so as i mentioned culture preservation is strong for the neighborhood and for the city so some of the things and programs that based on those needs have come up and the importance those are some of the projects and the funding sources we've allocated for the district to help support those efforts so the latino right now there's a citywide cultural complexity e context statement that collects the information for the latino through our preservation committee through our office it's about a year and a half long process in documenting the history of the latinos that's an important document that helps to support 24th street we also the board of supervisors approved the resolution in may on may 20th to recognize the latino cultural district and the

boundary i showed earlier as a followup to that we wanted to support those efforts and engage the community in a dialog about accident goals and missions for the district that's part of our customized service that a latino cultural will district t is what the community prioritize so we're going that process and that's been funded through our office and also in an effort to support those efforts because a lot of components to it a lot of information to be looked at the supervisor provide an advocate to do a study so whatever comes out of the engagement process and in addition, we heard the mural preservation is huge on 24th street along with the banners i look for there's 26

banners among 24th street representing the you countries theirs the devil is in the details difficult to see and been worn by the weather we're committed to restoring them and to finalize this part of the presentation we have a process that began in july and we had our first kickoff meeting but this is community meetings and stakeholders will have a survey to collect the input from the greater neighborhood out of this we expect the latino cultural district plan that helps the stakeholders to have a guide they didn't does have a finding of the information that was collected of missions and goals and will prioritize activities and have

recommendations on key strategies based on everything that was collected that at this point in time i'm going to invite my deputy director if he wants to see give points >> hi commissioners deputy director of the department of workforce development i lead mayor lee's investment in neighborhoods it's a pleasure to be here we have two important areas of the commission both of the colleagues, we have a tailored approach how we engage that the community we learned in some of our meetings that we were at we had to make sure that we were truly listening through the community listening process all organizations investment in neighborhoods is committed to the idea we want to be part of the positive changes to the

shooiment environment in which the community wants to be replaced open the streets it lives and plays and walks and raises their children what's familiar and not familiar we as a city are listening to them and come up with pro-active seclusions whether or not we're talking about a business or facade or talking about a cultural institution or insuring that poetry that lives and breaths is included in the resolution we co-sponsor with the supervisor to meeting people where they are with the programs we create you've heard a little bit today we are doing that and not only that with the language we speak but with the money we have to lead the planning process on behalf of the community we're committed it that and always make sure that's exactly what we are doing and

we're committed to seeing the process through and we're looking at to the strategies and plans and tools the community wants us to pursue to strengthen and persevere one of the most vibrant areas in the city thank you (clapping.) colleagues we're going to hear from eric the president felt adequate restraining order council he's going to talk about the latino cultural district. >> thank you all for collaborating with you it's important it's key about the panel it is at a later date to the existing community and that is an important aspect of it i want to highlight that just a little bit about who we are ems the adequate restraining order has been officially called the latino district and this

designation because of the gent indication was to preserve the culture in the area they've been a center for the creation of art and music and cultural event and the chavez festival and bombing alley and more we have 12 businesses that are legacy businesses that have been in the neighborhood for thirty years and the anchors of the corridor one hundred and thirty merchant 77 are of latino descent we have the highest concentration on 12 blocks and the mayor movement in san francisco and hope home to the low riders classic car shows over thirty years we've got

flags representing latino communities and we have the theater for the women of the artists and the artists house and that really shows the rich culture we have in the area our council is a coalition of merchant and youth and nonprofits and arts organizations we have gun active for 16 years some past projects is clean up for the local use from the boys and girls club and complete capital improvement for music always for families we engaged the process to choose the next generation of trees own 24th street we had a 24th street beautification project funded by itself mayor's office beautification fund it included the planter boxes and sweep

sweeping in clauks collaboration with the boys and girls club we worked in collaboration with the ambassador program and so a that's who we are and some of the things we've done and currently moving to making sure our businesses and music and culture are preserved for the health and well-being for the folks of the future thank you for having us (clapping.) so colleagues, we have learned about the efforts here in the neighborhoods and support the local community from eric about the adequate restraining order latino cultural district and we have in front of us to support those for reasons we've brainstormed around in working with an arrest warrant raw of folks the resolution you have

attached and the idea is that when a lot of people learn about invest in the neighborhoods or the works that eric and councilmembers people night not think that's environmental but it is it is sustaining a community and st. patrick a culture and sustaining stories some of which we learn through the process there's an environmental tradition it might not be called environmentism it is called for example on balm i didn't alley a street above with 24th that had trash build ufl up families removed the trash so the children have a more educational way to get to school we call that zero trash but folks that were engaged called it family for opportunities this is an opportunity to

embrace this there is last thing it supports and calls this auto as an environmental measure changes in the mission it is where the communities deal with the environmental health hazards and lending our support to provide benefits and do what we can to make that happen. >> so colleagues questions or comments thank you very much everybody that was a phenomenal presentation. >> colleagues commissioner king. >> i'm definitely in support of this oftentimes we talking about the environment and the people that are here also part of the investment this is i want to it ticked me off when they chopped down the huge wool tree on

buchanan they were remodeling the projects i loved that wool tree i look at the traditional ways that neighborhoods change i'm not happy with we're trying to preserve some of the parks and natural areas we love we need need to preserve those neighborhoods in the fashion we grew up they're important too (clapping) i never want to come to a san francisco that's all one thing that's what that's why makes this place special the minute we've lost that we've a lot of the a part of our soul so as much we want to protect the areas this includes the culture areas as well (clapping.) colleagues. >> all right. questions i had one quick question and it maybe

already happening you're talking about the engagement with the local merchants and businesses and families i'm wondering to which stent the relationship is fostered around your green program to do that as part of the joint effort is that something that's already happening or. >> well again, the approach to invest in neighborhoods it regretting the desires the community when we introduced the program with our staff and community members is the maybe not the right time to discuss or label this latino district as a green district but certainly is the members that are walking the streets making sure that merchant were aware of the opportunities they could pursue that are available in the program and we're describing

this information on behalf of the department for businesses that want to take advantage of that and is available. >> thank you commissioner king it's a wonderful opportunity as we reach out to the communities and change agents particularly like you know us we know you, we can reach out to them as we start to saturate the city we think that both good green business and good green for the environment and as well as green in our pocketed we'll be able to save you open your energy bills so on and so forth whether to the level we like you to do it at this point that's fine but i expect us to be large partners being able to reach out to you

to make sure that community gets the full benefit of the things that the department of the environment does (clapping.) go ahead commissioner king in district 4 reached out to us because she wants to make sure that 5 of our businesses are sifted we're in partner with her office to make sure that this program also, we have another program called retail we're encouraging our businesses to be healthy businesses and sat down to make sure that the businesses are aware of the option to them. >> thank you debbie. >> yeah. supervisors i'm sorry commissioner king i want to say you bring up a good idea find partnership and the department and the neighborhood program has in fact worked closely together

with the job excavated with our job environment and services it's a wonderful example of synergy you guys have that connection to the neighborhood sometimes we're out in the neighbors and it's a perfect example of where the power comes from so thank you for helping us do that. >> yes. eric. >> to start the partnerships and collaboration to learn and move forward. >> prayer by the chaplain. >> on that. >> it's maybe appropriate too because one of the things i've learned from eric the green initiate there weren't called initiates they were driven by the merchant to keep the streets clean and make sure there was places to put recycling and so

colleagues just before we go to public comment for your consideration commissioner gravanis caught a tip gravel error in our resolution and a language that's good pass this out for those who need a copy and for folks we're going to have public comment in a second but the idea was on page one lines 8 through 12 to acknowledge our environmental admission at the san francisco environment commission includes the sustainability of disproportionly clean initiates do we know that. >> we don't promote the condition ability of

disproportionally vulnerable community we try to end the problem of disproportionately polluted communities rather than sustain that problem. >> the reverse. >> commissioner gravanis what do you think. >> yes. i think it's bronchi. >> i hate to word smith and bore the audience the intent to make it clear the environmental justice and correcting the disproportionly way is an integral part of our commission it said not only it's environmental mission but also its mission to correct the disproportion thing we need to work on how we word it.

>> all right. colleagues any outlet questions or thoughts before we go to public comment. >> yes. i have, in fact, a question this is i really don't know if this is correct is it correct that the mission district now survivors from the worse health conditions among all san francisco neighborhoods and according to mit i don't know if those people knows what our talking about i'm kidding it was recorded in several publications including the san francisco aquarium that the report indicated this finding some folks seen it we were alarmed it raised a question what are redoing in investing in grant making and community partnership in the mission so i think that's really what in some

ways brought us to tonight the mit report. >> what do i think. >> it shouldn't be a contest and we've done a lot of discussion here at the commission maybe we can continue after public comment after we hear from folks there might be some folks we're hoping folks that want to share their thoughts about that is that okay. colleagues? if we do that okay maintain have public comment on the resolution please. yes >> if you don't mind to - >> join us up here at the podium. >> my name is where a marie sorenson i'm part of the grove

as you talk about health concerns one big concern of mine we're kind of the dumping ground for at&t phone boxes we have lots of things that go up for pg&e we are disproportionately dumped bye on by tables and utilities and we're supposed to be getting those urge green boxes they had a map in the napper not that long ago and they were monthly in the mission or bay area, of course, no one in patrick heights that's not fair if urge you to talk about the health problems in the myths you've got to evaluate every

component in the mission and that starts with all the utility boxes the phone lines at my house alone we probably every time we get an at&t guy because or anyone else this that going to work on the lines or line there's so many lines hooked up we losing lose our intersect connection they have to i'm talking about the radiation that we're faced with because of putting those boxed in our neighborhood they say there's no problem for that but no body else's wants it there is a problem with it so i think that

in terms of the mission and health one other thing with more building downtown we get more wind tunnels coming through the mission and a lot of what comes stays in the mission so i think the mission is kind of its own little bowl so it's not a surprise that the air quality may not be as good and that we're facing more environmental problems just logically more than anyone else. >> anything like that is not

related to the presentation but a big question i've h had given all the construction in the city but concentrate in my neighborhood i often wonder we're in the worse drought every in california and there's buildings everywhere dust no rain and i also wonder where is the water coming from and where is it going to come to support the resident the dust we have to walk all over and the construction is everywhere i'm alarmed about the mission having all this health issues my understanding it was the bay area and the bay area has it's issues buzzed the toxins but now the mission so i'm wondering i don't think that anyone is thinking of the water and what we have to deal with every time we walk down the

street with all the dust i ask z is there a plan how the water how - how are we're going to support all the residents and, yes i'm very concerned about the water and as a side note we're not spotted supposed to bring cell phones in the meeting i've been distracted by someone with a cell phone it's a matter of practice so (clapping.) colleagues miguel. >> do you have someone that can

help okay. thank you you'll get 3 minutes safe. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good evening. i'm miguel i'm another member of the community. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so you're all saying beautiful things about improving

the commercial real estate the beautification of the area. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> but i think the most important thing we need to have the community understand we need to obtain those things. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> it is necessary to understand the conscious that not everyone participants in the same form. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and today, we're here defending our neighborhood take

into account we're in better situations than in other parts of world. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and take into account that in other parts of the world the ecology is being ruined and places where the water is contaminated fish are dying. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and all the points were very important but one thing we should keep in mind is unit. >> but not just simply by ones

word by action because we need to keep in mind e keep in mind this world is everyone. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> someone very wise once said that the ground is where something very imminent arises from. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so as humans we - i'm asking him to repeat it one more time i'm not trying to take away the effect it is difficult to

translate. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> our souls have the capacity to be able to connect themselves to t to earth. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> our own meet that's the exact translation flush thank you. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and we all have to be more cognizant of insuring we're finding that harm new and we're losing that. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and in the moment there's have been many species lost that have

died we're at it point where humanity is about to be extinguished. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> now this obligates us to be more conscious to take part in all of this. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> by taking into effect we're losing ones life and going to be losing this battle. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> sorry. >>