little easier. this is a question that begs an answer for a future hearing. the penalty charge, again, as supervisor peskin noted, is certainly on the books already and letting the platforms know you're responsible as well as everyone else and was also confusion my think this was only for air b&b and it's for all the hosting platforms. so, given that, for me, i don't understand the opposition that much because it mainly i think this is so straightforward to me. it's peacefully asking our hosting platforms to work with us to stop the poor for a should of unregistered posts that are out there basically,

doing a lot of damage to our rental stock, but also what am hearing for my district is that it's really changing the unique character of neighborhoods and what it's doing as this marlins was describing, and the sunnyside area. so, because of all this, i also agree with supervisor peskin that this is not the end of the legislation around this. this is evil in. we need to see what works and what doesn't work. what can be better for the city in general. it's less about the individuals and less about the platforms themselves. it's really about what is our city to be in the future. so, i will be supporting this legislation and i want to thank supervisor campos and peskin and mar and

avalos for sponsoring this legislation is thank you for much >> supervisor peskin: thank you supervisor yee. let me just that, i've heard loud and clear and look forward to working with members of the board and mr. died in the short-term rental office about process improvement rotor to registration. before that loud and clear and thank you to those of you can put that message to us. then, relative to ms. halpern's situation, we should also examine the law to make sure that when a landlord has a tenant who is causing the violation that is accounted for in the legislation it seems to be a catch 22 the short-term rental has done something no

other issue could do for the city. it has brought landlord's and tenant leaders together it but tenants union and the san francisco association together. this brought the hotel employees and restaurant employees local two together with hotel counsel so obviously, this is an issue that needs more addressing by that process will here today supervisor yee said this evolving area of law. no one has been down and were making the tweaks necessary to make and will continue so as we learn more about how this phenomenon partially works to make the process improvements relative to registration and the like. with that, supervisor campos >> supervisor campos: again come i want to thank my colleagues who are supporting

this and i was proud to be working on this legislation with supervisor peskin and his staff. in also supervisor avalos and mar and thank supervisor yee for his comments and for his support as well as pres. breed. i do want to go back to the comments that we heard from a number of posts about improvement process a registration in the me say this, like supervisor peskin, i'm fully committed to doing whatever we can to improve that process and to that end, i remain open to any specific ideas, suggestions, people have to improve the registration. that said, the comments that i have heard from air b&b, the

industry, have not focused on improving the experience of the hosts when it comes to registration. i actually think that the industry in air b&b particularly would be wise to focus its energy on back instead of what we have seen in the past, which is to oppose any effort to regulate and with that in mind, i want to say that i understand why your b&b and the industry spend the millions of dollars that it did on the opposition of proposition f. i supported proposition f i know there's many things in there that people could understandably raise issues with. i honestly -i'm scratching my head on why air b&b or the industry would

have any problem with this piece of legislation. i actually think that having been on the board of supervisors for now, most eight years, i still don't understand why they would take the time and spend the energy to post something that is so commonsensical, so modest , and what is interesting about the comments of people came here just to speak against this piece of legislation is how the comments actually focused on general issues of concern, but not the specifics of this legislation because this legislation really doesn't do any of the things that people who will oppose it claim it does. i actually think that the more people find out about how modest proposal this is the more i think the opposition will

just go away. with that in mind, i encourage your b&b, i encourage the industry, to join our efforts to come on board because this is one of those things that is such a no-brainer , you know. enforcing the most basic fundamental element of regulation, which is the registration system, endorsing that, i mean that is a given. that should be a no-brainer and it's one of those things that i hope that your b&b and the industry sees the light just like i think they eventually saw the light on the simplicity and the basic nature doing something like paying your taxes. this is up there with paying your taxes. this is something that is sort of-this should not be a debatable

issue. so that's the hope that i have,, you know, and i think that as this goes forward to the board of supervisors, i think that there's an opportunity for the city family, the elective family as the mayor calls it, to come together on something that's just simple and just basic. so, with that for action is taken or asked the committee to please adopt the amended version i stipulate. >> supervisor peskin: i'll take that as a motion by supervisor campos. to adopt the amendment that are before. can we do that without objection? the amendment are adopted >>[gavel] >> supervisor peskin: i just want to thank carolyn guseman and supervisor campos's office for her work on this in also a shutout dale carlson for his

stewardship of this issue over now the last couple of years. with that, colleagues, can we send this to the full board as amended with recommendation without objection, that will be-this is as a committee report or not is a committee report-as a committee report >>[gavel] >> supervisor campos: if we can actually excuse pres. breed >> supervisor peskin: a motion to excuse pres. breed from that vote. okay. smooth without objection pres. breed is excused and without objection was in the item as amended with recommendation as a committee report for a hearing on tuesday, june 7 at the board of supervisors. thank you all for your testimony. >>[gavel] >> supervisor peskin: mdm. clerk, please read the next item >> clerk: item number four hearing on the implementation of the legacy business registry and historic reservation grants. the peskin thank you. i'll give a moment for folks to clear out. >> supervisor peskin: thank

you. alter the moment for folks to clear out.thank you. two weeks ago, nvidia item, yes, you did. two weeks ago we held a hearing on the status of the legacy business per gram and we heard from the director of the office of the economic and workforce development, todd with oh, as was his deputy director joachim torres, in the cities pledge director, ms. melissa whitehouse and i think

them for their participation and we were very pleased that the announcement was made that same day at about $2.5 million would be allocated over the next two years to advance and administer the legacy business registry and program. we continued the hearing to today to allow for further updates regarding the status of the nominations. it was represented to us within a week of the hearing we would have a conference of list of those properties were businesses that were nominated and today we are joined by the director of the office of small business, regina dick-andrew c in or think oewd and marian thompson, in particular, for working with my staff. last week, i received a memorandum from dick-tendency to cause a little bit concerned

in either one of quibble about the 39 or 40 businesses but actually got the fact that supervisor campos's staff had done a survey just likely down the hallway and asking of the supervisors how many they nominated and indeed, we believe that about 54 businesses were nominated to. then, i have a series of questions both of the letter from last week which i responded to a letter earlier this week which mitch which ms. dick-injuries he responded to the relative to the status of a number of these projects many which have been nominated or submitted as much as five months ago. with that, colleagues, when we turn this over to ms. dick-in jersey. she is a presentation to us i guess this afternoon. >> staff: todd rufo. thanks

for the opportunity to come out before you today. as you mentioned supervisor, when i was here two weeks ago, we stated that we would take to immediate action steps. the first was greater, the list of all nominated businesses and provide what the status is of each of those nominations to you within seven days. which were transmitted that through e-mail on may 26 and the second piece was to conduct all nominate businesses provide them a status update whether applications were at both need to be there five. today what we want to do is provide an overview of the steps taken over the last two weeks to talk to the details of the lists some numbers you were mentioning chairman peskin type for next up were really domestic at this point or turn it over to director dick-visit from the opposite small business. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. good afternoon. >> director: deductive. on the stand here since we have the powerpoint. so, i just first

want to say good afternoon chairman peskin supervisor campos and supervisor yee. i apologize for not being able to attend the may 19 g ao meeting as a was out of town for a family vacation. i do want to acknowledge the challenges and to medications that your offices and businesses have had with our office and with me and while there has been legitimate events that have taken place, that resulted in these challenges from the registry properly being launched and i think it's important that we now look forward and move forward and significant movement has taken place since the may 19 meeting. i also want to thank you for your support for the legacy business program manager job position. with that, the job position has been posted and will be able to fill that position in the next-before the next fiscal

year. i do want to thank the mayor's office, particularly melissa whitehead for working with you on the grant amount and to talk with oh, marian thompson, lisa begun, chlorine chan and joachim torres, were the last couple months with their assistance as well. so, immediately upon my return from vacation, i received the informal list of the 54 that you have spoken about supervisor peskin, and cross-reference that with what was my official list. so, there were businesses on that list that i had determine if we have not received official nominations for. my apologies. on how to work the powerpoint here. well, you have the

powerpoint in front of you, so i will just walk through that. were talk through it i should say. so, following the g ao hearing, understanding there was some concern around the -hardly move it-so, following the gal hearing them understand it was the concern but the discrepancy in terms of what i had calculated has officially nominated and was on the list provided by supervisor campos's office, but with marian thompson to reach out to each of the supervisors offices to confirm those who i had determined was not officially had not been officially nominated, and to clarify,. so,

since that time, we have worked with each of the supervisors offices. there were businesses that are not been officially nominated, and i do want to report that all that 54, all have now been deemed officially nominated to our-officially nominate to our office did we receive the written notification from the supervisors either via letter or confirmation in e-mail. >> supervisor peskin: what constitutes an official nominations? >> testifier: an official nomination is nomination in writing stating you are nominated nominate me the business for consideration for the historical legacy business registry. >> supervisor peskin: i don't be argumentative, but today is june 2, and on may second, my

office e-mailed you relative, confirming that you are in receipt of a number of letters, all of which were attached to the e-mail nominating various businesses in district 3, including brownies hardware, the café trieste, swans oyster depot, pure 23 café, a whole slew of them did most of which show up on your letter of may 26 as not having been formally nominated. so, how does that work. >> director: with them a second e-mail your first as i

interpreted and ready e-mail, it was asking for a cross reference letters not that were officially sent versus the list. so, there were businesses listed in that may second e-mail where actually, we had not received the letter, and so my understanding was he was a cross reference of trying to get an assessment of letters that had been submitted for nomination and to verify whether letters had not been sent. so, for the follow-up memo that i provided you last week the mud in terms of that list, again, marian thompson had been reaching out to the various offices. so, at that particular point in time we still have businesses on the list that i had deemed not yet

officially nominated. so, in terms of moving forward to today, within that additional week number since i've submitted the memo, and marianne's communication with the office we have now received official nominations for those businesses on the list. so, now everyone is classified as officially nominated. i'm hoping i make my software >> supervisor peskin: on the labor the point, but i'm just looking at a series of e-mails dating back to january 11. there are e-mails in every month nominating-these are all e-mails from-and this is just one supervisor. the vast majority of supervisors have nominated but to you, nominating various businesses and there's not a response to a single one of these e-mails

until yesterday, june 1. so, i mean, it is my position that all of these businesses, and this is water under the bridge because were moving this forward in all these businesses were officially nominated over a month ago. they still, as of last week show as not having been officially nominate. let's move past that and figure out how were going to move forward to implementing this fairly and expeditiously. >> director: thank you. so, right now, i have a list of 63 businesses that of an officially nominated. 20 of those businesses have cemented an application excuse me. 20 those businesses have submitted an application. 43 of those

businesses we are still waiting for the application to be submitted. of the 20 applications that have been submitted and this number has changed because of recent, well let me just-nine businesses nine applications are now being complete. i know in my memo and even a letter or e-mail from tim sly from the planning department, we have been working with the number seven, but a couple businesses that we've reached out to to provide some additional supplemental information for the application have turned it in, and so now we are up to the number nine. so there is 11 applications that need some additional information and average out to those applicants to provide that information. >> supervisor peskin: these are the ones that-

>> director: in your list i provided you here, the very first page because these are one that they need additional information for hpc requirements? >> director: yes because can make that determination? mr. five? speed >> director: yes. and the feedback they viewed it back from the commissioners. so i've been working with them because you put in the board of poop so board of supervisors put in proposition j of the applications are preferred to hpc to provide some input to provide historical context and i think it's important that we have the hpc provide that for office of small business, we don't necessarily have the look and lens of history. so, i have been working with their office to make some refinements on

what they're looking for and what they,, the hpc commission has determined they need to help them provide some, to provide the comments they would like to provide for the small business commission consideration in the final hearing for the legacy business application. >> supervisor peskin: sorry if this seems i'm confused that maybe i'm confused. am i incorrect in stating that the historic preservation commission has hereto for had none of these on their agenda we pick >> director: correct, officially. >> supervisor peskin: so, how -you stated that my question was

these digital applications and make a determination. what agc has said is that they want interior and exterior photos to help them take a look at which is one of the criteria the physical attribute of the business. so, there are, while we have provided in the application instructions, list of supplemental documents to

include within historical narrative, not all applications have submitted internal an extra no external photographs of the business. >> supervisor peskin: but this is getting kind of kafkaesque because either this application is nothing on medication that says that you have to submit photographs. so, i mean i would make up the rules as we go along? >> director: we are refining them doubt be refined on the application. going for. >> supervisor peskin: just seems patently unfair that after this many months may we look down here at businesses that were nominated in january and march and february and what have you that we are not changing the rules after people have complied with the rules as we set them forth on the application. supervisor campos >> supervisor campos: thank you mr. chairman. once again i would think supervisor peskin and his staff. as well as

hilary rhoda, my chief of staff and my officer been working on this and i see the point supervisor peskin is making. i see the points that he makes in his letter. let me just sort of leave it this way. i feel-i am happy that there is now the kind of response that we were hoping to get from the mayor's office generally. i'm happy that you have, maryann thompson was involved and she's very capable. i think there's a lot of specific questions that remain. i'm not to get into the weeds. the only thing i would say is that there is hope and optimism, but there's so much catching up to do that i sort of feel like i want to come

back to where we are in a month just to see how much progress can be made because i think that we are so far behind that i just think that it remains to be seen what is delivered and i would rather kind of do that and sort of give you the opportunity to make this right, to catch up on all the funds at the level that we have to catch up. what i would simply say, generally to the point that supervisor peskin is making, is that given that the city, on our end has been the problem am i think that we need to be flexible and we need to be as accommodating to these businesses are still need the

letter and spirit of the law, but look, we are the ones, we collectively as the city that dropped the ball, and so, let's make it easier, not harder and where there is room for flexibility let's make our job harder, not the job of the small business or the historic preservation commission. >> director: correct. at seven reaching out to the businesses many of them, they have the pictures and i would just say that i think i reviewed the application instructions with historical preservation staff and so they are coming back with a request for revision and i think working with the fact that it is in proposition and juliet to have eight historic

preservation review and for them to have on the legacy of the legacy business, their comments relationship to what they deem is important to make their comments on, i am respecting that and want to support them on that. so, i would happily come back in a month and provide information for you and we are making it a priority to get these 20 applications through the process , as marianne is reaching out to the additional 43 that are not yet submitted nominations, were making sure that were clearly communicating what the supplemental information to provide. so though we are not having it back and forth. >> supervisor peskin: so relative to the document you just omitted i just want to clarify one thing, which is

economic china put words in your mouth, but on the second and third pages all of those are all nominated? >> director: all nominated >> supervisor peskin: okay. as compared to last week's letter, now everything has been- >> director: everything has been reconciled at the ditch additional actual nominations and other supervisors offices have provided. >> supervisor peskin: okay >> director: so there from that list, we have moved everybody on that list too officially nominated. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor yee speak >> supervisor yee: i have a question. in regards to the item-i don't know what page the number three committing to maintain this copy jurors or traditional features including

craft and art forms, some photos might make sense in terms of physical features. but i am just curious at this point, it seems like hpc needs to look at the goal. appearances and see if it makes any sense. it's not about the physical aspect something like traditions and the type of food that might be serving, who's making those judgments? >> director:- >> supervisor yee: it says, or, here. so it's not like you have some special feature in the building. >> director: i think, if we talk about what say bars or restaurants that serve food, some elements-i can't

specifically answer for the hpc in terms of one interior and est but we do encourage additional photos if there is a particularly: verye food that they can provide either menu or pictures of that and businesses have been-so i do a businesses that have submitted copies of their menus over a period of time to show, to demonstrate, their history and legacy and the conary foods they provide. we do have businesses cementing pictures of important people from san francisco's history or stars or sports people who have evening and attended visited their business. so there's different ways in which businesses are showing those different: gary craft we

have-a visual history not everything old nero, but visual history over it period of time of their mural is one particular example. so, does that answer your question? >> supervisor yee: yes. i guess i'm a little concerned not knowing the legislation as well as i should, but this can be some things i think maybe hpc has no expertise and an unjust wondering if it is something like food, whether it's the addition of the menu or certain taste of the food, i mean, i grew up and it's been there forever in supervisor peskin's district eating

friday's sandwiches and how deep-rooted that the sandwiches , the same salami that type of thing. that's what i'm asking. who makes the judgment whether or not this business would be a legacy business or not we. >> director: to clarify the hpc is providing that they do not make an affirmation whether it's deemed a legacy biscuit that's a small business commission's responsibility. so, my understanding is within proposition j within the referral to the store preservation commission is the historical preservation commission, i think, they are taking a look at beyond the

building structure cultural legacy, cultural components of the city and so they have an understanding of some of our restaurants with different types of businesses about how they relate to those cultural identities and while i can't really speak to the specifics of their request for interior and next are your photos, that they will have to do what their input is to provide the mayor historical lens of san francisco some additional commentary and additional commentary that goes into the file of the registry to marketand implement those businesses. speak >> supervisor yee: thank you. >> director: so, any other additional questions? >> supervisor peskin: i feel a

sense of urgency because three of the businesses that we have nominated having been dealt with timely might still exist. fargo market. gypsy rosalie. -these are businesses that are hanging on and so i don't want to keep repeating the story about the last five months, but we had given them leave earlier as intended by the proposition is adopted by the voters, they might still be here. i'm looking-i want you to finish your presentation but i'm looking at the timeline where really want is when are they going to get relief? i mean, as at least as to the 11 that are deemed to be nominated and applications complete, when can they get the grant that the voters said they can get? >> director: let me get

through the presentation and then i will address those questions at the end because that involves the next steps. as i noted earlier, the position the legacy business program manager has been posted yesterday that yesterday was the end of the posting deadline. we will immediately be moving forward to doing the interviews and getting the positions hired. i have scheduled a training and we sending out an invitation after hearing your legislative aides to go through--we go through the registry application process with them and let them know the next steps with the program manager will be doing for them, just to clarify the confusion that has been out there. then, as todd mentioned, we established the generic legacy business e-mail address this is now something that multiple individuals have

access to so we can keep on top of any questions from businesses , questions and submittals from businesses. i do think-i do want to take a moment to sort of talk about the registry process because the registry process is actually the first process before, that a business needs to go through, before the ability to apply for the grant program. within the application process, and why it may take time between your nomination and a business submitting an application is that the business needs to write their historical narrative as it relates to the three key categories of what you established in the ordinance.

also, the other thing is, any application cover sheet, they are required to-excuse me-they are required to attest their current with all their san francisco taxes, business registrations, licenses and labor laws. so there could be a delay in the business if they're not current needing to take time to bring those things up to-to make them current. then, they also do need to sign , their sign all information they are providing this for public information. the next slide is just so that you can see the exact language that is in the application cover sheet, that they are checking off and attesting to. so, before

getting into the next steps, i do want to make a note that while the intention was to have submittals of applications last friday, he used oracle preservation commission has asked for a delay in this and because their ability to be able to hear their first set of applications is now july 20 because they are not having their early july meeting. so, with the next step, >> supervisor peskin: what about a late june meeting? >> director: i can reach out to him and asked if he can confer with his commissioners to have that hearing.

>> supervisor peskin: thank you. >> director: next up, marion thompson in the office of economic and workforce of almost continue to work with me in the case management of newly nominated businesses until we have the legacy business program manager on board. i will continue to work with those that submitted their application to make sure we get them moving forward, which is the 11 remaining applications. 6-20, this is working backward the 7-20 date of the hpc hearing. they will transfer the completed applications to the historical preservation commission. on 6-30 because were doing some revisions based upon this oracle preservation commission's request, making the modifications to the application we will have the translated application instructions and cover sheet on our website no later than june 30. >> supervisor peskin: it seems

to me maybe we need to have mr. fry in here because i mean, this is not been before the historical preservation commission and this is all happening at a staff level without any input to my knowledge from the duly appointed commissioners. so, i really feel like this is not very-may you maybe mr. buehler -mr. buehler could you, peer? this is not public comment. this is a question of someone following this might what is the commission directed his staff to do relative to the hpc on proposition j? >> staff: the commissioners had this on their agenda twice now to discuss the criteria for the review of nominations and applications with their

submitted. i think what regina was referring to is that the guidance to team and staff are what information should be included was provided by the h pc during one of those hearings. one, there's also been discussion about whether or not the hpc, whether not the application should be on the agenda every time her on the consent calendar. the hpc has great interest in this program and its access and they've insisted on having public hearings for all of the applications submitted rather than just as a consent item. that's what unaware. so far. >> supervisor peskin: and to the commission directed staff to include photographs? do you remember that? >> staff: i was not there with that was discussed that although during the discussion this morning to review the application. a range of voters are required already in the current application. however, there is not photos required of interior and exterior photos in the current application. i was not present if that was discussed and hpc.

>> supervisor peskin: do you know when the second of these 2 hearings took pl. at the hpc? >> staff: there was a hearing just 3-4 weeks ago where the hpc resolve to draft a letter, which i think my attention with this committee. that was the most recent time it was discussed. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. >> director: if i may, to follow-up, subsequent from that meeting i did receive an e-mail from the staff clarifying some of those points and which is where we had the discussion of the internal and external photographs. then, by 730 will complete the survey to it assess additional legacy business is for program development. by 7-30 will have

a webpage up so we can have a start listing our research legacy businesses, and then by august 1, we will have the preservation grant applications available for businesses to be able to apply. so, we will be, as director todd with oh had noted that the last meeting, that we will be working with your staff to develop those grant application guidelines >> supervisor peskin: in other words there's a whole other process. so first, this nomination application, hpc hearing, and then once you run that gauntlet, you can apply? the director correct >> supervisor peskin: supervisor >> supervisor campos: i appreciate all the work. if i can just speak for myself, i don't feel like the timeline is

aggressive enough. i don't know why it takes until july 30 12 a webpage. i mean, it's not brain surgery. i sort of feel like the response based on the presentation from the small business commission doesn't really reflect the sense of urgency that i think all of us have tried to convey and i sort of feel like there's a way that we can live up to the letter and spirit of the law, whether it's compliance with the registry requirements, but at the same time, expedite this thing could you know, i just don't get that sense of urgency to be honest with you. today is what, june 2. how many weeks

does it take to put up a webpage? i don't know. i hope that more happens and that more happens more quickly than what i'm seeing. >> supervisor peskin: >> director: thank you. i've heard that supervisor campos. then, so that is it for this the historical preservation-legacy business process. i did want to do one other note that you have brought up to proviso campos good excuse me supervisor peskin at the last meeting regarding the small business commission and the minutes and so it had been on her plan with bringing on the commission policy person and secretary to

complete those minutes and we are working with the transcription company. the commission will approve the timeline of getting those minutes up, completed and up, on the website, but we do have it noted on the commissions landing page and onto public notice page that all meetings can be viewed via sf.tvsfgtv so anybody can view or hear the meetings, passed meeting minutes through the live stream through sfgov tv. >> supervisor peskin: i was in a recent issue. i was just looking on the internet at the last meeting relative to looking for the application and other things and literally in the meeting i discovered that. first of all, one comment,

which is while i appreciate the fact that people can go and look at a tape, the purpose of minutes is entirely different. it is a tool that gives members of the public knowledge in a succinct fashion about the actions of a public body, in this case the small business commission, and viewing three hours of tape is not an adequate substitute for that. the question is, what i discovered because it was stated by mr. truffaut there've been a vacancy of the commission secretary for a period abatements that hiring was slow and difficult and what have you, all of which i believe to be true, but that does not explain away the fact that minutes been done sporadically if at all for 2.5 years, which is a period of time is a lot longer than eight

months. so, how is it-i mean, look, try to pick on you but when i see a program like this that not been implemented at all up until mr. truffaut i'm here two weeks ago, which we are delighted is finally moving forward that a supervisor campos be a lot of catching up to do and i marry that with the fact that one of the most basic functions of a public body and its staff is to post the minutes, i started to worry that things are not working at the office of small business. i'm not trying to personally -it's not personal. it's a problem. when i look at the history of e-mails on this legacy business registration and see that my staff who i have been writing because i've got constituents who having a tough time and very expensive

city, hanging on these are truly legacy businesses that have been there as we are from creative design for three generations and they're having a tough time, in a book and i asked myself what's going on and they can produce for me e-mails for the last five months , not one of which even got the courtesy of her sons to say, we are swamped. we can deal with. get us some more staff. give us supplement the prohibition which supervisor campos assured through the board a couple months ago, it is been radio silence in your shop. i'm just really want this program to succeed, but everything that i'm looking at this and giving a lot of confidence. >> director: i understand and i hear that. i'm equally frustrated because with the commission position it's been with the last set of vacancy was eight months we've had two periods of vacancy and so well on that on a get into the

challenges symbols of service hiring and some of the process, but it is equally frustrating for me to deal with the challenge of having to have extended vacancies in my office. so, i am hopeful that this is done and over with the new hire, feeling the commission position, and we can just move forward now. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor campos. does that include your presentation? san diego that concludes my presentation. >> supervisor peskin: i went up e supervisor campos comments that leader is not greater. when we open this up to public comment. welcome, good afternoon. >> testifier: i'm bob planter could i've got no dog, no stake

in this. i'm here just out of questions concerns about process in first, would you folks have passed said he indicated about lack of minutes , well what you're not seeing is the clear how long violation of the sunshine ordinance. lacking a secretary is not an excuse for not providing minutes. some commissions have their own internal secretary and sometimes other staff should have done it but when the no secretary sasso e, that's not adequate. that's not professional. beyond that in listening to this hearing today, it just seems like there's nobody that designated as the task master to bring everybody together in a quick timely efficient response of way. small business seems to be the most responsive and maybe a lead agency, but they are not cracking the whip figuratively, nobody is doing that and that's why this is just dragged on, dragged on because there's no one person that you supervisors

that the mayor, the comedic can go to and say what is going on. it scattered too much. at the lake am i think harms the integrity of the program, the image. it impairs the credibility of the ballot measure we citizens past that this thing is just dithering on good i'm glad you have this hearing can i ask you to keep pushing for. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. mr. buhler because the fire >> testifier: good afternoon commissioners mike buhler san francisco heritage. i just want to report that we are helping things grow with her application thanks to supervisor peskin's nomination. i want to report says that hearing to easier we've heard from maryann thompson, and i

spoke with her by phone and e-mail and she was helpful in telling us what is required so that's an encouraging time from our perspective. i did want to address some of the questions raised by supervisor yee earlier regarding who decides,, which intentional aspects of a business heritage should be protected and the application form is quite detailed and actually, asks applicants to self identify those aspects of the business with its menu items were traditions or whatever it might be, that they are committing to maintain going forward. but i should also note, the hpc for the last two years has had a cultural kurdish asset subcommittee which is specifically focused on intangible aspects of the city's heritage and that's why they're so engaged in this process are so interested. further note regarding the hpc process, as i mentioned it at least two hearings on this and the planning department has classroom presented the format for the draft staff report that they will receive when

applications are submitted to them for processing so i do firmly believe hpc is geared up and ready to per stop process things expeditiously. so that's also encouraging. but thank you again for your attention to this matter and we look forward to helping in any way possible. >> supervisor peskin: thank you mr. buhler for your advocacy on the issue for continued to dog it. are there any other members of the public would like to testify on item number four? seeing none, public comment is closed >>[gavel] b peskin colleagues, when we continue this item 1 month and we will hopefully have lots of good news and i want to thank mr. rufo and ms. dick-and as he and ms. thompson for slowly actually quickly turning the ship around after a long period of the late. thank you so will continue this item for one month and mr. clerk, if you could please read the last

item >> clerk: item number five is doing on below market rate housing policies and procedures utilized throughout the city is even requesting the mayor's office of housing a community devoted to report. >> supervisor peskin: colleagues, supervisor kim as we continue this item to the next meeting. any members of the public would like to testify on item number five? seeing none,, public comment is closed >>[gavel] >> supervisor peskin: without objection, we will continue this item for two weeks to our next regular scheduled meeting. that includes business before the government audit and oversight committee. we are adjourned. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >>

>> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encoura >> good morning, everyone my name is supervisor president london breed of the board of supervisors and to my left is the button chair supervisor farrell and joined by supervisor wiener and supervisor tang

to here the mayor's proposed balanced budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 we look forward to what is proposed a number of department heads and commissioners and others i look forward to a robust conversation about that fiscal year budget and we'd like to welcome you mr. mayor to present your budget thank you so much for being here. >> (clapping.) >> good morning, supervisors, good morning to the members of the public, thank you supervisor president london breed and budget chair farrell and board members your elected officials and commissioners and all of our department heads also thank you to labor and community leaders for joining us and welcome to everyone watching at home

thank all of you for you're support as we deliver a balanced two-year budget. every year the budget gives us an opportunity to address the issues our city cares about this year we have a $89.6 billion budget budget to loot and invest in ways that reflect our san francisco values my budget submissions and the boards deliberations in the coming weeks it city hall's way to menu our priorities our city is facing challenges we can't deny that neighborhood crime is up and homelessness is visible and preying concern, the need for reform in our police department is evident i hear

from resident about those issues they want safe and clean neighborhoods they want us to address homelessness they address it in a humane way 2 respect san francisco's values and want world-class city services well, this budget addresses those needs it invests in answers to homelessness and housing, that invests in police reforms and pedestrian safety and quality of life in our neighborhoods and the well-being of our people we're using this unique time to make the lives of all the residents and the city stronger homelessness is a top priority we all know that there are far too of people on the street in

fact, in and around city hall and across the neighborhood and telling the truth across the country and fortunately to as the initiative and compassionate programs to lift people out of homelessness and programs that are like care not cash and project homeless connect and direct assessed to housing the first lgbt in and of itself founded in san francisco and while we have make significant process progress in serving the homelessness veterans and families and youth we know we have to do better we're making investments to serve and house people experiencing homelessness through our navigation center model we'll helped 5 hundred

people move off the streets were you we're set to open at a navigation center with additional 93 beds but navigation centers are not enough they need permanent housing that's why in that budget i've included funding for three hundred units of supportive housing for expansion of housing empties for seniors and people with disabilities and this budget fulfills any promise to create a new department who's sole mission to end homelessness for an individual, a family and veteran this united strategy and delivery service delivery system insures we're working and highest sufficiency and help 98

thousand people exit homeless in the years as you may know i appointed jeff the head of the homeless and supportive housing his official day is tomorrow i think he started last month and i'm confident under his leadership homelessness with will be rare and brief and a one time occurrence >> in addition to addressing the challenge of homelessness violence preservation and reforms to our public safety are at the top of shared priorities my budget includes comprehensive reform package and a $20 million have felt over the next two years to implement reforms alone are not enough to have an impact on community

violation for the communities of color this budget combhudz new funding for violence preservation programs that we know work for residence at risk of intraer into the criminal criminal justice system this includes funding for jobs programs and an african-american violence preservation collaborative and the strengthening of our crisis and outreach teams additionally the budget includes funding for policed rofrnlz to build trust between police officers with increased oversight arbitrates, and other we will insure that accompanied by the right training outline officers will have the equipment and tools they need to do their job and protect the public like the growing of the departments

body camera program and i know those investments in our police department must be accompanied by funding for office of office of citizens complaints my proposed budget a 25 percent increase in investigators and insuring a full response to every officer-involved shooting this budget also focuses on the quality of life in our neighborhoods this is an issue we all hair about it every community meeting the need for safe and clean neighborhoods that's why i created our new neighborhood based fix it teams which will but for city workers from evidently departments with the side it fix it strategy we also expanding our street cleaning and building on the successful pit stop for the improvements 6 quality of life

in the neighborhoods as part of focus we need to get more officers into your neighborhoods our 6 year public safety hiring program will continue over the next two years the city will reach one thousand nine hundred and 70 officers by the end of 2017 and it is vitally we make the investments that will pay off in the long run in this budget you will see full funding for the capital improvement plan and the information technology and our aide equipment program this includes strengthening our seawall and funding critical presented equipment go ladies and gentlemen, our strong economy allows us to make those investments and demonstrating our provided priorities to our residents i

remember as sure as you do our city was cutting the budget and not adding that's why wire committed to successful financial policies we put in place like two-year budget and longer o long-range planning times are good idea we can't get lazy this is important to self-confidence r safeguard our resources and strategic about the initiatives to bring the voters theirs affordable over the long run and it is important to bring in new revenue about when it is possible i'm proud to partner with many of you on the major revenues major initiatives i want to thank you for putting in the work to creativity this sales tax and thank you

supervisor john avalos, supervisor wiener km and supervisor farrell for your leadership and most importantly to community leaders and business strrmentdz or stakeholders stakeholders that are supporting this effort the revenue if the sales tax helps us to keep the promise to have a grammar transportation system and pave our roads and take care of our homeless residents as i said my budget priorities are homelessness, public safety reforms and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods what's no coins the top priorities from all of you in the past months as well i know that each of you have issues specific budget krsz that we've done our best to address as many as we can this includes the funding for navigation centers and pit stops and nonprofit

displacement the implementation of the legacy businesses and hiv and aids supervisors in 23 spirit of coordination for the great good idea of the city i present a two-year budget balanced budget for your careful consideration i respect this board r0eb9 to improve on the violate product i commit in collaboration with did you in the weeks to come thank you to our controllers mr. rosenfeld and his team for helping us keep in mind the biggest financial picture of the city and a preempt to harvey rose and melissa light house my acting budget director and the staff for their sole hard work in

getting us ready for today and a final thank you to everyone ♪ chamber this morning for being part of this very important city process thank you, everyone >> (clapping.) >> you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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welcom good afternoon and welco i'm [inaudible] public address anounssment for you 3 time world championship [inaudible] [applause] the team must always be introduced. it is my honor to welcome you to this very special celebrationment we gather to celebrate the birthday of the greatest player to ever play the game of baseball. right! san francisco treasure and living legend the hall of famer number 24, give it up to mr. willie mays. [applause]. before we begin i like to mometd to recognize our dignities. he is on his way, mayor willie brown. he

heard that a few times. chairman tom nolan. mta board member malcon hine iky. [inaudible] ceo mr. larry bear and his wife pam. mr. peter megalen is on his way. he here yet? he will be here, yes, sir, you know he won't miss this mr. mays. supervisor mark farrell. also we are expecting fire chief joan hayes-white. and director of the mta ed riscon. let me tell you about our honored guest today. born in

west field alabama in 19thry 1 willie mays junior was introduced to baseball. his professional career began in 1947 still in high cool. ofew short years later the new york ginets signed willie a minor league deal and made his major league debay in 1941. the next year the army drafted willie removing him from it game befr about a year and a half and returned to baseball in 1954 with a bang winning the mrp award and selected to the a l star team. in 1958 the giants franchise relocated to beautiful san francisco where willie spends most of his career. over 2 twenty-two seasons with the new york and san francisco giants and the new york mets the beloved say akid with 660

home runs won 12 gold love awards and two mpv awars and played in 24 all star games. 1979 in his first year of eligibility he was elected to the baseball hall of fame. willie mays is one the greatest to ever play the beautiful game of baseball but equally impressive is his cairth. he is president of & ceo of say afoundation. provides ecass to education, health care and safe communities. he also workwise institute on aging here in san francisco. many bigitaries recognized willie for generous contribution tooz the society, most recently president obama awarded with medal of

freedom. willie mays name is synonymous withsuch giants baseball every game day 40,000 fans [inaudible] greeted by a larger than life statue oof mr. mays flanked by 24 palm rr trees. the namesake speaks volumes about the franchise and todays event [inaudible] speaks volumes what willie means to the the itsy of san francisco. willie, we wish you a very happy birthday, right everybody? [applause] now at this time i like to bring up the mayor of city and county of san francisco, the honorable ed lee. mr. mayor! >> thank you. welcome

everybody to the cable car barn of san francisco hosted by local 255 a of san francisco! thank you! in the men and women are so lucky because they work in a great city and proud of their job and get to put this carbol car out every single day for peoples enjoyment. they will be proud to do that. happy 85 birthday willie mays! we are here to honor the greatest athlete in america and let me give you a snap shot. i know [inaudible] went through some of it but there is other data i love to have and it is when i think about giant, i love the data and stats. rookie of the year. remember those days, willie? two time most valuable player.

24 time all star. world searings champion. 660 home runs! hall of famer and of course when everybody gets on this cable car they will say, where is the catch? ! he was a legendary baseball player for sure but know willie mays is much more than that. his connection to san francisco goes way beyaunds the baseball diamond. as a civil right leader he paved a way in the really many time said during the social upheaval happening in the united states when he was playing this game. drafted by the u.s. army he served our country honorably and has a roll model

he always inspired kids to dream big and as a human itarian he made the world a better place. everyone knows willie may saz great baseball player and i say he is the best every. he became a superstar around the world because of his good nature. his infectious personalty and good heart. that is one of the reasons why president obama awarded willie the presidential medal of freedom. the nations highest honor presented to individuals who made contribution tooz the national interest of the united states. he is our national treasure that we should haun frr generations to come. so, we are here today ladies and gentlemen joined by all our city family and the

audience and giants and baseball lovers and transportation lovers coming together to join a national treasure with a national historic landmark 6789 today we dedicate cable car number 24 to the one and only 24. before we unveil the delaware dedication we have a special message from someone who couldn't be here today in person but wanted to send his congratulations. tee it up. >> hello san francisco. it is a even year which means good things happen in this town and today is one of them because we honor a favorite son and greatest living ball player. when the giant moved west willie mays said he would work [inaudible] once he

got here he hit many 660 homers against the wins of candle stick park. he collected more than 3 thousand hits many times running [inaudible] when they say the san francisco cable car was the first national historic that moved they forgot to include willie. willie running second or pop fly is baseball. a cable car rolling down the hillicize san francisco, both of them can be fiercem sites for over whoo ever gotd in the way. [inaudible] will ask a dodgers on the diamond. today with ilweas 24 cable car to american icons come together to create a new landmark. willie, your city loves you because you are as complete a person as you were a player. a mentor, a community leader, a army veteran and ambassador for the game and something with

that special ability to put a smile on a kids face. when willie would visit sick children in bay area hospitals he refused to hand out base balls he already signed. he wanted kids to watch him sign his name so they know the autograph was real. i got to spend #250i78 with willie on the white house and air force ones, two places i would never be if people like willie hadn't pushed towards a more inclusive america. his legacy is giant so congratulations my friend on this special honor. [applause]. happy birthday, willie mays! >> suprise! yes, you do that. [laughter] alright, you are very welcome. now for the

ceremonial unveiling of the plake rr i need these special individuals to join us, mr. bear and mr. mayor if you would return. did willie brown make it yet? still waiting. we are not going to wait, we will keep it moving mr. mays. tom nolan come up, malcolm hine iky and ed riscon. whenever you guys are ready. [applause]. there we go. cable car number 24, willie mays cable car! give you time to get your photo's in. i

think we should all sing, right? i think we should sing. please join me singing happybirth to the greatest ever. happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear willie, happy birthday to you! there you go. [applause]. big round of applause to willie mays! mr. mays has a few comments for us. >> we got it. thank you very much. first of all, i didn't sleep last night to tell you the truth. those guys going to kill me at the ball park. 17

runs. i started to cut it off but said i got to watch this and watched and went to sleep maybe 1 o'clock and woke up and couldn't hardly see because i was watching hits all the field. this is great honor for me. i have been involved with the city for such a long time, but before i get to that i like to thank larry [inaudible] for doing something for a friend of mine back in new jersey. i think it was a wonderful gesture he goes back, that he read a letter that renee and i happened to write. did a very very good job. just like to thank him because he didn't have >> student to do that but if

he didn't i would probably get on him. i like to thank him for that and also like to thank pam for escorted him there to make sure he got there. very much so. when you have a city like this, i didn't come out here until 1958. you didn't know anything about me at the time, because it was something strange, it is [inaudible] city and joe was my [inaudible] when i came out here. nobody know that, but i did. the thing that i never seen a picture oaf and when joe hit his last home run in 1951 we played a game in new york and he had a grand slam. i'm out there clapping for him. you don't do that when you play the opposition in new york, you just don't do that, but i was

clapping and my think was, why didn't you want to get that pitch in. i'm glad they did want because [inaudible] probably would have shot me right away. it was just a wonderful gesture on my part and forgot all about what was geing on but he was my guy. i also like to thank peter [inaudible] he was the guy that came to me and says, you will be in san francisco the rest of your life and i said i'm doing fine and don't need anything. yes, you do. he said you will need something later on in life and i didn't understand what he was talking about and he says, we will do something at the ball park and make sure you have a life time job, who ever may be here, you will be here to honor them. i thank peter for doing that for me because at that time i had a wonderful life and call her may

because i couldn't call her mays, i said may and she understood. she was a very very nice lady. anyway, when you come to a event like this and you have as i know the lawyers i have and he talks all the time-malcolm-he is truly a lawyer and he truly a friend. he says, we going to get a cable car for you. i said what do i need a cable car for, i have a car to ride down the hill, i have been on one from the fairmont hotel to the hilton and said it is okay. he said not this cable car. he said a cable car will be number 24 and it will say mays 24. i said to him, what happens to the [inaudible]

they come and play here, they brought me here. he said no, the giants will come later, we are going to do something for them later but the cable car is yours. you will see it when you come to a event like this. it was kind of heart warming because i never had a car that moved as fast as i did when i played, so i had to take a back seat. now, all these things are coming into play and what i like just a couple minutes ago, the president called, nobody told me the president was going to call, nobody told me anything but i'm surprised he didn't call my house to tell me he was going it doall this stuff. he is a friend. avenue every time i went to the white house it was like

home, what can we do for you. i said you can't do anything for me, i'm okay. i have a friend at the white house named rejy and i said rejy i need to take something back home for the kids that i can give like [inaudible] or something that comes from the white house. the president says, whatever he wants, gets it to him. in the mean time take 1600 from him so we can take care of everything. i understand all these kind of things. i wish i was as great a speaker aslarry, but i'm not. i was just a player and larry wasn't a player like i was. on a lot of avenues when you stop and think look at all the things you have to do during a course of the season and i only had to

play 162 games. after 162 games he had to be there so it is just a wonderful feeling for me to understand so many people helped me and all the kids around the country and what it is all about is it is not just san francisco or new york, i go to birmingham and arizona, i take care of kids because they are kids, they don't know where they are. they are just kids and kids to me make a difference in the world and think it is so important guys like myself are able to play 22 years base ball, go in the service and come back and [inaudible] they know you. there are a lot of guys that come up and say i was there when if 9 or 10. i

don't know who these people are but they know me. what i like to do, i haven't been in any trouble yet, trouble will come. you cannot go in this world without having trouble and i said to myself, i just hope i don't get in trouble so the kids will not change their mind about things that i do, so i'm so pleased malcolm and the mayor got together and said, we going to give you this cable car so it goes up and down the street every day and the cable car will be in your honor. it is just a wonderful wonderful feeling so like the thank the giants and mayor and malcolm and all the people that will be involve in the cable car because to me the t is just a wonderful feeling so, i like to thank all of you ahead of time. thank you very much, okay? [applause]

>> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! so, i am-mic

you to the new sf moma. what a morning it is. we ordered up some sunshine and i'm sure it's on its way. so, stay one. i want to offer first of all, a special shout out to some of our performers this morning who been keeping us warm with her good work in the san francisco high school jazz all-stars. speak up in >> the san francisco youth within ballet dancers who are looking very cold, and he chalk artist. we talked shop for their great work. thank you, all. we are so thrilled. were welcoming 5000 friends either

old friends, back to the museum or new friends of the new sf moma. were going to be thrilled, just thrilled, to see the galleries filled with the rest we share our passion for contemporary art. a great day and way to still go those wonderful dollars and a 5000 people look at art this man. i'm often asked how did this extranet expansion happen. i think, basically, the new sf moma rows of two very fundamental questions. first, could we translate the passion that our community unquestionably shares for contemporary art in where the largest and most extraordinary and most innovative contemporary art using simple world. second, we open our doors to make sf moma mean more to more people than ever before. i don't think there's any question that the staff and the board and the extraordinary community of this museum banter these questions with the most resounding yes. we could not be more pleased you joined us here this morning to welcome you to

the new museum. i want to thank our opening-day sponsors, pg&e and that your bubbling up benefit district and most especially a premier sponsor they come up america and catalog. they do so much for your support. before introduce are really distinguished roster of speakers this morning, i want to offer three shout outs. i think we can at this point in modestly say we believe we have created when the finest homes for contemporary art of any username of anywhere in the world. i really-clapping >>[applause] >> thank doctors, principal in the norwegian american guidebook that designed the new sf moma. greg, perhaps you could give us a wave? >>[applause] >> click, and his team had an extraordinary job and set a new standard for museum design anywhere in the world. i also want to welcome a norwegian man this of culture-some from oslo for the event. was here as well. >>[applause] >> thank you so much for

coming. last, but god knows certainly not least, the indefatigable charlotte schultz. >>[applause] >> shyla, it was your vision that conceived of this wonderful opening even. i'm so glad and so grateful to you for your great work. what i like to do now is very quickly introduce our speakers. we will begin woodchucks walk extra dairy board chairmanship for bob fisher board president mayor edward lee and congressman nancy pelosi. so, chuck i like to pass to you. thank you, all. >>[applause] >> it's hard to believe it's happened. really. it took a long 5.5 or so years. to put us

here and you will be very excited to come in, i am sure to heal, thank you so much for the-well, you were the partner, major partner, along with bob fisher, to this whole effort. i just can't thank you enough. what has happened today is truth fully remarkable in my opinion. there'll be hundreds of the spectacular works of art there to be seen, thousands of square feet of exhibition space, and i have to say, very proud of the fact that everyone 18 and under his welcome to the museum free. >>[applause] >> and, we are open seven days a week. i made that happen. i said why close on wednesdays.

but make it open so can be here for everybody. of course, this is all about the enjoyment for the public. to learn to think in new ways and to be inspired by the art it's a museum designed for sharing good today's people who i observe are all about sharing and we want museum that would embrace that spirits. you are welcome to take as many pictures as you want and share them with your friends. i told him it is here in san francisco. this new museum san francisco's sf moma mobile below for to return and return again. now, i like to introduce my other partner in the project from the president of museum, bob fisher. >>[applause] >> chuck, thanks. this project

truly would not have happened without your vision and leadership, and i'm deeply-our whole family is deeply appreciative of what you've done for the community and for us. this is a museum bill for all of us today. and for the future of the bay area. i'm so grateful to welcome you here today, and i'm deeply moved by the outpouring of support from her entire neighborhood as we celebrate today without on the go partners. your book going up, center for the arts, the contemporary jewish museum, moab museum of the african diaspora, the oakland museum of california, the asian arts museum in the fine arts museum of san francisco. also, our community neighbors. your book going a festival, the mexican museum, [inaudible] the

children's creativity museum, the california historical society, wants to vision, the tenderloin division, and are nearby galleries. this area is truly becoming an arts center, not only in san francisco, but for the world. >>[applause] >> and thanks to all those organizations for the partnerships as we stepped into this new moment here in soma. all these organizations champion innovation and criteria. the exchange of ideas and the development of imagination, which strengthens our bonds and creates opportunities for everyone. in the last seven or eight years, since we are working on this project, this area has completely transformed in i think accommodation of what's going on right here with the business community and with the arts and cultural community is going to have an everlasting bond and become one of the great centers in the world, right here. my parents don and

doris fisher one to give back to the community where they live in raised their family and were so pleased the fisher collection will be part of sf moma for decades to come. my mom is here today with us and is so pleased with how this museum has turned out. i know my father would be equally pleased, some show without a couple things we could've done better. >>[applause] >> it's an honor to open up this museum on behalf of all the made this project possible. including our own mayor lee locus move city by house number one to a better location and replace it with this richard sculpture by climbing out in a free gallery they'll be open to the public year round. mayor

lee thank you for everything you did to make this happen. really, the city was incredibly supportive, positive, and easy to work with and i know you don't always hear that, but in this case, this has been a remarkable partnership with the city under your leadership. thanks, very much like to invite you up on stage. thanks. >>[applause] >> well, thank you bob and doris, the fisher family, everything that you've done and are doing and being part of this incredible, incredible global center. i want to say, again, chuck, mr. schwab, i know what a love this represents to you and helen over six years of loving work to raise the funds for this, to work in concert with everyone to form the chain that would have the outcome that we are seeing today. ladies and gentlemen, and try to keep my

mouth shut this all morning i've been given legal brief tour by mr. schwab and my mouth has been open all morning long. you've got to know how beautiful this place is in charlotte, you and george, we again have you another icon to welcome our councils, generals, as they come through and international visitors. i'm sure they're already wondering how can i get into my sf moma when i make my visit here. i just want to say that this represents our cities values something i know of, certainly, have inherited the responsibilities to keep alive and keep it working for everyone. the incredible access that has been described. i know

of lieut. gov., who's down with his kids today. they are looking forward to this. and i know you and i have shared a lot of discussion about being a global city and making sure that we do locally that kind of access to all of our kids, our teachers, the connection to a new architectural design curriculum, with the-school. the teachers don't just be thrilled to bring their kids in here every single weekday and weekend. i am just thrilled with the way this museum has been such an open, welcome opportunity for everyone. and so, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, to the entire team of people who put together and make sure not just

that the physical building gets open, that the art will inspire us, that we embrace both the creativeness and innovation that it reflects, but also that it touches our historic ties of having a brand-new fire station at the same time, it's done so well. i know our chief is so proud of that station because is a modern station. isn't this the way we do things here? yes. yes, something we celebrate. >>[applause] >> i know full well what's going through his mind about how this adds to the beauty and history in the creativeness this city has good it such a welcome to everyone here on behalf of the city and county him and think everyone, deeply, for their commitment, their contributions, the money goes a long way. it's not just the physical building. everybody has figured out to allow this gift keep on giving, to accelerate all the other programs that we have. and so, in addition to all of this, tonight, not only in

celebration you will see city hall in red. >>[applause] >> thank you, again for this gift have to now a great opportunity to invite up here a dear dear friend of mine, someone i keep learning from every single day, and of course she is our congresswoman. she is our democratic leader, but she is so much more than that. just a friend for everybody in our city. congresswoman democratic leader, nancy pelosi. >>[applause] >> thank you very much mr. mayor for your kind words. thank you for your leadership to be so much a part of making all this happened. thank you mr. mayer for focusing on the children are striving to increase in the schools which is so important to the life of our city. i want to join you and acknowledging our two mayors, tenant gov. newsom and

willie brown supervisor janet kim. thank you because the pleasure to join the official tammy of san francisco to be at this opening and also to see so many families of san francisco who are here for the 21 years ago when san francisco sf moma ipo which is speaking that day after the same families to help that happen and now an ever widening circle of friends. of course, well deeply in debt to chuck schwab for his incredible leadership. his commitment to excellence in everything he does good we all blessed by your leadership, >>[applause] >> to the fisher family, what a remarkable thing. doris, it's all beautiful. it's a beautiful good i agree with bob, john would've had some other little thing going. but you to all the fisher family, thank you so much. to neil-are we blessed to have him? isn't he just wonderful?

>>[applause] >> i saw the opera house and ballet in oslo how beautiful and now how beautiful this is good we are so honored that your cultural minister is with us today and counsel general. let me just say this. the mayor talked about how important this is for the city and what an important date this is for the city and it is indeed, but the important day for our country as well. president kennedy said the life of the art are very close to the core purpose of our nation. this is true and even our founders recognized that way back when. john adams, just about four years after nation was established, you go to abigail and he said to her i must study war and politics so that our children can study agriculture and commerce, other

subjects, so that their children have the liberty to study music and art and painting and porcelain and tapestry. he went on. but that was about our country's commitment to make i think giving more opportunity to future generations. that is the core of america. but even at that time our founders john adams saw that more opportunity in the arts with central to our country. so, here we are on this day. this great day where san francisco once again continues to affirm its leadership in arts and culture. much as in the nation but the world. i love what i heard what chuck said, chairman schwab said in his remarks about the children, the mayor as well. the opening of this building in san francisco sf moma has made a commitment to children so that they as john adams would have loved to hear, can have access and be exposed to the

beautiful world-class art. the incredible collection of doris and john fisher and her family being central to it. those children will see freedom of expression and learn to appreciate it around them and inside of them. that freedom of expression is also manifested in our city by having so many artists. greg, with so many artists in san francisco in fact san francisco is the city that gets more grants from the national endowment for the arts than any city except new york but there 10 times bigger than we are. but that free expression in our city is just a continuation of the value that we placed, and i can't help but thinking of the poet shelley said the greatest force for moral good is imagination. imagination. to see things in other ways. here we are, this living temple of

imagination. an inspiration for all of us to be creative in our lives, in our work, for our country, for our children. a champion of all of that creativity and inspiration is a great director, neil-glad the privilege pleasure to bring him back up. >>[applause] >> congressman -congresswoman-sorry, what beautiful an absolute inspiring words. thank you so much that i like now to do is invite chuck and bob, mayor, craig, up to the podium. we don't cut with interior sf moma. we do things a little bit differently. okay.

what's up with open this museum. >>[drumroll] >> >>[loud celebratory music >>

>> [gavel] >> good afternoon and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and oversight committee of the board of supervisors i am chair and i am joined by supervisor yee to my left. >>thank you mme. clerk could you please read the 1st and only item.