will that that makes enforcement improbable again we thank supervisor wiener and the state of california we fully support and strongly encourage mayor ed lee to lend this historic resolution it's strong support and courage this committee and the board to support the resolution and discuss further legislative measures providing the measures don't jeopardizes the passage of 96 or the resolution supporting it i'll leave you today with a story from the elephants by the elephants in the far away place call the sdum allergy in the central african rain forest this is a recording of elephants voices

and it is an articulation or a phone calltion of sound captures blow 20 inherits it is below which himself hear and those sound have been captured by scientists and other folks and exceeded up so we can hear them i believe and i'm sure my colleagues building it is quite beautiful i recommend you close our eyes and listen to it is less than one minute.

>> (elephants making noises).

>> i'll end it under apologizing for the quality of sound technology isn't also lending itself easily thank you all for your time i strongly ask you to support this resolution and welcome the testimony from my colleagues and other organizations here as well. >> thank you very much rosemarie i appreciate it madam chair opium on item 2.

>> i have several public comment cards i'll hand them off. >> public comment will be two minutes start with rebecca lee and amy and (calling names). >> speak to the podium yes, that's fine. >> hi sorry i'm a little bit sick i'm a chinese-american and an immigrant myself a long time resident of district 3 that excludes chinatown i'm here to urge your support for the ab bill 96 many statewide and pacific islanders no supporting this resolution and many say noted the california pacific islander which is the statewide

body of api leaders from all the states as well as the passion, prejudice alliance a world winning alliance and their here to urge your support thank you. >> thank you very much >> next speaker and then the names i've called feel free if you'd like to listen up along the far wall. >> i'm amy linda resident in the city. >> speak closer to the microphone. >> i'm amy lining a resident in want city asking you to support the ab 96 bill. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi my name is jean in aim

the leading lead elephant keeper at the zoo i have the privilege of wall street those complex socially dynamic elephants not a day goes but they don't teach me something new whether it's the interaction and use the tools like a stick to scratch they're eagerly i'm challenged and complicated by their behavior on the forefront of elephant conservation biff on the the cutting-edge to taking care of those animals and travel to african to educate people of their compliekt 96 elephants with the wildlife society and the big foundation and march for elephants i've talked to folks

about the ivory trade i ivory comes from dead elephants and horns from dead rhinos i've been touched by faces to raise awareness in our own classroom when i tell the parents they're significant contributor to this trade their mortified we can't contribute to the end of those inonics beings thank you for your support and 7, 8, 9. >> thank you very much actually i'll call a few more names (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm christen i reside in san francisco's 7th district in 2009 while in a

warehouses bruising i was shocked to see a massive over 6 foot husk in a corner near the front door those couldn't be old i was aware that recording this to wildlife agency it was used also daniel styles of the defense council conduct a count of over one hundred vendor in la and the san francisco bay area this report noted the stock more than doubted and concluding over 80 percent of the ivory was illegal today i could easily go shopping and fill a large bag full of post 1977 ivory objects given the ivory trade among the

brutal butch e.r. when someone looked at the trade carved objects whether treating it forage those might be given identifications like stone, i know this because it happens to please pass this resolution in support of ending the ivory trade thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. . >> is that showing up. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm a homeowner on washington street in student sophisticating san francisco it is few things that defines san franciscans awhile raising how the ivory

sale in its complexity i encounter san franciscans that are uniformly shocked and appalled and acting a total ban will not be easy royals the importance a san francisco motivated by the experience of pulling streetcars uphill introduced our incongress cable cars that makes it is important to end the suffering and the nomination are social advocating the right to be regardless of race gender or species representatives of the cultural folks marched together protest the sale of irony it was the second largest in the world 0

stop this existence where we have cultural cooperates around the world without that there is no hope i saw an asian woman give information to the youth i say an example that is positive thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm pat hugh i've lived in san francisco since 198249 argument district thank you for hearing us i want to tell you a story about some folks in african in 2003 a number of ann lops were captured and brought to a small vinyl interceptor nervous milling about but that night a herd of elephants they encycled

the enclosure the the antelopes escaped the elephant sgoirpd disappeared into the night according the the polls among the majority of scientists we're under going the sixth largest existence in san francisco go 99 percent of current sxings is caused by huns this insures the eco system and helps our environment to withstand stress we need animals without them we'll surely die we ask you support ab 96 thank you very much. >> >> next speaker. >> good evening i was horror

inside to learn of the wide status as a nation number two ivory hub this status is inconsistent with san francisco's image as the compassionate and forward thinking city i applaud supervisor wiener and supervisor tang to shut down the trade in san francisco and restore us a leader we've heard that the ivory sold in san francisco is illegal there was a washington post article that was shown that this is a criminal illegal wildlife trafficking thus it is very important that once ab 96 is passed that the city and state make a commitment to exploring on a coordinated effort of the abdomen an 9 of

one of the problems they're not enforced this is a clearer more effective law to enforce that makes a difference only if the city and the state make a joint poster to cooperate with the police and the california of fish and wildlife to make sure those laws are understood by law enforcement that law enforcement is aware of the laws and the law enforcement is committed to enforcing them thank you for your attention to this issue. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm danny the director the marketing at san francisco zoo as you recall it is the home to the oldest black rhino she's made an important contribution she's had 15 of grandkids and two great, great grandkids the

zoo is proud of its with work with the black rhinos and thank you for your attention to this the san francisco zoo wants to support this ab 96 and the goal of this bill to save the rhinos and elephant not allowing the sale of parts of elephants this was formed in the wildlife criticized in which an average of 96 elephants are slaughtered and rhinos killed everyday the $200 billion industry and moos much of the eiry is illegal that, of course, the 96 caption

is calling for the obama caption to do this the same and this is important to enforce the law you thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm andrew the u.s. communication manager based on in san francisco our motto added san francisco is we focus on demand reduction campaign in china and vietnam we also rec recognize that the u.s. continues to be a large market for irony the second in the world and san francisco used to be a primary market we thank you, supervisor wiener and commissioner chan for your leadership we know first hand from our colleagues that government officials that business leaders are looking to what is happening in the u.s.

and the states as california we strongly support this resolution in support of ab 96 thank you very much and thank you very much mr. valentin. >> i'm pat valentine in a different capacity not as an ushering u urban activist but my 20 years work on the board in california i've learned over that period of time to effect change we have to change the dna of how people think about the animals and species this is a great step that the board of supervisors and at least this committee is taking in supporting ab 9 six the law has a two-fold purpose to eliminate the market for irony but send a strong message of where we stand in san francisco we ask you support ab 96 and thank you very much.

>> thank you, ms. stevens. >> commissioner. >> hi, i'm sally steven we advise the board on animal issues and at our last meeting in january on the 15 we talked about ab 96 and voted to support ab 96 and urge our elected officials to make sure it gets pass at the time the final reading of the commissioner weiner's resolution was not right but we have are in support of this resolution and urge you to support this resolution and do everything we can to support ab 96 you thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i'm kate i'm wondering how far this sanction of prohibition

will go we need to know a little bit more about the entire established marketplace in order to be effective just as historically one hundred and 50 years the irony highways were built on the trade it was lucrative i doubt it will make a big dent unless the person's who have profited in the trade have a new plan so san franciscans can understand the largest economic marketplace thank you very much. >> i have two more cards to call (calling names). >> good afternoon i'm sorry is ann rae a long time retained of san francisco my family arrived here one hundred years and learned a trade and used their

skills in the value of honest and hard work becomes the fabric of san francisco's economy i take pride to help the foundation of what i take to be a proud city this is the home to one of the biggest market to irony not only in the state but the entire country it is a heinous industry it is a bunch of dangerous carr tells once it destroys families not only elephant but human families as well as hundreds of rangers have died it is our tourism and it will fade away once the elephant are gone and the statutes are sold a few blocks from this room

i'm sure you'll agree our traditions are supporting the vulnerable certainly not violent terrorists it is in the 2, 3, 4 complete contrast when we avert our eyes from a trade stubborn from butchered elephants and the good news that you can control this and stop this today please support please i beg you to support ab 96 if that spaengz on behalf of the elephants and innos. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> we have a lot of weddings here and stuff. >> (laughter). good afternoon. i'm julie live in santa cruz i'm here as a vows

for el fanlts and rhinos prior to attending the gloeblg march in 2015 i was unaware that ivory was sold i was shocked in chinatown to see the stores overflowing with horns and illegal irony i have such a strong connection with elephants looking at a in the icy understood ear intelligence and sadness and debt i learned about the family beings we are killed at the a rate of 96 per day i felt compelled to end the insanity i started organizing maker for elephant in santa cruz i can'tful brown this there is not a total ban in 70 california

people assume that the poaching has stopped they've that watched programs showing the faces of elephants and rhinos their horns hawked off they see images of baby elephant reviewing to leave their mothers side i'm here to ask the city of san francisco second in imports in the united states pass the resolution in support of ab 96 i look to san francisco as a role model like santa cruz thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi esteemed board and esteemed public i'm sarah 28 year

resident in noah valley 24 years teaching for unified school district and national board certified teacher i wanted to describe two mutually executive views of the city view one a world war and sanctiony city tolerant and inclusive it's board of supervisors representing all it's major cities and city managing to work together excellent we have excellent animal human facilities in correcting the kindness and respect for animals shown by our patrons st. francis you, too san francisco complexity in the irony trade this past weeks chronicle recorded 28 hundred irony

saddles recorded in san francisco those are what made it to the books through our inaction to donate we know that elephant sloth is on our hands albeit it unwilling our silence breeds content how do we justify the use of opposing views which view shock - will the real san francisco please stand up thank you. >> thank you very much. >> is is there any public comment on item number 2 seeing none madam chair may we close public comment. >> thank you very much any public comment on this item? >> colleagues any additional discussions on this item seeing

none may i entertain a motion. >> shall i put my name. >> i'm sorry supervisor wiener. >> i want to thank everyone that came out for the presentation for all the very moving comments by the members of the public san francisco is a city we provided ourselves in being good environmental steward and not only good environmentalist about but on the leading edge and acting the way we want outside the to act around the country and world to make sure we have a sustainable future for the entire world we also are a city that deeply respects all beings on this earth and building in the humane

practice of animals 2, 3, 4 san francisco we support the agencies and nonprofits and it is a key value here in san francisco so i think for a lot of of us to know this city with the values we are also such a significant center of illegal trade and in irony and rhino horns i think frankly it's cilician when we see what is happening in african for those majestic animals that are key to the eco system their driven to the insdargsdz status we shouldn't have any part in fact we should be fighting it tooth and nail to end 0 this x

termination and first of all, thank the advocates it is going to be a long fight and want to thank speaker atkins and senator laura for taking the leadership to move this bill forward i know in the legislation this is been floating around inform a while and not gaining traction seeing the leadership in the legislator that's taken on the bill it has a shot this time and i think we have a diverse coalition so mr. taylor given san francisco's status as one of the leading centers of illegal irony trade in the country i think it sends a loud megs message for us as a city to say no and band it so colleagues, i ask for your support and madam chair i make a motion 20 forward item two to

the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you charger cowen i want to second that and thank the advocates that have done a lot of hard particularly the last year to bring this to surface and reach out to our office in march or april i hadn't known about this issue i know one of the policy interns was working with this group as well to support it i've learned a lot over the past couple of months it is important to pack e take the position to ban this trade i had no idea that san francisco was one the top city not hearing about the stories of rhinos and illegal e elephant issues around the world knowing

we can make a defensive in san francisco i'm happy to bring this forward. >> there's a motion made and seconded for this item number 2 to the full board with a positive recommendation that motion is unanimous i too like to take a moment and thank you for your tireless work thank you congratulations. >> (clapping.) madam clerk call item 23. >> it's an ordinance amending the planning code for the office conversion and landmark buildings. >> thank you colleagues i'm the author i want to remind the committee members this was passed last year this legislation establishes the floor controls to