we need a mayor who's going to standup to speculators, who will standup to airbnb, and who will push for the deepest levels of affordablity in all of the housing that we build, because all of us know how desperately that's needed. and lastly, we need a caretaker mayor because we need someone who's going to be accountable to the people. >> thank you so much for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors and president and acting mayor breed. my name is brandon romney. i am serving on the san francisco board of berniecrats. i am speaking today on behalf of the democratic process. with the tragic passing of ed lee, our city is in an

interesting position, where incumbents have the position to run for mayor in june. i am asking that this board vote for an interim mayor who is not running for the seat. this will allow the voters the first chance in over a decade to make their own decision on who should represent them. if the board of supervisors can spend over an hour discussing a house in a wealthy neighborhood, they can at least take that much time to discuss the caretaker mayor. >> thank you for your comments. before the next speaker, a gentle reminder, please use your fingers. next speaker, please.

>> happy new year's, board of supervisors. my favorite winter holiday is kwanzaa because it's about unity, and if you could show this. please come out on the 18th, and hopefully, acting mayor breed will be out for this rally, out in front of city hall and supporting rising african american leadership for the fillmore heritage center. secondly, one of the things that ed lee wanted to see accomplished right before his tragic passing was to get 1,000 people off of the street and into the safe, organized spaces, so i have something for you, supervisors. it's called safe organized spaces. we have a working group that is comprised of st. francis

homeless's challenge facilitate are. we have downtown streets team, we have concern, we ha have encampment neighbors. and we for a fraction of what the city currently spends on dpw and sfpd could actually have a community integrated program to support safe integrat integrates -- integrated spaces for a $9 million budget. but acting mayor breed, it's going to be challenging and it's going to be a blessing in some ways to be the incumbent in this race. but let's make sure whoever is the acting mayor, interim mayor is active in an interim budgetary process. >> thank you for your comment.

next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm steve jones with the center for biological diversity. i'm here to speak on the next item of your agenda to oppose offshore drilling and fracking in california. i want to thank supervisor peskin for his support on this issue, as well as lee hefner for working with our office on this issue. offshore drilling affects coastal communities and our climate. by voting this in, we'd be the 16th community to formally oppose offshore drilling in california, and the global threat it poses and our global stablity. we started this campaign at the center about six months ago, but last week as you know, president trump's put all federal waters for offshore

drilling. that's everything. doing all that would -- burning all that would create about 50 gigatons of pollution. that's the equivalent of driving a million cars for a year. this is a crisis, and we're happy to present california as a unified front to oppose this. people can register their opposition to this plan through the end of february . they can go to endangeredoceans.org to send a comment to the department of the interior, and i also urge everyone to show up and support the public action that's on february 8th in sacramento, the only hearing being held in all of the state of california to allow people to register their -- their support for our coast and their opposition to expanding offshore oil drilling. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, supervisors and acting mayor breed. my name is ben becker, cochair of the san francisco berniecrats. you can assume i'm here to request we have an interim mayor who's not running for office. i don't really question the fact that all of you are working really hard, and i can appreciate that happen it is very difficult to be a city supervisor, especially today. i can appreciate that it's very difficult to be a mayor in the city, considering what our late mayor lee went through. i don't think that it is fair to anybody to ask them to be both board president and mayor at the same time and to have them running for mayor at the same time. so as a request to the people of san francisco and to yourselves, please appoint an

interim mayor who is not running for office who can just dedicate themselves to the job for six months. we can clean things up a little bit and move on from there. thank you. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name's art persico, and i'm a san francisco resident in district two, and i am so pleased to have the opportunity to address the board of supervisors. it's a great honor. and i really appreciate the attention that you give to your constituents when we do this because some of us had waited hours to be here, to have our little moment of being heard. so i would like to associate my remarks with those who have earlier spoken about the need for a fair process. and i would urge you, even after -- at the end of a long meeting, when it's hard to listen. it takes a super human effort to focus in, but please give us the respect of listening to us when we wait till the end of a meeting and speak.

i really do hope you have a fair process. we witnessed, in the past year, the unfortunate effects of an unfair process, when a finger was on the scale, a thumb was on the scale, and the people are tired of it. i think it should start here, in san francisco, where you do actually have the conscience and the guts to have a fair process. thank you very much. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is lindy park. i am a resident of city of san francisco, and i am also here with the center for biological diversity. i'm here to support the resolution that's on your agenda today that would ban all ill and gas drilling -- or that

would call for a ban to all offshore oil and gas drilling and fracking. and it's very important for the city and for communities all across the country to weigh in and to speak out against offshore fracking and drilling because as someone just mentioned before, the trump administration is poised to open up almost all of our coastal waters to offshore drilling. and this is something that our oceans and our climate cannot afford. it's simply too dirty and too dangerous. the epa allows 9 billion gallons of frack waste waters and fracking chemicals to be dumped into our oceans every year. those chemicals are toxic to

our wildlife and to human health. there have been too many instances where spills have ruined our coast lines, have ruined economies. and finally, our climate cannot afford more drilling. it can't afford more areas to be opened up to oil and gas development. we're already standing on the edge of a cliff in terms of our climate. we need to be phasing out oil and gas development -- oil and gas development, not opening up new areas for oil and gas development. so i very much appreciate your consideration -- >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is winnie porter. i spent 40 years as a classroom teacher in san francisco public schools, and mr. yee, i don't

know if you remember, but we talked together at hawthorne elementary years ago. >> supervisor yee: i do. >> i would like to take this opportunity to take every single supervisor that was respectful, that was seated, and that listened to those of us who were here to talk. as a teacher, i always taught my children to be respectful and to be attentive listeners. i am shocked at some of the behaviors that i've seen here today, laughing and carrying on, walking around with your coffee cup. i'm appalled. i'm appalled. i would not expect that or allow that from my students, let alone people that i voted for. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is shaliqua chandler,

ambassador sahalaquia chandler. i'm coming up my condolences to former mayor, ed lee. i felt he was a wonderful man, i felt he was a man who truly cared about this community. however, at the same time i just want to address issues that i do see. my son was murdered november -- january 9, 2015. i want you to know the status of that case. it was just offered with eric flemings, he's now the new judge of san francisco. however what he had to do was give up my son's case and all his other cases, so i was just informed that two months going into trial that now i have no attorney for my son and the four other boys.

so unfortunately, katie steinle has been to trial, and one of her family stated that even though the immigrant was being sent back, so millions and millions of dollars are being donated to her fund. here, my son was murdered and the four boys seven months before hers and we're still pending. no one is really concerned about what we as african american women are going through. my other frent's son was just shot to death by oakland police department. it's been going on and on and on, but see, this is my issue. you know, we have an african american woman what o's in a position to make change. you have voted her in twice as president, and now it's a problem. with dianne feinstein, she helped to seat this president of the board of supervisors,

and she was also able to get into the seat of the mayor, so i want to know what is the problem? i have no problem with speaking up concerning the injustices. no one has taken a stand of us mothers being murdered in san francisco and all over -- >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. thank you, miss aquia. miss aquia, your time is concluded. [ inaudible ] >> supervisor: thank you, miss aquia. miss aquia, we try to give everyone the same amount of time to testify. [ inaudible ] >> supervisor: miss aquia, we appreciate your comments. thank you, miss aquia. thank you for your comments. before otto speaks, are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board during general public comment. >> can i get two minutes?

>> supervisor: please proceed. >> my name's otto. i live nearby here, and i just got off the buses, and i heard the recording on the bus, please stand clear, the doors are opening. and it seems to me, january is the month of doors. they let me in the building, and another crazy guy down there, participatory democracy. i would just echo what the lady was saying about offshore drilling and maybe even go a little bit further. i've said this before. if we're about trying to get off a carbon economy, what we're doing in this city in san francisco, it wouldn't look like this. i have to tell you, i lack a vocabulary to even talk about how far off we are. thank you. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments.

sir, are you addressing the board for general public comment? >> howdy. i just got back from illinois. what i like about the way this meeting is ran, the mayor is sitting with the board of supervisors. the mayor isn't hiding out or going across town, so whatever you need to do to amend that, i would appreciate it. we need the mayor with the board of supervisors, to be there with them while they're moving the city somewhere. i guess jeff kozcinsky is talking about his 20 years legislation to build some

housing. i mean, do you really expect to put someone in a navigation center for the rest of their lives or just bounce them between navigation center to street? i mean, if the housing isn't there, then, you just build navigation centers for them, and they're going to live in the navigation center to five -- indefinitely like they are in some of the shelters? some of the shelters, people are staying two years. but i guess considering the healing that's coming up regarding the navigation centers, the navigation centers are literally being sued because they did not -- they're violating the standards of care. the city and county of san francisco has standards of care, and they just -- it seems like the city attorney is trying to fight very hard and excessively to say that they are not liable for the contract or the standards of care.

we're going back to that paradigm that people are staying in the tents because when they go to the shelter system, they get abused. the women are phrase of getting rained, so they're refusing to go to the shelter system, because they get abused. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. again, if there are any members of the public to address the board in general comment, now is your opportunity. please proceed, sir. >> i'm kevin ortiz, born and raised district 9 resident, current district six resident. i'm just here -- i wasn't actually going to speak, but i'm here in support of a fair democratic process. i would be against what is currently going on right now if this was supervisor kim, this was supervisor ronen. we need to have a fair democratic process that goes along with this. this is not about identity,

this is about fair process. right now, san francisco has seven out of ten homeless people that once had a roof over their heads, one of the worst income inequalities in the world. the average latino family in the district making $25,000 a year, yet we have white people making 150 k a year. we can house all of these people, but we need to have a fair process, and right now there's a lot of trauma that goes on with the residents of san francisco because they don't feel they can trust that democratic process right now. we need to appoint an incident ram mayor and get a legally binding contract with the city and county of san francisco so that way we don't have this caretaker mayor that can actually run in the future, so that's all i'm saying with that. but i really urge the city and county of san francisco to have a fair process. that way, it's unbiased, with the three candidates that are currently running right now,

and the city can choose, and the city can feel comfortable with that. thank you for your time. >> supervisor: thank you for your comments. i believe that concludes general public comment. madam president? >> the hon. l. breed: are there any members of the public who would like to comment at this time? madam clerk, please read the next items on the agenda, and we'll go into closed session. >> the hon. l. breed: role call vote. >> on items 31 and 32, supervisor fewer? aye supervisor kim? a aye. supervisor peskin? aye supervisor sheehy?

>> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> the hon. l. breed: those items are adopted unanimously. all right. madam clerk, can you please read the closed session item? >> clerk: yes. scheduled pursuant to a motion approved on october 31st and continued from december 12th, 2017, the board of supervisors has authorized to convene in closed sessions regarding the labor negotiations with the city's open labor contracts. >> the hon. l. breed: colleagues, can i entertain a motion to go into closed session? moved by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor ronen? colleagues, can we do that without objection? without

. >> all right, colleagues. madam clerk, it looks like we are back in open session. okay. >> can we talk? all right, colleagues, we are back in open session. thank you, everyone, for your patience. can i entertain a motion not to disclose our conversation in closed session? >> so moved. >> moved by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor yee. colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection, the motion passes. madam clerk, please read the

inmemeraim. >> clerk: yes. the meeting will be adjourned today on behalf of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor cohen, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late some joe boss. motion made by supervisor breed for the late miss rachel townsend and mr. shaleem tindall. motion made by supervisor tang and motion peskin for the late mr. jeffrey chin, mr. lynn alcorn, miss jean carlyle, miss milly fishman, and for the late mr. jim moore. >> thank you, madam clerk. this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business on the agenda today? >> clerk: that concludes the

agenda for today. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we are adjourned.

>> ever wonder about programs the city it working think to make san francisco the best place to work and will we bring

shine to the programs and the people making them happen join us inside that edition of what's next sf sprech of market street between 6th is having a cinderella movement with the office of economic workforce development is it's fairy godmother telegraph hill engaged in the program and providing the reason to pass through the corridor and better reason to stay office of economic workforce development work to support the economic vital of all of san francisco we have 3 distinctions workforce and neighborhood investment i work in the tenderloin that has been the focus

resulting in tax chgsz and 9 arts group totally around 2 hundred thousand square feet of office space as fits great as it's moved forward it is some of the place businesses engaged for the people that have living there for a long time and people that are coming into to work in the the item you have before you companies and the affordable housing in general people want a safe and clean community they see did changed coming is excited for every. >> oewd proits provides permits progress resulting in the growth of mid businesses hocking beggar has doubled in size. >> when we were just getting started we were a new business people never saturday a small business owner and been in the

bike industry a long needed help in finding at space and sxug the that is a oewd and others agencies were a huge helped walked us through the process we couldn't have done it without you this is sloped to be your grand boulevard if so typically a way to get one way to the other it is supposed to be a beautiful boulevard and fellowship it is started to look like that. >> we have one goal that was the night to the neighborhood while the bigger project of developments as underway and also to bring bring a sense of community back to the neighborhood. >> we wanted to use the says that a a gathering space for people to have experience whether watching movies or a yoga or coming to lecture.

>> that sb caliber shift on the street is awarding walking down the street and seeing people sitting outside address this building has been vacate and seeing this change is inspiringing. >> we've created a space where people walk in and have fun and it is great that as changed the neighborhood. >> oewd is oak on aortas a driver for san francisco. >> we've got to 23ri7b9 market and sun setting piano and it was on the street we've seen companies we say used to have to accompanying come out and recruit now they're coming to us. >> today, we learned about the office of economic workforce development and it's effort to foster community and make the buyer market street corridor something that be proud of

thanks to much for watching and tune in next time for >> thank you all for being here this morning. i want to touch upon the encouraging news we heard last night, a federal judge just issued a stop against discrimination actions of the trump administration to deport daca recipients in the country. (applause) and we all know it's not the first time the judicial system had to step in to protect our residents from the cruel and misguided policies of this administration which targets our immigration communities. while we were happy to hear this welcoming news, we know that in

this city we must work together to protect our immigrant families. we must stand united in the face of intolerance and today with the opening of this new incredible family resource center we're showing that san francisco supports all residents. i want to thank sam reese here today for hosting us and acknowledge the latino parity coalition for providing families in need. and i'm delighted to be here to acknowledge the role they play in diverse families and the newest member is the el centro bayview, which will open -- (applause) which will open its doors this friday.

and it is just such a beautiful facility. i'm so excited with how welcoming it will be to the community. since 2009 the centers have operated across the city providing cultural services to families and youth. and with the opening of el centro bayview, san francisco can proudly say 26 centers are serving residents and neighborhoods throughout san francisco. they will be specifically charged with providing services to immigrant communities who for one reason or another are unaware or hesitate to reach out for support or services. it is so important that these families step out of the shadows and receive the resources they need. we understand why they are weary to do so, they feel attacked, we hear the threats from our federal government every single day sadly. and just this monday president

trump ended the temporary protective status for our el salvador residents who came because of a devastating earthquake in their country. and similar to haiti and nicaragua and pushing families out for trying to make a better life for themselves or trying to tear them down or build walls will not make our country safer or stronger. the people who are a part of this country, the immigrants and the folks who are part of the communities is what makes our city and our country stronger. (applause) and we are here to remind residents in san francisco, in this city you will always be

defended, you will always be supported and we in san francisco are a sanctuary city today, tomorrow and always. (applause) el centro bayview will be a place of community, a place where families can grow and thrive and children can reach their dreams. when we open the resource center we're telling the administration we will not back down from our values here in san francisco. we will stand strong, we will stand proud, we will continue to do all we can to put the resources into resource centers like this that are going to continue to support our families. this is so important. this is a major step in the right direction and i'm so grateful to our many community partners who make this work

possible, the ones in the trenches doing the work working with our communities and families and at this time i want to bring up sam reese for some comment. (applause) >> and i was going to talk a little bit about family resource centers but somebody beat me to it. (laughter) excellent, you're hired. so good morning everyone. before i say anything more, out of respect for someone who helped us lead the process for this site to become a reality, honorable mayor lee. without his support we wouldn't be here this morning. with that being said, i would appreciate it if i could use one of my five minutes specifically in honor of mayor lee. a minute of silence, please.

(moment of silence) thank you everyone. much appreciated. so, we are here at the site called southeast families united. this is an early care and family facility, one of 11 sites mission operates in various neighborhoods in san francisco. this site is introducing a family resource center with one goal in mind, that is to provide our children attending these classrooms with the necessary support for our families to

thrive. it is the parent who is the first teacher and the first teacher must always be ready to engage with their child, to support their child, to nurture the child so he/she can develop into an individual who is a contributor to our community and our society. the reality is that it's not just what the child learns in the classroom, it's also what happens at the home. unfortunately, many, most of our families whose child is attending our classrooms here are experiencing significant barriers, significant challenges at home. and mostly because they have been through the eviction process. in san francisco in the mission district in the last 10 years we've lost 8,000 families. that's a lot of folks. and yes, they have moved, they have relocated to counties outside of san francisco, but the neighborhood of choice,

there have been two neighborhoods of choice for families relocating, one is bayview hunters point and the other is the exselsior. it's no longer about families renting a room to live in, it's renting a hallway to live in. that places significant issues on our families and the family resource center with a competent team will support these families as they move on to hopefully a better situation. so, i also want to say that i'm glad that our courts have stepped in to address the issue that was just identified by our mayor. but i also have another stark reality that i think we need to accept. our core value at mission neighborhood centers with early

head start program is to prepare the child to enter school and succeed throughout so they can graduate and continue on to college and graduate. now, the reality that we're facing whether we want to accept it or not is in our prison system. let's all understand one fact, fact of life that you cannot contradict, not 50, not 60, not 70, not 80% but more than 80% of our prisoners, of our men and women happen to be high school drop-outs. over 80%. now, yes, it's true at this site we'll only look after 52 children, but all the data that we have, every single report we have read, those children, children from low income families who have access to early education programs will

most likely graduate and continue on to college and graduate from college. that's our goal and with support from mayor breed, we'll make that a reality. in closing, i would like to acknowledge that this effort, our coalition and frc at this point is being introduced because of two other organizations with mission neighborhood centers at the lead, good samaritan community resource center. (applause) is one of our partners. our second is mission economic association. (applause) so with that, i would like to thank the mayor's office of community housing -- mayor's office of housing and community development. they keep changing the name. my apologies. (laughter) thank you very much. so i would like to introduce our next speaker, a client of

mission neighborhood centers, a parent, anna (spanish) (applause) we'll have translation services for those who can't speak spanish. thank you. (voice of translator): hello good morning. i'm very grateful to be here to be here with everyone here at mission neighborhood centers. (speaking french) (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): my experience with missionary

neighborhood centers is they have provided childcare for me and one of my daughters is there as well. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): there's a lot of people here in our community that don't know a lot about the services here in our community. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): a lot of the barriers that our latino community here face is not being able to speak english and just being afraid because they don't speak english. (speaking spanish)

(voice of translator): many times we are in fear so we don't seek services because we don't have our immigration status in order. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): our community here needs houses and jobs. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): i think that if our community here was aware of more services, things would be a lot easier for us. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): i hope that together here in this community of bayview, together we can all do more.

(speaking spanish) (voice of translator): many times in my case i live here in the bayview district but have had to go to the mission district to get services. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): thank you for opening the center and for it being able to support me and to work together. (end of translation) (applause) >> so our san francisco latino parity and equity coalition consists of 21 member organizations and included in those 21, the executive director is joining us this morning and is the next speaker. (applause)

>> good morning. today is a good day. like a few days recently, when we're able to come together and not only celebrate the opening and expansion of services to latino families in san francisco and immigrant families, like we heard our mothers talk about how important it is to have access to services in your community and not have to travel, which is always difficult when you have children, especially if you're taking public transportation and this is a long time coming. the latino community has been part of the bayview district for decades and has been underserved and so this space creates an opportunity to build a community and black and brown and multicultural alliances, mainly with low income families in our

cities. we're proud of the advocacy that resulted in additional resources granted by mayor lee so we could be here today expanding services to our children and families and make the best investment a city can make, in our children, youth and families. and we're happy to say justice is ruling in favor of our youth once again and of what's right. san francisco has been a pillar in the nation and even internationally in terms of expanding protections for immigrant communities, making sure that our city is a city that affirms a value that we're a city for everyone. we know this ruling today will only lead us to a greater victory for the dreamers, because they are one of our city's, our nation's greatest assets. they're bilingual, they're bicultural. today we're investing in our most precious assets, our

children, youth and families. congratulations and let the work continue. thank you mayor. (applause) >> thank you for the words. and also mayor london breed, thank you for being with us this morning. it is greatly appreciated. and with those words, also thank all of you for joining us this morning and this press conference now is closed. thank you very much. thank you. (applause) ♪

>> (clapping.) >> in san francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and legal that occurs with the city and county of san francisco from a variety of circumstances in san francisco there is approximately 5 thousand deaths annually i'm christopher director for the chief mr. chairman the chief my best testimony a at the hall of justice on 870 drooint street that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical

chairman facility i've charles program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs we'll not continue to perform the services or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. >> we're in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid 60s and friends scientific has significantly changed we've had significant problems with storage capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if you're doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz we're in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is $65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond

approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and the i'm the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so pile foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. >> one of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and we're having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and i'm a project manager for public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the

project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. >> the building is 42 feet tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly we're that's a great question to be on time and budget have the roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. >> and as you can see we've got a lot of the interior finishes installed. >> in an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. >> not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout san francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one public comment monday to friday

because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. >> in the current facility investigative unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from

the current facility and the new facility. >> the planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit more friendly to families. >> one thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no natural light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an

objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see natural lights. >> that's one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. >> we have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. >> third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. >> part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve cuts and landscaping around the

building we'll have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. >> the medical examiner's office has been a several if in their contributions of the understanding the exception and needs. >> it's a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. >> it is extremely valuable contribution to the, neighborhood address san francisco as a whole. >> the building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of san francisco and the neighboring we are celebrating the glorious

grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under

budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them

>> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and transportation committee meeting for january 8, 2018. i'm mark farrell chairing the committee joined by