speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole, and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with, or support of statements made during public comment. is there any general public comment? there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. general public comment is closed. item three

approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the meeting. minutes from the regular meeting on april 10th, 2024. is there any public comment on the minutes? there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. is there any discussion or questions from the commission on this meeting's minutes? madam chair, may i make a motion to approve the minutes, please? done and, commissioner, vice president frazier, how do you vote? i vote i the motion is unanimous. item four. chief of departments, report. report from chief of department janine nicholson on current issues, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on april 10th, 2024, including budget, academy, special events, communications and outreach to

other government agencies and the public. and report from administration deputy chief shane kialoa on the administrative divisions, fleet and facility status and updates, finance, support services and homeland security. good evening, vice president frazier. commissioner. collins. commissioner. nakajo maureen. command staff i am janine nicholson, chief of san francisco fire department. and this is my report. since our previous meeting of april 10th. it's been a busy couple of weeks, chief michael mullen and i have been continuing our station visits. been going well. i even got to run a call with engine 21 yesterday. and, it's been well received so far, our our visits, we had labor

management meeting, last week, and then right after that, we went to the treasure island dot, to welcome the iaff international association of firefighters, and their instructors, they were there for firefighter ground survival and, and they brought us, a new, piece of equipment to train our members there, training 30 of our folks so those people can train our own members on, fire ground survival. all while i was out there. it was amazing, what was going out there? going on out there, chief moore, we had, we had that going on with 30 people. we had, our tactical ems training with the police was going on out there. we had, hazardous materials being taught to the 133rd class. we had an h three level one recruit class, and we had a helicopter rescue drill where we had, lauren

canning, one of our dog handlers, and her search and rescue dog, barney came in via chp helicopter and got, dropped down, not dropped. but you know what i mean, yeah. came down and he searched the rubble pile, found the person, and then they got whisked away again. and so there was so much going on out there. it was amazing. the amount of coordination it takes to do all that. so really just really proud of our department and all the work being done out there. thank you. chief mao. we sent out offers for the 134th class that will start at the end of june. provisional offers for people to go through backgrounds and medical, and we don't expect everyone to make it through those, the background and medical. so we always offer more than there are, spots. we had our promotional pinning ceremony. thank you, commissioner nakajo, for joining us there. and we're going to do that more regularly now that we

are past, our covid years. we also had dispatcher appreciation week last week. we went to the dem department of emergency management to, thank the dispatchers for all they do. they are the first, you know, the first line in the public safety chain by taking those calls and then by dispatching us and making sure we have the resources that we need to do our jobs, and then today, chief lothrop, thank you very much. he attended the ribbon cutting for the new 911 center at 1011 turk street. and, it is, our folks, we also have our members in there. and so as our subject matter experts. but thank you, chief, for going to that ribbon cutting with the mayor and others. speaking of the mayor, we met with the mayor's budget office regarding our needs and specifically, we talked a lot about our apparatus and the

pricing and the age and all of that. and you know, we know the city has, has, some real budgetary constraints this year. i think next year will be worse. but, you know, we made our, argument heard loud and clear. so more to follow on that, moving forward, we also had the 1906 earthquake commemoration at lotta's fountain, thank you, command staff, for being out there at 430 in the morning. much appreciated, and then we had a nert drill this past weekend. thank you, commissioner nakajo, for attending that. it was in the mission bay district this time. and we also had the cherry blossom, parade and thank you again, commissioner nakajo and, vice president frazier for

attending and commissioner nakajo, i know that is near and dear to your heart, and i thought it was a wonderful, wonderful day. so thank you for that. you know, also been meeting on street conditions and the drug market accountability, center with police and others. and there is a case at the supreme court right now, grants pass, in oregon that could have some significant ramifications for the city one way or the other. so we're keeping a close eye on that. and, and then, really, this past weekend, we found out saturday evening that, stephen sylvester, his family wanted to was wanted to have a memorial service. so we prepped for that and did it today. and i just want to thank, you know, chief erika brown, chief patrick

rabbitt, and, rescue captain ray crawford, station three. everybody who really put their heads down and just got to work planning that whole thing. and, it was really well attended, and it was a really, as father green calls it, terrible beauty, it is terrible that it's happening, but boy, do we know how to show up and that's what we did today. it was up in santa rosa, so. and, if we could end the meeting today in, in honor of stephen sylvester, he was a, wonderful man. and i know that sometimes when people get eulogized, you know, you only say positive things about them. but this was

one of those guys who he was a great firefighter. he was a great paramedic. he was a great officer, he was a great mentor. and teacher. and he was a great human being. like, he really was. he was all of it and more. and and so, you could see the love and respect for him, lined up, today at the luther burbank center in santa rosa. so that concludes my and oh, i also want to say thank you to those who, stayed in the city and signed up for overtime and worked overtime and worked their regular shifts, so we did not leave the store unattended, and, much appreciation to all those folks, as well. and that concludes my report. thank you. thank you. chief very excellent report, is there any public comment on the chief's report? there is nobody approaching the podium and

nobody on the public comment line. public comment is closed, any questions or comments from the commissioners on the chief's report? thank you. madam chair, very much. chief, just, some supportive comments with all of the events and information that you reported that you were involved with, but the department as well command staff and, membership, it's, amazing because as i was writing it down, it kept on going on and on. it's hard to believe that it's only been two weeks since we've had the last report. and a lot has happened. i think that in terms of, the commission as well, i want to thank the command staff and all the

membership days and firefighters for all the support, the recruitment booth at the cherry blossom festival. that occurred as well. and thank you very much, commissioner, vice president, for attending. and lastly, our remembrance and condolences to the family of lieutenant, steven silver. rich silverbridge, thank you very much. thank you very much, madam president. anything go. commissioner i would just like to extend my condolences to all of you who are colleagues of, steven sylvestris. i know that, i didn't get a chance to know him, but i can tell that he was someone you all hold near and dear as a colleague. so i would like to extend my condolences to all of you as well. thank you.

commissioner and i, first of all, i want to say thank you for the report, congratulations on the helicopter, chief mao and everybody who participated in the helicopter exercise. i know that's on the bucket list of commissioner collins to someday be deposited by helicopter somewhere. so if we see if we can get that to happen during her tenure, i just had a quick question about the station visits. chief, is there a particular, lane you're in for that? a target, a goal, or. these are just kind of annual semiannual? would you say a little bit about that? so quarterly, and it is done by all of the command staff, we're each given different stations and, and we used to go alone. now we're, many of us are going with another, member of the command

staff. so i've been going with, chief michael mullen from support services. and in terms of lane, you know, we can talk about anything and everything. i think we've been, i've been expressing how proud i am of everyone in terms of our operations and how good we are, at fires, at medicals, at community paramedics in and how we are just doing a wonderful job and how, how grateful i am that everybody steps up when the city needs something and they ask us, we step up, and then also talking about our challenges with budget and with, you know, purchasing and our rigs and the importance of taking care of our equipment and our stations. so there are a lot of things. and then they are, they are able to ask any questions they want. so yesterday we had a question about, firefighter health check

in light of steven silvestri's untimely death. and that is something that chief carlo has been working on with multiple parties within and outside of the department to get that done for us and for our members. so so, you know, we can talk. there are a lot of things we can talk about, but, yeah, i, i like to let them know sort of the work that we're doing on everybody's behalf. thank you. also, i'd just like to say that, the death of a colleague is a really intense experience as colleagues who are part of our history, our memory, and for the grief of the loss of the years that he was not able to continue living amongst us. and i know he will be with in in your hearts forever. so thank you for telling us about his his

farewell, his memorial. and are there any other comments about the chief's report? no. okay. thank you. maureen. we're moving on. chief carlo, report from administration. deputy chief shane carlo. good evening, vice president. frazier. commissioner collins. nicassio. maureen. chief nicholson, command staff. i am shane kialoa, deputy chief of administration. and this is my report for march 2024. we'll begin with homeland security assistant deputy chief erika ahsha brown. like all of, or every month, chief brown is in multiple meetings at the local, state and federal level. the main situational awareness, this

allows the chief to be able to plan for the planned events and coordinate with the proper agencies, but really, it helps her and section chief josh smith pivot on a dime when there is the unexpected events and incidents within san francisco, so as you see in your report, the amount of meetings that chief brown is at, some that i will highlight for march is the heat, air quality response tabletop exercise. this was with dem and 100 other participants, this includes is planning for our extreme weather events in san francisco that we've had many times over the years, as well as our air quality in san francisco due to our, our, microclimates and the wildfires that burn within california and developing plans and contingencies for when those events happen in san francisco. so in terms of areas, hot zones,

identifying cooling stations and clear air, buildings to be utilized among many other contingencies and plans, she also coordinated the k9 monthly drills with california task force three. california task force three is out of menlo park. it is one of 28 national urban search and rescue teams who has deployed to events such as katrina and, part of the abilities with the urban search and rescue team are the canine rescue dogs that we have here in san francisco. and so she coordinated that training alongside with chief miller. also, we purchased three drones that will be showing up shortly, hopefully within the next month or two months. they are smaller drones that are utilized for training, so we can continue to train all of our drone operators and also use it for our, camera capabilities, filming capability

, whether it's at training, or at incident, we're also awaiting another drone through a grant from uac. i'll be able to update you with that once we have a better timeline of when that drone will be in. and chief brown continues to seek grants for, further funding for the drone program, as well as training exercises and many other things that happen at a homeland security in the month of march. she also planned, the saint patrick's day parade, which is on the next page. at the bottom of that page is a picture of our fire department operations center. that is the planning process, for the saint patrick's day parade, chief brown and section chief josh smith do a fantastic job bringing in individuals from the field to include battalion chiefs, firefighters, lieutenants and captains to build out the event. action plan

that consists of, organization and, or organizational structure , it outlines a communications plan, a response plan, a contingency plan, a medical plan , and so forth, it also as well as messaging, so they're just doing a fantastic job of not only developing that plan, but developing our folks in the field to continue to bring them in so that when we have a large incident in san francisco, that we'll be able to bring those folks in and be able to manage that plan throughout multiple operational periods, at the top, what you see is a, an exercise that chief brown had coordinated. that is the active shooter exercise. and i did put this in the chief brought it up. this was the exercise at the division of training. this is actually happened in april. i bring it today. due to lieutenant sylvester's, funeral,

lieutenant, sylvester was a part of the helicopter rescue technician. folks who were trained in the ability to respond on this helicopter to our coastlines, be able to drop down, provide care to folks on the coast, whether it be on the cliffs or in the water, and be able to rescue those folks, this is a partnership with our california highway patrol. and, maybe we'll show you our short video of what that looks like. no sound. no sound. so i'll narrate. so you see that chp helicopter coming in over, this exercise was to mimic an

earthquake at the size of the 1906 earthquake, where roads are impassable. we have multiple structures down, and we want to do a search and rescue operation. that's the chp helicopter bringing over our helicopter rescue technician along with their, search canine, lowering them down into the training center. what you'll see from there is the handler handling the dog over the rubble pile and looking for live victims, which, they did find. chief miller looks good on camera. we could stop it. we could stop it there. sandy. thank you, but i think you see the idea. that's the rubble pile in the background. this is another one of our our, helicopter rescue technicians that are unhooking the technician and the canine to allow them to search that pile.

and i believe that is sadie. sadie yep. that one. barney. god, if we could only hear your voice, chief miller. do you see barney there signifying that they do have a live victim to the handler? but i show that, one for the training exercise, coordinated by chief brown and section chief josh smith and the coordination with chp. the coordination with our division of training. and then, of course , steve sylvester, next, in our diversity, equity and inclusion office under assistant deputy chief sean buford, sean continues to work through the month of april on his pathways and pipeline cohort. it's his dot academy involvement. i think

i've discussed this before. where, chief buford will support the division of training and support those recruits when they are struggling to see how they could better assist, whether it be at the division of training or through the dio office, chief buford continues to seek partnerships and collaborations to move the department forward and move the mayor's priorities forward. in the month of march, he attended the earth day kickoff, where commissioner collins daughter was recognized. congratulations. he also kicked off the 9910 cohort number six and the h three level one academy class. he also attended a healing village collaborative where they discussed overdose subcommittee or subcommittee, discussed addressing opioid overdose in african-american communities. he also attended the usns harvey milk dedication with chief nicholson and other command staff. recruitment and outreach officer. lieutenant

hashim anderson. very busy as he is every month coordinating multiple events, what i depict here is his coordination with sfgovtv and the partnership that we have with sf geek, tv to develop a video regarding women's history month, chief mal was present. section chief jennifer trevor from dot, lieutenant sylvia rivera, ryan swanner, and firefighter chanel joyce, that partnership i believe we also spoke about last month, in developing recruitment videos, developing a better external communications to the city and county of san francisco and further wide to better give us our or cast a wider net to recruit and outreach. and i can't thank lieutenant anderson enough for all the work that he puts into those videos, he also attended the 99 or 9910 cohort,

six graduation. amongst all that, some of the, other outreach events that, lieutenant anderson and attended, coordinated and planned, was with the san francisco unified school district mission high school program, where they visited stations seven and 11. and as you see in this picture here and to the right where the students are actually getting hands on training in cpr and on the left, seeing what the gear the firefighters wear, getting some dialog from the firefighters about what the job was about, what to expect, what the san francisco fire department is, what it values and how it does its work. more, here collaborating with our corps, community outreach and education folks for a fair at the columbia parks boys and

girls club. the suffice at the mission high school from, firefighter reyes and our inspector home teaching intro to the prevention or prevention to students, all of this effort points to the mission of the san francisco fire department in in prevention and outreach and recruitment. and it's a collaborative approach with lieutenant anderson, with the corps, with, suffice and other entities, health and safety, chief battalion chief matt alba, continues his work in many of what is reported in the march report. i will highlight the health and wellness committee, where, battalion chief alba is a part of. they have been working on many initiatives. one being the annual health and wellness exam, they do have a draft. it

is at local 798 for review, although in that committee we also have representation from local 798. i think we're confident that we'll be able to come, to some agreement on that health check program. it's very important for our members, that they have an annual health check and ensure that they're that they're healthy and safe and able to continue their work and do it for a very long time, last month, you heard me speak on the national, study with stanford university. that work continues. it is an eight week program that will start in about a month or two as they start to build up to that. i believe you've heard chief nicholson speak on the pfas legislation that is coming forward, we work collaboratively with local 798 and president peskin's office on that legislation, we have been doing

much work in that area through chief alba. his partnership and our partnership with the san francisco firefighters cancer foundation, as well as many other initiatives as we spoke of before, in our testing of those turnouts, we are now testing both, similar fire decks and lyon, and we will deliver those results when that testing is complete. chief alba and many of the command staff attended the igniting the hope, this is delivered by the san francisco firefighters prevention in, cancer foundation. it is a great event where we were able to honor those that have fallen to cancer from the san francisco fire department, whether they are active or retired, and to raise funds to continue to, work on initiatives and partnership

to protect our members from cancer in any way that we can. under the new unit or behavioral health unit, captain heather buren, working tirelessly day and night on so many initiatives, she's, continuing to develop the chaplaincy program or manual, with her folks, the facility dog program and our health. and she's a member of our health and safety committee. she has coordinated and delivered peer support training this week, a critical incident response training and so many other initiatives. this month, i'll highlight the san francisco, health services partnership that, a pilot program is about to start. it's called kayak on the lake. it is beginning with our affinity groups, it is a pilot program with the intent of building community, reducing stress,

building relationships, getting in some of that exercise and hopefully starting to have some of those open discussions where folks can now support each other. paws for purple hearts continues as stations 12 and 32, this is an initiative with veterans, facing mobility and trauma, the intent is to bring the dogs for an hour to those stations, to have interaction with the firefighters, to train the firefighters on how to train the dogs and one day, hope to place a dog with one of our veterans in the san francisco fire department, another initiative of captain burn was a partnership with the david lynch foundation. it's been around for a very long time, it has been used by fire departments such as the fire department of new york. it is a trauma healing technique

through transcendental meditation, with the objectives of reducing stress and pts, anxiety, depression, substance substance abuse disorder and hypertension. and she was able to accomplish this through a grant, we had members such as myself, rescue captains, captains, lieutenants, firefighters, a cp, ems. it's been a fantastic, proven program thus far. it's definitely been benefiting me. and our hope is that we bring it to the wider, department. in the month of march, those contacts by group are up in the administration, often followed by ems station 49 and our civilian staff, march contacts by stress factor was general stress. and then our critical incident response to

the red yellow alert with the incident involving the vehicle accident as well as bereavement of family members. under the office of employee health doctor chang and nurse practitioner stephanie phelps, we welcome doctor chang. just this last month. he previously worked at the university of california, san francisco family health care center and is proficient in mandarin and chinese. he has extensive experience in community health and advocacy, and is licensed in family medicine, osteopathic, and us drug enforcement agency controlled substances registration. doctor chang has jumped in immediately, when he came to the fire department, visiting stations 49, and, cp dem, regarding ing, sleep awareness month throughout the

month of march, he continues to, meet with stakeholders to discuss issues in the fire department, priorities so they can better develop health and wellness initiatives. he's working with the dot on workflows. it's very important, to create efficiencies that those workflows are are being had. and i'll give an example, when somebody is returning from modified duty on the notifications of who are receiving those notifications. and so they go to the division of training. they go through a retraining that includes a suppression depending on the amount of time it includes, medical training to ensure that your licenses are up. then those notifications are made to the, from the office of employee health to the division of training to the assignment office to ensure that everybody is in the loop before this

person goes back on duty, among many other things that he's working on, the chief brings up, station visits, doctor chang will be my new partner. actually, he's my first partner. i was solo, he's my. he's the only one that will go with me, basically. but he'll be attending, station visits, with me. i think it's very important to get the doctor out, to get folks to, meet the doctor, to develop relationships, so that we can, continue to build that trust with the field and within the office of employee health and the initiatives that doctor chang is going to bring to the, the health and safety of our members. under the investigative services under captain todd weddle continues our monthly testing throughout march, 30 members participated in promotional testing and end of probation testing. he's also preparing and has begun h2 background process, just this

week, as we spoke in our last meeting, he developed the digital background packet in coordination with the city attorney's office and the office of employee health, hr and many other stakeholders, that background packet is live at and there are some glitches, but they are definitely finding efficiency with that packet being digital with the, individual being able to download that packet, fill it out, upload it and be done with it. there's also resources. if the individual doesn't have a computer, they can come to, dr. or to the dot library to complete that packet. so there are resources there. if the individual does not have a computer, under support services, assistant deputy chief mike mullen, busy as ever with all of the things that you see in your packet, from boilers to roofs to hvac systems to

apparatus doors and so on, all highlight the month of march. of that, 135 requests for service were initiated and 89 orders were completed, we have discussed that the we did hire a lieutenant, jason watrous, to the boe. he has transitioned taking on the lead role in, the bureau of equipment with captain wong supporting, i will give a shout out to you, lieutenant walters thus far, doing an incredible job looking for efficiencies, creating efficiencies, coordinating today's efforts, from the bureau of equipment and getting the apparatus prepared and dressed, ready with the proper bands, the gloves apparatus cleaned, delivered to the event, and the flags, flown and the, apparatus, dressed with bunting, also in

the month of march, two vans are near up, near the completion of upfitting. and for our skirt vans or awaiting upfitting, happy to report that station 26 hvac system or replacement, has begun. and station nine hvac replacement units have been received. work will begin in the following or work will begin once station 26 is complete. for station nine under the easter earthquake safety and emergency response assistant deputy chief gareth miller, working very hard on all of the projects there, specifically the most important. well, they're all very important . but our largest project being this sf dot project working towards the design two budget chief miller doing a fantastic job and getting us to that budget, we will be at 100% and that document will be coming forth shortly, that consisted of

just taking advantage of the soils and moving buildings to reduce the amount and depth of some of the pilings there, to reduce some of the cost, as well as other measures that chief miller just did a fantastic job with, chief buford, chief miller and myself met with, supervisor walton to discuss our communication plan to the community. he was very happy to hear that we had a very robust conversation, regarding the priority of what will we be speaking and some of our talking points to ensure that the community is well informed of our intentions at this training, site and how it's going to add value not only to the san francisco fire department, but to the community and this city, he continues his work in the neighborhood, fire stations. we discussed the, the fire escape railings at the division of training, we were going to complete one side. chief miller

thought it would be best that we do both. i absolutely, 100% agree, we will be completing, both of those railings, both on the north and south side, to raise those railings to the proper height, it is costing a bit of money, but it's the right thing to do, fire station, 29 apparatus doors. you've heard this before from chief nicholson at 140,000, resulting in probably a project cost of 280,000, and we had another vendor come out and that quote was 65,000. commissioner collins very aware, but, chief miller doing a fantastic job managing those things. the repairs at the hq will begin at five six. and the fire station nine replacement site visit is scheduled for 415. highlights this month, the los bomberos attended the latino heritage night at the warriors game. the fireboat gave a water display at

the san francisco giants. opening day and our core attended the asian firefighters association annual northern california cherry blossom festival. that is the end of my report. i'd be happy to take any of your questions. thank you. chief kailua, for a very excellent report, is there any public comment, maureen, on the chief's report? there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line closed, commissioners, any comment or question on the chief's report? thank you. thank you. yeah. very briefly, usually i make a comment about thank you for your comprehensive report and, at this time, again, i just

want to reiterate that comment of how comprehensive it is, because there's a lot going on here. and through the notes and the minutes and the comments, it's very detailed. it's real interesting because being here for a period of time that, chief carlo, when you give your report, you give your report as information, but it's very detailed. and that detailed information helps me. i'm sure the commissioners, in terms of exactly what goes on with a particular area, you gave that example with homeland security and chief brown and how that information goes to cd1, how that goes out to the operation, if i listen to you all the way through and i need to get briefing in terms of administrative level, listening to you go through all of this, gives that very much comprehensive update, it it also tells me how much you can

retain, within your administrative management. jokingly, i say your brain cells, but there's a lot of comprehension that you can do because as you narrate it down, every section gets narrated as well, i think that of all the sections, i think going out with doctor chan is a good idea. i don't even know exactly, except seeing him at the introduction. and i looked across the room and i said, there's a very young doctor there, and i definitely want to be able to have interaction with him, the other part about all of this accomplishments is that in my mind again, is that chief, we're still moving forward. and i think that really is clear in terms of the administration, in terms of your leadership and being on top of the infrastructure to keep that, because we could easily slide or be back or deficit spending or budget limitations, we could

regress. and i don't see nothing here about regressing, particularly in terms of new training areas or what every commissioner, every area has to do. so i just want to summarize and tell you that i appreciated chief because it really breaks it down, tells me exactly what's going on. and again, i wanted to bring out, doctor chan. i'm looking at my notes. i talked about moving forward, other than that, it's a very comprehensive. thank you very much. thank you, madam chair. thank you. commissioner nakajo. any comments? questions yes, please. i just can't help myself when i heard the description of moving the building to alleviate driving piles as deeply can you just give me a little more color on that based on the on the soils there and how far we're going to be able to drill down

to get to bedrock and where our building sit, specifically our administrative building, other buildings as well. we just made some minor movements to where those buildings are going to sit so that they're protected and that we reduce some cost. but you are drilling to bedrock, yes. that's the type of drilling is still being discussed. that's fine. i just needed to hear the word bedrock. thank you. bedrock say it again. bedrock thank you so much, chief kailua. it what? what? he's sorry. that's okay, last but not least. and thank you, commissioner castillo, for your comments. everything i share that he that he's already said to you. also, it's so, i appreciate also the visuals in your report and the photographs,

because while there's a ton of information, the photos, the faces, the energy, it it really shows. and that's it's extremely gratifying knowing that behind that is a ton of work and so much appreciated, and i especially appreciated the comparison on the apparatus doors because now that's become a thing around here, comparing the numbers, i think that's important not only for us, but if there is any public comment in that area at some point, it's important to have that on the record, our understanding that and knowing that. so thank you. thank you very much. thank you. maureen. item five. adjournment yeah, yeah. all right, we're after a long day. and thank you all to all of you for being here this evening. everybody sitting here tonight, we're going to adjourn in honor of firefighter

paramedic. lieutenant and well-loved human being, steven sylvester. so thank you. we are adjourned. thank you. thank you. yep. thank you very much

earth upon month in san francisco. today. will goodness there are a lot of folks here temperature xoit to be excited about the environment. right? i'm san francisco mayor london breed and honored to be here with all of you. to celebrate earth month in san francisco but really push for climate week in the city an opportunity for so many people to participate in being stewards of this planet that we don't own but inherited and as a result we have the. to do everything we can to protect it. through policy, investment, significant change and i'm so excited and glad that san francisco has been an environmental leader. dp pushing for transformtive change in climate policies, in fact. when i served on the board of

sprierdzs when we first finally got clean power sf through the board the single most important thing we could do to impact climate change. where almost 4 huh human,000 customers and started our advocacy using equity in climate action plan in the bayview community saw 90 percent. folks stay in the program. manning sty row foam, that was a challenge we did it it is making a difference now. work that we did to ban straws and to find reusability options. i have been you are not happy about those reusable options but the fact is san francisco was generating a million straws a day that were impacting our waste. one other things we are work hard on is to get rid of single

use items you order food and put the forks and i bunch of ketchup you don't use in your bag xu put them in a pile and you still never use them? we gotta change that. we gotta deal with the challenges around upon waste. we are -- so grateful to be here with a number of our leaders including our city attorney david chew. our puc director and formy city attorney dennis herrera the head of the d. environment. and the department of public healing doctor grant colfax i see a lot of council generals here today. thank you so much because it is not just about san francisco it is about the entire world and how we combat the climate. we appreciate your partnership and taking our climate actions plan to your countries and and bringing us the information on the things you are doing to

impact the climate. we have many of our commissioners from the d. environment. some of our i don'tee elected leaders yet. they will come rolling in sooner or later. i want to thank the san francisco bicycle coalition for being here. the san francisco council of district merchants. hotel council, avenue green light. the san francisco chamber of commerce. thank you, friends of the urban forest and the association of the ramaytush ohlone. thank you all so much for being partners on the efforts to really impact the environment in a positive way. i want to also recognize, i think aaron from clean tech is here. somewhere. he is where. upon hey, aaron! now believe it or not. aaron created new technology to repurpose water to make beer.

and i think you will try it today. is it good? is it clean, for real? okay. we will try it today. i'm -- it is when? okay. i'm a wine person myself. when in rome. and we want to recognize buy right they have been a san francisco clean business since 2009. we are glad and we have divisidero in my neighborhood i'm a fan of the work that they do. to talk about san francisco a bit i touched upon temperature muni is one of the greenest floats in north america. 25 years ago we implemented the first state's largest combustible program and it really stinks but it it is good for the environment. today we have 900 businesses including oracle park and chase

centerful marriott and the st. regis that are cert for identification under the san francisco green business program. and our airport is the cleanest, greenest in the country. and as i said we launched clean power and we are continuing to do all we can to really support and protect the environment. and as a the result of all of you being here today, we then and there is manage this you care about. in addition to the incredible women we are honoring today and no, we are not honoring women during march, during women's history month we are choose to be intentional about uplifting so many incredible women who have done amazing things around environmental sustainability. with that i want to introduce to talk a bit about what you can expect for climate action week. how you can make a difference and how can you make so many of

the things a per of your life. i want to introduce just and i know morgan of climate base. who will talk a bit about all of the things we have scheduled this week and more for climate action week in san francisco. thank you all for being here today. [applause]. thank you. sxefrn another round for mayor breed. that was amazing thank you for being a leader in the state. so, i'm justin harden i'm a bay area native and with climate base. founded on the premise that our brightest minds looking for work can be difficult to find the roles that have the most impact. our platform from a lack of job opportunity for people eatingtory tackle tasks for the climate. our mission is to mobilize tality tonight accelerate

climate solutions. through efforts connections with individual negligence mission driven opportunitiful cultivated a community and launched the fellowship to support the transition in the climate space and this spring close to 1800 graduates. we see san francisco as a hub. technology and leadership. city's enthusiasm inspired us to organize sf climate week events show casing solutions spearhead by our director i will hand the mooishg over to morgan campbell. [applause] >> thanks, justin. last year we set tout to plant the seed for the first san francisco climate week. we announced intention 6 weeks before earth day and were over everoverwhelmed by the response. our first year over 350 organizations came together to run over 100 events engaging 7,000 in discussions about

climate solutions tapped in the passion of the climate community and the building sprint culture of san francisco and the result was the learningest climate garthings it was built by the community for the community. this year we are excited scale our impact with the support of the city of san francisco and partners at most financial. sales force and the initiative. we are anticipating 15,000 atendsees across 200 events show case how san franciscans forefront of climate development of technologies to funding models that accelerate development the forging of partnerships. we are shining a spotlight on businesses making businesses sustainable. and doing this throughout food. hospitality per ins supporting events throughout the week. so, come out and join us on april 21-27 to celebrate work in

our community. and learn about the new path ways we are forging for our future. [applause] all right. thank you both just and i know morgan. i want to also at this time recognize the rec and park director phil ginsburg. [applause] for those of you who grew up in san francisco you remember what the parks used to be. i'm sure. well, the parks are extraordinary. and every person lives within a 10 minute walk from a park and open space this they can enjoy in san francisco. and it is nothing better than a beautiful day like today. sitting out on delores park or golden gate park or any park amazon any park in san francisco is extraordinary.

we appreciate you being here phil ginsburg. [applause] now the next personim ask to speak was not necessary low on the program but i do think he should speak and many should know him. he has been working with the department of environment for many years and now he is the leader of the department. helping to implement our equity focus climate action plan in san francisco. welcome tyrone jew. [applause] mayor breed, throwing a curve ball in the agenda putting me on the spot. truly, i am up here as one you see my fellow department heads here the leadership of the mayor. my commission and the leadership of all of you. and that's what earth month dpa sf climate week is truly all about.

about all of us working together. on our united mission. make this city more equal, just city and this planet equal, just plan and he get there if we are working together. and so thanks to the leadership of the mayor when we put forward our 21 climate action plan. mayor breed likes to say, 5 years ahead of the state of california. we will be net zero by 2040. [applause] we get there by working together with all of the hard work of representatives here and the mayor and all of us. there are so many strategies we have to employ and innovation and new ideas we have to generate if we will reach our goal and the planet's goal of peculiar sustainable. that's why sf climate week is an

important mile stone for this city we are scaling and up bringing community. bring up the best in brightest minds our city has to offer this is the ai capitol of the world and also the sustainability climate technology capitol of the world as well. this is how we get there. to reach our city genome our planet goals and community goal. again, mayor said when we put forward the action plan did in the say we will set this goal of net zero by 2040 it is how we get there. and if we don't get there with community, together walking hand in hand how this works; to support and grow and empower the communities it is not sustainable transition. i'm excited to be here as the director of the environment department. joined by an amation team a hand

to my environment department staff. because we'll get there we will get there as a city. i know we will get there has a nation, thanks to the leadership of president biden. pel lose and he the reduction act all of this energy and attention as it should have been for a long time is paid attention to as far as where we need to go on this crisis. i'm optimistic thifrngs to mayor breed and awful us here today and thank you so much. thank you. tyrone and thank you and your entire team for the work do you to continue to push the envelope. and make sure this we are leaders in climate action. because the affects of the decisions we make have an impact on the rest of the count row

often times i am being contacted by other mayors throughout the united states who want to look at our dliement action plan and want to understand how we were able to infuse equity net equation and also i should mention the work we have doornld housing and how we talk about housing as a climate issue. making sure that housing is a longer transit corridors and create an environment in the just for people who are within a 10 minute walk of a park but how about those who are able to hop on muni or walk to work in san francisco. it is what we need to do to continue to make sure that we are building more housing, providing opportunity and really meeting our climate goals using every option that we have available. we are grateful that each you as leaders in your communities and

throughout san francisco are joining us here today. now to the good stuff. we get to honor extraordinary women who are just dog when they dom this is when we do we do what we do. doing what they do. and as a result of what they have done and continue to do, they are making real impacts on helping to support and uplift the environment in their various ways. first i will start with ms. julia collins. julia believes if you want to change the world you need to start with our food system. she is a trail blaze in tech and climate sectors and called the queen bee of climate. i like that. like beyonce. but a climate. made history the first black woman to cofound a unicorn company and leads planet forward.

and ai powered decarbonization platform that helps companies reduce their green house gas e missions. with that, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to recognize ms. julia collins. that may be the first and last time i'm beyonce are mentioned in the same sentence. i'm holding that to my heart. >> thank you so much. mayor breed. thank you so much to the city of san francisco and to everyone who is garthed here to recognize the contributions that many of us are making in service to a healthy planet. i have been working for the last 16 years of food and technology and i have been trying to solve the same problem reimagine mag food systems so they work better for everyone on the planet. the ceo of planet forward i'm

proud we are using ai to decarbonize global supply chains. i'm the coceo of my household. family of 4. as the coceo i hold a belief to be true which is every person has the right to be a part of the solution to climate change. and it starts with something simpleace changing what and how we each whether shifting to plant forward men use or growing food at home or in our communities or reducing that waste this is per of the way we live. the most radical things we can do is shift our food choices. and you one person can't do it alone. one solution alone will not be the silver beaut bullet if we combine 8 billion on the planet many in san francisco we do have a shot at this. and i will close by saying we are live nothing a narrow winnow

of time when it is still possible to stave the worse of what will happen as our planet begins to rise. the begins to continue to warm. i wake up every day often sick with the belief that we can and will get the job done. let's get the job done together. thank you. [applause]. all right. queen bee. and also jewel why's dad is one of our art's commissioners the president of the art's commission here in san francisco. thank you so much chuck collins for your service at this time city of san frap i know you are proud papa now.

our next honoree is francis yee. thanks to francis leadership, bb boutique this is year the first ever san francisco certified green business in china town. not just that but francis worked to achieve the program highest level of cert ifkdz for going above to implement water conversation, energy and waste operations at the boutique to minimize their carbon affordability. make sure you check it out and make sure it is role and purchase something and prosecute motes bike to work days the staff appreciated. she is justice done i number of things to make sure it is incorporate in the the work she does and also making sure this she makes san francisco more beautiful with her amazing fashions and what she is able to sell. again. take a trip to china town to visit.

dd boutiques. ladies and gentlemen, francis lee. [applause] i'm going to invite my husband to say a few remarks. >> thank you. >> yea. we run a business, dd boutiques. it was started by francis mother over 35 years ago in san francisco. and since taking over the operations francisments to offer the business in environmentally friendly and responsible manner to do what little we can do not add to the pollution already there. in the process of being certified green business, not only it reflects her value of being environmentally friendly and that adds to negative consequences for businesses it teaches us of how to make those things sxhap how to minimize

waste. so thank you. and thank you the city of san francisco. >> [applause] all right. our next honoree is claire. claire joined us last week in front of the steps of city hall to commemorate the 10 years of vision zero and how important it is that the city do more. since our time on the youth commission claire a voice for safe streets, access to public transit and sustainable transportation. born and raised in the tenderloin claire leads advocacy at the san francisco bicycle

coalition. there, she is hyper focused bridge the gap with the historically under served communities special transportation equity. ladies and gentlemen, welcome claire. [laughter] wow. thank you so much mayor breed for your leadership and the award and to all of the folk who is nominated me for temperature i grew up in the densest neighborhood in the city where i walkd and took muni every day. i lived the transit first policy before i knew it existed. because i walked, biked and took the bus i developed a deep connection to my neighborhood, neighbors and city at large. a transportation continues to a mix 20% of green house gases it is important we dot w to

encourage people to use modes of transportation like walking, biking and taking muni. not only are the modes better for the environment but for our neighborhoods. local economy and personal health. that is why as director of advocacy for the bicycle coalition i'm so excite body the city's biking and rolling plan. we envision a city interconnected net w of occur free and people prioritized corridors will allow everyone in any part of the city to leave their home. get on a bike and within minutes be on the net w that connected them to another neighborhoods. now is the time to be bold and visionary about how we as a city combat climate crisis and change. and to do that work with equity at the forefront. i have a lot of thank yous, bear with me. thank you mayor breed, thank you to the city staff that worked with me and my team every tail

to redesign streets that prioritize people power modes of transportation. thank you to the incredible staff of the san francisco bicycle coalition who believe in our mission to promote the bicycle for every day transportation. thank you to my family who showed up. very heavily today! my partner and friends for being an amazing support system and most important low thank you to my parents for giving me everything and for showing mote joy of biking at a young age on san francisco's most treacherous streets. [applause] >> thank you. and claire had it bike to workday? may 16th. i want to see all of you on bike to workday in san francisco!

who knows may be i will be debuting my new electric bike. because my current bike does not get up the hills well. anyway. last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree. i'm inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship

for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all like me you get up every day and wonder, am i doing enough. and in my case, will i be able to look in my son's eye in 10 years and say, i did everything i could? to design a just transition? and unfortunately most days i don't feel i have can.

and i don't feel i'm doing enough. part of that was the birth of this climate action fellowship you will meet on april 25 the youth summit the incredible high school students who will be the leaders in the business world and city government soon. i know there are a lot graduates here that is whale woor doing is continuing the tradition of supporting our under any circumstances stereos to be the change makers we need. thank you all. [applause]. >> well, you guys look like you are hung row for more excitement or are you hungry for our environmental beer? um -- i want to take this

opportunity since we have our city attorney here, who has been an environmental champion. before he was city attorney on the state assembly as well as a member of the board of supervisors. i want to before we close to give him an opportunity to say a few words. >> listen i will say this, i have the honor every day to manage an office our attorneys are advising dennis herrera, tie robe with department of departmentful phil with rec and park. grant ajainicloe fax or mayor and commissioners the policy this is we need so that san francisco leads. because as was said, we don't know how much time we have. i think about the fact that when i take my kid to school every morning at that key remembers the orange sky.

that he knows the urgency of this time his generation of second graders worry. about whether they will have a planet to live in when they are our age. we have an obligation at this moment and this is why our san francisco city attorney's office we have sued polluters and sued folk who is have been spewing industrial dust in the bayview and have been illegally dump nothing treasure island our office has been in litigation and they say this against pg and e because what they have don block our ability to finally have clean power in san francisco. i want to give predecessor credit we have been litigating for 6 years. against the 5 largest companies

in the world oil company this is have been responsible for sea level rise costing san franciscans billions when it come to our infrastructure. like our amazing teach and awardees everyone in this room singling what can we do every day to make sure that by the time i think your sister or who? i'm pointing to this indreadiblely cute student. how old are you? you are 8. my son's age. by the time you are an adult we have to make sure san francisco put ourselves in the map. of continuing to have the cleanest and greenest city in the world and ensuring we have a 100% renewable city. thank you for being here thank you for your leadership. >> not bad for put on the spot. that's what i'm talking about,

san francisco! we making it happen and another note, the drug take back legislation this we passed when we were on the board of supervisors we kept 140 poundses of expired and unused medication out of the bay and landfill. we just -- doing it, doing it. so thank all of you for being stewards and thank all of you for the w that you continue to do. as we have said, there is always more work to do. san francisco can be a global leader and we can't stop. we will not stop. we will get it done and continue to push the envelope and make changes in the city and the country and in this world. thank you all so much. [applause]

>> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an

ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that.

>> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and

vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil.

that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant

percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local.

and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society

and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation.

if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what?

i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s.

and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions. meter.

>> hello, i'm captain tom the coordinator for the san francisco fire department. this oversight is the three and 4 anniversary of loma linda earthquake i want to go over a few things to help you preparation building a supply kit and supply kit does is not have to be put together all at once take your time on the website have a list of recommendation and have enough food and water to feed your family through three to 5 days and purchase the fire extinguisher if you have an extinguisher at hand will stop a small fire from being a by fire it is simple to use check the gage make sure it is charged and then repeat the word task task

stand for pull to pin aim the novel and screws the trigger and successes to the because of fire the last recommendation to look at the gas meter electrical gas lines cause fires in the loma linda earthquake and we want to show you how to turn off the gay only turn off if you hear gas or hear hissing and coordinator nathan will demonstrate how to turn that off. >> with a whenever i'm going to turn it over one quarter turn. so in on holler orientation in turn off our gays meter don't turn it back on get a service call from

>> driver, bye. >> hi. i'm will b. mixture weltake a walk with me. >> i just love taking strolls in san francisco. they are so many cool and exciting things to see. like -- what is that there? what is that for? hi. buddy. how are you. >> what is that for. >> i'm firefighter with the san francisco fire department havings a great day, thank you for asking. this is a dry sand pipe. dry sand pipes are multilevel building in san francisco and the world. they are a piping system to facilitate the fire engineaire ability to pump water in a buildings that is on fire. >> a fire truck shows up and does what? >> the fire engine will pull up

to the upon front of the building do, spotting the building. you get an engine in the area that is safe. firefighters then take the hose lyoning line it a hydrant and that give us an endsless supply of water. >> wow, cool. i don't see water, where does it come from and where does it go? >> the firefighters take a hose from the fire engine to the dry sand pipe and plug it in this inlet. they are able to adjust the pressure of water going in the inlet. to facilitate the pressure needed for any one of the floors on this building. firefighters take the hose bunked and he will take that homes upon bundle to the floor the fire is on. plug it into similar to this an outlet and they have water to

put the fire out. it is a cool system that we see in a lot of buildings. i personal low use federal on multiple fires in san francisco to safely put a fire out. >> i thought that was a great question that is cool of you to ask. have a great day and nice meeting you. >> thank you for letting us know what that is for. thanks, everybody for watching! bye! [music] >> my name is tiffany cobb and i work for the san francisco fire

department. i was raised by a single parent. i grew up with a very strong work ethic mental ity. i would like to compare it to a bar back and anticipated the needs and the call. you will provide the needs and complete the call. >> the favorite part of the job is when i can actually connect with a patient and utilize your

people skills as a human being. sometimes it's not a medical need. they just want someone to talk to, someone to listen to and want to be seen as a person and want to be recognized and see them as they are. those are my important calls. i remember being a seven or nine year old girl and never seen anyone like me in a fire engine and that gave me hope that i can do that. there are people like me that can do that job. sometimes people need to feel nurtured and feel safe. i feel like i can bring that to my patients. >> you maybe feel afraid. just try it out. that's what i did.

just never give up. i was told no. i failed the fire academy. i'm still here and i never quit. just learn from your mistakes and never give up on yourself. i'm in station 49. eventually i would like to utilize my skills as a fire paramedic and hopefully become an officer some day. >> for san francisco, i said this in my interview, it's like the new york of the west coast. it has everything i wanted to be a part of. it has ems and has a rich history and blue collar history which i absolutely love. i want to be a part of that.

today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the

city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar

with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas

appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area

where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. >> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook?

>> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe.

[music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of

whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over

california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a.

there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t is the center what was all his property. he was the person entrusted to be the city's first treasurer. that is i big deal of itself to have that legacy part of an african-american the city's first banker. he was not only a forefather of the establishment of san francisco and california as a state but a leader in industry. he had a direct hahn in so many things that we look at in san francisco. part of our dna. you know you don't hear his anymore in the context of those. representation matters. you need to uplift this so

people know him but people like him like me. like you. like anyone who looks like him to be, i can do this, too. to have the city's first banker and a street in the middle of financial district. that alone is powerful. [music] >> [music] you are watching golden gate inventions with michael. this is episode exploring the excelsior. >> hi i'm michael you are watching golden gate inventions highlighting urban out doors we

are in the excelsior. pickleball. let's play pickleball! pickleball is an incredited low popular sport growing nationwide. pickleball combines tennis, bad mitton and ping pong. playod a bad mitton sized court with paddle and i plasticic ball. starting out is easy. you can pick up paddle and balls for 20 buck and it is suitable for everyone in all skill levels you see here. the gim is played by 2 or 4 players. the ball must be served diagnoty and other rules theory easy to pick up. the game ends when i player or team reaches a set score 11 or 21 point bunkham win bright 2 pickleball courts are available

across the city some are and others require booking ahead and a fee. information about the courts found at sf recpark. org if you are interested in playing. now i know why people are playing pickleball. it is so much fun you play all ages. all skill levels and pop on a court and you are red to g. a lot of fun i'm glad i did it. all right. let's go! time for a hike! there is i ton of hike nothing excelsior. 312 acres mc clarin the second largest p in san francisco. there are 7 miles of tris including the there was fer's way this spreads over foresxeft field and prosecute voids hill side views of the city. and well is a meditative quiet

place in mc clarin p you will siendz labyrinth made of rock:now we are at glen eagle golf course special try out disk golf >> now disk golf! so disk golf is like traditional golf but with noticing disks. credit as the sport's pioneer establishing the disk ballsorption and the first standardized target the disk ball hole. the game involves throwing from key areas toward i metal basket. players use different disks for long distances driver, immediateerate. mid range and precise shot, putters. players begin at the t area.

throw disks toward the basket and prosecute seed down the fare way. player with the lowest number of throws the end wins the game. disk golf at glen eagle cost 14 dollars if you pay at the clubhouse. there is an 18 hole course this is free. du see that shot? i won! am i was not very good now i have a huge respect for disk ball player its is difficult but fun. thank you for joining me in the excelsior this is goldenate adventures. >> [music] in the town inside

here i'm young. he was putting art, music and drinking together upon today have a nonpretentious pretentious spitz that the community can enjoy each other and the time off we get in this world. [music] >> spends energy elevating artists and credit a safe place. a place to have a community. >> it is i great neighborhood the art district because we have the contemp refer museum of sf. yerba buena for the arts all of the operators and businesses here we get together and xhoukt and support each other this is a very cool neighborhood to be a part of. [music] paint on canvas is primary low when we do. this is guilty pleasures an all

female artist show. it is going to be great. fun we have interactive elements. >> we love having this gem. you know people come in and discover it and get to feel at home. this is like home san francisco >> never be afraid it anybodying on our door. [laughter]. if the hours are post and you had want to seat art we are here 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock most days. [music]

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manners. today's special guest is katy tang. [♪♪♪] >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching san francisco rising, the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and revitalizing our city. with us today is katy tang, and she's talk to -- talking to us about assistance and services provided to local businesses. can we talk about the role of the office of small business? many small businesses are struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for all things small businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. if you want to start a small business, we can pair you up

with small business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether it's regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. and if you'd like to stay in san francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your business needs and figure out whatside that would best help you. so for example, perhaps you need more marketing assistance or you need to be connected to a loan, a low interest loan or a grant program, if that's available. those are services we can provide to you, whether you're starting out or trying to stay in san francisco. and of course, if you want to expand and grow into a new space, we can help assist you with that and help prepare you for the journey ahead. we have a team dedicated to

assist you you with all the small business needs, all the requirements needed to help you establish your small business in san francisco. >> do you have an e.s.l. program for people who want to start small businesses? >> director tang: we have staff that can speak spanish and mandarin and cantonese, and we understand if english is not your first language, it can be difficult, so we want to be as helpful as possible. >> excellent. i know that s.f. shines was created to help with restoring and improvement. can you tell us more about that? >> yes. it's run out of a sister development and it's much needed in the small business community. if you are trying to improve

your storefront, whether it's outside, perhaps you want to make some interior improvements, a lot of times, that involves a lot of cost and resources to be able to do so. for example, you may need to hire an architect to submit drawings so you can get your work done. currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services. you can be paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared

spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into

compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still an on going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs.

>> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain documentation, such as a photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing the amount you paid for to correct the incident. we are so excited that the city now has a centralized permit

center, where people can come and get their business done, hopefully, in the same day where there are several different agencies, ranging from department of building inspection, planning department, public health, fire department, all here to help people, whether you're building a new business or even new construction, to be able to, again, fit all of your appointments in one day and get things done quickly. so starting in may, our office of small business has actually started working out of 49 south van ness at the permit center, and we have a team of two staff who are dedicated to helping small businesses through their permitting journey. so we do encourage people, you can come to the permit center or you can e-mail us at sfosb@sfgov.org, and you can communicate with our staff dedicated to helping you with your permitting needs. we hope that people will consider consulting with us before you even sign a lease so

that we can help you on the path to success and understanding the journey of setting up a small business in san francisco. >> well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, miss tang. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> director tang: thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this show. we'll be back shortly. you've been watching san francisco rising. for sfgovtv, i'm chris manners. thanks for watching.

you are watching san francisco rising with chris manor. today's special guest is sarah phillips. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you are watching san francisco rising the show about restarting rebuilding and eare imagineing the city. the guest today is sarah

phillips the executive director of economic workforce development. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. let's talk about the city economic plan and specifically the city's road map to san francisco future. can you give a brief overview and update on progress? >> absolute e. in february 2023 mayor breed released the roadmap comprised to 9 strategies to move the city forward understanding there was structural and lang lasting changing by the covid impact. 134 were shorter term impacts how people using transit downtown and coming out and are using small businesses, some of them remember long-term structural impacts. the way we work. how often we are in an office and how much office space companies who had headquartered in san francisco need.

some of those were structural impacts how we stop. there has been a long-term change as online shopping takes up a greater share how we performs and covid-19 took a shift that would probably take 10 to 15 years happen and collapse what happened ofern the timeframe to 2 years so saw structural impacts how people shop. we have seen a lot of progress rchlt we are 9 months in and significant things we have seen is efforts creating permitinant services and homes for people experiencing homelessness is dramatic. we increased the number of shelter beds dramatically and take-up of the beds dramatically, and there is more work to do. on the safety side there are exciting things that happened. we increased our police pay among the highest in the bay

area which is a important thing for recruitment. police recruitment across the country is down so recruiting the best we can means we need to give a high pay set. august the highsh return in graduates. we see 75 decrease in retail theft and 50 percent reduction in car break ins which is quality of life crime san francisco experienced so there is real progresses we are seeing on clean and safe sides. one thing important in the mayor roadmap we are not trying to get back to 2020 vision. i think covid showed having a downtown with people sitting at offices isn't the best downtown it can be. i think it is a opportunity to bring 24 hour life use downtown. >> music and concerts is a

great way to bring people to a specific location. golden gate park we had lots of events in plazas throughout the city. can you talk about those and if there is upcoming events too? >> i think you touched on something key to the mayor road map. for san francisco and particularly san francisco downtown to move forward and be successful as a great american city, it is about bringing people together because they want to be together not because they center to be together and music is a strong part that. the planet concert sear ries coming up and happening throughout the city not just golden gate park but downtown locations are a great example. there are smaller examples as well. the landing at--is a new plaza we constructed in the mayor roadmap where two streets come together akwraisant to a couple restaurants closed to cars in

daytime, chairs and seating and throughout the week they have lunch time and evening music to bring people together after work. they participate in that. something we are working on setting up for next year which is really exciting is our sf live program and that will bring a full 2024 concert series where we match local venues bringing their work and partnership to useian square, music center plaza and embark cadero. we will be able to announce concert series through the sf- >> you mentioned vacant to vibrant, that program has a lot of attention lately. can you talk generally what exactly that program is? >> yeah. so, we opened a program where

we put out a call for landlords willing to offer groundfloor space for free for 3 to 6 month jz small business or storefront operators who had a proposal what they would do for 3 to 6 months. it is pilot. we had a incredible amount of interest. we had--i'm forgetting the number of landlords, but more then we expected because we are in a place where commercial real estate understands they need to come to the table to help make our groundfloor lively and resulting in a transition where the groundfloor is seen less as a money making operation, but more as a leader to lease upper floors. if you have a active ground floor yields better on the other 80 percent of the building you are trying to lease. that was great, a lot of cooperation scr over 700 small business or operators responded to that call.

it is pop up. there is no intention this would result in forever small businesses, but there is certainly a hope and i think what we are hearing, i don't have the final data, but there are 17 activators in 9 different spaces, some are colocated, which is why the difference, and out of those 9 spaces that are being leased for free, now 7 of them are in discussions for long-term leases so the spaces continue. it is the program. we are hopeful to have a second and third traunch and hoping to pilot in other neighborhoods with other partners. it is not an inexpensive program because there is a lot of capital that goes into popping up for short amount of time but what we are seen is they visit the businesses, the businesses are successful and san francisco want to support this activation so hopeful to expand it. >> that's great. can you talk a bit about why piloting programs and testing things is so important?

>> absolutely. you know, i would say not only the important generally but important in san francisco specifically. the benefit of pilot programs in the reasons they are really important here is, it allows us to try something and say, there may be consequence but let's understand those in real time rather then waiting to start a strategy while we think about them on paper and if they are too great we can modify the program as we go. mta has absorbed the strategy whether a bike lane or other to figure how best to use the street? is this working? is it working for bikes and cars and buses? maybe not, let's switch it around and pilots have been important to oewd to our office particularly because we tend to have the ability and the mayor's support through the budget process to pilot things through request for proposals

or rfp process where we can put out a small amount of funding, try activation and small public plaza, see if it works and i think the benefit there is, if it doesn't work we tried it and had the benefit of seeing real time and when it does work, we are able to uplift that and move into a permanent strategy and that is where our agency turns over something we piloted to another agency because it is part of the city operating procedure. pilots also give people hope. when we have the short-term whether it is physical public plaza or activation that shows change is possible and allows them to vote for what they like. >> lastly, in lith light of the current ai boom, do you think there is a way to leverage those new changes to

take a bunch of san francisco's status as a tech hub? >> i do, i think they work together. san francisco right now has a strong vacancy problem in our office space. and there is a back-story to that. our zoning downtown has not prevented other uses, in terms of permitting uses of the multi-story building has been open including allowing residential but we put other barriers, cost and code barriers et cetera and what happened also during the height of our preevious boom is that, the amount that tech companies were willing to pay for office space bid everything out so we-without intentionally zoning a single use downtown, we de facto became a single use downtown and thereat is the opportunity you are pointing out. now because downtown was so convertible from work from

home, particularly as tech based downtown was and how much companies put at the market in the office spaces we are seeing high vacancy now, all most 30 percent so there is lot of square feet but that presents a lot of opportunity. we have the ability to absorb expansion of the tech industry we are so strong at. we have seen over 800 thousand square feet of ai space leased just in 2023 alone and there is still more demand out in the market, more ai companies looking for space so that is a growth spot absorbing some of the vac ancy. the opportunity too is prices for downtown lease s have also dropped and that opens up a breath of opportunity to a breath of companies that were priced out in 2018, 2019, 2020. san francisco has always been great at starting companies and allowing them to grow here. when our prices are too high it

prevents that growth so now we are a super fertile ground for more start ups and invasion on the smaller end of the sector because they can come and enter our market and we have the space to offer. to talk about san francisco's assets and the leveraging that, we sit at the epicenter of really great university and educational institutions. we are between uc berkeley and stanford. the graduates produced just from those institutions alone stay in the bay area and want to rise up and work here, provide a real opportunity for the start ups to build their companies and companies to grow here so we confident we will absorb a certain amount of office space with ai tech. with that, we are interested in increasing our human capital growing graduates. downtown university is something the mayor is open to pursuing and we are in conversations with uc berkeley we love to have as a partner in our downtown and then

residential conversions are a great partner to that. as we build back the office space, people will want to live downtown again and we have a number buildings that can be converted to residential. the costs are high. mayor breed and her partners on the board made significant changes to reduce the costs. we waived fees for change of uses in the downtown area. there are code changes that will make the conversions easier. there is a ballot measure on the march ballot that will attempt to reduce costs for those as well. it is ongoing process and none of those changes we talked about absent ai growth downtown, but institutional growth downtown, arts growth downtown and residential conversions downtown are long-term changes so one thing i want to say recollect i do think there is a opportunity per your question, but we also need to be patient because what we are talking about is is a real shift to the make-up of the downtown since from the

growth it has been starting at since the turn of the century so that isn't a 2 year change, that is a 10 year change and we center to watch as it goes. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you spending the time here today and your creative vision and positivity, so thank you so much. >> thanks so much for having me and hope you all downtown and shop. >> that is it for this episode. for sfgovtv i'm chris manors, thanks

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