interference of privacy or light and air here's another view of the project sponsors house on 68 richardson avenue of the the pink square that's the richardson house this is an apartment building adding on addition will be where the roof is right here it is worked out noting as the gentleman brought up prior to the board of appeals hearing mr. diesel hired a contractor to remove iron bars from the windows on the property line she focused on in her comments

can i have the overhead, please? >> sfgovtv can you go to the overhead thank you. >> this is the window she's referring to at the rear of her building on the property lines this is here contractor removing the bars from the window he's standing on my clients porch never asked permission this is my clients property climb on top of and removes the bars two days before the board of appeals hearing they were going to claim this was used for her emergency egress with the bars across her windows that's not true been that arrest warrant way for years and years.

>> now notwithstanding the building code compliance issue that window violates the building code you're not allowed to have a window here my clients voluntarily agreed with the dr requesters they'll not interfere with the windows she'll maintain the window has today they will not interfere now i'd like to address the 1946 permit that mr. patterson focused on he spoke at length about the same at the board of appeals the

focus of his comments the board called inspector joe duffy testified to the board that the 1946 application was individual of no effect and super sit down by the planning code and he's not forwarded it importance whatsoever so the requirements in effect are the current planning code and not 1946 permit that was issued prior to the planning code adoption important to include the proposed addition will bring the property to approximately the same height those the apartment this the massing will be binge smaller

than my other building on the block with richard son and chestnut all the dr requesters here occupied homes two or three times the massing of my the project sponsors home after the addition i'd like to mention also that the comments made about the notch are not true not correct at all the stair that is going into the notch is the stair to the third floor it is not a stair to a deck and i'd like to introduce jason the project architect if you'll have comments i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much.

>> jason project arithmetic can i have the overhead? >> i'll clarify what was said about the notch the notch is right here in the pictures this is the proposed existing second floor as you can see the stairs to the third level the new living area fills in that notch not the stair to the roof deck and secondarily about the roof deck the main reason one of the reasons for the variance in the first place was because we couldn't met the rear yard setback the 25 percent rear yard

setback in the code to provide for open space for residents to enjoy the only way because we're simple a small substandard property the only way to get from outside space so for my clients to enjoy group that was expressed so denying the roof deck is denying the reason for the variance approval in the first place thank you. >> that's all. >> so open up for public comment any public testimony seeing none, kerri's you have the rebuttal how much time jonas. >> two minutes each. >> two minutes each for a total of 6 minutes. >> to combine.

>> good evening, commissioners first of all, i find it offense the issue of bars myself and the retired fire captain went out that has nothing to do with with the hearing we told her, she, put a release open is bars and should have given more information but it was a in dangerous condition has nothing to do with and why can't we walk away if something dangerous we are accepting the third floor addition and opposed the roof decks also, they talked about this set of stairs those are the stairs to the roof that are in the notch going side by side up to third floor if you delete those stairs then you can reconfigure the stairs from the second floor up

to the third floor that's why the stairs from the third floor to the roof are being built in this location so if those stairs go away you can reconfigure the stairs from two to three we are not opposing is second floor bedroom also thinks yes and hearing in front of the board over the variance i'm pretty sure this board grants the approvals didn't restrain to have the conditions didn't mean you guys can't impose restrictions once they pass this variance thank you. >> we're not here because we don't have better things to do this is will have a negative

impact on the property despite the testimony of the builders this is the backyard this the 68 richardson avenue the tree and air quality gloss the tree and enables things to grow like plants and next to the on the fence next to the tree he enjoy greatly when they're no bloom i plan to expand my garden my right to have a garden and the ambitious 68 richardson avenue it to be negatively impacting i plan to improve my prompt if those skrgsz are not take into consideration or not made not considered by the builders thank

you. >> hello last hearing mr. silverman i 45 house this is the picture this is our doorknob and as you can see the pink building is 68 richardson avenue that's 28 feet the tree display mean in front of we have a massive space between us and the owners of the building was told not to both but she can't afford more she has the time to attend and mr. and mrs. carterers building block the windows all the tenants have - she'll lose that window and have a great impact on her and her attendance thank you very much for understanding how many feasibility analysis

families la be negatively impacting impacted by the roof deck i hope they can find a compromise and have another bedroom thank you. >> thank you ryan patterson briefly in closing on the overhead again as you can see this the mid block open space this is where the roof deck will be perched on top of turning over over the bedrooms in the back in the open common rear yard the project sponsors have rehashing a lot of the variance issues they're no longer at issue when is at issue the exceptional detriments that project will have - on the neighboring property sorry a little bit microphone feedback i think that is worth noting

that my clients window which is close to the property lines was not adam open is property line the project sponsor building was added after the fact in the rear yard along the property lines maintaining the notch to have light and air for one bedroom window in egress in event of a fire removal of bars can be used for that also want to note that the contractors were not instructed to trespass and that came as a surprise apologizes for that and there has been no agreement for preserving the window the prove or disprove sent a letter to us saying they'll not exclaim about the windows on the property line that is there since 1940 but as

soon as they saw the building will be walled off another 20 feet thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you project sponsor a two minute rebuttal. >> can i have the overhead, please? this is a photograph the project sponsors house i'll show you a photo those are the trees they're talking about that cups mr. rubbing steps outside the box rear yard his house over here i'm sorry his house is over here better photo this is the tree that is under

discussion. >> this is the wade highway over here mr. rubbing steps outside the box house is behind the tree in terms of privacy and light they're separated by the length of the rear yard plus the tree i'm not sure well, i'm not going to characterize that you can draw you're own conclusions i do want to respond to mr. patterson in terms of the property line window my clients house was not built to the property line it is 3 feet removed from the property line his clients window was built on the property line originally and didn't go up to the property line with the sponsors house

i'd like to call up the architect also. >> do we have time is there go time left. >> go ahead. >> all right. thank you. >> that concludes that portion of hearing and opening to commissioners. >> commissioner moore. >> that is indeed an unusual situations the property we're currently looking was a sub divided lot with the sanborn map map with 25 feet by 6.2 feet this is last week, a little shoe box that is really all that is and i see when you live in a small place acknowledge there be constraint when our trying to expand in a manner that starts

to interfere with others i'm surprised the neighbors i personally building that is all they're asking for more than what it lot what comfortably hold given the fact that even gentrification and neighbors support i'll be declined to support that but adding the roof deck on top of it is personally not something i could discuss it is 12 pounds in a 6 pound bag if this is a small lot and there are copy restraint we need to consider that will add that and the extension of the stairs the way it goes mrauch described is an impediment of the notch no way of doing that i'm surprised and i commend the neighbors for

actually supporting the third floor and the bedroom that is generous but the roof deck is just not going to work for me, i actually would like to suggest we take dr approve approve the project with the specific instruction that the bedroom is acceptable, however, any attempt on the roof decks is something we can't support. >> second. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> the question commissioner moore with that said you want to preserve the 8 foot notch that is important to maintain the viability of the neighbors those building are not built to be zero property lines their constructed in the middle of spragz their older materials and not sure how they'll conform for the into evidence separation i'm not the expert ask commissioner

mr. radulovich but not go through because like a cube the way it works but barley works look at today, the project we talked about for a long time this is barely working and i'm supporting the neighbors and supporting the bedroom but that's all i can do. >> okay. >> i'm supportive of taking dr i think that one i agree the third floor is impactful to the neighbors and agree that under recent an impact not necessarily agree that exceptional or extraordinary but there is a home built on this portion of lot we don't necessarily have any jurisdiction of that because that is there i think there is the addition of the third floor

has an impact to the adjacent neighbor that is unverbalized to ask them to expand their home if you go up to the roof deck with the stairs setback about 5 feet from the home and about 8 feet from the property line that is no real great benefit to eliminating the roof deck except perhaps noise from the roof deck that there only open space and it is setback by 5 feet from the adjacent he property line the stairs that do fill the notch we're not helping that situation by looking at the roof deck so i'm not supportive of taking dr. >> commissioner melgar. >> commissioner vice president richards already asked the question. >> commissioner koppel. >> a question fir the project sponsor and architect the 8411

drawings a steep stairwell heading towards the roof deck exceptional exceptionally. >> this is permanent just as if it is a ladder that you only have every other treads it is easier to what i mean walk you but similar to the steepness of the ladder. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> is having lived in a house similar to this was sub defied i was thinking of putting. >> roof deck i had no open space it was 25 by 35 the more i started to understand roof deck

would be lord over my neighbors so up think there is a an impact to support the bedrooms that is appropriate but think the roof deck as commissioner moore said a 20 pound box in a 10 pound box i'm supportive about roof decks the family had no roof deck with a place of open space i wish i had open space as this project does. >> shall i call the question? >> there is a motion that has been seconded to take dr and approve the project without the roof deck on that motion commissioner vice president fung snoshgs san francisco commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and urban design and you know or commissioner president hillis no

so moved, commissioners, that motion passes that that item passes 5 to two with johnson and commissioner president hillis general public comment there are no speaker cards. >> >> can i ask for a clarification. not at that time unless you wanted to taken >> thank you. i want to clarify does that mean maintain the existing notch. >> thank you very much. >> general public comment any speakers. >> go ahead. >> good evening commissioners my name is benny was here before the commission last thursday to talk about a discretionary review he was disappointed by contact because i have shocked i think that is important you hear that my project was a modest addition to my house in noah

valley as a result. >> turn that. >> it was a result even if years of good faith and consumed the neighbors ruled in a good thing everyone was happy but a couple of folks i did my homework and came here to talk about mapping and history and views and shadows but in this case you if seem to talk about that you said i didn't have any children and therefore didn't need the space i asked you not to talk about my personal life any neighbors talked about me, you heard a long time resident but you don't know about me and my neighbors on the boos of the priorities he had the sense of choose and arbitrary further

compromise i don't recall of this being exceptional or extraordinary but the goals were vague you had to ask her multiple times on occasion not minor and that is probably undoable but met the letter and spirit of residential design guidelines i was the one standing before you the sole survey and working with the architects and with the planning department give hundreds of thousands of dollars the commission said i should move to pacific heights or noah vally that was offense on relevancy i felt the commission disrespected me to push the project forward i assume this commission produces good work and no discretionary review hearing not one of the

finest momentums with the city will out last us all me and my neighbors and everyone in this room the city is not well serviced this way and ask you to be more thoughtful in prioritizing and marking our decisions seeing no additional members of the public this meeting is adjourned width greetings, frien

width readings, friends. you look absolutely wonderful. thank you for joining us at the 2017 black history month kickoff celebration in this magnificent city hall rotunda. my name is all the worse camera on. chairperson of the black history month committee of the san francisco african-american historical and cultural society.

the committee members join me in welcoming you. we are honored to have such distinguished guests seated on the stage who will later be introduced by mr. alan williams, president of the african-american historical and cultural society. each year when we celebrate black history month, we adopt the national theme of the association for the study of african american life and history founded by the late dr. quarter jean woodson. father of black history week that later became black history month. this year, the national theme is, the crisis in black education. the executive summary found in your program addresses the theme. we will

follow the order of the program . now, rev. dr. amos c brown, civil rights leader and pastor of historic third baptist church will bring the invocation followed by mr. eldridge anthony, who will lead us-who is the conductor of the willie l brown wilson choir leading us in singing with every voice and sing, the negro national anthem. please, stand. thank you. >> let us now pause and give acknowledgment to our maker.

oh, unmoved mover, the source of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, we pause in spite of whatever tom we might utter to speak of you. to acknowledge that our people perish because of a lack of knowledge and critical thinking. but we thank you, god, that since those dark days of slavery

sons and daughters of africa have always had a thirst for knowledge and wisdom. those slave masters forbade us to even read or write, but god, we thank you for the ingenuity and the strong will of our forebears who dug pits out in the brush harbors and put a talk over them and studied how to learn and read. god, we thank you that [inaudible] chris all established the first school in boston massachusetts. we invoke the name of robert

small who established the first compulsory common school in these united states of america for blacks, and we pray that we will have a sense of stick to it of this and we won't anybody stop us from learning and thinking for ourselves. so we been taught by regiment a large amaze, if you cannot think for yourself, somebody else will do your thinking for you and whoever does you are thinking for you we'll be your master. and you, their slave. thank you for this african-american historical and cultural society that is joined forces with our national observance in honor that we might keep alive our faith in learning, keep alive

our actions of making african-american history a day for every day and not just for one month in this nation. we pray this in our name in the father, and everybody says, amen.[

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>>[applause] >> let's give the willie brown school choir another round of applause. >>[applause] >> thank you. my name is [inaudible] president of the african-american historical cultural society and i with my fellow board members [inaudible] executive director are both either join in welcoming you all to this 2017

annual black history month kickoff program. we have a number of every [inaudible] with the challenge of making introductions and recognizing all the important people in the room and not offending anybody can so with everybody in the room, please stand up. >>[laughing] no, that's all right. there are some particularly important people we do wish to acknowledge. i just want to start off to my left, by introducing luis herrera and michael lambert. louise is it [inaudible] assistant city librarian. >>[applause] we have also sheriff hennessey, vicki hennessy is with us. >>[applause] and a very special welcome to capt. scott the chief of police. give him a

big round of applause. >>[applause] we have superintendent of schools,, mr. lee with us. >>[applause] we have and in randolph from the community college board is also-how randolph - i'm sorry - >>[applause] we also have [inaudible] mr. collins is here with us. >>[applause] dj broker from southeast community college facility is with us. >>[applause] former mayor willie brown, mayor willie brown is here with us. >>[applause] pastor a really

us water. >>[applause] hamed vander department of public works is with us and a number of people we will come back and acknowledge that the program moves forward. [inaudible] as the chairman mentioned, the black history program is priceless in black education. when we look at the term, [inaudible] has a couple of different meetings. one, of course at the time of an intense difficulty, trouble and danger. another definition of crises is a time, a time when it is difficult or in an important decision must be made good so it's inherent in a crisis and opportunity as well as well as a problem. when we look at the issue of opportunity, when we look at [inaudible]. the definition of a problem. there is the

identifying a solution to the problem and the third piece of looking at a crisis, is then, taking action based on that solution that we arrive at. in order to take that action, you need three things. you need the resources to do it, you need to resolve to do it and you need the leadership to do it and we are very blessed today to have an incredibly strong and powerful leadership as represented here on this day us today that will lead us forward as we do with the implementation of action to deal with the crisis in education with that, i would like to ask supervisor am a president of the san francisco board of supervisors when integrated and supervisor lilia cohen and the newly elected board of education [inaudible] to come forward and offer a brief comments. >>[applause]

>> good afternoon everybody. i just also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge my colleagues who are here as well on the board of supervisors, my newest colleague sandy fewer. who represents district 1. >>[applause] and aisha safai who represents district 11. thank you both for being here today. thank you to our assessor recorder carmen chu and our treasure was a cisneros. in our chief of protocol, charlie schultz. thank you so much for joining us. >>[applause] you know, a couple of years ago one of the things that i made clear is that housing was definitely going to be at the top of one

of my priorities. more importantly, as we talked about the outmigration of african-americans, as we celebrate today, the kickoff of african-american history month here in the city and county of san francisco, i just want to take this opportunity to reflect on two very important things. last year supervisor cohen and i went out chart for neighborhood preference leathers account why is that so important we typically with affordable housing and access to affordable housing, it is very difficult to make sure that people from the african-american community and particularly the people i grew up here in san francisco have access to affordable housing when housing is built in our neighborhood. we got that legislation passed we took that fight all the way to washington dc into hud and because of the work that we did, because of the work that [inaudible] 12 was get in those applications >>[applause] instead of at the willie d kennedy apartments, instead of what we typically see, maybe if we are lucky,

three, maybe five african-americans, 38 of the 98 units went to african-americans that willie d kennedy apartments. thank you delta sigma theta. thank you mayor's office of housing, thank you mayor ed lee. >>[applause] but we are not done. we've got work to do. i want to also secondly acknowledge the fact that we've got work to do with the next generation. you know, education is wide a good education is why i'm standing here today as the president of the board of supervisors pushing legislation that helps our community. so, now, we have the next generation in these amazing young people who sang so beautifully for us today from the will he be-- i'm sorry - lewis brown junior school and thank you for coming here. we support you. we encourage you. we lift you up. thank you for those beautiful words. i come along with supervisor cohen we are committed to continuing our

fight here in san francisco, to push the policy that will continue to push us out. to make sure that there's a voice for the voiceless. we have a lot of work to do and why we will so great today, our history, our culture, our heritage, we know that there is a lot going on in our country. we know the days are challenging times but let's remember, this is not new to us. we have been here before and we prepared. the are paired for the fight, for freedom, for justice, for the things that we have fought for way back in the 60s. we are not afraid and we are going to continue to stand up and fight. thank you all so much for being here today to kick off this incredible month. >>[applause] >> happy new year. no. happy black history month.

>>[applause] this is incredible times. when my favorite times of the year where we get together, we come together and reflect on how much we have accomplished but more importantly, where we sit back and take note on the work we need to do in order to push forward. i want to recognize when of our newest school board members, deboned cooked. >>[applause] there's three key things i want to communicate with you today. first of all, the people palace, the city hall, in honor of black history month will be lit up in red, black and green. >>[applause] i also want to let you know that in the spirit of red, black, and green pan african pride, there are polls that are placed painted in bayview hunters point along third seed by our very own dpw team. thank

you mohammed nuru. signifying the cultural contributions that african americans and africans have made to this city. so when you are driving out third and you see those polls, just thought i'd knowledge and smile. you are being recognized. you are going down in history. >>[applause] my final piece of information that you must know and you must understand. district 10 has the largest city's public housing unit. last week, - excuse me - earlier this week, the mayor signed into legislation the rebuild of sunnydale and potrero hill. we are rebuilding public housing. >>[applause]

this is incredible good this is transformative. they said it could not be done could they said we cannot do sunnydale and potrero hill at the same time. i'm here to tell you that the mayor, pres. breed myself and my colleagues, we have got it done. this is the beginning of a new definition of what public housing is going to look like. we are taking care of those that need our assistance. were not leaving anyone behind. that has been our pledge to you and we are delivering and making good on that and i want you to know, that is why we are celebrating black history month out of the many accomplishments african-americans have made not just to the city, not to the state but to this entire country. ladies and gentlemen, i want you to celebrate enthusiastically and have pride. i also want you to run the pres. breed and i are having our annual black history celebration. february 23, right here in this rotunda. now, if you've been with us in the past you know you know we have to get under we will have food could be well entertainment we will have wine provided from the african cultural and diaspora. be please come join us. thank you very much. >>[applause]

>> i wish i could claim credit and say supervisor cohen and i planned her presentation way she would talk about the great accomplishments that are public housing is a set of to bring the mayor on but the fact is, i blew it and did ring the mayor up before the rest of them got up. be please join me in welcoming mayor ed lee to the podium. >>[applause] >> good afternoon everyone could welcome to the people's palace. the kickoff of an entire month of celebrating our black history. what a wonderful opportunity this is. and to have at the forefront the theme of education and we are going to hear from land and in a few minutes, but i am excited for this city. because there is

more to celebrate. you know, i saw former mayor willie brown just a minute ago. he broke that big ceiling being the mayor of san francisco. that was big to celebrate. and have a bridge and a choir named after him, that's pretty good. that's great to celebrate. >>[applause] well, we have more. we have not stopped. yet as our leaders of the present and the past keep reminding us, we've got to move forward with everyone. so it is that you should know we have not stopped in the great city of san francisco celebrating the talent and the leadership from our african-american community. you look at the fact, did you know that we have the first african-american city administrator in the history of san francisco right now good >>[applause] naomi kelly. the

first african-american to head the public utilities commission for the city and engineer -sounds irish but his name is harlan kelly and he is african-american. our public works director, the first african-american to head public works in the city of san francisco. >>[applause] derek brown, the head of our neighborhood services helping every single neighborhood in the city, thank you, derek for your leadership. >>[applause] it continues more and more that i also want to say, that i'm glad our new chief is here. he is what levels reach that sense of justice along with his partners like allen nance and

others for the juvenile justice because we have more work to do when it comes to justice. right, amos? more work to do and we will do that work. but we will do it as deliberately and proudly as we are rebuilding all of our property housing, as we are rebuilding neighborhoods. because we have an even greater leadership because, did you know, that we are also at a store moment when pres. lyndon breed has become the two-term president of the board of supervisors. that san francisco, is history. >>[applause] we are still making its. we are still doing it. were still doing it together. as a city and isaac community. i am so proud, not only of everybody in this room but all of the young kids that we look to take up our roles, be it the mayor, be the supervisors, the heads of departments, be our police chief. we're doing our job now so that you can proudly come in

and take your spot in the world. by the way, if we have a few billionaire ceos in the crowd, we would like that, too. we need more-we need more african-americans in our business communities stepping up, right? so we've got a lot of work to do but we are going along ways already with the people that we've got leading this effort. because no one in this administration were the board of supervisors is standing still. we are lifting people up. we are moving forward. we're getting rid of the barriers and we are not afraid of that guy in the white house. >>[applause] >>[cheerring] i don't know about you, i am sick and tired of worrying about trump can i want him to worry about what we are doing. >>[applause] this

is the way it should be. san francisco will lead this effort. we will do it with our african-american community. we will do it with the cornerstones of education, of transportation, of housing and most importantly, of equality. this is a city of e quality. we will always be a city of e quality. >>[applause] with that, let us kick off the celebration by blessing the leadership of our african cultural historical society leadership and now i williams, i know have known this guy for decades and he will work bitterly, without a desk to put the history books together the papers together,. he will never allow us to forget what our history is in our culture is in the city. al, step up. thank you very much for your leadership in keeping us apprised of our apprised of ourhistory. >>[applause]

>> thank you mr. mayor. and that, how williams as always talked about is simply representative of a lot of people who are members of the african-american historical and cultural society we certainly welcome all of you to become owners of the society as well and help keep this important work moving forward. before we ask shavonda walton president of the board of education to come for, i just want of knowledge a couple of other people. first of all, are all the commissioners and i can commissioners and board members, would you please stand members of the audience, mems of the commissions would you so we can acknowledge you as well. >>[applause] welcome, all and thank you for being here get, one, diane, get up. diane great. >>[applause] he also have with us today, [inaudible]

the new airport director along with jeff littlefield. his assistant mr. said carol and mr. littlefield from the san francisco airports. >>[applause] davon cook the new member of the board of education is with us as well. davon, welcome >>[applause] and joyce hicks is with the mayor's office of police accountability. ms. hicks, ms. joyce hicks, welcome, joyce. >>[applause] david chiu, and where is david? assemblyman david chiu is here as well. welcome, welcome all >>[applause] so with that we are going to move forward and i skipped javon will come forward and offer greetings as the new president of the board of education. >>[applause] >> good afternoon beautiful people. first giving out to the guys it is a pleasure always to have the opportunity to bat cleanup up here. but going after our supervisors and our mayor it is exciting for me to

get to say that regardless of what went on at the national level, regardless of what you see going on across the country, we are making history right here in san francisco. right now, we have seven elected black officials here in san francisco. >>[applause] yes, you can clap for that. >>[applause] several more if you got the democratic county central committee. as we talk about the crisis in black education, we can talk about the fact that san francisco is ready to fight and we've already taken the steps to make sure that our people are going to get what they deserve and that the quality of education you two black members of the board of education two black numbers of city college board of trustees, we are here and ready to fight. it's not just about elections. it's not just about elections. it's about the people who work every day and our community with our students and with our families to make sure that they get the opportunities that they deserve. so as we were to trump

bigotry as we look to trump hatred as we work to trump ignorance, as we were to trump all the ills of society, know that we are working hard together and i know that we have everyone in this audience, everyone here in the city on the same side. so thank you so much for being here today. >>[applause] lastly, i also want to honor and acknowledge our vice president of the board of education ido mendoza mcdonald. thank you so much for being here today. god bless you all. >>[applause] >> thank you president walton. now, it's that time to bring forward-i think before i get it wrong in the program again-the keynote speaker for today. in your program there's a profile on landon-and i will take the time to read that to you. you can do that for yourselves. but i would point out that we are really honored to have him here. so since he's hit the ground he's been out and about in the committee work and a half

the superdense to initiate and implement programs and activities that really speak to this issue of improving the quality of education for all of the people in san francisco public schools. he, himself, is a product of san francisco public schools and i'm sure has a wonderful message to present to us and with that i bring forward landon vicki. >>[applause] >> thank you. it's an honor to be here today. i would like to thank the san francisco african-american historical and cultural society for having me speak today. thank you mr. williams and ms. cameron for all you do to preserve and promote our heritage here in san francisco. it's increasingly needed an

important work. i would like to-another due account of shadows but i like to thank my family for being in the audience today taking some time off from work. i did to my fiancé, my mother and father who are here with us today. i also would just like to it knowledge, this is something i realized in the moment but i think it's a beautiful thing that poor black elected officials, as far as i can see, all are products of the san francisco unified school district. i would just like to honor and recognize that. the clapping i am a son of the san francisco. but before i get into my remarks, i would also like to send love and prayers to another son of san francisco, josiah lightfoot, whose light was taken too soon just a few weeks ago. my thoughts and prayers go to his family and the community celebrating his life today at his funeral memorial service. i am a son of san francisco. in fact, this very building has always had significance to me. it's the place my parents were

married, the location of my high school senior prom, and the place i will get married 10 months from now. thank you. >>[applause] but even more so, it's the seat of democracy in our city. my belief in democracy is inextricably tied to my commitment to education. as i see it, democracy in its summer storm is meant to be an ongoing debate good as john stuart mill wrote on liberty, if and to the competition of ideas. the stronger against the weaker, over and over again until finally you reach the world heavyweight championship muhamed ali versus sonny liston. i'm an educator and employee of the public school system because i want our students are black children, to be world-class fighters in the intellectual brain and the political arena, and at the table surrounded by the decision-makers in our country. by show of hands how many people have shown [inaudible]

you've got to see that movie. see it this month. for those that have seen it, you remember the scene when catherine johnson demands to be led into the room of the pentagon rethink or john glenn's orbit around the planet she speaks up when her white boss does not know the answer to that question to the shadow and the head of the national program [inaudible] kidnapped the recovery point for the shuttle. that's what i envision for our students. not just to sit at the table were to run the table. that is what our students are capable of. more importantly, i'm convinced it's what our country needs. we shoulder an incredible burden as black people. we do. we shoulder an incredible burden. in a land that we are brought to as prisoners, and a combination that we made the down payment on, we are also called upon to be the conscience, the moral compass, the north star of our country. ever since we started

[inaudible] grabbing books and newspapers that society was afraid to let us possess, that's exactly what we have done. from frederick douglass to marry my class to martin luther king jr., we've seized the tools of liberation, the pains of paper and the books and we have forced the arc of the universe towards justice. i want to tell you a bit about my black education in and talk about the current crisis. first of all education for black people and of black people will never be as simple as it is for other groups. we cannot talk about black education without understanding that racism was our nations first form of propaganda. it was the piece of propaganda that permitted us to be devalued as free labor because it suggested we were not the same type of life form as light white people. white supremacy went hand-in-hand with racism. like any good piece of propaganda, it permeated the multiple channels. arts, film, books, and the main training ground for american citizens. our public education system. so what does

that mean for black child in the school system? compared to the dominant culture are schooling is not just a matter of academic mastery. it's a matter of excelling academically while sheltering ourselves from messages that are transmitted through curriculum and textbooks, assessments and media that tell us we are less than an antimatter of navigating access to opportunities to where never designed to be just. my first triumphant [inaudible] were matter of accident i lived in a home with two parents graduated from college and on my father's side of the family, his father had gone to college and graduate school. dr. lloyd c dickey. did you know when i was

a kid other kids used to make more fun of my name? do you know that as an adult kids still make fun of my name? but i'm so proud of my name because he belongs to a man who attended texas college a historically black college and universities, went to dentistry school, moved to the bay area, bought a home through the g.i. bill and started a dental practice alongside called and be good one. yes, that's the building we are in in the fillmore. >>[applause] more importantly, the name belongs to move my father was my-my father was my rock who taught me to work hard to do better, be better and not make excuses. it's a name that belongs to my wonderful grandmother aunt uncles and cousins in the bay area. filler that's my middle name. i'm so proud of my middleman because it belonged to my grandmother moved from houston in the early 1960s. she rented a home in the bayview for my family the work at the post office, and ushered my mother through sfusd as a single parents. my mom went to elementary school and leo brown junior middle school now. she went to middle school and roosevelt and graduated from lowell high school. i credit my mother and grandmother for the fire inside me and my willingness to be the first or only one of us in the room.

they were respectively the first and second leaders i ever knew. my parents grew up in the bay area and most of the school system. that gave me access. they knew which schools a track record of success in preparing students for the next grade. my mom actually took my sister out of us as of date for the first month of house in kindergarten placing her private school and camp out at the district office until a spot opened up in her preferred school lakeshore elementary. my sister bestowed a gift that kept on giving to myself and my younger sister. sibling preference and westside school. now that i overcome when the biggest hurdles being in the right school was time to perform. i stumbled out the gate. alike in the member is meeting with my parents and teachers papers in front of me with a low numbers in red. talking in class [inaudible] in kindergarten being assigned the role of slave in games of slave and master on the schoolyard.

trying to sneak in front of the entire class not being able to get the words out. in kindergarten i was diagnosed with a speech impediment the severest stutter that [inaudible] i started the your fearless but ended the year defenseless. in first grade i buy next major triumph. access to the right person at the right time. this was an instance of special education services and individual education plans working for a child. the speech impediment i had developed gave me access to my first angel in the school system a patient speech coach met with me every week in first grade. i someone in my corner coaching me, keeping me ready for the next round of the fight. you know the cool and beautiful thing about academic success? if you get success. it creates more success but in the absence of success, setbacks

beget more setbacks and for that reason was a true blessing that i've received and intervention when i needed it. my entire mentality around school changed. i loved reading chapter books. i volunteered to read aloud in class and enact the team previously impossible for me. i started loving reading so much that i said to ashley bright light these authors great narratives that other people can enjoy as well. i don't want to give the impression that i completely coasted to the rest of school. i did not could i have other setbacks. but i always seem to have that angel in my corner when i needed him or her. that coach i needed to get off the ropes and back into the ring. at that time at sfusd i became an academic all-star the lifetime printed in the gifted and talented education in fourth grade progressing to the honest i can middle school and after eighth-grade was drawn in by the magnet that is lowell high school. the k-12 path i took was characterized by high expectations and rigorous coursework and the path was buttressed by my support my parents, tutors, occasional teacher that went above and beyond for me. a byproduct of

my past was the doing of navigating it alone. this loneliness always seemed one of the few black students in my class made perfect sense to me when i got to college and learn the concept of the achievement gap. this loneliness also may be especially eager to find black narratives and role models in school. as a fourth grader i remember reading a biography of: how i sought out in independent reading and i was transfixed by get i literally could not put it down. outside of my family he was one of the first black then i thought dreaming big and excelling and at that point i was a dreamer. still am, actually. from k-12 navigator minefield for my identity. every image of: how were harriet taubman was outweighed

by my representation in the curriculum usually as a nameless inbound human being. was outweighed by the slurs my classmates would sling and the jokes my peers would make about my family's income status and that of black people. it wasn't until i got to harvard and surround by nearly 800 other black minds and been told that the world was theirs that my own understanding of blackness [inaudible] that's when i realized our greatness is not exceptional. i realized the norm of our excellence has been hidden from us. >>[applause] so what does this mean for black education today? let me just say with respect to the national theme of the crisis of black education let's be very clear. there is no crisis of black genius. black genius is in our schools. black genius is sitting in the choir over there. i see it every day. i'm not special. i 4500 brothers and sisters in the district that are leaders on the campus leaders in the city, budding mathematicians, scientists and future doctors. we hope these young people get jobs graduate from high school and persistent

college. as we know some of them are here today's wired like to thank mission high school willie brown and any of our other schools here today. let's clap it up for our young people. >>[applause] the crisis you face as a community we have passively accepted a lie. that light is that the black child needs to be pitied. needs to be coddled, is dangerous, is not deserving doesn't belong. this light is allowed us to function on autopilot. we watch our children failed to console ourselves and say, we tried our best. that we have achieved as much as we can as fast as we can and maybe someone or some idea will come along that will save us and save our children. it is my belief that no one else is coming. we in this room and throughout our city will be the ones that fix what was broken for our children. >>[applause] we have proven our ability to be revolutionary

in the face of explicit discrimination. now we have to become revolutionary in the age of implicit discrimination in the age of the balance of institutions that are functioning but not working. which of the revolution look like? in my story i had access to protected k-12 pathway to college. it was rudimentary yet by schools and academic programs were fit together the put me on the doorstep of higher education. in san francisco we have to build a school expense for our black children that doesn't leave signing the right people at the right time up to chance. we have to build relationships between school staff and communities at elementary middle and high school that enable our children to move from one network of allies to another and be greeted by people who are ready for them and have already been preparing for them. we have to work more

intentionally to create a school culture that makes and protectors of our most precious asset, want to stay in the schools and befuddled by staying. we can do this, if we can build this team of guardian angels within and across our schools, then we will shift from a sense of overwhelming crisis to a state of fierce urgency. we will not be content with deandre not completing his reading psalms or [inaudible] addresses reading the market we will tackle it today. i parents and grand parents grew up and an era where learning was contracted by any means necessary. we can revive that era in our schools and we can do it in any neighborhood in san francisco. >>[applause] we have to shift from a sense of crisis to a state of urgency. we have to celebrate the children. we have to celebrate the interest of our children. we have to do that with the urgency that we move to protect a flickering flame. when you see a flickering flame you instinctively rushed protected from the wind to add more candling to help it grow. our black children deserve the same bounding around their

interest. thank god, my teacher encouraged michael powell biography project. thank god, encouraged my creative stores. think documenting curse my public speaking. thank god they encourage me to stay in geometry, one for student government, apply and attend harvard. do not leave the light. heavy black child has an academic spark. fan the flame. >>[applause] we have to bring our black families into the classroom. we have to provide the parents guardians and caregivers of our children with as much information and knowledge as my parents had. we have to recognize them for who they are. the most invested in steadfast advocates for the children in our community. i've seen boundless love in our black families parents here in san francisco boundless care and believe in their children. we have to partner with a black families. when they're frustrated with us as educators, most of the time rightfully so, we can turn away from them. that's the time to bring them closer and work with them to deliver for our children. our families do we include the fathers and mothers

and the rev. ounce of virginia marshals the emily way thompson's diana grace cheryl davidson's and john marshals and so many more. finally, as black people we have to remain competitors. but with this challenge to myself as well. we have to work extra hard to hold fast to the police in her own greatness. we have to strive to be the best. not to get by and survive but to thrive. the souls of black folks wbe devoid boat and perfect about his experience in grade school, it dawned upon me with a certain seven is that i was different from the others. shut out from the world by [inaudible] i had their no desire to tear down that failed to creep through. i hope all beyond [inaudible] and with above in a region of blue sky and great wandering shadow get that sky was blue when i could [inaudible] at examination time. the boys knew we can compete in the classroom and we can win. we need to tell that to our children every day.

[inaudible] belongs in the classroom yes, you do know the answer to that question is yes, your opinions and ideas are valid. thank you again for having me today. black excellence is the truth that we belong in the ring and we can win in the first round. >>[applause] >> as the choir comes forward, let's also give a round of applause to landon mitchell his mother and father in the first row. mr. and mrs. vicki get let's give them a round of applause. >>[applause]

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>> fantastic. fantastic. we're just about done. [inaudible] if you look in your programs, first of all, save the dates, there's two key events going on [inaudible] at the african-american cultural heritage society for educators. [inaudible] at 5:30 pm. please,

come join us did secondly, down at the bottom of the page there is a [inaudible] with taking [inaudible] anyone that wants to sign on those trips to chicago we encourage you to sign up there. there's also our [inaudible] anyone interested in the joining the society we would love to help you come and join us as a member. finally, in terms of announcements, i want to acknowledge joyce armstrong [inaudible] tenants association who is here with us. michael ward is an advocate from [inaudible] african diaspora here and michael carr from the mayor's office of economic development is also good. let's give them-i don't know who you are pointing to?

and fire chief joanne hayes-white is here with us as well. >>[applause] okay with that one final note. none of this would be possible without leadership and involvement in the society and the leadership for orchestrating this event and all our black history month programs is missed outdoors cameron. we just want to express our appreciation to all doors for her leadership of the committee and the hard work she has done to bring all this for to us so thank you so much for that. with that that brings our program to a close word today. they do also much for being here and sharing this with us. take the words we've heard of wisdom from landon,-thank you again, landon for your great words of wisdom got rev. brown, for your insight. thank you all very much and go out and

celebrate and enjoy black history month. thank you very much. >> >> >> >> all right. good afternoon everybody. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors committee in the meeting for february 13, 2017. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee and joined by the vice chair aaron peskin as well as supervisor katy tang. i want to thank sfgtv for covering today's meeting as well as the clerk of

our meeting alisa somera. madam clerk do we have any announcements. >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices and electronic devices. all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the submitted to the clerk and on the february 28 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> already. madam clerk will you call item 1. >> >> womb one is the environment at code for green building requirements for municipal builds and findings. >> okay. we have staff here from the department to speak on this item. >> good afternoon. thank you chair farrell and members of the land use and transportation committee for hearing this item. we're ready for the over heads for the presentation. okay. what you have before you are amendments to chapter seven of the environment code. now this