they requested that specific resolutions of the board be incorporated where relevant. and i won't read them all to you, but you can see on the cover page the four resolutions that have now been incorporated. >> thank you. there's no public comment on this, could you remind the board on the committee recommendation, please? >> this has been forwarded with a positive recommendation, provided that the relevant provisions of the specific board resolutions were included, and staff has now done that. >> great. thank you. any comments? commissioner merase? >> i want to thamnk the staff for their quick turnaround based on the committee discussion. this is the board policy on history and social science instruction. if there are policies that board thinks will impact them, please draft them and submit

them to general counsel or the rules committee. we are working on a more raggate way to catalog our resolutions so we can make sure all of our board policies reflect board resolutions. >> thank you. any other comments? seeing none, roll call, please. >> thank you. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: six ayes. >> great. thank you. next item is 0460, local control and accountablity plan. miss houck. >> this was approved by the rule committee. it seeks to have the board approve local 0460. the rules committee heard this item, did request that it go to the budget -- recommended it favorably, but recommended it go to the budget and business

committee to allow for additional public comment. that happened, and i believe the budget and business committee referred it with a positive recommendation. >> thank you. any public questions or comments? there being no public comment, roll call please. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: six ayes. >> great. thank you. that is board policy. next item, there's nothing else on that, right? okay. next item is public comment on general matters. i have actually one, two, three people speaking on this. let me see what i did with my list. here we go.

so i just want to you to know that public comment is an opportunity to hear from the community on matters in the board's jurisdiction. we ask that you refrain from using employee and student names. if you have a complaint about a district employee, you may submit it to the employee's supervisor in accordance with district policy. if appropriate, the superintendent will ask the staff to follow up with speakers. so my three speakers are fernando aguilar, joseph adams, and james burke. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent. i'm fernando aguilar. i'm the director of creative arts charter school. i'm here tonight to speak about creative arts charter school for funding to rhenvate the

golden gate campus that's currently occupied by creative arts. i'm here to request that our prop 51 application for funding be placed on the board meeting agenda. six years ago broadway middle school was moved across the campus. we have done our very best to maximize all available space at the golden gate campus and have developed a positive, strong and collaborative working relationship with gateway middle school. five years ago, i came into this very hall to ask for approval of our charter petition. the board voted unanimously. our charter stated that cac would grow from 256 students to our current enrollment of 440 students. and each year since then using the prop 39 process, creative arts has very clearly communicated to the district that we are simply running out

of space. as the district has not offered additional space to us, we have been actively and creatively looking at ways we can stay at the golden gate campus as we are proud to be part of the western addition community. over the last few years we partnered with the district to explore the possibility of expanding our current site. after multiple meetings with various people, we came to the conclusion that expansion would be possible if creative arts could secure the funds, and we have done exactly that. we have applied for and are on the cusp of approving a total of $14 million. we qualify for 7 million in funds from the state, with a matching loan of 7 million that we creative arts would take on. as part of this process, we were assured a commitment of $2.2 million in funds from the

district and a recommendation for the approval of an agreement with the sfusd board of education. so i'm here tonight because we were just notified that district personnel would not notify approval of any construction at the golden gate campus, and i'm here to respectfully ask that you place railroad resolution on your next board meeting agenda. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you all. hi. good evening. my name is joseph adams. i have two children in creative arts elementary school right now, and i'm also the vice president of the board. i wanted to speak a little bit on our prop 51 application, just give a little bit of the procedural background. i'm also an attorney here in town, and we've been working very closely with the district staff on our application. our application at this point is just a preliminary apportionment. what we would be asking for the district to approve is literally that: just the

application and the project itself. eventually, the project is going to have -- we'll have to come up with a memorandum of underi understanding and lease agreements for the facility ongoing. the district has already done this with other high schools, like leadership. and we have a great outline for that. we're running out of time now with this $14 million. the 7 million is a grant that this district will get to put directly into its own facility. creative arts will take on that other loan. the other things about a long-term lease and those types of things, we can kick that can down the road. we don't have to decide on that. we don't have to, in the next couple of weeks, sign leases, sign memorandums of understanding. all we need is the board says this application, this preliminary application is okay with us. if we come to those bridges where we have to try and agree on memorandums of understanding

to occupy the space, and we can't do it. no big deal. then we just walk away, and we try something else. this resolution, this approval by the board is not going to commit you to one single penny. but what it will do, it'll get us to that next step where we can say hey, can we afford this 14 million? we can afford the 14 million -- we only need to afford half of that. the seven is going to be given to the sfusd, $7 million. let's not just turn our backs on this. i promise you we'll be able to work together to come to an agreement, and i promise it won't cost the district a penny. thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> sorry for my bluntness ahead of time, but somehow the board sfusd has ticked off every p.o. teacher in the district with what has happened recently starting on december 20th.

i'm a p.e. teacher at idab. wells high school. we recently were able to create a gym and curriculum that has changed perceptions of p.e. for their students. i'm a student of sfusd. i now have a masters in kinesiology, which is the study of human movement and fitness. i am up to date in all the research and legal battles when it comes to p.e. and especially of this district. kids that are physically inactive as youth will likely be as adults. physical inactivity leads to high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, certain cancers, cardiovascular diseases. recently obesity among youth has doubled. some of this generation will not out live their parents due to physical inactivity, and physical inactivity has

resulted in knocking off at least 20 from people's life. we get a memo from the high school lead office on december 20, 2017 addressing the latest board policy changes for p.e. behind every p.e. teachers' back. here's from highlights. students 16 years aold with tw years of high school can exempt p.e. this means all the work that went into idab. wells high school and the gym that we put in for after school is going to be used for nothing. students can fail nineth and ten i get grade p.e. and then exempt out. my question of everybody here is are we allowing students to

graduate without learning p.ha matter. are we trying to promote as a district that p.e. is just not important, 134g we should not care it. students think that physical fitness are not important to policies such as this. this is a step in the wrong directio directio direction. they believe this policy will make a difference, but with putting our future students' health on the line. >> thank you. your time is up. thank you. next item is section g, special order of business. we have a special order of business from sfufd to unites workers of san francisco. i need a motion and a second.

>> motion. >> second. >> good evening, board and superintendent, representatives. tonight, i just want to read the initial proposal from the san francisco unified school district to open bargaining to the united administrators of san francisco. there's been an initial notice, and it'll come back to the board in two weeks. >> great. thank you. i have one speaker for this item, richard magi. richard, is he still here? mr. magi? okay. thank you. all right. any comments from the board? seeing nome comments, roll cal please. oh, it's coming back at the board. >> well, this is the initial -- we have to give notice of

this -- sunshine this, and then, it'll come back in two weeks, public sf in two weeks. >> sorry. my script says roll call, please. [ inaudible ] >> okay. got it. so we'll see you in a couple of weeks. >> okay. very good. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next item is item h, discussion of additional issues, there are none tonight. i'd j is an introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. we have one item, board policy 6415, athletic competition. this resolution is referred to the rules policy and legislation committee. can i please hear a motion and a second for first reading to the board policy? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. so it'll go to rules. so second k is proposed action on suspension and rules. there are none tonight. next item is board members and reports.

can i get a report from the committee as a whole? vice president cooke. >> i'll do that at the next board meeting. >> okay. a report from curriculum and program committee, please, commissioner norton. >> yes. the curriculum and program committee met on the 17th of january . we had two informational items. the first was a report on the current state of our language pathways, which was a good -- it was good to declare where we are, where everything is. i think we all continue to have concerns about these programs and, you know, where they are, the student assignments issues related to them, the facilities issues related to them, so it was good to get a -- a good data and update to them.

we also had a great report on african american history in sfusd curriculum which was really extensive and i -- you know, i can't do it justice in a board report, but you should look at the powerpoint which i think all of you got. there's just some really great things going on. i one thing i will highlight is the class at mission for african american girls that will now be expanded, they're going to try and expand it to a second semester. they've had a one 'emster pilot last year, and again this year, and the idea is to develop a second semester for that course. i think it's been valleyy impactful and valuable for students, and it's great to see that's what we're doing. the next meeting -- i can't

remember when the next meeting. i'll have to update the board at the next, yeah -- february 19th. >> yeah. okay. great. thank you. commissioner -- vice president cooke, do you want to do a quick report on your committee as a whole? >> yes. we got a staff update on middle school redesign, went over where we are currently at and some of the challenges and how we are looking at expanding grades to include more electives for students. >> okay. great. thank you. commissioner haney, a report on the budget and business services committee, please. >> sure. so we reviewed the local -- our board policy around the local control and accountablity plan and forward it had ed to the bh a positive recommendation. first was the fiscal analysis for the homeless youth resolution, which we took

action on tonight. we spoke for a bit about the governor's proposed budget for '18-'19, which actually looks pretty positive. some of you may be aware that he has sped up the implementation of lcff, so we are going to see, you know, more significant increases to k-12, k-14 funding than we had expected, so that was positive. and i'm sure we'll obviously be hearing more about that as a full board soon. and then, we talked about the general l-cap development process for '18-'19. >> great. thank you. item 2, board del gats to membership organization. any reports at this time? seeing none, all of the reports by board members? commissioner merase? >> thank you very much.

i want to announce that five keys charter school graduation. there is the in custody graduation thursday at the hlll of justice. ceremony begins friday at 9:00 a.m. for any of my colleagues who haven't had a chance to go to this event, it's incredible, see our inmates get a lot out of our inmate charter school. there's a graduation on at the scene, february 6th at 11:00 a.m., also for five keys charter school. the association of public chinese teacher, the public library, and the san francisco asian american department is presenting angel island immigrant voices, a prop a funded professional development on asian american studies, the immigrant experience saturday, february 3rd, at the milton

marks branch of the public library, 351 north 9th avenue. it's from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. please get in touch if people are interested in that professional development. and then, finally, csba is having a leadership institute july 13th and 14th for school board members, and it's going to be held in san francisco, so i would encourage my colleagues to consider that for july. thank you. >> thank you. any others? -- oh, vice president cooke? >> the personnel of labor and affordablity committee will be meeting on thursday, january 25th, at 5:00 p.m. >> great. any other calendar committee meetings that you'd like to

announce? commissioner sanchez? >> the rules committee will be meeting february 5th -- monday, february 5th. >> okay. thank you. budget and business is... >> yes. our next meeting is going to be the first wednesday, which is the 7th. >> wednesday, february 7th? >> february 7th. >> okay. grounds will be next on monday, february 26. commissioner merase? >> the ad hoc committee which meets their regularly will be meeting thursday, february 8th, at 6:00 p.m. here. >> thank you. vice president cooke, your committee on personnel matters. >> thursday, january 25th. >> we are going to have a meeting sometimes in february on the district ad hoc joint

committee. section n is memorial adjournment. there are none tonight. section o is closed session, so the board will now go into the closed session. we will >> we're back. following the closed session, we're resuming the regular board meeting. the readout for january 23rd -- i'm sorry, yeah,

january 23rd, 2018 closed session, a goord board by a vo seven ayes. approved the contract of one assistant principal. section q, we are adjourned. thank you.

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>> we are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. a place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and it's beautiful and it's been completely redone and been a gathering place for this community. >> i have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. that is not a joke. i live in an apartment building three floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. >> let me tell you handout you -- how to build a community garden. you start with a really good idea and add community support from echo media and levis and take

management and water and sun and this is what we have. this is great. it's about environment and stewardship. it's also for the -- we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. that is made up of the pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. i don't know how they do it. >> there is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in the middle of women's network

sustainable future . >> san francisco streets and puffs make up 25 percent of cities e city's land area more than all the parks combined they're far two wide and have large flight area the pavement to parks is to test the variants by ininexpensive changing did new open spaces the city made up of streets in you think about the potential of having this space for a purpose it is demands for the best for bikes and families to gather. >> through a collaborative effort with the department we the public works and the municipal transportation agency pavement to parks is bringing initiative ideas to our streets. >> so the face of the street is

the core of our program we have in the public right-of-way meaning streets that can have areas perpetrated for something else. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here

at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball

courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers. >> with the help of community pavement to parks is reimagining the potential of our student streets if you want more information visit them as the pavement to parks or contact pavement to parks at sfgovtv.org welcome to the january 24, 2018 regular meeting of the public

safety and neighborhood services committee. the meeting will come to order. i am hillary ronen, chair of the community, supervisor jeff sheehy will be here and to my left -- >> please make sure the sound, speaker cards and copies of any documents shall be committed to the clerk. items acted upon will be on the january 30, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor ronen: please call item number 1. >> excuse me. agenda item number 1 hearing to temperature the issuance of a liquor license to the gum hua lee business located at 915

stockson street will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. >> i'm officer patrick mack from the san francisco police department and you have a pcm report for gum hua lee and they have allied for a license and this would allow them to sell beer, wine. there are zero letters of protest. zero letters of support. they are located in plot 148 considered a high crime area. they are in census track 113 which is a high saturation area. and central station has no opposition and alu approves with no recommended conditions. >> supervisor ronen: any questions, supervisor fewer? >> no. i understand that the applicant is here, would you like to speak? no? ok. is there any public comment on

the item. public comment is now open. seeing none, public comment is closed. would you like to make a motion, supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: i'd like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor ronen: this is passed. can you read item number 2? >> clerk: an ordinance directing the arts commission to erect a statue of maya angelou at the main library. including building names, street names, be women. amending the administrative code to create a fund to accept gifts to pay for the design, construction, repair to public art depicting historic women on

city property and affirming the relevant findings. >> supervisor ronen: on behalf of the sponsor i would like to move to continue this item to the call of the chair? without objection -- >> clerk: that would be in order after public comment is taken on the item. >> supervisor ronen: you're right. i would like to open the item up to public comment. if any member would like to comment on the item, now is the time to come forward? seeing none, public comment is closed. like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair? without objection, that motion passes. can you call item number 3. >> co-chair: item number 3, ordinance amending the health code to ban the sale in san francisco of animal fur products. >> thank you very much, supervisors, colleagues, so today we have before you a legislation that would ban the sale of fur in san francisco. and i will have a couple of

amendments that i have passed out before you as well, so there will be a few changes such as the operative date. but i wanted to share that i know this is a topic that can arouse a lot of emotion. i know that there are many folks in the room who have done a lot in terms of animal welfare and i want to thank all of you, there are so many different organizations out there doing this work. i was inspired after seeing that the city of berkley had passed a similar legislation after west hollywood had done the same as well. i think it is really important because a lot of times you know we talk about fashion and apparel and this is what the legislation would impact specifically, apparel and accessories that contain fur. we don't know how the animals are actually treated, what kind of conditions they're living in. throughout the world, you know, fur has become such a popular product. and not just for apparel, but

for so many other things. and fur farming has just gotten to the point where animals are again living in cramped spaces. they are electrocuted, some of them. there are so many different methods, i don't want to get into it how they are treated to obtain the fur. i don't believe we should be profiting on the backs of animals. literally. so, one of the things that we're trying to do here is really to send a strong statement here in san francisco, which is that we find it unacceptable to be selling fur, or manufacturing fur here in the city, so i know that there are some businesses that do carry products that contain fur and certainly that will be something we'll be hearing from some of the businesses today as well. but i do think it is important for us to take the stand here in

san francisco. so, some of the folks that i want to thank here, direct action everywhere, who has been working on this, compassionate bay area, the coalition for animals. for free west hollywood, free berkeley, and peta and so many other organizations. i know that a lot of times people say these animal welfare organizations are extremists, right? i will say without them, people going into fur farms and so forth, we wouldn't know the conditions the animals live in. i wanted to speak up on their behalf. it's no secret i love animals. with that said, colleagues, i wanted to share some amendments i'll be making today. so we did amend some of the findings, so you'll see that throughout the beginning of the legislation. we are changing the operative date to january 1, 2019.

you'll find that on page 4, line 1-4 as well as on the last page, i believe, last page 6, line 19. we are removing the exemption for non-profits and that's on page 4, line 7. we are amending legislation to specify that sale of used products and manufacturing from used fur products is included as part of the legislation and that's on page 4, line 13-14. so, colleagues, i'm hoping we can adopt those amendments today. from my understanding through the city attorney office those amendments require that this legislation be continued to another hearing. so with that, i'm happy to take any questions. i did want to also mention because i got a lot of questions about this, leather is not part of the legislation, it's just fur here. so with that, i know a lot of people want to speak on the item, if it's ok with the chair, i'd like to open it up for

public comment. >> supervisor ronen: is that ok, supervisor fewer? ok, i have a few speaker cards, richard, stanley and deborah. anybody else who would like to speak, line up on this side of the room, that would be great. please come forward. each member of the public will have two minutes. >> thank you, supervisors, ladies and gentlemen, my name is richard and a very long time ago i was chair person of the san francisco animal control and welfare commission which reports to this board. in the year 2000, october 11th to be exact, the commission recommended at this very same board the ban of fur sale products within the limits of the city of san francisco. there was a less than enthusiastic response from that board. however, this issue has not

changed. the fur industry is still based on cruelty rather here or abroad. this issue was brought to the commission's attention bit sale of coats -- by the sale of coats that were trimmed in mongolian wolf lair, but it turned how the to be dog hair because there was no way to check. and either was appalling to be used to trim jackets. to my shock and dismay, currently fur is making a horrible comeback, you see it from the fashionable designers and celebrities wearing and promoting fur. make no doubt, it's the same old cruel industry and there are plenty of fur-free alternatives. to borrow from my friends and colleagues at peta, there is no need to be cruel to stay warm and look cool. it's a horrible thing to do. i would like to thank supervisor tang for bringing up the issue and i strongly urge everyone to

contact their board members from their district and pressure and urge that supervisor to vote for this long overdue piece of legislation. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm the owner of west coast leather. former general manager and assistant designer of north beach leather. i've been in the leather industry for 32 years. yesterday i came back from being sick and got an e-mail from the bid association that i might want to be commenting on this hearing today. and i was not aware of the legislation, or notified, questioned, any research possibly done that would involve west coast leather. we are the largest retailer, like a department store, of

leather and we do carry fur. all different categories of leather. so, when you examine a business, like a small business like west coast leather, there are sales that are generated which fur and fur trim and fur accessories would be a part of our business. and if there was a ban on every type of fur, that would lose 10% of my business at a significant negativity towards the small retailers surviving. i spoke with the supervisor this morning, she was very polite and listened to my concerns. i also notified all the other committee members that i was very upset that i wasn't made aware of this prior to the

legislation. and just for an example, over the 18 years i've owned the company, we've generated over is million in sales tax through the sales of our store. so, it's difficult -- [belling ringing] >> supervisor ronen: sorry, there is a time limit for public speakers, everyone gets two minutes. [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: it's a standard practice on committee that each speaker has two minutes. thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good morning, my name is deborah, i'm with west coast leather. one of the tenets of the united

states constitution is freedom of expression. if a woman makes a choice to wear a short skirt and go braless she was the constitutional right to do so and has the right to wear fur and leather. both men and women have that right. as american citizens we have many first amendment rights including the right to bear arms, the right to eat meat and the right to wear fur. the choice to wear fur is an individual choice in our constitutional right. just as i may want a steak, i may want to wear my fur-trimmed leather jacket on a cold day. again it's my choice. vegans don't have the right to tell me what to eat and this ordinance should not tell me what to wear. we are one of the leading purveyors of custom made fur around the world. some of these customers have

been coming for 40 years. we're a small business operating in union square, a mom-and-pop shop. we have a staff of eight people. those eight people depend on us for salaries and family to get by. a ban on fur is going to decimate our bottom line sales, making it difficult, if not impossible to meet our obligations please, we're asking you to not pass this ban. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next speaker, please. hi, i'm here on behalf of compassionate bay with fellow organizers and here to voice my support of the ban and urge you all to do the same. i am sensitive to the concerns brought up today and i've spent a lot of hours over the past days and weeks talking to san francisco residents about this ban. and the support has been overwhelming.

we have collected almost 500 letters from san francisco residents in support of this ban as well as tens of thousands of signatures. and i feel like as we evolve as a society, people want to shop in places that align with their ethics. i know for myself and my fellow organizers we would be happy to support small businesses that are transitioning away interest fur. this is -- from fur. this is not the only option. there are so many alternatives out there better for the environment and better for animals and will not hurt small businesses, especially given that we have more time to allow the businesses to transition. i want to speak on behalf of the animals who like katy said are not here today and need us to speak up for them. some of the footage of the fur industry, some of the most disturbing footage in my years as animal advocate. these animals should have rights to their own bodies and lives. i want to say thank you to everyone for considering the ban and thank you for being a leader

in progressive issues, for speaking up for the animals, protecting our environment and making san francisco and the bay area a place i'm proud to call home. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is wayne, i'm a lawyer and cofounder of the animal rights. i'm coming here speaking on behalf of hundreds of members in san francisco, thousands across the bay area. this is a deeply personal issue. i've lived through some of my most horrible experiences of my life investigating these facilities, where you find dogs and cats, sitting in their own feces, languishing in cages, gnawing their own limbs off, sometimes cannibalized each other. 10% of the foxes raised in fur

farm die from cannibalism because they go insane and go mad living in a cage with one partner. not all the fur animals are raised on these farms, they say. this is the way the other 15% killed for an fur day. a leg hold trap is inhumane. if you play with this trap, i cannot pull this open with all my strength. coyotes, fox, dogs and cats accidentally trapped, they starve to death, die of dehydration, e cruciating pain, bones are fractured and separated from their children. one of the most horrendous things that happens, the mothers sometimes gnaw their own legs off in a desperate attempt to

try to get home. while i empathize with all the small business people who may have to make transition, we've data showing this can be done in an economically viable way. west hollywood continues to flourish and we would be happy to work with the business people in making -- >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is ashley burn. my colleague nickie and i are here on behalf of the ethical treatment of animals and there are 6.5 million members and supporters worldwide, including thousands here in the city of san francisco. we respectfully request that you support supervisor tang's proposal to ban the sale of fur apparel in the city. such a ban would help prevent

extreme cruelty to animals, like what you've been hearing about already today. for decades, peta has exposed horrific cruelty on fur farms in the u.s. and around the world. the industry is the same today as when we first investigated it. our investigators have witnessed and documented that foxes are electrocuted, dogs bludgeoned, rabbits scream as they're electroshocked. as you may know, the movement to end the use of fur is growing all over the world. earlier this month norway became the latest country to introduce a total ban on fur farming. joining croatia, germany, japan, the united kingdom and other countries that have taken steps to shut down fur farms. hundreds of major designers and retailers, including luxury

brands like bcbg, gucci, michael kors and gap and the north face have banned instead for opting for faux options that are better for the animals. san francisco will be the first major city to ban fur sales. this is a progressive city, so let's show this by taking this step and inspiring other cities across the country to take similar actions to protect the animals. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. next speaker. >> hi, my name is sonya, i'm the bay area director of the factory farming coalition and i fully support this ban. freedom of choice is important, but shouldn't there be limits to choices when they hinder the agency of these animals? i've seen several investigations of fur farms, it's one of the most disturbing things i've ever

seen. cruelty is not fashion, nor is it beautiful. nor are profits more important than the well-being of animals when there are plenty of fur-free alternatives. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you, committee members, again, thank you everyone else who came out and working on the issue for years and years and years. as someone had mentioned, it certainly is an issue that hasn't gone away. i hope through our legislation it will inspire other cities, maybe even our country, for the 50 million animals that are violent killed each year for their fur. so, with that said, colleagues, i'd like to see if we can take a motion to adopt the amendments and then if so, to continue the item as amended to your next committee meeting? >> i make a motion to adopt amendments and continue this.

>> with that objection, that motion passes. thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor tang. can you please call item number 4. >> hearing to explore the development of good food purchasing policies for key city departments. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, chair ronen, i've been looking forward to this hearing and want to thank the members of the public for being here today. as a former member of the san francisco board of education, i was proud to author the good food purchasing policy for the san francisco unified school district which has begun to be implemented and i'm glad to highlight their work. the good food purchasing program focuses on developing standards for food procurement in five areas. animal welfare, nutrition, environmental subject and local economies. it is exciting to think about the adoption of a policy like

this for key departments in san francisco, the jail, our hospitals through the department of public health. the city and county of san francisco spends millions of dollars on procurement and a good food purchasing policy could have impact on how the dollars are spent, to ensure good working conditions for food workers, that are supporting agriculture and that are vendors are engaged in production. the hears is to discuss institutions like fsusd on the good food purchasing and to hear from the department of public health and the sheriff's department. and how a model like good food purchasing could complement the work they're engaged in now. with that, i'd like to bring up alexa, executive director for the center for good food purchasing to briefly describe the program.

good morning, supervisors, i apologize i wasn't hear promptly, i was using your lactation and there was someone ahead of me. made my morning much easier, thank you for having that. good morning, i'm the cofounder and executive director of the center for good food purchasing and here to provide an overview of the good food program. each year, cities and school districts spend billions of dollars on food. many of these institutions recognize the transformative power their food purchases can have on our food system, but it's nearly impossible to know where the food is coming from or how it was produced. the good food purchasing program

offers the framework and tools to help institutions ensure that our public food dollars are invested in a food system that supports good jobs, supports the environment, supports high welfare for farm animals, supports the regional producers and protects the health of our communities. the good food purchasing program is a center of the good food purchasing. we work with institutions to increase supply chain transparency, provide information and leverage the buying power to create shifts in the market. the program was first adopted by the city of los angeles in the l.a. unified school district in 2012. following this, in 2016, under the leadership of the then school board member sandra fewer, the san francisco unified school district became the first institution outside of l.a. to adopt the program. after that, the program spread

like wildfire and we received formal policy adoptions through oakland, chicago and chicago public schools. we're working with 24 institutions in 12 cities with purview over $500 million in institutional food purchases. the good food purchasing program is a collective impact initiative. these are many of the partners at the national level and the local partners assembled here today who help expand the program nationally. i'll give you a quick overview of how the center supports institution. food service director approaches us and we perform a baseline evaluation to show them where their food dollars are going, how the purchases align with the set of standards and at the same time, a local multi-sector coalition mobilizes to ensure that the institution's priorities are also the community's priorities. with the support of the

coalition, the center assists them with goal setting, incorporating metrics into policy and requests for proposals, and contracts and we measure the progress annually and evaluate successes. at the heart of the program is our standards, which i'll explain. we brought together leading experts from across the country in each of the five value categories. the standards which point to certifications like u usd a organic. they're expected to make change in each of the five value categories by sourcing a certain amount of food. like certification for green buildings, an institution -- there is a basic baseline minimum that an institution is expected to hit, but we inspire institutions to score better and better across the criteria. this slide provides a basic

overview of the evaluation process. the information we share on the baseline evaluation helps institutions set goals, make shifts and measure progress annually. as i mentioned, they adopted the program in l.a. in 2012 and they accomplished quite a bit in a short period of time. 28% meat reduction that has led to significant carbon and water savings. at the same time, the district began purchasing better meat. including issuing $70 million in contracts for chicken produced without antibiotics. redirecting the food dollars to local producers led to the creation of over 150 jobs in the district supply chain and helped to improve the working conditions and live of over 165 truck drivers. with better wages and improved benefits. we have been working with oakland school district since 2014 and this past