>> and county of san francisco rules committee meeting this morning at 10:00 am., monday, december 11, 2023.) >> (please standby for the city and county of san francisco rules committee meeting this morning at 10:00 am., monday, december 11, 2023.) (gavel) (gavel) this meeting

county of san francisco rules committee meeting this morning at 10:00 am., monday, december 11, 2023. >> i'm supervisor dorsey chair and joined by supervisor walton and supervisor safai i believe is on his way we would like to express our gratitude thank you to sfgovtv for 3wr506r9 today's meeting this is going to be our final meeting before you winter rest of the rules committee and recognize to expend our gratitude for the clerk of the board of supervisors and ed pierson and everyone in david choosing office and all who made this possible the sheriff's department who manages the security for sfgovtv to insure our work is assessable to all we serve on behalf of all of us in the rules committee hope you

have a restful holiday with our families and loved ones thank you. well earned. >> mr. clerk any announcements. >> when public comment it called please line up on the right and public comment in writing or e-mail to myself or the city clerk at sfgov.org or public comment by e-mail will be forwarded to the supervisors and included in the file. >> you may send our written communications to our office at city hall. room 244 san francisco, california 94102 a make sure to silence your devices as - items acted b upon are to be on the board of

supervisors' agenda of january 9, 2024, or otherwise stated. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk call item mayor's nomination for the appointment of azalina eusope, term ending july 1, 2026, to the sanitation and streets commission. (clerk of the board). >> term ending july 1st. >> thank you mr. clerk the mayor has nominated azalina eusope to seat 5 on the sanitation and streets commission and we ask the nominees limit their remarks and please. welcome to the rules committee. >> the floor is yours. >> i hope i haven't miss pronounced your name thanks so much. >> good morning, supervisors my name is azalina eusope. i have been resident of san francisco for the last 21 years and run my

business over the last years and a mother of two adults in san francisco. i currently reside in candle sticks my business is here. i have been on three continents before the united states. >> san francisco is by far the city that truly gives opportunities to every single person doing everything we can. i'm honored mayor breed nominated mow i hope i can be helpful to the community that i currently very much in love with. >> um. thank you very much. i wanted to um, just express my appreciation to freda to serve

the mother of children and refuge a small business you're looking for a few things to - i appreciate you're giving back to your city and um, i was interested in looking at some of our background seeing in the new york times you were accredited by the um, chronicle the coup intervene in san francisco so it is important to this body but important how sanitation is. >> small businesses right now like trying - always collective at first my big thing i can't do that by myself but my staff

coming up we move one step forward doing everything we can but giving our guests memorable experiences to tell other people; right? but working and giving back san francisco is always about collective efforts. in order for us to establish this perimeters how we can successfully have some sort of - i'm sorry. >> system that we can get to what we wanted to have sanitation and cleanliness especially in some farts of the city needs extra support and. okay. >> ag nothing questions on the roster i prefer your time open

up for public comment and . >> yes public wishing to speak line up each speaker has 2 minutes and a chime will let you know. >> good morning. work in the been in the neighborhood for 15 years and i know azalina eusope known her and her partner for 20 years. >> one thing i know about azalina eusope she is the shying away from decisions. how cleanliness makes a big difference for small business owners especially walking to the establishments she'll provide an excellent position to bring people together she's also he

ever sense joined tenderloin family she has - and her partner has jumped in to resolve the issues i know - definitely support her and looking forward to her doing not is just for tenderloin but the rest of the city thanks (bell ringing) any other speakers for this matter? >> if you would like to speak it is just that you line up to speak. >> hi. i work for a nonprofit

community leadership foundation in san francisco. and i worked in the tenderloin for 8 years in the tenderloin district i've known azalina eusope and her partner for years before openly in the tenderloin and i'd like to say azalina eusope she's passionate. she's toxic and within the things we talk about with be the cleanliness forefront of her business and she is knowledge but run a small business we talked about you need to have a clean um, safe environment outside of our shops before you, make a difference in the inside and would be an amazing choice i wholly support

her a tough thing for her to run her business everyday she does it with support for the community so thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is nancy a business owner and part of the business in the community we shared for the last two years. >> and i've been in connection i was one of the lucky businesses that activated in the marketplace and her and i have been talking and i was with her and one day i saw a lot of garage outside three bins were

full i asked what is going on and she said well, this is what and see everyday no change. i said what will you do about it. >> he was happy because i noticed something we struggled how you can have a place that sells food if you don't ask cleanliness on the outdoor i hope in the meantime, her to support the business in the area where she's at in the greater san francisco. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi there (clearing throat) i'm one of the owners at the fedex hotel in the past year

i've had the privilege to work with azalina eusope we've been trying to you know, improve the quality of life for residents in the neighborhood and recommending azalina eusope because i feel she has a really unique blend of aptitude for business in the community but i think she is the compassionate compassion to weigh it out and we need to right now in our neighborhood she's a good candidate. >> any other closing arguments for this matter? >> no, thank you mr. clerk public comment is closed. (gavel) i'd like to express my appreciation to azalina eusope for someone having someone of our caliber serving our city

you're a blessing and make a motion to and send this appointment to the full board mr. speaker, a roll call. >> on that motion supervisor walton, aye. >> supervisor safai absent. >> supervisor dorsey. >> the motion passes. >> without objection one sanitation and streets commission azalina eusope moves to the full board (gavel). >> congratulations. >> mr. clerk call item 2 question. >> 2. administrative code - composition of behavioral health commission sponsor: dorsey. commission sponsor: dorsey. commission sponsor: dorsey.

commission sponsor: dorsey. commission sponsor: dorsey. to six; reset staggered terms for all seats;and remove seat requirements for child advocates and certain mental health professionals. thank you, mr. clerk i have some amendments to the item but first a little bit of background on the legislation i've been serving on the board for about a year and a half my honor to be chair of this committee. being chair of the rules committee is a front row seat how they function and you struggle we as a board can set them up for success i've talked with supervisor peskin a supporter the psychological and psychiatry between serving on small both sides and including the behavorial health commission that is large containing more

seats to the board of supervisors and we were a small body my colleagues and i know how important it is to can be an impasse if two members disagree. one person self show up we don't have a meeting miss the quorum and a absent has a less of an impact this is really one of the issues we're tackling with that sternum to meet the quorum so the changes will help to set this body up for success by roving the district areas appointments since the work of this body is citywide concern. and removing the district specific residents requirements for each seat makes it easier to recruit. my colleagues appoint excellent individuals to those

commissions i hope every office will have interested candidates we work closely with the community to make sure this new composition it compliant are the state requirement for the behavorial health oversight both sides and that nobody will lose their seat and appreciative the medical associate and i trust we have the person here to make brief remarks. >> thank you supervisor dorsey and supervisor safai. >> a special thanks to supervisor dorsey for sponsoring this legislation and working and my chance to speak i'm jessica brown the mvnl service act

person and here on behalf of mary lasts behavorial health and the behavorial health commission who is out on vacation today. i'm here to express sf support for the direction behind many legislation and castle welfare and institution code 5804 for all california county will have a behavorial health commission. the primary purpose of the county behavorial health commission serving in an advisory capacity with the local becoming initiative and in addition the behavorial health commission is also subject to a local san francisco ordinance. there have been recent changes to the california welfare institution code 5604 regarding the composition of the

behavorial health health the current requirements for the county behavorial health commission are 50 percent of the board membership shall be a family member or consumers who are receiving or have received market street services 20 percent shall be consumers and at least 20 percent family members and in one hundred thousand population one member of the board shall be a veteran or veteran advocate. counties are appointing individuals with experience with mental health and the proposed legislation will bring governing behavorial health commission in alignment with the updating of state law. in addition the behavorial health commission of san jose county xheemsz of 17 individuals difficult to meet the quorum in the last month and the proposed

legislation from you 17 to 12 to meet quorum and making sure that all current commissioners will keep their seat and sfgov supports this we hope you recommend to the full board i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you so much jessica brown my apologies to missing middle this. and quite a few amendments this evening and i have on our desk this morning for the record add an additional seat must meet the requirements for 3er7z with experience in the mental health system and reducing the number with experience of the mental health system to two and requiring that too of the seats be persons from

professions from shall be from the following prospects psychology and psychiatry and mental health social work and nursing and marriage and family counseling and board administration of a hospital providing mental health services for the community mental health facility and all the seats to june of 2024 and members have substantive to continue one anymore time. colleagues any comments and questions? >> seeing none, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk open up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak line up at this time. each member will be allowed each person is allowed two minutes a soft chime and a louder chime when our time is about to expire. >> hi, my name is leah, i live

in the district. um, as following this particular item i don't know this has been addressed i have not been keeping or what have you i'm curious about the child advocates for the seats. to me that's a red flag i don't know the logic of or reasoning and if we can pubically discuss that i prefer it very much. being we've been through and going through covid pandemic. children have been seriously psychologically impacted in my opinion that means we should keep advocates for children for mental health issues. um, and as well as the rising homelessness own is revise that means more children are homeless and can't go to

school, etc. and another reason i'm concerned about the seat requirements for the child advocates especially, when you're adding different seats for veterans. it is just really the child advocate seat removal maybe been revolved in an amendment but for children who are very, very vulnerable you know, they're already (laughter) going through a lot of issues like protection repealed in children's rights (bell ringing) again i don't understand you'll take away an advocate for children. um, so again, if you work pubically discuss that or amend this to explain that i don't know, you, e-mail me if you want to that is what i'm curious about. thank you.

>> you know, shall i again. >> thank you mr. clerk. >> members of the board in the size of behavorial health commission is reduced as planned it will very badly damage the adversey those are required to be including in the commission by state and local law. currently the commission is all either black or white hispanic. and there is large proportion of the population that is asian has currently no representation among active members so if you refuse the size of the commission and make the current members 9 of the 11 you'll have to kickoff two active members in

order to do that and not going to have members for a long time i know in asian applicants before you but the better path forward to make an appointment to the commission rather than reducing it with two appointments that committee makes you understand have an equal impact on quorum agency shared with reducing the size of the commission. i think the it better pathway forward this is a big county and find additional tasks without assigning people to do them (bell ringing) we need people to do the task we need to get back to you mr. clerk. >> thank you. >> any other speakers own this matter?

>> mr. chair. >> public comment is closed on item two is closed and a motion to amend this. >> i do have a question. i said this is our legislation what is reason behind roman listens 14 through 16 a member of the commission shall be a child advocate for members for adult services. actually 14 and 15. >> on the legislation. >> i'm sorry page 2. >> wait um, yeah - page two. >> the part of having a child advocate. >> (clearing throat) and i see you put language in there any one of the members may satisfactory their reminders of subsection i think so you're adding a veteran that makes

sense. the issue in working- >> (multiple voices). >> the department is here. >> (multiple voices). >> you can answer if you want to. >> i want to add in we currently will have a child advocate on the committee jackson lane is one and also with the legislation with the language so i'm not sure continuation anyone with a mental health experience or knowledge a family member or someone that's why we are trying to streamline the language a little bit more but will include someone that has experience with mental health we currently have a member with a child advocate on the committee already. >> i see through the chair i see on page two at the top lines 4 through 7 it says as required by california welfare institutions codes section 4. and 6 members of the commission

should be consumers or parents of the siblings and three members being family in family of consumers. i understand that is captured in there but i was curious what the reason is behind taking out the language that says child advocate. >> (laughter.) >> in general terms. when we have a larger committee that is struggling with with to meet quorum i think looking at some of the things that not just the numbers but also areas where you know, overly proscriptive is hamstringing to recruit people as in this case we have a child advocate who is on the committee. so i think what this

is- >> (multiple voices). >> no, no, i understand i appreciate one of the things we skrulgd with (clearing throat) did our oversight body here with the department of supportive housing had general language. but the thinking was from my perspective insure to have someone direct for the youth often an afterthought i'm glad an advocate own this body but any things to leave the language that will continue to be prioritized? you understand we had a problem - we in quorum but i do have concerns about it this person were not appointed it would be difficult - someone can answer that but in the past

filling (clearing throat) meeting the language have a child advocate or a family member. >> good morning supervisor safai government affairs manager at dph and are working with folks to bring in alignment with the state law because of the requirements for 50 percent of membership to be either consumers or family members. we add one more seat we'll have to add another seat for advocates. >> no, no, i want to say if we had would it be difficult to leave that language in in that you could leave that language in and still have. >> we could but have to balance that with the state requirement. and that's why the legislation is as it is in front of you

today. so that is - would be um, thinking behind that we discussed will be continued because those amendments are substantive by that's the reasoning behind that as we stated early we have a current commissioner. you don't know i don't believe it is hard to recruit. to this but wanted to state the reasoning behind that. >> why not through the chair or the city attorney a way to put language in that honored the state welfare code and not add an additional seat maybe you thought about that. >> i do think ultimately this is a policy choice. the state code requires pointing out 50 percent of the code is family members a body of 6 and further

an advocate or veteran and most of consumers and their family members need to have 20 percent it is proscribed whether there are some seats on the body have anymore open edited qualifications could be limited to the one qualification perhaps this is is standing we can figure out between now and next time. >> would that is a substantive amendment? >> um. >> hard to tell. >> probably not. >> okay. great. why not talk about that i wanted to make the point that i think it is for that to think about the amount of mental health stress people have been put under and having a family member i see i maybe keep that there.

>> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor safai. >> if we entertain a motion it will be substantive. >> city attorney thank you. i i don't think that it would it is one of the seats we're restoring that no promises. >> i'd like to oh, supervisor walton. >> thank you supervisor dorsey i wanted to coincide any comments and my feelings to leave the language with supervisor safai. >> thank you supervisor walton. >> i'd like to make a motion to amend the file agency read into the record earlier and continue the item to the january 8th meeting of rules committee. >> mr. clerk a roll call. >> oh, yes on the motion to amend and continue to january 8,

'24 supervisor walton, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> domineered, aye. >> meetings without objection. >> is amended and continued to january 8th (gavel). >> mr. clerk please call the next item. >> 3. [campagn and governmental conduct code - form 700 filers - general services agency - city administrator] administrator] interests) filing requirements for officers and employees in the general services agency under the city administrator. (city administrator) thank you, mr. chair we're joined by sophia from the administrations office and from the department of resources the city administrator has requested a continuation the floor is yours. >> . thank you very much.

supervisor dorsey and supervisors i'm sophie from the office of city administrator as amended i want to summarize for the record there are 4 basic changes that we escalated in the amendments and legislation by the way, it is essentially a list of things that are required to file before form 700 their hard to read but under animal control on page three operations manager. and on page 4 under contract monitoring division we added a deputy director position. under real estate on page 10 added the transaction manager and for tids we add the analyst and project manager and my understanding that is those are substantive amendment need

to be heard at a later date and in addition dhr is giving them an opportunity to chime in and as back if january i'm available for questions. >> thank you. thank you very much. ms. hayward's mr. chair open up for public comment members of the public wish to speak line up and each speaker is allowed three minutes a soft chiming of 30 seconds and lourdz when the time is up any commenters a no public comment for this item. >> thank you mr. clerk public comment is closed. and motion to amend item three

read into the record by ms. hayward and continue to january 8th and mr. clerk a roll call. >> on the motion to continue to january 8th. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> motion passes. without objection. >> on the unanimous vote 3 for the code general services city administrator is continued to january 8th the reporting duties of the reentry council, and extend the sunset date of the reentry council by five years, to june 1, 2029. >> thank you mr. clerk department of motor vehicles can if supervisor safai is joining us and supervisor safai is the author and welcome to the rules

committee the floor is yours. >> good morning supervisor dorsey and supervisor walton and supervisor safai the item before you extends the council date through june 1st update reentry counsel. and the ordinance that provide the reentry council have an annual report by 2024 and provide a response to the amendment as an addendum in the final report and 2008 the reentry council played a role in the justice community no supportive housing formally incarcerated individuals and 24 members this was as corner of the organization and with the

stakeholders to create an approach for formally incarcerated people and the work of the council makes sure that no one is - individuals have access to the resources and programs positive direction and academy in the billy holiday center by the row destroy council and has changed many lives and the reentry supports this community. supervisor safai buildings this plays a role when justice is involved and makes a positive impact to the changing life and i'm available for questions. and victoria with the prosecution prohibition is here. >> i don't have questions i want to express my appreciation for the work in the are reentry

council for this and no one on the racist open up for public comment. >> yes. any members of the public would like to make public comment at this time? >> good morning supervisor dorsey. >> supervisor walton and supervisor safai i'm for the adult prohibition but to urge you to support the new legislation that authorize the council will i extending the sunset date and there is no other collective body in the city or county that has 17 different city departments an organization that provides prechild services isn't communicated and formally

incarcerated people that worked for incarcerated people in our community. >> thank you. >> there doesn't appear anybody else. >> public comment is closed. and make a motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendations and roll call. >> oh, yes on the motion supervisor walton, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> and motion passes. without objection. thank you, mr. clerk and unanimous vote on item 4 for the administrative codes poivent the sunset date to the full board as committee report. >> mr. clerk any further business. >> no additional items on today's agenda.

>> thank you mr. clerk we are adjourned and happy holidays. [meeting adjourned]

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i'm current working on a title meaning together and the reason why i choose that theme because celebrating the legacy of some of the latin tennis especially with the power that put us together as formed when he come together and before us putting for our recognition and housing. but through our art culture and we see that today which we're together and it is always a hope for the generations after us. >> here in this district where we revising the languages and culture but in yes or no answer why we do this i get to see kids

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ordinance of joe's ice cream in san francisco. joe's ice cream in rich mondistrict since 1959 and we are proud to be registered a san francisco legacy business since 2017. and we offer more than 50 flavors of homemade ice cream. and delicious home style burgers, sandwiches, hot dog, salad and more. we have a lot of different ice cream flavors both classic, long forgotten but classic and asian flavor inspired flavor like 3 red bean and black and now we also brought the korean i'm from korea. korean coffee krooem. we mix our traditional and trendy flavors all together.

shawn and i are the first generation of the immigrants here in san francisco. so as immigrants, we have a special connection to this diverse community, san francisco richmond district. so we made this place our home. that is where we are trying to build our business as a place where everybody can feel welcome like we felt when we first came here what really makes fisher or joe's ice cream we have been growing together with our community. so we support our local schools throughout the fundraiser. we provide job opportunity for high school, i hire them every year. built a beautiful parklet outside funded by donations from over 200 neighbors and friends and i think this really shows

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baked goods. we came up with the name because willow is made with baskets and the parklett, a willow green and that is a picnic in the park. i have come up with the idea because i have lived in the neighborhood for a year. seven years ago we had a tea shop. during covid we needed to have a new flavor and rejuvenate the business. we are between two beautiful businesses. i realized with the shop opening next to the bakery, we had a beautiful tea shop in the area. we started with british teas and want to support local tea makers in the local area. and once you have cheese and biscuits need tea and jam and lemon curd and

chocolate and all of these parts basically imported from the u.k. our most popular products come from wales. it's an extra cheddar and next popular product is a jam made with alpine strawberry. so you get a taste of a nice strawberry. this is about supporting cheese makers and business in the area and women-owned businesses around the world and always want to support the community. we support concerts, we support charities and come to the aid to those in need such as the british society and the san francisco society and the --

>> if you have never had british cheese, i recommend you come in on weekend. all of our staff are highly knowledgeable of all of our products and we are really passionate about what we do here and gives you a chance to explore our culture and food and our values. i encourage you to come to the inner sunset with a beautiful park to be young and academy of sciences here. come to the shop. we have beautiful baskets and blankets so you can enjoy this wonderful nature and you can support these wonderful businesses out here. >>

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communities, black, indigenous, latino and asian worked so hard to make yours but estate plans could be costly and conversations complex proud to partner to bring free and low cost estate plans to san franciscans. by providing estate plans we are able to keep the assets whole for our families, prevent displacement, address disparities and home ownership and strengthen the cultural integrity of the city. working with local non profit organizations and neighborhood groups bringing the serveess to you and community, to workshops focused on estate planning and why it's important. >> i'm 86 years old and you do need a trustee. you need a will and put who ever you want in charge of it. >> that's why i wanted to be here today. that is why one of the first steps i took

when become assessor recorder is make sure we have a partnership to get foundational funding to provide these resources to community. but even more important is our connection to you and your homes and making sure we know how to help you and how to protect them. >> if you don't have a living trust you have to go through probate and that cost money and depending on the cost of the home is associated the cost you have to pay. that could be $40 thousand for a home at that level. i don't know about you, but i don't $40 thousand to give up. >> (indiscernible) important workshop to the community so we can stop the loss of generational wealth and equity and maintain a (indiscernible) >> why are estate plans important? we were just talking before we started the program, 70 percent of black americans do not scr a will in place. >> as mentioning being in community we had a conversation with a woman who paid

$2700, $2700 just for revocable trust. what we are talking about today are free or low cost estate plans that are value between 3,000 to $3500. free or low cost meaning free, or $400 if you make above $104 thousand a year, and capped larger then that amount. because we want to focus on black and brown households, because that's whether the need is, not only in san francisco, not only the bay area but the region as well. and, >> i was excitesed to see the turn out from the western addition and bayview and want to make sure we cover all the different steps from buying a home to making sure homes stay within the family. >> work with staff attorneys to receive these free and low cost complete estate plans that include a living trust, will, financial power of attorney, and health directive. >> that's why it is so important to make

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>> the san francisco arts commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as >> the san francisco arts commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first

peoples. >> the san francisco arts commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. i now like to call on agenda item 2, this is the approval of our minutes. a discussion and possible action. this is to approve the november 6, 2023 minutes. may i remind commissioners to say their name after they respond to the motion and ask for a motion. i'm asking for a motion to approve the november 6, 2023 minutes. i ask for a motion and second. >> commissioner beltran, so move. >> commissioner sadin schnair, second. >> for those in person proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are on item 2. time starts when you begin speaking. i am requesting comments from those in person. is there anyone who would like to make comment on the current item? i see no public comment. public comment is now closed. >> now i'm going to ask for the final motion. we have a motion to approve the

november 6, 2023 minutes. all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? >> motion carries unanimously. thank you. i now call item 3, which is general public comment. any discussion-? allows members to comment generally on matters within the commission's purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for consideration. is there any general public comment at this time? >> for those joing in person, proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the comment information card. we are on item 3. as reminder time starts when you begin speaking. you will receive a 30 second warning before you time concludes. i request from those in person. we have one public comment. i will go ahead and start your 3 minutes when you begin

speaking. >> president collins and commissioners, and director remington. my name is ruquell, director of soma pilipinas of san francisco and last time we were here at public comment we shared update that there was a legislation proposed by supervisor dorsey that would eliminate 1 percent art requirement for hundred percent affordable housing. just wanted to share that we continue to work with supervisor dorsey to find alternative sources of funds for that. we were initially looking at the public art trust, but upon learning more from your staff about the trust, i think we decided to go a different direction, but we love to continue to update you on that. today i am here to share with you another related legislation supervisor dorsey is introduced--has introduced for support for the soma pilipinas

gateway and urge the commission to have the gateway be part of the civic arts collection. as you know, the soma pilipinas is founded on a very thriving cultural arts scene with film, music, theater, many of which are funded by the arts commission, however, we continue to lack visual representation and until today, we did not have a permanent cultural marker, such as chinatown's dragon's gate or japan town pagoda or little saigons pillars. part of this is--this has caused us to be invisible, including on-going displacement of residents and small businesses as well as lack of real estate ownership of our community, and you know, again the lack of public art. we are excited supervisor dorsey introduced this

resolution. this is something we met with your director public art director mary cheu and other staff about and because it will be heard in committee next week, we wanted to just give you a courtesy update on the resolution. i have copies of the resolution here today and some of the background of why we are coming to you is because when undertaking our report we found or the city consultant found that the arts commission largest civic art collision is in district 6, but none of the pieces represent the rich history cultural and arts of the filipino community. in fact, the only monuments in the city collection are war trophies that represent the colonization of the philippines. for example and probably the most prominent is 85 foot

monulate. thesomey gateway would be a beautiful representation of our community connection to our homeland as well as just collective experience [indiscernible] we have other members of our team to also share more background and if i could give just to your commission secretary to pass it around. thank you. >> i will begin your 3 minutes when you begin speaking. >> hi, everyone. hi, commissioners. my name is christine a, arts administrator withsomey philippineas. the gateway has been a

community lead process and initial surveys to community residents to determine the priorities for public art making, we found that the gateway was identified as the most wanted and popular cultural marker in our district. when we presented the gateway design july 2021 call for design proposals, a community member shared feedback and selected artists fran chesca[indiscernible] worked with community organizations to plan [indiscernible] reimagine the site. incorporate community input with each progression of design. so, we presented the model and design at multiple community events, including soma sunday streets, besy carmichael,

events for students and multiple [indiscernible] we have done with balboa high school and besy carmichael students and shared the gateway design with over9 feedback sessions with our 7 constituents based community advisory groups,b including residents, school communities, artists, seniors, small business owners, community workers and youth, which comes out to 50 constituents. throughout those surveys, people have shared that the gateway highlights the way we are filipino american and the part of the diaspru. it is like a bridge because it honors our heritage and presence. the san francisco monument and memorial report conducted on behalf of the art commission recommend new work should center voices and stories that have been neglected by the current collection but important to the history and identify of san francisco. there are no works in the san

francisco civic arts collection within the south of market that represent filipino culture and identify. however, generations of community activist played a active role in insuring filipino communities can live and thrive in san francisco. the report conducted by soma pilipinass concluded permanent cultural markers like the gateway advancerentially equity and representation in the arts as filipino community members feel connected to their history and celebrate our collective struggle, contributions and victories. we invite the arts commission to support the construction and maintenance of the gateway, so we can honor the legacy of our unsung heroes who laid the path for us and as apression of solidarity with all people who struggled to be recognized. thank you. >> thank you.

>> thank you. hello commissioners. david wu, the policy coordinator and land use analyst with soma pilipinas. the report which stands pr it cultural heritage housing and economic sustainable strategy report was passed unanimously by the board of supervisors and signed by the mayor in september 2022, last year. the chess report details community priorities and strategies developed through a community process in concert and partnership with various city departments. the soma pilipinas chess report strategy include city support for cultural district, public realm improvements including the creation of monuments such as gatebays. the report also includes city support for working with the san francisco arts commission and other city departments to support and maintain community

empowering monuments. we urge the san francisco arts commission to support in creation of the soma pilipinas gateway by using undesignated funds in the public art trust. as you all know, the 1 percent public art requirement was created to help insure that areas of san francisco that see intensive development are not deary and lifeless and contribute public art. the creation of the public art trust is a further extension of this allowing some of these funds to be used to significantly enhance the cultural ecology of san francisco. the art trust allows for the creation, instillation and exhibition of permanent public works of art in the public realm within a half mile of the boundary of c3 district, which is the case for the location for the russ and folsom gateway.

as described by the sf art commission. the goals include enlivening and activating with dynamic art environment, providing public access to artistic excellence and diversity and artistic expression, and insuring that san francisco is competitive with other major urban destinations for cultural tourism. with the majority of projects that have contributed still undesignated funds to the public art trust being located within the south of market, supporting the gateway would be a appropriate and exciting use of funds to help support the cultural diversity, expression and growth of public art within the south of market in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. we have no other public comment. public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you. i now call item number 4. for members of the public that wish to make public comment,

you may raise your hands now. this is a discussion and presentation on the strategic plan. there is something out of order. typically we have there director's report now, but since that was not agendized and we have our director of cultural affairs here, there will be not a--not error, just the way to stay true to the agenda. now we are on strategic plan overview presentation. at the beginning of this year, the arts commission issued a request for proposals for the planning and development of a agency wide strategic and business plan to help the commission build a system of accountability, provide tools to measure the agency success and growth, and provide long-term assistance with agency goal setting. after rigorous process, aecom

technical service llc was chosen as the consultant. we are now excited to start the process. i like to turn this over to director of cultural affairs to provide any introductory comments. >> thank you president collins. hello everyone. ralph remingtons director cultural affairs san francisco arts commission. there was a rigorous process. we had several great applicants in that process and aecom won out over all the applicants. it was-they were quite impressive and i had a chance to get a preview last week of what they are going to show you today, and i think you're going to be really impressed and excited what we are going to embark upon in the next year. without further ado-- >> thank you director remington

and glad you are here. good afternoon commissioners and president collins. happy to be here. my name is linda cheu, vise president with aecom advisory group. you might think of them as engineering but i'm in a small practice that focus on arts and cultural consultants, particularly in business and economic advisory service. we'll learn more about our firms later. i thought i would go through quickly to talk about today you will meet our team that is here and hear about people who are not here now. we'll talk about the planning process that will occur over the next year and a half or so and then going to take questions from you. here is our team. linda cheu.

a little about me, i'm third generation living in san francisco. been prnlly involved in arts and cultural organizations here as a participant, a parent, volunteer, board member, so very familiar with the context. i'm joined by my colleague, shawn, he's from the chicago office. we have a local and national practice. shawn, do you want to introduce yourself? >> sure. thanks linda. shawn tapia here for this project to lead a lot of the research, data analytics and equity components. i also lead for the broader team within aecom focus on sustainability, climate resilience and putting all the analytical processes through equity lens because that is key component. excited to be here with you all and kick this off and get work ing to the community. >> shawn is modest. he pioneered our equity analysis practice looking at

public agency investment across social and equity so he can talk more about that later. also joined by martin con from cultural planning group and he'll introduce himself in a second. we have a couple colleagues who i'll talk about when we talk about our team. >> good afternoon everybody. martin cohen with the cultural planning group partnering with aecom on this project and you can see we got our little--[indiscernible] this gives a sense of the different firms and cultural planning group is a firm founded in 1998 here in california. i'm based in philadelphia, been with the firm since 2009 and have many years in the arts administration and arts fill anteopy. i moved to fill philadelphia

in 2001. [indiscernible] including in california, los angeles in the 80. i had a long career in the arts and a lot of work we do at cultural planning group is focused on working with public agencies such as the arts commission. we do cultural planning master plans across the country, many y right now working in san diego and portland, we do creative aconeomy planning finishing up for state of washington and that is a example of it. this is really the focus of the work. we are pleased to have a opportunity to partner aecom with the commission on this project. happy later to answer anymore questions about cpg, but we are going to be one of the elements in the plan. >> then we have a third team member, enter ethnicasp.

been around 20 years. they will get involved as we go through stakeholder engagement. a little about aecom practice, we are from a legacy firm. founded over 65 years ago doing a mix of public agency non profit and private developer projb ects and we work with city county departments, we are very familiar with city county family and all the other san francisco public agencies and also work for a lot of non profits arts and cultural organizations here in the city. done a lot of strategic business planning for them and market analysis. this is our team experience. we work around the country so have a lot of local experience but very much a national practice. we are doing a strategic and business plan for the agency. we also do broader arts and culture master plans, public

art plans, social racial equity analysis. we also just as often work for the organizations that you serve. we work for the non profit helping them work through all sorts of issues from the real estate and facilities to business planning strategies, strategic priorities and so forth. and we thought it would be helpful, we just wrapped up aecom [indiscernible] just wrapped up a equity analysis for the la county department of arts and culture and i just wanted shawn to talk about it because i think the one aspect of this plan that unique is we do have a equity analysis included looking at all the grants data, so i wanted shawn to talk what we did in los angeles. >> like linda said, we wrapped up this project probably towards the beginning of this year, end last year and it was

very unique in that we had the opportunity to not only meet with the arts department, the count y arts department to understand the way they were providing funding and programming throughout la county and how they was prioritized, which you see here on the map, we also had the opportunity to meet with all the other departments within it. la county. we spoke to every single department to understand what programs or funding vai were providing individually as well as collectively as a member of the county for arts and culture programming and to understand who hadaic ses to that. who was prioritized by the different programs and resources and one of the more creative things we were able to do is come up with a very unique arts equity index for la county. we collected all of the data from department, public sources to understand really who had honest access and funding opportunities for arts and culture programs throughout la county and who didn't and when and how that procurement and

provision of those funding sources happens and occurs, what are the opportunities to expand those in the future. what you see here on the screen is a map of that broad access. the darker color there, if i look at it correctly, it is far away, is less equitable access to arts and culture. the red area, there are 10, are the zip codes throughout the county that have highest concentration of arts and culture programming from a funding perspective see you clearly see a division of opportunity and funding throughout the county now and one of the unique things we were able to do is engaging with arts organizations, individual artists, community members on how to utilize this data and information. if you go to the link at the bottom it is a full tool we created for folks to understand the nuances of the data.

you can zoom in and out on the map. understand collectively within your unique community where you have access to arts and culture programming, how much and where those opportunities are expanding and so, at the beginning of this year we have the opportunity to meet with the department, which host data-thon every year around access to data arts and equity so they hosted this event in early april. it was very successful. we had over a hundred people members of the public, individual artists, representatives from some of the more prominent community organizations throughout la county come and participate and show us how they could use this data to apply for more grants to expand outreach to projects and other communities and so we are hoping with this project to be able to understand where the access to opportunity is and create something just as unique, just as specific to the city of san francisco and the folks and communities you all

serve. i'll turn it over to martin. linda. >> linda. if you go to the website you can click on and off, look at . we are not dos that for this but a compunt of that. doing the analysis. let's give a overview of the process. it is a three part process. the first is really getting oriented and setting the context. gathering data and that is what we are doing right now. probably doing that through january. and then we for the better part of next year, doing a lot of research and engagement. engagement with stakeholders, martin will talk more about who will be engaging with and how and we anticipate that to go through summer and then after that we will identify strategic priorities. i think at that point we come back to you. you are part of the stakeholder community so will engage with you as well as commissioners. and then we will also be doing

benchmarking. after that identify the strategic priorities and get into the business planning, which is really the implementation part of this. we will be looking at staffing and budgets and really action items over a period of time. martin, do you want to get into how we do what we do? >> i get to get in the weeds with you here. as you see, there is four elements here in the strategic planning process and essentially what we are in the midst now is what we refer as due diligence or sometimes referred to as existing conditions. understanding the environment, background information, the data, the kind of where are you now. understanding the agency from that standpoint, so looking at existing plans, backgrounds documentation et cetera and it is just that historic look-back to understand what brought to this point and where is it now at this point. then we begin to go forward by

engagement process. i'll unpack that further, but that is the bulk of our qualitative research and a opportunity to talk to stakeholders, those in the arts communities and those who are grantees, those within the city. over the next couple days we will be doing a lot of what we refer to as internal stakeholders primarily within the city and unpack that for you too, and of course talking to other artists and creatives across the city. data analytics, looking at the market and economic conditions and the context. we will be looking a great deal of grant data and understand the trends and who is areiveing the money, what is happening over a period of years. we requested and will be getting to review 5 years of data from 2018-2023 and getting a sense and it is a snapshot

but gives a sense of with a blip of 20 and 21 as an anomaly everywhere in the county. we'll go into looking at benchmarking and comparables and other cities. how does san francisco compare to cities that determine it makes sense. often times when we do comparables or benchmarking, we always recommend determination much later in the process about what is it we want to examine. we do that and recommend that specifically because in the early parts of the process, a lot of questions come up. used to be you do a grid and understand other agencies, but we want to know what we want to learn and the ways to compare ourselves.

technology. love it. so, in terms of stakeholder engagement, three important sections here. who we talk to, how will we engage with them, and/or how will engagement be organized and how will we engage with the stakeholders. on the left you see in the darker blue, a sense of who we'll be talking to over the next several months, including all the commissioners and county and city stakeholders. but of course, our primary stakeholders we will be talking to are those in the arts culture and creative communities in san francisco. the intent is to look how we can organize them into whether it is size of organization and budget and intent is look across the spectrum of

everybody in the arts and creative community. this isn't about one size of organization or one kide of organization, it isn't about what kind of geography, it is about looking cross-disciplines, all kinds of creatives. where they live. how they work within the arts. the kind of practice they have, and understanding all of those different considerations that need to be taken into place and then how we do that. it is listening. it is engagement is about listening and asking a set of questions of them through focus groups, through discussion groups, through individual conversations, and through some online tools where they have a chance to look at responding to specific questions. we dont know what those tools are yet, bought like the benchmarking, like the comparables we do that later in the process so we could be a little more focus said and the

questions we want to ask, who do we want to learn from and what specifically do we need to learn further about in the process. that's what the engagement process is like. so, strategic plan elements, pretty straight forward. on the left here these check marks, in a sense best practices. what are good elements that usually find in a strategic plan. every strategic plan consultant will give a variation of this. this is our approach to it here. but moving to the right side of this, the bullet points on the right give you a sense of what will be the sections of the strategic plan for the san francisco arts commission and how this begins to move forward. pretty straight forward. that brings us to the business plan, which is about implementation. linda, do you want to talk about that? okay.

again, this is we got lovely icons but this gives a sense of what are the pieces implementation plan. it is a great deal of research. we are spending the bulk of our time over the next 6, 7, 8 months listening, learning, examineing data, looking where we see consistencies, anomalies and things we have to ask. what do we want to be different as a result of this plan? that is why this plan is being engaged in is we want to see something happen and give direction to the agency for the next several years. these are the elements that would be in the implementation section. very tactical practice sorts of thing such as staffing and budget analysis. as we collect data we are consultants and like to give you lots of recommendation, so we'll come back and suggest data collection and

organization about how that can be more effective squl efficient for the agency. communication plan how to share strategies going forward and tools and system. how to hold accountable. when we come to you with a plan and you adopt the plan, how do you hold yourselves accountable moving that forward. that is what we have in store for you for the next year, so at this point i think we want to open it up and see--talk to this and see if you have any questions. >> this is a introduction. we are not debating today. [laughter] questions so we better understand the context. >> this is commissioner beltran. i don't have a question, i have a complement. we are incredibly fortunate to have you and wanted to complement or director,

director remington for undergoing extensive research and looking into who would be a good firm and based on your experience and all of the past clients you worked on and your process, i'm completely impressed and blown away and very very excited about working with you. >> i have a question about community engagement. you talked about-the one group i saw or groups are the cultural centers. we are going to engage with. i wondered about all of san francisco who are--i don't know how you get information from all the people who see all the public art and all the things--the grants go to the artists and artists make art and all the citizens of san francisco are engaged by the art. is there a way to do--is community engagement in there outside the arts community?

>> that's a excellent question. what i say is difference between agency strategic plan and community cultural plan is just that. in a agency strategic plan you focus on those that are within the direct constillation and this isn't about go toog the general public. we often refer to a large cultural planning process about the general resident of the community and their vision for arts and culture, but in a strategic plan your focus and engagement is much more internalized. >> we are engaging with organizations that are beyond--starting with your grantees. we are also looking at people who applied but maybe not successful because that is very important too. we are also going to be including all the grants for the arts applicants as well as awardees, so it is much broader set and then individual artists listening sessions too. >> this is a follow-up to

commissioner's question. would all san francisco be incluted in the metric stage at the end. evaluation in terms of your suggestion for tools for metrics and evaluation? >> i would take that under advisement. it is hard to determine what those tools would be at this point. it depends what emerge as strategic issues we find. very well may be the case. >> hi. this is vise president [indiscernible] nice to see you. [difficulty hearing speaker] thanks for taking on this project. it is big one. so, to follow-up on both the questions, maybe being able to meet with district supervisors because they are also involved in some of the arts programming within their district, so that is just a comment.

and then the other question i had was, you said you would do a data set from the past 5 years, but with covid kind of being a real budget out-layer and allocation for at least 2 and a half years of that, how do you get a baseline that is going to go forward 5 years? you know what i'm saying? maybe the dataset could be 10 or bigger. >> i think shawn would be happy to look at 10, 20 years of data. i think we have to see what the staff capacity-i know the systems changed several times even during the 5 years so the staff have been pulling lists for us which is very very time consuming, but ideally we like more data and love to look at 10 years of history when we look at grants. at least on the equity analysis. on the engagement, i think we are assume 5 years of data including applicants and

awardsies fwr the arts commission. probably fairly broad list. >> as well as applicants who [indiscernible] >> right. >> this is commissioner sadin schnair going along with what vice president shiota said. it helpful to understand that because between the pandemic and change of cultural director and several other things we have gone throw already like a 5 year period with no strategic plan, so i think getting a little more data in there because of the pandemic and everything is going to be really helpful in terms how we move forward. >> it is hard to draw trends from a couple years when you have a pandemic between. >> we understand the difficulty and don't want to put extra work load on staff, that's not what it is about, but because we have gone 5 years without

anything it is great to have more data to help us out. >> i is a general question. do you start with a set of goals and i guess at the beginning or do you wait for interviews to establish what it is that you think we need to do stronger, better, more efficient, or is there like a other project that you start with as far as okay, these are similar, we can start here. they may change once we do the interviews. how does that process work? a lot of questions coming up are unique to san francisco in some cases, opposed to other commissions or similar types of bodies across the nation. >> we don't identify strategic priorities, which guides the actual plan until july. we have to do a lot of reading

because there is a lot of reports done in recent years and we need to review all the data and talk to everyone first. that being said, there are certain topics like that every strategic plan identifies and addresses, so there is staffing and budgeting and access to arts. there is governance issues, operational structure. there is a number issues which will be covered in all most any strategic plan and business plan, but we remain open. we don't want to determine any priorities right now. we have to listen first. >> i would just say, if we look at outlines of process, call due diligence is about learning and understanding the context of everything and that's built on listening. i would just to it, suppose starting with any assump tions

we start with questions and use the due diligence to frame a lot of questions. >> i had one question. thank you for your presentation. that was great. i also wanted to--you said about [indiscernible] when this will be done. how often are we going to hear back from with you with reports and updates and do things change and you might need more feedback, so how much are we fwh engaged in the process with you? >> there will be key points along the line, particularly i think after we have the opportunity to get through the engagement to come back and share with you and i like to call it holding at the mirror saying, this is what we heard. does this sound right to you? because we are doing a listening and like to reflect it back and a chance for you to respond to that and maybe have

questions about it. we like to say, if you ask the question you have to be prepared for the answer, so we don't know what we'll hear, so we will come back and share what we hear and then later on in the stage as things emerge in the plan, there will be a opportunity to have conversations about where the strategies are going before they are finalized in a plan scr at the end of the process come back and say here is the plan and the opportunity for you to adopt it. >> i say one thing thinking about commissioner shelby's question. start thinking now the key issues when we come back a year from now you want answered. as a consultant you never want to hear the question the first time when you present the final report. we start thinking what you think the key issues are, the questions that need to be addressed and answered within the strategic and business plan

and that is very helpful for us. >> any other commissioner questions? comments? i have a comment. i want to congratulate the process arriving at your conclusion. one thing in the process of reviewing the potential consultants was something that mr. tapia was talking about and that creative economy planning. would you talk about that, in particular we are in a difficult fiscal and contextual situation, and we know that arts account for 11 percent of our economy and we have lot of data to support that. americans for the arts, et cetera. so, kind of leaning into mr. tapia and the creative economy. one outcome i hope it will have a clear understanding how we as a commission and perhaps other assets in our city can really

drive towards that comment about the creative economy planning. would you pause for a couple seconds and give us thinking on that? >> you want to start and i'll add? >> sure. as we look at data, what we'll do is take a look at creative economy data that is different then what you see for americans with art, but that is economic impact study, versus understanding who is working within the creative economy, who are in the occupations, how much are they earning and things of that nature, which is a lot different then economic impact. very different kinds of studies and we can pull that data fairly easily and look at that contextual for san francisco. i think it is qualitatively that is data helpful in understanding of how that jives opposed to dictating strategies, it is complementary

and saying as we work with individual artists and create ivs, do we need to expand the definition who we are working with and some cases maybe want to narrow it in a kind of way, because creative economy is very expansive term and requires thinking about how we define what we mean by creative economy. >> the reason i say that, the headline of a great process in this city is arts are helping to drive our recovery. we can get to all the equity issues. they are inherent in the answer to the question, because we won't drive the conclusion unless we are equitable in how we approach it. i think that's very important for us to understand that the board of supervisors, our chambers of commerce and all of the other mechanisms that are looking at the recovery of the city are looking at the arts commission and its mandate to help to fulfill that economic

imperative. i'm only saying, interesting for all the academic output and all the theoretical and stuff where you can lecture on, but one of the drivers of this thing is how is this agency and its mandate helping to really bring san francisco to where it should be. >> beyond the data there is a lot of studies with the economic competitiveness of a region with arts and culture. there was a study in new york done and i think we'll bring that research in. we will be thinking about given that is likely to be a theme for this, how do you need to position yourself and what will it take to make sure you are part of the conversation and part of the discussion city county level about economic development and economic recovery. >> any other comments from the commission? mr. tapia. >> can i add something fast to

that? just to add to that quickly. i think this-your question gets to the verynd of the process in a lot of ways around measuring tools for success, what are the strategies look like going forward, ultimately this is meant what we are going to be working with you all to create, both from the business and strategic planning side is implementation. how does this get implemented. how do the strategies, the opportunities, the actions, the recommendations get taken forward into real action? how do you all as a commission with staff , other organizations use this document and turn it into something real and that is where we identify the components for analysis to drive where we want to pgo for the measurement side and tracking so that is something to keep in mind. especially as we start to have conversations with you all, the other groups and organizations and committees is, who can we

work with in the future to make sure this gets implemented and to your point president, who dpoo we need to get in front of to let the groups, departments and organizations in the city that may not believe that they are directly involve in arts and culture when they are to help move this forward. a lot of this will be identifying partners, other organizations to help with this implementation and that comes forward and the data research and analysis but a large part in the measurement and strategies and how do we test and make sure over the next 5 years, 10 years, 15 years what we are doing is successful and useful and across the board helpful. just to add that. >> thank you very much. are there more comments from the commission? steeing none, any public comment on the strategic planning introductory report? >> please proceed to the podium and fill out the card.

we are on item 4. your time starts when you speak. you see a timer on the podium and receive a 30 second warning. requesting for those in person. anyone who would like to make public comment? see no public comment. public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you very much for the presentation. very excited about-- [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> i call item 5. this is the nomination of the election of the arts commission officers. discussion and possible action. i'm calling items number 5. the nomination election of the arts commission officers and introducing nominating committee chair abbey sadin schnair.

>> thank you president collins. this is nominate and elect the officers for president vice president for term beginning january 1, 2024. the nominating committee approved the slate of charles collin as president and jeanine shiota as vise president. the committee conducted interviews with the mayor commission --there were many questions and comments about wanting to move forward with the strategic plan, so i think we are all thrilled to see the first steps starting here.

for the most part commissioners, proud of the sfac accomplishments and wish to strategically plan within our mission how to move forward in positive encompassing ways so all this is coming together rather well right now. there were thoughts on how the commission works, which were reflected in the conversations and many ideas that came up will be brought up at executive committee to discuss next steps. and all the commissioners interviewed and mayor office. we all recommended we continue next year with the excellent leadership that we had this year so that is where we have gotten to on it. i like to open up first to both commissioner shelby and

commissioner--it is all the chocolate. and commissioner brenzel to see the comments they have. everyone worked hard and diligently to get comments from all the commissioners and all these insights i find are incredibly valuable and really appreciate the time everybody takes with it. and then of course to the full commission as well. >> first i like to thank commissioner sadin schnair for leading the effort. a lot of positive things come out of these conversations. often you don't get a chance to unpack with individual commissioners like this process allows. questions come up and solutions begin to take shape, but i thought it was a very positive and important process to hear

from the different people i heard from and also to speak to commissioner brenzel on my end and so, i would think that even though--i'm not sure if we are privy to all the conversations . is there a way to say-don't have to have names but this was communicated and this was communicated because i didn't hear all the conversations. is there a way to have a summary of a lot of the information in a way that we might move on it? >> laura, can you help us out with this from a legal-proper procedures? >> [indiscernible]

>> yes. >> that's possible. that is a public document, but that would be possible to do. maybe i can work with alyssa on how we would go about doing that. there is no problem to create such a document. you just have to remember it is public document. >> right. i think we are not looking so much as to who said what, but as to the substance of what was said and return from it as a commission. >> a summary with bullet points? >> yep. >> yes. that won't be a issue doing that. >> the reason i say that, there are comments we never talk about as a commission and/or haven't, i haven't heard them, so i think it is valuable. maybe just to know what the summary of some of the dialogue was. >> you may want to agendize

that, but we can talk about that as well, because you want to avoid having separate conversations outside of a publicly agendized meeting, so if there was such a document and everyone wanted to talk about it you want to do that in a open public meeting. >> thank you. i think it is probably best for us to refer this to staff to work out what if anything we would create. let's leave commissioner shelby's question as a open question by reference to lauren curry's comments and now let's see where our agency director would take this. >> okay. great. thank you and thank you for your help on that. >> i just want a plus one the thanks to commissioner sadin schnair leading us and nudging through our work and organizing our work, it was great and a

wonderful experience getting to talk to people i haven't talked to very much. as a new commissioner i described the experience being a second orientation to the commission, so next year some of you others will get the experience of having a reorientation to the commission as well. i really appreciated everybody's time and responsiveness, so thank you all and thrilled with our motion we are about to make hopefully soon. >> this is commissioner shiota. i want to say thank you for support and belief, but i'm looking forward to supporting these two gentleman in this big strategic planning. it is big endeavor and i know these two together are going to craft something and lead to something that is going to be very bold. bold and brave and wonderful

that we can all get behind. i just really appreciate being able to serve in that capacity and looking forward to the next bench-warmer that i'm--that is out there somewhere. >> i think it is a bit embarrassing for jeanine and i to make the motion, because it says in the script-- [laughter] [multiple speakers] >> i agree. >> can we step out? >> can i add one thing? i want to thank them for being willing to stand for, because that is the other thing, this isn't a surprise to them this is happening and they agreed to stand for reelection and i just want to thank them. [applause] >> i make a motion to nominate

and elect officers of the arts commission president vise president for term beginning january 1, 2024, the nominating committee approved the slate of charles collins as president and jeanine shiota as vise president. do i have a motion? >> second. >> so move. [laughter] >> i was asking for the motion. it is okay. >> commissioner shiota and i are-- >> is that okay? >> i think we do. >> okay. after public comment. at this point we can step out of the room if they wish to do. >> is there additional commissioner comments at this point? okay. now any public comment?

>> for those in person please proceed to the podium and fill out the information card. we are on item 5. time starts when you begin speaking. you see a visual timer and receive a 30 second warning before your time concludes and requesting comments from those in person. anyone who would like to comment on the current agenda item? seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. do they need to step out of the room or can i take a roll call vote? >> [indiscernible] >> okay. >> question, they can vote for themselves if they wanted to? they can, okay. thank you. >> i'll take a roll call vote not including president collins or vise president shiota.

[roll call ] >> this is like my high school president vote. yes. aye. [roll call continued] motion carries unanimously. [applause] >> i would like to make just a very brief comment. in a working with this staff with this commission with our agency counsel, with our community, it is a very special i think responsibility and honor for both jeanine and

myself. i love this work. i like to read every single bit of what we have to do. the questions that come up as we are all on a learning curve and trying to do the work of the commission. we are blessed by a staff and by leadership of this commission that makes everything we do as commissioners even possible and i know that behind the scenes as each of you are wrestling with your own constituents out there that call you up and have all their questions, how important it is for us to stand behind you. i admire the discipline of the commission now as we are learning that there is a way that we can do our work with respect to our staff and make sure we are not independent wheels moving things along, but it does require that there's

line of communication. i hope we keep those lines understanding of our public requirements in terms of disclosure, but i think we are getting to a nice equilibrium. staff is really greatly in place, our administration is very very strong, our program, the bench strength that is developing augers well for our future and having a strategic planning exercise, but also the monuments and memorial work behind i think is putting us in a good place, so i would like to say on behalf of jeanine and me, we are grateful for this opportunity, because we are so grateful to the staff and commission that are pushing this work forward. >> i like to say something here. i think what folks don't know

or may not know is that, the work that vice president shiota and president collins do outside of this commission is extensive, so we have meetings and meetings and phone conversations and wrestle and debate with ideas and what happens and where the direction we will go with the body and that they like to see what the agency--that happens all the time. there is a lot of hours and hours of work president collins and i meet every single week. we meet every week and go through everything that happened or pertinent things that happened in the week. whether it is something that happened politically at city hall, whether happening with staff, whether big issues we are wrestling with or sticky wickets we have to deal with, we are constantley going back

and forth week after week and dissecting the issues and the same occurred with president oriana so it is important to know and vice president shiota will call me and say, you need to know about this or what do you think about that? i want to draw your attention to this. this happens on a regular basis, so it isn't just this meeting where we all sit up here and look pretty, but it is a lot happening behind the scenes and a lot of work that goes into this, so i want to personally thank both of them being willing to serve again and work with me and us and the agency and it is just an honor and privilege to work with you both, so thank you so much. >> break. where are we? now we have real work to do. we have completed that process.

we elected these officers for the pro tems and now it is wonderful because i get to announce the commission secretary. again through another diligent process, a process where there was real strong competition for a agency that is high functioning, it is wonderful to welcome [indiscernible] as our new agency secretary. [applause] >> i like to say more about him, because it is relevant to his ability to take on such a position. we already voted to approve his appointment. that was at the last meeting, so we have finished that legislative requirement, but this is his first day, and what

a wonderful day for us, because first generation south asian indian american born in modesto and grew up in sangar. looking at a valley thing, fresno, modesto--what is good about it though is that with a under graduate degree from cal state fresno, also he earned a ba in business administration with emphasis on management, so before coming to the arts commission, served as the administrative assistant to the fresno county superintend of schools where he worked to support the board of education and public meetings supporting executive leadership and helping to insure equitable brighter future for families and children of the 32 school

districts represented fresno county. in his free time he enjoys playing tennis. i imagine that paddle ball thing they are doing-- >> pickleball. >> pickleball is having uptick and also taking editing pictures and working out and spending a lot of time with his family and friends. excited to work and grow at the arts commission and he's allowed to focus now in this new career opportunity supporting both here in the commission and also in his outside world, conditions of people. that was one of the things that i think thirst him in the process was this idea of the community really matters and this is going to be another part of your community. i want to thank you secretary and congratulate you on your new role.

are there commentsio like to have about this? >> can i add one thing, we need to share out what the vote was in the first section of your script. >> so-- >> at the top of the page. >> would you help? >> sure. i'll share. at the november 6, 2023 meeting of the arts commission, the commission voted unanimously with 13 votes to appoint contingent on final [indiscernible] which is already happened and are commissioner shicota and carney were absent at the meeting. >> thank you. legislative history is important. sorry for missing that. commissioner--director remington, please. >> thank you. i just want to say that we are delighted to welcome commission

secretary dawali. rose to the top of really quickly. right away when we interviewed the pool of applicants, he stood out for several things president collins mentioned. we are just delighted and know he's going to bring a lot to the table as we go through the next 5, 6, 7, 10 years, so thank you so much for being willing to move here and relocate and join our team, so we are so pleased you are here, so thank you. [applause] >> any other commissioner comments? >> thank you president collins. welcome. as you can tell, we have absolutely thrilled you are here and at a meeting before this that you were not at, the

most important judge of whether you could do this role was our commission secretary alyssa and believe me, i think you have big shoes to fill, it is like size 20 or something- [laughter] >> only 7 and a half. >> and she just went over the top in terms how excited she was for your candidacy so could not be more thrilled and welcome. >> it was the fresno thing. any other commissioner comments? it is probably good for us to say secretary, we are thrilled that there is this wonderful continuity that is you move into your role as you already have, that you can be alleviated of the secretary role and also a able mentor to

monraj as he learns the tools of the job. thank you. [applause] >> is there any public comment on item 6? [providing instructions for public comment] requesting from those in person. anyone who would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> so, just make sure i'm where i'm supposed to be. we are now calling item number 7. committee reports and committee matters and discussion.

the first is item 7, subitem 1. the visual arts committee report. commissioner ferras is not here, but commissioner ferras report will be given by-- >> thank you president collins. as president collins mentioned, requested i give the report on her behalf. at the meeting option of relocation or removal of the [indiscernible] chinatown public health center due to renovations of the center that include replacement of the eastern wall of the building, with windows presented. [indiscernible] commissioned in 1969 and installed in 1970 for $25.500. staff presented a thorough report including history of the art work, consultation about the potential resigning of the

artwork, legal conshalitation of proposed alternation to artwork and community engagement to both community meetings and survey. after lengthy discussion and hearing public comment, the committee voted to remove the sculpture and place it in storage. item 2, the visual arts committee report. project manager keen presented the design and plaque text for the new mayor ed lee bust. i want to emphasize, she isn't a project manager of the arts commission. she is overseeing this project separately as a consultant. mrs. keen had been working with mayor lees family with the artist jonah henderson and design of the best. the family wanted mayor lee portrayed as a man of the people and not towering above

the people. as a result mayor lee is portrayed looking down as if viewers are in conversation with him. the instillation includes a stone plaque on the face of the existing with text in english and chinese. number 3, the completed 2 dimensional art work program. the program futures 66 individual artworks by 38 artists and installed in the building common areas throughout floors 2-16. the thirst round of 2d artwork occurred april 2021. 32 artworks by 15 artists. due to the success of the 49 south van ness building, along with additional project funds a second round of artwork was implemented and installed october 2023 with additional 34 works by 23 artists. all artists are bay area based

or have a meaningful connection to the bay area. the artwork ranged in media and includes painting, drawing, fabric, [indiscernible] photography, collage and mixed media. this isn't in the script, but i would like to add my huge compliments on behalf of visual arts committee, chair ferras about the incredible performance of the public art program group this year. thank you. [applause] are there discussion or comments about the visual arts committee report? >> yes. hi. commissioner shiota. i want to say both projects that you brought up, the health center, with the dragon, that has been all most a two year

conversation, maybe longer so i commend you for going through it and i know there is extensive community engagement and talks with the artists and architects and building envelope as it is, existing conditions, what people want, what can effectively be done, so i'm sure that with the difficult and decision, but well gone after and sorted through and also i wanted to complement ex-commissioner keen, because the ed lee bust has also been a very very very long conversation, long coming. many different stakeholders and conversations, so she's been at that for four years. very long time. thanks for leading both of

those. >> if i can, i also like to comment particularly on the chinatown on the dragon and i think one of the things that was so helpful through this process was having the monuments and memorials guidelines there, so that we could go through. that really helped us in what was a difficult process to figure out how to move forward with and i also want to thank mary cheu and all of the visual arts staff that worked so hard on this. it was a long process, but i think the thoroughness really helped us come up with a good decision so i thank you for that. >> i want to go on the record. i want to point out--thank the

staff regarding the dragon relief. the decision to move it to storage was a long discussed and lot other options. [indiscernible] with the architects and so forth, and the design was after fact. i want to raise that isue because i raise the issue at that meeting. i wasn't at [indiscernible] didn't get a chance with input about this situation. i understand that today the sculpture does not fit the community in any way, but i also want to put in perspective. 1969 when this approved it was the first female artist. i want to point that out. and i think first commission that was paid, grant given to female artist. what happen in the situation was the architects went through-[indiscernible] very difficult process and was challenging because we had to go back and forth to all the community outreach was not done

properly. we had to go and do all that but at the meeting with the architects what bothered about the process is this didn't have to come to this point. by the time they offered to move the sculpture it was a after-thought, they had not thought about this as a art piece owned by the city and i it bothered me a bit. it is essential as a commission, we have the obligation to make sure our artists are represented and taken care of, even 60 years later. this should have not been after-thought. that architect design should have been thoughtful of keeping the original intent of the sculpture. it opened pandora box because us because they didn't do the job and in all fairness, the planning department working with them should have pushed back. the easy solution was to remove the sculpture.

i ps one who suggested we should put it in storage, because by that point there was no point trying to reconfigure. as a art lawyer i would be offended when my client 60 years later dead and doesn't have a estate or anybody to have a opinion we decide how to reconfigure the art. that should never be [indiscernible] i want to point that out and make a comment about that. i think we ended to the right conclusion because this was a path we had to come to, but i want to encourage us and staff and city as a whole, nobody should be having this conversation as a after-thought when this is a piece of art we own. it is in our collection. i just want to point out the cost. saved a [indiscernible] that firm saved a lot of money. i want to--we lost money as a

city, and i wanted to make sure-[indiscernible] i wanted to point that out. congratulation to all you because i know how hard this was and your staff and you did a brilliant job, but i also want to be thoughtful [indiscernible] we need to be mindful and [indiscernible] thank you for your time. >> thank you. that came in several design review meetings and i hope the dragon doesn't remain in storage. it is one of the first art pieces from this commission and as pointed out from a female as well, and hope it doesn't linger in the basement. i hope there is a place for it at some point.

thank you. >> thank you commissioner. i wanted to-since neither of you were able to make the meeting, we discussed both of those points and our public art staff is already on the job looking for a new place for the sculpture to be exhibited in the city. secondly, our prior director of cultural affairs worked very hard changing the partnership between city architects and engineers and arts commission to make sure that art was incorporated at concept zero, which was something that hadn't happened before. they build a building and say we have to spend on art.

that wasn't done in 69 because that was before that. for whatever reason, the art was conceptualized when the building was built and part was because the architect had a relationship with the artist and the graphic designer and so that was a--planning but now fast forward that didn't happen and i think that is critical as you were saying that we should adopt the same procedures as the arts commission in terms of partnership with renovated buildings to make that decision at concept zero renovation where the artwork fits so don't have plop art we have to stick somewhere. i think the visual arts committee is in complete agreement with that. >> thank you commissioner. i want to point out, it was insulting when i pushed back on

the architects and people dont assume i understand because i'm a lawyer, but i pushed back on them. their response, there was a great view to maxmize and the reason they removed the sculpture and want to point that out. is the justification [indiscernible] and the design they offered was horrendous. i [indiscernible] it changed integrity of the artwork. i want to point--we do have the obligation to push back. i encourage that. that is our job and if we dont do that we are failing artists. [indiscernible] i was new understanding my responsibility but i encourage being mindful about that. >> is there any further discussion? >> are there commissioner comments? i want to make one last comment. those who were able to attend the visual art committee

meeting where we discussed this and had extensive community input as well as extensive explanation of our public art staff and that, it showed the best of the public process in terms-it really did, in terms of a collaboration of the community, of our staff, of our commissioners, of the process and we were all extremely proud at the result. >> commissioner shiota, one more thing. i like to say that i really--you always jd is a huge advocate for artists and art integrity, so i just want to put on public record that no one in this body staff commissioners anyone takes dismantling or taking off art or storing art. we take it so seriously and like the picture of the dragon

in pieces is so alarming. i was like wait a minute, you can't--[indiscernible] reimagine or how can that--yes, that conversation between the architect and it is hard because where does art and architecture, we don't want to stand in the way of the architectural design and functionality and yet i think the dialogue starting early so doesn't get to the tension point further down the chain is certainly better. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for sticking up for artists. >> thank you commissioner. artwork is not a lego set. is there any public comments on the visual arts committee report? >> [providing instructions for public comment] any public

comment? seeing none, public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you very much. i call item number [indiscernible] which is [audio cutting in and out] are there any commissioner recusals on the consent calendar items? [unable to hear speaker] we will now take all the consent calendar items. sorry ? >> can you speak into your microphone? >> yes, i can. any discussion by the commission on any of the consent calendar items?

i want to remind commissioners first to respond by making a motion and the motion would be to approve the consent calendar items as presented. could i have a motion and a second? >> so move. >> second. >> thank you. there is no commissioner comment. is there public comment on the item 8, consent calendar? >> [providing instructions for public comment] requesting comments from those in person. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed on this item. >> thank you. i call item number 9. this is new business and

announcements. discussion. current administrative--sorry, let's have the vote. calling now all in favor of the approval of the consent calendar please say aye. >> aye. >> those opposed? alright. thank you. it is the chocolate. [laughter] some excuse, [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> ct scan before you reelected me. item 9, new business and announcements. any current budgetary administrative legislative and programming developments and announcements? before we get to commissioner comments i will ask for the commissioner--the director of cultural affairs to make any comments in item 9. >> thank you president collins.

so, the holiday season this holiday season in san francisco arts commission invites everyone to shop local and support local artists and craftsmakers and sfac is hosting a art vendor pop up market at the war memorial veteran lobby thursday december 14, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. stop by, pick up a gift or two for yourself or your loved ones. war memorial art vendor market up. 401 van ness across the street where officers are thursday december 14, 2023 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that is it. thank you. >> hi, commissioner shiota here. the entwined meadow just on the consent calendar will open or

they are adding another tree. they have fun parties and then i think the city is doing a bunch of light shows, glow sf and a lot of downtown activation, so i know i plan to go to union square and just see the puppies are back for-- [audio cutting in and out] and they did the art walk or the vendor walk, so that's all. holiday fun. >> commissioner beltran, i see your eyes. [laughter] >> thank you president collins. one is my very very creative students at san francisco state university have just laurched the last exhibition for the semester. they created 20 new tiles and sourced sustainable materials from all over the world and got them 5 inch by 5 inch sample, so artists and designers could

learn about new sustainable climate friendly materials with which to make their products and work. as a showcase they made an ikea showroom in the gallery by dumpster diving in the sf state garbage bin and created an entire show room with a bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen from old target boxes, from trash, from the elevator employees who were redoing the elevator saw what we were doing and donated the wooden spools and transformed into tables. i'll send pictures but that exhibit is up till thursday and they were quite proud. pretty exciting and we got national press on that. >> excellent. >> any other commissioner

comments? >> i wanted--commissioner shiota mentioned i went to opening night of glow sf with the mayor when they--if you don't see all 6, go to ferry building and definitely go to the one on montgomery street and market. it is exceptional. it is a 3 dimensional, it makes the entire ferry building glow 365 degrees turning, even though it isn't moving. [laughter] [multiple speakers and laughing] the montgomery one is artistically extraordinary. it is like a paper story and it is--those two are the only ones

that are one single artists. all are great, but these two-- >> i saw the instruments. i haven't seen them lit. i walked around month gomery street. who owns the equipment? >> the equipment a3 owns them and the art est own the creative but they work with them. the same company who did the stuff at the [indiscernible] that's why i went-- >> i wonder-- >> international artists. some of them are world renowned designer artist. >> [indiscernible] >> i think it ends in a week, so make sure you see it if you get a chance. >> i just wanted to invite everyone--this is our 8th year of our holiday concert at sf jazz on december 17

[indiscernible] december 17. come on out. we are doing a nut cracker suite and other holiday arrangements i did. we are doing nut cracker three different times, one in sacramento, friday, one in santa rosa on the 23 at the luther burbank so wanted to announce that. sad at the consultant friends left, because i needed to tease one of them about the philadelphia eagles. [laughter] and the other one gave me serious [indiscernible] [laughter] that was cool. >> i just wanted to also complement commissioner shelby on his hat and have to get your source.

>> i was remeended it is martin luther mccoy style. it is. he is playing at the black cats. >> even the fingernails. >> playing at the black cat. >> on? >> sunday. >> the funk that stold christmas. >> what date? >> on sunday the 10th. it is the funk that stold christmas, so we'll have a good time. >> i like to congratulate commissioner brenzel for his appointment as a art commissioner. it happened again today. he fulfilled a incomplete term of deborah walker so he was reappointed and sworn in today for another 4 years. [applause] >> i have a couple announcements if that's alright.

i have a couple concerts with the san francisco symphony. we are also the charley brown christmas show is back at the symphony. it is a live action dance. bunch of dancers all over the bay area dpoo do a wonderful show of charley brown christmas special with a live music and orchestra. that is the 20-23. december 20-23. 4 performances. the other thing you may or may not know with the san francisco symphony was nominate frd a grammy award for it recording of [indiscernible] the san francisco symphony chorus which included me nominated for a

grammy for [indiscernible] we are one of five nominees and they announce the winner february 4. [applause] veryert esting recording in covid and all in isolated sound booth so used advance recording technology to make a recording and sing while we couldn't sing. it was actually really a moving experience in the fact we won this nomination is really really exciting for the san francisco symphony and the chorus. >> how many individual voices? >> 16 of us who were the singers in that one. >> is this mtt? >> both were with [indiscernible] the one we did in the [indiscernible] we never saw him, because it was the sound booth. >> was he in finland? >> he did all the editing and

mastering. >> mastering? >> the mastering of the recording. >> he was probably in the recording booth to make sure it all laid down. >> any other new business or announcements? i'm going to ask for public comment on item 9, new business and announcements. [providing instructions for public comment] do we have public comment? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed for this item. >> sorry. >> no public comment. >> item 9 is closed.

item 10 is in memoriam. we recognized honor individuals artist, cultural leaders and fillanypist who made impact to san francisco arts and cultural landscape and who have recently passed. we have a number of folks we want to acknowledge and recognize and celebrate in memoriam this month. the first person we honor is lawrence larry griffon. he was a rec and park commissioner who passed july 5, 2023 at the age of 69. larry griffon was a long time san francisco labor leader, political strategist and champion of those in need. he lived most of his life in the western addition where he grew up. larry proudly served on election commission, the fire commission, the human rights commission and was recently appointed to rec and park.

i knew him growing up. eleanor basly arno, a painter passed july 15, 2023 at the age of 97. helen elaine harper was born april 20, 1926 in omaha nebraska. founded the san louie bispo arts center and worked as cureiator. in 1965 the family moveped to san francisco and goes on to paint 7 mayoral portraits. introduction to mayor made by socialite costello. her depiction of feinstein lead to portraits of succeeding

mayors. joyce, artist and former sfac colleague passed away july 17, 2023 at the age of 58. decades played a central role in shaping and strengthening filipino arts and culture, particularly in san francisco's filipino cultural heritage district. sfmoma pilipinas. supported countless shows and filipino art american artists from [indiscernible] studio to leading the theater group in the late 1990's and asian american arts organization kearney street workshop. her work and spirit will have a lasting impact on the san

francisco filipino american community that she so loved. joyce final weeks were spent at her home under the care of allen, her devoted husband of 28 years and [indiscernible] her brother, visiting from manila along with his wife. [indiscernible] passed on september--not a break in the paragraph. sorry about that. arts patron passed september 23, 2023 at age 75. william smith a long time san francisco was arguably the city's most beloved arts patron. died september 23 of kidney

disease and open heart failure at age 75. smith was a familiar presence at the war memorial opera house and davie symphony hall. grew up in salinas and sunnyvale and only child and developed a sense of independence early on. as a teenager road the bus from sunnyveil sunnyvale to san francisco to see movies and stage musical. love for arts began when his parents took him to the ice follies, the long gone winter land ball room. how manyy people around here went to ice follies? [indiscernible] we where going to share this. >> richard d may, actor who passed on october 28 at age 65.

richard was formally homeless, preparing to make his stage debut in a african american shakespeare company of arthur millers play death of a salesman. hit and killed by a driver who ran a red light. richard traveled to new york city and los angeles as part of actor workshop funded may by mayor breed dream keeper initiative. chief [indiscernible] master african drummer and composer who passed on november 2 at age 67. a master drummer composer, designer and lecturer mpt born in 1956 in haiti. family settled in new york. a master of west african, cuban

and haitian instruments. performed with dance and music groups through the sf bay area. also conducted workshops and performances with internationally renowned from africa and cuba. profound influence in the african community and was a respected elder and influential tradition bearer. trained and influenced two generations of musicians and dancers in the arts community. >> that concludes our tributes. anyone with someone to add? seeing none, are there any comments by the commission on the in memoriam? >> i just wanted to note that the second or third slide there was a artist who had a painting of london breed in the photo. dont know if you saw that.

that is painting hanging in room 200. i happen to see that today at my swearing in. that painting there is hanging in room 200. i thought people should know. you can go see it. >> i wanted to add to commissioner brenzel's comment, all the other portraits of prior mayors are also hanging there. >> it is all there. all in 200. >> wonderful. >> room 200 is the mayor office. anybody can walk in. >> they just posted your picture for swearing in and where you hand shaking. >> i was like wait, i just [multiple speakers] >> i'm glad that isn't in memoriam. any other commissioner comments

on the in memoriam? any public comment on in memoriam? [providing instructions for public comment] do we have any public comment? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. >> public comment being closed, i now call agend item 11. adjournment. [meeting adjourned]

>> [music] art withelders exhibiting senior art work across the bay for 30 years as part of our traveling exhibit's program. for this exhibits we partnered with the san francisco art's commission galleries and excited show case the array of artist in historic san francisco city hall. >> [inaudible]. call me temperature is unique when we get to do we, meaning

myself and the 20 other professional instructors we are working with elders we create long-term reps i can't think of another situation academically where we learn about each other. and the art part i believe is a launching pad for the relationship building:see myself well. and if i don't try when my mom again. she may beat the hell out of mow if i don't try >> seniors, the population encounters the problem of loneliness and isolation even in a residential community there hen a loss of a spouse. leaving their original home. may be not driving anymore and so for us to be ail to bring the

classes and art to those people where hay are and we work with people in all walks of life and circumstances but want to finds the people that are isolated and you know bring the warmth there as much as art skill its personal connection. men their family can't be well for them. i can be their fell and feel it. >> i don't have nobody. people say, hi, hi. hello but i don't know who they are. but i come here like on a wednesday, thursday and friday. and i enjoy. >> we do annual surveys asking students what our program does for them. 90 plus % say they feel less alone, they feel more engaged. they feel more socially connected the things you hope for in general as we age.

right? >> and see when i do this. i am very quiet. i don't have anybody here talking to me or telling me something because i'm concentrating on had i'm doing and i'm not talking to them. >> not just one, many students were saying the program had absolutely transformational for them. in said it had saved their lives. >> i think it is person to support the program. because i think ida elder communities don't get a lot of space in disability. we want to support this program that is doing incredible work and giving disability and making this program what supports the

art and health in different way bunkham art as a way of expression. a way of like socializing and giving artists the opportunity also to make art for the first time, sometimes and we are excited that we can support this stories and honor their stories through art. we hope the people will feel inspired by the variety and the quality of the creative expressions here and that viewers come, way with a greater appreciation of the richness what elders have to share with us. [music]

>> all right, let's get going. a lot of smiles out here today. hi everybody my name is phil i'm the general managers of your san francisco recreation and parks department. and welcome to the city's newest park. so the, the mythical soccer coach ted lasso likes to use the word bve