same brand items appearing on the shelves, all of a sudden from the yogurt to the this and that, it more and more became 365. i tried 365. it is not my way to shop. i don't like it. however what happened is the choices whole foods provided slowly disappeared, and so did the spirit in the store. at this moment, it is almost impossible to not stand in waiting lines that go over the entire lengths of the depths of the store because the number of checkers who used to attend on all check out stands, half of them are filling orders that come in -- that come in on the computer and the customer that's basically disappeared to be important. that's the same thing with ordering specialty items, which they were always glad to do, were able to achieve in a few days. they don't do that anymore.

the items have disappeared, and it's in that kind of changing environment, particularly now under a new mission of being an amazon, where i do not have any trust that what they are still delivering as a whole foods or what they will be delivering at a 365 is transparent enough for me to continue supporting it as a formula retail spot for the polk street. i have to be honest, if it would be different, this would be a people focused store where i feel i know my checkers, and i used to know everybody. they recognized us. they spoke about their lives, they spoke about how things were going. it was a welcome gesture. that has all disappeared. it has been a tight, difficult store to shop in, and i have been more or less ceased to do so. and for that reason, it was

more or less for lack of trust you are asking for, i will not be fully supporting of what we are being asked to do so today. >> president hillis: commissioner richards. >> commissioner richards: so on my google feed, what popped up is puppet hill whole foods closed, amazon takes over. this is in the san diego union tribune. every whole foods has -- i go down on potrero, and i get a nice hamburger and things. they say they're using it as a staging area for their two hour delivery, and that they make frequent updates to stores. i read this, and i think, hearing what commissioner moore and commissioner koppel said, is this going to turn into a warehouse distribution center for amazon prime?

i had a disconcerting moment in my whole foods twice recently. once, i went to buy vegetables, and i swear, i was like hurricane harvey had gone through. there were no vegetables. the shelves were bare. there was nothing to buy, and i was like i've never seen that in a whole foods. the second thing is looking at apples or appears, apears, and an alexa in the middle of the store. i just don't like the way that this is all going, so i'm still not supportive. i guess the question i have for director rahaim, is should we not approve this today, could they come back with a housing development right away? >> commissioners, i think i just need to clarify is the way the zoning currently works on polk street, if the building was demolished, a use size no more than 4,000 square feet could go in for retail richard

richards -- >> commissioner richards: so effectively, a whole foods or large grocery store could not go in. one of the things we did recently at the lucky penny site, there was an s.u.d. that was created that bent the rules, that allowed high density and things in exchange for the developer gave back to us. so maybe the numbers don't work now as is which is a straight project, but i think i'd urge you to go work with the supervisors office to go explore an s.u.d. or something that can actually make everything fit together nice and work better, including a use size larger than 4,000 square feet which could allow a grocery store to go in. that would be my recommendation. so i guess i'll make a motion -- so what you did say was they cannot come back within a year or they can? >> well, in their current

form -- nick, you can correct me, but if you deny a conditional use, you cannot come back with essentially the same proposal in a year. >> commissioner richards: this would take more than a year to figure out. >> well, it would, but they can't come back with the same proposal within a year. >> commissioner richards: i'll make a motion with an intent to disapprove. >> commissioner moore: second. >> president hillis: in -- so director rahaim, just so we're clear, if this building were demolished, and a mixed use building -- it's not with the c.u., you can't do a -- >> no, poling street as an absolute cap of 4,000 square feet. >> article seven was just updated a few weeks ago. in the polk street neighborhood commercial district, you could go principlely permitted up to 4,000 square feet, and over

that triggers a c.u. it's a pretty large amount of change for the control table. if the building were taken down by fire, calamity of god, so on and so forth, the project could be rebuild, but if it was voluntarily razed, it could not be rebuilt. >> president hillis: i'm just going to vote against the motion. i want to kind of be consistent in how i've treated formula retail and defer to those who have lived there over the years. there's problems with the code that maybe we can't get that, but i think the support in the neighborhood is fairly overwhelming that people want a grocery store here. again, i think whole foods has not been detrimental. it's been positive in other neighborhoods it's gone into. i would definitely like to explore some -- i think you're under utilizing the upper floor

of that building. i think you could possibly add a second, third floor penthouse of that building. i would support commissioner fong a continuance to look at the addition of housing into this proposal to make it a mixed use. i know there's lease issues to deal with, but i think you've got a pretty big floor plan in a big building, bigger than what you have in other spots. i'd like to see some housing incorporated into this project, potentially save the building, add onto it a bit, but we'd get a whole foods relatively quickly. you know, maybe in less time than we would get one know if we approved it. i'm supportive of a whole foods. it wouldn't take a year, but just wanted to say that. commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: yeah. i just wanted to say i won't support the current motion. i do support a continuance rather keep the project alive than definitely make it a vacant site for another year. and i think there's movement for additional height on this

site, and i think the neighbors might take a little bit more height. i don't think we're talking in our minds about putting a huge number of units above. even if it were a few, a handful, a few would probably be better than none, so i'd like to keep this and give the project sponsor a very short amount of but enough time to at least explore the opportunity, and if it comes back no, that's a no and we try again, but i don't want to kill it. >> president hillis: director koppel? >> commissioner koppel: could you clarify the tifs between a continuance and intent fwo disapprove. if we were to motion and vote on an intent to disapprove, that still means that the project comes back, it doesn't mean it is going to get disapproved necessarily. could maybe just someone clarify that. >> as a practical matter, it may not be that much different. the intent inform disapprove was just simply a statement by the commission that that would

be your intent. if the project came back to you in a different form when you actually take the motion of "ay" or nay, then you wouldn't have to reconsider it. as a practical matter, it's not that much different. >> commissioner koppel: procedurally, you've done this in the past where you've adopted a motion to disapprove where it's come fwak to yback with where you've made some modifications and then rescinded and taken that new vote. >> president hillis: there is that motion on the table with the second, jonas. >> clerk: we should find -- >> commissioner richards: i leave it up to the project sponsor, if you were serious about coming back with a project that had housing with an exploration of additional density, you know, or just that's it. you know, we're just going to run with this and forget it.

i leave that up to you, 'cause i understand where commissioner koppel's going with this. we can make a motion with intent two disapprove, but grant a continuance with enough time for somebody to explore a different project. >> president hillis: if that's what you want to do, why don't you make a motion to continue and have him explore -- again, i'm going to vote against the motion to disapprove. this is different than a starbucks or chipotle. we've been trying to get grocery stores in neighborhoods, and there's neighborhood support for this. i'd like to see housing incorporated into this, and i'd like to give you time for that. do you want to make a comment, mr. reuben? >> i'm speaking now solely for the owner. 90 days, and i'll tell you whether it's an intent to disapprove or continuance.

we prefer a continuance. it just feels better, but having said that, we need time to work with whole foods. they now have a lease for the whole building. if there's going to be housing, we need to get those people to the ground. that means some of their space goes away. this is not going to be an easy conversation. so that's aspect number one. aspect number two, can we do it at all? this doesn't make money. we may leave here with being able to do a project, but we need to see if it's feasible. there's windows that need to be created on that floor, that means there's issues created with engineering and shear. >> president hillis: i think we've seen whole foods, they've gone into neighborhoods. >> we'll take a serious look at it, but it's going to take sometime. if we can't do it, then we'd come back in the 90 days and

you'll disapprove the project, based on what i'm hearing. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. >> yeah. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i'd like to have when when he coe in 90 days, a motion to approve or motion to disapprove, rather than having to come back with an intent. >> if the project does include some other component, whether it's housing or whatever, you won't have that in front of you to approve. there won't be enough time because we'll have to redo the ceqa analysis, so it's highly unlikely that a project includes other uses would actually be fully baked in 90 days. >> commissioner richards: i think i'm just hedging my bets that if it didn't work, we'd have a clear one way or the other. >> i'm just -- yeah, you wouldn't be able to approve a different project in 90 days, i don't think. that's my only point, so you could say yes or no to the current project in front of you, but then, that other project would probably require

some more time. >> commissioner richards: of course. that's all i'm saying. >> president hillis: commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: yeah, just for the neighbors, i want to be clear. i'm hardy an obstructionist and understand that street, and the darkness and safety of that street. my dentist was murdered there right in front of laombardis about eight years ago, so i'm going to make a motion to continue, but i'd ask that we expedite this as quickly as possible, but also ask the property owner to keep the property lit and in best condition during this time. so i'm going to make a motion to continue with 90 days, come back in 90 days. >> second. >> president hillis: commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: just for clarification, what is the 90 day? >> president hillis: well, i think it's to explore the

possibility of intensifying the housing. again, if it's in the footprint of the building or in addition to the building, that may need some additional entitlements or additional work, but at least we'll have some indication whether it's phasibfeasible an can move onto do that. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i think i heard you say we cannot just add housing and make that an option to come back within 90 days. >> to clarify, if the building is maintained, if the grocery store could go in under current zoning, if it had additional housing on the top. what could not happen is the building would be demolished and then put a new store in. that could not happen because of the size limit. so the question is whether they could develop the scheme in time for us to do environmental review with housing in 90 days. that would be pretty unlikely, but we're willing to look at

it. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: so i wish georgia schuttish were here because they just have to leave a stick, and it wouldn't be demolition. seriously. we get this all the time on m 'em -- homes. you see this all the time. it's not a demolition because they had a permit. be creative. don't worry about the definition of demolition. it's fluid right now, and it's going to be tightened up later, and go with the definition of maximum housing. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i think there are a whole bunch of other issues which a structural engineer can solve, including giving us a full breakdown about the existing health of this building. this building is not easily adaptable to anything. it was a rather inefficient floor plate given it had this huge atrium middle floor space.

there was a lot of circulation, leaving light on the ground floor. not trying to speak here as an expert, but i'm not because i don't know the building structure well enough, but this building i think would require a major redo by somebody who was in the economy of buildings, versus let's just tear this down and do something else. >> president hillis: commissioner medic commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: i think it is worth taking the time to explore. >> president hillis: i think there's -- you take the parking lot up on hyde street in russian hill where it was converted to the retail on the ground floor and housing above. i think it's worth it. i think this is fairly an easy building and it could have a floor or two added on, where it

could get close to the amount of housing you would get by demoing it and kind of satisfy the needs of the neighbors to get a grocery store here. i think it's worth it. it's trying to get at both these issues in moving them forward instead of kind of denying this and getting nowhere. >> clerk: commissioners. you have two motions that both have been seconded. the motion for pure continuance will take precedent and putting us three months out would be a continuance to july 26th. on that motion -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 4-2, with commissioners moore and richards voting against. for the benefit of the public, the d.r. has been withdrawn and leaving us no additional business. >> president hillis: all right. thank you all for coming here

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the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill

come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters

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being here today as we celebrate the individuals that i just had a chance to meet here right behind us. and today is really an amazing day for the city of san francisco. we're showing that once again our city employees, our residents, but our city employees are stepping up to the task. and want to welcome, i know there are 14 individuals that came from our department of public health that went to puerto rico to help the victims of hurricane maria and really dedicated their time and effort to helping those that are in need. as the city of san francisco, these are the values that we embrace as a city. we've had our own incidents,

whether it's earthquake in particular, where we're the beneficiaries of other cities and jurisdictions coming to our help and participating in the rescue efforts here in the city of san francisco. and now we're paying it forward and replicating it in kind. i want to thank all of you personally for representing the city the way that you did. the doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, they are representing our city on the international stage and showing what our city is all about. it's an honor to be here to recognize them for their efforts, for their volunteerism, and really, barbara, to thank you, because i think this is about the testimony of the department that you have created as well. and that you are supporting. we're so lucky to have barbara garcia running our department of health here in san francisco and the values that we are part of our dna here in san francisco, that we own as a city government, as city employees,

are represented here in your department. i'm going to turn it over to you, but as mayor of the city of san francisco, i am so proud today to be here to recognize these individuals. i know we have certificates of honor. i was able to do this the other day, but we have a unique thing called the heart of the city pins, that we're going to give each of these individuals, that did the heroic work in puerto rico. i want to say thank you to each and every one of you for what you did and know how proud we are as a city, but as mayor, proud you represented us so well. congratulations. [applause] we'll give them their gift in a minute, but i want to turn it over to barbara garcia who runs our department of health. [applause] >> thank you, good morning. and thank you, mr. mayor. we should be proud of all our staff and we're really proud of

the support that the city has given our staff to be able to go to puerto rico. you know, we depend on the electricity and water every day. and the people in puerto rico still cannot depend on these fundamental services. the impact of hurricane maria had a detrimental effect on the people and the medical assistance in puerto rico. this is one of the main reasons we sent our 14-member health team to provide support to one of the community clinic organizations. in the northwestern part of puerto rico. the response to emergencies is one of the core responsibilities of any health department and san francisco health department has had decades of experience, so we felt obligated to assist the puerto rican people and their communities medical providers. you'll hear more from the staff, they supported the clinical staff and continued to provide care to thousands, the clinics in puerto rico.

our staff crossed rivers and climbed mountains with local clinic staff to provide medical and psychological support in people's homes. we want to continue to support these clinics and we encourage catastrophens to help us. -- san franciscans to help us. we set up a fund at our public health foundation and all the dollars go to the clinics to continue their efforts. i'm so proud today. and i had my own experience of running a community clinic in a middle of a disaster. i know how important it is to get the support we provided to these clinics, so i want to ask the staff to come up and talk about their experience. the first one is ramona. she'll give opening remarks. [applause] >> hello, everyone. my name is ramona, i'm registered further at the family health center. i work in the complex care management team at zuckerberg

general hospital. i would like to thank everyone who had a hand in putting this together. this was a wonderful medical relief mission. and i speak for everyone when i say this was truly an amazing experience, we feel so blessed to work the staff. the community offers primary care and home care services to patients at risk in the surrounding area. and it's truly serving its community in a time of need. i'm hopeful that the relationships we made there will continue to grow. our time in puerto rico was spent working alongside our brothers and sisters, providing care to patients in their homes. these home visits were in remote mountain areas. our team of nurses, doctors, mental health professionals, pharmacists, outreach team and community leaders would travel up to two hours every morning along hazardous roads, trying to outreach these vulnerable residents.

it's been 217 days since hurricane maria hit. and the people we visit still have no electricity. some no water. and many still have the blue temporary tarps as roofs. these people are still struggling. what i found especially tragic, in these remote areas, many of the patients were elderly. as a result, many of these seniors are taking care of their geriatric parents. from a nursing perspective, patients in need of skin care, wound care, a lot of foot care, nail-trimming, reconciliation. much needed teaching and education around chronic disease management, these were some of the prevalent diseases. these diseases are made much worse by the stress, anxiety and fear related to this hurricane. we visited a gentleman in his

70s dealing with the stress of the hurricane maria aftermath, no electricity, his hypertension and diabetes and he's the primary caregiver for his mother in her 90s. upon entering the home, our physician recognized that his elderly mother was not well. she had the signs and symptoms of sepsis, it's complicated because of delayed medical attention. we jumped into action, recognizing the signs of this complicated infection and the possible risk of death. the team facilitated medical attention and intervention. everyone working together to improve the outcome of this family. this is just one of many of the success stories we brought back with us. the most healing intervention we provided was our presence, our time. we provided a sense of humanity, it reminded us them that puerto

rico has not been forgotten, seven months after hurricane maria, we still care and wanted to help. puerto rico. [applause] >> good morning. so i'm ricardo, i work for comprehensive crisis services here at the department of public health and feel fortunate to assist in the disaster relief as a senior psychologist. one of the things that happens is that you have the honor of hearing people's pain. you have the honor of maintaining the confidentiality of what people are suffering. yet in a disaster there is no confidentiality, everybody knows

everything. one of the things that happened, this team, none of us really know each other, some of us colleagues, some didn't know each other as well. we blended seamlessly. and became a topnotch primary care clinic on the road that included behavioral health and we found some very chronic conditions. a lot of anxiety. a lot of depression that existed before the hurricane, but exacerbated because of the lack of water, lack of electricity. one of the behavioral health interventions was to get a generator started. a woman could not pull the generator. that is the only way to get electricity. she's by herself. lost her husband 11 years ago. depressed by herself.

children don't visit and there was nobody there to pull her generator. so two of us did. a younger guy than me, he was able to pull it, make it happen. [laughter] so that was our behavioral intervention for her, but we were left with lots of different thoughts about follow-up. one of the beautiful things, the agency responsible for that community took our recommendations and will follow-up, so hopefully this woman will do care. i was in the middle of doing a panic attack treatment when they say, sorry, we got to hospitalize your mom. so he needed medical attention. he got treated for that. and the mother, yeah, she was really in grave situation. and had this agency not been there, this team, or the other

team that was serving them, a number of those people might have died because they just really needed that attention. so i think, i want to support this effort and any other further efforts to continue to do that. we do that at crisis. we respond to disasters, we do the fires up north. i got deployed to katrina and rita and that's the kind of think we do in the city and county of san francisco and we're able to do it. the fact that we're able to spare the staff helped them and gave us the psychological boost. they taught us a great deal on how to be humble, responsive, responsible, ethical. and i'm glad that we in the city and county of san francisco were able to do that. thank you so much. [applause] >> i want to introduce dr.

hammer, i asked her to find a group, identify the group and to lead the group. i'm really proud she did that and she did that with so much pride and also i think, i'm really proud of the work and her leadership. doctor? [applause] >> thank you. thank you for sharing your stories. and to the other members of our amazing team for your service to the department of public health and the people of puerto rico. and sincere gratitude to the mayor and director garcia and everyone at dph for giving us the opportunity to represent the city and county of san francisco on this important mission. our team spent seven days in puerto rico, working alongside colleagues, a group of four federally qualified health centers based in the northwest

part of the island. they're sister clinics to us in many ways. the clinics in san francisco are federally qualified health centers with a mission to serve the most vulnerable members of the community. we each came back from our time with so many stories and images. houses and cars washed down mountainsides, broken bridges and roads. dark living rooms, empty fish tanks. but i think and hope that our most lasting memories are the incredible resilience and sense of hope we encountered. speaking for the clinicians, this mission was a natural extension of our mission in the dph. each of us is called to service. and to a person, we were deeply honored to have the honor to serve in puerto rico. we rode vans deep into the forest, where we stopped in tiny

communities and attended to people in their homes. all of us were left of a renewed connection of what brought us to the healing profession in the first place. our ambassador of hope, as i like to think of them, were the puerto rican partners at csm. they are health care professionals working tirelessly since the hurricane seven months ago to do anything in their power to help their community. ever since the storm passed, their teams have traveled every day to find people in need and bring them whatever they can. food, water, medicine, generators, or just a healing presence. we feel honored to work alongside them. we learned from their example. many people have asked us what they can do to support puerto rico's recovery effort? first and foremost, we should remember puerto rico and visit there. it's alive, but suffering, and definitely recovering. it's a beautiful and great place

to live and work. also, we encourage san franciscans who want to support the relief effort to donate to the clinics we worked with on our trip. you can do that through the san francisco public health foundation. we handed out this flyer. the public health foundation has set up an account to support the clinics and the outreach efforts. please take one of the flyers with you in you want -- if you want to get information how to donate. one of the most enduring memory from our time in puerto rico is families welcoming us into their home, so grateful for the care, medicine, water and food we provided. thank you for coming, these beautiful elders would say to us as they gave us coffee. thank you for not forgetting us. and they expressed their gratitude not just to us, but the people of san francisco. it was a great honor to represent the department and the people of san francisco.

it's also an honor for us to bring back a certificate of honor from the executive director of csm to present to mayor farrell and gift to present to director garcia. [applause] >> this is a certificate of recognition dedicated to the honorable mark farrell, for your initiative of sending aid with health professionals from the city of san francisco to assist those affected by hurricane maria in puerto rico. thanks for your support. it is signed by the executive director of csm. thank you. [applause] beautiful neck and we bring a

gift for director garcia. we acknowledge and appreciated your support everywhere we went when we were in puerto rico. you were the spark that made this happen, so thank you so much for giving us this opportunity and a necklace for you from csm. [applause] ellen davis. [applause]

ricardo. [applause] richard santana. [applause] ann daleman. [applause]

ramona. [applause] steven delgado. [applause] vita mullins. [applause]

jody scottniss. [applause] kenneth pilon. [applause] jesus pestano. [applause] last but not least, halle hammer. [applause]

we're going to do a picture, but how about one more round of applause for everyone here? [applause] i see that vivian is here. and she was our connection to puerto rico. and so i really want to thank her, she also worked for the health center in california. thank you, vivian. [applause] and this ends the program.

>> hi, i'm with building san francisco. and we have a special program of stay safe today where we're going to talk about what you can do to your home after an earthquake to make it waterproof and to be more comfortable. we're here at spur in san francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. and this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. and we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll talk about things you can do you don't have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an earthquake.

>> i want to talk about things a homeowner can do. we have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if your front door is ajar and waterproofing if you have a leak in your roof, or if you have broken glass on the window. >> so unr, one of the most important fib use is keeping outside out and inside in. let's look at windows. >> let's assume this window is broken in the earthquake. we have wind and rain blowing in. one of the most important things you need to do as a homeowner is secure the plastic properly. if you just take staples or nails and put them into the plastic, we're going to get a strong wind and rip it right off. what i'm going to have somebody do is they're going to have -- this is an old piece of shingle. you might have -- everybody has a piece of wood in their basement. it doesn't have to be fancy. they take out this rusty screw begun, and hopefully you have one of these. >> there is one at the neighborhood support center. >> at the neighborhood support center.

you're going to wrap this plastic around this board, take your screw. and then screw that in. >> you need a permit for this? >> you do need a permit for this. and you can contact the former head building inspector to get that permit. that's it. now when the wind blows, it's tight and it's not going to pull through, having a single point of contact. >> great. what about this door? take a look at this door. what can you do? let's say it doesn't shut tight. what can you do? >> for the sake of argument, we're on the inside. i can't lock my door at night. i have a very similar, very similar idea. i'm going to take my 2 by 4. i can put it across the jamb in the door. one. two. maybe i want another one up

here, maybe another one down there. but i can go to sleep. and that quickly, i can get it off in the morning. >> terrific. what about the roof up here? we see people throw blue tarps over their roof after an earthquake. that seems reasonable. >> i think the blue tarp is reasonable. the things that people want to know that they need to know is if you have multiple tarps, how you overlap. starting from the bottom and moving up so that you're overlapping this way. so, rain running down doesn't slide under your tarp. >> right. >> and the same technique we did over here, as silly as it may sound, wrapping the end of that blue tarp with your board and then securing that if you can underneath, if you have to on top is fine. but making sure that you don't have an area where the wind is going to get under and bill owe that tarp. >> the wind can rip it right off. >> and then you're back up there again. >> let's go inside and check out what we can do inside. >> old fun. here we go. >> so, ben, i see you have nails, universal tool right here. >> man's best friend. duct tape.

let me show you a couple things we can use this for after an earthquake. this window right here, because it's off kilter, we have open seams all along. i have a lot of air coming through. i want to stay comfortable at night. i want to keep that air out. it's as simple as that, all the way around. >> excellent. >> now i don't have any air coming in. let's say this one is one that would annoy me. everything is a little off. my doors won't stay closed. i take a piece of my favorite duct tape here, close it up. and at least it will stay out of my way when i'm trying to live throughout my day. if we're not talking about pressurized water, we're talking about just the drain, sometimes they're going to get a crack here. >> right, sure. >> and you're going to get a leak. duct tape around that is going to help us get through until we can get a plumber out and get that fixed as well. let's say we only have electricity in one room, so we're running extension cords across the house. if i'm going to run an extension cord from one room to the other, i don't want kids tripping on it. i don't want to trippon it.

i take my trusty duct tape, tape it to the floor, and i don't have to worry about it getting kicked. >> great, great. look at this. let's look at the duct tape here because we see a big -- >> yes. in the event of an earthquake, i don't think we're going to have too many -- too much debris that's safe to put into a plastic bag, even as strong as it might be. these are called vice bags. this is what they use to put rice and things when they ship it. this is something where i take my glass, i can take broken pieces of wood, i can take anything sharp and fill it. and it's not going to puncture and come out. it's not going to fall all over the floor. i've not going to have it sticking out, maybe scratch myself, cut myself or anything like that. these are a great thing to have. >> you have a little go-to box for emergencies. that's great. thanks very much for joining us, ben. it's really been interesting. and i want to thank you all for joining us here at the spur urban center. and we'll see you agai

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