[ applause ] >> and with that, we're going to let you finally, sings there's no other names on the roster, have an opportunity to speak. >> thank you. i'm really humbled, so much appreciated president breed, supervisor kim for this honor. really, it's been a joyous 13 years, and even though i've been add it for 42-plus years, it seems like this was a pinnacle in terms of librarianship. i want to say that all of your testimonials mean a lot to me, but it's something that i wish i could bottle as a testimonial for what libraries mean in communities, whether it's working with young people or seniors. all are welcome in our libraries. thank you so much for saying how important it is to make sure we're sanctuaries for all of san franciscans. i can go on and on and on, but i'll keep my remarks short.

i will say that it's really not about me. i've been so fortunate of having in san francisco a community that really appreciated libraries, and they put their money where they mouth is. so yes, supervisor peskin, when you talked about our bond program, even our set aside, all of those things have transformed the library because we don't have to worry so much about the fiscal solvency. many of you were here in the '80s and early '90s when libraries were open two days a week and our resources were limited. we can't go back to that and we never will because our community understands how important libraries are and i want to say thank you to all sa san franciss for really making the library a beacon throughout the country of what an urban library should be. i've also been so just blessed by having amazing talent. our 1,000 employees, they give every day. they're publish servants in the

best definition of the word. my management team that sits behind me, they're the ones that have done extraordinary work and will continue to do great work. so i feel like i'm not really leaving. we've got a legacy. we've got systems in place that are going to make the library the world class library that i believe it is. i want to thank you all for your amazing support. you understand libraries. i worked in cities where that wasn't always the case. it's a lot harder. it's easier here, and yes, i had several misguided, mean spirited detractors, but that didn't diminish our hard work and vision to really get things done. so i do want to thank former mayor gavin newsome for the opportunity. certainly our late mayor for believing in me and really always saying yes to the ideas that we had and, again, all of

you for your amazing support at the neighborhood level with each of the neighborhood libraries and our main library. so with that, just, again, i can't say enough. it's something that i will treasure forever, and anything i can do to help to come back and serve this wonderful city, i'll be more than honored to do that. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> and mr. herrera, we're going to invite you into the well to take a photograph with members of the board of supervisors.

[ applause ] >> okay. thank you, everyone. thank you, again, for your service, luis. you will be missed. thank you so much. okay. with that, we have one more commendation and it will be given by supervisor peskin. >> last but certainly not least, today i'm honoring another retiring department head,

someone who has literally touched, i think, every single one of our districts often under the most contentious of circumstances, whether it's an appeal of a permit issuance or zoning termination or jurisdiction request or health permit, the board of appeals is the court of last resort for san franciscans that feel that their voices have not been heard or they are the subject of a manifest injustice or just a bad planning decision. like any other body, his task is a serious one that requires independence and accountability and very strong staffing and leadership. executive director, cynthia goldstein provided that at the board of appeals for a decade now and is at last retiring. she's been working at the board of appeals since 2008 and first joined the city as an employee of the human rights commission in 1990 where she word on the

equal benefits ordinance among other landmark issues. she obtained her law degree in boston. we're going to miss you and your leadership at the helm of the board of appeals. thank you for sitting through those meetings for ten years and thanks to your wife gloria for lending you to us for all of this time. i see two members of the board of appeals, the president of the board wanted to be here, frank fung, but he was not able to attend, but he wanted me to mention that when everyone was getting hot-blooded and tempers were flying, cynthia was cool, contentious, and efficient and treated the public with the same respect she gave staff. congratulations, cynthia. >> thank you very much.

[ applause ] >> supervisor sheehy. >> the board of appeals is cynthia's second act. i cannot overstate her role in the equal benefits ordinance. so this bill that we brought 22 years ago, our clerk was in the office, tom was the principal sponsor that said that all businesses who do business with san francisco have to offer the same benefits to domestic partners of employees that they give to spouses. 8,000 companies complied, including some of the biggest multi nationals in the world, chevron, wells fargo, you know, bank of america had just been bought by nations bank, and when they complied, they became the first employer in charlotte, north carolina, to give domestic partner benefits, which i think set up the controversies we've

had with that state. there are a lot of pieces to it. i was kind of the activist for it as the city attorney. there were others that -- we're the legal forces. but cynthia at the human rights commission, the role that she played -- you pass these laws, if they aren't enforced, they don't matter. there are other municipalities that passed the law but didn't put effort into enforcement. regulation and enforcement is a real skill. you have to be strict, but you also have to recognize that there's sometimes circumstances that we have to work around. a great example was with catholic charities. the archbishop at the time was not inclined to recognize anything same sex. so the work around that we came

up with allowed the catholic charities -- because they didn't want to lose their contracts and they are a fabulous service provider for some of the most disadvantaged and marginalized in our community including many people are hiv, aids. they could designate anyone in their household to receive the employee benefit as the spousal benefit, which is a great work around. it was completely consistent with the philosophy of the catholic church, but it also met our goal of making sure that our families had the benefits they so desperately needed. we have to remember, this is at the time of aids. people did not want to -- the first thing most people were thinking of was that we're goiny people who are immoral, who are dying of aids works are having to take extremely expensive medications and we don't want to pay for it.

and it really -- the brilliance of all the players who have been recognized -- and i've gotten some recognition, and i think dennis got nice recognition and certainly tom and the supervisors at the time got recognition, but cynthia, her role was as important, if not more important than everyone else's role. just very quietly, she did her job. she got those companies to comply. like i said, over 8,000 companies, the entire airline industry has complied. they didn't give domestic partner benefits before this law. i mean, this is one -- this is an example of what our city is about. we have people working every day in our city doing historic work who don't get recognized while those of us up here get a lot of recognition, but what we do is irrelevant if we don't have the type of leadership and calm, quiet professionalism and

brilliance to make those things that we aspire to have happen actually happen. so thank you, cynthia. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, supervisor peskin for this recognition and supervisor sheehy and also my thanks to board of appeals commissioner honda and his daughter who suggested this to you. my decision to retire certainly has me looking forward, but it also has me looking back. i never expected to work for a city government for the majority of my professional life. but coming here and finding the unique and meaningful work opportunities and also the smart and dedicated colleagues that i've met has really made it easy for me to be here for the past three decades. as a government, as supervisor sheehy said, san francisco often leads the nation with the status quo and tries to improve the lives of people who live here and elsewhere in the country.

when i was at the human rights commission, i was fortunate enough to be able to work on some of those initiatives. at the board of appeals i've been awed by the intelligence of the board members to volunteer. i work with a talented and carrying people. thank you very much. it's been a privilege to serve the city of san francisco, and i very much appreciate this recognition. thank you. [ applause ] >> and so we would like to invite you as well into the well to take a picture with the entire board. thank you.

>> okay. colleagues, that concludes our commendations for today. madam clerk, let's go to the items for adoption without reference to committee. >> items 13 through 17 are on the a deposition without committee reference calendar, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> okay. seeing supervisor peskin. >> could we separate items 14 and 17, please? >> okay. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk, on the

remaining items, please call the role. [ roll call ] >> there are 1 11ayes. >> item 14 is a resolution to urge san francisco's state legislative delegation to introduce state legislation to enable san francisco to impose infrastructure impact fees on transportation network companies. >> supervisor peskin. >> thank you. i would like to thank supervisor fewer who asked to be added as a cosponsor to this resolution. and then just to state --

supervisor ronen is on there. that's in the package that's before us. and then to state the obvious which is that san francisco and the state of california are far behind the times as resolution sets forward cities like new york city, portland, philadelphia, states like the state of massachusetts and the state of new york have been getting fees in some instances and taxes in others from transportation network companies for the impacts that they have on cities, whether it is congestion, whether it's enforcement, whether it's the implementation of pedestrian safety measures, and i note this all at the time when here in california, we are going the reverse direction where just as you heard at the transportation authority commission, just a few weeks ago, the transportation network companies like uber and lyft managed to get the stayed puc to reduce the fees that they

pay the state albeit in a rather twist. the state does not even allow local governments to have the information that they obtain relative to vehicle miles traveled, relative to usage, volume of usage, number of cars, which we've been having to get through our own means whether it's the city attorney subpoenaing these companies or our own data technicians doing westbound scrapes to -- web scrapes to figure it out. what's more weird is they won't even tell us what they're spending it on. so i hope colleagues that you'll join me in urging our state to sponsor legislation to enable san francisco and other municipalities to impose an infrastructure impact fees on tmcs. thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just wanted to add my words of support to supervisor peskin's resolution. i think this is important that

there's some local controls over our transportation network. companies which greatly impact the city of san francisco, while this is regulated by the state p.u.c. we have a disproportionate impact on our streets and frankly, many of these drivers come from other counties and cities where there are much more lax regulations around them. i do believe while this is a great service to our city and i personally utilize them, that they should absolutely be regulated with fees and also with a cap on the number of drivers that we have given that they make up 15 to 20% of the vehicles on our roads. the state of massachusetts has done it. cities like philadelphia and chicago are doing it. new york city is considering some type of congestion fee model. we should do the same thing in the city and county of san francisco and i want to thank supervisor peskin for working on this issue. >> thank you, supervisor kim. colleagues, can we take that

item same house same call? without objection, it's adopted. call item number 17, please. >> item 17 is a motion to schedule a joint board of supervisors meeting with the san francisco ethics commission on april 3rd, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. in a committee of the whole to consider the proposed ordinance file number 180001. the anti-corruption an and accountability ordinance to institute conflict of interest reforms. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam president. many at the advice of the city attorney and the clerk of the board, i am introducing a motion which i've passed -- amendments to this motion that i've passed out to all of you to also be clear that we're calling this item from the budget and finance committee to the committee of the whole and joint session with

ethics commission at line one adding to the short title calling from committee at line 4, adding the language calling the budget and finance pursuant to board rule, the proposed ordinance, and at lines 10 and 11, deleting the language which is now repeated previously in the long title, and at line 13, adding the additional move clause we reads that move that the board of supervisors be called from budget and finance committee and the other language i have repeated. supervisor tang and i -- >> excuse me, mr. peskin, i don't have the amendments. thank you. those sounded like a lot of amendments. i wanted to make sure i was able to see them. >> they're in bright yellow. they're very few. they're right before you.

i would like to make that motion. then supervisor tang and i both attended the budget and finance committee when this came up and raised a number of concerns. this is a process pursuant to the charter between the ethics commission and this board of supervisors. it is my profound hope that with any luck and a little common sense, we can land on the right ethics reform package and discharge our duties in these chambers without having to go to the november ballot, and that is my hope and maybe we can, with a little bit of work and common sense negotiation, achieve that in these chambers on april 3rd in a way where we have clear and transparent finance reporting, particularly in and around independent expenditures, but there's a host of other issues that the ethics commission has been deliberating for some time. some of it has actually originated in these chambers. some of it came from supervisor kim. some from my office. there may be other pieces of

that legislation, but hopefully we can get it done and can get it done right on april the 3rd. i would like to move these amendments. >> supervisor peskin made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. can we take the amendment without objection? the amendment passes. supervisor peskin, i'm going to ask to change the time because basically, we wouldn't be able to call it until 5:00. if we're done with the meeting earlier, my preference is that we have an option to call it at a reasonable hour. so we do have a -- we have an appeal that day on a special order for 590leland avenue. we expect to call that somewhere around 3:00. so if we can change the time to 3:00, that would be great for the same day. okay. so supervisor peskin moved to change the time to 3:00.

seconded by supervisor safai. can we take that without objection? the time has been changed. all right. on the item as amended colleagues, can we take that same house same call? the item passes unanimously. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today's, madam president. >> thank you everyone, we are adjourned. -

>> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the

kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot

and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and

support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san

>> i came in with an impression of what i thought auditing was >> overcommitted to audit what i knew about auditing with the irs be was i actually knew nothing about auditing >> in my mind it was purely financial. with people get audited if the pain no one wants to deal with it >> now i see a lot of time ask my new auditing is not just about taxes >> oftentimes most times students believe auditing is only financial whereas when they come into a government in diamond we do much more than financial audits. we do operational audits. or look at the operations of the department for economy efficiency and effectiveness. >> when i hire an intern some

of the things i'm looking for first of all is is this individual agile and flexible because our environment is so fast-paced and we are switching from project to project depending on what is going on in the government at any given time. >> i merrily i have been working with audits on facilities management practices across many different >> city guide this obese management audit >> i've also been assisting housing authority audit program >> the homeless audit >> it function. >> cash transaction program >> were starting a new audit on the department of public housing and our mental health department. >> i also assist with the [inaudible] program >> then additionally, i really enjoyed having staff who have critical thinking skills.

because i believe the basis of modern is, not do you know how to audit, but you have critical thinking skills to think through processes. >> even though i've only been here for a short time our quick in-depth analysis of research >> analytical script and there's a lot of thinking a lot of large of information the compact unit into very concise report because we have to be focused on if you're transmitting this information to an audience you need them to be able to understand it. >> so i work with the program primarily. my core duties in the program are [inaudible] against fraud, waste and abuse. >> my internship with audits prepare me for full-time employment does i knew what have to challenge myself in order to be an auditor. >> here we foster a network of authentic feedback and communication and they pointed out areas where i needed to grow. he was one of the things i like working about the audit department they give you up

like a bit of autonomy i feel like it demonstrates trust in nature >> the environment really -everyone feeling super collaborative and wanting to get to know one another which i think it the end of the day inspires a better work environment and gives you better work flow. >> i believe that it really is a great experience because it provides an opportunity to have a better understanding of how government works. >> i think what i've learned so far is that every audit is unique everyday different learning opportunities to >> the recognitions when making audits i can honestly go home at the end of the day as they contributed to city services in a better way. even if you're not familiar with what auditing is you should deftly try it up to his dinner really awesome extent spews it turns out that all world of auditing that i cannot know beforehand by performance and interviews. that's an exciting. audits is a lot broader than i ever knew before. >>

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods

and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping

them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their

relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for

people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room,

i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with

to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the

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