face of rational thought to co-locate a school into malcolm x. it makes no sense. the same evening we were given the report about african american achievement in the districts. almost any of those pages speaks to the need for stability in this community. each one of you has a job. imagine having a whole other set of -- another organization thrust into your work place. you know what that would mean. do unto others as you would have done unto you and think of the kids. thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent matthews, i'm susan solomon, executive vice president of united educators of san francisco. i believe the malcolm x academy has said what has needed to be said very eloquently as has president blanc.

i won't take the two minutes to repeat it. but i want to make it clear united educators of san francisco stands in support of the malcolm x academy community. thank you. [applause] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. >> hi, i'm here in support of malcolm x academy. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: i don't have a card for you, i'm sorry. public comment is closed. >> i have a voice. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: we asked for you to give a card ahead of time. if we allow you, we will have to allow everybody. i already extended the time. >> can you just give her half a minute. she is here with a child and she just wants to have her voice heard. >> i just hope you make the right decision and do what's right -- [off mic] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. thank you.

okay. thank you all for public comment. and for sharing all of your comments and -- >> [off mic] >> okay. thank you. and we heard it from many people this evening. we will take all the information and we need to move on now. we have an entire meeting to continue with, so thank you. our next item is item g, special order of business. so this is item number 184-10s01 revise parent involvement policy at sites reviewed for federal program monitoring, bessie carmichael school/filipino education center, francis middle school marina middle school and e.r.

taylor elementary school. >> the staff will be rodrick castro. >> good evening, commissioners. tonight's recommended action is that the board of education approve the updates to the language in the schools parent involvement policies to provide full opportunities for the participation of parents. parents of disabilities -- required under 6311 in a format and to the extent practicable in a language such that parents understand. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. i don't have any public speakers on this. any comments from the board or superintendent?

commissioner murase? >> thank you. i would just ask it also be translated into filipino. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. roll call, please. >> [roll call] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: next item, 184 -- [reading]. motion and a second. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners and superintendent. the subject tonight is a memorandum of understanding between san francisco unified school district and united educators of san francisco.

certificated and classified as related to proposition g. the recommended action is that the board approve the attached memorandum of understanding between san francisco unified school district and u.e.s.f. certificated and classified units. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. i have one public speaker. ms. blanc. do you want to come and take your 2 minutes, please? >> commissioners and superintendent and listening audience and members out there. this is a really important moment. i'm really excited that we were able to reach this m.o.u. we spent quite a few days and weeks on it. an awful lot of effort on the part of the district and the union in finding absolutely every last way of getting the maximum amount of dollars into our members' hands because we know the affordability crisis remains acute.

and so we are very, very pleased to have this m.o.u. which says that when the parcel tax passes in june, prop-g, which we know it will pass. we will need all your energy and efforts to get it to pass. 75% of that parcel tax will go to educators and it will bring a 7% raise to the base salary of all our members. that's tremendous and brings targeted support to identified schools. and restoring, or actually maintaining the 18 hours of professional development we have, and will bring a boost to dependent care for our members as well. we are very happy about this and we look forward to getting this parcel tax passed. prop-g, go! g-for great! [applause] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. any comments from the board or the superintendent? okay.

seeing none. roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call] >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: section h is discussion of other educational issues. there are none tonight. i, there are none tonight, item j is is introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. 1 is public and board comment on proposals. 2 is board policy 1312.3 uniform complaint procedure. 3 in support of a formal

resolution, 184-10a1 is being referred to the committee of the whole. can i have a motion and second to the reading of the policy and proposals? >> so moved. >> second. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. section k are proposals for immediate action or suspension of the rules there. are none tonight. section i, board members reports, standing committees. before we do that, i wanted to make one announcement that the board of education has an appointed member that sits on the board san francisco election commission. our appointee had to resign so there's a vacancy we must fill. we are looking for persons interested in applying, 555 franklin street, room 106 san francisco 94102. and please make it to the attention of esther casco, our executive assistant.

recommendations will be forwarded to the board at a regular meeting. you are welcome to submit your letter of interest between wednesday april 11th through thursday april 19th. if any need you can contact office of the board of education, 415-241-6493 or email her at cascoe@sfusd.edu. thank you. standing committee meetings. can i get a report from the curriculum and program committee, please. commissioner norton. >> yes, it met march 19th. we heard updates on the district's math sequence. on some of the new teacher pathways that the district is working on and also the c.t.e. pathways. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you.

report from buildings and grounds. we actually had to cancel our march 21st meeting. our next meeting will be april 23rd. a report from rules policy and legislative committee. can you do that commissioner? >> we did that already. >> report of the committee of the whole? >> sorry, president mendoza-mcdonnell. it is april 30th, and i think we have to change the time. 5:45. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: committee of the whole, i believe we covered that. budget. board delegates to membership organizations.

anyone have any reports? any other reports by board members? commissioner? >> what we covered at the last budget meeting and i'm doing this by memory, the l-cap process. we also discussed some questions we had about budget from our previous meeting and we all received the information, the questions that we had and what the report back was and we talked about site-based budgets. weighted student formula and systems of support and everything was really on the process for this budget season and we talked about the mayor's -- the governor's revise that's coming up. all the site budgets were do march 23rd, so the district leadership is now working with the sites to finalize those as well. but that's the gist of the meeting. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: great. thank you.

commissioner murase? >> yes, i wanted to announce the next meeting is thursday may 3rd at 6:00 p.m. in terms of general announcements, i wanted to pass around the program from the fifth annual g.s.a. day, queer revolution. it was a fantastic, phenomenal day for over 150 of our middle school and high school students, l.g.b.t.q.q., they had aromatherapy, they had a castro history tour, they had a know-your-rights session. it was the biggest one yet. and i wanted to give a huge shout out to the staff at school health programs, to eric martinez and his colleagues. it was really a fantastic day for our students. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. any other announcements from board members? vice president cook?

>> yes, i just wanted to echo the superintendent's report around participating in black family day. this upcoming weekend i will serve on the panel supporting the event. i'm excited to see all that comes as a result. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: and that's this saturday, correct? >> yes. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: this saturday at willie brown middle school from what time to what time? >> 9:00-2:00. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: 9:00-2:00. okay. great. item 4 is calendar of committee meetings. budget and business may 6th, business and grounds, april 23rd at 6:00. cure lick rum program, commissioner norton, rules and regulation, may 7th. commissioner murase or cook, does that sound right?

>> yes, first sunday. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: ad hoc committee on personnel matters? >> yes, we will meet april 26th at 5:00 p.m.. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: ad hoc committee, ad hoc school district city college is meeting june 14th at 6:00. section m is other informational items, and there are none tonight. and section n is a memorial adjournment. did you want to read it? >> as many of you might know, president mendoza's mother passed away last month on the 21st. at this time ms. mendoza will tell us about her mother, words she read at her mother's celebration of life. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. so this in memory of a loving wife, mommy, grandma, great grandma,. my mother was born august 23rd,

19 46 [reading]. she was formerly known as sally. as a perpetual care giver she grew up taking care of her siblings and other children. in school she was an athlete playing softball and cross country. she was an amazing cook, making filipino dishes for friends and family. she had a feisty personality and was candid about how she felt. they had seven children, [reading names] rosalina and felix's 66-year relationship began with a bike ride in the plaza and dating continued. in 1959 felix was drafted in united states army, stationed on multiple bases away from rosalina and their family.

felix petitioned president kennedy to be a citizen. a private bill was passed that quickly allowed felix to be a u.s. citizen and move his family to the united states in 1964. rosalina was a caring and strong willed mom raising five children while often working part-time at various positions on the base. she always made sure there was a hot and hearty meal on the table, clean and orderly home and activities.

she passed awaypeacefully at the age of 91 on wednesday march 21st, surrounded by her loved ones who will miss her deeply. rosalina was proceeded in death by her parents, her siblings [reading names] she leaves behind her loving husband of 66 years, felix mendoza, her children andromeda, with alex, hydra with eric [reading]

and grandchildren [reading names fast] and her 27 great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren. thank you for allowing me to do that. and i want to thank you all for all your support during these last three weeks of transition for my mom who had been in hospice since january. thank you. all right. so at this time -- or was there? >> i just wanted to let you know we are currently, staff is taking up a collection. we will be announcing at the next meeting the amount of the collection and then we await for your father to let us know where he would like to donate the money. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you so much, superintendent. >> beautiful words, beautiful life journey, the board of

education, superintendent, expresses our sincerest condolences to commissioner mendoza and the entire mendoza family. >> president h. mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. appreciate that. at this time we will take public comment for those who have submitted speaker cards for closed session items and i have no speaker cards. the board will go into closed session and i call a recess of the regular board meeting. and we will be back. thank you.

>> okay. resuming our regular board meeting. the board by a vote of five ayes, approved a contract one principal. the board by a vote of five ayes, two absent, approved a contract for the matter of one administrator. in the case of one anticipated litigation, the board voted five ayes, two absent, authorizes the general counsel to initiate litigation. item q, section q is adjournment. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

. >> well, welcome, everyone to this fabulous rooftop of a monumental announcement. my name is debbie raffel, and i am the director of the san francisco department of environment. and today, i am joined by president london breed and by

don falk, the ceo of the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation, affectionately known as tndc. and with us we've got representatives some of the dozens of community partners, we've got the library here, we have our light bulb company manufacturer -- not manufacturer, but seller here. so we've got the whole system on the roof today to celebrate this amazing event. i have the fabulous job of being in a department, leading a department that takes big idea and makes sure those big ideas are translated into action on the ground. and we're here because of one of those big ideas. last year, the department of the environment set an ambitious goal. we wanted to get 100,000 led light bulbs into the hands of the people who need it the most, and it's just like this

one that i happen to have here. when many of us look at this, we see a light bulb, nothing spectacular looking in that. but our goal was to get this gem into hands of residents who are low income, formerly homeless, disabled, receipt vans, disabilities, we wanted everyone in san francisco to have the opportunity to benefit from this seemingly small action. we didn't only want to deliver bulbs to people, we needed to make sure that they were actually installed. it does no good to give somebody a beautiful bulb and have them put it in their storage closet until later. we needed to make sure they were put into place. this project of this scale had never been tried anywhere in the united states. 100,000 bulbs is certain bei

ambitious. facts about led: they use one sixth of the energy. they cause less to power because they're so energy efficient. they reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and they last 25 times longer. those are some impressive facts. so what are the facts for residents? that means that for a person who puts an led light bulb in a fixture, they need 25 less light bulbs that they're ever going to have to install because these last so long. and that difference gives tremendous safety and opportunity for people, especially for those who are mobility challenged. picture your elderly grandmother and a light bulb goes out. how is she going to change that light bulb, or a person with a disability that has a light

bulb go out? what are they to do. it also means our most vulnerable will not be left in the dark because these light bulbs are so long lasting. and even more and equally impactful is that the quality of the light who are so much better, so people who have a hard time seeing all of a sudden can see. so something as simple as a light bulb can actually transform somebody's sense of well-being, their sense of safety, and their ability to enjoy life. and what does this mean? what are the facts for the affordable housing providers? it means if they don't have to change a light bulb, that it's reduced cost for operations and maintenance. it frees up thousands of hours in terms of bulb replacement, so that those maintenance people can work on delivering on services. it doesn't mean that they're sitting there playing solitaire, they are incredibly busy people. so not having to change a light

bulb means they can tend to all sorts of needs in the buildings that they work in. so these sorts of actions have all sorts of ripple effects, ripple effects that affect our communities in all sorts of different ways. and today i'm proud to announce that we have 60,000 light bulbs that have been distributed. we are making history today. we are saving energy, we are saving the climate by reducing our grun house gas emissions, we are delivering benefits to those who need it most, and we are improving the quality of life for all californians. and i am incredibly honored to introduce somebody to you and welcome somebody who truly gets it in every bone of her body. this is a woman who cares about vulnerable communities every day of her life.

she understands that environmental benefits must be available to everyone in san francisco. president london breed has championed initiatives like safe medicine did i see posal, clean sf, and she's continued to champion these initiatives, especially ones that protect the environment as well as health and safety. so please, let's welcome president london breed. [applause]. >> president breed: thank you. thank you all so much for being here today. thank you, debbie, very much for this initiative. i'm really excited to especially be on this property because this was a part of rad phase one, where we have been able to rehabilitate thousands of public housing units all over san francisco. so some of you may know, i grew up in public housing. i lived there more than 20

years of my life without showers, with rodent problems and other challenges that exist with no help on the way. when i first became a member of the board of supervisors, i told the mayor, mayor lee, that public housing was my number one priority, and he believed me, and he supported me. and we worked together with so many nonprofit organizations who help with housing, like tndc and don falk to rehabilitate public housing. so the site we stand on is connected to another site. and because of the work we've been able to do, 60 residents, 60 units which include over 100 residents, they now have a clean, affordable, safe, rehabilitated place to call home. and i'm so proud of the work that don and tndc has done to make that dream a reality, so thank you so very much. [applause]. >> president breed: you know, we are doing in san francisco what we do best: to fight

climate change, and as debbie has said, we and through ourests at the board of supervisors that i've been so fortunate to lead, we have basically introduced -- or we have passed legislation with the toughest styrofoam ban in the city. we have passed legislation for our safe medical dispose i can't believe which keeps tons of unused and expired medication out of the bay and landfill. we're getting to zero with waste and in reducing the amount of waste in the black bins and focusing more on recyclables as well as our green bins, which i know sometimes don't smell very good, but it's saving the planet. and we have passed, after 12 years of fighting cleanpowersf, the single most important thing we can do to combat climate change. san francisco has been an environmental leader all over the country. so this is why i'm so excited about this program and what this will do. it's a greater initiative to

trying and make sure, especially in our most vulnerable communities where you know seniors are on a fixed income, where they can't always afford to not only purchase light bulbs on a regular basis, but sometimes they have challenges with replacing those light bulbs. and so i'm really excited for this incredible opportunity to not only make sure that we are providing these free of charge to our most vulnerable residents, but we are also taking it a step further. and so i know michael lambert is here from the san francisco public library, and so i am really, really excited that the library is our partner in this effort. and as a result of the work done by the department of the environment and the san francisco public library, we are announcing that there will be free light bulbs -- there will be free -- oh, i'm supposed to grab this box. there will be the opportunity

for residents of san francisco to pick these up at any public library in san francisco while supplies last. and let me just say this: there is one catch. you've got to have a library card. so sign up, check out a book, return the book, get your light bulb while supplies last. i mean, what -- this is like one of the best things that san francisco can offer to its residents. the goal is, of course, we want to combat climate change. but more importantly, we want to make sure that these bulbs and access to things like that that are usually typically expensive, that all san franciscans have the benefit of accessing them whether they're able to pay for them or not. and so there are how many libraries in san francisco? >> 28. >> president breed: 28. i know the western addition is one of my favorites.

we have one on larkin, our biggest in the city, and main branch and other locate the communities, stop by, use your library card for this great opportunity. and let me just say that these light bulbs make a difference, as debbie mentioned before, because i know mya is an artist, and for ten years didn't have the light that he needed to paint. and so that's one of the stories i've heard about as a result of the changes in his light bulbs and the briethnegh in his home, he's able to paint again. so i think as someone who ran an art center and understands those kinds of needs, what an amazing change that a light bulb can do in somebody's life, as well as young people. getting young people excited about the opportunity to take these bulbs home to their parents to try and use those. so i just think this is an

incredible program. i'm excited about this opportunity. i'm so glad that there's so many people here today, and hopefully, we can get the word out to residents all over san francisco that this is an incredible opportunity. san francisco is a step further in addressing climate change. we will continue to do all we can to address this particular issue with bold, creative initiative that's will continue to allow us to be a leader in the environmental issues throughout the country. so thank you all so much for being here today. [applause]. >> thank you, president breed. that was wonderful, and totally inspires and motivates me to think about what is possible when we have bold leaders like president breed to put us out there and so thso we can be on the cutting edge and continue to move forward. there are many of you out there today that are part of our community story.

we partnered with 45 community organizations and city agencies. so would you please raise your hand if you are part of our community of communities and -- so right now, raise your hand. high. oh, wonderful. let's give you -- thank you. thank you for your support and partnership. [applause]. >> and we're at a very special place today, and with a very special person, as well. don falk of tndc. tndc has been a phenomenal partner, and don and his team have blown me away with not only their commitment to the mission of supplying housing, but their willingness to work with us to help us as a city agency make things even better for their residents. it's truly a partnership, and i think we each elevate each other as we get to know one another, community and government together.

the mission of tndc is completely aligned with sustainability and environmental stewardship, and it's understanding the importance of that intersection that is going to enable this planet to heal itself. nothing -- we can have nothing less than an understanding that it's everyone's role to think about these issues day in and day out. and tndc has already installed 2,400 led light bulbs, so they are -- they are committed, don's staff is committed. so let's welcome don falk. [applause]. >> thank you for that warm introduction, and thank you president breed for your leadership on all of these issues. let me start with a few words about tndc. we're a nonprofit developer, owner, manager, and service provider with over 3600 homes in the tenderloin and throughout san francisco.

over 80% of our tenants have incomes under $1,500 a month. in san francisco, under $1500, and nearly 25% entered our housing coming out of homelessness. every day, our staff of 400 people is working with san francisco's most vulnerable and marginalized people. 951 eddy street is former public housing, but under the leadership of london breed and the late mayor ed lee, tndc now operate these buildings. in this building and next door live 100 seniors and people with disabilities including many medically frail people. in 2012, tndc enters the national better buildings challenges, we we committed to reduce energy consumption in

our portfolio by 20% in the following ten years. we are well underway to meet this goal, and the department of the environment has been a critical partner in the work. since 2016, we have converted five properties to 100% led lighting. these five properties represent over 1,000 homes in which with the support of the department of the environment, we installed ov installed those 2400 led bulbs. in support and in partnership with the department of the environment, in 2018 we will install bulbs in another seven properties. and of course, it's the impact on people of the work that matters most, and it begins with the idea that led bulbs last 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs, so that saves money for tenants who need every single dollar. every dollar matters. it also reduces maintenance staff hours spent on light bulbs, because think of of

these old buildings, because to replace a light bulb here requires two people and a ladder. so it makes the affordable housing more affordable, both for us as operators and fore tenants, and those cost reductions are permanent. and it's important not to overlook that led bulbs are brighter, which is especially important for older people. these bulbs make a daily difference in the quality of life for our tenants. this project delivers all of that without even talking about the environment. so the project represents the kind of public private partnership that is a win-win-win. financial savings to low income people, better lighting and visibility, and of course a more environmentally responsibly way of operating. and how great to be making this announcement during april, earth month. so before closing, i just want to acknowledge and recognize and encourage you to seek out

after our event here three of the people who were instrumental in bringing this about: ruchi, cynthia and paris of tndc staff. on behalf of them and on behalf of all of tndc, we're grateful to the city's support and proud to be of service to our community and stewards of the environment. thank you. [applause]. >> wow. thank you don, thank you, paris, thank you, sin that you, thank you, ruchi. amazing team at tndc. i want to give a few other shout outs to people who aren't here. cristin from community outside. we have the sfriesk unified school district, and we're working with them to distribute 20,000 of the bulbs, and we're not making it easy on those students. we're making sure they have understanding of what we are giving them. so when they get a box like this, it comes with a

curriculum and it comes with a homework assignment. make sure you install this back at home. explain to your parents what a treasure this box is in terms of improving the quality of life at home. so thank you, san francisco unified school district. i also want to mirror president breed thanking the libraries. michael lambert, who is the acting city librarian, and his staff are phenomenal partners. not only are they allowing us to distribute at their 28 libraries and book mobiles, they're allowing us to store the light bulbs as we figure out how to get them through the city. and i want to say it's not only earth month, but it turns out it's national library week this week, and even more amazing, it is national book mobile day. so when you go down stairs, and you see the book mobile, give the driver a little bit of extra love, because it is

national book mobile day, and we are distributing light bulbs in book mobiles, too. and i'm told the theme this year of national library week is libraries lead. and of course i'm sure they spelled that l-e-d. so as president breed said, it's while supplies last. so people, go out, bring your library card and get some wonderful light bulbs. i also want to acknowledge a very important partner to us, and that is pg&e. the way pg&e came into this story is they issued a challenge to san francisco. they said if you can step up and bring tremendous benefits of energy efficiency to at least 600 businesses in a small amount of time, we will give you a prize, an award. so of course we're competitive

people. we took that challenge, and of course, being the overachievers that we are in the san francisco, that 600, we beat that by quite a bit, and we made significant benefits to our businesses -- small and medium sized business community. we are taking that money and putting it back in the community. so there is a tremendous cycle of benefits to the businesses and the benefits to the residents. we're taking that money and we're using it to improve the lives of all san franciscans, so thank you pg&e for that belief in us and for allowing us to prove ourselves again. i want to thank my team, luke and becca, raise your hands. so they are intrepid passionate, tenacious professionals. the distributors are here, as well, from smith buchols.

they are important partners, because not only did we say to them, can you please bring the price way down, we also said, can you please redesign the box because we want to be able to hold it, and then, can you put this image on the box because we want people to be able to know what to do with them. and they said yes, yes, yes, and they were able to do it. i want to truly thank our president london breed, for her belief in and inspiration in o department. i want to thank tndc and all the organizations who made this a reality. our future is brighter with led's. thank you for joining us today. [applause].

. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year

grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal it to remove carbon in the public right-of-way on sidewalks to build educational gardens that teach people with climate change. >> if it's a greening grant, 75% of the grant has to go for greening. it has to go for planting

trees, it has to go for greening up the pavement, because again, this is about permanent carbon savings. >> the dinosaur vegetable gardens was chosen because the garden was covered in is afault since 1932. it was the seed funding for this whole project. the whole garden,ible was about 84,000 square feet, and our project, we removed 3,126 square feet of cement. >> we usually issue a greening rft every other year, and that's for projects that are going to dig up pavement, plant trees, community garden, school garden. >> we were awarded $43,000 for this project. the produce that's grown here is consumed all right at large by the school community. in this garden we're growing all kinds of organic vegetables

from lettuce, and artichokes. we'll be planting apples and loquats, all kinds of great fruit and veggies. >> the first project was the dipatch biodiesel producing facility. the reason for that is a lot of people in san francisco have diesel cars that they were operating on biodiesel, and they were having to go over to berkeley. we kind of the dog batch preferentials in the difference between diesel and biodiesel. one of the gardens i love is the pomeroy rec center. >> pomeroy has its roots back to 1952. my name is david, and i'm the

chamber and ceo of the pomeroy rehabilitation and recreation center. we were a center for people with intellectual and development cal disabilities in san francisco san francisco. we also have a program for individuals that have acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury, and we also have one of the larger after school programs for children with special needs that serves the public school system. the sf carbon fund for us has been the launching pad for an entire program here at the pomeroy center. we received about $15,000. the money was really designed to help us improve our garden by buying plants and material and also some infrastructure like a drip system for plants. we have wine barrels that we

repurposed to collect rain water. we actually had removed over 1,000 square feet of concrete so that we could expand the garden. this is where our participants, they come to learn about gardening. they learn about our work in the greenhouse. we have plants that we actually harvest, and eggs from our chickens that we take up and use in cooking classes so that our participants learn as much as anybody else where food comes from. we have two kitchens here at the pomeroy center. one is more of a commercial kitchen and one is more setup like a home kitchen would be, and in the home kitchen, we do a lot of cooking classes, how to make lasagna, how to comsome eggs, so this grant that we received has tremendous value, not only for our center, for our participants, but the entire community. >> the thing about climate, climate overlaps with

everything, and so when we start looking at how we're going to solve climate programs, we solve a lot of other problems, too. this is a radical project, and to be a part of it has been a real honor and a privilege to work with those administrators with the sf carbon fund at the department of environment. >> san francisco carbon grant to -- for us, opened the door to a new -- a new world that we didn't really have before; that the result is this beautiful garden. >> when you look at the community gardens we planted in schools and in neighborhoods, how many thousands of people now have a fabulous place to walk around and feel safe going outside and are growing their own food. that's a huge impact, and we're just going to keep rolling that out and keep rolling thit.

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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. april 28, 2018, and the time is 9:00. item one, roll call. [roll call [roll call]. >> clerk: item two. members of the public may address the commission on any matter. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack