tv Government Access Programming SFGTV July 10, 2018 2:00pm-3:01pm PDT
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>> mayor-elect breed: thank you. madam clerk, any communications? >> clerk: none to report. >> mayor-elect breed: colleagues, any changes to for the june 5, 2018 minutes? seeing none. without objection, june 5, 2018 minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-11 on consent. considered to be routine. if a member objects, an item may be severed and considered separately. >> mayor-elect breed: all right. thank you. colleagues, any discussion on items 1-11? shall the ordinances be finally passed, please call the roll. [roll call]
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>> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> mayor-elect breed: all right. let good to the regular agenda to unfinished business. please call items 12 and 13 together. >> clerk: items 12 and 13 being called together. we have two ordinances to adopt amendments for item 12 to hunters point shipyard redevelopment plan. and for item 13, amendment to bayview hunters point and affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings for both ordinances. >> mayor-elect breed: colleagues, i don't have any other words other than i hope you will join me in supporting
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items 12 and 13. madam clerk, can we take this -- colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? all right. we'll do that. ordinance finally passes unanimously. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 14 ordinance to amend the planning code to permit as a right public parking in glen park commercial transit and rh2 and affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate finings. >> mayor-elect breed: can we take this same house, same call? ordinance finally passes. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 15 ordinance to amend the planning code to eliminate discretionary review meetings for projects that contain 100% affordable housing upon delegation of the planning commission to apply for planning department review for large projects in the downtown commercial districts and for certain minor operations for
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certain landmarks and in conservation districts and to streamline procedures including required newspaper notice in residential, commercial and mixed-use districts, affirm ceqa and make the appropriate findings. >> mayor-elect breed: colleagues, any discussion? supervisor peskin? no. okay. seeing there are no names on the roster, can we take this same house, same call so? ordinance passes on first reading as amended. >> i'm sorry. that's what happens when you are in pain. i would like to make a motion to rescind that vote. >> mayor-elect breed: motion to rescind by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor breed. thank you. all right. mr. peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president. in reviewing the changes that we made at the 11th hour a couple of weeks ago as this item was moving to its first reading, my
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office and planning staff and oewd staff and city attorney recognized the need for a few cleanup amendments and amendments spoken to but did not make it into the amendment two weeks ago. before i suggest a few of the amendments from the latter category, i would like to turn it over to planning staff or -- to propose the cleanup amendments. >> thank you. there are a number of cleanup items i can read them off line by line in the ordinance that we have. the first is on page 41. you have been given highlights of these changes. starting on line 8, this is the types of use that trigger notification. there were six use categories that were omitted in the paragraph. they're added back in on page 41. in addition, language is
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restored from 311 to specify when a change of use from restaurant to limited restaurant occurs, no notification is required. next change is on page 43. line 8. this is to clarify that all design guidelines are applicable rather than only the residential. so the language has changed. this incorporates design guideline language from 312 and 311 in this one section. on page 44, line 7, similarly, these are rules about replacements of structures that are demolished. it strikes out the phrase "in any r district," to make sewer that it applies in all districts, and not just r districts. and the final piece of cleanup from our side is on page 45,
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line 12. the section 311 reads that we should send notification to authorized units. that's meant to be unauthorized. that's a typo we caught that's within there for some time. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. before moving those amendments, i would like to add the following, which, again, were addressed at the meeting two weeks ago and my understanding is that there's accord amongst all the parties that they should be included today. at page 43, line 22, restore the language that had been in section 333 to include information and notice materials on tenant counseling services and residential units and from existing 311, 312, prior to authorization of removing any housing unit. page 45, lines 4 and 5, restore language to include business names on notice, when the business names are known, and my understanding is that this is a longstanding practice by the
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department. also on page 45, line 21, restore the verification of mailing to neighborhood groups that is in subsection 312. and at page 58, lines 18-21, restore the specific requirements in sub decks 317-h2 to include instructions about the permit and appeals process. i would like to thank deputy city attorney kate stacy for having to deal with us over the last number of weeks and i would like to move all of these amendments. >> president cohen: colleagues, any other discussion on the amendments? seeing none, we can take this item as amended, same house, same call? seconded by supervisor tang. i appreciate that. thank you. as amended, same house, same call? all right. thank you. passes unanimously, ordinance passes on first read, as amended. madam clerk, let's turn to new
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committee business. can we call item 16? >> clerk: item 16 an ordinance to amend the park code to establish reservation rates for the courts at the golden gate park tennis center upon completion of renovation to authorize the general manager to set rates for services and items faced on certain factors and repeal rates for tennis lessons and affirm the ceqa determination. >> president cohen: thank you very much. any discussion, colleagues? we can take this same house, same call? all right. ordinance passes unanimously on the first reading. thank you. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 17 resolution to affirm and approve the 2017-2018 dignity fund community needs assessment. >> president cohen: can we take this same house, same call? without objections, adopted unanimously. madam clerk, next item.
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>> clerk: item 18 a resolution to change south street between 3rd and terry a. francois to warriors way in recognition of the golden state warriors basketball team contribution to the area. >> president cohen: same house, same call? adopted unanimously. madam clerk, it's not quite 2:30 yet. let's go to committee reports. >> clerk: items 19 and 20 were considered by land use and transportation committee at a regular meeting on monday, july 9, 2018. and were forwarded as committee reports. >> president cohen: seeing no names on the roster, can we take this same house, same call? >> clerk: apologies. i will read item 19. 19 and 20 together. two ordinances, item 19, amends
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planning code revising map sheets zn06 to rezone as 2719c, lot number 023 located at burnett avenue and burnett avenue north from public to residential, mixed district low density, rm1, rezoning burnett northbounded by ab 2745 and lot number 036 and ab27119c and lot 023 to rm-1. and summary street vacation portion burnett avenue north by 2719c and burnett avenue to specified conditions to affirm ceqa and adopt appropriate findings for both ordinances. >> president cohen: colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call? without objection, ordinances passes on the first reading unanimously. madam clerk, can you call the
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next item? >> clerk: item 21 was considered by the rules committee at a special meting on monday, july 9, and forwarded as a committee report. it's a motion to either approve or reject the mayor's nomination for the appointment of joseph marshall to the police commission for a term ending april 30, 2022. madam president, this item has to be amended today before it can be voted on. >> president cohen: colleagues, that means we need to entertain conversation, but at some point, we'll have to entertain a motion to approve or reject the nomination. i see supervisor fewer on the roster. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, president cohen. after watching the rules committee meeting yesterday i'm compelled to make a nomination to reject the nomination of joseph marshall to the police commission. >> president cohen: seconded by supervisor peskin. any other discussion,
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colleagues? all right. seeing none, madam clerk, that was a motion to amend and to reject the nomination and seconded by supervisor peskin. let's do roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 21 as amended, motion to amend the item, excuse me, as presented by the president, to reject the nomination to the police commission. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 8 ayes and 3 nos with safai, stefani and read in the dissent. >> president cohen: thank you very much. the month eggs to -- the motion
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to amend the item has been approved. and that's -- and new we'll take a vote to reject the item. >> clerk: on item 21 as amended. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 8 ayes and 3 nos with safai, stefani and breed in the dissent. >> president cohen: motion to reject the appointment to the police commission is approved. thank you. madam clerk, we're moving along,
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folks. how about roll call for introductions? >> clerk: you would be the first member to introduce new business. >> president cohen: thank you. i have one simple request, folks, that we close the board meeting out in the memory of aaron goldsmith. supervisor safai and i and supervisor tang might recall that aaron goldsmith lost his battle to cancer. it was a two-year battle for liver cancer. and he made his transition a few days ago. the services will be held this thursday. if you are interested in receiving more information, i'm happy to provide it to you. madam clerk, the rest i submit. >> clerk: supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: i'm sorry. i need to be rereferred. >> clerk: supervisor kim. submit. thank you. peskin? submit. ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i have two
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items today. the first, i will be introducing legislation to put an end to an egregious tactic that landlords are using to force out long-term tenants of single-family homes. one story gained national attention in 2015 when a tenant came home to find a notice that her rent was being quadrupled from $2,100 to $8,900. a similar story in 2018 issued to a family the sunset. the high-profile case are not unique. i hear from tenant attorneys that the city has experienced 50 to 100 cases like this every single year. sometimes tenants fight, but with the san francisco rent ordinance silent on rent increases that hide intent to evict, more often tenants anticipate defeat, getting worn down, and leave. as my colleagues know, most san francisco renters are covered by rent control, but single-family
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homes and condos are exempted. it does not take away our right to regulate evictions. this means that for evictions, we have local control to set waiting periods for seniors, pep with disabilities, families with children and school workers and we require that landlords make relocation payments to displaced tenants. where the loophole comes into play is when a landlord decides to circumvent the rules and use a raise of rent as rent control. we see landlords removing an in-law unit to claim it was single-family or giving a renter notice that they're planning to sell or move in. the stories i've heard are heartbreaking and infuriating. linda cutner, sunshine the clown, is fighting to stay in her home in mission terrace. after 13 years of tenancy, the
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landlord's children removed the fridge and stove from the in-law unit so they could claim it as single-family and doubled her rent. imagine being a senior and trying to fight that. the redzick family have been renting their home since 2010. after the original landlord lost the property to foreclosure, the new landlord -- not an individual but property investment llc -- made several unsuccessful attempts to get the family to move before handing them a 65% increase. with an 8-year-old in school, the family is hard-pressed to fight. these are just a few examples, but the same situations repeat again and again throughout the city. i think most of us agree that co costa hawkins is preventing san francisco many being able toll regulate its own rental market. the repeal of costa hawkins is
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on the ballot in november. if it doesn't or until it does, we have to remain watch what is under our control. san francisco has eviction protections in place and they apply to all tenants covered in the san francisco rent ordinance, including single-family homes. the amendments that i'm introducing make it clear that using an excessive rent increase to circumvent the eviction protection laws is unlawful and form of harassment. with renters terrified of losing their housing, we cannot afford to leave any gaps in our protection. most landlords follow the rules, but for those that don't, we're putting you on alert that san francisco is serious about enforcing our just cause eviction controls. i want to thank supervisor peskin for co-sponsoring this ordinance and to amy bynhart for working so hard to make it possible in our office. secondly, colleagues, i'm asking
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today to close out our meeting in the memory of jamie pool jr., young man whose life was thatting -- tragically cut short. he was the victim of gun violence and he was only 20 years old. jaime was devoted to his friends and family. he attended leonard flynn elementary. he went to everett middle school and graduated from lincoln high school. by all accounts, he was devoted to his friends and family and had a smile to light up every room and warm your heart. ji his family described him as a kind young man with extraordinary character that stood up to bullies. he believed in helping others. when his young brother was being bullied, jaime stood up for him and asserted that you should stand up for what is right even
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if you stand alone. he will be deeply missed by those he left behind, his father, his mother, his sister, his stepmother, and his stepbrother. thank you, all, so much for being here today. you're in our hearts. i am immensely sadded by this tragic loss of your son, your brother, your friend. and i want to express my deepest condolences we should be inspired by jaime's example and stand up to the face of violence of the rest i submit. >> president cohen: can we take this in memoriam on behalf of the board? thank you. condolences to the family. >> clerk: i will just articulate it's about 2:26 and i will cut away at 2:30 for the 2:30
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commendations. supervisor safai? submit. safai sheehy? >> supervisor sheehy: in memorial for elaine carol lambright of legrange, indiana. she was the mother of-legislative aide. she was born december 7, 1949, in indiana, to iris and myriam arlene dallas. they preceded her in death. living her life in legrange county, she was a small business owner. from 1999 to 2016, owned and operated nature's corner daycare. elaine was a homemaker that loved her cats, liked to garden and make crafts, interior design and a woman that always spoke her mind. the rest i submit.
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>> president cohen: can we take the in memoriam recognizing our fellow city family member, colton's mother's passing? without objection. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: i would like to take this time and commend our fire department, police department, american red cross and first responders that responded to a three-alarm fire at 1333 columbus. it is the border of district 2 and 3. supervisor peskin and i were in contact late at night. i texted him at 1:11 and apologized for walking him up and he said i did not wake him up and we stayed in touch. it's a bar called the fiddler's green. the bartender got all patrons out of the first floor and then went through the units in the building success frill evacuating everyone. and i think he's a true hero for that. the fire department contained the difficult fire and to
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injuries to the public were reported. to the one firefighter that suffered a minor injury, we wish you a speedy recovery and thank you for our bravery. i want to thank departments for assistance in organizing services around the nine people displaced, five of them that were visiting san francisco on vacation. and i want to thank and recognize acting chief of the fire department mark gonzalez, assistant chief, brooke baker. san francisco fire department p.i.o. jonathan baxter. the fire marshall and central station police force for their care in a difficult situation. i was extremely impressed with how our departments handled everything and i wanted to give thanks. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. >> clerk: madam clerk, it's 2:29 and some change. the 2:30 commendations will begin at 2:30 and it should be
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turning to 2:30 momentarily. >> president cohen: i hesitate to interrupt a colleague, but i guess we can continue. >> clerk: supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: i'm introducing legislation around single-use plastics, known as our straw ban. it's taken the world by storm and we are going to be hearing it in land use committee on monday. ahead of that, we had some changes that we're submitting. the rest i will submit. >> clerk: thank you kindly. >> president cohen: it's 2:30. let's begin the recognition of commendations. first, supervisor ronen. we have two commendations, but supervisor ronen will offer two individuals for immigrant heritage month. the floor's yours. >> supervisor ronen: it's actually five individuals.
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and i wanted to call up angela fox, jessica castillo, victoria romero. are you here? do you want to come up here? thank you so much. i'm so delighted to present the former workers of la taqeuira with these honors. despite their hard work, discovered their employer was undermining their basic rights as workers. according to the law, they were supposed to have access to paid sick days to care for their children, overtime and healthcare, and yet they were
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denied all of the rights. after two of the employees were wrongfully terminated in 2016, they began to collaborate with young workers united to fight against the economic injustices that affected them and their co-workers. young workers united is a multiracial, multilingual organization, dedicated to the the quality jobs. robbed of compensation and respect, they began to organize, educating themselves about their own legal rights. these women fearlessly ignited valuable dialogues and unwavering advocacy with their employer about the basic workers rights they were deprived of. thanks to the women's determined spirit, compassion and leadership, la taqueria will increase their transparency.
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most of the workers are immigrant women and people of color in san francisco. you are champions of economic, racial, and gender equality. and the work that you have done is a testament to your strength and collective will to make the city a better place for everyone. thank you for fighting to ensure that all workers are treated with respect and dignity. we hope that you will continue to fight for worker justice in san francisco. congratulations. and thank you so much. [applause] >> president cohen: thank you. congratulations. you will have an opportunity to speak. the floor's yours. >> gracias. [speaking foreign language]
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>> interpretor: thank you for your attention. this wouldn't have been possible without all of the community members. and now we're happy that l la taquiria will be an example to other businesses to follow the rules put by the state and by the government. [speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: i believe that all employees deserve dignity and value and respect and i also believe that all employers and workers need to work together with dignity and respect towards
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>> president cohen: congratulations, ladies. thank you. our next commendation will come from supervisor ahsha safai. >> supervisor safai: the person that we are going to honor today has been honored recently but she deserves a lot of praise. a lot of us have worked with her over the years and she's leading her current employer and retiring. and that's ms. candace wong. she's been a champion for children and families and young children for decades. and i've had the great honor of knowing her for the past 14 years and having worked with her and what i hold dearly helping purchase a childcare center. candace never gave up on it. we finally found a way with
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previous mayor lee, who dedicated himself to making that happen. within the first 30 days that i was in office, we were able to cut the ribbon on that building. $5.5 million deal. 224 children. most of them paying less than $50 a month for childcare. and that's just one example of the example that candace has dedicated herself to she also worked on the renovation of alice chalmers and mission ymca clubhouse in the outer mission. she's done so many things for small children that you wonder if ms. candace is not a saint herself, because she's done so many wonderful things that i can't even list them all. she's always focused on helping
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families overcome barriers, first working in the nonprofit sector and helping children with special needs and english language learners. conditioned's understood that access to early, quality childcare is a key to academic success. candace supported work force development to the san francisco cares program, providing women a pathway to running home-based childcare programs. i've known candace for 14 years and worked with her on many groundbreaking things as she's done to the director of the childcare development program at the low-income investment fund which provides money for nonprofits to purchase spaces providing childcare. she's dedicated herself year after year to improving people's lives. she is going to be missed. she will take a break and find out what she will do next in her
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career. i know that supervisor yee had honored her in the past and he has even more time working with her. so i wanted to hand it over to him to say a few words and anyone else that might want to as well. >> president cohen: supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you, president, and supervisor safai. yes, we just honored candace several months ago. she's probably one of the few persons that i would like to honor more than once within the year. she's always been -- to back up a little bit. this is probably about your surpassing three decades of service in early education in which candace and i started as colleagues. and she implemented -- helped to implement many of the programs that we see now in the city,
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whether it's evolved from helping teacher salaries and the care program that evolved into something else. she helped the organization we work for to -- she implemented the first early head start program in san francisco. and if it wasn't for her in terms of understanding the rules and the -- what it takes in terms of the fiscal impacts, it never would have been started in san francisco. so she's actually done a lot. and i've seen her grow and for me to say, wow, she even lasted longer than i did in the early education field is saying something. i was in there for a long time also. when she left children's services -- she left more than once. she came back and when she left the second time, i didn't think she was going anywhere too far
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and lo and behold, she ended up at lift. you've had a great career. i don't -- it's not finished. i expect a lot more to come. this is not really to honor what you've done in the past. i'm actually saying, i would like to say that we're honoring what you will do in the future. candace, congratulations. >> thank you. >> president cohen: ms. wong, the floor is yours. congratulations. supervisor tang wants to speak. >> supervisor tang: i want to echo the comments made by supervisors safai and yee and honor you as someone who is a district 4 residents. this world is more complicated than we wish it would be and it often comes with so many challenges, especially when it comes to funding and you've always been someone who is able to explain the issues to all of us as policy makers and figure
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out how we move things forward in a positive way. so all of that to benefit families and children. so i want to thank you for your decades of service. i can't blame you for wanting a children in your life. i'm doing the same. hope to see you again in the community beyond this. >> president cohen: all right, ms. candace wong. >> thank you. this is actually getting a little embarrassing. i think, you know, you know, i have been working almost 30 years, but close. i appreciate supervisor safai for recognizing me today and for all of you. the early education work is core to my heart and what i care about and will always be part of my life and my contributions to the city. and, you know, i think -- as we know, none of us does any of this alone. i think we all find that kind of
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common thread and that is that we all want the best for our children and families in this city. i've had the privilege to work with many of you in this chamber. because you care about the children, that's why you serve. i cannot say enough how much i admire all of you for serving and giving so much of yourself every single day for our families. i think oftentimes that people don't get the type of hours and commitment you put in to do this work. and i want to first thank all of you for that. and, you know, i think -- i've had the privilege of working with many colleagues in the community as well. my colleagues here, this work is done in partnership with the office of ecic. i saw fonda davidson, who is a member of our program advisory committee and my team is here and they're actually the people that really do the work, liz,
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dave, haven't seen them. but i want to thank -- thank you for this commendation. and i think there's more to come. children and family deserves us to continue to work in this area. i appreciate the support that you have provided in this air yes and we'll continue to do this work together. >> president cohen: thank you. congratulations. [applause] want to wish september jared a happy, belated birthday.
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>> president cohen: congratulations, again, everyone. congratulations, candace. okay, colleagues. i'm excited. i want to announce that today is -- today's board meeting we're celebrating national parks and recreation month with 43 community gardens citywide managed by the san francisco rec and park department. we want to commend the extraordinary work of our city gardeners that help to keep the city green. approximately 2,656 active
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community gardeners that have spent countless hours beautifying the open spaces. several of them are here today. stand up, gardeners. let's see who you are. stand up and be recognized. thank you very much. [applause] so this ceremony is an opportunity for us to show our gratitude and to recognize you for your leadership and also to thank you for your hard work and dedication to our gardens. i want to recognize andrea bombay. she will be accepted the certificate of honor as well as providing remarks on behalf of the wonderful community gardeners present in today's meeting. before we go any further in bringing andrea down, i also want to recognize the fearless leader, sometimes troublemaker, phillip ginsburg, who is the
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director of rec and park department. phil, i don't know if you want to say a couple of remarks. and then, andrea, why don't you come down as well and come join phil. you will be speaking next. >> thank you, madam president, and members of the board, for honoring national park and recreation month. it is a joyous month around the country, where we all celebrate the important role that parks play and we've had a number of special activities throughout the month. we had world cup soccer today, botanical garden, big day at golden gate tennis courts, and our 10,000 summer campers come together for one big woo-ha. i cannot think of a better group to honor than our community garden coordinators. we have about 2,600 gardeners. they need to be coordinated and managed by someone. and they are people like andrea and michael and melinda and
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judith and sean, who are all here. they function, on top of tend ing to their own plots, kind of sort of as a p.t.a. chair, maybe a troupe leader, rabbi, board president. they're responsible for dispute resolution. they're responsible for communication, for program, for data management. so they do a lot of work on behalf of their community. so i can't think of a better group of people to honor today. so i will turn it over to andrea. >> thank you so much, phil. i'm hooer -- i'm here to tell you a quick, beautiful story, so i brought a visual aid. our garden is quite new. not long ago, it was a black top parking lot on a block where conditions are very, very challenging. now this is happening. every one of these flowers was
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grown from seed or root in our garden and greenhouse provided by rec and park. it's been an incredible opportunity and boon to the community. i've included some chard and kale leaves in here to represent the almost 500 pound of food that's been harvested and distributed. our group is very diverse in age, in cultural background, in circumstances. we're sharing gardening lore. in china, we cooked it this way. oh, my mother in mexico grew these flowers and made tea out of them when we were sick. we planted it this way in ohio. and we're also bonding over food. never fails. food always wings. we usually have a loaf of zucchini bread or something made from the produce of the garden and we have a community potluck
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that's been a beautiful experience. this has been an amazing thing for the community. 5 want to thank park and rec so much. our garden was nurtured in the infant stages and continues to support us with this really quite incredible wealth of knowledge. so i would really -- the garden is a safe place to connect with each other and the earth. it's so important. i would urge us to create new gardens in san francisco, as many as we can. this is something that really works. it's simple and beautiful and i'm so grateful to be a part of it. thank you. [applause] and i just want to note on behalf of the board of supervisors to acknowledge our
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general manager, phil ginsburg and staff at rec and park, who i just learned recently helped to provide the flowers in our chambers and the mayor's office every single week. so the flowers come from our public gardens, which is a beautiful treat for all of us here at city hall. i also attended flower piano this weekend. it's one of my favorite san francisco events. thank you, all. >> thank you, supervisor. [applause]
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>> president cohen: congratulations. we're going to continue back with roll call for introductions. >> clerk: supervisor yee, you are next up to introduce new business. >> supervisor yee: i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, sir. supervisor breed. thank you. supervisor fewer asked to be rereferred. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i'm honored to present an in memorial for george polizano, someone who so gracefully embody the values of our neighborhood. george will be remembered as the mayor of 9th avenue. it was in this capacity that i had the distinct pleasure of meeting him at a neighborhood block party to celebrate his 93rd birthday in may of this year, surrounded by family and
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friends. george passed away peacefully at home on june 26, 2018, at the age of 93. he joins his dear life and daughter in eternal life. george was born on may 15, 1925, in santa clara, california to, jails and emilia. he was the youngest of five sons. george is survived by his mother joseph and sister-in-law barbara. he will be deeply and sadly missed by steven, richard, judy, james and michelle and their families. he was adored grandfather, pop of danielle, anthony, britney, sean and tara. his heart was filled with pride and love for the gift of his great-grandchildren. his legacy will live on in these amazing children. he is also survived by many
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loving and heartbroken nieces and nephews that adored their uncle george. george loved and cared for his pets unconditionally. layla, smoky will miss their human. he served in the armed forces, serving during world war ii with four of his brothers and was honorably discharged after two and a half years of service. he was the recipient of a purple heart and earned a bronze star. george's career started at railway express as a driver. he then worked for many years at ukraine bakery and house of bagels, where he met wonderful, life-long friends. he tirelessly volunteered as athletic director at star of the sea high school. his contribution lives on in the memories of the boys and girls he enthusiastically trained in
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sports. 7 was a host of the 9th annual club that served as the social club and welcome space for neighbors. george's woodwork talents were second to none and built all the holiday decorations that adorned the front of his home. everyone who george met was a welcome friend and people gathered to talk, eat, laugh and drink together. george polizano was a generous, giving soul. upon meeting him on his 93rd birthday, it was clear he was well loved by his community. he was inclusive. took care of each other and the richmond district, the mayor of 9th avenue will be truly missed. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor
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fewer. supervisor kim, you asked to be rereferred. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i would also like to submit an in memorial for anthony nyugen. he is the proprietor of a restaurant on 6th street south of market, a part of the district i represent. it's a restaurant that is a part of so many san francisco residents and workers lives. it's located on east 6th street ands with opened by anthony's grandmother in 1977 in the exact location. his family eventually took over and received an endorsement from julia child because she loved their lemon beet salad so much. they have four stars on yelp with 600 reviews and was one of the first restaurants that i went to to get cheap and
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plentiful lunch, their chicken fried rice, which you can extend to two lunches within you are an underpaid nonprofit worker. anthony became the proprietor after his father. he suddenly passed at the age of 36. anthony is a graduate at san francisco state and got his bachelor's in philosophy and religious study. he was passionate about education, working as an afterschoolteacher. as a teacher's assistant in oakland and saturday school district. however, when the recession hit and teaching jobs were scarce, he jumped back into his family's business with energy and joy and never looked back. if he was not travel, he was working at the restaurant every single day, 24/7.
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in fact, you could always walk in and the one thing you knew for sure is that you would see anthony behind the counter. he was a constant presence, popular with diners for his friendly and welcoming demeanor and treating everyone like family. for anyone who has spent time on 6th street or run a business there, you know how important it is to be able to keep good relationship with workers and residents and tourists alike. his kindness and compassion had a profound impact. he made friends with other business owners and treated every single person, whether they were a patron or an individual experiencing homelessness on the street who asked for food, with respect and immense generosity. he was gentle and kind and inspired many in our community with this commitment to believing that human beings are the worst things that they've ever done. he's survived by his mother, father and siblings. may you rest in peace. i would like to end the board
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meeting in his memory. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i also would like to adjourn today's board meeting in the memory of kevin manning, 66-year-old petty cab operator that passed away last night, subject of a hit and run on the embarcadero. >> clerk: madam president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president cohen: can we take the passing of mr. manning on behalf of the board? without objection. thank you. madam clerk, would you call public comment? >> clerk: yes. at this time, the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to 2 minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include june 5, 2018, board meeting minutes and items 24-30, on adoption without deference to
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committee calendar. public comment is not allowed when the subject has already had public comment. direct the remarks to the committee as a whole. if you would like to display your document, please just place it under the projection and remove it when you would like the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. first speaker, please. >> good after innooafternoon. as governing body of this great city, whose duty it is to fulfill the will of the people, it's important to pass a resolution to abolish i.c.e. let's be clear in our intention, the city and county of san francisco is a sanctuary city. the state of california is as well a sanctuary state. and i.c.e. has committed the most heinous crimes
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