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 limit the amount of office space in believes that are dedicated as a historic landmark it was amended to incorporate the recommendations of the planning commission and unanimously recommend the approval of that legislation let's take public comment on this item any public comment on item 3? okay seeing none, public comment is closed at this time colleagues any further discussion all right. motion made by supervisor kim for a with a positive recommendation seconded by supervisor wiener this motion passes unanimously thank you very much without objection madam clerk call item 4 >> item 4 a hearing on the

pavement of parks program. >> great, thank you thank you, supervisor wiener is the author of this item and will present and lead the discussion. >> thank you, madam chair i called for this hearing on the xachlt program to receive an update on the program how it's pressed and this champs and make sure it is succeeding in the philanthropy as i'll recall the pavements and parks program is a innovative program that was start in san francisco about five or six years to make sure that we are creating great new public spaces both by taking underutilized street spaces and thank you for the opportunity it into plaza spaces and one the great parts about the new urban itching we're seeing in san francisco and throughout the country is a

renewed understanding of public space and our park system and large amazing parks are critical it is also important to have those smaller neighborhood gaeshth spaces whether a park let or plaza whatever having terrific you public space in the middle of a neighborhood can have positive benefits and add to the vibrancy of the neighborhood we want to insure that the program succeeds you've called for the hearing today and i'd like to with the chairs permission ask the gentleman from the planning department to provide an update from the department on the program. >> great, thank you welcome we appreciate our presentation. >> thank you, supervisor for

hearing us today, we're very excited about the opportunity to present 0 you today an update on the parks program i'm here with another clearing up from the department from the planning department and we should be joined by public works cal and the mta staff so i'm sure you're aware of we're an intelligence agency group we work together on this program die i'd like to give you an update on the program and go through the project before you and give some case studies and we close the presentation with our strategic plan that illustrates our goals for the next 10 years sorry so the program is based on the idea we think about our streets our san

francisco streets the land of 3 percent of land of the city is made up of streets so this presents an excited opportunity to we think streets as a resources for our public spaces as supervisor wiener was saying they're not only parks and open spaces but smaller spaces that make life to improving people's lives your general strategy in the this program so really look at short time action and how this small project with the short timeline can effect long term changes in the city we'll see in a few minutes our program seeks the larger policy fraction of the city the pedestrian

safety called for one park plaza per year and one circle and this is exactly what we've been working on in the past years of the program also our work is based on the plan this it talks about the streets and illustrates how it is designed in the future and guides new streets design our goals are many and we mostly our baseline is working with the community we foster neighborhood interaction and make sure that the neighbors work together and bring the program acts as a catalyst for neighborhood to grow and become stronger community we courage

transportation we looked at the pedestrian flows and bicycle and transit first policy and all this is enter would have been in the program we imagine the potential of public streets and vision zero the mayor for vision zero we also, of course foster the approach and courage the public safety in our neighborhood we support the local businesses and are strong with partnerships and working with the stewards so businesses are part of the process so we also support the local business we have the program has many functions and generally our idea and our work is reidentified and facilitated through the community issues to create the public spaces we assess the

potential we look at the geography equity and moetdz modes of transportation below our capacity to the strpd we offer the design and work with all the agencies of the city and the elected offices and the stakeholders we do enforce the very thorough and strong standards design standards for operations maintenance also and we do quality controls to look at post elevations and provide leadership nationwide as you'll see in the rest of the presentation our criteria they're both physical and social so it is important to us to look at places that have very wide roadways that are underutilized and look at the neighbors the

green spaces or they have lack of greening in general and we also take advantage of the leadership to improve public safety we want to make sure that any projects we initiative is is strong i want to ask robin to present another part of the presentation were going back over the principles and we'll talk about our project portfolio. >> good afternoon, supervisors so as laurie mentioned be moving forward we're meticulous about examining where in san francisco we can focus our effort to maximize our goals of providing open space throughout the city this past year the paperwork alliance helped us to