we are talking about here today to announce a new legislation subdivide 925 to address the significant and growing problems in san francisco. specifically the sale of stolen goods on our streets also known as fencing. joined here by by partner in the legislation that mayor london breed who came to me earlier in year as a clear addressing the issue with the it up priority for her and thank supervisor

ronen couldn't be here but her office is here. thank to supervisor dorsey for joining us and welcome a broad coalition of the community community-based organizations that you see behind me today from the mission and he tenderloin primarily you'll hear from them shortly. fencing of stolen goods a major issues in parts of san francisco parallel in the mission and the tenderloin south of market and other neighborhoods. and sb 925 provides san francisco with an additional tool to address this problem i want to be crystal-clear credit bill is not about our beautify and diverse and i ray of the street vendors the people who sell proposed foods arrest goods and flowers and other you amazing products

on the streets street vendors make your city a better place they add to the richness that make neighborhood like the mission unique and leo allow people that earning fencing stolen goods is different it is orchard crime and harms not only the surrounding neighborhoods but legitimate street vendors as well. those criminal fencing operations are pushing out legitimate street vendors often people that or selling on the streets for a long time and creating fear and violence. that's why the mission streets veterans is spovrpt sb and you'll hear from addition to support from other mission and tenderloin organizations like the economic development and.

>> (calling names.) >> the tenderloin cdb and the housing clinic and other organization time the legal fencing on the streets makes our streets less safe and legitimate street vefrndz and fuel orchid retail theft in the brandishing businesses. they also possess risks to city workers trying to enforce permitting lose and city workers have been assaulted they attempt to enforce against is fenceers fencing on mission street mayor london breed and supervisor ronen placed temporary moerments a blanket conveniently is san francisco the um, any of us apts he street vevendz is part of a fabric of our economy and helps people pit food on the table and

sb 295 helps it does allows citation of people selling goods commonly shoplifted pursuant to a list of commonly stolen goods prepared by the city and only doing so without a permit if a perch is cited twice for selling those o stolen goods they can be cited for a misdemeanor the third time we wanted to avoid immigration and just to be clear, sb 925 does for the apply in any way to prepared foods notice for people selling goods with a permit only applies to people that district attorney have a permit as you are selling temples commonly stolen. sb 925 compliments the state law on

street vefrndz in 2018 the legislature passed sb 946 that street vendors is a administrative matter and the purpose of sb 946 i voted for addresses the abuse in the parts of california the police were making that impossible for street vendors to do business the goal to allow legitimate street vepdz to thrive throughout california we have the same goal with sb that will restore a goal tackling the fencing of stolen goods and not apply to any other form of street convenience, welfare, and necessity and only in san francisco. sb 925 a narrow taught intfrm to allow san francisco to allow to hold the bad actors affordable and allow

the by the san franciscans love and a bill we're going to work hard to pass and.

>> (speaking spanish) with that said i'm going to turn it over to my partner in the legislation mayor london breed (clapping). >> thank you, senator wiener and unfortunately, not able to speak spanish so hopefully and, get his assistance this translating any comments that is great to be here with that coalition of people to help to introduce this legislation in sacramento and want to thank senator wiener for his leadership not just here announcing in legislation it is a lot of work and meetings across my policymakers in northern california and southern california and community stakeholders to get to - to this

point to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our actual street veterans in san francisco because this is something that you know what about you but i'm used to experience growing up in san francisco we had the - growing in the man folks who worked to create their goods and also available to provide that support to community and so many of the various veterans joining us here do they have been part of community for many, many years. and sadly what we see in recent years is a change. where we know that there are challenges around those who are going into various retail establishments and stealing items and taking them on the streets and also impacting the

ability for so many of the vendors to function on the street it is extremely challenging for the city workforce where people have been assaulted when we tried to create and stash that level of the order and structure to make sure that our veterans are not impacted and in a negative way. it has been chaotic and very much problematic in neighborhoods like the mission and tenderloin i'm grateful to be here with a strong coalition of people who want to make sure we protect and support our vendors and also dealing with the willing fencing really destroyed the fabric of what people have been doing for many, many decades and what is important about that legislation and appreciate 29 a broad coalition thank you, supervisor ronen for being a partner and working with us to make sure that community was a part of the

conversation. so we as i believe have a broad coalition and expensive responsible legislation with progressive penlites to make sure that we are trying to address that issue and hold people accountable but transition them into something that is more meaningful and possibly the treatment and support they need to get their lives on the right paktsdz paths and so 34 things intertwined i want to take an opportunity to taking thank to many people with worked with us to make sure that people understand there are a huge difference between those who are vending in terms of making a living and solely their goods they make and appraise and they're out there supporting the community and the people who are fencing. who or stealing items from our brick-and-mortar places

creating a lot of problem and even the fact we had a number of pharmacies closed it impacts the community when elders can't get their medication so we hope to continue to allow for those who want to sell their variance goods and services to the people of san francisco to do so safely i want to thank the central city sros collaborative gallery good same triathlon resource center and. >> (calling names.) >> and mission economic development and the merchants association and the mission neighborhood centers and mission street vendors association, the tenderloin bones district the tenderloin housing clinic and the university of california law a broad coalition of people i

labored to making sure this legislation is to the finish line and continue to see vibrant neighborhoods with street vendors who represent the diversity of what makes san francisco so special and with that, i want to take this opportunity to introduce our police chief bill scott (clapping). >> thank you, mayor london breed and thank you, senator wiener for a focusing on this issue. you know, the sfpd's has been graphically cracking down on willing stolen goods with that have a lot of momentum and theft is down 40 percent than last year, we have to had had more with the partnership of public works and all the folks see standing here with me we

have recovered thousands of items of stolen goods from those willing fencing market over the this year alone and optimistic this momentum will continue because of this legislation now like i said by the mayor and senator and narrowly focused piece of legislation meant to address willing fencing and address the stolen goods market that impacts us has nothing to do with food or people condominium to sell that is state by our senator and mayor that is part of fabric of this city was not part of the fabric of this city is orchid retail theft running rampant effecting our businesses and effecting our community members and effecting our nonprofit you name that across the board that has to have to be cracked down on and

this legislation will help us do that i also want to say if as we focus on this issue, it is such a flurry to be standing among point people impacted by this the most we're not doing this loan on our mayor and senator and police department in conjunction with the various community members impacted by this the most. and that is what makes this elective special and this effort special and what will drive our best in the city with that, once in a while thank you to the mayor. >> thank you to senator wiener and introduce you to sheila the supervisor from the supervisor ronen office. thank you. >> good morning. i'd like to share this statement on behalf of the supervisor ronen who represents the mission district one of the neighborhoods impacted by the

fencing activity. as supervisor district 9 mission neighborhoods and thankful to senator wiener for the introduction of sb 295 and tailing this fencing in the commercial corridor the migration has cherished history of vending where that is selling flowers on 24 street or others in. >> items submitted by the mayor. >> customers our street vendors contributed what makes the mission a rich and attractive neighborhood. by the techniques tradition of the mission it is economic vitally have been challenged by the fencing of stolen goods. our public works employees should be talented and assaulted for administering our city program. our small business owners should

not worried about did save of our employees and commissioners will reach their storefronts our transit riders should be able to easily get on bart and our neighbors should experience safe, clean and assessable sidewalks as they walk the neighborhoods. as periphery, i.e., represent my constituents that care about the health and safety of the neighborhood that's why the passages is important to make sure we address the criminal activities of fenceers and letting public works administer the users family-friendly practices tomorrow i'll introduce at board of supervisors and as the city we'll continue to support the street vendors to still 19 sell in your marketplace with

business training, with special events and marking marketing to bring permitted vendors on to mission street. we look forward to sharing the details as we finally list this program and.

>> (speaking spanish.) >> now my enclosure to introduce the treasure give me. >> (speaking spanish) williams ortez. >> (clapping) good morning, everybody. buenos dias and i can't say porn what

everyone has been saying fencing is not street vending those are street vendors. >> (speaking spanish) that's - >> (clapping) i'm not i time to thank scott wiener and may it be so marked we make that a point to say we are community building we we do get down with vending but support our history of the street convenience, welfare, and necessity and you are community and entrepreneurs that make san francisco so thank you, with that, i'll introduce - kate robinson from the pd. >> all again, thank you, a (clapping.) and good morning, everyone. my name is kate robinson the executive director finding benefit district and organization that centers the

needs of the neighborhoods children families and seniors and small businesses we strive for a clean and positively active community and the tenderloin is a beautifully diverse multiplying lingual neighborhood of color it deserves enjoyment and connective vitality that with i see in other beautiful neighborhoods in san francisco. and in order to get there we must address the on street of astrology goods to that end our partners that were here so grateful for the leadership of the senator wiener, mayor london breed, and supervisor ronen for introducing and working on sb 925. to continue the progress they made in improving the conditions of our streets and making them starve safer for everyone the fencing did he drug

market is a block to you are success and have negative impacts on the lives of tenderloin residents and including poor health outcomes resulting in the per singling stressful environment the work of the drug market coordination center a game chancellorer to combat the open air drug and fejs market it involves cooperation of our law enforcement and outreach working and dph public agency and community stptd and stakeholders. intersection 925 builds think little work give agencies tools to gain a handsome on the sale of stolen goods and specifically target bad actors for the hypothetical

anyone can come out here avenue dark and in fact, actually just on my walk over here had to work on ma cultivator street fencing accuracy fights and arguments who get to sell that makes our blocks to tentatively and for families to simply walk down the sidewalk and keeps visitors from coming over our restaurants three needs to be flood with reservations have the best food in the tenderloin and - we the heart and consistent work is paying off we are beginning to see change moving in the right direction and new must not stop we must keep on going the striate of san francisco starts with that work thank you, everyone, and with that, i'll

introduce the president of mission street michigan - that's where i'm from mission street. >> fernandez. >> (clapping) buenos dias. >> (speaking spanish) good morning. my name is lopez the point of the mission street vendors association. >> (speaking spanish.) >> our organization represents one hundred and 16 street vendors three work hard to make a living. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we street veterans day are part of vitality of the street

and our presence contributed to the heart of the mission. >> (speaking spanish.) >> the mortality not selling on mission street has affected us, we is families and small businesses to continue. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we hope with this legislation get the situation on the streets will get better and have safer communities. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we the street developers

where permits have been following the rules and support the legislation and want to continue to sell in the streets of san francisco and stay afloat. >> (speaking spanish.) >> this is why we have the been working hard hand in hand to continue the solutions to support the street veterans. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we need to be - we seek

assurance and hope the leaders support our efforts to have safer streets and return to mission street is structures to be has - um, success and that our small businesses and our community also moves forward. >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping.) we also want to thank the community-based organizations have helped us so many to mention but hours and hours put into this effort we appreciate

all the folks here supporting us the mission street vendors (clapping.) great 0 e so those are the speakers we're happy to take a couple of questions from the press their be around any questions? >> that will be form late by the city and board of supervisors will formulate that list. >> so - [off mic.] >> yeah. >> yeah. so the city has a permitting process will not change that process the process today and the city will continue to have the ability permitting

role it compliments other clauses so there objective physically stealing from a store is a crime and in terms of receiving stolen goods complimentary to it anyone is on the streets selling didn't have a permit and has items, you know, are everyone is aware have been stolen and pretty clear and those are the items will or that will go on the list of complimentarys. >> they're not - the bill didn't apply to proposed food so that's simply not part of this bill. so 0 someone selling prepared food without or with a permit not cited under this law in the bill. >> any other - great at the

this amazing coalition. >>

>> i don't want to be involved in the process after it happens. i want to be there at the front end to help people with something in my mind from a very early age. our community is the important way to look at things, even now. george floyd was huge. it opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. before rodney king. you can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. i think we are involved in change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. it is very challenging. i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the

locker room and tried to steal my watch and physically assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. the barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there. it is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think about the city it takes you to japan town. that is where my grandparents

were brought up. that is the traditional foods or movies. they were able to celebrate the culture in that community. my family also had a dry-cleaning business. very hard work. the family grew up with apartments above the business. we have a built-in work force. 19 had 1 as -- 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was fixed. >> determined to do the job as democracy should with real consideration for the people involved. >> the decision to take every one of japan niece american o japanese from their homes. my family went to the mountains

and experienced winter and summer and springs. they tried to make their home a home. the community came together to share. they tried to infuse each home are little things. they created things. i remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. they were worried. they also felt the great sense of pride. >> japanese americans. >> my granduncle joined the 442nd. when the opportunity came when the time that was not right. they were in the campaign in italy. they were there every step of the way.

>> president truman pays tribute. >> that was the most decorated unit in the history of the united states army. commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. they chose to come back to san francisco even after all of that. my father was a civil servant as well and served the state of california workers' compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. my parents influenced me to look at civil service s.i applied to police, and sheriff's department at the same time. the sheriff's department grabbed me first. it was unique. it was not just me in that moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there alone.

i felt everyone standing next to me. the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my father couldn't be there. he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. when i say that we want to be especially focused on marginalized communities that have been wronged. coming from my background and my family experienced what they did. that didn't happen in a vacuum. it was a decision made by the government.

nobody raised their voice. now, i think we are in a better place as country and community. when we see something wrong we have change agents step up to help the community affected. that is a important thing to continue to do. you talk about change and being a leader in change and not knowing whether you have successes or results. the fact of the matter is by choosing to push for change you have already changed things. through inspiration for others, take up the matter or whether it is through actual functional change as a result of your voice being heard. i think you have already started on a path to change by choosing that path. in doing that in april of itself creates change. i continue in that type of service for my family. something i hope to see in my children. i have a pretty good chance with five children one will go into

some sort of civil service. i hope that happens to continue that legacy. >> i am paul, sheriff of san francisco. [ music ]

chinatown. >> (music). >> welcome to san francisco japantown. >> san francisco japantown is the oddity downtown in the united states. >> it was founded in the late 1800s by japanese immigrants for construction over the jars japantown has become a home to a japanese community with restaurants and shops and a

popular tourism decision in the heart of san francisco. and san francisco and japantown is quite unique it is one of the three remaining chung's by the states and how i explain japantown we're a city within a city to taste and experience the japanese culture but really be a community what is all about and one of the best things about japantown is the food. there are dozens of shops in the neighborhood serving from modern deserts and go with friends. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is t a leader of the japantown to we try to provide something they creates like

savory yummy favors we try to provide like japanese flavor as well as for the japanese customers. >> if you're foodie or looking for a quick and delicious meal you're sure to find something. >> it is a authentic japanese deter and drink shop special lists in we also offer a roasted green tea and we have flares and other flavors we're known for ice cream and sun disingenuous. >> japantown is a variety of culture contributions with the community center the eight

amendment association of north california. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this tearoom is designed by the tearoom art (unintelligible) and then they built everything in jpa that is a a he ship it to the united states. with the carpenter and this is one of the public only two in the united states and the japantown takes you on journey sdlts neighborhoods and the history was a self guided tour you start by japantown center west mall and work your way and learn about the history what made japantown had say is today. >> what as young people; right? what to make sure this stays here for the future. speaking of

future you can enter the world of augmented reality created we adobe in a phone stand under which of the store we call that the tree ar experience a great opportunity to do something completely different that will take you to the future with a immersion of an experience? incredible. in addition to the culture and ar contribution japantown hosted festivities and events throughout the year some are the cheri blossom festival. and after dark japantown comes life with night clubs and or joy

serene moments through the illuminated part and san francisco is japantown an engaging community that likewise people to experience japanese culture with food and exciting events and japantown is a must see for any visitor to san francisco. >> (music).

>> city and county of san francisco korean-american is one of the and preserve agrees in america we work with job seeker to make sure they're trained and able to enter the workforce by i work with the number of partners able to then recruit our residents from training and get a solidified trained up workforce the hospitality initiative started in 2012, we saw a need for culinary workers within san francisco is everything from hotels gift services to culinary training to also to security services as well as are jailer training is under the hospitality initiative umbrella and um, the goal so really try to make sure we have

various training tracks for folks to answer within the industry and our program is about a tense week program about job readiness, you know, included with our kitchen work we teach life skills. >> to assess the program not only what my helped my life build. >> i come from a hardship to starting to connect again to changes, you know, and this is a second chance. >> why not to mess up on that and the program has supported me in that you a oewd is amazing; right? one of the things we focus on more on for our workforce development how to help more trained workers would our industry want to help raise the awareness of those organizations so our members know hey this is a place we

could go and find a cook find a things to. >> my sidewalks previously i did 10 years in federal penitentiary i was released into prison and that's how i got introduced with that so to chat they said apprenticeship they taught me to leave the program and i found multiple jobs and owe that to everything i learned here in. >> no wrong donor i feel your department has done is great job throughout the workforce developmen forward/hospitality. >> heart of san francisco an

aide so important diverse culture in the name for remarkable individuals like carlton b goodlett a man wheeg legacy is at the iconic lashed not just a man of intelligent his journey was far from san francisco good had studies earning a mountain lake cut off road in child psychiatric a city that is is campus for staff's contributions a city with a very different place when dr. good let was around and you would see him on streets like the fillmore and what he did he mrs. minority healthcare to people who that did not have insurance or an ability to pay for that.

>> dr. good working hard around city hall meaning he would load boxes with people and they would go to san francisco state mainly and other places as well and protest these unjust treatments and unfairness of their system. >> dr. good was a america civil service activity with naacp and protested for the discriminations against blacks and public transportation and public housing and the reporter as most people come into the building today don't know who he was was district attorney know that not only was a physician, a activity but also an incredible

cardplayer. in his spare time. >> and the won a number i published and the also ended edited another newspaper wells fargo willie brown and dr. good had a close relationship in the early 90s several groups got together to his own dr. good and put together petitions and worked very, very hard to have the official address changed. >> dr. king's day of the celebration is in january, i got to call from mayor brown which i've known for in many, many years to ask me to change the

street sign this is remarkable. okay. >> in january of 1999 right after the building reopened, mayor brown and i went outside at that moment it was still cold street we shut down the word on the sign that read polk. >> put up the sign that said number one, dr. carlson carlton b goodlett white. >> i think that he earned a certain place in respect of all poem he was just a remarkable individual. unfortunately, we didn't live long enough here to see the street sign