Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

SFGTV Government Access Programming July 13, 2024

House, and the main work that we did was with the native american community, and at that time it was with the 558 federally recognized tribes was one group, but there was also a special group that they talked about, and that was urban indians. Those that lived in urban centers that were not recognized, that were not on the map. So we went out of the way with president clinton. We hosted the First National conference for native americans with president clinton, so thats something that i carrie with me to this day. So i really appreciate supervisor ronen, supervisor brown, addres well as the enti Community Coming out for this important item. Secondly, im moving for landmark designation for 4767 through 4776 Mission Street. Both of the the Royal Bakery Company was built in 1935 and is one of San Franciscos most exuberant examples of our deco design as noted by the original green and yellow ceramic tile cladding, saw tooth peak parapet with pins and speed lines. It also has significance in my neighborhood for its association with Italian American history. It began in north beach and was moved to the company moved to the excelsior in the 60s and 70s. The original operator that works there for almost 60 years is still alive, and we gave him a certificate of recognition for turning 100 this past spring. Theres been movies filmed at this location, and many, many businesses around San Francisco, many of them in north beach and other places, actually get their daily bread from this particular location. Its also a wonderful reflection of the blend of the diversity of our neighborhood which historically consisted of Latin Americans and italians living side by side. So im requesting that the committee prepare a landmark historic report to present to the Historic Preservation Commission Based on this Mission Street location and to determine whether this site warrants historic designation. I want to thank the folks from s. F. Heritage who have also reached out immediately to talk to us about their support for this particular location. I think this is an important piece of history. We also intend for the record to initiate legacy business status for this particular business that has operated almost uninterrupted for 100 years in San Francisco. And finally, im going to do my best to try and say a few words about my father. If i can, im going to ask supervisor peskin to read it for me. Ahsha safai was born in tehran in 1927. After atta graduated high school, he became a part of the early wave of iranian students in the push broad. Prior to his entrance to the university of texas to study architecture, during his undergraduate years, he became a father to my sisters, learning to a student, father, and husband at the same time. Upon graduation from the university of texas in 1965, atta received many offers to teach architecture at the University Level, finally decided to move the family to the university of oklahoma. Strangely enough, he turned down an opportunity to teach at s. L. O. And was not really familiar with california at the time. I kind of wish he had in many ways, but he went to the university of oklahoma instead. He truly enjoyed his students and truly enjoyed exposing them to architects of many different cultures. After a few years of teaching, applied and was accepted to m. I. T. In architecture and planning where he earned a dual masters in architecture and planning. After graduating, he returned to tehran where he would be part of the largest Modernization Program in the countrys history that they had ever seen. He taught at the University Level for a while but quickly became part of the shahs government. My father rose quickly through the ranks to become Department Minister of planning and spatial planning for the country and was involved in the placement of roads, bridges, highways, dams, and importantly the locations of Major Centers of housing and Economic Development to ensure balanced development throughout the country. It was during this time my parents had me. After all all of his lifes work came abruptly to a halt in 1979 the when the people rose up to the shah and deposed him. This was wildly popular and atta was part of the new government at the time until the new party violently solidified its hold on power. It was after this violent revolution and the beginning of the iraniraq war that my father left iran and went to the United States. During this time, he became a member of a joint program in architecture at m. I. T. And harvard. During this time at cambridge and later europe, my sister, rina was born. Later, he returned to his home country and worked until the day he died this past saturday, committed to building irans infrastructure and his commitment to its modernization. My father cared deeply about humanity and up until his sudden death would always talk about politics with me, constantly encouraging me to be a good person, a leader and as good as i could be and kind to all. He loved all his children equally and wanted only the best for us. May i rest in peace. The rest i submit. Clerk my sincere condolences, supervisor safai. Supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani thank you, madam clerk. My condolences to supervisor safai. Your dad should be very proud of who he raised as a son. You are amazing. Colleagues, today im introducing resolution to fully raise gun laws in San Francisco after learning of a man suffering from delusions and later placed on a 5150 hold had a rifle and several other weapons directly across from an Elementary School in my district. After consulting with the San Francisco Police Department, that legislation is finally ready for introduction. Im pleased that we will have a program in place to fully implement gun violence restraining orders in San Francisco. Gun violence restriction ord restraining orders are also known as red flag laws in order to petition a court to temporarily remove a persons access to firearms before they commit violence. We need gun violence restraining orders because we know there are often warning signs before someone commits an act of gun violence. We know that in several of the Mass Shootings that have occurred in this country, family members or friends noticed warning signs that the shooters were dangerous and at risk of harming themselves or others. Not a day goes by i know i sound like a broken record. Not a day goes by in this country without the tragic loss of life due to gun violence. 100 people die every day and more are injured because of gun violence. Just last week in san diego, a man murdered his wife and three Young Children with a gun just 24 hours after she obtained a restraining order against him. He put his fourth child in intensive care and then concluded the rampage by turning the gun on himself. Two days before that, in santa clarita, a Saugus High School shot at his students, killing two, before ending his own life. Last saturday in fresno, two gun men opened fire on a party where more than 30 friends and family were gathered to watch football in a back yard. They murdered four people and injured six others. On monday, a man brutally shot his former wife and her companion in the parking lot of a pawalmart in oklahoma. We need to empower individuals to petition the Court Whenever there are warning signs, a history of violence, and access to deadly weapons. For far too long, that toxic combination has created the kind of carnage we see on the streets every day in this country. And unfortunately, these are not isolated incidents that i just read. This year, there have been 389 Mass Shootings in the United States. 460 people dead because of them, and 1,537 people injured in acts of mass gun violence. In more than half of all the shootings in which a gun man kills at least four people, one of the victims is a partner, former partner, or family member, and we know there are signs. The centers for Disease Control reported nearly half of all women who are killed in the United States are killed by a former or current partner. We all know the sense of urgency with which gun violence should be addressed. We know that gun control saves lives, but San Francisco has not implemented a gun restraining order program, and we must. I want to thank chief lozar and those with the San Francisco Police Department who will help craft this ordinance. With this ordinance, it will now be the policy of the city and county of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department to actively seek a gun violence restraining order whenever appropriate to disarm those who would harm themselves or others and to give those who would be victims of crime every advantage of making sure they have all tools to protect themselves. The final step to ensuring this policy has the maximum impact is to work with all of our Community Partners and the public about the availability of gvros. We must educate hospitals, Community Health organizations, all of our nonprofits and all of our city departments about this new policy. Women, peers, colleagues, and victims of violence no longer need to suffer under the threat of someone with a firearm, and Everyone Needs to know about this legislation. There is no single way to win the fight against the gun violence epidemic plaguing this nation, but we will not win unless we urgently pass legislation needed to prevent gun violence and swiftly implement all policies. I also want to thank senator Nancy Skinner for sponsoring the original legislation that allowed our gun restraint to go into effect in 2014, and ab 61 for families who can petition the court for a gun violence restraint order. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you, madam clerk. First, i would just like to be added as a sponsor to supervisor ronens and browns resolution in support of our native community. Second, i also want to extend my condolences to supervisor safai and his family. Im here for you as a friend and colleagues. And i would love to be added to the memoryam in his fathers honor. And i would urge you to listen to your father and be a good person. The rest i submit. Clerk mr. President , do you have anything to introduce . President yee yjust that i ask that i be added to supervisor stefanis ordinance, and to supervisor ronens ordinance for the native american zone . Clerk yes, we will see to that, mr. President. President yee okay. The rest i submit. Clerk supervisor brown, did you have further business . Supervisor brown yes. I just wanted to add my name to the condolences to supervisor safai. If you need anything, we are here. I would like to add my name to supervisor stefanis ordinance. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer yes. I also want to add my name to the condolences to supervisor safai, and to the memoriam for his father. I want to say, my own father died when i was 14 years old, and i want to say how lucky you are for all those years. President yee i want to say i want the memoriam to be noted for the entire board. Clerk supervisor fewer, that concludes your introduction . Supervisor peskin, you asked to be rerefered . Supervisor peskin yes. I submitted the rest of my roll call, but i want to thank those of you that will be attending the special meeting of the board of supervisors on thursday where we are submitting the vacancy tax. The march 2020 ballot will be considered, and i want to thank the chair of the Budget Committee and the members of the Budget Committee for hearing that twice with one more to come on thursday as well as members of the public who have been very important in crafting it. And i want to apologize in advance that i will not be there on thursday. I will be submitting a letter to all of you noting that i will not be there, and again, i apologize in advance for not being at the thursday meeting where in legislation that im at the primary sponsor in, but thank you in advance for your consideration. Clerk mr. President , that concludes the introduction of new business. President yee okay. Thank you. I guess what we want to do right now is go ahead and go to Public Comment. Clerk at this time, the public may now address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the year to include items 53 through 63 on the adoption without Committee Reference to calendar items. Public comment is not allowed when an item has been previously subjected to Public Comment. Please address your comments to the committee as a whole and not to individual board members. If youre needing public assistance, youll be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. If you need the overhead assistance, please place your document on the overhead, and remove it when you want it to go back to the meeting. And mr. President , we have a member of the public who will be making Public Comment by telephone pursuant to the americans with disabilities act. President yee okay. Before we take Public Comment from the live people in the room, i will allow this. In accordance of title 2 of the americans with disabilities act which provides people with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the programs and Services Offered through the city, we will make this commendation for Public Comment. To the caller on the phone, lets have you make the first comments today. So the floor is yours for two minutes. Please begin. Thank you so much for that disability accommodation. I very much appreciate it. I appreciate everything ive heard today, including lgbtq rights, native american rights, and other rights. I spend a lot of time trapped in my home because my building was built before the a. D. A. In 1991, which gives better Disability Access for buildings. This is a real problem because the rent control ordinance was passed in 1979 to give protections to renters, and rent controls a very important thing that keeps san franciscans like me from being homeless and more than 4,435 san franciscans are homeless right now are disabled, that number according to the San Francisco point in time court. Im trying not to be one of those numbers but its ae very hard living in my home when i cant get a ramp. The code does not say that any disabled person should get a ramp in buildings built before 1991. Its really very inhuman to me, and i think its something this board will think to address. I al the Disabilities Commission has been meeting less this year. I think the Mayors Office on disabilities is a good office that should hopefully be given some more support from the board of supervisors and increase meetings so that people with disabilities president yee okay. Thank you very much for your comments. Your two minutes was up, and hopefully, well hear from you again in the future. Thank you for actually making making an effort to make your comments for the public to hear. So right now, ill go ahead and begin with the next speaker. Go ahead. Its amazing. Time is consistent. Its the guy seemed like he had five minutes, but he got two minutes. Its just strange. Mine seems to me like its ten seconds. But any way, theres a prayer where david said, here in psalm 86, show me a token for good, that they which hate me my see it be and ashamed because thousathou lord has helped me and comforted me. On june 4 not this one, the previous one this lesbian im trying to convert lesbians and sodomites because of what happened on june 4. Jesus says, you can ask me anything in prayer. I like to preach on the street, but i also like to go up to peoples doors. After praying this, i went immediately to this ladys house in san jose, okay, and she went to the same church that i had gone there for maybe 15, 20 years and raised my ten kids there basically, and no one knew up until that day that she had a hate has no place here sign on her front lawn. And i asked her if shes a lesbian, and she denied it. Hate has no home here, their own website said that educators and families are devoted to celebrating diversity. Now as a christian, i cannot celebrate an abomination on anything that would be considered an abomination by the lord president yee next speaker, please. My name is serina unger. I am here to thank all the supervisors to support the u. N. Rights confrontation on the rights of the child. I am a long time resident of San Francisco, a mother of a sevenyearold, a city and regional planner, and advocate for child friendly cities and child responsive urban planning. As an advocate, ive been going around the city giving presentations to different organizations, listening to people say what they want San Francisco to become. When i explain the concept of a child friend

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