>> thank you all for thank you for being here. and i'm come the cfo at planned participate hood and a request from gilda is not here but as i know the u.s. supreme court overturned rodeo and many today, i can't believe it but 12 satellites are restrictive reproductive rights

we see a tax going on beyond deposition and witnessing assault think conception and from joined affirming care those are under it minnesota the. >> too many of women and in reality they're graveling effected. >> the message if the reproductive rights freedom is clear they won't stop until adoption are completely polished and in this ever evolving environment we need all the government to act when it comes to reproductive rights freedom the local and state and federal level and the local is vital in the operation by approve the security and implementing buffer zip codes that protect the patients if protesters. local coalition like the bayview

coalition is critical to find solutions and working collaborating to strengthen us at the san francisco reproductive rights act you'll hear important about another shining example of san francisco leading the way once again at the local level and i want to thank you for your commitment and dedication and any my great honor to introduce someone a long time supporter and vocal championship k champion please join me mayor of san francisco london breed (clapping) thank you. >>. thank you very much. nicole for the introduction and for opening up the space an opportunity to come together to deal with something we all every thought we'd be dealing with and in fact, where robe wade was overturned two years ago that set in motion a monument that i

think is brought women all over the country to fight for the ability to make decisions about our bodies. we shouldn't have to explain we need when it comes to any health decision thereby protected and the fact we have to now fight against policies that provide technical detailed around what you can and cannot it is really offense and it is our bodies it is our choice and we should be able to make any decision we need to and we shouldn't have to talk about whether or not in raise or inner safety net arrest this and that not part of the excavation i'm proud no, when rodeo wade was overturned 2 years our director of the commission on the status of women kimberly through the

vision leadership created the bayview adoption rights coalition as a way - we figured out back. created this as an opportunity to bring the various bayview counties together to prepare sadly for women who might be traveling to the bay area and looking for reproductive rights care no questions asked i appreciate her leadership and what we've been able to do to provide the resources to make sure that is possible and that we are able to be that sanctuary for women. it is really extraordinarily to be here today at the scene of coalition of leaders here joining us to make that clear including members of board of supervisors i'm proud of the work they have done and will continue to do to stand up for

reproductive rights and whatever capacity they serve and have why is this important? it is important for the reasons that nicole stated but more importantly it can't be a conversation that we have at the board of supervisors. this can't just think or be an ordinance we have to demonstrate with the voters of san francisco what our values are and how we'll continue as a city to fight against any injustice that reproductive rights health and freedom will continue to be protected in the city in whatever way possible one of the things i want to touch on we have two of those crises pregnant centers in our city that have been to women and efficient when you're going to said what all your options you're told like you'll go to

hell if i get an abortion we don't need people telling someone we don't know what they're going drove and what it leads to the fact up and coming those kinds of centers exist and people are not aware of what they are when they're walking into the doors another reason we need to make sure that signage is appropriate and make sure that that we are using every resource san francisco has to protect reproductive rights in any way, shape, or form and so that's what had ballot measure represents and the reproductive rights act will do a couple of things declare a policy of the city for the comprehensive reproductive rights freedom and require our department of public health and dr. colfax the director be located here today to provide public library information where people can access repulsive services

including the city supported clinics all over san francisco and prohibit the use of the city funds to cooperative or support prosecution of an adoption or reproductive rights services that is laugh in 80 california we'll not be moving forward into synagogue we don't believe in and restrictive the funding for facilities don't provide or prefer a comprehensive health services have to have all the services that require signages and crises pregnant centers centers and people don't provide reproductive rights healthcare and where they can get the information that establishes the fund that private dollars the accessing reproductive rights healthcare and amend the planning code to they are a admitted use whatever ruse

permitted so a lot of technical bureaucracy but ultimately this you accomplishes the goals it is more important so 0 we're here standing today, i know we to have a number of speakers and i will save my long list of thank you's to the at the end i want to make sure we have an opportunity to hear from all of them i'll so grateful and humble that so many of us have come together in the fight to make sure three pedestrians freedom for all women and i'm proud that this is not just a san francisco thing but this is a bayview thing that is all of our counties coming together to demonstrate that we are whether our das or elected leaders and public health folks we're together for one pursue to

protect the reproductive rights for all women everywhere and take this opportunity to inod another supporter of this initiative from the board of supervisors soon assemblymen supervisor stefani (clapping.) good morning, everyone. >> thank you you'll for thank you for being here. and to our fabulous mayor for inching this i'll so grateful for planned parenthood i'm the supervisor for district 2 and have been privileged to work alongside to make sure we have security access and make sure we have the funds to provide for security for people can safely access the healthcare here and, of course, for the district attorney's office to improve the buffer zone a privilege to work with planned parenthood and start out by expressing any gratitude i i

think is the so important to really what we're grateful for i'm grieve gratifying to the city like san francisco and the bayview that cares about the reproductive rights for all and thank you, mayor. and they my colleagues for leading the charge it means too much to me i know there is a problem that i am grateful for the people that i get to work welcome to get that problem and thank you to them and grateful for planned patient thank you for all you do but in fear and i think all don't talk about the fear of what is happening in our country roadway what is happened to the adoption decision i have a 14-year-old drought my daughter has less rights this terrifies me and project manager a woman for murder in texas is absolutely terrifying to me the

fact that 121 states are for restrictive laws since rodeo wade was over turned is absolutely terrifying to me and 22 million we have a long way to go and girls are effected the fact we have a hope here in san francisco that means so much to me that fear we're all in especially women i know especially those have daughters we can't sit not tear? so important please removal this fear and direct any attention to what you'll have me do and we're getting into action and the fact we're in action that is powerful to let the world know and the entire of our country knows that san francisco will not stand for this means so much to me the

fear is adjudicated so thank you, everyone i'm here with today. to really take this issue by storm and say we'reot going to take it and let you have control over you are both sides and our daughters both sides and make sure doing everything we can to turn the. >> (repeated.) >> and the constitution of the state of california. tied so thank you for being here. and i wanted to take this moment to introduce one of my colleagues supervisor mel greater and a mother to a daughter. >> thank you i'm the supervisor for district areas 7 and i'm a latino on the board of supervisors. and - but the first one to the elected with a appoint for the mayor we are underrepresented in politics but

overrepresented um, in terms of the poverty in california. >> in california poverty as a single mom is latino i say this in san francisco we have been the beacon people came from all over the world to reinvent themselves so upward possibility and my family came here pe i was 12 and adoption was still illegal and people were prosecuted for having adoptions and, you know, this place san francisco is values of openness and tolerance of freedom. and we must continue to do so. i am a mother of three girls i think that what i am seeing right now in terms of changing metrics around our country about the

basic human rights of controlling your body is deeply terrifying as my colleague said in district 2 a woman. >> but supervisor stefani but also, we are recovering from the pandemic around the country as a city and country no such thing an economic progress as u mobility and freedom for everyone without repreoccupation rights and the basic rights to have control over your body, your families who you're responsible for so we're going to be consistent with our san francisco scrawls vacation dwellings we must continue to be that beacon of hope that sanctuary for everyone in the country to access basic human rights i'm grateful to planned parenthood and the mayor and

colleagues over in the family month grateful for so clear from the beginning we must do this and a practical thing with the legislation i was under the planning commission was entitled people picketed that and actually one of any colleagues it was intense having is there be no question this is a permitted use no later than is important. and that process so for the practical reasons but also the values that we are putting out into the world and doubling down. because we are all activists here and going to continue to be that beacon of hope for the rest of the crises as needed thank you for being here. and i will now introduce my dear dear colleague in

district 9 supervisor ronen. >> thank you, everyone. it is very exciting to be here today and an honor to be here and that's because i think what all of us have of the since the adopted decision in unthinkable reality of oewd wade over turned in the united states of america to make sure that my daughter and mother and sister my cousin and aunts and that they will continue to have the only control over higher both sides that's the way it should be and as a former supervisor of the former location of planned

parenthood i have talked about this for decades and thought that san francisco especially with in charge the status of women i thought we have doing everything we can with our local laws to protect women's was over the control of our own both sides of mayor a ton of additional things she fud found we can do and it is fantastic what at supervisor stefani touched on that inability to figure out what we call to fight back by putting this on the ballot we have had this in the board of supervisors but on the ballot we are telling every san franciscan you california do something meaningful in our own city to fight back and part of making history and laying down

the law and saying that's who and what we stand for we're not going to do this for you we're going to bring you into the office and all join and fight together that's piece of paper what we should do and thank you, mayor london breed and i'm very honored to now introduce our district attorney (clapping.) thank you everyone. >> i'm brook jennings the san francisco district attorney and honored to stand understood mayor london breed the women of the board of supervisors, of course, our head of the department on the stuts kimberly and a number of leaders today to crawl on the voters to pass the san francisco reproductive rights act. when i think of the

adoption decision i don't think we saw the domino affect on is rights that we have. i think we all understood the impact on the rights of adoption but i watched things play out and watched other opportunities for reproductive rights healthcare is diminished across the country i had to confirm and personal story not that long ago i was told by a physician i couldn't conceive children to you as you can tell healthcare to figure out how i was going to be able to have children that meant considering imbet and went through that i learned after that that i was capable of having kids naturally after paying a large bill (laughter) but, but any bring again watched this play out we have seen across the country families

oftq families as well as male and female marriage partners didn't understand the imboard member testa fertilization services and i don't think we could have anticipated like i said this is very personal. i'm here to stand alongside everyone with all the rights to be protected here on a san francisco. um, and this act doubles down 0 the commitment to advancing reproductive rights for all women san francisco will a leader and has been i thank the leaders behind me for pushing us for the record will i supervisor ronen in a moment you know that is nothing more to do they've figured out something else to continue to make sure that women in san francisco and from all over the country to come and have access to the care

they need working to make sure that punishment privacy is protected and no jurisdiction outside of california and seek to demonize women he or them or seeking care is just something we can't accept and that we must protect against here in san francisco my offense doing everything we can to make sure that women to access the care in the medical professionals that provide that care are are save and protected and crystal clear we will not tolerated any threats of violence or vibrant actions again women or facilities like the one we stand in today, if you come here to harm$k people do thing that threaten them or make them feel bad we're for the scared to prosecutor i - i want to just to be clear, we're

coming to push for this act to be passed i stand here as a a district attorney doing everything we can to protect those that seek this care and so at this time i'm honored to pass it off to the cfo of the access health (clapping.) good morning imagine. >> i'm amy for access health in the bayview organizations for champions that had healthcare for all and it is the honor and privilege of my career i've been doing this for 25 years and 25 years ago we started ringing the alarm bells and the core supreme court can overturn rodeo wade and now the devastating nightmare has come to bear and

the impact has been rapid and effectedhe more than $20 million of millions people across the united states and i think about the helpers and that i wake up in california and in san francisco we have leaders that understand that access to deposition is healthcare and that the ability to have the autonomy it critical for the individual our families and community health and well-being so the central access we're proud to establish with a coalition partner and leaders with new grant programs to protect and funding for partnered hood and other key partners to make sure that anyone in need of adoption care whether you live in san francisco or california or other

states can come to san francisco and the funding is not enough. so we have to make sure we can continue to booster the resources to expand the access. so across the country continues to impact really cruel and callous measures it restrict access to essentially healthcare and body autonomy in san francisco o in california and san francisco we have an obligation and responsibility to every tool to use it to stand healthcare and this measure introduced and built on it san francisco long history of taking bold action in support of justice a unique model for other jurisdictions to adopt and building on san francisco leadership as the leaders and we urge san francisco to stand up for san francisco values in support of this measure and we

also thank mayor london breed for her leadership bringing this forward at the (clapping.) and my pleasure to introduce a colleague and examine jessica the executive director of access for justice (clapping). >> good morning average everyone i'm jessica and the executive director at access reproductive justice for adoption funds and in the year following we supports 18 hundred people across california and beyond in accessing adoption care so the primary folks we support through our adoption funds are in california accessing care in the state so and folks who come if other

states to california to access care. not only following the decisions in one hundred and one hundred and fifty percent caller volumes by saw a 10 to 15 percent increase for the out of state and we know that the level of care that folks were coming from out of state is dramatically different and increased we're going looking at airfares and lodging and transportation and childcare and food. a number of kind of wrap around services that make it possible for the healthcare they want and need and so access r) is really to support the reproductive rights freedom act and as a grateful to mayor london breed and the city and county of san francisco for working to further human rights. we know that even in our reproductive rights freedom

state like california and the municipalities is im3e6r we make sure that our since and those who travel for adoption care know and understand they are safe and they are seen and they are heard. as california statewide domestic funds we see experiences of individuals seeking adoption care throughout the stay and regularly answering the callers questions whether they'll be judged for the or treated with dignity and went that they deserve. this initiative makes sure that if approved by the voters san francisco city and county of san francisco will unequally say yes to each of the questions. access r j callers are identified as black or inagainst people of color or in their 20s will been

city and county of san francisco valid indicts them and experiences but also doing everything we can as so the mentioned to make sure two and three interest increased access to financial services there the reproductive rights act. as well as protections discrimination as crises pregnant centers a finally would further protect individuals of the decision making for investigated or prosecuted for such a has access we are building we're all people in san francisco, california have the freedom to make powerful decisions including the decision to have an adoption without shame or stigma and regardless of race and risen and

we're hopefully this initiative will help us get closures to the reality and with that, i'm grateful to i'm going to turn it over to our partner kimberly from the status of women. >> (clapping) well a big thank you to everyone that came out today good afternoon. i'm kimberly the director for the status of women i close don't worry this will be short. the reproductive rights act about san francisco. leveraging it's strength and assets to codify repulsive freedom and justice into the rule of the law the high stakes presidential this is an example of san francisco proactively

that contingency planning. we are backing down the hatches not to get catch flat-footed one thing we've learned from the pandemic the call fall of rodeo wade that is not it is go time. and with that our mayor has announced today san francisco is once again demonstrating that that is ready and prepared to lead and make no mistake, the reproductive rights act is a call to - to arms and action and what mayor london breed last done with that initiative is given the voters of san francisco the opportunities to say when you come for us when you come for our rights not only will when i fight back. (laughter) thank you.

>> (clapping). >> wow. >> (laughter.) >> well, first of all, thank you to all the speakers i want to take the opportunity to acknowledge a number of the folks thank you to the contra costa district dining i'm tongue-tied. >> thank you for coming here g with us as well. we also have a couple of members would be here from the community college boards including merrill and fillingal williams and proud that so much of our departments heeds have joining us including our, as i mentioned, dr. colfax and county healthy officer dr. susan phillips is joining us as well (clapping.)

and the director of public works carla short and our city administrator carmen stu and maria the department of children, youth, families. and we also have a number of democratic central members including the chair of the agency nancy chung thank you for being here. and emma, (clapping.) and- any ho. >> (clapping) and did i get everybody i got almost everything and some partners beverly foroining us as well (clapping.) i know that gil doesn't - but appreciate her work throughout california and for planned parenthood and our city attorney

david chiu and jose cisnero and the state controller malia cohen a village of people and as you can see a fourth of a village here to not only roll up our sleeves but to bark to get the job done and demonstrate it san francisco will continue to lead and continue to partner and collaborative and continue to doing everything we can to protect the pedestrians freedom of all san franciscans and people all over this country thank you for being here.

>> hello everyone i'm san francisco mayor alondon breed and excited to be here with members of the board of supervisor and different commune taiz to talk about the healthy, safe and vibrant san francisco bond! [applause] now, just to give you some perspective, these bonds, the way that our sit ahas been very responsible with the capital plan, we go through a process to insure that our credit rating remains

in tact, so as we put out bonds, we retire old debt and are able to take on new debt without raising taxes for san franciscans. that's why these have been so popular, but at the same time, they require 2/3 vote, and so in putting this bond together, we wanted to make sure we are meeting some of the city most pressing needs, but after covid, we realized there are a lot more things we need to invest in to insure that our city is vibrant, that our organizations are supported, that our buildings and infrastructure are in tact, and that we are thinking about the future in our economic recovery. so, what does this mean in this particular bond? well, first of all, we should be so happy and excited that laguna honda has been completed recertified! [applause]

but it still needs a lot of work. so, we have to take care of laguna honda, we have to do heabat zuckerberg general and have to make sure the clinics in chinatown and city clinic have the resources and support they need- [applause] -these are important healthcare assets in our city, and we are so grateful to a number of our department of public health staff and team leads who have been on the front lines doing this work in very challenging conditions. but we haven't stopped there. we have to also continue to focus our work on shelter beds, on housing, and many of the things we have done. since i have been in office since 2018, we increased shelter capacity by over 60 percent. we increased our permanent supportive

housing by over 50 percent. [applause] but, we know that just because we have done such a significant investment and made significant changes, the work continues. and that's why having support for our families is critical as we start to see family homelessness increase. part of this bond is to help ar homelessness. the other thing it does, is deal with one of the things that people are not very happy about. on a regular basis. san francisco has seen a improvement in our streets and infrastructure, but let me tell you, bikes and cars, running over these potholes, we have to constantly fix our streets. constantly. and so investments in our road and infrastructure and making our streets safer and more efficient is a important part of the bond as well. [applause] but let's be honest, we would not be

able to do any of this if we don't focus our time, our attention and resources on our economic recovery. you know, before the pandemic, we didn't have to work for it. people just came here to visit, there were conventions booked out non stop. people loved doing business in san francisco and times have changed since the pandemic, so we got to work for it and working for it means we have to make investment in our infrastructure to change. we have to make investment in not only downtown and what downtown is to people who work there, who shop there and live there, but we also have to make changes in our destinations and make them more of a vibrant destination in addition to improving our infrastructure, which is why i'm excited about harvey milk plaza. [applause] this coalition of folks who are joining us here today are people who represent a lot of what we need to do in

order to move san francisco in the right direction. we are all on board to get this work done for the city and move us towards real change in the future. it will take all of us and right now the board of supervisors committee will be hearing this bond for the first time and we are hopeful that all of you that are joining today will go and testify and talk about the significance. this again, is about san francisco, the economic recovery, the vibrancy and, the public health addressing the challenges san franciscans want to esoomore and moving the city towards the future and i couldn't be more excited and proud we are here today and seem to have a lot of consen census but nuthsing is taken for granted. we have to get through the finish line at the board of supervisors. we have to get it on the ballot and we to get voters to support it. this is a long road between now and november, which is why partnership is

so critical to the success of this bond and at this time, i want to introduce my partner in this effort, the president of the board of supervisors, aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. this is what consensus looks like. this is what happens when we all work together for the public good and the public interest. fundamentally, this is a public safety bond, because investing in public health, investing in homelessness is all about public safety. and if you think about what we learned four years ago where san francisco did a job of combatting the covid-19, this is the lessens that we learned. we have to invest in our public

health frublth. fribltb. infrastructure. i want to thank dr. colfax and capital planning committee who came together and remember the lessens of covid. i want to thank mayor breed and today i want to go to budget appropriation committee and add $10 million specifically for public health to this bond and that is the result of working together. [applause] it is 132 days until the election and guess many up here have our differences, but we are all together on this bond, and we have made a promise that this will not raise anybody's property taxes, nor will it raise your rent if you are a tenant and we pass laws to insure that that were passed unanimously by the board of supervisors, but we still need to get

to 2/3 of the electorate. that is a big hill to climb. when we put aside our commitment and have shared commitment and enthusiasm the voters vote as they did for the affordable housing bond in march by well over the 2/3 majority required. we will set aside our differences and all work together to get the bond passed. the very smart good people of san francisco want to invest in public safety and public seft and over the next 132 days we are going to get that message out. thank you mayor breed. [applause] >> i'm supervisor dorsey and express gatitude to mayor breed and president peskin for a bond measure that that well do important things. this is smort capital investment for our city that speed san

francisco comcome back and delivering long-term value for downtown neighborhoods that president peskin and i represent. as a district 6 supervisors, i know very much from the businesses employers i hear from, how important it is that we invest in downtown neighborhood, as this bond will do because it powers or econe amand come back. it is essential and wise prudent investment for city vibrancy and unlike some speakers today, my name isn't on a ballot. i can promise you this, i will be out there campaigning just as hard as if my name were on a ballot, because what this bond does is that important. now, i represent district 6, but as the gay supervisor, i am going to assert gay privilege here and also speak for district 8 and the important memorial of harvey milk plaza. there is a important investment there that is incredibly important to the lgbtq plus community not just

in this city, but actually that is something important for the lgbtq community nation wide and world wide. we are a city that elevated a leader that people around the world looked up to and it is incredibly important what we are doing for harvey milk th close to my heart and why i fight so hard for the. let's continue to fight for this. i have not mentioned the important things that this is going to do for public health, because there is somebody much more qualified then i to address that, so welcome dr.--from zuckerberg general hospital. [applause] >> thank you so much. hello and good morning. my name is--i'm a proud emergency physician at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. grateful to be up here with many city leaders and a number of my

colleagues from the department of public health. on this beautiful day on the steps of our beautiful city hall. proud to work for a city committed to accessible high quality healthcare. our network of clinics and hospitals are truly unparalleled. each year we serve over 150 thousand people in dph facilities. that is a incredible number. this care includes receiving life saving emergency services, having your baby delivered. it includes recovering and rehabbing from a hip replacement surgery or living with dementia in a long-term care unit at laguna honda hospital. it includes hiv screening and prep prescriptions at city clinic and include seeing your primary care doctor to get back to school immunization, substance use recover aservice or eye exam.

but, our infrastructure is aging and many of our facilities are over a hundred years old. we must fix the aging and deteriorating infrastructure to continue to deliver high quality care. moreover, many of the improvements addressed in the bond will help meet basic regulatory requirements. imagine laguna honda without air conditions on a hundred degree day where we need to move hundreds of patients or san francisco general losing the trauma 1 certification because the fire alarms don't work or the sewage leaking from old pipes, or imagine city clinic, a leader in sexual health service out of operation because the heating system fails. that actually already happened this past winter. or imagining visiting your local health center like the chinatown health center

which looks more and more like a run down shed then a place to go and heal. we have an amazing system and honored to part part of and model for the nation but critical part must be addressed for san franciscans to continue to receive the highest quality care. the bond rill renovate and expand services of the chinatown public health center, the most seismically unsafe. intrest $28 million to require a new facility. bond will support key repairs adding 65 thousand square feet of seismically safe space and doubling our capacity in our psychiatric emergency service. insure certifyation and meeting regulatory mandate saidism public health has been here before and

thanks to san franciscans we delivered. we built our renovated 4 community clinics, maxine hall, the southeast family south centerx castro mission health center and maria x. we created state of the art facility so our community can continue to thrive. i want to thank the leadership of mayper breed, san francisco board of supervisor and all dph colleagues committed to making san francisco a healthier, safer and more vibrant community for generations to come. thank you so much. [applause] >> my name is brian springfield, ecective director of friends of harvey milk plaza. the evening of november 27, 1978, on these very steps, harry brit made a promise to the people that marched from castro and market street by

candleloathe and told them some day there will be something special in the city and it will have haerfby milk's name oen it. 46 years later and about this close to see the promise fulfilled. at last, the coalition of communities that harvey loved and fought for has come together and coalesed support around a vision for lifting harvey milk and civil rights movement in san francisco. i'm incredibly proud of the commitment made to engage the grassroots of the community and process of developing what we refer to as the memorial at harvey melic plaza because there is already a harvey milk plaza but it doesn't represent who he was and what he stood for and community to gather and all the hard work to be done to insure lgbtq civil rights and all civil right for all marginalized communities. it is because of all this good

faith engagement with the community that the project now enjoys broad support from a raisk of organizations in the neighborhood and in the city. so, i commend mayor breed for her long standing support and vision for the harvey milk plaza project and including funding for this important city project in the healthy safe and vibrant san francisco bond. [applause] also, i'm overjoyed by the resemgz the project rvled as we met with the offices of each supervisors over the past several weeks. two supervisors aaron peskin and supervisor safai came out to walk the site and talk about improvements to castro muni station and ada compliance upgrades funded by the bond measure and this is the investment and

infrastructure improves to make possible the features. finally, there will be a space that lifts harvey's message of hope and action and tell the story of other contributors to lgbtq civil rights movement. so, i look forward to the november when the voters have a chance to support the project and see there is something special with harvey milk's name on it. thank you. [applause] >> good morning everybody. i love the san francisco weather. when i got here, it was phrasing and now freezing and now sunny. my name is trish gump, a organizing with kid san francisco and also a mom of two teenagers who grew up riding bikes and take transit to get to school and move around the city. the independence was vital for

wellbeing and mental health so i volunteer for organizations such as kids safe to advocate for safe streets for all children and all people in san francisco. everyone should be free to move around the city safely using their transportation mode of choice. i strongly support mayor breed's healthy vibrant bond measure that invest in our street infrastructure. over 1 million people travel around san francisco every day. too many lose their lives or severely injured on our streets. this bond will improve our roads prioritizing the safety of people, pedestrians, cyclists, people with mobility challenges and motorists by investing in safer sidewalks, crosswalks and street and reducing driving speeds. importantly, the healthy vibrant bond

aligns with city policies such as transit first, vision zero, climate action and safe streets initiatives all focus reducing traffic crashes, promoting equity and protecting our city and future generations. thank you mayor breed and board of supervisors for supporting this bond measure. san franciscans deserve safer streets now. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. my name is lauren ellis, the very proud owner of ck contemp rear a art gallery on powell street. i moved to san francisco at 21 and took my firs job on geary street. this year i celebrated 20 years of working in the heart of union square, including the last 11 years of the small business owner. [applause] in late 2019, i signed a lease

to move my gallery from geary street to powell. i made the decision because at that time, powell was the gold standard. it was the bustling vibrant heart of the city economic core and the best place in san francisco for a business like mine to expand and thrive. unfortunately in the devastating after effect of covid-19 we never had the chance to experience the reality. instead rkts i opened my doors in august of 2020 and spent the last four years grappling with a very different version of my beloved powell. one where it long standing businesses around us shuttered, cable car empty and office workers disappeared. at present, we are one of the few businesses that held on, but the surrounding vacancies caused foot plummet along with sales and our ability to fully support our staff and our incredibly talented artists. i see glimmer of home for

restored powell around me in the beautiful blooms that grace our hotels and cable cars. in local gathering to enjoy tyler florence cafe in the square. new nin tendo store coming soon and international language spoken in the square. but there is so much more i know with we can and really need to achieve. this is why i'm here today to voice my support to mayor london breed's bond measure. serve as a much needing lifeline to insure powell street and union square become hubs for tourist and locals alike. i believe strongly the mayor comprehensive strategy to create lively public space, invigorate store funt and enhance downtown safety attract visor its to support our beautiful neighborhood and provide the asmus fear mall businesses like my deeply depend on. vacant to vibrant to initiative

and increased security are crucial for foster community and safety and encouraging people to secure and engage with the city most iconic destination whether they live here, work here or visiting for the first time. these initiatives are not only about economic recovery, also about restoring the soul of the city. powell is always more then a shopping destination, it is a gateway to union square and often provides the first impression of our city to tourist and business travellers. revitaling the area gives a chance to change the negative narrative those who are there day to day are constantly forced to push back gaens. i'm proud of my city and it is time to share the very best version of ourselves again. let's greet nay sayers with a corridor that is safe, flourishing and filled with local business like mine synonymous can san francisco as a cultural hub where people come together to appreciate art, enjoy

dining, and connect with one another. i have invested in powell street with my time, with my own dollars, and my commitment to what i know in my heart it has the potential to be again and i am thrilled and thankful mayor breed is committed to doing the same. with her vision and these funds i'm confident we can transform powell street back into the thriving dynamic place i once knew it to be and very much need it to be again. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you lauren and thank you to all of our speakers that joined us here today. i also like to acknowledge some of our various department heads and folks who have been actively engaged in the process with the capital planning committee and starting with our city administrator, thank you carmen chui for all your work. >> [applause] >> thank you dr. grant colfax,

department of public health. thank you to serene mcfadden, director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. [applause] and thank you to zuckerberg general ceo dr. susan-- [applause] and to all of our speakers and all of the folks joining us here today, this is going to take all the different people, the friends groups, the community. there is something in this bond for not just everyone, but this is really about the health and safety in our economic recovery in san francisco, so we need all hands on deck to get it over the finish line and get the job done. it starts with the board of supervisors, so again, i urge many of you who are here today to go up to the committee room, which starts at 10:30 and give public comment to insure that your colleagues, supervisor dorsey, luckily we got supervisor dorsey as well as 7 members total from the board of supervisors who are already

committed, but i do think it is extremely important that we send this to voters with an 11-0 vote from the board of supervisors to demonstrate the strength of what this entails. thank you all so much for coming here today. [applause]

>> to order. >> stacey please call the roll. >> going on k34ub8d here. >> vice president hallisy here. >> commissioner jupiter-jones here. >> commissioner mazzola here. >> commissioner louie and this thing is recreation & park commission i apologize for the web x not able toss