PROTOCOLS.
02:53:36 THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO
02:53:40 GO. >> LAST WEEK THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:53:43 STANDARD REPORTED ON HOW DIFFICULT IT REMAINS TO
02:53:44 NAVIGATE THE PROCESS EVEN WHEN A SURVIVOR FOLLOWS ALL THE
02:53:48 STEPS, COLLECTS EVIDENCE AND EVEN HAS A SUSPECT MATCH.
02:53:54 IT DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE IS A CULTURE THAT PREVAILS WHERE
02:53:56 SEXUAL ASSAULT IS NOT PROVIDED THE SAME LEVEL OF URGENCY
02:53:59 AND SENSITIVITY WHICH LEADS TO SURVIVE.
02:54:03 SURVIVORS REFRAINING FROM REPORTING OR SPEAKING UP WHEN
02:54:06 THERE IS A SEXUAL ASSAULT. SAN FRANCISCO'S RAPE CASE
02:54:10 CLEARANCE RATE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POINT
02:54:14 WHERE THERE ARE WE ARE AT HALF THE NATIONAL RATE WITH ONLY 14%
02:54:20 OF RAPES CLEARED. IF WE WANT SURVIVORS TO FEEL
02:54:24 SAFE COMING FORWARD, IT IS UP TO US TO SHOW HOW WE WILL BE
02:54:28 HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO SERVING THEM WITH DIGNITY AND A SENSE
02:54:32 OF URGENCY. THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
02:54:33 WOMEN ALSO DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE LAST WEEK SO THAT IS WHY I AM
02:54:37 CALLING THE JOINT HEARING WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
02:54:40 AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE TODAY.
02:54:41 WE WANT THIS HEARING TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS FOR IMPROVING THE
02:54:44 OUTCOMES AND THE HANDLING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS.
02:54:47 THIS IS ABOUT COLLABORATION AND BRINGING TOGETHER RESOURCES
02:54:51 SO WE CAN CENTER SURVIVORS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
02:54:55 I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE VICTIM AND WITNESS
02:54:59 SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT RESPONSE
02:55:02 AND PREVENTION. SHARP THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
02:55:03 DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND THE
02:55:07 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS BOTH
02:55:11 IN COLLABORATION AND THANK YOU TO CHAIR DORSEY OF THE PUBLIC
02:55:15 SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
02:55:19 THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR OR SUPERVISOR SAUTER
02:55:23 COLLEAGUES. >> HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE THE
02:55:26 DEFINING CRISIS OF OUR DAY. RENTS ARE CRUSHING THE VERY
02:55:30 PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS CITY RUN AND ARE KEEPING OUT COUNTLESS
02:55:34 MEMBERS OF THE NEXT GENERATION WHO WANT TO LIVE THEIR SAN
02:55:37 FRANCISCO DREAM. WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS
02:55:41 EMERGENCY BY BOTH BUILDING MORE HOMES AND SUPPORTING EXISTING
02:55:45 TENANTS, KEEPING RENTERS IN THEIR HOMES AND ENSURING
02:55:46 THESE HOMES ARE AFFORDABLE AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
02:55:49 >> MUST ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF OUR RESPONSE TO THE HOUSING
02:55:53 CRISIS. SO TODAY I'M INTRODUCING THREE
02:55:56 ITEMS WHICH RESPOND TO THE INCREASING PRESSURE THAT
02:56:00 RENTERS FIND THEMSELVES UNDER IN TODAY'S HOT HOUSING MARKET.
02:56:03 >> FIRST I'M INTRODUCING A DRAFTING REQUEST TO UPDATE
02:56:07 AND STRENGTHEN SAN FRANCISCO'S ELEVATOR ORDINANCE.
02:56:11 >> AND BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS, I WANT TO
02:56:13 TELL YOU WHY I'M DOING THIS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TENANTS AT
02:56:16 845 CALIFORNIA THAT I HAVE MET OVER THIS PAST YEAR ALMOST 100
02:56:20 OF MY CONSTITUENTS, DIFFERENT AGENTS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS,
02:56:24 ALL WHO HAVE HAD TO BOND TOGETHER OUT OF NECESSITY
02:56:27 BECAUSE THEIR ELEVATORS HAVE BEEN BROKEN NEARLY NONSTOP.
02:56:31 AN ELEVATOR OUTAGE MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN ABSTRACT PROBLEM UNTIL
02:56:36 YOU HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE IT HURTS.
02:56:39 SO THIS SUMMER I VISITED F45, CALIFORNIA AND MET THE PEOPLE
02:56:43 IMPACTED BY THIS. I MET AN AMAZING 94 YEAR OLD
02:56:46 WOMAN WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED DECADES OF HER LIFE TO SAN
02:56:50 FRANCISCO BUT IS NOW ISOLATED FROM THE CITY SHE LOVES.
02:56:53 I MET A MAN WHO SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST IN HIS APARTMENT
02:56:58 AND WHEN THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED HE HAD TO WALK HIMSELF DOWN
02:57:01 MANY FLIGHTS OF STAIRS BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS BROKEN.
02:57:05 I MET A WOMAN WHO TOLD ME HOW SHE STRUGGLES TO CARRY HER DOG
02:57:08 IN ONE HAND AND GROCERIES IN THE OTHER AS SHE TRAVERSES
02:57:11 THE STEEP STAIRS. >> I MET NEIGHBOR AFTER
02:57:13 NEIGHBOR WHO SHARED THAT THEY NOW GO OUT LESS BECAUSE OF THE
02:57:17 ELEVATOR OUTAGES AND SKIPPING SEEING FRIENDS, LIMITING
02:57:21 GROCERIES AND PUTTING OFF DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS OR EVEN
02:57:24 SURGERIES BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY.
02:57:27 AND I SAW THAT EIGHT FLIGHTS OF WINDING NARROW, DISJOINTED
02:57:28 STAIRS STAND BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR NORMAL LIVES
02:57:31 AND ACTIVITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO .
02:57:35 DESPITE NEARLY 30 FORMAL BUILDING COMPLAINTS REPEATED
02:57:38 OUTREACH FROM MY OFFICE AND TENANT COMPLAINTS, THE
02:57:39 PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN EVASIVE AND NONCOMMITTAL IN THEIR
02:57:43 RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE ELEVATORS.
02:57:46 THEY CONSTANTLY PLAY A CAT AND MOUSE GAME IN MAKING
02:57:47 TEMPORARY FIXES TO EVADE BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND FORCED
02:57:50 TENANTS TO WADE THROUGH ENDLESS MAZES OF PHONE TREES TO TRY
02:57:54 AND REACH A REAL HUMAN BEING. >> AND WHILE THESE ELEVATORS
02:57:58 STOP BROKEN MONTH AFTER MONTH, THIS LANDLORD HAS BEEN
02:58:01 MARKETING A 400 SQUARE FOOT STUDIO IN THE VERY SAME
02:58:05 BUILDING FOR $4,200 A MONTH. AND THE LISTING EVEN PROMISED A
02:58:10 QUOTE ELEVATOR FOR EFFORTLESS ACCESS.
02:58:13 >> AFTER I TOURED THE BUILDING. I WAS LEFT DISMAYED AND ANGRY.
02:58:17 THE PROPERTY OWNER CLEARLY NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR THEIR OWN
02:58:21 NEGLECT BUT OUR CITY CAN DO MORE TO OUR CURRENT ELEVATOR
02:58:25 ORDINANCE IS LIGHT ON SPECIFICS AND GIVES BAD ACTORS FAR TOO
02:58:29 MUCH LEEWAY WHEN AN ELEVATOR DOESN'T ACTUALLY RELIABLY SERVE
02:58:33 TENANTS. >> SO TODAY'S DRAFTING REQUEST
02:58:34 WILL ASK THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WORK TO UPDATE SAN FRANCISCO'S
02:58:38 ELEVATOR ORDINANCE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING REQUIRING
02:58:42 THAT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN ALL
02:58:46 ELEVATORS AS FAST AS OPERABLE AT ALL TIMES AND SETTING A
02:58:53 CLEAR DEADLINE FOR REPAIRS TO BE COMPLETED.
02:58:54 REQUIRING THAT RELOCATION OPTIONS BE PROVIDED BY PROPERTY
02:58:58 OWNERS TO CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT NEED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
02:59:01 OUTAGES LONGER THAN 24 HOURS. REQUIRING THAT MORE NOTICES
02:59:08 AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS BE POSTED AND SENT IMMEDIATELY
02:59:11 FOR ALL OUTAGES INCLUDING TRANSLATION FOR CITY SUPPORTED
02:59:13 LANGUAGES. >> WE WILL ALSO EXAMINE FEES
02:59:17 AND ENFORCEMENT SCHEDULES FOR BUILDING VIOLATIONS RELATED TO
02:59:20 ELEVATOR OUTAGES AND CLARIFY REMEDIES AND ANTI RETALIATION
02:59:24 PROTECTIONS AVAILABLE TO TENANTS WHEN THEIR ACCESS TO
02:59:28 THEIR HOMES IS LIMITED IS LIMITED BY ELEVATOR OUTAGES.
02:59:31 >> I BELIEVE THAT A WORKING ELEVATOR IN AN APARTMENT IS NOT
02:59:35 AN AMENITY OR A LUXURY. IT IS A CORE HOUSING SERVICE.
02:59:39 AND SO THIS LEGISLATION SAYS SIMPLY IF YOU PROFIT FROM A
02:59:43 BUILDING YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING IT LIVABLE.
02:59:46 >> NEXT I'M INTRODUCING A BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
02:59:50 ANALYST'S REQUEST TO CONSIDER IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAN FRANCISCO
02:59:54 WHOSE POLICY REGARDING BANKED RENT INCREASES BANKED RENT IS
02:59:58 THE PRACTICE OF A LANDLORD SKIPPING AN ANNUAL ALLOWABLE
03:00:01 RENT INCREASE AND INSTEAD SAVING OR BANKING THE UNUSED
03:00:06 PERCENTAGE. AND UNDER TODAY'S POLICY
03:00:07 LANDLORDS HAVE THE OPTION TO ADD THIS BANK RENT INCREASE AT
03:00:11 A FUTURE DATE TO THE SAME TENANT WITH NO LIMITS.
03:00:14 THIS CAN LEAD TO A LARGE RENT INCREASE IN FUTURE YEARS THAT
03:00:18 CAN BE HARD TO EXPECT OR ABSORB ALL AT ONCE.
03:00:21 IN TODAY'S HOT MARKET WE'RE SEEING BANK RENT USE AS A TOOL
03:00:25 TO PUSH TENANTS OUT WITH LARGE INCREASES RENT INCREASES THAT
03:00:29 ARE UNTENABLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING
03:00:32 AROUND THE SALE OF NEW BUILDINGS WHICH WAS THE CASE AT
03:00:35 1120. JACKSON IN MY DISTRICT WHERE A
03:00:38 92 YEAR OLD AND HER NEIGHBORS ARE FIGHTING EVICTIONS HERE.
03:00:42 BANKS RENT WAS FIRST USED AS AN INCENTIVE FOR THE BUILDING AS
03:00:46 IT WAS MARKETED HAVING A 224% RENTAL UPSIDE ACHIEVABLE
03:00:49 THROUGH UNIT TURNOVER AND THEN BANKRUPT BANK BANKED RENT WAS
03:00:57 WEAPONIZED TO BRING SUDDEN RENT INCREASES THAT NO TENANT COULD
03:01:01 ABSORB OVERNIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE GUARDRAILS
03:01:05 THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHICH WILL HELP US AVOID THESE
03:01:08 SCENARIOS. EVERY OTHER CITY THAT ALLOWS
03:01:12 BANK RENT HAS GUARDRAILS EVERY SINGLE ONE EXCEPT SAN
03:01:16 FRANCISCO. AND WE HAVE LITERALLY BEEN
03:01:19 CALLED THE WILD WEST OF RENT BANKING BECAUSE OF THIS.
03:01:23 >> SO OUR BILL A REPORT WILL LOOK AT LIMITS AND PROTECTIONS
03:01:25 THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE ENACTED AND CONSIDER HOW THEY MIGHT
03:01:28 IMPACT SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE OVERALL
03:01:32 RENTAL MARKET. >> FINALLY I AM INTRODUCING
03:01:35 HEARING REQUESTS ON THE TOPIC OF RENTAL SCAMS A PRACTICE THAT
03:01:39 IS BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED AND DECEPTIVE IN THIS BRUTAL
03:01:43 RENTAL MARKET. SAN FRANCISCANS SEARCHING FOR
03:01:47 HOUSING ARE INCREASINGLY TARGETED BY RENTAL SCAMS
03:01:50 LISTING LISTINGS FOR APARTMENTS THAT SIMPLY DON'T EXIST.
03:01:54 SCAMMERS POSING AS LANDLORDS OR PROPERTY MANAGERS AS REQUESTS
03:01:59 FOR DEPOSITS OR FIRST MONTH'S RENT BEFORE REVIEWING
03:02:01 AND FRAUDULENT SUBLETTING SCHEMES THAT EXPLOIT THE CITY'S
03:02:06 COMPETITIVE RENTAL MARKET. THESE SCAMS DISPROPORTIONATELY
03:02:10 HIT RENTERS WITH THE LEAST ROOM FOR FINANCIAL LOSS STUDENTS NEW
03:02:12 ARRIVALS, LOW INCOME TENANTS AND IMMIGRANTS NAVIGATING AN
03:02:15 UNFAMILIAR HOUSING SEARCH PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
03:02:18 >> SO OUR HEARING WILL EXAMINE THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM
03:02:22 IN SAN FRANCISCO. WHAT PROTECTIONS CURRENTLY
03:02:25 EXIST AND WHAT MORE ARE THE CITY CAN DO TO WARN PEOPLE
03:02:26 BEFORE MONEY CHANGES HANDS? A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHIEF
03:02:30 ASSISTANT TREASURER AMANDA FREED FOR HER WORK IN ELEVATING
03:02:33 THIS ISSUE AND HER OFFICE'S COMMITMENT TO CONSUMER
03:02:37 PROTECTIONS IN A BRUTAL HOUSING MARKET.
03:02:41 >> WE NEED TO STEP UP HOW OUR CITY PROTECTS RENTERS AND LONG
03:02:45 TIME TENANTS. MY MESSAGE TO THOSE SEEKING TO
03:02:48 EXPLOIT TODAY IS COMPETITIVE MARKET IS CLEAR.
03:02:52 IF YOU OWN A BUILDING, KEEP THE ELEVATOR RUNNING.
03:02:56 IF YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THE RENT, DON'T SPRING YEARS OF
03:02:59 INCREASES ON SOMEONE OVERNIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING AN
03:03:02 APARTMENT IT SHOULD ACTUALLY EXIST.
03:03:03 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TURNING THIS WORK INTO LEGISLATION
03:03:07 IN THE MONTHS AHEAD TO BETTER PROTECT SAN FRANCISCO RENTERS.
03:03:10 I WANT TO THANK MICHELLE ANDREWS FOR MY TEAM FOR HER
03:03:14 WORK ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS AND FOR APPROACHING BOTH THE
03:03:15 HUMAN STORIES AND LEGISLATIVE SIDE WITH CARE
03:03:18 AND CONSIDERATION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY
03:03:22 ATTORNEYS INCLUDING BRAD ROSSI, MEGAN RYAN AND ROB COPPOLA FOR
03:03:23 THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THESE ITEMS AND THE REST.
03:03:26 >> I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
03:03:30 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR CHERYL SMITH THANK YOU.
03:03:34 SCENE NO OTHER NAMES ON THE ROSTER MR. PRESIDENT.
03:03:37 >> THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTION.
03:03:38 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:03:41 AT THIS TIME THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELCOMES YOUR
03:03:43 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IN PERSON SPEAKERS WILL BE
03:03:45 PRIORITIZED SO PLEASE LINE UP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
03:03:49 CHAMBER. THOSE JOINING US REMOTELY
03:03:52 SUPERSTAR THREE NOW TO LINE UP IN THE REMOTE QUEUE.
03:03:53 DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY SPEAK TO THE APPROVAL
03:03:56 OF THE JUNE 23RD BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
03:04:00 THE JUNE 22ND JUNE 24TH AND JUNE 2ND JUNE 25TH.
03:04:03 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MINUTES.
03:04:06 ITEMS 88 THROUGH 95 THE ITEMS UNDER THE FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
03:04:10 COMMITTEE REFERENCE CALENDAR AND ANY OTHER GENERAL MATTERS
03:04:12 THAT ARE NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA BUT MUST BE WITHIN THE BOARD'S
03:04:15 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. >> ALL OTHER AGENDA CONTENT
03:04:18 WILL HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT TO THE BOARD BY AN APPROPRIATE
03:04:21 COMMITTEE WHERE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUIREMENT OCCURRED.
03:04:23 AS I INDICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE BOARD HAS
03:04:27 ALSO APPROVED A RULE TO ADDRESS DISORDERLY PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:04:30 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST KEEP THEIR COMMENTS GERMANE TO
03:04:32 MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.
03:04:35 ANY COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN PERSONAL ATTACKS, HARASSMENT OR
03:04:38 DISCRIMINATORY REMARKS DIRECTED TO A CITY EMPLOYEE OR BOARD
03:04:42 MEMBER OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS BODY AND SHALL BE
03:04:43 REDIRECTED? FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY REDIRECT
03:04:46 YOUR COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN YOUR FORFEITURE OF REMAINING
03:04:50 TIME AND WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:04:53 ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A
03:04:54 WHOLE AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
03:04:56 >> FIRST PERSON. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
03:05:01 MY NAME IS AMELIA. DISTRICT NINE SPEAKING IN MY
03:05:03 INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE WALKED OVER 23
03:05:07 MILES ACROSS OUR CITY ACROSS OUR SYSTEM OF CARE.
03:05:11 THE CRISIS CENTERS, SHELTERS, REHABS, DROP IN CENTERS, FOOD
03:05:12 DISTRIBUTION SITES, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITES.
03:05:16 I HAD TO TELL THEM THEY MAY BE WITNESSING THE REMOVAL OF PEER
03:05:20 COUNSELORS FROM THE STREET CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM FROM
03:05:21 FRONTLINE WORKERS TO DIRECTORS. NO ONE THAT I SPOKE TO HAD
03:05:24 HEARD IT ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY COUNT ON THE NON-UNIFORMED
03:05:28 PEER SUPPORT BACKED BY OUR TRADITIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS
03:05:31 WHEN THEY CALL 911 FOR THEIR PEOPLE.
03:05:33 OUR PEOPLE. ONE PERSON ON FOOT IN DOOR TO
03:05:37 DOOR DURING OFF HOURS SHOULD NOT BE THE COMMUNICATION
03:05:38 STRATEGY FOR A POLICY CHANGE OF THIS CONSEQUENCE WITHIN A
03:05:41 CITY'S ADMINISTRATION FOCUSED ON COORDINATION, ACCOUNTABILITY
03:05:45 AND OUTCOMES. SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS OF THOSE
03:05:48 CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY PUBLIC RECORD.
03:05:49 IN THE 70 LETTERS YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS
03:05:53 FROM THE LAST TWO WEEKS ALONE IF WE REALLY ARE TO BREAK THE
03:05:56 CYCLE, LET'S START WITH TELLING THE TRUTH OUT LOUD TO YOUR
03:06:00 CONSTITUENTS YOUR HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS.
03:06:03 >> FIRST RESPONDERS WANT THIS. THE ANSWER IS IN YOUR INBOX.
03:06:07 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES AT THE
03:06:08 PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL WHILE LOOKING TO YOU FOR MACRO LEVEL
03:06:11 DIRECTION. BUT I ASK RIGHT NOW WHY WOULD
03:06:15 WE FORFEIT FUNDED HIGH QUALITY CARE THAT HAS MECHANISMS FOR
03:06:19 FEDERAL AND STATE REIMBURSEMENT?
03:06:19 IN THIS BUDGET CLIMATE. PLEASE SIGN A LETTER TO THE
03:06:23 MAYORS SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT US REGARDING
03:06:26 A THOROUGH REVIEW BEFORE RECESS.
03:06:29 I AM HERE AS A RESOURCE WHETHER WE ARE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
03:06:31 RIGHT NOW OR WHETHER WE'LL HAVE TO SOMEDAY REBUILD THE
03:06:34 DEMOLITION OF A ONCE SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION.
03:06:38 NOW EFFECTIVE. NOW EFFECTIVE AUGUST 14TH.
03:06:42 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:06:44 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT
03:06:51 MANDELL MEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MY
03:06:53 FELLOW SAN FRANCISCANS. MY NAME IS EVA SELIGMAN AND I
03:06:56 AM HONORED TO SERVE AS A LEGISLATIVE INTERN
03:07:00 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S OFFICE. I AM ALSO A PROUD NATIVE OF SAN
03:07:04 FRANCISCAN. >> CURRENTLY I STUDY AT BOSTON
03:07:05 UNIVERSITY FREDERIC PARTY SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES WHERE
03:07:08 I STUDY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND HISTORY.
03:07:11 >> IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO INTRODUCE A
03:07:15 RESOLUTION THAT I HELPED AUTHORED ESTABLISHING A
03:07:16 FENTANYL AWARENESS AND REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE CITY
03:07:20 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS
03:07:23 SUPERVISOR DORSEY HAS BEEN A LEADING VOICE IN ADVANCING A
03:07:27 RECOVERY FIRST APPROACH TO THE DRUG CRISIS IN OUR CITY AN
03:07:31 APPROACH THAT PRIORITIZES TREATMENT, REHABILITATION,
03:07:36 PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS RESOLUTION BUILDS UPON
03:07:39 THAT IMPORTANT WORK BY RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND IMPACT
03:07:40 FENTANYL HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND HONORING THE
03:07:44 LIVES WE HAVE LOST. FUNNEL HAS FUNDAMENTALLY
03:07:48 CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF THE OVERDOSE CRISIS IN SAN
03:07:51 FRANCISCO. IT IS MORE POTENT, MORE
03:07:52 DANGEROUS AND MORE UNPREDICTABLE ALL THAN PREVIOUS
03:07:55 SUBSTANCES AND IT HAS LEFT FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS
03:07:59 AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR CITY DEVASTATED.
03:08:00 >> BEHIND EVERY NUMBER AND EVERY STATISTIC THERE IS A
03:08:03 PERSON THERE IS A LOVED ONE A NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND, A FAMILY
03:08:08 MEMBER, A SON, A DAUGHTER, A VALUED MEMBER OF THIS
03:08:12 COMMUNITY. >> THIS RESOLUTION CREATES AN
03:08:15 OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, SUPPORT THOSE WHO
03:08:19 CONTINUE TO GRIEVE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ONGOING
03:08:20 DANGERS OF FENTANYL. FENTANYL AWARENESS
03:08:23 AND REMEMBRANCE DAY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT LOOKING BACK
03:08:27 AND REMEMBERING THOSE WE HAVE LOST.
03:08:28 IT IS ALSO ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD WITH GREATER AWARENESS,
03:08:31 STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORTS AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO
03:08:35 PURSUING SOLUTION THAT SAVES LIVES.
03:08:36 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY THAT CONFRONTS
03:08:40 DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WITH COMPASSION AND COURAGE
03:08:43 AND ACTION. >> BY RECOGNIZING THIS DAY WE
03:08:44 AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THOSE IMPACTED BY
03:08:48 THE CRISIS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOU TO
03:08:51 SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:08:52 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SPEAKERS GOOD AFTERNOON
03:09:02 PRESIDENT MAN WOMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
03:09:06 >> MY NAME IS MAHONEY SEABURY AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
03:09:10 SERVING AS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY.
03:09:11 >> I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER
03:09:14 OF A STAFF BUT AS A PROUD AFGHAN-AMERICAN SPEAKING ON
03:09:18 BEHALF OF ITEM 88 RECOGNIZING AUGUST AS AFGHAN-AMERICAN
03:09:21 HERITAGE MONTH. >> THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENTS
03:09:25 SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD SEE GROWING UP TO
03:09:28 STAND IN THIS CHAMBERS AS AN AFGHAN-AMERICAN SERVING THE
03:09:30 PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND REPRESENTING A RESOLUTION
03:09:33 RECOGNIZING MY OWN COMMUNITY IS BOTH HUMBLING AND DEEPLY
03:09:37 MEANINGFUL. IT IS A REMINDER THAT
03:09:38 REPRESENTATION MATTERS AND THAT EVERY COMMUNITY DESERVES TO SEE
03:09:41 ITS STORY REFLECTED IN THE INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE THEM.
03:09:45 THIS RESOLUTION ALSO REPRESENTS THE CONTINUATION OF A JOURNEY
03:09:49 THAT BEGAN HERE IN THIS CHAMBER BACK IN 2023.
03:09:52 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DRAFTING SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST
03:09:56 AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE RESOLUTION AND AT THE TIME I
03:10:00 HOPE THAT IT WOULD BECOME MORE THAN A PROCLAMATION I HOPED IT
03:10:04 WOULD BECOME A TRADITION ONE THAT ENSURED FUTURE GENERATIONS
03:10:05 OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD NOT ONLY SEE THEIR HERITAGE
03:10:08 RECOGNIZED BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTION ASIANS CELEBRATED.
03:10:12 >> TODAY I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT VISION HAS
03:10:16 GROWN BEYOND SAN FRANCISCO. EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MARCH, THE
03:10:17 STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AFGHAN-AMERICAN
03:10:21 HERITAGE MONTH BUILDING UPON THE MOMENTUM THAT BEGAN BEGAN
03:10:24 HERE AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
03:10:27 >> IT IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT MEANINGFUL CHANGE OFTEN
03:10:31 BEGINS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS ANOTHER
03:10:35 HISTORIC FIRST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CONJUNCTION WITH AFGHAN
03:10:38 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS
03:10:40 RECOGNIZING AFGHAN AMERICANS FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE
03:10:43 TO OUR CITY AND OUR STATE. THESE HONOREES ARE MORE THAN
03:10:48 ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE EXAMPLES OF AFRICAN
03:10:49 AMERICANS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CALIFORNIA FOR DECADES
03:10:52 QUIETLY SERVING, QUIETLY LEADING AND GIVING BACK.
03:10:55 >> THIS IS WHY THIS RESOLUTION MATTERS.
03:10:58 I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY FOR HIS
03:11:00 UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND FOR CHAMPIONING THIS RESOLUTION
03:11:03 AND I THANK EACH OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE EXTRAORDINARY
03:11:07 CONTRIBUTION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
03:11:09 . >> NEXT SPEAKER.
03:11:17 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. I AM RICHARD KNEE, A JOURNALIST
03:11:21 AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE.
03:11:24 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL
03:11:28 JOURNALISTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER AND THE PACIFIC MEDIA
03:11:30 WORKERS GUILD. >> NEWS GUILD CWA LOCAL THREE
03:11:34 9521. >> AT LEAST ONE OF YOU HAS
03:11:35 EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO FILL THE TASK FORCE WITH MEMBERS WHO
03:11:40 TAKE A SO-CALLED PRAGMATIC APPROACH TOWARD SUNSHINE LAW
03:11:43 COMPLIANCE DELAYING APPOINTMENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY
03:11:47 APPLIED AND IN SOME CASES BEEN VETTED BY SPCA AND THE LEAGUE
03:11:51 OF WOMEN VOTERS IS ANYTHING BUT PRAGMATIC.
03:11:55 >> YOU ARE FORCING THE TASK FORCE TO GO ON HIATUS CAUSING
03:11:59 BUILD UP OF A BACKLOG OF SUNSHINE RELATED COMPLAINTS
03:12:02 AND DELAYING REDRESS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FILED THEM.
03:12:06 IT IS NOT THE TASK FORCE'S JOB TO BE MORE FRIENDLY OR MORE
03:12:09 ADVERSARIAL TOWARDS CITY OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES.
03:12:13 THE TASK FORCE'S JOB IS TO ENCOURAGE AND MONITOR SUNSHINE
03:12:17 LAW COMPLIANCE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.
03:12:21 >> AT LEAST ONE OF YOU ARGUES THAT THE VOLUME OF RECORD
03:12:25 REQUESTS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES TO
03:12:28 DO THEIR JOB. >> SUNSHINE LAW COMPLIANCE IS
03:12:33 PART AND PARCEL OF THAT JOB. >> BUT RATHER THAN MAKE SURE
03:12:37 THAT THOSE OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES HAVE SUFFICIENT
03:12:38 STAFFING AND RESOURCES TO MEET RECORD REQUESTS, SOME OF YOU
03:12:45 WANT INSTEAD TO BLAME THE REQUESTERS FOR EXERCISING THEIR
03:12:48 RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT CITY POLICIES AND ACTIONS AND THEIR
03:12:52 BASES. A TACTIC STRAIGHT OUT OF THE
03:12:53 AUTHOR AUTHORITY TARION PLAYBOOK IS A WRONGHEADED
03:12:56 APPROACH THAT WILL ENABLE BACKROOM DEALING AND FORCE
03:13:00 SUNSHINE COMPLAINANTS TO GO TO COURT WHICH WILL COST THE CITY
03:13:04 POTENTIALLY MILLIONS EVERY YEAR .
03:13:07 >> THAT IS ANYTHING BUT PRAGMATIC.
03:13:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
03:13:19 HELLO CITY COUNCIL AND NICE TO SEE YOU JACKIE.
03:13:22 MY NAME IS DEE HENRY AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING
03:13:24 THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY BUT STICK WITH ME.
03:13:26 >> IT WILL ALL RELATE. I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR A
03:13:30 HISTORICALLY SHAFTED BIRD. >> I WAS ONCE LIKE YOU, JACKIE
03:13:34 THINKING OF THEM AS RATS OF THE SKIES.
03:13:37 I SAW DIRTY SCOUNDRELS FEEDING THE DIRTY BIRDS AND IT ALMOST
03:13:41 BROUGHT ME TO TEARS TO SAY THAT I SPAT ON THEM.
03:13:42 >> I'VE HEARD THEM CALLED MUDGUARDS BLACK PLAGUE BIRDS
03:13:46 TARGET PRACTICE ICE CHUBBY DOVES DOG TOYS GOVERNMENT SPIES
03:13:53 ,ALIEN SPIES HOOCHIE MAMAS SCALY RATS MONK JUMBOS CONCRETE
03:13:57 CHICKEN GUZZLERS AND IN SOME CASES AS THE COVID PANDEMICS
03:14:03 PATIENT ZERO. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A MOMENT
03:14:05 OF SILENCE FOR UTTERING THOSE WORDS.
03:14:08 BUT IT ALL CHANGED WHEN I MOVED TO SAN FRAN.
03:14:11 I WAS GAZING OUT AT THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OVER THE BAY
03:14:12 AS I CUT MY TOENAILS AND A BIG BANG ALMOST MADE ME CHOP OFF MY
03:14:19 TOE. I WENT OUT TO THE BALCONY
03:14:20 AND HEARD A FAINT CUCKOO AND SAW I WOULD BECOME MY BEST
03:14:23 FRIEND AND LOVER. >> LITTLE KENNY I REALIZED THAT
03:14:29 THESE ARE CUDDLY, CHUNKY, CURIOUS AND TOTALLY CUCKOO FOR
03:14:33 COCOA PUFFS CREATURES AND THIS CITY HAS DECLARED WAR ON THEM.
03:14:38 >> AND I'M HERE TO MAKE A STAND .
03:14:40 LOOK AROUND. THERE'S SPIKES ON WINDOWS.
03:14:44 NETS ON DOORWAYS AND THE COVERT PIGEON HUNTING SYNDICATE KNOWN
03:14:48 AS THE PARROTS. >> I'VE SPENT LONG NIGHTS
03:14:49 WEEPING IN THE FETAL POSITION DUE TO THIS CITY'S ATROCITIES
03:14:53 TOWARDS PAGES. >> SO HERE ARE MY DEMANDS.
03:14:56 >> CUCKOO. HERE WE GO, JACKIE.
03:15:00 OKAY, EVERYONE. PIGEONS ON THREE.
03:15:02 ONE, TWO, THREE. PIGEONS.
03:15:04 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:15:09 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
03:15:16 MY NAME IS YAHIA BUZZARD. I'M HERE TODAY WITH CARE THE
03:15:19 COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS AND WE SUPPORT THE
03:15:22 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
03:15:24 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> FOR GENERATIONS SOUTH ASIAN
03:15:27 AMERICANS HAVE SHAPED THE FABRIC OF SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH
03:15:31 THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY'S CULTURE ECONOMY, PUBLIC
03:15:35 SERVICE AND CIVIC LIFE. >> THE SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN
03:15:38 COMMUNITY IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE ENCOMPASSING MUSLIM DALIT SICK
03:15:43 TAMIL BENGALI NAPOLI, INDO CARIBBEAN AND MANY OTHER
03:15:48 COMMUNITIES WHOSE HISTORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS DESERVE TO BE
03:15:51 RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED. RECOGNIZING SOUTH ASIAN
03:15:55 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH UPLIFTS MANY STORIES, IDENTITIES
03:15:59 AND CONTRIBUTIONS ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN SOUTH ASIANS
03:16:03 CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION ,HATE AND ERASURE.
03:16:07 >> WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
03:16:10 AND COMMISSIONER KUDARAT, CONTINUES CHAUDHRY FOR THEIR
03:16:13 LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD
03:16:17 TO UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AND TO CONTINUE
03:16:21 CELEBRATING THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOUTH
03:16:22 ASIAN-AMERICANS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:16:25 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:16:28 >> NEXT SPEAKER I ABHOR THIS COLONIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OF
03:16:36 WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTIC PRIMACY OF COERCED CISGENDER
03:16:40 LIVING AND HETEROSEXUALITY OF CAPITALISM POLICING, SLAVERY,
03:16:44 GENOCIDE, ECO SIDE EUGENICS ALL OF IT BUT ONLY FOCUSING ON THAT
03:16:48 DREAM MY HUMANITY UNTIL I FEEL MY BONE DRY OF ITS MARROW.
03:16:51 I'M ASPIRING TO ROOT MORE IN WHAT MAKES BEING HUMAN
03:16:53 WORTHWHILE. AS CORNY AS IT SOUNDS, LOVE IS
03:16:56 WHAT MAKES THIS FIGHT WORTH FIGHTING.
03:16:59 LOVE OF MY SOULMATE OUR KITTIES LOVE OF LOVE OF SAYING JOIN
03:17:02 OTHERS AND HELPING OTHERS FIND THEIR JOYFUL MOMENTS SEEING AN
03:17:04 UPLIFTING AND PROTECTING THE HUMANITY OF EVERY OTHER PERSON
03:17:07 TO EVERYONE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO BUCKLE UNDER
03:17:11 THE STATE SPONSORED DOMESTIC TERROR.
03:17:12 >> DON'T GIVE UP. >> I WON'T GIVE UP AND I HOPE
03:17:15 YOU DON'T EITHER. RELATED.
03:17:18 WHAT WILL BE THE POINT OF HUMAN SUPERVISORS IF A MAYOR OR CITY
03:17:22 ATTORNEY CAN JUST USE A.I. TO GENERATE LEGISLATION?
03:17:23 WILL WE GET DISTRICT A.I. CHAT BOTS TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS
03:17:27 INSTEAD OF FIVE OR SO HUMANS STAFFING EACH DISTRICT OFFICE?
03:17:29 THE MAYOR HAS OPEN HAD OPEN EYES CEO SAM ALTMAN ON HIS
03:17:34 TRANSITION TEAM. JUST THIS MONTH IT WAS
03:17:35 ANNOUNCED THAT OUR STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS EXPANDING ACCESS
03:17:37 ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT THROUGH AN ANTHROPIC A.I. PARTNERSHIP.
03:17:41 EVERY GOVERNMENT CONCESSION TO A.I. REPLACING THE HUMAN HEART,
03:17:45 INTELLIGENCE AND DISCRETION IS A CONCESSION TO INHUMANITY
03:17:46 LITERALLY. AND LET ME TELL YOU SAN
03:17:49 FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA THEY'RE MAKING MASSIVE
03:17:50 CONCESSIONS. >> IF THERE'S ONE THING PEOPLE
03:17:53 OF SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD KNOW BY NOW, IT'S THAT OUR MAYOR DOES
03:17:55 NOT SUPPORT ANY NEW TAXES NOR RESTRICTIONS ON BIG TECH
03:17:57 CORPORATIONS AND REAL ESTATE. WE JUST SAW THAT WHEN THE
03:18:01 MAYOR DENNIS SUPPORTS A PROPOSED TAX TO ENCOURAGE
03:18:04 FILLING EMPTY GROCERY STORES, EMPTY GROCERY STORE FRONTS
03:18:06 AND NOT SUPPORTING A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A STATE'S BILL
03:18:09 AGAINST SURVEILLANCE PRICING. >> WE HAVE A NO NEW TAXES ON
03:18:12 THE RICH MAYOR AND A TECHNO FASCIST BILLIONAIRE POLITICAL
03:18:14 MOVEMENT HAS PAVED ITS WAY INTO CITY HALL PAID ITS WAY INTO
03:18:16 CITY HALL TRANSFORMING SAN FRANCISCO INTO A RED CITY AND A
03:18:20 BLUE STATE RED NOT DUE TO COMMUNISM OR SOCIALISM BUT RED
03:18:23 DUE TO OUR MAYOR'S ALIGNMENT WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
03:18:26 AGENDA. THE MAYOR'S APPROACH TO
03:18:27 GOVERNING IS THAT OF A CEO CAPITALIST AND TYRANNICAL
03:18:30 AND STEALING STABILITY AND LIFE ITSELF FROM THE HOMELESS, POOR
03:18:32 AND MARGINALIZED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:18:35 NEXT SPEAKER BARRA SUPERVISORS AND MAYOR OFFICE OF SAN
03:18:46 FRANCISCO. THE TITLE OF TODAY IS ANY
03:18:49 STATICALLY TERRIFYING. LET IT BE KNOWN I'M THE
03:18:51 GUARDIAN OF THE TITLE OF MISS CHINATOWN OR SAN FRANCISCO 2018
03:18:57 AND MISS POPULAR MISS CHINESE INTERNATIONAL 2019.
03:19:00 IN FEBRUARY OF 2019 MAGGIE WONG CAME HOME WITH THE TITLE OF
03:19:03 MISS POPULARITY OF MISS CHINESE INTERNATIONAL.
03:19:06 DESPITE THE FACT EVERYONE BET AGAINST HER BY JUNE OF 20 19 I
03:19:12 HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. >> A GRUDGE TO ME IS AN ACT OF
03:19:17 NOTHING MORE INTRIGUING POISING HOPING THE OTHER PERSON WILL
03:19:21 DIE. LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.
03:19:24 TO CELEBRATE MY NEW VIEW I BOUGHT MY AUNTIE A NEW IPHONE.
03:19:28 >> TWO MONTHS LATER I DROVE MAGGIE TO MEET MY AUNTIE.
03:19:32 >> AUNTIE. WHERE IS MY IPHONE?
03:19:36 IT WAS A TONGUE IN CHEEK RESPONSE THAT MS. CHINATOWN IS
03:19:40 HERE IT'S BY MY SIDE AND HERE TO STAY.
03:19:42 >> SHE TOOK IT THE WRONG WAY. SHE THOUGHT I WAS GOING COMEDY.
03:19:45 IPHONE. >> AND HAND IT TO MAGGIE.
03:19:49 INSTEAD OF PAYING MAGGIE A GREETING, SHE BOLTED UP THE
03:19:52 STAIRS AND LOCKED HERSELF IN A BATHROOM.
03:19:56 SHE CRIED HYSTERICALLY UNCONTROLLABLY AND SHE WOULD
03:20:00 NOT OPEN THE DOOR UNTIL I LEAVE.
03:20:01 THAT ENDS MY JOURNEY TO THE TITLE OWNER OF MISS POPULARITY
03:20:04 OF MISS CHINESE INTERNATIONAL. SOME OF YOU SAY OH MY GOD THAT
03:20:11 IS HORRIBLE. >> WHAT WHY DONE TO YOUR
03:20:12 AUNTIE? IT IS TRUE AT CERTAIN ANGLE
03:20:15 MAGGIE COULD BE TERRIFYING. >> WHICH BRINGS ME I WOULD
03:20:19 PREFER NOT TO TALK ABOUT MY DESTINATION BUT MY JOURNEY.
03:20:25 >> FOR ME DOING SOMETHING AS DIFFICULT AND HARD I DON'T LOOK
03:20:29 AT CHALLENGE. >> I LOOK AT HOPE.
03:20:34 IF THE CHANCE FOR ME TO CLINCH A NO POINT ZERO ONE CHANCE OF
03:20:37 SUCCESS I WOULD TAKE IT BECAUSE MY MOM NAMED ME LOCK SOO NUNG
03:20:41 MEANS ABILITY AND WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
03:20:44 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:20:46 NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
03:20:54 HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. THIS IS ELIJAH LOGAN, DIRECTOR
03:20:59 OF THE OFFICE ON DISABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY AND WHILE I
03:21:03 WOULD LOVE TO JUST TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK OUR OFFICE
03:21:06 AND OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AROUND EXCESSIVE ABILITY
03:21:11 INCLUDING EXPANDING LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF
03:21:15 HEARING COMMUNITY INCLUDING BEST PRACTICES FOR SMALL
03:21:19 BUSINESSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS
03:21:22 INCLUDING SOME OF OUR GREAT CAPITAL EFFORTS THERE ARE
03:21:23 MOVING FORWARD. I WOULD NOT BE DOING JUSTICE
03:21:26 THIS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH IF I DID NOT TALK ABOUT MY FRIEND
03:21:31 ALICE WONG WHO HAS BEFORE YOU A YEAR AGO AND WHO LIVES ON
03:21:34 IN OUR MEMORY. AND SO IN HONOR OF ALICE I WILL
03:21:38 JUST READ ONE OF HER GREATEST HITS.
03:21:41 DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED WHETHER THE WORD
03:21:45 DISABILITY IS USED OR NOT. TO ME DISABILITY IS NOT A
03:21:49 MONOLITH NOR IS IT A CLEAR CUT BINARY OR DISABLED.
03:21:56 OF DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED. DISABILITY IS MUTABLE AND EVER
03:22:01 EVOLVING. DISABILITY IS BOTH APPARENT
03:22:04 AND NOT APPARENT. DISABILITY IS PAIN.
03:22:05 STRUGGLE, BRILLIANCE, ABUNDANCE AND JOY.
03:22:09 DISABILITY IS SOCIO POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL.
03:22:15 BEING VISIBLE AND CLAIMING A DISABLED IDENTITY BRINGS RISKS
03:22:19 AS MUCH AS IT BRINGS PRIDE. I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK OUR
03:22:23 CITY IS DOING AND CONTINUING TO DO IN THE SPACE OF DISABILITY
03:22:27 RIGHTS AND ACCESSIBILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
03:22:30 AND SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:22:31 NEXT SPEAKER PRESIDENT. MAN WOMAN.
03:22:42 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS RICHARD CHASTITY PETERSON.
03:22:49 I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND I
03:22:51 THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BRIEFLY AND I THINK KATY, ONE
03:22:56 OF THE ITEMS 86 OR SOMETHING I'VE BEEN INVOLVED
03:23:00 IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SINCE THE 1960S BELIEVE IT OR
03:23:04 NOT AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY CITY. >> I THEN WENT TO COLLEGE AT
03:23:12 IN BOSTON WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST TEACHERS AND AT LEAST
03:23:16 IN NEW ENGLAND I CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE CONTINUED
03:23:23 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORK WITH BOTH CLIENTS AND SOME OF
03:23:27 MY OWN PERSONAL WORK. I'VE DEVELOPED CERTAIN GAME
03:23:32 BOARDS AND THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ASSIST IN MANY OF THE CONCEPTS
03:23:38 OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. I WANT TO WARN AGAINST USING
03:23:43 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A AUTOMATIC MEANS TO ENFORCEMENT
03:23:50 OF MANY OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS.
03:23:53 AND THIS GOES NOT ONLY TO THE CITY BUT TO THE STATE AS MY
03:24:00 TRIALS WITH THE STATE BOARD STATE BAR SHOW THAT SOME TRACKS
03:24:08 WHEN ALREADY SET ARE PUT IN MOTION BY SIMPLE OVERSIGHTS
03:24:13 ONCE THEY'RE IN MOTION THERE IS RARELY ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO
03:24:18 EXCEPT UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
03:24:23 THE OTHER THING IS THE ALGORITHM IS BASICALLY AND IF
03:24:29 THEN TYPE OF AN ALGORITHM ALL ALGORITHMS ARE IT.
03:24:34 >> THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO GENERATIVE DEVELOPMENT THEN YOU
03:24:38 GET INTO REAL TROUBLE BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLOWING OTHER HUMANS
03:24:41 TO INTRODUCE THE ALGORITHMS THAT CHANGE YOUR MIND.
03:24:46 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:24:47 >> NEXT SPEAKER
03:25:23 . >> OKAY.
03:25:24 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JESSICA PERSICO.
03:25:28 MY WRITTEN COMMENTS FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY
03:25:31 AND ACCESSIBILITY. YOU CAN READ THEM RIGHT HERE.
03:25:35 OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
03:25:43 MAYOR LURIE FOR ATTENDING TODAY.
03:25:44 I HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND THIS MONDAY'S HEALTH COMMISSION
03:25:47 MEETING AT 4 P.M. AT ROOM FOUR AWAIT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD
03:25:51 MEETINGS AND STAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE SIGNING BUDGETS
03:25:55 AND OTHER MATTERS MOST URGENT. DANIEL LAURIA I URGE YOU IF
03:26:02 YOU'RE WATCHING TO NOT SIGN ONE FILE NUMBER 251003 EXPANDING
03:26:08 DRUG FREE HOUSING IN WAYS THAT MAY ADD COST RISK EVICTIONS FOR
03:26:15 PEOPLE IN RECOVERING AND THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
03:26:18 AND WORSEN OUR EXISTING HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BECAUSE
03:26:23 WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ACCESSIBILITY CRISIS.
03:26:26 >> NUMBER TWO FILE NUMBER 250630 THE CLEAN UP CODE THAT
03:26:32 REMOVES REPORTING LABELED OBSOLETE AND INCLUDING THAT FOR
03:26:40 HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD OVERSIGHT.
03:26:41 >> RESIDENTS RELY ON THESE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO
03:26:48 KEEP THEM PROTECTED. I ALSO ASK THAT THIS BOARD
03:26:52 AND ANYBODY WATCHING TO WORK WITH ME TO GET OUR FEDERAL
03:26:57 MEDICAID PAYMENTS BACK BY ADDRESSING FRAUD WASTE
03:27:03 AND ABUSE. CONTACT ME AT GOV DOT THIS THE
03:27:07 GAME.COM. PLEASE VERIFY AND ADOPT GOV DOT
03:27:11 DIS GAMESCOM AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE TO ANYONE WATCHING
03:27:15 THIS WITH THE MEANS. PLEASE CONSIDER A BRIDGE GRANT
03:27:19 FOR SERVICES AFFECTED BY MEDICAID BUDGET CUTS SUCH AS SS
03:27:24 Z S OF AGE AND UCSF. >> I ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
03:27:28 YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER MR. PRESIDENT W O
03:27:34 DUFFY. I JUST RECENTLY ADDED A NEW
03:27:38 SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THAT I'VE LIVED IN FOR ABOUT A MONTH
03:27:42 AND A HALF. I LIVED IN CHINATOWN NOW IN A
03:27:43 PRIVATE HOTEL AND SRO HOTEL PRIVATE, UNSUBSIDIZED AND THE
03:27:50 PEOPLE THERE WERE LIVING IN VERY CLOSE QUARTERS TO EACH
03:27:54 OTHER AND I JUST COULDN'T I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED THE SECURITY
03:27:58 AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH SECURITY IN THE BUILDING.
03:28:00 I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH MY NEIGHBORS THEIR TENACITY FOR
03:28:04 LIFE. THIS IS A BUILDING, BY THE WAY
03:28:05 NO ELEVATOR. IT'S A FLIGHT AND A HALF UP
03:28:09 FROM THE STREET AND THEN THIS FLOOR ABOVE THAT IS ANOTHER
03:28:13 FLIGHT AND A LOT OF SENIORS JUST LUGGING STUFF UP THOSE
03:28:16 STAIRS EVERY DAY AND LUGGING IT BACK DOWN.
03:28:17 I JUST WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THEM.
03:28:20 I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT SOMEONE HERE THE
03:28:24 BOARD IS LEANING TOWARDS REALIZING THAT YES, WE NEED
03:28:27 MORE HOUSING BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND AND
03:28:31 DEFEND THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE HOUSING THAT WE
03:28:34 ALREADY HAVE. I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT
03:28:36 TODAY. AND YOU KNOW, I CHANGED MY
03:28:39 SPEECH THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE SOMETIMES I CHANGE IT FIVE
03:28:42 TIMES I'M SITTING BACK THERE AND I JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU
03:28:47 ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
03:28:48 PLAY IN THE FIELD OF THE LORD AND I.
03:28:51 I HOPE YOU ARE OBSERVING THINGS AND THINKING AND HAVE A MOMENT
03:28:55 TO CONTEMPLATE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:28:58 >> SEEING NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS HERE IN PERSON WE WILL BE GOING
03:29:02 TO OUR REMOTE LINE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE
03:29:04 PRESS STAR THREE TO REMOTE TO LINE UP REMOTELY.
03:29:07 AGAIN PERSONAL ATTACKS HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATORY
03:29:10 REMARKS DIRECTED TO A CITY EMPLOYEE OR BOARD MEMBER ARE
03:29:13 OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS BODY AND SHALL BE REDIRECTED.
03:29:15 FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY REDIRECT THOSE COMMENTS WILL RESULT
03:29:18 IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S FORFEITURE OF REMAINING TIME AND WE WILL
03:29:22 TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. LET'S HEAR FROM OUR FIRST
03:29:25 CALLER BY A DEMAND. THE BULK OF BEACH AND I CALL
03:29:33 ALL THE PEOPLE OF SERBIA I OPPOSE UPCOMING HERITAGE MONTH
03:29:37 RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE KOSOVO AND THESE GOALS
03:29:44 WITH ALL THREE BE VERY BAD SAINTS GO TO AMERICA VOTE FOR
03:29:52 YOUR LOVING YOUR ENVY THE VICTORY MOVING FROM KARATE
03:29:56 AND ALL WILL HAVE MORE IMPORTANT REPORT IN THE AND AND
03:30:03 ALL SORTS OF GROCERY STORE YOU GOT TO YOU HAD TO LIVE GROCERY
03:30:07 STORE ROCK OUT BOARD AND THINGS ABOUT TIME THAT YOU BOUGHT THE
03:30:12 BUILDING BUT YOUR NO MINUTES BOB THAT ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO
03:30:18 OUR NEXT CALLER. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS
03:30:29 WILL HAYWORTH, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND I'M CALLING
03:30:30 BECAUSE I'M A COMPLAINANT IN A PENDING SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK
03:30:34 FORCE COMPLAINT AND THE DEADLINE FOR PROCESSING IT
03:30:40 UNDER THE EXISTING TASK FORCE HANDLING PROCEDURES WAS JULY
03:30:44 17TH. THE BOARD CAN'T MEET RIGHT NOW
03:30:47 BECAUSE NINE OF THE TASK OR SEATS ARE VACANT AND CANNOT
03:30:48 WALK. WE CAN BE SURE.
03:30:51 WALTON PUBLISHED STATEMENT EXPLAINS HOW THIS HAPPENED
03:30:52 WHICH IS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED ONLY ON JUNE 26TH THAT
03:30:55 THE TASK FORCE WAS TO LOOK AT THE NEW RULE.
03:30:58 NO ONE DESIGNED THIS OUTCOME. I GOT THAT.
03:30:59 BUT I WANT TO NOTE IN RESPONSE TO THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THE
03:31:02 SEARCH FOR APPLICANTS WHICH IS A WORTHY GOAL OF THE EXISTING
03:31:05 ODD THINGS FOR ARE FILLED BY NOMINATIONS FROM THE SOCIETY,
03:31:10 PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AND THE LEAGUE WOMEN VOTERS
03:31:11 PENNINGTON DEPARTURE IN JUNE FOR THOSE FOUR SEATS THE POOL
03:31:14 IS FIXED BY ORDINANCE OUTREACH CANNOT CHANGE IT.
03:31:17 ACTING ON THEM RIGHT NOW WOULD RESTORE QUORUM AND ALLOW THE
03:31:21 REMAINING FIVE SEATS TO BE DETERMINED AT THE BOARD'S
03:31:25 PLEASURE IN THE FUTURE. THE COMMENTS ARE FROM THE
03:31:27 SOCIETY PROFESSIONAL VERY PUBLICLY THAT AT LEAST ONE
03:31:30 MEMBER OF THIS BOARD CONSIDERS THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
03:31:33 BURDENSOME AND PREFER COMMISSIONERS THE MORE
03:31:34 PRAGMATIC TO USE SECTION 67 NOT 30 ASSIGNS THOSE NOMINATIONS TO
03:31:37 OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS PRECISELY SO THAT THE WATCHDOG'S
03:31:41 COMPOSITION DOES NOT TRACK ANY OFFICIAL APPETITE TYPE OF
03:31:42 OVERSIGHT. ON JULY 10TH THE ETHICS
03:31:44 COMMISSION RETURNED A MATTER CONCERNING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:31:46 TO A BODY THAT CANNOT BEGIN TO RECEIVE IT.
03:31:48 I ATTRIBUTED TO NO ONE BUT EVERY WEEK THIS BODY SAVE STARK
03:31:51 MAKES THAT HARDER TO EXPLAIN. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CALENDAR
03:31:54 THE FULL ORGANIZATION NOMINATED REAPPOINTMENT TO THE SUNSHINE
03:31:56 ORDINANCE TASK FORCE NO LATER THAN THE 1ST SEPTEMBER RULES
03:31:59 COMMITTEE MEETING AND SOONER AT A SPECIAL MEETING IS CONVENED.
03:32:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:32:03 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LYNN RIVAS.
03:32:12 >> I'M DR. LYNN RIVERS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
03:32:16 THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL HEALTH IRAN
03:32:20 ORGANIZATIONS RELYING SOLELY ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
03:32:23 WHILE ELIMINATING PEER SPECIALISTS WOULD COMPROMISE
03:32:28 SAN FRANCISCO'S CRISIS RESPONSE EFFICIENCY.
03:32:32 IT'LL INCREASE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT AND UNNECESSARILY
03:32:36 INFLATE HEALTH CARE COSTS BASED ON THE RESEARCH, SAN FRANCISCO
03:32:40 SHOULD RETAIN PEER SPECIALISTS AND COMMUNITY MOBILE UNITS FOR
03:32:44 THE FOLLOWING KEY REASONS ONE HERE LIVE BILL OUTREACH
03:32:47 PREVENTS HOSPITALIZATION AND MANAGE ITS ACUTE CRISIS
03:32:50 IN ITS EARLY TWO TIERS IMPROVE THE ESCALATION AND STRENGTHEN
03:32:58 CRISIS INTERVENTION. THREE COMMUNITY MOBILE CRISIS
03:33:01 UNITS DIRECTLY REDUCE ARRESTS AND CRIMINALIZATION AND FOR
03:33:08 RELYING SOLELY ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS
03:33:12 INCREASES COSTS AND SYSTEM STRAIN.
03:33:13 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:33:17 NEXT CALLER. >> HI THERE.
03:33:24 >> I'M LYNCH NORTH NORTH BEACH RESIDENT.
03:33:27 SAN FRANCISCO SUNSHINE ORDINANCE BEGINS WITH THE
03:33:29 SIMPLE PRINCIPLE THAT GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO CONDUCT
03:33:32 THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T GIVE
03:33:35 GOVERNMENT THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW.
03:33:38 >> TODAY CITY HALL SEEMS TO BE SAYING WHY VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE
03:33:42 ORDINANCE WHEN YOU CAN SIMPLY ELIMINATE THE PEOPLE WHO
03:33:46 ENFORCE IT? >> RECENTLY SO-CALLED
03:33:47 STREAMLINING CHANGES THE CHANGED THE RULES FOR
03:33:49 COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS STREAMLINING WHAT BUREAUCRACY
03:33:53 OR ACCOUNTABILITY. >> NOW NINE OF THE 11 MEMBERS
03:33:57 OF THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN FORCED OFF THE
03:34:00 COMMISSION BECAUSE THEIR RE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO
03:34:02 EXPIRE BY YOU. >> AND THE TIMING COULDN'T BE
03:34:05 MORE CONVENIENT. YOU REMEMBER THAT OCTOBER PHONE
03:34:09 CALL BETWEEN MAYOR LURIE AND THEN DONALD TRUMP WHEN THE
03:34:12 PUBLIC ASKED FOR PUBLIC RECORDS OF IT?
03:34:13 >> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REFUSED. >> THE SUNSHINE TASK FORCE
03:34:16 FOUND THAT WE THAT REFUSAL VIOLATED OUR TRANSPARENCY LAWS
03:34:20 AND THEIR NEXT STEP SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO FINISH THAT CASE.
03:34:24 INSTEAD THE TASK FORCE ITSELF DISAPPEARED.
03:34:27 >> THAT'S QUITE THE MAGIC TRICK.
03:34:28 BUT IT DIDN'T GO AWAY BECAUSE THE PUBLIC LOST INTEREST.
03:34:31 BUT BECAUSE THE REFEREES HAD BEEN ESCORTED OFF THE FIELD.
03:34:35 >> AND THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT ONE PHONE CALL.
03:34:36 IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OVERSIGHT ITSELF SURVIVES.
03:34:39 THE SUNSHINE TASK FORCE IS LYING IN A COMA BECAUSE OF YOUR
03:34:43 POLITICS AND THAT MEANS IT CAN BE REVIVED BY YOUR POLITICAL
03:34:47 WILL. >> YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS ALWAYS
03:34:48 ARE WATCHING REAPPOINTING THE VOTING MEMBERS RESTORE THE TASK
03:34:51 FORCE AND PROVE THAT IN SAN FRANCISCO SUNSHINE ISN'T
03:34:55 SOMETHING THAT POLITICIANS CAN QUIETLY SWITCH OFF LIKE P, G
03:34:59 AND E. >> REMEMBER WHEN THE WASHINGTON
03:35:00 POST HAD SOME POLITICAL WILL BACK IN 2017 AND WARNED US THAT
03:35:05 DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS? >> WELL, BETWEEN THIS AND THE
03:35:09 DEPLORABLE SHADE ACT I HAD TO SIT THROUGH LAST WEEK YOUR
03:35:12 CONSTITUENTS ARE WATCHING AND FEELING MIGHTY LEFT OUT
03:35:15 IN THE COLD THESE DAYS. SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING BY
03:35:19 THE FOLKS WHO ELECTED BY ELECTED YOU AND LET THE
03:35:20 SUNSHINE BACK IN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:35:27 I BELIEVE THAT ENDS ARE A REMOTE CALL IN LINE.
03:35:29 MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:35:32 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
03:35:36 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS 88
03:35:39 THROUGH 95 TOGETHER ITEMS 88 THROUGH 95 WERE INTRODUCED FOR
03:35:42 ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS
03:35:45 REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE
03:35:48 ANY SUPERVISOR MAY REQUIRE RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE
03:35:51 TO GO TO COMMITTEE. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD LIKE TO
03:35:55 SEVER ITEM NUMBER 90. >> RIGHT.
03:35:58 UH SUPERVISOR DORSEY I'D LIKE TO SEVER ITEM 88 AND 89
03:36:07 SUPERVISOR MELGAR 93 PLEASE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEVER 94
03:36:19 AND SO MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE REMAINING
03:36:21 BALANCE OF THE ITEMS? >> YES ON ITEMS 9192 AND 95.
03:36:26 >> SUPERVISOR WONG WONG ABSENT SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
03:36:33 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
03:36:40 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
03:36:44 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI RANDLEMAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:36:48 MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SUTTER I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I
03:36:56 THERE ARE NINE EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
03:36:59 ADOPTED AND THE MOTION IS APPROVED PLEASE CALL ITEM 88
03:37:04 ITEM NUMBER 88 IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE MONTH OF AUGUST
03:37:10 2026 IS AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY
03:37:11 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO RAZA DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT
03:37:14 MADAM AND COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM PROUD TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
03:37:19 THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING AUGUST AS AFGHAN-AMERICAN
03:37:22 HERITAGE MONTH FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:37:25 SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEFINED BY THOSE WHO CAME HERE
03:37:28 SEEKING OPPORTUNITY, FREEDOM AND THE CHANCE TO BUILD A
03:37:30 BETTER FUTURE. THE AFRICAN-AMERICA COMMUNITY
03:37:33 EMBODIES THAT ENDURING SPIRIT AS WE'VE HEARD IN MUCH OF
03:37:34 TODAY'S MEETING TODAY AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
03:37:37 AFRICAN-AMERICANS HELPED SHAPE EVERY CORNER OF SAN FRANCISCO
03:37:41 AS PHYSICIANS ATTORNEYS, EDUCATORS, ENGINEERS,
03:37:45 ENTREPRENEURS, ARTISTS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND MEMBERS OF OUR
03:37:49 ARMED FORCES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
03:37:50 THIS RESOLUTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE NOT
03:37:54 ONLY THOSE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ALSO THE
03:37:57 RESILIENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND GENEROSITY THAT DEFINE THE
03:38:01 AFGHAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. IT AFFIRMS THAT THEIR STORY IS
03:38:02 AN ESSENTIAL PART OF SAN FRANCISCO'S STORY.
03:38:05 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE FROM MY OWN OFFICE WHO
03:38:08 HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS RECOGNITION POSSIBLE.
03:38:10 MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE MUHAMMAD SOMEBODY WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY
03:38:13 TO ELEVATE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH INTO ONE OF THE
03:38:17 CITY'S SIGNATURE CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS.
03:38:20 THROUGH HER VISION, LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION
03:38:21 AND WHAT HAS BEEN A LOCAL CELEBRATION HAS GROWN INTO AN
03:38:25 ANNUAL TRADITION THAT NOW BRINGS TOGETHER LEADERS FROM
03:38:29 ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
03:38:32 OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
03:38:33 MONIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION TO
03:38:36 PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR ENSURING THAT HISTORY, CULTURE
03:38:39 AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE
03:38:40 RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED IN OUR CITY.
03:38:44 BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, SAN FRANCISCO HAS BECOME A LEADER
03:38:47 IN HONORING AFGHAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND OUR CITY IS
03:38:48 STRONGER AND RICHER FOR IT. TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
03:38:52 COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESILIENCE, YOUR SERVICE, YOUR
03:38:55 LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY
03:38:58 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE YOUR
03:39:00 ACHIEVEMENTS TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS
03:39:03 TRADITION FOR YEARS TO COME. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
03:39:06 IS THIS THE SAME HOUSE WE HAVE ?
03:39:10 YES. ALL RIGHT.
03:39:11 LET'S TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION,
03:39:13 THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 89.
03:39:17 >> ITEM 89 IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 21ST 21ST,
03:39:21 2026 AS NATIONAL AND ALL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY TO
03:39:25 HONOR THE LIVES IMPACTED BY THE OVERDOSE CRISIS SUPPORT
03:39:28 FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE
03:39:32 DISORDERS. RECOGNIZE FRONTLINE RESPONDERS
03:39:33 AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND REAFFIRM THE CITY'S
03:39:37 COMMITMENT TO PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.
03:39:40 >> AND PUBLIC SAFETY SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT
03:39:43 AND ONE COLLEAGUES. THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES
03:39:44 AUGUST 21ST AS FENTANYL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY
03:39:48 IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT
03:39:51 REMEMBRANCE, AWARENESS AND ACTION BECAUSE THE NUMBERS
03:39:54 BEHIND THE CRISIS REMAIN STAGGERING.
03:39:55 FENTANYL IS AS MUCH AS 50 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN HEROIN AND A
03:39:59 DOSE OF AS LITTLE AS TWO MILLIGRAMS IS FATAL FOR MOST
03:40:03 MOST PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, MORE THAN
03:40:06 70% OF ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DEATHS NATIONWIDE IN 2024
03:40:09 INVOLVED FENTANYL. >> HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, MORE
03:40:13 THAN THE MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE WE'VE LOST TO FENTANYL RELATED
03:40:17 OVERDOSES SINCE 2020 HAS MADE THIS THE DEADLIEST PUBLIC
03:40:20 HEALTH EMERGENCY IN OUR CITY SINCE THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE
03:40:23 AIDS CRISIS. IN AUGUST WE WILL REMEMBER
03:40:27 THOSE LOST STAND WITH GRIEVING FAMILIES AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES
03:40:30 TO PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND LONG TERM RECOVERY AS WELL.
03:40:31 WE MUST RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND FIRST
03:40:35 RESPONDERS, PEER COUNSELORS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
03:40:38 DOING LIFESAVING WORK IN THIS REALM EVERY DAY.
03:40:41 I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY LEGISLATIVE INTERN EVA
03:40:42 SELIGMANN, WHO WE HEARD FROM EARLIER WHO HER RESEARCH
03:40:46 AND DRAFTING MADE THIS RESOLUTION POSSIBLE.
03:40:49 EVA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
03:40:50 SERVICE. FINALLY, COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
03:40:53 INVITE YOU AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THE FIFTH
03:40:56 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS SUNSET VIGIL.
03:41:00 A LIGHT FOR EVERY LIFE ON SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH AT 7 P.M. ON
03:41:03 THE STEPS OF CITY HALL. THERE WE WILL HONOR THE LIVES
03:41:07 OF THOSE LOST AND STAND WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
03:41:08 IN RECOVERY WHOSE VOICES REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF THIS WORK.
03:41:12 THANK YOU TO GINA MCDONALD AND THE OTHER MOMS WHO HAVE
03:41:15 HELD THIS VIGIL FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND FOR THEIR
03:41:17 CONTINUED FIGHT FOR RECOVERY. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
03:41:22 ROLL ON THIS ITEM ON ITEM 89. SUPERVISOR WONG WANG I
03:41:25 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHEN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
03:41:32 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I SUPERVISOR FIELDER FILTER I
03:41:36 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MAHMUD I SUPERVISE OUR MANAGEMENT I
03:41:41 MANDOLIN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADA SADR I
03:41:45 SUPERVISORS CHERYL CHERYL EITHER TONIGHT WITHOUT
03:41:49 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED PLEASE CALL ITEM 90.
03:41:55 ITEM 90 IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING JULY 18TH THROUGH
03:42:01 AUGUST 17TH 2026 A SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE
03:42:03 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND AFFIRMING THE
03:42:06 CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC RICHNESS WITHIN
03:42:09 THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZING THIS PLURALISM
03:42:13 AS A SOURCE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
03:42:17 SAN FRANCISCO'S IDENTITY AS AN OPEN, INCLUSIVE AND FORWARD
03:42:18 LOOKING CITY. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THANK YOU
03:42:21 COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE JOINING US TODAY
03:42:25 IN THE AUDIENCE AS WE RECOGNIZE JULY 18TH THROUGH AUGUST 17TH
03:42:28 2026 A SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY
03:42:33 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DEEPLY HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE
03:42:36 OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MANY
03:42:39 CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
03:42:41 HELPED SHAPE SAN FRANCISCO INTO DIVERSE, DYNAMIC AND INCLUSIVE
03:42:44 CITY THAT WE ARE TODAY AS SOMEONE OF PAKISTANI HERITAGE,
03:42:48 THIS RECOGNITION CARRIES PERSONAL MEANING AND IT'S A
03:42:52 REMINDER THAT OUR CITY IS STRONGEST WHEN EVERY
03:42:53 COMMUNITY'S HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SEEN
03:42:56 VALUED AND CELEBRATED. SOUTH ASIAN IDENTITY
03:42:59 ENCOMPASSES A VAST AND DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITIES INCLUDING
03:43:03 AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL,
03:43:07 PAKISTAN AND SRI LANKA. WITHIN THAT DIVERSITY ARE
03:43:11 COUNTLESS LANGUAGES FAITHS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
03:43:14 AND LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH OUR CITY.
03:43:16 >> SOUTH ASIANS HAVE BEEN A PART OF SAN FRANCISCO'S STORY
03:43:20 FOR GENERATIONS FROM ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL
03:43:22 BUSINESS OWNERS TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS, EDUCATORS, ENGINEERS,
03:43:24 ARTISTS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE
03:43:28 CONTRIBUTED TO NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF CIVIC LIFE IN OUR
03:43:31 CITY. THIS MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
03:43:34 RECOGNIZE THE RESILIENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY OUR HISTORY
03:43:37 IN THIS COUNTRY INCLUDES MOMENTS OF EXCLUSION,
03:43:39 DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE FROM RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION
03:43:43 LAWS TO THE RISE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA.
03:43:44 ANTI-SIKH DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION, ANTI-HINDU
03:43:47 DISCRIMINATION AND XENOPHOBIA THAT HAVE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
03:43:51 ACROSS SOUTH ASIA'S MANY IDENTITIES.
03:43:55 BUT OUR HISTORY IS ALSO ONE OF PERSEVERANCE, SOLIDARITY AND AN
03:43:56 ORGANIZING SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES HAVE STOOD
03:44:00 ALONGSIDE OTHER COMMUNITIES FIGHTING FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS,
03:44:03 WORKERS RIGHTS, GENDER EQUITY, LGBT HIGH PLUS INCLUSION,
03:44:07 RACIAL JUSTICE AND A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL.
03:44:10 THIS RECOGNITION IS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE
03:44:14 THE DATES OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
03:44:15 COINCIDE WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS IN SOUTH
03:44:18 ASIAN HISTORY INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE DAYS AND OTHER
03:44:19 MILESTONES THAT REPRESENT BOTH THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR SHARED
03:44:23 HISTORIES AND THE ENDURING TIES OF SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES
03:44:26 AROUND THE WORLD. FOR MANY SOUTH ASIAN FAMILIES
03:44:30 THESE HISTORIES ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL AND THEY REPRESENT
03:44:31 STORIES OF MIGRATION, SACRIFICE AND RESILIENCE BUT ALSO
03:44:34 OPPORTUNITY A STORY THAT MANY SAN FRANCISCANS I KNOW SHARE AS
03:44:39 THEY SEEK A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
03:44:43 SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY SHAPED BY IMMIGRANTS
03:44:46 AND BY COMMUNITIES WHO BRING THEIR EXPERIENCES, CULTURES
03:44:49 AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. RECOGNIZING SOUTH ASIAN
03:44:51 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A REFLECTION OF OUR CITY'S VALUES
03:44:54 THAT INCLUSION IS NOT JUST ABOUT WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO OUR
03:44:57 COMMUNITIES BUT HONORING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
03:45:00 I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY
03:45:02 ADVOCATES, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS
03:45:05 OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR CITY
03:45:06 EVERY DAY. TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS
03:45:09 OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND REAFFIRM
03:45:13 OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A CITY WHERE EVERY PERSON
03:45:14 REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK
03:45:17 OR TRADITIONS THEY CARRY KNOWS THAT THEY BELONG.
03:45:21 I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON
03:45:22 THIS RESOLUTION. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
03:45:25 PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
03:45:29 FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE COUNTRY
03:45:32 AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY TO OUR CITY.
03:45:35 KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SERVING PEOPLE IN A CITY
03:45:39 AS DIVERSE AS OURS IS THAT WE ARE ALL STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
03:45:43 CRASH THE PARTY FOR ONE ANOTHER'S CULTURAL
03:45:44 CELEBRATIONS. AND THAT INCLUDES ONE OF MY
03:45:47 ABSOLUTE FAVORITES HOLI THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS WHICH WE
03:45:50 HOSTED IN MY DISTRICT AT THE EAST CUT CROSSING A COUPLE OF
03:45:51 YEARS AGO WITH BRIGHTLY COLORED CHALK POWDER.
03:45:55 I STILL CAN'T GET OUT OF MUCH OF THE CLOTHING THAT I WORE
03:45:58 THAT DAY AND WE CELEBRATED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT THE
03:46:00 SALES FORCE TOWER PROJECTION LAST YEAR TO HONOR SOUTH ASIAN
03:46:05 HERITAGE MONTH I RECOGNIZED SIMA SRI, A CONSTITUENT OF MINE
03:46:10 WHO WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE CIVIC AND CULTURAL LEADER
03:46:13 IN THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO TAKE THE
03:46:14 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AGAIN FOR ALL THE
03:46:18 WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE TO UPLIFT AND CELEBRATE THE
03:46:21 COMMUNITY. SHE HAS HELPED ACTIVATE PUBLIC
03:46:22 SPACES FOR CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND SUPPORTED
03:46:25 SOUTH ASIAN ARTISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND USED HER
03:46:29 TALENTS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS, EQUITY AND VISIBILITY.
03:46:32 SHE UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE PUBLIC
03:46:33 COMMENT AS MUCH AS I KNOW SHE WANTED TO BUT I DID WANT TO
03:46:37 GIVE HER CREDIT AND TO HER AND PEOPLE LIKE HER FOR
03:46:41 DEDICATING THEMSELVES SO GENEROUSLY TO SHARING THEIR
03:46:43 CULTURE AND CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY.
03:46:44 SO THANK YOU, SIMA AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BHAGWAN ALL
03:46:50 RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT.
03:46:51 YEAH, I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
03:46:55 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
03:46:57 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 93. ITEM 93 THE RESOLUTION
03:47:04 RECOGNIZING JULY 2026 AS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH IN THE
03:47:05 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:47:08 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES JULY IS
03:47:12 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO
03:47:13 ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR CITY
03:47:16 IS LEADING ON IN LIGHT OF THE EGREGIOUS SETBACKS BY THIS
03:47:20 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. >> I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL
03:47:24 SHOUT SHOUT OUT TO ELI GALLATIN FROM THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY
03:47:27 AND ACCESSIBILITY AND THEIR TEAM THIS JULY TODAY AND IS
03:47:31 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY
03:47:35 DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS A WELCOMED IN THE SUPPORT OF
03:47:39 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
03:47:43 IN PREPARATION FOR THOUSANDS OF DEAF ATTENDEES WE STRENGTHEN
03:47:47 LANGUAGE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EXPANDED ASL AVAILABILITY
03:47:51 AT CITY AT CITY EVENTS AND COORDINATED WITH
03:47:55 DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION ACCESS IN PUBLIC
03:47:56 FACING SERVICES. THEY ALSO HOSTED THE CALIFORNIA
03:48:00 COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ACCESS FOR A REGIONAL MEETING AT THIS
03:48:04 DISABILITY CULTURAL CENTER. ODEH WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
03:48:08 OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS ON THE BEYOND THE FRONT DOOR
03:48:11 INITIATIVE WHICH HELPS BUSINESSES IMPROVE PHYSICAL
03:48:15 ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS DURING MAYOR LOURY
03:48:18 AND FIRST LADY PROUD US ONE CITY DAY THE AGENCY CREATED A
03:48:22 FULLY ACCESSIBLE EVENT THAT HONORED THE LEGACY OF THE 1977
03:48:28 SECTION FIVE BEFORE SIT INS PROTESTERS DENNIS BILLUPS
03:48:33 AND DEBBIE KAPLAN ALONG WITH DISABILITY CULTURAL CENTER
03:48:34 CO-DIRECTOR EMILY BATES SHARED REFLECTIONS THAT MEANINGFULLY
03:48:38 CONNECTED THE HISTORY OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH
03:48:42 A WORK UNDERWAY TODAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
03:48:46 ECONOMIC SUPPORT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY S.F. MTA
03:48:49 AND THE DISABILITY CULTURAL CENTER THEY HELD A FIVE FOR
03:48:53 WALKING ROLLING TOUR STAFF RESOURCE TABLES PROVIDED ONSITE
03:48:57 CAL FRESH AND MEDICAL SUPPORT AND SHOWCASE SFA J'S MOBILE
03:49:01 BENEFITS CENTER DEMONSTRATING THE CROSS APARTMENT CROSS
03:49:05 APARTMENT COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE AN ACTION WE CELEBRATED
03:49:08 THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISABILITY
03:49:12 CULTURAL CENTERS ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE
03:49:16 AND HEARD DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT ITS GROWING
03:49:19 IMPACT. >> TOGETHER THESE
03:49:20 ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT SAN FRANCISCO'S COMMITMENT TO GOING
03:49:24 BEYOND ADA REQUIREMENTS TO EXPLORE ENDING ACCESS TO
03:49:29 SERVICES AND ENSURING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN FULLY
03:49:32 PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIC LIFE OF OUR CITY AS WE RECOGNIZE
03:49:36 JULY 2026 AS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WE REAFFIRM OUR
03:49:40 COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY EQUITY IN CONTINUING THE
03:49:45 COLLABORATIVE WORK OUR COMBINED TEAMS HAVE ADVANCED OVER THE
03:49:46 PAST YEAR. IT IS MY HOPE THAT AS WE
03:49:49 APPROACH NEXT YEAR'S MILESTONE THAT WE WILL ALSO TAKE THIS
03:49:52 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH
03:49:56 DISABILITIES FURTHER ELEVATE VISIBILITY OF OUR HEROES LIKE
03:49:59 JUDI HUMAN AND ALEX WONG. WOULDN'T IT BE INCREDIBLE IF WE
03:50:03 FINALLY SAW A STATUE OF JUDY HUMAN TO MARK THE LOCATION
03:50:09 IN U.N. PLAZA WHERE THE FIVE LIVE FOUR SIT INS TOOK PLACE
03:50:10 WITH HAPPINESS ABILITY PRIDE MONTH.
03:50:17 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MUGAR LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME
03:50:20 HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS
03:50:21 ADOPTED AND MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 94.
03:50:25 >> ITEM 94 IS A MOTION AUTHORIZED IN PREPARATION OF
03:50:28 WRITTEN PROPONENT AND OPPONENT VALID ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTAL
03:50:32 VALID ARGUMENTS FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE VOTERS FOR THE NOVEMBER
03:50:35 3RD, 2026 CONSOLIDATED GENERAL ELECTION.
03:50:39 >> ALL RIGHT AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SOME PROPOSED
03:50:42 AMENDMENTS TO THIS RESOLUTION FOR US THAT HAVE BEEN
03:50:46 CIRCULATED. >> YES, THEY HAVE BEEN
03:50:47 CIRCULATED. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION
03:50:49 BEING PROPOSED IS TO DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR CHIN TO WRITE THE
03:50:53 PROPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON MUNICIPAL
03:50:55 FINANCE CORPORATION AND PUBLIC BANK DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR
03:50:58 AMENDMENT TO WRITE THE PROPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE
03:51:02 CHARTER AMENDMENT ON DEPARTMENT BOARD COMMISSION AND ADVISORY
03:51:05 BODY UPDATES DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR MELGAR TO WRITE THE
03:51:09 PROPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE
03:51:11 HOUSING TRUST FUND DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD TO WRITE THE
03:51:13 PROPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE INITIATIVE ORDINANCE ON REAL
03:51:17 ESTATE REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX FORECLOSURE EXEMPTION
03:51:21 DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR WALTON TO WRITE THE OPPONENT ARGUMENT FOR
03:51:25 THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON EXTENDING CITY ADMINISTRATOR
03:51:28 DUTIES AND CHANGES TO CITY CONTRACTING DESIGNATE
03:51:29 SUPERVISOR WALTON TO ALSO WRITE THE PROPONENT OPPONENT ARGUMENT
03:51:33 FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON CHANGES TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH
03:51:37 MANAGEMENT AND DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR WALTON TO ALSO WRITE
03:51:41 THE OPPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON CHANGES TO
03:51:44 BALLOT MEASURE PROCESS AND DESIGNATE SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:51:48 TO WRITE THE OPPONENT ARGUMENT FOR THE INITIATIVE ORDINANCE ON
03:51:51 ALLOWING PRIVATE VEHICLES ON THE GREAT HIGHWAY IN THE SUNSET
03:51:53 DUNES THE REMAINDER OF THE OPPONENT ARGUMENT SECTION WILL
03:51:59 BE STRICKEN FOR ALL OF THE ONES THAT THE SUPERVISORS HAD NO
03:52:03 INTEREST IN WRITING AND MAKING OTHER CLARIFYING AND CONFORMING
03:52:07 CHANGES. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:52:08 CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
03:52:11 DESCRIBED BY THE CLERK MOVED BY CHEN SECONDED BY MAHMUD?
03:52:17 >> CAN WE TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION?
03:52:18 WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE MOTION IS APPROVED AND THEN
03:52:21 CAN WE TAKE THE AMENDED ITEM? SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
03:52:26 OBJECTION THE MOTION A MOTION MOTION NO MOTION IS APPROVED.
03:52:37 ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA
03:52:44 ITEMS? >> WE HAVE NO IMPERATIVE AGENDA
03:52:47 ITEMS AND YOU PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIAM.
03:52:48 >> YES. TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
03:52:52 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS
03:52:56 ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT MANDOLIN FOR THE LATE MR. GERALD ALLEN
03:53:00 FULLER AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISORS MANDOLIN AND MELGAR
03:53:04 FOR THE LATE MISS SIDNER ELLA ELLEN CONSTANT AND ON BEHALF OF
03:53:08 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN FOR THE LATE MR. JEREMIAH HALSEY AND ON
03:53:16 BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR THE LATE DR. ESTELLA GARCIA.
03:53:20 AND I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA, MADAM
03:53:21 CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
03:53:25 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
03:53:26 THANK YOU. >> WE ARE ADJOURNED