expertise but i think it's important to have the rate payer and kupb seemer side of things. i think what you bring in terms of your operational experience at the academy is beneficial and believe based on some of the questions and answers provided about the conflicts of interest that you will be able to exercise that caution in terms of if there are potential conflicts. i personally love seeing just a normal regular resident who wants to contribute to our city and who is a rate payer and has experience of that in their job be a part of this. i think my question is i can't believe you want to do this, but really glad you are here and thank you for even considering this appointment. >> thank you, supervisor tang >> thank you, mr. kwan any last comments you'd like to make? >> i'm pumped, i'm very excited. i will put my shoel

ter to the wheel for this. i'm only one of five but i look forward to doing this. >> we are going to open this item for public comment and then move on with our discussion. i have a number of cards and if you can come up in the order your name is called. if we have a line it will be along this wall here. dan flannigan, followed by (calling names). >> good morning, supervisors, my name is dan flannigan, i am coming here speaking as the executive director of friends of urban forest. i know you have looked at a very impressive resume' and has a great amount of experience in managing a large organization here in san francisco but i'd

like to speak on behalf of my experience with ike. ike is ana awesome community organizer. we are working in district 4 to try to reduce as much sidewalks and concrete as possible and ike was very instrumental in trying to organize his neighborhood in trying to get enough people to buy into that program. both my -- two of my staff were working with him in this process, they came back and they elected him the superman of all community organizers because they said he was not only personable but deeply connected to all the people in his district. and so i think he actually brings two very interesting skill sets to this position on puc my experience in the past 3 years in working with the puc is an organization that's deeply committed to the community but also has a very deep commitment to scientific

analysis and trying to answer questions in a scientific way in order to plan for the long-term. and having someone who not only runs one of the preeminent organizations not only in san francisco but in the country that is based on science and that plus his community background really bodes extremely well for this position. i hope that you all support him. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors, my name is alex costanzo i want to tell you ike kwan is a man of extraordinary character and integrity. he is a brilliant and creative problem-solver and he's fun. i have 30 years of data because ike and i met in college. we were both a little skinnier then especially him

-- just saying -- but i have had the pleasure of watching this man become a devoted husband and father, i have watched him work hard to arrive in his career to lead world class organizations and i have had the pleasure of watching him remain humble through all these years, truly caring about the people, staying down to earth, being compassionate, sacrificially serving his community whether that meant being in the boardroom or the soup kitchen. i have also watched this xhi native, die hard cubs fan fall madly in love with the people of san francisco and the people in it, from dragon boats to the bi coalition, speaking out in public forums, ike has truly embraced the city and he's always making a difference. i serve on the board of directors for the sunset youth services and i have loved the work ike has been advocating at

the academy of sciences. on a personal note, ike has been a wonderful friend to my family and me. even through the difficult parts of my life he's been there, losing my vision and battling cancer. i can't imagine anyone who is more perfect in terms of representing me as a rate payer and my fellow san franciscoans. thank you. >> thank you very much next speaker, please. >> thank you, rules committee, for hearing us today, david zimmerman, i'm president of the inner sunset merchant's association as well as a resident of san francisco. getting to know ike the last few years has been a real privilege and pleasure. ike is an incredibly enthusiastic and energetic person, every problem we have tackled from small to large in our neighborhood, whether it's concerning his facility or the neighbors or our business district he's shown just a real humility and

an interest in getting to know the problem, getting to know the situation. he's taken an incredible amount of time to immerse himself in our district, coming to our sunday street fairs and just mingling with people and talking to them coming to our events and functions and being a presence has been really important. but that's secondary. ike professionally is an incredible man but personally he's a very likable, energetic, understanding caring person. he really truly wants to get to know a person in front of them and listen to their story and help them if he can and i've seen this in many different avenues and instances. and it shows me and it demonstrates to me that, yes, a chicago native can come into this city and embrace it and love it and call the city his own and want to be

an advocate on so many different levels, from fighting with the park alliance, his own employees and the neighbors in his district, he is very passionate in making sure their voices are heard. i don't see any issues or any conflicts in the sense that ike is a very independent person. just the way he speaks and the way he carries himself, you get a feeling and an understanding this man is not simply out looking for a political position, he truly is looking to improve the situation around him. that's all i have to say. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you very much for this opportunity to speak before you. my name is deborah lee dobers i am here to endorse mr. ike kwan as a superb candidate for the rate payer

advocate seat. i want to speak to ike's ethical groundedness, his career at the academy of sciences fully embraces the personal add vocation as a steward of the environment. i trust ike. his decisions and actions align with his espoused beliefs, from his position as general manager aacademy to quite frankly growing his own living roof on his daughter's clubhouse. ike, as you noticed, is a very honest and skillful communicator, very comfortable as a collaborator, appreciates different viewpoints, recognizes how issues play out in real life. ike has the personal ability to form coalitions. ike's greatest vested interest really is his family, his two

children. if we are to work together to provide a healthy sustainable environment for the future of our children then we need to walk our talk. ike has a vision the design of a cost-effective clean power san francisco. the commission has the responsibility to design and implement strategies ensuring universal access for consumers. exciting times. ike is prepared. i hope you will forward his nomination to the full board for approval. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. before the next speaker we'd like to call a few more cards, (calling names) please come forward. >> good morning, members, my

name is carlos jimenez, i am both a city rate payer and home owner in your district, supervisor avalos. i live in the crocker amazon district. i have known ike for several years and as i was thinking of what i wanted to say on his behalf i noted a thread running through some of the questions you were asking. it was obviously the intent of those what you were looking for, what your concerns are, and so the one thing i want to talk about ike is both his character and integrity. and i think more than anything else that will determine whether or not he's a person who is going to cave to particular interests or pursue his own self-interest in a public role such as this one. my experience with ike has been in something relatively thankless. we have served together for several years in our church in what is called a

parking and traffic team which means that every sunday in the mission district we've been out there in all weathers, in multiple locations, dealing with whatever comes our way. it's not a role that a man in his position with his professional expertise would naturally gravitate to, but one of the things i see we're looking for here and certainly that i would twoopbt see on the commission is a person who is not self-interested, who will actually sacrifice both time and energy for the task at hand and in that regard working alongside ike for these several years i can say, as alex costanza said, this is a man of character and integrity that i would be proud to have represent me on the commission. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hi my name is cameron, i've been in san francisco for 22 years, something like that,

been here a long time. so i can say as someone moves into the city, as someone who's been here a long time, okay, is this person going to help us or is he just going to do his thing? ike is someone who really cares about the city. he's really come in and taken on our culture and lifestyle here. i went for a ride in his electric car and he sold me on that one. you know but even just like he was telling me about how, you know, energy saving and the garden on the roof of his daughter's play house and when he talks about these things, you know, when you hear someone talk about their bills on energy saving, it's not normally the most interesting thing in the world, but baes he's so passionate about this kind of thing, i was in it. i was, like dude tell me more. i love ike as a person, i love

the way that he treats me and i love the way he treats my children and my wife and i think he genuinely cares about people. there is not a bunch of self-interest involved when he does things. he wants to know your story, he wants to know about you and like you said, he looks at the facts of things and that's what he does in his personal life and i think he's going to be great in this role. so, yeah ike, love you, man, and thank you for letting me talk and i'm done. >> great. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors, eric burk, san francisco green party and our city sf first of all i want to preface my statements by saying ike kwan is obviously an outstanding individual with a lot of experience and integrity so my remarks later don't have anything to do with ike kwan,

and if he were up for the at large seat or the environmental seat of the sfpuc i very likely would be in front of you saying please appoint this man, especially after what he has made public about clean power sf but i also was one of the people who worked hard in 2008 to pass prop e and when the voters passed prop e it was because the san francisco puc was out of control and that is why it has taken us over 10 years to bring this forward. voters when they passed prop e did not pass a resolution statement, they passed a law which has requirements for the seats. and for seat 2, the requirement is that the candidate must have experience in rate payer advocacy. i believe ike is sincere in his

fire for rate payer advocacy, and sincere when he said he would defend it, but unfortunately the voters were clear. i would like to see this candidate come up for perhaps a future seat on the puc but not this one because we cannot take a law the voters passed and ignore it. the board set a precedent already in 2008 by rejecting an appointee. i ask you to follow the law today, send this to the full board without recommendation and let them, as prop e dictates, make a recommendation. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> hello, supervisors my name is jed holtzman. i'd like to thank you all for the robust questioning that we heard here today as well as the robust commitment to clean power sf

that we heard from the nominee. as prop e of 2008 reads it does indicate that the seat should have some subject matter experience in water and environment and consumer advocacy, but i am not an attorney and i guess that issue would be left up to the city attorney's office ultimately. if we are going to decide that the seat should be available for anyone who would engage in consumer or rate payer advocacy, we should at least view this as the people's seat on the puc of all of them this is the people's seat and we should keep that in mind. also given his focus on rate payer and consumer advocacy it would be the most important of the 5 on moving forward on energy program which i think is one of the main things the puc

will be focused on the next couple years. so this appointment is very important and i appreciate your attention to it. i would like to point out given some of the conversation that happened in questioning, prop b earlier this year was put on the ballot by supervisor weiner, among others, and it was widely reported that the mayor's office contacted the supporters the supervisors who were supporting that proposition, and basically made it clear that their favorite programs would face funding issues if they went against the mayor on this. so in discussions about the funding for the california academy and the steinhart aquarium, i think the nominee should be prepared for that sort of eventuality. >> thank yo. >> only

>> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department

of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many

after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote

drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any

preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this a manual can opener your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here.

>> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to

secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building

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