[0:09] . >> good afternoon welcome to
[0:13] the july 28th 2026 regular meeting of the san francisco
[0:17] board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the
[0:20] roll. >> yes supervisor chan chan
[0:23] present supervisor chen chen present supervisor dorsey
[0:27] dorsey present supervisor fielder fielder present
[0:31] supervisor mahmood mahmood presents supervisor gentleman
[0:35] president mendham and present supervisor melgar melgar
[0:38] present supervisor sardar sauter present supervisor
[0:42] cheryl cheryl not present supervisor walton walton
[0:47] present supervisor wang huang present mr. President you have
[0:53] a quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk.
[0:54] the san francisco. San francisco board of
[0:58] supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral
[0:59] homeland of the ramakrishna loney who are the original
[1:03] inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula.
[1:06] as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance
[1:09] with their traditions the ramakrishna loni have never
[1:11] ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the
[1:14] caretakers of this place as well as for all peoples who
[1:17] reside in their traditional territory.
[1:19] as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working
[1:22] on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by
[1:25] acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the
[1:29] ramakrishna loni community and by affirming their
[1:30] sovereign rights as first peoples.
[1:32] colleagues, will you join me in reciting the pledge of
[1:34] allegiance pledge allegiance to the united states of america
[1:40] and to the republic for which it stands one nation
[1:46] indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
[1:52] >> on behalf of the board, I want to acknowledge the staff
[1:56] at s.f. Gov tv today that is especially kaleena mendoza.
[1:59] they record each of our meetings and make transcripts
[2:01] available to the public online .
[2:04] >> madam clerk, do you have any communications?
[2:05] yes, mr. President. The board of supervisors
[2:08] welcomes your attendance here in person in the board's
[2:11] legislative chamber room 250 on the second floor of city hall.
[2:14] when you can't be here, the proceedings are airing live on
[2:18] s.f. Gov tv's local cable channel or live streaming at
[2:21] sfo vtv talk. As of july 1st pursuant to sb
[2:24] 707 the full board is required to take remote public comment
[2:28] during the public comment period.
[2:29] we will prioritize those who have joined in person and then
[2:32] hear from our remote callers. The board has also approved a
[2:36] rule to address disorderly public comment.
[2:39] members of the public must keep their comments germane to
[2:41] matters within the jurisdiction of the board.
[2:43] any comments that contain personal attacks, harassment or
[2:47] discriminatory remarks directed to a city employee or board
[2:51] member are outside of the scope of this body and shall be
[2:54] redirected. Failure to immediately redirect
[2:55] those comments will result in that individual's forfeiture
[2:58] of remaining time and we will transition to the next speaker
[3:02] . Please remember to address your
[3:03] comments to the board as a whole and not to individual
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[3:18] francisco, california nine four 1 or 2.
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[3:35] (415) 554-5184 members. That concludes my
[3:39] communication. >> thank you, mr. President.
[3:40] thank you, madame clerk. All right.
[3:46] let's go to our approval of meeting minutes.
[3:50] >> today the board is considering approval of the
[3:53] june 23rd board meeting minutes and the june 22nd june 24th
[3:56] and june 25th special meeting minutes at the budget
[4:00] and appropriations committee which constituted a quorum of
[4:01] the board. >> can I have a motion to
[4:04] approve the minutes as presented moved by walton
[4:07] seconded by chan? >> madam clerk, can you please
[4:08] call the roll? Yes on the minutes supervisor
[4:11] walton walton I supervisor wong huang I supervisor chan chen I
[4:19] supervisor chen chen I supervisor dorsey dorsey I
[4:23] supervisor fielder fielder I supervisor mahmud mahmud I
[4:27] supervisor gentleman I mendelson I supervisor melgar
[4:31] melgar I supervisor sardar sadr I supervisor cheryl cheryl
[4:37] either lebanese without objection the minutes will be
[4:42] approved after public comment as presented madam clerk let's
[4:45] go to the consent agenda please call items one through 18 items
[4:49] one through 18 are on consent. These items are considered
[4:53] routine if a member objects an item may be removed
[4:56] and considered separately. >> please call the roll on the
[5:00] consent agenda. Supervisor walton walton I
[5:04] supervisor wong wong I supervisor chan chen I
[5:11] supervisor chen chen I supervisor dorsey dorsey I
[5:15] supervisor fielder fielder I supervisor mahmood mahmood I
[5:19] supervisor gentleman hi amendment I supervisor melgar
[5:23] melgar I supervisor sadr sadr I supervisor cheryl cheryl I
[5:30] there are lebanese without objection the audiences are
[5:33] finally passed and the resolutions are adopted.
[5:37] >> let's go to unfinished business please call the budget
[5:38] items 19 through 26 together items 19 through 26 comprise
[5:44] the final reading of the annual budget item 19 is a budget
[5:48] and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated
[5:52] receipts and all estimated expenditures for departments of
[5:53] the city and county of san francisco as of july 1st, 2026
[5:58] for the fiscal year ending june 30th 2027 and 2028.
[6:02] I don't 20 is this annual salary ordinance enumerating
[6:05] positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for
[6:09] the fiscal year ending june 30th 2027 and 2028 know in 2021
[6:14] is the ordinance amending the administrative code to
[6:18] authorize the city administrator to pause, reduce
[6:19] or return the annual contributions by the
[6:22] departments that contract for public works to the san
[6:26] francisco selfish self-insurance 30 bond fund
[6:31] item 22 is an ordinance modifying the baseline funding
[6:32] requirements for early care and education programs
[6:35] in fiscal years 2627 and 2728 to enable the city to use the
[6:42] interest earned from the early care and education commercial
[6:43] rents tax for those baseline programs.
[6:48] item 23 is an ordinance amending the health code to set
[6:49] patient rates for services provided by the department of
[6:53] public health for fiscal years 2627 and 2728.
[6:58] item 24 is an ordinance amending the administrative
[7:00] code to increase certain utility meter fees
[7:05] and authorize the comptroller to annually justify fees for
[7:06] weights and measures and utility meters up to the
[7:09] maximum allowable under state law.
[7:13] and item 25 is an ordinance temporarily suspending the cap
[7:17] on the use of homelessness gross receipts tax revenues to
[7:20] fund short term rental subsidies and finding that
[7:24] temporarily allowing for increased expenditures on short
[7:25] term rental subsidies will further the purposes of our the
[7:29] our city our home fund. And finally item 26 is the
[7:33] ordinance adopting the neighborhood beautification
[7:36] and graffiti cleanup fund tax designation ceiling for tax
[7:39] year 2026. >> chair chan thank you present
[7:43] amendment colleagues I rise before you at a very proud
[7:48] moment. A month ago the budget
[7:52] and appropriations committee completed its work to bring
[7:56] before the full board unanimously recommend it for
[8:00] fiscal year 2627 and 2728 chu fiscal year budget and today we
[8:06] are poised to hopefully again unanimous city approved this
[8:11] budget something that this board supervisors has not done
[8:14] in six years and this budget while it can certainly be
[8:18] improved upon is something we all can be very proud of all 11
[8:23] of us we will restore more than $28 million in cuts to vital
[8:26] services, retain frontline jobs and safeguard more than $1.3
[8:33] billion in reserve funds to protect against further
[8:37] anticipated cuts from trump's administration.
[8:41] for the past four years our work my team and I as chair of
[8:45] the budget committee has centered on reducing wasteful
[8:49] spending, creating our rails against corruption, saving for
[8:53] the future by putting reasonable dollars on reserve
[8:57] and reversing cuts affecting the most vulnerable san
[9:01] franciscans and saving essential jobs and services.
[9:05] I believe that together we have been successful with this work
[9:09] this year again in collaboration with
[9:12] mayor lurie we have accomplished a lot and thanks
[9:16] to him and his team this year we invested eight $8 million
[9:20] annually to replace the san francisco fire department's
[9:24] fire trucks, all of which are more than ten years old with
[9:27] some up to 50 years. So we funded new pfa freeze
[9:31] uniform for every firefighter by july of this year replacing
[9:35] all uniforms containing cancer causing chemicals of course as
[9:42] mentioned earlier that we now put together a 1.3 billion
[9:45] dollars in reserve to safeguard against trump's cut to health
[9:49] care. We have ensure full funding for
[9:52] immigration legal defense funds and immigrant resources
[9:56] in collaboration with all members and particularly the
[10:01] budget and appropriation committee.
[10:04] we restore $28 million in reinvestment and those
[10:08] include vital services to support seniors employment
[10:11] opportunities for youth critical programing
[10:14] and services for our lgbtq. A transgender linux and bipoc
[10:19] communities we fully fund it free city college we also fund
[10:23] vital hiv prevention and care services.
[10:30] we reverse layoffs for workers that provide services at 311
[10:34] call centers laguna honda hospital and child care
[10:38] facilities under the human service says agency.
[10:42] this budget showed that we can and should move forward a
[10:46] spending plan that prioritizes support for our most vulnerable
[10:50] communities and that we can still safeguard for our future.
[10:54] so I am proud of the work we have accomplished together
[10:57] and honored to have serves san francisco as your budget
[11:01] committee chair under two different mayors two different
[11:03] board presidents and through 18 civil rights supervisors.
[11:10] >> and so thank you colleagues. Why are we still facing tough
[11:11] challenges ahead? The work we have done together
[11:15] has moved san francisco in a positive direction.
[11:18] >> so while this is my last year shepherding the city's
[11:22] budget as chair, please know colleagues I am here at your
[11:26] service to assist all of you to make sure that we continue to
[11:30] stay on this positive trajectory.
[11:33] meanwhile though I continue to hope not just right now but
[11:38] remaining of the year that all of us continue to stay vigilant
[11:42] in guarding the city's fiscal health.
[11:46] so of course I just want to thank president amendment for
[11:50] appointing me to as budget committee chair and thank you
[11:53] colleagues and thank you vice chair dorsey for being a vice
[11:57] chair really throughout the year not just during the budget
[12:01] process. So thank you colleagues for
[12:02] your support. >> it's been an honor serving
[12:05] you. Thank you.
[12:06] supervisor dorsey thank you president randleman.
[12:09] colleagues, I want to start by thanking budget chair connie
[12:13] chan for her outstanding leadership throughout the
[12:14] budget process as I have witnessed here in city hall for
[12:17] many years praying prior to joining this board guiding our
[12:20] city through challenging fiscal times is no small task.
[12:24] chair chan has approached it for more years than just this
[12:28] past one with professionalism, intelligence and a
[12:31] collaborative spirit that benefited all san franciscans.
[12:34] and as I said at the budget and finance committee two weeks
[12:35] ago I know that some men my age might bristle at the notion of
[12:40] having to admit they've been well mentored by someone who's
[12:43] younger than they are. Fortunately I'm not one of
[12:47] those men and I just want to say through the chair, connie,
[12:48] you've been a great mentor to me as your vice chair on
[12:51] budget. Thank you.
[12:54] I'm also grateful to chair chan staff and especially francis
[12:57] shea for the generous collaboration the entire office
[13:01] brought to working with my office through the budget
[13:03] process. Thank you all.
[13:05] that same spirit of partnership extended to many others of
[13:06] course I want to thank mayor lurie and his team budget
[13:10] director sophia kettler for their collaboration every step
[13:14] of the way. Ms. Kettler was thoughtful,
[13:17] responsive and deeply engaged throughout these negotiations.
[13:20] I'd also like to thank comptroller greg wagner and his
[13:21] team but the budget and legislative analyst office
[13:25] and every department that spent countless hours and shared
[13:29] their expertise in answering our questions and providing the
[13:33] information we needed to make well-informed decisions.
[13:37] I want to thank my colleagues on the budget
[13:38] and appropriations committee and all the colleagues on this
[13:41] board. This was one of the most
[13:44] collaborative budget processes I have ever observed.
[13:45] let alone been a part of. We brought different
[13:49] perspectives and priorities to the table of course, but we
[13:52] approached this work with mutual respect a willingness to
[13:56] listen and a shared commitment to finding common ground.
[13:59] for much of that spirit I also want to give a special shout
[14:02] out to president randleman for the spirit of cooperation that
[14:04] you have imparted in your leadership of this board.
[14:07] this year's budget was never going to be easy.
[14:10] we met we entered this process facing a significant structural
[14:12] deficit compounded by threats posed by the federal
[14:15] government. I believe our responsibility
[14:19] was to make decisions that put the city's finances on a more
[14:20] sustainable path for years to come.
[14:24] at the same time, budgets are ultimately about people
[14:27] and throughout this process I appreciated that the committee
[14:29] remained focused on listening to communities and responding
[14:31] as best we could. The board's spending plan
[14:35] reflects that effort. I think restoring
[14:38] and protecting programs that matter deeply to san
[14:39] franciscans while remaining mindful of our city's fiscal
[14:42] constraints. Perhaps closest to my heart,
[14:45] I'm proud that we found a way to stabilize funding for
[14:46] programs that train the next generation of addiction
[14:49] and recovery specialists and community mental health
[14:51] counselors at a time when san francisco is making historic
[14:54] investments in behavioral health and recovery services.
[14:58] we also have to invest in the workforce that makes these
[15:01] services possible many of whom are in recovery themselves
[15:05] and who are finding real purpose in helping others.
[15:07] I'm grateful to for the partnership of supervisor
[15:11] sharon chen and her staff jackie prager in particular
[15:14] in working to preserve essential community services
[15:15] especially for the filipino community so that we share
[15:18] in district six and 11 and beyond.
[15:21] those organizations provide trusted cultural competence
[15:25] support that thousands of residents rely on every year.
[15:26] I'm proud we were able to work together to protect them.
[15:29] finally, thanks to my team my chief of staff dominica donovan
[15:33] who staffed me on this budget. Thanks to to madison tam, brian
[15:37] dahl and mohana somebody from my team I'm incredibly grateful
[15:40] for the dedicated professionals I get to work with who are part
[15:44] of my team and I'm pleased that we're able to preserve
[15:45] important services for older adults across our city
[15:48] including health programs that provide services to the lgbtq
[15:53] plus community and those of us aging with hiv.
[15:56] these programs are lifelines for seniors and caregivers
[16:00] alike and they deserve our continued support.
[16:01] and finally, I truly appreciate the collegiality of all my
[16:04] colleagues in this process. We didn't agree on everything
[16:07] but we approached these decisions in good faith and a
[16:09] shared commit to serving the city we love.
[16:11] thank you all. And for these reasons I'm happy
[16:13] to support this budget. Supervisor sauter thank you
[16:18] president madeline. >> colleagues if we take
[16:19] ourselves back a few months I think we all knew the original
[16:23] budget wasn't acceptable and had too many cuts and was
[16:26] too blunt and how it made those decisions.
[16:27] I know we all spent countless hours since trying to get this
[16:30] budget to a better place. Maybe not the exact perfect
[16:34] place any of us would have liked but a much better place.
[16:38] and in a moment when we see our federal government turning on
[16:42] its most vulnerable and proud that the budget committee
[16:46] and now this board stood united and looking out for the city,
[16:50] I'm also proud that we were able to fight for and win back
[16:53] many of the proposed cuts. In particular we advocated
[16:56] and won back funding to save programs that serve our seniors
[16:58] small business grants that fuel our neighborhoods and services
[17:02] to support our immigrant population.
[17:04] >> over the past few months we've spent a lot of time
[17:08] listening to communities both inside these chambers and out
[17:12] in the neighborhoods. And through that I've heard
[17:13] loud and clear that residents want transparency from city
[17:16] hall. They want partnership and they
[17:19] want to see city dollars turned into results.
[17:23] those are values that don't end today with the passage of this
[17:24] budget in which we need to keep top of mind going forward
[17:27] because this certainly won't be the last challenging budget
[17:30] before us. I want to appreciate my
[17:34] colleagues particularly on the budget committee led by chair
[17:36] chan or vice chair dorsey. And thanks as well to my team
[17:39] for navigating a challenging and time consuming last few
[17:43] months particularly my chief of staff tina bell and michelle
[17:46] andrews as well. Colleagues, I would
[17:47] respectfully ask for your vote today so that we can pass this
[17:51] budget. I will add only a few thank you
[17:58] since most of the thank you's have been have been made I do
[18:00] want to thank sophie, marie and renee all the joy in my
[18:05] office. I do want to thank special
[18:06] thanks to chair chan who has now done this for four years
[18:09] and ably led processes with different boards and different
[18:13] priorities but has done it with a unique set of skills.
[18:20] and so thank you to you and to frances shea and to all the
[18:24] folks in your office who got us through that.
[18:27] to my other colleagues on the committee.
[18:29] thank you for your participation for all of your
[18:32] work and then I would also like to give a little shout out to
[18:36] cheyenne chen who agreed to sit in for me on a number of of
[18:40] those budget and appropriations committee meetings.
[18:44] >> I hope it was a useful exercise and experience for
[18:47] you. I appreciate your well your
[18:50] willingness to do that for me and with that, madam clerk.
[18:55] I actually I don't think we need to do a roll call.
[18:58] I think we can take this same house, same call.
[19:02] >> without objection, the ordinances are finally passed.
[19:05] >> please call item 27. Item number 27 is an ordinance
[19:09] amending the police code to provide penalties for the
[19:12] prohibited discharge of fireworks including a first
[19:14] offense with a fine not less than 125 or more than 250
[19:19] and is second in any subsequent offenses with a fine not fine
[19:23] not less than 250 or more than 750 or imprisonment for not
[19:28] more than six months. >> this one we do need to do a
[19:29] roll call on on item 27 supervisor walton walton no
[19:35] supervisor wong wang I. Supervisor chan chin I
[19:42] supervisor chen chen I supervisor dorsey dorsey I
[19:46] supervisor fielder. Fielder no supervisor mahmood
[19:50] mahmood I supervisor benjamin hi benjamin I supervisor melgar
[19:57] melgar I supervisor sardar sardar I supervisors cheryl.
[20:01] cheryl either nine eyes and two nose with supervisor walton
[20:06] and fielder voting no. >> the ordinance is finally
[20:07] passed madam clerk please call item number 28.
[20:13] item number 28 is a resolution retroactively authorizing a
[20:17] grant from the california department of parks
[20:18] and recreation for the sunset dunes striping and signage
[20:21] project in the amount of 200,000 for a grant performance
[20:25] period starting july 1st, 2025 through june 30th 2028.
[20:30] >> please call the roll and item 28 supervisor walton
[20:33] walton I supervisor wong wong I supervisor chen chen I
[20:40] supervisor chen chen I supervisor dorsey dorsey I
[20:44] supervisor fielder fielder I supervisor mahmood mahmood I
[20:49] supervisor maintenance hi amendment I supervisor melgar
[20:53] melgar I supervisor solder solder I supervisor cheryl
[20:59] cheryl either 11 days without objection the resolutions
[21:03] adopted please call item 29 item 29 is a resolution
[21:07] authorizing a grant in the amount of 250,000 from the jane
[21:10] privity fund for the purpose of increasing your per diems to
[21:14] qualifying low income through the b b the jury program from
[21:20] august 1st 2026 through july 31st 2031 I can take this item
[21:24] same house, same call. Without objection the
[21:28] resolution is adopted. Please call 3332 together items
[21:32] 30 through 32 or 3 resolutions to retroactively accept
[21:34] and expend gifts from the epic systems corporation to help low
[21:38] income and at risk populations for the period of july 1st 2025
[21:43] through june 30th 2026. Item 30 authorizes monetary
[21:46] monetary gift and entitled a 2025 utmb safety net grant
[21:51] in the amount of approximately 12.7 thousand item 31
[21:54] authorizes a monetary gift entitled 2025 safety net gift
[21:59] in the amount of 115,000 and item 32 authorizes a
[22:05] monetary gift entitled 2025 unrestricted gift in the amount
[22:10] of 37 37.5 thousand. >> same house, same call.
[22:14] without objection the resolutions are adopted.
[22:17] please call items 33 and 34 together items 33 and 34 two
[22:23] resolutions approving third amendments with resource design
[22:26] interiors for system furniture item 33 increases amount by
[22:31] approximately 1.6 million for a total not to exceed amount of
[22:34] approximately 10.6 million and extending the term by three
[22:37] years for a term of nine years from september 15th 2022
[22:43] september 14th 2029 and item 34 increases the amount by
[22:45] approximately 8.8 million for a total not to exceed amount of
[22:50] approximately 17.8 million and extending the term by three
[22:53] years, three months and 17 days for a term of nine years from
[22:57] january 1st 2021 to june 2nd. Some I mean to december 31st
[23:00] 2029 same house, same call. >> without objection the
[23:06] resolutions are adopted. Please call 35 and 36 together
[23:08] items 35 and 36 are two resolutions retroactively
[23:13] authorizing the department of public health to accept
[23:16] and expend grants in the amount of approximately 1.1 million
[23:20] for a total grant amount of approximately 15.9 million from
[23:23] the centers for disease control and prevention for
[23:27] participation in program and table entitled
[23:30] strengthening std prevention and control for health
[23:31] departments for the period of july january 1st, 2019 to
[23:37] february 28th 2027 and item 36 in the amount of 250,000 from
[23:44] the state of california through essential access health for
[23:47] participation in a program entitled comprehensive sexual
[23:51] and reproductive health program for a term of one year from
[23:54] april 1st, 2026 through march 31st 2027 same house, same call
[23:58] without objection the resolutions are adopted.
[24:03] please call 37. >> item 37 is a resolution
[24:07] approving the recreation and parks department general
[24:08] manager declaration of emergency for emergency
[24:11] dredging at the san francisco marina yacht harbor estimated
[24:14] to cost in excess of 2.5 million.
[24:17] >> same house, same call without objection the
[24:21] resolutions adopted. >> please call 38 and 39
[24:22] together items 38 and 39 or 2 resolutions regarding
[24:26] construction of affordable housing item 38 authorizes each
[24:31] city to acquire the real property located at 758 pacific
[24:35] avenue from new age to housing lp for approximately 2.2
[24:39] million approving a third amend at the third amendment to the
[24:42] loan agreement and the total amount not to exceed
[24:46] approximately 13.7 million enter into a residential ground
[24:49] lease for a term of 75 years in order to construct a 100%
[24:55] affordable 175 unit multifamily rental housing development
[24:59] affordable to low income senior households.
[25:00] approving a commercial groundless with dc new asia
[25:03] commercial llc to lease a portion of 772 pacific for a
[25:08] term of 75 years to construct and operate certain commercial
[25:11] space for community serving purposes and making appropriate
[25:15] findings. And item 39 resolution is a
[25:18] resolution that authorizes mou cd to partially forgive
[25:23] approximately 1.2 million in outstanding rent obligation
[25:29] liens and reduce the monthly base rent to 5000 per month for
[25:30] the main remaining duration of the month to month occupancy to
[25:33] end on september 30th 2026. >> same house, same call
[25:37] without objection the resolutions are adopted.
[25:41] and with that yes, madam clerk we shall go to our 2:30 p.m.
[25:45] special order for people who are here for items later on
[25:49] in the agenda. >> we have a lot of items under
[25:52] our 2:30 p.m. Special order and so that could be it'll
[25:56] definitely be more than an hour .
[26:00] >> madam clerk please call 2:30 p.m. Special order yes our 230
[26:03] special order is the recognition of meritorious
[26:07] service to the city and county of san francisco.
[26:11] >> let's start with the district ten supervisor walton
[26:14] . Thank you.
[26:19] president of colleagues today it is my honor to recognize
[26:23] and celebrate someone who has dedicated an extraordinary 50
[26:27] years of her life to the students, families
[26:31] and communities of san francisco.
[26:32] miss emily wade thompson. Miss wade thompson is a true
[26:45] san francisco native and lifelong product of the san
[26:46] francisco unified school district.
[26:49] she attended smu as the from kindergarten through 12th grade
[26:53] and then went on to earn her degree in elementary education
[26:58] in from san francisco state university.
[26:59] in her master's degree in educational leadership from
[27:02] the university of san francisco ,she has spent her entire
[27:06] career giving back to the various good district that
[27:10] helped shape her over the course of 50 years with sfi
[27:13] usd. Emily served as a teacher,
[27:16] principal and administrator. She spent 15 years in the
[27:20] classroom, 11 years as principal and 24 years as an
[27:24] administrator for 30 of those years.
[27:28] she dedicated herself to dr. George washington carver
[27:31] elementary school first as a teacher and later as a
[27:35] principal. She touched the lives of
[27:38] generations of students and families.
[27:42] >> but emily's impact extends far beyond the walls of any one
[27:46] school. >> for 24 years she served as a
[27:49] supervisor and director of family and community engagement
[27:53] where she worked tirelessly to strengthen the relationships
[27:57] between schools, families and communities.
[28:00] she understood that we invest in families and bring
[28:04] communities to the table. Our students are stronger
[28:08] and our schools are stronger. She also believed deeply
[28:13] in creating opportunities for young people to dream bigger.
[28:16] >> she coached the only elementary school track team
[28:19] and smu sd at the time and organized education
[28:23] and cultural trips that allow students to experience the
[28:26] world. Traveling from paris, france to
[28:28] senegal, taiwan washington dc. Her commitment to service has
[28:35] also been felt throughout our community.
[28:38] for more than 30 years she has been a dedicated member of the
[28:42] san francisco alliance of black school educators serving as
[28:46] president and helping lead important initiatives such as
[28:48] the african american reading day and scholarship programs.
[28:52] for more than 20 years she partnered with the suu kyi
[28:55] foundation to support attendance and student success
[28:59] and baby bonus point schools. And she's supported 28
[29:04] shoestrings pre-k cohort graduations.
[29:08] through her membership and leadership with the better
[29:10] new chapter of the national sorority of phi delta kappa
[29:13] incorporated, she has continued to advance literacy, mentorship
[29:16] and community engagement. And as a lifelong member of
[29:23] first union missionary baptist church, she has remained
[29:25] committed to uplifting families and strengthening the bonds
[29:28] that hold our communities together.
[29:31] >> ms.. Wade thompson your career is a
[29:35] testament to what it means to truly serve.
[29:39] >> you cannot simply work in our schools.
[29:40] you help build community. You didn't simply educate
[29:44] students. You open doors, created
[29:47] opportunities and inspired generations of young people to
[29:50] see what is possible for themselves.
[29:54] 50 years of service is an incredible milestone and your
[29:58] impact can be seen in the students you taught the
[30:02] families you supported, the educators you mentored and the
[30:05] communities you strengthened. It is my privilege to honor you
[30:09] today and celebrate the remarkable legacy you have
[30:13] built right here in san francisco.
[30:14] congratulations ms.. Wade thompson on 50 years of
[30:18] service. We are grateful for you.
[30:21] we celebrate you and we thank you for everything you have
[30:26] given to our city. Enjoy your retirement.
[30:28] >> thank. >> good afternoon.
[30:50] okay. Good afternoon everyone.
[30:54] and to supervisor shimon walton and to everyone that is present
[30:58] it is dede an honor to be here to accept this.
[31:05] I am so humbled. At this very moment.
[31:06] I'm grateful for the 50 years that I have served in the san
[31:10] francisco unified school district on something that I
[31:14] know that I was called to do that I loved and I was very
[31:18] passionate about that of being an educator.
[31:21] I could not have made this journey without some very
[31:26] strategic partners such as the san francisco alliance of black
[31:30] school educators, the first union missionary baptist
[31:34] church, the national sorority of phi to cap inc. Begin a new
[31:38] chapter the sushi foundation the african-american
[31:44] achievement and leadership initiative and of course my
[31:48] family. And I do want to say to
[31:49] supervisor shimon walton thank you for being one of those
[31:53] african-american readers that have come into our community
[31:57] for at least 20 years. >> I really do appreciate that
[32:02] . >> I also wanted to say a
[32:06] special thank you to the bayview hunters point community
[32:10] for having built a relational trust where you allowed me to
[32:18] work with thousands of children in that community
[32:22] and especially the dr. George washington carver academic
[32:26] elementary school where thousands of students have come
[32:29] through that door. And I'm hoping in some way that
[32:31] I nurtured their genius. I would like to leave you with
[32:37] a call to action. >> please do not forget those
[32:42] african-american children that I've worked so hard with
[32:46] and that are still there. If you know that you can help
[32:50] them and you know what you know and you know how to educate
[32:54] them, please do so. Once again, thank you.
[32:57] supervisor sherman walton. >> and thank you for everyone
[33:01] who's present here today. I really do appreciate it.
[33:24] to go over
[34:02] add all right districts. >> 11.
[34:26] supervisor chen. >> may I have mr. Simon
[34:34] tanner's come up to the podium ?
[34:57] >> tolley it's my great honor to recognize to recognize roxy
[35:01] for center chu district 11 institution.
[35:05] as they celebrate their 50th anniversary in this august roxy
[35:11] it's more than a neighborhood market.
[35:12] >> it's a story of immigration's perseverance
[35:15] family and american dream. And then in the 1970s, simon
[35:22] tanner's and his family one of ten siblings immigrated from
[35:26] jordan in search of better futures.
[35:30] like so many immigrants, family who have helped build san
[35:33] francisco, simon began by working long hours in a local
[35:38] supermarket alongside his uncle through work, determination
[35:41] and sacrifices. He and his brother peter
[35:45] realized that their dream of opening roxy for center on san
[35:48] jose avenue in 1975 over the past five decades.
[35:53] roxy has become woven into the fabric of district 11 when a
[35:58] larger grocery store like the safeway closed for the evening.
[36:01] roxy stayed open serving neighbors, workers, family,
[36:08] anyone who was needing a warm milk of friends or a friendly
[36:12] face. >> they carefully selected part
[36:13] out that reflected diversity of our community making everyone
[36:17] feel welcome. Roxy has also been a gathering
[36:21] place for a generation of young people.
[36:25] they have proudly sponsored a local ethic effort like day
[36:28] programs including city college football, riot and high school
[36:32] teams, road and high school sports team and balboa
[36:35] buccaneers found proudly known as many as roxy sports.
[36:40] >> they were filled with trophies and team photos tell
[36:44] the story of business that has always invested in its
[36:47] community. Their generosity extends far
[36:51] beyond the store. Rosie has donated food to
[36:52] countless community drives, participated in neighborhood
[36:58] celebrations such as the 4th of july parade and regularly
[36:59] catered community meeting and public safety event.
[37:06] >> today simon's nephew make proudly carry on the family's
[37:11] legacy as a father of three wonderful children.
[37:15] he represents the next generation of an immigrant's
[37:19] family whose tot work continues to strengthen our city.
[37:22] >> his story reminds us that san francisco and america is
[37:26] built by family who arrives with hope wartime tirelessly
[37:30] give back to their community and create opportunity for the
[37:34] next generations. >> it is also fitting that roxy
[37:38] has become a favorite spot for dedicated officers after
[37:42] ingleside police stations and our firefighters as they
[37:46] say something special that say something special about the
[37:47] welcoming spirits and quality of the roxy has offered to for
[37:54] the last 50 years. Roxy food center is not simply
[37:58] a successful small business industrial ivan.
[37:59] it's also a symbol of american dream a beloved pillar
[38:05] in district 11 and also one of the many immigrants successful
[38:06] story that makes san francisco the extraordinary the
[38:10] extraordinary city that it is today.
[38:13] >> congratulations on 50 incredible years.
[38:16] we thank you simon make and the entire ten years family for
[38:20] your unwavering commitment to our neighborhood and we look
[38:24] forward to celebrating many more milestone together.
[38:27] >> congratulation. Thank you.
[38:35] >> good afternoon, everyone. My name is simon tanase.
[38:39] I I'm really honored and privileged to receive this
[38:46] recognition on behalf of my roxy family.
[38:51] my nephew mick and his brother in law mike.
[38:58] his wife sienna and mike's wives my hero and their family.
[39:05] I'd also like to recognize my brother peter to thank him for
[39:10] all the hard work and his wife beth mercy and over there
[39:14] and we are honored to be part of the mission terrorists
[39:20] neighborhood for the last 51 years.
[39:26] and it is been a privilege and a blessing to be part of
[39:30] that neighborhood that the customer is the neighbors, the
[39:35] mission terrorists association led by david hooper and his
[39:39] wife lisa here in a big part of the roxy success and you know I
[39:50] like to think also of ingleside police station for all the
[39:54] protection they gave us over the years.
[39:57] all the schools in the area there are countless including
[40:00] city college. We have been blessed.
[40:04] and thank you so much supervisor chen for bringing us
[40:08] to this point here. Thank you so much.
[40:12] >> thank you everyone. Have a good afternoon.
[40:21] >> okay, so here you can use the
[41:07] one district one supervisor chan.
[41:33] >> thank you. Cousin random and I first want
[41:37] to thank supervisor dorsey for really like just say the
[41:41] resolution celebrating the afghan-american heritage month
[41:45] and that I'm so honored to co-sponsor.
[41:48] >> but I also want to thank supervisors dorsey's a mohandas
[41:51] peabody for organizing all of us and I'm so humble through
[41:56] this ability that we together can honor the next generation
[42:04] and our young and also all afghan-american leaders in the
[42:08] community and through the recognition.
[42:09] >> so thank you so much for your work.
[42:11] it is my privilege and honor today that I get to honor rabbi
[42:19] maha didi who is a native san franciscans and whose
[42:23] profession and personal commitment reflect his deep
[42:28] dedication to our city and our communities.
[42:31] rabbi has remained devoted to the continued growth
[42:35] and success of our city that he proudly calls home.
[42:39] >> his commitment to san francisco is reflected not only
[42:43] in his professional achievements but also in his
[42:47] dedication to supporting the people, businesses
[42:50] and communities that contribute to our city's vibrant
[42:54] characters. >> through his work as an
[42:56] attorney, entrepreneur and community member, robbie
[42:59] continues to embody the spirit of service, leadership
[43:04] and civic pride that defines san francisco.
[43:07] >> robbie is a labor and employment attorney with
[43:11] nearly a decade of legal shakespearean.
[43:14] and he currently serves as an associate attorney at ogletree
[43:19] deakins where he focuses exclusively on litigation
[43:23] and representing employers in complex workplace matters.
[43:29] robbie earned his bachelor of arts in political science from
[43:34] chapman university and his juris doctor from ohio naughton
[43:38] university. >> pettit college of law.
[43:41] beyond his legal practice robbie has is a partner with
[43:46] prickly and natural hydration company powered by prickly
[43:50] pear. >> charisse water he has helped
[43:54] grow the brand from an emerging start up into a nationally
[43:57] recognized company that is carrying more than 3000 retail
[44:02] locations across the united states.
[44:06] demonstrating his passion for supporting local
[44:10] entrepreneurship and contributing to san
[44:11] francisco's thriving business community community service has
[44:17] also been an important part of his life for the past 22 years.
[44:20] he has participated in relay for life organizing fundraising
[44:24] effort in honor of a close family friend who lost his
[44:27] battle with cancer. He also volunteers as a mentor
[44:32] for golden gate universe at his mock trial competitions helping
[44:36] aspiring attorneys strengthen their advocacy and courtroom
[44:40] skills. In addition, he volunteers at
[44:44] his local mosque supporting community outreach initiatives,
[44:47] youth mentorship programs, charitable efforts and service
[44:51] project to assist families throughout the bay area.
[44:55] >> so clearly he does not sleep through his legal career.
[44:58] >> entrepreneurial efforts and lifelong connection to san
[45:03] francisco robbie continues to contribute his skills,
[45:07] leadership and passion to the city and communities that have
[45:10] shaped him. >> and I'm so proud and so
[45:14] humble to recognize his contribution here today and the
[45:18] floor. >> thank you so much.
[45:19] thank you. President mando man board of
[45:22] supervisors and a special thanks again to you.
[45:23] supervisor connie chen for this incredible honor.
[45:26] I'm truly humbled and grateful to receive the commendation
[45:32] from district one. I remember being a kid looking
[45:33] up at the tall buildings in the city and thinking to myself
[45:38] that one day you know I want to be in one of those buildings
[45:42] doing something that matters. San francisco lit that fire
[45:46] in me. It gave me something to reach
[45:48] for and it inspired me to dream big.
[45:52] and to be standing here today recognized by this incredible
[45:53] community is something I will carry for the rest of my life.
[45:57] >> as a labor and employment attorney at ogletree deakins
[46:01] I've had the privilege dedicating nearly a decade of
[46:04] my life of my career to advocacy and problem solving,
[46:08] helping organizations of all sizes navigate complex
[46:12] challenges. Every day I get to do work I
[46:16] love right here in the city I love.
[46:19] that combination is something I never take for granted.
[46:22] and beyond the courtroom I've been fortunate enough to
[46:24] channel my entrepreneurial spirit into a better for you
[46:31] beverage company that makes natural hydration drinks from
[46:34] real fruit instead of artificial ingredients.
[46:37] >> and we have them here in many stores here in our very
[46:43] own san francisco. And it all started with that
[46:46] same hustle, creativity and determination to the city
[46:49] instilled in all of us. And at the end of the day
[46:53] everything comes back to san francisco.
[46:56] whether it's the law to entrepreneurship or simply
[46:58] showing up for the people around me, the city is what
[47:01] drives me. The people, the neighborhoods,
[47:04] the businesses, the culture. >> there's a heartbeat here
[47:08] like nowhere else and I feel it every single day.
[47:09] I'm so proud to be part of this community and lift each other
[47:12] up and never stop striving to make the city better for
[47:15] everyone else. >> I want to thank my family
[47:19] especially my wife who thinks I work too much.
[47:22] my colleagues and everyone else who has supported me along the
[47:24] way. I promise to keep working hard
[47:26] to keep serving this incredible city and to keep making san
[47:29] francisco proud. >> thank you so much.
[47:55] >> let's take one more. Let's take one district two
[48:15] supervisor cheryl. Thank you president mantel min
[48:20] and colleagues, thank you all for joining for afghan-american
[48:23] heritage month this month. I am extremely grateful
[48:28] and honored to commend zarina yousafzai from the union square
[48:35] alliance. Zarina thank you so much for
[48:36] being here and more importantly thank you for being you know
[48:40] zarina was born and raised in fremont, the afghan
[48:43] immigrant parents who instilled in her a strong commitment to
[48:46] education, hard work and community service.
[48:50] she carried those values with her to uc irvine where she
[48:51] earned her degree in political science in 2018.
[48:54] and since 2019 sareen has built her career here in san
[48:57] francisco at the union square alliance where she now serves
[49:01] as finance and human resources supervisor overseeing the
[49:04] organization's financial human resources and administrative
[49:08] operations. In this role she has
[49:09] demonstrated remarkable leadership and resilience
[49:12] in fields where women and women of color remain
[49:15] underrepresented. Zarina also plays an important
[49:19] role in advancing the union square alliance's mission to
[49:21] support san francisco's downtown recovery.
[49:24] she has helped manage grant funding from the office of
[49:27] economic and workforce development delivering public
[49:29] activations concert series safety initiatives
[49:32] and community programing. >> this work has been
[49:35] instrumental in revitalizing union square, bringing
[49:36] residents workers visitors back to the area and revitalizing
[49:39] san francisco as a whole. But beyond her professional
[49:43] accomplishments, serena is deeply committed to uplifting
[49:47] her community. She volunteers at al sabeel
[49:50] masjid nurul islam mosque on jones street where she assists
[49:54] afghan families and she mentors young women in their
[49:58] educational and career pursuits.
[49:59] >> zarina, thank you for all that you have contributed to
[50:02] san francisco and the community.
[50:03] >> your story reflects the broader contributions that
[50:06] african americans have made to san francisco.
[50:09] contributions rooted in service perseverance and a dedication
[50:14] to uplifting others. Today we recognize you for your
[50:18] leadership, your professional excellence and most of all your
[50:21] commitment to this community. Zarina congratulations and the
[50:23] floor is yours. Thank.
[50:31] >> thank you so much. Thank you, supervisor cheryl.
[50:32] it means a lot to me and thank you to the board of supervisors
[50:36] for this commendation. In honor of afghan-american
[50:40] heritage month it is truly an honor to be here today.
[50:43] I also want to extend a special thank you to manas abidi for
[50:47] recommending me for this recognition.
[50:48] I'm grateful our paths cross while serving this incredible
[50:51] city. Your commitment to uplifting
[50:55] our afghan community inspires me deeply and I'm honored to
[50:59] stand here today because of your support.
[51:00] >> my afghan community is the core of who I am.
[51:04] I was born and raised in fremont.
[51:07] as mentioned by supervisor cheryl.
[51:10] known to many as little kabul where thousands of afghans
[51:14] including my parents found refuge in the 1980s.
[51:15] I carry that history with me every day.
[51:18] it reminds me of the resilience our community has shown
[51:22] and motivates me to serve especially our youth and our
[51:26] young afghan women who deserve to see what is possible.
[51:29] >> my parents inspire me every day.
[51:33] >> their sacrifice, strength and belief in education
[51:37] and hard work are the foundation of everything I do.
[51:38] I would not be standing here without them.
[51:41] like so many children of immigrants, I am here because
[51:46] of the opportunities they work so hard to create and I believe
[51:49] it is our responsibility to inspire the next generation
[51:54] through education, civic engagement and community
[51:56] involvement. >> being recognized in the city
[52:00] I love means so much. San francisco is a huge part of
[52:04] my story. I am proud to work for the
[52:05] union square alliance and contribute to its mission
[52:08] alongside an incredible team that has provided me with
[52:12] countless opportunities and countless opportunities to
[52:16] grow both personally and professionally.
[52:17] growing up san francisco was always a place I dreamed of
[52:21] being and I'm grateful to now serve and give back to this
[52:24] city. They say if you love what you
[52:25] do you never work a day in your life.
[52:28] and that's exactly how it feels.
[52:31] this commendation is not a purchase, a personal honor.
[52:33] it's a recognition of the african american community our
[52:36] history, our contributions and our future.
[52:40] it celebrates those who came before us and those who will
[52:41] come after us. I did I did not take this
[52:45] commendation lately I am deeply grateful to be commended during
[52:51] a month that celebrates african americans and their
[52:52] contributions to the city and county of san francisco.
[52:54] >> thank you
[53:26] . >> district three supervisor
[53:28] sauter thank you president gentlemen.
[53:31] colleagues today I'm happy to introduce sara for rosie
[53:35] in honor of afghan-american heritage month.
[53:36] sara please come up and join us .
[53:41] sara for rosie is an immigration lawyer at the san
[53:46] francisco office of fragment. Ray bernsen and lowy llp
[53:49] located in district three. Her journey in san francisco
[53:53] started at usf law school in 2017 where she obtained her
[54:00] j.d. In 2020 and for the past nine years sara has witnessed
[54:04] firsthand san francisco's vibrant culture entrepreneurial
[54:07] spirit and deep rooted immigrant heritage.
[54:08] >> through her work she actively protects
[54:12] and strengthens these attributes every day by helping
[54:16] immigrants build their future here in san francisco.
[54:17] >> she is ensuring that our city continues to be a hub for
[54:20] innovation and genomic growth. Her work also enriches san
[54:24] francisco's cultural fabric by helping individuals
[54:27] and families build new lives, establish lasting roots
[54:31] and contribute their unique perspectives, traditions
[54:35] and talents. As a bilingual attorney fluent
[54:38] in english and farsi, sara brings a valuable cultural
[54:42] perspective to her practice representing the immeasurable
[54:43] contribution ins and resilience of african americans in the
[54:47] legal profession and beyond. Her involvement and leadership
[54:51] in celebrating afghan-american heritage is a reflection of her
[54:56] belief in promoting the stories of those who chose to call this
[55:00] city home. And as we honor sara's work
[55:03] and prepare to celebrate afghan-american heritage month
[55:07] in august, this is a moment to recommit to the work of making
[55:10] sure our city is a place that welcomes and protects
[55:14] immigrants, values their contributions and recognizes
[55:17] the vital role they play in shaping our city's future.
[55:21] so sara, thank you again for being an inspiring
[55:25] representative of the african american community and for
[55:29] helping san francisco be a stronger and more inclusive
[55:32] city. >> and I now welcome you to
[55:33] share a few words. Thank you.
[55:34] supervisor san. >> good afternoon everyone.
[55:44] >> I am deeply honored and grateful to receive this
[55:45] recognition from the city and county of san francisco.
[55:49] I would like to begin by extending my sincere thanks to
[55:53] board president madeline. The members of the board of
[55:59] supervisors and especially supervisor sauter and menard's
[56:03] anybody for this incredible recognition.
[56:06] >> thank you for your leadership, your service to the
[56:10] city and your commitment to celebrating the diverse
[56:13] communities that make san francisco such a special place.
[56:17] I would also like to acknowledge how meaningful this
[56:21] moment is because it comes as the board prepares to pass a
[56:25] resolution today recognizing august as afghan-american
[56:28] heritage month. As an afghan-american woman
[56:32] receiving this recognition at a time when our community's
[56:36] contributions, stories and history are being formally
[56:40] recognized by the city of san francisco makes us honor even
[56:44] more profound it serves as a reminder of how far our
[56:48] community has come and the countless individuals whose
[56:53] resilience, perseverance and service have helped shape
[56:57] the city we all call home. For the past nine years san
[57:00] francisco has been my home. It is where I attended the
[57:04] university of san francisco where I built my career where I
[57:08] found community lifelong friendships and where I have
[57:11] grown both personally and professionally.
[57:14] this city welcomes me, challenges me and inspires me
[57:18] to give back in ways that I never imagined.
[57:20] today I have the privilege of serving as an immigration
[57:24] attorney. Every day I work alongside
[57:27] individuals and families who are pursuing new futures.
[57:31] excuse me new beginnings seeking opportunity
[57:35] and building their futures in this country.
[57:38] through that work I am constantly reminded of the
[57:39] determination and hope that immigrants bring to our
[57:43] communities. As the daughter of immigrants
[57:46] and as someone whose own life has been shaped by those
[57:49] values, it is an honor to help others navigate their own
[57:53] journeys and contribute to the fabric of this city and country
[57:56] . >> I would like to recognize my
[57:58] partner bregman who is here today.
[58:01] thank you rachel for your mentorship and support.
[58:04] I am grateful to work alongside such dedicated and talented
[58:08] professionals and this recognition is not mine alone.
[58:11] to my parents thank you for your sacrifices, perseverance
[58:16] and unwavering belief in the power of education, hard work
[58:19] and service. Everything I have accomplished
[58:20] stands on the foundation you built for me.
[58:24] to my mom especially thank you for being my greatest supporter
[58:28] and constant source of strength .
[58:31] and to my husband thank you for your unwavering support,
[58:35] encouragement, love and partnership.
[58:36] I am so grateful to share this moment with you and our
[58:40] daughter. Lastly, I would like to close
[58:43] with an afghan proverb. >> excuse my farsi.
[58:50] cataract. Cataract jamychal.
[58:53] one got a tattoo on me shot. This means drop by drop of
[58:58] river cross into the sea. To me this reflects the spirit
[59:02] of san francisco. Every act of service, every
[59:06] opportunity extended to another person and every contribution
[59:10] to our community may seem small on its own but together they
[59:14] create something extraordinary. Thank you again for this
[59:18] incredible honor. It is a privilege to call san
[59:22] francisco my home and I am deeply grateful to be
[59:23] recognized by the city that has given me so much.
[59:26] >> thank you
[1:00:29] . >> all right.
[1:00:37] >> district four supervisor wong.
[1:00:44] >> good afternoon, colleagues. May have park and rec.
[1:00:47] >> come join us up here. Hello.
[1:00:51] >> good afternoon, colleagues. In celebration of park
[1:00:56] and recreation month. I'm pleased to honor the
[1:00:59] dedicated employees of the san francisco recreation and park
[1:01:03] department whose hard work makes our parks and open spaces
[1:01:07] some of the greatest assets in our city.
[1:01:08] district four is home to some of the city's most iconic parks
[1:01:11] and open spaces. Whether it's children playing
[1:01:14] at a neighborhood playground, families gathering for a
[1:01:18] picnic. Athletes competing on our ball
[1:01:19] fields or residents simply enjoying the outdoors.
[1:01:22] these spaces enrich our daily lives.
[1:01:25] none of this would be possible without the hardworking park
[1:01:27] recreation and park employees who care for them every single
[1:01:31] day. I'd like to recognize several
[1:01:34] members of the rec and park department who have joined us
[1:01:36] today. There's general manager sarah
[1:01:38] medland and policy and public affairs manager jack avery.
[1:01:41] >> thank you for your leadership and everything you
[1:01:43] do for our city. >> today I'm honored to
[1:01:45] recognize two outstanding members of the department nick
[1:01:49] borgerson and park service member and brandon o'keefe.
[1:01:56] >> gardner captain. Nick serves as the park
[1:02:04] services manager for service area for overseeing more than a
[1:02:08] thousand acres of parkland across nearly all of district
[1:02:10] four. For more than 14 years he has
[1:02:11] led gardening and custodial teams working closely with
[1:02:15] residents support countless community events and ensured
[1:02:19] our parks and rec facilities remain in outstanding
[1:02:22] condition. His leadership has been
[1:02:22] instrumental in successfully managing our parks through four
[1:02:27] stern grove festival seasons including the challenging years
[1:02:30] following the severe winter storms and in maintaining
[1:02:34] premier athletic fields throughout the district while
[1:02:35] helping deliver the new stern grove playground.
[1:02:41] brennan serves as the gardener captain for the stern grove
[1:02:42] complex caring for stern grove pine lake park.
[1:02:47] parkside square. Mcalpin park, carlson park
[1:02:50] and several surrounding neighborhood parks.
[1:02:53] during his nearly 12 years with the department, he has advanced
[1:02:55] from apprentice gardener to gardener captain bringing
[1:02:58] remarkable skill and pride to every park he has served.
[1:03:01] one of his proudest achievements was leading the
[1:03:05] landscape restoration of sterling grove's east meadow
[1:03:08] following the devastating winter storms helping restore
[1:03:10] his beloved community's space for concerts, weddings, picnics
[1:03:17] and countless neighborhood gatherings.
[1:03:18] while we're recognizing nick and brennan today they
[1:03:21] represent the hundreds of dedicated recreation and park
[1:03:25] employees who work behind the scenes every day from gardeners
[1:03:29] and custodians to maintenance crews, recreation leaders
[1:03:32] and supervisors. Your dedication keeps our parks
[1:03:33] beautiful. Our facilities welcoming
[1:03:36] and our neighborhoods thriving on behalf of the residents of
[1:03:40] district four, thank you for everything you and your team do
[1:03:42] to serve our communities. Now would like to give you a
[1:03:45] floor to say a few things. Thank you and thank you to the
[1:03:51] board for the recognition and the honor of which I'm
[1:03:55] really proud. On behalf of my team both
[1:03:58] gardening and custodial to accept it's it's really quite
[1:04:03] an honor. As parks services manager I'm
[1:04:06] incredibly thankful for the fantastic and committed staff
[1:04:10] we have over in district four. Together we manage as you
[1:04:15] mentioned 11 parks and complex sports complexes just within
[1:04:19] district four. I have to pause and say one of
[1:04:21] the one of the great joys I have with and working with
[1:04:25] parks is the amazing team that I work with towards the the
[1:04:29] beneficial maintenance of all of those unique parks
[1:04:34] in district four and throughout the city.
[1:04:36] if you think about it, each park is is a very unique little
[1:04:40] gem and so unique are the communities that surround each
[1:04:44] each park so each one is vastly different from the next and so
[1:04:47] the parks there serve those local communities and it's just
[1:04:51] nice to be part of that whole process to provide some oxygen
[1:04:56] to you know, this this this area that can seem a little bit
[1:05:02] 9 to 5 for for a lot of folks. So just a I also wanted to
[1:05:10] mention that our sfr pd team devalues its role in working
[1:05:14] towards the maintenance here aspects and that's in providing
[1:05:18] beautiful active spaces for our diverse community.
[1:05:22] thank you for recognizing the hard work and efforts of our
[1:05:26] humble team. >> appreciate it.
[1:05:43] even though you get district five supervisor mahmood.
[1:06:11] >> colleagues today it is my honor during an african
[1:06:16] american heritage month for the upcoming month of august to
[1:06:20] recognize william husseini, the assistant u.s. Attorney whose
[1:06:23] career has been defined by extorting very commitment to
[1:06:27] public service and to protecting our communities a
[1:06:30] courageous alum has spent the past 13 years as a federal
[1:06:41] prosecutor since returning home to the bay area in 2022.
[1:06:44] she has served in the northern district of california where
[1:06:47] she worked on corporate fraud matters, violent crime and drug
[1:06:51] trafficking cases affecting neighborhoods within san
[1:06:52] francisco including the tenderloin.
[1:06:55] >> she was born in kabul, afghanistan and came to fremont
[1:06:59] as a child after her family immigrated to the united states
[1:07:02] . Like so many afghan families
[1:07:03] who made their east bay their home, they became part of
[1:07:07] fremont's vibrant afghan american community helping
[1:07:11] build the neighborhood while creating opportunities for the
[1:07:12] next generation. >> she went on to earn both her
[1:07:16] undergraduate degree and law degree from uc berkeley for
[1:07:19] clerking for a federal judge in miami at both the district
[1:07:23] court and 11th circuit court of appeals.
[1:07:26] although she had the opportunity to remain
[1:07:27] in private practice, elam chose a career in public service.
[1:07:31] she joined the u.s. Attorney's office in miami.
[1:07:34] prosecuting cases and violence involving violent crime, child
[1:07:38] exploitation, fraud, civil rights, public corruption
[1:07:41] and drug trafficking. In 2022 she returned to the bay
[1:07:45] area to continue that work here at home.
[1:07:46] >> her recent jury trials in san francisco involve the
[1:07:49] human trafficking of a young minor and a murder for hire
[1:07:52] prosecution representing some of the most difficult cases.
[1:07:55] >> our justice system is called upon to handle.
[1:07:59] >> throughout her career, elam has approached this work with
[1:08:01] conviction and responsibility rooted in protecting
[1:08:03] and serving our most vulnerable communities.
[1:08:07] >> she has worked to protect victims, uphold the rule of law
[1:08:11] and help keep our communities safe.
[1:08:12] >> this is especially meaningful to recognize.
[1:08:16] elam during a fine american heritage month because this
[1:08:17] month of august gives us the opportunity to celebrate the
[1:08:20] generations of afghan americans who have strengthened our city
[1:08:24] and our country through our public service.
[1:08:27] entrepreneurship, education and community leadership.
[1:08:28] >> holmes career reflects that legacy and stands as an example
[1:08:32] of what is possible for young african americans growing up
[1:08:35] here in the bay area. >> recently I also learned that
[1:08:39] elam is the cousin of author charlotte for any who's work
[1:08:42] many millions of readers may know to afghan's history and to
[1:08:46] the resilience of its people through the book kite runner.
[1:08:50] my as you may not know but one of the last memories I have of
[1:08:54] my grandmother was watching the kite runner when it was playing
[1:08:57] on broadway in new york and it's a memory I will
[1:09:01] cherish for the many years now that she has passed.
[1:09:04] >> so hamm, thank you for your service to the people of san
[1:09:06] francisco and for representing the very best of our
[1:09:08] afghan-american community. >> the floor is yours.
[1:09:18] >> thank you. President amendment board
[1:09:19] supervisor and a special thank you to supervisor mahmood.
[1:09:23] I'm incredibly grateful for this recognition and my afghan
[1:09:26] heritage is a big part of who I am.
[1:09:27] my family immigrated to fremont when I was ten years old.
[1:09:31] my earliest memory as a child or from growing up
[1:09:35] in afghanistan and my first memories of immigrating to this
[1:09:38] country involve how warmly the community in fremont welcomed
[1:09:41] my family. And it's not just the community
[1:09:44] in fremont but the bay area in general and that became my
[1:09:48] home. >> and it is a beautiful place
[1:09:49] to live especially as an immigrant.
[1:09:53] >> I'm thankful for the community we have built.
[1:09:54] a big part of why I chose a career in public service is to
[1:09:57] serve the people who welcomed me and my family to this
[1:10:01] country. I've had the privilege of
[1:10:04] working with law enforcement partners and officials to make
[1:10:07] the tenderloin a safer a safer place to live and work.
[1:10:11] I want to thank all those partners for the work we've
[1:10:13] done together and also have special note thank you to
[1:10:16] mahnaz abadi for her tireless efforts in working to bring
[1:10:19] people together for the betterment of our community.
[1:10:23] on a personal level I want to dedicate this to my mom who is
[1:10:26] here today. Mom, I'm amazed by your
[1:10:27] sacrifices and grateful for your support.
[1:10:31] you are the smartest and strongest person that I
[1:10:34] know. And finally as a mom myself, I
[1:10:35] want to call out my beautiful children zane and perry.
[1:10:38] I love you both. Thank you again.
[1:10:41] >> I really appreciate this opportunity and district six
[1:11:10] supervisor dorsey thank you president mandelbaum.
[1:11:14] colleagues, it is my distinct honor to recognize an
[1:11:18] exceptional public servant whose life and career embody
[1:11:20] the very best of san francisco's values resilience,
[1:11:26] opportunity, integrity and an unwavering commitment to
[1:11:27] serving others. I'm proud to honor joseph as
[1:11:30] the mayor lurie's assistant chief for public safety joseph
[1:11:41] joseph story begins like so many great san franciscans
[1:11:42] stories do with a family seeking refuge and finding a
[1:11:46] home. In the early 1980s his family
[1:11:49] arrived in san francisco as afghan refugees seeking safety,
[1:11:53] stability and the opportunity to build a better future.
[1:11:57] they settled near silver avenue and sweeney street in a
[1:12:00] community that welcomed them with compassion and hope.
[1:12:02] >> joseph says that san francisco gave his family
[1:12:05] everything opportunity, security and a future and he
[1:12:09] has spent his career admirably repaying that gift through a
[1:12:12] lifetime dedicated to protecting and serving the
[1:12:16] people of this city. That calling led him to the san
[1:12:19] francisco police department where he broke new ground as
[1:12:22] the first afghan police officer promoted to the rank of
[1:12:24] sergeant and was a speedy colleague of mine for a time.
[1:12:27] over the course of his distinguished career he served
[1:12:30] honorably and well in the mission southern tenderloin
[1:12:34] and northern police districts earning the respect of
[1:12:35] colleagues and communities alike.
[1:12:38] joseph understood that true public safety isn't achieved
[1:12:42] solely by enforcing the law but by earning trust and building
[1:12:45] meaningful relationships with the community he was sworn to
[1:12:47] protect. He worked tirelessly to
[1:12:50] strengthen partnerships between law enforcement and our diverse
[1:12:53] communities approaching every interaction with fairness,
[1:12:57] empathy and with respect. When medical challenges brought
[1:13:01] his police career to an unexpected close, joseph
[1:13:02] continued his commitment to service in the private sector
[1:13:06] with the san francisco 49 ers organization.
[1:13:08] and when the opportunity arose once again to serve the city
[1:13:12] and county of san francisco, he answered that call without
[1:13:15] hesitation. Today as assistant chief for
[1:13:16] public safety and mayor lurie's administration he continues to
[1:13:20] advance initiatives that strengthen public safety
[1:13:24] and foster collaboration across our city.
[1:13:27] what makes joseph's career so truly remarkable isn't simply
[1:13:31] the positions he has held but the values that have guided him
[1:13:32] through every chapter of his service.
[1:13:35] humility, integrity, compassion and an enduring belief that
[1:13:39] public safety is both a privilege and a responsibility
[1:13:42] . Joseph, on behalf of the san
[1:13:43] francisco board of supervisors and the people of san
[1:13:47] francisco, thank you for your decades of service, your
[1:13:50] principled leadership and your unwavering commitment to our
[1:13:51] city's diverse communities. As we prepare to celebrate
[1:13:54] afghan-american heritage month in a few days, it is our
[1:13:58] privilege to recognize you for your contributions and to
[1:14:02] express our gratitude for all that you do and all that you
[1:14:05] have done for the city we love. >> congratulations.
[1:14:15] and I have to leave. But before you speak,
[1:14:23] supervisor mahmood yosef yosef ,you have made one the most
[1:14:34] profound impacts in my career and the first two years of
[1:14:38] office. >> I remember that weekend
[1:14:42] in september where there was an increase in youth violence
[1:14:46] in the tenderloin. And you and I had a call
[1:14:50] and you said let's go on a walk.
[1:14:53] and we walked down leavenworth and it was like walking down
[1:15:00] history memory lane because every block you told me the
[1:15:04] story of who was there, how long they've been there
[1:15:09] different demographics, different races.
[1:15:12] every block was a different community, a different
[1:15:17] challenge and a different element of hope.
[1:15:18] and I remember when we got I think to leavenworth and eddie
[1:15:23] a group of 20 kids runs up there weren't kids anymore but
[1:15:27] probably young, young early 20s and they run up to you.
[1:15:30] I don't think you'd seen them in years.
[1:15:34] and one of them says uncle yosef, I just got a job.
[1:15:35] >> and you showed me how these were people that you knew as
[1:15:42] kids from your days in community policing.
[1:15:46] and I don't know what lesson you were trying to teach me
[1:15:50] that day but I came away with like 50 lessons.
[1:15:55] >> and it showed me the power of community policing, the
[1:15:56] profound relationships you formed with the neighborhood
[1:16:03] and that on that day four years prior and the impact that that
[1:16:07] has had for years and years to come and that impact I think
[1:16:14] has led to permanently shaping a future for this neighborhood
[1:16:19] where for the first time in years we're investing
[1:16:26] in community policing again in the tenderloin for the first
[1:16:29] time in years we're taking a focus on the youth and actually
[1:16:30] elevating their stories because of you we are now creating the
[1:16:37] first youth violence prevention program which I see squalor as
[1:16:41] guys are behind you. >> we want to rise with the
[1:16:48] united players and and it just shows how one person namely you
[1:17:03] can make a huge difference. And mayor lurie picking you was
[1:17:08] one of your best choices for the neighborhood band like it
[1:17:13] was like if you were not in this position the tenderloin
[1:17:16] would not be in the recovery that it's in today.
[1:17:19] and I have permanently learned so much from you that I will
[1:17:27] never forget. We have many years to go but I
[1:17:30] I'm so grateful for being able to partner with you and for
[1:17:34] teaching me so much on how to turn this neighborhood around.
[1:17:36] and really excited and really great choice.
[1:17:39] I'm really bummed it wasn't mine.
[1:17:40] so big. >> congrats yosef.
[1:17:43] thank you so much for sharing that comment.
[1:17:49] yosef I should acknowledge that your boss mayor lurie has
[1:17:54] entered the chamber. >> mayor larry if you would
[1:17:55] like to say anything please come up.
[1:17:58] >> okay. Supervisor mahmood that was
[1:18:01] really poignant and I appreciate it and he deserves
[1:18:05] every single word of it. I just wanted to stop by
[1:18:12] and say I've known what do I call you mr. Izzy yosef for a
[1:18:17] very long time now. His brother and his sister are
[1:18:21] here who are dear friends. And when you go into jobs like
[1:18:25] this you want people that are going to go all in with you.
[1:18:33] and this is a tough position that you're in challenging one
[1:18:39] you and and stephen betts and you all have just gone all
[1:18:43] in with your your soul and your heart.
[1:18:47] and and I talk to you at midnight.
[1:18:51] I talk to you at 6 a.m.. You are always on and you care
[1:18:54] so deeply about this city. You care deeply about the t l
[1:18:58] but you care deeply about every single part of this city.
[1:19:02] you want our youth to have opportunities and you're
[1:19:06] fighting for it every day in this position.
[1:19:07] and you come from the law enforcement side but your heart
[1:19:11] is in the community building side which I think is so
[1:19:15] incredibly unique. And we need more of that
[1:19:19] in this city. And so it's I'm so grateful to
[1:19:23] the supervisors for honoring I know yosef azeem.
[1:19:26] he's a dear friend. But I'm glad that the whole
[1:19:30] city gets to see a true champion of san francisco doing
[1:19:37] the work every single day. Your two children, your wife,
[1:19:41] your brother, your sister, your parents I know are incredibly
[1:19:45] proud of you as am I. >> so thanks for all your work
[1:19:49] on behalf of the city and county of san francisco.
[1:19:59] >> all right. Thank you.
[1:20:00] the presidency president, mandolin and board.
[1:20:03] I'm truly grateful. I also want to thank
[1:20:07] mayor lurie or chief of public safety steven betts, my
[1:20:11] counterpart and the guy that truly puts in all the work with
[1:20:14] me. My teammates across our city
[1:20:15] departments chieftain chrisman sheriff miyamoto, chief
[1:20:19] clinical lieutenant dave gough you know you guys are working
[1:20:22] with us every single day making things happen.
[1:20:26] and I can't thank you enough. Most importantly, you know my
[1:20:30] family, my wife nicole, my kids luciano joseph jr.
[1:20:33] and my brother tarek azeem. Dina and my mom and my uncle
[1:20:37] tony for always supporting me. I always have big dreams, big
[1:20:41] goals and they've never told me I can't do them.
[1:20:44] >> they always say go harder, go bigger.
[1:20:46] and even when I do go you've got to go even harder next time
[1:20:48] . So they're never it's never
[1:20:49] enough. You got to keep going.
[1:20:50] so I generally thank you for for for doing that and really
[1:20:53] the commute organizations I mean you got howard we got
[1:20:57] rudy, we got the squad, we got vip united players.
[1:21:00] I mean it's been over close to 15 years.
[1:21:01] I've been working with these guys day in and day out
[1:21:04] and just like the mayor said, I'm on the phone with howard at
[1:21:07] four in the morning, six in the morning with these guys.
[1:21:09] answer the call. They show up.
[1:21:11] it's really not me doing the work.
[1:21:12] it's honestly them doing the work and I'm just the guy
[1:21:14] that's conveying the messaging .
[1:21:15] so thank you all. This is really your award, not
[1:21:16] mine. So thank you.
[1:21:19] sincerely. You know, our family's journey
[1:21:23] began about 40 years ago when my parents arrived as refugees
[1:21:26] with nothing but hope. And my mother taught me that no
[1:21:30] matter how hard life gets, you always take care of your
[1:21:33] community and in return your community will take care of you
[1:21:36] . And why I say that was because
[1:21:37] she as a mother of three children my father had some
[1:21:41] severe health mental health issues and she never gave up on
[1:21:45] him. She continued to care for him
[1:21:48] and you know she would still help other people.
[1:21:52] and I would always say mom, you're struggling but you're
[1:21:53] helping other people. And she would always say you
[1:21:56] have to keep helping people. And that lesson just stuck with
[1:22:00] me. Know I didn't understand it but
[1:22:01] I saw it and that's why it's kind of ingrained in me now
[1:22:04] and I just do it naturally because I watched her do it.
[1:22:06] >> and you know, I hope she's proud.
[1:22:07] I hope you're proud, mom. They are able to see this
[1:22:10] today. >> this is really about you
[1:22:11] know, not I again but I could tell you guys you know, I get a
[1:22:15] little emotional even talking about the san francisco police
[1:22:17] uniform was the greatest honor of my life.
[1:22:21] the way it ended wasn't on my terms of course, because of
[1:22:22] some health issues. But being able to come back
[1:22:25] in this role is so special for me and just to be able to work
[1:22:30] with these people again and do what I do from the bottom of my
[1:22:32] heart there's nothing great on this road.
[1:22:33] I mean when this ends I've accomplished my mission
[1:22:37] in life. >> I'm happy to be here, happy
[1:22:40] to do what I could with you guys.
[1:22:43] you know, again, I can't thank you guys enough.
[1:22:47] supervisor dorsey, you're the best.
[1:22:48] I appreciate you very much. A great partner.
[1:22:50] >> I can't do this without a group like this and one of us
[1:22:55] you're doing phenomenal work. So again, thank you from the
[1:22:58] bottom my heart. >> thank you to see the whole
[1:23:33] family well take of her twin. Okay.
[1:24:11] got it. Let's take some
[1:25:34] . >> and next up, district seven
[1:25:38] supervisor melgar. >> thank you, president
[1:25:41] colleagues, it is great. >> on with a great honor that
[1:25:46] disability pride month we will be presenting a special
[1:25:49] commendation to the pomeroy recreation and rehabilitation
[1:25:53] center. >> if you could come up please
[1:26:00] . >> you too, david.
[1:26:01] well, I located on the outer edge of san francisco a
[1:26:07] district seven. The pomeroy center has served
[1:26:08] at san francisco's disability community for more than 70
[1:26:14] years. Next year will mark the
[1:26:15] center's 75th anniversary. >> and it is it's probably
[1:26:23] lesser known than the pomeroy center but it is actually owned
[1:26:27] by the city and the land is through the public utilities
[1:26:28] commission. The pomeroy center was founded
[1:26:31] by janet pomeroy in 1952 at a time when many individuals with
[1:26:38] disabilities were excluded from society and community life
[1:26:42] and often institutionalized. >> in founding the center,
[1:26:47] janet pomeroy aimed to meet community needs for programs
[1:26:51] that serve children adults with disabilities seniors.
[1:26:55] the center's mission is to provide recreation ational
[1:26:58] vocational educational opportunities for people with
[1:27:03] disabilities through programs and services that encourage
[1:27:04] self-expression, promote personal achievement and growth
[1:27:08] and lead to greater independence.
[1:27:11] today the center's programs and services support nearly
[1:27:15] 2000 people every week. Some of pomeroy center's
[1:27:19] impactful programs include the afterschool program for
[1:27:23] children with disabilities who attend s.f. School throughout
[1:27:27] the day offering a safe, active ,engaging place to learn to
[1:27:31] play, to hold relationship ups. The residential program which
[1:27:36] provides adults with disabilities with safe, stable
[1:27:39] housing and individualized support.
[1:27:40] >> the aquatics program a pool and swimming program that
[1:27:43] serves both the disability community and the broader
[1:27:48] community. Particularly children
[1:27:51] and seniors. And the employment services
[1:27:54] program which provides job training and placement services
[1:27:58] to people with disabilities. >> we celebrate the pomeroy
[1:28:02] center for this disability pride month because its work is
[1:28:06] about uplifting and honoring the history, the experiences,
[1:28:10] the achievements of the disability rights movement
[1:28:13] and of the disability community.
[1:28:17] disability looks very different for everyone.
[1:28:20] >> for people experiencing disability it is a very diverse
[1:28:25] thing. This month is a chance for us
[1:28:29] to celebrate those in the community and also to recognize
[1:28:32] the challenges folks in this community face still.
[1:28:36] >> the primary center is a deeply admirable example of how
[1:28:40] an organization working to support individuals with
[1:28:44] disabilities can grow and thrive and help people
[1:28:48] connect with others. I also want to note how
[1:28:49] impressed I am with the staff at the pomeroy center who truly
[1:28:53] serve with purpose, with love, with deep respect for the
[1:29:00] mission of the center. They are a large part of why
[1:29:01] this space is so warm and welcoming.
[1:29:04] families feel truly connected to the center and that is only
[1:29:08] possible because of the intention ality of the
[1:29:12] relationships that get built here.
[1:29:13] I want to celebrate the pomeroy center for its more than 70
[1:29:18] years of dedicated service to and in collaboration with the
[1:29:23] san francisco's disability community as well as the city
[1:29:27] at large. With that I would like to
[1:29:28] present jillian mueller, director of development
[1:29:32] and communicate and david drew pinsky, ceo and jj kin who will
[1:29:39] speak to us about the experience in the pomeroy
[1:29:44] center. And I want to recognize their
[1:29:45] service, their dedication and their care for the
[1:29:48] community in san francisco. >> all right.
[1:29:57] good afternoon, president vandeman and members of the
[1:30:01] board of supervisors on behalf of the pomeroy center.
[1:30:04] thank you for recognizing our organization during disability
[1:30:06] pride month. >> we are especially grateful
[1:30:09] to supervisor melgar who has been an incredible advocate
[1:30:12] and friend to pomeroy throughout the years and we are
[1:30:16] incredibly honored to be here today.
[1:30:17] >> this recognition is important because it reflects
[1:30:21] something really extraordinary .
[1:30:24] history has not always been kind to the disability
[1:30:26] community whose members have often been excluded, ignored
[1:30:29] and hidden from public life. >> this commendation shows that
[1:30:33] the board of supervisors sees values and celebrates this
[1:30:38] community and recognizes the contributions that they make
[1:30:41] every day. >> pomeroy we create
[1:30:44] opportunities for children and adults with developmental
[1:30:46] disabilities to build relationships, develop life
[1:30:50] skills, express themselves, find meaningful employment,
[1:30:54] stay active and of course have fun.
[1:30:57] we also provide residential services that offer safe
[1:31:01] and supportive homes where our residents can build
[1:31:02] independence while also maintaining connected to the
[1:31:05] pomeroy community. >> our participants are not
[1:31:06] only involved that pomeroy. They also volunteer throughout
[1:31:10] the bay area. For example, one group
[1:31:13] volunteers with the san francisco marin food bank
[1:31:14] and delivers meals throughout the bay area sharing their time
[1:31:18] and talents while making a meaningful difference in the
[1:31:21] lives of others. >> our impact as supervisor
[1:31:24] melgar said, extends to the broader public with our 92
[1:31:27] degree saltwater pool we provide therapeutic swimming
[1:31:28] senior programs and children's swim lessons for people of all
[1:31:32] ages and all abilities. As we continue to grow.
[1:31:36] we plan to expand our residential housing program so
[1:31:39] more participants can have safe stable homes for families with
[1:31:44] a child or a sibling with a disability.
[1:31:47] housing can be a major source of fear and anxiety, especially
[1:31:49] when they are uncertain about their future.
[1:31:51] we are committed to easing that bier by creating more long term
[1:31:55] housing opportunities so people with disabilities can remain
[1:31:57] in san francisco and stay connected to the people and the
[1:31:59] places they know and love. We also hope to one day open an
[1:32:04] inclusive, inclusive of preschool and daycare on site
[1:32:07] where children with and without disabilities ages 0 to 5 can
[1:32:10] learn and grow together from an early age.
[1:32:13] >> today pomeroy serves more than 2000 people each week but
[1:32:17] our true impact is found in the small moments of competence,
[1:32:21] connection, independence and belonging that happen here
[1:32:24] each day. >> thank you again to the board
[1:32:26] of supervisors for this meaningful recognition
[1:32:29] and thank you again to supervisor melgar for your
[1:32:30] continued partnership and support.
[1:32:32] I would now like to turn it over to jj who's one of our
[1:32:36] participants at pomeroy to give her words on the her experience
[1:32:38] at pomeroy to up to noon. My name is jj.
[1:32:46] I am proud to be a positive pet at the palmerston day dojo.
[1:32:54] my mother met model and services go board of
[1:32:59] supervisors for our pathway to disability pride month.
[1:33:05] >> paul has helped me grow because partly because of
[1:33:09] pomona I have a job at no to and I'm proud to work and be
[1:33:13] part of my community. >> my job gives me alerts
[1:33:20] and helps me be more independent.
[1:33:28] >> paul might also what has also helped me make well.
[1:33:32] wonderful friends are to to new tunes go on fun community
[1:33:40] outings and activities I never thought I could do.
[1:33:43] >> I feel included. I feel supported.
[1:33:47] I feel like I belong on disability pride month moments
[1:33:55] as people with disabilities have drapes colored and dreams
[1:34:01] with the white support we can work, make friends, be part of
[1:34:07] our communities and live for a myriad of lives.
[1:34:14] >> get your ball that is a palm and board supported people like
[1:34:17] me. It has to district nine
[1:35:23] supervisor fielder. Thank you president management
[1:35:25] I would like to ask on your wall zimmerman and please come
[1:35:29] to the podium. Colleagues I'm thrilled today
[1:35:35] to commend on your wally zimmerman who among the many
[1:35:40] roles they play in the community is the founder
[1:35:42] and coordinator of the people's budget coalition.
[1:35:46] >> today after passing the budget for this fiscal year, it
[1:35:47] is fitting to honor anna for their work bringing us all
[1:35:51] together to protect vital services for our communities.
[1:35:54] >> at the helm of people's budget coalition which
[1:35:57] represents over 150 organizations citywide spanning
[1:36:01] the spectrum of services it is nothing short of a miracle that
[1:36:05] they've been able to build consensus among partners
[1:36:08] and get to agreement on priorities for advocacy
[1:36:12] and they accomplish this during an extremely challenging
[1:36:13] deficit year when we were initially facing proposed
[1:36:17] massive cuts to san francisco's social safety net and extensive
[1:36:21] layoffs of city workers. Instead, due to audience
[1:36:24] expertise on the city budget and process as they led the way
[1:36:28] in ensuring the restoration of $28 million in cuts to
[1:36:31] community services on year has been no stranger to city hall
[1:36:35] budget season for the past six budget years they have been
[1:36:39] advocating for the most vulnerable residents in our
[1:36:42] city. They began their time as an
[1:36:43] intern for former supervisor dean preston in the district
[1:36:46] five office back in 2020 at age 18 and then subsequently with
[1:36:50] the office of former supervisor ronan who was budget chair at
[1:36:54] the time in the role of budget fellow.
[1:36:57] >> they learn the ropes, pored over spreadsheets and built
[1:37:00] relationships on the second floor and among stakeholders
[1:37:04] outside the building. They have become a master of
[1:37:06] budgets and spreadsheets while a fellow on realize the need
[1:37:12] for a participatory budgeting process where residents and the
[1:37:14] organization in serving them shape how our money is spent
[1:37:18] they went to work creating the infrastructure that would
[1:37:21] become the people's budget coalition other than the
[1:37:25] mayor's budget office and chair chan ana knows the budget
[1:37:28] and budget negotiations process like no other in this building
[1:37:33] . >> but ana also knows the
[1:37:34] community the needs for essential services and how to
[1:37:37] bring everyone to the table to come up with a plan to protect
[1:37:40] these vital supports provided by so many amazing community
[1:37:44] based organizations due to their leadership and the
[1:37:48] collective partnership of people's budget members
[1:37:49] and negotiation with all of my colleagues and their budget
[1:37:53] staffers, we were able to secure wraparound support for
[1:37:56] immigrant families, job training and placement for
[1:37:59] people especially system involved youth case management
[1:38:00] recovering substance use treatment and supportive
[1:38:04] services culturally responsive support for adults in the
[1:38:08] mission mobile health care, sdi testing and overdose prevention
[1:38:12] for sex workers trainings and job connections for older
[1:38:15] adults and adults with disabilities.
[1:38:16] housing support for people experiencing gender based
[1:38:20] violence support for culture districts and commercial
[1:38:23] corridor revitalization and so much more on you.
[1:38:27] you should be so proud of the work you did to make all this
[1:38:29] happen. We known as a coalition and it
[1:38:32] takes a village but what you bring to this work is a
[1:38:35] relentless commitment to social justice an unparalleled grasp
[1:38:39] of city budgeting and numbers and a deep love for community.
[1:38:43] >> thank you for your service and I look forward to seeing
[1:38:47] you at city hall next year during budget season and to
[1:38:51] working in partnership to protect our vital services.
[1:38:54] >> congratulations. I also see my colleagues on the
[1:38:56] roster. Supervisor mahmood.
[1:39:01] >> I just wanted to thank you again for all your advocacy
[1:39:05] over the last several months. I really appreciated you
[1:39:07] hosting the town hall in the tenderloin and I think what it
[1:39:11] spoke to is that you proactively brought together so
[1:39:14] many different communities not just in the tenderloin but
[1:39:17] across district five and elevated voices and issues
[1:39:21] that too often are forgotten as part of budget processes.
[1:39:24] everything from housing to tenant protections to food
[1:39:28] security. >> and it really felt like one
[1:39:32] of the largest town halls we have in the neighborhood.
[1:39:35] but it spoke to giving a voice for the voiceless.
[1:39:39] and also explaining the budget process which can be extremely
[1:39:43] complicated. But I remember there was a
[1:39:47] conversation about revenue and revenue and making it
[1:39:51] really accessible for everyone there even monolingual speakers
[1:39:52] who are in the neighborhood as well.
[1:39:55] >> and because of that education and because of that
[1:39:59] advocacy, I do think the budget that we have this year was able
[1:40:03] to represent what the people needed as well.
[1:40:07] so thank you again for your advocacy supervisor, fielder
[1:40:11] said we would not have had the outcome had it not been for you
[1:40:14] and your coalition. >> so thank you so much.
[1:40:15] supervisor jen. >> thank you president.
[1:40:19] thank you. Supervisor fielder for offering
[1:40:22] this special commendation to angel and your work on budget
[1:40:26] this year and during previous years as a large part how this
[1:40:30] sport has been held accountable to our community.
[1:40:34] so your voice, your advocacy have helped to ensure that we
[1:40:38] don't waver and that we protect the direct essential services
[1:40:45] that our most vulnerable populations have relied on for
[1:40:49] decades. >> you kept people calm.
[1:40:50] why still remaining firm and steadfast?
[1:40:54] you should be very proud, very proud of your coalition
[1:40:58] building and your accomplishment.
[1:41:01] >> and I know for my district michelle levin, we are grateful
[1:41:05] for your partnership during this budget year.
[1:41:07] >> congratulations. >> the floor is yours.
[1:41:12] thank you. I'm anya wallis ekman with the
[1:41:16] s.f. People's budget coalition. It's nice to not have the timer
[1:41:20] counting down while I speak up here.
[1:41:21] rarely. >> I have very much grown up
[1:41:24] in city hall. I've been here since I was 18.
[1:41:28] my seventh budget year and this is the first time that I
[1:41:32] exceeded the budget proud of what we all did together
[1:41:36] because truly it took each one of you as a member of the board
[1:41:39] of supervisors I saw each one of you fight in a way that I've
[1:41:43] never seen before. Fighting not just for your
[1:41:47] district or for one organization that was important
[1:41:50] to you. Each of you fought for a
[1:41:53] community of san francisco that desperately needed your voice
[1:41:57] and your leadership and a country that is demolishing
[1:42:01] people's voice and people's leadership.
[1:42:02] >> you give working class people access to city hall
[1:42:05] through your public comment through staying attentive to
[1:42:09] our public comments, through welcoming us in and allowing us
[1:42:13] to make a bunch of noise in the hallway and interrupt you
[1:42:17] and annoy you and bother you. You let working class people
[1:42:20] now this year more than any other that when they get
[1:42:24] involved they can make a difference.
[1:42:28] we've let people know through this budget process where we
[1:42:31] saved every organization that was going to close that is not
[1:42:35] going to happen and did not happen on july 1st and that is
[1:42:40] because of you. So I hope that we can remember
[1:42:43] and hold this together as the future fights come ahead as it
[1:42:47] continues to be challenging. I hope all of us can remember
[1:42:51] the wins this year and the lesson that it taught to
[1:42:55] working class san francisco. When you get involved with your
[1:42:58] city government you can make a difference.
[1:42:59] when you get involved with the budget you can change people's
[1:43:03] lives radically. It's a very dangerous lesson
[1:43:07] for working class san francisco to know which is that when we
[1:43:10] fight we win. And so we will be back of
[1:43:14] course we'll be back every single year until the work is
[1:43:18] done because people's budget is a broad coalition that is so
[1:43:21] much more than just myself though I am so honored with the
[1:43:26] leadership that they allow me to have as such a young person
[1:43:29] who can make mistakes certainly the coalition backing me up has
[1:43:34] given me a voice to say what many of us for many years have
[1:43:38] been chanting outside of city hall which is that in san
[1:43:41] francisco we can do better. We can do better than this.
[1:43:45] we can have universal child care.
[1:43:48] we can have universal health care.
[1:43:49] we can get to zero on hiv. There shouldn't be any elders
[1:43:53] out on the street. We can feed every child.
[1:43:56] we can do all of that in more in san francisco and we can do
[1:44:00] it most of all when we all work together.
[1:44:03] and so I think most of all supervisor fielder it is
[1:44:07] incredible to have you back and to have our champion back
[1:44:09] in city hall and especially to supervisor chan as well into
[1:44:13] every supervisor who held a town hall with us.
[1:44:16] you are making a difference. Your changing the way that we
[1:44:19] do city government here in san francisco and reclaiming our
[1:44:23] role as san francisco as the leader in democracy most of
[1:44:27] all. And I think of course my
[1:44:30] wonderful mother a survivor of domestic violence herself who
[1:44:34] has passed on to me just a portion of the strength that
[1:44:38] she was blessed with and that I carry with me every single day.
[1:44:41] so she is the reason why I'm here today and thank you
[1:44:43] especially to supervisor fielder supervisor preston who
[1:44:46] originally brought me into city hall and trained me in the
[1:44:51] first place. Supervisor ronan for teaching
[1:44:54] me the budget and to my partner d.o. For supporting me for
[1:44:57] endless endless days. >> he knows all of your names
[1:44:58] whether or not he wants to. >> so I appreciate all of you
[1:45:02] and thank you. I accept this on behalf of my
[1:45:05] coalition and on behalf of every working class person who
[1:45:09] came to city hall and got to see a vision of what it would
[1:45:14] be like for working class people to really control city
[1:45:16] hall. >> thank you
[1:45:52] . All right, colleagues, I have
[1:45:56] to today a retiring or a retired city employee of great
[1:46:01] excellence and then an amazing organization.
[1:46:07] first I'm going to invite eileen lofgren to come on.
[1:46:21] >> you can't be leaving us. >> this is outrageous, eileen.
[1:46:26] lucky me. I am honored to present a
[1:46:30] commendation recognizing eileen for nearly three decades of
[1:46:34] work on some of the city's biggest public health
[1:46:37] challenges including overdoses ,hiv, hepatitis c
[1:46:42] and homelessness. >> if it's hard in san
[1:46:45] francisco has to deal with it. Eileen has probably been having
[1:46:47] to deal with it from the start of her career.
[1:46:50] >> she has championed communities that have
[1:46:53] historically been marginalized, stigmatized or overlooked.
[1:46:54] at the department of public health she'd worked in the
[1:46:58] former hiv prevention section the community health equity
[1:47:01] and promotion branch and behavioral health services
[1:47:04] helping strengthen the department's capacity to
[1:47:06] provide compassionate service to people who use drugs, those
[1:47:09] experiencing homelessness and others facing systemic
[1:47:12] health inequities. >> as director of the office of
[1:47:16] overdose prevention, eileen built on that previous work
[1:47:17] and experience guiding the development and delivery of
[1:47:20] overdose prevention programs. Before her retirement in june,
[1:47:28] eileen served as community affairs manager where she
[1:47:29] continued to advance hiv overdose and hep c prevention
[1:47:33] efforts in every role. Eileen emphasized building
[1:47:36] partnerships across neighborhoods and within the
[1:47:39] department ensuring that public health initiatives were not
[1:47:41] only grounded in science but also informed by the lived
[1:47:44] experiences and needs of san francisco's most vulnerable
[1:47:47] residents. Her ability to listen build
[1:47:48] trust and connect with san franciscans from all
[1:47:51] backgrounds helped shape more responsive public health
[1:47:55] policies throughout her career. Eileen also supported the next
[1:47:59] generation of public health leaders strengthened
[1:48:00] collaboration across the department and helped foster a
[1:48:03] culture centered on compassion, partnership and innovation.
[1:48:09] with deep respect and gratitude.
[1:48:10] we thank you, eileen, for your decades of service to the city
[1:48:14] and county of san francisco and the floor is yours.
[1:48:17] >> thank you. Way to make an introvert feel
[1:48:33] comfortable. >> you guys are welcome.
[1:48:34] anyway, thank you president mandolin and members of the
[1:48:37] board of supervisors. I'm so deeply honored to be
[1:48:41] recognized today for my 28 years of service at the
[1:48:44] department of public health. But I really want to emphasize
[1:48:48] that success is never a solo achievement.
[1:48:52] it's a team effort and I'm incredibly grateful for the
[1:48:55] countless colleagues city partners and community
[1:48:58] stakeholders that I've had the privilege to collaborate with
[1:49:02] collaborate with over the decades.
[1:49:03] >> san francisco is my home. >> I moved here very young
[1:49:07] and I grew up here and I've called this city home for
[1:49:10] nearly 40 years. As a young adult I worked my
[1:49:14] way through city college in san francisco state determined to
[1:49:17] build a better life for myself and others.
[1:49:21] >> I still remember this year excitement of landing my first
[1:49:25] role with a part time non benefited position on an hiv
[1:49:29] prevention research study. >> what began as a temporary
[1:49:34] assignment became an incredible 28 year journey and over time
[1:49:38] my work has expanded to include from hiv prevention to overdose
[1:49:45] prevention and community engagement.
[1:49:46] and my goal has always been very simple to bring people
[1:49:50] together creating opportunities to learn, grow and build
[1:49:53] lasting partnerships. >> historically there has been
[1:49:58] a divide between harm reduction and recovery.
[1:50:02] and despite my best efforts during my career to bridge that
[1:50:06] gap, I've often found myself navigating a broader conflict.
[1:50:10] >> this mission too was deeply personal and is deeply personal
[1:50:14] to me. Having lost many loved ones to
[1:50:18] overdose and having also celebrated many others who are
[1:50:22] thriving in recovery, I know firsthand that a variety of
[1:50:26] approaches are vital to a person's journey.
[1:50:30] >> regrettably, the civil servants and frontline staff
[1:50:34] who lead this vital work have increasingly become targets of
[1:50:40] hostility both locally and nationally.
[1:50:41] and unfortunate. I experienced that backlash
[1:50:45] firsthand simply for championing ending these life
[1:50:49] saving efforts. >> yet san francisco has always
[1:50:52] been a global trailblazer and I hope our city continues to lead
[1:50:57] by standing firm in our core values.
[1:51:01] sending a clear message that bullying over differing
[1:51:05] opinions has no place here. >> while my time at epa has
[1:51:09] ended, I know I will continue to see many of you as I embrace
[1:51:15] my next chapter as a proud lifelong resident of san
[1:51:19] francisco. Thank you for the privilege of
[1:51:22] serving the city allowing me to serve the city and county of
[1:51:24] san francisco for these past 28 years.
[1:51:27] and I know for certain that I'll see supervisor mendham
[1:51:31] because we see each other everywhere.
[1:51:32] >> so thank you for did you want to go back?
[1:51:57] okay, we're going back inside. Come on.
[1:52:02] okay. >> I just want to say thank you
[1:52:10] . I think you see many people
[1:52:11] from the department here, many people in our community.
[1:52:14] I have worked with eileen for far longer than I have and yet
[1:52:16] in my a little over a year I've quickly come to know how
[1:52:22] incredibly special and unique you are.
[1:52:26] and I've said this to you in terms of your grace, your
[1:52:29] compassion, your kindness, your desire to bridge different
[1:52:34] points of view and ultimately always to make sure we care for
[1:52:39] the people we care for here in san francisco.
[1:52:42] so I think the folks that work with you both at the department
[1:52:46] and the community have seen that and we will never be able
[1:52:49] to fill exactly the hole that you are leaving here.
[1:52:53] and I think that's very clear that your legacy lives on.
[1:52:57] so congratulations and we miss you and we wish you were still
[1:53:01] with us. So but I hope you enjoy it.
[1:53:04] >> thank you. >> let's try this again
[1:54:01] . >> all right.
[1:54:02] I would now like to invite the jingling cantonese opera
[1:54:06] company to come on up. Shubin chen and anybody with
[1:54:13] you? >> come on up.
[1:54:23] >> there we go. Excellent.
[1:54:26] >> all right. All right, colleagues, it is my
[1:54:31] great honor to be presenting a commendation to the jing
[1:54:35] in cantonese opera institute today.
[1:54:39] for nearly three decades, jingjing has worked to preserve
[1:54:42] the centuries old tradition of cantonese opera.
[1:54:44] while introducing this art form to new generations
[1:54:47] and audiences throughout san francisco and the bay area.
[1:54:50] cantonese opera is a traditional performance art
[1:54:51] that combines singing live orchestral music, acting
[1:54:54] martial arts acrobatics and elaborate costumes to tell
[1:54:59] stories drawn from history, folklore, romance and everyday
[1:55:02] life. Although it originated in the
[1:55:06] cantonese speaking regions of southern china, it has since
[1:55:09] spread around the world as chinese immigrants brought
[1:55:11] songs performances and stories abroad with them.
[1:55:14] the first known performance of cantonese opera in america
[1:55:17] actually occurred in san francisco when the hong tong
[1:55:21] chinese dramatic company performed in the sansom theater
[1:55:25] in 1852. In recognition of its cultural
[1:55:29] significance, cantonese opera was inscribed in unesco's
[1:55:33] representative list of intangible cultural heritage of
[1:55:36] the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
[1:55:39] in 2009, despite its significance, history
[1:55:40] and popularity within the chinese community, however,
[1:55:43] opportunities to experience and learn about cantonese opera
[1:55:47] are limited in the united states.
[1:55:48] since its founding in 1997 being one of the few
[1:55:51] organizations in northern california dedicated
[1:55:54] specifically to presenting cantonese opera to broader
[1:55:58] audiences has worked to ensure this tradition continues to be
[1:56:01] performed, taught and shared with new audiences.
[1:56:05] under the leadership of founder and music director shubin chen,
[1:56:09] a fifth generation generation cantonese opera musician
[1:56:13] jingjing has hosted regular performances of cantonese opera
[1:56:17] complete with a traditional cantonese opera orchestra
[1:56:20] elaborate embroidered costumes and headpieces martial arts
[1:56:25] and more. Through performances at venues
[1:56:28] such as the historic great star theater and participation
[1:56:32] in cultural celebrations including aapi heritage month,
[1:56:35] the institute has become an important part of san
[1:56:39] francisco's arts and cultural landscape, drawing more than
[1:56:42] 800 audience members each year. Jingjing also hosts more
[1:56:45] intimate salons and workshops, training and connecting not
[1:56:49] only established performers and musicians but also members
[1:56:51] of the community who want to learn more about cantonese
[1:56:54] opera jang's work, however, goes beyond preservation.
[1:56:58] part of the institute's mission is to ensure that cantonese
[1:57:01] opera reaches new audiences evolving and growing as a
[1:57:03] living tradition rather than remaining a relic of the past.
[1:57:06] through bilingual performances with english subtitles,
[1:57:10] educational programing and interactive talkback
[1:57:13] sessions, the the institute introduces audiences of all
[1:57:16] backgrounds to the history, artistry and cultural
[1:57:18] significance of cantonese opera at their annual festival this
[1:57:21] may jing brought elected officials and community leaders
[1:57:25] from across san francisco. Many of whom were not of
[1:57:28] chinese heritage including myself and supervisor söder on
[1:57:32] stage to perform fragrant sacrifice one of the most
[1:57:36] iconic songs in the cantonese opera repertoire.
[1:57:39] >> it was a lot of fun. It was extraordinarily nerve
[1:57:43] wracking but I think all the community participants were
[1:57:47] grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the tradition
[1:57:50] and an event like this can only happen because of an
[1:57:52] organization unlike jingjing which actively works to make
[1:57:55] cantonese opera accessible to broader audiences and to
[1:57:59] encourage new audiences to engage with the art form.
[1:58:02] I want to thank everyone at the jing and cantonese opera
[1:58:04] institute for all that you do. And with that I want to in well
[1:58:09] know I actually want to invite my colleagues to weigh in other
[1:58:13] people want to talk. >> supervisor sauter well thank
[1:58:14] you president gentleman for bringing this honor before us.
[1:58:17] >> it is well-earned and deserved.
[1:58:18] I want to appreciate your work to carry this legacy on and to
[1:58:22] make sure that it reaches everyone.
[1:58:25] and earlier this year when we had the chance to to
[1:58:29] participate, it was a treasured memory that that all that will
[1:58:36] always live on with me and I appreciate you being so patient
[1:58:40] ,supportive, kind and welcoming me into your
[1:58:41] space. And we just had an incredible
[1:58:44] concert there at great star theater.
[1:58:45] so thank you for your work every single day to carry this
[1:58:48] legacy forward. >> and supervisor chen, thank
[1:58:51] you. Civil rights of my moment.
[1:58:56] you know, as someone who grew up in canton, you know also
[1:58:59] grew up in kent. Cantonese opera I, I really
[1:59:03] want to acknowledge everyone who is sitting here actually
[1:59:06] you know, our respected elders for continue a continuous
[1:59:11] effort and love in preserving our culture and heritage.
[1:59:17] >> it's this performance is really I it's a very special
[1:59:22] way of continue to tell the chinese stories you know
[1:59:26] whether it's history, if folktales stories romance or
[1:59:30] loyalty. I have a seven year old she
[1:59:34] tried it you know little kids was trying it but again I think
[1:59:41] the vocal like the language itself it's requires a lot of
[1:59:45] dedication and practices. It's beautiful but it's really
[1:59:49] hard to do it. And I also want to acknowledge,
[1:59:50] you know, this performance it's also the makeup.
[1:59:53] it takes hours to put it on in order to see what is on the
[1:59:57] stage and that's our chinese says it takes ten years of
[2:00:01] practice. It's just to show you ten
[2:00:04] minutes on the stage and seeing a lot of young people actually
[2:00:08] it's also engaging through a ding yang's opera and it's to
[2:00:11] me it's really warm and also feeling really grateful
[2:00:16] and excited and seeing that our heritage is continue to be able
[2:00:19] to carry for the next generation.
[2:00:23] thank you so much. Well deserved.
[2:00:24] congratulation for this well deserved accommodations.
[2:00:27] >> thank you. All right now for the
[2:00:34] multi-generational family that brings us cantonese opera.
[2:00:38] >> come on up. Thank you.
[2:00:39] good afternoon everyone. >> my name is annie chen
[2:00:43] and I'm kaitlyn chen, our dad cuban chen will be giving his
[2:00:47] remarks in cantonese verse and then we will be giving our
[2:00:51] english translations
[2:04:13] . >> first I would like to
[2:04:14] sincerely thank president rafael mendelssohn for
[2:04:18] initiating this commendation and thank you to the san
[2:04:19] francisco board of supervisors for recognizing and supporting
[2:04:23] singing cantonese opera institute.
[2:04:26] >> today's honor does not belong to me alone.
[2:04:29] it belongs to the entire singing family our apprentices,
[2:04:33] opera friends, students, volunteers.
[2:04:37] donors. Sponsors.
[2:04:38] community partners. Youth participant arts
[2:04:41] and everyone who has supported and believed in us throughout
[2:04:43] the past 29 years. Today is especially meaningful
[2:04:46] to me because three generations of our cantonese opera family
[2:04:50] are gathered here together my father, my wife and our
[2:04:57] children. >> I would also like to take
[2:04:58] this opportunity to say something to my father.
[2:05:02] dad thank you. It was my father together with
[2:05:06] my grandfather who introduced me to the world of cantonese
[2:05:09] opera. >> what they passed on to me
[2:05:12] was much more than just music. They pass on a passion and a
[2:05:17] responsibility and a mission to me that is the true meaning of
[2:05:21] intangible cultural heritage. On this occasion we hope to
[2:05:27] share a chapter of cantonese operas history that many people
[2:05:31] even here in san francisco may not know.
[2:05:35] for many early chinese immigrants including the
[2:05:38] railroad workers and laborers who helped build the american
[2:05:42] west counties opera performances were an important
[2:05:43] way to learn about current events and stay connected to
[2:05:47] news from home. >> in many ways cantor's opera
[2:05:50] served as one of the earliest forms of community media for
[2:05:54] san francisco's chinese community.
[2:05:55] >> this history is not only the story of county's opera it is
[2:06:01] also part of san francisco story.
[2:06:02] >> today's recognition gives us even greater confidence
[2:06:05] and determination to continue our work whether in preserving
[2:06:09] the art of cantor's opera or expanding education
[2:06:12] and outreach to younger audience audiences.
[2:06:13] >> finally, I would like to once again thank president
[2:06:17] rafael mendelssohn, the board of supervisors and everyone
[2:06:23] here today. >> thank you.
[2:06:38] all right, come on over here. All right, everybody.
[2:07:21] all right. >> oh
[2:08:00] ,okay. And that takes us back to item
[2:08:09] 40. And can I have a motion to
[2:08:13] excuse supervisor walton from the remainder of the meeting?
[2:08:16] moved by jen, seconded by fielder.
[2:08:17] we can take that without objection.
[2:08:20] supervisor walton is excused for the remainder of the
[2:08:24] meeting. >> madam clerk, please call
[2:08:25] item number 40. Yes.
[2:08:28] item number 40 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the
[2:08:32] lease with third street youth center and clinic for the
[2:08:35] second and third floors of the property located at 888 post
[2:08:37] street for a two year term commencing on july 1st, 2026
[2:08:41] for an annual base rent of $1 and making appropriate
[2:08:44] findings. >> please call the roll in this
[2:08:47] item and item 40. >> supervisor wong wong I
[2:08:51] supervisor chan chan. I supervisor chen chen I.
[2:08:58] supervisor dorsey dorsey supervisor fielder fielder I
[2:09:02] supervisor mahmood mahmood I sober supervisor randleman hi
[2:09:06] amanda man I supervisor melgar melgar I supervisor sardar
[2:09:13] sardar I supervisor cheryl cheryl either too nice or
[2:09:18] without objection the resolution is adopted please
[2:09:21] call item 41 item number 41 is a resolution approving the 2026
[2:09:28] grant application for the united states department of
[2:09:29] housing and urban development continuum of care program with
[2:09:33] anticipated revenue to the city in excess of 16 million
[2:09:36] and fulfilling the board of supervisors review and approval
[2:09:39] process we can take this same house same call without
[2:09:43] objection the resolutions adopted please call items 42
[2:09:47] and 43 together items 42 and 43 or 2 resolution suspending
[2:09:52] board rule 3.20 5.2 which requires an affirmative vote of
[2:09:56] eight members and approving settlement of unlit guilty
[2:09:58] claims involving an unfair practice charge arising from
[2:10:01] employment disputes. Item 42 approve the settlement
[2:10:04] with the international federation of technical
[2:10:07] engineers local 21 for approximately 201,009 and 43
[2:10:12] approves a settlement with the service employees international
[2:10:15] union local 10 to 1 for approximately 181,000.
[2:10:18] >> same house, same call. Without objection the
[2:10:22] resolutions are adopted. Please call item 44.
[2:10:25] item number 44 is a motion ordering submitted to the
[2:10:29] voters at an election to be held on november 3rd, 2026 an
[2:10:32] ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to
[2:10:37] beginning march 1st 2027 eliminate the real property
[2:10:41] transfer tax foreclosure exemption for the transfer of
[2:10:42] all properties other than the transfer of residential
[2:10:46] and mixed use properties with few fewer than five residential
[2:10:50] units and to make other nonstop substantive clarifications to
[2:10:54] the real property transfer tax and increasing the city's
[2:10:58] appropriations limit by the amount of real property
[2:11:01] transfer tax collected for four years from november 3rd, 2026.
[2:11:05] >> supervisor mahmood thank you president colleagues.
[2:11:09] this measure gives san francisco this before you today
[2:11:12] voters the opportunity to decide whether a transfer tax
[2:11:15] code should reflect the ways to today's commercial real estate
[2:11:19] market operates rather than the market that existed decades ago
[2:11:23] . Before I go further, I want to
[2:11:24] thank the many partners who made this ballot measure
[2:11:27] possible our drafting city attorneys carroll report
[2:11:31] and scott reiber our partners at de la la ten ski and maggie
[2:11:35] mattson, whose work was central to getting this measure to
[2:11:39] where it is today. In the mayor's office ned segal
[2:11:41] and ali bondi comptroller wagner and grace and spencer
[2:11:44] for their rigorous analysis and assessor recorder joaquin
[2:11:48] torres and his team for the data that grounds this
[2:11:52] conversation. >> I want to thank mayor lurie
[2:11:53] as well for initiating this measure together and many
[2:11:56] co-sponsors of the board. Supervisors dorsey melgar, chen
[2:12:00] wong walton and randleman for standing behind this measure
[2:12:04] and the growing list of organizations including seiu 10
[2:12:07] to 1, seiu 2015 teamsters and a growing list of organizations
[2:12:11] for sponsoring this measure as well.
[2:12:14] >> I also want to acknowledge the amendment we adopted
[2:12:18] in committee which guarantees that if this measure and any
[2:12:21] other measure addressing the transfer tax both passed
[2:12:22] in november both will go into effect.
[2:12:26] >> this measure also comes at a critical moment for the city's
[2:12:30] finances. San francisco is confronting a
[2:12:33] serious budget crisis one that has forced difficult trade offs
[2:12:37] across city departments and services.
[2:12:38] >> it is entirely reasonable to ask whether our tax code is
[2:12:42] capturing revenue. It was always meant to capture
[2:12:45] not creating a new tax but closing a gap that has grown
[2:12:49] substantially as the market has changed.
[2:12:50] >> historically the foreclosure exemption was primarily used
[2:12:53] in traditional lender foreclosures where a bank took
[2:12:57] title and transfer tax was generally paid later when the
[2:13:00] lender sold the property. The assessor recorder's data
[2:13:04] shows that pattern has shifted dramatically between fiscal
[2:13:05] years 2223 to 24 and fiscal year 2025 to 26.
[2:13:11] more than half of exemption claims involve properties
[2:13:15] valued over $10 million compared to just 4 to 5% in the
[2:13:19] preceding 15 years. Sophisticated investors
[2:13:22] structuring transactions to take advantage of an exemption
[2:13:23] that was never designed with them in mind.
[2:13:28] during that same three year period transactions involving
[2:13:30] income producing and investment oriented properties account for
[2:13:33] more than $450 million in transfer taxes that
[2:13:36] otherwise would have been generated compared with roughly
[2:13:39] 50 million over the prior 15 years combined.
[2:13:42] >> the comptroller's estimate office estimates that this
[2:13:46] measure would increase our real property transfer tax revenues
[2:13:47] by an average of 100 to $150 million annually over the next
[2:13:52] five years. Meaningful revenue we cannot
[2:13:56] afford to leave on the table. Though the comptroller was
[2:13:57] candid that it will be unpredictable and cyclical tied
[2:14:01] to foreclosure activity and real estate conditions.
[2:14:04] >> importantly, this proposal does not eliminate the
[2:14:06] exemption for homeowners or small residential properties.
[2:14:09] it remains in place for single family homes, smaller
[2:14:12] multifamily properties with fewer than five units
[2:14:13] and qualifying small mixed use properties.
[2:14:16] the measure ask only whether a larger commercial investment
[2:14:20] property transfer should continue to receive the same
[2:14:21] treatment under today's market conditions.
[2:14:24] >> ultimately a policy question about whether the tax code is
[2:14:28] operating as originally intended or whether it should
[2:14:31] be updated in light of how dramatically the marketplace
[2:14:35] has changed. Colleagues, I'm asking to send
[2:14:36] this to the voters so that they can decide for themselves
[2:14:39] whether that this is the moment to close that gap.
[2:14:42] supervisor cheryl thank you president mandel and I'm going
[2:14:47] to be supportive of this but it's not without reservation.
[2:14:53] >> right now we're in a situation where a huge number
[2:14:57] of things are contributing to a very high cost of construction
[2:14:59] for housing, a very high cost of transaction for downtown
[2:15:03] office buildings that we desperately need to be sold
[2:15:07] and rehabilitated and and reinvigorated.
[2:15:09] and this will be a slight slight added cost, not a huge
[2:15:14] one. And so I would urge us to be
[2:15:17] aware that this measure looks to provide balance and gives us
[2:15:22] more optionality as we look forward to levers like the
[2:15:26] broader transfer taxes that might be blocking especially
[2:15:32] certain housing construction. And so I would encourage us as
[2:15:33] we look forward past november should this pass at the ballot
[2:15:37] to not think of this as a new source of revenue to allow us
[2:15:44] to possibly spend more on things but as a way to give us
[2:15:49] the flexibility to potentially consider lowering a transfer
[2:15:53] tax that would allow us to build more housing that we
[2:15:56] desperately need. I think the conversation around
[2:16:00] the housing trust fund is incredibly important because it
[2:16:01] has us as a city saying we value affordable housing
[2:16:06] and we're willing to put our money there.
[2:16:08] similarly on this side I think we need to look forward and say
[2:16:12] hey, where we're addressing a gap, a loophole if you will,
[2:16:18] in in the tax code with this we're going to fill that gap.
[2:16:20] but at the same time it gives us flexibility to maybe lower
[2:16:23] transfer taxes blocking the production of other housing.
[2:16:27] so I with reservations I will be supporting this but I would
[2:16:31] urge us to remember that the original intent behind this was
[2:16:34] not to create a new stream of income in a vacuum but was
[2:16:38] intended to balance out the potential reduction of other
[2:16:42] income streams in order to incentivize more housing
[2:16:45] production that will help san franciscans overall.
[2:16:47] thank you. >> okay.
[2:16:52] and with that I think we can take this item.
[2:16:56] so same house, same call. >> without objection the motion
[2:17:01] is approved. >> madam clerk, please call
[2:17:04] items 45 and 46 together. >> items 45 and 46 are two
[2:17:10] resolutions regarding the treasure island infrastructure
[2:17:11] and revitalize ation financing district.
[2:17:15] item 45 is the resolution of intention to issue bonds as a
[2:17:18] result of an annexation of property and 46 is a resolution
[2:17:22] approving annexation supplement to the amended and restated
[2:17:26] infrastructure findings infrastructure financing plan.
[2:17:29] >> let's take these items same house same call without
[2:17:33] objection the resolutions are adopted and please call items
[2:17:38] 47 through 68 together items 47 through 68 are 22 ordinances
[2:17:45] amending the planning code to designate various properties as
[2:17:48] landmarks and making the appropriate findings.
[2:17:50] item 47 designates the alexander adams home located at
[2:17:55] 1450 masonic avenue. >> item 48 designates a born
[2:18:00] home located at 99 davis adero street.
[2:18:03] item 49 designates a charles cat's home located at 1200
[2:18:06] delores street. Item 50 designates the charles
[2:18:09] l hinkle home located at 740 castro street.
[2:18:13] item 51 designates a day eurostat eur euros d home james
[2:18:20] c hormel mansion located at 181 buena vista avenue east.
[2:18:23] item 52 designates the double triangle greek revival home
[2:18:27] located at 2173 15th street. Item 54 designates the early
[2:18:34] haight ashbury farmhouse located at 11 piedmont street.
[2:18:38] item 54 designates elliott and wilson home located at 1335
[2:18:43] guerrero street. Item 55 designates engine
[2:18:46] company number 44 adams van house house located at 3816
[2:18:52] 22nd street. Item 56 designate guerrero
[2:18:55] street double stick eastlake home located at 1415 1417 grove
[2:19:02] street. Item 57 designates a henry
[2:19:03] street rowhouses located at 190 121 97 henry street.
[2:19:09] item 58 designates a holy innocents church located at 455
[2:19:13] fair oak street. Item 59 designates the john j.
[2:19:17] clark house located at 210 douglas street.
[2:19:21] item 60 designates a mission congregational church located
[2:19:26] at 3689 19th street. Item 61 designates the phenix
[2:19:30] brewery located at 552 no east street.
[2:19:34] item 62 designates the richard spreckels mansion buena vista
[2:19:37] studios located at 737 bueno vista avenue west.
[2:19:42] item 63 designates the second church of christ scientist
[2:19:46] located at 651 dolores street. Item 64 designates its anarchy
[2:19:52] house located at 657 cannery street.
[2:19:57] item 65 designates a william shaughnessy home located at 394
[2:20:01] fair oak street. Item 66 designates a fernando
[2:20:05] nelson home located at 701 castro.
[2:20:08] item 67 designate solange house located at 199 coral street.
[2:20:14] and finally item 68 designates engine company number 33
[2:20:19] located at 117 broad street all right, let's take these items.
[2:20:24] same house, same call. Without objection, the
[2:20:25] ordinances are passed on first reading please call item 69.
[2:20:28] >> item 69 is a motion approving the mayor's
[2:20:32] nomination for the appointment of lindsay mcaleese to the
[2:20:35] building inspection commission term ending july 1st, 2028.
[2:20:39] >> same house, same call. >> without objection the motion
[2:20:43] is approved. Please call item 70 item 70 is
[2:20:46] a motion approving the mayor's nomination for the
[2:20:47] reappointment of eleanor elinor bloom to the public works
[2:20:50] commission. Term ending july second 2030.
[2:20:54] >> same house, same call. Without objection the motion is
[2:20:58] approved. Please call item 71.
[2:21:01] >> item 71 is a motion approving the mayoral
[2:21:05] nomination for the reappointment of john trice
[2:21:06] trustee now to the board of appeals term ending july 1st,
[2:21:09] 2013. >> same house, same call
[2:21:12] without objection the motion is approved.
[2:21:17] >> please call item 72. Item 72 is a motion approving
[2:21:21] the mayor's nomination for the reappointment of justice joshua
[2:21:24] rsa to the public utilities commission term ending august
[2:21:28] first, 2013. >> same house, same call.
[2:21:32] without objection the motion is approved.
[2:21:35] please call item 73. >> item 73 is a motion
[2:21:38] approving the president of the board of supervisors rafael
[2:21:40] mendelssohn's nomination for the reappointment of robin
[2:21:43] covello to the board of appeals term ending july 1st, 2013.
[2:21:46] >> same house, same call. >> without objection the motion
[2:21:50] is approved. Please call 74.
[2:21:54] >> item 74 is a motion reappointing kimberly hartwig
[2:21:57] shulman term ending july 1st, 2030 to the sanitation
[2:22:01] and streets commission. >> same house, same call.
[2:22:04] without objection, the motion is approved.
[2:22:05] let's go to our committee reports.
[2:22:08] >> please call item 75. I'll first start with item 75
[2:22:12] through 77 were considered by the land use and transportation
[2:22:15] committee on july 27th and forwarded to the board as
[2:22:18] committee reports item 75 it was recommended as amended with
[2:22:23] the same title. It is an ordinance accepting
[2:22:24] irrevocable offers of public infrastructure associated with
[2:22:28] the hunter's view hope s.f. Project phase two dedicated
[2:22:31] and said public improvements for public use dedicating them
[2:22:34] for public street and roadway purposes excepting for city
[2:22:38] maintenance and liability purposes.
[2:22:39] establishing an official street grade sideways sidewalk list
[2:22:43] and public right away with accepting an offer dedication
[2:22:46] for phase two easements delegating authority to accept
[2:22:51] the phase three public infrastructure affirming the
[2:22:53] school determination and making the appropriate findings same
[2:22:56] house same call without objection the ordinance is
[2:22:59] passed on first reading please call 76 item 76 was recommended
[2:23:07] as amended with a new title. It is a resolution adding the
[2:23:11] commemorative street name carlotta textured or del
[2:23:12] portico tollway on bartlett street between 21st street
[2:23:17] and 22nd street in recognition of dr. Carlotta textured otel
[2:23:22] del portillo's leadership in establishing the city
[2:23:23] college of san francisco's mission campus and her legacy
[2:23:26] as a longtime civic and educational leader.
[2:23:29] >> same house, same call. >> without objection the
[2:23:33] resolutions adopted please call 77 item 77 is a resolution of
[2:23:37] intent to initiate an undergrounding process for
[2:23:41] homestead street between 24th and 25th streets and making
[2:23:44] findings that undergrounding at this location is a general
[2:23:48] benefit to the public. >> same house, same call.
[2:23:51] without objection the resolutions adopted please call
[2:23:54] 78 through 81 together. >> yes.
[2:23:57] item 78 through 30 through 81 were considered by the public
[2:23:59] safety neighborhood services committee on july 23rd and were
[2:24:03] forwarded to the board as committee reports they comprise
[2:24:06] four resolutions determining the public convenience or
[2:24:10] necessity of various liquor licenses and requesting that
[2:24:13] alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the
[2:24:16] issuance of these licenses. Item 78 is a person to person
[2:24:21] permits to persons transfer of a type 48 on sell general
[2:24:22] public premises beer, wine and distilled spirits liquor
[2:24:26] license to out of sight productions doing businesses
[2:24:29] ranging in models located at 456 to 460 larkin street.
[2:24:35] item 79 is a types 64 on sell general theater liquor license
[2:24:39] to uptown tenderloin doing business as tenderloin museum
[2:24:43] located at 835 larkin street. Item 80 what is a person to
[2:24:48] person premise to permits transfer of a type 21 off sell
[2:24:51] general beer wine and distilled spirits liquor license to
[2:24:55] missing liquor doing business as college market located at
[2:24:59] 995 elm street. And finally item 81 is a person
[2:25:03] to permit person premise to premises transfer of a type 20
[2:25:07] off sell beer and wine liquor license to h.j. M.w. Enterprise
[2:25:11] doing business says hello mart located at 2135 buchanan street
[2:25:18] . >> same house, same call.
[2:25:18] without objection the resolutions are adopted.
[2:25:21] >> please call item 82 items 82 through 85 were considered by
[2:25:26] the rules committee on july 27th and were forwarded to the
[2:25:29] board as committee reports item 82 as a motion approving the
[2:25:32] mayor's nomination for the reappointment of kate stacy to
[2:25:36] the public utilities commission term ending august 1st, 2013
[2:25:39] and we can take this same house same call without objection the
[2:25:43] motion is approved please call 83.
[2:25:47] >> item 83 is a motion approving the mayor on
[2:25:50] nomination for the appointment of mike chen to the planning
[2:25:52] commission term ending june 30th 2030.
[2:25:55] >> same house, same call. >> without objection the motion
[2:25:59] is approved. >> please call items 84 and 85
[2:26:02] together items 84 and 85 or 2 motion and motions approving
[2:26:09] the president of the board of supervisor rafael mendelssohn's
[2:26:10] nomination for appointments to the planning commission.
[2:26:14] item 84 is for elizabeth mcdonald with the term ending
[2:26:16] july 1st, 2030 and item 85 is for joe koppel term ending july
[2:26:22] 1st 2030. >> same house, same call.
[2:26:26] >> without objection the motions are approved.
[2:26:29] and madam clerk, let's go to roll call.
[2:26:33] first up, a roll call to introduce new business today
[2:26:34] will be supervisor wong notes here colleagues today I am
[2:26:47] introducing a resolution to accept a $1 million in state
[2:26:50] funding for the sunset boulevard recycled water air
[2:26:54] station improvement project sunset boulevard has a
[2:26:58] tremendous amount of open space running through the
[2:26:59] neighborhood but much of it is currently dry, patchy and not
[2:27:03] nearly as green or welcoming as it should be.
[2:27:07] years of drought deferred maintenance and problems of the
[2:27:10] existing irrigation system have taken a visible toll.
[2:27:14] >> this project is an important step toward changing that.
[2:27:17] >> the funding will help connect the irrigation system
[2:27:19] serving approximately 60 acres of medians and roadside
[2:27:22] greenspace to san francisco's recycled water system that will
[2:27:26] eliminate the use of potable drinking water for irrigation
[2:27:30] and conserve an estimated 40 million gallons of potable
[2:27:34] water every year. This resolution will not
[2:27:38] transform the boulevard overnight but reliable
[2:27:40] sustainable irrigation is essential if we want to restore
[2:27:44] the landscaping, support healthier trees and plantings
[2:27:45] and make better use of this large public space.
[2:27:49] I want to thank senator scott weiner for his work
[2:27:52] in sacramento to secure the state investment.
[2:27:55] his efforts made this funding possible and we appreciate his
[2:27:57] partnership in delivering critical infrastructure
[2:27:59] improvements for san francisco. I also want to thank our
[2:28:02] partners at the department of public works for advancing this
[2:28:03] important project. The sunset deserves the same
[2:28:07] level of attention and investment that the city
[2:28:10] gives to prominent public spaces elsewhere.
[2:28:12] this is a practical, much needed investment in the
[2:28:15] neighborhood and I respectfully ask for its support.
[2:28:18] >> thank you. Process.
[2:28:19] thank you. Supervisor wong.
[2:28:20] supervisor chen. Thank you.
[2:28:22] supervisor chen. >> thank you, madam clerk.
[2:28:29] colleague today I'm introducing a resolution to recognize july
[2:28:33] 28th, 2026 as wool hepatitis day in san francisco.
[2:28:39] in 2020 the world health organization declared july 28th
[2:28:44] as wool hepatitis day to honor nobel prize winner scientist
[2:28:48] dr. Baruch blumberg who discovered a hepatitis b virus
[2:28:55] in san francisco. It's estimated that 15,000
[2:28:58] residents are living with chronic hepatitis hepatitis b 1
[2:29:05] in 12 asian pacific islander adult immigrants a
[2:29:06] disproportionate alley affected by hepatitis b deaths by
[2:29:10] effective vaccines. Happy happy continues to impact
[2:29:14] our communities. It is essential to continue
[2:29:18] providing accessible screening treatments and raise
[2:29:22] educational awareness. This resolution recognized two
[2:29:26] health care professionals advocates in san francisco
[2:29:30] happy free who work tirelessly to provide accessible care
[2:29:33] community education and who advocate for state legislation
[2:29:37] mandating primary care physician to offer screenings
[2:29:40] to individuals at risk. But most importantly it urges
[2:29:45] health care providers to continue providing prevent it
[2:29:48] preventative hepatitis screening, accessible care
[2:29:51] and to continue educational outreach to ensure our
[2:29:53] communities are healthy. >> I would like to thank my
[2:29:56] colleagues supervisor chen fielder, madam wong and walton
[2:30:00] for your early co-sponsorship. >> next colleagues I would like
[2:30:04] to introduce another resolution urging khizr to drop his
[2:30:10] terrible three contract demands.
[2:30:11] >> this comes as a follow up to the hearing that we held at
[2:30:15] last week's committee of the whole.
[2:30:18] we heard from clinicians and experts about problematic
[2:30:22] contract demands that have the possibility of negatively
[2:30:26] impacting the quality of care that patients receive due to a
[2:30:29] potential for layoffs of staff clinicians increased it
[2:30:33] outsourcing of care and referral of larger number
[2:30:37] of patients onto artificial intelligence therapy platforms.
[2:30:40] I have serious concerns about the use of ai or machine
[2:30:45] learning for clinical treatment and clinical triage.
[2:30:49] as I said during the hearing I'm not against technology but
[2:30:52] without meaningful data and evidence that emerging
[2:30:53] technologies ready for the kind of work that is allegedly being
[2:30:57] employed whit through kaiser. We rise putting patients
[2:31:00] in harm's way ai and other machine learning emerging
[2:31:04] technologies are not obligated to patient care or wellness.
[2:31:08] they do not take hippocratic oath.
[2:31:12] if someone is seeking out a health care provider to inquire
[2:31:16] about behavioral health treatments they deserve at
[2:31:17] minimum to be assessed by a licensed clinicians on intake.
[2:31:21] >> this resolutions urged kaiser to drop its terrible
[2:31:26] three contract limits and requests that day come to
[2:31:30] the bargaining table in good faith.
[2:31:31] and what intentions of upholding the highest quality
[2:31:35] standards of care as possible. Thank you to my colleague
[2:31:38] supervisor walton chan fielder for their early co-sponsorship
[2:31:42] and the rice I submitted. >> thank you.
[2:31:43] thank you. Supervisor chen supervisor
[2:31:46] dorsey. Thank you.
[2:31:47] supervisor fielder. Thank you madam clerk please be
[2:31:51] referred to me after my colleagues the writer bill gars
[2:31:55] in memoriam. >> supervisor mahmud colleagues
[2:32:01] as part of our continuing effort to address food
[2:32:02] insecurity I am submitting a letter of inquiry today to the
[2:32:06] city administrator and the director of real estate to
[2:32:09] learn more about san francisco's municipal property
[2:32:10] portfolio and how it can be used to support future
[2:32:14] investments in food security. From what I've heard from
[2:32:17] residents in district five accessing affordable, healthy
[2:32:20] groceries is an issue in many of our neighborhoods
[2:32:21] and grocery stores closing and tariffs affecting the costs
[2:32:25] of goods. That is a problem that will
[2:32:26] only get worse and make san francisco harder and harder to
[2:32:29] live in for those whose incomes can't keep pace with rising
[2:32:32] costs, the city has some data on its real estate but this
[2:32:37] information isn't easily accessible or compiled in a way
[2:32:40] to help leaders and community partners plan for potential new
[2:32:43] food distribution and retail uses the ask in this letter is
[2:32:47] for a complete inventory of city owned property including
[2:32:49] vacant parcels, underutilized buildings and ground floor
[2:32:52] commercial spaces in city owned buildings the neighborhood or
[2:32:55] supervisory district in which each property is located the
[2:32:59] approximate size of each person in each building and where
[2:33:02] available and existing use designation occupancy status or
[2:33:07] known constraints for each property.
[2:33:08] I hope the results of this otherwise can be helpful to the
[2:33:10] rest of my colleagues as well as we consider the city's role
[2:33:14] in our neighborhoods just like the budget we approved earlier
[2:33:15] today. How the city uses its real
[2:33:18] estate is a moral document and should be an honest
[2:33:19] expression of our values. This is the first step towards
[2:33:23] achieving that. >> the rest I submit.
[2:33:26] thank you supervisor. Mr. President.
[2:33:29] >> thank you, madam clerk. I have a hearing request, an
[2:33:34] ordinance and three in memoriam.
[2:33:39] first I calling for a hearing on the progress of the city's
[2:33:43] ongoing efforts to address drug markets and open air drug
[2:33:44] scenes across san francisco. In may 2023, the city
[2:33:47] established the drug market agency coordination center
[2:33:50] demak to improve coordination of the city's response to open
[2:33:54] air drug markets. Since that time residents
[2:33:55] and visitors alike report improvements in street
[2:33:58] conditions especially downtown. However, drug scenes have
[2:34:01] persisted in historically challenged neighborhoods at
[2:34:05] levels of activity that are unacceptable and new areas have
[2:34:09] emerged as hubs of drug related activity notably including the
[2:34:13] areas around the bart plazas at 16th and 24th streets.
[2:34:16] recognizing the deterioration of conditions in the mission,
[2:34:18] the administration in june the beginning of june initiated a
[2:34:21] 90 day period of focused enforcement and other
[2:34:25] activities to try to turn the tide.
[2:34:26] at this hearing I am interested in better understanding
[2:34:30] and also giving the public a better opportunity to
[2:34:33] understand the efforts that have been made to reduce street
[2:34:37] level drug activity citywide and the more recent specific
[2:34:41] efforts focused on the mission. In short, what has worked?
[2:34:45] what hasn't and where are we going from here?
[2:34:46] I look forward to hearing from the mayor's office, the police
[2:34:50] department, the district attorney, the department of
[2:34:51] public health, the office of economic and workforce
[2:34:53] development and bart and I want to thank supervisor jackie
[2:34:57] fielder and supervisor matt dorsey for their co-sponsorship
[2:35:01] of this hearing request. >> secondly, earlier this year
[2:35:08] the board passed an ordinance submitted for consideration by
[2:35:12] the proposition e commission streamlining task force.
[2:35:13] you will remember that you may remember this I hope you
[2:35:16] remember this. The task force's mandate was to
[2:35:18] identify opportunities to modify, consolidate or
[2:35:21] eliminate public bodies to improve the administration of
[2:35:24] city government while preserving meaningful
[2:35:25] opportunity for public engagement.
[2:35:28] among other changes, the ordinance established more
[2:35:32] standardized structures and membership guidelines
[2:35:33] across commissions to improve transparency and consistency
[2:35:36] in how these bodies operate. >> the task force's ordinance
[2:35:39] established term limits for most of our city's oversight
[2:35:43] bodies. However, the members recognized
[2:35:46] that term limits might not be necessary or desirable for all
[2:35:50] bodies. One such body was the rent
[2:35:51] board. The members of the task force
[2:35:55] recommended preserving the rent board's current structure with
[2:35:58] no term limits. The ordinance was introduced
[2:35:59] and passed however inadvertently omitted an
[2:36:02] exception to give effect to that direction.
[2:36:06] the legislation I'm introducing corrects this and restores the
[2:36:09] rent board term limit provision to its original form which is
[2:36:12] consistent with what the task force recommended.
[2:36:13] I want to thank mitchell omer berg, executive director of the
[2:36:17] affordable housing alliance. Meg heisler, policy director
[2:36:21] for san francisco communities against displacement.
[2:36:24] and polly marshall, a founding member of the affordable
[2:36:26] housing alliance and 35 year veteran of the rent board for
[2:36:28] identifying and working with mae skelly in my office on this
[2:36:32] issue. I also want to thank and new
[2:36:35] and the apartment association for their feedback.
[2:36:37] and finally I want to thank our deputy city attorney brad russi
[2:36:39] for his work drafting the legislation.
[2:36:45] >> the first memoriam I have is for jerry fuller.
[2:36:48] I'm asking that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of
[2:36:52] jerry who died of jerry gerald allen fuller who died on july
[2:36:56] 14th at the age of 76. He was born in illinois on
[2:37:00] september 30th, 1949 and spent his early years in des plaines,
[2:37:04] a suburb of chicago before his family moved to nearby mount
[2:37:08] prospect. When he was 11 he graduated
[2:37:11] high school there in 1967. A lifelong friend once said
[2:37:15] that they were the only progressive minded people
[2:37:16] in that conservative suburb and growing up in that
[2:37:20] environment sparked jerry's lifelong political activism.
[2:37:23] in high school he studied french unlike most students.
[2:37:26] true, he learned to truly c truly learn to speak it
[2:37:28] fluently. And after spending a semester
[2:37:31] at the sorbonne he fell in love with paris where he would
[2:37:34] return to spend many of his birthdays.
[2:37:35] jerry was known for his intelligence and boundless
[2:37:39] curiosity. He attended the university of
[2:37:40] wisconsin in the late 1960s and early 70s studying
[2:37:42] political history. During the height of the
[2:37:46] vietnam war protests when the streets around were literally
[2:37:47] on fire. After completing his
[2:37:50] undergraduate studies, jerry moved to washington, d.c. To
[2:37:53] pursue a master's degree in international relations at
[2:37:55] george washington university. Later transferring to american
[2:37:58] university living in georgetown in the mid to late 70s was
[2:38:02] jerry's first time living in a city with a visible openly gay
[2:38:05] community and culture and d.c. Would remain one of his
[2:38:08] favorite cities along with san francisco and of course paris.
[2:38:12] in 1980 moved by the community's response to the
[2:38:13] assassination of harvey milk, jerry relocated to san
[2:38:17] francisco. He got a job at kaiser where he
[2:38:19] helped develop one of the first outreach programs for people
[2:38:21] living with hiv. During these years he suffered
[2:38:24] the loss of many dear friends losses that only reinforced his
[2:38:28] commitment to political and community activism.
[2:38:31] he worked at kaiser for more than 20 years before retiring
[2:38:34] in his early 50s due to attendant injury.
[2:38:35] in retirement he discovered a passion for photography taking
[2:38:38] classes at city college. >> however, politics remained
[2:38:40] his first love. He served on the board of the
[2:38:43] alice b toklas lgbtq democratic club in the early to mid 2000s
[2:38:47] which is how I met him as a young gay aspiring politico.
[2:38:51] he remained active with lgbtq rights organizations and was a
[2:38:54] dedicated volunteer at the frame line at frame one
[2:38:58] in every city he lived at every job and school.
[2:39:02] jerry formed deep lasting friendships in addition to his
[2:39:06] intelligence passion for helping others love of art
[2:39:07] and literature and sense of humor.
[2:39:09] it was this gift of friendship that defined jerry fuller.
[2:39:10] he left behind a world full of best friends rest in peace
[2:39:14] and power. Jerry fuller.
[2:39:17] may your memory be a blessing. I am also asking that we
[2:39:21] adjourn today's meeting in memory of jeremiah.
[2:39:24] jerry francis halsey. A civic, environmental
[2:39:26] and educational leader who died on july 17th at the age of 87.
[2:39:30] >> he was born on january 15th, 1939 in boston and moved to the
[2:39:37] bay area to earn his juris doctor from the university of
[2:39:38] california berkeley school of law.
[2:39:40] after earning a bachelor of arts in english literature from
[2:39:44] boston college and our master of arts in industrial and labor
[2:39:45] relations from cornell university after graduating he
[2:39:48] served in the united states army from 1963 to 1969
[2:39:52] and following his military service he began a
[2:39:55] distinguished legal career that spanned more than five decades.
[2:39:58] after being admitted to the california bar in 1966, he
[2:40:01] served as a deputy district attorney for contra costa
[2:40:05] county and as a staff attorney with the u.s. Securities
[2:40:06] and exchange commission. He went on to co-found the
[2:40:10] offices of halsey and johnson in san francisco in 1970 where
[2:40:13] he specialized in california energy and labor law even after
[2:40:17] leaving his full time roles in public service, however,
[2:40:20] halsey remained committed to serving the public.
[2:40:21] over the years he held a number of leadership positions
[2:40:25] in various civic and educational organizations,
[2:40:27] including his 20 year tenure as a trustee of the california
[2:40:29] construction industry labor management cooperation trust.
[2:40:32] beginning in 2006, he also served on the california
[2:40:35] transportation commission where he was vice chairman the
[2:40:38] california economic development commission, the california
[2:40:39] state coastal conservancy and the university of
[2:40:42] california board of regents. He was deeply involved
[2:40:45] in democratic party politics playing key roles in the
[2:40:47] campaigns of governors edmund g.
[2:40:50] brown jr gray davis and gavin newsom and fundraising for
[2:40:53] democratic candidates at the national level including
[2:40:54] presidents jimmy carter, bill clinton, barack obama and joe
[2:40:57] biden. Halsey's catholic faith was a
[2:41:00] guiding force throughout his life shaping the way he
[2:41:04] approached his work, relationships and service to
[2:41:05] others. Guided by the church's
[2:41:08] teachings, he consistently sought opportunities to care
[2:41:11] for those around him and help those in need.
[2:41:12] he was known for being a whether enthusiast and for his
[2:41:16] love of books and eclectic art. Many remember him as an
[2:41:19] institution at the institution of sam's grill.
[2:41:20] additionally, while he eventually embraced the san
[2:41:24] francisco 40 niners and california golden bears he
[2:41:26] never lost his boston accent or his loyalty to the boston red
[2:41:28] sox and boston bruins. Our condolences go out to his
[2:41:31] sons jeremy and sean, his stepson charlie johnson and the
[2:41:35] many extended family members friends, colleagues and and
[2:41:38] clients who loved him. Rest in peace, jeremiah halsey.
[2:41:42] may your memory be a blessing. And finally I'm asking that we
[2:41:46] adjourn today's meeting in memory of sidney alan
[2:41:49] johnston who died far, far too young.
[2:41:53] on june 26th, 2026 at the age of 40 she grew up in marin
[2:41:56] county, received both her undergraduate degree and mba
[2:42:00] from the university of the university of san francisco,
[2:42:04] said it was named for her grandmother who along with her
[2:42:05] grandfather gus bought john's grill in 1969 and turned it
[2:42:08] into the landmark restaurant it is today.
[2:42:12] cydney often worked behind the bar at john's grill and was
[2:42:15] known for her warmth, quick wit and her genuine interest
[2:42:19] in each and every customer. Her gift for connecting with
[2:42:20] others led her to a career in hospitality.
[2:42:23] although she later moved to greece, san francisco remained
[2:42:27] an important part of her life. She continued to stay connected
[2:42:28] to john's grill and collaborated on projects
[2:42:31] with her brother including the john ellis block party and the
[2:42:34] hello local podcast. Friends and family remember
[2:42:36] sadness as event as adventurous, joyful giving
[2:42:38] and devoted to her family. She is survived by her parents
[2:42:43] john and athena constantine. Her brother john constant jr.
[2:42:46] and his fiancee lindsay her nieces athena and leah.
[2:42:50] and many beloved cousins. We want to send our profound
[2:42:54] and deep condolences to the family.
[2:42:57] rest in peace and power sad now.
[2:42:58] may your memory be a blessing. >> and the rest I submit.
[2:43:01] thank you, mr. President. Supervisor melgar.
[2:43:07] thank you. I'd like to be added to the
[2:43:08] in memoriam for as a constant please.
[2:43:12] colleagues today I'm also submitting an in memoriam along
[2:43:16] with my colleague supervisor fielder and supervisor walton
[2:43:23] in honor of my dear friend dr. Estella reyes garcia whose
[2:43:27] life's work has transformed the health and well-being of
[2:43:31] generations of san franciscans. Dr. Estella reyes garcia was a
[2:43:35] partner at the a sister, a leader, a chicana and activist
[2:43:42] ,a psychologist, a mentor, a jokester and so many other
[2:43:46] things to so many people. She carried warmth and humor
[2:43:50] alongside deep wisdom and she was tough.
[2:43:53] she understood that healing did not happen only in a clinical
[2:43:57] office. Healing happened
[2:43:58] in relationships with family community land ancestors
[2:44:02] ceremony, any language, music movement and collective
[2:44:07] struggle. Throughout her life and career,
[2:44:10] dr. Garcia worked to improve the mental, emotional,
[2:44:14] spiritual and communal well-being of chicano, latino
[2:44:18] indigenous and across all communities in san francisco.
[2:44:23] she is known for her approximately 35 years at
[2:44:29] instituto familia de la raza including 15 years as its
[2:44:33] executive director and leader. Her story is one of
[2:44:37] perseverance, service and an unwavering commitment to
[2:44:41] uplifting our chicano, latino and indigenous communities.
[2:44:45] from her childhood working alongside her mother
[2:44:46] and siblings in california's central valley to earning
[2:44:49] degrees from city college of san francisco, uc santa cruz,
[2:44:52] uc berkeley and a doctorate from ucsf's langley porter
[2:44:56] institute dr. Garcia has never forgotten where she comes from
[2:45:00] and who she serves. Under her leadership, instituto
[2:45:04] has become a model for culturally responsive care
[2:45:08] providing vital services that recognize that true wellness is
[2:45:12] an emotional spiritual, cultural and social.
[2:45:16] throughout her work, countless individuals and families have
[2:45:21] found support, dignity and hope a defining feature of dr.
[2:45:25] garcia's work with her conviction that meaningful
[2:45:28] healing must recognize the cultural and spiritual lives of
[2:45:32] the people seeking support. Under her leadership ifr
[2:45:35] brought together clinical services family support, youth
[2:45:39] development prevention, peer support, community organizing,
[2:45:43] traditional practices in different forms of healing.
[2:45:47] darker garcia describes healing as a continuum that included
[2:45:51] prevention, treatment, emotional wellness, spiritual
[2:45:54] wellness and behavioral health. She emphasized that no single
[2:45:58] practice professional, disciplined or healing
[2:46:02] tradition was enough on its own.
[2:46:03] people and communities need many medicines and those can
[2:46:06] include therapy but they also can include healing circles
[2:46:13] ceremony prayer allthat is dance art music movement
[2:46:17] storytelling laughter food family participation elder
[2:46:21] guidance community gatherings and connection to the
[2:46:25] ancestors. >> her philosophy rejected the
[2:46:29] idea that professional mental health treatment had to be
[2:46:31] separated from wants culture and spiritual practice.
[2:46:34] she understood that such a separation often reflected a
[2:46:38] system that had historic dismissed indigenous knowledge
[2:46:42] and treated western clinical models as the only legitimate
[2:46:46] form of care. Dr. Garcia instead affirmed
[2:46:49] that ancestral knowledge and community traditions had
[2:46:54] always sustained our people. She worked to create spaces
[2:46:58] in which clinical practice and traditional ways of healing
[2:47:02] could exist together strengthening each other.
[2:47:05] one of dr. Garcia's many important contributions is san
[2:47:09] francisco with her advocacy for both indigenous residents from
[2:47:12] mexico, central america and further south as well as
[2:47:16] her support in bridge building with the american indian
[2:47:17] community. Many indigenous immigrants to
[2:47:21] san francisco encountered health, housing, immigration,
[2:47:24] education and social service systems that were just not
[2:47:28] prepared to recognize their languages, their cultures,
[2:47:30] histories, migration experiences.
[2:47:33] indigenous residents were often grouped broadly into latino
[2:47:37] categories making their distinct identities and needs
[2:47:40] invisible. Dr. Garcia understood that this
[2:47:45] invisibility was not simply admin and an administrative
[2:47:48] problem excuse me but it was part of a longer history of
[2:47:53] colonization and cultural erasure.
[2:47:56] the indigenous health and wellness initiative began
[2:48:00] through association mab in response to the needs of san
[2:48:04] francisco's yoga tech and mayan community and dr. Garcia's
[2:48:08] advocacy helped secure dedicated funding for
[2:48:11] indigenous communities. Under her leadership, ifr
[2:48:15] initiated and supported many programs and efforts that
[2:48:16] continue to this day to serve indigenous people from across
[2:48:20] latin america with greater attention to mental health,
[2:48:23] cultural identity, migration and trauma.
[2:48:28] >> dr. Garcia also played a formative role in the
[2:48:31] development of the road map to peace, a community initiative
[2:48:35] created in response to violence affecting young latino
[2:48:39] residents. Following the loss of several
[2:48:43] young people in 24, the 2014 community organizations
[2:48:46] and leaders began meeting to develop according needed
[2:48:50] response. Dr. Garcia made clear that the
[2:48:51] community could not remain inactive while young people
[2:48:55] were being lost. She understood that violence as
[2:48:59] connected to deep deeper conditions trauma,
[2:49:02] disconnection, institutional racism, poverty, neighborhood
[2:49:06] displacement, involvement in juvenile and legal
[2:49:10] and criminal legal systems, limited economic opportunities
[2:49:14] and the loss of cultural identity and belonging wrote
[2:49:19] roadmap to peace brought together the community
[2:49:20] and providing combined coordinated services youth
[2:49:23] leadership, healing family support, community engagement
[2:49:27] and alternatives to involvement in the juvenile and criminal
[2:49:30] justice system. Dr. Estella garcia legacy can
[2:49:34] be found in the clinicians she mentored.
[2:49:37] the organization she strengthens the coalition.
[2:49:41] she helped build the ceremonies and healing circles she
[2:49:45] supported. The young people many young
[2:49:48] people given another path and the families who
[2:49:50] encountered services that recognize their full humanity.
[2:49:53] it can also be found in the continued practice she left
[2:49:57] with all of us. The practice of la quinta
[2:50:01] guerra my heart goes out to her spouse robin san miguel thank
[2:50:05] you estella for your lifelong commitment to healing our
[2:50:08] communities. I also want to thank especially
[2:50:13] julius huberty and tracy brown for their collaboration and in
[2:50:17] preparing this in memoriam. San francisco is a better,
[2:50:21] healthier and more compassionate city because of
[2:50:22] dr. Estelle garcia. The doctor is the latter as
[2:50:26] garcia and mr. President. Madam clerk, I would like to
[2:50:32] turn this over to supervisor fielder to share a few remarks
[2:50:36] and then be referred for introductions.
[2:50:37] >> thank you. >> thank you so much supervisor
[2:50:41] melgar for leading this in memoriam.
[2:50:44] I would like to add a few brief remarks on behalf of myself
[2:50:48] and district nine to honor the life and legacy of dr. Stella
[2:50:49] rae as garcia who played such a pivotal role in the mission
[2:50:53] district. Throughout her decades of
[2:50:56] leadership and work for social change including over 35 years
[2:51:00] at instituto familia de la raza 15 of those at the helm.
[2:51:04] dr. Garcia was a beloved mentor and visionary, especially
[2:51:07] visible in the countless women leaders who grew up in her
[2:51:11] orbit and who are now outspoken changemakers in our city.
[2:51:14] dr. Garcia left her mark in advocating for
[2:51:18] and implementing public policy and mental health hiv services
[2:51:22] and social services to improve access and promote healthy
[2:51:23] communities particularly for the latino immigrant community.
[2:51:27] the mission district will miss her dearly but remember her
[2:51:31] legacy which lives on in ifr and so many of our leaders.
[2:51:35] I offer my deepest condolences to her lifelong partner robert
[2:51:38] and son miguel, their daughter and nieces mikayla, ana
[2:51:42] and esperanza, their grandchildren and their
[2:51:43] extended community looks like supervisor chen also.
[2:51:51] >> thank you person. Don't mind.
[2:51:55] thank you. Thank you supervisor malkia for
[2:51:56] giving us the opportunity to recognize the many
[2:51:59] contributions that dr. Garcia blasted our community with.
[2:52:02] not only did she help build ifr into what is today but she had
[2:52:06] a direct impact and influence over the wellness and safety of
[2:52:10] so many families in our neighborhoods.
[2:52:13] her innovation, grit and love for community will be
[2:52:14] remembered for generations. I'm also sending my love to our
[2:52:19] family. Thank you for sharing her with
[2:52:22] our city. May her memory be a blessing.
[2:52:24] >> thank you. >> thank you.
[2:52:28] and supervise your melgar. You wanted to finish your roll
[2:52:33] call for introductions. Thank you, madam clerk.
[2:52:37] today I am introducing a hearing request along with
[2:52:40] supervisors dorsey chen chan and fielder for a joint meeting
[2:52:45] between the commission on the status of women and the board
[2:52:49] of supervisors public safety and neighborhood services
[2:52:53] committee. The staffing needs policies
[2:52:55] and procedures for responding to and addressing reports of
[2:52:57] sexual assault. >> last march we held a hearing
[2:53:01] on the severe understaffed understaffing and policies for
[2:53:05] the san francisco police department's special victims
[2:53:08] unit. >> the hearing illuminated the
[2:53:09] critical consequences of an understaffed team tasked with
[2:53:13] some of the most egregious cases of sexual assault
[2:53:17] domestic violence, human trafficking and the toll that
[2:53:21] it takes on overworked investigators.
[2:53:25] while staffing remained difficult to address, there was
[2:53:28] still a commitment and immediate steps that were
[2:53:30] taken after the hearing to alleviate the strains of the
[2:53:33] special victims unit into strengthened protocols.
[2:53:36] there has been some progress but we still have a long way to
[2:53:40] go. >> last week the san francisco
[2:53:43] standard reported on how difficult it remains to
[2:53:44] navigate the process even when a survivor follows all the
[2:53:48] steps, collects evidence and even has a suspect match.
[2:53:54] it demonstrates that there is a culture that prevails where
[2:53:56] sexual assault is not provided the same level of urgency
[2:53:59] and sensitivity which leads to survive.
[2:54:03] survivors refraining from reporting or speaking up when
[2:54:06] there is a sexual assault. San francisco's rape case
[2:54:10] clearance rate has dropped significantly to the point
[2:54:14] where there are we are at half the national rate with only 14%
[2:54:20] of rapes cleared. If we want survivors to feel
[2:54:24] safe coming forward, it is up to us to show how we will be
[2:54:28] held accountable to serving them with dignity and a sense
[2:54:32] of urgency. The commission on the status of
[2:54:33] women also discussed this issue last week so that is why I am
[2:54:37] calling the joint hearing with our public safety
[2:54:40] and neighborhood services committee today.
[2:54:41] we want this hearing to focus on next steps for improving the
[2:54:44] outcomes and the handling of sexual assault reports.
[2:54:47] this is about collaboration and bringing together resources
[2:54:51] so we can center survivors and make improvements.
[2:54:55] I want to thank the mayor's office the victim and witness
[2:54:59] services, the office of sexual harassment and assault response
[2:55:02] and prevention. Sharp the san francisco police
[2:55:03] department the department of the status of women and the
[2:55:07] mayor's office for their willingness both
[2:55:11] in collaboration and thank you to chair dorsey of the public
[2:55:15] safety neighborhood services committee for your partnership.
[2:55:19] the rest I submit thank you supervisor or supervisor sauter
[2:55:23] colleagues. >> housing continues to be the
[2:55:26] defining crisis of our day. Rents are crushing the very
[2:55:30] people who make this city run and are keeping out countless
[2:55:34] members of the next generation who want to live their san
[2:55:37] francisco dream. We need to respond to this
[2:55:41] emergency by both building more homes and supporting existing
[2:55:45] tenants, keeping renters in their homes and ensuring
[2:55:46] these homes are affordable and in good condition.
[2:55:49] >> must absolutely be part of our response to the housing
[2:55:53] crisis. So today I'm introducing three
[2:55:56] items which respond to the increasing pressure that
[2:56:00] renters find themselves under in today's hot housing market.
[2:56:03] >> first I'm introducing a drafting request to update
[2:56:07] and strengthen san francisco's elevator ordinance.
[2:56:11] >> and before I tell you what the legislation is, I want to
[2:56:13] tell you why I'm doing this. It's because of the tenants at
[2:56:16] 845 california that I have met over this past year almost 100
[2:56:20] of my constituents, different agents, different backgrounds,
[2:56:24] all who have had to bond together out of necessity
[2:56:27] because their elevators have been broken nearly nonstop.
[2:56:31] an elevator outage might seem like an abstract problem until
[2:56:36] you hear directly from the people it hurts.
[2:56:39] so this summer I visited f45, california and met the people
[2:56:43] impacted by this. I met an amazing 94 year old
[2:56:46] woman who has contributed decades of her life to san
[2:56:50] francisco but is now isolated from the city she loves.
[2:56:53] I met a man who suffered cardiac arrest in his apartment
[2:56:58] and when the paramedics arrived he had to walk himself down
[2:57:01] many flights of stairs because the elevator was broken.
[2:57:05] I met a woman who told me how she struggles to carry her dog
[2:57:08] in one hand and groceries in the other as she traverses
[2:57:11] the steep stairs. >> I met neighbor after
[2:57:13] neighbor who shared that they now go out less because of the
[2:57:17] elevator outages and skipping seeing friends, limiting
[2:57:21] groceries and putting off doctor appointments or even
[2:57:24] surgeries because of the uncertainty.
[2:57:27] and I saw that eight flights of winding narrow, disjointed
[2:57:28] stairs stand between them and their normal lives
[2:57:31] and activities in san francisco .
[2:57:35] despite nearly 30 formal building complaints repeated
[2:57:38] outreach from my office and tenant complaints, the
[2:57:39] property owner has been evasive and noncommittal in their
[2:57:43] responsibility to fix the elevators.
[2:57:46] they constantly play a cat and mouse game in making
[2:57:47] temporary fixes to evade building inspections and forced
[2:57:50] tenants to wade through endless mazes of phone trees to try
[2:57:54] and reach a real human being. >> and while these elevators
[2:57:58] stop broken month after month, this landlord has been
[2:58:01] marketing a 400 square foot studio in the very same
[2:58:05] building for $4,200 a month. And the listing even promised a
[2:58:10] quote elevator for effortless access.
[2:58:13] >> after I toured the building. I was left dismayed and angry.
[2:58:17] the property owner clearly needs to answer for their own
[2:58:21] neglect but our city can do more to our current elevator
[2:58:25] ordinance is light on specifics and gives bad actors far too
[2:58:29] much leeway when an elevator doesn't actually reliably serve
[2:58:33] tenants. >> so today's drafting request
[2:58:34] will ask that the city attorney work to update san francisco's
[2:58:38] elevator ordinance in a number of ways, including requiring
[2:58:42] that property owners have a responsibility to maintain all
[2:58:46] elevators as fast as operable at all times and setting a
[2:58:53] clear deadline for repairs to be completed.
[2:58:54] requiring that relocation options be provided by property
[2:58:58] owners to certain populations that need accommodations for
[2:59:01] outages longer than 24 hours. Requiring that more notices
[2:59:08] and electronic communications be posted and sent immediately
[2:59:11] for all outages including translation for city supported
[2:59:13] languages. >> we will also examine fees
[2:59:17] and enforcement schedules for building violations related to
[2:59:20] elevator outages and clarify remedies and anti retaliation
[2:59:24] protections available to tenants when their access to
[2:59:28] their homes is limited is limited by elevator outages.
[2:59:31] >> I believe that a working elevator in an apartment is not
[2:59:35] an amenity or a luxury. It is a core housing service.
[2:59:39] and so this legislation says simply if you profit from a
[2:59:43] building you're responsible for keeping it livable.
[2:59:46] >> next I'm introducing a budget and legislative
[2:59:50] analyst's request to consider improvements for san francisco
[2:59:54] whose policy regarding banked rent increases banked rent is
[2:59:58] the practice of a landlord skipping an annual allowable
[3:00:01] rent increase and instead saving or banking the unused
[3:00:06] percentage. And under today's policy
[3:00:07] landlords have the option to add this bank rent increase at
[3:00:11] a future date to the same tenant with no limits.
[3:00:14] this can lead to a large rent increase in future years that
[3:00:18] can be hard to expect or absorb all at once.
[3:00:21] in today's hot market we're seeing bank rent use as a tool
[3:00:25] to push tenants out with large increases rent increases that
[3:00:29] are untenable. This is especially concerning
[3:00:32] around the sale of new buildings which was the case at
[3:00:35] 1120. Jackson in my district where a
[3:00:38] 92 year old and her neighbors are fighting evictions here.
[3:00:42] banks rent was first used as an incentive for the building as
[3:00:46] it was marketed having a 224% rental upside achievable
[3:00:49] through unit turnover and then bankrupt bank banked rent was
[3:00:57] weaponized to bring sudden rent increases that no tenant could
[3:01:01] absorb overnight. I believe there are guardrails
[3:01:05] that we should consider which will help us avoid these
[3:01:08] scenarios. Every other city that allows
[3:01:12] bank rent has guardrails every single one except san
[3:01:16] francisco. And we have literally been
[3:01:19] called the wild west of rent banking because of this.
[3:01:23] >> so our bill a report will look at limits and protections
[3:01:25] that other cities have enacted and consider how they might
[3:01:28] impact san francisco tenants, property owners and the overall
[3:01:32] rental market. >> finally I am introducing
[3:01:35] hearing requests on the topic of rental scams a practice that
[3:01:39] is becoming more sophisticated and deceptive in this brutal
[3:01:43] rental market. San franciscans searching for
[3:01:47] housing are increasingly targeted by rental scams
[3:01:50] listing listings for apartments that simply don't exist.
[3:01:54] scammers posing as landlords or property managers as requests
[3:01:59] for deposits or first month's rent before reviewing
[3:02:01] and fraudulent subletting schemes that exploit the city's
[3:02:06] competitive rental market. These scams disproportionately
[3:02:10] hit renters with the least room for financial loss students new
[3:02:12] arrivals, low income tenants and immigrants navigating an
[3:02:15] unfamiliar housing search process for the first time.
[3:02:18] >> so our hearing will examine the scope of this problem
[3:02:22] in san francisco. What protections currently
[3:02:25] exist and what more are the city can do to warn people
[3:02:26] before money changes hands? A special thanks to chief
[3:02:30] assistant treasurer amanda freed for her work in elevating
[3:02:33] this issue and her office's commitment to consumer
[3:02:37] protections in a brutal housing market.
[3:02:41] >> we need to step up how our city protects renters and long
[3:02:45] time tenants. My message to those seeking to
[3:02:48] exploit today is competitive market is clear.
[3:02:52] if you own a building, keep the elevator running.
[3:02:56] if you're going to raise the rent, don't spring years of
[3:02:59] increases on someone overnight. And if you're advertising an
[3:03:02] apartment it should actually exist.
[3:03:03] so I look forward to turning this work into legislation
[3:03:07] in the months ahead to better protect san francisco renters.
[3:03:10] I want to thank michelle andrews for my team for her
[3:03:14] work on all of these items and for approaching both the
[3:03:15] human stories and legislative side with care
[3:03:18] and consideration. I also want to thank city
[3:03:22] attorneys including brad rossi, megan ryan and rob coppola for
[3:03:23] their partnership on these items and the rest.
[3:03:26] >> I submit. >> thank you.
[3:03:30] supervisor supervisor cheryl smith thank you.
[3:03:34] scene no other names on the roster mr. President.
[3:03:37] >> that concludes roll call for introduction.
[3:03:38] let's go to public comment. >> all right.
[3:03:41] at this time the board of supervisors welcomes your
[3:03:43] general public comment. In person speakers will be
[3:03:45] prioritized so please line up on the right hand side of the
[3:03:49] chamber. Those joining us remotely
[3:03:52] superstar three now to line up in the remote queue.
[3:03:53] during general public comment you may speak to the approval
[3:03:56] of the june 23rd board meeting minutes.
[3:04:00] the june 22nd june 24th and june 2nd june 25th.
[3:04:03] budget and appropriation committee minutes.
[3:04:06] items 88 through 95 the items under the for adoption without
[3:04:10] committee reference calendar and any other general matters
[3:04:12] that are not on today's agenda but must be within the board's
[3:04:15] subject matter jurisdiction. >> all other agenda content
[3:04:18] will have been reported out to the board by an appropriate
[3:04:21] committee where the public comment requirement occurred.
[3:04:23] as I indicated at the beginning of the meeting, the board has
[3:04:27] also approved a rule to address disorderly public comment.
[3:04:30] members of the public must keep their comments germane to
[3:04:32] matters within the jurisdiction of the board.
[3:04:35] any comments that contain personal attacks, harassment or
[3:04:38] discriminatory remarks directed to a city employee or board
[3:04:42] member outside the scope of this body and shall be
[3:04:43] redirected? Failure to immediately redirect
[3:04:46] your comments will result in your forfeiture of remaining
[3:04:50] time and we will transition to the next speaker.
[3:04:53] also please remember to address your comments to the board as a
[3:04:54] whole and not to individual members.
[3:04:56] >> first person. Good evening supervisors.
[3:05:01] my name is amelia. District nine speaking in my
[3:05:03] individual capacity in the last two weeks I have walked over 23
[3:05:07] miles across our city across our system of care.
[3:05:11] the crisis centers, shelters, rehabs, drop in centers, food
[3:05:12] distribution sites, supportive housing sites.
[3:05:16] I had to tell them they may be witnessing the removal of peer
[3:05:20] counselors from the street crisis response team from
[3:05:21] frontline workers to directors. No one that I spoke to had
[3:05:24] heard it anywhere else. They count on the non-uniformed
[3:05:28] peer support backed by our traditional first responders
[3:05:31] when they call 911 for their people.
[3:05:33] our people. One person on foot in door to
[3:05:37] door during off hours should not be the communication
[3:05:38] strategy for a policy change of this consequence within a
[3:05:41] city's administration focused on coordination, accountability
[3:05:45] and outcomes. Some of the sentiments of those
[3:05:48] conversations are already public record.
[3:05:49] in the 70 letters you have all received in your board packets
[3:05:53] from the last two weeks alone if we really are to break the
[3:05:56] cycle, let's start with telling the truth out loud to your
[3:06:00] constituents your health care and social service workers.
[3:06:03] >> first responders want this. The answer is in your inbox.
[3:06:07] I want to be able to solve programmatic issues at the
[3:06:08] programmatic level while looking to you for macro level
[3:06:11] direction. But I ask right now why would
[3:06:15] we forfeit funded high quality care that has mechanisms for
[3:06:19] federal and state reimbursement?
[3:06:19] in this budget climate. Please sign a letter to the
[3:06:23] mayors support the mayor's office to support us regarding
[3:06:26] a thorough review before recess.
[3:06:29] I am here as a resource whether we are to do the right thing
[3:06:31] right now or whether we'll have to someday rebuild the
[3:06:34] demolition of a once successful collaboration.
[3:06:38] now effective. Now effective august 14th.
[3:06:42] >> thank you. Thank you for your comments.
[3:06:44] >> next speaker. >> good morning president
[3:06:51] mandell men, members of the board of supervisors and my
[3:06:53] fellow san franciscans. My name is eva seligman and I
[3:06:56] am honored to serve as a legislative intern
[3:07:00] and supervisor dorsey's office. I am also a proud native of san
[3:07:04] franciscan. >> currently I study at boston
[3:07:05] university frederic party school of global studies where
[3:07:08] I study international relations and history.
[3:07:11] >> it is my privilege to stand before you today to introduce a
[3:07:15] resolution that I helped authored establishing a
[3:07:16] fentanyl awareness and remembrance day in the city
[3:07:20] and county of san francisco. >> for the past four years
[3:07:23] supervisor dorsey has been a leading voice in advancing a
[3:07:27] recovery first approach to the drug crisis in our city an
[3:07:31] approach that prioritizes treatment, rehabilitation,
[3:07:36] prevention and public safety. This resolution builds upon
[3:07:39] that important work by recognizing the profound impact
[3:07:40] fentanyl has had on our communities and honoring the
[3:07:44] lives we have lost. Funnel has fundamentally
[3:07:48] changed the landscape of the overdose crisis in san
[3:07:51] francisco. It is more potent, more
[3:07:52] dangerous and more unpredictable all than previous
[3:07:55] substances and it has left families, neighborhoods
[3:07:59] and communities across our city devastated.
[3:08:00] >> behind every number and every statistic there is a
[3:08:03] person there is a loved one a neighbor, a friend, a family
[3:08:08] member, a son, a daughter, a valued member of this
[3:08:12] community. >> this resolution creates an
[3:08:15] opportunity to honor those individuals, support those who
[3:08:19] continue to grieve and raise awareness about the ongoing
[3:08:20] dangers of fentanyl. Fentanyl awareness
[3:08:23] and remembrance day is not only about looking back
[3:08:27] and remembering those we have lost.
[3:08:28] it is also about looking forward with greater awareness,
[3:08:31] stronger prevention efforts and a renewed commitment to
[3:08:35] pursuing solution that saves lives.
[3:08:36] >> san francisco has always been a city that confronts
[3:08:40] difficult challenges with compassion and courage
[3:08:43] and action. >> by recognizing this day we
[3:08:44] affirm our commitment to supporting those impacted by
[3:08:48] the crisis. I respectfully ask for you to
[3:08:51] support this resolution. Thank you very much.
[3:08:52] thank you for your comments. >> speakers good afternoon
[3:09:02] president man woman members of the board.
[3:09:06] >> my name is mahoney seabury and I have the privilege of
[3:09:10] serving as a legislative aide to supervisor matt dorsey.
[3:09:11] >> I'm deeply honored to stand before you not only as a member
[3:09:14] of a staff but as a proud afghan-american speaking on
[3:09:18] behalf of item 88 recognizing august as afghan-american
[3:09:21] heritage month. >> this resolution represents
[3:09:25] something I have never imagined that I would see growing up to
[3:09:28] stand in this chambers as an afghan-american serving the
[3:09:30] people of san francisco and representing a resolution
[3:09:33] recognizing my own community is both humbling and deeply
[3:09:37] meaningful. It is a reminder that
[3:09:38] representation matters and that every community deserves to see
[3:09:41] its story reflected in the institutions that serve them.
[3:09:45] this resolution also represents the continuation of a journey
[3:09:49] that began here in this chamber back in 2023.
[3:09:52] I had the privilege of drafting san francisco's first
[3:09:56] afghan-american heritage resolution and at the time I
[3:10:00] hope that it would become more than a proclamation I hoped it
[3:10:04] would become a tradition one that ensured future generations
[3:10:05] of african americans would not only see their heritage
[3:10:08] recognized but their contribution asians celebrated.
[3:10:12] >> today I am incredibly proud to say that that vision has
[3:10:16] grown beyond san francisco. Earlier this year in march, the
[3:10:17] state of california officially recognized afghan-american
[3:10:21] heritage month building upon the momentum that began began
[3:10:24] here at the board of supervisors.
[3:10:27] >> it is a powerful reminder that meaningful change often
[3:10:31] begins at the local level. This year also marks another
[3:10:35] historic first for the first time in conjunction with afghan
[3:10:38] american heritage month, the board of supervisors is
[3:10:40] recognizing afghan americans for their extraordinary service
[3:10:43] to our city and our state. These honorees are more than
[3:10:48] accomplished professionals. They are examples of african
[3:10:49] americans that have contributed to california for decades
[3:10:52] quietly serving, quietly leading and giving back.
[3:10:55] >> this is why this resolution matters.
[3:10:58] I want to personally thank supervisor matt dorsey for his
[3:11:00] unwavering support and for championing this resolution
[3:11:03] and I thank each of you for recognizing the extraordinary
[3:11:07] contribution. >> thank you for your comments
[3:11:09] . >> next speaker.
[3:11:17] >> good afternoon supervisors. I am richard knee, a journalist
[3:11:21] and former member of the sunshine ordinance task force.
[3:11:24] I'm speaking on behalf of the society of professional
[3:11:28] journalists northern california chapter and the pacific media
[3:11:30] workers guild. >> news guild cwa local three
[3:11:34] 9521. >> at least one of you has
[3:11:35] expressed a desire to fill the task force with members who
[3:11:40] take a so-called pragmatic approach toward sunshine law
[3:11:43] compliance delaying appointment of those who have already
[3:11:47] applied and in some cases been vetted by spca and the league
[3:11:51] of women voters is anything but pragmatic.
[3:11:55] >> you are forcing the task force to go on hiatus causing
[3:11:59] build up of a backlog of sunshine related complaints
[3:12:02] and delaying redress for those who have filed them.
[3:12:06] it is not the task force's job to be more friendly or more
[3:12:09] adversarial towards city officials and agencies.
[3:12:13] the task force's job is to encourage and monitor sunshine
[3:12:17] law compliance without fear or favor.
[3:12:21] >> at least one of you argues that the volume of record
[3:12:25] requests makes it difficult for city officials and agencies to
[3:12:28] do their job. >> sunshine law compliance is
[3:12:33] part and parcel of that job. >> but rather than make sure
[3:12:37] that those officials and agencies have sufficient
[3:12:38] staffing and resources to meet record requests, some of you
[3:12:45] want instead to blame the requesters for exercising their
[3:12:48] right to know about city policies and actions and their
[3:12:52] bases. A tactic straight out of the
[3:12:53] author authority tarion playbook is a wrongheaded
[3:12:56] approach that will enable backroom dealing and force
[3:13:00] sunshine complainants to go to court which will cost the city
[3:13:04] potentially millions every year .
[3:13:07] >> that is anything but pragmatic.
[3:13:11] thank you for your comments. Next speaker.
[3:13:19] hello city council and nice to see you jackie.
[3:13:22] my name is dee henry and I'm here to discuss something
[3:13:24] that's not on the agenda today but stick with me.
[3:13:26] >> it will all relate. I want to advocate for a
[3:13:30] historically shafted bird. >> I was once like you, jackie
[3:13:34] thinking of them as rats of the skies.
[3:13:37] I saw dirty scoundrels feeding the dirty birds and it almost
[3:13:41] brought me to tears to say that I spat on them.
[3:13:42] >> I've heard them called mudguards black plague birds
[3:13:46] target practice ice chubby doves dog toys government spies
[3:13:53] ,alien spies hoochie mamas scaly rats monk jumbos concrete
[3:13:57] chicken guzzlers and in some cases as the covid pandemics
[3:14:03] patient zero. I would like to offer a moment
[3:14:05] of silence for uttering those words.
[3:14:08] but it all changed when I moved to san fran.
[3:14:11] I was gazing out at the beautiful sunset over the bay
[3:14:12] as I cut my toenails and a big bang almost made me chop off my
[3:14:19] toe. I went out to the balcony
[3:14:20] and heard a faint cuckoo and saw I would become my best
[3:14:23] friend and lover. >> little kenny I realized that
[3:14:29] these are cuddly, chunky, curious and totally cuckoo for
[3:14:33] cocoa puffs creatures and this city has declared war on them.
[3:14:38] >> and I'm here to make a stand .
[3:14:40] look around. There's spikes on windows.
[3:14:44] nets on doorways and the covert pigeon hunting syndicate known
[3:14:48] as the parrots. >> I've spent long nights
[3:14:49] weeping in the fetal position due to this city's atrocities
[3:14:53] towards pages. >> so here are my demands.
[3:14:56] >> cuckoo. Here we go, jackie.
[3:15:00] okay, everyone. Pigeons on three.
[3:15:02] one, two, three. Pigeons.
[3:15:04] >> thank you. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:15:09] next speaker. >> good afternoon.
[3:15:16] my name is yahia buzzard. I'm here today with care the
[3:15:19] council on american-islamic relations and we support the
[3:15:22] resolution recognizing south asian american heritage month
[3:15:24] in san francisco. >> for generations south asian
[3:15:27] americans have shaped the fabric of san francisco through
[3:15:31] their contributions to the city's culture economy, public
[3:15:35] service and civic life. >> the south asian american
[3:15:38] community is incredibly diverse encompassing muslim dalit sick
[3:15:43] tamil bengali napoli, indo caribbean and many other
[3:15:48] communities whose histories and contributions deserve to be
[3:15:51] recognized and celebrated. Recognizing south asian
[3:15:55] american heritage month uplifts many stories, identities
[3:15:59] and contributions especially at a time when south asians
[3:16:03] continue to face discrimination ,hate and erasure.
[3:16:07] >> we are grateful to supervisor mahmood
[3:16:10] and commissioner kudarat, continues chaudhry for their
[3:16:13] leadership on this resolution. We respectfully urge the board
[3:16:17] to unanimously support the resolution and to continue
[3:16:21] celebrating the invaluable contributions of south
[3:16:22] asian-americans in san francisco.
[3:16:25] >> thank you. Thank you for your comments.
[3:16:28] >> next speaker I abhor this colonial u.s. Government of
[3:16:36] white christian nationalistic primacy of coerced cisgender
[3:16:40] living and heterosexuality of capitalism policing, slavery,
[3:16:44] genocide, eco side eugenics all of it but only focusing on that
[3:16:48] dream my humanity until I feel my bone dry of its marrow.
[3:16:51] I'm aspiring to root more in what makes being human
[3:16:53] worthwhile. As corny as it sounds, love is
[3:16:56] what makes this fight worth fighting.
[3:16:59] love of my soulmate our kitties love of love of saying join
[3:17:02] others and helping others find their joyful moments seeing an
[3:17:04] uplifting and protecting the humanity of every other person
[3:17:07] to everyone feeling like they're about to buckle under
[3:17:11] the state sponsored domestic terror.
[3:17:12] >> don't give up. >> I won't give up and I hope
[3:17:15] you don't either. Related.
[3:17:18] what will be the point of human supervisors if a mayor or city
[3:17:22] attorney can just use a.I. To generate legislation?
[3:17:23] will we get district a.I. Chat bots to address our concerns
[3:17:27] instead of five or so humans staffing each district office?
[3:17:29] the mayor has open had open eyes ceo sam altman on his
[3:17:34] transition team. Just this month it was
[3:17:35] announced that our state of california is expanding access
[3:17:37] across state government through an anthropic a.I. Partnership.
[3:17:41] every government concession to a.I. Replacing the human heart,
[3:17:45] intelligence and discretion is a concession to inhumanity
[3:17:46] literally. And let me tell you san
[3:17:49] francisco and california they're making massive
[3:17:50] concessions. >> if there's one thing people
[3:17:53] of san francisco should know by now, it's that our mayor does
[3:17:55] not support any new taxes nor restrictions on big tech
[3:17:57] corporations and real estate. We just saw that when the
[3:18:01] mayor dennis supports a proposed tax to encourage
[3:18:04] filling empty grocery stores, empty grocery store fronts
[3:18:06] and not supporting a resolution supporting a state's bill
[3:18:09] against surveillance pricing. >> we have a no new taxes on
[3:18:12] the rich mayor and a techno fascist billionaire political
[3:18:14] movement has paved its way into city hall paid its way into
[3:18:16] city hall transforming san francisco into a red city and a
[3:18:20] blue state red not due to communism or socialism but red
[3:18:23] due to our mayor's alignment with the trump administration's
[3:18:26] agenda. The mayor's approach to
[3:18:27] governing is that of a ceo capitalist and tyrannical
[3:18:30] and stealing stability and life itself from the homeless, poor
[3:18:32] and marginalized. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:18:35] next speaker barra supervisors and mayor office of san
[3:18:46] francisco. The title of today is any
[3:18:49] statically terrifying. Let it be known I'm the
[3:18:51] guardian of the title of miss chinatown or san francisco 2018
[3:18:57] and miss popular miss chinese international 2019.
[3:19:00] in february of 2019 maggie wong came home with the title of
[3:19:03] miss popularity of miss chinese international.
[3:19:06] despite the fact everyone bet against her by june of 20 19 I
[3:19:12] had a change of heart. >> a grudge to me is an act of
[3:19:17] nothing more intriguing poising hoping the other person will
[3:19:21] die. Let bygones be bygones.
[3:19:24] to celebrate my new view I bought my auntie a new iphone.
[3:19:28] >> two months later I drove maggie to meet my auntie.
[3:19:32] >> auntie. Where is my iphone?
[3:19:36] it was a tongue in cheek response that ms. Chinatown is
[3:19:40] here it's by my side and here to stay.
[3:19:42] >> she took it the wrong way. She thought I was going comedy.
[3:19:45] iphone. >> and hand it to maggie.
[3:19:49] instead of paying maggie a greeting, she bolted up the
[3:19:52] stairs and locked herself in a bathroom.
[3:19:56] she cried hysterically uncontrollably and she would
[3:20:00] not open the door until I leave.
[3:20:01] that ends my journey to the title owner of miss popularity
[3:20:04] of miss chinese international. Some of you say oh my god that
[3:20:11] is horrible. >> what why done to your
[3:20:12] auntie? It is true at certain angle
[3:20:15] maggie could be terrifying. >> which brings me I would
[3:20:19] prefer not to talk about my destination but my journey.
[3:20:25] >> for me doing something as difficult and hard I don't look
[3:20:29] at challenge. >> I look at hope.
[3:20:34] if the chance for me to clinch a no point zero one chance of
[3:20:37] success I would take it because my mom named me lock soo nung
[3:20:41] means ability and what do I need to do?
[3:20:44] >> thank you. Thank you for your comments.
[3:20:46] next speaker. Good evening supervisors.
[3:20:54] happy disability pride month. This is elijah logan, director
[3:20:59] of the office on disability and accessibility and while I
[3:21:03] would love to just talk about all the great work our office
[3:21:06] and our departments are doing around excessive ability
[3:21:11] including expanding language access for the deaf and hard of
[3:21:15] hearing community including best practices for small
[3:21:19] businesses in partnership with the office of small business
[3:21:22] including some of our great capital efforts there are
[3:21:23] moving forward. I would not be doing justice
[3:21:26] this disability pride month if I did not talk about my friend
[3:21:31] alice wong who has before you a year ago and who lives on
[3:21:34] in our memory. And so in honor of alice I will
[3:21:38] just read one of her greatest hits.
[3:21:41] disabled people have always existed whether the word
[3:21:45] disability is used or not. To me disability is not a
[3:21:49] monolith nor is it a clear cut binary or disabled.
[3:21:56] of disabled and non-disabled. Disability is mutable and ever
[3:22:01] evolving. Disability is both apparent
[3:22:04] and not apparent. Disability is pain.
[3:22:05] struggle, brilliance, abundance and joy.
[3:22:09] disability is socio political, cultural and biological.
[3:22:15] being visible and claiming a disabled identity brings risks
[3:22:19] as much as it brings pride. I am so proud of the work our
[3:22:23] city is doing and continuing to do in the space of disability
[3:22:27] rights and accessibility. Thank you for your leadership
[3:22:30] and support. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:22:31] next speaker president. Man woman.
[3:22:42] board of supervisors my name is richard chastity peterson.
[3:22:49] I want to talk briefly about artificial intelligence and I
[3:22:51] think that was brought up briefly and I think katy, one
[3:22:56] of the items 86 or something I've been involved
[3:23:00] in artificial intelligence since the 1960s believe it or
[3:23:04] not at tufts university city. >> I then went to college at
[3:23:12] in boston with some of the greatest teachers and at least
[3:23:16] in new england I came to san francisco and have continued
[3:23:23] artificial intelligence work with both clients and some of
[3:23:27] my own personal work. I've developed certain game
[3:23:32] boards and things that actually assist in many of the concepts
[3:23:38] of artificial intelligence. I want to warn against using
[3:23:43] artificial intelligence as a automatic means to enforcement
[3:23:50] of many of your governmental regulations.
[3:23:53] and this goes not only to the city but to the state as my
[3:24:00] trials with the state board state bar show that some tracks
[3:24:08] when already set are put in motion by simple oversights
[3:24:13] once they're in motion there is rarely anything that you can do
[3:24:18] except under extraordinary circumstances.
[3:24:23] the other thing is the algorithm is basically and if
[3:24:29] then type of an algorithm all algorithms are it.
[3:24:34] >> then when you get into generative development then you
[3:24:38] get into real trouble because you are allowing other humans
[3:24:41] to introduce the algorithms that change your mind.
[3:24:46] >> thank you. Thank you for your comments.
[3:24:47] >> next speaker
[3:25:23] . >> okay.
[3:25:24] good afternoon. I'm jessica persico.
[3:25:28] my written comments focus on transparency, accountability
[3:25:31] and accessibility. You can read them right here.
[3:25:35] okay. I also want to thank
[3:25:43] mayor lurie for attending today.
[3:25:44] I hope you can attend this monday's health commission
[3:25:47] meeting at 4 p.m. At room four await the september board
[3:25:51] meetings and stay for public comments before signing budgets
[3:25:55] and other matters most urgent. Daniel lauria I urge you if
[3:26:02] you're watching to not sign one file number 251003 expanding
[3:26:08] drug free housing in ways that may add cost risk evictions for
[3:26:15] people in recovering and those with mental health conditions.
[3:26:18] and worsen our existing housing and health care system because
[3:26:23] we know that there's an accessibility crisis.
[3:26:26] >> number two file number 250630 the clean up code that
[3:26:32] removes reporting labeled obsolete and including that for
[3:26:40] hunters point shipyard oversight.
[3:26:41] >> residents rely on these to protect our environment and to
[3:26:48] keep them protected. I also ask that this board
[3:26:52] and anybody watching to work with me to get our federal
[3:26:57] medicaid payments back by addressing fraud waste
[3:27:03] and abuse. Contact me at gov dot this the
[3:27:07] game.com. Please verify and adopt gov dot
[3:27:11] dis gamescom as a public resource to anyone watching
[3:27:15] this with the means. Please consider a bridge grant
[3:27:19] for services affected by medicaid budget cuts such as ss
[3:27:24] z s of age and ucsf. >> I also like to thank you for
[3:27:28] your comments. Next speaker mr. President w o
[3:27:34] duffy. I just recently added a new
[3:27:38] supervisor district that I've lived in for about a month
[3:27:42] and a half. I lived in chinatown now in a
[3:27:43] private hotel and sro hotel private, unsubsidized and the
[3:27:50] people there were living in very close quarters to each
[3:27:54] other and I just couldn't I was just so impressed the security
[3:27:58] and there was no problem with security in the building.
[3:28:00] I'm just so impressed with my neighbors their tenacity for
[3:28:04] life. This is a building, by the way
[3:28:05] no elevator. It's a flight and a half up
[3:28:09] from the street and then this floor above that is another
[3:28:13] flight and a lot of seniors just lugging stuff up those
[3:28:16] stairs every day and lugging it back down.
[3:28:17] I just was very impressed by them.
[3:28:20] I think it's a really good thing that someone here the
[3:28:24] board is leaning towards realizing that yes, we need
[3:28:27] more housing but we also have to protect, preserve and and
[3:28:31] defend the quality of life that we have for the housing that we
[3:28:34] already have. I'm very impressed by that
[3:28:36] today. And you know, I changed my
[3:28:39] speech that I'm going to make sometimes I change it five
[3:28:42] times I'm sitting back there and I just like to thank you
[3:28:47] all for your service and I know that you're going to be able to
[3:28:48] play in the field of the lord and I.
[3:28:51] I hope you are observing things and thinking and have a moment
[3:28:55] to contemplate. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:28:58] >> seeing no other individuals here in person we will be going
[3:29:02] to our remote line if you have not already done so please
[3:29:04] press star three to remote to line up remotely.
[3:29:07] again personal attacks harassment or discriminatory
[3:29:10] remarks directed to a city employee or board member are
[3:29:13] outside the scope of this body and shall be redirected.
[3:29:15] failure to immediately redirect those comments will result
[3:29:18] in the individual's forfeiture of remaining time and we will
[3:29:22] transition to the next speaker. Let's hear from our first
[3:29:25] caller by a demand. The bulk of beach and I call
[3:29:33] all the people of serbia I oppose upcoming heritage month
[3:29:37] resolution because they are like kosovo and these goals
[3:29:44] with all three be very bad saints go to america vote for
[3:29:52] your loving your envy the victory moving from karate
[3:29:56] and all will have more important report in the and and
[3:30:03] all sorts of grocery store you got to you had to live grocery
[3:30:07] store rock out board and things about time that you bought the
[3:30:12] building but your no minutes bob that all right let's go to
[3:30:18] our next caller. >> hello supervisors my name is
[3:30:29] will hayworth, a resident of district nine and I'm calling
[3:30:30] because I'm a complainant in a pending sunshine ordinance task
[3:30:34] force complaint and the deadline for processing it
[3:30:40] under the existing task force handling procedures was july
[3:30:44] 17th. The board can't meet right now
[3:30:47] because nine of the task or seats are vacant and cannot
[3:30:48] walk. We can be sure.
[3:30:51] walton published statement explains how this happened
[3:30:52] which is that the city attorney advised only on june 26th that
[3:30:55] the task force was to look at the new rule.
[3:30:58] no one designed this outcome. I got that.
[3:30:59] but I want to note in response to the idea of expanding the
[3:31:02] search for applicants which is a worthy goal of the existing
[3:31:05] odd things for are filled by nominations from the society,
[3:31:10] professional journalists and the league women voters
[3:31:11] pennington departure in june for those four seats the pool
[3:31:14] is fixed by ordinance outreach cannot change it.
[3:31:17] acting on them right now would restore quorum and allow the
[3:31:21] remaining five seats to be determined at the board's
[3:31:25] pleasure in the future. The comments are from the
[3:31:27] society professional very publicly that at least one
[3:31:30] member of this board considers the sunshine ordinance
[3:31:33] burdensome and prefer commissioners the more
[3:31:34] pragmatic to use section 67 not 30 assigns those nominations to
[3:31:37] outside organizations precisely so that the watchdog's
[3:31:41] composition does not track any official appetite type of
[3:31:42] oversight. On july 10th the ethics
[3:31:44] commission returned a matter concerning the mayor's office
[3:31:46] to a body that cannot begin to receive it.
[3:31:48] I attributed to no one but every week this body save stark
[3:31:51] makes that harder to explain. I ask that you please calendar
[3:31:54] the full organization nominated reappointment to the sunshine
[3:31:56] ordinance task force no later than the 1st september rules
[3:31:59] committee meeting and sooner at a special meeting is convened.
[3:32:02] >> thank you. Thank you for your comments.
[3:32:03] next speaker good afternoon. My name is lynn rivas.
[3:32:12] >> I'm dr. Lynn rivers. I'm the executive director for
[3:32:16] the california association of mental health iran
[3:32:20] organizations relying solely on emergency department personnel
[3:32:23] while eliminating peer specialists would compromise
[3:32:28] san francisco's crisis response efficiency.
[3:32:32] it'll increase criminal justice involvement and unnecessarily
[3:32:36] inflate health care costs based on the research, san francisco
[3:32:40] should retain peer specialists and community mobile units for
[3:32:44] the following key reasons one here live bill outreach
[3:32:47] prevents hospitalization and manage its acute crisis
[3:32:50] in its early two tiers improve the escalation and strengthen
[3:32:58] crisis intervention. Three community mobile crisis
[3:33:01] units directly reduce arrests and criminalization and for
[3:33:08] relying solely on emergency department departments
[3:33:12] increases costs and system strain.
[3:33:13] thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:33:17] next caller. >> hi there.
[3:33:24] >> I'm lynch north north beach resident.
[3:33:27] san francisco sunshine ordinance begins with the
[3:33:29] simple principle that government exists to conduct
[3:33:32] the people's business and that the people don't give
[3:33:35] government the right to decide what we should know.
[3:33:38] >> today city hall seems to be saying why violate the sunshine
[3:33:42] ordinance when you can simply eliminate the people who
[3:33:46] enforce it? >> recently so-called
[3:33:47] streamlining changes the changed the rules for
[3:33:49] commission appointments streamlining what bureaucracy
[3:33:53] or accountability. >> now nine of the 11 members
[3:33:57] of the sunshine ordinance task force have been forced off the
[3:34:00] commission because their re appointments have been left to
[3:34:02] expire by you. >> and the timing couldn't be
[3:34:05] more convenient. You remember that october phone
[3:34:09] call between mayor lurie and then donald trump when the
[3:34:12] public asked for public records of it?
[3:34:13] >> the mayor's office refused. >> the sunshine task force
[3:34:16] found that we that refusal violated our transparency laws
[3:34:20] and their next step should have been to finish that case.
[3:34:24] instead the task force itself disappeared.
[3:34:27] >> that's quite the magic trick.
[3:34:28] but it didn't go away because the public lost interest.
[3:34:31] but because the referees had been escorted off the field.
[3:34:35] >> and this isn't really about one phone call.
[3:34:36] it's about whether oversight itself survives.
[3:34:39] the sunshine task force is lying in a coma because of your
[3:34:43] politics and that means it can be revived by your political
[3:34:47] will. >> your constituents as always
[3:34:48] are watching reappointing the voting members restore the task
[3:34:51] force and prove that in san francisco sunshine isn't
[3:34:55] something that politicians can quietly switch off like p, g
[3:34:59] and e. >> remember when the washington
[3:35:00] post had some political will back in 2017 and warned us that
[3:35:05] democracy dies in darkness? >> well, between this and the
[3:35:09] deplorable shade act I had to sit through last week your
[3:35:12] constituents are watching and feeling mighty left out
[3:35:15] in the cold these days. So please do the right thing by
[3:35:19] the folks who elected by elected you and let the
[3:35:20] sunshine back in. >> thank you for your comments.
[3:35:27] I believe that ends are a remote call in line.
[3:35:29] mr. President. >> all right.
[3:35:32] public comment is now closed. Madam clerk, please call the
[3:35:36] for adoption without committee reference agenda items 88
[3:35:39] through 95 together items 88 through 95 were introduced for
[3:35:42] adoption without committee reference a unanimous vote is
[3:35:45] required for adoption of a resolution on first appearance
[3:35:48] any supervisor may require resolution on first appearance
[3:35:51] to go to committee. >> supervisor mahmood like to
[3:35:55] sever item number 90. >> right.
[3:35:58] uh supervisor dorsey I'd like to sever item 88 and 89
[3:36:07] supervisor melgar 93 please. And I would like to sever 94
[3:36:19] and so madam clerk, could you call the roll on the remaining
[3:36:21] balance of the items? >> yes on items 9192 and 95.
[3:36:26] >> supervisor wong wong absent supervisor chan chin I
[3:36:33] supervisor chin chin I supervisor dorsey dorsey I
[3:36:40] supervisor fielder fielder I supervisor mahmood mahmood I
[3:36:44] supervisor randleman hi randleman I supervisor melgar
[3:36:48] melgar I supervisor sadr sutter I supervisor cheryl cheryl I
[3:36:56] there are nine eyes without objection the resolutions are
[3:36:59] adopted and the motion is approved please call item 88
[3:37:04] item number 88 is a resolution declaring the month of august
[3:37:10] 2026 is afghan-american heritage month in the city
[3:37:11] and county of san francisco raza dorsey thank you president
[3:37:14] madam and colleagues today I am proud to ask you to support
[3:37:19] this resolution declaring august as afghan-american
[3:37:22] heritage month for the city and county of san francisco.
[3:37:25] san francisco has always been defined by those who came here
[3:37:28] seeking opportunity, freedom and the chance to build a
[3:37:30] better future. The african-america community
[3:37:33] embodies that enduring spirit as we've heard in much of
[3:37:34] today's meeting today african-americans,
[3:37:37] african-americans helped shape every corner of san francisco
[3:37:41] as physicians attorneys, educators, engineers,
[3:37:45] entrepreneurs, artists, public servants and members of our
[3:37:49] armed forces and community leaders.
[3:37:50] this resolution is an opportunity to recognize not
[3:37:54] only those remarkable achievements but also the
[3:37:57] resilience, perseverance and generosity that define the
[3:38:01] afghan american experience. It affirms that their story is
[3:38:02] an essential part of san francisco's story.
[3:38:05] I would also like to recognize someone from my own office who
[3:38:08] has been instrumental in making this recognition possible.
[3:38:10] my legislative aide muhammad somebody who worked tirelessly
[3:38:13] to elevate african-american heritage month into one of the
[3:38:17] city's signature cultural celebrations.
[3:38:20] through her vision, leadership and unwavering dedication
[3:38:21] and what has been a local celebration has grown into an
[3:38:25] annual tradition that now brings together leaders from
[3:38:29] across california to honor the extraordinary accomplishments
[3:38:32] of the african-american community.
[3:38:33] monis thank you for your leadership, your dedication to
[3:38:36] public service and for ensuring that history, culture
[3:38:39] and achievements of the african-american community are
[3:38:40] recognized and celebrated in our city.
[3:38:44] because of your work, san francisco has become a leader
[3:38:47] in honoring afghan-american heritage month and our city is
[3:38:48] stronger and richer for it. To the african-american
[3:38:52] community, thank you for your resilience, your service, your
[3:38:55] leadership and your countless contributions to the city
[3:38:58] and county of san francisco. We're proud to celebrate your
[3:39:00] achievements today and we look forward to continuing this
[3:39:03] tradition for years to come. >> thank you, madam clerk.
[3:39:06] is this the same house we have ?
[3:39:10] yes. All right.
[3:39:11] let's take this same house, same call without objection,
[3:39:13] the resolution is adopted. >> please call item 89.
[3:39:17] >> item 89 is a resolution recognizing august 21st 21st,
[3:39:21] 2026 as national and all prevention and awareness day to
[3:39:25] honor the lives impacted by the overdose crisis support
[3:39:28] families and communities affected by substance use
[3:39:32] disorders. Recognize frontline responders
[3:39:33] and service providers and reaffirm the city's
[3:39:37] commitment to prevention, treatment and recovery.
[3:39:40] >> and public safety supervisor dorsey thank you president
[3:39:43] and one colleagues. This resolution recognizes
[3:39:44] august 21st as fentanyl prevention and awareness day
[3:39:48] in san francisco. This resolution is about
[3:39:51] remembrance, awareness and action because the numbers
[3:39:54] behind the crisis remain staggering.
[3:39:55] fentanyl is as much as 50 times more potent than heroin and a
[3:39:59] dose of as little as two milligrams is fatal for most
[3:40:03] most people. According to the cdc, more than
[3:40:06] 70% of accidental overdose deaths nationwide in 2024
[3:40:09] involved fentanyl. >> here in san francisco, more
[3:40:13] than the more than 3000 people we've lost to fentanyl related
[3:40:17] overdoses since 2020 has made this the deadliest public
[3:40:20] health emergency in our city since the darkest days of the
[3:40:23] aids crisis. In august we will remember
[3:40:27] those lost stand with grieving families and recommit ourselves
[3:40:30] to prevention, treatment and long term recovery as well.
[3:40:31] we must recognize and honor the health care workers and first
[3:40:35] responders, peer counselors and community organizations
[3:40:38] doing lifesaving work in this realm every day.
[3:40:41] I want to recognize my legislative intern eva
[3:40:42] seligmann, who we heard from earlier who her research
[3:40:46] and drafting made this resolution possible.
[3:40:49] eva, thank you for your hard work and commitment to public
[3:40:50] service. Finally, colleagues, I would
[3:40:53] invite you and all members of the public to attend the fifth
[3:40:56] annual international overdose awareness sunset vigil.
[3:41:00] a light for every life on sunday august 30th at 7 p.m. On
[3:41:03] the steps of city hall. There we will honor the lives
[3:41:07] of those lost and stand with families and individuals
[3:41:08] in recovery whose voices remain at the center of this work.
[3:41:12] thank you to gina mcdonald and the other moms who have
[3:41:15] held this vigil for the past five years and for their
[3:41:17] continued fight for recovery. >> madam clerk, please call the
[3:41:22] roll on this item on item 89. Supervisor wong wang I
[3:41:25] supervisor chan chen I supervisor chen chen I
[3:41:32] supervisor dorsey dorsey I supervisor fielder filter I
[3:41:36] supervisor mahmud mahmud I supervise our management I
[3:41:41] mandolin I supervisor melgar melgar I supervisor sada sadr I
[3:41:45] supervisors cheryl cheryl either tonight without
[3:41:49] objection the resolution is adopted please call item 90.
[3:41:55] item 90 is a resolution declaring july 18th through
[3:42:01] august 17th 2026 a south asian american heritage month in the
[3:42:03] city and county of san francisco and affirming the
[3:42:06] cultural, religious and linguistic richness within
[3:42:09] the south asian community and recognizing this pluralism
[3:42:13] as a source a source of strength that contributes to
[3:42:17] san francisco's identity as an open, inclusive and forward
[3:42:18] looking city. >> supervisor mahmood thank you
[3:42:21] colleagues and thank you to everyone joining us today
[3:42:25] in the audience as we recognize july 18th through august 17th
[3:42:28] 2026 a south asian american heritage month in the city
[3:42:33] and county of san francisco deeply honored to have had the
[3:42:36] opportunity to introduce this resolution recognizing the many
[3:42:39] contributions of south asian american communities that have
[3:42:41] helped shape san francisco into diverse, dynamic and inclusive
[3:42:44] city that we are today as someone of pakistani heritage,
[3:42:48] this recognition carries personal meaning and it's a
[3:42:52] reminder that our city is strongest when every
[3:42:53] community's history, culture and contributions are seen
[3:42:56] valued and celebrated. South asian identity
[3:42:59] encompasses a vast and diverse group of communities including
[3:43:03] afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, india, maldives, nepal,
[3:43:07] pakistan and sri lanka. Within that diversity are
[3:43:11] countless languages faiths, cultures and traditions
[3:43:14] and lived experiences that enrich our city.
[3:43:16] >> south asians have been a part of san francisco's story
[3:43:20] for generations from entrepreneurs and small
[3:43:22] business owners to health care workers, educators, engineers,
[3:43:24] artists and public servants. South asian americans have
[3:43:28] contributed to nearly every aspect of civic life in our
[3:43:31] city. This month is an opportunity to
[3:43:34] recognize the resilience of this community our history
[3:43:37] in this country includes moments of exclusion,
[3:43:39] discrimination and injustice from restrictive immigration
[3:43:43] laws to the rise of islamophobia.
[3:43:44] anti-sikh discrimination, discrimination, anti-hindu
[3:43:47] discrimination and xenophobia that have impacted communities
[3:43:51] across south asia's many identities.
[3:43:55] but our history is also one of perseverance, solidarity and an
[3:43:56] organizing south asian communities have stood
[3:44:00] alongside other communities fighting for immigrant rights,
[3:44:03] workers rights, gender equity, lgbt high plus inclusion,
[3:44:07] racial justice and a more equitable future for all.
[3:44:10] this recognition is particularly meaningful because
[3:44:14] the dates of south asian american heritage month
[3:44:15] coincide with several significant moments in south
[3:44:18] asian history including independence days and other
[3:44:19] milestones that represent both the complexity of our shared
[3:44:23] histories and the enduring ties of south asian communities
[3:44:26] around the world. For many south asian families
[3:44:30] these histories are deeply personal and they represent
[3:44:31] stories of migration, sacrifice and resilience but also
[3:44:34] opportunity a story that many san franciscans I know share as
[3:44:39] they seek a better life for themselves and their families.
[3:44:43] san francisco has always been a city shaped by immigrants
[3:44:46] and by communities who bring their experiences, cultures
[3:44:49] and hopes for the future. Recognizing south asian
[3:44:51] american heritage month is a reflection of our city's values
[3:44:54] that inclusion is not just about welcoming people into our
[3:44:57] communities but honoring their contributions.
[3:45:00] I want to thank the members of the south asian community
[3:45:02] advocates, cultural organizations, small business
[3:45:05] owners and residents who continue to strengthen our city
[3:45:06] every day. Today we celebrate the richness
[3:45:09] of the south asian community in san francisco and reaffirm
[3:45:13] our commitment to building a city where every person
[3:45:14] regardless of where they come from, what language they speak
[3:45:17] or traditions they carry knows that they belong.
[3:45:21] I respectfully ask your colleagues for your support on
[3:45:22] this resolution. >> supervisor dorsey thank you
[3:45:25] president randleman. Thank you supervisor mahmood
[3:45:29] for introducing this resolution to celebrate the country
[3:45:32] and contributions of the south asian community to our city.
[3:45:35] know one of my favorite things about serving people in a city
[3:45:39] as diverse as ours is that we are all strongly encouraged to
[3:45:43] crash the party for one another's cultural
[3:45:44] celebrations. And that includes one of my
[3:45:47] absolute favorites holi the festival of colors which we
[3:45:50] hosted in my district at the east cut crossing a couple of
[3:45:51] years ago with brightly colored chalk powder.
[3:45:55] I still can't get out of much of the clothing that I wore
[3:45:58] that day and we celebrated earlier this year that the
[3:46:00] sales force tower projection last year to honor south asian
[3:46:05] heritage month I recognized sima sri, a constituent of mine
[3:46:10] who was just an incredible civic and cultural leader
[3:46:13] in the south asian community. I wanted to take the
[3:46:14] opportunity to express my appreciation again for all the
[3:46:18] work that she has done to uplift and celebrate the
[3:46:21] community. She has helped activate public
[3:46:22] spaces for cultural celebrations and supported
[3:46:25] south asian artists and entrepreneurs and used her
[3:46:29] talents to build connections, equity and visibility.
[3:46:32] she unfortunately could not be here today to give public
[3:46:33] comment as much as I know she wanted to but I did want to
[3:46:37] give her credit and to her and people like her for
[3:46:41] dedicating themselves so generously to sharing their
[3:46:43] culture and celebrating our diversity.
[3:46:44] so thank you, sima and thank you supervisor bhagwan all
[3:46:50] right. I think we can take that.
[3:46:51] yeah, I think we can take the same house same call without
[3:46:55] objection the resolution is adopted.
[3:46:57] >> please call item 93. Item 93 the resolution
[3:47:04] recognizing july 2026 as disability pride month in the
[3:47:05] city and county of san francisco.
[3:47:08] >> supervisor melgar thank you president colleagues july is
[3:47:12] disability pride month and I wanted to make sure to
[3:47:13] acknowledge some of the accomplishments that our city
[3:47:16] is leading on in light of the egregious setbacks by this
[3:47:20] federal administration. >> I want to make a special
[3:47:24] shout shout out to eli gallatin from the office of disability
[3:47:27] and accessibility and their team this july today and is
[3:47:31] working closely with the mayor's office, city
[3:47:35] departments, community partners a welcomed in the support of
[3:47:39] the national association of the deaf biennial conference
[3:47:43] in preparation for thousands of deaf attendees we strengthen
[3:47:47] language access throughout the city, expanded asl availability
[3:47:51] at city at city events and coordinated with
[3:47:55] departments to improve communication access in public
[3:47:56] facing services. They also hosted the california
[3:48:00] commission on disability access for a regional meeting at this
[3:48:04] disability cultural center. Odeh worked closely with the
[3:48:08] office of small business on the beyond the front door
[3:48:11] initiative which helps businesses improve physical
[3:48:15] accessibility for residents and visitors during mayor loury
[3:48:18] and first lady proud us one city day the agency created a
[3:48:22] fully accessible event that honored the legacy of the 1977
[3:48:28] section five before sit ins protesters dennis billups
[3:48:33] and debbie kaplan along with disability cultural center
[3:48:34] co-director emily bates shared reflections that meaningfully
[3:48:38] connected the history of the disability rights movement with
[3:48:42] a work underway today in partnership with the
[3:48:46] economic support and self-sufficiency s.f. Mta
[3:48:49] and the disability cultural center they held a five for
[3:48:53] walking rolling tour staff resource tables provided onsite
[3:48:57] cal fresh and medical support and showcase sfa j's mobile
[3:49:01] benefits center demonstrating the cross apartment cross
[3:49:05] apartment collaboration looks like an action we celebrated
[3:49:08] the one year anniversary anniversary of the disability
[3:49:12] cultural centers accessible community center space
[3:49:16] and heard directly from residents about its growing
[3:49:19] impact. >> together these
[3:49:20] accomplishments reflect san francisco's commitment to going
[3:49:24] beyond ada requirements to explore ending access to
[3:49:29] services and ensuring people with disabilities can fully
[3:49:32] participate in the civic life of our city as we recognize
[3:49:36] july 2026 as disability pride month we reaffirm our
[3:49:40] commitment to accessibility equity in continuing the
[3:49:45] collaborative work our combined teams have advanced over the
[3:49:46] past year. It is my hope that as we
[3:49:49] approach next year's milestone that we will also take this
[3:49:52] opportunity to expand our support for people with
[3:49:56] disabilities further elevate visibility of our heroes like
[3:49:59] judi human and alex wong. Wouldn't it be incredible if we
[3:50:03] finally saw a statue of judy human to mark the location
[3:50:09] in u.n. Plaza where the five live four sit ins took place
[3:50:10] with happiness ability pride month.
[3:50:17] >> thank you supervisor mugar let's take this item same
[3:50:20] house, same call without objection the resolutions
[3:50:21] adopted and madam clerk please call item 94.
[3:50:25] >> item 94 is a motion authorized in preparation of
[3:50:28] written proponent and opponent valid arguments and rebuttal
[3:50:32] valid arguments for submittal to the voters for the november
[3:50:35] 3rd, 2026 consolidated general election.
[3:50:39] >> all right and I believe that you have some proposed
[3:50:42] amendments to this resolution for us that have been
[3:50:46] circulated. >> yes, they have been
[3:50:47] circulated. The amendments to the motion
[3:50:49] being proposed is to designate supervisor chin to write the
[3:50:53] proponent argument for the charter amendment on municipal
[3:50:55] finance corporation and public bank designate supervisor
[3:50:58] amendment to write the proponent argument for the
[3:51:02] charter amendment on department board commission and advisory
[3:51:05] body updates designate supervisor melgar to write the
[3:51:09] proponent argument for the charter amendment on the
[3:51:11] housing trust fund designate supervisor mahmood to write the
[3:51:13] proponent argument for the initiative ordinance on real
[3:51:17] estate real property transfer tax foreclosure exemption
[3:51:21] designate supervisor walton to write the opponent argument for
[3:51:25] the charter amendment on extending city administrator
[3:51:28] duties and changes to city contracting designate
[3:51:29] supervisor walton to also write the proponent opponent argument
[3:51:33] for the charter amendment on changes to executive branch
[3:51:37] management and designate supervisor walton to also write
[3:51:41] the opponent argument for the charter amendment on changes to
[3:51:44] ballot measure process and designate supervisor melgar
[3:51:48] to write the opponent argument for the initiative ordinance on
[3:51:51] allowing private vehicles on the great highway in the sunset
[3:51:53] dunes the remainder of the opponent argument section will
[3:51:59] be stricken for all of the ones that the supervisors had no
[3:52:03] interest in writing and making other clarifying and conforming
[3:52:07] changes. >> all right.
[3:52:08] can I have a motion to make the amendments that have been
[3:52:11] described by the clerk moved by chen seconded by mahmud?
[3:52:17] >> can we take that without objection?
[3:52:18] without objection. The motion is approved and then
[3:52:21] can we take the amended item? Same house, same call without
[3:52:26] objection the motion a motion motion no motion is approved.
[3:52:37] all right, madam clerk, do we have any imperative agenda
[3:52:44] items? >> we have no imperative agenda
[3:52:47] items and you please read the in memoriam.
[3:52:48] >> yes. Today's meeting will be
[3:52:52] adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals
[3:52:56] on behalf of president mandolin for the late mr. Gerald allen
[3:53:00] fuller and on behalf of supervisors mandolin and melgar
[3:53:04] for the late miss sidner ella ellen constant and on behalf of
[3:53:08] president mandolin for the late mr. Jeremiah halsey and on
[3:53:16] behalf of supervisor melgar for the late dr. Estella garcia.
[3:53:20] and I think that brings us to the end of our agenda, madam
[3:53:21] clerk, do we have any further business before us today?
[3:53:25] that concludes our business for today.
[3:53:26] thank you. >> we are adjourned