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supervisors and asked him to look at hunters view with the contract for the public housing made the romance smaller you can't especially get a big sized bed they were supposed to build a laundry in the room in the apartment they didn't do that everything they've promised she was going to do didn't do a thing i'm not say you potential but the city keep open giving the same people who don't do the right thing to do for the san francisco million dollars and billions of you give away why do you giving me some of the money you're giving to them why do you hire me to watchful dog them you need something that be going to work for you commissioners honey
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it is sad i know you're all laughing but i'll be telling the truth the people in the community they need our support your help think listen to me make sure baby you lemon know when the next mooing is your staff you got good staff but they can't do wasn't they want to do because someone telling them they've got to do xyz good afternoon, commissioners good afternoon, commissioners memoriams is delores i stand to support the statements that mr. norm made they will be coming before my subcommittee to explain some of the situations they're going
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through but we do want to make sure your small businesses be able to get a pious of the pie i'm hearing that is not happen my other concern is that, yes, we have affordable housing and we have young people who we have instructed get a good education they've got master degrees stee ph.d and yet nothing for them in the housing marketed my granddaughter has a master degree and working think a ph.d can't bow a house in san francisco there's a couple of other young people many in my church who reader saved money thought they could bow property on parcel a but if you don't have children not a family you can be a
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successful young person we seem to reward those who expectant step up to the plate and punish those are who this i'm hoping somehow you'll create something for that group of people that did what they noted to side to be successful paying their taxes and doing the right thing and other group of people those that are 18 and no longer can be in this system and now they're a bunch of attorneys at law we're throwing them out there should be be some dormitory situation when we loaf their farther parents they're not ready to face what they're going to face as young adults i'd like to see
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a dormitory set up with a house mother and father to help them i'm hoping that you'll listen to me and put that on the plate thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners executive director director bohe and again with 3 comments first to just express my support for mr. foreman he represents not only himself but a delegation of other african-american and asian pacific islander and hispanic contracts that are all over in the bay area they're great contractor and certainly they should be participating in some of those mega projects at
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hunters point shipyard itself sick thing thank you, commissioner for enlisting my church to help with the marketing and outreach i'd like to could that and i think i could be that value my church is at ground zero do grandmothers outreaching going doibd and letting people know what is going on with the different sections come up to provide affordable housing thirds item i have is regarding any church which is in the bay area arrest more more than 60 years before they started with the building former executive director fred booking well started doing helping us overcome some the problems outs there we were
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severely impacted too the development came through and literally put us in the hole they built the street around us and promised to elevate the church they made a lot of promises and didn't do anything fred helped us with safety feature prior to that people failing down with serious injuries that is only the giving up i'm hoping the commission will continue to enlargementus and a ask you seriously consider that thank you very much and have a wonderful evening. >> thank you no more spordz or speaker card. >> okay. thank you everyone for your comment the commission
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is unable to answer the comment it's not be directed but there is comments and the commission may have questions male call the next time item. >> item 78 report of chair. >> i don't have is report today. >> next time is item 8 report of executive director madam director. >> commissioners tomorrow i'm sure you're aware of everyone is welcome the grand opening ceremony for 1184 second street the gateway to motorbike as we discussions earlier well over one thousand units of stroll low income senior and middle-income housing and now family heirs with 2 point and 61 children for the 200 plus homes they're
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actually for families that are formally homeless through human sires and the city awhile ocii provided the capital the bulk of the capital the city is providing the subsidies so the grand opening open to the public 11:00 a.m. fourth and channel a ball game that happens earlier so arrive earlier take public transit and or carpool parking often the street limited and on street comboints parking lot but maybe tailgating and prigs in effect to that concludes my report. >> any card on the director's
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report. >> please call the next item. >> the nobody is item 8 commissioners questioning madam chair. >> commissioner singh. >> yeah. thank you planning department i really want the mr. normal should be helped much as we can i know one ladies her husband diode recently and feel bad they were good friends and so thirdly, i'm not going to be at the next meeting but out of town. >> okay. thank you. >> any matters? >> i just want to piggyback on and on on what commissioner singh said we've been for years
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trying to look to see how to make that work for our community and if it is not happening i know leaving up to the project starting you you can we kept saying hire local businesses and told yes yes, yes and i think now that things have been sort of okayed and things are motivational it may not be happening or may not happen to the degree we want it to happen we need to talk to our partners you know whether we have a conversation with them where a few of us not a quorum issue by sit down and talk about what it means to be a go partner folks shouldn't have to struggle to build their own city and i hope
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we can do something so maybe claude you didn't i can't and tiffany a meeting with the chairwoman to discuss what we can do i don't want to violate quorum issues so know who we have to bring in let's help out but time is of the essence time is money especially for small businesses so i don't think we need to wait a month or two or three let's see look at it within the next week or two to figure out if theirs struggling you know they shouldn't have to struggle we should enforce our authority on that to make sure that is done right we want to do the right thing so let's just try to do it within the next
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week prefshl and figure out how to do that whatever we can do thank you. >> commissioner mondejar. >> yes. i echo with sxhufrtd and commissioner singh said to look at into mr. norman's situation. >> what we can do to help and what that means because it sound like a hardship issue i would basically bring up a couple of points the same issue the reason i asked about whether the system tracks payments or awards i asked for a report cards whether their primary contractors is precisely to get at those issues when you know i'm not going to make a big statement but including our
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small business program back on the calendar i noticed here i think it is early adjoin on the forward-looking calendar that's basically, if i well for lack of a better term toikt up, if you will that mirrors the st. city but on the forward locking calendar hunters point shipyard and candle stick point an just want to discuss performance by lamar on community benefits it seems like it is front and center to the issue but i think what we can do before then the thing i brought up maybe not an audit but a report on those issues because as we've said that is one thing to see the
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goals are being met at the macro 11 but when i drill down it is liquor the difficulty it might look go and rosy but when you drilled it may not be pretty that's what i care about i appreciate the comments i hordes those comments for the past month that's why i keep bring it up to the commission so i'm glad that someone was not making that up i appreciate the comment i don't know what i have of the report locate specifically a mini audit performance audit i don't know but something we should be able to see closely or management audit but a performance audit. >> i was thinking i totally
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agree an audit would work in terms of the immediate future what do we need to send a clear message and maybe what we do is what upcoming we meet with you know have a meeting with lamar with the certain amount of commissioners bring the board of supervisors president london i remember when london was on remote we talked about this and said we want to make sure that people are getting that poise because it is city resources that made this whole thing happen what can we do and you know that's why i'm glad our here london - london but glad we have the commission as well the staff that shares that
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deserve to make sure that you know it worked and you know maybe be more vigilant but maybe we bring in london and . >> supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen and where we met with the lamar and say look this is what we're hearing make maybe a side meeting with the contractors please tells you our story but time is of the essence i totally agree. >> i agree i wasn't saying wore o one for the other a series of moseying or a look you know i don't want maybe audit is too strong of a word that's where i get to the issue of payments are those numbers truly accurate the answer to be yes, but bear bones
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that raise all the possum issues and all the stuff you can't burden the their not room to grow i know we're probable going beyond the- i apologize so okay. thank you. >> next item. >> the the next order of business is item closed session. >> there is no one. >> the nobody is item 11 adjournment madam chair. >> yes. the meeting is adjourned at 455 thank you, everyone
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>> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook give them $20 and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients
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found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood,
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and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy tomatoy spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh
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ingredients whatever is in season and local. those juicy fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at
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the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20
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budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. coyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible.
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you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where
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all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures so this is
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really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program.
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it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program.
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>> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city behind the
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houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography.
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>> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. >> welcome to the cinco