i'm a screaming queen a defying have a veteran vet and 27 hiv survivor. i want to thank the committee members (calling names) i forget. there's so many. tenderloin in the is 1960s and 70s everyone came to san francisco because it of little place to be until 1970 now everybody comes to san francisco because of the castro. our transgenders was lost and forgotten for 70 o 40 years and in 17994 the t was adams to the lgbt. there's two plaques to commemorate the riot. our rich history in the

tenderloin has been forgotten everybody talks about stonewalling it's time to talk about the jean compton before stonewall. vicky a lot of the transgenders came to san francisco because they were lost and looking for a place to fit in and because the t l was the mecca of san francisco we all came and did what we had to do to survive we turned to prostitution and drugs because we couldn't get jobs we went from exposures and queens to what we are vicky opened up the doors with her life experience and i learned what she went throw in the 70s 6 years of her life through life

experiences. she loved to performed and lost hers in every song she was beautiful until the end and she told me one day i will be forgotten and i told her not along as i'm alive i'll give the seniors the credit and this gives of transgenders the respect they deserve and thank you for san francisco pride and the community for naming trans march the pride folks thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please i'm jasmine g. i thank you, supervisors and this community too to have this hearing. i'm a late comer because

although i was a native bay area person i came in 1976 i was refrigerated and in the closet but once i came out and meeting fy lecturing and joined trans march committee and being involved in many lgbt organization and this year is sf pride and i thank them for recognizing a lot of transgender people especially the transparence march and i'm naming a lot of transit contraband marshall's. we're at this critical point that we have this historical event in june. so thank you in advance for

hearing us and approving and getting it on the full board to vote. thank you >> thank you very much commissioner. >> i wanted to thank supervisor kim's office for following through with this and sunny for putting in hours and hours ever work and susan and the rest of the committee. i was president of the milk club when we had the hearing that burned this decision to try to find a way to memorialize this street and as a 4 of-year-old gay man watching gay rights appear before my using one of the greatest things i feel we can do in urban environments is remember where we were because

often our community is erased as the neighborhoods change this will help to sloifld our semblance of past history for the world to see as we go into the world's recognition it's important that san francisco take the lead for the education and history we've given to the world and as we've lost so many of the older generation to hiv and aids situations like this are so important to our community >> thank you. next speaker. >> i've spent 3 years living in the tenderloin one year was

homeless and one in an s f l o. the troind has a diversity it's a homophobic and trans place right now. living there are as a trans person i walk down the street because there's a lot of trans men friends trying to walk down the street they would be violently attacked. and i think when i moved there if i had known about the jean compton riots some kind of honor for the transgender it was okay to be in the neighborhood there was a time when the neighborhood

was accepting. analytic i was a victim stabbed on the back of the neck and the blade missed my brain by one centimeter so i'm able to talk to you otherwise i'd be not victim in the tenderloin. so many times there are tragedies that don't get honored so honoring vicky and i couldn't be prouder to have her represent the trans community. i hope for any future the trans people can have a beacon of hope. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please good afternoon. i'm verona a i'm amending and native

america and i'm the terrors tenderloin in the city and county of san francisco. i thinking think this is important and thank you for felicia and sue and the entire committee i liked vicky as a person but i think i had a lot of respect for her community efforts to raise money for hiv and aids and the community. i think having that sign with her name on it with the same block would be a tangible something that everybody can see and give us a proud part of history we don't want it lost and left behind >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello hutton the harvey milk hat. i want to thank supervisor kim and supervisor wiener and

supervisor campos for bringing this forward and would like to give so many thanks to felicia sue and the committee for having this item. so the harvey milk club was named in honor of heather from his death we are happy to be supporting this renaming of the community queen pioneers. i used to live on 6th street when i had friends visiting out of town i would take them to aunt charles to see vicky because vicky is a true institution and represents the community that brought me here from southern california that brought generations of queer people to san francisco because

of the work that she and others have done to make that a city we feel safe and call home. this is a historic step we are undertaking and hvp is happy to be in support of that happy to march at the end of the trans march >> next speaker >> you'll too often trans members of the lgbt community are facing discrimination vicky marceline represented the trans community in a sprirtd big life way i'm happy to add the name to the street and we're honoring

the entire community all members off our society that live their lives to their true selves. thank you >> at the time. >> i'm back i'm with the pride parade we support the naming of the vicky marlene street a couple of months ago in our meeting pr i want to congratulate the people that led the effort of people are recognize our contribution in life to name something in our honor. the transgender community is the most discriminated independence in the lgbt movement for decades and decades. this is a well serviced that the community is putting vicky's name forward. i think a peripheral by the

people is honoring aunt charles that is a safe haven a place for a benefit. san francisco pride is you honoring the grand marshall chosen by public is the trans march the community voted for a 16-year-old trans woman who was charged b with as a result and will be happy to be in the parade we have a national spokeswoman and the pride board selected ms. gras i didn't a transgender elder and civil rights activist. i think naming tom this is a great way to honor athletes and

others to see the pioneering of tom o'dell and there's been a two year effort to name this street and there's going to be a publication of his memoirs. we hope this gets a great landmark as well >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm jerold. being a part of the committee i don't know vicky at all but i've lived in the tenderloin on and off for the last 25 years. i've also loved it and when i had a chance to be a part of that when sunny came to me and said supervisor kim wants to know since i live on the block do do you want to participate i

said sure we have to make sure that all areas are recommended especially in the lgbt community because and i've lived excuse me. i've lived on the one hundred block for two years and just for this my life as doubled and doubled and i'm connecting with people and networking and from alliance for a better district have to the log cabin republican club they've endorsed vicky so i'd like to say thank you very much thank you very much. next speaker. >> i'm michael a tenderloin resident activists in the tenderloin.

i am one of the few persons that represent the tenderloin because i've involved in a lot of organizations there and in the district of our name gets mentioned first our organization did enforce the memorial idea and also was central city democrats we feel it's important that the community rims it's rich history unfortunately, i'm amazed there's no one from the community benefit district that's what they're supposed to be doing is refrm the history and that you haven't up the plaques they get money for. i was on the committee of the district and helped establish that i think that, you know, we

need more memorable blacks for on the neighborhood. so there's a lot of things that's happened in the tenderloin and there's a lot of things that need to be memorized in memory we have the tenderloin tours and a number of things that are celebrating the neighborhoods soouvenl e voivenl hopefully have a museum area my brother used to live on the one hundred block of turf i'm familiar with it so, anyway congratulations. i see this is going to happen i don't think anybody is going to oppose it (laughter) >> thank you. >> hi i'm laurie live on mason. i want to remember the black

11th hour that is struggling and while i'm here to say we need vicky block as we have bryan williams a transgenders was singing when you've been blessed pass it on by patty la bell. 1111 taylor street it should be t lshlt they started this fight when over the rain bow was for the truth of the matter it's supposed to be t lgbt. i have told you about the abuse i'm a big person they're not going to be messing with me but

they'll attacking me inside they'll attack us inside if they can't attack you outside. so we hope this is not only the naming the street vicky but felicia invited me yesterday, i was dancing on the street and it's nice to be here we need a safe place castro will give us a change to come back here and get stoned but we want the same lgbt t lgbt thank you for naming this street for this lady she deserves it and it goes to what we need and my doctors too

>> is there any additional public comment item 4 seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim >> thank you. i'm really excited to be able to vote on this as a phone call next street i agree there won't be many opposition. but i want to say again what an his own to work with the committee this doesn't initiate out of our officer the community did the work i get to by being the representative of the district get to be able to lead this through the legislation process but honored to be the first transgender activists having their names on the street is wonderful and to hear how vicky has been a big part of your life or others who have

been inspired her death was imperial >> now i have a t-shirt being named t lgbt on sunday as well i'm excited to join you on the gay march. the tenderloin is known for what's hard and difficult that's kind of what you hear in the media and it's all true how difficult this neighborhood is but such a warm and loving community and i often is the first place you land or the last place you land. everyone can be who they are and it doesn't mean the violence doesn't exist but it acceptance everyone and thank you for letting me be a part of this

>> thank you supervisor kim and everyone who put a lot of work not only in this but allowing us to be in a practices to be able to do this and imagination that having a unanimously support of full board. remember we had to vote on every street closer imagine that for the easter and the some things caused a meltdown and new now something that hours an amazing human being it looks like we have have a big kumbaya momentum. i've been even though i don't have the honor of representing the tenderloin i have connections in terms of the lgbt

community it's right at the heart with the castro. i think loochls we focus on the castro but not the only place that's placed a crucial role in the community. it's a good way to remind ourselves we're broader than the castro we're everywhere. the roll that the t l has played near the a trans community moving our entire community forward is tremendous and i'm honored to be able to recognize not only the history but the perpetrate as well. so with that, supervisor kim would you like to make a motion? >> make a motion to forward

that with positive recommendations we'll take that without objection. >> thank you for helping us. >> i will thank you on tuesday. >> great. madam clerk can you call item which and item 6 is a ordinance waving the fees for specific improvements for the month of may >> and someone from our officer many summaries thank you for your patience. >> it was interesting and wonderful. hi i'm from supervisor tang's office. this is the third year of this length to wave the permits in may for awnings in recognition of small business month and we make the small property owner month permanent.

the small businesses that take advantage of the vibrancy of the corridors and 10 businesses applied for the fee waiver with the average fee of 15 hundred to $20,000. in 201311 businesses applied and we're hoping even more people will apply in the years to come. to spread accident word about the fee waiver the supervisors will have this in their newsletters. we're cooperated with the office of economic workforce development. and additionally we're translating our materials in chinese and spanish and english we want to reach out to biz businesses with the opportunities. we've presented in front of the

small businesses and we ask for your support and diego from the planning department >> hi diego sanchez from the madam president i want to take the opportunity. as was mentioned on march 27 the planning commission unanimously approved that small business in may and academy the planning code to make the fee waivers permanent. that concludes my presentation i'm available for any questions. thanks >> thanks okay. any public comment on item 6 seeing none, public comment is closed. i think this is way overdue i think it's great we do is

everyday but i want to thank supervisor tang. can i have a motion to forward this to the full board with positive recommendation we'll take that without objection. madam clerk, any other business before this commission? >> there's no further business. >> thank you then we're adjourned folks. >> welcome ladies and gentlemen, i'm rick i'm the senior manager of digital learning at the academy of science it's

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