good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the april 11th, 2018, meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor ahsha safai. to my left is catherine stefani. our clerk is alisa somera. i was like to thank maya hernandez and jim smith. madame clerk, any announcements to make? >> clerk somera: silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards and cop -- copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted on will appear on the board of supervisor agenda. >> commissioner safai: thank you. please call item number one. >> clerk somera: item number one is a resolution authoritying the -- authorizing the

appointment for the joint board of directors. >> commissioner safai: this was in our second to last meeting. we've submitted those changes. deputy city attorney, do we need to read those changes into the record or are we good? >> chair safai, i can describe it. >> commissioner safai: sure. >> it's to clarify and make it crystal clear that the board of directors has an existing authority to appoint the board and they are conforming to law. >> commissioner safai: great. can i entertain a motion? >> commissioner yee >> commissioner stefani: i move that we forward this. >> commissioner safai: any public comment on item number 1. seeing none it's closed. we have a motion to send it to the

full board with positive recommendation. without objection. please call item number 2. >> clerk somera: an ordnance to modify the composition of the treasury oversight committee. >> commissioner safai: great. i think amanda freed from the treasurer tax collector office contacted us and asked us to continue item number 2 but we can take public comment. any public members wish to comment come forward. seeing none, it's closed. a motion to continue item number two >> commissioner yee: i'll make a notion. >> commissioner safai: so order ordered. >> clerk somera: item number 3 is a resolution regulating businesses that utilize emerging technologies and have a task

force on emerging technology. >> commissioner safai: great. i know this is supervisors yee's item. did you want to say something first? >> commissioner yee: thank you, chair. colleagues you should have received an advanced copy of this resolution with the proposed amendments. last month the board passed legislation to create a process for testing delivery devices on our streets. a 375 palm security roll out that did not fit into the perimeters of the pending legislation was seen rolling down the sidewalks. automated, it was not a delivery device. the only -- only last week i heard from two motorized scooters share programs and a

station start up all which were already operating on our streets and sidewalks. it is our responsibility as a city to get a handle on this. i'm often impressed by the start ups and the pace of technology innovation but i will not hesitate to do something when the safety of our residents and our limited public infrastructure is being compromised. i mentioned companies that began operating in the last couple of weeks or months but let me remind everyone that this is only -- is an on going trend that will not be ceased. we already have bike share, e bikes, security robots, private transit vehicles, scooters shares just to name a few. i should mention that ride shares such as uber and lyft,

the companies that are unregulated became powerful enough to refuse to cooperate with the city and will only do so when they are forced to. these companies dropping scooters and bikes, creating private bus routes without any notification, recording data of our residents that we have no idea how it is used or if it is secured. that's unacceptable. there's hearings taking place in washington because millions of people's data was compromised. our seniors and people in wheelchairs are inconvenienced because they are having to navigate around scooters and bikes not only blocking entryways or left in the middle of the sidewalk but people are riding these motorized devices on the sidewalk. the item also

-- also be aware that often technology, technological advices out pace current regulations but it's not practical for a legislature or for emerging technology companies to create piecemail all the time. there needs to be a process that anticipating emerging technologies and that broadly accommodates instances and variations we know are coming down the road. we have a great record of priortizing our resident's health and safety amongst competing interests of corporate profits, tax considerations, use of municipal resources and so forth. in 2003 the city adopted the precautionary principal as a general city policy. the principal was later identified

as chapter 1 -- if you would like to sit down it's okay. >> okay. >> commissioner yee: it will be a couple of seconds. i'm sorry. the principals later in chapter 1 of the san francisco environment code, the key element of the precautionary principal states that every person has an equal right to a healthy and safe environment. it is mandated that our order, land be of a standard high enough that individuals in communities can live healthy, fulfilling and dignified lives. this precautionary principal is aligned with the intent of the resolution before us today. san francisco welcomes and encouraging emerging technologies but as a city we must ensure that the technologies provide net common good, measured in many ways in that they are safe and appropriate. a multibillion

dollar global tech corporation utilizing publicly funded infrastructure it pays for it. it pays disproportionately little for replacing jobs to enrich themselves. it does not align with common sense notions of fairness. consideration must be given to whether we are benefitting the few at the expense of the many. the city and the public must effectively evaluate any emerging technologies, benefits and impacts before they operate on our public infrastructure. in interest of this objective, this resolution calls on the city administrator to convene a 6-month work group to develop recommendations on a regulatory and permitting process for emerging technologies. this would leverage our most valuable resource, people. it would be -- it would use data to update

and accommodate not just the ever changing types of emerging technologies but to refine and improve the permit process intended to regulate them. that would enable us to limit the friction between humans and public-facing technologies. today the most significant examples of emerging technologies are mobility focused and impact our streets and sidewalks. however, the guiding principals and the recommendations created must be inclusive of technologies beyond mobility to include start-ups and technologies that will potentially impact our critical resources, odor, air and environment. the principal

recommendations must speak to industries just beyond mobility and transportation. health services, public-private partnerships, data sharing and any nexis we merging technology and the public realm. in regards to mobility and transportation the city needs to ensure that congestion is considered and priority goes to human beings. these provasive mobile instances of emerging technologies in our city must accommodate the most vulnerable persons including seniors, children and those with mobility or other limitations, not the other way around and not retro perspectively or as an after thought. with emerging technology the impact of our san francisco workforce must take precedence over the benefits of private companies. the privacy of our residents must not be compromised by data collection

and emerging technology. i recognize that this is really unchartered territory. the legislation is innovative in that it will create a frame work for departments to adopt and strategize so that they can maintain their respective objectives while working collectively towards the goal of leveraging our limited public resources to serve the san francisco residents. i look forward to receiving the recommendations of the work group. i will submit that any consideration as to how successfully this -- we implement a regulatory frame work must include staffing and indication of whether or not dedicated office of emerging technology is relevant and necessary. we should consider also a minimum advisory committee. i want to thank supervisor ronan whose district has been the epicenter for launching a majority of the emerging technologies as well as

supervisor fiora as my cosponsors. i've given a copy of two documents to my colleagues here. one of them actually highlights in blue all the different changes and so forth and there's a lot of amendments in there. i don't think that it's necessary to read them because it's -- most of it is just a rewording of the original. then i gave you a second piece that if you just read straight through it would probably be easier to get an essence of the resolution. >> commissioner safai: sorry to interrupt. i don't have what you're referring to. >> commissioner yee: we gave it to your staff. i have an extra copy. >> commissioner safai: that's fine as long as my staff has it.

>> commissioner yee: supervisor stefani do you have it? let me just give it to you right now. >> commissioner safai: i have this one. i don't have the one with blue. >> commissioner yee: okay. >> commissioner safai: do you have this one? >> commissioner stefani: yeah. >> commissioner yee: okay. so right now i'd like to introduce naomi kelly. thank you for your patience miss kelly. she's the city administrator as everybody knows and she's going to say an any words. we've been working with her office on this item. >> thank you, supervisor yee and all of you. last year supervisor yee approached me about the idea of an emerging technologies work group. i'm here to fully support this resolution and the proposed attempt that supervisor yee will introduce today. my viewpoint is that the working group must

-- it must balance innovation and new technology with other important city values including safety, fairness, equity, accessibility and efficiency. the first step will be to bring everyone together to get a consensus with folks who were thinking about being on that committee, which is out lined in the resolution, our community advocates, city departments, industry stake holders and academic leaders to help develop bust practices and get everyone on the same page. while that working group thinks through the policy questions i also do believe that we should be concurrently establishing a one-stop-shop so everyone knows in the -- and these emerging technology companies know where to go and where the rules are and what type of regulations are needed. i'll keep it brief because i think you hit everything in my talking points.

i'm here to answer any questions. >> commissioner yee: that's because i took your talking points. >> there's a lot we agree on. >> commissioner yee: i guess we put the 6 months as sort of a timeline for you now that you're sort of engaged with different people that might be on the task force. would that give you enough time to come up with your recommendations? >> 6 months is adequate time. >> commissioner yee: appreciate that. i'm anxious ly awaiting for it. do you have any staff in mind that's going to help facilitate the work group? >> we have existing staff in the city administrator's office. we've been thinking a lot about emerging technologies in our government in particular with drones so i've been working with the committee on information technology. they are not regulators. we look at how we operate as a government.

because a lot of the -- they are very much up to speed on what the different technologies are. we have that office that would be working with me. we also have the bureau -- department of public works, one of the agencies that report up to the city administrator, the department of bureau street and mapping, jerry and his team are doing a lot, especially in a lot of these emerging technologies in the public right of way. have been doing a lot of thinking around that. so between bsm, bureau street and mapping, i think that we have enough to get this working group going. >> commissioner yee: much appreciated. thank you so much for being here. >> commissioner safai: is dylan here? from the ssmta. we work really closely with him in developing our legislation around the automated delivery devices. he's with the local government affairs manager. >> thank you, supervisor. i'd

like to thank you and your legislative aide, erika, for your work and leadership on this important subject and on bringibrin bringing forward this resolution. we look forward to working with you and the task force. if i may i would like to ask my colleague darton elito to say a few words about our on going work related to mta and ta and our joint collaborative efforts. >> commissioner yee: sure. >> thanks. >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is darton. i lead the innovation team at sfmta. as supervisor yee mentioned the area of mobility is one where we are seeing rapid innovation, introduction of new types of services on our city streets.

as the transportation department for the city we realized we needed to take stock and figure out how we address potential impacts these services may have. we partnered with the sscta about a year ago to establish an internal emerging mobility steering committee to have a forum to talk about things that we are either seeing or hearing about that may be developing that could impact our city streets. you know, we've worked to proactively shape these services so they can support a safe, sustainable and equitable transportation system in san francisco. one of the initial tasks was to establish principals for emerging mobility services and technologies. these were built upon existing city policies or goals such as

vision zero, the transit first policy and the city's climate goals. we've been using these to evaluate the different services out there today and identify areas where improvements could be made. you know, to date the committee has established a number of working groups that have focused on particular service areas, transportation network companies, automated vehicles, the area of data, how do we collect it, how do we use it, how does it inform the decisions we are able to make. to date we've begun to conduct some research into how different services are impacting the city's goals. we've been collectively providing comments at both the state and federal level on different rule making or regulations that have been

developed. we -- it's clearing out or information sharing opportunity to talk about national trends and also to work with d.o.ts from across the nation. so, you know, we want today offer this body that is our steering committee as a possible template for this proposed emerging technology task force. we appreciate the opportunity to participate in the task force and can help to inform or provide some lessons learned that we have gained. you know, one of the two things i'll leave with is i think the first is that, you know, it's been important for us to engage with the companies, really understand what these technologies and services are doing, how they operate, what their limitations are and also share what we as a city, you know, hold to be important and how to work with city processes.

then, you know, finally that we are trying to move from being purely a reactive -- proactive mode to more proactively shaping the future of our city. >> commissioner yee: thank you very much. that's the point, we don't want to be reactive but be proactive in an tis pate -- anticipating what we need to do. the other piece that's important is if companies are creating things and they have a body to go to to say, you know, with this we can do this for the city, we might help them in developing their emerging technology in a certain way. i want to call one more person. the reason why we are doing this is because what i found out when we tried to tackle the automated

delivery devices that it wasn't real clear cut on which department was supposed to regulate it. we had a long discussion over 6 months to almost a year where who is doing what, who is going to give the permit and so forth. i think by having something that's more inclusive is not just relying on one department to tackle an issue when indeed maybe it's going to cross over to several departments. is sharon skapula here? from sfpuc. he's from the policy and government affairs office. >> supervisorsupervisors, than providing us this opportunity to speak in support of this resolution. we are really excited about this group being formed. i think a lot of times when people think of emerging technologies they think about

how it will impact the right of way and how people walk, bike and drive throughout the city. but actually it impacts the puc as well. a lot of times these emerging technologies can benefit the puc. we have huge areas of water sheds that are hard for us to monitor in these emerging technologies and they can be really helpful for us. actually they do sometimes impact our infrastructure. being involved in a group that looking at these emerging technologies early, see how we can work together with other agencies so they don't negatively impact and maybe benefit our infrastructure is super helpful. we are very excited about this and thank you. >> commissioner yee: thank you very much. city attorney -- i'm just wondering, there's a lot of amendments and as i mentioned earlier all the amendments are basically rewording everything. do we have to read it into the

record or can we just leave it as it is? >> commissioner safai: to be clear, from safai to yee, i don't think that you have to read word by word through the amendments but if you can provide for the benefit of the record and for the public the details contained here. thank you. >> commissioner yee: okay. i think i mentioned quite a few of the points already in which the purpose of this is to create -- we are going to look at possibly forming an office if not an office, what way do we have to look at future emerging technolo technology. we have a 6-month period to get that done. we try to have inclusive work groups.

there's -- it's reworded. emerging technologies should be defined as, we defined that as best as we can. it stands for -- to have a temporary, permanent physical impact on the public realm and by doing so has the potential to positively or negatively imup the -- impact the quality of life for san francisco residents. that is our definition. the groups that were going to include in the work group consist of a broad range as has been mentioned several times including individuals in the technology world and manufacturing, small business owners, labor leaders, community stake holders and city departments. any direct or indirect costs on the use of public infrastructure should be paid by the owner or operator of the technology and not by the

public. these are some main points. i guess, again, i'll reiterate that the board of supervisors is committed to investigating and adopting legislation including recommendations for a dedicated office of emerging technology with appropriate staffing to ensure the city government is adequately nimble and responsive to address impacts of emerging technologies in san francisco. so those are some of the highlights in which we basically had reworded and we needed to say something about that on the record. >> commissioner safai: okay. i'm going to let chair -- we'll accept those in a comment. can we do public comment and come back to the amendments? any person of the public wish to come forward and speak? you have 2 minutes to speak. if you have any documents hand them

to the clerk. please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. lori leaderman. i'd like to thank supervisor yee for his leadership. i support the resolution. it establishes vital guidelines for the consideration of allowing new technology in the public realm but it does not go far enough. we the people of san francisco have become laboratory subjects for private enterprise to extract profits without our consent. this needs to stop now. no new technology in the public realm without prior approval, we can't akuwawait fo task force. we need a moratorium. it must be paramount. it is difficult but with no longer be set aside. when unleashed with other devices we quickly reach a capacity problem. the precautionary principal is already city policy but it's not enforced. in this context let's also ask do we need this new device. just because somebody

thinks it's cool to ride a motorized scooter does not mean that we need it or need to permit it outside of designated areas. the watch word of the tech industry has been disrupt. some companies may welcome guidelines but history tells us that some very large players have intentionally evaded and sustained rules that do apply to them. airbnb's long failure to pay the hotel tax comes to mind. we look to look no further than facebook to look at a business model that turns people into products and sells them for profits. butting go bikes -- >> [bell ringing] >> -- and the next few thing on our streets is a disaster. we need space for the humans that we are adding. when we live in a small space we can't keep bringing in more stuff no matter how cleaver it seems. consumerism fuels the economic engine of technology but are not

healthy for the viefrment -- environment. that's why we need to put on the breaks. >> [bell ringing] >> commissioner safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is josy aarons and i'm the senior community organizer at walk san francisco. on behalf of walk sf saand our members i'm here to show strong support for yee's proposal. as we've always experienced across the city, we've been bomb boarded with tech after tech, sidewalk robots, autonomous vehicles, dockless scooters all using the public space with much of this happening on the sidewalks. walking is the oldest and most available form of transportation. pedestrians should not have to pay a price for these new disruptive

innovative technologies. the people walking should be the priority. we need the city to take the lead on ensuring pedestrian safety and mobility especially for seniors, children and people with accessibility needs. just to be clear, we are not opposed to new technology. we just want pedestrian safety to be the top priority when these technologies are employed. we would like to thank supervisor yee, the transportation authority, the city administrator for taking the lead with this resolution to get ahead of the unintended consequences that some emerging technologies could cause. we urge you to act quickly and with clear deliverables. now is the time to be proactive and anticipate future technologies. we need the city to take action before more people are hurt or killed on our streets. thank you. >> commissioner safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this

item? please come forward. seeing none public comments are closed. did you want to accept your -- i just have one question for the city administrator. let's just go ahead and accept your amendments first. >> commissioner yee: i make a motion with the amendments. >> commissioner safai: we can do that without objection. city administrator, it's just a simple question, so since the working group is 6 months, what will be the primary -- like in the public realm what do you think will be the primary focus of where in the public realm since you only have a 6-month window? >> clerk somera: i mean, the most recent experience we have right now is with the deliverable robots and the scooters on the sidewalks so they will be focusing on the sidewalks. as you heard, the emerging mobility committee is already in place thinking more in the streets. that starts to

emerge together with the sidewalks too. as you heard john talk about, emerging technologies, i think that's more in our interest but a lot of people want to put emerging technologies our on street life. it's street as mapping kind of a -- it's similar to -- what i'm thinking about in this -- this is kind of getting in the -- we'll vet it through our working group. having like a one stop shop or a final permit. it's not just on the streets. these technologies touched many different departments. with the deliverable robots they were delivering prescription drugs or food. you need the department of public health at the table. if it's scooters on the sidewalks and they get into the streets you need mta at the table. so just having -- we have -- we already have an existing office that's similar to that with final permits, whether it's the entertainment

office or the office of cannabis or office of short-term rentals, we can talk through that and bring the private advocates in on this discussion with our government use of emerging technologies. we already have a list of privacy advocates who work with us to develop how we use emerging technologies in our interest. so we have a lot of places to start and a lot of people in the city who are already thinking about this and working on this issue. >> commissioner safai: thank you. any other questions or comments from colleagues? >> commissioner yee: thank you for listening. i know it's sort of cut and dry but at the same time when these issues come up and we have no way to respond to it, it creates a real mess. i know that as i mentioned when i took on the automated delivery devices there was so much misunderstanding of what i was

trying to do and then it's like, oh, no, we are trying to stop innovation. i said no. as i said then, i'll say today, these companies have to be a little more innovative to use their devices, that's all. we want to make our sidewalks safer for our residents and the whole purpose of this is as i mentioned, it's about creating a frame work of how we are going to approach new emerging technologies in the future. so hopefully i'll have your support and i'll rest my case. >> commissioner safai: great. thank you. so unless there'sny -- there's any additional comment can i entertain to move to the full board with recommendation. >> commissioner yee: i'll agree. >> commissioner safai: moved. the next item. >> clerk somera: item number 4 is to change the composition and extend the sunset date to may

1st, 2021. >> commissioner safai: great. thank you, madame clerk. i would like to welcome jessica ho to present. >> thank you. thank you, chair. hello committee members. my name is jessica ho. given that april is child abuse prevention month i think it's very timely that we are considering this item before you, this family violence counsel composition. abuse of all forms occurs in every zip code. in san francisco, the family violence counsel was made to reduce the incidences of abuse. the city included an extra $250,000 for child abuse services in the fiscal year of 2018 city budget. there's a better process for healthcare providers to report suspected abuse cases and restraining orders are entered in a timelier manner. although much more work

needs to be done to eliminate abuse cases from the city, the council will determine this year in may. the item before you would extend the sunset date to may 1st, 2021 and this ordnance would add fees for the medical examiner, the department of homelessness and supportive housing. this will help the council's work. i believe that san francisco is able to protect its children and most vulnerable individuals but we need the help of the advisory board and city leaders on best practices on how we can get there. therefore i would ask that you please support this item. thank you. > >> commissioner safai: colleagues, any questions? any members of the public withish to comment come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. the women's policy director on

the status of women that staffs the family violence counsel. san francisco is unique in having an counsel that addresses this. we see the benefits of joining together in that way. so, for example, an assignment order at the victim's unit that we developed has been helpful and now special victims units in the xhocommunity are working to extend to child abuse and elder abuse. we have a new city department, the department of homelessness and supportive housing that over laps with family violence so we would like to welcome them. while we went 44 months without a domestic violence homicide that ended in 2014 so we see the benefit of having a medical examiner be a part out of our counsel. the counsel has a report on family violence each year. i have a copy here and we have copies for you if you want them. again, we are one of the few counties that we are aware of in the country that does this and we will be

presenting our findings to the public safety committee hopefully later this month. again, just furthering what jessica said about some additionadditio additional successes, we've had a more patient entered process, when healthcare reports to law enforcement, written protocols for which cases trigger a notification from the field in domestic violence cases and which should be investigated for follow up so they don't fall through the cracks. discussion of a gun surrender program for people restrained by domestic violence restraining orders. the sheriff's department successfully implemented an employee-involved domestic violence policy at the sheriff's department to deal with deputies whether might commit domestic violence. we have helped the police department create a form to better collect information in elder abuse cases. while we've done a lot of good work we have a lot more good work today so we see the need of continuing the

council. thank you. i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> commissioner safai: any questions, colleagues? supervisor yee. >> commissioner yee: i commission when i look at the list of people that would be on the council what is missing to me is anybody representing young children. i see that the department of children, youth and families are in there but i'm wondering whether or not we should take -- have some consideration -- >> commissioner safai: i'm having a hard time hearing you. pull your microphone. >> commissioner yee: yes, sir. another thing to consider adding maybe the first five conditionings or something just so -- just some representation from that perspective.

>> first five does come to our meetings as a member of the public and is active. even though they are not a member they do participate. the official members who represent youth are safe and sound and the department of children, youth and families. i don't know if we would be opposed to adding first five. >> commissioner yee: i think just some -- safe and sound. they do represent not just zero to five but the whole gamut of ages. there's a reason we have an office of education. it's just my suggestion that it's important that we don't leave that perspective out as an

official group because what it's saying to me is the zero to five doesn't seem very important. >> yeah, just to let you know, they do very actively -- even though they are not reflected as an official meeting first five comes to our meetings and participate. >> commissioner yee: could we amend it to add them in there? >> i don't think there would be an opposition to that. >> commissioner yee: thanks. i'll go ahead and ask for an amendment later. i'll go ahead and ask for that amendment later. >> commissioner safai: okay. thank you. we'll come back to that. >> okay. >> commissioner safai: all right. >> good afternoon, supervisors. beverly eston. i represent the three tri-chairs today thanking you for your support in advance over these years of our cutting edge family violence county. we

are the only county in san francisco that has taken one of their councils and broadened it out to be so comprehensive. we are proud of our work and the leadership that we've received from the board of supervisors and all the city departments. we thank you in advance and we'll bring this back again soon. thank you. >> commissioner safai: thank you. commissioner? >> i'm emily ratliff. i did provide madame clerk the copies of a few slides from our report. it's one of the most important deliverables of the family violence counsel. -- council. you will find data from 41 different agencies. i just want to support supervisor yee's suggestion of including first five. we are happy to do that. they come to meetings already. to formalize that relationship with them i think is an excellent idea. what i want to say about the report is it

reflects 42,447 calls for help. if you add up the calls on child abuse, on domestic violence and elder abuse this is a really, really big problem. by bringing the school district, human services, juvenile probation, the courts all around the table we are making some real progress. i hope you will support the legislation and we look forward to seeing the amendment adding first five commission. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, it's closed. >> commissioner safai: supervisor yee. >> commissioner yee: thank you, chair. i would like to make an amendment to add to the composition. the first five commission. >> commissioner safai: i think we can do that without

objection. and then i have oh -- obtain a motion on this item. >> commissioner stefani: i move this item forward with positive recommendation. >> commissioner safai: would be do that without objection. thank you. madame clerk, item number 5. >> clerk somera: declaring the second monday in october to be american italian heritage day. >> commissioner safai: supervisor stefani? >> commissioner stefani: thank you so much everyone for being here. i'm very excited to have this ordnance before us today. i just want to say first off that we are lucky to live in such a diverse city with many different cultures that make our city so vibrant, giving us so much to celebrate. as a proud italian-american myself i introduced this ordnance late last month to celebrate and

recognize everything that the italians and italian-americans have brought to this city and continue to bring to this city. italians in san francisco have referred to the second monday in october as ie italitalian-ameri but it's never been a code. this will recognize this as this day. it's my hope on this day we can celebrate the rich diversity and contributions of both its immigrant communities. i said this when i introduced this at the board and have spoken about this in our communities that we owe a great deal of gratitude to the italian-american individuals, communities and family who is have made contributions to our city society, culture, landscape

and history. our beautiful city is named in honor of saint francis of the cece, a deacon and preacher whose compassion to all service being led him to act as a camphampion in extreme positive. i think this ordnance hopefully will be doing that. san francisco has been home to italian immigrants and ie tta n italian-americans who made countless contributions to our city. i'm just going to go through a few examples. our city institutions such as the geradeli chocolate factor, the third oldest in the u.s.; the university of san francisco and the bank of america started by an italian-american. he was so vital in helps our community and the italian americans after the

1906 earthquake. of course we have culinary pioneers. the first woman to work on fisherman w hfsh w wharf. also the city lights bookstore. our sportsman such as joe demazio. in public service we have many contributions from italians including three mayors who led san francisco through moe -- e times including nancy pelosi. there's others that i don't have

time to go on about. they are fortunate to experience traces of our culture through businesses, restaurants, shops, community life and shops throughout north beach. when i'm in north beach i'm reminded of my uncle and aunt. they met in north beach through the italian catholic federation. someone came up to me before and said they know my cousin which i love. it's just so -- it means so much to me to have that history and that heritage and to be able to connect with people that still know my family from the city is amazing. i would like also to thank others for meeting with mae to share their thoughts. i also want to thank the council general for reaching out and for meeting with me and expressing his thoughts on this

as well. we had some very good conversations. a special thanks to my cosponsors, supervisor peskin and others for being so supportive and representing the italian-americans and the heritage we should celebrate. it's a special year this year as the italian heritage parade will be 150 years old. i'm looking forward to. this ordnance seeks to honor all italians and italian-americans for their past and future contributions to san francisco. it seeks to celebrate their immeasurable contributions for generations to come. thank you, everyone, for coming out today. i look forward to hearing for everyone who came out. thank you. >> commissioner safai: thank you supervisor for your leadership on this. i'll just going to say a couple of words and then we'll open it up for comment. i also want to recognize the hard