and we are appreciative of both of the teams and so i appreciate you, bernie, and i want to bring you up. [applause] >> good morning. i'm bernadette joseph, the owner and director of operations at victorian manor. thank you, mayor breed, and supervisor cohen and supervisor mandelman and supervisor brown, and director of health garcia, barbara garcia. thank you for being here and for your support for our seniors. here at victorian manor we serve over 90 elderly clients with various needs, including dementia, medical and mental health needs. our home provides a place where seniors can live in the community and be as independent as possible. we welcome with open hearts and open arms a diverse group of residents, including a frail and vulnerable elderly population

and we see every day what a big difference it makes for them to have the right place to live with the full activity program that enriches their lives. thank you mayor breed for recognizing the work of residential care facilities for the elderly like victorian manor. the new funding will help us to make ends meet. and to continue to serve the seniors that we care so much about. we are happy that the city is also looking into long-term solutions to keep the facilities like ours, residential care facilities for the elderly, to have them remain in san francisco. so, thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, that's the end of our program. and i'm sure that the press may have questions and i'll leave that to the press. thank you.

>> any questions... anything off topic we'll take on the side. >> can you say specifically what the funding will go towards, is it services or more beds? >> one of the important things that we have done with the facilities is that we have provided them with an extra amount per day for the bed and part of that is because we have individuals with different levels of need and that really helps for the staffing of the beds, and making sure that the right staff is for the right client and their needs. so this will provide extra dollars for a per bed space that we pay for and we work that out with the owners so they have the right staffing. bernadette, if you would like to add anything? [laughter]. >> where is the money coming from? >> the department will be working with the board of supervisors and the mayor's

office for the one-time dollars that the mayor allocated for this. >> that money goes towards staff wages and health care? >> and as you know we pay per diem per day and that extra dollars the staffing has. >> can you talk more about why this is a piece of the puzzle that deserves the extra money? there's a lot of other things out there that need help as well. >> i think that we don't spend enough time talking about stopping something from happening in the first place. when you think about the amount of money it takes whether it's wages for employees, or an increase in the dollars that it takes to feed people, whether it's additional services, physical therapy, social services and things that go into actually taking care of some of the individuals who are in board and care, the costs are going up. then what happens when there's a huge gap, that means most likely

that sometimes they can't necessarily take care of all of the clients that they have. and the reason why this is important is because if they have a budget shortfall then that means that they go from 90 beds to maybe even 80 beds so they could at least afford to cover the costs of those particular individuals. this is important because where are we going to put 10 people that might be displaced because of a lack of funds? and so in looking at, you know, all of these particular board and care facilities and the increase in costs and the challenges to meet the need, we have to make sure that we keep every single bed. we have to make sure that we do everything that we can to prevent, you know, something from happening in the first place and that is the possibility of losing those beds which means that those people are going to have to go somewhere. and we have to do everything that we can to make sure that they don't end up on the streets and that's what this is about is prevention. >> any other questions? >> can you explain a little bit about -- i was shocked by the

number that we have lost -- it looks like almost 30 of these facilities in the last five years. why that is happening. >> well, it's exactly what mayor breed talked about is the fact -- and also the fact that some of these were family owned and the cost of doing this -- and this is all over california and this is not just san francisco. but the cost of doing these types of facilities, particularly as they depend on the ssfai dollars that comes in doesn't always match the overall cost of the facilities and the services. so it's exactly why we're trying to provide them some stabilization. we started doing this almost 11 years ago really looking at how to work with the residential care facilities in both ways. one, to provide them dollars to serve clients with higher needs and also to help them to cover their costs that ssfai doesn't always cover. because the increases don't match the cost of doing business. >> all right, thank you.

[applause] >> this job, it's really not an i job. i wouldn't be able to do this job without other people. i make sure that all the regulatory and nonregulatory samples get to access in a timely manner. we have groundwater samples, you name it, we have to sample

it every day. i have ten technicians, very good team. we work together to attain this sampling. >> a sample is only as good as when you collect properly. if sample is not collect properly according to not the proper protocol, the sample could be biased, could be false positive or could be false negative. so all this to have good so you can manage the sample collectors, as well as the schedule, and she is pretty good, and she is very thorough. and so far, i think that she is performing a very good job. >> this job is really not an i job. i wouldn't be able to do this job without my team. you can assign them any job, they can handle it, and again, without them, i wouldn't be here. i take pride, you know, for

what i do. we are providing a very good water department. my name is roselle, and i have been working with the water

>> all right, hi, everybody. [applause] wow, we have people here from all over the city. hi, my name is london breed, i'm the mayor of the city and county of san francisco and today i'm joined by the president of the board of supervisors and district 10 supervisor malia cohen. this is her district. [applause] and the perfect place to make such an amazing announcement. we all here love san francisco. and many of the people behind me are folks that are part of communities from across the city. people who have taken their personal time to volunteer to make our city more beautiful.

to provide feedback to the city and the county of san francisco about what we need to do to make our communities cleaner, to make them safer and to make them more vibrant. and part of the announcement today is that we are committed to making an additional investment of $725,000 to help in that effort. [applause] now i don't know about you but if one more person asks me for a big belly trash can... [laughter]. today we're going to have big belly trash cans. [applause] we're going to have more pedestrian lighting. we're going to do more to make sure that we hire more formerly homeless individuals to help to clean up our streets and our communities. more fencing to protect certain areas. you know, part of the

responsibility of making our city more vibrant is that we all have to roll up our sleeves and to take responsibility. and the city has to make the right investments so that we can get to a better place. it doesn't feel good to see the trash and all of the other things litter our streets. we want clean communities. we want safe communities. we want vibrant communities. isn't that right, mr. clean? [applause] [laughter]. so this investment is going to be something that we hope will enhance the beauty of our city. downtown corridors in the mission, in the communities all over our city, right here and in the dog patch neighborhoods and the bay point hunter's point neighborhoods, where we can make a small investment that will have a significant impact. that's what today is all about, getting to a better place.

during the campaign all i heard from people all over the city is, clean up the city, clean up the city. well, i'm not going to clean up the city by myself. [laughter] all of you are an important part of helping us to clean up this beautiful city. and so not only are gheing to go clean it up but we're going to keep it that way and make sure that we all play an important role in doing that. so i'm excited to be here today to talk about this investment and at this time i want to take this opportunity to introduce your leader of this particular amazing district 10, president of the board of supervisors, malia cohen. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i've got to admit that now that london has become mayor now district 10 is so amazing and so wonderful. [laughter] to be fair when she was a supervisor of district 5 there was a rivalry between which district was the best. but now that she's the mayor of

the entire city every district is the best. so i want to applaud mayor breed for that. thank you so much. i hope that you guys are excited to be here because, you know, i think that on a surface value -- a surface look, $725,000 may not sound like a lot of money. but to the fix-it team it actually doubles their budget and doubles the size of their budget. and just to give this team some context, it started two years ago when mayor lee was also walking around the city and just saw how filthy the city was. and got together with the director of public works and they put their brains together and they came up with a fix-it team. and the fix-it team was on a shoestring budget, just enough to pay people to do the work. and i want at this point to acknowledge sandra who has been incredible. [applause] this is the woman, this is the go-to woman, that we all call when mohammed is not available and the second call is

definitely to sandra. [applause] and as you can see from the neighborhood and the neighborhood response that this is an incredible, incredible asset to san francisco. so i want to say thank you very much, sandra. i love being the supervisor for district 10. it's one of the most dynamic districts and it's a place that i grew up in and a place that i call home and that my family calls home. so when i am walking the streets or riding on the bus or driving it does break my heart to see the trash and the litter. it breaks my heart to see young generations just trashing soda cans -- you know that i hate soda -- you know that i have a thing against soda -- and paper bag chips, paper bags. and so i just wanted to recognize that these fat-belly cans, it will make a difference, madam mayor. thank you so much. and i want to close my remarks

by saying that i served as the budget chair. and this was my second year of service and i had an opportunity to oversee an $11 billion budget. this particular year's budget crosses what is different. we passed a series of resolutions stating where our policy goals were going to be. so the purpose of that was to take out the politics that sometimes is in the budget but to stay more focused on the policy. this policy discussion without a doubt, the fix-it team priorities rose above every single policy that you heard, homelessness and clean streets. so it's a great privilege to be here. you know what, it's another privilege to recognize our organizer by the name of bruce hewey, the dean of the dog patch. or the mayor of the dog patch. this is an absolute treasure to san francisco, he is my friend and my compadre and i'm happy to bring him up to say a few words. thank you, bruce. >> madam mayor, board president

cohen, thank you so much for extending this opportunity to work with sandra and her team. she's made a dramatic impact over the past two years in dog patch. our population doubled like other parts of the city and this type of program is sorely needed. so thank you for this expansion of funding. [applause] >> you know, in addition to the big-belly trash cans and the fencing and the people that we're going to hire to help us to clean up the streets, we also are going to help to purchase lots for many of the merchants, i have a number of complaints and i see karen slide here from union square where they've had a number of complaints. so this is an incredible opportunity. and, again, the goal is ultimately to keep our city safe and to keep our city clean. i want to also acknowledge and bring up the person who manages the fix-it and keeps it going and who focuses on communities all over san francisco.

sandra, come on up. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. hi, i'm sandra, the director, and i wanted to thank mayor breed, president cohen, and bruce and especially behind me about 40 residents from 15 different neighborhoods across the city who i have worked with for the past two years. thank you, guys. and the city agencies who are here. we have public works we have the police department and p.u.c. and the department of public health and the department of recreation and the department of homelessness. so we work to strategize and to get things done for the residents of the city and all of that takes a lot of teamwork. i'm really, really honored to be here both with mayor breed and president cohen today. i'm so grateful that mayor breed put trust in us and in the community and some of the concerns that the residents had. and she's provided funding so

that we can do creative things, different things, things that will really impact neighbors. since fix-it started about two years ago we didn't know if we would be successful or what would happen or if the residents would catch on and like us or not but i'm super proud to say that to date we have met with 1300 residents in their neighborhoods. and we've started 3,800 fixes and completed 3,800 fixes across the city in 29 different neighborhoods. [applause] i myself have facilitated with my team cathy and ronnie and lydia, so we have facilitated 55 community meetings and 55 walks in neighborhoods and we're just on the ground really listening. we're listening to our residents and finding out what they care most about and how we can help them.

so i'm so thankful and i'm grateful for mayor breed, again, for her investment in things that we know are going to work. we have our downtown streets team coming to help the mission and we're going to put lights -- yeah... [applause] we're going to put lights all over san francisco and pedestrian lighting and solar lighting and we have funding for about 450 lights coming in so every neighborhood will be lit up so that the pedestrians feel safer walking on the sidewalks. we'll start with president cohen's district and work on hudson avenue. but more details to come. so, anyway, i wanted to just say thank you all. great place to start, right. so we're excited and we're excited to fix more stuff and we're excited to get to work so, again, thank you all for coming and thank you all -- especially to my residents and the city agencies, we can't do it without any of you. our resident engagement is the most important part of the fix-it program so a big thank you to everybody and, of course,

mayor breed for this very important, very needed investment in our city. so thank you all. [applause] and one more thing -- sorry -- we're going to end now but i wanted to just let you know that i started working in patrero a year ago and we put in staffing to help with the street cleanliness and we forgot to change around the trash cans so we got that fixed today. we have new trash cans, and we are going to have mayor breed help me to unveil one right here on the stairs. so i will take her down there. thank you. [applause] and last but not least make sure that you call 311 because that data helps us to decide on places that we will invest in in this city. 31. you can also -- 311.

you can also download the app. thank you. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... all right. woo! (♪) (♪). >> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a

woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be

the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think

so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. >> (clapping.) >> i have a very good team around me we're leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordable-care act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and we're in support of of the women and support. >> in my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this year needs to be more opportunities for i don't know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of

support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. >> education is important i releases it at my time of san mateo high ii come back to the university of san francisco law school and the fact i passed the bar will open up many more doors because i feel a curve ball or an where you can in the way can't get down why is this in my way we have to figure out a solution how to move forward we can't let adversity throw in the

>> welcome, everyone. i'd like to call this meeting to order. anthony, will you do the roll call. >> clerk: good afternoon. this is a meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment. the date is tuesday, july 24, 2018, and the time is 5:05 p.m. a reminder that the ringing and use of cell phones shall pagers, and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair my order the recovery room value from the meeting room anyone with the use of a

cell phone, pager or sound producing device. there will be public comment on every item on the agenda as well as public comment for items that are not on the agenda, and that's item number five. we ask that you complete a card at the sign-in table. hand it to me, and i'll hand it to the chair. we'll call folks in the order we receive them, and you'll have an opportunity to speak anonymously after we receive the cards. now, roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: there's a quorum. the next item is item 2, president's welcome. this item is for discussion. >> good afternoon and welcome all of you, and thank you very much for coming out on this beautiful day to our commission meeting. we have a very interesting

meeting in store for you today. we are continuing with our tradition to having meeting that take a deep dive into one of san francisco's climate action goals. the city's climate action goals include zero waste, 80% sustainable transcripts, 100% renewable energy, and the root goal of renewing our environment through forests and the environment. today, we'll focus on the sustainable trips goal. what is a sustainable trip? it's anyone but one resident in one car. it's an effort to get residents to taking walking, biking, or public transit or a combination of all of those. this year at the community public breakfast mayor mark farrell made the announcement that in just five years, san

francisco had reached its goal of 50% sustainable trips. the mayor went onto announce that the city's new goal would be 80% sustainable trips. today, we will hear presentations from the department and our sister agencies from citywide and regional efforts to achieve a transportation system that creates less pollution and helps solve our climate crisis. thank you all at the department staff and to our sister agencies for making it out today. the country transportation authority is represented by executive director killy chan and san francisco transportation agency is represented by senior planner tim doherty. i want to say up front how much we appreciate your hard work and collaboration. let's do this, and if there's any public comment on this item, please let us know and

come forward. hearing no public comment, anthony, next item. >> clerk: the next item is item three, approval of the march 24, 2018 minutes. >> do i hear a second? >> second. >> seconded by vice president johanna wald. any discussion? >> president berhume, we had a motion and a second. >> clerk: do you second? there you go. >> i'll second. >> clerk: okay. >> sorry about that. >> clerk: all right. seeing no further discussion, although, is there any public comment? >> okay. we'll call for the vote. all those in favor, signify --

any absentia? the motion carries. >> clerk: item four is the approval of the minutes of the may 10, 2018 special meeting. this item is for discussion and action. >> it's been moved by commissioner wan. any discussion? >> clerk: we'll take a vote. >> public comment. >> public comment. is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none -- >> okay. seeing none, all those in favor? [voting] >> any opposed? motion carries. thank you.

>> clerk: the next item is item five. members of the public may address the commission on items not on today's agenda. >> seeing no discussion, next item. >> clerk: all right. the next item is item six, presentation of the commission on the environment environmental service award to gwynn maccan he kellen. this item is for discussion. >> thank you. welcome. >> this item will be presented by commissioner wald.

>> thank you. thank you, president bermejo. this evening, i must say i'm honored to present the commission on the environment environmental service award to gwy gwynn mckellen. it was created two years to aword to individuals who help the commission on the environment achieve its sustainable environment awards. over the past ten years, gwynn has led numerous community campaigns for the department all as a volunteer. she has logged more than 500 hours as an intern and over 1,000 hours as a volunteer. the department of the environment sends teams to street fairs and community

events to educate the public about our latest campaigns and time and again, gwynn has been there at so many events to be the bright human face of the department. at times, she's even worn a costume. in addition to representing the department at public events, gwynn led a zero-waste audit at city hall, assisted with mandatory composting and advocated for the plastic bag ban. her volunteerism doesn't end with this department. she was the lead organizer at the sierra club in passing cleanpower cleanpowersf legislation, led community cleanups in the kpegs i don't remember with sf public works, volunteered with walk sf for over four years, and secured a new signalized

crosswalk on geneva. she is a youth monitor and celebrates her birthdays with events that include planting trees, cleaning up the beach and working on urban farms. the commission and the department work every day to change behavior to address our growing climate crisis, and there you are, gwynn, every day on the front lines being the change. we need more people like you in our departments, volunteer, and internships program, as well as in the world at large. i understand you are moving to portland for grad school. it's our loss, but we are happy to see you seeking this higher education. as a small token of appreciation from the department and the commission on the environment, we are very excited and thrilled to present

you with the san francisco commission on the environment environmental service award for your partnership and your commitment to sustainability and environmental protection in san francisco. would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> thank you so much, commissioners, and director, for the honor. i really appreciate it. i just wanted to say the reason i volunteered at the department for so many years has to do with the people at the department. you have a really, really great staff that are dedicated and enthusiastic and fun to work with, and so they're the reason people like me keep coming back. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you -- oh, don't go away yet. i want to ask if the commissioners have anything to

add. yes, director raphael? >> so gwynn, the numbers that are associated with you are pretty darn staggering and impressive. when i think about where our world is right now, and i think about the challenge we have of eco anxiety where it's just overwhelming, and people tend to shut it out and get apathetic and curl into a bowl, the antiaction is action, and it's bigger than us, and this is something that each of us can take our small step for the bigger good. when i think about that, i think about how you take that and you embody that because you couldn't do anything else. it's just who you are, so i know when you go to portland, you're bringing all of that energy, that can-do, that

willingness to put yourself on the line and yourself out there for the greater good, and i'm -- as commissioner wald said, i'm so grateful that people like you are here because i inspire me and you -- because you inspire me and you inspire everyone around you, so thank you so much for being who you are. [applause] >> and stay up there. >> yes. for public comment, if threw any comments credit commissioners? sfl there's -- >> there's a couple of us that want to say -- is this the time? >> yes. >> so i'm glad we're here, celebrating you. it's been ten years. you know, i consider myself the lucky one because you've done a lot of projects for the city of san francisco. not only the department but i'm really the lucky one because i've spent the most time with gwynn and have really become dear friends.

she was one of the first people to see my new daughter born seven years ago. i celebrate her birthdays with her. we've travelled, we've camped together, so you're going to be missed. and i just want to point out your versatility. it was mentioned a minute ago, but i just want to show how willing and able you were to get the job done. if we can show it. so here's a shot -- am i doing it? -- with mayor ed lee. if you recall, this was the community clean team in chinatown. we were kicking off the season, oh, my god, calling gwynn really late. can you be sleeping? she's like sure, but don't tag me on facebook. but now that you're leaving, i'm going to tell everyone, where was you? she also had the name before she wore this costume, green

gwynn. i can't imagine the san francisco action network without you. i guess i'll have to get used to it. but when we started the action network, we started the grassroots arm of the department, green gwynn was a lead organizer. she was the first one to knock on the doors in the sunset to promote composting. i couldn't have done my job without her consistent volunteer time. so i just want to recognize you today and so happy that you're moving onto -- to something that you've been wanting to achieve for a long time, and i have a reason to go to portland now. >> so sunshine, can you identify yourself? >> oh, sunshine. >> and your role? >> the community relations coordinator for the department. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm kevin duram, the residential zero waste coordinator, and i had a

pleasure of working with gwynn in those early days, particularly -- it was before environment now. in some respects, gwynn fore hawed owed and -- fore shadowed and showed the kind of work we could do when we get on the street. it goes to the credibility of the work that sunshine and gwynn built to take the leap to go to environment now, which was the time. there's more to it than just the voluntary hours. there's really a lot of tief trust and constituency in the department and in the community that gwynn has been a part of. thank you. >> thank you. anyone else? [applause] >> and before we go to our next award, i just want to say that at the end of the second presentation, we'll have a photo of the awardees. and with that, i'll turn it over to our wonderful new commissioner, commissioner

sullivan. >> thank you, president bermejo. once anthony gives me the go ahead. so this evening, i'm pleased to present our second annual commission on the environment environmental service award to the tender loyloin district. today as we talk about the city's goal of sustain ability organization, it's fitting to recognize an organization that's working on the ground in the tennerloin neighborhood to keep our kids walking to school while building community. safe passage is a partner in the department's safe routes to school efforts. we will hear more about the safe routes to school later in the meeting, but basically, it supports an encourages kids and their families to choose

sustainable modes of transportation such as biking, walking transit, and carpooling to school instead of driving alone or their parents driving alone, i guess. but how do we encourage thousands of school aged children in the tenderloin to walk to school when the streets may not always feel safe? a group of mothers had the answer and developed the program through the tenderloin community benefits district. volunteers are assigned to street corners and are trained to respond to emergencies including rerouting the children to avoid unsafe situations. not only is this an opportunity to keep the students safe and physically active, the program also provides street captains the opportunities for growth, leadership, and development. it's hard to express in words what a phenomenal program this is, so we have a short video that we want to show. sfgtv -- oh, there you go. you've got it.

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>> we can clap now. [applause] >> yes, very moving. and greg, would you like to come forward and say a few

words? >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you so much for the invitation to come and accept this award. on behalf of everyone at the tlcbd and safe passage, we are both excited and honored to be recognized for the important work we do. who would have thought that ten years ago when a group of moms got together to express concern about the safety of their kids, that in ten years, we'd be looking at -- at what has resulted? a classic example of grassroots organizing in effect. we've grown to the point now where we have not only our safe passage work in the afternoon that we're helping kids be safe, but seniors be safe in the morning. we've got work going on at one of our neighborhood parks with rec and park department. and then, last year, last

september, we began working with sf environment and our other partner agencies on safe routes to school. i've got our two bayview and soma coordinators who have been leading the charge in trying to begin safe passage-like efforts in those neighborhoods. with me here, two women who have done amazing work in just the short ten months that we've been building this effort, and we look forward to more. in fact, tatiana has successfully recruited and has three corner captains on the ground in soma. they started in may, and are continuing through the summer and will continue into the fall, so i invite you, if you're around bessie carmichael, to go looking for us. we'll be there, but we look forward to continuing on with

this work, and again, thank you so much for the honor. >> commissioners, thank you so much. >> and we actually have a physical award, so i'll be down there in a second. but let me read it. the san francisco commission on the environment recognizes the tenderloin community benefit district safe passage program for contributing to the environmental well-being of the city and county of san francisco. it doesn't say this, but i would just go onto say, in the classic san francisco way of combining efforts with community, what a great way to do it. >> well said. any other comments, commissioners? commissioner wald? >> thank you. where is the thing? all of our award winners -- [applause] >> -- are so terrific and so wonderful and -- and so important to this -- to the city and the communities that

reside here. i'm just wondering, and i should know the answer, but do we have a little place on our website where people can press a button and find out about these wonderful people and the people that we've honored in the past just as a way to make everybody who goes to our website who needs a little boost, who needs to be reminded, you know, how committed and able and talented and effective members of the frisk community really are? and i would just love to see that -- san francisco community really are? and i would just love to see that everybody that we've benefited, but i it would be a great -- it would be a great way to see who we owe our

thanks and benefit to. >> commissioner, that's an outstanding idea, and i will work with sarah and others on the outreach team to see about putting profiles up. i think that is a great idea. greg, i understand you have a nickname in the tenderloin. i think my team has told me, much to mayor breed's chagrin, when you walk around, people call you mr. mayor because you personally have so much connection to the tender linlo so i thank you for that. this commission meeting is dedicated to getting people out of their cars, and while that may seem simple, it's -- understanding what the barriers are is so critical, and if a barrier is safety, i don't feel safe sending my child outside

of my car, then, we have to address that. and what you have done in the tenderloin and now in the bayview and in soma is say we can address that, and we can do that with the community as our champions. we don't need government to figure this out, we can figure this out by tapping into our own strengths. so it's incredibly inspiring what you have done, and i just want to express my deep gratitude and appreciation for the work. >> thank you. is there any public comment? >> hi there. margaret mccarthy, senior transportation specialist, department of the environment. i just wanted to add a few words of praise. you've already seen how fantastic their work is, and we are so glad that they are a part of the safe routes to school partnership as is sf

environment, as director raphael was just saying, part of what safe passage offers is not just a safe walk to school for children but a joyful walk to school, and i think having that goal of what if every child could have not just a safe, but a joyful and enjoyable walk to school, a walk that's forming memories and friendships, is really part of what transforms their effort, and you see how even though it's just a brief passage through the streets, they make it a different neighborhood for the time that they're there. it's very special work that they do, and we're so glad to have them as a partner. >> thank you. any other comments? in that case, it's time for a photo. okay. so come