Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Land Use And Transportation Commit

Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Land Use And Transportation Committee 20240711

That housing remains a priority, Small Business remains a priority, and that San Francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the Economic Development and the success of the city moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. That completes the cue. Chairwoman thank you so much. Thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling Public Comment. Supervisor mar . Thank you, chair ronan. I also just wanted to thank all of the Africanamerican Community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. And, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the Africanamerican Community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the Africanamerican Community looking ahead. So, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but im really excited that, you know, were we have a strong commitment here at city hall to move ahead with some bold initiatives to ensure equity and justice for the Africanamerican Community. Thank you. Chairwoman supervisor walton . Thank you so much, chair ronan, and supervisor mar. Again, i just want to thank the entire community for stepping up and being heard. It is really important that we hear from you so that everyone knows and understands we are lock step on the same page with the black community with regard to reparations. I want to thank, again, cheryl davis, as well as her team. I want to think natalie g. From our team, and she has worked closely on the legislation with everybody. Thank you. We are working hard to achieve equity. The one thing i do want to say to my community, because i know that Everyone Wants to serve, and we only have opportunity for 15 members, but i want everyone to know were going to be working hard, of course, to select the appropriate folks to do work on behalf of all of us. But i know everyone is going to want to serve. So there is going to be some hard work, as we work to get to the 15. But we will do that together with the community. Thank you so much, chair ronan, supervisor mar, and i appreciate everyone for calling in and all of the work today. Chairwoman thank you. Im happy to make a motion to send this item forward as a Committee Report, with positive recommendation. Can we have a role call vote. Supervisor mar . Yea. Chair ronan . Yea. The motion passes without objection, with supervisor stefani being excused. Chairwoman thank you so much. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number four. An ordinance to modify the number and qualifications of numbers on the africanamerican arts and cultural District Community and Advisory Committee to extend the date of the committee to january 2023, and to extend to july 2021, the report and recommendations from the City Department describing the district and proposing and acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district. We also have a request for a Committee Report on this matter. Chairwoman thank you. Supervisor walton . Thank you so much again, chair ronan, and supervisor mar. Just for a little bit of history, in 2018, the board of supervisors established the africanamerican arts and cultural district in the bay view neighborhood, and i want to thank chair ronan for all of her work. It is very important work and we truly appreciate you. Under that ordinance, several City Departments must prepare to report to the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development by july 2019, which was the date. The reports are to assess and look at the assets and needs in the district, and will recommend programs, policies, and funding and sources that can benefit the district and preserve its cultural legacy. After these reports are completed, they will prepare a culture history housing and Economic Strategy report, the chess report includes the demographic and economic profile of the district, including past, present, and future trends, identify areas of concern that could inhibit the preservation of the districts unique culture and propose legislative, economic, and other solutions and strategies supported by the district. The ordinance today will extend the africanamerican arts and cultural district citizen Advisory Committee to january 2023, and extend the reporting of the recommendations to the City Department. Describing the attributes of the district and the proposing indescernable . The amend amendments will change the size from 15 members to 7 members. And to include an owner of a business located in the district, an employee of a Nonprofit Organization in the district, a person with knowledge or expertise regarding the history or culture of the district. A youth between the ages of 14to 24, and three other atlarge members. The africanamerican art and cultural district is critical in supporting africanamerican culture along third street in our community and across the community. I want to acknowledge my legislative staff, percy burke, for all of his work, john gibner, for working on the amendments, and larry, with the office of economic and workforce development, and evelyn, the director, and erica scott, the director of projects and programs for the cultural district, as well as all of the folks who worked hard to bring this into realization. April, ms. Eloise, oscar, our local historian, and everyone who played a major role in bringing the africanamerican arts and cultural district into fruition. Thank you so much, chair ronan. Chairwoman thank you so much. And if none of my colleagues have any questions, we can open this item up for Public Comment. Yes. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment ton this item should call 4156550001. 0001. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to line it up. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Mr. Core, do we have any members of the public for Public Comment . Yes. I have three callers in the cue. Caller good afternoon, rules committee. My name is evin glen. Im the Operations Director of the africanamerican arts and cultural district. Id like to thank supervisor walton for his leadership and support. The implication is the Historic Preservation indescernable in the black community, and this is a powerful step forward with this critical work. I yield my time. [sirens blaring] can we have the next caller, please . Caller hi. This is dr. Cederick jackson again. Id like to thank all of the elected and all of the appointed officials for bringing all of this together. There are way too many to name. There is such a great effort going on with this. But it is imperative that this committee and this cultural district have the resources to go forward. We have some ideas that will not only enhance our district, but will enhance the city if we get the opportunity to do it. We have a wonderful culture,and this gives us an opportunity not only to educate, but also to entertain in a way that benefits us finally, and not everybody else. So please, with all of your might, put all of the resources and all of the commitments you can into finally giving the Africanamerican Community an opportunity to highlight itself in a positive instead of a negative way. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller good morning again, virginia marsh, the president of the San Francisco alliance of blacks of educators. The africanamerican cultural district in the bay view is so wonderful. It supports our students. My school is right next due to the bayvie bay view hop pra house opera house. And they have been very supported to our students. She posts the students art around the walls. Weve had our band club there over the years. If you have never been to the christmas at the bay view opera house, please come. When i stand in the window and look out and see cheering down the bay view, playing in the snow, it is something fantastic to see. They may not have the opportunity to go to lake tahoe, like you may take your children. Last year we had a horsedrawn carriage, and ive been known to open studios. So im thankful that on third street we have all of these great systems that support our students programs. The same in the filmore africanamerican art and cultural program. Thank you so much. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller hi, this is fitiffany carter again. I want to say i definitely support the San Francisco africanamerican culture traculturaland art district. I just want to say i fully support it and want to extend it to really show our place in San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next dawrl. Caller, please. [inaudible] i would like to say that we have to be very, very honest about what it truly means to be the africanamerican art and cultural district. First and foremost, it identifies with our nation of people, to who we are and where we extended from. It should not be connected to the political realm, as far as the reputation. It must be a person that understands the thought patterns and the essence of truly who we are. We have to look into the opera house, as far as who is running the opera house, the africanamerican art and cultural district. We have to have the correct representation to empower our children to know we are capable of doing the work. We must also have something sent from africa and having an african embassy. This is not a joke, neither is it a game. I think it aes public and private property. Im against graffiti. Who can get it out the most who can be noticed the most. I ive seen seniors doing graffiti. The city is art, other people who have their names tag [inaudible] our unit there are 2 sections we are doing one is abating and others are notice of violation to private property. All the utility boxes in public rightofway we abate. We abate calls that come within 48 hours. We are a small group in g f graffiti. We dont have enough help. I have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel. [inaudible] the graffiti we abate everything is coming up to the areas now. Im willing to take it on. I think you are telling me you are ready for this . I think so. Okay. There you go. All right. All right. Ready to do it. Lets go. Want to get the gray signses this over here and the garbage can and normally we dont do private property since its on the corridor route you can come with me we will use black. We had a lot of changes in the graffiti unit. We do private property if someone moved we remove it and send it to the Attorneys Office and they take appropriate action. Damage their property there. Its important to write the color in case they want to say what part of our house you abated the graffiti on. Using your safety glasses the gloves. You got it. You know some places we gashi, people appreciate that. You know, a lot of timeses they say, thank you. The time where its visible. A lot of people put it on the ground. I like when tourists come and say, you do this for your city and you get paid for that . We use the [inaudible] for the holes and the retaining walls. [inaudible]. White on the fire hydrants. Fire box red for the fire boxes. Our brown for the pg and e poles. We are not painters we do our best. Im assuming it has to do with gang activity. If its territorial i mind. In case its gang related and they are marking our territory i would like to paint it over. Anything with numbers like x iv or x 13 west side mob and the bay view those are gang related. With gang related or profanity we will abait it as soon as possible. I consider it an art. There are circles of people that form around it whether or not they should ruin public property. This is art work im for it. Unless its on someones property and they dont want it there. Judge kids with silver paint expressing their ego needs doesnt belong on our property. Graffiti is when you dont have permission to write anything on their property. Eighth street is part of your regular rout . Yes. Everyday. Eighth street. Divisidero street. Irving street. Every block they going through they paint 3 or 4 streets in the block the poles the utility boxes, mailbox. Thank you. Okay. Put the drop cloth. Come on around. There you go. Force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. We are abaters not painters. Get that out of the way and keep moving. How many of these do you do a day . How many poles we do a day . Yeah. Depends on the location. May be 20. Do you like working with the team . Yes because im a people person. I like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. Goodbye. Good afternoon, and welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. For today, november 30, 2020, the last day of november. I am aaron peskin, chair of the committee. Joined by supervisor safai and Committee Member preston. Our clerk is ms. Major. Do you have any announcements . Thank you. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency to protect Board Members and City Employees the legislativladies and gentlemene. Committee members will attend through video and will participate as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Depending on use provider they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. Comments to speak are available via phone by calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 14665730274. Press pound pound. When connected you will hear the discussions but be on mute and in his senning mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star three to be added to the speaker line. Call from a quiet location. Speak clearly and slowly and turndown your television and radio. You may submit Public Comment by emailing myself erica. Major at sfgov. Org. If you submit via email it will be made part of the official file. Written comments to the u. S. Postal service, city hall room 244. Finally, items acted upon today will be on the agenda of december 8th unless otherwise stated. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Could you please read the first item. Ordinance. Designtion of 47674773 Mission Street aka Royal Baking Company building. Call the number streaming on the screen if you wish to comment. 4156550001. Press pound and pound if you have not been through already press star three to line up to speak. The system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Thank you, madam clerk. We have heard this matter before in this committee. Anything to add or would you like to affix your name as sponsor of this measure . Yes, sir, thank you. I want to remind the committee and thank you to the chair. This is straightforward. This went be through the Historic Preservation commission. I want to thank again sf heritage and the Planning Departments work. We dont have many Historic Sites in our district that are recognized through the Historic Preservation process. This particular site, the architecture is unique for the area and also for San Francisco. Also, the business itself has the origins in north beach, over 100 years old. Moved from the Royal Baking Company in the 1970s and operating in the same location ever since. I had the wonderful fortune of meeting the operator who turned 100 years old a year ago. We presented him with that honor. It is not just history in the architecture, it is i in the us, the people that operate. We are very pleased. Absolutely i am the lead sponsor of this ordinance. I would welcome the committees support. Supervisor preston. No comment. Thank you. I do want to say for the record that, number one, i would like to be added as cosponsor. Number two. I finished reading the book spirits of San Francisco, and supervisor safai, there are other worthy Historic Resources in your district, some of which actually speak to the progressive history of San Francisco, including Early Buildings that you have worked to preserve and repurpose that were part of the delivery of quasi municipal Public Healthcare in the city and county of San Francisco. This is not the only Historic Building in district 11. With that, madam clerk, any Public Comment . Thank you. We have james checking to see if there are callers in queue. We have four listeners. Do we have anyone in queue . Please confirm. There is no one in queue. Supervisor safai would you like to make a motion to send this item as sponsored by yourself and cosponsored by the chair, myself, to the full board with recommendations . Yes, please. As you articulated. Roll call, please. On the motion stated, supervisor preston. Aye and please add me as cosponsor as well. Supervisor safai. Aye. Supervisor peskin. Aye. You

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