i want to give her a hand for that. [ applause ] the second story, i really -- again, this is just about what she is. she was already running her department and so forth. a bunch of us in the city at the time, we approached them and advocated. nothing has changed a lot since then, but at the time, most of the people in the field were making very little money, mostly minimum wage. these are professional teachers in our programs. so we approached her and said we need help here. slow and behold, we were able to have them understand the needs and some funding was actually

appropriated in the tune of i think -- it was a really small amount, a little over a million. but what happened was, it was appropriated by february or january. if you don't spend the money, you're not going to -- we're going to take it back. so if anybody's done anything with city money and tried to put a program together in a few months and get the money out, it's almost nearly impossible. but candice, even running her department, pretty much stepped up and said, let's get this done. she was the one that orchestrated the whole program within a month or two months actually. we actually were able to help about 500 to 700 -- i don't remember -- people in the field to give them a stipend so they could remain. thank you very much, candice. [ applause ] so you can see that she's made history in san francisco, and i venture to say she will continue

to make history in her career. so please join me once again in honoring candice wong. [ applause ] >> thank you for that great honor. it's actually only been 20-something years, not quite 30. just want to clarify that. thank you so much for this honor. i think, you know, it really means a lot. i think you remember a lot more than i do in terms of all this work. i think supervisor yee and i in his former life have done a lot of great work together. this honor means especially a lot just because it comes from you, my mentor and my hero in serving the families of our city. so thank you. i also want to say, you know, thank you to all our civic leaders in this room because none of this work is possible without all of your and

dedication to the children in the city. all of our colleagues, cpac, liif, and colleagues in the city, it takes all of us to do this important work. i think there's no greater privilege than to serve our young children, families in the city. thank you. [ applause ]

>> congratulations again, candice, and thank you for your service. [ applause ] with that, i would like to recognize supervisor ronen. >> thank you so much. before i call my amazing honoree up, i want to thank supervisor cohen for solving a mystery for me. i had a plant in my office that i never watered that lived forever, and i had no idea why. i thought it was magic soil. now i know how it lived. thank you. i am delighted to honor yin sing as our district 9 honoree for women's history month this year. ying sing has dedicated her life to women and families. i have become a fan of yours

over the past few years walking you kick ass as the associate director of the wonderful agency. a family resource center in the neighborhood that exists to develop strong healthy family and build thriving communities. family connection provides over 30 -- i'm doing a little plug for family connections -- programs to support women and their children that include free preschool, health and nutrition programs, grandparent support groups, financial and parenting workshops and much more. the programs are multi lingual and support spanish, english, and vietnamese. she's a critical leader of family connections who makes sure that the low income and immigrant children and families who use the center are receiving high quality programs that are among the best san francisco can offer. you are a role model to your staff, to your clients, and to all of us that care about the community. you have constantly gone above

and beyond to ensure that your clients in the broader community get the resources, information, and attention they need and that they deserve. you have been a critical bridge builder in the neighborhood that experiences challenges with regards to communication and understanding between our diverse residents. you bring people together. you're someone who call community members trust and respect and that's no small feat in our neighborhood. at the same time, you're a diplomatic hardworking fierce and always incredibly loving. she was born in laos. she lived in san francisco over 0 years and -- 30 years and was raised in a studio apartment. before working with the family connections, she directed a residential shelter for homeless families, provided opportunities for incarcerated youth to receive educational services, and served as the associate director of an association

promoting the rights of lgbtq families. thank you so much for all that you do for the community. you are one of my heros. i love you. congratulations on this incredible honor for you today. thank you. [ applause ] >> i'm going to make everybody do an interpretive dance. it's cheesy, but i always say i'm the luckiest girl in the world because i get to do what i do. i feel like my job is so easy because every day i see grandmas with children strapped to march back. i see nannies and single mothers. i see amazing 3-year-old girls who are teaching me how to be a strong woman. so when your office called, i said it's such an honor to get this award, but more than anything, it's an honor to be around such amazing women, to be in a city that honors women and be around men and women and non binary people who celebrate

young girls. so i'm going to take this honor back to the grandmas and the 3-year-olds and we're going to have many more years of ceremony because there are amazing girls out there that are going to rock this world. thank you. [ applause ] congratulations again, and thank you so much for your service. last but not least, we have supervisor safai. >> thank you, madam president. it's such an honor and privilege today to honor someone that has been a true warrior in our city

for almost four decades. dr. he is tell a garcia, the executive director -- [ applause ] a long time resident. people don't know that. very proud to have you as one of my constituents and honoree today for women's history month. i'll share a private story or a personal story of my interactions with dr. garcia, but first, i would like to give a little bit of background of who she is and what she's accomplished. growing up as a daughter of farm workers in the central valley, she learned the persistence from her parents, most notably her mother, francis reyes ramirez for equity and civil rights. her work and life is rooted in self, family, and community.

in estella's words, she says my mother raised me and my siblings to believe that all people are equal in the eyes of the creator and it is our obligation to speak truth to the witness when we witness injustice, even if that means we stand alone. that has exemplified dr. garcia's career. she has continued and always worked to fight discrimination. estella joined the institute in 1984. over the past 34 years, whether the challenge has been to address the lack of services for lgbtq, latee latinos, the impacf violence on latino youth, the displacement of low-income families as our city has aggressively been gentrified and families have been pushed out. the health disparities affecting the indigenous populations of

san francisco, or the needs to address the impact of trauma on communities of color. all of these things estella has been a strong advocate, on organizer, and a leader. never forgetting the particular role how women are impacted disproportionately in all of these categories. a short list of her current efforts to address health disparities include participation in the san francisco health improvement partnership, chicano, latino, indigenous health equity coalition, road map to peace initiative, and providing cultural competency and multicultural training to the broader communities at house of learning. as a result, her leadership as the executive director of the institute has made it one of the most represented organizations in san francisco. in 2009, she was honored for her

work. in 2010, dr. garcia received the san francisco latino heritage award n2011, she severed -- received a champion award. this year, through work with my office, the institute has expanded its brick and mortar services to the heart of district 11 at mission and geneva. she will continue her great legacy of providing services and positive options to our transitional age youth as that was a priority that we both shared. thank you, dr. garcia, for your continued movement of civil rights and your lifelong definition as you are in your life has defined the word persistence. i had such a wonderful opportunity in so many different circumstances to work with dr. garcia, and we've crossed paths in so many different avenues. when i was campaigning for office, i did not know she lived

in my district at the time. this was over a decade ago. you have those voter lists. i said wait a minute. estella garcia, anyone she lived in my district. the more you go and find out when you knock on people's doors, you get to share their personal stories and see where they are and where they've laid their roots. it's an honor to have you here today. it's such an honor to have you as part of this celebration, and thank you for everything that you embody and how you've dedicated your life. please come forward. [ applause ] >> thank you, supervisor. i particularly wanted to acknowledge supervisor safai today because i think it's just a wonderful thing when we have someone in our district who cares so much about all of the families that live in the excelsior and acknowledge all the needs that exist.

i want to be part of that solution. that's all i want to do. there is no other ascen a -- ag. it's about doing the right thing. i want to begin with this morning i woke up and i have an altar to my mother since her passing in 2014. this morning, i just gave her a very special thank you, and she is -- she has been a wonderful, beautiful, first feminist in my life. as supervisor spoke to, i was raised mountain fields of the central valley. those conditions are harsh, very difficult for families. i came from a very poor family. we had a lot of struggles and challenges. my mother was extremely -- a woman of great conviction. she passed on a lot of teachings, one of which i shared today, which really had to do

with, in my mind, it's really a resounding message of the right of people to live with dignity and respect. i think that that's been a driving force for me in a major teaching in my life. i'm reminded of it every day. she nurtured a lot of my sense of family and justice. so today, i actually pass this award on to my mother. i'm very, you know, consider myself to be blessed most of my life because i have been able to be educated in this country. i'm a uc brat. i went to several universities, university of california, and i had a lot of support from my family. also, i want to acknowledge my sisters and brothers, some of them who went to college and some of them did not. but they always encouraged me and when i went home, they would have dinners and they still do

to just kind of get me through my rough times, my senses of doubt, the discrimination i contended with, and the injustice i faced. they were my backbone. they are my backbone. so i think, you know, all i want to say today is i consider myself to be very blessed and grateful for this award. it means a lot to me to see these women you've honored today that do something every day to change the outcome, to change the conditions of our lives together is so powerful. i want to thank all the women, particularly the women of this board so exemplifying that every day as well. you're an inspiration. we are grateful to you for all the things that you do.

the chambers have changed. the climate changed because of the energy of women in this room. so i want to give you that and thank you for that. i am very proud to be the executive director of institute. i just want to leave you with, you know, something that's very important for me and for all the people i work with is a vision. we have a vision. our vision is that our community, chicano, latino, indigenous, can remain and sustain health and can really draw upon its own culture, the relationships, you know, its allies to advance healing in our community. we share the -- unfortunately, we share the pain and the oppression with other people, but we are working very well together across communities of color and within our own

community to acknowledge how -- what is it that we need to do in our communities to really kind of lift ourselves, maintain a strong spirit and be able to do the work that we have to do to create a better life for each one of us. i want to end by saying that as some of the other women spoke to, we should all accept this award today on behalf of the unsung heros, the women every day who get on the bus, who take their children to school, who take care of their grandchildren, who deal with so many issues in their lives so that they can be -- they extend themselves out to be part of the healing of our community. so today, i acknowledge all of them and i thank them all. i would like to also just ask if some of the women of the institute could stand up and

also want to acknowledge people who i work with every day to try to move this agenda, to move the dial, to change the outcome for our community. so if you could just stand up. [ applause ] thank you all again. thank you all again, and i'm so fortunate to have a work that i love, a passion, something that i bring every day. thank you once again. [ applause ]

>> thank you again, ms. garcia for your work and to all the honorees for the amazing work that do you for the city and county of san francisco. this brings our program to a conclusion. what an amazing event full of

amazing women who serve our city each and every day. so thank you and let's give them another round of applause. [ applause ] >> thank you to the director of the commission on the status of women, again, and there will be a reception at 5:00 in room 201 for all of the honorees and their guests. again, thank each and every one of you and we will be returning to our regularly scheduled program, that is, the board of supervisors meeting and hopefully finish in time to join you at the reception. madam clerk, let's go to roll call for instructions. >> today, colleagues, i am introducing a resolution recognizing march 2018 as problem gambling awareness month

in partnership with chinese health organization and my cosponsor, supervisor yee. 6 to 8 million americans including more than 1.2 million californians meet the criteria for problem gambling, an issue that can cause a range of issues impacting psychological, physical, social, spiritual, and emotional health. americans gamble more money each year than they spend on groceries spending upwards of $900 billion annually. in fact, the estimated national social cost due to bankruptcy, divorce, job loss, home loss and criminal justice cost is $6.7 billion each year. high risk communities is seniors, youth, college students, veterans, african-americans, asian americans, latinos, hispanics, and native americans. only 15% seek treatment. the goal of today's resolution in alignment with the 14th annual national problem gambling

awareness month is to build awareness of the resources available to support individuals in our communities and seeking help. colleagues, i ask for your support which would mark the 5th year of our city recognizing the month of march as problem gambling awareness month in the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor kim. >> thank you. supervisor ronen. >> thank you. today, colleagues, i have two items. i'm calling for two hearings. the first is a hearing to understand why the pipeline of affordable housing projects in my district is taking so long. my constituents are desperate for affordable housing and i want to do what we can do to bring these units to my community quicker. it is no secret that district 9 has the highest rates of rent control in the city. there are 7 100% affordable in

the pipeline with 790 for families and seniors. for many tenants in my district, their only hope of remaining in san francisco is the affordable housing lottery. just as critical, 20% of the units, 158 are reserved for people who are currently homeless. every day of delay means another night on the streets in cars and tents or using a shot in a navigation center or shelter. each of those projects has a back story. some are 1950 mission and 2060 folsom. purchase of privately owned parcels. the repurposing expansion of a small nonprofit owned property on 24th street. none of these would have happened without the work of community advocates who push and push knowing that the affordable

housing we will build may be the only way for low income friends and families and neighbors to remain in the city. these 7 projects moved into the pipeline in 2015 and 2016. for several, this followed years of community review and in'ity to dedicate the sites. we are blessed with the most sophisticated nonprofit developers and strong leadership and support from city staff. we have declared that all city departments must give priority processing to affordable housing. yet, we are not seeing any of these projects move into construction. none have broken ground. i cannot express how frustrating this is. there has to be a way of moving this faster. i'm asking our developers and city staff to provide updates on progress and explain the time lines for starting construction. i understand that there are aspects of development that are difficult to control. but my patience is wearing thin because these are not normal times.

we have a raging homeless crisis on our street and housing shortage. it is my responsibility to ensure that we are doing everything possible to identify and remove obstacles that are standing in our way of buildings these projects. i need to be able to commit to my community that these 7 and all future projects will move at lightning speed through design and financing and getting us to the moment that we open the doors and hand the keys to new tenants. [ stand by ]

-- initiatives seem to lose traction. our society's fluctuating attention on this issue based on news cycles is mirrored here. we learned of keith asberry's case, accused of raping four women and a girl and murdering a girl in 2015. all of these crimes 2005-'15 when he was in and out of custody the most terrifying aspect of

the story, his rape kit had been processed, had it been, she would be alive today. 13,000 untested rape kits in california. fixing these systemic problems can save lives. in san francisco, we also have a broken system that fails sexual assault and harassment systems. we like to think our city is immune to these problems, but that's not the case. we're doing better than most places when it comes to rape kits, i'm hearing stories of sexual assault survivors. they say they're treated like they are to blame. a police investigator told a

survivor, "on further thought i will not release the results of your rape kit." it's broken. if our city departments are not taking assault survivors seriously and treating them with respect, how can we expect them to come forward. i want to commend supervisor kim for addressing this issue with young people in our school system. i want to focus on this citywide. i'm calling for a hearing on how sexual assaults and sexual harassment cases are being handled by city departments when victims come forward to seek justice against their attackers. i wanted to evidence how evidence was processed and how health services are provided. and how the district attorney's office handles the prosecution of the cases. a central question throughout --

how is each department treating women with respect. we owe them a justice system that restores their sense of dignity and wholeness. i look forward to the hearing and will work with the city attorney with legislative solutions to this critical issue. the rest i submit. >> supervisor safai: i rise today on two issues. one near and dear to my heart and culture. in honor of persian new year, today is the first day, the vernal equinox, celebrated by 17 countries around the world, 22 ethnic groups. it's a cultural celebration that dates back over 3,000 years. i'm very proud to say we will have the 14th annual noruse, meaning "new day" celebration here at city hall on friday.

any of you want to come by this friday evening, you will get to see a small taste of our culture. i'm very, very proud to be a part of that and celebrated this new day or new year celebration since i was a small child. in iran, they celebrate and around the world for 13 days. it's similar to the lunar new year in the sense that families get together, share gifts and stories. a big part of the culture is poetry. and a big part of the culture is in many ways it predates any religious aspect. so it's nonsecular religion or celebration. so very, very excited about that. if we could end in honor of that today. secondly, an ordinance that we've been working on for two years. supervisor ronen and i had a meeting when we were not supervisors to talk about the

frustration that many small retailers and small business owners have faced when confronting the bureaucracy here in the city. and this is accessory use catering that will be allowed in limited restaurants. think cafes, bakeries, oftentimes these businesses have kitchens. they use the kitchens for a small portion of the day and traditionally, they've worked with catering businesses to rent out that space. many of the businesses have confronted our city's bureaucracy and have been thwarted. one business in particular when supervisor rosen and i met about this a couple of years ago when we were not supervisors, as i said, was la evict -- la victoria bakery in the mission. they were simply trying to memorialize a practice that they have done all the way backlit --

literally to the '60s and the last time that the democratic convention was here, they were catering all over san francisco. they were confronted with obstacles such as, you have to provide products in the front of the store. you have to have a limited number of them. there's all these confusing aspects between the department of public health and the planning department. i want to commend the planning department for working with me and we came up with some very simple clarifications. it would be limited to restaurants. bakeries, cafes. we don't want to discourage or encourage restaurants and limiting their time of operations to encourage them to do this. we've want them to enhance an

existing business confronted by so many aspects in this environment being a small retailer. we want them to use their space in a positive way so that they can support their businesses and support the caterers that might not necessarily have the startup capital to have a brick-and-mortar space. i'm excited about this introduction. i know supervisor ronen wants to be a co-sponsor and we'll talk about this over the next few months, but we're very excited about this, colleagues. rest i submit. >> supervisor sheehy: submit. >> supervisor tang: i have a couple of pieces of legislation. one of them has to do with also trying to address the issue of affordable housing in accessory dwelling units in san francisco. i know it's been a hot topic and has been raised by several colleagues as well. i do feel that adu's resolution

for neighborhoods that they can fit into the character of a neighborhood providing affordable housing and allow for multigenerational families to live together and hopefully, again, at a more affordable rate. i know it's been challenging for many of the units to be approved through our cities, the processes, the requirements or the permitting in general, and so today i'm introducing help for homeowners to build more adus more easily. we want to remove the barriers to adu approvals and expand eligibility requirements. to do so, we'd like to ask that, first of all, at pro-app meetings that all relevant department staff be present during a project sponsor's

pre-application meeting including dbi, fire and planning. this will eliminate the confusion that project sponsors go through to understand the requirements they need to meet. we want to allow the addition of adus in new construction to three or less. remove requirements that have been hindrances for building adus like street tree requirements or bike parking. we believe that the city has other ways of doing this. so those are some of the main elements of the first piece of legislation. we're also going to be drafting very shortly legislation to figure out how it is that we can allow for more, what we're calling and dubbing, adu infills in corner lots, areas that we think are perfect for adus and can solve for a lot of our

housing challenges. secondly, i'm introducing a legislati legislati legislation that supports sex worker immunity. it would provide protections for sex workers that want to come forward and report a crime of violence perpetrated against them during the act of prostitution. and lastly, i did want to also -- apologize -- introduce a resolution declaring march national kidney month in san francisco. and we also want to thank city attorney who had helped us write this legislation that personally had some experiences with kidney transplants as well, but also wanted to send our in memoriams

to the family of matthew wolfram. >> supervisor breed: can you read public comment? >> clerk: now is the opportunity for the public to address the board of supervisors for up to 2 minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the february 13 meetings and items 22-26 on the without reference. public comment is not allowed when an item has been subject to public comment at a board committee, pursuant to the board's rules of order, direct your remarks to the entire membership of the board of supervisors and not to individual members or to the audience. speakers using interpretation will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. and to display your document on the overhead projector, clearly state such to sfg-tv and remove the document when you want it to

return to live meeting. >> i'm here today to take care of representation of the females as well. i'm here to represent the females who are victims of crimes. san francisco police department and district attorney's office in my view has about 1,000 rape kits who have not been tested and just sitting in the store room the police department has refused to take $2 million in grants. more cases of rape have statute of limitations of 10 years. i move that you incorporate that the statute of limitations has exceptions to the rule and i like taos to be passed to all females that think they cannot come forward because the statue of limitations has ran out.

it's called continual injury and it should be applied to all the females that was raped by bill cosby and other high-profile cases. moreover, 2 million, most of which have gone to the police department for testing, rape kits have fell outside the statue of limitations. still, they should be applied, okay? during this time frame, there was 437 rape kits older than 10 years and this is discrimination based on sex because you process male victims of crime, but female victims of crime, the evidence just sits there. it's not fair. another violation that takes place section 334.13 of the community law says 15% of brand-new buildings is supposed

to be for low-income and affordable housing. but yet when you build the building, you don't include those people. >> supervisor breed: thank you, mr. white. thank you, sir. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. in regards to a recent fire in north beach, unless the fire chief can come up with an excuse for the delay and the slow response of extinguishing the fire, she needs to be terminated. her position is at the pleasure of the mayor. we need someone like ms. hayes was 15 years ago. many times the leadership has been under criticism. we cannot let this go on.

it's not about no one killed, no one hurt, just another building on fire. this fire could have taken just as many lives as the pulse nightclub and warehouse combined. san francisco could have suffered a permanent black eye. there need to be two independent investigations after the arson investigation to decide whether a building need to go. and who was waiting for the wheels to be greased by the insurance company. district attorney george gascon may need to be notified. we listen to president trump's repetitive talk about sanctuary cities. why didn't the interim mayor show up to shake hands with the victims of the north beach fire, but made it to the fire victims in the suburbs? if the mayor will separate himself from lower-class

neighborhoods, versus the suburbs. thank you. >> supervisor breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> i'm ollie. i'm a 30-year taxi driver. four or five years i followed the situation. the taxi drivers, i want everybody in here to know how we're suffering. i'm in here to scream. i cannot handle it. i cannot take it anymore. i am not the only guy. i come in here again and again. i'm 65 years. they force me to buy the medallion. after 30 years, give it to me free, please. i want to get my money back. you guys have to be issued

something, not me. we don't want to be a driver. we don't want to get out after 50 years. i cannot do it anymore. please figure it out. do something this year. we're mentally, physically sick. there are working 100 hours a week. they're divorced. people get heart attacks. two weeks ago, i told you, cab drivers get heart attacks. mta is not doing the job. they cannot do it. you guys have to issue maybe the bond. i want to get out, please.

i don't want to die like that. i'm suffering so much. i have been in this country 50 years. i have to be retired. i cannot do it. please. >> supervisor breed: thank you. thank you for your comments, sir. >> thank you. >> supervisor breed: next speaker, please. >> i just wanted to say congratulations to women honored today and thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. first i'd like to say that i'm a sole proprietor women's-owned district, graduate of san francisco state and california native. concerning the vote on the fur ban, 171317 --

>> supervisor breed: ma'am, i'm pausing your time. that item has had its public comment requirement met. >> this is regarding an amendment. can i read my peace? >> supervisor breed: if you can talk generally, but generally there is no public comment on items that have had their public comment during the committee. you can submit anything you have in writing to the clerk to distribute to the entire board of supervisors. >> okay. i didn't understand that it pertained to my business or i would have spoken i only found out today that it pertained to my business. >> clerk: we're happy to take your comments and -- >> supervisor breed: you can speak of it generally but not about the specific legislation and you can talk about your business and what your business does and the impact of things in general. >> now? >> supervisor breed: if you want to take a minute to compose your

thoughts, we'll come back to you. unfortunately, we've taken public comment for this and can't allow anyone to comment specifically about the item at this time since it's already occurred. you can step to the side and we'll have someone explain to you and then we can figure out how way can make it so that your information is submitted into the record. >> all right. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. i drove taxi 24 years. i'm 55 years old. i don't have much energy to do this. so i brought two topics. my first is that taxi driver funds by medallions.

and even six months before or one year before. i know it's not much money, but it belongs to medallion buyers, because they paid 5% or 20%. so we have the license. we need help. so second is, as you know, each medallion costs like $250,000. 8 years ago, it was based on the right -- sorry. all the taxi drivers have been punished. they didn't protect our

businesses. since 2012, uber and lyft is hurting drivers. 10% to 15% business is left for taxis. we cannot survive this we drive 16 to 20 hours a day. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> supervisor breed: your time is up, but thank you for your comments. sir, your time is up. sir, i'm sorry. thank you. next speaker, please. to members of the public, i

apologize, but we have to give everyone the same amount of time. thank you. >> good afternoon. the topic is the same about the taxi. and the taxi drivers are hurting and i don't think some of the board of supervisors have any intention whatsoever but i admire the board of supervisors that i met last week and i got little hope that you guys will take some kind of action. and at least as much as you can. i'm sick, as can you hear from my voice, but i still go to work. i work 365 days in a year for the last two years. i never took one day off. i'm a father of four. don't you guys realize that i

need a weekend off. if you think that i do need a weekend off, then please do something. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> hi. i'm patty quadra. i'm here because i have two issues. one is just having a rent-controlled apartment and being displaced from there. nothing to do with me, but i'm displaced and i'm born and raised in san francisco. when i used to come here and speak, i recognized a lot of people in this panel here. but i don't recognize anybody here anymore. so i am talking to strangers. however, that's something that i'm trying to solve now. the reason why i'm here, i'm trying to save 115 telegraph

hill. we have such a beautiful city, but i don't recognize it anymore, like i don't recognize a lot of people here we have the golden gate bridge, the bay bridge, crooked street and transamerica building. we have more than that. now it's coit tower that's in jeopardy. you guys know about a building that's going up there. more housing that's going up there, which will probably be about $10,000 to rent a studio, which none of you guys can probably afford. well, why think that should be built. me with joseph cohen, he's the reason why i'm here. he walked into the san francisco foundation and told me about this. i'm pissed off because it's another thing under our noses. you guys know about it, but it's not out there. well, we want to build a park. we want a boys and girls club. and maybe a vegetable garden,

but i want a park. i don't want more buildings up there. 5 -- i can't believe it's going to happen by coit tower. if i have anything to do with it, i will get it done. i will not let more luxury suites go up. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. mr. washington? >> you can call me ace. i'm in your place and i know how to act now. like that song saying, i've changed. i will sing it later. i'm here celebrating women's day. i was upstairs in four or five commissioners meeting and down here for my last meeting. what i have to say is politically if that's okay. i was at a mayor's forum last night. i was very disappointed. first of all, i couldn't get in. it was on castro. and i did a little monologue before i did my show how i used to come over when i was a little boy and match movies, videos,

back then. but i couldn't get in. they said you had to have tickets to get ivenlt whatley -- to get in. what i will do, we're going to have a mayors candidates and we'll talk about black issues, youth and seniors. get ready, candidates. i'm ace and i'm on the case. i'm going to invite you to where i stay at. with london breed, the queen. politics full of tricks. they've been treating my queen pretty wrong. even though i don't agree with her politics, i don't like the way they're treating you, queen. i don't like it. and they're going to hear about it. my name is ace and i'm on the case. but let me just say this. to the mayor, oh, mark. he fit the part. he going have me come out the dark. you know what, y'all, this day is only that short. we're going to go into a new

cycle, with a two-year mayor and then a four-year. it's a new era. right now, ladies and gentlemen, i don't got no time for errors. i will be dealing with our youth, our seniors, which i'm a senior, and a small popularity, which is african-american, negro blacks. i'm ace, i'm on the case and you better leave queen alone. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> thank you, supervisor breed, president of the board, rest of the supervisors. i'm mark bruno, from north beach. i want to address an issue that affects residential, commercial tenants, and contractors and property owners in our city, surprisingly, and i had the opportunity to speak privately with with supervisor safai last week, there's no requirement in the building code

to -- when work is being done to priest -- post what that work is at the site. i met privately with joe duffy, head of building department inspectors, as you know, and the assistant director of building, patrick o'reardon. and we all went through the code to find a section that would require this. there is no requirement. in new york today, and it was passed over seven years ago, what's required is very simple. "the building permit or a copy thereof should be posted in a conspicuous place at the worksite, visible to the public for the duration of the work or until the expiration of the permit, whichever is later. no such permit will be posted at any location other than the premises." and it goes on to explain what cannot be used to block the

notice to the public, what cannot be used as advertising instead of the forum. it explains because of weather conditions, perhaps this permit should be laminated. it's not expensive to laminate something. it's $2.65. the entire burden on the contractors and property owners to do what i'm suggesting is minimal. it's the cost of scotch tape and a xerox. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you, madam clerk. i would like to note the many feminists that have said that women have been silenced throughout history. their complaints have not been heard. and i doubt there's a single member of this board that does not count themselves as a

feminist, males included. whose job is it to silence a significant segment of the population of this city? people thought to have mental illness. people thought to need coercion in order to attend treatment. it's been well established that people thought to have mental illness have -- are able to make their own treatment decisions. and yet you are funding this organization at an astounding rate. in the time allotted to me to give you this speech, you will have handed over to them through the city another $1,000. by the time i get a chance to speak to you again in two weeks, you will have handed over approximately $3 million. this is something like 70 times all of your salaries combined.

so i'm astounded that you would do this to an organization that has no transparency, no accountability. and minimal oversight. it's a black box. and i don't think there's a personal in this room that doesn't know that the real -- that the police that patrol on the streets with their nightsticks and pistols, they're not the real police in this town. citywide case mchlt is. they're our police, our judges. our jailers. and we want freedom, madam clerk. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public that would like to address the board during general public comment? >> supervisor breed: seeing no other members of the public that would like to provide public comment, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, please ride the options for adoption without reference to committee.

>> clerk: items 22-26 are being considered. it may be severed and considered separately. >> supervisor breed: seeing no names on the roster, can we take the items same house, same call? without objection, items pass unanimously. madam clerk, please reyes the in memoria memoriams. >> clerk: the late ms. dana harrison. the late mr. matthew wilfred and shalini van hook. in honor of the iranian new year. >> supervisor breed: colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any other business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> supervisor breed: thank you, everyone. we're adjourned.