los angeles last year so she could be supported by her brother and her family. i hope that she will see today's broadcast and know that we appreciate her, we thank her for pushing for equality. for everyone and we hope that she lives a long, healthy, and prosperous life. we want to thank her from the bottom of my heart for her is he service. the rest i submit. >> it will is now 33:0 3:33. >> just in time. i would like to ask members of the public to make room for our special ones entering the -- honoraries making it into our chamber. this is small business week and we'll do a number of

commendations for small business week. we'll wait until everyone gets in and gets settled. if there are members of the public waiting on a item. we'll do small business commendations. it will take us anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. your item will not be discussed nal time. again, if you could please make room for our small business award o honoraries. we'll appreciate that. colleagues, it's time for our 3:30 special commendation for small business week. small businesses are the backbone of our economy. many are owned by generations of san franciscans and many of those businesses bring our community together. this week is a time for the city and county of san francisco to honor the contribution and achievements of san francisco small business owners. i would like to welcome at this

time the president of the small business commission mark dwight to provide opening remarks. mr. dwight, thank you for being here. >> thank you. good afternoon supervisors. as supervisor breed mentions i'm mark dwight president of the small business commission. and i'm a small business owner here in san francisco. it is an honor to be here today to help recognize the contribution of small businesses as e as part of small business week 2016. small business week is a collaboration among our city government specifically the office of economic and workforce development and the office of small business. the san francisco chamber of commerce and the federal small business administration. i'd like to acknowledge the small business administration district director mark quinn. my fellow commissioners steve adams, irene yee ryley.

kathleen duly. paul sar caiz yum and marianne zakunis and karen colombo of the chamber of commerce. san francisco launched small business week last night with nearly a thousand attending. this year's theme is celebrate small businesses tapping into opportunities. san francisco fosters a unique entrepreneurial environment. as i tell my colleagues, if you can tap into tourism and tech, you might have a business proposition. the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects,

accountants. florists designers and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of services including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco.

the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom checklists. thank you all supervisors for your support in these efforts. small businesses are the backbone of our neighborhood corridors providing for the needs and residents alike. they strife when the city strug -- they thrive when the city thrives and struggle when the city struggles. affordability impacts not only residents, but small business owners as well. competition for commercial space rising rents, displacement and shrinking profit margins are the realities of today as small business owners in san francisco. the office of smiewl business are thankful for the many close partnerships they have developed with members of the board of supervisors and the mayor's

office. this will allow to us mitigate small business challenges. supervisors, thawnch for your support of last year's $6.7 million budget. i think that's b. a billion dollars budget. this allowed us to tap into a network of services from the office of small businesses and invest in neighborhoods programs. the city's hosting of the the small business development center. these programs are essential to ensuring small businesses star start, stay and grow in san francisco. i want to highlight a few key legislative accomplishments that were achieved together along with the input of small businesses from supervisor tang's legislation to access compliance to our businesses providing all gender restrooms and taking one more step in achieving the zero waste goal with the reduction of poly

stiernine products. business products. we thank you for your support in establishing the program manager commission. the commission looks forward to building the prej registry and highlighting the thousands of businesses crucial to san francisco's list tri and legacy and entrepreneurial spisht. spirit. today focuses on businesses you have chosen for recognition. you've nominated a range of wonderful businesses integral to our city. they bring viefersity, vibrancy and goods and services to the neighborhood ever san diego. there arof neighborhoods offer san francisco. let me thank them for haul they do to the city and visitors to our city and recognize that they represent the continuation of the american dream.

the board ever supervisors is a signature event. it provides a rare opportunity to accept away from desks, counters and kitchens allowing us the chance to recognize them for their hard work and central importance in sa san francisco's economy and to be recognized not only here but among their peers to show up. thank you for the special opportunity to show appreciation for the honoraries. we look forward to our continued collaboration to nurture, elevate and retain san francisco's small businesses. >> thank you. and thank you for being here today. colleagues, before we begin, waint to remind my colleagues that you have a total of five minutes for each of your commendations. so please try and keep your remarks brief so that your honoraries have an opportunity to speak and with that, we'll be

following the order of roll call beginning with supervisor scott wiener. which i'm excited that he's honoring mitchell's ice cream and i hope they brought tasty treats with them today. >> she stole my thunder. so colleagues today, i have the privilege of honoring as you heard, an amazing san francisco institution, mitchell's ice cream as honorary for small business week and we have with us here today linda and brian mitchell. as you know, colleagues, i hope you've all been there. mitchell's ice cream is a truly amazing place for anyone who loves ice cream. featuring 4 40 flavors. 16% burt fat. it's been a neighborhood favorite for over 60 years now.

it's not just a landmark in our district, but for all of san francisco. of course, as we learn and our condolences in larry mitchell's passing may 12, it's a huge loss for the family and city. i know he was involved in the business until close to the end. this was his baby in so many ways. he's a hero in tumorrer terms of actually being able to run a business successfully for a very, very long time. a business that is as vibrant and vital as it was 50 years ago. we'll miss him and sincere condolences. the business we are going to

adjourn the board meeting today in his memory. we want to make sure we're sending good energy from city hall to the family and to -- he's looking down on us i know. larry was a third generation san franciscan. came from a family of hard-working entrepreneurs. hay father ran a dairy in diamond heights back when it was not the residential neighborhood it is today and taught himself how to make ice cream at a young age. he met his future wife claire in 1948. just a few years later, he along with his brother jack cofounded mitchell's ice cream. in the early 1960s, larry began experimenting with new flavors to expand upon the traditional vanilla, chocolate and strawberry palt o pallet with flavors such as mango and yams and afte avocado.

to make sure they stay on the cutting edge. larry bought out jack's share of the business in the 1980s and managing the day-to-day operation unless two years ago. remembered by his family and colleagues as an unassuming handy man. he left behind a legacy continued today by linda and brian with us today and he's survived by his beloved wife claire and his daughter teresa as well. so congratulations and welcome to the board ever supervisors. if you want to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you. i wish they had told us we were supposed to bring ice cream. i would have brought gallons and gallons. oh, gosh! >> don't worry, i'll stop by. >> just ask for me. thank you.

this ward is bittersweet for my sister and i. as you know, our father and founder passed on may 12 lt. we told him about it. he knew about it. he was thrilled. he had a big smile on his face. he was very proud to win it and certainly he would be here to accept it if he could have. this award is a lasting tribute to a man who along with his brother had eye vision and that vision was to make a good ice cream. and in turn, have people enjoy it which they have. something so simple that it's really provided so many fond memories. to everybody that's come. thousands of people that have come. he was so proud when people would tell him, many, many people that will the first place they'd come after picking up relatives at the airport was to get a cone at mitchells before they went home.

that was something to be proud of. so, we thank you very much. we are a honored and i know he's smiling down from heaven right now. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you again, and congratulations. we're so grateful to your father for the business that he ran for over 50 years in the great city and county of san francisco. it's made a lot of people smile. he will be dearly missed and thank you for being here today with us. with that, supervisor yee from district seven. >> thank you, president breed. i want to congratulations the mitchell's institution. i've only had 40 years of eating ice cream there. i missed out on 20 others. i am proud to honor nancy and michael, owners of one of the last family owned gas stations in my districts.

it's twin peaks auto care on portola drive. i keep seeing you. last week you came here for the legacy business and then when my office hosted the small business summit in district seven, michael was there. that's the type of people you guys are. you're constantly involved with the community. they've owned the station for over 30 years, since 1985. is it is the only station serving the midtown ter yas diamond heights miralomaa forest hills neighborhoods for over one to three miles in any direction. small businesses are the heart of san francisco's economy. my on r -- my honorary is the heart and soul of the twin

peak's neighborhoods. you don't think of gas stations as a place where people go and see each other and talk to each other. it's almost like there is a coul coffee shop there. i see people coming there and chatting to each other. it's great place and what i call a community gem. last fall when their lease was at risk, of expiring, it's a testament of the type of support they have. hundreds of community members called and e-mailed my office and drafted petitions to support the savings of twin peaks auto care kidd personally listened to numerous support stories of the community role and what it played in providing customized service. because of this commitment to the community, i'm so glad my office was able to work with the

dppt of real estate and extend their lease so that they could continue to serve our community for another five years. and have an option to extend their lease for another five years. because of this extension, only because of this extension today that i can actually be able to honor the valuable community small business of twin peaks auto care. thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you very much supervisor yee and supervisors in the office of small business. it's an honor for us to receive this. we love our city and love our community. just being recognized is of utmost importance. to small businesses like ourselves, it gives us the extra

umph going. you have a bigger, wider community not just your neighborhood but other people as well. thank you very much. >> thank you and congratulations again. with that. i'd like to acknowledge the supervisor from district 11. supervisor john avalos. >> i'm here to honor george and ed nazra as well as gary tonly.

for small business week i'm honoring two businesses in my district. the last two familia family owned pharmacies. central drugstore and daniel's pharmacy. this is ed and george nazra from daniel's pharmacy. jerry tonellie couldn't be here today. central drug has been at the same location at mission and santa rosa in 1928 with them taking over in 1965. injury continues to run the operation there. teed he's the head pharmacist. central drug is known for their friendly atmosphere and customer service. they're more than a legacy business. they're a community business.

the same can be said for the business here today, daniel's pharmacy. family-owned and operated, daniel's has been serving the community on geneva avenue in london since 1950. ed and george nazra who are here today have built a reputation for excellent public service. they're part of the good neighbor network ad should be called the great neighborhood pharmacy. they have everything you need to manage your health from wheelchairs to beds to orthopedic products. they provides personalized attention and take care of their customers from packing medication bu by dose to delivery. of this a store, bill payment center. you can even reload your clipper card here. ed takes community service seriously and his staff have a

reputation for being efficient, professional and very compassionate. they also support the community at large. they maintain a beautiful store and have installed sidewalk gardens which help soften and beautify a busy corridor. i hope they continue to serve the area for many years dom. just recently across the street, the nazras bought a property that was blighted where ther there were all kinds of illis it activity going -- illicit opportunity. i -- eu8is it activities going on there. both central drug and daniel's pharmacy has survived where there are two walgreens pharmacies close by. half a block away from daniels is a wahl greens an--walgreens.

the strength is so strong that the fear of the walgreens take them out has been unsubstantiated. a block away is another walgreens and the central drug has been able to survive there. the good pharmacy network is alive and strong based on your efforts and connectedness to the community. i want to thank this is small business month to celebrate your store and work in the community. if you have any words, please share. >> supervisor avalos, we appreciate you and recommending us. we have been a family-run business. my brothers and sister, it's

still family-run. i want to thank all of you supervisors for recognizing the independence throughout the city. for the cornerstone of how comerk merk cas built. small independent. thank you very much and thank to the board. [applause] [applause] >> congratulations again. okay. it's now my turn. i'm excited to honor mr. david zimmerman who is from the inner

sunset neighborhood and he owns black [inaudible] which i'm sure many of you hide out from time to time. he's the owner of blackthorn sports bar that provides a prime location to enjoy sporting events and cheer on many of our bay area teams. it hosts trivia night, karaoke and a pool league every wook. it's a wonderful place to hang out and showcase your flents. david is a native san franciscan. his father is a retired judge of northern california. his mother was deputy public defender here in the city of -- county of san francisco. grace. public service seems to clearly run in his family. for the past four years david has served as president of the inner sunset merchants

association. he's been working hard with the community to create a green benefits district for the inner sunset which will provide additional resources to maintain and improve parks. sidewalks and open space? the neighborhood. david works with the inner sunset park neighbors. each year to put together the inner sunset sundays, a series of big block parties where neighbors can meet oach each other and enjoy each other's company. it's one of my favorite events and last time we enjoyed inner sunset sundays, supervisor katy tang joined us as well. on top of that, he is a member of the ucsf community advisory group where he serves as access point for public and advises the university on common concerns. david is a wonderful leader in the community and i'm proud to know him as a friend and

recognize him here today as the honorary for district five for small business week. congratulations david. and thank you so much. >> thank you so much for the honor, president breed. thank you to the board for taking your time to honor these small business owners that work so hard and spend so much time and effort to preserve their communities and chemo them unique and vibrant. i wasm want to thank the board. as a native san franciscan some of my cherished memories were spent in cliff's variety and small businesses. i want to thank you all for your work and london bride's office for working with the inner sunset parks and neighbors and merchants. with all the issues that came before us. for all of that, i thank you and

thank you for this honor and accommodation. >> all right, getting back to the rest of our honoraries, we have an additional list of folks. here today, and we are going to move to supervisor campos.

>> thank you. one of -- even though mimpal's ice oo cream is in district eight. those of us who live in district nine, we consider it part of the community. next, i am honor add and proud to call upon a group of folks from good life grocery, they can come up. anyone who knows anything about vernal heights knows the important role that good life place. this is in vernal heights. good life first opened in supervisor cohen's district in 1974. then in 1976 it was taken over. and they have a been running it ever since.

in 1991, good life opened on courtland avenue here in vernal heights. if you knew -- if you saw what vernal looked and courtland looked at the time, you wouldn't recognize it. can there were hardly any stores on that block. and i think it's probably fair to say the neighborhood was blighted at the time. good life certainly brought traffic, it activated that corridor and quite frankly is widely credited with turning courtland into what it is today. it wouldn't be the vibrant place that it is without the good life. i'm proud to note that the good life is an employee-owned business. currently employees own 30% of the shares of the company. i know that they're working to get to being 100 percent employee owned. there are currently 35 employee

owners at the good life. workers become -- vested in the company after working there two and a half years. many of the employees have been with the company more than 10 years. you can see them here. in fact, in addition to karen and lester, there are 10 good life owners who are here. and i want to make sure i mention that because when we honor the ownership, we honor them. samantha, lorne, juan torres. maria navarro. sam yu. jesus hernandez. keith gardner. and sman that, i wanted to highlight samantha's story. samantha started with good life when she was 17 years old. she started bagging groceries.

more than a decade later, she is now the store manager and general operator of the store. good life is very proud of offering true career advancement opportunities for its employees, owners, like samantha. and in addition to presenting this honor to good life, i'm very excited to announce that we'll be nominating them shortly to be a legacy business and as was noatd earlier, the legacy business registry ensures the protection of small businesses that are as part of -- critical part of san francisco as any. it would not be vernal heights without the good life and it wouldn't be san francisco without so many of these businesses. supporting historic businesses like good life is really what

the business -- legacy business registry is about. the other thing i would say about the good life, as a resident of vernal heights, it's not just what the business does as a business, but the involvement in the community. it becomes a focal point for the community. and i think that i got to know a lot more about vernal heights because of getting to know the good life and what it has meant. i know you can't think of vernal heights without the good life and i'm honored that it's in my district and in my neighborhood and today it's truly a special treat for me to recognize the good life in small business week here in the city and county of san francisco. i'll turn it over to you. [applause] >> thank you ver very, very

much. thank you for honoring small business in small business week. supervisor campos and malia, thank you so much for always being there when a small store needs to know the answers to so many questions these day. when i heard that we were being honored. i asked who do i bring in they said bring all owners. i said i can't bring all owners because my husband tells me there is now 40 plus owners and someone has to run both stores while we're here. i want to say that i maybe speaking -- i may be speak, but it's the people behind me that are essential in the day-to-day operations. from lorne and tom who have been with me for 23 years and jesus who has been here 23 years, the others here 10, 12, 14 years,

it's a testament to how to run a good business, how to be involved with your coworkers and community. it's these people behind me that are honored today. and i'm honored also to be in the presence of the other businesses that have been brought forward. it's amazing in a world where we think it's always corporate, but small business is the backbone and small business is where you really know your community and your coworkers and i thank very much for this honor. [applause]

>> come closer now. >> thank you an congratulations. with that, i'd like to recognize the supervisor from district 10. malia cohen. >> thank you very much. congratulations to all the awardees being recognize today. in may 2014 we formed a bay view steering committee to promote the vision of the third street

neighborhood or door. it contains representations of -- business owners, property own wrs a specific working focus on economic development and the issues that have had an impact on implementing the strategies to support, promote and celebrate local businesses particularly those on the third street corridor in the bayview community. this a amazing collaboration of small businesses has been working day and night to ensure that the third street emergent corridor becomes a vital and bustling corridor as it was in the past. i want to recognize the mayor's office who has been my partner this he ever did he ever and working closely with edot to help move the work ford. i'd like to bring forward and standing before you is earl

shattucks -- he is one of a handful of many community threersd stepped up to fill in the gap to partner with the city, to partner with my office and partner with the business as long the corridor to chair edot and i want him to' a couple of words on why this organization was organized to just share with us the beginning part of edot and how it came possible about and more importantly your mission. >> thank you. real quick, i want to acknowledge the mitchells as well. i have at least 40 pounds of rocky road ice cream on this body here. edot was found as economic development on third. we were informed along with supervisor cohen and the office of workforce development, they

reached out to our community, business owners along the corridor to put together a group to figure out how that we can grow our third street corridor. as all of you know, it's important that your business corridor reflect your community and what your community looks like. and we have a bit of a ways to go. we had a few challenges, but now we have a tremendous amount of opportunity and we have incredible board members in place. with supervisor cohen's leadership, of cost. joaquin who always answer mice text, thank you to you all and we wouldn't be here without ow or moving us forward and marsha for herding us around. we're all at peace with each other and we have the same goal to move third street along. i hope you'll join us on the third street corridor.

if any one of you are looking for an election office, i have two vacancies on third street. please come and see me. >> thank you, it's a privilege to celebrate the 12th annual san francisco small business week by recognizing the economic development on third street. >> congratulations. all rightnext up supervisor from district two. >> colleagues, i have the honor

to recognize someone in the market, a small business inside district two that is truly the fabric of a neighborhood. that is ellie here, ellie and the van teen valentino market. he immigrated from lebanon and came to the united states in 1988. he has been fabric or part of the fabric of our neighborhood for so many years. he started working on union street as a clerk in the grocery store in the early 1990s. 10 years later with the help of friends, he purchased the valentino market where he has been serving and giving back to our neighborhood for the last 25 years. ellie has built a lot more than a corner grocery store. we've been losing so many of them in san francisco. this is one of the true remaining ones which you might think of truly is the heart and soul of our small business

community in san francisco. but it's so much more than a place to buy groceries, it's a place for neighbors to gather for people to meet every time i drop by ellie is hanging out and spending time from someone else from the neighborhood and our community. he celebrates local's birthdays in the store and participants in the easter parade. he's all about service to his customers. i first got to know him when i first ran for office. our campaign headquarters was a block away. every day i would come down and buy something from ellie's store. itch neve store. i have never met a more mummer humble or salt of the earth person than ellie. he's been able -- i've been able to see what an integral part of the neighborhood he is and has become over the years.

ellie, i want to just honor you, to say thank you for all you do for our neighborhood and the city of san francisco. you are the heart and soul of what we talk about when she say small business. i want to thanks for all you do in our city. congratulations can.. [applause] >> thank you supervisors. it's a great honor to be here and a great ceremony. it's great to be in -- to say like -- we all need someone who inspires us to do better than we know how. and the words are few, but the thanks are many. thank you very much for everything. thank you for your support. [applause]

>> thank you and congratulations again. now, at this time i'd like to recognize supervisor from district six jane kim. >> thank you president bride and i always enjoy participating in small business week. a little known fact that often many don't know, but small businesses create the most jobs in our country today. they are the foundation, economic engine of our country.

even in times of recessions, it's our small businesses that carry own country's economy through. i want to thank all the honoraries today. i actually shop or go to many of your small businesses. i appreciate you being here and making san francisco the city that it is. i have the honor of recognizing one of our businesses in district six. only a block away from my house and i want to recognize kevin mccracken, the executive director of official imprints, a brand with purpose here in our strict. social imprints was started in 2008. after being incorporated by shinebin who was the executive director of a nonprofit printing company who hired formerly homeless individuals. special imprints opened with a

bang. within the first six months, it generated $800,000 in sales and received san francisco magazine's start-up of the year award. in 2010, the first full year, the company generated $2 million in sales to 400 of the nation's leading organizations including wik peedia, me -- wikipedia. metallica and others. this company is able to make tremendous profits in our city while also building tremendous profits for our community by hiring thoars who have come out of our yim nal justice system and have arrests on their records. those who struggle with substance abuse and those who are formerly homeless. we don't often see organizations

and institutions that are successful. and social pim print is a role model and also a leading example that we can have companies that do good in both areas and for the lives of many of the individuals, that social imprints hire. they're making an immense difference in the lives of those individuals. family&for the city as a whole. for every individual that has an opportunity to bring themselves economically and not have to resort or lean on a life of crime or not have to resort to shelter system or a life on streets. social imprint has been second opportunity for many of those individuals including ketch himself. who hired at the time had been struggling, it spent a short amount of time in our san francisco county jail. had been formerly homeless and is now the executive director of social imprint.

several years ago, supervisor malia cohen and myself authored the band a box legislation what we entitled the fair chance ordinance. it had band a box for all private employers here in san francisco. we appreciate the support of the employers and asking but arrests and conviction history at the time of the application deters the hiring of many folk whose want to work and be a part of our community. for this reason, i'm proud to hire social imprints. kevin. i want to hand the mic over to you. >> thank you very much. [applause] not quite fair having me come up after the last speech. i come from an immigrant family as well. my great grandparents came to ellis island from cystly. it was good to hear the stories of all the small businesss here

in san francisco. san francisco is a city of second chanc chances. we are named after the patron saint of second chance. at this point we have 30 full-time employee 9 o% come from our social commission and we get not only a minimum rage but profit sharing. sa got a check for $12,000 for profit sharing. we were lucky enough to get manufacturing space thanks to people like mark dwight and supervisor kim has been a great advocate for what we do. i appreciate all of you being here today and thank you for honoring our business and all the other great small businesses. thank you very much. [applause]

>> thank you and congratulations again. thank you everyone else here in the audience for or patience. i know it's hard to walk away from a small business to come out for this short period of time. with you bu we appreciate you being here today. with that. i'll like to recognize eric mar from district one. >> congratulations to all the amazing small businesses. i want to acknowledge one of our exceptional community builder businesses. i want to say that chet tom of  one of the

hideouts i speak ?eek to. it's on balboa and 38th avenue. close to hockey haven and a number of other places. i say that chet and la promenade is exceptional in supporting many of the other businesses in the area. supporting the effort to create a new business association called balboa village merchants association and chet has been a leader in that. la promenade dates back technically over 35 years. it used to be zephyr ca nay. he changed the name three years ago in june of 2013 to la promenade. the look now is a little different. it's french-themed entierier. they host countless coffee meetings. there is jazz going on on saturday. music cuban. following saturday is poetry

then bringing together of arts and community as well. i wanted to say that it's comfortable because a lot of young people seniors, and others hang out on the coaches or in the back room, you're so generous to the richmond neighborhood as well. as they hosted the first playland festival. chet was one of the anchors of our festival. i wanted to say that la promenade is named because of the proximity to golden gate park and our beautiful ocean beach. i wanted to acknowledge that during our balboa playland festival, chet makes sure families and kids are welcome. there a fun art of hot chocolate making demo along with the bands that played la promenade. students go there to study. my daughter is one of them.

it's one of the best places that builds community in our neighborhood. they partner with green apple books in their back room to encourage reading and literacy for our neighborhood. exceptional community builder business. it's my honor to introduce chet tong of la promenade cafe. small business of the year. chet tong. [applause] june first will be our third year as la promenade. we never thought we'd be a part of a community that is so supportive. thank you to you, especially, supervisor mar. you've been in and out of our place so many times. we appreciate all the support we get from you and the other supervisors as well 8 when he we started three years ago.

our mission was to create a coffee shop where people are happy to come to so people feel good about it. it's not just about creating a business, but giving back to the community. it's not just a business. my wife couldn't be here because we're expecting our first child. weed a like to say thank you and we're happy to be a part of this community of san francisco. and we know that we can plant our flag here knowing this a great city that has our back that gives us the opportunity to survive and thrive. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you and congratulations again. [applause] with that, i'd like to acknowledge supervisor from district three. supervisor aaron peskin. p p. >> thank you madam president, colleagues, like many of the other awardees, the district three awardee has managed to stave off the category killers. corporate chain stores. like many other awardees, our

honorary has been nominated for legacy business status. unlike any of the honoraries, mr. joseph armerren swims all over san francisco bay because only the bold swim in the cold. it's my pleasure to recognize mr. armerren. for over 30 years le bow beau has stood in the neighborhood where the corner grocery store provides quality goods with gourmet prepared food. he found the market with his brother george with an intent to provide an array of products meeting his customer's need. much of the fresh produce comes from the farmers market where joe searches for peak season

fruits. what really sets la beau apart is the active role in community outreach and dedication to causes that the community cares about. it's raised money for glide memorial church and throws a customer appreciation day and raised money for new playground structure. the market sponsors regular mond monthly clean-up events in partnership with our department of public works and joseph sits on his local police advisory board helping to keep his neighborhood safe and clean. he knows the names of all his customers. he knows all the folks who are there at the bus stop on the corner. joseph was the head of the curve by urging his customers to avoid use of plastic garbage bags. launching a free bag give away program to encourage reusable pa

bags. california became the first state in the national to ban plastic bags in the grocery stores. le beau market continues to throif, a fact which is a testament to his business model that puts customers and neighborhood first. it's my honor to award them the high oas commendation. congratulations.

[ applause ] thank you. thank you again and congratulations. [ applause ] all right, last, but certainly not least, our colleague from district 4, supervisor katy tang. >> thank you very much and

again, congratulations to all the small business honorees here with us today. i'm so excited about this commendation today. we also have a slideshow. so as i'm talking sfgovtv, if you could please present what is on the screen? today i'm very pleased and honored to recognize three fish studio as our district 4 small business honoree of the year and here today with us are the artists themselves, eric weiser and annie galvan, the husband and wife extraordinary. if you have been to our office, you have definitely seen their artwork before and eric a printmaker and may recognize the godzilla destroying the building with his breath and annie, painted "i love you bear," can be seen in shops all over san francisco. annie is also phone her

whimsical sign. so they are outer sunset business located on irving street houses their workshop and studio and they are known for welcoming visitors with open arms and offering an expresso or cold beer as they share their artwork with guests. they transformed their business where neighbors and friends gather and create together. for jump just a little bit of their history annie born and raised in ireland before moving to san francisco in 1989 just two weeks before the loma prieta earthquake and annie is inspired by san francisco, vogue magazine, comic books and text tile designs, mexican wrestlers and our own dreams and daydreams. and eric was born and raised

in the industrial shores of lake michigan. after studying at cleveland institute of art, he moved west. he is inspired by diversity of california's landscape and many facets. the two met in berkeley in 1998 and married and started their studio. i love how they quit their day jobs so to speak to follow their passions, art and building community. three fish studio comes from annie's family in ireland which is proudly displayed on the wall as you enter the studio. they offer classes for all experience-levels and taught hundreds of their neighbors how to to do print-making. i have made prints with them and it's just as fun as it sounds. annie and eric are very community-minded and open to

collaboration and always willing to be engaged in any event or program and they have a long tradition of donating artwork to support schools and neighborhoods and san francisco public library to name a few. eric served on the art board since 2012 and arts fan as you all know is our san francisco non-profit that has connected artists since 1976. so three fish have also worked collaboratively on two murals in the outer sunset. the first was with our office at 32nd. she also worked with muralist to create a nod for the carvell days. so some additional fun facts about annie and eric, annie is also a doodler. at the beginning of the year she embarked on a tremendous

project to create a doodle a day. using collage, watercolor and ink and whipped up arts this year and include a drawing an imaginary book "birch please." and a little yellow cat with the words." you got to be kitting me." many people have loved how he captured the three world series wins of san francisco giants and i personally love both his and annie's collaboration with paul madonna, who i got to meet today and love their collaboration with our very own small business commission president mark dwight of rickshaw bag works.

you have to get one of their bags, it stays in the forms after many, many washes. one fun fact about eric, today is his 50th birthday. so happy birthday eric and in honor of eric we thought we would share other interesting facts:his nickname was tiger and spent time in a vw bus and knows the lyrics from soft rock from the '70s, 80s and 90s. so for eric's birthday our office also known as d4 fish studios made him a special gift, which you can seen on the screen and each replicated his godzilla print entitled "godzilla four ways." i want to sincerely thank annie and eric for the vibrancy of business and

it's truly businesses like yours that have made our community a better place to live and my job more enjoyable every day as i get to stare at your beautiful artwork. thank you again and happy birthday to eric. [ applause ] >> thank you, katy. thank you, board of supervisors. and thank you san francisco for recognizing the role of art and artists in our communities, and giving us the opportunity to live our dreams in the city that we love. as katy mention or supervisor tang, sorry, as supervisor tang mentioned we both here in the '80s as young 20-some things and i think the thing i like to say most to people about san francisco, this is the place people line up and tell you how things are going to work as opposed to giving you adozenyns they are never going to work and for us

coming from ireland and michigan, this has become home and it's a great day for us to just celebrate the joy and the diversity that this city brings to our lives. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> thank you again and congratulations! [ applause ] again to all the incredible small businesses here in the city and county of san francisco, thank you so much and also thank you to our commissioner from the small business commissioner mark dwight for being here,

as well as the executive director regina dick-endrizzi who not only this event, but supports the businesss in san francisco and thank you regina and everyone here today and again, thank you and congratulations. [ applause ] with that, we will return to our regular board agenda. and madam clerk i think we concluded roll call for introductions. >> that is correct. >> we also have a 3 -:00 pep order. >> items 24-27 comprised special order at 3:00 p.m. and originally ep continued from january 26, 2016tor public hearing of persons interested in the public works decisions dated september 18, 2014 approving tentative map for two-unit new construction condominium

project at 639 peralta avenue. items 25, 26, 27, are the motions associated with approval and disapproval of the tentative parcel plan and preparations of findings. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, madam president. and no, we're not trying to set the record for the number of times we can continue an item. but we might very well just do that. i know that this item has been continued many times before. and today, colleagues, in the hope that the partis can have some sort of resolution, i am asking to once again continue this item open to september 6th, 2016. and i would like to make a motion to do that. >> okay. so moved by supervisor campos and seconded by supervisor tang. and at this time i will open this up to public comment. any members of public who would like to comment on

this particular item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ] and on the motion to continue, madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> supervisor wiener. >> aye. >> wiener aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor avalos. >> avalos absent. supervisor breed? >> aye. >> breed aye. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen aye. >> farrell aye. >> supervisors kim aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin aye. >> supervisor tang. >> aye. >> this will be continued to the meeting of september 6, 2016. madam clerk, that inbrings us to our second 3:00 p.m. special order. >> items 28 and 29 comprise special order pursuant to motion m16-057, approved may 3, 20169 board of

supervisors will convene into a committee of the whole for item 28 a public hearing to consider objections to a report of delinquent real property transfer tax under business and tax regulation code section 1 15.1 c to assessorez parcel located at 561 sutter street. >> colleagues, today as committee of the whole is being conducted to consider objections to a report of delinquent real property transfer tax under the business and tax regulation code and directing transmission of said report to the controller and tax collector for collection and deposit into the general fund. so let's this hearing begin. [ gavel ] before we hear from the departments, supervisor tang do you have any comments? >> thank you, i just wanted to turn this over to edward

mccaffrey from the assessor's board. >> i'm joined by our deputy over operation, as well as our deputy city attorney, who is sitting next to mr. givner. i wanted to take a moment to thank supervisor katy tang and supervisor aaron peskin. the item before you would confirm or office's report and impose liens for total unpaid transfer tax penalties and interest owed to the city and county of san francisco. those two properties are 562 sutter street, assessor parcel 0284-010 and 55 magnum street assessor parcel no. 0 023-03. 562 sutter street a grant

deed to transfer title was recorded with our office november 14, 2012. on september 16, 2015 our office completed the valuation. and determined that the entire purchase price which includes the value of the real estate, but excludes the value of tangible property and intangible asset was $10 million more than declared at time of recording and demand letter was issued by our office september 25, 2015 to the new owner for the unpaid tax liability plus penalty and interest. having not received a response, our office noticed the owners and again after we recorded a notice of delinquent real property transfer tax in the same letter we indicated that our office would initiate lien proceedings if the amount owed was not paid by february 14, 2016. to-date, the amount has not

been paid and results in approximately $444,000 in delinquent transfer tax penaltis and interest owed. as for 550 magnum street a grant deed transferring title was recorded february 19, 2015 and that same day the assessor recorder sent a letter to the new owner requesting documentation in support of the declared purchase price. two months later, on april 28th, 2015, our office received documentation in response to our letter. upon review of the material our office determined that what was originally recorded at the time of recording was less than what the total value of the real estate was, exclusive of non-realty, tangible property and intangible assets. this was approximately $141 million more than what was declared at the time of recording. on december 14, 2015 the assessore recorder issued a demand letter stating

liability plus penalty and interest and with no response to our demand letter january 19, 2016 our office recorded a notice of delinquent real property transfer tax, a copy of which was mailed to the owners. the notice stated that our office would initiate lien proceedings if the delinquency was not paid by february 16, 2016 and to-date the amount has not been paid and results in approximately $5.1 million in delinquent transfer tax, penaltis and interest owed. thank you for your time and consideration, we would be happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you very much for your presentation. colleagues, do you have any questions for the department? seeing none, we'll open this item up for public comment. and public commenters will have two minutes each to speak. please come forth. >> good afternoon, my name is scott johnson. i am appearing on behalf of the current property owner diamond rock hospitality.

am i viewed as a member of the public, supervisor tang? >> yes. >> so i have two minutes to speak? >> that is correct. >> okay. it's my understanding that among other things to allow the property owner to raise any concerns or objections that the owner may have? there are two objections that i would like to raise, and i will bring to the board's attention, one relates to the value at the assessor recorder has assigned to the real estate. the second objection relates to the period of time that has passed between the date the property was purchased in 2012, and the current date in 2016, where the assessor recorder is seeking to impose a lien. first of all, for the first objection we believe that the property was purchased in november 2012 and seller and buyer were unrelated partis with adverse interests. the seller and the buyer are

in the business of owning and operating hotels. the seller and the buyer determined that the land and the building had a value of $18.8 million approximately. and thintangible property associated with the hotel was valued at approximately $10 million. because the seller and buyer are in the hotel business, we think the value they assigned to the intangible properties should be respected. secondly, the matter of timing. it has been roughly three-and-a-half years since the purchase occurred, as we read the transfer tax ordinance, the period to initiate lien proceedings expired in approximately december 2013. in other words, the property was purchased in november 2012 and the tax became

delinquent [ inaudible ] and 12 months from that time. >> madam chair, the speaker's time has concluded. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, president breed, honorable supervisors. my name is charles mall for the law firm of winston and strom on behalf of the par 55 hotel. as you know when hotels are sold, they sell real estate and real property beds and tvs, et cetera and tangible property, concerning value, par the name of the hotel, and things of that nature. the parties here agreed to the sale. they worked out the -- they filed the deed with the recorder's office and they paid about $9 million of transfer tax. subsequently the assessor determined that despite the fact that the courts have said there are these other types of assets not subject

to transfer tax the assessor's determination is not an appropriate number. the problem here is that for whatever reason the assessor's notice to the new buyer fell through the cracks and the partis have not had a chance to work that out with the assessor to figure out why there is a difference in value and to get that resolved and request that this matter be put over for short period of time, 30 days to get this resolved. thank you. >> thank you. any other members of public wishing to speak to this item? seeing none, this public comment is held. supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam president. if i may through the president to the deputy city attorney, one of the public commenters raised an issue of a time bar of one-year after the transfer, the initial transfer of the real

property. would you respond to that for me and my colleagues, please. >> deputy city attorney, moe jamile. we have reviewed the ordinance and the city attorney is of the opinion that the delinquency time clock starts from the issuance of the delinquency noticed by the assessor's office after they completed their audit to the extent the taxpayer disagrees with that, as well as the value they are more than welcome to pay the tax, file a claim under government code requirements and proceed the matter in that venue. but the rule is that you have to pay first. >> thank you, deputy city attorney jamile. if i may, representative from the assessor controller's office. mr. leg, or either one of you?

it's my understanding based on the timeline presented by staff, we have had no contact with the new buyer? is this the first that you have heard? >> on which of the properties? because there were telephone discussions with one -- on one of these two transactions. which with one one are you asking about, supervisor? >> either one, it seems like this has been going on for some time relative to actions taken by the assessor recorder and i have no onse by the owner until their verbal statements made by representatives on their behalf. >> in both cases there was correspondence. i'm now recollecting in both cases there was

correspondence between with the assessor recorder division and it's the recorder in this case and the taxpayers. there was disagreement expressed and looking to see if they would pay and we didn't hear anything else. i don't believe we received anything beyond in writing beyond our requests for information as we begin the audit process. >> thank you. >> colleagues any other questions? this has been closed and filed and colleagues we have item 29 before us. so i think we'll probably go to roll-call vote on item 29. >> on item 29, supervisor wiener. >> wiener aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> yee supervisor avalos. >> aye. >> supervisor breed? >> aye. >> breed aye. >> supervisor campos.

>> aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor farrell. >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> aye. >> kim aye. >> supervisor mar? >> aye. >> supervisor peskin? >> aye. >> supervisor tang? >> aye. >> there are eleven ayes. >> this motion passes. this measure is adopted. madame clerk if we could go to public comment. >> public comment is the opportunity for the public to address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the board to include the approval of the minutes, and item 32, whether or not the board of supervisors should enter into a closed session on the labor negotiations, and on item 33-43, the items on the "without reference to committee calendar." pursuant to the board's

rules, direct your remarks to the board as a whole and speakers using interpretation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. and if would you like to display your document on the overhead projector, please clearly state such to sfgovtv and remove the document when the screen returns to live coverage of the meeting. >> thank you. please come on up for public comment. >> i know i don't have much time to speak. my name is ace washington. this administration has neglected, has disrespected the african-american black race because of a constitutional flaw put together by the lieutenant governor. i'm here to say i'm standing strong as the czar and i'm summoning the department heads to adhere to what they are supposed to do.

the other thing, i am the fillmore coordinate ambassador and we have small business coming to the 1300 fillmore, a property that is in discussion in our community to find out whether they take all the money given to them, loaned to them through the city and county, but yet the small business coming back to them telling them the black business do look out for? the mayor came to the fillmore three years ago in 2011, and every business that he visited, they closed down. so he is committed to our black community, i say foul play. when go to the small business administration doesn't have the minutes and administration to do that and i'm asking for investigation for the small business administration. we're at the bottom.

supervisors, i'm looking over in the press and i see lily white, for 20 years, i can't come over there, you have security blocking me from coming over there, but i talked to the clerk and they are going to work it out. that is why i'm not demonstrationing my rights with the city by the bay. i call it "city hall." i call it "silly hall." >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my i have the projector, please? mayor edwin lee, his work is undone. ordering san francisco

police to remove u.s. citizens sleeping in tents on division street. mayor edwin lee and nearby merchants choose to have u.s. citizens removed by san francisco police, [speaker not understood] still remain standing that is shown on the tv monitors. call isis street. right where those tents were setup. how could mayor ed lee, one of the major terrorists group's name to remain standing who have beheaded and killed thousands of human beings, street's name standing? the homeless people on division were mistreated and my question is which side of the fence is mayor ed lee really standing on? the tent city was removed and the street must be renamed just as fast. san francisco is a unique city and must be kept that way. but how could it? when

mayor edwin lee isn't moving fast enough on these problems plaguing san francisco? deportation, housing problems, jobs, real affordable housing, displacement plans -- thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you chair, and all. my name is christopher and live -- commenting on more bad news. within the last two weeks climate scientists have presented more alarming reports. these are on our southern antarctic ice cap and the reports describe once again how the warming climate and oceans are accelerating the

ever faster movement of ice mass the size of california, averaging over a kilometer in thickness. into the world's oceans resulting in multimeter sea-level rise by the end of the century. once again scientists are low-balling the numbers and once again their predictions will lag reality. my prediction is still 50' by '55, that is 2055. my prediction is that by that time climate change will disrupt food production, that climate change will bring famine, that climate change will provoke war among the nations over vanishing resources. my solution is still using freely available energy to desalinate freshwater to irrigate new trees. what can

you do to help? and i would move the absence of a quorum except i have no standing. well, if you can't think of anything to help, than please just get out of the way. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> david told solomon know thou the god god of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and willing mind for the lord searches all hearts and understands all of the imagination of the thoughts. if you seek him, he will be fond of thy and forsake him and he will cast you out forever. nobody know whats you are thinking. god knows what you are thinking. he knows what you are thinking. and the bible is a super natural book and there was a great king from babylon who destroyed the jewish temple. he had this dream and didn't know what it meant, and so he said to his wisemen he was

going to kill all of them unless they told him what the dream was and the interpretation of his dream. so daniel prayed and god revealed to daniel what the dream was and what it meant. he was so impressed with that, he gave him a promotion. god made him famous so everybody would read his book and jesus called him the prophet daniel, was given the most incredible revelation in the entire old testament because he was given the precise amount of time there would be before the messiah would come and be baptized and then die on the cross for our sins. and he said there would be 70 weeks, each one of these weeks were actually 7-years long, dead ending in a sabbath year and what christ died in the 70th 7-year cycle he was the 80th 7-year cycle if you back up to the

destruction of the temple. the jews kept precisely where they are in chronology and ezekiel, they knew in 56 years they would go back because jeremiah said thus sayth the lord and in 70 years, exactly 70 years and these were thank you, next speaker, please. >> good evening my name is karen flescherman and came to talk to you about saving san francisco lives and much remains to be done and it must be done swiftly to keep the momentum going in the right direction. today britton had an editorial in the guardian about the impact of not guilty verdict of edward nero, one of the officers

involved in freddie gray's killing by baltimore police department. president obama spoke about him in his commencement speech at howard, who joined with police and other experts to produce president obama's task force on 21st century policing. if you want our trust, stop killing us. if you want a relationship, stop getting away with it. june 2nd, 2016 will be six months since sfpd executed mario woods in broad daylight in front of a buses full of school children and it's also the national day against gun violence. the children at my daughter's school want to know why sfpd's shoots so many people so many times? you have an obligation to make sure this doesn't happen again. removing chief suhr is just the first stop to making that happen. sfpd must be made accountable

and this is what you need to do by june 2nd, a national search for the communities most impacted selecting the criteria for the new chief? we need an end to the cops -- we need the u.s. department of justice civil rights division and need george gascon to indict the killers of gomez and woods and need the police to discipline and terminate all officers involved in officer-involved shootings. this is urgent and i ask you to please take it very seriously. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> madam president and supervisors. my name is abraham. i'm an engineer and work for one of the top general contractors in the bay area. i had the great fortune to attend a fundraiser to honor

the legacy of rudy bridges the first black child to be integrated into the all-white school. i couldn't help but feel saddened because here in san francisco, only in san francisco, practitioners are excluded from participating in the annual japantown in chinatown community parades. why and how can this only happen in our great city of san francisco, none known for tolerance? since the illegal persecution, the communist party has used this -- here in san francisco extends the persecution through the chinese consulate, which directly targets community leaders in san francisco and persuades through them propaganda that it's a political movement to not allow and exclude citizens who practice this --

fallen doffa have no policy aspirations and the chinese communist party fears it the communities include them into their events these communities will see through their lives and realize that the practitioners are good people that have been wronged. i believe that san franciscans do not support discrimination. and influence from a foreign government interfering with the souvenir nation. i look forward to the day one of you will walk alongside us to openly attend the chinatown and japantown community parades just as the federal agents walked along ruby bridges every day in 1960. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> translator: greetings supervisor, wonder what type of performance would put on? if they were allowed to join the janantown and chinese new year's parade and allow me to show it so you can see it?

this time is set for the individual at the first microphone there, if she wants to say what you are saying, that is fine. >> okay. sorry. i apologize.

>> thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is vicky. and i'm 13 years old and i live in sunset district. i came to the states last august to learn classical at school. and i'm extremely excited to be living here in the usa, because this country has more human -- than mainland

china. i have practiced together with my mom and grand mom since i was born and see their practice as helping me focus on being truthful and being kind to other people and thinking of others before thinking of myself. however, we are not able to talk about falun da la in mainland china because of the current persecution. i'm very happy that the practice is legal in the united states. and i can't even participate in falun parade and marching bands. it would be impossible to do this in china, a country that is under the rule of the communist party. april 27th, 2016, it was my first time to perform in the parade with the marching band. i was full of joy and honor. however, a half hour before

the parade was to begin, we were notified that our band was forbidden to join. but we got the permit to perform way beforehand. how could this happen? america is famous for its support of human rights around the world. i wish justice could be done here. seems like a peaceful marching band. >> please speak closer to the microphone, thank you. >> what happens in the united states, i hope the truth that we can work together that it never happens again. thank you for your time and concern. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is tom borden and i'm here to speak about something that i have observed, i have seen two supervisors speak on proposition b in the last week. and there have been some

shortcome ings i would like to talk about. >> sir, i'm pausing your time, sir. there is no election airing in the chamber. if you want to talk generally about issues, but not about campaign issues, please. i will run your time now. >> you are at saying i can't talk about anything that is on the ballot? >> that is correct. >> let me ponder that for my next minute and 30 seconds and see if there is any way i can get across my point? >> we can move to the next speaker and give you time to come back with your remarks. thank you. >> thank you next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is dewith the san francisco forest alliance. i would like to address in a general way the issue of set asides, and most of you were not in your seats in 2008,

but in 2008 the board of supervisors -- i'm sorry, the ballot passed proposition s, which was a local measure that said there would not be set asides unless there was a new source of funding. and that it would be city policy that voters cannot approve a new set aside with a cost of living adjustment or other annual increase of more than 2%. and that the set-asides could not be for more than ten years. this measure was voted on, and 56% compared to 44% of san francisco residents voted in favor of that. there has been a lot of set-asides that have happened since then. one was discussed today. one is currently on the ballot. and i think the context of

understanding how people feel about set-asides is very important. as an example: on our current ballot, the amount of money that is going to go into a set-aside was never discussed, and i don't think that you are aware of how much money was involved in this proposition, which is $4.5 billion over 30 years. i believe that i have a paper i will give you to go on record about this, and a spreadsheet. but i would like you to understand before you endorse something, that the figures of what ever that you are endorsing that you fully understand what those figures are before you endorse and to understand how the citizens of san francisco feel about set-asides. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm back. i would like to speak on board of supervisors' resolution 653-02.

in which you forebade the recreation and parks department from implementing the significant natural areas resource management plan until such time as the board of supervisors approved their plan. that plan is still awaiting eir certification. and yet, rec and park is pursuing activities that are part of it such as closing trails, erecting access-control fencings and putting up signs that prohibit walking off designated trails or riding your bicycle in the park or even walking your bike in the park. and the resolution by this body was quite explicit. it said that they shall not impose access restrictions, cut recreation, kill feral cats, cut any healthy trees and yet, this body has done nothing to stop recreation and park from doing these things, and even the

planning commission hasn't done anything about the violation of ceqa. so i'm concerned about this. i have talked to several supervisors on this issue, and nothing has happened. and i really think that the recreation and park needs more supervision more teeth in any kind of measure that might -- that they are involved with. to be sure that the public is protected and their voice and what happens with recreation and park with our parks. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors, catherine howard. we have just learned that rec and park is now charging people to sit on the grass in dolores park. rec and park states that this is "a pilot program." but as everyone knows that is rec and park department's speak for "this is what we're going to do, tough." this is the direction that rec and park has taken our

parks, continued privatization and monetization and loss of park use for those unable to pay to pay. heaven forbid that a family decides to sit on the grass in a spur-of-the-moment. after the dolores park story broke at least two supervisors according to the press spoke up. all of a sudden rec and park has decided to suspend the program. could it be because that is because the board at this point and for a few more weeks only has budget power over rec and park? you should immediately recognize that this is a rogue department out of control, mistakes were made in the chamber and i think could be rectified and should place a ballot measure that institutes controls for the department of recreation and park. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon,

supervisors, and thank you very much for this opportunity to speak. i hadn't planned to come speak. i looked inside the door and thought the line isn't so long. i may as well give it a thought. my name is elizabeth delong, i'm a proud member of local 2, united here restaurant workers union and i'm also a neighbor. i am a mother. i am a widow and happen to live across the street from dolores park and i have to tell you, overnight more than 15,000 signatures were put on a change.org petition to stop selling our parks. now dolores park is very particular, because you know we have all of these poor unfortunate intimate technology kids crammed into apartments, sometimes six or seven at a time and not to

mention the families in the neighborhoods an long time residents. this is one place you can go and stretch your legs and get a little bit of fresh air. we don't have to pay for that privilege. our parks are our parks. no more pay-to-play. san francisco is not for sale. we love our parks. we fought to keep them nice and we fought and tried to have investments put into the parks to make sure they were beautified and now it's beautiful, you want to take it away from us? no, no, no, no. san francisco is not for sale. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, citizens of san francisco, and supervisors. my name is mel mel varand i live in the tenderloin district and i'm a volunteer chess teacher. supervisor kim probably remembers me from 5160 farrell, the incident last year, where the dead body

was left undiscovered for eight weeks and maybe supervisor farrell remembers me from rumor. but anyway, i have an addendum to my police case number that i reported 48 hours ago regarding a certain david, a resident maintenance manager of 376 ellis. who operates a high-end prostitution ring using this building and are populated by "squatters," who call themselves "homesteaders." i tend to agree that most of these homesteaders were illegally evicted by the slum lord using thugs and they are claiming that they are just reoccupying their old units. most of them are heroin-addicted and when passed out, their belongings

are carted away. now there are foreigners who i witnessed getting escorted inside the room, and there are two foreigners that i saw actually -- you know, engage in prostitution in david's room. one of those trickster's name is maxie and this makes it a federal human trafficking case. i have presented prima facie evidence in order to charge and arrest david, but 48 hours from my initial report to officer bautista, the only thing that happened was this: >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors. thank you very much. my name is lee strayhand, investigator reporter and filmmaker and i'm here to

speak out in favor of the rule of law, commonsense and simple civility. that is because we have reached a point people are trying to shut down opinions that they don't agree with. on some issues currently before the board, for instance, supervisors on this very board have resorted to calling critics "racists." everyone who takes logic knows it's simply an insult and has no actual content. calling everyone who disagree with us a racist has another goal, intimidation. the goal is to shut people up, to make them not want to talk, make them not want to speak out. even though some of the people who are in the other side of some of the issues before this simply want the rule of law followed and believe that you pass a law, that law should be enforced. you may disagree, but you can hold that view and not be racist and to call people

racist and overuse that term that is, in fact, offensive and wrong because racism, let's be clear is wrong and to overuse that term is simply awful. i would ask the board of supervisors to strongly consider the precedent they are setting by not addressesing the issues, but simply tossing out insults. our democracy depends on open and free debate and intimidation and insults should not play any part in that process. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i want to further highlight and touch base on a conflict of interest, and true and correct way to take care of this immigration reform, illegal immigration, and also, sanctuary law. this type of legislation

that you proposed due process for people involved in illegal immigration to litigation and legislation that you should be practicing on is to join mexico and make it part of the united states. you need to bring up their living conditions in mexico, so they won't have to be crossing across the border, cross ing across the deserts because of the poverty-level and living conditions in mexico. the poverty [hrao*-efrl/] in-level in mexico is several-levels lower than the united states. you know that and they know that and as a result they take the chance of crossing the border, thousands of them die in the desert and nobody talks about it. if you incorporate legislationion to make mexico part of the united states of america, you would eliminate that problem. it's not fair to them. i'm tired of watching them die on educational shows and you have illegal immigration taking place here in the

city and you have the human service agency spending taxpayer money deporting citizens of the united states, talking about you helping the homeless problem. and then you turn around and perform illegal immigration and citizens and have illegal immigrants in brand-new apartments paying $25 a month. that is not fair to them and it's not fair to the u.s. citizens and it's also not fair to immigrants who go through the process of becoming u.s. citizens because you are cutting in front of them. here is an example this past sunday where a thousand immigrants went through the red tape and became u.s. citizens. this is the way that litigation should be done and you are creating a hostile environment. you are talking about developers pitting themselves against each other. >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please.

>> madam president, supervisors my name is john jones and i attended the police commission at the elementary school and that meeting as you know was adjourned early because a contingent from the university of california at san francisco insisted on interrupting unless and until the commission added an agenda item concerning the performance of the current chief stared. steward. a member of the contingent read part of a letter to those of us remaining in the auditorium and described a host of horribles inflicted on the people of san francisco by the san

francisco police department and the medical person only read the first paragraph of the letter, which was quite lengthy. i replied to the medical folks and i would like to repeat to you what my reply was. i said i lived in excelsior for 30 years and had not had a car for five years and i took the 14 mission bus all the time. and i told her that i had not seen what her letter describes. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> gilbert, a stroll through the city of small businesses up at 24th street, noe valley, a neighborhood, west portal, a neighborhood. laurel village, hub of a neighborhood.

9th and irving, a neighborhood, north beach, a neighborhood. and a location. castro, a neighborhood and a location. 8, a neighborhood and a location. the mission, a neighborhood and a location. and what is south beach where i have lived for 27 years? five years ago the mayor started with 8 washington as the focus and the future of our city followed quickly by a trip to china offering treasure island for sale and quickly came into the nba. the stadium on the dock. he said this is the jewel crown of a neighborhood. and at that moment in time that i realized was the death warrant for the neighborhood. we had 40,000 for the

baseball games and adding 18,000 and two high-rise hotels were the end of any chance. i figured he doesn't have a vision or a grasp of what is going on the streets of our town. how would north beach like 18,000-stadium and two high-rise hotels? he lacks vision, and grasp of reality. now that started with his ability to understand "run lee run." but now it's time for lee to leave. lee leave, please, lee, leave. thank you. >> thank you, mr. gilberte. next speaker, please? >> supervisors, madam chair, madam president, my name is otter duffy, resident of north of market by city hall

here. i am a neighborhood activist. my biggest area of activism and understanding is election issues from always trying to find ways, you know, to get my neighborhood has a somewhat lower turnout than other neighborhoods. there is a lot of extra names on voter rolls of people who don't live there because it's a transient neighborhood and there is actually a number of issues with voting and to talk about maybe having a primary eelection for the mayor? which has been possibly maybe might happen or not? depending on things. i think it makes a certain amount of sense, because one of the things that voters don't get with rank choice voting, they don't always get a clear idea who the finalists are, the two people? very often they come in and vote and see that some the votes gets stranded or exhausted and they don't even make a choice on one of the two finalists.