city and county of san francisco >> item 1 roll call cleaveland mdm. president nakajo, here. hardeman, here. covington spirit chief of the department hayes-white, here. item to general public can't. members of the public may just the commission up to 3 min. on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall adjust the remarks to the commission as a whole and not

to individual commissioners were department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker the lack of response by the commissioners were department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with support of statements made during public comments. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[closed session] >> item 3 approval of the minutes from the regular meeting on january 11 2017. >> any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, commissioners? >>[inaudible] [off mic] any second? >>[inaudible] [off mic] thank you. all those in favor say, aye. thank you. approved. >> item 5 fire department administrative bulletins discussion and possible action regarding fire department administrative bulletins. please, note the draft bulletins were posted on the

department's website for over 30 days in accordance with the san francisco fire code requirements on the departments scheduled a public hearing on december 14, 2016 to allow the public to provide input on the proposed bulletins. the bulletins under consideration at this meeting have been posted on the department's website since november 14, 2016. >> is there any public comment on this item? commissioners? i see it we have our assistant fire, marshall in the audience. any questions on these proposed administrative bulletins? yes, chief >> president cleaveland good afternoon and commissioners as well. the fire marshal is in the building that at another meeting. like to ask marshall richard brown to come up and answer questions related to this item on the agenda. administrative bulletins.

>> welcome. >> good evening commissioners, chief. standing in for the fire marshal. we would like to our department would like discussion and action on our new proposed 2016 administrative bulletins. these initiative bulletins are part of our code and they are allowed by our fire code. they went through the vetting process of the 30 day viewing on our website. we invited public comment. we have got about 20 comments. there's about 40 administrative bulletins. most of the comments focused on about 2-3 administrative bulletins. the last time at the administrative bulletins were updated or 2010, so the code cycles change every three years. unfortunately, we

miss the last code cycle but the 2010 version of the administrative bulletins were still effective and we would like to remove the 2010 that are currently on her website and propose these updated versions that really help our customers out in our fan review and fire prevention staff. so if i can-if you guys have the administrative bulletins in front of you? okay. i just want to point out really a good expiration on this is on the scope, 1.01 and the purpose. i will read your administrative bulletins provide clarification, interpretation, and other information regarding that san francisco fire department enforcement policies and procedures. all material contained in the ministry of bulletins is published for the benefit of the public to promote expeditious plan review

and applicable code compliance. that's really the purpose and they are very helpful especially where i work at dbi plan review for fire departments. like i said there's upwards of 40 of these. at least 20 of these are applicable to plan review section of fire prevention. another 20 or so applicable for the district fire inspections. it really helps customers and inspectors alike for consistency purposes. >> commissioners, colleagues, any questions? >>[inaudible] [off mic] commissioner nakajo has a question >> thank you very much president cleaveland. before we go into a vote and that's one of the things we want to [inaudible] is a vote on the approval of these bulletins

queen >> yes., please >> in terms of being narration of the last time this occurred was in 2010 >> that is correct >> the narration was there was about 40 bulletins in this package >> correct. >> does the number of bulletins from 2010 to this current acceptance very much? >> good question. we added about two or three and removed two worth it was an even wash. very close to being the same. >> did you want to do a narrative in terms of those changes are those identifiable? >> sure. so i guess we can go right down in order. the first one that was a major change is 2.01. that was active for all

these years but it increased in size due to the volume and complex scope of work we do for fire alarm plans some middle spirit >> chief, what page are you on please? >> i've the table of contents of the packet. i think there are in order in your packets of each. i can identify them my number and title if you would like please >> please >> i was the first major change, that 2.1. we added probably 20-no 12 pages to that document. again, to assist in our enforcement of code requirements. as we scroll down, we eliminated 2.10, which was formerly high-rise elevator lobbies and providing locks on

those lobbies. in 2010 that specific scope of work did not exist in the code. since in this six years of this timeframe, the code has caught up so we found the need not to include 2.10. so we removed that. the next item there is 2.11, some middle guidelines for emergency evacuation signs. another major change. emergency evacuation signs are required in a lot of these office buildings i rises residential hotels, etc. we provided more examples of an acceptable sign in the back of this administrative bulletin. scooting down when you go to section 3, fire alarm systems, we had removed 3.02, fire alarm

annunciation, and 3.05, - excuse me - 3.020 3.04, 3.05. now we are updating those three administrative bulletins to meet today's code. in that six-year period there were two obsolete so we removed them. but now we're reinstating them. i think that is about it and then we get to in section 4 is pretty much the same just updated to reference all our current codes and standards. then we get to section 5 miscellaneous information interpretations. i want to draw your attention to 5.08,

fire service access elevators. fire service access elevators or new code requirements for fire service personnel when they design brand-new high-rises could you they provide a special elevator for us is very complicated scope of work. this a very good new document to this set of administrative bulletins love the designer and us for testing could and plan review. i hope that answers your question commissioner. >> thank you very much. chief, i want to ask you in terms of again i understand [inaudible] in the last review and coming up the review by your department as you say is to refine the requirements to make it easier on our customers as well as for our inspectors. >> that is correct >> do we initiate all the contemporary amendment or are we affected by building inspectors were otherwise from

the building department or do we act singly within those investigations? >> that's a very good question. it's funny because these administrative bulletins other agencies like electrical, building, do refer to this and since we are a city family, and we have overlapping jurisdictions on some projects, we interface with each other and integrate and use these as our guide. again, to your point, more consistency with the whole city family. >> i appreciate that because the commissioners are aware that we have partners within our jurisdiction and it involves other departments. so it's reassuring to the commission, to myself as a commissioner, to the commission, that that dialogue is going on constantly to refine because it seems like we have a lot of pressure, so to speak, in terms of trying to do the work and a timely manner and just by the developments of many projects in san francisco.

it seems like-we are always concerned with the amount of workload and our personnel, to be able to handle that and come out with an efficient result. i'm assuming, again, this old adoption is a refinement to make things easier. is that accurate? >> that is correct. if you went page by page, we did reference other codes besides the fire code for that reason. basically, we don't enforce it but please take note electrical or palming or building they go in this direction. >> tank you very much. mr. pres., thank you >> thank you vice president nakajo. any other commissioners wish to comment? and eight questions? >> i just have one question. assistant fire marshal, could you tell us if there were any changes in the air replenishment system section?

>> good question. i do not believe there was. the only thing, if i can tune it up here, we did keep it in our code. >> commissioners, you may recall that sometime after we had quite a bit of discussion about air replenishment systems and so i was just wondering if there'd been any changes in the update as a result of those conversations? >> right. we did not change this only to reference the new code cycle here's that applicable standards. we kept it in here also because we do have existing buildings that have air replenishment systems. it is still an option to be provided in our code for certain buildings. in this

bulletin, in the back, page 7 and eight makeover maintenance and we thought it was appropriate to keep that in there for maintenance reasons. but also discusses how, when, all that stuff. >> so these systems, the ones that are currently installed, they being utilized by the department at this point? >> i can answer that question. they are therefore is a tool for the firefighters. >> okay. perhaps the chief would like to weigh in? >> on the air replenishment system? >> yes. whether or not there currently being used. by our department? >> so they are existing on some buildings. to my knowledge we have not use them. >> okay. i just wanted to get

that clarified because i saw that it was here but then i remembered the discussion regarding the air replenishment systems. thank you, chief >> i can say we do not see many of these come across our plan review desks. they elected to the alternative means which is add the fire service access elevators instead of this. which of course we encourage but it's the desires designers option. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner covington. any other questions by the commissioners? one final question from commissioner nakajo >> thank you president cleaveland. the a lot of material in here. all kinds. the beating was comprehensive. you covered every area and i know what some of administrative bulletins but it covers areas of jurisdiction and concerned. previously, we had some discussion from

buildings in the mission in terms of sprinkler systems or in terms of all arms. commissioner covington but up about the same pipes breathing apparatus, for myself in here as well as the sprinkler system as well. i know we have a separate high-rise committee, but to this commissioners mind as well, any update as we as a department respond to large office buildings and how we respond to putting a fire out? the interpretation of that was generally the sprinkler system is supposed to douse that quickly and the option of our members going up to use the air system we are talking about is optional, which to this day as i recollect we still have not use. so it's just on my mind.

going outside and drive it around san francisco looking at the high-rises, continually for myself it's a what if question. the safety of our members in terms of taking care of the business of putting out the fire were the circumstances within that. so it's not a general question. it's a comment within this area of bulletins to make sure that the various areas are covered because there's a lot in here. that's just a comment mr. pres. >> it i can make one point there, commissioner. when they build new high-rise buildings at 120 feet the replacement system is not allowed. so 120 feet is approximately 12 floors. after that height, fire service access elevators are a requirements. so we are talking a high-rise starts at 75-120 is the air replenishment code option.

>> again i appreciate the discussion can temporarily because being on the commission of a number of years every one of the segments came in to a discussion. the air replenishment system versus the high-rise elevators that has all kinds of questions about which system is can come in place making sure we got feedback from the high-rise community members with the assistant chiefs and the italian sheets out there. how we are going to approach this, so i appreciate that and hopefully the system that we have will take care of our needs within that. thank you mr. pres. >> thank you mr. vp. do you have a question? >> no. i have a comment. my comment is i would like to move this item for adoption >> do i have a second? >> second. >> thank you all those in favor say, aye. >>[chorus of ayes] opposed? the motion

passes. thank you very much. >> not necessary for the deputy chief but i did read the last couple of days that i thought this was a real high number, 60% of all fatalities in the united states related to fires are caused because of either no smoke alarm or a smoke alarm that wasn't working. that is hard to believe in this day and age. so that's a very discouraging to hear that nationwide statistic and i see our fire marshal is now present he is shaking his head, yes, so i guess it was accurate when i read it it's very disturbing especially like in san francisco where we are trying to distribute them as much as we can and to find that it's a nationwide trend is very sad.

what a sad way to die because your smoke alarm was not working or you do not have one. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. okay. mdm. clerk next item >> item 6 cheapo departments reports report from chief of department on current issues activities and events within the department since the park commission meeting of january 11, 2017 including budget academy special events communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from administration. report on the administrative divisions, fleet and facility status, finance, support services, homeland security and trained within the department. >> chief, welcome. >> thank you good afternoon again president cleaveland members of the fire commission should join dwight reporting

since our last meeting of january 11. first item is the budget. you will be getting a presentation on our-the status of our budget which is due third week in february. so next month from dir. corso as a separate agenda item. i'm happy to report for 16-something we are on track for revenues and expenditures and so we are midway through the fiscal year so that is good news. the budget committee convened and thank you for the resident cleaveland for attending on january 18 and we meeting again on january 31 as get ready to formally prepare our summation which is due third week in february. with regard to academies, are 120 first-class is in their ninth week with 52 members targeted date for graduation is april 14 the more morning of april 14. i would like to knowledge all the weight work being done at our

division of training could our recruit training obviously are in-service training and special operations training. so thank you to chief coping and supper the great work they put in each and every day. there is also as part of training in the ems part of training we have a age 3 level i academy which we welcome on january 17, 30 numbers. i believe we had one resignation. we've had 29. as eight to six week academy those are entry-level emts that will be hitting the streets after the graduation on february 24. i think it's interesting to note that i believe 16 of the 30 have paramedic licenses and a practiced as paramedics so they are very familiar with being responding to medical emergencies and they we highly trained emts and more than half our paramedics. so we look forward to them joining our department next month upon graduation. the 122nd class, we

are scheduled to begin the latter part of april. i believe, april 24. we're targeting 54 members.. just this week we received the ntn national testing a work of doable list, which takes us through those were tested through november of last year. so that just arrived this week which i'm looking at and will begin processing for the class for april could we do have some numbers that been selected. they were selected as alternates and pending sort of a brush up on information, will be added, selected for the class but we will be also opening it up to consider additional members for the april class and the class will be occurring in the fall. michael next month is to begin that process for selection for the april class, 122nd another

thing to note is were talking about economies we are looking for to the all the graduations. what are the things related to ems-and we appreciate pres. cleaveland vice president nakajo joining us say we spoke with supervisor peskin. ida conversation with mayor lee yesterday. guard noticing a trend work call volume is rapidly increasing soldiers between november and december were 400 additional transports ever seen no slowdown in january neither. so as a result it is having an impact on certain time periods that we are zoning on particularly friday evenings. as we know it's the end of the workweek get the people coming into the city for weekend activities of people trying to get out of the city to commute home. so we have noticed some of our response times being challenged at that particular time. so we are looking a lot of different ways to resolve that issue. one of the things that we are working with the mayor's office

it was his recommendation, which i think is a great recommendation, to reconvene the workgroup that did great work collectively two years ago and that would be representatives from our departments as well as the controller's office to analyze the data to look at the call volume try and study sort of the spike particularly what we would all recategorize as peak periods. mayor's budget office, local 798 anticipated by some kit that we will welcome to participate just to put all the mines together all the stakeholders together employee groups as well to take a look at how we might better manage if our staffing model needs to be increased. it will need to be a conversation that we need to have even in a year were being asked to reduce our operating budget. because we are seen with a population increase, it's not surprising to us, but we are seeing huge spike in our call volume. reducing

congestion has a part to play as well. it's difficult to get from point a to point b goode were looking at the amount of time our units are spending the hospitals until they can get back in service. so this whole conglomeration of things were going to start it were also going to include private partners [inaudible] as last time is looking forward to reconvene that workgroup if not next week first the week in february. i know we've had interest in commitment from you pres. cleaveland vice president nakajo to also participate could pray much appreciate that. moving to the next item, special events communications and outreach, on january 13 012 knowledge assistant jeopardy chief colleen eight the attended agreed [inaudible] fastball team and they played in a game against the youth guidance center, the residence that are there. that are in custody. as a great gathering

of great game the sfpd one popeye lot and it was a social event after where the kids and the fire department members got to have pizza oh and ask all team members work great while models for these young men and so that was something that was put on and supported by its called city youth now and they've had games against sfpd in the past and chief, beanie help coordinate and put that together. i thought it was very gratifying. something we will continue to do. that was on january 13. i would also like to knowledge in honor and memory of martin luther king holiday on the 16th i was unable to participate we had our deputy chief of administration, ramona williams as well's assistant deputy chief jeff: beanie and tony rivera participate with a black firefighters association and the march which began at fourth and townsend and appreciate you represented their permit for that event. on the 17th, we had our monthly labor-management meeting with a local 798 to discuss various issues and

concerns and it was good productive discussion and resolution [inaudible] we do need monthly local 798 pit on the 18th and 19th, department of human resources administered the battalion chiefs civil service examination get my understanding were 44 captains that set for that examination or two days. the results will be forthcoming for that examination. the battalion chief that is currently in place that is due to expire next month. also on the 18th-and i'll pass out to commissioner hardeman, thank you, something that i think is wonderful. it's a collaboration that lots of people and are determined to be at knowledge. what we are starting this year and were going to 12 sessions to correspond with the 12 months of your. each battalion will

host sort of a public safety fair we are calling it. in conjunction in collaboration with the meta-project. so we are going to endeavor to once a month from nine-1 pm and we have a schedule, you will hit each battalion in the month of may is the ems we could so that location will be determined and it told her of this or its fire prevention week and those are the two months that we will figure out something a little bit different. but, basically, it's a collaboration for members of the public to come in and turn an expired medication in a safe manner. we also have our public information officer spent a big champion of this, jonathan baxter, available. we have fire prevention is taken active role, our education team and handing out literature i've handed out to you. we also have our fire recruitment team. firefighter brought up working under the division of training chief quality good if some ems medics on hand to do and only cpr. and we have two sfpd officers taking in the expired medications from the community.

hosting station obviously promotes in the neighborhood when i got for inspections when eight open house or the public safety fair will be good because great and many probably in the audience tonight a lot of input and support and volunteering from the ccs colleges students along with nurse topock and the district of the station and hand out the sheets are handed to you. so in its immensity just we had our first one was last week on the 18th at battalion one, station two, 13 re: powell street and broadway. according to the records i fear [inaudible] five people attended in that 9-1 rated over 70 smoke detectors were handed out to your point commissioner hardeman. 38 participated in fire extinguisher training and many people learned hands only cpr. this is something brand-new

that we are starting this year we will reach every battalion and will do something special during ems week in may and fire prevention week in october. so thank you to our members involved in that. great work. it's a new initiative to reach out even more so to our community in a nonemergency capacity. getting back to what's happened since the last meeting on the 11th, i was invited to attend this a third or fourth time to the british consul's residence to attend a breakfast for public safety individuals including the police chief. the president and ceo of the red cross. the head of their apartment of emergency management mythos by the british consul general. previously he was-was left out of septum and there's a new counsel general. consul gen. andrew whitaker. was a very productive discussion to oriented him to how things work particularly in a large emergency setting and how he can be responsive to his to the

foreign nationals in the reside here were are visiting in terms of communication and how it works. so ongoing communication with our consult is always important. i'm going to speaking to the consular corps giving a presentation on the fire department for their april meeting. we also had a discussion with the san francisco unified school district that afternoon on january 19 two explored further potential school sites or school properties that may be able to be considered for potential division of training this obese when we do with the treasure island facility. we appreciate the efforts of heideman mendoza with the mayors based on who also is the vice president of the board of education. we have some initial discussions good work going to agree to sit down and needs to

be give her sortable and our needs were and we will continue work with them in our efforts to explore sites down the line for division of training facility to replace the treasure island training facility when that island does it-that project does get redeveloped and the island gets redeveloped. on the 23rd, earlier this week the deputies and i met with the raiders for the age 40 test. there were 17 active and retired members from throughout the country that have worked in the fire service at the rate of battalion chief or above. they do a good job at reaching out to have those raiders come in and score the examination. we also have division to hear today, division chief assistant chief bob casale, who i would like to eight dollars because of legal and subject matter experts for the tester is a new test. i've heard very good things about the format of the test so far. i know you put a lot of expertise into that. i know we have two [inaudible] here as well he's also been in previous

test as subject matter experts and that's key to put on a quality job related examination. so thank you for your efforts. the afternoon of monday the 23rd and pres. cleaveland was a result we attended the swearing-in for new police chief william scott to who i look forward to working with and i was happy to see that acting chief or interviewed tony chaplin who was here at our last meeting was appointed to assistant chief of operations. i know will be great member to chief scott who's coming from southern california guy that was craig to see that so many members in uniform lapd to support their former colleague in his new role as if bdg. so we look welcome him and i look forward to working with him. tomorrow i will be attending the mayor of the city address at 11 am good i'm not sure if any of you are

going be attending that that's all i have at this point. that concludes my report >> thank you, chief. do we want to go forward and just have our chief williams give us an administrative report and i will go to public comment. >> >> good evening. pres. cleaveland. commissioners, chief, ramona williams. deputy chief of administration and this is my administrative report for january 2017. i will start with assignments. they just completed their vacation process for the staff at san francisco airport station and i just want to knowledge their hard work of the staff for staffing next to and specialized units for the new year's eve events. that can be kind of chaotic and they were able to manage complementing it with staff to handle any unforeseen overflow of incidents. they have also

implemented the results of the annual vocation and under homeland security chief francisco continues to attend various meetings there for various training exercises as well as submit various grants so that we can acquire equipment vehicles and training other immediate resources. he also worked with the san francisco police department under event action plan for the weekend following the presidential inauguration. i also would like to remind the public to continue to stay vigilant and remind the public that if you see something, to say something. under investigative services bureau, they continue to perform candidate background checks for upcoming academies as well as random post accident and fire boat drug and alcohol testing

for department members. during this reporting period i'm happy to report there were 34 random tests conducted and it was results were negative. under the physician's office, they also continue to administer promotional stationery and preemployment physicals for department members. they also conduct return to work and work-related injury exams and during this reporting period, there were 20 work-related injuries for the month of december and that is down from 32 the previous month. under support services, it totaled 147 request for services were received during the reporting period. 141 were processed and closed [inaudible].

construction of pump station one is near completion. it should be completed by next month. i think there's some minor work needed on the second floor but the majority of the work has been completed. all easter projects continue to move forward and are on track. station 16, there has been some delay to the construction of the project. one, due to the increment whether we can all agree it's been very wet and torrential rains. also, permits were needed to dispose of some of the hazardous materials that were removed from the station. they had to acquire permits that they had not had in the past. so the contractor is stating that the delay should be made up during the tail end of the construction so it should not affect the scheduled end date. during this construction, there are currently demolishing the second floor of the structural

steel and representatives from public works continue to meet regularly the neighborhood groups just to keep them informed and answer any questions they may have. they also provide a weekly newsletter to the neighborhood for updates of the project. station five, the scheduled construction date has been pushed back to march and this was due to a process in the bidding process which the city upheld so the project has been re-bit by public works. it's now due on february 1. support services is working closely with the port on pier 26 relocation for the fire boat during construction. the piledriving was completed in november. we are currently working on the steel and concrete apron followed by electrical work and followed by installation of a transformer by pg&e. under fleet

management, the final three and moses were delivered this month and this completes the water of nine. we received two during the month of october, for in november, and three earlier this month. eight engines have been ordered and four will be delivered within a year and for more shortly thereafter. we have received to rescue squads, goose was good they are currently in service and in the field in the two aerial trucks to be ordered the specs are complete. it's been approved by the oca and now we will go out to bid. all talks are being outfitted with cordless ttools could this is an ongoing task. they are installing like one set per week so it will take is a little bit of time to install

in all these truck companies and post 18 is very close to being placed in service could we are anticipating the arrival of the eight [inaudible] and currently they are testing them prior to putting them in service. so it should happen very soon. the ambulance fleet is having solar panels installed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and as the ambulance going for service there installed solar panels so that is an ongoing possibility sometime. boe is continuing to test and evaluate the new or updated thermal imaging cameras for our firefighters and once they are evaluations are complete it will transfer over to division of training which will continue further evaluation. we continue

to have a staff member from dph onboard regarding our health and safety issues but we are expecting to receive a new permanent member in the rank of industrial hygienist by march of this year. i am happy to report given to capt. the bureau of equipment. this person has replaced assistant deputy chief lee darrah and its limon serrano was a former officer stationed eight on fourth and blocked him and he started earlier this month and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. under division of training, under ems during this reporting period, dms staff has continued to conduct required paramedic and him training and certification as well as conduct six-month evaluations for the mts and paramedics which consist of written and peeled exams. they have also assisted the h-two 120 fire academy. the first two weeks

they convicted the emt refresher which included american heart association cpr recertification ambulance ride a longs and orientation. they also assisted with the h-three level emt academy which started earlier this month with 30 students and as the chief mention, we are down actually down to 28 students. to have resigned due to personal reasons. under in-service training, they have also assisted them 101st recruited coming with specialized training utilizing our talks that we have on the premises over at treasure island training facility. they've also completed the module five fire ground live burn training which ended last month and over 950 members receive the training during that period. under recruit training, the chief mention, this is week nine for the 121st recruited academy. we currently have 52 recruits

still in the academy and a-this is their first week of the second block of training. they go through four weeks each and the engine block in the truck block and this is their first week. under nert training the nurse coordinator continues to attend various meetings throughout the city conduct various training and outreach presentations and is currently repairing for upcoming training in the annual citywide dirt trails which are conducted later this year. under fire reserves, during this reporting period members of the fire reserves have volunteered throughout the holiday season wherever needed. they also were a vital part of our toy program and they continue to make themselves available at various department related evens. at this time that concludes my report and am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you chief williams. is there any public comment on

item 6? seeing none,, commissioners? do we have any comments or any questions for chief or for chief williams? vice president nakajo >> thank you. i don't have a particular question [inaudible] i also don't have a particular question for chief williams. thank you for your conference of report. i just wanted to note that in your report you talked about nert and that upcoming drill that's coming on. just as a point of information, i had the names for a task for cities and counties of san francisco with

the aging and disability. were going to be meeting once a month. it's a brand-new task force to try to locate those particular needs in the community to one other categorical's in terms of trying to strive for a better system in terms of citizens in san francisco is a component called resilience and the question came up at the task force last meeting as to what kind of program would reflect something like that. i wanted to -the commissioners know and chief hayes-white, you chief yourself chief williams it was a great opportunity for me to talk about the nert program. again in the spirit that we the fire department know about our nert program but many other departments in the city may not be as familiar with that program as well. which leads me again to like the task force, the kinds of things that are occurring within our city that

many departments and communities are doing. it's just that we're not communicating or sharing our information in terms of what we do do. i use of the nert example of resilience because i use that as a reference because somebody started talking about katrina and natural disasters. so he was easily a leave for me to talk about san francisco and the 08 earthquake that my reference was again of my personal experience of trying to watch the world series at candlestick. watching the building was way in the towers go back and forth. grabbing my son and trying to be real discreet about running out of the stadium and going out to the street but the first thing that indicated was i got to go home and if it wasn't for the citizens of san francisco all away from candlestick park to my residence in japan town i would've never made it home. because every area i went to

[inaudible] with no electricity and no power there were citizens of san francisco there were out there directing traffic and taking care of business on their own incentive and the primary example to me of resilience was the citizens support to the fire department in what we refer to as the marina fires. so again i just want to talk about it in the sense that we, we have a gem with the nert program and the more organizing we can do, i'm not sure as to what other mechanisms in the city can do that but i just wanted to refer that to great program that we can share within the city and county and somehow or another use that again as an example as a judge work on that committee on resilience. i just want to share that with you chief hayes-white chief williamson and the members of the commission about that

particular program. >> thank you commissioner. the thank you vice president nakajo. commissioner covington >> thank you mr. pres. thank you for your report chief hayes-white and 41 chief williams. to chief hayes-white, i just had a couple of questions and a comment. i'll start with a comment and question first regarding the fire safety tips for san francisco california. i see that there are a number of copies of the handouts that are available which are very good.. i've seen them before and i think that they have a very good format. i was just wondering, how many languages do we have these handouts in available to the public? >> i would have to check commissioner covington but i believe they are available not only in english but spanish and

cantonese. they may be in other languages as well but i will find out >> okay. that would be great because - excuse me - i do recall having conversations with some of the folks in prevention and i thought that we had limited availability in other languages. so if you could get those details and then inform us about would be great >> no problem >> also i know we have a very good presence on the web, but i think we would be well served to have some relationships the various broadcast stations, both television and radio because i lot of members of our city population, we are the oldest city in terms of people and their age. we are the oldest city in the country. we have the lowest percentage of people under the age of 18 and

we skew very high. i think a lot of the members of that population, which is my population, as well among still get a lot of their information from broadcast outlets. so public-service announcements and the kind of thing, i think would serve the city well to include along with our very very good web presence. so that was one thing. i think the use of guidance center basketball game, it sounds fabulous. so thanks to chief: beanie for putting that together. i also want to thank the people who participated in the martin luther king day parade did so count me in for next year. i will be there with you instead of down the way a bit. also, congratulations to the members of the department postell and

sarah who seven under good work. there was one other thing i had for you, chief, and that was the budget committee. you say that the budget committee is we convened? >> yes. >> by the members of the committee the same as the committee was constituted last year or are there new members? >> there was an interest ugly for everyone who is on the committee which is representing all ranks and also a member from local 798 executive board that have remained on the committee. we did meet in december with the mayor's budget office the budget director and then we had an interim meeting last week. we will be beating again. >> okay. has there been any conversation regarding terms of

service on the budget committee so that once you are on are you on for ever? or, whether the one group that will be on first say, three years and then another group like a rotation on a board of directors? i just want to ensure we have opportunities available for new people who might want to be on the budget committee >> right. we may have had one or two added on. right now there's no formality in terms of length of term. something that we can consider. generally, on our committee structure usually every few years we will provide our reach for those people that you have missed an opportunity that no may have an interested so that would be fall into place with our general committee, gen. order we put out periodically for new members. then sometimes members retire or sometimes members of no longer available

the to participate. >> well, having served on numerous boards, if a new board is being constituted a new board of directors, generally, you put your hand in the hat and you get a term of two years or three years and then the next person gets a term that is a little longer and a little longer. so that you can either read up once you're term expires or stay on. but you know that there will be some with punishment of the directors as you go forward and an orderly fashion so that at any given time, there are people who been on the committee were on the board for quite some time and then you have newcomers as well. so that is a model you might want to consider. thank you, chief hayes-white. chief williams, station five could you said it has been put out-the rebuild

has been put out again? >> yes. >> okay. people have already left station five, having not were are they still there? >> they are still there >> because i know they were scheduled to go elsewhere. so they are still in her home >> yes. they're still moved to the place we previously designated but they have not relocated yet. >> okay. so how long will it be ? you said the rebidding process will begin in february? >> it will close before the first. >> okay. then they have to have a panel to make the decision as to who will be building the new- >> yes. >> so, your estimate as to when the whole project might be done? >> my estimate was june of

2018. >> okay. >> of station five >> all right. it may be another nine months on added onto that were six months? >> that i can say. i can save up once they get started. they can readjust that timeframe. width june 2018. all right. that leads me to ask a question regarding the new stations that are going up. how many will have solar panels? >> i would refer that to our chief of support services. chief rivera. >> welcome chief weave era >> thank you. good evening commissioner or - excuse me - then-president cleaveland, commissioners. assistant jeopardy chief tony rivera. in

regard to the solar panels, on buildings i believe that all of our new facilities being constructed our leed compliant which is the highest one of the highest standards for environmental responsibility. i think that there is a push to have more green roofs as opposed to solar panels. so i do not have the exact amount of facilities that are outfitted with solar as opposed to the green style roof. i know that there is been talk back and forth. there's also a cost issue . so i actually do not know the exact answer but it is something that does come up and we've been working very closely with department of public works to kind of reach that happy medium on the facilities. then

i did also want to address one of the questions that you had about station five. so although there was a protest we are actually looking about a six-week delay in the overall progress of the construction and completion. so it could set us back but not as bad as what we had kind of forecasted. >> well, that's good to know. six weeks is not too bad. that's very promising. so we are going to have ambulances with the solar panels on the roof but not the firehouses necessarily? >> that is correct >> all right. good it would be very nice chief hayes-white at some point of a presentation given us a comparison and contrast between the green roofs and the solar roofs. so thank you all very much. >> thank you commissioner.

commissioner hardeman >> thank you mr. pres. great reports from the chief of the department and to administrative chief, thank you very much. something that was not brought up public to save begin as you guys always see chief gonzales would be reporting on this next month but to attend was chief work over there at 3 am and that to alarm getting that out real quick. very good job. that was something else. [inaudible] next month but that was nice to hear was out so quickly. the rain delays on construction, no penalties that could it's good news badwere getting our rain. it's great the apparatuses are all on schedule and the chief francisco is pursuing his grants

, training. chief, everybody is moving along. that is terrific, chief. good to hear everything is on schedule. and chief, capt. serrano taking chief with errors placed it congratulations. sounds like you're stepping into a job you have a lot of background in. very good. that was it. so thank you very much and hopefully we can keep these reports going all year long with dealing with the budget that might change a little along the way once we get all our new h-two and everybody else. i know the commission will be sitting with the chief

later to make sure that we still have the finances available to do all these things that we have on our agenda. thank you for the reports. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. i just have a few comments. first off, i think this fire safety tips of san francisco is a great document. i do hope chief, you have this on the internet on the website. so every citizen can download it. it's a wonderful document. it's got all kinds of helpful tips on how to stay safe. and how not to overload your electrical outlets. helpful tips that people need to know. so i think it's a great documents. i applaud you, chief and the department putting it together and i would like make sure it's on the web and updated and all the links work and all that good stuff. that is really good. having public safety fairs once a month,

terrific idea. terrific could i applaud you and the department and everyone involved including those on because i think it's important to educate all of our citizens on how to stay safe whether it be fires or any other emergency. i have a question on the h-23's. is there any movement on that on the creation of those positions? >> that remains a work in progress and you'll get a report on that on our meeting on the february eighth from the deputy chief of operations gonzales >> thank you very much. just one thing on the school sites you said you were looking at different school sites for a possible relocation of our training facilities. any possible ones? any big enough to really be an effective adequate training facility for us? >> so we have not identified a specific site. were sort of in the exploration phase. [inaudible] with other entities one meeting we had we did not out of that meeting we could

not identify a particular site. >> i certainly appreciate you working with mr. mendoza on the school board and trying to get that location finalized should we have to find a place to move our training facilities at some point. the sooner we find that location the better. so thank you very much. mr. hardeman >> sorry mr. pres. i knew there was something else. chief, or chief williams, i have seen on the bios of some of these wonderful candidates that firefighters that comes warming is there in the fire reserves somewhere else. is there any standard fire reserves required for all counties in the bay area? how does that work? ours has been so helpful. i'm just wondering how the rest of the counties operate?

>> is no standard state requirement. each county can opt in or not and then there is no set curriculum if you do have a fire reserve. it's kind of in and of its own but you are right. there is been very valuable. great experience for the fire reserve but also the fire reserve seems to come and be very helpful partners with us in times of great emergencies and long fires. >> thank you. >> thank you chief williams. thank you chief hayes-white. next item mdm. clerk >> item 7 draft operating budget fiscal years 2017-20 team and 2018-2019. >> mr. caruso >> good evening mr. pres., commissioners. i want to give -hold on one second. thank you.

i want to give a brief update status on the department's budget summit okay there's a brief presentation. i think you should have a copy and i will after that open up for discussion and questions. so these are the items i wanted to touch on briefly. just a review we talked a lot about the instructions. the city budget summary but i'll highlight that briefly. go over the budget, and again at the progress to date we've made as well as what's currently in progress. talk about about the budget committee. the chief had mentioned that early. some of the challenges we are facing an open it up for discussion and questions. as a result of some of the analysis done the city released a five year financial plan back in december in a can of outlined a projected deficit

of about $400 million over the next two years. that's increasing all the way through the next five years out in the fifth year to approximately $849. so there's definitely some structural issues the cities grappling with from a financial perspective and that is outside of any kind of looming uncertainty surrounding the federal government and federal funding as well. there's a lot of unknowns but that currently is not included in the city's projections. as a result of these projected deficits department seven instructed to oppose ongoing reductions to their general fund supports equivalent to 3% in the first year and 3%, or 6% cumulative in the second year and for the fire department but equates to proximate $1.7 million the first year and the cube would've amount of 3.4 in the site. the others part of the mayor's office instruction was a request for new note no new depositions to be added to department positioned

submittals. brief review of timeframe. just a budget discussion here at the fire commission today. february 8 would be the next meeting weatherby potential for discussion on potential approval of a department budget at the commission level. for some middle, that first meeting in february is usually a we could then almost as little time between then and the department's due date for budget summit which is february 21. at that time all city departments submit their budgets to the mayor's office and over the next few months the mayor consolidates all those budgets into one bounce budget for charter requirements. in these rebounds and presented to the board by june 1. then in june we have our departmental hearings at the board of supervisors the budget is considered at the board in july. kind of outlining some of our

departmental priorities that these are things that we just in general but also is highlighted this year in the process. we want to ensure sufficient staffing and resource levels. the chief had mentioned the call volume that that's a large challenge to us increasing call volume. so making sure we are properly resourced from a personal and nonpersonal standpoint. that is crucial given the importance public safety function that we provide. in addition, we want to be able to ensure we support the academies in the probationary members we have for the division of training both in the academy instruction but also in the follow-up to ensure probationary firefighters are adapting to the new roles in the department and we are providing efficient sufficient and education for

those number support as well. that's an ongoing efforts even after graduation. in addition, were doing quite a bit of work with the easter bonds and other capital projects are continuing to work on our facilities could affect our facilities are in the shape they been in a long time however we still have quite a bit of work to do. continuing oh suffers both from a construction is important but also from a planning is crucial for the department and coordinated an enhanced outreach efforts could we make quite a leap credit this year with some of the outreach efforts we made through public education through nert through the rh that monthly italian outreach and education. we want to continue those in the hands those that offer as much public education as we can. the vehicle equipment planning and procurement. this was the first year we were funded for argue crimmins attended the number of items on order and working with office of contract administration on number of other contracts procured continuing that momentum once we obviously quite a while and we get those vehicles from time of order so as we begin putting those into the field and into use that will be of great benefit to the department. then

in addition efficiency through technology, through both operational efficiencies but also working on a number of projects to improve collaboration and sharing of information amongst committees months workgroups. improving that infrastructure of technology through the apartment to both on the administrative side but also to all the way up to the field numbers themselves.today, january 13 with the state submittal for the both the capital budget for the department in the it budget. those were approved at the fire commission meeting on january 11. those are both submitted on time. the kind of a parallel path for the budget prosecute to the capital planning committee for capital and the committee on information technology for the it project. we will be working closer with those committees over the next couple of months. as a that projects citywide at the committee level and be providing justification and presenting as needed. in addition to the chief mentioned

reconvened the budget committee. i'll talk a little bit about that but we have begun process both from the meeting first meeting we had in december where the mayor's office reviewed some of the challenges from the city perspective fiscally that i highlighted earlier kind of review the five-year financial plan and elaborated a bit on some of the structural issues facing the city. so a lot of current work being done on the budget. obviously were about a month out but is quite a bit of work being done currently. updating staffing model and projections taking into account the staffing levels from both retirements and the new hires and academies we are projecting. we are also reviewing our revenue projections mainly from the eu mess and fire prevention side and doing as we do in only a review of the fee structures and the levels that we have for those two functions. meeting with division heads in respect of divisions and budget request,

good i'm not completed all of that yet but we are to see what the priorities and demand are for each of the divisions as relates to the budget. then continuing the budget committee work and i'll highlight that aa little bit here. so as i mentioned we met our first meeting was in december. we met with the mayor'sbudget office. they were nice enough to spend some time with us to go over some of the higher-level information from the city's financial plan. we have met and we've also taken a look at some of the recent proposals in the past couple of years that we have submitted from a budget perspective both from some of the needs that we have requested additional funding for as well as a review of the process and some of the items that were funded for as a result of some of the department's efforts. we are continuing the needs assessment for the department tying many

of the needs that are requested through some of the categories highlighted in the strategic plan specifically staffing, training, infrastructure equipment at sector. then we have a discussion in ongoing discussion of strategies and needs for the department and priorities going forward. we will be meeting next week again and will continue not only until the budget is omitted from the department level also as we continue working with the mayor's office over the next few months. commissioner covington had mentioned the term. this is the third year of leave of the budget committee. as the chief mentioned we have not set a formal kind of evolving structure but that something we can absolutely look at going forward. some of our budgetary challenges. we have i think one of the goals for the department given some of the economic projections for the city both known and unknown with regards to some of the federal uncertainties is thinking currently a major budget initiatives and those are two major ones right now

are hiring plan for fire and ms as well as our equipment and fleet plan. we work very close with the mayor's office and the board and the commission over the past few years to get those in place and we want to ensure they continue because we are going to be-we have a need and we've had a need for quite a while and the continuation of those plants is very important for departmental operations could think the item that keeps coming back especially as we discussed at the budget committee, is kind of this contradiction of workers competing ideas of budget reductions on one side as was increased eight for services on the other party reconcile that that is something we discussed quite a bit at the budget committee level and in general in department and administration. that's kind of the major challenge we are facing and on top of that we have minimum staffing requirements. we have response time requirements there's a lot of budget offenders lack of a budgetary flexibility could sue the amount of funding that we

have in our annual budget that spends on kind of the nonpersonal, non-minimum staffing portion of her budget from jewelers and supplies contractual services, there's not a lot of flexibility in those items and also for request of the mayor's office the past two years we haven't really requested increases. it's essentially been the instruction of the departments to absorb those cpi cost or cost increase for non-personnel within departmental budgets. so that's adding to our challenges, for sure. then just want to highlight kind of a high level what we are looking at from a call volume perspective. the past couple of years the past human specifically in the current fiscal year have-we've seen quite a bit of an increase in call volume. annually we this year for sure, you'd anticipated when we're doing our budget and increase in call volume do we surpass that. as you can see, from approximately

10 years ago there's been an increase of close to 45,000 calls on an annual basis that's quite significant especially in the past you years we've seen that continue to increase on an annual basis and that is obviously quite a challenge for the department and in light of budget reduction requests how do we ensure that we are able to serve all those individuals and incidence that we are called upon. so that is as i mentioned earlier one of the large challenges we are discussing of the budget level. with that i like to open to any questions you may have. >> thank you mr. corso. appreciate it. i don't see any-any public comment on this item? seeing none, public

comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner covington >> thank you mr. pres. thank you for your report mr. corso get comprehensive as always. >> thank you. >> i wish the news was better. this is really quite depressing . we have so many challenges facing the department and now as a city, as a sanctuary city, we have even more challenges that will be coming our way in terms of our fiscal needs and requirements. i think that your report mr. corso, really highlights the need for all of us to put our heads together and figure out how we are going to do this. how were going to get this done. how we are going to do more with less coming from the city. we have to war we are being pressed-we have to find alternate means of funding

the things that we need as a department. we can't sit and wait until we are bulldozed to we have to get out in front of this and do the necessary fundraising, grant writing, proposal writing, gladhanding, whatever it's going to take. every claim we see in the city represents more people were either going to be living here or working here. our homeless population is not decreasing. it is increasing. so there is a reason the call volume is increasing. so we have to do more brainstorming about it. i think as a budget committee level i cannot join the committee because there are already two commissioners there . so a reduction of $1.7

million is what you have penciled out will be our reduction for this department, yes? >> that art instruction from the mayor's apartment, correct >> do you have any idea as to where those funds will be coming from? >> at this time i was at a complete proposal for you. i think we have some of that would be offset with some additional revenue gains. we are seeing from increased call volume as well on the ems side. also continued kind of strong behavior on the fire prevention side. i don't think to the extent that would suffice for the entire amount we are looking at that that would be a portion of i would say with a reduction request is. >> how much do you think that the monies coming into

[inaudible] fees and that sort of thing would offset that 1.79? >> so we're currently doing some of those calculations on both sides and evaluating our [inaudible] as mentioned but probably about 40% of that if i had to guess off the top of my head. >> okay. that's as things stand today? >> correct. >> but things are moving quickly and new direction and a direction that is not going to be in our favor as a sanctuary city on the federal side. >> yes. as i mentioned some of the projections in sections on the mayor's office all that was independent of the uncertainty of the federal level. >> okay. so our beginning target for additional funds very necessary funds, is 1.7. >> correct. >> call it 2 million. so the budget committee, i would really like to hear some ideas coming out of the next budget committee meeting regarding how

we are going to find that money. just to stay where we are. new, we only had about 18 months of clutch times. >>[laughing] and we were thinking, okay were on a roll. now we will be getting the things we need as we need them and then now we've hit another wall. it's too bad.we're just going to have to be created. so that was one thing. alternative sources of funding and then under your enhanced vehicle equipment planning and procurement, you said that we have that funded, the first full year we've had that plan funded? >> correct. last year in his

june budget the mayor had proposed and was approved by the board, a multiyear equipment and fleet plan and that consisted of approximately $7 million in the current year and next fiscal year and then what was deemed a minimum of 39 dollars in the three subsequent years from that. so the first year the current year is the first year our allocation is about $7.1 million. we are moving forward with the procurements of those items that are hope is to obviously would like to add that the main minimum maintain those funding levels. >> so 7 million this year and three million the next three years? >> so 7 million this current year 7 million next is, was in the budget but we are discussed. museums all that is being reevaluated as being the overall summit opened the 7 million, 7 min. and a minimum of three for the three subsequent years.

>> until you said under current reevaluation i was feeling pretty happy. because i was hoping that those monies are secure. are you saying that they are not secure? they are not laden in stone? >> so they were as part of the two-year budget process last year they were approved by the board and so technically they are currently in her budget for next year but as we do every year since it is a rolling two-year budget, every second year is reevaluated again next year. so until it's passed by the board i can guarantee you that would be in the grip currently, it is which is great, but with a lot of uncertainty and with everything being evaluated, not just in that apartment but obviously citywide, i cannot guarantee you anything. >> okay. 7 million this year and that will take us through july 1 >> correct. >> i hope you have not heard

anything about reductions between now and then >> so that was one of the kind of things floating around when we had her budget -so far so good that was one of things floating around where our initial budget meeting with the mayor's office and department heads to come up with the instructions were at that time, and trends and still in fact no [inaudible] requested of department width have we earmarked these funds for particular place. i'm talking but this current fiscal year, have we ordered $7 million worth of equipment? >> not complete we've ordered approximately half of that. part of that were going through the procurement process. actually chief leaves in a report mention the engines and trucks we get order our engine. they are on order and we are working on the per term and process to bid for the contract for the ladder trucks but that

is part of the $7 million. >> very good. i would really like the procurement process to go well and with those monies be spend down to the very last penny. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much >> thank you commissioner covington. commissioner nakajo >> thank you very much present in cleveland. thank you then much director or so on your conference of report. it's very complete, very clear. in terms of commissioner covington asked the question i wanted to ask. one of them was in terms of identifiable but the 3% decrease for this year and 1.7 and i'm satisfied in terms of your information of providing on ways the department are trying to work at that. and having no reconvened the budget committee i am hoping that

that work will be at hands. i also wanted to point out that when he reported on the mayor's budget office meeting treatise i was fortunate enough with the president to attend that meeting. i want to thank you director or so and the chief for the invitation because commissioners, i felt that meeting was truly enlightening. it gave a real clear picture beyond, i will use the word, emotions, in terms of what can be projected and the projection of what is going to happen is something important for us to realize, but it hasn't happened yet and we need to stay fast to be able to deal with the issues

and the directions at hand. i call it one thing at a time. 3% this year. 3% next year, 1.7, 3.4. it doesn't change the atmosphere but what gave me was a stone cold wake up of the reality were the potential reality and every day we'll be following that through. i thought again was buried helpful for this commission because that presentation was steeped with the reality-based. on your page, also, budgetary challenges, you talk about the contradiction of budget reductions versus needs. as long as i've been on this commission have dealt with that contradiction. that the economy of how do we work that out and

as the commissioner covington had pointed out, as we all have realized, the city and the department have grown tremendously but again i must remind myself that we face years and years of cuts. [inaudible] cuts. painful cuts could painful decisions. thinking out-of-the-box and i know that we have the capability of again addressing those issues. so for me this contradiction is a fact of life for us in terms of how we deal and this budget process is not for the weak minded. it's a process by which some cooperative decisions are going to have to be made. i know use it don't sit there by yourself isolated to make these decisions. therefore the budget committee and again going to reconvene with the chief members for my is very important as again for me, in terms of recommendations and

needs, it's got to come from the command staff out there with the acs nbc's out there in the department is what realistically is going to work and for us as we go into this [inaudible] i just want to say that director or so, i know that you provided this last graphic the column on the left is the number again please reinforce me the number of calls please >> that's the total number of department incidents, yes >> so again i'm focusing on 1615-16 and icy 16-17 the projection of those calls. it is it simply one of the questions is was the cause of that increase? i know can be simple in terms of [inaudible] and such but of the city and county of x number of citizen

of citizens and the number is growing that volume can also increase by the existing members of our city as well. not necessarily with the increase of population you are you going to have some more information director corso, as to whether there are factors in the increase in call volume? >> absolutely. were looking into what the makeup of those calls are an kind of vocation just kind of the breakdown the characteristics of the call to see if we can determine if there are trends if there certain factors that are conjured bidding to that more than others >> okay. i know that's really important for us to justify our needs in terms of again addressing services to the population. i will be looking forward to participating in the budget committee with the president and look forward to trying to adjust our needs within this very challenging situation upcoming. so i look

forward to it mr. corso, director corso to work with our fellow commissioners and the command force and the chief. thank you very much. >> thank you vp nakajo for your comments. commissioner hardeman be thank you mr. president. as always, mr. corso you do a great job giving us especially me, i like to see things big bold and in charts and graphs. so i do appreciate that. i know it may seem like a waste of a subwoofer commissioners, we don't get to see this stuff everyday. we get it a couple times a month and hopes the personal could i thank you. then looking at the total department incidents with the chief had given us in her packets broke down by a variety of different incidents and responses, congratulations to ems chief myers who with this

increased volume is fighting an uphill bottle in being on time with this ambulance. he certainly deserves a great hat on the back. then go to the working fires in greater alarms in the city last year. we are at least from my perspective and i know some of the other commissioners of stated that be very aggressive with increased alarms to we like to get them to be as strict as they can but it's amazing that the assistant chief and assistant chief three and the battalion chiefs deputy chiefs, the captains have been able to put out all the fires of san francisco and only have five, three five alarms total in the last calendar year when you're being encouraged to

bring out as many as you need. that shows, to me what it shows, it shows the talent we have in our leadership in this department. that they should put out such as the other morning at 15th and cabrillo i was thinking twice to go to [inaudible] but they got that out and just always amazed especially later when you talk to people who were active incidents or at the fire and how the command staff-we have very grateful to be a commissioner with people that really know what they are doing. so congratulations. you did 5% more work and really it goes back to the voters of san francisco who kept all our stations opened. this is just a reflection of keeping all the stations open that they were able to save all the structures, save lives, save money and san francisco deserves a pat on the back that we the citizens of san francisco

love this fire department and the proof is in the pudding. see these numbers and really makes you feel encouraged. now i don't feel encouraged by the having another five, six, 7% were volume next year but we will be able to do with this so far is remarkable. good job and great report. thank you >> thank you commissioner hardeman for your comments. mr. corso i just have one question. in your opinion does the department have any direct exposure to federal funding cuts? >> i would say yes, both federally and both directly and indirectly. from the direct side, there's a number of grants programs adobe apply for annually and unfortunate especially the past two years to receive funding for good i don't know how those will be impacted but some of the proposed discussion but that is kind of a direct exposure and then indirectly, i know the

city obviously as a recipient of millions of dollars of federal funding and of the city itself reduces that inflow obviously that's the trickle-down two departments all over the city with a major? receive funding from the federal government were not. i was able to indirectly and directly, yes >> is there anyway you can quantify that direct federal funding line to the department? >> i would say, it's probably, especially in the past two years we been fortunate to receive see for grant funding and that is for over i think it's about $4 million a year. then on top of that we been able to receive some homeland security and equipment functioned so at least based on off the current year and master probably in the range of $6 million. 6-7 doing dollars per year be so really are exposure may be as much is $10 million in direct federal funds if they are cut? >> correct.. i don't think anything that's been already obligated that's not as much of

the issue is much is going forward with additional programs. >> thank you premise. appreciate. sorry. commissioner nakajo >> thank you mr. pres. one more question just for clarification. under budget instruction summary your last dot is instruction of no new net positions. does that affect the incoming h-two classes or any other classes that we have coming up this calendar year? >> it does not. those positions are already incorporated into our budget assumed for, the staffing increases we have. would be anything above and beyond what's currently approved in our budget >> thank you vp did you have one final comment? >> i did not want to leave that she felt. you're the top of the heap so you're not out

there when everyone in these fires but naturally you deserve credit as a leader of the department so i wasn't omitting you when i named all the top brass. thank you, chief >> thank you commissioner hardeman. okay. mdm. clerk we do next-thank you mr. corso. read the next item be item 8 review and highlight from study titles are missing practices for increasing diversity among first responders. >> good evening president cleaveland vp nakajo commissioners. chief hayes-white [inaudible] resource. today i'll be providing you with some background information. in some highlights of the department of labor study on promising practices for increasing diversity of first responders. so as a background coffee

consulting which was the agency retained by the department of labor reached out to us in early march informing us that the department was selected as a respondent for the study and also providing us with the framework of the study including what questions they were intending to ask what topics they were planning to discuss and who the other respondents were. so recognizing that this election of the department for the study was definitely an honor and recognizing also that whatever input we provide we would be able to help other first responders jurisdictions throughout the country we agreed to participate and schedule our meetings with the

american institute of research staff, on april 5 and sixth of 2016. so over those two days we get pretty chief williams coordinated the participants in that included command staff, senior staff, representative of employee groups and also nert. so with command staff and senior staff input we provided an overview of the department including organizational statistics like the size of the department, number of stations, apparatus, call volume. things of that nature. we also provided information on the department history since last year was the 150th anniversary. we also discussed consent decree

information including your command history during that time and how it compares to the common efforts currently and we also provided them with the department's diversity make up over the years. in terms of the employee group representatives, the groups participated were sf rescue, us fw, bfa, [inaudible] afa, veterans association and the ems association. the employee groups basically provided information regarding how the groups were founded, how they've assisted department over the years in recruitment efforts and internally for the existing employees how they have maintained the support and advocacy for their members. nerves also participated in the interviews because of their

slightly different perspective on community out reach. not so much as a direct recruiter if you will but through its training sessions and drills and presence in the community, how they were able to attract community members to the position of firefighter. at the end of those two days, the consultants were also given a tour of the training facility. essentially to show off how we conduct our training and what we currently have. with regard to the report, i believe it wasn't directly stated but i believe that the impetus for this study was that the department of labor recognize that nationally there was a renewed interest and focus on public safety and how they relate to the community could probably largely the police department but they took the

study as a whole and the leap from the community out reach was at, if the public safety departments represent the communities that they serve then they would probably lend to a more harmonious and relationship with trust if those public agencies actually represent the community they serve. so that was the reason, i believe, behind the study. the goal of this study was to identify promising practices regarding increasing and retaining diverse city proper spawning agencies. so that is why we were selected because of

our diverse departments and our ability to retain that diversity even while after the consent decree. so there were five respondents. three of whom were employer departments and we were the only fire department. so please departments, dallas and atlanta and the other two were actually nonemployer third-party training providers. so the four areas of the study that the report provided high-level summary of findings were organization and leadership support, recruiting diversity, retaining diversity, and challenges presented by each of those responding agencies. per our part the sfpd were among the respondents found out that verse leadership and emphasis on diversity within the organization, open discussion about diversity and workforce

impact and employee groups representative of the workforce and provide support and advocacy for the members. we were also highlighted as having global diversity statistics and it's one of the top five departments in the nation in the area of diversity. so even though for the two pdas, they showed slightly higher percentage of women over all get our department had better distribution of all ethnic groups in terms of representation and at the same time we were not that far behind in the female percentage. at 16.3 at that time that the study. so to demonstrate our new were the statistics we provided the consultants with demographics from the beginning of the decrees from 1988, five years

into the degree, 1993, and then at the time of the meeting the most current statistic was april 1, 2016 so that was the comparison. at the beginning of the decree in 1988 we had 17% minorities were all males and no females. five years later into the decree in 1993 we had 20% minorities and 4% female and again at the time of the study which was april 2016 we had 51% minorities and 15% female workforce. so in the reports they also identified the unique practices in sfusd that contribute to diversity. one of which was the school outreach at all levels. so from elementary school age children where the conduct fire safety

education so-using and a diverse group of officers in uniform members. not only teaches the young children how to handle dangers in emergency situations but it also exposes them at impressionable age regarding a firefighting career. then at the high school and post secondary levels besides speaking at career days and career fairs, that age group they also have the opportunity to enroll in the city college fire science program and potentially gain on-the-job experience as an intern. additionally, we are the three-year apprenticeships to us california firefighter joint partnership committee which emphasizes recruitment from underrepresented up and targeted groups to become well trained and qualified firefighters. the other aspect besides the all level out reach

to education they found it unique and quite beneficial to have the various employee groups that actually represent employees not only across race and gender lines but also involving sexual orientation and military experience. other community engagement efforts that were highlighted in the department of labor reports were the information night which is in collaboration with dhr and opportunity for interested candidates to find out more about the job but also serves as a community out reach . 18 specific club in the hispanic community through--a fire youth academy sponsored by the black firefighters association sf rescue's collaborative work with

-democratic club, to increase their representation in the lgbtq community and that veterans association effort to recruit for military personnel who are reentering the workforce. then, the report also pointed out efforts to help with test taking, techniques, test preparation such as the us fw's study session for perspective candidates. then, moving on from those community engagement type efforts, we also were essentially praised, if you will, for financial incentives that we provide by way of bilingual page which encourages bilingual candidates

to a plate which would lend itself to increased adversity in the applicant pool. then, as for the challenges there's something interesting to note between pd and fd because for pd, there is difficulty is coming to-300 annual vacancies whereas for our department, it is the challenge of identifying the best most suitable candidates from a large pool of qualified candidates for a limited number of openings. the one common challenge was the lack of funds for recruitment efforts so across the board, both pdn at the identified that as a challenge. then, finally, in the area of the tension the study pointed out their belief

that the employee groups, the variety of employee groups in our department definitely boost the departments retention ability because from recruitment and bringing in a diverse group of firefighters, while throughout the course of their career they can find supports within their own community. that includes my reports and am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. i like to: chief hayes-white >> thank you president cleaveland. thank you for your conference of report. this was a pretty huge honor for us that we are the only fire department that's featured in this study as a model department.-knows

very well because oftentimes she gets involved both nationally and internationally a participated in interviews with different departments regarding not just recruitment and retention because with very good retention and we have a workforce we are very proud of. i know you feel the same way. to me its value added to have it workforce that reflects the community that we circuit have seen time after time having a blended team helps. often times were called into situations where having played a lot of times sports you don't always want to talk the biggest person you want a blended team if you're confined space rescue is the smaller more agile person that you are going to utilize to either go over a cliff or down you can find space. similarly, on a medical call her information exchange is critical to calming a situation that someone that either looks like the person or more importantly, speaks the language of the person in the

city is usually helpful. i've seen it time after time. so we are very proud of our rich blend of people we have in the apartment and appreciate the endorsement from the department of labor. i share the report with the mayor yesterday he was very pleased and basically mentioned how became first of all because he was initially involved in the late 80s in the ensuing the department be more reflective department. so we was pleased in a short period of time in roughly a 30 year period of time, the significant change to our department and we are proud of being able to go out to the schools and educate them regarding fire safety and medical emergencies as well or what to do in the event of an emergency but really planting the seed. i think our best advertisement is our workforce and if a little girl or little boy he sees someone that might look like them driving and apparatus

responding to a medical call fighting a fire, might intercede they could do that. in my lifetime, that was not a career choice that i even considered until i was midway into my 20s. so we are very proud of the knowledge meant and thank you for the overview. >> thank you, chief. commissioner covington >> thank you president cleaveland. i want to thank you for your report and i also want to just point out to my fellow commissioners reason i ask for this to be on the agenda is so that more of our fellow citizens will be aware of what's going on in the department and as chief hayes-white just raised it, our which blend the people. it is very nice to know that the

department is being recognized on a national level after having iraqi period of some 30 years ago to where we are now. it really is a department that all san franciscans can be proud of. so thank you for giving us all of the details. >> thank you commissioner covington vp nakajo >> thank you president cleaveland. thank you very much ms.-for this comprehensive report. i also echo commissioner covington and the rest of us in terms of the honor for us to participate in this study increasing diversity among first responders. the tivoli, as compared to the department of labor. your presentation was excellent because it covered every particular area that was highlighted. thank you very much commissioner covington for

bringing this to our agenda because i was able to read it as well but we haven't any time to comment on it as well. part of this longevity of being in this commission was i was present when we came out of the consent decree and was assigned in those days to work with our commissioners with the department with judge [inaudible] direction of coming into compliance with the consent decree. in the department at the time compared to now has changed greatly. i was also there to be able to meet with a lot of the leadership [inaudible] employee groups and saw the merits of that within the department and its collegiate amazing and really gratified that the department does reflect the members of san francisco and ethnicity as well as culture as well as language are such an important entity within this department as well.

i know that things have changed and they are still changing now. there's a new generation coming in to our department and sometimes i wonder if ethnic members of our department, younger new members gravitate towards employment group that reflects their own kind of ethnic heritage group those employee groups were formalized for a reason. part of those reasons i think are still applicable to today. it doesn't necessary that you've got to be terribly upset with everything that goes along but what i want to reflect is that the department members today should be involved with these employee groups but also these employee groups should try to adjust themselves and reach out to the new members within our department and try to have those employee groups grow as well so that we can work together to achieve common

goals. i just want to say that i am very very pleased and honored to be part of this commission that has this kind of findings within our department. thank you bring much mr. pres. >> thank you vice president. commissioner hardeman >> thank you mr. pres. i certainly have been around here six years. don't take much credit for this but am part of it and delighted for the information that receive this honor and i think-i don't speak [inaudible] but i think the chief was the first chief of the department to interview candidates individually prior to selecting them >> yes. >> so that is something i just heard recently so that is true. so a lot of credit goes to you, chief. i concede that a smile on your face you have not stopped smiling since you stood up there. you take great glee

in this report good with your job and your title is a person responsible in some ways for this departments diversity. so congratulations to you. >> thank you >> thank you commissioner hardeman could be of much be proud of in our department that this is a great report. i do hope will post it on her website so that everyone out there can read it. and we are never finish with a job of making sure our department is diverse and representative as possible of our city. i applaud you for the report and applaud you, chief for your part in making the diversity happened so thank you. >> thank you if i actually may wait i one more highlight. january 1 2017 our demographic composition is still at approximately 50% minorities but the female is 16.3%. so from april at 15 until now

that is [inaudible] >> keep up the good work it thank you very much. mdm. clerk call for next item. >>[inaudible] [off mic] >> item 9 communications. e-mail from james corrigan dated january 12 and the 14th of 2017. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed.. commissioners hear anything? commissioner hardeman >> i do a something not related to the general but related to a wonderful terrific fantastic san franciscans that died recently his name is kevin starr. his funeral is this friday. is the speed can native that was orphaned and was also come from a broken home and 14

was on his own and rose up to take himself up by his bootstraps and become one of the greatest roles in the history of san francisco. so just like to recognize kevin starr as a person that deserves recognition for what he went through and what he was able to achieve in his life. in most recently was a professor at university of southern california though he loved la he loved san francisco war. he was up here when he passed. just ring that to note >> thank you commissioner hardeman. anything else? okay. >> item 10 agenda for next fire commission meeting on february 8, 2017. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? okay. we will

go over that later. mdm. clerk if there's no other business this meeting is adjourned. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >> >>

(shouting.). >> more and more city's high san francisco is committing to dislocate to end all traffic death that means improving safety for people walking and driving and safety on our streets is everyone's responsibility people can make mistakes but not result in injury or death all traffic collisions are preventable as drivers you play a large role that will give you the tools to drive safely on streets a recent survey asks hundreds of drivers about save city introduce driving what did they say watch for distracted behavior and slow

down and be patient and check for people before you turn the facts about city driving shows how important to be alert most collisions happen in good weather allowance even at 25 mile-per-hour it takes a vehicle 85 feet to stop this is almost 7 car lengths slowing down makes collisions less savior when a person is hit by a passerby vehicle 25 minor the chance of death is 25 percent 40 percent that increases inform 85 percent slowing down didn't cost much time driving behind a person takes 9 extra semiautomatic and stopping at the yellow light takes only 30 seconds by hitting

someone costs you hours and weeks of our time and maybe a life take a deep breath and take you're time cities cross america are being safely for walking and driving some streets are confusing here's what you need to know all intersection kroukz of novelist marked some are marked to make them more visible other crosswalks and intersections are raised to the level of sidewalk to actress as speed bump and people are maybe crossing be cautious and watch for people when you approach any intersection advanced limit lines and pedestrian yield signs show drivers where people walk and stop behind the lines at

stop signs and for people crossing bulb outs where the sidewalks extends into the street make that tease easy to see pedestrians and remember to slow down whether making reasons and watch for people on sidewalk estimations extensions that maybe closer than you expect and bicyclists may motive to the left to get around bulb outs this gives people a head start allowing pedestrians to enter the crosswalk before transfer starts moving makes them more visible pedestrian scrimmage and stop the vehicles in all directions allow people to cross including department of building inspection scrambles are paired with no light restriction and

rapid beacons you turn bright whether the pedestrians are there or the center is activated precede slowly as you approach the beacons especially, if their activated a pedestrian crossing light turns yellow before turning sold red back to flash red procedure after making a full stop as long as the sidewalk is empty and, of course, stop whenever the light is red traffic circles reduce conflicts you must stop at the strewn and precede around the raise your right hand of the circle watch for people in crosswalks and people in bikes coming around the circle

arrows indicate where people with bikes share the intersections and people have ride to people on bikes have the right to use the lane whether or not in the sharing bike lanes are for people protected by parks e.r. parked cars and stay out of separated bike lanes unless an emergency dashed bike lanes are a shared zone four for vehicles to change lanes slow bike lanes allow the circles their unusually sprayed before me from other traffic some bike lanes are built to the level higher than the street but lower than the sidewalk they provide a safe separated space sponsor cyclists are around vehicles the box areas are marked with the

stencil at intersections act as advanced limit lines for people to garter at a red light this increases the 1r0ir7b9 to drivers people will ride past stopped vehicles at the fronltd of the intersection give them room and stop short of limit line behind the bike without objection and cross only after the green light and people cleared the bike box bicycle traffic lights allow people on bikes to proceed while vehicles are stopped be unaware aware of those bike san francisco general hospital but stay alert and only skrans when the vehicle is cleared the intersection let's take a quiz to see what all of learned here we go

number one when do month collisions happen did you say in daytime you're correct question two if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on what's one of the best things to do to avoid collisions? you can it take a breath pay attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult here's a test how many times did the white team pass the ball?

if you answered 11 you're correct but did you notice anything else also be aware ever you're surrounded and remember that is easy 0 miss something if you're not looking for it here's some basic principles driving near peep e people from you're driver's seat it is difficult address our mirrors to reduce blind spots people on bicycles maybe be in our blind spot give yourselves plenty of time to react look out stay on the road from building to building not just curve to curve check driveways and behind parked vehicles for people that

enter our path turning vehicles are especially dangerous important people walking and collisions often occur when vehicles are making tunnels when you turn remember check for people using the crosswalk before starting you're turn watch for people on bikes traveling in the ongoing direction always check our mirrors and blind spots patience pays off take a moment to make sure you're clear while it might feel you'll save time by driving fast or turning without checking you won't save driving only adds a few semiautomatic to our trip a collision can cost you, your job or someone's live here's important things to remember all crosswalks are legal and pedestrian have the right-of-way people cross the street anywhere

children and seniors and people with disabilities are the most vulnerable think city strits give buses and streetcars a lot of the space or people returning to catch a train don't block the box this creates dangerous situation for people walking how are forced into moving traffic and people bicycling out of the bike lane and people on bikes most city streets are legal for bicyclists even without signs people biking can fall in front of you provide a safe amount of space when passing someone on a bike a minimum of 3 feet is required by law in california and people on bikes prefer to be in the bike lane in for the this is often to

avoid accidents give them room people on bikes will stay away from the traffic or watch out for open doors whoops that was a close one expect people to go to the front of the light and pass on the right a tap of the horn maybe useful to make you're preservation known but avoid using the horn it may saturday night be someone vehicles anybody right turns are especially dangerous important biking always approach right turns properly signal early and wait for people biking through the intersection move as far to the right to people on bikes can pass on the left let's try a few more questions

who are the most vulnerable people on city streets? children? seniors, and people with disabilities why do people on bikes ride close to travel there to avoid car doors what is one of the most dangerous situations for people walking and riding bikes? turning vehicles and what can you do to make sure that everyone is safe in any situation? thartsz stay patient and alert and, of course, slow down parking and loading a vehicle on accredit city streets is a challenge weather parking and

unloading always check for people in our mirrors and blind spots and on the driver's side with our right turn right hand this causes you to look 40 on your left for bicyclists when passersby exiting the vehicle make sure about opening the door know where loading zones are if not loading zones available use side streets never stop in bike lanes or traffic lanes. >> bad weathering and visible rain and fog or low lighting make it hard to see you're vehicle is likely to slide or loss control in eye i didn't controls and create issues for people walking and biking they

tried try to avoid pulled and umbrellas and construction get slippery for people the safety thing to do in conditions whether wet or icy or dark slow down and drive more carefully remember going fast may on this save you a few semiautomatic but speeding may cause you a life or you're job people walking and biking are vulnerable people can be distracted or make unsafe decisions as a driver the responsibility for safety lies with you a collision could mean the loss of our life or you're job and dealing with the legal implementations could take years or an emotional toll if someone is killed in a crash help us

achieve vision zero and everyone can use the streets safely. >> thank you for watch and following the important driving tests your remember we're counting on you

>> good afternoon everyone. we went outside >>[foreign language my name is >>[foreign language] and >>[applause] thank you. i'm the proud president of [inaudible] janitors union here in san francisco. >>[cheerring] secretary-treasurer of san francisco labor council good i-m before we start want to be able to acknowledge the electives here present and if i miss any of you, please do not take it personally when we are lousy >>[laughing] were when we are working our butts out on the streets of san francisco. if i can go down the list, there's a list that can be provided for me but i'll start to my left to my right. i want to first acknowledge the folks

that have kept this man standing up every time that he assembled his family safai and taylor family. >>[applause] our former mayor and, if you went with her left eye and you twist your head to the right, future governor of the state of california gavin newsom. >>[cheerring] we were doing turnout for you for sure. >>[laughing] and to his hiking going down the list, though current mayor of san francisco ,, the guy who makes the magic happen here in the city, our mayor, ed lee. >>[applause] our president of our president

of our board of supervisors, a sister who comes out of fighting and strong for the community that she represents, london breed. >>[applause] someone that i know are janitors and a lot of people in this room helped get elected assembly member david chiu. >>[applause] and it still caught up in sacramento >>[laughing] for ms. ray's, our current and brand-new sen. scott weiner. >>[applause] now as far as politicians come in all sizes, but there's none more feisty or an errant 10 past. supervisor aaron peskin. >>[applause] and our sen., mark leno. if you could please, stand. >>[applause] supervisor mark farrell >>[applause] and the

relentless and strong melia cohen, can you please stand. >>[applause] [inaudible] alex randolph. >>[applause] and former supervisor [inaudible] >>[inaudible] [off mic] assessor,, thank you. >>[applause] carmen chu. our sheriff hennessey. >>[applause] i would also like to recognize my brothers and sisters and labor that are here present, kim paulsen executive dr. of san francisco labor council. >>[applause] mike carey oh, building trades. >>[applause] and i saw lisa from the teachers union. >>[applause] and the other two

brothers, >>[inaudible] [off mic] please, stand up, from the trades can you be please stand, brothers hear from the trades. >>[applause] i know-all right a big round of applause. >>[applause] if you guys have heard of the hash tag got your back in either the firefighters please dan john buford, where are you? all right. >>[applause], o'connor, where are you? john buford and sam o'connor i know you're somewhere in the room but thank you very very much. thank you very very much for joining us this morning. the police officers, let's see-marty, there you are in the back. >>[laughing] >>[applause] from the police officers association, thank you for joining us. before we begin with the program i want to be

able to tell all of you that this has been an incredible last eight years of campaigning can some people thought it was only two years. it's actually been eight years but when i think about oshawa safai i think about the word consensus and unity and say my mom teresa floors re: tommy is never judge a book by its cover. and what he has been able to do is capture all of us to rally behind him and help him get here. a lot of people haven't had any on the back and are still on the back and i want to tell you this isn't-this wasn't a victory that we did alone. it took all of you, all of the volunteers and the countless hours that all of you put in to what those saturday mornings and sunday mornings. but i'm incredibly proud to be standing up here and being able to say that today, it could be storming outside, but as we tell other folks, the rain brings great things to come. what better way than to do it

as a summary and all this bearing witness to that for an incredible next four years and eight years for supervisor elect, oshawa safai. oshawa safai. >>[applause] please forgive me. i just noticed >>[laughing] he needs no huge introduction but with respect he's earned from all our communities. attorney george gascon district attorney, george gascon. and supervisor katie tang. >>[applause] can i have augmented- >>[foreign language] please, stand. [inaudible] from local 87. thank you. >>[applause] the new supervisor, jeff sheehy.

there he goes. >>[applause] please forgiving is like a spot right like my face. jeff [inaudible] >>[inaudible] [off mic] wow. jeff adoptee. >>[applause] it's a great day today. i have the incredible sensibility of making sure it all runs smoothly. so i'm going to the rev. dr. james mcrae from the tabernacle community development corporation. >>[applause] >> it is an incredible honor for me to stand here to be invited by brother safai who

many many years ago when my own daughter was growing up, things were happening here it at city hall that really will he be kennedy was supervisor. i met this young man and i am extremely happy that after years and years of preparing and putting himself forward we, the community of san francisco, has seen fit to bestow upon him this responsibility at this critical time in our city. so i would like with all of you stand with me? strong god, we gather here at city hall on

epiphany sunday and we are mindful that there is like breaking forth. that there is power entering the world. and that your grace and enabling are available. so we come with brother safai to embrace your light and to ask that you would activate in him and in each one of us a power to lift our city. we thank you for your presence with us now and ask that you would bless the proceedings with your grace and with your glory. and this we asked in the name of the one we call christ and others you're in for with the word justice. amen.

>>[applause] >> i am going to ask all of you to please figure would be having the presentation of the colors. likely able to thank col. doug bullard was done an incredible job with our children in these high schools in maintaining jr to jr tc a lot. i like to be at able to ask all of you, the colors by the balboa high school jr otc colors are commanded by emerson district and members gordon so, just to lie, and alastair lane. [inaudible].

>>[presentation of colors.] >> >>[pleage of allegiance] >>[presentation of colors.] >> >>[applause] >> i want to remind everybody

these are high school kids. high school kids. they deserve a stronger louder round of applause. >>[applause] >>[cheerring] thank you. you may sit down. thank you. so much like rainy days and it time wherein in about a week our country is going to be changing. in that it requires a lot of unity and solidarity and sometimes words that we are unable to be able to, those who thought they were unwilling to compromise and to work together because of our different points of views, our city needs to come together to unite. who better than to lead that charge their mayor, edwin m sleight. >>[applause]we

>> thank you, olga. good afternoon everybody. welcome and thank you for wading through wind and rain to come here and to celebrate and to witness this incredible honor that we have to welcome in oshawa safai to our board of supervisor could i've known-yes, please. >>[applause] i've had the privilege of knowing oshawa in many other ways and when i was in dpw or city administrator, we had a chance to work together in the district that very district, cleaning up talking about parks, about families, about housing them up about open

space and from that years ago, i knew that oshawa had already formed a loving heart for this district the most of the people in it. he has demonstrated that by now coming forward and taking up the important position is a member of the board of supervisors did i want to say thank you to all of our board members, our elected officials for being here today. but you also know oshawa in many other roles. as a labor leader and i want to say thank you to all of the labor representatives are today. >>[applause] you are the heart of the city. in my discussions particularly, in the last few years, and even most recently as the housing crisis has been on on us as families have by both data and stories, have begun disappearing, coming under tremendous pressures, as we look to all of our districts to step up and step out on

these challenges come out we find leaders. leaders who are going to amass incredible years working with the labor, with people, with residences and particular, with families. ashok has given the-his story. i am enthusiastic about it. i'm excited about it because he's going to lend a very strong voice for families in san francisco. that is absolutely needed. i know that begins with issues like housing but it will extend, everything from job creation to open space, to childcare, universal childcare for everybody-yes. >>[applause] i know that i will have it within him a strong ally and a leader not just for district 11

but for all of our city. i'm excited about this because when he speaks he is going to be speaking to those and he is going to do it every day, every time. it isn't working on saturdays and sundays anymore. ashok. it is monday through monday, 24-7 and if you want to, i will write unique with you to make sure our families are getting the best service that they can and he's cared about everybody. but in particular, i know oshawa has his heart working with families. >>[applause] i know that he will bring dignity. he will struggle he will we go fight. he will unite with all

of us to make sure voices have not been heard will be heard and he will make sure that district 11 is never ever referred to as the forgotten district of people. >>[applause] i am excited. i will be excited when we walk those corridor and outer mission , when we observe either the vacancies were the storefronts that ought to have better visibility, when we get to mission and geneva we are committed to an even better job in making sure that is the safest vision zero intersection and all of our city. >>[applause] when we speak to families, i want all those families to know, that universal childcare objective, that is going to be real in san francisco is a bosch's leadership and people like those that are working in our buildings, as maintenance worker, you are can have a proud leader that you can depend on it will bring dignity

to your jobs every single day. yes, and to all the generations. >>[applause] so this is exciting for me as the mayor of the city and the privilege may. i want to thank the tenant governor for giving me a shot at this job and >>[applause] taking a risk in a deeply. buried bureaucrat to come out to make sure we're doing all the right things but also want to say to oshawa, who i think is going to represent the new generation of supervisors along with jeff and of course, our other elected supervisors, we are going to do great things in here and if washington wants to take us on, okay. bring it on. bring it on. >>[applause] so, ashok, congratulations to you, to our family, to what you stand for and i will stand with you and we will do great things together with all of the people in district 11 and the people

of san francisco. congratulations. >>[applause] >> i would like to acknowledge folks that just came in. not to let everybody know that you came in late but i just want to be able to acknowledge the laughing that you came. a similar number still paying. >>[applause] chemung walton from the school board. >>[applause] all right. bad decker from labor. >>[applause] susan solomon.. >>[applause] thank you. sarah's alley. all right, [inaudible] from mh w been squarely from labor 6x1. >>[applause] so we would like

to be able to now have the oath of office and i'm going to ask her lieut. gov. by the hon. gavin newsom and his head in our justice, [[inaudible] and i can have daddy up here, to plead >>[applause] gabby safai. >> are you ready quee are you sure?all right. are we all set? you guys ready? >>[inaudible] [off mic] i feel like i should

be swearing you in as well. >>[laughing] i'm just saying. big round of applause. width don't say that. >> >>[laughing] >> all right, auster. you know the drill. i'm going to say, aye, and this is i, like this even be forced to repeat after me. >>[laughing] but the only thing you can do on your own is state your name. i'm going to say, you state your name. the rest we will see how it goes. all right? are you ready? >> yes. >> i, do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california and that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same good that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of

evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. during such time as i hold the position as a member of the transportation authority >>[laughing] >>[cheerring] and a member of the county board of supervisors, for the city and county of san francisco . well done mr. supervisor. >>[applause] >>[cheerring] >> ashok, after lieut. gov.,

here you thought you were done just with swearing in. >>[laughing] we are going to ask you to-say a few remarks before mr. safai >>[laughing] supervisor safai. another big round of applause. >>[applause] >> all right. i will do my best to get out of the way of the main event, but it's the spirit of the times we talked about in safai swearing itself evident to everybody in this room the headwinds coming our way here in san francisco, in

particular, and in the state of california quite notably. it requires the spirit of what mayor lee was saying, the spirit of what jeff was saying when he was sworn into the spirit of imagine what usher is going to say. unity. right? going back together the that old african proverb, the member clique if you want to go fast, go alone but if you want to go far, go together. i think it is >>[applause] it is in that spirit of unity and reconciling, you know, all those interesting differences that define san francisco politics, and has plenty of it in this room, trust me i have not forgotten- >>[laughing] but at the end of the day there is something that i know unites every single person in this room at the same time and so i will just say this. as a resident, or former resident, i can believe i left this damn time i can afford it supervisor

alioto >>[laughing] but as a proud this generation speaking with six generation kids, we count on you. we count on you, o we count on you the board of supervisors could be count on you mayor lee. become on all of you in this room at this remarkably significant moment in our history to do exactly what ed lee. said. step in, stepping, be authentic, be bold at the problem and challenges will be big. don't be ideological in terms of our approach could be open to argument could be interested and evidence but step up to this extraordinary moment and challenge that defines, i think, our time. i could not be more proud of this guy. i've seen him-it has been 10 damages and even running for this office. it is unbelievable. >>[applause] i will close with this. you know, from the

housing authority to the work is done at the ecw, the work is done it on lcd, there are few people that are more compared to truly hit the ground running to represent this extraordinary district. you've got a great fighter in oshawa safai. congratulations district 11. >>[applause] >> okay. i guess i've got to say something. >>[laughing] well, you know first of all, the moment is kind of surreal because usually on the outside looking in. i'm usually the person that was behind the scenes working with her were a whole bunch of you to elect all bunch of you. >>[laughing] i keep on thinking, and i was thinking this because of the subject close race, i cannot figure out score to get a phone call saying, we actually found another 500 votes. the laughing

sorry, you lost by 73 vote. >>[laughing] but that cannot happen because i actually they certify the election. >>[applause] >>[cheerring]. so you know, today is the day that i think you give thanks first, first and foremost, your blessings and my mind a storm is assigned as others have referenced my to sign of what is to come. that there is going to be some change and i think that with our new board and a lot of the folks that are sitting here, there is going to be change. mr. mayor and i think we are ready to do this collectively. but i truly believe that the people that we meet in our lives are often ones that help to shape our destiny and 19 years ago-i try not to get emotional-but 19-year-old zero met this young woman on the first day of graduate school and we talked about our funny names, strange things, whatever you want to call them we talked about football. here we are, 19 years

later in the woman is my wife >>[cheerring] >>[applause]. and the reason that i'm standing here today-let's not be let's not question that at all. be glad when she is my best friend. my partner. and what i like to call my in-house counsel. >>[laughing] because she is an attorney, by the way. >>[laughing] you know, truly married some of that smarter than me and someone that is a strong woman in her own right. so, there you go. >>[applause] because from my perspective, the voters of district 11 did not just elect me. elected our family. i am a husband and a father, first and i will carry that with me every day that i do my duties and act as a supervisor good i'm a father to

soul and roomy and a husband >>[applause] i told him he could come on stage once though. >>[laughing] you had that opportunity, we meet. but that i am a husband to yet zero and i believe our family truly represents and reflects the image of district 11 working families. a lot of times people asking what i think working families means and everyone has their own definition. but martin knows what i'm talking about. working families means deciding who's the top of the kids in the morning. who is going to pick them up after school. was there to do the grocery shopping. who is going to make dinner. i get a call every day at 4:55 pm. what are we having for dinner tonight? i said, i better get on it. >>[laughing] who is going to

stay home with the kids are sick? who is going on there filtered squeak who is doing their homework? who is putting them to bed? and the way that i acted on the campaign is the way i'm going to be a supervisor. there was never a night that i do not say, sorry i have to go home is time to put my kids to bed. all most every morning i dropped him off on my way to work in on their way to school. my wife's looking at me like, don't exaggerate, now. >>[laughing] i see that look on her face. but you have my kids afterwards if i'm telling the truth. >>[laughing] but oftentimes, working families also are the working men and women and a lot of the working labor leaders are in this room today and i'm so proud from the bottom of my heart that i so much support from labor so can we give it up for all the labor in the house today please? >>[applause]

and you know, referencing back to the campaign, the campaign is what really sets the tone of how you're going to be a supervisor. how you conduct yourself on the campaign it has run your campaign is how you will be as supervisor. if you sit back and let other people dictate to you that was can happen when you're on the board. but if you set the tone and you fight and you fight hard, right ms. breed, if you fight hard people note your benefit when you get to the board. i was very very fortunate. we had 04 11,000 votes, with the most number of votes in the history of district 11 did so i'm very very proud of that. >>[applause] over 28,000 people cast their ballots for us and in the end we bond one by 413 votes. at the end of the day it was a hard-fought campaign that started on the doorstep of mr. roberto mendes could i started october 2 2015 we do not stop

until 8 pm, november 8. right ms. colleen olsen. we do not stop. we went all the way to the end. >>[applause] i feel like i talk to my friend scott weiner and he taught me you go all way to the finish line don't stop short knock on every single door and that's what we did. we knocked on 7000-i knocked on 7000 words per sums up my campaign not on a lot more than that but at the end of the day people set and they've referenced it. this wasn't a one-year campaign were a two-year campaign. they said you've been running for the last eight or 10 years according to the lieutenant governor in what i would say to that is, you are right. >>[laughing] you are absolutely right. that's why i'm standing here in front of you today. >>[applause] but i learned from my mistakes in 2008 and was hard work,

perseverance, and listening that at the end of the day propelled us to victory. i listen to 7000 people personally on their doorstep. it's one the most humbling experiences of my life to sit on someone's door one on one, and listen to their concerns, their frustrations, their dreams and their vision for the neighborhood. at the end of the day, no one knows better what they want than their neighbor. that's how you really get the heartbeat of the campaign get that you really get the heartbeat of your distant. because at the end of the day people want to come and tell you, this is what your voters want. this is what your district wants. at consultants and surveys and polls, i have my own call. my pole was 7000 households door to door. so let me tell you what the folks in district 11 are asking for. and i listen to those working families could they want better parking. they want slower

traffic. i told the sea i only met with the mta mr. medved i said, they were talking about purchasing new vehicles and i said, how many times at the board of supervisors rejected one of your contracts? and there was 15 of them i do not know his meeting with 15 people. they all looked at one another and said, never. i said, okay great. electric about what i want to talk about. i said, i want to talk about parking good i want to talk about slowing traffic down. i want to talk about what it means to have service on time and reliable treat this guys name i think his name was henry or chuck it i can't a member but i have his e-mail and all the-i said you were not targeted investments because the head of parking. that's what the folks at district 11 are asking for. i do know my friend muhamed dooley is in the room but i want to give a special thanks to mr. nuru. >>[applause] i had a lot of

jobs and work for a bridge under mayor ed lee when he was city head of dpw award for mayor newsom worked at the housing authority did i work for a lot of people but also work for muhamed nuru. that was the best job that i ever had in the city and county of san francisco get it was the hardest job. we were the hardest working people and if i could clone that man make him run 7-8 permit this to be running on also. let's give it up for muhamed nuru. >>[applause] that's my way of saying, we want a little bit more attention from dpw. >>[laughing] we want them cleaner and greener streets. >>[laughing] i made a pledge and i'm going to talk to the mayor and already talk to muhamed about this. we want eight to plant a minimum of 500 trees a year every year that him in office. >>[applause] we want to see our neighborhood be cleaner. but still cleaner

and greener more updated parks and rec and at the end of the day there's a few other things. you know we have the highest rate of empty storefronts and vacancies in the entire's. we want to attract more businesses. we want to go storefronts built that means working with some of the artists around the city,) michelson get we want to get them to come occupy those storefronts, create space and get some activity and foot traffic on the corridor. lastly, i will say universal childcare, the mayor, definitely mention that that something we campaigned on and we campaigned on affordable housing for working people. workforce housing. >>[applause] you know him i've had a lot of the folks in the trades come up to me and they're saying, we are getting to the point where they say, if we can't live in it were not going to build it. if we can't live in it we are not going to build it. because it's not right that they are building housing that they can't even living in this

circuit we have to have workforce housing did we have to housing for the working families. because if you took district 11 out of san francisco, we really would be a tale of two cities. we really would be the wealthy and the extremely poor. the reason our district is what it is is because we have the highest rate of owner occupied homes. we have the most diverse city did we have the most children under the age of 18 people aging in place. we are a very different but yet similar part of san francisco. we need to re-create that. the only way you can do that is if you're building housing for working people. so that is good to be one of my biggest agendas when i'm on the board of supervisors and i will fight for that every single day. >>[applause] there with make a good i wait a long time for this moment so i have quite a bit to say today but i promise i will wrap it up in the next 5 min. >>[laughing] so these are my marching

orders. this is my agenda. it's very clear. you know i think it's clean what we are going to and fight for every single day. but given our new reality at the national level, with our new president, we must all come together as a city and put aside our differences to ensure san francisco remains a refuge for immigrants and people of all stripes and colors. this is not a time to back away but yet it's a time to lean in and lead on the national level. president reed and i were at the reception for our new sen.,, harris and she said better than anyone can say. people around the country are looking to us to be a model for the nation. they are looking and waiting to hear what we have to say. we have to lead on this issue. we have to fight for immigrants could we have to fight for people of color. we have to fight for folks that don't have a voice. so while the rest of the nation is watching us, we have to lead on the issues that are important.

but i would like to reflect on something that what i would say what of our great presidents had to say and was a true leader and knows president john f. kennedy. he said that at a graduation at american university commanded so true to this day. if we cannot and our differences, at least we can make the world safer for diverse city. for in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. we all breathe the same air. we all cherish our children's future. and we are all mortal. could you know what, that is absolutely put those words matter more today than they ever have and we are pessimistic, we are in as president reed said, we are going to fight and we are going to stand up to the national agenda that's one that's going to attack us at all different levels. while these leaders here today that i've worked with them proud to say that

this report i pledged to work with you to fight this because we do need to be a true leader in this regard. >>[applause] you know, all the elected officials and other folks that are in this room, i'm not going to go through every single one of you and thank you all over. i asked olga to recognize you and every single one of you supported me one way or another and i truly appreciate that from the bottom of my heart. i would like to call out in particular, just a couple because i think that it helps to shape and as i said the people that you need an open the door for you and being the ones that hope to shape your future. i started at the housing authority good i started either great fortune with my friend, i think, the city and london, with doing open-door day with mayor willie brown and no one wanted to do that because he would have meetings at 7 am. so i was like, i will go. >>[laughing]

quite often, 6-7 of the people were members of the housing authority and so to sit in that room and to watch one of the great politicians, probably of the last century, that is not only probably when the most intelligent but when the most savvy leaders that we have and often times, they don't the two don't come together in one person. a lot of time someone is smart to a lot of times someone is savvy but never the same together. i had the great fortune of learning from him. it was after that time that i went to go work on supervisor newsom's campaign for mayor and then had the great fortune of working for him and it is from the lieutenant governor that i learned the value in idea and what it means to be focused on numbers and numbers matter. numbers dictate the ultimate outcome. and importantly, this is very important-policy ideas can come from anywhere if you

listen. it's not the smartest person in the room or the person that thinks they are the smartest person in the room were the most educated but if you listen, you will get ideas. when i was doorknocking one of the women said to me, she was just in there and she said in a wide we have all these empty storefronts ice and him are sweet but you allowed to come in for free init. we will clean them up and we will activate-now that might be someone might've done it other places but was awake in the passion she said it could i said you know what that's a great idea we will do that. that's an example of what it means to listen and i learned that from our lieut. gov.,, mayor newsom at the time and i appreciate him taking a shot on the giving my first shot in city hall in the 31-year-old that thought he knew a lot. didn't list and is vastly good idea that he may be the deputy director of community development. so i'll never forget that and appreciate that. >>[applause] then,

also, mayor lee at the time who was the head of the apartment of public works, and then went on to become our city administrator and our mayor, thank you for giving me were endorsing and supporting me and supporting me during the campaign and embracing our ideas and i waiting for me to be supervisor to take on childcare, to take on affordable housing, to take on the things that the people of district 11 care about. i believe i was the only non-income and that you endorse so i appreciate that and i really look forward to working with you. >>[applause] as i said, not going to thank every single one of you all over again, but i will say sen. leno, in particular, is always

endorse me every time i've run for office. so everyone i've been involved in is always endorsing sort, some not going ask you for an endorsement for another four years. the laughing so thank you, stood thank you for standing with me and always being there for me. i appreciate that. the clap in dist. atty. gascon beginning early outdoorsman. i appreciate that. assemblyman david chiu, assemblyman phil ting. again from his another one like sen. leno was there with me from the beginning. i think i was running for [inaudible] he was there with me whenever this phil ting has been there with me and i appreciate that. >>[applause] assessor recorder carmen chu, are sharp, hennessy, outs and of community college board member. then two in particular that a longtime friendship with, >>[inaudible] [off mic] a longtime friendship with melia cohen supervisor janet thank you for your support supervisor farrell and the one i think i know the

longest, my friend london breed president breed, sorry. president breed. >>[applause] thank you for taking my calls all throughout the campaign and thank you for helping me get atty. gen. at the time and now state sen., harris's endorsement. i really appreciate that. >>[applause] supervisor katie tang thank you for your support. so many people i could go on and on but i want to end up with this. you know, we have tremendous energy in our district. we have tremendous folks that have amazing ideas get their neighborhood leaders could they remain part of my campaign. i'm not to call you all out because i miss somebody good to hear about it later on just want to say thank you to all the different neighborhood associations. edi eight, cayuga improvement association, new mission-absolutely let me

finish, mentioned i'm just kidding dr. >>[laughing] i miss when i'm going to get the new mission terrace improvement association. the district 11 council. my brothers from united players even though they're not in district 11. >>[applause] thanks. out her mission merchants and residents association. so many i could keep going. candy alley leaders. >>[laughing] but thank you for your tremendous support and your ideas and i really look forward to working with you every day. my piecing captains my house party does my volunteers, no campaign can operate without a great team. i would like to thank my consultants from clifford, tom clifford and megan smith and my friend david letterman for

providing us numbers did i campaign manager i've already recognize him and assayed again, colleen olsen thank you for putting up with me. >>[applause] and the rest of my team, dixon lee, aaron lu, sue sandoval sicilia-rockstar volunteers like ada and justin. then a special thanks goes to my childhood friend, beth live from boston and damage to run my geo tv london hardy, kenny korea, thomas gonzales. >>[applause] by other childhood friends that actually moved here and now live here, sam berenson and todd kiger. >>[laughing] i also would like to thank in particular, the person community for believing in me from day one. by dear friends see it and sammy, soft as in peabody already reckon it. baja, [inaudible] and the entire [inaudible] let's give it up for them. >>[applause]

like to also recognize community tenants association and all the chinese community leaders that copy honey. i really from the bottom of my heart, standing there with me translating documents come a doing everything amazing amazing work for the leadership and support from the chinese community i appreciate that. >>[applause] i would like to also give finally a special thanks to a couple of lifelong mentors get gov. michael dukakis who could not be here today could he married my wife and i in a guiding light for us and our family. i have to tell you, i'm not kidding you the best advice in the world i'm a better than a political consultant worth everybody,-no, wait it was free. he gave it to me for free. he said, go knock on every door. and he just

saying it go knock on every door. he would hear that and use 800 and knock on the door. like mark farrell on a knock on every door and offered him there will go knock on every door. because it's a burden and it's time-consuming and put some on your family and but we did we not done 7000 doors and have to think on that him for being there for me. my godmother loretto vdot for believing in me and providing guidance. every step of the way and almost a daily basis, i met loretto when i was start off as an intern in the white house. in our president bill clinton. i have to say, one of the smartest political minds, smartest people i've ever had the great fortune of knowing and i color my godmother now. she is my godmother and her family britney and bryant and john always been there for me every step of the way. never last book not least, please everybody i know we can a lot to labor but give one more big big round of applause to our janitors were taking me under their wing for the past eight years. >>[applause] and for

my sister, and friends, olga miranda, for bringing me into the labor movement and about morale is, a special thanks to the teamsters and all the different locals of the joint council 350, 665, 826 2785, and is olga said the firefighters are fighting for me the police officers for fighting for me and all my brothers and sisters in the building trades for being there with me every step of the way. ilwu and uh w, i could keep going on and object of cw i mean it's amazing the kind of support that we had in every little bit helps. i'm just going to end with this. a couple people that shape my life that are not here today i like to end in their honor. the soto, boys godfather. open somebody doors for me before people even knew who i was in the city. my grandmother and grandfather, ed and state, jerk were not with us but she did me and my mother who made me a man

that i am today, thank you so much for always being there with me every step of the way. >>[applause] and all my family members my brothers and sisters you know there's a lot of people today to honestly, instead they got the flu and their home of throwing up and i believe in 10-15 times over and over again people are not line but my brother could not be here today that he is sick at home and my brother-in-law growl and agnes and all my family, everyone that has helped to make this reality, i just went to say, thank you from the bottom of my heart. i'm honored to be your supervisor. i am now i'm committed to begin and let's make this district 11 shone. thank you so much. >>[applause] >> one more person is one more

person i want to thank you for he leaves is-and i mean this from the bottom of my heart but supervisor aaron peskin could thank you for keeping your word. thank you for saying neutral and i look forward to working with you, brother. >>[applause] >> >> >> -

>> 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) >> thank you for all for coming today. soggy wet day outside but it's warm and cozy here. so, thank you. i have a few announcements to make. i would like to thank the president london breed for being here today. for president mark farrell. >>[applause] the hon. mark leno. supervisor aaron peskin. >>[applause] sheriff vicki hennessy, thank you. >>[applause] and you sf -i should know this sf ust board member shannon walton. >>[applause] thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. so,

hold, please. >>[laughing] pay attention mr. supervisor to be. >>[inaudible] [off mic] alex randolph, hi. just wanted to say, hi, two. >>[applause] well, and then of course [inaudible] >>[laughing] >>[applause] for anybody else >>[laughing] this might take a while, folks. >>[inaudible] [off mic] nobody is nervous here, trust me. >>[laughing] so without further ado, i would like to introduce-who am i introducing? >>[inaudible] [off mic] mayor ed lee. >>[inaudible] >>[applause]

>> thank you, jeff. good afternoon everyone and welcome to our city hall and as i said on friday, i have found someone who i truly believe an excited about as he takes on this enormous responsibility to represent the residents of district 8, my district, and i know that he is been called an activist for most certainly people know him throughout this city's history. he as he has as he said himself, made history but he also wants to serve and be a part of making many important decisions for not only the residents of the eight, but also the people of

all of san francisco. i have got to know him. i've heard of him and i remember just name and i can share a little bit with him during our interviews where after he was pushing very strongly for the equal benefits , it just happened to be at that time that i was the director of purchasing for the city. so i got to literally enforce the equal benefits law and, in fact, i truly the member how important it was to our city where certain major contractor said to me that they were not going to be able to sign it, and we were going to lose the benefit of a very large office supply contract in this city that was worth millions of dollars. but we were true to our word and we gave them adequate time and response and we understood what this meant but we also made it

actually in my opinion quite easy for them to sign up and ultimately, they said they could not do it. well, we enforced the provision and jeff, i want you to know that after they lost the contract for about 3-4 years, they called me back up as i became the city administrator and said, you know, the regret we did not sign that. it was as easy as you said it was. we made it a principle of the city and something that we were proud of but after losing some $12 million a year worth of contract they regretted it because all the others had signed up for it and we made it a national movement, but i recall that mainly because i think in that vision of you and both mayor willie brown and mayor gavin newsom, i think not only did we do the right thing, we made it something that was

enforceable and easy to do and representative of the values of the city. that is white and that is an xml i want to say to because things that you've done in the past advocated for, we were able to administer with all of our leadership and now you get the old help past good legislation, but also help all of us increment it in the right way. now, after being an advocate, a strong move, a mover and shaker of not only lgbt community, but also of very progressive viewpoints, you also now are a father, husband, a father of a daughter and public school a homeowner in glen park in my neighborhood dear to me but also one that is part of an illustrious diverse group of neighborhoods that

represent district 8, and i am extremely proud of you stepping forward to indicate your desire to be part of the governing of this city. certainly, i hope that we will have many years together to do all the right things and discuss what our public and make sure everything from potholes and ronnie muni on-time, to all the challenges that we believe we will have because of the threats or changed by the federal administration will do us proud, both as a district and also as a city. i want to thank all the members of the board of supervisors. the present and past, for being here as well. i specifically want to say, thank you to scott weiner because you have had big shoes to fill and i know jeff is going to be able to do that, but you and sen.

leno have always demonstrated that love for community and for this district and i want to say take the opportunity to say thank you, as we are about to swear in. i'll will come up in a minute or so and come back and swear in our new supervisor, but before i do that, i want to say that, to say thank you to our lieutenant governor who i learned a great deal when he was mayor and now city administrator to properly guide the city and do the best that we can to make sure that our values are protected, enhanced, and that the city is balanced measurement of what we believe in do and continue to do and go forward, and please welcome to the stage our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >>[applause]

>> all right. i will break president, and be brief. and access my appreciation to mayor lee for the privilege of the podium and the opportunity to share a few thoughts on i think this enlightened choice. for district 8 supervisor. i'm reminded now particularly in light of the trump ascendancy of that old saw it even like the world looks when you're standing up, stand on your head and go local. remarkable things are happening at the local level. in so many ways this moment is an anecdote of sorts to some of the cynicism. that's out there. >>[applause]. now more than ever, this position, these positions, county supervisor, the great jobs,

sincerely, one of the great political jobs that anyone can be privileged and afforded are more important than ever. on immigration policy on health care policy environmental policy, on so many issues and you have someone here that gets it and gets it done. someone who steps up, someone who steps in, someone with grit get some and with determination. someone that doesn't suffer fools. someone who's happy to call you out including me in 96. i still remember >>[laughing] the harvey milk-what the hell is this called what's the-act? what happened i just got appointed your life was easy. willie brown threw me into this mix and there's sheehy, president of the club telling me the way it should be. but i like that. that's why i'm here. because i appreciate people that , you know, call balls and strikes. i appreciate people

that you know, try to raise the bar and i'll close with this. i still love that quote particularly true. i think about jeff sheehy and that his career and the work is done on certain debacle the jamaican some opponents on the california institute of regenerative medicine, the work i do was a member of the uc board of regents the work you do not use if you reminded of that wonderful old quote from the glass door that said the biggest risk in life is not that we aim to hide and miss it. is that we aim to low and reach it. i think in so many ways jeff is here because he is has demonstrated a commitment to that mean. he is here because only you know, he doesn't leave good enough ever is. he doesn't believe in running the

90 yard dash. he doesn't believe in being interested in the things he cares about. he is committed to the things he cares about and at the end the date you all know this is the difference between success and failure in life in any endeavor is that distinct, distinction, between commitment and interest. we have a committed public servant, and that is why i am honored to be here and am proud at his appointment. thank you. >>[applause] >> now i would like to introduce scott weiner. >>[applause] >> good afternoon everyone. so i said this at the press conference on friday i will say again that in a way, it's a bittersweet moment. this is the official passing of the baton

to, from me to jeff. and there are something about that this amazing opportunity to represent district 8 draws to an end but it's a sweet moment because i cannot think of a better person to whom to hand that the time that jeff sheehy. and-yes. >>[applause] and i think is a member of the board of supervisors knows, we-when you represent a district, you have this sort of like motherly or fatherly instinct that you develop about the district and you want to make sure that it's going in the good hands when you move on as we all do. that is absolutely happening here. before i was on the board of supervisors that in dusty had the honor of holding this seed i used to hear them sometimes say when he was speaking that this is the best job in the world, and i thought at the

time that he was just saying it because he had to say it. because that's what you say when you're elected office but having done the job, for six years, i know he was that kevin was absolutely speaking truth. that this is just an amazing, amazing thing to be able to work with your neighbors and speak for your neighbors at city hall. and be on the ground working with your community. being a district supervisor, where it is so hands-on, where you are working day in and day out to make tangible positive change in your community, where you live, where you're invested, as a resident, it's just-there's no other opportunity quite like that and so, jeff, you are just going to absolutely love this drug as hard as it can be them as challenging as it can be when people are always mad at you so

get used to people are always glad to be mad at you but also going to love you as well and they're going to support you and they're going to help make you a success i know you are going to be. but district 8 goes beyond just any district. district 8 is unique and special. this is harvey milk's district. this is mark leno's district. this district has been represented by people who have made history. this is a legacy seat for the lgbt community. this is the seat them at this is the district, where we were at the epicenter and continue to be at the epicenter, of the hiv epidemic. this is the district that has given us so much in terms of positive activism and i know, jeff, that you are going to continue that legacy, and, in

fact, you're the heavy burden that i spoke about the other day, that for the first time in decades, we will only have one lgbt member of the board of supervisors. that is jeff sheehy. that is a heavy burden for our community. we have amazing straight allies and we love our straight out there we love you all >>[laughing] but there is nothing quite like coming from a community and representing the community and understanding firsthand the challenges to my and jeff, that will be on you and i think you are going to do it with grace and with talent than with passion and i'm just really proud that you're taking this step and you have my complete support and i look forward to working together. so, congratulations. >>[applause]. >> thank you so much sen. d'errico we really appreciate that. so next speaker is a

dear friend of our family, joya dominick. she's a public school parents and a really wonderful friend of ours who's come up to graciously accept to say a few words on all our behalf. so here's julie dominick. >>[applause] >> this is not what i do on a regular basis so i'm a little nervous. >>[laughing] jeff and i became friends through our lovely little daughters. two little girls became really good friends at the local public elementary school. and our friendship grew through common interests and supporting our community, supporting our

teachers, and focusing on education which was important to us. public education. as we slowly build our lives around the local school. having chosen to call sf home because of the diversity its inclusiveness, it's amazing city, i'm happy to say i met my husband here our daughter was born here, and we own a home in just future district. through the years i got to know how deeply jeff cares about the city, how well how important it is that sf takes care of all its people, protect them, keeps them healthy, educates them every one of them. and you know, i'm happy to say this is where i live. this is an amazing city. it is you need to have lived in many other cities and countries and this is a special place. it's very special and i'm very excited and proud to say a good friend of mine is going to be

my supervisor. i'm very excited , best of luck, and i'm looking forward to how well you got us into the future. >>[applause] >> thank you, joya. i know that's not easy. so our next speaker is dion jones, who is the an rn at san francisco general hospital. >>[applause] >> so i apologize for looking like a drowned rat. i stood up for two hours in the rain trying to book within the assembly district democratic party elections. so i met jeff

in 1997. was lying on a gurney in the hallway of the emergency department at san francisco general could have been lying there for several hours. i was coming on shift and coming to check on my patient and he greeted me with a rant about the ineptitude of our hospital. >>[laughing]. and for leaving him in many other people lying on bernie's for hours waiting for beds in the inpatient area. so i have been in hiv nurse for 16 years at that point and then out of that relationship between hiv nurses and their patients, and lesbians and gay men, i promptly informed him that it was probably he was lying on his gurney because of the peter budget cuts that come down from the mayor that he probably had supported. >>[laughing] and the mayor who

was unwilling to all-day private sector responsible for their share of taking care of poor people and after all, if we had single-payer universal health care he would not be lying on the damn gurney. >>[laughing] >>[applause] so we shared a moment together. >>[laughing] from then on, we have spent the years since fighting together in the trenches of this hiv epidemic that has killed and hurt so many many people all around the world. the chronic chronicle called to a bulldog. i actually know you as fierce and passionate and deeply appreciate your willingness to allow me to fiercely disagree with you at times and fight about strategy and endorsement, but to keep coming back and

working together for a common goal. so what we are asking of you is that you bring your great expansive mind to bear on helping our cities live up to its potential as a city of refuge and hope that this nation and the world needs more than at any other time. so that not only do we fight for getting to zero and hiv, that we are also fighting for getting to zero in homelessness, zero people in our jails, merely because they're mentally ill, >>[applause] 08 t partition. zero evictions. and i trust that the show is can keep you honest, to keep as a soon-to-be teenager, to keep fighting for women's we productive rights

and we thank you so much for stepping up at this time and for your family letting you step up and look forward to working with you and supporting your work. thank you. >>[applause] >> thank you so much dion to appreciate that. so our next speaker is michael schreiber the director of the aids memorial grove. >>[applause] >> good afternoon. i can't help but stand up here and think about jeff getty and i can't help but think about hank wilson and jim foster and peter levin good i can go a litany of important individuals in the city, gay men with hiv who made

a huge difference over my left arm and now there's jeff getty -now there's jeff sheehy. just let me know he's going to be supervisor for me a moment of absolute pride that somebody who was smart, competent, deserving intelligent, bullheaded, stubborn, arrogant, brilliant, compassionate, ada driven, all the adjectives came to my mind and its jacket was jeff and i was incredibly happy and very proud this is mandatory representing my district. >>[applause]. my entire life i lived in district 8 so long as a been an adult in the city as someone said earlier, scott talked about earlier, i come from a district of heroes and legacy of euros in this seat of which i expect no less from jeff and i'm sure jeff will deliver. so, jeff, it's frightening for a lot of people that of hiv rent is very terrifying winning the

affordable care act goes with it terrifying to me what happens to my medicare know what happens my social security. what happens to my health and my friends health including my friends were active drug users and or challenge with homelessness. if there was one person that i knew i could trust that challenge to it is you and so my friend, with whom i disagreed many many times with and when i one i felt great and when jeff one, i knew i was wrong. >>[laughing] i am just so proud and so happy and congratulations and good luck. >>[applause] >> thank you, mike witt really appreciate that as well. okay. it's my turn. so we have talked a lot about how tough jeff sheehy is. we all know that but nobody knows just like i do. >>[laughing] but what hasn't

been said about is about how sweet this man is. i've been with him for almost 18 years good offer state was at the pilsner in the castro and i called him sheepishly when friday afternoon and said, you probably have a boyfriend, but if you are free would like to meet me for a beer. he said, i don't have a boyfriend i like to meet you for beer and i was like, yes. >>[laughing] so we met at the bar had had about three sips of beer in aegis grabs me and the clock speed. i said, okay let's put the beer down and go home. >>[laughing] and he never left and we've been together ever since. >>[laughing] >>[applause] he really is the love of my life it is the love of michelle's life, too. so his toughness is true but his kindness and esophagus is there, too. you

can find it if you just hit them like a kitty and start to purr as well. >>[laughing] but if you are wrong and you disagree with him, not so much. >>[laughing] at everything that's been said about him the past two days and really for the last 18 years the good stuff i'm only going to mention is it's true. he really works hard. he is really smart. he really cares about the bigger picture. he's not sellable, breakable, good if he tells you he's going to do something for you is going to come through. there is no doubt in my mind your wife think the city of san francisco is very lucky to have jeff sheehy as our district 8 supervisor. i cannot be more proud to be his husband. >>[applause] i could go on and on but i make the best lasagna. so - excuse me - i think we

should carry on with the program. i think it is time for the mayor to swear in jeff sheehy as supervisor. >>[applause] >> all right. jeff, if you're ready to get sworn in, before you get sworn act.

>>[laughing] please, repeat after me. i, jeffrey gee do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic , that i will bear to be a faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of mediation and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter and during

such time as i hold the office as a member of the board of supervisors and transportation authority for the city and county of san francisco. there you go. >>[applause] >>[cheerring] >> i have to say a bit

overwhelmed. the love in this room is just amazing. in the rain, thank you. thank you, thank you. >>[applause] i want to thank the mayor for this tremendous honor and his confidence in me. i want to thank lieut. lieut. gov. newsom , both for all the support is given me over the years for being here today. i am very grateful. thank you sen. weiner . i think the really big shoes to-though mine are almost- >>[laughing] you know, all of my friends here and you know mark leno, carol makin, aaron we've known each other for years, you know. by future colleagues, i see people in the audience that i truly love. i want to especially thank my

family. the mayor did not appoint a person. he appointed a family. as all of us who aren't families know, whatever happens to one of us happens to all of us. i am so grateful for the job you've done and you're about to make me cry and that i cannot give this speech. so >>[laughing] but i'm very grateful for you and of course, michelle we love you more than anything in the world. you know that. you know, i'm doing this because really two reasons one is on a personal level i lived experiences of my district day today. so we walk the neighborhoods good michelle is a fanatic bogeyman go person. however it's on my phone. so i walk so i get exercise so i don't become fat and old. so i

know the neighborhood quite well. i been doing things either politicking were living in the district since 1994. what happens to people in my neighborhood i feel personally. i want to be, to give them to make sure they get the kinds of services that they come to expect. the benchmark was laid down by sen. leno many many years ago. carried on by supervisor duffy and of course, scott. it will be my goal to try to match that standard. i have to say, it is something when you look at the things that are happening in our neighborhoods but there are challenges that there are talented there's challenges of disparities, people being evicted, people losing their homes and when i was introduced , as i was walking around, person comes up to me and says, you know we just got ellis acted. you know, what do you

do? we have this horrific state law that is pushing people out of their homes that some people have been in for decades and they can't find another place in the city. the challenge of homelessness in the city. you know, to his immense credit lieut. gov. newsom when he was mayor at almost 7000 people when he was homes how many people to the house by the end of his term? 7000 people. how many people do we have homeless right now? 7000 people. you know, i don't know if the solutions will be found only in san francisco but one thing we have to commit ourselves to is doing the best we can to help as many people as can get we are the city of st. francis. and compassion is part of our fabric. it is part of our dna. i think the other thing we have to face and this is been alluded to is that

defendant faces an existential threat because of what's going on in washington. our immigrant brothers and sisters are directly threatened and thank you, mayor lee and the rest of the city family for having stood up at the very beginning and saying, we will not-we will not-take part of this bid we will stand together and not let this happen. >>[applause] it is likely that the courts will present immense challenges, both to women's rights and to the lgbt community and many of the gains we have achieved over the last 20, 30 years, 40 years, maybe reverse. we may have to fight battles that we have not fought in decades. for the things that we have come to take for granted. so in order to do that we have to come

together as a city, as a community a lot has been talked about about how much of a bulldog i am and how fierce i am. but we have to be fierce together now. one of the things i think that we need to be really aware of is the impact on healthcare. this is particular interest of mine. you know from the department of public health to groundbreaking research, trying to make sure that we have the services and the research for cures, but just to give you a statistic, 250,000 san franciscans are associated with the affordable care act. 90,000 san franciscans are on medi-cal. this is all threatened by this new administration. so our first priority has to be to make sure that people do we have got healthy, the work that we have

done to reduce disparities in healthcare doesn't get old back. do we keep this fight up. that we don't let our people die in the streets. you know, one of the reasons i'm here is because i think i'm hiv positive. michael had talked about this historic moment that this represents. he talked about getting to zero. one of the critical point of getting to zero is no preventable hiv deaths. we've heard a lot in the chronicle about long-term survivors. and my brothers and sisters who have-who managed to survive this terrible epidemic-you know i can't tell you how lucky i am and really if you ask me the only reason i'm here is because of matt. >>[applause]