motion >> come on guys. >> thank you commissioner thomas that's a motion is there a second. >> all right. a second take a vote. >> commissioner perez commissioner thomas commissioner caminong commissioner joseph commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan. >> that item passes and that move on to item 7 which is why most people are here a hearing and possible action with the permit we have 3 llps tonight so hand to did deputy director. >> why rant the loophole will thats on a consent agenda. >> this is the internal argument amongst you guys so bryan you having wanted them on consent and then. >> director kane. >> my decision i feel like when we don't have other things

on calendar and i feel like the folks that are applying for those permits have things to present to you we take them through a process and come here asking for them you should hear about their efforts and it is useful. >> so a matter how much is on the agenda. >> sure. >> okay. >> i really - all right. go ahead and stick with the agenda as advertised and have those split out so start with bat out of hell la. >> the first applications for the evening located on 565 green street at the wine bar it is primarily using this permit for acoustic and performances with ample modification it is open 7

days a week until 3:00 a.m. they'll end the entertainment by 10110 a.m. they've spoken with the telegraph hill developers and north beach association both of the organizations support this application and have a huge amount of signatures of support 2200 and 75 from patrons at the top of the pile one letter of opposition from a neighbor that is worried about adding another potential nuisance to this neighborhood as opposed to bagging a complaint on something that is concurring other than that a central station has approved that and to tell you about that is keith and the

general manager. >> well hello commissioners i'm keith the owner of bell core that is the general manager own a live music venue on grant avenue call it up a low in operation for 5 years opened a couple of months ago the most part doing - going to be the space is really space 6 hundred and 50 square feet space inside anything of actual volume will be disruptive to people trying to enjoy a shared place ms. this is a completely different thing than our other place we play live music 7 days

a week i can't foresee anyone complaining as we said nelson has gone around to other 0 - core is excited to - been a lot of venues that have closed with jane does music and singer-songwriter places trying to bring that into north beach is the goal to support the musicians in the neighborhood and give a place for people to have a glass of wine and enjoy the music. >> great commissioners, any questions. >> commissioner perez. >> hello thanks for coming in i think i read somewhere you are reinstating your permit. >> when we had the lp lp we transferred. >> it looked like you did

outreach with the question with one neighborhood that had concerns did you try reaching out for the neighborhood. >> i will take blame doesn't send it out. >> will you consider giving them an update on the planned and how you'll keep it quiet. >> this is a general complaint about the neighborhood and then something on the corner but we'll be doing this is an opportunity to bring the dialogue - you blast everyone out of the restaurant. >> so it is kind of reaching out and no problem and everything will be good. all right thank you. >> all right. other thoughts or questions. >> all right. have a seat. any public comment on bat out of

hell core a known public comment is closed. commissioners. >> so i would like it astounds me people might think that is a nuisance like entertainment is a nuisance not okay and in that spirit i'd like to move to approve this. >> (laughter). second >> there is a motion that has been seconded any further comments. >> commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner caminong commissioner thomas commissioner perez president tan. >> that item passes good luck look forward to more jazz out there all right. our next permit is a c star of the folks

from c star want to come up that's fine. >> so c star is at third street there a bar with live music on occasion and plan to host small local band or djs for celebration federal reserve their open 7 days a week and end added 10 they've also spoken with the neighbors and you'll see approximately, one and 95 signatures and bayview approves that here to talk about that is the owners. >> hello high guys i wish you all - we're two of the owners of c stars and want to have this placates we want to see bring

live entertainment to the dog patch we've reached out to all of the neighbors associations d b era a and dog patch association and a lot of the regular clientele nothing too big 12 hundred square feet of says that a small band three to four people dj plugging into will sound system and done our dlunsz to have a good relationship with the neighborhoods and put in a sound system and have 10 speakers that hang 24 inches from the ceiling and no 16 to 17 year-old building and ample system and better connected all connected as well and from the permit goes

through we'll buy what a that were going to buy. >> a mixer. >> a mixer (laughter) we're going to have spending money on a mixer. >> can you tell me you have 10 speakers. >> they hang 24 inches. >> what kind of speakers. >> expensive. >> what about a brand name. >> i cannot tell you what the speakers are i've changed them out. >> do you know how powerful your ample is. >> i know the make and model i believe i don't know how powerful. >> one thousand watts. >> one thousand watts. >> okay their next door to each other and linked to each so their operateed through the one circuit system the age goes up

with the circuit goes up we have 5 speakers in the front room and in the back more. >> the impact volume control on it. >> no it is linked to excuse me - the stub didn't have a volume control the stud didn't go much higher. >> you have why'd how big our sub is. >> we can promise if approved in karaoke and (laughter) an automatic so we'll not see you for that (laughter) that's too bad. >> we have karaoke fans on this commission. >> maybe we'll call it during open mike. >> there we go. >> other questions or thoughts from commissioners i actually love the dog patch and thought what is there to do

around here besides going to a bar and you guys want to bring the attempt will draw and be an informational point for a lot of people thanks for doing that if no more questions public comment and do a motion thank you. >> thank you. >> public comment come on up and speak into the microphone go ahead and say our name. >> i'm angela born and raised and wanted to stand in solidarity for this is the you know ever changing landscape in san francisco and important to have the music so i wanted to express that thank you. >> great, thank you. >> a point of the information angela you would be a great singer. >> good evening commissioners

i'm not a great singer. >> (laughter). i know less of the wolfers but is a patron of the c star and a a long time resident up want to speak on behalf of the owners and their professionalism and sense of the neighbors i've been going to their extremely conscious and to they've been thoughtful and conscious about any of the work and i wanted to through that into the conversation >> great, thank you. >> my name is raymond hernandez i've been in the dog patch and before c star it was the goat i'm happy to hear live performance in the dog patch they need that and looking

forward to that everybody loves the c once alicia told me we're looking forward to being there another one hundred years. >> great, thank you. >> hi i also agree with bryan i frequent the dog patch a lot and it is good to see that live entertainment coming especially with the warriors stadium opening up and gives people something to do before and after the game. >> great thanks. >> any other public comment all right. i'm going to close public comment commissioners someone want to make a motion. >> i'll make the motion. >> what's your motion (laughter). >> i motion to approve this

permit. >> with all that goes with that including the good neighbor policy that is sensitive in the past but changing rapidly and good to reach out to the neighbors. >> all right there is a motion that has been seconded to approve with the good neighbor policy okay same house, same call? >> all right. that means that passes so congratulations. >> (clapping.) >> we've move on to the final one of the night. >> so our last permit for this evening is for may beckon lombard street this is a restaurant they're planning on having live jazz performances during diner but have this on friday and saturday night evening but want to poeshlt to expand they've spoken with neighbors and dropped out of off a copy of signatures he got to

the neighbors adjacent places we didn't receive any letters of opposition northern station approved this with the good neighbor policy and here to tell you more is the owner. >> thank you we're simply going to have a jazz one or two nights a week and can't be intrusive and not going to have noise only a sacking phone and base stuck in the corner not interrupting anyone's diner we're from the best of my recollection we have this ambient live music it sounds like better than other music. >> you have an bright base an upright base. >> colonel. >> no amplifiers. >> they have a tiny thing for

a guitar. >> sounds like okay any questions. >> yeah. >> no karaoke. >> no. >> darn. >> all right. have a seat. didn't look like any public to make comments any public comment? public comment is closed. and commissioners who would like to make a motion >> i make a motion to approve the permit. >> great is there a second. >> there is a motion that has been seconded. >> okay same house, same call? >> all right. the that item passes and congratulations and good luck looking forward to no karaoke there. >> okay let's see - we're at the tail end of our meeting item 8 commissioners questions or comments commissioner joseph. >> so on the 20th is our

holiday party but kind of my last actual official today this is my last meeting i hope you all come and tell people to come and have 6 hundred people come to the armory club we'll have a contingency to move across the city street and this is so biter sweet time for me to go for sure i'll miss you especially jocelyn especially you it's been amazing and you crystal and all of you would you cry and all we've accomplished over the years it's a been over the top all the legislation, urban design group

when we started there were people that called entertainment a attractive nuisance they don't call that anymore we've empowered our industry and had people act like good players not having the stuff we used to have i'll miss you all so much but i don't know how long i have to stay away but when this is over i'll be in that for sure and thank you all i'm done. >> (clapping.) >> i. >> audrey we've common everyone. >> you can't say how many years that's okay. >> being up here with i've learned a lot and so i thought

i'd leave first before you leave so i don't know what to do because - >> (laughter). so i have to do it all by myself >> thank you going to miss you. >> commissioner frost. >> i do want to say that's been a pleasure knowing you when i hear about the people talking about their speakers i look to you, you're the expert and the experiences you brought to the board you made that okay for me to come on here you'll be a avoid to philly appreciate the help when i first came on so thank you. >> i want to say thank you for - i've only about been on here a few months thank you for the

warm welcome when i came on and your words of advise dealing with the commission and the agenda thank you for all of that i'll miss you in the larger entertainment commission family even though you're not here. >> thank you 5udy been an honor to serve you're a beautiful like i said and i look forward to hearing what i share from our everyday life to all of your paved experiences we've been lucky to serve with you and taken night life to great heights in san francisco. >> my time thank you audrey you know, i joined 8 years ago it was a hard time making sure we navigate through it period of time

and we admire you and thank you you've been an icon in the entertainment industry for so long and look up to you happy trails we love you. >> i guess i have to say something (laughter) i mean, i don't that i would be here in a roll on the commission if audrey not for you thank you for helping me fly and all of us fly you've heard everyone say something about that i hope we do you just because we let you steal the show every week you can and do that well and all i think about what would audrey do i'll think about that i'll text you if i cannot figure out and

but so many san franciscans don't know who you are but need to know who you are you've made an impact on everything that they touch and all the ways they have fun and all the things they know and love about san francisco you are incredible in knowing we'll miss you big time. >> but we still have a party on the 20th and we're still around not like disappointing 100 percent from your lives but this commission is going to be the missing you a lot so but we'll party and celebrate and talk more stories on the 20th. >> anyone else, anyone else commissioner frost.

>> if we're down with that. >> i would like i don't know if a motion or what we adjourn tonight meeting in honor and memory of the people that died in the ghost ship fire i've talked with a couple of people before when things like that as well as other commissioner you want to guide without being out in the forefront and you know with the tragedy like that, of course, the nuns and the politicians come out and that's all crazy but i went to work together two kids that work where i work i shouldn't call them kids young adults and part that have that family and one is conformed found and the other one is missing that is mostly about nothing else we want to talk you know about what in

commission does we don't want to be out in the forefront kudos to the fire department and the the police department they watch our entertainment industry city to make sure the patrons is safe when they go into the environments there are times we go in and be the heavy i went in 91 all in the envelopes there was an underground party and stacks of hay and open flames and why is not anything being done you, we know why it is best we're not out in the forefront and the job you guys done keeping our entertainment in the city safe i appreciate that. >> can i follow-up with that. >> yeah. >> you're absolutely right. i

think we should be - we're all educators and heard situations and i think we have a lot of acknowledge and to reach out to the artists or even promoters to ask us questions what we do our resources to help them i think that is a good role and traefrment e entertainment commission it only takes with only small incident to make that big that's what happens he wanted to follow up i have another one i know that is another tragedy this quarter but really quick one of our long time promoters sebastian i never see audrey cry but sebastian let

me start from the beginning sebastian was a prompter that hung out at 16 the funny thing his grandmother lived next door to my home and we've seen in custody with a bunch of people i found out he was promoting with martel and he learned from them and he brought fashion night life and clubbing with fashion and he himself was a model he was the clothing model and skateboard up and down the street and i was throwing parties we never crossed path until finally he run into him this guy worked so hard and had pies act together and one of the

rear promoters that throw 5 event a week and had the longtime running party dlunls the thing if stop until the star light stopped i want to go out and to the family and to all the promoters when it happened it blew up so sebastian really we all thought had his act together didn't know anybody he did well in his business but kept a lot of things inside of him and i saw him he invited me with a function three weeks before he looked pefrl normal and looking forward to new year's and everyone else i guess a lot of

stress in the family the mother in a care home what i'm trying to say when people are around christmas talk to our families see what is up with them and maybe something there is inside they want to share sebastian didn't want to tell anybody basically a suicide so if you're out there especially during the holiday use that suicide line which i have 80027385 - it hurts us more when you're not here and in the industry without sebastian this is audrey like not sitting up here with us a game-changer that's all i want to say not only for the oakland families but end this meeting

with the dedicated to sebastian as well. >> i just want to add i think sebastian was 19 and he came to me and said i would want to do a show at the my including club at 21st we do and he state in touch he was a supporter and both jose listen and i went the whole community got together and true talk to our friends and let them know they can talk to you when people go home happen and 3 hours later they're dead it is very, very sad testament but, yeah our industry lost a really. (phone ringing.) young man

>> thank you for those dedications any public comment? or public comment on the public comment. wondering when you were going to come up. >> save the best for last my name is stephano thank you to audr audrey brothers and sisters loss was san francisco game they came with expertise and brought the edge to the commission it needs she was tough when they needed to be tough and really helped you've seen this commission view the lows and highs but audrey's leadership led this commission in a high and you all are better

commissioners because of her so thank you. >> (laughter). >> all right. one more thing item number 9 future reports for agenda any thoughts >> that is related to the previous comments about the oakland fire i know i've been getting questions about sort of what the situations is in san francisco what can we do here and it is clear this is a a regional problem we've been trying to hold onto the venues as they close and gentrification and the economic pressures people and art spaces move to oakland it is a regional problem that comes out of san francisco so how can the entertainment

commission have a role in playing to be part of the solution to making sure that folks we're moaning the variety of diverse spaces here and how as jocelyn spoke in the director's report how to assist our colleagues in oakland and other parts of bay area and what can we do to make sure that people attending entertainment commission in underground or otherwise venues obviously the permitting process how can we reduce the harm and insure that people are safe as possible while their attending entertainment venues just figure out figured out another way to have or be in a broader community wide conversation about the diversity safety and

entertainment venues and support them. >> to that i'd like to say this commission has set the bar nationally and in some cases internationally for entertainment regulation and the daily commission in general our director has gone far and wide and never turns anybody down and offered to help other cities and oakland spoke to us a number of years back i think following our model and having cities not people that want to regulate you out of business but support you on the commission and you have a better and fun place because safe is where to go i think they should contact jocelyn (laughter) i think that what we can do is encourage other cities to follow our model and ask for help and

bias from san francisco we've been loaded in a lot of places as setting the bar. >> i think you're right a region issue because open as long as i've known a healthy open underground scene some is happening around transportation and night life and thinking about hey we are not one city but the things happen with the dynamic about jurisdiction and reaching it out to the artist and people will want to be here but can't i don't know if - i know there is not a particular motion you've putting on but this future agenda item we can talk about offline and talk

about how to convene is working body outside of this commission or reaching out in some way doing it obviously thoughtfully with the time so not jumping in right now but you know a month or two from now. >> i know this is not part of agenda but part of the - another tragedies to have a de3wr50e6 to go over what people learned in oakland does that whatever organization they do a deep bracket you guys know about that i want to be informed and listen to learn those are the hard environmental impact report things the inspector has to put your ego to learn what went right but what respect wrong

that helps us to do our job. >> we have to be incredibly carefully this situation does not in variance department whether building or fire or whatever they don't go off the deep end searching for stuff and impacting how our industry operates for the most part 98 percent of our operators and maybe 99 percent of greatest operator do all the right things i don't want people businesses to be impacted people are afraid going out and doing that i don't know that that people realize when you shut down a place during the day there are small margins in this industry and you negatively effect their income in a way

they lay people off years ago we found out that the entertainment industry appraise for people per square feet than retail or any other business and to keep people working and keep the entertainment going and music and art and everything about it is really, really important so you know not to be beating the drum let's get everybody for the most part we have operators. >> yeah. their point just closing venues down didn't remove people's desire to entertain so just closing down venues is not a solution maybe not - making sure that venues is available and assessable and able to be used and affordable and all of that so i know you

know that i'm saying that out loud. >> a good education to the owners of the building be what they should be looking for you know bathrooms and exits this is normal but some people p are turn down into the arts as a promoter like 6 hundred people might show up or three hundred people might show up it is an interesting thing but it comes down to safety some education we can give them a seminar or something where their licensed permitting or not or maybe open a businesslike a club something that we can put on the agenda i think in general for the general public comment that if you go into a space you're not familiar

make sure you know where the exits are and if it is good many people in one room just leave don't hang around for now what we can advise for people that show up so - >> i think that is an excellent idea i don't know about here in the city but in outlying areas in the bay area this will not stop there will be underground places and warehouses that you have someone that is responsible person putting on the undergrounds to make research on the integrity to say okay. this is what you need to make that safe well lit exit as i understand and something like that or keeping people safe without justifying or approving and i think that is

the most important thing this thing happened no oakland i don't know from the owner would have done it or procure but assess to the online but keep our unpermitted place safe i think that is huge like stephen said my stepdaughter laughed at me i tell her with the exit is and all the stuff i got i think grenade in me when i saw a tragedy that i saw. >> so patrons set the tone clubs a change what we do by what is trend in patrons demand better exiting it will come and so i posted on facebook the other day about patrons look out you know where the exits are demand that kind of stuff be smart and i think just like

clubs change or core changes their dj based on what is trending and what patrons want if the patrons want this and the cry comes out from the patrons that will change the underground will change i think that is just in my opinion but - >> all right. this is a nice start to a longer complex conversation about the underground and region economy and how to be safe i think i can work with the director to figure out what the right next steps are as much commissioner thomas for making sure we do that a close the meeting any public comment on that particular item all right. i adjourn this meeting at the 6:59 p.m. thank

>> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has

really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two

different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a record deal in san francisco called 4 nonblaunds

and i addition frd the bands and moved to the bay area. i think things are different now than 30 years ago, the world evolved a lot. it could be a challenge but have to know how to negotiate everything and sometimeatize is [inaudible] it was great to get to a point where i was just treated like another one of the people, a musician not a female musician and that is always what [inaudible] >> you don't hear stuff on the radio [inaudible] i need to write music [inaudible] be more conscious in their decisions and somehow make that poetic so they will be convinced. i think i will do that. [singing in backgrounds] drawing and writing music since i was a really little kid and fortunate enough to have a good education in art

and parentss who supported me. i hope my life will continue to allow me to do both. >> for me now having all male, female girls, boys students it shows the world has changed a lot and people areope toon open to a lot more than they were in the past. you can get a deep satisfaction from responding a lot of year practicing in one thing and becoming really good at something. sometimes i think that it is better to get lost. you have to practice and become good at what you do, so if you have everything together then go out in the world and do what you do and then i think people weal accept that.

>> san francisco is known worldwide for its atmospheric waterfront where spectacular views are by piers and sight and sounds are xhanl changing we come to the here for exercise relax ball games entertainment, recreation

market, exhilaration a wide variety of contributions easily enjoyed look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of san francisco manages 7 may have million dollars of waterfront from hyde street and fisherman's wharf to the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working

waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has

guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred years less than one foot of seawall over the next

hundred years scientists say we'll have 6 feet of seawall rise imagine the pier 30/32 will be floated, the embarcadero will be flooded our transportation system is fog to be heavy impacts unfortunately, the port didn't have the financial resources to repair all the deteriorating piers let alone the adaptations for sea level rise. >> it is clear that the port can't pay for the seawall reinforcement or deal with the sea level rise on its own needs to raise money to take care of the properties at take care of the maintenance on the properties no way absent anti funding the issues of sea level rise or the schematic conditions of seawall can be development.

>> as studies talk about the seawall challenges the working group is look at the issues please come share our ideas about recreation, pier activities, shoreline habitat, historic preservation and transportation issues and viral protection. >> we know this planning process will not have one question and one answer we need the diversity of the opinions how people feel about san francisco waterfront and want to hear all the opinions. >> the challenges call for big decisions now is the time to explore now and creative ideas to protect and preserve san francisco waterfront. >> now is the time to get involved to help to shape the future of our waterfront. >> we need the debate please come forward and engage in the process. >> this is your waterfront and this is your opportunity to

get involved be part of solution help san francisco create the waterfront we want for the future. >> this is really to dream big and i think about what our waterfront looked like for all san franciscans today and generations to come. >> get involved with the planning process that will set the fraction for what is coming at the port. >> find for in upgrading dates on the ports website. >> (ship blowing horn in distances)

yeah. >> city and county of san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> good morning fellow san franciscans thank you for coming to our asian pacific islanders this morning you know i've felt this past week with all of the thousand of young people that have come to city hall and marched in their way coming out of school with all the families and adults who marched to tie in how city streets expressing their frustration their anger, and more importantly their fear of what will happen and it caused me to think a lot about who we are as a city

and we want to thank every single one of our elected and appointed officials stand behind me along with the gay men's chorus to have a session of unity with all of you that care death penalty about our city of san francisco and about state of california and our country we will always be san francisco. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> the san francisco that draw me and drew you to come here to work here, to live here and on many occasions to sacrifice in order to have a more diverse life and so i thought that was a net for me as well as all of you to

think through what we should do as a city and i thought really one thing we've got to come together and got to stand as one one great city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> and we know that there is a lot of people who are angry and frustrated and fearful your city has not been about that we've been and always have about a city of refuge a city of sanctuary a city of love that's what made us stronger. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> i had a chance to speak with my daughters i know many of you have spoken with our children as well

i think that we must see a stronger city as a result of this challenge i know that in order to be a stronger city we have got to not only come together we've not only talked the talked we have to deliver on all the promises and today, we recess instruct and reassure a basic promise that to this city we promise to be a city that is always welcome no walls in our city; right? >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as a united city we're able to help those that there think outside the box discouraged that have been hurt and victims we'll help our muslim brothers and sisters in the city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as. >> one city we stand united

and help to protect all our immigrant families in this city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as a city united as one we will also protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenders and queer families in our city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> as one city we will fight dremgsz like it's not been figure out before in our city. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> because our city is not just for us we have to speak to the next generation who are scared who are fearful of what will happen when there's a change and by the way, if we lose the friend in

the white house we've had a friend of mine in the white house we'll finds other friends that's what we do in san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> so the message for me is very simple let's come together and stand together an unity as one great city for so many people let's renew the promises to each other this will be a stronger city it cares for each other that helps the poor, survive and have a decent leave that makes sure that we talk with each other and let's do the work that we always been used to breaking the barriers of shrines, bringing the people together and engaging the residents and neighbors to understand what that means and doing the kinds of things as a city before the budget work

support so for the communities and fighting against discrimination or building more affordable housing or being a beacon to the rest of the cities and the country that we're still a city without walls, wall discrimination and an example to the rest of the country what true freedom see. >> (clapping.) >> i've been very, very proud of all of you who make that city so difference and so strong from the diversity and this city is a great beacon for everything else and we will not let deverifiesness come into our city we have to be alert and open with our dialogue and roll up our sleeves and do the hard

work to bring the city together i'm overwhelmed by not only those of you who care about the city but your values not have our values finished we'll work together and stand as with an city we will stand in unity it and make sure we're dock all the things that make that city strong thank you very much for coming together today. >> (clapping.) >> buenas dias are buenare bueb >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) >> >> (clapping.)

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language.) >> (clapping.) >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome board of supervisors supervisor president london breed. >> (clapping.) >> good morning san franciscans i know your hearts are heavy

today it is been almost a week and we have seen all over the country the sadness, the frustration over this election and what i want to say to you today standing behind me are your elected leaders of who have fought on different sides we stand here today united in so many things that san francisco represents, today, we stand united to doing everything we can to protect san francisco as a sanctuary city >> (clapping.) >> yeah. >> today, today we stand unity

the place where universal health care took flight from all over the country we stand united to protect all citizens we stand united to make sure that discrimination is eradicated not only in san francisco but across the country we will continue to fight against discrimination. >> (clapping.) >> we will continue to fight for equal protection under the law we want to make sure that all lives matter african-americans in this city deserve a voice i've been that voice phenomenon is board of supervisors we will continue to work with the san francisco police department, to build bridges and build trust we have so much work to do we will continue to be the voice for the list and doing

everything we can to make sure that san francisco values remain at the forefront of decided we make on behalf of the citizens of this city. >> (clapping.) >> and let me say let me say it wouldn't won't be easy those fights over the last couple of years have never been easy by the anything as a native san franciscan if this city has taught me nothing emotional it taught me a a san franciscan we're resilient and stand strong brown been through so much in the city and here today, we stand proud we stand ujtd recondominium to denmark to make sure we do not let san francisco values go to the wayside.

>> (clapping.) >> so my friends we got work to do we got work to do and can't do this alone every single you are going to placing play an important part to make sure we doing everything we can to protect our city and continue to do what we can to make sure that we in san francisco set the example for the rest of the country of what it means to be a difference and inclusive a great city that protects all of itself citizens didn't leave anyone behind that stands behind and reinforces our commitment to our values we have work to do we're san francisco we have to remember that we are resilient and we together will get through this and be a better

city for it thank you very much for thank you for being here. today. >> (clapping.) >> offender saturday night i received an e-mail from the mayor's office asking in the san francisco gay man's chorus will perform that is saturday night this is monday morning that was a trek he asked if we will perform we thought most of you if not all of you heard us when we've been here had a arc extra and cho's sentencing san francisco but we're going got to sing that today it didn't feel right your holding signs saying we stand as one right now we'll sing as one

i'm sure you think i only i know sing in the shower this is worlds biggest shower you'll sound beautiful we have two short songs we want you to sing a round we were taught many of us as children and it says give us peace give us peace the men's chorus will sing it and teach it to you you /* /- how many of by a show of hands remember that how many are willing to learn it

good we sing together >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (singing). >> and you can i know if as we sing the round (singin (singing). >> you're not singing. >> how can we be a sanctuary it city if you're not willing to make this our own sanctuary i wasn't looking we're the elected oh, i'll turn around and continue

(singing) one more time. >> (singing). >> it was almost exactly 38 years ago that something remarkable happened in the city because of this city's openness the san francisco gay means chorus was the first openingly gay chorus in the world that's true. >> (clapping.) >> 38 years ago this month the

chorus had the first performance on those steps the night of the vigil for mayor moscone and harvey milk activists holly wrote is a song on a napkin and came and taught it to the chorus and the thousand who gathered so 38 years later wear here with the same dread and same fear i'd like us to invite you to sing the song that holly wrote 38 years we're an gentle, anger people. >> we are a gentle anger people we are sentencing, singing for our lives

we are gentle anger people and we are singing, singing for our lives. >> black and white together and we are are together and we are sing, sing for our lives we are black and white together and we are singing, singing for our lives gay and straight. >> we are a gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives

we are a gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives. >> there are so many versus you can make up in your own mind those were sunk 38 years we'll close but not angry wear gentle loving people. >> we have a gentle loving people and we are singing, singing for our lives we are a yenl loving people and we are singing, singing for our

lives >> (clapping.) >> thank you very much for being here let's get to work and make the city stronger. >> yeah. >> (clapping.) >> planning and zonin zika

>> so welcome, media we want to welcome everybody who came today for this area serious issue. i want to thank all our community partners who are here today. the sfpd,, san francisco police department that are here. thank you, guys are showing up with your leadership. with my man darrell, and the chief tony. me and tony go back like a hot bowl of grits. that's my real part of your we want to thank the community partner as the id mayor's office, district supervisor jane kim and most definitely i want to thank our donors. come on our donors from the medical manner marijuana cannabis dispensary. thank you, jesse. the mother's right. this is jezebel a right here. from the alejo and this is mattie scott, as you know san francisco [inaudible] george c scott in 1996. and isabel who

[inaudible] in vallejo in 2016. so this is what we are facing against and this is what were the amount senseless gun violence. we want to thank the brady campaign. we also want to thank gun by guns and we want to thank all our partners who put this together. so without further ado on a let mr. mayor ed lee, and speak. thank you. >> thank you, rudy. it's always a good occasion to see each other because we know that we have commonalities of what we are trying to do here. i'm also thankful for the mothers here. i know that they wish they did not have to be here because the only reason they are here is to tell the stories of their loss and while it's a

sad occasion that we have to come together i think we feel among ourselves some degree of joy that we do see each other because we have a common goal. with supervisor kim with our police chief, our donors but particularly, with united players. this agency was been at the forefront of reducing violence with our community partners, with our elected officials, and we want to make yet another strong effort to get guns off our streets. this is why we have gone buybacks. what we are trying to educate kids we are trying to get them the jobs. we are trying to rebuild a lot of the concentrated poverty housing in the city. we are trying to get a public school system to make sure they are the best in the world so that there are 10 reasons why guns is not the answer to resolving anything. not in our city but in the cities of oakland, vallejo in on any other place that we see violence arising. for our city, we have over 50 homicides this year. i know that the chief and reporting to me on a weekly basis. we always take a moment and go through those cases and

inevitably there's guns and knives and guns and knives. people not resulting their issues disputes and ways in which us in the modern-day era ought to in a big city in a world-class city like san francisco we cannot find this acceptable in any kind of degree. dozens of families who lose the members of their family and have to suffer that loss not just for a day, not just for a funeral but for a whole generation their families are hurt and when they are hurt in a city like san francisco, we are hurt at the same time. that's like going over every case, every week, is not just an exercise of sadness. it's also giving ourselves the time

to find out what happened, how can we respond, how can we support these families, and in most cases, there are would be connected to somebody else was going to be another victim unless we are proactive about getting guns off the street but also about helping people resolve their differences and being in as many situations as possible to prevent, to interrupt, to disrupt that kind of legal activity. so, rudy, i want to say thank you to your leadership. bringing us altogether, i want to thank everyone for putting all their rules out and most of these we are going well beyond traditional roles. i know all of us want to go well beyond what we do every day. we got to talk more to our youth. we got to exceed, and succeeding in getting jobs out of it you got to penetrate the concentrations of poverty and discussed and hopelessness among young people to get them engaged and make sure we are at a level. so

we're trying to make some big breakthroughs and hopefully our young people are giving us some guidance because we are listening very carefully as to how use social media to perhaps disrupt the kind of violent behavior that is [inaudible] when people have issues with each other. you would be surprised how much hatred is being exchanged over social media literally, hours before a shooting takes place. this is what we have to get at. we have to get their people are challenging each other in ways in which we can imagine we think social media is all about fun queen no. it's also not a level at which people are challenging each other and then they meet and they carpark were in an alleyway these each other in the shooting begins. this is why we have to end this kind of violence. so we are trying to get at all these ways and the ultimately, and i know supervisor kim agrees with me. we've got to get to where you are and where families are. whether they are in public housing and residential hotels or even homeless on our

streets. we got to really make that connection and create programs with the board and city and all agencies. to get them away from this violence. so i am here but i am here more than just physically. really, i am here in spirit. i'm here and i want to join these mothers do we want to see less of each other but when we do we want to make sure that we prevent other families from having to suffer the same things they are suffering. 80. >> thank you >>[applause] >> thank you mayor ed waygandt this will makes our community so successful having everyone come together from community business to our mayor to the sfpd to the mothers. victims of gun violence and people who also have been in prison but made a transition in their life to get back. everybody has one common goal which is safety for life. so i want to bring up

somebody was a champion in our community. somebody who's been fighting for equal a. somebody who has been fighting for fairness and for people like the have-nots. i want to bring up our powerful district supervisor jane kim. >>[applause] >> thank you, rudy for those kind words. there is nothing acceptable about a life lost to violence on our streets. no more than in a city that has as many resources and wealth as here in san francisco. but while we often focus on the stories of mothers who lost their sons and lives lost on the street don't get to tell the story when lives are saved and of mothers who continue to have their children in their homes and get to watch them grow to adulthood. there's many ways to prevent violence here on our streets. for the most significant ways we can do that is by taking guns off the streets. there is very thing that are killing our young people here in san francisco

and the more that we can take these guns off the street the better and safer we are here in our community. so i just want to recognize united players for hosting this every year. with sfpd and are southern station. capt. darrell fong was your and of course our commander michael redmond, who is been too many of our conduct in the past. i also want to thank the strong support of our chief tony chaplin. but these gun buybacks would not be possible it was not an organization where the trust of families and communities here on the street. people would not bring their guns and if they did not know they cannot do that safely and anonymously. it is really amazing to watch people come up . sometimes the people that you least expect just come back because they know they have guns in their houses and bringing them here, i believe lester was that 101? >>[inaudible] [off mic] i got

that really off. 171 guns off the street. that is really amazing and some of them were really dangerous weapons that no one should have in their home. but also, some other people that make a possible are our small businesses who really care and are blessed in our neighborhoods. it's not just about making money making some profit. it's also making sure they're generating value in the community and the communities businesses are safer because of their presence. it's no coincidence that we have barbary coast and delhi board here. adam and jesse. they don't just talk the talk they actually-they don't just come and attend meetings that take the needed an invite all of us to come. so i just want to appreciate that initiative in gathering our community together because we all know that we are spread thin. when

our small business owners who i know who don't sleep very much, are willing to take the lead on their own meetings and tell us to come to attend them it really is an immense benefits. i'm just going to finally and with i'm just thankful for united players for what they do. i'm very selfish about my support of this organization is i live a block away from them and i know my neighborhood and my community is safer because they are here today. i just want to thank you for your work keeping young people in the clubhouse, keeping them in school, and mr. mayor, i know we are going to make sure that these kids get to go to city college for free when they graduate from high school. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> thank you jane kim. i want to bring up, i would say the best keep in america. this brother is like no other. he is compassionate. he cares and he knows this city. so without further ado, i want to bring up chief tony chaplin. >>[applause]

>> rudy does the best introduction. >>[laughing] but i'll call out our supervisor and our mayor. his players they keep your 8r. with player. i got to do that, rigid you will yell at me if i don't. player. get that r out of the pit i think it's probably was single most important things that private parties can do outside of police department doing the routine patrol and removing guns. this is huge because legal guns become illegal guns. a lot of people have these weapons at home and rudy will tell you when he does the buyback, some older women will show up with seven or eight guns. she's had her house for years and children those particular weapons and good that's potentially seven guns in the hands of youth or criminals once that houses burglarized. most of people we interviewed told us the same.

i'm not a crook but if i break into a house and i get it done quickly move it meaning they sell to someone who's actually been put it in use on our streets. it's no secret our homicide rate is going up towards the end of the year. our shoes have gone up. the national trend also all gun violence. last year please guests were largely to visible to traffic accidents. this year its firearms. firearms keep rearing their ugly head and violence in america. we just got a whole anniversary making things are going to change the way they change is by folks in the community stepping up like united players like all the residents you've heard of the business folks you heard of. before stepping up and rose to try to end the scourge of gun violence in the way we do is we will remove them from street the police bauman will go out dancing with research ones that will pull people over that happen in the cars but we will take him from them but i think when the pixels that in the arsenal of any city is the ability of the citizens to step up and do these gun buybacks like rudy has decided to do and taking on the burden. it is a huge burden but he does it without hesitation. also i got to applaud the courage of the mothers who show up here every

year for everything that we do with regards to gun violence and stopping it because it lost children to gun bottom. it would be easy to call up in a ball and hide away from this for the done just the opposite get this done out to the public eye and i thought this thing. you know, i'm proud to call them partners of the police department. i'm proud to call united player partners of the policeman and rudy is absolutely right. with these department sitting out in san francisco is doing anything we can to remove as many guns as cannot the street because the gun we get today is one i use to market so, thank you for coming regarding the was thank you tony chaplin. sometimes people ask as a next: how do you build a relationship with the police and work with them. to me, when we get these guns and they destroyed when they were down to two against, the guns of that turned and will never harm hurt or killed anything or anybody. i just got

a phone call from a guy who said i'll send you a flyer and a letter turn this aar 15. i know those guns can do. those guns spit ferocious they can come penetrate through this wall of eight squeeze of the trigger and not everybody done in this room. so we are winning. we are winning those damien were getting guns like that we were able to get 171 guns. we were able to get 200 -helmet against? >>[inaudible] [off mic] 50. so without the last couple buybacks we got over 800-1000 guns. off the street. those guns are never going to harm hurt or killed any of us were any of our families in here. so don't wait until somebody gets killed were they get shot that you love or you know the unit is at me to get involved in turning in guns. those guns out here are out

here to destroy and domestic violence, people running around with guns are reckless people can control their temper, their anger, and they got guns guzzlers are guns every ability on this amount against the second amendment but i am against senseless gun violence. i'm sure everybody back your is also good so i last speaker i would bring a brother who is been shot. he runs a foundation that saving many many lives. he's a very powerful speaker i asked to come the speed i want to bring the brother, brother- >>[applause] >> thank you booty i really appreciate it. appreciate all the work that everybody here is doing here today. my name is arthur--i founded a foundation of life goes on foundation. nonprofit organization to stop gun violence and also spread spinal cord injury awareness oh one-day i can get back on my feet walk again. nine years ago i was sitting in at san francisco general hospital nine years ago to this day. december

2 of 2007 i was walking on the street just turned 20 years old. i was leaving and 18 and over night club called setting nights. i was mind my own business a guy ran up and shot me senseless gun violence like rudy was thinking that my wall which only had $20 and ran off. bolan went to my chest penetrated both my lungs getting my spine paralyzing the permit just level down. where i cannot completely feel or move anything below that injury. and one bullet did a lot of damage to me. i woke up from a, december 23 the day before christmas eve. i looked around. i saw christmas cards and get well soon balloons and i just could not believe what happened i knew i'm shot but i do know the consequent to the doctor came in and sat down next to me and said arthur, there's a chance your mother be able to walk or talk again. during that

dreadful news at only 20 years old change my life forever. as soon as he walked out of the room i try to get back on my feet walk again been athlete might delegate it to make sense to me but i do know what being paralyzed would be like. i do know what my future held for me. i eventually played and played . god, please let me get my voice back please let me get my if i ever get my voice back on the particular grant you i would use it for something powerful. i got my voice back and i came out with the idea when i to start a foundation to use my voice for something powerful and i didn't know what it was doing. i do not know how to start a nonprofit or what to do about waking up with guys like rudy and united player, mothers that have been affected by gun violence, senseless gun violence, and here i am today. speaking in front of you guys and everybody here the police department, the mayor because i want to change it i don't want anybody to ever go through what i went through at such a young

age. so to hear that aar 15 just got 20 the office st. now means so much to me because that's a life that is not going to be affected not only my life is affecting my mom, my family my brothers by relationships was affected and continuing to be affected nine years after this. so i want to thank you guys for all been a part of this movement to stop senseless gun violence to get these guns off the street and we will be here from 8 am until noon collecting guns sold please encourage everybody to come out to spread the message and spread the word. thank you, guys. >>[applause] >> life goes on foundation. you get a chance, look it up finally, before we get up i would like to say thank you guys for the media for coming out. our great leader mr. mayor ed lee, thank you. our district supervisor, the chief of police,

tony chaplin, and jane kim sfpd mike, good to see you guys all our partners are out to get there here for the community. it takes all of us to help each other. all the people in the back that you have nothing to my advise you guys to share and talk to some of the mothers after this is over. before we and we just want to make sure we get a shout out to the people but the anniversary of sandy hook and let's stop this gun violence. all the other mothers >>[inaudible] [off mic] >> there you go. this is why were doing good so thank you for coming out and thank you for your support. have a good day. >>[applause] >> >> >>

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