[ pledge of allegiance ] >> please turman, i-- presiden

i'd like to call roll. >> president turman: please do. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: commissioner turman, you have a quorum. also present with us tonight is the chief of police, william scott. >> president turman: thank you very much, secretary kilshaw. first of all, commissioners, my thanks for joining this special meeting wednesday march 14, 2018 special meeting of the police commission. before we do anything else, we will have public comment before the special meeting. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is

now closed. secretary kilshaw, next item. >> clerk: item 2, vote to hold special meeting in closed section. >> so moved -- >> clerk: hold on. action? >> president turman: commissioners, we're about to go into closed session to consider some personnel matters. is there a motion? >> move to go into closed session to consider some personal matters. >> second. >> all in favor? all opposed? okay. we are now in closed session. >> clerk: thank you.

hello, everyone, i'm elaine forbes. it's great to see you here today. we're celebrating a 10-year endeavor, 12 years by some count, that has brought us here today to a historic day to celebrate the work that the city has performed with our partner, the san francisco giants, to bring a new mixed income neighborhood to the waterfront. we've also had the helpful support of many, many people from the community. we all know that the late mayor lee would have enjoyed being here today. he was the biggest supporter of the city. he was an advocate for the project. and i believe there bear, he may have been one of the giants number one fans, so we reflect on mayor lee and his legacy and

he would have been proud. this ace project that will help build a water front for everyone and deliver benefits to our residents for years to come. the residents of san francisco and the state will enjoy eight new acres of open space. the rehabilitation of pier 48. thousands of new affordable homes, 40% of which are affordable along our waterfront and much more. the project has created these benefits while recognizing the future challenge of sea level rise. it's adaptable to the rise and for us, it provides an ongoing source of revenue to adapt other areas for the waterfront and the shoreline tax. this was done the san francisco way as a team effort. and we are not surprised about how many port tenants and three-time world champions san francisco giants led our team. thank you to the giants, to

larry bear, to jack bear, to fran weld, to john and so many others from the hometown team for leading a gold standard community project. the giants are in the long game in this community and it showed. it promises a diverse community and in planning we heard from many voices on how the future of the waterfront should be prepared. that included the central waterfront advisory group. the mission bay advisory group. the south beach neighborhood association, they participated in every step of the plan. i see many of our resident stakeholders here today, including ms. katy la del, alice rogers, bruce and so many others that participated. sonny schwartz is here today. there were many city agencies that collaborated. i need to say thank you first and story most to oawd, to ken

rich, todd and adam. and we also will remember today jennifer, she had big vision for the waterfront and enthusiasm for the site. today, we recognize her work effort and can-do attitude. the mayor's office played an integral role in the project to support the benefits of housing, the housing program, the transportation program, and on ward. i really think that this project is emblematic of what with can achieved through a public-private partnership. when we have supervisor jane kim. you were very dedicated to this project throughout and you challenged our team to deliver more affordable housing and we have done so. with a decade in the making, this project had the support of

the mayor and now mayor newsom, the late mayor lee, acting mayor breed who helped us finalize, and now mayor farrell. mayor farrell has supported this project for two terms while on the board of supervisors. we're celebrating many years of hard work and welcome our mayor, mayor farrell. [applause] >> thank you, elaine. and congratulations to you. so, i'm excited to be here to celebrate the signing of this legislation. let's be clear, we all want to talk about the world series coming up here to san francisco. i know, it isn't here, but i'm here to say congratulations. first of all, elaine, congratulations to you and the port team for all your hard work and to larry, you and your team for all of the hard work.

this is emblematic of the best of a collective planning process we have here in the san francisco. this is a city agency willing to be creative with a ton of support and a willing and engaged local partner in the giants. to really come here to celebrate this today. but it's because of the port and the giants and their hard work that we are really here today celebrating what is going to be an amazing project. as you think about the project itself, 21 acres is going to be redone. 1500 new housing units, 40% that are affordable. congratulations to supervisor kim on her hard work on making that happen. [applause] eight acres of new open space. we're going to have teachers and nurses and firefighters and police officers living there, transition age youth is going to be living there. this is a big deal for the city of san francisco and a huge part of what mayor lee was pushing for in the housing units, that he has been pushing for as mayor. and transportation improvements.

you think about the t third line, the $40 million, the new mission bay ferry terminal, which is an amazing resource for the neighborhood and million dollars for workforce development to make sure the children we have growing up in the neighborhoods, they can work in the neighborhoods and they're ready with the job skills they need moving forward. i'm here just to say congratulations to everybody. a number of people to additionally thank. mentioned the giants and the port. i want to thank the entire board of supervisors and president breed for all their work. david chiu for his hard work in legislation that he pushed forward that allowed it to happen. other city departments, todd, where are you? to john ram and planning, ed riskin and the mta. that was a collective effort from the city family. as elaine mentioned, huge thanks

to lieutenant-governor, alan and especially thank in closing to our late mayor ed lee who worked very, very hard on this for his entire time in office. and i just think he would be proud of being here today. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, mayor farrell. i'm larry bear from the giants and i have to say this is truly an exciting day for the organization. it has been mentioned, it was a decade in the making. i think maybe a little north, 1, 12 years, i was just sitting here thinking nobody on the giants roster right now was actually on the roster when we started this project. i believe bruce was a rookie manager at the time for the

giants. but really valuable, important projects are worth taking the time and being very carefully done. i have to -- there is a number of people we want to thank because they led with their hearts in making this project happen. they understood the vision, saw the vision and led with their hearts. it's a profound statement when a mixed project can garner 74% of the voters' support in this community, which was the case in the election two years ago. and unanimous support from every commission and every board. many of you we will talk about were part of that, of garnering that support and leading. without the folks we're going to mention today, this would not have happened, it would not have been possible, come together. what we're really most proud of is the creation taking a surface

parking lot, what we used to characterize as a wind swept surface parking lot and creating a new dynamic neighborhood from the parking lot which will serve as a central gathering place, a hub for the surrounding community, for the mission bay community. it grew on the expertise of thousands of created people, dedicated people in this planning process, including our neighbors. which we'll talk about. so leading off the thanks, i would like to thank the project team who worked hard, diligently, long, long hours, lending their expertise in urban planning, engineering, architecture, finance, legal work to create this topnotch project that meets the values of our community. mention the neighbors and the community based organizations, many are here in the audience

today. they've been a voice for the project from the beginning. now the city departments. the city departments have been quite amazing led by the port of san francisco, the mayor's office, economic and workforce development, the city attorney office, the planning department, dpw, mta, all unbelievably collaborative in their work with us through this long process. i want to specifically acknowledge port direct elaine forbes for her amazing work. commission president kim brandon. where is kim? so kim brandon -- [applause] -- kim brandon unlike any of the giants players or bruce, did

precede this project. i did a fact check, because i don't want fake news, 20 years on the san francisco port commission, looking at the progress and what happened to the port through her two decades of service. thank you, kim. and and finally the city leadership. a heart felt thank you to jane kim who authored the legislation and has taken a personal interest in this project from day one. huge thanks to board president london breed for her long time support of mission rock and keeping us on track during crucial moments. thank you to david chiu for spear heading the state legislation that allowed us to do the project. and finally, i want to acknowledge our friend, our late mayor ed lee. very bittersweet here without

him. one of the project's biggest supporters, with us from day one. we are eternally grateful for his leadership and support and we miss him every day. thank you, mayor farrell for making this historic moment for mission rock come true. we're thrilled to move closer to the ground breaking and realizing the vision of all of us here for this project, a decade in the making and now the fun beginsment thank you so much. [applause] >> hello, everybody, my name is london breed, i'm president of the san francisco board of supervisors and i am so excited to be here today. as a former san francisco redevelopment agency commissioner, i know how long these projects, these major infill projects can take. i mean, but looking at mission bay and what we're doing with the shipyard and watching as this entire neighborhood change

and provide more businesses, more housing, more parks, this is really a crown jewel for this particular area. i want to thank the giants for investing in this project, for working with the city, for working with the port. elaine, you're an amazing leader and i've got to thank kimberley brandon and the members of the port commission who spent countless hours listening to public comment, arguing over the details, getting the criticism and look at what we have here today. an amazing project that is doing something we need to do all over the city and county of san francisco. provide 40% affordable housing for low, moderate income families in san francisco. how exciting is that? people who make up to 150% ami. when we think about it, that's a lot of money and it's not a lot of money here in san francisco.

those families still can't afford market rate housing in san francisco. it includes some of the city employees. some of the ballpark workers. i want to see the ballpark workers walking across from their housing in that parking lot into the ballpark. is that a promise? yes. the members of local 2 and the folks who make san francisco such a great place. this is a wonderful day, i'm excited and grateful to my colleagues on the board of supervisors, including mayor farrell and i see supervisor yee and supervisor kim who will be speaking and supervisor jeff sheehy. we all care about making san francisco a wonderful place for each and every one of us, providing more housing, providing spaces like this on the waterfront that are going to be beautiful and accessible to so many with parks and everything else, it's going to

be amazing for city and county of san francisco. i know sonny schwartz has been a part of the project from day one, here we are, ten years later, let's make sure that the future projects don't take this long. thank you all so much. [applause] >> good afternoon, it is really incredibly exciting to be here today after the years as larry and mayor mark farrell have mentioned that have gone into making the project a reality. the portion of the project that i'm the proudest of, this is the first project in san francisco that has committed to a record percentage of 40% affordable and middle income housing. [applause] and i really want to thank the giants for stepping up and being a leader for san francisco. this is our home team. and they've demonstrated their

commitment to san franciscans by saying we're going make sure san franciscans get to live by our ballpark and root for us as we make it to the championship. i want to say that a lot of work went into the process. i should ask someone this, this is really one of the first projects that didn't use redevelopment, that built such a large percentage of units. households that make between $80-150,000 a year. i want to recognize the teachers union, the council community housings or organization, that helped us literally, number by number, over hours in the course of the night, craft a compromise that would pencil out. and i want to recognize the port and the city for sharing the value that would generate the land that would allow more

housing. this is a partnership between the city and the giants. i want to take a moment to thank our community residents who are also here. who have worked on the sidelines of this. to ensure this is a neighborhood that they want to be a part of. i see corrin woods, the chair of mission woods advisory committee. sonny schwartz. alice rogers. part of the south beach rincon. bruce, also a member of the organization. and katy who is not here, chairs the organization as well. i talked a lot about the affordable housing, but this is a mixed use development project that is going to provide retail and small businesses, amenity, open space. the type of neighborhood that is inkredably excite -- incredibly

exciting, providing amenities we need for the mission bay neighborhood. finally, i want to thank the city for all of your work. and the hard work begins now. we have to make sure we get the infrastructure in the ground so the thousands of units of the housing can get built. thank you, everyone, for making this a home run for san francisco. >> thank you to everyone. i understand now we have the honor of signing the legislation. mr. mayor and larry bear, president breed.

ready to roll. all right.

congratulations, everyone. [cheers and applause]

good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i'm the legal director for the central american resource centre. it's a community partner of through the league collaborations here in san francisco. the san francisco immigration legal network. welcome to the press conference. today, the san francisco is once again coming together to show we we will protect and defend all of our residents. as long as inhumane policies are implemented, we're going to demand and seek justice. the commitment being made today by the city will provide much needed resources as we face an increase in ice enforcement activity. so with that said, because i don't like to talk much in front of people, it is my pleasure to

introduce the san francisco mayor, mark farrell. >> so thank you, laura and for the staff for hosting us here today. it is an honor to be here and i want to thank a number of people before we really get started. first of all, the san francisco immigrant legal and education network, the san francisco immigrant legal develop collaborative, thank you for your hard work. to make sure everyone has legal representation in our court system. i want to thank a number of people. first of all to my colleagues, sandra fewer and hillary ronen for your hard work, to our police chief bill scott for leading the department that is integral in protecting our residents here. to jeff adachi and to the staff

attorney, thank you for being here. and finally i want to say a huge thank you to our sacramento delegation that represents san francisco. to senator scott weiner, david chu and thank you to phil ting. he could not be here today with conflicts, but he has been instrumental in this process and this entire budget team. we are once again here proud to say we're not only a sanctuary city, but a sanctuary state. here in san francisco, we will be a supporter of our immigrant community. it's part of our dna and it's part of who we are. our immigrant community makes our city more diverse. it makes our city more safe. we're here to protect them.

it's no secret that our city like many others across the country, is facing incredible pressures from the policies coming out of the federal administration in washington d.c. the president has based his campaign and his political platform on hate and distrust and is something that as san francisco residents, we will not stand for. we will stand up for our communities and we will uphold our values in san francisco. just this week we know that ice detained 150 individuals across the bay area. families were ripped apart. lives shattered here in the bay area. and i am here to reassure all san francisco residents, especially the immigrant community, we are here to support you. you are an integral part of our city and you are not forgotten. are the forefront of our minds. it's why when i first took office i sat down with our immigrant service providers in

city hall, advocates to hear directly from them what we could do to help. and one of the things that i heard loud and clear was from our immigrant community was around representation in our courts. it's something as integral, having gone down yesterday to the court and see what was happening. thank you to all the people that were there protesting what was happening inside the building. and thank you again to our attorneys here in san francisco that fight to represent those individuals that are in the court system. again to the public defender and his entire team who are not at times even given access. it is unbelievable what is happening here in san francisco and we do have not only the right but the moral obligation to stand up. that's why we're partnering here today and proud to announce that at the state level, we're partnering with assemblyman phil

ting to ask for $7 million in funning every year that will -- funding every year that will provide for our immigrants here in our courts in california. [applause] very proud we're taking equal action at the local level. in partnership with supervisor fewer who kick started this process and supervisor ronen, such an advocate for immigrant communities here in san francisco, we'll be providing an additional $2.5 million for the next two years for the community non-profits here in san francisco that do really the day-to-day incredibly hard work, working with the immigrant communities on the ground. they're the touch pointsment they're the ones that make it happen on the streets to make sure they have the resources they need as we continue to fight against the policies has thank are coming out of

washington d.c. these are extraordinary times. this is not normal in san francisco. what we're facing, what we're witnessing on our streets every single day is extraordinary. and it is only intensified here in 2018. so as a result, we here in san francisco will intensify our efforts right back. i am proud to be here. it is amazing, you hear about the real-life examples of people and their lives impacted, these are our neighbors. these are our family members, these are our friends. these are real life stories of people impacted every day here in san francisco. we're talking about families who have fled gun violence and gang violence in el salvador, parents who came to start families. families that are being torn apart. we are a country, a city of immigrants and we will always stand by our community. this, to me, and what we're here to celebrate today is what san

francisco is all about. this is what san francisco is all about. we will stand by every one of our communities here in the city. it is what our country is all about despite what we we're from washington d.c. it's what the country we believe in here in san francisco is all about. we can and will keep families together. we will stand by our immigrant communities because it's not only the right thing to do, it's the san francisco thing to do. i want to thank you all for being here today. i am proud at all of the hard work that has gone into this over the past few weeks. i want to introduce someone who kick started the conversation and been a fierce advocate for communities here in san francisco. and deserves a ton of credit for what we're accomplishing today, that is supervisor fewer. >> thank you for the introduction, mayor. i am thrilled to stand here today alongside my colleague

supervisor ronen and mark farrell to announce funding. san francisco is putting our money where our values are and leading the nation once again in standing arm and arm with our immigrant communities. today we announced that together with the state partners, particularly assembly member phil ting, we're taking a clear stand against trump's harassment and targeting of immigrant in our city and state. the urgency of this funding is clear as isis ramps up activities to mass arrests in the last week, a continuation of their attacks on our immigrant communities. our legislation to provide this funding made it out of budget committee this morning unanimously. i look forward to celebrating a unanimous vote on this issue at the full board. i want to give a huge word of thanks to our mayor farrell. when he took the oath of office,

he said i will represent all san franciscans and clearly he is good on his word here. he, from the very beginning of the discussions that we had, supervisor ronen had with the mayor, he said this is something we need to do, san francisco values and think you heard today it's a san francisco thing to do. but it is more importantly the right thing to do. i want to thank the mayor for his commitment to our immigrant communities. he knows it's not enough to just say we stand for a sanctuary city, we have to put money behind it and we have an opportunity now to provide a lifeline for these communities, for our immigrants, a lifeline to freedom, to liberty, to human and civil rights. i want to thank of course his staff for their hard work on this issue also. and a huge thanks to my colleague supervisor hillary ronen for her passion, she's

dedicated her whole life to immigrant rights and i couldn't have learned from a better mentor and also her at the -- at the nasty to get this >> i want to thank our public defender. flush finally, a huge thanks to the community providers and advocates who have been at the forefront of the fight for decades and are every day providing these critical services. today, we celebrate, tomorrow we continue to fight. to defend our immigrant community against attacks when trump denies. thank you very much. [applause]

>> hi, good morning, i'm the legal director of the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative. i'm from the bar association of san francisco, which is a proud partner of the sfibc. the legal and education network and the san francisco legal and defense are proud to be standing here with the mayor, the supervisors. our organizations have been on the front lines of defending the legal rights of our immigrant communities and we're ready to continue fighting. sfi was on the front lines in 2008 when ice first carried out raids here in san francisco. that was when the san francisco rapid response network started.

there were no hot lines or process. that network was created on the sheer will of the committee members, many of them here today, who would not let a single member of the community be removed without due process. they were on the front lines in 2015, when hundreds of thousands of children fleeing violence in south america, were put in removal proceedings to send them back. we rushed the san francisco immigration court every day so no child would appear before a judge and proper without immigration attorney and advocate on their side. in the past year, we've expanded the rapid response network to be a 24-hour seven day a week, 365 day a year, multilingual hot line to respond to ice arrests. this year alone, we have responded to over 800 calls for

information and representation. in the past year, we have educated hundreds of community members flute the -- throughout the city. they continue to be in court every day to defend the rights of the community members. our cases contain 700 members facing deportation. when we fight, we fight to ensure that each person's rights are respected. our partners are thankful to work in a city that believes in the value of the individuals and due process. we thank the mayor and the supervisors for giving us resources. and we look forward to fighting alongside all of our city and nonprofit partners to protect our community members. thank you very much. [applause] i know would like to introduce

anna, a managing attorney. good afternoon, everyone. i am here with former client of community services, through the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative, i will let her introduce herself. i'm so proud to be from san francisco today. this is awesome. [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon, i am a resident here in san francisco. i received the legal services of the community services when arridn this city and children who are ages 4 and 6

and mine were threatened. [speaking spanish] >> translator: when i arrived i had a lot of uncertainty and fear because i didn't have any support, any family, any way to defend myself and that is when i applied for an attorney with the community services. [applause] fortunately, the attorney was able to represent my children and i in immigration court and we won my case.

ever since then, i've been able to turn my life around. i studied at city college and today, i am a therapist for children with autism. [applause] [speaking spanish] >> translator: i am very proud to do the work that i do, giving back to the community the same way that i received services from the community. and i understand that delores street not just provides legal services but works with other os

to manage this hot line to answer calls and questions from the community, because there is a lot of fear in the immigrant community right now around immigration. [speaking spanish] >> translator: as a mother i want to thank everyone, i want to thank the city, everyone who supported these efforts to give more support to the organizations who are helping the community who are on the front lines, because this is a very scary time. thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon, my name is

hillary ronen, i'm the district supervisor for district 9. we have the largest latino immigrant community in san francisco. so today is a very, very happy day for our district. in a very, very tough time. i have been working in immigrant right movement for 15 years and never in those 15 years nor before that, just living this country, have i seen a president attack a city, a region, and a state for disagreeing with a prident.ecision of ts it's unheard of and unacceptable and today, we're fighting back. within the last few months, the trump administration has revoked protective status for 750,000 immigrants converting their status from documented to undocumented in an instant.

the trump administration has eliminated daca for close to one million young people in this country, commonly referred to as dreamers. he has tripped the number of immigration officers through immigration and customs enforcement. he has conducted raids on convenience stores from california to new york. he's issued i-9 audits on 77 bay area employers, the give lent of -- equivalent of an add minute raids and he is planning raids in sanctuary cities and proudly declares he's attacking up to 1500 immigrants that live right here in san francisco and northern california. you know, we have an immigration court in san francisco downtown. the city of san francisco never

asked for thammigration court to be located in our city. it was the decision of the federal government to locate it here. but if they're going to conduct detention and court hearings to deport our citizens in our city, we're going to fight back. at minimum, make sure that every immigrant going before a judge, who is detained and their liberty taken away from them against their will, have a lawyer by their de, fighting process if the government takes away our liberty. we do that in cases of criminal courts, but we do not do that in the case ofcity, not in our state, not in our region. we're going to provide due process to our citizens, every single one of them. it's a proud day to be a san franciscan. before ias before i pass on the mic i just want to do my own special thanks, starting with our public

defender jeff adachi who together with my former boss and the new chair of the san francisco democratic party, former supervisor david, and my colleague sandra lee fewer started the immigration defense program in the public defender office. because they recognized that you can't take away someone's liberty who is in jail, in a cage most of the day, without a chance to fight for themselves and receive freedom. that is only been done in new york up until now and now in al meena county and san francisco, we have programs fighting for detained immigrants and i'm proud of you all for having started that here in san francisco. i want to thanks so much, mayor farrell. mayor farrell has been fighting for us for immigrant rights.

again, when i was working for the chief of staff and we brought a similar forward for the children, mayor farrell was the chair of the budget committee and championed that measure and has been consistent in his values of making sure that immigrants are press conferenced in the city. -- protected in the city. with that, i'm proud to hand the mic over to the chair of the san francisco democratic party. my former boss. who once lived in this country as an undocumented immigrant and takes this issue rightfully very personally and has been a champion for immigrant rights his whole life. >> thank you, good afternoon. it's great to be here. thank you to the caressant staff

for hosting us. i see p wright.

>> okay. call the next i section 67.12(a) action. >> move for nondisclosure. >> second. >> all in favor? any opposed. next line item, please. >> item five, adjournment. >> adjournment of the special meeting. >> move for adjournment. >> second. >> all