waiting patiently for this opportunity to really we celebrate selena in this way. um, because of what she does to bring so much joy and happiness and excitement to the tenderloin community and this community, more than any other community in the city, deserves joy. i know that it's been a very challenging time, and every single day with the work that we're doing to try and improve the conditions of the neighborhood, it's become because of people like selena who really put her heart and soul in the work that she does for her restaurant, but also the work that she does in order to

improve the community for the people who also live there. and that's why today is important. and some of you may already know her story. i mean, the fact that she she came here, taught herself english and used food as a way to communicate and to bring people in. and it is really a testament to what so many of you all know about her is she is a loving person. she is a good person and she loves to take care of people with food, good food. i mean, let me tell you, someone could be really mad at you and you, you you you give them something to make them smile, give them some good food and it just changes the conversation. then it changes the experience. and we appreciate the fact that in addition to your restaurant,

that you are willing to serve the city and county of san francisco. so in this capacity, and i truly believe that the work we need to do to improve the conditions of our streets, it starts with the people who are out there on the streets looking at what is happening and what is going on, and holding the people responsible for improving those conditions accountable to doing so. so that's why you are the perfect person to serve in this role. um we appreciate all that you have done and what you will continue to do to not only serve the tenderloin community, but to serve the city and county of san francisco. so at this time, i'm going to ask you to come forward, and we are going to swear you in. i want to hear

you. all right. okay. so what you want to do? wait. let's put you over here so they can get some good pictures. you want to face me? there we go. i'm going to face you. and then a little bit this way. there you go. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i state your name. i selena yusuf, do solemnly swear. do solemnly swear that i will support and defend that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, foreign and domestic. that i bear true faith, that i bear true faith and allegiance and

allegiance to the same that i take this obligation that i take this obligation freely, freely, without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation reservations or purpose of evasion. or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully, and that i will well and faithfully fully discharge the duties. discharge the duties upon which, upon which i'm about to enter, which i am about. i am about to enter. and during such time and during such time. as i hold the office of as i hold the office of member, member of the sanitation of the sanitation and

streets and streets conditions in the city and county of san francisco. for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. you're going to give you the official pin for the city and county of san francisco. welcome aboard. as a true public servant. thank you. yes, yes. so we're going to have you say a few words first, and then we'll get to you. carlo okay? okay. hi everyone. i can see your face, mayor. breed, your. you are the true embodiment of san francisco. dynamic rich, resilient and powerful empowerment and grit. i

am truly honored and grateful for your trust, for allowing me to become one of the commission here in the city of san francisco. i'm a little nervous. i'm sorry. uh, my story is a typical immigrant soundbite. we left our country for pursuit of happiness, and along the way, we find our community that shares the same narratives and values. um, one of the values that i always stand upon is the responsibility that we have among each other, that is, to be at service of each other. um, measurable results with a steady momentum, collective effort, and the fairly distributed resources will bring the much needed improvement for the city of san francisco, especially in tenderloin street. and

sanitation is a crucial part of our everyday life. it helps improve the residents and the businesses and the families that lives. not only in the greater san francisco, but tenderloin is such a beautiful little neighborhood that people should give more compassion and empathy to us. i hope my fellow commissioners and the department head will guide me and value my perspective. active in working together in making san francisco the greatest city on the planet, i would like to thank for everyone that came here for spending your little afternoon, your time with us. um, your support, your generosity, your kindness is all the real talk. you know who you are. and, um, the unconditional love. and i

hope i'll will be part of the san francisco and keep making the impact through my food and my story. and, like, maybe was saying joy, love and love and love. thank you. thank you. i'm going to. oh yes, of course. thank you. ah, i'm just so happy . so at this time we have a fearless leader who is responsible for public works here in san francisco. and i will say before i ask carla short to come up, that this city is really an incredible city and it's an incredible city because we have a lot of people who work for this city, who work really

hard. and the person who inspires so much of the amazing team of public works to work very hard every single day is someone who is probably the person who loves trees more than anybody else. here today, and that is the leader of the public works department for san francisco, carla short. thank you, mayor breed, for giving me an opportunity to say a few words today about about azalina usop. i truly believe that she will be a great addition to the sanitation and streets commission with her background as a small business owner who chose to open her restaurant in the tenderloin, a neighborhood that can be at once beautiful and rough, vibrant and down on its luck, but always packed with life. if restaurants aren't just

about food, then are also about hospitality and making people feel welcome and creating a good experience not only inside the restaurant but outside as well, is important. well, i first came to know about azalina through her amazing malaysian food stand at the market. the best laksa i've ever had. i got a glimpse of her passion and care for the community as she was opening her azuolynas restaurant at 4.99 ellis street, and wanted to make sure that the streets in the neighborhood were clean and looking good as you. as you all know, it's no secret that keeping the tenderloin clean is an ongoing challenge and that it takes a team effort to get the job done. public works has cleaning crews on the ground every day and every shift every morning, every noon, every night . but our work alone is not enough. the tenderloin community benefit district is an amazing

partner, as well as other nonprofits. and then there are individual residents and businesses, and that's where azalina stands out. while she asked us to do more and do better, she also took the time to get a fuller understanding of our operation. both the opportunity and the limitations. as important, she asked what she and her neighbors could do to help, and as she said in her confirmation hearing for the commission post six peacefully solving problems requires collective effort as a new sanitation and streets commissioner, i and the entire public works team look forward to hearing her ideas seasoned by her experience as a small business owner in san francisco, about how we can do better to serve the tenderloin and all our neighborhoods. thank you so much for joining the commission. thank you. okay, azalina, it is

time to sign the official paperwork and make sure that you're in there to do the job. um, last but not least, let me just say again, when the amazing, uh, public works department, uh, there are a lot of people who work for the department, and you'll get to meet them and see the work that they do. they take so much pride in what they are able to do for the city and county of san francisco. and i, i hope that they look at you and they get inspired by just what you have done and what they will continue to do and hopefully continue to do some great work in the tenderloin community and in the city and county of san francisco as a whole. uh, you're going to bring a lot of great excitement to the role, and i'm looking forward to it. so thank you for agreeing to serve as a commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. so let's sign this paperwork. let's make it super duper official, and then let's have a good time. all right. thank you all so much

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[indiscernible] pizza. vacant and vibrant got into safe downtown we never could have gotten into pre-pandemic. we thought about opening downtown but couldn't afford it and a landlord [indiscernible] this was a awesome opportunity for us to get our foot in here. >> the agency is the marriage between a conventional art gallery and fine art agency. i'm victor gonzalez the founder of gcs agency. thes program is especially important for small business because it extended huge life line of resources, but also expertise from the people that have gathered around the vacant

to vibrant program. it is allowed small businesses to pop up in spaces that have previously been fully unaccessible or just out of budget. vacant to vibrant was funded by a grant from the office of economic workforce development that was part of the mayor's economic recovery budget last year so we funded our non profit partners new deal who managed the process getting folks into these spaces. >> [indiscernible] have been tireless for all of us down here and it has been incredible. certainly never seen the kind of assistance from the city that vacant to vibrant has given us, for sure. >> vacant to ibvooerant is a important program because it just has the opportunity to build excitement what downtown

could be. it is change the narrative talking about ground floor vacancy and office vacancy to talking about the amazing network of small scale entrepreneur, [indiscernible] >> this is a huge opportunity that is really happy about because it has given me space to showcase all the work i have been doing over the past few years, to have a space i can call my own for a extended period of time has been, i mean, it is incredible. >> big reason why i do this is specific to empower artist. there are a lot of people in san francisco that have really great ideas that have the work ethics, they just don't have those opportunities presented, so this has been huge lifeline i think for entrepreneurs and small businesses. >> this was a great program for us. it has [indiscernible] opening the site. we benefited from it and i think because there is diverse and different [indiscernible]

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those other big efbarriers i think that is the thing to focus on the most is belong everyone should belong here. [music] >> wishing we trained women grow in production. and recording arts and so we have everything from girls night classes for middle and high school girls. we have certification academy program. that would be women and gender [inaudible] adid you tell us. progress in the internship frm program where they are working in the studios. they are helping to mentor the youth in the youth programs and the job place am component.

most of the time we hire interns instructors in our programs and engineer in our studios here. we have conferences we do all overnight country and we have concerts that we feature bay area women and gender artists. [music] [music] >> an education forward organization. and so advocacy organization. dedicated to closing the gender gap and the audio and production industries. >> started out of the lead answer, why is there a critical

gender gap in this industry that started at city college. why are there so few in this

class i was ashamed i did not have the answer being a feminist. why have i never thought of this i have been in the industry for decades and why have i accept today of all people. it was out of that and unraffling it. actually started the infernship last fall and just fell in love with all the things about women's oshg mission because we are diverse and so many aspects of audio i did not know and i feel like eyes opened up and i gained a lot of confidence in myself and other fells and queer people in the industry i felt there was more connection and community. ironically my time in the industry is all pretty good. i think what happened is i was raised by a father who is an engineer. i was comfortable being strounlded by men all the time in his lab i was used to technology. when i got in industry my mentors were men and i saw i had a unique importance that got mow in the place i could be fluent and navigate something difficult and it was the norm for me. what if it was not woman was createed provide it for everybody. have this environment you are surrounded by technology and people that are going to support you and get you in this industry in a good way. i have been interested in audio i was never trained in music took piano when i was a kid. i never pursued it because not a lot of women doing that. and my family is not musically

inclined. when i want to davis the first time i took a music class there were few females in the class. like a rodey for my dayed was load you will the mixers and monitors and the giant speakers and gigs and help run out the cables and take things down and set up mics i did all of that growing up and never occurred to mow that that was a field they could at all. and then one i could pursue i didn't nobody else was doing temperature my dad and then i go with him to studios and see -- the men in the studio. dj for 5 years now and comments you get like wow you are a girl dj that is crazy. that is wild. and i have great moments where

it does not happen. and they treat me like easy. telling mow what to do they correct mow in ways that make me feel less i sprjs the opposite and i notice hand's on like you don't know what you are doing rather than asking me. not consistent times it happens. it is like when i talk to other females they are like say the i know that nice men don't experience tht main thing triggers me when i experience different treatment and that happens a lot in the audio world. industry is changing slowly. there is still that issue making the places that are places belonging for everybody. i don't think so. having a studio where it is not all run by white men like most

studios. the studios are only in the word built and run by women. it has been super normalize thered are opportunity for girls and nonbinary people. you go in school and middle and high schoolers know that this is a field. this is a thing there are many jobs you can have in this field. some producing pod casts to setting up live shows. there are so many things you can do >> wee go in and teach the audio skills and give them equipment. i pads and then teach them how to make music and they get to come in here and will getting the tools to people who don't have t. that is really important to me. that's why i was like wow. i want to be there for other fell and queer people who don't have the opportunity and also to be a mentor for them to really

push them to experiment and not going to break it. does not matter if it sounds bad that is the point to try it. i think it is the goal to see confidence what they are doing and passionate and asking for hymn and excite body learning and excited about making music and it changed my life to realize i'm callented in the field i can make music without being trained to it it is amazing to be able to be part of that process and -- ushering women to the field. we can entirely transform how -- the technology part of what you hear every day. we can put xhg something in women's points of view in this every time. it affects the store and he messaging.

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to >> good morning the meeting will come to order. welcome to the january 31, 2024 meeting of the budget and finance committedee i'm connie chan, chair. and joined by mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent jalipa and like to thank sfgov.org james. do you have announnt