We saved a lot of money. We saved a good 70,000 on not having to conduct big elections. Ive provided you a copy of the october dashboard, operations dashboard. Also, again, weve been reminded make sure you mark your calender, the off site board retreat is scheduled for wednesday, february 19th, starting at noon. It will be held at 50 california street. And we anticipate that it potentially run beyond five but hopefully not much beyond 5 00. President driscoll, thank you for reminding me, theres a requirement that each of you complete the implicit bias training before december 31st. Ive included in my report the instructions on how to access that. My understanding is that its a 45minute course that you need to have a certificate of completion and you must file it can darlene before december 31st. Im not familiar with this training. Department heads have to take a full day training. Which im going to be take on december 20th. So i just a reminder, i believe that there is a list that needs to be presented to the board of supervisors of all Department Heads and commissioners who have not completed the implicit bias training so were hoping that none of us will be on that list when its presented to the board of supervisors. If you need any help accessing that, give darlene a call. Finally, our Holiday Party will be this friday. Starting at 2 00 at hotel fusion. Certainly, any Board Members that can stop by you are welcome. On behalf of staff, we want to wish the retirement board as well as the audience a very safe and happy Holiday Season. With that ill answer any questions. Questions . Suggestions regarding the court text report which is 62 pages long. In the future, only put in the first six or seven pages, delate pages 155. Ok. The summary in the first couple pages is more than that. The board member has a question, they can ask you for the more detail. The timing between the last discussion from the government how were going to completely flip how we present the Educational Opportunities did not give us time to eliminate that but were certainly not going to subscribe to the full core text report for the coming year and well work with ashley to get the most valuable, you know, educational and conference opportunities. Hopefully well have that ready by january. Great. Any questions or Public Comment . Last item i believe is clerk members in order. Board members wish to make comments. Just a little funny one. When you are told to be quiet, go do something productive. Clean out a file and i found the 2008 investment list of all of the consultants and everything else. So, ill share it. I shared it and so if you want to take a look at it, its kind of when we were down, down, down. [laughter] motion to adjourn is in order. Second. Just simply say happy holidays and our appreciation to our staff on behalf of the board. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Franciscos elected assessor. When i meet with seniors in the community, theyre thinking about the future. Some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood thats closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. Thats why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. So how does this work . Prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. Under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2 growth a year. But when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. Compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. Thats where prop 60 comes in. Prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. Remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the Property Value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. If you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. This means that if your existing home is worth 1 million in market value, your new home must be 1 million or below. If youre looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105 of your exist egging home. Which means if you sell your old home for 1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than 1. 15 million. If you sell your existing home at 1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than 1. 1 million. Know that your ability to participate in this Program Expires after two years. You will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. So benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. Just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. For more, visit our website, sfassessor. Org, this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your San Francisco history used to be. We hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. Even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. And they tell us that. Youre going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something thats very, very good. The legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by San Francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. It really provides for San Franciscos unique character. And that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. Im Michael Cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. The bakery started in 191. My grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. It is a small operation. Its not big. So everything is kind of quality that way. So i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. Im leslie ciroccomitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. So we get up pretty early in the morning. I usually start baking around 5 00. And then you just start doing rounds of dough. Loaves. My mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. After that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. You know, i dont really think about it. But then when i sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and weve been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. You know, that geez, weve been here a long time. [applause] a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. We all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. Our lineage and ill use one example of tommys joint. Tommys joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and hes a fourth generation san franciscan. Its a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was San Francisco like back in the 1950s. Im the general manager at tommys joint. People mostly recognize tommys joint for its murals on the outside of the building. Very bright blue. You drive down and see what it is. They know the building. Tommys is a San Francisco hoffa, which is a germanstyle presenting food. We have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. You prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. You want your pastrami to be very lean. You can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. Tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. San franciscos a place thats changing restaurants, except for tommys joint. Tommys joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. San francisco in general that we dont lose a grip of what San Franciscos came from. Tommys is a place that youll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. Youll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. Thats important. The service that San Francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in San Francisco. So well help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of San Francisco. But i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in San Francisco that has history and that is unique to San Francisco. It started in june of 1953. And we make everything from scratch. Everything. We started a you we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. The business really boomed after that. I think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of San Francisco. We were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. Businesses come and go in the city. Pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and theres so much competition. So for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. We got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. She was our customer in 1953. And she still comes in. But she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that were carrying on our fathers legacy. And that we mean so much to so many people. It provides a perspective. And i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, youre missing the context. For me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. I just think its part of San Francisco. People like to see familiar stuff. At least i know i do. In the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommys joint and looks exactly the same. We havent change add thing. I remember one lady saying, you know, ive been eating this ice cream since before i was born. And i thought, wow we have, too. Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if we lose Small Business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. At the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. Shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the Business Owners to thrive in the community. We see more Small Businesses going away. We need to shop locally to keep the Small Business alive in San Francisco. Shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. You can see the banners in the streets around town. It is great. Anything that can showcase and legitimize Small Businesses is a legitimize Small Businesses is a lets get going. Good afternoon. Please take your seat. We will get started. Good afternoon and welcome to the december 10th, 2019, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call roll call. [roll call] mr. President , you have a quorum thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at San Francisco government tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . None to report today, mr. President. Okay. Colleagues, we are approving the minutes from the october 22nd, 2019 and october 29th, 2019 board meetings. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . So moved. To moved by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor ronen without objection, those minutes will be approved after Public Comment. Madame clerk, will you please call the 2 00 p. M. Special orders. The special order is the appearance by the honorable mayor london breed london breed. There are no questions from supervisors. The mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. Welcome, madame mayor. There are no topics submitted by the supervisors today and i really would like to welcome you as the last meeting for 2019 that you will be sharing your remarks. Thank you. Good afternoon to members of the board of supervisors and members who are joining us here in the chambers, members of the public. Really great to be here at the last meeting that im required to attend for the year. Im looking forward to celebrating this Holiday Season, but i also wanted to share some information that most recently there have been discussions with Department Heads about budget instruction. Yes, we know the budget discussions dont happen until sometime next year, but the fact is, folks, we are possibly facing a significant budget deficit this upcoming budget year. Most recently in our past budget , we have made a number of commitments, not only have we made commitments to increase salaries of a number of employees of the city, but we also have made a commitment to fully Fund Mental Health s. F. Which will be a significant amount of resources required financially. As we move forward, i do think it is important, with many of the things that i have heard around additional commitments to our city budget outside the scope of the conversation around the budget that we keep in mind that we have to balance the budget. I will balance the budget by whatever i would need to do, even if you layer on additional responsibilities. The fact is we have to be responsible to the public when we talk about the finances. We still dont know completely where all of the money from Mental Health s. F. Is coming from. So to add layers and layers of responsibilities and expect that the money will fall out of the sky and come from somewhere is not the most responsible thing to do. I know as we move into the Holiday Season this is probably not what you want to hear, but i just want you to know that we have already made a significant number of commitments and that should be kept in mind when looking at introducing what i hear our new supplementals that will have an impact on how we balance the budget and follow through with the commitments that we have already made for the future. I also would like to take this opportunity to just recognize and really appreciate the service of supervisor vallie brown. I know today is supervisor brown s last meeting. I am really so grateful for your service. It may not even be your last meeting, who knows, there is an election next year. The fact is, vallie brown has been serving the district five community for many, many years, and even during her short time on the board of supervisors, the work that she has led on our things that, in some cases, people were not always comfortable to push forward, pushing for safe Parking Spaces for people who were living in their vehicles, working with supervisor fewer on the office of racial equity, pushing to make the kinds of investments in Small Businesses and to provide opportunities for Small Businesses to do things outside the scope of the things that we allow Small Business in the past to be permitted for. Being creative about solutions that actually support and protect communities. Thats what you have always been about, whether you are serving on the board of supervisors or you are working in the community picking up trash, or you are going and trying to save a man from being evicted out of his unit because there were some challenges with communication and there was a need for Mental Health support. The work that you have done both in the chamber and in the communities something that definitely is admirable, it is appreciated, and we know that no matter what position you are in, you will always be someone who will continue to fight and advocate for the community. Thank you, supervisor brown, for your service and for the work that you have done and will continue to do to make San Francisco a more equitable place for all san franciscans. We truly appreciate you. Thank you. [applause] and with that, since i only have 50 seconds left to talk, again, i want to take this opportunity to let you know this doesnt have to be an ass against them. We are all in this together. The fact is, San Francisco has a number of serious challenges and everyone here in this Board Chamber i know, you know how important it is that we do everything we can to Work Together to resolve those issues i have made it clear from day one when i was sworn in as mayor that i am willing to be here and to work with you because its not about me, it is not about politics, it is about the future of our city. And when we make bad decisions, the people of our city his suffered. Im looking forward to seeing more good decisions come out of this chamber, more responsible decisions, and im committed to working with you to make San Francisco all that we know it can be. Thank you for the opportunity and happy holidays. [applause] thank you, madame mayor for joining us today. This concludes our special order this item shall now be filed. Okay, madame clerk, please call the Consent Agenda. Items one through eight are on consent, these items are considered routine. If a member objects, the idea maybe removed and considered separately. Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing then, please call the roll call. On items one through eight. [roll call] there are 11 aye. Okay. Without objection, the ordinance is finally passed and the resolution is adopted unanimously. Madame clerk, lets go to our regular agenda. Item number nine is an ordinance to amend the transportation code to establish a violation for operating shared Mobility Device Service without a perimeter under authorization from the Municipal Transportation Agency and to repeal certain parking restrictions related to station list bicycle share programs and powered scooter share programs, and affirming the sequel determination. Can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 10 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to create an office of emerging technology within public works and affirming the sequel determination. Colleagues, i am proud of the work that went into creating this office of emerging technology. I have spoken about this office on several occasions, so i will keep my remarks brief today. As a reminder, more than 200 participated in the emerging Technology Working group from the diversity of fields including the tech sector, private industry, nonprofits, labor, merchants, and neighborhood associations. City departments and academics. Additional interviews were conducted with 10 governments throughout the United States and they also researched 28 other cities around this issue. What you are voting on today is a combination of research and open work group that welcome input from all stakeholders. At the epicenter of technology, what was resoundingly clear was the request that San Francisco support innovation by having a clear and streamlined process. This is what makes the office of emerging technology work. If you have a company that is offering an interesting and new technology that does not put our residentss safety at risk or have a negative impact to our public infrastructure, then this office will welcome you. If it Technology Offers a net common good, there is now approval through this office. In every industry, there are good players and ones that always take advantage of the situation. This Office Creates a clear system so the city is able to holistically evaluate impact in identifiable and measurable ways the office of emerging Technology Facilitates collaboration between departments in order to ensure that any technology that operates in our public space is safe. Safety is, in terms of mobility, privacy, and impact of our public infrastructure, and also labor, the labor market. If an emerging Tech Company Launches their device without approval, we now, for the first time, will have the mechanism to stop these bad players and reward the innovators that are committed to being good partners with the city. The office of emerging technology is innovative because , for the first time when a public facing technology opposes the launch in San Francisco, we have a mechanism to ensure departments are holistically measuring things. The office itself is also in charge to purposely work with the community and industry, not as an afterthought or reactionary as we have in the past, the office will offer insight and forecasting as a city so we can prepare for and support the changing environment i want to thank the city administrator and her staff as well as deborah from public works public works and our City Attorney for the hundreds of hours put into this process and this particular legislation. I also would like to thank sfmta who has committed to working with this office in sharing data with the city in the off chance that an emerging Technology Falls solely on their jurisdiction. I especially want to thank my staff who worked tirelessly over a year and putting this legislation together. Lastly i really want to thank all of you, my colleagues, on the board of supervisors. Thank you for all cosponsoring this legislation. Before i make a motion, there is one minor typographical error that i would like to read into the record. I believe you all have copies of it that have been shared with you. On page eight, line one, i would just like to amend to delete the duplicate reference of opt. Right now i am making that motion. I just need a second for the amendment. With no objection, the amendment is made. Now i would like to make a motion to adopt the ordinance as amended and seconded by supervisor walton. Without objection, i shouldnt say that. Can i take this same house, same call as amended . Without objection, this legislation as amended is passed on First Reading. Thank you very much for your support madame clerk, call the next item. Item 11 is a resolution to approve modification number 11 to airport contracts for Program Management support services for the Airport SecurityInfrastructure Program with faith group l. L. C. To increase the contract amount for a not to exceed amount of approximately 17 million with no changes to the term. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call item 12. Twelve is a resolution to retroactively authorize the department of Public Health to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 350,000 from the Public Health foundation to participate in a problem entitled California Community reinvestment grants program for the period of october first, 2019, through september 30th, 2021. Okay. Colleagues, can we take this item same house same call . This is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Thirteen is a resolution to approve an exclusive negotiating agreement with mercy housing california for a proposed property at 155 grove street, 165 grove street and 240 van ness avenue with an annual lease payment of 15,000 under the jurisdiction of the Real Estate Division to affirm sequel determination and adopt the report with findings. Can we take this same house, same call . This resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 14 is an ordinance to amend the health code to require the department of Public Health to maintain and operate at full capacity and addled residential facility with no fewer than 41 beds and two amended ministry of code to establish the addled residential Facility Working Group to advise the board of supervisors and the mayor regarding resident care, training, workplace conditions, and staffing at the a. R. F. Supervisor ronen . Thank you. The board passed a law in late october about the future of the addled residential facility codifying an agreement that was reached between my office and others. The law saves the only board and care facility for severely mentally ill people. We passed a legislation and then duplicated the file because we were working out the details of one component of the agreement. The specific truck structure and parameters for the management Staff Working Group that was created to address any ongoing concerns. Before you today is the amended duplicated file that incorporates all of those details. Thank you to representatives, local 21 representatives, the Mayors Office and d. P. H. Staff are working on this duplicated file with my office. We have made very a few very minor amendments that i have distributed to all of you. First we clarified on page five, line 21, that seats seven, eight , nine, or 10 should be held by a. R. F. Or Behavioral Health staff. Second, we clarified on page six , line five the members of the working group shall serve at the pleasure of their respected appointing authorities and may be removed by the members at any time. And then third on page six, line 14, any Voting Member who mrs. Three regular meetings with the working group within a sixmonth period without the express approval of the working group by majority vote shall be deemed to have resigned from the committee 10 days after the third and approved absence and the second and third amendments are very standard language for working groups in the city. With that, i ask for your support and make a motion to amend as i just articulated. Okay. That is seconded by supervisor peskin. Supervisor fewer . Thank you. I just wanted to ensure that my name was added as a cosponsor. Supervisor safai . Me as well. Okay. There has been a motion to make amendments and seconded. Without any objection, then the amendment passes. Colleagues, can we take this item as amended, same house, same call . Okay. Without objection, the ordinances passed on First Reading unanimously. Madame clerk, please call the next item. Fifteen is a resolution to approve a memorandum of understanding between the city and the Housing Authority of the city and county of San Francisco regarding the reorganization of the Housing Authority, ratifying and approving a loan not to exceed 20 million. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call items 20 i mean 16 through 20 together. Sixteen through 20 are resolutions approving historical property contracts. Item 16 is between sally revoke trust, the owner of 2251 webster street. Seventeen is a contract between 1401 howard l. L. C. And the city. Item 18 is a contract between gustav linquist and the owners of 64 potomac street. Item 19 is a contract between the Swedish Society of San Francisco and the owners of 2168 market street. Item 20 is a contract between adele fang and others and 2735 folsom street. The owners of 2731 through 2735 folsom street, and authorizing the planning director and the assistant reporter to execute and report these historical property contracts. Colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call . Without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. Please call the next item. Item 21 is a resolution to approve an agreement with a nonprofit Owners Association for administration and management of the establish propertybased Community Benefit district known as a civic centre Community Benefit district, for a period commencing on june 30th, 2034. Same house, same call . Without objection, the suit this resolution is adopted unanimously. Twentytwo is a resolution to establish the creation of a vision zero and homicides in Violent Crimes plan for neighborhoods most impacted by violence and city departments to implement strategies to achieve upon. Supervisor fewer . Yes, thank you. I just wanted to ensure that my name was signed on as a cosponsor. Thank you. Supervisor stefani . Thank you. I first want to start by thanking supervisor walton for this resolution. I am very happy to be a cosponsor and thank you for the conversation we had in committee about the amendments that i am about ready to introduce. When we were talking about vision zero for Violent Crimes and homicides, i realized that we cannot talk about that without calling out domestic and Family Violence. It is a leading cause of death among women and remains a threat to public safety. Intimate Partner Violence accounts for 15 of all Violent Crimes. Nearly half of all women who were murdered were killed by an intimate partner. In the United Nations report has states the most dangerous place for a woman is in her home 70 of all murder suicides involve an intimate partner. Over a quarter of all californians experience intimate Partner Violence. Presence of a firearm increases the risk of homicide by 500 . These represent real people who live in our city. In october, a woman was tragically shot near Lowell High School by her former boyfriend. Or, her murder came after months and months of as collating abuse and violence. Incidents like these are a reminder that we have so far to go before we truly address the horrific nature of Domestic Violence. We need to have every tool at our disposal to combat Family Violence in our city. That means a stronger reporting requirement and making sure that those who would harm themselves or others do not have access to weapons. You should have the amendments in front of you. They are on page two, lines through one through 19 and page four lines 22 through 25 and page five, lines one through five. I want to thank supervisor walton for this resolution and for his vision on this, and Beverly Upton and the Domestic Violence consortium for helping to draft these. I hope we can take them without objection. Okay. There is a motion to amend the legislation. Is there a second . Second. Seconded by supervisor walton supervisor walton . Before you speak, please add my name as a cosponsor also. Thank you so much, supervisor yee. Thank you to supervisor stefani for these important amendments. I also want to thank supervisor fewer for signing on as well. We just had another homicide in bayview on saturday and we have to care. We have to care about senseless violence of all kinds. We have to care about the homicides that are taking place on our streets, and so vision zero aims to not only stop this senseless violence, but also make sure resources make it two areas of high concern. There will be budget asks for future legislation to support the focus of vision zero. I want to thank all my colleagues for signing on as we do everything we possibly can to stop violence of all kinds here in San Francisco. Colleagues, we have a motion that was seconded to amend. Without objection, we will take these amendments as stated. Without objection, can we take the motion to adopt the resolution as amended . Made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisors supervisor stefani. Without objection this resolution as amended unanimously as amended. Can we take this without objection, this resolution as amended is adopted. Thank you. Number 23 . Item 23 is a resolution to determine the issuance of a type 42 on sale be a and one public premises Liquor License to ebb and flow inc. , doing businesses ebb and flow, located at 294 i. V. Street will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city. Can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Please call 24. Twentyfour is an ordinance to amend a ministry of code were from the county agricultural Commissioners Authority under state law to certify and inspect Farmers Markets and producers and to enforce state law governing the direct marketing of Agricultural Products to consumers, replace the county agricultural commissioner with the director of property as the operator of city operated Farmers Markets and flea markets , eliminate the allocation of space at Farmers Markets for the distribution of surplus commodities to needy persons, increase the permit fees for certified producers and other vendors, and increase the permit fees for Farmers Market operators. Okay. Can we take this item same house , same call . Without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madame clerk, i believe we have lets go to our special order for 2 30 p. M. Reckon didnt recommendation of commendations. Our 2 30 p. M. Commendations. I believe we have two. Sorry, i didnt hear it. Supervisors brown and haney both have commendations. Thank you. So the first commendation is from supervisor brown. Thank you. Today i am commending Franklin Marshall for organizing and contributing to the recognition of 400 years of africanamerican history in the United States. Over the past few years, events across the u. S. Have been produced and an honorable legacy and contributions of africanamericans since a very first recorded groups of slaves from africa can put this shares to our shores in 1619. Today i want to recognize someone who was central to the production and success of the series of events that took place in the historical fillmore district at the fillmore heritage center. Thank you, Franklin Marshall, for your work, for the last 400 years, to really bring peoples attention, of the history of the last 400 years by organizing these events. The series that franklin organized started with a launch party and a lecture back in january of 2018. He organized a storytelling our also at the fillmore heritage center, showcasing africanamerican heroes and leaders. This took place each and every saturday from january through march. Finally, this series commences with an event at the War Memorial Theatre on august 25th for a book reading and signing gala for the published book about the life of San Francisco maryellen pleasant. Franklin, i know you are here somewhere. Please come up. [applause] thank you for your work. Your contributions are valued and they have been central to providing deeper understanding of the history and contributions of africanamericans to the United States. I can see you dress for the part for today. Thank you so much. If you like to say a few words, please. On behalf of San Francisco, the board of supervisors and supervisor brown, i really thank you. We are grateful that we had an opportunity to use the Fillmore Center for free to put on a number of events and we would like to thank you for what you have done and your recognition today. Thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. Next we have supervisor haney to present his commendation. Thank you, president yee. I am very excited to honor our Unsung Heroes in our community. Someone who does incredibly essential work. Often while all of us are sleeping. I know it is the month of christmas. I am referring to regroup a people who do this every single day all here and that is our recology sanitation workers. I am very excited to be able to honor frank hanson who has been working in the tenderloin for recology is a sanitation worker for the last 18 years. I had the opportunity to go on a ride along about two weeks ago in the middle of the night on a very rainy night, and to see firsthand the incredible work that frank does every single day the hard work. His professionalism, within tension, with seriousness, with care and with speed. Im excited to be able to thank you and appreciate you for your commitment to our community. Frank was born he currently lives in San Francisco. As i said, he has been servicing cans in the tenderloin for the last 18 years. He became a recology employee owner in 2001 shortly after San Franciscos first tech bubble burst in the. Com crash of 2,000. At the time, he was looking for a good and stable job with benefits that would be fulfilling and he found that at recology. Frank works five days a week, monday through friday, to make sure recology does its part in keeping the streets of the tenderloin free of trash and litter the emptying city