of apparatus. >> i believe 130. let's see. >> about 40 apparatus. >> 38 to 40 units. >> i'm sorry, again? >> 38 to 40 units. >> i commend everyone and i wanted to thank the chief of the department with sirens from across town while visiting her dying friend. and i think and i want to thank you, too, chief, because i did see you being extremely live. and i think everyone did what they were supposed to do, did it by the book as a result of it. >> the last thing is the most important thing. >> and it is. and that is what i would like to remind people of no loss of life. that is a plus.

>> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, mr. president. thanks for your update. i was washing on television and heard a lot of comments from a variety of people. and i thought that leadership of the fire department and saying all the right things and everything i heard was very happy to hear the responses that you brought up how quickly to work and the firefighter in new york city was caught in one of the situations where you try not to get into it. he was in zero visibility and his partners just couldn't find him. that was very -- real example of what happens when you get into a situation you should haven't

people in and i am not saying that was a situation where you should not go in. and the situation might have called for it, but at least we didn't have anybody in a situation oen that union street fire that shouldn't have been there. so you erred on the side of caution. very good. the interesting comments that were heard from some folks when i first became a commissioner, one of the things that i was stressed and told is commissioners do not micromanage. we don't tell people what to do. the people we hire tell people what to do. our job is to do the things we do in this meetling at other

times and i think that people in other government decisions that have strong authority and take that into consideration. you are not supposed to tell people what to do. this is a paramilitary function and this chief is selected to run the department and that is who runs the department, not any of us during a fire and certainly shouldn't be telling the department how to manage the operation. i was very proud of the way everybody handled themselves. >> thanks, commissioner. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. chief gonzales, thank you very much for this report. commissioner covington, thauch for suggesting this be part of

the agenda. for a point of information for myself the presentation as listed is a generic presentation of how we the fire department assesses the plan of attack on a working fire so i appreciate that educational level. i know that the discussion has filtered to the most recent north beach fire. and i know that the chief in terms of the operation report will also be able to dwif us more -- give us more in detail. and i know you gave us quite a bit of detail this evening about that particular north beach fire. i want to thank in terms of the generic education piece for the audience and for the public to how we deal with that. and i have been on the commission with every incident and every situation and with the fellow commissioners and the colleagues and one alarm, two

alarm, and three alarms. and we learn and observe how the men and women handle it and say the command staff deals with it. and there is a whole lot of stuff going on at the same time. and one of the things i learned right away is be atentative. don't get any way. and when we come back to this commission, if it's a budget issue and a hose, an engine, and we know what we're talking about and with the commissioner veronese and you were out there. and commissioner have beens to other fires as well. i wanted to say that the presentation at the next commissioner meeting when we can ask other issues.

and there are areas about the command staff and who is in charge as the rig comes and with the prerogative to take the educational pieces there. and the bottom line with the commissioners is thank you very much all the men and women with the work that you have done. with that, thank you very much, chief gonzales. >> thank you very much, mr. vice president. >> madam secretary. item six, resolution 2018-01. resolution acknowledging the heroic efforts displayed by members of the sffd who responded to the four alarm fire on march 17, 2018, at 659 union street. >> colleagues, i'm going to ask commissioner veronese to introduce this and it's not unusual that there is the

incident over a fire and commissioners have commented at various fires. i am not sure if we sent letters within that. perhaps we have. and it doesn't mean that the commission doesn't appreciate that work. this is a high recognition in terms of what occurred on a particular fire. >> commissioner veronese. >> thank you very much. i asked for this item to be placed oen the menu -- the menu -- the agenda for tonight. the menu for tonight. i asked it be placed on the agenda because having been at that scene that night, recognizing the heroics of the members of the department and the leadership of our chief and her command staff and everybody down the line that i had mentioned earlier that this was really an extraordinary fire. this was not something that happens very often. we are a city of match sticks. our homes are built of wood.

that's good for earthquake, but bad for fires. the way these ladies and gentlemen of the department attacked this fire was extraordinary. it ended where it began. no lives were lost. the only building lost was the building next door with some water damage which is reasonable given the circumstances. we had one firefighter, as i mentioned, who fell the next morning and is recovering and we wish him well. before i make a motion, i would like to hear from the chief on the request to speak list. i would cede the floor to the chief at this moment. >> thank you very much. chief? >> thank you, commissioner veronese. i wanted to echo what the vice president nakajo said. this is totally appreciative that you are acknowledging us for this fire. we don't get a lot of four alarms and that is because of the great work that the members

do and into the course of the year, that is what we appreciate the resolution and with the heightened tension and the kr d criticism and i was very proud of the members and we were, too. i don't know that the incident commander has been named, and he did a very good job under the circumstances and distraction on the fire ground. and we totally appreciate it. but i am proud every day of the professionalism of our members and how well trained we are and the bravery as well. so going into a burning building and not something that a lot of people do. and that is how we are trained and we will do that and time

after time is with the resolution and a great thing. and not necessarily but very much appreciated. >> i would like to call for public comment first. and to read the resolution. >> and with the restated and amended version of it. and asked her to clean up the language and a little bit like to amend the to make it all more. to make it a little more appropriate. >> commissioner, you are in the position to narrate that with the amendments that you have written. >> i have written it out. and i can hand it to the secretary. i can read it myself. but it's written.

>> if we could so as ask you, commissioner, since you were able to offer it, let me do public comment first and then the commissioner cans chime in. public comment on this resolution. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> narrate the amendment. >> an i would move to amend and restate the agenda item. the resolution as currently written to read as follows. whereas the san francisco fire commission acknowledges the heroic and life saving efforts and coordinated response of chief joanne hayes-white, the command staff, the members of the department, and the fire reserve who is responded to the four alarm fire on march 17, 2018 at 659 union street. whereas, the san francisco fire commission further acknowledges the san francisco police department and other city agencies who were part of life saving and coordinating efforts.

whereas, the commission wishes a quick recovery to the member who was injured and the best intentions to his family. be it resolved that this resolution be share ed electronically to all members of the department adopted at that regular meeting of the san francisco fire commission on march 28, 2018. >> thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner, any comment on that as we move into a vote? >> commissioner covington. >> i would like to move this item. >> thank you very much, commissioner covington. do i have a second on this resolution? >> second. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. i call for the question. all in favor say aye. none opposed. unanimo unanimous. thank you very much, commissioners. thank you very much, commissioner veronese, for that work that you have done on that. at this particular time, commission secretary, can we have a continuance of the agenda? >> item 7, commission report,

report on commission activities since last meeting on march 14, 2018. >> commissioners, is there anything to report at this particular time from any of your? i have one report on the updated meeting on guard yans of the city. -- guardians of the city. commissioner covington, please. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i would like to thank you for inviting me to the japan center 50th anniversary ceremony which was held late this morning. and just a wonderful gather iin and a very wonderful celebration artistically and heartfelt and very, very good turnout. it was a pleasure to be a part of it. and we have a new consul general from japan.

he's only been in his post for one month. it was very nice to be able to greet him and to greet many of the japan town friend and everyone was in very, very good spirits. thank you for that. >> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner veronese, you have a comment. commissioner hardeman, at this point, i just wanted to report to you, colleagues, that on march 20, we have a meeting with the guardians of the city to follow up on the presentations and the guardian did at this last commission meeting. and we had chief rivera attend and captain sorano as well. we had director corso, myself, from guardians of the city we had three members. and four items and one as improvement of communication and coordination because of the recent towing of the antique rigs to t.i.

as well as the wrap of the antique rigs in terms of security as well as preservation. the other item that we talked about was the request from the commission and the department for a reimbursement for the cost of the towing and the wrap of the antique rigs that was voted down by the guardians of the city at their meeting with a memo to us on march 11. at that meeting i asked that if the representatives through james lee take back the request of the department back to the board of directors to re-request the reimbursement for the department in terms of the tow and the wrap. the wrap took on an individual discussion to assure some of the members that the wrap was the best decision by ourselves and the chief and the department. and that everybody understood clearly this is a temporary arrangement.

the other thing that was real clear is we wanted to make sure our memorandum of understanding with the guardians which has never been complete. i believe it's about three years now. we need to request from them and the compliance by which they will submit by april 26 their financial statements, they insurance, and that the inventory request we made as well. but basically we hope that they will come through and submit all of these so that we can move to the memorandum of understanding. i offered to appear at the guardians of the city board meeting to make a request personally from the department in terms of the reimbursement dollars. again,

>> is there an agenda item or does the secretary have items? we are open to that if there is some suggestions and we will take it at this point. if not, we are going to the regular presentations of

operations and the chief's report. all right. thank you very much, commissioners. i want to, please, madam secretary, move on to the last item. >> item nine, adjournment. >> we're going to adjourn in memory and passing and prayers for battalion chief mark groshan, and we pray for his family as well. thank you very much to everybody. this meeting is adjourned. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you.

today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a

fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar

with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas

appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle,

you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. >> so it wouldn't be safe to

use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe.

♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet.

>> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. it is a fantastic place, check it out. it is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities.

it is as good as anything you will find out why mca. parents come from all over. >> there are not too many pools that are still around, and this is one-stop shopping for kids. you can bring your kid here and have a cool summer. >> if you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout san francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. on saturdays, we have a senior lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. we have all the music going, the generally have a good time. whether it is awkward camp or junior guard.

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- >> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are

children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that

is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of

having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits

and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables

it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but

the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options

good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more - >> 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

>> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the

national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be

the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great.

i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be.

that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco and california and the united states. i really believe that food is

important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here.

it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part

is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situatioit. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown

the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest

they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all as a society we've basically

failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked with the serviced and got to

know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend

we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to be sure to serve

as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the chief that make it easy for them to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that. >> hi, i'm antonio the chief

in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will show and easy to produce i want to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like it's a burden to make foods the cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them something they can't use but the

sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry indicators he'd ginger and onion that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young. >> the more programs like the

cooking project in general that can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should venting to utilize the kitchen and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand

out of the san francisco in los angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools in case that's something people are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for