we appreciate the continued support of mayor farrell and look forward to continuing to serve the residents and visitors to our beautiful city. thank you [applause] so thanks,yone ng to conclude the press conference. we'lle available to talk and answer questions on the side here. thanks, everyone. >> supervisor breed: good afternoon. welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, june 5, 2018. madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call]

[roll call] >> clerk: madam president, you have a quoru>>upervisor breed: tang is now present. ladies and gentlemen, please joinge if allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> supervisor breed: thank you. madam clerk, are there any

communications? >> clerk: there is. the mayor under 4.132 of transfer of functions between departments within the executive branch. reorganization shall be effective 30 days after issuance unless sa by boar of supervisors. >> supervisor breed: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today we're approving meeting minutes from april 24 and may 1 as well as a special budget andance committee meeting minu mte . is there a motion to approve those minutes? moved by supervisor peskin. is there a second? supervisor safai. can we take that without objection? will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, let's go to the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-5 are routine matters. if it is objected to, it cane and considere

separately. >> supervisor breed: roll call vote. [roll call] [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 es. >> supervisor breed: adopted man news -- unanimously. number 6. >> clerk: refunding lease revenue bonds open space fund to not exceed $41 million and to finance various park projects,

approving a second lease to the site and second amendment to the master lease secon supplemental and noticelef and intention to sale and a purchase contract and disclosure certificate and ratifying previous actions. item 7, finance refunding lease revenue bonds not to exceed $26,530,000 to refinance revenue bonds to refinance various projects under the branch librarmpogra >> supervisor breed: colleagues, can we tm same e caus? without objection, the ordinances finally pass unanimously. next item, please. >>rmr 8 is a resolution responding to the recent proposal to expand the private marina in clipper cove

oomatieduc, island reaffirming ection, preservation of opentlpr space and socialy. >> supervisor breed: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: first of all, colleagues, i appreciate your patience as we've asked for several continuances to get to where w re i want to say that the developer and several of our stake holders from clipper cove have finally come to an agreement, which'm very excited about. this sething that we've been in discusses with over two years. so it's really great to see this finally come to a closure. i will summarize the changes, but i first want to thank the sierra club, friends of the isbayk, alition ag, upunxisting offransco neighborhoods, fourndh gradeeacrs and families that reached out to

us as part of the sailing center, and the develer reprd bte jaywalk's, bob beck, director treasure island, and clipper cove, who know that colleag n manyem ils about this issue over the last two years. i want to summarize the major changes, of which we've handed out copies to each member of the board. page 2, line 19, it's a ne to-scale drawing of the marina, which is a smaller footprint thanhe devel h originally proposed. the developer estimates that the project will go from 400 to22 slips. iti make interim uses for the cove that have come to define the cove continues including treasure island sailing center, in which many of our schools, famies and students have grown to love and have become a part of ourio. this footprint allows for beginning sailors to be at the heart of the cove, along with high school racing teams.

the additional space will allow for a more robust use of the cove ftho grade sfu sfusd s.t.e.m. classes to study the bay while sailing. i made a couple of our amendments. do i have to list all of these? okay. great. colleagues, if i may, i would like to ask for your support to motion to amend this item and full support for the final resolution. so i will make a motion to tat on the resolution. >> supervisor breed: supervisor kim has made a motion toamend. second by supervisor peskin. can we take the amendments objewithion? it has passed. is that it? uper sor breed: onhe amendment, same house, same call?t ob ction adopted unanimously. adam cl cal 9-14 together.

>> clerk: revenue bond and appropriation ordinances. taxable revenue bonds in an ageg no to exceed $155 million to benefit power enterprise. it requires nine votes to rder$1.2 10 billion of proceeds from revenue bonds or loan and gr fu stewater, rdevenu capacity fees for puc and capital and statemen progr fiscal year 18$707 million. and placing approximately $987 million on controller's reserve. 11 and 12, authorizing the ancesund sale of taxable water revenuespuc.

item 11, $478 million to finance capital water projects, benefiting the water enterprise. and item 12, not to$98 millioinoceeo various capital wastewater projects, benefiting the wastewater enterprise. these ordinances require eight votes to approve. items 13 an appiatioordinances, total of $340 million of cap tradeen for t pu puc hetch hetchy at approximately $141 million. and 2019/'20, 200mi ion. placing $102 million on reserve.

and 14, state loan a grant funds, water capity fees for the puc water enterprise ately $276 million.19/2$207.atpx water appropriations of $16 million in 2018 and '19 and placing $376 million in revenue bodsroceds erviontroller's reserve. r breed: can we take same house, same call? without objection, approved nap unanously. item 15. >> clerk: to extend a grant up to $813,000 of in-kind gifts and services from friend of san francisco publicibra for

public programs services in 2018/19. >> supervisor breed: same house, same call? without objection, adopted unanimously. >> clerk: general fund of duplicate reed byeity c forit v. >> supervisor breed: same house, same call. without objection, adopted unanimo of l credit offered in an amount not to exceed $100illio t suppor mta'saper program to provide interim financing for capital i forms of financing documents making appropriate ndin. >> supervisor breed: same house, same call? without objection adopted unanimously. >> clerk: authorizing the lead for 1305 and1309 evans street

for a fiverte comin upon board approval with an option to extefi years for a monthly base rent of $38,000 fo total of approximately $457,000. iso> breed: same house, same call? without objection, adopted unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 19,ce amending the planning code to increase transportation sustainability fee by $5 to $24.04 for nonresidential projects except in soma where the fee will be increased by $2 to $21.04 and making appropriate findings. >> supervisor breed: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i want to thank la use committee, supervisors tang, kim, and safai for forwarding planning commission that

unanimously recommended this legislation. it wasot ind a indeed the language in the ordinance agreements approved by the board and would exempt those. the language in the agreements that we just approved is such that we need clarifying language. i'm referring to mission bay and pier 70. so i would like torally direct the city attorney, who is happy to rise to make sure there isnt pier 70 would not be subject to thows.t.f. and i know that deputy city attorney givner is working with another deputy city attorney and if we authorize that verbally they can incorporate that additional clarification. with that, madam president, i would defer to deputy city togivner.

>> deputy city attorney givner. as supervisor peskin said, although we don't have the language here, it will essentially say that the new fe will notpply to projects that f a cer nday.ed by the board, >> supervisor breed: so it's appropriate for us to approve that verbally without having the written language before us? >> that's right. the language from the board is clear and we can add a sentence to the ordinance. >> supervisor breed: even without a specific date >> thetes or to january 30, 2018, which would cover the projects. >> supervisor breed: supervisor peskin has moved the amendment. is there a cond seconded by supervisor ronen. wke amendment without objection? adopted. supervi >> supervisor tang: i will repeat some of the comments that i made in land use committee and i understand why supervisor peskin has proposed this

increase to the transportation sustainability fee, however i did want to make some comments in light of the fact that i did gainst the increase t.f., w was also a $5 ssed the increase to the fee by former sviavalos. with the $2 fee here and $5 fee else will only gener $11 million addnal revenue. and i wanted to note that the ntroller's office will anasis which they do eve fryive years and the next is coming up next year. and feasibility analysis which was done in 2015 and, you know, fundamentally, i don't agre with just trying to change it wi alltf the analysis done, whether it's feasibility or iace analysis, however given we dtear om

other developers during or land use hearing, i will agree to this today, but i would hope that moving forward we would really look at analysis, whether from controller's of or sitdies before we go ahead and just change the. just wanted to make those comments. >> supervisor breed: thank you, supervisor tang. and i would like to associate myself with comments as well. seeing no other names on the rost colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, the ordinance as amended passes on the ad read unanimously. >> clerk: item 20 urging the recreation and park commission to remove thee of julius kahn from the playground at west pacific and spruce street a rename in rognition of immigrants and cultural suprsity. visor ord ye

yee. >>visoer: thive toremove a nem yg believe that san francisco's values are of toe,nc inclusion and diversity. our parks and open spaces are meant to be welcoming and open for all to enjoy regardless of race,ligire, gender or other differences. former congressman kahn's anti-immigration policies in the early 1900s did not's pause the values that san francisco stands for today, values for respect, diversity, inclusion of the many contributions of our ig communities. instead, julius kahn's bill made chinese exclusion act. he advocated for legislation to include filipinos, japanese and

indians from entering into the anti-asian immigrant policies impacted my family personally, as my father, and as and p eneration native sancis edon be a sponsor of thisla the community to rewrite our history andrt the recreation and parks commission's ets tor select a new name, a n wean all be proud of. i wanted to thank my e, vis-s ronen for sending this out of committee with a positive recommendation. i also want to tha supervisor stefani's support r, sece this playground is in h district. recreation and parks commissioner alan lowe and his

colleagues, lindsay and linda, for leading a charge in a tiadon, iwanto tnk my ndgingl co-sponsors, supervisor fewer, peskin and kim. other community organizations i o thank as they've step up, chinese historical socie of american, chinese for affirmative action. n of the bay ea and also w thank rec and park phil ginsburg and his staff working together with us on this community effort. colleagues, i hope to get your support today so we can stand up against cisraigotrynd remind everyone that san francisco will continue to become a beacon of tolerance, inclusion and respect for diversity. thank you. viso>>yee:nk supervisoryee. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor ani:hank i want to thank supervisor yee for sponsoring this.

julius kahn a hdden gem and i f support supervisor yee's resolution thaam the public park to better reflect the val of our city. i have spoken with sev assmmuni leaders that are proud to support this chege. additionally, i've been in ,an fraco onsith phil department of recreation, to ensure we have an open and sio dialogue in the renaming process and i look th communit dison want to be sure my name isdded a co-sponsor. thank you. >> supervisor breed: thank you. colleagues, seeing no other name the roster, can we take is ite same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. >>lerk:m 2 aion confirming cindy elia an john

hamasaski, april 302019 and pril 30,20 to the police commission. >> supervisor breed: supervisor sheehy. ad aupervisor sheehy: i have conversation or met with ms. elias. there was an issue raise in "throniche" and i would be very grateful if we cd delay this a week so that opportunity would be possible. this was an lgbtq seat. and i know that many in the community had an expectation that someone from the lgbtq community could be put forward. we did have a cande. that ndidate, it was decided they had a conflict of interest. and now we have another issue around the conflict of interest. and, again, this is not to say that i would not support this candidate, but i would appreciate thep theourty o the opportunity

to meet with this individual. other members have raised this issue in the past whenyhave't hy meet with someone. i think it would be -- i would be grateful if we could put this off for a ek.we >> svisor eed: supervisor sheehy, are you asking we divide the filede name rward and hold on the other name? >> supervisor sheehy: yes, thank you. >> supervisor breed: i would be ing t support at, especially since we desperately need a quorum for the police commission. is that motn to -- well, want to divide the file and then move to continue the other part of the file? >> supervisor sheehy: yes. thank you. i appreciate it. sho w divi the reed: supervisor file, which divides the question. and would ask for a one-week continuance on cindy elias and

would like to move john hamasaki forward. is that correct? >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. ee>> second? i will second that. >> clerk: the file has been boplicated and need to amend ha been duplicated? >> clerk: it's a duplication of the fi >> supervbree i didn't hear that. >> clerk: that's the official request that supervisor sheehy made. >> supervisor breed: it was to becdes in one motion. >> if i may,attorney, john givner. division of the question is an act that the board takes when you want to take two votes on one item, up or down. today i understand that supervisor sheehy is aorg up-or hamasaki's appointment and then a continuance on cindiy aiay ai.

so you need two t w be a duplication of the file and thewo motions. >> serbreer : i see. okay. all right. per she hs made a motion do just that. andrehe second? ift, i will second it. supervisor cohen. 'm supervisor cohe speaking against the motion. woedgehe chair of the ru itit was a 7 1-hour hearing, an opportunity forryonve to have an opportunity to hear from bh candat. both candidates were highly vetted and passed the mustard. i cannot speak for our supervis inability to do due diligence. we have -- myself and the rules committee -- committed several hours our tme a our energy and many of your aides that were not on the committee were paying

attention and watching the hearing. uestions wer raised. thoughtful questions were answered. quite frankly, the issues raised in"th chronicle" are a bit sexi. you have a woman coming before er -o be appointed on the polic ifhe a conflict of w h making? give gi a break. [laughter] excus . gi a veebreak. it's ridiculous it's sultin and i ask,lleagues, that you please standit twoes we've fully vetted and support them today. thank you. >> supervisor breed: thank you. supervisor safa >> supervisor safai: this was a marathon meeting. we literally met for 7 h and 45 minutes. had 15 applicants. we had 4 applicants put applications after the deadline. and i can tell you with %0 pplicng forward.e had the

th onny of the other applicants that were there. want to thank my fellow rule committee members, supervisor yee, i,d w sat in the entire meeting, for 7 hours and 45 s,minutell, 37, to bet let me tell you what we used as a barometero send these two applicants forward today. we wanted people that had a history of working in the comm weeopl that an understanding of how the san francisco police department functions. wanted people that understoodw reform. applicatioment of justice had applicant whrouenth each application thoroughl i grilled every person prior to the hearing personally o ever

iill tell you of, es. they've been active in the police commission meetings. they've been active in tons mor over the lt few years. unrstood how all the different ity and ptee he pmmice so i can tell you, again, with 100% certainty -- as well, understood how onior functions i this city. d a lot f bett wo, heard me use the arguments about organized labor in the o c t pies that we make. and they, as the twoew commissioners on this body, will be interfing with an o laboo city. and i feel that the wyl be an approaching chin discnary deons i a fairing

and balanced manner. and i w i agree with supervisor tha e'son spouse, someone's partner, meon someone as conflict in any circumstance. nderstandnd resect the argument that supervisor sheehy ismaking would have liken in adv there might have been this cndonfli that ant part oth conversation, but i support sending those two forward. that's all. thank you. >> supervisor breed: thank bo,ot fnd weppreciate t ss to vet all thehis pro caat i do think there is something important that supervisor sheehy has sa 's the fa ts seat once was occupied by member of the lgbtq community and that has

to be acknowled should b addressed in y comments as well.isor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i'm also speaking against this ti first, i have tonk ouis s m time at that i hearing. ringent a lot ofatc tng fter the fact. and i also just want it give a special shout out to supervisor cohen for l heanging and asking really, caidates.rough questions of all2 it's hobo b prepared for the board of supervisor etinmes. it's our job to meet with candidates, especially that reached out to all ueeks ago. i talked to ms. elias and she told me that rheched out to each of us aski toeet sev times. t w opportunity to meet over several weeks, that's on us numb tw i have to echo

supervisor cohen i'm offen that a woman ate with a distinguished career as a public defender, as an attorney in the california bobor commissions office, isose career while she'sescrib her own qualifications for a police commissions seat. i think that is the epitome of sexism. i know there are many male police commission candidate who have had other types of conflicts who haveer bn questioned about their partners' careers and jobs and just find entire attack and the article in "the chronicle" absolutely insulting. n distinguished recordopeth that no one er asks me about my husbanareer when ipply for a seat on any body

whatsoever. number three, this issue of it ing an lgbtq at. first of all, i'm very happy and er of the queer ssion s community. it is important and it gives me calm to know that that perspective from a lived experience is being valued and considered on the police commissi and while, you know, it woul great to have that lived experience in every position, that's not always possible. as a latina and filipino woman, i think having that perspective on the police commission is also very t. p ahat spent 1 years or andqueer people in our -- ofo ce system, i thinker that he perspective is a really important perspective to bring.

while i think i important, it isn't more important than the underlying qualifications for a job and someone who has the passion, the heart and the desire to serve in this paidun ro to bring her lifetime ofxperiece to this role, to bridge gaps between communities that at this point have a lot of distrust with law and i think commissioner elias, or hopefully commissioner elias in a few minutes, is the type o person that will be able to bridge that gap. and, finally, i just want to say that in siting down and meeting with commissioner elias, i was blown away. you know, it's not just your qualifications. it's not just what you put down on paper and wha you do. it's someone who has the sortf nuanced perspective that can see rough the b.s., but also is

iesnd havet sort fferen of sense humor and sass that's able to deal in this really difficult role. i could not imagine a more qualified, more exceptional police commissioner. i'm so applied for this position and i will be so proud to support you today. >> supervisor breed: thank you. supervisor peskin. >> supsor peskin: t, madam president. two issues i want t lay ou one,everin apart from the "s e,iving consideration le" is very important and i reached out to the deputy city attorney that looks at ethics issues and am very pleed that the -- actually, both nom ms. -- nominees went to the city

attorney to make sure they don't have inherent conflicts. there are inst, jest like we do, where someone miaveght h to recuse themselves, because of income from a spouse and ms. elias is cognizant of that he city attorney.gce i wanted to rise and put that on the record. i generally in instances like this do want to defer to a colleague that wants a continuance, but given all of at's been goingheun pondi realize this is special day and election day, but the fact that we actually have at least temporarily turned down two mayoral nominees. the fact that this went to a 7-hourhe the fact that it's just been brought up at the board, i think it's important to send a signal mmisget the folks o the on. wicereal respect to my colleague from district 8, i will be join g supeisor cohen in opposing that motion.

>> supervisor breed: thank yovi. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: i want to associate myself with many of the previous comments in regards candid it was a very long meeting. it was the longest meeting i've ever had in rules committee, serving on rules committee, for 3 1/2 years, on one item.and th good, long eting. actthfhat w soany good candidates was one of the reasons why i thought it took so long. we really wanted to get the bes candidates and it's these candidates that moved forward that floated to the top that we're recommending. and i will stick with that. it was something important for lot of reform at know,

the police department. and these two candidates to me would be the strongest in terms of moving things forward,ng able to compromise. being able to collaborate. being able to stand firm in what they believe. suhak rvisor yee.orting the tiot supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, president breed. i really want to thank supervisor cohen for actually why the meeting was 7 1/2 hours, because supervisor cohen grilled every single candidate so extensively. and knowing this was such an importantappointme m actually watched the entire hearing, which was something that would haveect of most supervisors. i was able to meet with cindy elias and i know that's my job as a supervisor to meet with

appointees if i have any issues or questions and especially on this appointment, which is so, so serious. i also wanted to menio that -- i know it was anqeat and in good judgment did that to ensure representation from the queer community,t oth appointee from the queer committee, does a good representation on the police commission. and i want to say as a woman of color, that the accusations that she may not be eligible because of the employment of her husband is completely sexist. i've been married for almost 37 years. i love my husband, but he does not own me and he does n tnk for me. and i'm a woman who can think for myself. i believe after speaking for cindy elias, that she is also a woman who can think for herself, has thought for an serv the residents san

francisco really well. i do not agree with this motion. and, colleagues, i ask you a to confirm the two appointees because i do think they've been vetted thoroughly and that we did thoughtful consideration about their qualifications and how they might serve the residents of san francisco. >> supervisor breed: thank you, supervisor fewer. supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: first of all, i want to recognize the rules committee and supervisor malia cohen. i watched most of the hearing, not the entire, seven-hour hearing. but it was a great hearin and i learned a tremendous amount from all of the great candidates that actually applied. it was a vy difft dision to only select two of the folks that were passionate about the issues. supervisor cohen, you asked a lot of questions. i appreciated it.

all the research and home work that you brought in and putting everyone to task. i think it's one the m important cenes and we really have high expectations for our police commission to address some major societal challenges that i'm not sure any city has done a good job addressing, which is how we make our city safer for everybody and ensure that the police is aart of that. but that we also work on reforming our department to make sure that all members of our community feel safehe street, which is how i'm privileged enough to feel when i see a police officer walking through the neighborhood. some immense and challenging issues to go through. i do just want to note, as supervisor cohen has said a couple of times, you know, this commission since january 31 has canceled half of their meetings. and this with a full body of seven members. and i do really look forward to

this commission meeting again as soon as possible. it's important that we appoint these twobershat have been fully vetted, but also that meetings aree cleng before this appointthe two mayoral appointees. so this is just a -- it's a lot of work. and i know that you both know what you signed up for, but i want to thank you, to mr mr. hamasaki, being your second time applying. i have to appreciate your persise. it shows how much you want to do this. this is a volunteer gig. we don't pay you to sit in these very long meetings. but i appreciate your persistence in applying again. i will concur with the statementsde ma by supervisor cohen and ronen onels. i'm really excited to see you on the commission. very excited to see a strong woman who clearly has a clear platform and concepts and ideas on how we can improve police-community relationships and make this the best police department in our country.

so i'm happy to support the two nominations moving forward today. finally, my last plea -- not having been able to attend the rules committee -- please keep the meetings where the public attend. i was disappointed that the meeting was moved so that testimony cannot be taken. i know it's difficult to listen o the many and variety of passionate opinions tatple have and sometimes it gets -- it's hard. it gets very difficult, but i really believe it's our duty to be there and to be as accessible as possible and i really believe the two commissioners will ensure transparency and public access. >> supervisor breed: thank you. supervisor sheehy? >> supervisor sheehy: i want to thank my colleagues for their cots ad for the hard work that they put into the hearing, but it's really challenging for

me because we did have a candidate who seemed qualified from the community and it wasn't until theearing that there was any discussion of a conflict of interest with that candidate. and so i find it disappointing that we had a str cgte a tha eliminated at the 11th hour. again, i'm not saying that it had to be somebody from the lgbtq community, but i would have thought that we would have had the opportunity to have candidates that were strong within the mix. we had another candidate that submitted a dayate, very strong e. that candidate was not allowed to be considered. and we just lost a port commissioner. we can't buy wedding cakes. i'm the last remaining member of the lgbtqni here. and, frankly, we're not necessarily feeling supported. a continuance becauset hae chance to meet with this dividual does not mean that i will not support this individual. and, you know, i did get the

chance to talk to mr. and i appreci effort that he put in to make sure that we got into contact. and, you know, it was a phone conversation and i just -- it's fine. ndertand my colleagues' objections. the conflict of interest is of little relevance to me. what i'm really concerned about is, you know, i have a community whose rights are being taken away at a national level. i've been in this -- we've had a hate group get validated by this body. where are we? everybody says they're fo o rights,ut b i don't see it. >> supervisor breed: thank you, supervisor sheehy. colleagues, on the motion to continue cindy elias -- >> clerk: we need to take the motion to amend the motions

first. >> supervisor breed: we divided the file and then specifically what i had repeated was that there was a desire to continue cindy elias for one week and to move john hamasaki forward. so that wasn'tufnt for a motion and a second? >> clerk: yes, if you take them all together. you need to -- the duplication comes first and then you need to have each motion, one wit cindy elias, and one with john hamasaki f a that needs to be taken before the continuance and the approvals. >> supervisor breed: mr. givner, can you clarify? it was my understanding that that was moved by supervisor sheehy and i seconded that specific motion. so i don't understand why there's a need to separate those. the file is duplicated, motion is moved and seconded.

so what's t problem? >> the supervisor sy duplicated the file. made a motiont would amend both versions, so that one will have mr. hamasaki's name and one will have ms. elias's name. youat. secon that motion needs to be voted on. and then you will hav two separate documents, one with mr. hamasaki's name and one with ms. elias's name and you can act on them telsepara >> supervisor breed: got it. on the motion, madam clerk, please call the ll. >> clerk: t motioit amend the motions -- [roll call]

>> clerk: there are two ayes and nine nos. >> supervisor breed: okay. the motion fails. madam clerk, on item 21, seeing no names on the roster, please call the roll. >> clerk: we still have two duplicated files, so it may be appropriate for supervisor sheehy to withdraw the request to duplicate. >> supervisor sheehy: i will withdraw the motion, thank you. >> clerk: on the underlying motion 21 -- [roll call]

>> clerk: there are 11 .ayes >> supervisor breed: the motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, it's past 2:30 and we have two2:30 commendations. i would like to recognize supervisor yee for the first commendation. >> supervisor yee: colleagues, i want to recognize the department of public works staff christina olaya and jimmer caseel, who have been instrumental in making iure that our youngest arn to navigate our city streets safelyid traffic-related injuries. the three pillars are engineering and enforcement, but we also know from data that over

20% of all pedestrian deaths curveldrehi5 to 9 years old. which is why this is for elementary school students. 1/3 of pedestrians are children. in this age group, 60% of the injuries and deaths occur when a child is crossing a road or heading to school. by state, california has the highest number of traffic-related fatalitalitiefa by ci, san francisco l.a. have the highest number of pedestrians fatalities and injuries. according to department of public health pedestrian safety project, most child pedestrians e injed on their way to and from school, particularly in the sohern end of 19 avenue. these injuries and deaths are

completely no person or family member should ever have to suffer from a traffic-related collision. so as part of th education, something that ahad, is a et and aears y back when it was brought to my attention that this was a potential way to educate our children in san francisco, i worked with our late former mayor lee to secure the funding for this project. and at the end of the day, we actually named it ed's neighborhood. so the -- i wanted to say this interactive, life-size set has been launched this year, as a pilot. and we're excited to roll it out

to the rest of the san francisco unified school district elementary schools this fall. as you will see, i will show a real short video of this so you know what i'm talking about. can youusw it >> to look and feel like san francisco. and so our knowledge and our experience of our city streets and our sidewalks, i think, helped develop the design and, as you see, it's a model of san francisco. the ribbon-cutting was the first e h chur walk through ed'neighb. reallying to see how mud. rea -- they were pointing out things that they recognized. i think they learned a lot. we asked kids how they got to school. and it was interesting to hear things that they noticed about san francisco streets. >> i think this will have a great impact on the children who

go through this tour because they will have knowledge of what thneed to look for when they're navigating through the city. it's better to teach these things at a young age and they can take that when they're wa the real city. >> our intent is that ed's neighborhood will last for years and years and we'll continue each year to go to the schools, teaching about safety in san francisco. >> supervisor yee: so i want to say, that was a short clip that we but t have fallen apart so easily. the original designers and builders was in l.a. and d.b.w.

and the two individuals were honoring today really stepped up and wked with our local designer and builder once we built it, we had no f to make it happen. who will bring this set to a particular place. we don't have a truck for it. we don't ay staff to actually give the children a tour. and we -- these two people, they stepped up and said, hey, we'll do it. we'll do it. i can see the benefit of this. and really, really do appreciate. and i think it's just not me that's appreciating this. the two schools that we've had it at. the comments about you two putting up the sets, taking the kids through it with so much enthusiasm and i know you will be real sad when we have the bay areasource team do a lot of

this work. ant to acknowledge their rk. [applause] >> president breed, supervisor yee, members of the board, thank you for this recognition. as a resident of san francisco and a parent of young children, i'm proud to be a part of 's neighborhood. i'd like to thank supervisor yee for prioritizing funding for ed's neighborhood and asking public works to bring it to life and our director, mohammed for leadership. we worked with the sfmta, department of public health and the school district as well. our local designm lmnop did

a great job of design and fabrication of ed's neighborhood and we look forward to seeing ed's neighborhood inore >> thank you, supervisors. thank you, supervisor yee, for bringing this project to san francisco. in doing some of the tours -- and also, the public works team that put it together, it takes about 2 1/2 hours, ting it down is the same, and then the tours in between. taking some of the tours, we've been focusing on k-2 grade. and the excitement in these young children's eyes and they're learning and at the end they're asking some really great questions, which is teaching me as well, because i'm learning from the questions that they're asking. oh, i should add that into a tour and bring in those comments and help them understand. so thank you very much. we appreciate having this here. and we look forward to having a pretty busy year with it next year. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you, supervisors. >> supervisor yee: supervisor cohen, would you like to make some remarks? >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much, president breed. i want to recognize the outstanding work that the department of public works is doing. thank you for the leadership, mohammed neru. it's appropriate and fitting that ed's neighborhood is named after our mayor, ed lee, who also comes from public works. but i just want to acknowledge leadership within -- christina a and jim cassell, thank you

for dedicating your life and your talents to the city of san francisco. >> supervisor breednk hau, supervisor cohen. our next commendation will be by supervisor katy tang. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i'm excited to be honoring david allen, educator and para professional with the sfusd look working at independence high school and would i like to ask him to come on up and if you could join me for a round of applause. s wand to acknowledge derah allen, wife, re today b principal anna claster, and assistant principal, kelly kruger. i'm sure that he stands out every day in the classroom, it's what david did outside the classroom that i reallyo wghlig board of superviss.ll know, i'v interested in working on issues around human trafficking. it's unfortunately, very prevalent in our society, but what is most alarming and what

people don't realize is how often it occurs in our backyards here in san francisco. the san francisco unified h school district takes this issue very seriously and they've begun to hold special training to educators and para professionals and administrative staff know how to identify when students might be a victim of trafficking and how toheye believe this is the case. one of the things that they learn is to speak up if they notice something that's out of the ordinary. this is exactly what david did. shortly after he received his training, he recognized two of his teenage students exiting a building downtown that was known for drug and sex trafficking activities. he noticed some other things in terms in the classroom as well. he wasn't at work and wasn't sure if he should report the incident or not but he listened to his gut and rels whate learned at the training and

ultimately made the decision to report what he saw. after he reported the incident, the principal worked closely with the wellness staff at the school and brought in other community resourc that led to the students getting the help that they need. so david is just the kind of educator that we needn our city and he's been working with our school district for 10 years, beginning as a para current role, working ith under the guidance of his principal and assistant principal and assisting linda thalimoda in tutmathg intested in the para teachers programffer o, which allows him to be on a pathway to become a teacher. after passing his entrance exams, david hopes to ender the program to become a high school special education teacher. i want to thank david for li listening to his instincts and

standing up for his students. thank you, da t have you here recognize today. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor tang. and i would like to thank you and the city o san francisco i bieve in whaou are trying to do with the sex trafficking and i do care about our kids. and i would like to thank deborah, my wife, for h love and support, my principal, anna kelly kruger, and linda salimota, who i work with v closely, and thank them for their guidance so i can become the best educator i can be. thank you. [applause]

>> supervisor breed: congratulations, again, mr. allen, and thank you, again, to are your service. give him another round of applause. [applause] that concludes our commendations for today. congratulations to all the honorees. we truly appreciate what you continue to do so make san francisco an amazing place for each and every one of us. with that, we'll rnr agenda. madam clerk, let's go to committee reports. >> clerk: item 22 considered by land use and transportation committee at a regularting on june 4, 2018. and forde