Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240714

And activist i will work hard for gender justice and equal rights. We will not tolerate disrespect or discrimination. We will support policies that put women in power and leadership. We will fight to finally close the gender gap. That pay gap that we all know is out there. We will fight justice for our missing and murdered sisters. We will fight to control our own bodies and protect our right to choose. So i always feel this way because my grandma used to tell us whatever happens to one of us happens to us all. Whatever happens to one woman, it happens to us all. I need each and every one of you to help me in this work. Are you with me . Are you with me . Yes. So my book that i chose and it sums up my feelings as an activist and woman and legislator. It is girls can. I want to thank everyone for coming. This means a lot. This is a first step. We will see you at the next one. Thank you. [applause. ] thank you. Our next supervisor is not someone who is shy to the fight, someone who has strongly stood for the immigrant community and has one of the most adorable little girls herself. Supervisor hillary ronen. What a pleasure to be there. I remember being on Maternity Leave about six years ago, and i couldnt have organized this with the no sleep, the amount of hands it takes for one will being is extraordinary. Thank you. I was wondering what are we going to do on w day . Carmen, you are amazing. Thank you so much. I want to say for a minute that i am good and mad that planned parent hood has had to withdraw from title nine and therefore there are women who need reproductive healthcare, breast exams, pap smears and abortion and arent going to be able to get it all across this country. I am good and mad that mammas are being torn away from their children at the border and being jailed all across california, texas, arizona because of the policies of this administration around immigration. I am good and mad that our transgender sisters are losing their rights at the federal level and in towns and states across the country and are being murdered and victims to violence at rates like we havent seen before. I am good and mad about all of this. That is why i picked a book called good and mad. The subtitle is the revolutionary power of womens anger. That has been true and the case throughout the history of time. We are powerful, brilliant, we do not give up. We have resolve and we are going to fix all of these horrendous issues we are facing today because our power is revolutionary and we are unstoppable. Thank you. [applause. ] i want to recognize a few people who have joined us today. Our treasurer, jose. District 10 supervisor walton. School board member jenny lamb. Our bart board member, janice lee. Commissioner on the status of women, debbie mess io and julie. Our fire chief janine nicholson, Vice President of our Elections Commission charlotte hill, our Department Head on the department of status of women emilie and School Board Member previously. And of course the former Police Commissioner susie. Our district two member stephanie is making sure communities are safe and sound. She is a new supervisor. She has been here quite sometime but if you take a look at social media this woman is everywhere. I dont know how she gets from place to place. Every time i look at a feed i see her on mine. Here is catherine stephanie, district two supervisor. Hey everybody, how are you doing . I want be to thank everybody for joining us and for our assessor for bringing us altogether again. It is my privilege to join everyone up here. These powerful women who have been my mentors and my inspiration. Especially malia cohen and Council Member speer who has done so much for gun prevention. They say 99 years ago women were not given the right to vote. We had to fight for it as Congress Women speer said. Women were jailed, forcefed because theyder were on hunger strikes. We have had to fight and fight to win so many more victories since the 19th amendment was passed. In San Francisco we have incredible women serving as senators and nancy pelosi, our lieutenantgovernor and mayor. We are proving when women run, women win. We know we have so much work to do. Last year i stood here and my colleagues we celebrated the second ever women majority on the board of supervisors. There were seven women on the board of supervisors when i was here last year. Now there are only four out of 11 supervisors that are women. We can do better. We have women running for supervisor and District Attorney and president. It is so important now more than ever to support these amazing women candidates. Women get things done. Women continue to fight for equal pay, equal treatment and equal representation. I am proud to require that women be representedded in public art. I am thrilled and i hope they are in the final selection of the sculpture outside the main library. I cannot wait to see that. To see the changes in the city, california and across the United States is going to take all of us. My he roar says it is about hero says all or none of us. Women have to get out and vote. Our lives depend on it because we know they do. As supervisor ronen said when we see babies ripped from mothers at the border we have to get out and vote and tell everybody that is wrong. When republican legislators are trying to take away womens right to make our own healthcare decisions, we have to vote. We have to tell everybody else to voted as well. When we know if you are a woman in this country you are 16 times to die by gun violence by a partner than any other country. We have to vote. I want to recommend the life and times of rut ruth ginsburg. My 10yearold daughter is obsessed with rbg. We have bubble heads and purses and minutes. It is called judgment. She is absolutely obsessed. We also have to pray. Anyone who prays we need to pray for rbg. When she was asked how many women will be enough on the Supreme Court . She said when there are nine. There have been nine men before and no one ever raised an issue about that. Rbg people, thank you again, carmen. [applause. ] Debbie Rafael on the director of the department of environment and hello bautista is here as well. Our next speaker is a woman leaving Public Service to retire not before she become the first ever woman sheriff to serve. Vicky. applause . Thank you, carmen. Thank you, senator, and every other person up on the stage who spoke today. Malia was the first person who called to say will you run for sheriff . I said i dont know i will get back to you. You know what happens, i did. In 2016, i became the first female elected sheriff in the history of San Francisco. There were 134 sheriffs before me. All of them were men, obviously. How did this happen . The first 70 years in Sheriffs Department women werent allowed the right to vote. In 1975 they began accepting women as deputy that was like the rank of what the men were offered. I know. I was a member of that First Recruiting list. I think of Jeanine Nicholson who was probably one of the first women in the San Francisco Fire Department who is now the chief of the department. In 1978, San Francisco switched to district supervisors instead of electing at large. We had 11 supervisors elected women. Dianne feinstein was the supervisor prior to that. That was big news. Before this San Francisco voters elected women to the board of supervisor four times in 121 years. The political pipeline in San Francisco began to be built. There were many women supervisors. There are more than 30 so i didnt want to go through them and take up our time. How did this happen . Women voted. My mother and sisters voted. They liked Strong Female leaders who make things happen. I want to take a side and say we have a lot of strong women that are both appointed and working in departments from the clerks to the people working on muni. The sheriff department, Fire Department, city hall and elsewhere. Not just government. But we have strong women everywhere. We have to be proud of these women. San francisco supports women candidates. Look at the national stage. We have cam malaharris and nancy pelosi from San Francisco. We are proud of progress and we cannot be complacent. That is what you are hearing today. It didnt escape me i am the only one that was not a legislature at one time or current legislator. I had a career in the department and i chose to vote. What can you do . You can bring Voter Registration forms with you wherever you go. How many people have a Registration Form in their purse or pocket . Dont assume that your family members and friends are registered. Make sure they are registered. Talk to them about becoming registered and give them a form. Candidates, put a Voter Registration ling on your website. Make sure people can link to Voter Registration. Each of our experiences helps us to become the person we are. In my case the employment list in an nontraditional job was the first step i took to becoming the first elected woman sheriff. That is a hint. We are all becoming each day of our lives with the ability to make choices for the betterment of society. The book i chose on the New York Times bestseller list 40 weeks is becoming by Michelle Obama which i am sure all of you are familiar with. One of the coats quotes. Do we settle for the world as it is or work for the world as it should be. I choose to be inspired by her words and work for the world asker it should be. One step is to have a healthy democracy that includes women, men, people of every race, gender, every demographic to affect changes in the status and ensure we register more people to vote and encourage them to vote at every tint. Voting every opportunity. Voting is where we have an equal say. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for your Public Service, sheriff. Join me in a big round of applause to her. [applause. ] thank you. Now we have two more speakers. The next is going to do something very special. It is the special part of our program. In honor of womens equality day we want to recognize a an uns ug hero. The unsung hero. She will introduce our new winner. How is it going . Okay. Well, it is time to bring it home. It is time to understand why we are here today and what we are going to do. First, thank you to assessor carmen and vivian pope for organizing this event. As we go to the Centennial Anniversary of the 19th amendment in 2020, it is important to remember this struggle began long before the 19th amendment passed. For native and black women it was not guaranteed in 1920. It is not guaranteed today. Talk about voter suppression. As we see it going on, we know that we all need to have a seat at the table. We know that we are underrepresented here. What do we need to do about it . I will ask one more time. Malia cohen is on it. What do we need to do about it . Vote. Thank you. When i vote i honor my ancestors. When i vote, it is my privilege. It is my right because i am the grandchild. I am the niece, the daughter of teachers, migrant workers, sharecroppers that denied the right to vote several times. So my book is based on that and the history of this movement. I chose women, race and class by angela davis. We know that representation matters. Without a seat at the table our voices are issues what matters to us is not considered. For this w challenge we also have to talk about young people and how important they are. They are the least likely of all age groups to vote. Young people who develop the habit early of voting become lifelong voters. Today it is my honor and my privilege to introduce someone who wasnt just up here talking saying i dont have the power but took it. How did she take it . When she was denied the ability to vote by her aids, she preregistered 130 people to vote. She worked at polls, she is involved every day. I would like to ask the assessor to join me as we present the certificate of appreciation and thanks to ms. Riley thompson for taking action every day and making sure that her generation can survive and thrive in this nation. [applause. ] hello everyone. I am riley thompson. For the past two years i worked with the department of elections to preregister my peers to vote. It allows 16 and 17year old to fill out the paperwork with the benefit of time and informed individual to help them making it simpler to vote when of age. Many older piers mentioned how difficult it was to figure out how to register when they turned 18 causing them to miss voting in the election. This is important to me because i believe in the power of voting to create change. It is away for every one to have a say in how the government functions on a local and national level. Preregistration is the way to break down the barriers that bar many in the country from exercising this right. I became involved with the department of elections at the end of 2017. I was having conversations and was understanding how many obstacles there were. Throughout the course of my work with the department of elections, i have been able to register over 130 students and havandenlisted over 15 poll wor. [applause. ] through working with the department and serving as a polworker myself i have seen how government in regards to voting affects regular people and their lives. I represent the youth perspective. I see the layout of voting booths that can make a impact. Interning with supervisor stephanies office i have seen the other side when government functions at best it improves the over all quality of life. This has taught me how much voting can make an impact especially on the local level where it is less discussed and considered and how important it is to stay engaged. I went to a high school where politics was part of the conversation whether it impacted the community or not. I saw this consistent Political Engagement as the norm before i began my work with the department of elections. Youth voter turnout is much lower than other age groupings. It is not easy to stay engaged especially in this icelating climate. This is when it is most important to do so. Regardless of the direction you want the country and world to go. This is a moment of great change. Involvement and engagement in the political system allows a brew h blueprint for the future path and create the world you want to see. Bad film innist by bad feminist by roxanne gay. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you so much for everything you have done to preregister voters. Before the last speaker i want to say thank you for coming. Remember the w challenge is not only about registering others to vote, voting yourself and making sure your voice is heard. Pass on the knowledge. Recommend a book and make sure someone that has something important to say you help them spread that love. I am going to introduce leah edwards from the league of women voters. We had 48 Partner Organizations who helped sponsor this event spreading the message about the w challenge. Leah. [applause. ] thank you so much for being here today and thank you so much to the amazing female leaders for being here and sharing their knowledge with us. I would appreciate if we could give them a round of applause for the great work they have done and commitment to Public Service and womens equality. We are celebrating the 99th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. This was a tough fight. Women were arrested and jailed, there were hunger strikes and it took the collective action of tens of thousands of women to secure this fundamental right. Iron jawed angels details the struggles and pain that women dured to have a say in the future. The league of women voters is recommending the film, not the book. We are giving you a break. It is important to reflect on this history and use it as a fight toward a better future. I know i am fortunate to enjoy rights. The league of women voters has been around for almost 100 years. I have met so many trailblazers fighting for womens equality for decades. I know they did not hav have its as see see as i did. We woman told me when she was my age she could not get a credit card in her name. This shows how much progress is possible in one lifetime. There is still a lot of work to be done. Recently i met a woman who is an advocat for equal rights since the 1970s when it was first introduced. She is waiting for women to have equal protections under the constitution. We all know women facing discrimination, working a fulltime job and fill doing the housework or question their ability to serve. It is so important for us to continue this fight for womens equality. One important step that we all need to be taking as citizens of this country is the right to vote. It gives you a role in shaping the future of the country. It is a critical first step. You can go a lot further. United states has such a rich history of change through active crim, self rights, men, rights we need to be actively participating in society and government to drive is change we want to see in the world. I encourage you to make your voice heard, participate in an upcoming march. Volunteer for a cause you care about, run for office. Take the next step. I hope you are ready to take action as we work towards a more equal future for women. We have a long way to equality. We are making progress. If anyone is an indication the future is bright. Thank you all so much for being here. We had incredible partners. I will read off names to thank them. Please as i read off the Organization Name please come up. We will get a big group people. Thank you to the asianamerican advancing justice, community center, fund, Asian Pacific island of public affairs, neighborhood center, black women organized for political action, Maternity Leave<\/a> about six years ago, and i couldnt have organized this with the no sleep, the amount of hands it takes for one will being is extraordinary. Thank you. I was wondering what are we going to do on w day . Carmen, you are amazing. Thank you so much. I want to say for a minute that i am good and mad that planned parent hood has had to withdraw from title nine and therefore there are women who need reproductive healthcare, breast exams, pap smears and abortion and arent going to be able to get it all across this country. I am good and mad that mammas are being torn away from their children at the border and being jailed all across california, texas, arizona because of the policies of this administration around immigration. I am good and mad that our transgender sisters are losing their rights at the federal level and in towns and states across the country and are being murdered and victims to violence at rates like we havent seen before. I am good and mad about all of this. That is why i picked a book called good and mad. The subtitle is the revolutionary power of womens anger. That has been true and the case throughout the history of time. We are powerful, brilliant, we do not give up. We have resolve and we are going to fix all of these horrendous issues we are facing today because our power is revolutionary and we are unstoppable. Thank you. [applause. ] i want to recognize a few people who have joined us today. Our treasurer, jose. District 10 supervisor walton. School board member jenny lamb. Our bart board member, janice lee. Commissioner on the status of women, debbie mess io and julie. Our fire chief janine nicholson, Vice President<\/a> of our Elections Commission<\/a> charlotte hill, our Department Head<\/a> on the department of status of women emilie and School Board Member<\/a> previously. And of course the former Police Commissioner<\/a> susie. Our district two member stephanie is making sure communities are safe and sound. She is a new supervisor. She has been here quite sometime but if you take a look at social media this woman is everywhere. I dont know how she gets from place to place. Every time i look at a feed i see her on mine. Here is catherine stephanie, district two supervisor. Hey everybody, how are you doing . I want be to thank everybody for joining us and for our assessor for bringing us altogether again. It is my privilege to join everyone up here. These powerful women who have been my mentors and my inspiration. Especially malia cohen and Council Member<\/a> speer who has done so much for gun prevention. They say 99 years ago women were not given the right to vote. We had to fight for it as Congress Women<\/a> speer said. Women were jailed, forcefed because theyder were on hunger strikes. We have had to fight and fight to win so many more victories since the 19th amendment was passed. In San Francisco<\/a> we have incredible women serving as senators and nancy pelosi, our lieutenantgovernor and mayor. We are proving when women run, women win. We know we have so much work to do. Last year i stood here and my colleagues we celebrated the second ever women majority on the board of supervisors. There were seven women on the board of supervisors when i was here last year. Now there are only four out of 11 supervisors that are women. We can do better. We have women running for supervisor and District Attorney<\/a> and president. It is so important now more than ever to support these amazing women candidates. Women get things done. Women continue to fight for equal pay, equal treatment and equal representation. I am proud to require that women be representedded in public art. I am thrilled and i hope they are in the final selection of the sculpture outside the main library. I cannot wait to see that. To see the changes in the city, california and across the United States<\/a> is going to take all of us. My he roar says it is about hero says all or none of us. Women have to get out and vote. Our lives depend on it because we know they do. As supervisor ronen said when we see babies ripped from mothers at the border we have to get out and vote and tell everybody that is wrong. When republican legislators are trying to take away womens right to make our own healthcare decisions, we have to vote. We have to tell everybody else to voted as well. When we know if you are a woman in this country you are 16 times to die by gun violence by a partner than any other country. We have to vote. I want to recommend the life and times of rut ruth ginsburg. My 10yearold daughter is obsessed with rbg. We have bubble heads and purses and minutes. It is called judgment. She is absolutely obsessed. We also have to pray. Anyone who prays we need to pray for rbg. When she was asked how many women will be enough on the Supreme Court<\/a> . She said when there are nine. There have been nine men before and no one ever raised an issue about that. Rbg people, thank you again, carmen. [applause. ] Debbie Rafael<\/a> on the director of the department of environment and hello bautista is here as well. Our next speaker is a woman leaving Public Service<\/a> to retire not before she become the first ever woman sheriff to serve. Vicky. applause . Thank you, carmen. Thank you, senator, and every other person up on the stage who spoke today. Malia was the first person who called to say will you run for sheriff . I said i dont know i will get back to you. You know what happens, i did. In 2016, i became the first female elected sheriff in the history of San Francisco<\/a>. There were 134 sheriffs before me. All of them were men, obviously. How did this happen . The first 70 years in Sheriffs Department<\/a> women werent allowed the right to vote. In 1975 they began accepting women as deputy that was like the rank of what the men were offered. I know. I was a member of that First Recruiting<\/a> list. I think of Jeanine Nicholson<\/a> who was probably one of the first women in the San Francisco<\/a> Fire Department<\/a> who is now the chief of the department. In 1978, San Francisco<\/a> switched to district supervisors instead of electing at large. We had 11 supervisors elected women. Dianne feinstein was the supervisor prior to that. That was big news. Before this San Francisco<\/a> voters elected women to the board of supervisor four times in 121 years. The political pipeline in San Francisco<\/a> began to be built. There were many women supervisors. There are more than 30 so i didnt want to go through them and take up our time. How did this happen . Women voted. My mother and sisters voted. They liked Strong Female<\/a> leaders who make things happen. I want to take a side and say we have a lot of strong women that are both appointed and working in departments from the clerks to the people working on muni. The sheriff department, Fire Department<\/a>, city hall and elsewhere. Not just government. But we have strong women everywhere. We have to be proud of these women. San francisco supports women candidates. Look at the national stage. We have cam malaharris and nancy pelosi from San Francisco<\/a>. We are proud of progress and we cannot be complacent. That is what you are hearing today. It didnt escape me i am the only one that was not a legislature at one time or current legislator. I had a career in the department and i chose to vote. What can you do . You can bring Voter Registration<\/a> forms with you wherever you go. How many people have a Registration Form<\/a> in their purse or pocket . Dont assume that your family members and friends are registered. Make sure they are registered. Talk to them about becoming registered and give them a form. Candidates, put a Voter Registration<\/a> ling on your website. Make sure people can link to Voter Registration<\/a>. Each of our experiences helps us to become the person we are. In my case the employment list in an nontraditional job was the first step i took to becoming the first elected woman sheriff. That is a hint. We are all becoming each day of our lives with the ability to make choices for the betterment of society. The book i chose on the New York Times<\/a> bestseller list 40 weeks is becoming by Michelle Obama<\/a> which i am sure all of you are familiar with. One of the coats quotes. Do we settle for the world as it is or work for the world as it should be. I choose to be inspired by her words and work for the world asker it should be. One step is to have a healthy democracy that includes women, men, people of every race, gender, every demographic to affect changes in the status and ensure we register more people to vote and encourage them to vote at every tint. Voting every opportunity. Voting is where we have an equal say. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for your Public Service<\/a>, sheriff. Join me in a big round of applause to her. [applause. ] thank you. Now we have two more speakers. The next is going to do something very special. It is the special part of our program. In honor of womens equality day we want to recognize a an uns ug hero. The unsung hero. She will introduce our new winner. How is it going . Okay. Well, it is time to bring it home. It is time to understand why we are here today and what we are going to do. First, thank you to assessor carmen and vivian pope for organizing this event. As we go to the Centennial Anniversary<\/a> of the 19th amendment in 2020, it is important to remember this struggle began long before the 19th amendment passed. For native and black women it was not guaranteed in 1920. It is not guaranteed today. Talk about voter suppression. As we see it going on, we know that we all need to have a seat at the table. We know that we are underrepresented here. What do we need to do about it . I will ask one more time. Malia cohen is on it. What do we need to do about it . Vote. Thank you. When i vote i honor my ancestors. When i vote, it is my privilege. It is my right because i am the grandchild. I am the niece, the daughter of teachers, migrant workers, sharecroppers that denied the right to vote several times. So my book is based on that and the history of this movement. I chose women, race and class by angela davis. We know that representation matters. Without a seat at the table our voices are issues what matters to us is not considered. For this w challenge we also have to talk about young people and how important they are. They are the least likely of all age groups to vote. Young people who develop the habit early of voting become lifelong voters. Today it is my honor and my privilege to introduce someone who wasnt just up here talking saying i dont have the power but took it. How did she take it . When she was denied the ability to vote by her aids, she preregistered 130 people to vote. She worked at polls, she is involved every day. I would like to ask the assessor to join me as we present the certificate of appreciation and thanks to ms. Riley thompson for taking action every day and making sure that her generation can survive and thrive in this nation. [applause. ] hello everyone. I am riley thompson. For the past two years i worked with the department of elections to preregister my peers to vote. It allows 16 and 17year old to fill out the paperwork with the benefit of time and informed individual to help them making it simpler to vote when of age. Many older piers mentioned how difficult it was to figure out how to register when they turned 18 causing them to miss voting in the election. This is important to me because i believe in the power of voting to create change. It is away for every one to have a say in how the government functions on a local and national level. Preregistration is the way to break down the barriers that bar many in the country from exercising this right. I became involved with the department of elections at the end of 2017. I was having conversations and was understanding how many obstacles there were. Throughout the course of my work with the department of elections, i have been able to register over 130 students and havandenlisted over 15 poll wor. [applause. ] through working with the department and serving as a polworker myself i have seen how government in regards to voting affects regular people and their lives. I represent the youth perspective. I see the layout of voting booths that can make a impact. Interning with supervisor stephanies office i have seen the other side when government functions at best it improves the over all quality of life. This has taught me how much voting can make an impact especially on the local level where it is less discussed and considered and how important it is to stay engaged. I went to a high school where politics was part of the conversation whether it impacted the community or not. I saw this consistent Political Engagement<\/a> as the norm before i began my work with the department of elections. Youth voter turnout is much lower than other age groupings. It is not easy to stay engaged especially in this icelating climate. This is when it is most important to do so. Regardless of the direction you want the country and world to go. This is a moment of great change. Involvement and engagement in the political system allows a brew h blueprint for the future path and create the world you want to see. Bad film innist by bad feminist by roxanne gay. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you so much for everything you have done to preregister voters. Before the last speaker i want to say thank you for coming. Remember the w challenge is not only about registering others to vote, voting yourself and making sure your voice is heard. Pass on the knowledge. Recommend a book and make sure someone that has something important to say you help them spread that love. I am going to introduce leah edwards from the league of women voters. We had 48 Partner Organizations<\/a> who helped sponsor this event spreading the message about the w challenge. Leah. [applause. ] thank you so much for being here today and thank you so much to the amazing female leaders for being here and sharing their knowledge with us. I would appreciate if we could give them a round of applause for the great work they have done and commitment to Public Service<\/a> and womens equality. We are celebrating the 99th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. This was a tough fight. Women were arrested and jailed, there were hunger strikes and it took the collective action of tens of thousands of women to secure this fundamental right. Iron jawed angels details the struggles and pain that women dured to have a say in the future. The league of women voters is recommending the film, not the book. We are giving you a break. It is important to reflect on this history and use it as a fight toward a better future. I know i am fortunate to enjoy rights. The league of women voters has been around for almost 100 years. I have met so many trailblazers fighting for womens equality for decades. I know they did not hav have its as see see as i did. We woman told me when she was my age she could not get a credit card in her name. This shows how much progress is possible in one lifetime. There is still a lot of work to be done. Recently i met a woman who is an advocat for equal rights since the 1970s when it was first introduced. She is waiting for women to have equal protections under the constitution. We all know women facing discrimination, working a fulltime job and fill doing the housework or question their ability to serve. It is so important for us to continue this fight for womens equality. One important step that we all need to be taking as citizens of this country is the right to vote. It gives you a role in shaping the future of the country. It is a critical first step. You can go a lot further. United states has such a rich history of change through active crim, self rights, men, rights we need to be actively participating in society and government to drive is change we want to see in the world. I encourage you to make your voice heard, participate in an upcoming march. Volunteer for a cause you care about, run for office. Take the next step. I hope you are ready to take action as we work towards a more equal future for women. We have a long way to equality. We are making progress. If anyone is an indication the future is bright. Thank you all so much for being here. We had incredible partners. I will read off names to thank them. Please as i read off the Organization Name<\/a> please come up. We will get a big group people. Thank you to the asianamerican advancing justice, community center, fund, Asian Pacific<\/a> island of public affairs, neighborhood center, black women organized for political action, Childrens Council<\/a> of San Francisco<\/a>, Chinatown Community<\/a> childrens center, Community Youth<\/a> center, core. Diamond heights yont. Dress for success San Francisco<\/a>. Equal rights advocates. Family connection, immigrants foundation, stem resources, filipino network, gun moon residence hall, housing and economics rights. Jewish relations council. Lifeons club. Northeast Community Credit<\/a> union. Richmond neighborhood center, San Francisco<\/a> chamber of commerce, womens political community. South mission bay neighborhood, sunset youth services, holt council of San Francisco<\/a>, womens building, United Nations<\/a> association, San Francisco<\/a>, womens environmental. Ymca, ywca and lets give all of these partners a round of applause. [applause. ] it is an impressive list. Come up and join us as we take this picture to commemorate the day. My name is naomi kelly the singlestory for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. Not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored United States<\/a> and excited about the future. My name is is jack listen and the executive director of a Phil Randolph<\/a> institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in San Francisco<\/a> and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the Community Members<\/a> and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. I worked in hes Mayors Office<\/a> of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of San Francisco<\/a> State University<\/a> and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the Taxicab Commission<\/a> and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and. Having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our Workforce Development<\/a> services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. clapping. weve gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do Public Service<\/a>s but we also really build Strong Communities<\/a> when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. clapping. i have a very good team around me were leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordablecare act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and were in support of of the women and support. In my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this year needs to be more opportunities for i dont know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. Education is important i releases it at my time of san mateo high ii come back to the university of San Francisco<\/a> law school and the fact i passed the bar will open up many more doors because i feel a curve ball or an where you can in the way cant get down why is this in my way we have to figure out a solution how to move forward we cant let adversity throw in the shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco<\/a> by supporting local Services Within<\/a> neighborhood. We help San Francisco<\/a> remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses<\/a> grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business<\/a> cant survive, and if we lose Small Business<\/a>, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco<\/a> should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and between wholesalers and i make a motion to continue first. [indiscernible] are we ready . Okay. We are now backing open session. May i have a motion that the board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that we not disclose the closed session deliberations. Made by supervisor peskin seconded by supervisor ronen. Because this is a different house, do we need to take roll call . We will note for the record that a supervisor was not present. Then motion passes. Then i would like to have a motion to continue the closed session to october 1st, made by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor walton. Without objection, that passes. Okay. Madame clerk, please read the in memoriam. Todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. On behalf of supervisor stefani the late kirby walker, on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late charles redneck and mr. Lauren morrison. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madame clerk, is there any further business before us today that concludes our business for today. All right, thank you. Meeting adjourned. San francisco and oakland are challenging each other in a battle for the bay. Two cities. One bay. San francisco versus oakland. Are you ready to get in on the action . Im london breed. And i am oakland mayor libby schaff. Who will have the cleanest city . We will protect our bay by making our neighborhoods shine. Join us on september 21st as a battle for the bay. Which city has more volunteer spirit . Which city can clean more neighborhoods . The city with the most volunteers wins. Signup to be a bay protector and a neighborhood cleaner. Go to battle fo hi. I am cory with San Francisco<\/a> and were doing stay safe and were going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. Were here at the urban center on Mission Street<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> and joined by carla, the Deputy Director<\/a> of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why its important to San Francisco<\/a>. As you know the bay area as 63 chance of having a major earthquake and its serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in San Francisco<\/a> because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us . Part of what it means is that potentially 25 of San Francisco<\/a>s building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people cant stay in their homes after an earthquake. They may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we dont want that to happen. We want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. Thats right so that means the Housing Needs<\/a> to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former Building Official<\/a> knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it wont kill you but doesnt necessarily say that can you stay in your home and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house were in now and this shows what its like to be in a place safe enough to stay. Its not going to be perfect. There maybe cracks in the walls and not have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. Whats it going to take to get the Housing Stock<\/a> up to this standard . We spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are very vulnerable buildings. Very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. And time to. Retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. What do they need . Do they need information . Do they need incentives . Mandates . Thats a good question. I think it starts with information. People think that New Buildings<\/a> are earthquake proof and dont understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake . Is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured . So developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller soft story buildings and especially in San Francisco<\/a> and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. We want the system and not just mandate everybody. Thats right. I hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. As youre fixing your knowledge youre adding to the city wide resiliency. What does that mean . Thats a great question. What spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasnt recovered the building stock. Its not a good situation. I think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. How do we need the gasolines to perform and water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95 of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. We dont lose our work force. We dont lose the people that make San Francisco<\/a> so special. We keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because its so interdependent. So that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and thank you very much for joining my son and i was living in my car. We was in and out of shelters in San Francisco<\/a> for almost about 3. 5 years. I would take my son to school. We would use a public rest room just for him to brush his teeth and do a quick little wipeoff so it seemed he could take a shower every day. It was a very stressful time that i wish for no one. My name is mario, and i have lived in San Francisco<\/a> for almost 42 years. Born here in hayes valley. I applied for the San Francisco<\/a> Affordable Housing<\/a> lottery three times. My son and i were having to have a great happened to have a great lottery number because of the neighborhood preference. I moved into my home in 2014. The neighborhood preference goal was what really allowed me to stay in San Francisco<\/a>. My favorite thing is the view. On a clear day, im able to see city hall, and on a really clear day, i can see salesforce tower. We just have a wonderful neighborhood that we enjoy living in. Being back in the neighborhood that i grew up in, its a wonderful, wonderful experience. Now, we can hopefully reach our goals, not only single mothers, but single fathers, as well, who are living that. Live your dream, live your im rebecca and im a violinist and violin teacher. I was born here in San Francisco<\/a> to a family of cellists, professional cellists, so i grew up surrounded by a bunch of musical rehearsals an lessons. All types of activities happened in my house. I began playing piano when i was 4. I really enjoyed musical activities in general. So when i was 10, i began studying violin in San Francisco<\/a>. And from there, i pretty much never stopped and went on to study in college as well. Thats the only thing ive ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. I think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didnt have a flute. Its always been a way of life. I didnt know that it could be any other way. Could you give me an e over here. Great. When you teach and youre seeing a student who has a problem, you have to think on your feet to solve that problem. And that same kind of of thinking that you do to fix it applies to your own practice as well. So if im teaching a student and they are having a hard time getting a certain note, they cant find the right note. And i have to think of a digestible way to explain it to them. Ee, d, d, e. Yes. Then, when i go on to do my own practice for a performance, those words are echoing back in my head. Okay. Why am i missing this . I just told somebody that they needed to do this. Maybe i should try the same thing. I feel a lot of pressure when im teaching young kids. You might think that there is less pressure if they are going on to study music or in college that it is more relaxing. I actually find that the opposite is true. If i know im sending a High School Student<\/a> to some great music program, theyre going to get so much more instruction. What i have told them is only the beginning. If i am teaching a student who i know is going to completely change gears when they go to college and they never will pick up a violin again there is so much that i need to tell them. In plain violin, it is so difficult. There is so much more information to give. Every day i think, oh, my gosh. I havent gotten to this technique or we havent studies they meese and they have so much more to do. We only have 45 minutes a week. I have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. That feels anaysing. It is incredible to watch how they grow. Somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. I think i have 18 students now. These more than ive had in the past. Im hoping to build up more of a studio. There will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. The students will come to my house and take their lessons there. My schedule changes a lot on a daytoday basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. Think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether its listening to it or playing it or teaching it. All that really matters to me is that im surrounded by the sounds, so im going top keep doing what im doing to keep my life in that direction. Okay. Good afternoon and welcome to september 3, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco<\/a> board of supervisors. Welcome back, supervisors. I guess we are going to have another exciting round of meetings. Until we take a break in the winter. Madame clerk we please call the. Clerk thank you, mr. President. 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