Than later. Even though thats not necessarily the easiyes easiye eastiest thing to have done, it was the right thing to do. And port staff, i used to say port staff is the best in the city, and then, i stopped because i didnt want to poach. I guess i can go back to saying, this really is a fantastic place for people to work with just an Extraordinary Team at the port at every level. And i think given the fact weve got mike martin over here, thats another example of how its a nice place to be. But no, truly, thank you all for the hard work thats been done, and im going to quote jack yet when he called to see if i had any further questions. He said you know, people at the port are really pretty fabulous, but somebody whos sat on the other side of a negotiation table, to be able to say that is really quite a tribute to both sides. The negotiations were certainly not easy, but it resulted in such a solid project is a testament to all involved. And of course to have labor show up and talk about support for this project, and to have the support of labor in the project, again, on so many levels, this was as pointed out, how to do it right. Bringing everyone together is only going to make for a better project, and im really excited to see this move forward, and as commissioner wu helped point out, this is the kind of thing that we as commissioners hope that we get right so that 10, 20, 30 years from now, people say well, they did something decent at least. But this is really one of those projects that i think really will have a positive effect on the face of San Francisco and excited and honored to be a part of it and look forward to see what comes next. Thank you. Wow, jack. A wise man once ses its not the amount of breaths that you take, its the amount that takes your breath away. Its hard to take any eye off the titanic organization of the giants and how you guys are beyond a sports team. A cultural figure. Youve done something that has helped to transform this city, and i know mayor lee would be very, very proud. Because one thing that i like about living in this city you go to other cities like l. A. , you hear the word me, myself, and i. But in San Francisco, you always hear two words, me and us. And to bring everybody together to do something and we dont put ourselves above any project, its amazing. And to deal with the issues towards homelessness, jobs, i mean, this sets San Francisco apart. Those coming behind us will one day look back and look at the recipe how the blueprint that the giants and how we in San Francisco, we might fight among ourselves, but we have a way of figuring out, and we have moved this project. You know what, jack . I dont care that it look 11 years. Really, seriously, you know . Anything thats worth having i just got through reading mandelas book, the long road to freedom if it would have taken you another five, it would have been well worth it. Going to erase that. But to the giants organization, to the port staff and to all our partners and to our community, the corrines of the world and everyone, and toby, we all pitched in to get this thing right. We were worried about all the issues, and i think that were there. And for me, i am more proud for commissioner brandon, who has been on this commission for 21 years, that as president , she really gets to see this come to fruition cause she was with you during all those days. So i couldnt be prouder to be up here with you with my fellow commissioners and hearing the public speak volumes. And recently, you werent here, jack, but we had a gentleman come in from pier 70, and my words was, if you want to do business in San Francisco, you need to go back to the giants, cause they know how to get it right, and you guys have a winning formula. And i will say this again the commitment that you have to this city, even when you guys are losing, your games are sold out. That means this community and the people in San Francisco believe, support, and stand behind the giants just as this commission do, and that speaks volumes. cause most people when youre winning, theyre with you. But when something happens, they go the other way. You know you have loyal fans in this city, and ill tell you something. You dont know, but generations to come, they will benefit from this vision, and mayor lees vision, and the best way to serve his memory and all those that have passed along the way, to make sure this project is done. Thank you. Thank you. Phil, carl a, adam, thank you for such a wonderful report. This is a historic day. I think i was here more than 11 years ago probably 12, 13 years ago when this idea first came to bear, and before we started the slanting process. Im just so happy today we are voting on this project. This is going to be a wonderful we are creating a new community. The giants always have just been great corporate neighbors and so easy to deal with and so easy to work with. We dont always agree at the time but we get there, just like today. And i think the only thing thats changed since november , at the presentation, is that the port is going to get more money. Yea. But i just want to thank everybody, the mission rock team and jack and our attorneys, all the city agencies that have touched this project throughout the 11 years. We couldnt have done it without you, and our Community Leaders led by corrine and toby and bruce who have been active since day one. I mean, all of us together, this is a historic day, so thank you very much for oh, yeah, labor. Of course labor was involved. Labor is involved and will continue to be involved throughout the project, yes. Yes. Thank everybody. Okay. Commissioners. Are we ready to vote . All in favor . Any opposed . Resolution 1803 through 1810 have been approved. [applause] clerk item 12, new business. I just have one thing for new business, and that is the southern bay front negotiation framework. I think this is a great document, and i think this is absolutely wonderful, and the fact that we have nine projects of of new opportunities in the southern waterfront. It takes me 45 minutes to an hour to get to work every day, so there are existing traffic problems that have to be addressed, and i totally appreciate that mission rock and forest city are going to contribute 90 million to this part of the waterfront. But i just need to know how it all works together and how were going to correct the transportation issues that are going to affect everybody in these areas. So if we could just have some same of presentation in the future on the southern bay strategy for the total southern bay front would be absolutely wonderful. Thank you. Anyone else . Director forbes, we talked about having a periodic financial review. Is that coming up on the calendar . Yes. Were moving into budget, which will be on in february , two meetings, and then, well have a financial review in march. Is that right, katey . Yes. Yes. Well put it on the forward calendar. Financial situations, its looking good, but i think we should celebrate that and understand the challenges. Okay. Thank you. Any other new business . I would like to no, no, go ahead. No, no, i dont have i just wanted to thank my felly commissioners who were coughing on either siwere fellow commissioners who were coughing on or the side of me on either side of me. So i would just like to thank my wonderful commissioners for joining me today. Can i have a motion to adjourn . Motion. All in favor . Meeting adjourned. Welcome to the january 24, 2018 regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. The meeting will come to order. I am hillary ronen, chair of the community, supervisor jeff sheehy will be here and to my left please make sure the sound, speaker cards and copies of any documents shall be committed to the clerk. Items acted upon will be on the january 30, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor ronen please call item number 1. Excuse me. Agenda item number 1 hearing to temperature the issuance of a Liquor License to the gum hua lee business located at 915 stockson street will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Im officer patrick mack from the San FranciscoPolice Department and you have a pcm report for gum hua lee and they have allied for a license and this would allow them to sell beer, wine. There are zero letters of protest. Zero letters of support. They are located in plot 148 considered a high crime area. They are in census track 113 which is a high saturation area. And Central Station has no opposition and alu approves with no recommended conditions. Supervisor ronen any questions, supervisor fewer . No. I understand that the applicant is here, would you like to speak . No . Ok. Is there any Public Comment on the item. Public comment is now open. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Would you like to make a motion, supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Supervisor ronen this is passed. Can you read item number 2 . Clerk an ordinance directing the Arts Commission to erect a statue of maya angelou at the main library. Including building names, street names, be women. Amending the administrative code to create a fund to accept gifts to pay for the design, construction, repair to public art depicting historic women on City Property and affirming the relevant findings. Supervisor ronen on behalf of the sponsor i would like to move to continue this item to the call of the chair . Without objection clerk that would be in order after Public Comment is taken on the item. Supervisor ronen youre right. I would like to open the item up to Public Comment. If any member would like to comment on the item, now is the time to come forward . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair . Without objection, that motion passes. Can you call item number 3. Cochair item number 3, ordinance amending the health code to ban the sale in San Francisco of animal fur products. Thank you very much, supervisors, colleagues, so today we have before you a legislation that would ban the sale of fur in San Francisco. And i will have a couple of amendments that i have passed out before you as well, so there will be a few changes such as the operative date. But i wanted to share that i know this is a topic that can arouse a lot of emotion. I know that there are many folks in the room who have done a lot in terms of Animal Welfare and i want to thank all of you, there are so many different organizations out there doing this work. I was inspired after seeing that the city of berkley had passed a similar legislation after West Hollywood had done the same as well. I think it is really important because a lot of times you know we talk about fashion and apparel and this is what the legislation would impact specifically, apparel and accessories that contain fur. We dont know how the animals are actually treated, what kind of conditions theyre living in. Throughout the world, you know, fur has become such a popular product. And not just for apparel, but for so many other things. And fur farming has just gotten to the point where animals are again living in cramped spaces. They are electrocuted, some of them. There are so many different methods, i dont want to get into it how they are treated to obtain the fur. I dont believe we should be profiting on the backs of animals. Literally. So, one of the things that were trying to do here is really to send a strong statement here in San Francisco, which is that we find it unacceptable to be selling fur, or manufacturing fur here in the city, so i know that there are some businesses that do carry products that contain fur and certainly that will be something well be hearing from some of the businesses today as well. But i do think it is important for us to take the stand here in San Francisco. So, some of the folks that i want to thank here, direct action everywhere, who has been working on this, compassionate bay area, the coalition for animals. For free West Hollywood, free berkeley, and peta and so many other organizations. I know that a lot of times people say these Animal Welfare organizations are extremists, right . I will say without them, people going into fur farms and so forth, we wouldnt know the conditions the animals live in. I wanted to speak up on their behalf. Its no secret i love animals. With that said, colleagues, i wanted to share some amendments ill be making today. So we did amend some of the findings, so youll see that throughout the beginning of the legislation. We are changing the operative date to january 1, 2019. Youll find that on page 4, line 14 as well as on the last page, i believe, last page 6, line 19. We are removing the exemption for nonprofits and thats on page 4, line 7. We are amending legislation to specify that sale of used products and manufacturing from used fur products is included as part of the legislation and thats on page 4, line 1314. So, colleagues, im hoping we can adopt those amendments today. From my understanding through the City Attorney office those amendments require that this legislation be continued to another hearing. So with that, im happy to take any questions. I did want to also mention because i got a lot of questions about this, leather is not part of the legislation, its just fur here. So with that, i know a lot of people want to speak on the item, if its ok with the chair, id like to open it up for Public Comment. Supervisor ronen is that ok, supervisor fewer . Ok, i have a few speaker cards, richard, stanley and deborah. Anybody else who would like to speak, line up on this side of the room, that would be great. Please come forward. Each member of the public will have two minutes. Thank you, supervisors, ladies and gentlemen, my name is richard and a very long time ago i was chair person of the San Francisco animal control and Welfare Commission which reports to this board. In the year 2000, october 11th to be exact, the Commission Recommended at this very same board the ban of fur sale products within the limits of the city of San Francisco. There was a less than enthusiastic response from that board. However, this issue has not changed. The fur industry is still based on cruelty rather here or abroad. This issue was brought to the commissions attention bit sale of coats by the sale of coats that were trimmed in mongolian wolf lair, but it turned how the to be dog hair because there was no way to check. And either was appalling to be used to trim jackets. To my shock and dismay, currently fur is making a horrible comeback, you see it from the fashionable designers and celebrities wearing and promoting fur. Make no doubt, its the same old cruel industry and there are plenty of furfree alternatives. To borrow from my friends and colleagues at peta, there is no need to be cruel to stay warm and look cool. Its a horrible thing to do. I would like to thank supervisor tang for bringing up the issue and i strongly urge everyone to contact their Board Members from their district and pressure and urge that supervisor to vote for this long overdue piece of legislation. Thank you very much. Supervisor ronen thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, im the owner of west coast leather. Former general manager and assistant designer of north beach leather. Ive been in the Leather Industry for 32 years. Yesterday i came back from being sick and got an email from the bid association that i might want to be commenting on this hearing today. And i was not aware of the legislation, or notified, questioned, any research possibly done that would involve west coast leather. We are the largest retailer, like a department store, of leather and we do carry fur. All different categories of leather. So, when you examine a business, like a Small Business like west coast leather, there are sales that are generated which fur and fur trim and fur accessories would be a part of our business. And if there was a ban on every type of fur, that would lose 10 of my business at a significant negativity towards the small retailers surviving. I spoke with the supervisor this morning, she was very polite and listened to my concerns. I also notified all the other Committee Members that i was very upset that i wasnt made aware of this prior to the legislation. And just for an example, over the 18 years ive owned the company, weve generated over is million in sales tax through the sales of our store. So, its difficult [belling ringing] supervisor ronen sorry, there is a time limit for public speakers, everyone gets two minutes. [inaudible] supervisor ronen its a Standard Practice on committee that each speaker has two minutes. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, my name is deborah, im with west coast leather. One of the tenets of the United States constitution is freedom of expression. If a woman makes a choice to wear a short skirt and go braless she was the constitutional right to do so and has the right to wear fur and leather. Both men and women have that right. As american citizens we have many First Amendment rights including the right to bear arms, the right to eat meat and the right to wear fur. The choice to wear fur is an individual choice in our constitutional right. Just as i may want a steak, i may want to wear my furtrimmed Leather Jacket on a cold day.