cannot live side-by-side in peace, inasmuch as we discover the country first and occupied it, we propose to hold it against either a peaceful or a war-like invasion". and the quote again "as soon as japanese cooleys are kept out of the country, there will be danger of irritating these sensitive and aggressive people. they must be excluded because they are non-assimilatable. they are for a foreign element, they don't bring up families, they don't support churches, schools or theaters. in the time of trial they will not fight for uncle sam, but betray him to the enemy. phelan also opposed chinese immigration. in 1912 he wrote this is the white man's country, we cannot

make homogenius populations that don't -- african americans were non-assimilatable body. a foreign substance. that's what he said. we know that efforts to re-write history kick persistence. that's why renaming removing phelan's name and legacy. he served as san francisco mayor from 1897-1902 and senator from 1915-1921. he supported the chinese exclusion act of 1882 and immigration act of 1924 banning chinese and japanese immigration.

he ran, well, i could go on and on. named as early as 1906 and though it's supposedly named after his father, james phelan who was a wealthy real estate banker. the anti immigration policy -- the street would not have been named for his father if his son would not have just finished his mayoral term. the younger james phelan and his racist views are the most widely associated with the phelan name. most street renaming processes haven't undergone as extensive process as my office has conducted. i reached out to city college last summer letting them know my intent. my office door knocked and sent letters last fall also inviting community members to join the

renaming committee. two residents participated and we short listed five names which went out to vote. [naming foreign names] indigenous people who settled in this area prior to the europeans. thelma johnson street. african american dancer and artist who was highly regarded by diego rivera and frida kahlo way. it will take m.t.s. about three months to install the new signs and the city updates g.p.s. and assessors office to update titles, deeds and mailing address records. at that point residents can start updating their personal documents. those street signs will be

posted for five years. san francisco is a city which prides itself on values and inclusion, tolerance and respect for multicultural diversity. lastly, i really want to thank my co-sponsors, supervisors ronen, fewer, kim and safai. colleagues, i look forward to your support. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor yee. colleagues, could we take this item same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 30 is an ordinance to amend the health code to allow the director of the department of public health to extend for multiple 90-day periods rather than a single 90-day period, the 120 day operation for cannabis dispensaries to sell adult use cannabis. >> president breed: same house, same call? without objection the ordinance passes unanimously on the first reading. next item. >> clerk: item 31 resolution to

urge the sheriff's department and department of public health to conduct a baseline assessment of existing food vendors to evaluate vr alignment with the good food purchasing standards. >> president breed: same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 32 motion to reappoint sandra fewer to the reentry council. >> president breed: is there a motion to excuse supervisor fewer. moved by kim, seconded by peskin. without objection, supervisor fewer is excused. >> president breed: madam clerk, on the item call the roll. >> clerk: yee aye. breed aye cohen aye kim aye peskin aye ronen aye

safai aye sheehy aye stefani aye tang aye there are 10 ayes. >> president breed: the motion is approved unanimously. item number 33. >> clerk: item 33 is a motion to approve the mayor's appointment of carolyn ransom-scott to the successor agency commission for a term ending november 3rd, 2020. >> president breed: supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: colleagues i wanted to get a moment to get on the record and just voice my support for reverend carolyn scott. she has been an incredible woman in the bayview community. a leader. as well as also a spiritual guide for many people in the bayview community. i think she would be a tremendous asset to the o.c.i.i. and i hope you will join me in supporting her. thank you. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor cohen, seeing no other names on the roster,

colleagues, could we take this item same house, same call? thank you, madam clerk. roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 33, yee aye breed aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye peskin aye ronen aye safai aye sheehy aye stefani aye tang aye there are 11 ayes. >> president breed: the motion is approved unanimously. all right, it is past 2:30 and it is now time for our special commendations. we have two and the first will be given by supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, colleagues. as we all know early childhood

education has played quite a central role in our policy discussions lately, thanks in large part to the work of supervisors yee and kim. to bring us closer to universal child care to a living wage for educators and child care providers. today i would like to recognize the critical work of one particular educator serving the families of north beach and chinatown for 20 incredible years suzy segal. she has caught since 1998 where she has provided early child to countless kindergarten students. i have heard from parents over many, many years. 2002 then mayor gavin newsom

awarded her, appropriately so, teacher of the year. served as a mentor and community access participants at galileo. many have written in with stories about her and her trusty companion, mr. bear. she would send home with a child each night to make journal entries and report back. i understand there was a special suit made so he could join us in the chambers appropriately dressed. i want to read a few quotes from some of the devoted parents. i'm a recovering single parent and after my fourth boy life became especially overwhelming. the encouragement and support i

got from ms. suzy every single day even after kindergarten all through the third grade got me through the day literally, we will miss her everyday but the tools she has given me will help me get through the days on my own. ms. suzy is a one of a kind profoundly dedicated and devoted kindergarten teacher who works day and night to make sure all those under her charge are getting the best in literacy, imaginary play, building confidence and self esteem and cooperation amongst all her students and the best in joy and love, two things we strive in our schools but too often come up short. there are many, many more, but i won't read them all. but she was also lovingly nicknamed the velcro queen because everything in her classroom had a label with

velcro attachment. the kids learned to matchup words and before i knew it my daughter was reading. she brought words to life, she is an excellent teacher who truly cares about the children and parents. my daughter is in college now and i will be forever grateful to ms. suzy for helping her from the very beginning. thank you, suzy, we love you. ms. suzy please note you are leaving behind a school community at utiqua that loves you and good luck teaching pre-k at dr. william cob elementary school. i cannot stress enough the vital role that educators play keeping our communities healthy and strong and we are forever indebted to the service you provide each and everyday. thank you, ms. suzy, the floor is yours. [ applause ]

>> president breed: hold on. we want to embrace you with more lavish words. with that said i want to recognize supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: suzy it only makes sense all the former board members want to acknowledge you as well because we got to see you in action as a public school teacher and we simply don't do enough to acknowledge our great and incredible teachers like you. teaching is an art. there is not just a skill but a talent that goes behind great teaching and it is just incredible what you have done for the lives of hundreds of kindergarten students over the last 20 years.

i just can't even really articulate the impact you you have had on young kids in our city because you had them enjoying learning. i can't tell you how many friends i have had who have had kids and lucky to have you as a teacher. i'm proud to have known you over the last two decades and your work in our public schools. i want to thank you. i remember when you won elementary school of the year at sfusd. your work is one that influences other teachers as well and i see many of your other colleagues here to celebrate you as well. but of course, i will always know you as the "price is right" suzy segal. i think i get to watch the tv that you won on the show at mark sanchez's home. so thank you for providing entertainment in my personal life, but really thank you for dedicating your career to the lives of our children and

family, your work is extraordinary. >> thank you. >> president breed: supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you. suzy, we can't say enough about you, if every teacher were like you, every child would go to some ivy league. you are a terrific teacher, terrific mentor to a lot of other people. i'm glad you aren't leaving the school district though. that's nice you are still with us. i think you have so much to offer, not only the teachers coming up but even the established teachers that could learn so much from you. keep up the good work. you won teacher of the year but i think you should have won

teacher of the century. >> my goodness. thank you. >> president breed: supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: thank you, i just want to say what a gift you have been to our public school children who have been able to go through your classroom. i also want to thank you for extending your talents to dr. william cobb school and i think you will be sorley missed but actually greatly needed also in other communities. it was wonderful seeing you on our cuba trip and a special surprise to see you during dinner. just your smiling face. and actually, i think what we haven't mentioned is how many times you have come before the board of education as a teacher during public comment to advocate for your children and for the community that you serve. thank you for your dedication and again this has been a gift beyond measure to the public school children of san francisco. thank you. >> president breed: thank you.

suzy, now the floor is yours. >> wowsers. thank you so much. i'm really humbled. and i want to thank you, many of you are my colleagues, my friends. i'm so honored to be here with our, is it called mayor elect, new mayor, congratulations. i also want to acknowledge the woman who made mr. bear, we don't want to leave mr. bear out here, he has been with me for 20 years and ms. denye over here made his tux today and often makes his clothes and he is well known through north beach. he has been the same bear for 20 years. i want to tell you two quick stories. one is this bear one day went missing with a little boy who had some domestic violence in his house and he had to abruptly leave and go to another school. so the bear went with him and several days later, the kids were like where is mr. bear, we want mr. bear back.

i said this boy needs mr. bear more than we do right now. about a month later i got a brand new bear and his little bag ready and journal and we were all set to take him home and in walks a social worker with mr. bear. i said to the kids, do you want the old bear or the new bear? what do you think they said? they wanted the old mr. bear, and we never lost this guy. he has been through a lot and i think he represents community, education and lots of things. and he is going to come on to cobb and meet his tigers over there, so i'm excited about that. and to mr. peskin, i just want to tell you the joke at our school was, my dream was several years ago i thought we could build a bridge from yiquo to michael angulo park so the kids could play, and they said you have a lot of rainbow wishes and unicorn dreams.

one day i hope they can play in that beautiful playground. thank you, i am humbled, it's incredible this honor and i feel really touched to transition having this honor. thank you very much. >> supervisor peskin: we at least got mr. ginsberg to resurface the playground. if all the former school board members would join me for a picture as we give ms. segal our certificate of honor. [ applause ]

>> president breed: thank you, ms. susie siegal. supervisor yee, you are next. >> supervisor yee: thank you, colleagues, last week we had a showing to honor chinese american veterans who fought in world war ii and i thank you for supporting and passing to award these heroes with a congressional gold medal. one of the special guests we invited was unable to attend. like many veterans he is now in his age, in his late 90's with limited mobility issues. however his family made an effort to be here today to accept his commendation on his behalf and ensure his story is told. this is the least we can do to remember and share a part of

history that has been forgotten. so today we want to honor mr. su wong. a member of the 14th service group who fought during world war ii. mr. wong came to the united states at the age of 17 and because of our country's racist exclusionary laws at the time he he was detained and interrogated for three months in angel island. after making it through interrogation process he was finally able to enter the u.s. he soon turned 18 and was drafted to serve in the military a year after he came to the country. he served for four years and eventually went on to volunteer 407 air squadron group. the 14th service group. composed of primarily chinese americans. mr. wong served in all chinese

american unit to assist the flying tigers pilots and train chinese airforce ground crews against the japanese invasion. throughout his service, mr. wong was based in africa, bombay, calcutta, india, burma and multiple cities in china serving as an interpreter, w*elt welder, waiter, trainer. we are grateful for mr. wong's sacrifice despite the cruel and unjust discrimination he faced. it pains me to think our nation still has a long way to go in the way we treat immigrants who want nothing more than to lead a better life for themselves and contribute to the country's success. i now want to invite mr. wong's daughter, doris, to come up to share a few words on his behalf. doris? >> president breed: thank you. [ applause ]

>> thank you so much, supervisors. i really appreciate that you are recognizing my dad with this award. he cannot join us. he is 98 years old so he is having a really hard time moving around now. actually, it's really interesting, he didn't know there was an award until it was in the newspaper. in the world journal. i had actually phoned up the journal to find out what was going on and porsche lee who was a reporter came out and talked to my dad. so my dad got really excited after meeting porsche and now was really important for him to make sure not only he, but all

the world war ii chinese american veterans be acknowledged for all their sacrifices that they made and also what the families sacrificed as well. anyways, there were about 20,000 chinese americans served in world war ii and many were between 18-19 some were younger or older than the legal age. these chinese american service men served while the chinese exclusion act of 1882 was still in place and they fought for the country in the face of discrimination and injustice. these chinese american veterans made an important contribution to the world war ii effort. they demonstrate a skill,

competency, loyalty, patriotism and courage. their sacrifice must be honored in order we do not forget. the passage of this congressional gold medal is crucial not only for the veterans but for the families of these veterans. so i thank you, board of supervisors supporting this bill, and my family thanks you very much. >> president breed: thank you very much. congratulations. [ applause ] >> president breed: thank you.

madam clerk, i think we are now going to our special 3:00 special order. item 34, please. >> clerk: item 34 is a motion to approve the mayor's reappointment of john rahalm to the oversight board of the successor agency to the redevelopment agency of the city and county of san francisco for a term ending january 24th, 2022. >> president breed: any discussion? motion made by supervisor yee. let's do a roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 34, supervisor yee? yee aye. breed absent. cohen aye. fewer aye. kim aye. peskin aye ronen aye

safai absent sheehy aye stefani aye tang aye >> clerk: there are 9 ayes, and 2 absences. >> president breed: thank you, madam clerk, could you call item 35. ladies and gentlemen since it's not quite 3:00 we will go to roll call for introduction. >> clerk: yee, you are first up to introduce new business. >> supervisor yee: re-refer. >> clerk: okay. supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: submit. >> clerk: supervisor fewer. >> [off mic] >> clerk: submit? okay.

>> supervisor fewer: so sorry, not paying attention. colleagues, it is with heartbreak and anger that i introduce a resolution today condemning the actions of the trump administration to separate children from their families at the border. as a mother of 3, the tragedy and trauma of what is occurring at the border is overwhelming but you don't need to be a mother to be outraged by what is happening. i have watched the news with horror every morning and while this resolution is just one step we can take, because it is an important one, to put san francisco on record. in april attorney general jeff sessions released a zero tolerance policy for immigrants crossing the border into the united states, which has resulted in now thousands of children being separated from their families, some as young as 8 months old. between april and may, 1,995

children were separated from their families, meaning an average of 45 children have been taken away from their families each day. officials at the department of health and human services told reporters they anticipate to be caring for up to 30,000 children by the end of august should the current zero tolerance policy continue. what has happened to the intent stated in the poem inscribed on the statue of liberty. give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. what are our values as a country? what is our commitment to basic human rights. president trump and his administration through their actions are causing massive trauma for thousands of children and their families and as san franciscans we should join the ever louder chorus of

families calling to the end of this practice, including senator feinstein who introduced keeping families together act that will prevent the department of homeland security from taking children from their families at the border. thank you to my colleagues for co-sponsoring this legislation. i will be in the streets with thousands of others in san francisco and across the country on june 30th and every other day demanding an immediate end to the separation of children from their parents. thank you. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor fewer, supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: i just want to thank supervisor fewer for bringing this forward. trump stated he doesn't want our country to be a refugee camp. i think what he wants is a concentration camp for immigrant children. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor.

super voixesor kim? supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: submit. >> president breed: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, i will submit in memoriam for sammy botswan, store on north beach columbus avenue who died last week, three days after being knocked over by a fleeing shoplifter. i knew him and met him many times. bay city news reported that 31-year-old suspect was taken into custody after the incident and, as i said, 3 days later, sammy passed away. he was beloved by the neighborhood and it is tragic beyond words. to his widow madelaine and son zed, my sincere condolences on behalf of the board of supervisors. the rest i will submit.

>> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i want to follow-up on supervisor fewer and yee's words about the children being separated from their parents at the border. i'm jewish and when i grew up i heard lots of stories about my family being torn apart in europe during world war ii. and in fact, i had a great aunt and cousin who hid in the countryside in france during the war while my great uncle fought in the underground resistance and was captured and sent to auschwitz. he actually survived the camps but i grew up learning the history of how jewish people and many others as well were rounded up, taken in trains to camps, and then parents torn away from their children and

the children being killed. and for the first time in the united states of america, i feel like something close to that is happening. i haven't been able to sleep. i have been racking my brain on what we can do about this. i was listening to the radio this morning while taking my daughter to camp and hearing about a congresswoman who went to a prison to visit several hundred women who were being detained there because there's no more rooms in the detention centers for immigrants throughout the country, they are sending people to prison. and of the hundreds of women she met there, only two knew where their children were. i turned around to take my child out of her car seat and i got this sudden you know, pit in my stomach and lump in my throat, what would i do if the

government took her away from me, if i didn't know where she was, and i had no power to do anything about it? and i just felt a rage and a sadness that i have never felt before in this country. and i just feel like it's incumbent upon every single one of us who is not in that circumstance right now to be doing everything in our power to fight back. children should never be used as pawns and bargaining chips to get anybody's policy through on anything, no matter what it is. and i got, i forced myself, i don't know if this was stupid or not but i felt i had to be educated and aware about what's going on. i forced myself to listen to the recording that was smuggled out of the center and the children crying for their mothers and their fathers. and the person there saying in spanish, oh it sounds like an orchestra, making fun of it. i just don't know what we are

coming to in this country. but i do know that we cannot stand silent. and that we all have to stand together and do whatever we can to fight back and to make this absolutely unacceptable. i'm really grateful to senator feinstein for introducing legislation at the federal level, the keeping families together act. i'm grateful there are big actions planned this weekend and next. in fact, my office, together with the mayor farrell are working together to make sure all the permits are there so we can have a massive, massive rally. i've been racking my brain with my colleagues. what can we do? should we send a delegation to texas. should we hold a board meeting in front of the warehouse where they are caging children? what can we do? should we organize a national strike? but i do believe this kind of

conduct, in this country, deserves a type of response that's different from our normal response. and i will continue to brainstorm, to work with anyone and everyone who feels the same as i do, to fight. to fight back. to protest in the streets. to use civil disobedience, to support our federal delegation fighting to change the law in washington. but this, this is -- president trump, who is the president of the united states and holds a majority from his party in congress, this is their fault, and this is their doing, and it is incumbent upon every single one of us to fight back. and towards that end as well, i'm introducing a ballot measure today that sets in place a set of checks and balances to ensure that we don't use our local funds to

support and discriminate against historically marginalized groups. whether immigrants, lgbt community, women, muslims, all people of color. this administration has enacted countless policies attacking these groups of people and we must not participate. the measure would also serve as a counter to any measure on the ballot that seeks to weaken our strong sanctuary laws in san francisco. and i want to thank supervisors yee, tang and fewer for joining me in introducing this measure, and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, madam clerk. today i just have one in memoriam. i would like to end in memoriam of patty delaligue.

she was a long time employee of the sfmta. she moved to the bay area as an undergraduate at stanford and studied engineering. she was the type of person that really didn't sit on the sideline and was active in many ways in the community. she was a faithful attendee of saint aiden's episcopal in diamond heights. she served on the excelsior improvement district for several years and in our district we just celebrated our 60th anniversary of that association and much of the work and reinvigoration of that association was under her leadership and the work she did with many of the other leaders of that community. she created the excelsior book club and was very fond of many authors, particularly around the french revolution.

but, you know, many people in our neighborhood will be missed as they pass away. but patty was one in particular that touched our hearts. she was a really, really sweet person. she loved working with the sfmta, as i said. and as many of you have heard me talking about the parking wars we have in our neighborhood, she tried to tackle them and come up with strategies ways to alleviate some stress neighbors have, rather than fighting with one another and was very successful, actually. i committed to her, right before she passed i would not shy away from that issue. that we would continue her legacy and continue to work on those issues as it pertained to trying to improve the issues of pedestrian safety and pathways for elderly to pass and those with young children and also trying to alleviate some of the parking stress. there will be a memorial of her life this saturday june 23rd

from 1-4 at the mira loma park clubhouse, 350 o' shawnecy. >> i would like to adjourn in memory of bruce billing ham, a long time columnist for the marina times. he passed may 8th, following a long illness and he was 66 years old. bruce was absolutely indispensable to the marina community. his commentary was peppered one-liners. we honored bruce at the board in 2007, when we were done he said to all of us, may i now go back to making fun of the board?

bruce's work influenced and was influenced by herb cane who was a friend and mentor to him. in addition to his incisive wit in his writing he was known for many talents, cooking, and playing instruments. bruce loved his work as much as he loved this city and more than anything bruce always reminded us to not take ourselves too seriously. he is survived by three brothers and former wife. there will be a memorial service at the new life church at the nazarene located at 300 elois street. his writing resonated with many in the marina and beyond. he will be dearly missed by friends, neighbors and readers alike. i have another in memoriam for lilliana presiado. she was tragically killed in an accident last week, one of the few female plumbers with the city and county of san francisco and member of local

38. she joined the sfpuc in 2012 as an apprentice plumber and soon thereafter promoted to utility plumber, she was a dedicated public servant, beloved daughter, friend to many. local 38 established a fund to her daughter. and there will be a memorial service friday june 22nd at 10:00 a.m. at saint peter's catholic church. i have one last thing. with regard to the horrific acts of the trump administration. just one second, please. sorry. where did it go? okay. so colleagues, along the lines with supervisor fewer and supervisor ronen, i too, have

been absolutely devastated by what's been going on. and i'm introducing a resolution supporting senator feinstein's keep families together act. a little different than what supervisor fewer is doing and i think anything we can do on this is an action we should take. as a mother, i've just been sickened and outraged that our government is separating parents from their children at the border. i too listened to that audio last night in horror. to the cries of the children that have been ripped from their parents. i'm probably going to have to just submit this because my daughter, whose 8, asked me last night if anybody would ever do this to us.

i promised myself too that i would never cry at the board of supervisors, but if anything would make me, if anything was going to make me cry, it's going to be this. i'm not going to read the rest of my notes because i think we are all coming from the same place, the sense of feeling hopeless and helpless and sense of being in complete and utter shock that our government could do something like this. and i want to be, i'm so glad we live in a city that all 11 of us find this so intolerable and disgusting and i will do whatever i can to work to make sure that we undo the evil that has been perpetuated on these parents and on these children. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor stefani. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: submit. >> clerk: supervisor yee, did you want to be re-referred.

supervisor breed? submit? supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you, madam clerk. today, colleagues and those in the chamber i would like to take an opportunity to recognize and commemorate june teenth. june 19th is juneteenth day. while the emancipation proclamation was signed in 1862 it went in effect in 1863. black people were still held as slaves until 1865 and today's holiday is called juneteenth and i understand there are few that know or understand the significance it has in this country. it recognizes the day that, when the last people being held of slaves resided in galveston, texas, they realized that they were free.

as most people know and recognize, slavery was disgusting, it was brutal, evil, century-long institution of our nation's history. the impact of which casts along shadow on our country today. slavery killed an untold number of black people without regard for the value of their lives, or the contributions of exploited physical labor to build this country. even after the abolition of slavery, state sanctioned violence and terrorism persisted during the reconstruction period, particularly in the southern states. this violence particularly lynching was a system of oppression and terrorism to teach black people lessons about staying in their place. the goal was to send the message that no matter what, black people were to remember that they would always be

considered beneath or lesser than white people. and this message, which was reinforced, or over looked by the government, that so many soon would protect them led millions to flee the south and seek refuge in northern and western states. and what is known as the great migration. this internal migration is something i want to highlight, not only in the context of juneteenth but in the moment of disgraceful national history, when our government, is systematically punishing parents seeking refuge in united states of america. parents seeking asylum at our shores and borders are being punished in the most evil of ways, being separated from their children. their crime?

their crime is simply just believing that the united states is still a beacon of hope from their dire situation and that immigrating away from terrorism, much like those black folks who came to the place called california almost 80 plus years ago will mean living in peace and having a better opportunity for their families. the department of homeland security recently revealed that almost 2,000 children have been taken from their parents in the last six weeks under the federal administration's new policy. children were housed in cages, on concrete floors. and don't always have access to anyone who speaks their native language. we are causing harm and trauma in real-time. the last impact of which remains to be seen.

the lasting impact of which remains to be seen. we have seen familiar moments in history. there is no excuse for these actions. so today, i am happy to join supervisor fewer as a co-sponsor on a resolution opposing the current practice of separating children from their family. i would like to request we close today's meeting in the memory and recognition of the millions of black people held in captivity as slaves, whose names we will never know, whose stories we will never know, and of course for the children and the family currently entangled in this horrific saga of misguided state sanctioned immoral violence. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor cohen. [ applause ] madam president, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business.

>> president breed: thank you for your comments. and with that, we have a 3:00 p.m. special order. and madam clerk. >> clerk: items 35-38, madam president. these items were continued from february 13th 2018. >> president breed: yes. let's call our first 3:00 p.m. special order. >> clerk: item 35 is public hearing in persons interested in a community plan evaluation issued by the planning department under the ceqa august 30th 2017 for the proposed project at 2918-2924 mission street approved on november 30th, 2017 to demolish an approximately 5,200 square foot one-story commercial building and adjacent 6,400 square foot surface parking lot to construct an 8-story 85-foot talleres den shall building with ground floor retail. item 36 is motion to affirm

determination the mission street is exempt from further environmental review. item 37 motion to conditionally reverse the department's determination and item 38 is motion to direct appropriation of findings to reverse the community plan evaluation determination. >> president breed: thank you. colleagues, for this hearing today we will be considering the adequacy, accuracy, sufficiency and completeness of the planning department's determination that the proposed project at 2918-2924 mission street is categorically exempt from environmental review under a community plan evaluation. without objection, we will proceed as follows. up to 10 minutes for a presentation by the appellant or appellant representative. up to two minutes per speaker for those who are in support of the appeal. up to 10 minutes for

presentation by the planning department. up to 10 minutes for the project sponsor or their representative. up to ten minutes in speaker in opposition to the appeal. and finally, up to 3 minutes for a rebuttal by the appellant or the appellant representative. and with that, colleagues, are there any objections to proceeding in this way? seeing none. supervisor ronen, as a supervisor who represents the district, do you have any remarks? not at this time. so with that, we will begin this hearing with the appellant or the appellant representative. you will have 10 minutes. >> thank you, madam president and members of the board, my name is scott weaver, i'm here on behalf of the calle cuatro. there are a number of things about this project. the direct impacts on the

school children, preschool children everyday for 18-24 months will see construction, noise, dust, debris, fumes maybe. and disruption to their learning, to their play time, and to their nap time. we are also troubled by the lack of an up-to-date assessment of cumulative impacts on projects such as this. especially giving everything that we have seen on the ground between 2008 and now. cumulative impacts is why all environmental regiments require a cumulative impact including ceqa. section 15065 considers impacts cumulative in light of past, present and probably future projects. nowhere does it say just built

projects. it's past, present and foreseeable probably future projects. and after all, isn't that what planning is about? looking into the future? trying to figure out the big picture. and maybe make adjustments along the line. because there may be unintended consequences down the line if you don't do that and it hasn't been done here. the eastern neighborhood plan e.i.r., most aggressive being 2,054 units for the mission. that's our exhibit 12 describes that. but as of the fourth quarter 2017 there were 3409 units in the pipeline for the period between 2008 and the present.

the original scoping of 2054 units was for the period 2000-2025, not 2008. i know for a fact at least another 400 units have to be added to that 3400 number, because at least that number of units was built in that 2000-2008 period. and this doesn't include some of the smaller projects which i was not able to include in the grid, exhibit 14 because of the intensity of the work that would have been involved. this is consistent with what is happening throughout the eastern neighborhoods. scoped at 9,000 units between 2000-2025. and according to quarter 4 2015 eastern monitoring report the number is 11,000 units. as to jobs, the number of jobs

projected for the eastern neighborhoods was 22,000 but the monitoring report showed there were 30,000. plus another five million square feet of office space to be built. that's about 30,000 additional persons, so population wise, we are way over. and remember, the eastern neighborhoods actually a pretty small geographic area and the mission is even smaller. only one square mile so these will be pretty significant impacts. we will have seven more years of probably impacts that the pipeline doesn't start, it doesn't stop on december 31st, 2017. how is it possible for the e.i.r. that only scoped 2,000 units to discuss cumulative impacts on more than 3400 units, probably closer to 4,000 units.

i'm not saying we don't need to build housing. we should do this thoughtfully and equitably because the future of san francisco and the mission is at stake. the world in 2018 is so different than it was in 2008. we have had this unprecedented growth. we have had higher rents at a rate not anticipated, i don't believe. we have had extensive gentrification of our neighbors, again not anticipated at least if you read the text of the e.i.r. we have had changing modes of transportation. i could go on all the things that changed from 2008 that couldn't have been foreseen. the eastern neighborhoods plan e.i.r. could not have taken into account those changes. so what will the eastern neighborhoods and mission look like in 5, 10, 15 years from now. and of course the impacts are

going to be greater than the eastern neighborhoods plan envisioned. we could expect to see problems related to traffic pedestrian safety, open space needs, child care, schools and community benefits. this goes hand in hand with achieving or not achieving, as the case may be, the planning priorities under the mission area plan which call for a very high level of priority, i might add. the preservation and enhancement of our commercial corridors. and we are going the wrong direction on that right now. so exhibits 74 describes a number of, it's the crisis on mission street. there are about maybe 25-30 projects that are happening. not all housing projects. about a dozen are restaurant

conversions, upscale cafes coming in. a climbing gym on mission street? this is happening right now. what is it going to be like 5-10 years from now? mission street is the backbone of the mission. and it supports its cultural and commercial needs. but it's getting upscaled from low-price point community serving businesses to fancy restaurants and wine bars and high-end retail. this is by definition what gentrification does and the gentrification this project creates will only throw another log on that fire. in map 2020, the collaboration the community has done with planning and the mayor's office we have attempted to ameliorate

those problems and we have had some successful things, i think. but the forces at work here present a high tide that is difficult for us to fight against. finally, i want to circle back to the impacts on the children at the preschool. t rodriguez. construction, noise, vibration, debris, dust, ceqa required study of direct impacts affecting health and safety. and the e.i.r. is insufficient in this case, in this particular case, in this particular school yard because there are several unique factors at play. first these children are very young. they are preschoolers and exposures such as these could have long term consequences on their physical and mental health, i provided literature that supports that.

secondly an especially vulnerable socio economic population. third the school campuses and playgrounds are diectly adjacent to the project site. and fourth, i wanted to point out that there is a speech and learning center right next to the site. these children are already delayed. so can we say with a degree of certainty that the mitigations in the eastern neighborhood plan e.i.r. are sufficient?