Today in the omi in district 7 [cheers and applause] they say it takes Broad Strokes to make something truly incredible, people to enjoy and thats the message we have here today. Theres no better person to articulate the vision for advancing Economic Opportunity and equity in our city than our next speaker that is joining all of us and leading these efforts with us today and that is our mayor, london reed. Hello, lakeview hello i am so excited to be here let me tell you, this centre is long overdue in the Omi Community. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking supervisor safaye, who is really, i think the best supervisor district 11 has ever had. Let me tell you, because of his work and advocacy, we are bringing more resources than ever to this community. We saved 21 units just on Mission Street where low income families were facing eviction. He took the leadership, we purchased that property and protected those units for generations to come. [cheers and applause] we know that you want your library and supervisor safaye and i are working to get it done for this community, making sure that even though sometimes i know over the years you felt forgotten, your supervisor and your mayor, were doing everything we can to continue to focus on bringing resources to this community. [cheers and applause] and you know, you only have to look at the data to know that a place to provide Employment Opportunities should have been here a long time ago. In fact, 94112 had sadly one of the largest populations of people who were looking for Employment Opportunities but couldnt find them. 1600 people in this zip code alone. Now while we enjoy this tremendous economic boom in San Francisco, too many residents in this community are left behind. We see a significant increase in the number of people who are unemployed and looking for opportunities and that number is even higher for our africanamerican community. And so we as a city have to look at those numbers and make the right kinds of investments in the communities where we know it could make a difference. And so, it is only fitting that today, we celebrate the seventh workforce or whatever this place is called, access point. They changed the name so many times. [ laughter ] they used to be job center and this and that, a place where you can come and find help to get employment. Thats what it is. [cheers and applause] so today is a celebration of something long overdue and i just, im so excited to be here and i know that innercity yout. Youre going to speak, right . [ laughter ] i know that i just want to really acknowledge and thank mike brown, who we all miss and remember for his work and his advocacy. And we know that his daughter, gwenn, carries that same passion for young people and were grateful for you for following in your fathers footsteps, to make sure opportunities are available to all of the folks in this community and she needs your support, your continued support to continue the work of innercity youth in the lakeview community. So today were opening this incredible place where you can come and get the help and the support that you need to either build a resume, to talk about job interviewing skills, to do mock interviews, to do whatever it takes and i want to thank Young Community developers and dj brrokter for partnering with innercity youth to make sure that this space is really a Space Available to the community to meet people where they are. Not let me just be clear, there are so many Job Opportunities in San Francisco. You can drive muni, you can be a police officer. Hell, you can run for mayor, but after im done. [ laughter ] there are so many opportunities and it is time that we look at the tech sector the healthcare sector and all of these other industries and we make sure theres a direct connection between all these companies that want do business in San Francisco and making sure that they hire the people of this city. [cheers and applause] in fact, your long awaited grocery store, what is it called . Hmart, hmart is coming to the Omi Community and here is the thing, theyll be hiring 150 new parttime and fulltime employees. [cheers and applause] and this center will be grounddaughter rogroundzero ft because we will make sure the people who live here have the first opportunity to work in their community, if thats the kind of job they want, we have to be deliberate in our investments and connecting the people of this community to these incredible opportunities. And i am excited to be here today. I also just want to point out that our workforce director, josh arsay, is here as well. Cheer cheer. [cheers and applause] so if you run into problems in finding employment, josh is always there and available. He will pick you up personally and take you to the job interview, take you shopping to buy the appropriate clothes to get ready for that job, whatever it takes. We will make sure that we change those statistics so that everyone in this city has an opportunity to get a good paying job so that they can take care of their families and create a Better Future for their lives. Someone who has been a real partner for me on the board of supervisors every step of the way, not just on citywide policies to address homelessness and housing and the things unnetted tthings weneed to do tn francisco, hes been a real strong advocate for this community, the community he represents. Leads and gentleman, your district 11 supervisor [cheers and applause] thank you, mayor. This day is a day of many years coming. I see a lot of history in this room. I see reverend amos brown, who has given his life and dedicated his life to this community. I see dr. Honeycut, marion harris. This community has been too over overlooked and forgotten. So when i came into office, it was president breed at the time and melia cohen were having hearings and they were extremely frustrated with Work Development at the time. They said where the unemployment is, where the violence is, thats where the jobs and resources should go. And that was just a reflection of what was happening in the community. So as mayor breed said, we looked at the numbers. We reached out to the then director of ycd and we talked by gwenn brown and said what can we do and what is the most important thing . Guess what . This is ground zero for a month before i came into office, there was a murder and the first week i was in office, there was a murder and it was a continuous state of violence. And then you looked at the unemployment in the black community that has historically been here and it was extremely high to the rest of the community. I went to then mayor lee and said we need your support. We want to put money towards a Great Organization and a great young lady standing and carrying on the tradition of her father and that young lady is gwenn brown. [cheers and applause] and we have a phenomenal organization named innercity youth and innercity youth should be the beacon and the leader for job creation and Job Development in this community. They can bring people together and so gwenn, at first was like, are you sure . I said, im sure. I said, well lock armed and do this together. We had the support of shamon and then to dj at ycd and we are here today now because then president breed and now mayor breed invested in i this community. She has been in office for a little over a year and we have gotten more year and more attention ant more investments than any other mayor in the last 25 years. [cheers and applause] so im just the beneficiary of great partners. Im the beneficiary of great leadership from the Mayors Office and communitybased organizations and those, like, mike brown and now gwenn brown that are taking over the torch for this community. I know gwenn, that your father is smiling down from heaven right now because he truly gave his life for this community. And what is the words they say . If you can give someone a job, you can give them dignity and respect for their entire family and thats what this is about. So i just want to end with saying, thank you again to the Young Community developers. Thank you again to gwenn and icy and owd and joaquin torez and never, never finally but least, mayor breed for your continued investment and dedication and love and support for this community because you all, this is called the hub, so welcome to the hub [cheers and applause] and i have a short certificate ill present to gwenn and icy on behalf of the board of supervisors and the mayor to congratulate her for the phenomenal job shes done and the phenomenal job we know she will do. [cheers and applause] take a little photo. And next up is our fearless leader and ucy and who will be taking this hub to the next level, miss gwenn brown [cheers and applause] thank you, guys, for coming to our grand opening. Im be the Programme Director here at this neighborhood access point that well be calling the hub. And the reason why well call it the hub is because this is going to be a place where anyone who lives in the omi, whether youre an entrylevel job seeker or experienced person that wants to refresh their skills and technology and get training, youre going to be able to get that here. I want to thank everyone whos here, all of the cbo partners, oewd, joshua, arsay. He was literally here at 9 00 sweeping with his team, fatinya homes, ground movement, shamon, asha. Hes not lying about what he said. Are you sure you want icy do it . He was, like, yes. So i thank you for leaving this in my hands and this is my way of thanking my father and grandmother for the work that theyve done excuse me. [cheers and applause] to be able to do this in her honor is my way and honor to pay homage to those who have come before me and who have created pathways. I hope to create pathways for other residents in the omi like i had. I went to school in San Francisco, born and raised in this community. I am so honored to be able to give back to the neighborhood that i grew up in and sorry for the tears, guys. At this time, i want to invite up my new boss, dionne j. Bri dionne j. Brickter. I work for gwenn and the entire district of district 10. Im the executive director of Young Community developers. I always tell myself we have the best weather in district 10 but i tell you what, this weather is beautiful in district 11 [cheers and applause] i dont think thats coincidence. I think it speaks to today. I want to thank mayor breed for her jovialness in participating today. But none of this happened by chance. It was a vision. It was a conversation that then executive director of the Young Community developer sat down and we had a conversation with gwenn brown and talked about the needs in our communities. It wasnt just one community. It was communities. And as we sat down and talked about those communities, we said, how can we collaborate and Work Together . How can we provide collective impact . Were stronger when we Work Together. Im happy to say this hub is just that. So i have an opportunity to tell a quick story and i dont even know if gwenn remembers. I remember the first time we came into the omi and we had to follow gwenn and we got an opportunity to talk to young men on plymouth and broad. We stood there for about three minutes and gwenn left me. So it was just me and folks from me and the Omi Community having a conversation. We talked for 45 minutes. They said for so long people have come into this community and do things and you need to be about it. And today, were about it. Cheer cheer. [cheers and applause] so i think as two organizations were collaborate together just to provide some of the Work Readiness training were doing in district 10 and really just want to allow gwenn and her team the resources that they need to ensure that we dont just come into the community and provide economic sustainability. Were about economic mobility. And thats one of the things well focus here at the hub. So i want to thank everybody who was involved. Of course, our phenomenal mayor, mayor breed, supervisor safaye, supervisor walton, who has quietly been behind the scenes but hes never quiet. Pretty sure you know that. Our director joaquin torez and gwenn, all of my team at Young Community developers. When you look in this room, there are so many based communitybased organizations and helping to negotiate and get this space. It took seven to eight months to get into this space. I want to thank toni brock. All of the things youve seen, thats through toni brock ang ad the work she does in ensuring our Community Stays beautiful. Lets enjoy the hub and this weather and we look forward to providing services to the communities in our communities. Thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you, dj. You know, these important moments of legacy and creating opportunity for our residents are impossible without leadership and partners beyond d those who are standing and talking to you today but all Community Members who are tirelessly put efforts and hard work and volunteered time on commissions at volunteer associations, demanding resources and i want to give a shoutout to Joseph Bryant who was here earlier today. [cheers and applause] to apri, jackie flynn, to the governor sending his california director here today, to a success center, to the Community Leadership to reverend brown and, of course, leading efforts for our youth on behalf of mayor breed and cheryl reed at the human rights commission. Thank you all for being here and to the urban services ymca and the beacon team who are also here today, thank you. [cheers and applause] and i want to give a shoutout specifically to josh arsay and the element team. They go above and beyond to make this work happen on behalf of all of you. To morris young, thank you for all of work youve done and now, lets cut this ribbon [cheers and applause] we create opportunities around here. [cheers and applause] there we go. You all ready . Ok, you ready 54321 its open [cheers and applause] for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat to the public right off their boats in San Francisco. Its not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but its evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional methods of selling fish. But how is it regulated . And what does it take for a boat to be transported into a Floating Fish market . Find out as we hop on board on this episode of whats next sf. Were here with the owner and the captain of the vessel pioneer. Its no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because its doing just that. Its the first boat in San Francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. How did you establish your boat into such a Floating Fish market . Well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. When you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money. So being able to do this is really its a big positive thing i think for the entire community. A very positive thing. As a thirdgeneration fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age. Since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. Right now were just selling what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. So we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them. Theres the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. And then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. Joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. We had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. Its incredible. I know, its hard to imagine. But this wasnt always the case for joe. The markets that we have left in california, theyre few and far between, and they really are restrictive. Theyll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. A lot of times its rough weather and if you cant make your delivery you will lose your rotation. Thats why theres hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. My boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i couldnt do anything with it because we had no market. The ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldnt take them off your boat. That was until the Port Commission of San Francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a Pilot Program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. The purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall Fishing Community at the port of San Francisco. We have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. Crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on Taylor Street and jefferson street. So this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. Its to basically to lift up the whole industry together. And if joe the program has been doing just that. It was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver, my first receivers license in the mail. And that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. Once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. Because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to ppetition the city council and getting permission from San Francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point. Because we really didnt think or know that wed get such a positive response from the public. And so were getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so thats pretty cool. They like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. And when they come down here the one thing that they say is that theyre so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and its still fresh all week in the refrigerator. So thats really cool. The fish is very fresh and the price is super. I dont think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. I can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. I just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. This Program Supports the Strategic Plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. Because its helping the fishermen to make ends meet. They have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. How does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did . When i was a kid and i used to work in my dads fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third and fourth generation markets. So i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l. A. So its kind of cool that were still dealing with the same families. And this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. One of the advantages of this program is the Department People that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. The feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have very good. And theres a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. In fact, theres people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at whats happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. So its generated some conversation down at the wharf and thats a good thing. As you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the Pilot Program has been a huge success. For more information visit sfsport. Com. Good afternoon, welcome to the jampacked calendar of the land use and Transportation Committee for today, monday, september 23, 2019. The im chair, aaron peskin, joined by safai and haney. Ms. Major, any announcements . Yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Actions acted upon today will go on the november 1, agenda. Supervisor peskin could you read the first item . Ordinance accepting acacia street for city maintainness and liability, establishing official sidewalk width, accepting two public works orders and authorizing official acts and adopting appropriate findings. Supervisor peskin mr. Rivera, on behalf of the department of public works relative to the dedication of this rightofway along the san matteo border, 60 feet in width and short in length, for the benefit of daily city. The floor is yours. Good afternoon, supervisors. Yes, this is acacia street was undeveloped portion of dedicated street, so its a paper street. And what happened is that a developer created some housing south of the county line. And this in order to make a through street they developed the portion in San Francisco as well. Thats a total of 2400 square feet. And this legislation is indeed to accept the maintenance and liability of this area. The street improvements were inspected during construction and determined to be in compliance with city codes and regulations. The director of public works recommends that we accept these streets. Supervisor peskin thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Mr. Spitz, seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues . Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai yes. How often does this happen . I saw the plot map. This line cuts through a lot of different homes. Its a very unusual rather than making the boundary even, i mean, obviously, at some point it was drawn at an angle. So sometimes the boundary between daily city and San Francisco cuts through some of the homes, so half the home is in daily city, half the home in San Francisco. How often have you dealt in this area with the infrastructure requests in terms of sewer, in terms of the street, in terms of the maintenance of the rightofway. And how is that impacting development over there . For dedications, its not very frequent. It is very common for the county line to go through private property. And were actually in the process of surveying it to bring it in tighter, to know where it is. But as far as cases like this, its not happening too frequently as far as dedicated. In this situation, the i do have an overhead i could show you. Supervisor safai the majority of the homes reside in daley city . All of them, all of the new homes are in daley city. Even the red line that cuts the addresses in daley city . Yes, correct. The part that belongs to us is just north of this area. That belongs to the city and county of San Francisco. These houses were existing houses and received their services through have a lasco street. So there isnt any new infrastructure. Supervisor safai the infrastructure was done, when they built the homes, it was connected to the sewer mains . Correct. All of these houses down here are new. And theyre outside of our jurisdiction and outside of our city and county of San Francisco. Supervisor peskin seeing no other questions, without objection. Madame clerk, could you read the final item . Item 2, imposing interim zoning controls for 18 months to require a conditional use authorization and specified findings for a Residential Care facility and affirm the findings. Supervisor peskin supervisor mandelman, welcome and thank you for bringing this resolution forward. Supervisor mandelman thank you, mr. Chair, and members of the committee for indulging me this afternoon on this item. We wanted to get it to the full board as quickly as possible. Thank you for being here for this. The resolution is currently cosponsored by president yee and supervisor safai and would welcome additional sponsors. It establishes interim zoning control to respond to the loss of San Franciscos Residential Care facilities. It will require a conditional use authorization prior to change of use from the Residential Care facility to different use. The intent is to discourage closure of Residential Care facilities. This is an urgently needed stop measure to improve the Housing Stock for the vulnerable, aging and disabled residents. According to a report by the longterm care coordinating council, assistedliving working group, San Francisco has 21 fewer Residential Care facilities than in 2012. A 26 decline resulted in a loss of 112 critically needed beds. And were at risk of losing even more facilities. Department of Public Health has learned of the closure of three additional facilities and it seems more are on the way. The resolution which i think is before you with amendments, requires the Planning Commission to take into account the following factors in evaluating proposed change of use. One, any findings by the department of Public Health, aging and Adult Services and the longterm coordinating care council regarding the capacity of the exiting residential existing residential use. The impact of the change of use on the neighborhood and community. Whether the Residential Care facility used to be converted will be relocated or replaced with another Residential Care facility use. Based on information provided to my office, since introducing the resolution, i have two amendments for you today. The first, which is shown on page 1, line 15, clarifies the controls apply to Residential Care facilities that were established with or without the benefit of any permits required under the law. That ensures that any Residential Care facility in operation, regardless whether or not they received the proper permits under the planning code in the first place, would be subject to these controls. The second is on page 4. Line 10. Correcting a drafting error. In the second whereas clause of the resolution is defined correctly by planning codes section 102 and 89. 50e. Both code sections should have been referenced in the first resolved clause and this amendment does that. I understand that these amendments are considered nonsubstantive and can be introduced and voted on today and i would ask you to do that, to accept the amendments and forward to the full board. In closing, i want to thank the Mayors Office and department of Public Health for their help in crafting this resolution. I also want to thank kyle for working on this. And i think ms. Lindsay is here to give Public Comment. Supervisor peskin well open it up to Public Comment and then over to supervisor safai. Im a Senior Health planner with the department of Public Health office of planning. Im here representing the department and our support of the resolution imposing zoning controls for Residential Care facilities. So through our departments work on the master plan and we echo the findings of the longterm coordinating council assistedliving work group report. Residential care facilities are a critical resource in our community for our vulnerable populations and as the population continues to grow and age, the need for longterm care, especially affordable longterm care will continue to increase. And in recent years, San Francisco has experienced a loss of these important facilities. So dph is supportive of the legislation to preserve the current stock and control the conversion of Residential Care facilities. Were also supportive of efforts to develop legislation and more strategies that encourage the growth of these facilities in San Francisco in order to meet the Health Care Needs of our most vulnerable populations now and in the future. Thanks. Supervisor safai thank you. I just wanted to say a couple of comments. I want to thank supervisor mandelman and president yee for bringing the legislation forward. I know the context of the conversations weve been having over the course of the last couple of months, with residential longterm care beds, the conversation not to be lost. There actually are privately managed and privately operated and in the community of these facilities. Have quite a few of these in my district. Saw them firsthand as i go around doortodoor talking to individuals. And with the pressure of the current market, people to convert properties from longterm Residential Care back to singlefamily homes, this is an important piece of legislation to allow for a pause and allow for the operators then to come in. I saw there was a commitment for reimbursements for the actual those receiving care from the city. I think the city needs to step up. The department of Public Health, and ensure that reimbursement is high enough so that it makes sense. I think we got that commitment to ensure there are additional dollars assigned for these operators to continue to make them financially feasible. Often times, these are momandpop run businesses. These are people that have sometimes multiple care facilities. One of the operators im thinking about has one in my area, one in the excelsior and bayview Hunters Point. Theyre often singlefamily homes that have been converted into usable Residential Care facilities. So really appreciate this legislation. I think during the 18 months that it would be behoove us and im sure supervisor mandelman and yee will engage with the department of Public Health to be sure the reimbursements are correct, where theyre actually allocated and located, it would be good to know the total number of these in San Francisco. I know you have percentages in terms of how many have been lost over the course of time. Says there 101 assistedliving facilities and since 2002, 43 facilities weve lost 43. So i guess that would put the number close to the mid 60s, 70s remaining. So what can we do during that time to preserve those . And also what can we do during that time to increase those back up to where we were just not long ago, in 2012 . I know there is a push and i know the announcement was made to use some of the small site acquisition money. I support that. I think thats a good use of the dollars. Using the small site acquisition money to preserve this Housing Stock. Had a constituent email me today. He was someone who was a hoarder living in a singlefamily home. They wanted to know what could we do to preserve the property so it could be used more effectively for the community . Those are examples of, maybe the city could come in using the small site acquisition money, and or, we have to identify who the operators are, right . Theyre mom and pops, do they know who is going to go through the process of purchasing the building . I know there are a lot of things need to be worked out. Im hoping we can do that. Thank you, supervisor mandelman and yee, for leading the charge on this. And please involve me in the conversation. Were happy to help as we present probably one of the largest opportunities to either preserve and or expand these Residential Care facilities. I would imagine, district 11 and district 10, bayview Hunters Point lead the way. Supervisor peskin supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you. I second a lot of what supervisor safai said. This is going to take a broad, multipronged approach to be able to both save and protect and expand a lot of the facilities. Similar to supervisor safai, ive heard about some planned for closure or under threat of closure in my district, so i think how ever we can come together when there are these situations, whether were going to acquire them as a city. Whether there are certain things to support them so they can stay open. I think it seems like there is sort of a pattern of a lot of these folks who are getting to the point where they want to go out of business here. Obviously, the pressure that affects all of the other types of important uses in the city, whether thats restaurants or entertainment or things that, when there is money to be made in other things, its hard to keep people doing what we need them to do. This is an essential use we require as a city. So i appreciate the leadership and this is a very important part of that larger strategy. So id love to be added as a coauthor. You said youre looking for coauthors, i would love to be added and i appreciate your leadership on this. Supervisor peskin thank you, supervisor haney. I, too, accept that invitation and add my name as a cosponsor. I think i failed to close Public Comment. Seeing no other members of the public, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thanks all of you. I want to thank supervisor safai also for noting this is part of a larger effort that the department of Public Health and the mayor are working on. Yes, this year there is going to be a fairly significant increase in the patch that is paid to that the city pays to the nonprofits, which is to the operators of these private boarding care facilities. In addition to that, yes, i think we need to look for sources of funding to acquire buildings and probably get them into nonprofit ownership. Increasingly, theyre not making it or struggling as private operations and it probably makes sense to for the city to be going in a larger way around creating more longterm options for disabled and elderly folks. So, thanks, everyone. Supervisor peskin thank you. Without objection, we will adopt the aforementioned amendments and move via supervisor safai. Well take those without objection. And then well forward to the item to the full board as amended with additional cosponsors without objection. And that brings us to the conclusion of this jampacked agenda. We are adjourned
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