19. >> it is 19. >> thank you. item 19. >> thank you, commissioner. before you, commissioners are the proposed revisions to the sfdcp's plan document. the plan document was last updated in july 2016 to reflect a revisions to the loan provisions in article five. as mepgsed earlier, we periodically review or documents to make sure they reflect industry best practices and have made the recommended changes with the committee last month. the committee also voted to forward this to the board for their approval, so we're asking the board for their approval to the amended document. >> based on the clerk composition committee's recommendation, and we've spend exhaustive time reviewing the guidelines. i would like to move the item. >> there's a motion. is there a second?

>> second. why don't we call for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission on item 19? seeing none, we will close public comment. commissioner driscoll? >> just a comment that yes, the committee did spend time on this, but the majority of work was done by the manager. >> yes. >> also, the attorney of the city attorney's staff helped, and i'm sure mr. huish was looking over their shoulders at all times. >> yes, and they also had outside counsel. >> and can i say, a majority of the recommended changes were over seen by city of moi, who is a member of my team. >> okay. any discussion? there was a motion, there was a second, can we take this item without objection? great. item number 19 passes. can we just move onto 20 or do

you want to move? >> we need item 15, which is the review of van berkom issue. >> do you want to put 20 and 21 together or do you want to push them to another meeting. >> whatever your pleasure, mr. president. i feel like number 20 is the investment performance for the second half of the year. they've prepared a quick one, greg can do a quick summary for you, if you'd like, or we can also hold it. it's entirely up to you. >> we can accept it. >> we can accept it as submitted. >> why don't we call items number 20 and 21 together, please. >> yeah. >> okay. >> unless there was something you wanted to point out. >> no. it's a very good result. >> yeah. >> across the board.

>> so we're calling items 20 and 21 together. we will take the investment performance for the second half as submitted, and for the deferred compensation manager report, is there anything you'd like to highlight for the board. >> nothing that hasn't already been communicated. >> okay. great. why don't with you open e open public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission on items 20 and 21. seeing none, we'll close public comment on items 20 and 21. thank you very much for your presentations. now, do you want to go to 15? great. >> mr. chair, while you're assembling, i think greg will be moving onto a new assignment from cal and so i wanted to acknowledge and thank him for his support in working on this

sfers account. >> i know he's getting promoted, but he's off the account? >> are you being promoted? >> yeah, but i'm not off your account. >> but you're getting promoted. i have to acknowledge that. thank you for all of your hard work. >> also, paramet wick was delighted to come see us today. they're from minneapolis. >> a long way. >> item number 15, please, mr. secretary. >> okay. folks -- >> you have a copy of the vba guidelines in front of you. [ inaudible ] if you have any questions on the guidelines, we're here, and we can address them. >> we've had vba before as a b sub manager, basically.

>> this was approved at another meeting. >> so basically. [ inaudible ] >> just going where we're going direct. >> these guidelines. >> approve guidelines for any of the managers [ inaudible ] hired. this is something that has to be adopted. >> yeah. just a direct relationship. >> questions, commissioner driscoll? >> i think we approved that, 200 million. where will the funds come for that? >> there's a little over 60 million from bibian, and then we'll take the rest from the u.s. investment small growth value. >> that leaves bibian with 16. >> we're taking bibian to zero. >> so where? to what? >> to zero. >> zero? >> zero?

that's the plan. >> yes. >> that's been approved, or are you doing it -- you don't have to ask us for that one. >> i think staff has the authority to take money down from our managers. >> okay. great. thank you. >> okay. are there anymore comments or questions on item 15? seeing none, did i already call for -- public comment. any members of the public like to address the commission on this item? seeing none, we'll close public comment. is there a motion? motion. >> is there a second? >> second. >> is there any discussion on item 15? we take this item without objection? yeah, please. >> does that mean we're still employing bibian in our portfolio to make collections for us. >> not calendared, but -- yeah.

>> okay, but it hasn't been done yet, we haven't voted on it, right? >> it's not within the growth of this -- >> yes. >> it's just the specific -- >> yes. >> and that's going to be another calendared item. >> i think that's going to be a separate calendar item. >> so we'll take item number 15 without objection? okay. seeing no objection, item number 5 passe15 passes. i think we only have a couple other items. we made up some lost ground. item 16, please, mr. secretary. [ inaudible ] >> very good, commissioners. i'll be three minutes. another great month in january , up almost 2.5%. it was driven by pretty much one asset club. public asset was up for the month. the market was down about 10%,

peak to trough. the market has recaptured more than half of that decline in the last three days. fiscal date, at the end of january , we were up 10.5% on the year. as of yesterday, we're still up about 8% on a fiscal year basis. we do have a couple of things, how's keepi housekeeping things that we have to go through just thin terms of requirement. on page 3, ventures, we asked for and were granted approval for two strategies totaling 75 billion. we actually got a total of 45 billion between the two. broad river, which is a private creditor strategy. we asked for 50 million, and we got 50 million. orby, we asked for 50 million,

and we did get all of that, so i was plaechbly surprised by that. patrium, 50 million in a buyout strategy, and we got all 50 million. in this safari strategy, the absolutely return strategy, we asked for 100 million to perceptive. we actually got 75 million. sycamore, which you recall is a consumer buyout strategy, we asked for 75 million, and we got 50 million. you see the returns on item -- item number nine for absolute return and inception to date, we're running at 8% annualized. i do want to introduce if he's still here, is alistair. he's joining us from came brbr, so we have one liability on our books from cambridge, and an asset for ourselves.

welcome to san francisco, and he's assisting han on the public strategy. we do have three open recruitments right now, one for a senior portfolio manager for private equity. we actually have good news on that. somebody has accepted our offer of recruitment. i don't think i have a start date. i think this was just accepted yesterday, so we'll be announcing that here shortly. >> did you bring him from hong kong? >> he is coming from asia. >> so can i just [ inaudible ] there was a manager we approved. it was kind of a -- focused -- [ inaudible ] >> but was that an individual owned the firm himself? >> yeah, same one. >> what was the name of that

again. >> perceptive, founder, joe edelman. >> yeah. >> and we have gun recruitment for a director of social responsibility investing as well. we've already talked to three people, i believe on that. we do have an investment committee meeting on march 21st, it's a big agenda item, talking about the strategic plan for the portfolio as a whole, including presentations by each asset class head, so the whole -- pretty much the whole staff will be on stage. with that, i'll turn it over to the board. >> can i ask for next month's report. can you get us a daily analysis of narcotic returns as compared to our absolute return portfolio so we can see how that responded? >> oh, certainly, for february . >> you want to see how it performed daily or just ago regate. >> no -- >> i'd like to see it one by

fun, just out of curiousity. is that too hard? >> well, it's a portfolio. >> okay. you don't see each fund on its own. >> well, we don't think of it as a portfolio. >> i know. i know. i'm just curious to see how they performed during that week. >> okay. >> just to see if anything was really not what we thought it would be -- or understood the volatility a little more. >> okay. >> i think that issue's a really interesting moment in time for us to understand what that portfolio did when the market went down. thank you. other questions, comments from the board? seeing none, we'll open it to public comment. is there anyone from the public who'd like to address the commission? mr. furland?

[ inaudible ] >> 30 seconds.

[ inaudible ] >> time. thank you, mr. furland. are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing none, we will close public comment. why don't we go to item number 22, and why don't we take item 22 as submitted, and we'll call for public comment. seeing none, we will close public comment on item number 22. discussion only item, and where would you like to go from here? executive director's report, item 28? >> the only thing i'd like to highlight is to remind you that form 700 season is here. i provided you the link to file

on-line. if most of you recall, you need to file on-line as commissioners, and you're able to. if you've forgotten your password, there's a way for you to reset your password, but the deadline is monday, april 2nd, for all of you to have filed your form 700. just as an aside, we provided a copy of the senate bill, and we had a discussion with the city attorney, and it's the city attorney's opinion that should this become law, we are exempt. san francisco employees' retirement system is exempt from the coverage of this -- this -- this bill, but we'll watch it and continue to track it because it is a trend, obviously, that we automatically keep track of here in california as to what's going to be impacting us as well as other plan. >> and that change as it applies to existing retirees, that's the intent? >> it would be for any -- any

cost of living adjustment that would become payable after january 2019. it would forbid a public plan from paying that adjustment unless they were at least 80% funded. i mean we're 89% funded, according to the formula, so we would still be paying, but what they're saying is you must be at least 80% -- you can't have unfunded liability of greater than 20%, so really, they're saying 80% funded. going forward, any kbraer that you're below 80% funded, even though they were promises or payable, that it would prevent you from -- a public plan from paying those. >> sounds very similar to another recent proposition that was in the courts. >> yeah. >> okay. all right. anything else? >> no. >> all right. thank you very much. why don't we call for public comment. seeing none, we will close

public comment. that was item 28. do we really only have items 29 and 30? >> yes. >> okay. item number 29, does anyone have anything for good of the order? okay. public comment on item number 29. seeing none, we'll close public comment. item 30, board member reports and comments, why don't we take those as submitted. public comment? seeing none, we will close public comment on item 30. can i just adjourn the meeting in. >> i'll make a motion. >> meeting adjourned, thank you.

>> good morning everybody. my name is aaron peskin and it is my privilege to serve as a supervisor representing the third district. for those of you who do not know, i have long served in another capacity as the president of an environmental nonprofit that for the past 20 years has worked to negotiate the purchase of land and water rights on behalf of native american tribes in the great basin nations in the united states. for those who don't know where that is, the great states of nevada, utah, parts of arizona and oregon. and before that i worked at the trust public land. and i'm happy to lead with

london breed, malia cohen, our former supervisor who first championed this issue, in favor of the full divestment from fossil fuels. i want to start by thanking the broad coalition of environmental advocates, public health advocates, clean fuel transportation activists, democratic party officials, grassroots advocates and retirement board members and as of last night, the commission on the environment who have turned out today to demand that san francisco employee retirement system divest now from fossil fuels and we're getting to labor, we're saving the best for last. and i mean that sincerely and it is in my notes. i want to start by saying that

sciu 10-1 has been the wind at our backs. i cannot thank you enough. to the folks from dapo, i cannot thank you enough. we'll hear from all of them. i want to start not with our president, not with our retirement board member but with our former supervisor. we have a lot of great speakers but this started with supervisor john ovolose who first issued the resolution unanimously adopted by the board five years ago that has not yet be heeded but perhaps with malia cohen's leadership will be heeded today. >> good morning. it's great to be here. but also kind of strange to be here. five years after we had first voted unanimously to call upon sfers to divest from fossil fuels.

since that time i'm a retiree of the sitting council of san francisco, so i depend on sfers to respond. what we have done in five years of analysis, we know fossil fuel investments is a bad investment. we're seeing the great volatility of fossil fuels while our sfers overall fund has grown from $19 billion in 2013 to $23 billion in 2018, our fossil fuel portfolio has only stayed about the same, meaning this is a really poor investment while we see growth elsewhere. we know why it's a bad investment. we are seeing increasingly, the harm that's caused low income communities of color, to cities and towns along the waterfront are suffering from sea level rise, from climate, from

dramatic climate events, from hurricanes and typhoons and in california we have our fires. these are all signs that our economy founded on oil and fossil fuel is one that harms life on earth. and it's way past time that we start moving our economy to renewable power, renewable energy generation. we have called upon sfers for five years to do this, take our money out of fossil fuels and put in renewables and they have dragged their feet almost all the way, like they have the donald trump administration on the board to deny the fact that the world is becoming harmed every day as we continue to invest in fossil fuels. i want to thank supervisor peskin, supervisor london breed and supervisor malia cohen to continue with the work to make sfers do their part to divest

and today we'll see if they're going to move this the way they have had to these five years. it's time to divest, divest now, sfers your time is up, thank you. >> thank you. this has been a tough 24-hours in this building, but president breed said something which is profoundly important, that our relationships have to transcend and that number one, it's all about public policy. and with that, under president breed's leadership, we, again, unanimously adopted last year the same resolution that a different board adopted when john was on the board of supervisors. it is my pleasure to introduce on the same policy page, the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, london

breed. >> thank you. hi everybody. i'm happy to join many of our environmental leaders and our community members and members of the board of supervisors and everyone who is here today, who is committed to a cleaner planet for future generations. there are many people to thank, but i want to start by thanking supervisor malia cohen, who is a member of the retirement board who has been leading the fight on this divestment at the retirement board along with victor macres who is also on the retirement board. thank you both. i want to acknowledge sophie maxwell for her long time work to protect at-risk communities from polluting power plants and i want to thank labor. the members of sciu 10-1 and

350.org for your advocacy and staying on top of the issue and members of the commission of the environment for ongoing advocacy on this measure. san francisco has always been a national and global trail blazer for environmental practices. we have reduced greenhouse gas emissions 28% below 1990 levels, cleaning our air while our population was growing and our economy was booming. we have launched our clean power program, clean power sf, the single most important thing we can do to combat climate change and i was proud to lead that initiative here on the board of supervisors. with the enrollment of clean power sf, we're well on our way to achieving the 50% renewable target by 2020 and 100% by 2030.

goals that even outpace the ambitious goals set by the state of california. and we're providing reliable energy at great prices. through the work of so many community leaders, we closed the last two fossil fuel plants eight years ago in this city. and we are leading the nation in waste reduction and resource recovery thanks to the recycling and composting programs. we are recovering more than 80% of materials from landfill. we are preventing many harmful products from entering our city at off we were the first in the country to ban plastic bags and through legislation i proudly wrote we have the largest styrofoam plan and drug take back program that has kept more than 24,000 pounds of the bay and landfill. that's what we're doing here in san francisco.

san francisco has been at the forefront of so many ground breaking environmental issues and today, our retirement board has a chance to make history. we cannot continue investing in companies that pollute our ea h earth. it's time to divest. it's time to divest. it's time to divest. it's time to divest. and do so, quickly. washington d.c. may ignore climate change. our president may ignore climate change. but here in san francisco, we are going to put this at the forefront. we're going to make sure that they know we have to make change and we have to make change now. it's not fair to our planet and future generations to come. divest now, do the right thing,

let's get this done. thank you for being here today. (applause) >> thank you president london breed and thanks for shouting out sophie maxwell. we had two polluting plants, the hunters point plant that supervisor maxwell led the fight on closing and years later with the incredible work of the city attorney's office, the murrant plant was closed. as supervisor breed said at the forefront of this, inside the belly of the beast, supervisor cohen has been a star in making sure that we divest. and that vote is happening shortly. she has to go in a closed session at 11:30. supervisor cohen has been leading that fight and god

willing, a little after 1:00 p.m. we'll get that vote. it's still on the bubble but i know malia is going to make that happen. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. first, i want to recognize many people that have brought us to this point today. i don't see jed holtsman, he's been attending the sf retirement meetings for years. i want to recognize supervisor peskin for bringing this issue to us and lending his voice in the desire to put pressure on the staff to make this vote happen today. and i want to recognize supervisor ovolose, he took an

unpopular position early on and i want to appreciate his leadership style, although different from mine. but nonetheless, here we are today. i think it's a testament that you need both moderate and less support to make this happen. it's not a political issue, this is really the right thing to do when we think of the health and wellness of our entire world. i want to recognize the members of siu 10-1 who have spoken in two minute intervals. many i had to cut off because your comments were too long but it was good to see you all. and the retirees making the most of their retirement time coming out to support. and i want to recognize the number of staff people to help me and educate me on the importance on this movement and how we can continue to move forward and uplift and recognize our indigenous folks who are here that led the way when they

were fighting dapo. there are many people whose shoulders i stand on that we need to recognize. the seriousness of the issue we're going to vote on today is not missed on me. we all know fossil fuels emissions are harming our children and health and doing irrepairable damage to our planet. as a city, we cannot build our pensions on the health and wellbeing of our children and future generations. but divestment is not just a moral imperative. this is not just a talking point, a political issue of the day. as a fiduciary member, we have a responsibility, as fiduciary member of the retirement board, i have to make sure every person can retire with dignity, with assurance that their pension is

safe and no one is taking a gamble. the investments in fossil fuel endanger that promise. the board of supervisors has repeatedly demanded that staff implement divestment plan and frankly we have no plan. the "engagement strategy" that has probably had a hand in jed holtsman's hair falling out, i think you would agree that engagement strategy has been very hard to stomach. the staff has touted the strategy but honestly there's been no accountability. they've had no mandated timeline for any company's responsiveness. i'm getting in the weeds but the retirement board has a process on how they pull back divestments and it's a multi level multi tier response. it's too much pollution.

they have not identified an acceptable ratio of returns to emissions. due diligence hasn't been done. the process for evaluating environmental and social risk has been haphazard and inconsistent. as our city continues to pay out money for healthcare and invest in mitigating sea level rise and trying to prevent flooding on our streets, we must put our money where our mouth is, we must stand up and shout out. our pension budgets must not exassrbate the issues. we must limit for the safety of our residents and wellbeing of employees, working and retired. i call on my colleagues on the retirement board to join us,

take our children's future seriously and finally divest from fossil fuels. ladies and gentlemen, i stand with you, i'm excited and i'm looking forward to casting my vote this afternoon. thank you. (applause) >> thank you supervisor cohen. i want to make a few more shout-outs. first, as we just heard, this is not a conservative issue. this is not a liberal issue, this is not a moderate issue. this is not a progressive issue. this is a moral and financial imperative. to that end, supervisor cohen, supervisor breed and myself serve as members of the democratic county central committee and it was our colleague keith boraka that issued it to divest. that passed unanimously.

thank you keith for that leadership. thank you to bay.org, fossil free sf, indian people organized for change, next gen america. sf bernie-c.r.a.ts. and last night with incredible testimony from victor who talked about the way the investment industry works, about score cards, out of the half a billion dollars that the san francisco employee retirement system has invested in fossil fuels, over 20% of it has not yielded a positive return to the fund. just what supervisor cohen was saying, for five years or more. that's what we call a bad investment. that is a bad investment.

this decision can be made as a fiduciary decision and moral imperative as we did around guns and ammunition and tobacco. it makes prudent sense for the retirement system to divest. i want to shout out the commissioners gathered here who took the very bold step and at the department of -- commission of the environment last evening voted for full divestment within 180 days. which is a strong demand. thank you commissioners. with that, i would like to bring up isabelle sezie who is a young leader, a grassroots leader and

thank you isabelle for being here and thank you for your work. >> good morning relatives. i come from the northern tribes. i'm 23 years-old and live on occupied territory. i want to first pay acknowledge to the people of the land we do stand on because indigenous voices, indigenous rights and sovereignty is important to remember and acknowledge. i am a member of idle no more sf bay. sfd fund dapo coalition and defending mother earth treaty. i want to start by saying we welcome the pension board and seiu public sector members to

join our ranks as water protectors. the vote to defund is critical. it's critical to protecting the water. the divestment vote and movement in san francisco has been initiated and fostered by long standing grassroots, indigenous advocacy throughout turtle island and mobilizing groups that have fought long and hard for this moment today. we have seen and continue to see the violation of indigenous rights and the threats to our water. all of the sacred systems of life. the standoff at standing rock to stop the dakota access pipeline is not over and it's just the beginning. to show that the many other standing rocks around the world that we are not afraid to stand up to big oil and to divest. the assault on mother earth is

real. the climate crisis is real. and all who are living in those yet to be born need clean air, clean water and clean soil. and we need to remember that. we all need clean air, clean water and clean soil to live a healthy and sufficient life here on mother earth. and i want to thank the san francisco board for hearing us out and responding to the frontline call to divest from fossil fuel projects and the investments. and last, i want you all to know that my generation, the next seven generations and all our non human relatives, we thank you for this and we will be completely relived of any hardships and i send my best regards to the vote in favor for us to divest completely of fossil fuel projects and infrastructure, expansions and

any investments because we all know we need to keep it in the ground. keep the oil in the ground, keep fossil fuels in the ground and divest. thank you. (applause) >> thank you for those profound words. before i introduce the final speaker, i want to say that all aspects of our government minus the sfers board, at least until 1:00 this afternoon, are on the same page and i want to shout out our city attorney who has initiated some of the most ground breaking litigation against some of the largest fossil fuel polluters in the united states of america. and the reason i bring that up,

because as cities and states start this kind of litigation, these investments become more and more risky. these become stranded assets and i speak to you not only as a member of the board of supervisors but as a member of the california coastal commission, where last year more emergency permits were applied for because of sea level rise, king tides, beaches being buried under the sea, than any previous year. as we just heard, this is real. we would not be here without the strong support of labor advocates. sciu 10-1 have led on the fight and they take it personally because many are vested pensions invested in the risky big oil assets. thank you joseph bryant, thank you martha hawthorne.

with that, my friend joseph bryant. >> who is ready to divest in fossil fuels? >> we are! >> we're not in the chamber. i want to hear noise. who is ready to divest in dirty fossil fuels? >> we are! >> that's right. i'm the regional vice president of sciu 10-1. we represent in san francisco over 15,000 city workers who are vested in the city's pension fund and we're urging the board of retirement to divest in dirty fossil fuels now. i want to give a huge shout out to everyone who has played an important role in this, it's been a village that has come together to help move this. thank you former supervisor ovolose, supervisor peskin,

supervisor cohen, president breed. and the commission on the environment for your resolution pass last evening. thank you very much and i would be remissed without acknowledging our retirees here who have broken their backs to ensure this is a priority for sciu 10-1, particularly david page, melissa hawthorne and many others here who have led the fight. with this, we have reached the point of insanity. it's a bad investment. we're losing money on this investment and destroying our communities and we still have to spend our time, energy and effort here to fight for it. what is going on. this is absolutely insane. with all the challenges we're facing right now from the federal level, from throughout this country, we're having to spend our time in the most progressive city in the country

to fight for a very basic concept, to do the right thing, divest in fossil fuels. we're here for that and we're not just asking to say do it eventually. we want a timeline. we want something real. we need something real. so please join us today sciu 10-1, again adamant supporter, we'll be up there in the chamber causing whatever ruckus we need to to ensure it happens. thank you very much. >> all right. let's keep it real, let's make it real at 1:00 p.m., at 1145 market street on the sixth floor is the meeting. i hope all of us will be there sitting in the audience ready to testimony. and with that, martha hawthorne leading us in a few chants.

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>> all right. well, first of all, good afternoon everybody, and in case everybody is wondering, today is not only valentine's day, but ash wednesday, hence the marks on my for head.

[ inaudible ] in sro here in san francisco are available for every single resident. i am incredibly pround to be standing can supervisor ronen and supervisor sheehy. it is incredibly important for so many of our constituencies here in san francisco, both in terms of gender, our transgender community, it affects so many people here in san francisco. i think as we continue to see push back from our federal administration in washington d.c., just this week, our department of education announced they're no longer going to be investigating transgender student bathroom complaints, which is a step absolutely in the wrong direction, but in san francisco, we are different. we are not going to allow

hatred todom namt, we will continue to standup for our communities here in san francisco. we will be a beacon of hope. i do want to thanks tha severa individuals for being here today, as i mechanicsed, these issues take a lot of leadership outside of city hall, and this one was led by two incredibly courageous supervisors, and so i want to introduce the first one, supervisor hillary ronen. >> thank you so much for being here. i'm very, very honored and excited to be here. i also want to extend a special thank you to jordan davis who brought this legislation to our office and said, when you were

supervisor campos's chief of staff, you forgot sro hotels to include that specifically in this lemggislation, so it was pleasure to correct that mistake, which we would have put in the original legislation but accidently left it out. so thank you, jordan. i just want to say what we've learned about this legislation about making bathrooms all gender bathroom is when the traps gender stands up and fights for itself, for recognition, for dignity and safety, it ends up benefiting everybody. i don't know about you, but every time i'm out in public, and there's an all gender bathroom, that benefits me as a woman, it helps disabled individuals who might have an opposite gender caretaker. it just makes our society

better, safer, and more welcoming to all of us. so i just think we should look to the transgender community fore guidance on all policies that we work on in san francisco, because it always ends up benefiting not just the community but all of us. so my deep, deep thanks to everyone that's here today, to claire, to the mayor who made an unprecedented move of joining us onto the legislation before he even signed it because that's how much he supports this community. and to the only out member of the queer community on the board of supervisors, jeff sheehy, who always is the first to standup for and advocate for his community. thank you. [applause] >> so first, i just really want to thank jordan davis. i've been in your chair.

that's how i started. i hope i'm still considered an activist, but when someone can come to city hall this change, that's brilliant. thank you for your leadership. i also want to thank mayor farrell for his supporting this and signing this and leadership along the way. i think this is really very important that sro's are brought into the mix. you know, this is where many people live without a lot of resources, who are marginalized, and making sure that the dignity of our trans and gender nonconforming community is recognized, respected dignity of this community is recognized on all level in our society is absolutely critical. i'm very proud to sponsor this, and i just want to make one other point, since mayor farrell brought up what's going

on in washington. we need to, every time we come together, with one of the communities that have been particularly targeted by this administration, they have sought to target the most vulnerable communities in our mix: immigrants, muslims, and the trans community because they think they can get away with it. so even though every time we come together, even though we're making headway and we're leading in san francisco, we have to remember that around the country, people's rights are being taken away, and in this city, immigrants' rights are being threatened every day. we have to align ourselves with other communities in solidarity, that are particularly targeted in these times. so again, thank you to jordan, supervisor ronen, to mayor farrell. this is great work today.

[applause]. >> sorry. claire. i was just supposed to introduce claire who's so great, really doing a tremendous job in filling the shoes and taking on off tereaf teresa sparks, so i'd like to introduce claire farley, who's senior assistant to the mayor. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm so happy to be here with all of you today in this historic moment, and this would not be possible without you, mayor farrell, for your continued support of making sure that our city is committed to lgbt folks. also, thank you to supervisor ronen for your incredible leadership on this, as well as your office, and specifically, also to supervisor sheehy, and all the cosponsors on this important legislation. i also want to take a moment to

thank joerd on and the -- jordan and all the members on the sro task force. this victory really does belong to all of you, so thank you. [applause]. >> as trans and gender nonconforming people, we are all to familiar with the stress, the violence that comes with trying to use the bathroom that match our gender identity and expression. as our rights continue to be attack in the country and under the federal administration, it is important now more than ever that san francisco continues to be a leader in the movement towards fair and quality rights for all. no one should have to worry about facing the stress of going to the bathroom in the place that they call home, so all gender sro ordinaryians

will extend our existing protections and will ensure that our rights are extended to the full community. furthermore, it will increase access for people with disabilities, residents who have caretakers. this resolution is important to make san francisco better. of course we know there's more time to be done, and together we will continue to advance the initiatives, the policies and programs that support a thriving trans and gnc community here in san francisco. we will work to implement policies like this, future policies and programs that help sustain the livelihoods of our communities. let's make sure that san francisco continues to be the beacon of hope and change that the rest of the country desperately needs right now. depend, thank y again, thank you so much for being here today and for this amazing step forward. i hope you will join us in the

work ahead. thank you. [applause]. >> all right. we're going to get to the signing here. all right. here we go.

[applause]. the board of education. the board of education, unified school district for february 19th. 2018 is now called to order. thank you. >> mr. kirk. >> dr. morsi. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez? >> here. >> mr. walters. miss min. thank you.