wild, wild west when it comes to building. this is not what san francisco needs. we are all the way for affordable housing. we're all the way for the government spending money for affordable housing, but we're not free for all in taking the government control. after all, what is the point of having a city planning department. also, today we found out that mr. weiner has introduced a number of amendments. one of them, interestingly enough is protection of local demolition laws. that's why we're urging you to pass reform of demolition laws, demolition controls, and better legislation that's going to make sure that illegal demolitions do not take place in this city. right now we are facing an epidemic of illegal demolitions, things that people pass as remodel, but they're, in fact, demolitions. this bill is going to actually

make things worse -- >> thank you for your comments. thank you. and next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is mary mcnamara. i live in the outer sunset. i'm here to address my concerns about sb827. the demolition of single family neighborhoods has been a long-stated goal. i think you're all aware of that. i'm very concerned in the outer sun set with the stress on our services, we have a none shortage of police officers, and it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get here today. also, many of you are probably not aware that there are thousands of residents in the sunset, longtime renters living in family homes, many that are

rented at below market rates. the 20% on my block alone. i believe the bill does not address demolition of single family homes and the displacement. once the rezone take place, the door appears to be wide open. it's been stated to me personally outright that once the rezone take place, they're waiting in the wings to file lawsuits under the housing accountability act and force the city of san francisco to approve demolition of single family homes and build according to the maximum allowed under the new zoning. more fundamentally, i am questioning the rationale and the necessity of this bill in the first place. our pipeline has 60,000 units, 5,875 currently under construction. 17,000 approved entitled but not built. 30,000 approved in master plans. 16,000 adus. 31,000 soft side.

7,200 applications currently pending. 15,575 units awaiting rezoning. adds up to 143,000 units. why do we need sb827? thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is james park. i'm a member of the sunset community. my neighbors and i are very concerned about sb827 and 28. it is hugely impacktive and corrosive to the sunset's livability to those of us who enjoy our community and its character. these bills allow the destruction of the single family homes we live in. it enables real estate interest to profit and the canonization of our neighborhood. it allows and forces replacement of our homes through litigious

effor efforts. their rationalale is simple. it's increased cost and pricing. exchanging high rises for homes is not the solution. i support housing but not the destruction of our neighborhood. i support affordable housing, but not what sb27 proposes. i elected katie tang to preserve this for thousands of us in sunset. sb27 will destroy it. it will become a feeding frenzy of destruction and construction, plundering our communities because prices will only increase. ree believe the science, not the politics. we know the results. we'll lose your views, backyard enjoyment, parking, it will strain our infrastructure at its

limits already. manhattan is not the housing solution for california. we embrace change. we embrace housing. we embrace affordable housing and local control to ensure positive change in a livable sunset and a livable california. sb27 and 28 is not the answer. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is paula banatole. i'm the director of the italian museum in ft. mesa. first of all, i want to compliment supervisor stephanie who made a perfect presentation on what the italian-americans mean to san francisco. i also am here to protest the idea of eliminating italian

heritage day. i want to remind you that when this frenzy about columbus came about, we accepted the compromise to columbus day but accepted italian heritage day. and now you want to take that away from us too? i don't think it's fair. it's not fair. and it's not right. that's all i want to say. >> thank you very much for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is father john kirkly. i i'm in the action bay area.

i'm here today to urge you to exercise diligence and engage a transparent process in the mou currently being negotiated between the city and the police officers association. this is the first time in a decade that this board has had an opportunity to exercise its oversight authority and ensure that the community's voice and values are reflected in this agreement. in our pastoral work, my colleagues and i have learned firsthand of the excessive use of force, including police-related killings, overpolicing, and bias in policing in our neighborhoods, and especially in our communities of color. we are deeply troubled by the poa's continued resistance to commence police reforms embraced by you, the late mayor ed lee,

chief scott, and many, if not most of our sworn officers. we ask that you ensure that the next mou explicitly commits the poa to embrace the reform process, not impede it. and that you refuse to approve any mou that fails to reflect our community's values of the sacredness of all human life, every human being, our commitment to sanctuary and security for all san franciscoens. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is ann marie sayers. the only recognized country for 350 miles along coastal california. it wasn't until 1980 that i

realized that the american indian did not get the right to practice religion freely until 1978 with the american indian religious freedom act. so i opened up my great-grandfather's trust to all indigenous people for ceremony. and a lot of people from san francisco, from san francisco state university, they're taking native american study classes, they come to the canyon. san francisco, i absolutely love, particularly the counselor here, we had a sunrise ceremony for them. it was absolutely spectacular. i really want you to know whose land you're on. in indian canyon, we can document 4400 years. so far i've heard 250 years of your population, and we're still

here. so i want to thank you so very, very much for supporting indigenous day. it's greatly appreciated. and i have two books here of which elias castillo is year. they have gracely provided each and every one of you these books. learn the history of the property you're on, on the real property. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm elias castillo. i'm the author of the book that's being taught at ucla, stanford, oklahoma state university, and among also other community colleges.

it is the first book in the state that exposes the brutality and changes the full image of the missions and the chairman of the amamutson tribe said after my book came out, this is a very, very, very important book for indian communities because now we have the evidence of everything that we have said and that very few have believed in our oral tradition of history. took me seven years of research to find the letters that show that sarah certainly ordered the whippings of indians, did not care about their life on earth, and also did not care about how

they lived in the missions, and it contains a letter by mariano, the last president of the missions who said, all we've done for the indians is babtize them, administer the sack rig -- sack rement. it's a critical letter that all of you should know and read in this book. i think it's not a happy book. it's a very serious. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, friends, supervisors. supervisor breed and every member of the board of supervisors. as you know, my name is thomasita. i come here in deep gratitude and appreciate for the vote you took. when you made that vote, it took a lot of pain away, which is main the native community feels every dime columbus day comes around. it reminds us of what was taken and how our people continues to be treated and how the native people were attacked physically and the cowboy took land, and the government didn't do

anything to them. it continues, the difference in the treatment. we felt that for gratitude for your sensitivity and integrity, we thank supervisor cohen for bringing this to you. we thank you for your nearly unanimous vote. primarily, we're here to say thank you from the bottom of our heart. thank you. thank you. the and to reinforce what you did was a good thing. we brought these two books for you because one of them tells why it was such a good thing that you took away columbus day and celebrate indigenous people's day. the other one tells why it's a good thing that you did because it tells what happened here in california. so more than anything, i'm here to say thank you profoundly, thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> hi. today is my baby's birthday. we came here on her birthday, when she's turning two years old, because we wanted to thank you for the nearly unanimous vote of indigenous people's day. we want to thank you from the bottom of our heart. they've given you books paid for out of their own pocket so you can learn about this land that we're on and the land this people have settled on. another reason i want to be here, a lot of times in the media, i've been reading about people saying taking away columbus day and things like that. i want to say one thing. native americans know what it's like to have things taken away. we had our land taken away. right? a lot of our culture stripped away. language. trust me, we definitely know

about what's taken away. that's why i think it was awesome that ms. cohen made columbus day indigenous people's day. i want to remind you, let's keep to that vote that we voted on, right? that we wanted one day where we thought aboutigenous people in san francisco and we only thought about them. i want to say also that i support italian-american heritage day. i just don't think it should be on the same day as indigenous people's day. of all the things that we've done through, been colonized, had our land stolen, some don't get to be seen to the federal government; i think the one thing we can do in san francisco is keep indigenous people's day indigenous people's day. i want to thank you, ms. cohen, for standing up for our community because people rarely do that here in san francisco. again, this is who we're changing the day for. my baby right here. on her birthday we came here to

celebrate with you. again, all we want is to keep our day. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm a senior director at policy link where i work on policy toward a safe society. i'm here on the campaign to increase public safety through police accountability. the new police contract must guarantee that the police union will not block reforms and make the city less safe. almost two years ago, i directed the blue ribbon panel to investigate bias in the san francisco police department. one of our major findings was at the police union, the poa, had far too much influence over public safety policy. we found that the poa was overrepresented on the police commission policy working groups and once the commission passed the policy, the poa used its

labor law privileges to delay and weaken it. as you know, three monthsfter the report was published, the police department published their own report to make the city more safe. these reforms have been unanimously supported by leaders. even at the city was abandoned, the late mayor lee continued to guarantee the recommendations would be implemented. chief scott was hired on the basis of his experience, incorporating similar reforms in l.a. these expensive reforms will have a substantial impact on safety and accountability in san francisco. so far, poa leadership has expressed the support for these reforms. unless they commit to this in the new contract, they could still block, weaken, or delay through labor processes. therefore, we're asking you today to use your influence to

work with the mayor and dhr to include a provision in the new police contract, ensuring that the poa will not meet, revoke, infer on any policy. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> names sand dray dratler. i have lived in the district for 33 years and reside in district two. i love my city and want only the best for it and those of us who live and work here. within this desire, i place police accountability and community safety as high priorities. i became aware of the no justice no deal campaign through faith and action. i knew of the cops report when it was first requested and issued. i was impressed with the recommendations. they were common sense to me, areas where police could better serve the community while can'ting to provide a safe

workplace for themselves. needless to say, i was displayed to find that despite best efforts by community leaders and claims of support by the poa, little progress on implementation has been made. what can be done to move these discussions forward and gain commitments to reforms being called for by the community. a logical vehicle would be to incorporate implementation to these recommendations into the mou with sfpoa currently up for review. as we stand here today, you, the board, are in a position to insert language into the contract that would bind sf poa to participate in good faith in the implementation of the forms included in the cops' report. i have spent my career in leadership in local hospitals and understand full well the strength of unions and the relationships that can exist

between union leadership and management. i also understand that the union does not always represent the individual interest of its members. most labor contracts contain much more than agreements on wages and hours. could not the sf poa mou spell out agreements to engage in a collaborative process that prevents them -- [bell ringing] >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm father richard smith from faith and action. i'm here as part of the no justice, no deal campaign. i want to thank you for the attention i know you will give, the careful attention to the crafting of the contract with the police officer's association. i have one request, that you not check your values at the door when you go into those conversations. i understand at least a little

bit about labor negotiations, the need to stay within the scope of representation, and much of this i know involves the predictable horse trading, but it's not as though we're haggling over the price of a used car here. there is much more at stake, and you know the stories. alex nieto was killed in a hail of 59 police bullets. emil carr, six bullets to his back. jessica williams, mario wood, some of the most vulnerable people in our city, all killed by the police. and there are many other names as well. there are simply too many moms and dads still in tears. please remember them, these families, these victims, as you enter these contract discussions. please remember the values that we share in this city of st. francis. keep these foremost in mind as you take part in creating this contract. in short, no justice, no deal. so thank you again for your

careful attention to this important contract. >> thank you for your comments. [bell ringing] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is john crew. i've been a member of the no justice no deal coallatiition. i'm here as a resident for 40 years and a pissed off taxpayer. we spend an awful lot of money for police services in this town, and we're not getting anywhere close to what we're asking for. i'm going to quickly go through some history. the last time this negotiation or this mou was up for renegotiation was 2007. at the time, the city gave a package to the poa, which the president of the poa said at the time, this is the most lucrative package in the country. what did we get in return? father smith just went through some of the scenarios we went through. i don't have to go through it

again. we ha this police department in the life of the last contract took several steps backwards, not forwards. we're now in a position, thankfully, where we do have the cops reform on the table. two years ago last thursday, the mayor put out a press release, even before the cops report, announcing some of the changes. these sweeping changes will need all of us, advocates, city officials, police officers alike. we've all been working together, except the poa. when the cops report came out in october 2016, the mayor, mayor lee, put out an announcement, saying the police department will accept and implement every single recommendation. his words. and part of that statement says he's directing the leadership of the police commission to implement those forms as soon as possible. it is two years later. we don't have those reforms. and the reason you cannot go into this contract acting like all of this didn't happen, and you can negotiate it the same exact way. we need to make sure in exchange for what we're paying, that we're getting modern,

professional, top dollar, unbiassed policing, and that the poa obstruction to these reforms stops. they say to support it. they can put it in writing. i've shared with your staff some questions to ask. [bell ringing] >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is pastor dimitri edwards. i want a few different organizations. i'm part of the no justice, no deal coalition. i want pico, california and the church of god interstate association representing hundreds of churns around the state and also of the clergy from different parts of the region. i simply want to say this. as we're sitting here, we have the privilege of sitting in meetings, having the opportunity to discuss public safety, but there are the most impacts individuals that don't have a voice and don't have a vote. i want you to think about what

type of public safety system are we going to give to the next generation. you can sit here and continue to avoid the issues that the police union is basically clocking any types of reforms that people are in need of. the question is how can you sit here? how can you sleep at night when the blood of your own citizens is running in the street because the police officer's association is preventing the needed reforms that must be implemented for the san francisco police department. i want to go on record and say we are not anti-police. we believe that police have one of the most difficult jobs in america, and we believe that in order for their jobs to be better, there needs to be an increase in public trust, but there can be no public trust if negotiations are done in the dark and the voices of the community are not at the table. i'm praying, and i'm hoping, as we enter into and part of this lent season, remember that jesus was crucified and killed by corrupt cops. don't allow this to continue to

happen in your city on your watch because, check this out, when voting comes up and you don't move on behalf of the community, you will be voted out, and people will be put in place to negotiate something that's fair for its citizens of san francisco. thank you for this opportunity. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm john talbot. a resident of the city for over 30 years and also a member of the no justice, no deal coalition. my part in this coalition has been to attend chief scott's reform meetings, community reform meetings. so i understand from the inside how much dysfunction there is in the culture of the san francisco police. that's why i ask you today, along with my colleagues, to support the reforms and to demand that the poa support those as well. if you're unaware of how slowly the process is going, let me say

that what chief scott did, which is a good thing, was to take all of these recommendations, put them on a spreadsheet to get them taken care of. when an organization doesn't take care of its members and has leadership, our elected officials, then they don't push them to where they need to be. in business school we learned about culture change. in silicon valley, we always talked about disrupt, disrupt. well, in this case, what we need is for the supervisors and the mayor to step up and demand that the reforms be put in place. the reforms are not difficult. most of them are boiled down to we need a new website for this or that. that doesn't change culture.

[bell ringing] >> if you're not aware, i notice that finally after six months, the department of police accountability has finally put up the site for filing complaints with the dpa. it was down for six months. that's how slowly things move, and that's not appropriate because people are harmed when reforms are not taken as required. [bell ringing] >> thank you for your comments, next speaker, please. [please stand by]

gathering thousands of signatures in the city of san francisco. and, again, very much in support of italian-american heritage day, celebrating the contributions to the city and at no expense picking one over the other. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you. good afternoon, president breed, members of the board of supervisors. my name is barbara atard, second of four generations of san

francisco natives. i'm a city retiree. i worked at the office of citizen complaints and now the department of police accountability for 15 years. i'm a police accountability consultant. i'm here today to speak about the upcoming negotiations for the p.o.a. labor contract. having worked with police unions across the country, i'm astounded at the aggressive political hard line stance of the p.o.a. the p.o.a. has used its ample coffers to undermine reforms that have been part of a public and negotiated process with the community and the p.o.a. and the commission the p.o.a. has brought lawsuits to challenge and undermine the use of force policy that's standard in departments across the country. they do massive public campaigns to undermine policy, police chief, commission and board of supervisors. an example of this is the

misleading taser initiative that they put on the ballot. the safer policing initiative, but it's the opposite. it establishing a very loose policy for tasers that will surely result in deaths and lawsuits. it puts into the hands of the voters the complicated decision about a new, controversial weapon. again undermining the commission, police chief and board of supervisors. i urge you and insist that the current contract be extended or you include provinces that the p.o.a. will not block contract reforms during the next period. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> president breed, members of the board, i'm larry griffin.

i'm a native san franciscan, but that's not why i'm here. i'm here to speak about a piece of legislation introduced by supervisor ronen, the decision that labor is facing as a whole across this country. supervisor ronen has introduced legislation to make it easier for unions to approach their members during this very serious time. it's something that labor is facing. i would urge the members of the board to back her piece of legislation and i'm here as a political vice president for local 21. and we support this piece of legislation. >> clerk: thank you for your comments.

next speaker, please? >> it's a giveaway. we don't want to give away our responsibility to our healthy environments or communities. the police -- we want them to be on our side and we want them to be on our side. there shouldn't be any division in this part of the healthy, trusting community. 17th avenue, there's a safeway. muni wanted to make that stop, if you're leaving that stop to go further west, you had to cross 19th avenue. seniors, disabled, even normal people. that is a wrong direction for muni. i want to praise supervisor yee for making that change go the

opposite way. supervisor hillary ronen cleaning up 16th and mission. when you are finished with that, all the supervisors may go downtown to montgomery, powell, civic center and walk the muni passageway to the elevator there and start cleaning up that, though you cannot touch the elevator door because it belongs to bart, which doesn't do what it's doing and muni doesn't do what it's doing. so we have a problem here. i would like to clean that mess up. and everybody -- citizens from every supervisors' district use those elevators. children in baby carriages use those. the people of the government of san francisco will deal with the

people that work in san francisco and the people that watch this show and live in the city should be able to handle an open session. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. i'm sam denison. i live in the tenderloin. and i just wanted to say, it's very hard to believe that i will be at the next tenderloin's people's congress and sharon hewitt will not be there to say, sam, come here. i have something it tell you. i wanted to take 10 or 15 seconds for a moment of silence for her because i think it's right that someone from the tender loin should speak to her memory today and let us all remember what it is that she would have whispered to you had she said, come here, come here. i have something to tell you. take a moment of silence with me to remember sharon's voice. it's really worth it.

thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> i believe it's -- well. sorry. getting a little organized. there presently exists -- >> clerk: sir, please speak directly into the microphone. >> there presently exists in the san francisco unified school district an extensive bilingual program and i will not criticize that decision. it's pragmatic, beneficial, and, however, i would like to see greater emphasis on remedial english to improve competence and bridge san francisco's diverse speech community, expand vocabulary and young minds through the process of

collaboration upon meaning. the exchange of knowledge can clearly have impacts on future career advancement and occupational opportunity. i'm sure that you will agree that a general head start at reading carries distinct, life-long benefits. there is good reason for me to believe, for example, that a 4-year-old will benefit from receiving reading tutorial on the basis of imperical observation. a preschool reading program would provide the appropriate challenge and opportunities for children to develop their own initiative, self-motivation and educational skills and contribute in an effort to prepare for academic advancement, improve upon student advantagement and

adequate levels of self-confidence. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. any other members of the public that would like to address the board during public comment? madam president? >> supervisor breed: thank you. seeing no other members of the public that would like to comment. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, before we go to closed session, please read the items for reference. >> clerk: items 42 and 43 are being considered for adoption without reference to committee. an item may be removed and considered separately. >> supervisor breed: we're going to call them both separately. please call item 42. >> clerk: resolution to oppose the repeal of the clean power plan and urging the united states environmental protection agency to continue to implement the money's critical policies that requires states to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions and generate cleaner energy. >> supervisor breed: colleagues, you have a resolution before you that urges the e.p.a. to upheld the obama administration clean power plan. the clean power plan was created under the leadership of president obama in 2015 and established the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from stationary sources like power plants. march 28, 2017, president donald trump signed an executive order to direct the e.p.a. to dismantle this program of the e.p.a. is holding a listening session to take public comment tomorrow at the library here in civic center. and this resolution will put the city and county of san francisco on the record opposing the appeal of the clean power plan. saying that we as community will not sit by and allow this administration to continue to

use fake news, fake science and fake promises to downplay the catastrophic effects that climate change is having on communities all over the world. we're already experiencing record-breaking weather patterns, droughts, wildfires, sea level rise, and natural disasters all over the country. how many more communities have to suffer before we take real action on climate change? localities across the country have done their part to help our planet. 236 mayors that represent 251 million people across 47 states sign on to a letter opposing the repeal of the clean power plan and we in san francisco have already been environmental leaders. we led the fight for clean power s.f. and have some of the world's strongest environmental standards like the styrofoam ban

ordinance i spearheaded in 2016, but we're -- what our federal leaders are doing is going backwards. please join me in sending a message to the e.p.a. and the trump administration that turning back is not an option. do right by the american people and our environment by implementing clean power plant policies and programs throughout the united states. with that, colleagues, madam clerk, item 42, please call the roll. [roll call sflchlt [ [roll call] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> supervisor breed: resolution

is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: motion of proponent and opponent ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at june 5, 2018, consolidated primary election. >> supervisor breed: colleagues, item 43 is consistent with our standard practice in designating supervisors that will serve as proponents and opponents for the upcoming june election. based on communications received from colleagues either to my office or the clerk, i'm aware of the following changes that need to be made. these changes should have been distributed to my colleagues. do you have the amendments? great. if you could take a look at those and i can specify. page 1, line 15, file 171306.

strike all names except for supervisor peskin, who will be the lead proponent on this measure. page 1, line 21, file 171308, strike all names except for supervisor peskin, who will be the lead on this measure. page 1 line 22-page 2 line 8, strike all language. and page 2 lines 17-8, strike all names except for supervisor safai, who will be the lead proponent on this measure. page 2, lines 19-page 3, line 3, strike all language as the clerk informed us that this measure was withdrawn. opponent ballot arguments. page 3, line 4-page 4 line 23, strike all language as no supervisor has indicated that they wish to submit opponent

arguments. because there are no requests for opponent arguments, you will see references to opponent arguments striken on page 4, line 25, page 5 lines 5 and 10. colleagues, if there -- if any of the changes are inconsistent with your desires, we can open up discussion at this time. seeing none. i move the amendments. is there a second? seconded by supervisor safai. colleagues, can we take those without objection? without objection, amendments pass. on the item as amended. okay. colleagues, same house, same call. item as amended passes unanimously. madam clerk, looks like we're at the end of our agenda other than our closed session. let's get into it. >> clerk: item 39 is the closed session for the board of supervisors to convene at 3:00 p.m. with human resources

with negotiations with labor unions. a motion was approved to convene to closed session and public comment was taken. >> supervisor breed: colleagues, is there a motion to convene in the closed session? colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection, we are -- we will convene into closed session. i would like to ask everyone who is present to please exit the >> okay. we are back in open session, and welcome back, everyone, to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. is there a motion to not

disclose the conversation in closed session? moved by supervisor yee, seconded by supervisor fewer. colleagues, can we take that without objection? no objection, the motion passes. and since we have no more business before us today, madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the following victimed, on behalf of supervisor peskin, mr. norm larson, on behalf of supervisor ronen for the late miss alice gonzalez, on behalf of supervisor kim, for the late miss jessica evans, on behalf of supervisor stefani for the late miss ming chapin. on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late mr. howard eugene smith, chiropractic doctor, and on behalf of president breed for the late mr. dennis

o'sullivan, mr. theodore cohen, and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late miss sharon hewitt. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we are adjourned. thank you, everyone.

♪ >> supervisor jeff sheehy and i represent district eight, the castro, diamond heights. ♪ ♪ for me i think district eight is different than other districts because of the castro, right? that is really the birth place of lgbtq civil rights movement in san francisco. it's historic for that reason. it's a great district because it's very diverse. you have booming night life in the castro, a lot of families, we have an amazing array of parks, rock climbing wall in

glen canyon is super cool. it was the first facility with a rock climbing wall. the book stores are treasures, charlie's corner is unique. >> charlie's corner is a children's book store but so much more, community space where care takers and children come together over storytelling, books, it's a gathering center. i am charlotte and we are at charlie's corner on the corner of castro and 24th. the type of books we carry at charlie's corner range from prenatal to young adult, 18. we have musical books, art books, all built around children of course. history, nonfiction, we have a wonderful picture book section. >> i love going to charlie's

corner, number one, because you can find a whole range of books. my kid loves to read books. >> i always envisioned a space like this, surrounded by children's books and storytelling. we offer storytelling four times a day. we do curate well, we do a lot of time reading, researching, beyond the story time, it's going back to picking out a book, helping someone find the perfect book, unwrapping it and sending it off. there are people from all over the world and that's what i find so exciting. you see that every day in our story times. it's literally a melting pot. >> more and more families come into the district, whether it's the castro, strollers every where in the valley and tons and

tons of kids in glen park now, with the canyon and a great library. >> i describe it as this village, i tell people i live in a town but i work in a village. >> one thing i really think is great about this district, it's a safe district, it's a clean district, it's great for kids, it's great for families and has a bit of wild life in it, too. >> i look forward to watching these kids in this neighborhood grow up and new kids come in and meeting new people from all over the world because that's what we're all about. ♪ ♪ >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of

what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy

infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and

the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you get places faster than any other form of transportation. it amplifies the power, it doesn't replace it. it makes it easier to get places by bicycle and it's so enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to go and more convenient in san francisco. >> clean power sf requires two products, green, 40% renewable and competitively priced with pg and e. for those who want to fight climate change more, 100% renewable at $0.02 per kilawatt.

>> i decided to go with the super greens, after finding it only to cost about $5 more a month to have super green, that's a no-brainer, i can do that. >> we were pleased that clean power sf offers the super green 100% for commercial entities like ours and residents for the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services for linkedin and now encouraging our employees who have a residence in san francisco to sign on as well. >> clean power sf buys its power from renewable plants that feed the energy directly into the grid. >> there's a commitment to sustainability throughout the entire organization and this clean power opportunity reflects that. >> one of the wind farms we use

is the shilo wind farm and that is large enough to be able to provide energy for up to 200,000 homes. >> our mission is sustainability, even though our bikes are minimal energy use, it still matters where the energy comes from and part of our mission in sustainability is how we run everything -- run our business. having the lights come on with clean energy is very important. >> the sunset reservoir has solar panels that take up about four city blocks covering the reservoir and the solar power generates energy for city resources and clean power sf for residents participating in the program. >> it was easy to sign up for the program, i went online to cleanpowersf.org and i started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going to

be switched over and it just happened. when i pay my bill, i still go to pg and e and i don't see any difference between now and a year ago. >> sign up online, just have your account number ready and it takes about two minutes and there's nothing to install. no lines are getting connected to your home. all the power goes through the existed power grid. >> we haven't had any problems with the switch over to clean power. >> it's super easy to sign up. our book keeper signed up online, it took about 15 minutes. nothing changed but now we have cleaner energy. >> we see clean power sf as a key strategy to meet renewable energy goal, we have a goal of 50% renewable energy by 2020. currently we have enrolled about 86,000 customers across the city. about 20% of what we hope to serve in the future and in the

next two years we'll offer service to all san francisco electricity customers. >> an easy way to align your environmental responsibilities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. >> joining clean power sf is one of the easiest ways to fight climate change, receiving cleaner energy at low and stable rates, you're helping to support a not for profit that helps influence the energy grid and produce more production. >> i would encourage any business to seriously convert to the clean sf service. it's good for environment, business and the community. >> you can sign up online our call and the great thing is, you'll have the peace of mind that you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. ♪

♪ serving on the commission for the environment of san francisco and the executive director of bright line defense, an organization dedicated to empowering communities and sustainable environments. creating sustainable environments, that is the theme today as we hear from a coalition of stakeholders, ranging from environmental advocates to community leaders to business leaders to elected officials, who have come her