Good afternoon and welcome to the march 19, 2024 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, not present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, the San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications or announcements . Yes, mr. President. The San Francisco board of supervisors welcomes all persons to attend this meeting here in the board legislative chamber here in city hall, second floor, room 250 or watch the proceedings on sfgovtv channel 26. To submit Public Comment in writing, send email address to bos at sfgov. Org or 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, city hall, room 244, San Francisco california 94102. And mr. President , we understand that we have received a communication from the office of supervisor ronan indicating she would not be present at todays meeting and like to be excuse said. Thank you. Madam clerk. Motion to excuse supervisor ronan . Well take without objection and supervisor ronan is excused. Is there a motion to approve the february 13, 2024 minutes . Motion by supervisor mandal elman and second by supervisor preston. A roll call, please . On the minutes, dorsey, aye. Engardio, aye. Mandelman, aye. Melgar, aye. Peskin, aye. Supervisor preston, aye. Safai, aye. Stefani, aye. Walton aye. Chan, aye. There are 10 ayes. Those ordinances are finally passed. Madam clerk, please read item 6 and 7 together, please. 6 and 7 comprise items regarding the potrero power station project. 6 is ordinance to amend the Development Agreement between the city and California Barrel Company llc for the potrero power station project to allow for the establishment of the San Francisco enhanced financing district 1 and make the appropriate finds shz. Item 7 resolution approves the infrastructure financing plan for the enhanced infrastructure financing district number 1 to include the division of taxes set forth herein and acquisition and financing agreement document jz other actions related and to authorize the filing of a judicial validation act. Supervisor safai. Thank you mr. President. Madam clerk, we emailed just a short while ago. If you can add me as a cosponsor to item 6 and 7 i would appreciate it. Thank you. Seeing no other names on the roster, same house, same call, item 6 is passed First Reading and resolution item number 7 is adopted. Please read item 8 and 9 together. Item 8 and 9 comprise two resolutions that pertain to Computer Aided Dispatch contract. For 8 approves a amendment to the agreement between the city and motorola solution inc. S for a Computer Aided Dispatch and mobile computing system to increase amount for new total of 45 million to extend the term by 11 years for a total Contract Term december 22, 2023 through november 30, 2038. Item 9 the resolution approves a amendment to the agreement between the city and Central Square Technologies Llc for Computer Aided Dispatch System Software maintenance to increase for new total of 8. 3 million and extend the term by 3 years for total Contract Term of june 29, 2020 through november 30, 2027. No names on the roster, same same house same call. The resolutions are adopted. Next item, please. Item 10 is resolution to approve a third amendment to the grant between the city and non profit selfhelp for the elderly for administration of the home delivered meal Nutrition Service for Older Adults Program to increase the grant amount for new total not to exceed 11. 5 million with nochange to the grant period through june 30, 2025. Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted. Madam clerk, please read item 1114 together . 1114 comprise four resolutions that receive and approve Community Benefit district annual reports for fiscal year 21 through 2022. Item 11 is for the yerba buena Community Benefit district. Item 12 is japantown Community Benefit district. 13 is north of market tenderloin Community Benefit district and item 14 is the east cut Community Benefit district. Same house, same call, the resolutions are adopted. Next item, please. 15 approve a agreement with non profit Owner Association for Administration Management of the property based Community District known as excelsior Community Benefit district. Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted. Item 16 is ordinance to amend the planning code to modify offset requirement for height exceeding 30 feet in the bernal height special use district in the japantown neighborhood. To allow medical cannabis dispensary to operate as temporary Cannabis Retail uses until december 31, 2024 and to clarify eligibility for reduction in incluseary housing requirement. To correct a error in the zoning control table to affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. Seeing no names on the roster, we will take this item same house, same call, the ordinance is passed First Reading. Madam clerk, committee reports, 17 and 18. 17 was considered by land use and transportation meeting monday march 18, 2024 and recommended as a committee report. 17 is ordinance that amends the planning code and zoning map to create the 900 kearney street special u. S. District to affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. That is just item 17. Shall i read item 18 . No. On item 17, we will take that same house, same call, the ordinance is passed First Reading. Next item. Item 18 was considered by the rules committee at regular meeting on monday march 18 and recommended as amended with the same title. Item 18 is ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish a permanent Homeward Bound Program administered by Human Service agency and the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing for individuals experiencing homelessness at the risk of experiencing homelessness or formally experienced homelessness such as individuals residing in permanent Supportive Housing to receive paid travel and relocation to a destination where they have someone to receive them. Supervisor safai. Thank you madam clerk and mr. President. I rise to speak on this issue in particular because this is a program that started in 2005 under mayor gavin newsom, called the Homeward Bound Program served over 11 thousand individuals up until 2019. In essence it is reunified people not from San Francisco with family members in their home town, and unfortunately over the last few years it got buried in bureaucracy and no longer utilized or promoted so we today put forward the legislation to codify this program to elevate this program and insure it will be utilized in the tool kit. We heard yesterday in committee, thank you supervisor walton and supervisor engardio for pitch hitting for supervisor ronan, but we heard in committee yesterday that they are now planning to get this number backprogram back up to what it used to be serving about a thousand people a year. We ask them how they were going to do that and they said, the department said, we are now going to train our staff, educate people, promote the program and elevate the program. Just underscored to me this had not been happening for years unfortunately under this administration. We are very excited about this. This is about reunifying people with family members, about insuring that they have support, we check on day 30, 60, 90 and as i said, from 2005 until 2019, 11 thousand individuals were served, so and thank you supervisor engardio for your input on the amount of time it can be utilized. We made a amendment and reduced the time to two years in case someone had improvement and had the ability to work with them to get back to their family. I think this is a smart program. It is exactly why we ran proposition c a couple years ago, highlighting management and accountability of the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. We are bringing back in department of Human Services agency to insure now colleagues we will expand the scope. This allows us to work with people in shelters and allows to work with people in permanent Supportive Housing, so the scope of people that will be served by the legislation is broader and the accountability and reporting on a annual basis to this body to see the numbers and see how many are served. I think in last year it was just over 300 people served by this. We intend to get back up to a thousand, and i thank supervisor chan, cosponsor for your early support on this and input. Thank you colleagues, i urge your support for this. Seeing no other names on the roster, item 18, same house same call the ordinance passed First Reading. Colleagues, your board president made a mistake. We didnt have consent calendar, so what i thought was the consent calendar was actually unfinished business. Madam clerk, please circle back around to item number 1. Ordinance that appropriate 645 million from the issuance of one or more series of refunding general obigation bonds and place such amounts on chromeer reserve in fiscal year 2023 through 2024. Same house, same call, the ordinance is finally passed. Next item. Item 2, ordinance to amend the administrative code the building code, business and tax regulation code and planning code to clarify the ministerial approval process for certain accessory dwelling units that meet certain requirements in Single Family and multifamily buildings and affirm the ceqa determination. Same house, same call, the ordinance is finally passed. Itedm 3 is ordinance to amend the planning code to designate the Sacred Heart Parish complex to include 546548 fillmore street. 554 fillmore street. 755 [indiscernible] affirm the ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findss. Same house, same call, the ordinance finally passed. Item 4, ordinance to amend the planning code to wave the conditional use authorization requirement for removal of unauthorized unit in a Single Family home where the owner satisfying certain Eligibility Criteria to affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. Same house, same call, the ordinance is finally passed. Item 5. Item 5, ord inance to create the legacy Business Assistance program. Same house, same call, the ordinance is finally passed. Madam clerk, lets go to roll call for introductions. First member to introduce new business is supervisor dorsey. Thank you supervisor. Next member to submit is supervisor engardio. Submit. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you madam clerk. Today im introducing a resolution to put our board of supervisors on record in support of a initiative to develop and implement San Francisco First Electric vehicle curbside charging program. Our transportation sector accounts for close to half San Franciscos emission. Of course, the est moimportant thing we can do to reduce the emission is make Public Transportation clean, safe and reliable, but making it easy ownership and use easier is a part of the mix. This initiative described in the resolution is underway some months and i want to thank the hard working staff at the department of environment and sfmta who have been partnering on this project which i hope will in the near future result in actually cite chargers on curbs. The Ev Charging Initiative has three main components. First, the departments are engaging in a curbside charging city wide assessment. This study evaluates instillation operation and maintenance of Public Charging Infrastructure at the curb in selected locations in San Francisco. Some aspects of this assessment as i said are underway. Deparms learned from case studies from la and new york that have robust curbside charging programs and best practice to meet the needs of san franciscans and assessing site level conditions to find areas with most suitability to promote access. The departments are looking the permitting rules and regulations may need to change to facilitate ev curbside charging. Lastly, the Department Plan to engage a wide variety of stakeholders in the Industry Community organization and neighborhood groups to communicate their plans and gather feedback. Based on the results of the city wide evaluation, the department develop a framework for ev curbside charging pilot program. This framework developed in parallel with and inform bide the study identify key components project cost and parameters for implementation of a future pilot, which i hope will begin no later then next year. The departments are expected to present that plan later this year. Lastly, the ultimate goal of the project is to deploy public ev charging station at the curb in neighborhoods across San Francisco. We have a little more then a thousand publicly accessible chargers, estimates are we need 5 thousand to get to our goals so we have a lot of work to do. I want to thank all the staff who have been working on this initiative from sfmta, tim [indiscernible] director tumlin from San Francisco environment i are want to thank charles [indiscernible] of course [indiscernible] from my office i want to thank [indiscernible] meeting with these departments for going on i think more then half a year now on this and i want to thank our intern harper for their work on the resolution and the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor mandelman. Supervisor melgar. Thank you madam clerk. I like to ask that we close this meeting and also take a moment of silence at the closure of this meeting to acknowledge the great pain and loss of a young family on west portal avenue over the weekend. You have read in the news that a young family standing at the bus stop in front of the west Portal Library lost their lives when a car sped out of control, plowed into the wall of the west Portal Library and still had enough force to knock down a family immediately killing the dad and 1 year old snding the mom to the hospital where she passed away and a baby who is now in Critical Condition at Childrens Hospital in oakland which is our best trauma hospital in the region. The family was waiting for the bus to go to the zoo, the most normal thing to do on a saturday, beautiful sunny saturday. There was at least three birthday parties that were happening at the West Portal Playground right above the station and everyone described it was packed, a Beautiful Day on saturday. Multiple people heard what they thought was a explosion. Kids ran to the fence to see what was going on, and so many people witnessed this horrific traumatic event that should not happen. It should not happen in our city, so 2024, this year is a year we were supposed to reduce traffic deaths to zero, and we are no where near close colleagues, so i beg all of us to take action. This is not something that should go through a Long Community process to have physical barriers against traffic violence for people just standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross the street waiting for the bus. I have been supervisor three and a half years for district 7, this is it second time this happened in my district. Last year it happened on lincoln and 9th, another family waiting for the bus hit by a car speeding, so i just have no words for what this is, and want to acknowledge diago [indiscernible] and their one year old baby and the great loss our city has had and i beg us all to hold the pain and take action on this so it never happens to another family again and i would ask that we close the meeting and hold a moment of silence. Well make that in memoriam from the entire board of supervisor without objection. Thank you mr. President. Thank you supervisor melgar. Next member, mr. President. Rerefer. Rerefer. Supervisor preston. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, today i am introducing resolution to bring a full Service Grocery store to the tenderloin. The tenderloin neighborhood has not had a fug Service Grocery store in decades. Corner stores are doing the best they can, especially partnered with Healthy Retail sf, resident in the neighborhood still center to go to many stores to get all the items they need and prices they can afford. The needs become more acute as state, federal and local support for Food Security has declined recently. The tenderloin as you know is diverse working class neighborhood. Most of the residents in the tenderloin do not own a car or have access to a car and the closest full scale Grocery Store is over a half mile away for most tenderloin residents this means people need to walk or take Public Transportation to go grocery shopping, which can be cumbersome or even impossible in some situation with full supply of groceries. It shouldnt be difficult for people to access healthy affordable food and having a Grocery Store in the neighborhood is absolutely essential. Since the tenderloin was redistricted into district 5 two years ago, our office has spoken with thousands of Community Members, read every possible report prepared by city departments regarding the neighborhood, task force, Community Based organizations and member lead initiatives and taken the time to listen to the community and there is one constant need that keeps reoccurring and it is consistent point of agreement from a broad range of stakeholders, even folks who may disagree about other issues and that is it tenderloin needs a full Service Grocery store without further delay. In 2007, tndc conducted a survey of tenderloin residents that showed desire for stores to have all the basics which include fruit, vegetables dairy products, grain products, meats, canned foods and other supplies. In 2011 oewd performed a survey and confirmed strong desire for full Service Grocery store. In 2013, again, the Tenderloin Hunger Task force released a report noting as a barrier to aFood Security that the neighborhood does not have a full Service Grocery store. In 2017 the tenderloin people conference engaged 1200 Community Members envisioning the neighborhood future, which resulted in the vision 2020 plan published in 2021, that included specifically the need for a large full scale Grocery Store. In october of 2023, tenderloin residents and food justice leaders formed the tenderloin Food Policy Council and through Community Process again elevated the need for a large full scale Grocery Store in the neighborhood and thats just to name a few of the many reports explicitly calling for a Grocery Store in the tenderloin. The residents of the tenderloin do not need another report telling them they need a Grocery Store, they need city hall to finally be responsive to this need and this demand. By introducing the resolution today, it is my hope we can put the board of supervisors on record in support of attracting a full Service Grocery store to the tenderloin as a urgent priority and Work Together with Community Leaders and administration to make this happen at long last and to this end, the resolution puts the board on record, but also calls on the departments to report back within 60 days describing past efforts to get a Grocery Store in the tenderloin, potential sites for a full Service Grocery store, and outlining city plan for attracting Grocery Store to the tenderloin. Lets get this done. The rest i submit. Thank you supervisor preston. Supervisor safai. Thank you madam clerk. I have two things. One in memoriam, but before i get to the in memoriam, i want to talk about the resolution in honor of persian new your. Today at 806 p. M. This evening the spring equinox will begin the persian new year. This is a celebration that has gone on 3500 years. It is celebrated by 90 Million People all over the world in iron, afghanistan, china, india, turkey, parts of europe and the United States. The spring equinox and this cultural celebration represent a time of renewal as well as gratitude, hope and optimism for the future. Also embodies the tradition, speaking and conduct should always be virtious promoting the ideals of compassion for our fellow human beings regardless of ethnicity or religion. Connecting to human rights. Something celebrated and practiced in iran. Part is annual tradition in partnership with persian women in tech and mayor breed. We celebrate with a free event open this friday from march 22 from 12 to 3 in the south light court, so well please invite your constituents, hope you all can drop by. I hope you can join us. I want to thank and wish everyone a happy new year. Everyone that is celebrating, everyone learning about the different cultures and later as part of our commendations i will be honoring a woman that has continued to promote and celebrate and advance the culture here in San Francisco. So again, everyone happy new to all those that celebrate and i wish everyone a happy new year. Thank you. Thank you supervisor safai. Mr. President. Madam clerk sorry. Thank you on that part. I want to do the in memoriam real quick. I request we adjourn todays meeting in memory of richard james. Better known as bald head rick. Born march 6, 1971, bald head rick was a San Francisco bay area native. He was a rap legend out of the lake view district. Besides his two solo albums he released called thug [indiscernible] appeared on over 50 albums that sold over 4 million albums. Appeared in master piece west coast bad boys e40, south west riders and [indiscernible] in 2014 bald head rickism gifted into his world his most prized procession his son. Increased compassion and love in the world. He was a proud father who loved his son more then anything. In 2022, rick contracted covid19 and slipped into a coma and fought for many days. One of his last public appearances rick hosted stop the violence on november 2023. Last month he was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer and did not fight to see another birthday. March 16fought to fight just reach his last birthday. March 16 passed away surrounded by family and friends so offer condolences. Thank you. Thank you, well go to the 2 30 special order commendations and do in district order which means i get to go first. Colleagues, for those of you have never taken a sf city guide walking tour, i encourage you to grab a friend, a visitor, a loved one and experience San Francisco through a whole new set of eyes ranging from nustalgia and intrigue to awe and affections. This organization has been around since 1978. San Francisco City guides has been interpreting and elevating the city history, folklore and rich Cultural Diversity through our iconic landmarks, hidden neighborhood gems on walking tours year round, rain or shine, 365 days a year. What makes them particularly beloved is this entire operation is a continuous labor of love fueled entirely by volunteer ambassadors who conduct the walking tours of the citys rich neighborhood fabric free of charge. Sf city guides boast a team of some 300 dedicated volunteer guides who lead tours all year long like i said. These are the kinds of san franciscans who love of our history and Community Fabric get them to share their knowledge and interest and also connect total strangers to the city and one another. And did i say, it is free of charge . Sf city guides offer impressive array of 70 different walking tours, each offering a unique perspective on the city of San Francisco and just last year alone, they hosted over 35 thousand people. Just to give you a idea of the kinds of tours, the tours actually offered today march 19, applause, sf performing arts hub. Cable cars, half way to the stars. Castro, tales of the village. Chinatown, ferry building, japanese tea garden. This very building and civic center. Historic market street, path of gold and tomorrow the offerings range from the sales force transit center, downtown deco, gold rush city, japanese tea garden, haight ashbury, palace of fine arts, coit tower. This month, Women History Month, city guides is highlighting tours that bring special focus to women that helped shape this city. What a incredible Public Service that i have been meaning to honor and celebrate and acknowledge for a long time and today is that day and i would like to also note that, all of these guides, all these volunteer guides go through a formal training program, get continuing education as long as evaluations that keep the Program Alive and relevant. So, i would like to welcome demetri director of San Francisco city guides and thank him and offer him the opportunity to speak on behalf of the dedicated vibrant community and all what you do. Thank you for your work and thank you for coming. [applause] thank you president peskin and to the following supervisors who met with Bruce Bennett and i as we have been working on our operation city guide charm this year. Engardio, melgar, dorsey and mandelman. For the rest of you who havent agreed to meet with you yet, well cancel our tours in your neighborhood. [laughter] i like to thank mayor breed hosting our essay program. Today commendation is dedicate today the magnificent people behind me wearing the red jackets, our city guides. [applause] as president peskin said, they are volunteer ambassadors to celebrate and share our city rich history. They are the finest our city has to offer. Our beloved volunteers lead tours 365 days a year, rain our shine. As president peskin mentioned we offer 70 different tours. Not just the main tours of Fishermans Wharf or the haight. We offer tours in dog patch and potrero, innerrichmond, noe valley, palace of fine arts and tenderloin. Our newest tour is Climate Change at chrisy field. Since 197 8 our tours are free. We consider the pbs of walking tours in San Francisco. Like a pbs show, you can take one of our tours, and if you like you can make a donation if you dont you can take a free tour. 80 percent of the funding comes from doimation and receive a grant from the city grant from the arts. Wells fargo and happy to announce our new est sponsor is one of the fabulous new hotels in San Francisco. I dont know if the general manager is here, michael are you here . Michael. [applause] that thank you. If you havent vissted the ohotel on clay street it is magnificent. Thank you to all of you and for your support. It is my honor to lead the organization for the last 6 years. There are Wonderful Group of people who love and cherish our city and always bright face every day to the thouchbs of people who visit the city. Thank you again president s peskin for acknowledging us, we appreciate it. Thank you and ill work with colleague s and make sure they will take your meet shz. Thank you. [applause] [applause] okay, what most of the people in this room have been waiting for, it is my pleasure to turn it over to district 4 supervisor engardio. Thank you. It is my pleasure to recognize not one, but three championship sports teams all from lincoln high school. Go mustangs [applause] yes. First up, we have the Boys Varsity Basketball team, stand up. Alright. [applause] yes. Next we have the girls varsity basketball team, stand up girls varsity. [applause] yeah, alright and now we have the wrestling team, stand up wrestlers [applause] yeah. All three teams won the San Francisco section championships. There is Something Special happening at lincoln high school. The Boys Basketball team is turn figure to a San Francisco dynasty and now the girls team has become champions and the wrestling team has a especially incredible story. It only had 8 people on the Team Two Years ago. Today there are 48, including boys and girls. Alright [applause] much of the credit goes to the coaches who foster more then just the Athletic Development of players, they care about mental and Emotional Development too. Carl jacobs developed a healthy culture. Coach jacobs, would you like to say a few words . Come on up. [applause] coach. Greetings mr. President. Supervisor engardio and the rest of the board. I want to thank you today for recognizing these young people. Sometimes young people feel they go for gotten and this is huge for you to take time out and recognize them today. On behalf of our principal mrs. Sherry bolisi [applause] our coaches i want all the coaches to stand right now. [applause] and also we have parents that volunteer. If the parents are here that volunteer and parents of student athletes. [applause] this is huge for you to reach out to these young people and also young people, our student athletes, i want you to know that for them to recognize you it is Something Big that you represent our city, our school, and everyone so a good thing all around. Im choked up, because not just because they are champions, but because of the sacrifices they make. Some of the students come to school at 8 oclock and dont leave till 9 oclock at night and that is a big sacrifice they make. That commendation you sent to them today is huge for them and thank you for this. Thank you supervisors. [applause] thank you coach jacobs we have certificates for everyone. Well give to everyone outside the chambers, but ill take one picture with the coach up front. Thank you. Thank you supervisor. [applause] [applause] our next order commendation will be from district 7, supervisor melgar. Thank you mr. President. Colleagues, you know that joany mitchell song they took paradisepaved par dice and put up a parking lot . I can report in district 7 we have done the opposite and are today i have the great pleasure of honoring the friends of Lakeside Village. This all started many years ago with a experiment from Community Members in lakeside in former supervisor yees office to activate parking lots own said by the mta, but underutilized and often full of garbage and graffiti. We fast forward to 2019, inspired by the International Child Friendly City Initiative to make urban spaces more kid friendly and concerns about the safety of this parking lot that was always full of garbage, the neighbors worked with supervisor yees office to channel their energy and come up with a concept that was more positive. What these volunteers amazing volunteers have done is take this parking lot and now it is a Beautiful Community space that act as a park. It has tables and chairs and a stage. It has a fairy garden, it has a Wonderful Community garden with edible plants. It has sun umbrellas, it has programming that happens saturday and sundays and folks get their lunch on lakeside corridors and ocean avenue and come and sit and meet each other, talk to their neighbors, it is a wonderful place of magic. It really is paradise. With the support of the mta, the planning department, and public works, we transformed this drab parking lot that was full of garbage and graffiti into this wonderful wonderful place. During the pandemic, the project came to fruition when all most Everything Else was forced outdoors. It is now referred to, it has a name and it is lakeside landing. It is decorated with a giants red octopus mural that celebrates the nautical theme because it is on ocean avenue. We have as i said, seats and tables, a giant chess set that was build by the boyscouts of troop 88 that meets at Forest Hill Club house. We have up cycled materials from public works yard. The group organize the merchants to help fill the vacant spaces that attracted new businesses into the corridor. We hold neighborhood cleanups and they have formalized a group as the friends of Lakeside Village. Over the past couple years, the neighbors have also applied for grants to expand the vision of lakeside landing. Now we have this full stage with live performance, the Edible Garden and any weekend you can go and see live events. You can come and invite old friends, new friends, young friends, we have outdoor yoga, we have queer art fairs, we have kid shows and other incredible events. This entire efforts believe it or not is entirely volunteer run by direct neighbors and merchants and honesty i dont think it would have been possible without the driving force that is [indiscernible] just volunteer extraord nar. She is too humble to accept it and admit all she does. But she organized and gathered resources. She is truly a remarkable person who has been able to spin gold out of straw. Without you cass, without your cando attitude, you ability to get anyone, including me to say yes and your Boundless Energy and efficiency we wouldnt be where we are today, but today we are honoring you and your very dedicated volunteers here from Lakeside Village, aaron ritchie, [indiscernible] jim odriscoll, vincent [indiscernible] owns ambrogesia bakery. Kathleen [indiscernible] and cath y phillips. All of you do this because you love the community and we just want to appreciate what you do and acknowledge how you are. Your are a inspiration. Can you please come up . Any given afternoon [applause] on any given afternoon you see families enjoying this space and it really just is filled with joy. Joy and beauty. You have done that for us. I am immensely grateful to you. We need more of this in San Francisco. We need to know how to adapt parking lots underutilized spaces and fill them with joy, laughter, art and neighbors and this is a really good model for how to get this done. I commend you all. I am grateful for your hard work, your love for the neighborhood and i just thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is a great recognition. [applause] we decided to fill fun has come up with from Lakeside Village. Thank you for the kind words and recognition. Just wanted to thank the volunteers, also the Business Owners and the city. Back in 2009, we actually started with a Neighborhood Watch but it was a decade later when jen boldly said, i believe you can create a park from this parking lot. What . So, we formed a non profit with sponsored by Park Alliance and fast forward to today, you summed it up beautifully. We have new trees and sidewalk cleaning, we have new murals, we have all these events, all done by volunteers. So, i wanted to thank our city partners, especially district 7 and can i say the alphabet soup of sfmta, oewd, sfpuc, ccg and sf City Arts Commission as well as public works and San Francisco planning and all come together to help and i want to thank the Business Owners. We have keith here who is far too modest. Thank you. [applause] keith has been in Lakeside Village since the 80s and whenever we need something, whether street banners to create a sense of place, or stay open to help us with an event, keith and his team are always there. It is people like keith who make Lakeside Village what it is. And lastly, i want to thank some volunteers. We have our youngest volunteer is body who has been volunteering since he was four. The grand old age of 7 and over the last couple of years, body and his mom anya insist i call her the community gardener, but she is the only one that knows anything about the Edible Garden, have Something Like 20 sessions for kids over the last couple years. It is truly a labor of love. Next to anya is aaron who is a high school and started volunteering in 2020 painting the octopus and has done all sorts of things including all the curriculum for the Edible Garden is researched and done by aaron. Next to her is vincent also a student. [applause] we want you to come to one of our events because you will find vincent elegantly doing crowd control or running up and down the street because we run out of wine for something, so thank you vincent. Jim odriscoll electrical we could not have put those sidewalk lights up without you. Jim, wrestled down all the electrical and still maintaining the lights now so thank you jim. Denise, was a cofounder of both the Neighborhood Watch in 2009, also the non profit and is still seeing projects over the finish line today. [applause] so, come and see us. We got amazing legacy businesses like keith ambrosia [indiscernible] we got new restaurants that opened like othena, come make a reservation and enjoy yourself and our mission is bring families to Lakeside Village and that is what we are focused on and we really hope to see you all there. Thank you. [applause] and the address is ocean avenue, between [indiscernible] and 19th achb avenue. 2504. Free events. Thank you. [applause] our next special order commendation is district 8, supervisor rafael mandelman. Thank you mr. President. Dr. Ninava calagara. Where is she . You get to come up. You come up. I say nice things about you, then your offer remarks. Thats the wayyou stand there. So high maintenance. [laughter] everyone knows. Alright. Today on this third tuesday of Women History Month it is my great honor to present a special commendation to dr. Calacara a founder and ceo och teacher salary project and run till recently the c eo of enterprise for youth. 5th generation san franciscans on her fought r side. Her mother hails from mexico sit ea. Her parents fell in love while her mother attendeded loan Mountain College which is now university of San Francisco. Attended middle berry where she majored in Political Science and miner in studio art. Earned degree [indiscernible] awarded a doctric from university of San Francisco graduate school of education. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children who i think are here today. Getting nods. They are getting applause. A classroom teacher who taught in mexico, massachusetts at Archie Williams high school in marin county and Leadership High School in San Francisco where she helped graduate the very first class. 10 years later cofounded 826 valencia and i understand many founding Board Members are here with us today. [applause] they all understood the full power of young people learning supported by the community. Understanding teachers would value the support and young people had important stories to tell. Over 20 years later, 826 valencia provides invaluable support to youth family and teacher. The impact resinates through the network of 826 chapter organizations across the country. In addition, there are over 40 aligned Literacy Centers around the world that created opportunities for thousands of students to share creativity insight and voices. 20 years ago also cofounded and still leads the teacher salary project, which aims to elevate the teaching profession securing professional salaries. To kick off this endeavor coauthored a book, teachers have it easy. [indiscernible] broad er awareness to the serious cost of having under paid teaching workforce. The teacher salary project team authored the American Teacher act, congressional legislation named after their film. The legislation creates incentivizeing grant to insure min pm pay of 60 thousand for teachers a base in San Francisco have yet to receive. Since the legislation introduced many states introduced and some cases passed similar legislation. Most recently, as i noted, served as the ceo of enterprise for youth that provides San Francisco students annually with paid workforce experience and professional development resources. Several of our district 8 interns have gotten to our office through enterprise. The organization has opened access to job readiness opportunities for more then 25 thousand students, 90 percent of whom faced at least one barrier to employment with 72 percent from low income backgrounds. Enterprise celebrating the 55 anniversary this year and been a major force behind the program success. During tenure, more then tripled the funding going to youth internship wages and increased paid internships 3 fold. Having gotten summer employment throughthat is worth applause. [applause] having gotten summer employment through enterprise as a high schooler myself, i am personally grateful for leadership in creating opportunities for student from all backgrounds to learn skills and explore career paths. After 7 years at enterprise stepping into a new role as senior advisor. She is changed the trajectory of thousands of San Francisco youth for the better and confidence she will continue to do so. These young people will become the innovateers, mentor advot cans and leaders of the future and so on behalf of the San Francisco board of supervisors, thank and commend you for your years of leadership and service to the city and county of San Francisco and ninava, now please step [applause] thank you to the president and all the supervisors. Im pleased to be here. All your names are very familiar, so being in your work space is very special, and i want to also say one of my favorite Board Members many years ago said it was really expensive to be my friends so i want to thank it donor and staff and Board Members and parents. If you can wave if you are involve in any of these organizations. [applause] helen lee in the house. I want to congratulate the team [indiscernible] for all you do to help youth be prepared and feel hope about their own futures. Im proud of the fact both programs involve adults listening to young people as a essential ingreedant. You activate the community and that listening and connecting with youth is how we will best teachpray i dont cry, i think that listening is how we best teach kindness, curiosity, integrity, wellness and how we create a healthy sense of belonging and those things are all so incredible fragile, so im proud of all of you. To the supervisors, thank you for helping to guide our city. It is no easy task to try and lead with our shared values of inclusivity. Hats off to you, i appreciate everything you do. I also wanted to say that supervisor past and president haney, yee, ronan, safai, peskin and mandelman. Thank you for hosting enterprise interns. It is critical to our democracy and makes the city a proud and shiny place when you let young people into the work places and for those whos names i didnt say, if you are feely yelly, it isnt too late to have enterprise intern. Happy to take your name and well send you a beautiful student this summer to learn from you and the world will be a better place. It is not too late. The emtos and i put together a gift. It is a homework pack for each supervisor and i want to let you know what is in the pack. I hail with good news and bad news. Ism the good news is that you will read. You get the stats and stories and impact and hopefully it will make you feel really good. I loved what the other honoree said about the alphabet soup. We also benefit from your funding and cant do it without you. I hope this makes you very proud to read about the programs and specifically in terms of San Francisco, i really want to acknowledge beta nuzairian and carla. Beta, this year as one of the best professional moves i did was to help beta get into that position and she will serve 6 thousand youth this year in our city, which is amazing, and hold your applause, i have one more celebration, which is my former student from Leadership High School, carlos selise. He will bethat was a unsatisfying applause. Should we do that again . [applause] carlo will be offering 500 paid internships and raised the salary to 20 a hour and will be getting to over a Million Dollars of youth wages. I really hope you feel proud. Here comes the sad news. After celebrating the triumps of 826 and enterprise i love to ask you to pay especially attention from the teacher salary project. In 2003 we huddled next to the office and had a conversation. I remember telling him that i would love to raise teacher pay more then anything else in my career and so we were off. We thought the low pay was bad then and today it is much much worse. The issue is important because in order to maximize the potential of every young person we must prioritize the true support of the classroom teachers. No more apples, thank you. All the Research Shows teachers are the most parnt of the Student Success outside their home and instead of creating circumstances for teachers to thrive, they are running away in droves. Our turnover is unbelievable. I also was very very sad. Everybody was sad when lincoln high student athletes walked outf the room but they had shortage. No english teacher. They areim kblad glad they are not here because i wasnt going to mention it. We cannot tolerate this anymore. Our teachers salary economist, dr. Ellen sharet wrote a summary of the state of San Francisco teachers for you and the National Progress and change in the ongoing crisis of low teacher pay. In your packets, you will read about the numbers of teachers vacancies, the numbers of under qualify people in teaching spots. You find stats comparing salaries to other similar professions in San Francisco and the wage penalties for teachers across the nation. It includes Incredible Movement we have seen since dropping the American Teacher act in congress. In the past 2 years 19 states have legislation to raise pee e teacher pay. This includes our golden state where the law increase teacher pay by 50 percent. Many other laws enact minimum pay law, raising pay is all the rage. Legislators from both parties are all about it, which makes sense given the dire shortage not having a educated populous. Teachers went from being respected middle class professionals to struggling people driving uber. We cannot stop raising pay until every teacher doesnt have to drive a uber, sell blood to make ends meet and those are teachers we have spoken to. Moral is lower then every andparents parents employ college age youth to not teach and low pay is the number one reason. You may think this is spicy, but given im not running for office, i can simply say, i would not wait around for the American Teacher act to pass. I wouldnt put a lot of hope in the california legislative to pass. It is ab938. I alsoyou are the most special group in the city. You can make it happen. I would nt wailt for the school board and union because they had edecades to get it right. I hope you huddle and write laws and get this done because the kids from lincoln high deserve better. Im around the corner if you want to chat and i just want to mention again, thank you to wonderful people who came with me today and thank you all for the incredal work you do and please await your gift in your office. Thank you. [applause] our last special orderthank you beta. Our last special order commendation will be from district 11, supervisor ahsha safai. Thank you mr. President. It is always fun to go last. Colleagues in celebration of [indiscernible] and Women History Month, im pleased to recognizecome on up. [applause] a product designer with unique background in architecture dedicated Community Organizer, who celebrates iranian and persian culture throughout San Francisco. These events provide a opportunity for persian kids and families to connect with one another, their Rich Heritage and build a sense of community. Organized cultural events as she felt during the pandemic the Persian Community was losing touch with each other and needed space and activities to bring them back together. Most of the events she organized are free and open to the public. She has intentionally partnered with school sites, Public School sites to emphasize the importance of Public Education and how it can bring communities together as well as focusing on families and children learning and celebrating their Cultural Heritage in community from a early age. I had the opportunity to attend her most recent event and this for kids celebration at Cleveland Elementary School in my district and it was lovely to see so many families from all over San Francisco celebrating with their children, with read aloud in persian, farcy and english listening to music, dancing having food that highlighted our rich persian culture. Multicultural background adaptability and commitment to Community Enrichment make her a invaluable member of our community in San Francisco. I can say, she didnt immigrate to the United States that long ago. For her to be so active and engage and proud of promoting her culture it is super eye opening y. Say our diversity in San Francisco is one of our biggest strengths and it makes San Francisco truly a magical place because we have so many dedicated members of the community, many immigrants and particularly folks during a time when we have a president ial candidate that literally is calling immigrants less then animals. Talking about immigrants in a negative way and trying to scapegoat and talk about how bad immigrants are for this country, so we in San Francisco need to stand up and celebrate our diversity and celebrate the tremendous benefits immigrants bring to our city and bring to our culture. It is why it so important for people like zanab stepping forward, celebrating their culture, promoting it and inviting others not part of it to participate. I want to thank you for your commitment to promoting cultural exchange, celebrating our Rich Heritage and doing on a focus of children and families. Youre creating such a beautiful space for people to thrive in. Moments where children and families to build community and take pride in their culture and contributions to the vibrancy of San Francisco. To you i say, thank you so much for joining us here today and thank you and continue to do your phenomenal work with all the families here in San Francisco. Please say a few words. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much supervisor safai. Good afternoon. I stand before you today as a proud member of the vibrant community here in San Francisco. When i first moved to the city drawn by reputation for diversity and progressive values, i embarked on a journey that shaped my life in profound ways. San francisco quickly became more then just a city to me, it became my home. It is where i met my husband, where we welcomed our beautiful son in the world and i where found my place among countless individuals from all walks of life. Today marks the beginning of the spring and persian new year. A time of renewal and celebration. As we also observe ramadan, a month of reflection and community connection, i am reminded of the richness of Cultural Diversity that thrives within our city. In the wake of the pandemic i felt a calling to rebuild and empower Iranian Community together with others we organize events to celebrate our culture and instill value in our children and foster connection with neighbors. Joys and sorrows, we cannot ignore challenges our city faces. Affordable housing and economic stability. With these difficulties [indiscernible] resilience and determination to contribute to make San Francisco a better place for all. As we move forward, let us Work Together to insure that our city remains a welcoming inclusive place for everyone. This means advocating for Affordable Housing, quality Public Education and opportunities for all residents to thrive. Receiving this recognition is a humbling honor, but it is also just the beginning. Im committed to continuing my efforts alongside many other iranian families to contribute to the wellbeing of our community and city we call home. I want to thank you supervisor safai and his support for our community. Thank you, happy spring, happy persian new year. Thank you. [applause] madam clerk, return to roll call for introduction. Thank you. Supervisor stefani, submit. Supervisor walton. Thank you, madam clerk. Today i have one in memoriam. Mark lawrence waulder born august 31, 1958 in San Francisco. And passed away february 7, 2024 in las vegas nevada. He was a entrepreneur and had a zest for life enjoying many passions including fine dining, traveling, watching sports and night on the town activities. Mark attended George Washington high school in San Francisco. He had a love for basketball, playing varsity as a shooting guard and ultimately making the all city team. He continued education in basketball at Long Beach State university. Mark was a avid reader. You could always find him with a sf chronicle newspaper or wall street journal in his hand. He follows sports, business, politics and entertainment. Mark was always dapper and had a zest for lie. He enjoyed many passions including fine dining, travelic, watching sports and night life. 1979, mark cofoundedue bick wuty production. They produced dance parties in San Francisco. 1983, he cofounded bexmar productions with dexter. [indiscernible] produced events that bridge community, business, and politics in a upscale at mus sphere. Mark was a member and partf the Northern California Promoters Association founded in 1984. The ncpa was the First Organization that bought the bay area promoters together as one. Mark worked as a sales account executive for kdia1310 a. M. In oakland. And the early 1980s intrigued by many he met in the entertainment business. He decided to pursue a career in producing stage plays and got feet wet producing his first local stage play, diary of a black man. 1990, he was introduced to a ksol fm radio jockey name, david [indiscernible] young inspiring play write. With the help of many now bay area legends they workshopped a play called telling like it is, at the black rep tore theater in berkeley. Several months later new years eve the play debayed at the paramount in oakland to standing room only crowd. After that, mark and can daibed hit the road for a national tour. Telling it like it is became the number one black stage play in america. They also went on to produce the hit gospel music stage play, lord have mercy. Mark moved to Atlanta Georgia in 1994 to join the team at hot 97. 5 p. M. Becoming general manager at q95. 5 p. M. In st. Louis missouri. He moved to las vegas where he launched a Business Investment company. Mark was a great support to his family. His love manifested in many ways providing housing and Financial Support when needed. Sharing his knowledge and extraordinary wisdom with family and friends. He was a big brother, a monarch and loved his family and honoring mark today, let us not morn a loss, but celebrate a life that touched ours so deeply. May the Cherished Memories of his love and legacy be a source of reassurance he is still with us. The rest i submit. Thank you supervisor walton. Supervisor chan. Submit. Thank you. Mr. President , you wanted to be rereferred. Why dont we rerefer me after Public Comment. Alright. At this time, the board welcomes Public Comment. You may speak to february 13 Board Meeting minutes as presented, or the items on the for adoption without reference to committee calendar, items 2125. Also other general matters that are not on todays agenda, but must be within the board subject matter jurisdiction. All other content would have been reported out to the board my a board by a appropriate committee. Our first speaker. Yes, well collect that from you. Go ahead. You have to go clock wise. Goes which ever way she wants. Yes, because it isnt a broken record inside, contrary to proceed. Your time started. Yes, sir. It isnt a broken record, so the parrots that is wrong [indiscernible] for San Francisco. It comes from the skies like my mission. Anyway, so warning, the use of any multiapp cell phone [indiscernible] for health and social behavior. Therefore, the future of humanity. All you guys have to pay attention. You are in trouble. Your reason for being which is happiness is getting shot. Anyway, for the new system of education we are creating no matter it is coming. Last time i said i invited engineers to start working on designing a engine that runs exclusively on water. Thats all you pay for what happen during the pandemic. Please, pay attention. Today im calling for local farmers who are going to have to [indiscernible] because you will teach us how to grow food. It is important. Basically you dont mess with anything that is so important as water, the skies are so beautiful, you dont put ugliness it in. Fire, and earth, which basically means food. You dont do that. Game is soon over. I wont let you down. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon board of supervisors. Before this meeting i sent a report to each of you [audio cut out] credentials to third party are using the current credentials in a manner inconsistent with state and federal law that violate state and federal constitutional requirements. Previously we talked about Human Service agency using sure lock. They conduct investigation for adoption, taking children away from parents, illegal gun possession, Substance Abuse disorder, [indiscernible] Welfare Services and use Voice Technology and phone technology. They credentials are handed to others who should ntd have access. The one that we havent talked about is gustault institute but they do Mental Health and Substance Abuse disorder trument. Before the meeting i went to the sfmta board of director meeting to discuss the same thing. Next to city hall there is a point of compromise at a bus station. It is most likely where people are gaining access to sit a eand county of San Francisco. At the bus stop between mcallister and van ness. It will say system configuring, saying that constantly. That is your point of compromise. Basically with this when you are using access illegally, you have a [indiscernible] and with that they can bounce a signal to anyone. They can cause confusion, traffic collisions, just recently we have been dealing with that. They can influence overdose, they can influence suicides. It is without a doubt the number one major issue that San Francisco is facing and again it can be stopped immediately but we have to be willing to make that sacrifice by telling people not to use the credentials they have illegally. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. It is jordan pronoun, she they. Im pissed a family was killed by a wrong way driver in west portal. I live in a neighborhood that has a lot of traffic violence. It is time for policy and action instead of thoughts and prayers. [indiscernible] but i just think [indiscernible] second, engardio dum b resolution, i can look on any agenda from this board and 99 percent of it is actually Municipal Affairs. It is not it is calling on the state to allow for certain municipal apairs and he is butt hurt [indiscernible] won the cease fire resolution. Free palestine. Third, i support dean preston resolution fl super market in the tl and if we cant get a super market i believe the city should have municipally owned super market. This about rolling tanks into rich neighborhoods and turning [indiscernible] this is about food justice inequity and sound policy making. And hope 10 to 1 gets overturned. I find many people support it was drunk and fighting and breaking glass on the streets during Saint Patrick day. What White Privilege and class privilege . Happy belated Women History Month. Im proud of ronan, melgar [indiscernible] i yield my time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is leslie. I live in San Francisco in district 3. I would like to thank supervisor peskin for introducing the resolution urging the cpuc to design at t request to carry last resort obigation. Use of copper land line service known as pots, Plain Old Telephone Service absolutely want to preserve this irreplaceable phone service known for reliability, having gained the public trust as the effective source of communication in a emergency. At t alternative phone service, voip, voice over interinate protocol is a form of communication reliant on a functioning internet. If the electricity goes down, so will voip communication, unlock copper land line that continue to work when the electricity does not. Concerning to voip, is the need for emergency backup system which may or may not be effective in a emergency situation when every second counts. In addition, copper land line phones are not harmful to health. They are vital for people who suffer from raidulation sensitivity. Copper land line phones do not emit wifi radiation. Copper land line has proven to be truly indispensable. Spleez support supervisor peskins resolution to deny at t request to relinquish carrier of last resort obigations. Thank you very much for your time. Hello. My partner and i are victims of crime committed by Public Employees at laguna honda hospital, and ucsf medical center. Investigated about who brandy welch is, where he was before he got to laguna honda and what happened after he got there. The public will not know the truth about whats happening at laguna honda. They will be recertify said. Im not a gadfly, im a victim with serious allegations and i assure what is more serious evidence. Randy welsh, laguna honda hospital, south two. You want to know what happened to him. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. Board president peskin. Camey black stone, at t and i know all looking at the resolution think you want to protect your constituents and understand that so i want to just tell you a couple things about our application that hopefully provides you comfort. If the cpuc does approve at t application as proposed, at t would continue providing Traditional Land line service to existing customers until all federal and state regulatory practs are completed. At t would still be required to provide Telephone Services in areas where no alternative Voice Services are available and also continue to provide Traditional Land Line Phone Service to customers until proven alternatives are available. In San Francisco, there are no residential customers who have no alternative to our pots line. There are fewer then 20 businesses that have no alternative and we are working hard to address that before anything happens. At t has pledged to continue to participate in the California Lifeline Program which does not require a designation and if our etc relinguishment is approved no customer will lose their current california discount on Voice Service so long as at t offers that service. This application is a very first step in a super long process. We wrapping up public participation. However any constituents or you may contribute comments still through the cpuc portal until i believe september. Thank you very much for listening and if you have questions you know where to find me. Thank you. Thank you kami blackstone. Next speaker, please. [indiscernible] jesus loves me, this i know, for the bible tells me so, little ones to him belong, they are weak, but he is strong. Yes, jesus loves me, yes, jesus loves me, yes, jesus loves me, the bible tells me so. Jesus loves me when im good, when i do the things i should. Jesus loves me when im bad, but he makes me very sad. [whistling] go ahead and start the time. I didnt think you would do it. George sorosdirty tinticals in the United States. I cant help about hope the last day is in 19 days. It will be the last day of the sabbath year. That would be the 285th subalical cycle from the anointing of the lord jesus crise and the first day of the new year and new 7 year cycle. When i read my bible, the jesus said he raise the dead oen the last day, i cant help but wonder if that isnt the day of vingeance. Judgment day, the end of the world, the last day, the day of the lord is for me another christian and any christian if they are a real christian called the blessed hope. What is the blessed hope . Paul speaks. The lord descend from heaven with a shout. With a voice of the arc angle and trump of god. And the dead in christ will rise first. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. My name ischandler, and i have been listening intensively. It says we must get wisdom. We must get knowledge, but all these things we must get a understanding, and so im sitting to listen to have a understanding to the way the political system works, andoom im seeing things. Congratulations to those, their awards today and condolences to the families at the bus stop. Happy persian new year. But i also see 4 seats empty. It is not to the swift, neither to it is to the strong, but those who ender to the end, and the end basically is general comment. It is obvious that there are those not in their seats. I see those laughing at people that have mental issues. Ourselves in our positions should not laugh at people who have mental issues. You supposed to be seeing a worthy thought in your mind of love and help. Not taking your positions and being air gnt and prideful. Many of you have non profit organizations and llcs that is gety getting ready to be investigated. When you are in positions of a political seat, you should not receive donations or grants in the name of social environment issues that has to do with mother earth. Words to the wise, is sufficient. If the show shoe does not fit, then you dont have to wear it. But if the shoe fits thank you mrs. Chandler for your comments. Before the next speaker, any other members of the public who like to address the board during general Public Comment . Please line up. Otherwise this is our last speaker. Welcome. Good afternoon, peter warfield, executive director libraries user association. Po box 170544 San Francisco california 941170544. Day after tomorrow on thursday march 21, the Library Commission is planning to approve its new Strategic Plan and its new Mission Statement. The Mission Statement is very important. The current one is perfectly fine and actually i commented favorably about it. Roughly speaking it says, the library is devoted to free and equal access to joy of reading independent learning and couple other things for our diverse community. The new Strategic Plan, which they never explained whats wrong with there old one and why they need a new one, the new Mission Statement is be as follows and i quote exactly, connect our Diverse Communities to learning, opportunities, and each other. Wheres free and equal access . Free or equal . Where is reading . The Strategic Plan in the last draft that came before the commission in january didnt have a single mention of the word book or books, read or reading, joys and so on and so forth. This new Mission Statement is a blank check for whatever they want to do and what they clearly want to do is not what their old Mission Statement said or what Library Users want. A way from books and tech and recruiting for tech. What does the library know about community which they want to build up . 8 p. M. Closure of every branch that used to open till 9 oclock means no evenings for programs. Serious problem. As a example. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello everyone. My name is[indiscernible] formally known as patricia may i ask you to pull the microphone a little closer . Sorry. Should i repeat . Ill start your time now. Should i repeat it . My name is [indiscernible] formally known as patricia. I have one word, audit. [indiscernible] over where i live. 1066 mission. It is the new nation wide Modular Program and thats it. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Thank you for all the great work you do. My name is captain maggie halihan and i was raised here and swam in aquatic park and boat and canoe there decades. Im here because im starting a Research Project and it involves in 197577 and 1983, the city supervisor work wg the mayor gave quite a bit of land to the Golden Gate National park and it created the National Maritime association and National Maritime park and we have a base called the San Francisco sea scout base and it is on submerged land, which means land underwater. I dont know if it was given to them. It isnt clear on the property transfer and deeds, but the National Park has just closed our days ramp and walkway to our float 10 days ago, and they have sat there for 37 years since it has been transferred and never done work on the pilings and the infrastructure and they keep sanctioning our sea scout group, which we have about a hundred sea scouts, youth and it is super inexpensive and fun and run by volunteers so im not a expert in property, but ill keep researching and bringing forward and if anyone is interested, my name is [indiscernible] thank you for your comments. Any other members of the public like to address the board during Public Comment . Mr. President. Thank you madam clerk. Public comment is now closed. I will go back to the last remaining roll call for introduction that being my own and i want to thank the supervisors that cosponsored legislation about to speak to, supervisor preston and chan. My time is up. [laughter] so, in the wake of a number of rental property portfolios becoming available for purchase on the open market, i have been working with a group of qualified Community Non profit providers, commonly referred to as qnps in the Affordable Housing community to expand upon a piece of legislation my then colleague [indiscernible] Community Option to performs act which gives callify said Community Non profit providers the opportunity to make a first offer on multifamily properties for sale. As many are aware, the state of california has allocated funding for Affordable Housing acquisitions and for programs to prevent and address the rising for closure crisis across the state and one of our own local bay area non profits, local Initiative Support expressed interest using the funding to purchase properties in danger of foreclosure. This legislation that im introducing today expands the requirements to include what is known to cover a deed in lu of for closure. This type of for closure is arrangement that allows to surrender ownership to the lenders to avoid a lengthier judicial for eclosure process. Owners have opted for this type of proedseeding with lenders, including very large Property Owners like varitos. Knowledge is power. Particularly for Community Based Affordable Housing looking to get a foot in the door to expand Affordable Housing options in the city. Hopefully the legislation will serve as a nish tchb oen behalf of the city to the Real Estate Industry that we are really living both in tough times, but also times of opportunity and ready to partner to not let this opportunity pass. Thanks again to my cosponsors and hopefully we can jumpstart this conversation and expand the push for permanent Affordable Housing acquisition and preservation throughout the city. Also introducing with supervisor walton and chan, urging the San Francisco Police Department and District Attorney to release the video and investigation details in last summer tragic death of mrs. Yan fang wu, which was ultimately 7 weeks later ruled accidental death by the Police Department and District Attorney. However, in some recent media reports about another elderly chinese woman that was assaulted the suspect of interest was found to be the same suspect that was detained by the police in last summers assault that resulted in the death. As the information came to light, it spurred anxiety and concern within the community and particularly the Aapi Community and so, given what has been going on, i think it is appropriate that we ask for the release of the investigation details of mrs. Wus death that as i said was ruled a accidental death. This resolution is consist want with efforts to build Community Trust particularly in the criminal Justice System as well as improve services to victims and survivors and was the same call for transparency and fairness that this board is on recordue nanly supporting. I want to thank the Community Safety and justice and Asian Justice Movement for speaking out and seekinger sws and are agree for increased engagement around victim centered care and cantonese fluent staffing and needs and demands of the community that has been going through a lot sense and during the pandemic and the rest colleagues, i will submit. Madam clerk mr. President , we have supervisor safai. Supervisor safai. Thank you mr. President and madam clerk. I just want to be added to the resolution regarding the release of the video for mrs. Wu. It shall be. Well list you immediately as we submit to the clerk. Thank you supervisor safai. Madam clerk, please call the adoption without Committee Reference calendar . 2125 introduced for adoption without Committee Reference. Unanimous vote is required for adoption on resolution for First Reading. One member may request a resolution to go to committee an item on First Reading. Thank you madam clerk. I see supervisor walton and engardios name on the roster. I believe that you two want to or one wants sever item 21 and the other 23, but i do not wish to besupervisor engardio. I like to continue item 21 to next week. We cant do that. First we have to sever our vote on the balance and ill let you speak on 21, because you are the primary sponsor, but you want to sever item 23 23, i need to recuse from the vote. Well do that when we get to 23. Any other items to be served . Seeing none mr. President. Did you want to amend item 23 . I do, but hes just severed 23, so well get to that. Got it. Madam clerk, could you pleasewhy dont we call the role out of abudance of caution on 22, 24, 25. 22, 24, 25, supervisor dorsey, aye. Supervisor engardio, aye. Supervisor mandelman, aye. Supervisor melgar, aye. Supervisor peskin, aye. Supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Supervisor stefani, aye. Supervisor walton, aye. Supervisor chan, aye. There are 10 ayes. The resolution item 22 is adapted and 24 and 25 are approved. Madam clerk, please call item 21. Item 21 resolution to set forth official board of supervisors policy to prioritize Municipal Affairs and issues that most directly impact and effect the city and county of San Francisco in the conduct of board business. Supervisor engardio. Can we continue the item 21 to next week . Okay. Motion to continue the item one week. Supervisor walton. I have process question. Yes, sir. Because, just trying to be fair with supervisor engardio, because i want to send this to committee, but wondering why he wants to continue if he isnt go toog change the language . Okay. So, first of all, is the process question madam clerk, you are [multiple speakers] typically whether a resolution is severed a member has the single opportunity to send to committee. Okay. However, if supervisor walton wanted to ask a question that is certainly allowable. Alright. So, there is a question from supervisor walton through the president to supervisor engardio as to whether or not you are amenable to upon continuance amending in intervening week. For clarity, that wasnt a question. He was not amenable to changing the language to something that was satisfyable, but curious why he thinks a continuous makes sense. Supervisor engardio. My hope is to continue to next week to vote on the issue and maybe take time to work through the issue to make it satisfactory for everyone. Supervisor walton, based on the parliamentary advice, what is your will . I will wait to see if it is seconded. Now there is no second for said continuance. There is a second. You okay with a continuance . Ill vote for it if somebody supports it. On the motion to continue the item made by supervisor inguardsio engardio and second by melgar to continue the item 1 week, roll call. To continue item 21 to march 26, supervisor dorsey, aye. Supervisor engardio, aye. Supervisor mandelman, aye. Supervisor melgar, aye. Supervisor peskin, aye. Supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Supervisor stefani, aye. Supervisor walton, aye. Supervisor chan, aye. There are 10 ayes. Alright. The item is continue said one week. Please read item 23. Item 23 resolution to urge the California Public Utility Commission to deny at t request to relinquish the area of last resort and eligible telecommunication carrier designations without conditions to require at t to transfer remaining customers to upgraded or alternative service or until a alternative colr or etc is identified to insure residents have access to basic Affordable Phone service. Supervisor engardio. I need to recuse myself from the vote on this item. I think we are required to say why. My husband and i own stock in at t. There you go. Motion to recuse made by supervisor mandelman and second by supervisor walton we take without objection. Supervisor engardio is recused. Alright. With that colleagues, last week i introduced this resolution urging the California Public Utilities Commission to require lasting protection for those who are most vulnerable as a condition of any approval by the cpuc of at t request to relinguish carrier of last resort and telecommunication carrier designation by the federal government and today i submitted and circulated amendments to clarify that the board urges the California Public Utilities Commission to require conditions of approval including a published written transition plan that outlines steps at t will take to insure no customers are left behind and that second, the California Public Utilities Commission identifies a alternate carrier of last resort to maintain the baseline pots service that guarantees all residents regardless of location or customer ability to receive basic phone services. I hope you will join me on the resolution. Is there a motion to make those amendments i have circulated . Maids by supervisor chan. Is there a second . Seconded by supervisor mandelman. Colleagues, can we take those amendments without objection and approve the resolution as amended . Same house, same call, the resolution is adopted as amended. Madam clerk, why dont you read the in memoria and well is a moment of silence for the horrific tragic accident and resulting deaths at west Portal Library. Todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of the supervisor walton for the late mr. Mark Lawrence Wilder on behalf of supervisor safai for the late mr. Richard james icem, on behalf of supervisor melgar on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, for the late diego, [indiscernible] who was just a baby. We have a moment of silence. [moment of silence] the board of supervisor s is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] today preezentation is a overview how to fila compliant about the dpa. Any questions can be emaileded at sfdpa at sfgov. Org. Independent of the San Francisco Police Department. Investigating allegations of police misconducting recommending disciplineitary action to the chief police and Police Commission and suggesting policy provisions when not meeting 21 Century Policing practice. If you speens or Witness Police misconduct we have several ways to submit a complaint. File with dpa online asfgov. Org dpa or indiscernible in person at the Office Located at 1 south van ness on the 8 floor or any District Police station. There are key pieces of information that anyone filing complaints should provide, including your contact information, so we can ask for followup questions, the location, time and date of incident. Officer name and star number, and specific details including words and actions by all involved parties. It is important to remember anyone can file a complaint and you do not have to be a witness or victim to initiate a complaint. This next slide provides a overview of dpa mediation division. Mediation is alternative to dpa investigationing a complaint. The goal of mediation are improve the relationship between the community and sfpd. Mediation allows both parties toprint perspectives that resulted in a complaint. May request mediation when you file a complaint or referred to the mediation team. Mediation is voluntary for the person making the complaint and officer. Both must agree to resolve through mediation. Unpaid volunteers not dpa employees trained and experiences in helping people resolve differences in a conductive manner. Because mediation is voluntary, there is a greater chance of parties want to resolve the problem mutually agreeable fashion. Not every complaint is eligible for mediation. Cases can go to mediation include those involvingcocts and not indiscernible that concludes todays it took the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire and 500 city blocks burning to the ground for the people of San Francisco to realize they had an inadequate water supply. The earthquake allowed nation sin a neuropathy for San Francisco. Whatever this stricken city wants as a country, we should help them with it. Years before, mayor james feland explored the sierra for a source of water for a city run water utility. His search led him to a pristine valley along the tuolumne river. Hetch hetchy valley seemed to be the obvious place for this. It had steep perpendicular walls, 2500 feet and a flat floor. All you would have to do is put a dam across it. However, hetch hetchy was in yosemite National Park and in order to build the proposed system, San Francisco needed federal permission. Jon mural opposed the dam and blocked progress for years but in 1913, congressman john from money george would clear the way. Signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite National Park and the city of San Francisco that continues to this day. Take them to the its an imperative for collaboration with the National Park service and the Forest Service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and Capital Improvement projects. We have a Strong Partnership with the National Park service aimed at protection of the watershed, its for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. For a century now, this dam in a National Park brought fresh water to the San Francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. This will is the moment. Its made possible [applause]. [music] [music] about 20 years ago the port was look to develop a network of open space and parks and to bring the art network and access to the bay to the entire 7 and a half miles of waterfront property. This location, 7 acres, identified a very important place to make a park for the community. The park was used very much for ship building. It was a very important location in the citys history. Iot best part of the water front was heavy industrial and did in the have opportunity for the public to get in and enjoy will bay and connected to the bay. They incorporated the historical value of the area people can learn what was here before, what is here now and then really be able to understand the community that they live in. This was a vibrant ship building area here for years and years. And you know here we got a slip away and for us to have an opportunity to teach our children the old way specials incorporate them in the new ways, it is endless. This will be an upon upon wonder uponful addition to the southeast sector of San Francisco it is green and clean and beautiful and access to the bay from a park is just going to be incredible. Jot things planned is going to make this a destination for the folkless in the upon community. Ability to come out and have a picnic on the grass. And to come out and use the picnic area with the tables and bbq pit and movie night and food trucks has an open space is exciting. We dont are much of it in dog patch. I think this will be a family and Community Based type park. The port is good about talking with the local people about things they might like. The whole place is a play ground they will not see anything like this before. I feel blessed have been part of the commission and the process of bringing this park to the community. This has been a Long Community lead process. Open space is something we have been doing in San Francisco for a long time. Connectivity we have to the waterfront and San Francisco is important. I cant wait to experience it as a residents and district supervisor. [music] [music] very well loved ice cream pallor for the community in San Francisco in the outer sunset. Opened since 1955. We have a wide variety of flavors. Have more then and there 300 flavors available. We always have ready for scooping about 52 flavors every day. We make all the ice cream here in the store. Very fresh and fresh ingredients from the your for the customers to choose a flavor and have fun customers say i want to spin the wheel and get whatever it lands on. I have always been in love with ice cream since i have memories. I know when i feel when i eat it is unique so i than there are a lot of people this feel like that way and i always made ice cream at home. And then i wanted share this passion with more people. So it is Nothing Better then and there doing im connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond. Im an immigrant and came to San Francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. My first job is at the Community Organizer for Public Safety with San Francisco state. And land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. Went through city departments when Kamala Harris was our District Attorney im proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. The reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. We have the Legacy Business Program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. Am im ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. We were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70s. Originally was just a burger joint. Open late nights. Then it changed over the years and became the breakfast staple. We specialize in breakfast, brunch come lunch now. I love this neighborhood. I grew up here. And it feels like home. I walk down the block and recognize people of people say hello. You say hello you talk and joke. Has that familiar environment that is enjoyable and i have not experienced anywhere else. There are many things i would like to see improve ams the things we might see are making sure that our tenants stay housed our Small Business in tact and those are the solutions that will contain to push to make sure that you know our communities can take root, stay and thrive. Im proud of you know, welcoming folks to the richmond. Everyone loch its we got Farmers Market every sunday there. The you see really business at the noaa. Ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. And thats when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. You will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. And that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. What is love is the theatre. I mean adam and with my wife jamie, own Little Company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. The vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. Balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this Outer Richmond neighborhood since then. And close on the heels the 4 star opens since 1913. When you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. But you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. That is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. It is a shared Human Experience that you get when you go in to places that are gatherings and artist presented to you. A shared experience is the most precious. And the popcorn. [laughter]. At the balboa especially, we stroif to have movies for people of every generation from the pop corn palace movies on the weekend mornings, for families and kids. This is for everybody of all ages. What is great about the richmond is it is a neighborhood of the immigrants. Belongs to immigrants not ap i immigrants you will see that there are also a Huge Population of rush wrans and ukrainian immigrants they stay united you am see that the support they lend to each other as a community. And cinderella bakery is another legacy business. If you go on the website it is known as a russian bakery. The first thing you see their pledge to support the ukrainian community. You will see the unity in the richmond im so proud of our immigrant community in the rich monthed. My dad immigrate friday iran the reason he stayed was because of the restaurant. Has more centamential value it is the reasonable we are in this country. When he had an opportunity to take over the instruct he stayed that is why we are here part of our legacy and San Francisco history and like to keep it going for years to come. Another moment im proud to be supporting the richmond and the only Asian American woman elect in the office and as an immigrant that is not happen nothing 3 decades. You see it is my ability to represent especially the asianamerican community. In my case the chinese speaking elders in our community that really can allow me to communicate with them directly. Im Program Director of adult day centers. I have been here for 7 years i love to help the communities and help and the people with disability. I foal a connection with them. I am anim grant i love helping our community and new immigrants and improvements. If you want nature, richmond is the neighborhood to go we are between ocean beach heights and golden gate park. I love the Outer Richmond. For me this is the single best neighborhood in San Francisco. Everybody knows each other. People have been living here forever. It is young and old. The ocean is really near by. And so there is that out doors ocean vibe to it. There are places to seat Golden Gate Bridge it is amazing. Businesses are all small mom and pop businesses. Houses get passed down generation to generation. It has a small town feel but you know you are in a big city at the same time. Its got a unique flavor i dont see in other neighborhoods j. It is about being inclusive we are inclusive and welcome the communities, anybody should feel welcome and belong here and shop local, eat local. We believe that with that support and that network it come in full circle. It is passing on kinds knows. Thats when richmond is about that we are together at once. Welcome to the richmond. [music] pen. Well to edge own little square we are a new culture accelerating sf government performance taking accountability and transparency to the next level. The artist and culture of chinatown. As an immigrant giveaway we tell the stories of chinatown the people that are here and the culture and history our presence and future through arts and culture. It is a 35 community. There is so many to see come come in and buy certify increases and ongoing exhibitions here ttelev welcome, everybody to our newest department of Human Resources base were really happy to see all of you here. Um, thank you to are not on todays agenda. And vice chair mandelman and city administrator carmen chu in the audience and all of our coworkers from around the city our job seeks and Community Members are here were thrilled to have you here and hope to see a lot more of you in that open space. For the department of Human Resources this is a home coming before the loma linda architectural you came here to get a city job the city clerk with the nervious center the Civic Service department and the what is the highrise department the lifeguard i didnt think that existed packaged what index cards and the place where we kept all the records about all of our City Employees where we councilmember del prado the records but the architect happened and every chain in the building has been opened up in the beautiful civic building that is it is today and department of Human Resources and all of our hiring and career support work were thrilled to be back here. Um, we are coming back but not bringing the note cards and not filling up the space as you can see it is open and modern we have a lot of investment in the system were going coming back with a lot more flexibility i think a greater commitment to the job seekers and open up the opportunity for more city employment. We have launched a new. Accessible and Responsive Software tracking system i think many of the people in the room are familiar due to the investment if mayor london breed making the support with the board of supervisors over the last few years. This Career Center will port is the job applicants and will provide information how to get a city job and how to advance your career in the city and including the alternative pathways apprenticeship sf and the case to the city employment and get people with disabilities into the city employment and providing the coaching and the demise indication to vaps our career were thrilled to do that and i want to bring in a lot of energy into that space. Um, anybody who gets a city job about finding themselves here but the fingerprinting has moved from one stop van ness and starting with our first time appointment. yelling . clapping and so for all of you who want to have a career in Public Service, want to make a great wage and benefits, have stable long Term Employment this is the place to come. Were going to hear from some of of our colleagues and guest speakers before that i want to first recognize the people in this department of Human Resources around the city have helped to make that happen start the treasurer cisneros clapping. ridge avenue plat amendment in the prime raechlt in city hall no easy to come back by thank you to the treasurer for supporting us to all of our my colleagues at dhr and especially to the um, our manager deputy kate howard and she sits there to make things happen thank you, kate clapping. and workforce director julie will be supervising all the activity and lots of activist in the space as well as our director for Employment Services will organ all this did new front counter of the department of Human Resources and still doing things in one time but most of walk in travshg is right here clapping. um, i want to introduce our the Career Center manager are you here somewhere . There she is yelling and to the building management, of course, i saw rob here easily helped to build this up and to the civil servicing commission sandy is here clapping. they have the duty and chapter of rule making that helps to guide our work everyday i think that commission is keenly aware of its roll today to help us breakdown the barriers with the city employment process. So with that, i first um, my first opportunity to work with mayor london breed when the Housing Authority. Circumstances outside of their control most of employees will be laid off and mayor london breed directed us with the department of highrise to figure out what to do about that being laid avenue off in a job the worse things can happen to montana in this hearing knows that we need the that and button a lot of energy and creativity um, everybody who wanted to work for the city had the opportunity to expedite and were successful we provide career counseling and job parliament and worked with outside employers that was a Great Success the same energy we want to bring to this Going Forward so mayor london breed been our great supporter were looking forward to her today and welcome her up to the podium now clapping. thank you, carol and i must say ive never seen this mo most people smiling in h. R. Before laughter we can how hard to so to do the work you do everyday we know when there are various Community Fairs and other things throughout no we see you many of you out there to get people young people back in the day as many of us know that was hard to get a city job. For a fact so many of us have tried and tried again and filled with complications and the frustration the bureaucracy and everything you can name all the layers of challenges that make that difficult to get employment our directly attributed to are not on todays agenda. Are not on todays agenda. But im about get rid of human process and making it easier people with good benefits and retirement changes peoples lives one of the things clapping. that is always been important to me and especially, when we helped and works the hosting employees we put a ballot measure on the ballot and we wanted to protect our tenants and allow theyre years of service in the Housing Authority to be transferred to their years of service in the city and county of San Francisco we know how difficult it is to work all your life and all of a sudden wonder where your money went and dont have a nest egg to take care of you knowing with the like to life paycheck to paycheck is why this jock center is so important to me. I know when i served as is executive director of the africanamerican we were an art center but became a job center working with kids and those with before all the technology with computers that was hard filling out the paperwork and using the technology to type in stuff on times typewriter who remembers what a type writer it is . No too many people know we had to use tip writers to use and we have all the technical advances yet too many barriers it takes too long, it, too confusing and all people want to do it get to work. Can you imagine a 6 year process to get a city job and by that time have you a job over from someones or your struggling all the layers of challenges to make it difficult for people to become gainfully provide in the city advertised center is moving towards a Better Future i want to proficient the staff 6 dhr the xoorl leadership i work day to day not just for the City Employees providing guidance and support and at departments what to do right and wrong but more importantly 0 how you help people in order to complete the paperwork and fire hydrant all the things and finally supervision you give them to say hang in it there were going to work with you and that is what this center represented to over interviews people can say the right things and hone the skills and they dont miss a beat in the application process and the thing im most proud of how we have programs that help people before they even interstate sfoif our Apprenticeship Program for labors and gardeners our. clapping . Work city drive and cityville and city ems and all the things that help get people ready when we go into the Employment Opportunity theyre ready to hit the ground on day one thats with all the 4 thousand citizens we have an extraordinary opportunity to hire more people and faster 10 to one we want to make sure clapping. that people have the sport they need to be as effective in delivering services to the city and county of San Francisco. And we want to marry that were continuing to put our best foot forward delivering and when you talk about opportunities for advancement and the growth in or segments those who are are who or only showing up to work three days a week maybe want to show up 5 days a week with the balancing you guys are talking about the way that i move you were in a career the way you learn and grow comes from handsonexperience and developing relationships when someone is calling a sea saying hey carmen chiu i have a job that mr. Take you to the next level how about being the thats what we need to get get to make sure we are preparing the next generation of the city leaders that people you all and Public Service we want to you do well in our job but successful in our careers that takes work and growth and development this center will be that and so many more to insure the success of our stir moving forward lastly, i know we have a couple of other speakers here but i got to say during action pack many of you, you went outside of scope of your careers and help the city put its best foot forward in the workspace 911 or dispatchers or folks cleaning the streets and did the very best of San Francisco and, i. E. , was so proud of everything you did to make sure that people know who we are as a city. We are not going to continue to let others define us, we know would we are were the very best and everything to do with our workforce and the work that you go ahead to pit your best foot forward and im excited about that center and the future of San Francisco it is bright were grateful and fired up and ready to go and get people hired. Thank you very much. yelling clapping. beautiful thank you, mayor london breed and okay next id like to call up the president of Service Employees International Union 10 to one teresa. clapping. it is no sweet were no some tense negotiations would you right now with a our labor partners none of that stops us from the work we do everyday and we talk to each other all the time and for those of you who dont know her teresa is a nurse assistant at laguna honda hospital and a lot of people, you know, when laguna honda hospital was under threat and all the work that went into saving that very important historic facility protecting fragile people teresa is a i am reintroducing today the workers inside the laguna honda hospital for employers and in the correct me if i am wrong o Congress Things i dont know but about please welcome teresa. All right. clapping. good morning all and a pleasure to be here on this circumstances yes were a fighting with the negotiations and . That is a necessary and positive thing uplifting and helping workers i have a whole bunch of things written but im going to speak from my heart i have three minutes ill make that quick im proud to see this Career Center because for years um, when i became a leader in San Francisco and when i became the Vice President of one of the president s of f c i index one of the things that was up in my mind how do we support workers not just the contract but how do we uplift workers and create that opportunity where every work can know whether ours is a generator or nurse whatever you can chief your highest dream youre highest goal in our career arrest or other fields you can make a transition and thats where you were Born Department of Police Accountability matter who you love didnt matter the color of our skin does matter clapping. those things are not things that we control. And those things should not be used against us so when i started, you know, getting seriously involved in the leadership i kept wondering and i actually reached out to the city i work with lou i cant think and with a whole bunch of leaders in the room um, in trying to start thinking though how do we create this pathway and this uplifting resource and opportunities that tells every working they can be what we wanted to be if you want to remain and generator no shame. So im from jamaica and, you know, one of the things that was the most painful thing for me was to watch my mom working in a food truck im an only child and my mom is a single mother. My mom worked in a food truck for 20 years and one day she takes two buses to work. And one day um, it was one hundred and 60 people working in the food truck they made wine and vinegar things like that and manufacturing locations in jamaica but let mow get to say my mom and one hundred and 60 workers show up to the fact and involved in working there between 10 and 20 years my mom wasnt was one of those and the fact was closed. They said we sold the business. After 20 years never late for work. Never called in sick. My mom had no pension. No healthcare, nothing. She had to start from scratch and washed people clothes and did anything she could to hustle to make a living outside of that she bought a house i went to one of the best high schools and did a great job in you cant can and choose to come to america im one of the few immigrants gets to do that i choose to come to america i say it as an budget for my kids to have great chance of college and came here got a job worked for the insurance destroy and took the first job i could get and became a nurse and get the licenses worked at one of the most stellar institutions in the city and in the country laguna honda is and i know at the same time went to San Francisco state. Finished clapping. my first degree, you know, and then because i have to figure out working and earning a living i did the university of phoenix and did a masters this is the pathway many of us have to take and at that time i had to do that half the time doing homework and driving because i had to move to sacramento because i couldnt afford to live in the city no more but this was the story of an average working clapping. . Okay. And so i dont need to preach teu but to say this Career Center is some of the intrinsic and issues and barriers at least thats my hope were creating that have to implement and make that work but also on my heart i know that if this is not right we will promote workers we will overcome the um, the rave buildings of racism and open peoples eyes and you can do that your a single mother and struggling for work we can found a pathway to make that happen in 10 to one we created the contract with the program in our contract to help works to go to school and feel safe that in itself is goodbye so many other barriers babying sitting how do you do all those things and how do i earn, you know, the full living how do you have someone to help you to catch not going to school in 10 years i see a Career Center as that opportunity to open that pathway to remove the barriers and to give each person a chance one last thing a good education creates generational wealth and not forget about that as a black woman i know we have to work ten times harder and as people of color we know that is always the struggle to ride but the bottom line we slavery should have killed us removed us. Look at her . Yes who knew; right . clapping. look at me, im running one of the biggest unions in this country up and coming those are because we continue to fight we are resilient and we believe in ourselves lets give all the workers that same chance and opportunity. Thank you. clapping. wow. Thank you, terry is a. Next, we have up the special assistant to the big manager of Northern California District Council of labor an u layoffs title we know him as vince and a friend of mine and hes the heart and soul along with teresa males or females us in the direction of any quality training so vince clapping. . Thank you very much. And thank you, teresa for covering everything it that needs to be covered im going to talk really, really quickly a native san franciscan and left in 2020 dont have the same satire about leaving the district but give us a appreciative and the perspective is this place is great i look forward to coming back here about relationships i mean did relationships we have together with one another is something to focus on thats how we get things done; right . Focus on solution like this urgent here youre in the front row those are messages being sent by lynching and putting workforce in the front role thats why i wanted to be here Work Together carol and chris and julia a privilege for me to come back here and work and im not with the local union anymore and carmen chiu, i know who my friends are we we need something we dont ask for stuff for ourselves but people we represent so when i go to carmen chu hey shes like oh, but she trusts me enough and know were trying to doing the right thing and making this citywide and recognized by all clapping. im not sure i talked to it seis increase but right front center at city hall clapping. and focusing on what is positive. Here. Instead of focusing on negative focusing on our solutions. We week posted in the at the same time director what labors are and im committed to be and hoping all will be to make it better for people that come behind us. Thank you very much. Carol clapping. . Okay. A couple of more 13shgz next up youre newist commissioner long term colleagues use to be Union Representatives in 2021 and met him an interim at chinese for affirmative action now own the commission and a a city commissioner and works and zoo now and were reconnected and pleased to welcome him up here thank you. I first fall want to thank the mayor for the foresight and the introduction of this and such a great friend and tloeshd me over 20 years you made the big time carol. Thats awesome i want to let you know im the Newest City Council and we have the people from all walks of life nice to have a Career Center ms. Defining the ms. Maland for everyone whether in the bayview or chinatown or on the west side of the city i wish we had our Career Center hear when i was employed that might have helped me with my lifetime skill set but want to say as commissioner my commitment to accordingly to work with you and to streamline the Civic Civic Center commission and i will work with the fellow commissioners on issues to make sure we have speed up the hiring process and at the same time maintaining the integrity of San Francisco. Thank you very much. clapping one last speaker and go ahead and cut our important verbal ribbon through example d o dj the executive director of developers a job Training Institution to the San Francisco and the served on my commissions we collaborate into something called the Workforce Committee but looking forward to hearing your condominiums. For the most part thank you to carol and to mayor london breed and it is Beautiful Day today. And i want to say good morning, good morning. Good morning. So im dj the ceo of Young Community developers and dont want to imagine a myself mayor london breed but ive been doing this work since 2007 ive been working with under served underrepresented individuals across the state starting with my hometown in sacramento before teresa migrate here and interesting enough ive been in San Francisco how many folks b know about the general Obligation Bond . Thats where 2 stated from go box to bog on the San Francisco Police Commission and on the Oversight Board ive done nothing but serve in the city and county of San Francisco you dont have to clap for that laughter for me that only means ive be able to show the way for individuals coming behind metropolitan big deal the ceo an organization that started in 1973 three organization was founded bows individuals coming from the rural south to San Francisco and turned away. The purpose of south center that hey we deserve those jobs and apprenticeships we deserve to be in the union. And we divide and created programs for the individuals of southeast segment to get those jobs here in san jose we fast forward and looting at the intersection how jobs are at the center of it all one of the things i absolutely love and it was unified resurrounding to make sure i spoke today were no longer talking about but jobs but a Career Centers careers are what people need and individuals living in the city and county of San Francisco being in the jobs they right hand your city it is great city and im proud to serve be part of 2 to with the workforce Alignment Committee to make that place a better place for all of us. Thank you. clapping. a with that, so back in here mayor the department of highrise we see you folks and all around thank you for all you do i did thank vice chair mandelman and with that, were going to officially opec the Career Center and thank you for being here. And bringing the energy. Great job. Get a job. You get a job. multiple voices . All right. [off mic. ] all right. Everybody join me 4, 3, 2 , 1. The Stewardship Program is a indiscernible based program. We work with student kind r garten through 12 grade and work with scrks fusd and indiscernible focus on 5 themes. Sense of place, plant adapation and animal adaptation, water soil or indiscernible depending on the grade level and accommodations the class may need the educators work to adapt the programming to be whatever works best for the class, so they can gain activities indiscernible some dont, we try to meet students where they are at and get comfortable connecting in the space and feeling a sense of ownership and safety within their indiscernible the first component of a youth Stewardship Program trip will be a in clasds visit where we go to the school, we give a presentation on the Natural History of San Francisco, we talk about the concept of a habitat, so what does a habitat contain, understood, water, shelter, space. Children at this age, they learn best through using their senses, having the real Life Experience and indiscernible students also learn about responsibility and it is a great message for student to learn, if you take care of environment, the environment will take care of you. So, when we finally get the kids outside, we have two main components to the field trips. One is going to be the restoration component where we are working on the habitat and parks by pulling out indiscernible or maybe watering, and then the other side of our trip is going to be the educational component, which can range from a nature walk with a sensory theme where we are talking about what we smell and hear, to a focus on plant adaptation and animal adaptations. indiscernible just a great opportunity for students to learn more, connect with nature, and hopefully what they learn from the youth Stewardship Program they can take with them for the rest of their lives, and they will appreciate their environment more. Hopefully, when they appreciate it, they take care of it more every day. indiscernible so every year we open the application up in the fall. Interested teachers can apply for a classroom visit and up to two field trips to the city park of their choice. Field trips are 2 and a half hours long and like i said, they can happen in any city park indiscernible safety. Folsom street in San Francisco south of market home to some of the fill pens and Lieutenant Governor culture integrity and major it 25er789 and decisions the streets originally developed for industrial activity and move vehicles and goods through the area now the area is a culture at that particular time economic and residential and has more people walking and biking and taking Public Transit the folsom goals include improving safety and for walking new street trees and ailed street light. Thank you very much. Sass decorative crosswalks and part of vision zero high Energy Network part of the 12 period of time of streets in San Francisco that gets 58 percent of cashes and industrial challengers pedestrians not sign by car vehicles and walk to block to block bicycle challenges the future bike lanes in full protection next to the moving vehicle and no way from vehicles to park in the bike lane and with the people thank you for the opportunity right creating unsafe actions at the folsom will include for a moment from 2 to 11th street twoway abag and medians and transit only lanes and street crossings and beverages and now street trees and landscaping the folsom street part of the greater effort to Howard Street and went there a three year Public Engagement set the record straight in 2016 improving Traffic Safety to people walk and biking and folsom street within second streets yerba buena benefit district is a significant tree place no our neighborhood home to the residents. It provides access to the gardens that includes childrens facility and have a traffic hub and offers buildings and Small Businesses and a lot of excellent restaurants as well. So insuring that into it is safety for the variety of entertainment is important and the be available improvements insuring the safety for transportation and the measure to keep contract at a safe course for drivers as well as pedestrians who walk along the streets we the the hold outs an excellent amenity for our seniors and children for the streets and provide opportunities for businesses for amenities and beneficiaries to enjoy the neighborhood outside and, of course, the graphic crooks is exciting to us as we pride ourselves on the hub of San Francisco and bringing in those additional artistic elements that Safety Officer as safety features for biking and some of the filing pens Directors Think that residents and Community Work in the south of market work with the sfmta to help with the straight projects and access to address Pedestrian Safety when it comes to biking and the Transportation Network and making changes that address the high speed of cars impacting some of the sidewalks. And she states were excited please keeping and place making component like and some of the street signs and proposed giveaway will be bio street neighborhood improvements to the todays experience of residents and Community Members. And the sfmta is partnering with sf puc and a contracts engineering for improvement only folsom street and it is expected to begin in early 2024 the project team will work with the community and for outreach and businesses and openhouse in here stay tuned as we describe for so im linda im part owner and manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. Paper tree opened by my parent in 1968. So we other second oldest business in jap an town. At 55 years this year. We have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of orgami. I do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. He had an import business to import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. To go with the books he produced. It is something i have been doing since i was 5 and im happy to say im a designer now and of course having paper tree. It is grit. During the pandemic i wanted do something to make a statement to help combat the asian hate that was prevalent at that time. And so i put a call out to have a thousand hearts. This is a spin on the tradition of holding 1,000 cranes when you have a wish. Well, a thousand cranes does not make a statement enough why not change it and a call for a thousand hearts . I created a website dedicated to the project. A video and fold heart instructions. People sent them in the first mont was 1,000 hearts. They kept coming in. And the next goal was 7, 698, which was the total number of case of reported hate by the ap i website. Those were the reported case of hate. There are more not reported. That became the new goal. We achieved 2 months later. The hearts were coming in it it is a big project, we have it part of our store. Anyone can come and fold an easy heart. Keeping that part of the japanese tradition of this in that way here in japantown is pretty special. Its great. For those of you dont know me, im janet and tilts a pleasure to be here today for the irish flag raising the irish are optimists and
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