in 1983, japanese prime minister minister yoshida -- [ inaudible ] -- before that, there had been no such story. later, it became clear that the yoshida story had been all lie. yoshida himself, he publicly did a story for money. in 2014 -- [ inaudible ] -- that the article was fabricated, and he apologized. the claim story is not factual and based in the history, and it is completely fabricated. it makes no sense for the city council to take up on this

publicated story as made up in the title, mardi gras crime. i believe san francisco must not make a substantial mistake, just base it on the facts. thank you very much. >> madam president, supervisor peskin has his name on the roster. >> did you want to wait until after the public comment? >>supervisor peskin: yes. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening supervisors. i'm a formal dancer, and i've played already three musicals, and while i've been -- i won once in international dance competition held in china, in beijing, and i was also one of the finalists in high school musical, and the reason why i'm saying all that is because i'm here to talk about public art in san francisco. as you can see, i'm not from here, and i arrived in march here in san francisco, and i

just love this city, feels like home already. i like the people here, i like, you know, going out and just feels awesome. and, well, my grandma, she passed away yesterday, and she's portuguese, and here in san francisco because it's such a multicultural city, you can see, like, museums and public places that they honor, like, all sort of immigrants, and all -- just, like my father has german, and my mother family is portuguese. i don't know why not -- just an idea -- to have some more institutions or even monuments or even cultural centers that talk about, like, europeans -- like, you know, german, portuguese people in here to promote, like, the future -- i've study that san francisco is called the city of love, so

why not to promote something that talks about love and you know, brings future, and we can, like, you know, have a future instead of sometimes just think about the past, and you know, people talking about hatred and falling apart, society, and well i was here, seems like 2:00, and we've discussed a lot of things such as you know, cannabis and also the lgbt community, and i think everyone here has the same mind orientation, which is future, and you know, working together -- >> thank you for your comments. thank you. next speaker, please. are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment, please come to the podium. >> tom gilberti. seems like the 30 second warning bell is

not working. parking space, inspirational offices. remember the grade schoolteacher, remember a high school teacher, the inspirational ones. what are, what were, what are their values to a people? muni, 700,000-plus rides perday, 24-hour cycle, a highly efficient except for the wheelchair elevator, vanness is a disaster. the elevator, kricivic center, powell, disaster, let's hope they can work, but for the most part, pollution reducing, climate control, great organization. then tell me why we can't have teachers living at 1 oak? why

we can't have police officers living at 1 oak? the sheriff's in this room living at 1 oak? the grade schoolteachers affecting our children, high school teachers affecting our children, weaving our society. we take it for granted, and we're losing it. reality of the real estate industry doesn't have to be defined by the financiers of the real estate industry who put their money in politicians pockets. mayor lee's got a million plus. a healthy community should be always our goal. 1 oaks, vanness, civic center, 12 lines of muni transit. anywhere in the city, we need to see reality and work with it. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. madam president. >> are there any other members of the public who'd like to

provide public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is now closed. supervisor peskin? >>supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president. this has been a really weird, unfortunate bunch of days in san francisco, whether it's the racial intolerance that we're seeing in and around the cannabis issue, but i rise to speak to the issue in and around the comfort woman issue. when i ran for office the first time in 2000. >> sir, if you want to speak to that particular issue, we're going to have to -- >>supervisor peskin: i'm speaking under item 41, not under item 14. i'm actually speaking under item 41, which is my roll call. >> oh, but i think since the item is on the agenda, and correct me if i am wrong, we just have to reverse the vote and -- >>supervisor peskin: madam president, i need not speak

specifically to item 14. i can speak about item 41 in general. >> okay. >>supervisor peskin: and i can speak about it thusly, which is at a moment in time where there are women who are coming out in droves about roy moore, who's running for senate in alabama, when there are women coming out, talking about harvey weinstein, this is actually a moment where i can standup as a supervisor who never ran for congress, doesn't do geopolitics and say, hello, everybody, there were war crimes that we can actually reckon with, and i know yawn givner givner's -- yawn givner's getting a little uncomfortable because i'm confusing it with item 14. i just have to standup and say,

in san francisco, where so many japanese were interned pursuant to order 9066, i cannot associate myself with the comments of individuals who do not want to recognize war crimes and crimes against humanity and crimes against women and that's exactly what happened, and i just wanted to say it for the record. it's not why i ran for the board of supervisors, but i thought somebody needed to say it. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk please read the items to adoption without rerchs to committee. >> clerk: items 43 through 49 are being considered for adoption without reference to committee. these items can be considered by a single roll call vote, otherwise severed and considered separatelily. >> supervisor fewer. >> sorry. i'd like to sever item number 49, please.

>> before we move forward, i'd like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor farrell, moved by supervisor ronen, seconded by supervisor tang. can we take that without objection? without objection, supervisor farrell is excused, and on the items 44 through 49 through adoption without reference to committee, madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are nine ayes. >> there are nine ayes, the item passes unanimously. please read the next item.

supervisor fewer. >> thank you very much. as a member of the reentry council, i am happy to have brought this resolution forward on their behalf in the council, chaired by the mayor's office, public defender's office, chief of the probation officer, district attorney's office and the sheriff's office voted unanimously to support this resolution. currently only a handful of reentry serves are provided in san francisco for private for profit companies, but i strongly believe as i'm sure all of you do that as a city and county, we want to minimize reentry services provided by for profit private companies. this resolution urges city departments to prioritize nonprofit organizations where the city does contract out -- does contract out reentry services, and i hope i have your support today. there are currently two private companies funded by the city and county of san francisco, and that's lca, leader in

community alternatives, and that's funded through the sheriff's department, and america works that's funded through oed and adult protection, and i think you should know the reentry council has representatives from the sheriff's department and also protection department but from department of health youth and their families, the police department, department of child support services, department of public health, department of homelessness and support of housing, human services agency, juvenile protection, offices of economic and workforce development, the san francisco police department and other public officials include representatives from the california department of corrections and rehabilitation parole operations division and u.s. probation office, and they all voted unanimously on this resolution. i hope i have your support today. >> thank you, and supervisor fewer, can you specifically talk a little bit more about the -- the funded organizations and specifically maybe what they do, and what is the

challenge with the competitive process and why are for-profit agencies able to obtain these contracts over nonprofits? >>supervisor fewer: so the -- many of the ones that are operating in san francisco and also throughout the state of california are state contracts, so we have no control over them. today, we heard some representatives from geo, and geois the geo group, which is a private prison business, and actually it's the second largest most profitable prison business in the united states, but they extent also internationally. we feel personally that it is at odds with what we are trying to accomplish with reentry services, which is that we hope people don't do -- do reenter into civilian life and not reenter the prison system. in

order for geo group to be profitable, they need to have a steady stream of prisoners, therefore, we feel it's in opposition. this resolution just urges the city and county of san francisco to actually prioritize nonprofit organizations for reentry services. >>president breed: but more specifically, does the city -- does the city contract that currently exists for the purposes of reentry, do we contract with any for profit agencies at this time? >>supervisor fewer: yes we do. >>president breed: that do not include state funding, and specifically, i think that's what i'm trying to understand. what do they do? >>supervisor fewer: sure. so we fund leaders in community alternatives, and that is funded through the sheriff's department, and then we fund america works, and that is funded through oed and adult probation, and sheriff's department and adult probation also voted in support of this resolution. >>president breed: is there a reason why these programs receive funding over some of

the others that might have competed for the same opportunities? >>supervisor fewer: you know, i can't answer that question. i believe there are people in the audience -- karen shane from adult probation that could answer that question for you. >>president breed: thank you. >>supervisor fewer: thank you, chair. >> i'm karen shane from san francisco adult probation, the reentry council. one of the things that the reentry council did determine that they want to do is take a good look at what the reentry services are, make sure we have the best reentry services, have an evaluative services going forward, so it's a lot bigger issue that we originally thought, but it's on the agenda for the reentry council. as to your question, president breed, sometimes there are not nonprofits that are able to do the contracting. for example, lca provides electronic monitoring through the

sheriff's department. i don't know this, but i don't -- i don't believe that anyone had applied to do that through the -- that was a nonprofit, and so that's one of the reasons why we tried to make this resolution a resolution rather than a requirement, that you know, if that -- and that certainly if there -- if someone is going to make an argument that their services were stronger, better, less, you know, whatever, that would certainly have an impact on the provision of services. the idea of this is mostly -- it's really to place san francisco on the side of really working for reentry.

>> on behalf of supervisor's yee and kim, for the late miss janet hee. on behalf of supervisor peskin for the late mr. nathan roth, mr. gino perrini, and on behalf of supervisor fewer and yee on behalf of the late dr. roland yo, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors at the suggestion of supervisor fewer, peskin, kim, and yee, for the late mr. herbert patrick lee. >>president breed: colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today. >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >>president breed: we are

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more information and the whistle blower protections please seek www. >> good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to city haul. my name is london breed. i'm president of the san francisco board of supervisors, and i represent district 5, the amazing district that houses the incredible 3rd baptist church, which we plan to make

official landmarking status today. aren't we excited? i just want to say one, praise god, right? praise god, thank you for being here, thank you for supporting this ceremony. we are honored here to have the mayor here to perform the ceremony who will speak in just a little bit, but i want to thank my colleague, aaron pes k kin for sponsoring this legislation, and thank you for supervise cohen for joining us here today, as well as our city administrator, naomi kelley. this is a wonderful day today. i'm so excited. remember when we celebrated with reverend brown and lady jane brown at the celebration with bill clinton, and i told you we would make this happen, and we made it happen, and look

how quickly we made it happen? well, i didn't have a choiz because reverend brown was calling me every single day, every day fighting for this community, every day fighting for this community, and one thing i want to say about 3rd baptist church, which is my church, my home, thank you for welcoming me. thank you for continuing to a beacon of light in this community, who need a place of sanctuarn, who need a place to call home, who need a place to feel welcome. 3rd baptist has been doing this longer than almost any other place in san francisco. it is an unappreciated institution because of its advocacy for being on the front line for anything related to challenges with our community, the displacement of our community, the issues with our children in the public schools. every single occasion when there has been an issue in the

city and county of san francisco related to our community, 3rd baptist is at the front lines, trying to make sure we speak truth to power and we change the city for the better, and so it is only fitting that we come here today in city hall, and we celebrate our community, our accomplishments, and all that we have done to make san francisco a better place, but more importantly, we leave a lasting legacy with the changes in san francisco making 3rd baptist church a landmark location, make sure that the next generation of young people, and the next generation know that we are still here, we have left a lasting impression. we have built this city, and we are not going anywhere. and so -- so with that, i'd like to turn it over to our mayor to speak a few words, and then, we'll get to a few other

comments from some of the amazing members of 3rd baptist church. ladies and gentlemen, welcome mayor ed lee. >> president london breed, you have already said and expressed a lot of my feelings about this legislation today, but let me welcome each and every one of you here to the people's palace. this is your house, as well, and this whole city is all of yours because we want this city to continue the strong efforts of being inclusive, being the rainbow city, welcoming everybody, but also working for everybody, and i want to say thank you to each member of the board of supervisors that are here today, our city administrator, our commissioners, our department heads for all sharing this

wonderful moment. but i also want to start out by saying thank you to reverend amos brown. your leadership on so many issues, reverend, kind of defines what the 3rd baptist church is all about, especially on challenges that face people of color. you've been consistent, you've been steady, and you've been guiding us with the greatest amount of integrity in whatever capacity that you have filled. and this is exactly why the supervisor and president breed said that when amos and his wife, mrs. jane brown, celebrated their 40 years at 3rd baptist church a few months ago, they didn't celebrate by themselves, it wasn't just community, it was people from all over the country that came in here: bill clinton, governor jerry brown, reverend jesse jackson, they all came out

because they recognized the historic center that the 3rd baptist church represented, but they also know that the reverend not only speaks locally, he speaks nationally and internationally. so congratulations reverend on 40 years of your life here at 3rd baptist church and for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, reverend brown. 3rd baptist church has been around since 1855, ladies and gentlemen. 160 years! -- 52? 1852. okay, my notes, my staff, go back to the history books, correct that history. make sure we have the right history. it's important because, you know, when other parts of the country talk about their landmarks, and we get kind of embarrassed, what kind of

history they're embracing, i think we're embracing the right history right here with a building that has housed people of african american descent and worship since 1852. and you know what's significant about the 3rd baptist? 'cause i've always felt welcomed, that it wasn't just african americans, what the reverend, what everybody else did was make it a center for everybody to feel comfortable with. that's the significance of 3rd baptist church. it was for everyone, and when you go there, and you do wrong things, you're going to be condemned. i've been there when people are condemned. sometimes i use the word, oh, looks like a crucifiction have been going on, but i've also been there with the greatest moment of blessings happen because people do the right thing. and you know, 3rd baptist does

have that line, what's right and what's wrong. that's what we have to do with our kids, help them figure out what's right and what's wrong, and when you go to 3rd baptist, you can help them gain the moral ground. that's important to kids these days. they don't know the difference between right and wrong, we're going to lose more folks. this is what's important to 3rd baptist, and this is why it's been so welcoming to me and to so many others, so by making the 3rd baptist church a historic landmark today, we're not only preserving the building, we're sending a larger message to the san francisco bay community, we respect all the people who have been here for generations, we respect you, we respect the community. we honored the work that you have done. it's hard work to allow people to recognize what's right and wrong and do the hard work.

it's the hardest work that we have to do today, whether you're holding a public office, being a minute center or bei-- minister or community activist, it's hard job, but it serves our community and our children, and we must try to do better. this has been an important home to gobs of community meetings, employment workshops, to incubators for employment opportunities, and it's also been a place where sadly, we've also had to send people away, who died in violence or met an early death. all of those aspects of life that are challenging the city, it's happening in a microcosm there at 3rd baptist in a collusive and collaborative way.

so i'm just sharing thisome things, but i'll also share with you some strong feelings with people that i've got to hire in the community, doing entertainment work, doing community work, doing leadership work, trying to save more people, trying to get them out of condemnation and into salvation. we're all trying to do it, and in a large part, a lot of what i have to do is save more lives and make sure people live more robust lives in the city, the city sometimes where people say there are a lot of inequities. 3rd baptist is about equity. it's n it's about finding love and support. that's why it deserves to be recognized in our hall of landmarks, so i say to the rest of our country, you ought to be

embracing the right principles when you're endorsing landmarks. you ought not to be endorsing symbols of racism and oppregnano oppression. this role that our community has played, this building will be known for when we place the final signature of landmark status. this is our history. this is your history. you've shared it with us. it's our history, it's the nation's history, right here in the middle of san francisco, we celebrate 3rd baptist church and everybody associated with it. thank you for being here, thank you for being witnesses to this wonderful important occasion for all of our citizens. thank you. >> thank you mr. mayor, and i

just want to again thank the cosponsors of this amazing legislation. supervisor malia cohen, supervisor aaron peskin, and supervisor mark farrell, and with that, i'd like to bring up our leader to give us a history, abbreviated, reverend brown, we ain't in church. we trying to sign this today. amen? amen. amen congregation. reverend brown, our leader, come on up. >> good afternoon. madam president of our board of supervisors, supervisors peskin, cohen, to our city

administrator, our friend, miss naomi kelley, i see other department heads here, but time would not permit me to name them all, and indeed to our fine mayor, my friend and servant of the people, mayor edwin lee, give him a big round of applause. and to all the members and our officers of 3rd baptist church, we have with us the chair person of our deacon's ministry, deacon alfonso campbell, chair person of our

trustee ministry, trustee preston turner. this is a tender and touching moment for me, for i am privileged to stand to celebrate a fateful day, a day in which our honored mayor will sign this legislation that w l defines a faith community as a landmark, a mark, a memorial of what all faith communities

should mirror. 3rd baptist was not founded in 1852 to just equip people with knowledge of spiritual things. thi3rd baptist was born out of struggle. she was founded on the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the british west indies, and that struggle has continued cross the weighted span of these now 165 years. i want to acknowledge here that

william duboyce celebrated his 90th third day at 3rd baptist on april the third, 1958, when paul roberson, after he had been maliciously ma lined and wrongly accused of being a communist, first came back to the united states, it was 3rd baptist church that opened its doors to a man who needed befriending. dr. martin luther king, when he had inaugurated the montgomery movement had his first appearance in the hallowed walls of 3rd baptist

church in 1957. i said again that this is tender and touching for me, for i was introduced into this struggle at the age of 15 years old, when i organized the first youth conference of the national organization of the advancement of colored people in the wake of that malicious brutal murderering of em emma teal, and it was one year later that megawale evers asked my mother if i could come to san francisco to attend the national convention of the naacp, and on that sunday morning of the convention, where did i worship?

at 3rd baptist church, and i was as a young lad from mississippi, so impressed overseeing frederick douglas haynes, sr., standing before that sacred desk who had the presence and the elequence that was greater maybe than that of prince albert as a gentleman, as a scholar, as a pretty muche mucher -- preacher, and a social activist, so that impacted my life further, and to think we're here today with mayor lee, members of department heads, and citizens with the city of san francisco to honor this struggle with this designation, and because

of this designation, there will forever be known that 3rd baptist was here, was reckoned with and made a difference in the lives of people for the better. thank you, mayor lee, thank you all of you who gathered today for we have set the bar high. i'm a woman, but i'm wise. i'm an immigrant, but i'm industrious, i'm gay, but i'm godly, i'm saint, but i am sensible. that is the feeling of 3rd baptist, and thank you mayor lee for signing this document, so that in all common generations, it will be known that we knew more than how to walk the walk skb talk the talk as members of the human family. god bless you all and thank you all for honoring us this day.

>> thank you, reverend brown. we had church a little bit up in here. he going to give it to you good on sunday. you all ain't ready for the chapter one, chapter two, and chapter three on sunday. he got some making up to do after today. thank you, reverend brown for always being there for our community and just really protecting our history and reminding us how important it is to remember what happened in the past so that we can celebrate that and continue to push and advocate towards the future, and so with that, i want to welcome up deacon campbell to just say a few words, and then, we're going to get to the ceremony. deacon campbell, come on up. >> good afternoon. to mayor lee, supervisor breed

and president of the board, to my fisk university alum, supervisor malia cohen, supervisor peskin, and all others who are here, it is a pleasure -- and to reverend brown. don't let me forget to say that. it is a pleasure and an honor for me to have an opportunity to say a word or two on this historic celebration. this morning, i woke up thinking about what would i say because of the origin of 3rd

baptist church out of racism and say it, and the development in the home of two members has led to this. i just know that god is good. i just know that this was meant to be, and with all of the preparation and the organization and all the things that have been done, this is the payoff. i can remember martin luther king, in one of his many speeches, made the statement that the arch of the universe

is long, but it bends towards justice. this is justice; and we try to do that at 3rd baptist. we do it. we show as mayor lee said, respect to everybody, and we make every effort to show justice to love mercy, and to walk humbly with god. with that, i will just end by saying thank you and the fact that as long as there is a san francisco, there will be a 3rd baptist church. thank you.

>> okay. i just wanted to acknowledge supervisor jane kim and thank you for joining us today, and with that, let's get down to business. reverend brown, it's time. it's time. come on over here. [ inaudible ] >> to mayor lee, and all the other folks around here, i just want to say thank you for all you have done for 3rd baptist church. you know, when i came here, i joined 3rd baptist right off, 'cause i've always been impressed with the church, but

the biggest thing this church has done for me, it has so much carin caring, c-a-r-e-i-n-g, or c-a-r-i-n-g, i don't know which one. but any way, they're so caring. we have back on track to help young folks, because if young folks can't make it, it's no excuse, 'cause 3rd baptist has got it. we have a beautiful senior extension group, and oh, boy, i can't wait to get to that because we play bingo and all kinds of exercise and things for the seniors. but we also have a music department that's out of this world. you have to come to some of the

concerts because you can't beat it. but the thing that has helped me is that caring way. let me give you an example. this morning, one of the members called me and said, mama smith, make sure you dress warmly 'cause it's raining outside. wasn't that beautiful? give her a hand. and not only that, this is what has happened to me in 4.5 months, i'll be 100, and i have to give 3rd baptist part of that because god works through a good church, so i'm just thankful to be here, and i'm so thankful for you all who have

done so much for this church. keep on, because we are for what is right. we are going to be there forever, and we thank god for it. amen. [ singing amen ]

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>> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. i'm with the civic center community benefit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really important in the planning of these events. >> we wanted to have an artist that appeals to a wide range of

tastes. >> i'm the venue manager. good music, good music systems, and real bands with guitar players and drummers. >> we turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and it's just an amazing place to be. there's a number of different exhibits. there's food, wine, cocktails, and the idea, again, is to give people an opportunity to enjoy what really is, you know, one of the great civic faces in america. when you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down market street, daniel burns'

design, this was meant to be this way. it's really special. >> the city approached us off the grid to provide food and beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. >> it's really vibrant. it's really great, just people walking around having a good time. >> this formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun games. we have skeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and we've got a roller skating rink. >> if you're a passion jail skeeball player like me, and you're deciding whether you're

just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. >> our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors, but our goal is to really see in the comments that it's a place where people want to hold their own public event. >> i think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. everybody's kind of come together to provide this support and services that they can to activate this area. >> there's no one agency or organization that really can make this space come alive on its own, and it's really through the collective will, not just of the public sector, but both the public and our business partnerships, our nonprofits partnerships, you know, neighborhood activists. >> i really like it. it's, like, a great way to get people

to find out about local things, cuisine, like, it's really great. >> it's a really good environment, really welcoming. like, we're having a great time. >> we want to inspire other people to do this, just using a part of the plaza, and it's also a good way to introduce people if they're having a large scale event or small scale event, we'll direct you to the right people at the commons so you can get your event planned. >> being a san francisco based company, it was really important to connect and engage with san franciscans. >> how great is it to come out from city hall and enjoy great music, and be able to enjoy a comtail, maybe throw a bocci

ball or skee ball. i find third thursdays to be really reinrig rat reinriggating for me. >> whether you're in the city hall or financial district or anywhere, just come on down on third thursdays and enjoy the music, enjoy an adult beverage, enjoy the skee ball; enjoy an adult playground, if you

>> ok, good morning. i will call to order the november 9, 2017, transbay joint powers authority meeting. roll call please. >> note for the record that directors kim and sartipi will not be here. director harper, reiskin, present, mr.