have hung in there, and i really think it speaks again to the department's outreach, inclusion, to provide these unique services for our young population. as an example, many years ago, the border area health education centers, which funded programs here all the way down to the border, funded the urban area and helped the mission neighborhood health center to begin to look at some of these issues then. some of key people were from the school of pharmacy at ucsf and then did the work in the valley and move odd to other places. -- move odd to other places. funded came out of u.c. general to take a look again at these populations you're now servicing, so they're sustained energy, uniformity pertaining

to data collection, and the fact that you're always looking to how do we get better and how do we ensure that we're right on target. it really speaks highly to the years that you've put in and the services that continue to be part of and a significant partner in our department of public health, so i just wanted to congratulate you all and say well done. thank you. >> thank you. i wanted to go back to the jail health issues for a moment because i continue to see an opportunity also. it seems to me that this is a captured population, and maybe this is something mr. pickens can help us with, too. this is a very low number

screen. when you consider that these people are actually our inmates, and then, a lower number may get treated. that's a high number not treated when found, so it seems to me that we should be in some way looking at that fairly specifically. there's several hundred people involved within this data -- and this was back in 2016. so there are new several hundred people that are probably really not actually getting perhaps the care that we could give, and it's a very specific problem. is there some reason we can't just focus in on this and sort of work on why these -- these are such low numbers? and there may be many reasons, so that may be that maybe people were there only 24 hours. but i think you need more data to find out and find out what opportunities are missing because this is really a

considerable opportunity or have you already been trying to do that and you perhaps already know the reasons why these number right side so low? >> we don't -- these numbers are so low? >> we don't know, but we agree this is a really important opportunity area for sexual health for the department. dr. lisa pratt has been really visionary to have this idea to bring this into the jails. some of the challenge was motivated everyone around screening because it often was that the test would come back, the result would come back, and there would be no ability to treat. so i think we'll have a renewed motivation and interest around treating. i think we'll be able to get more people treated. there's going to have to have a period of scale up, and we're going to have to incorporate this into the normal work flow, but all of us are very excited and optimistic about the

opportunity it provides to reduce sexual health disparities in san francisco, so we complete agree with you. >> so at what point and perhaps when could we understand a little better, you know, what efforts we've made, and maybe some pickens, do you have some idea that we could maybe set some sort of time? we do our reports yearly, and this is certainly one of our most outstanding reports that we've had in terms of comprehensiveness for our entire s.t.d. movement and efforts, but it just seems like there's several hundred people we could actually be reaching because they're under our care. >> absolutely. roland pickens, director of the san francisco health net work. thank you for bringing this issue to the forefront. i will work with lisa pratt so

we can do a deeper dive so we can understand what are our options particularly when it comes to voluntary screening. so we'll look at what options we have when it comes to encouraging jail inmates to go through this, and are there some public health tools that we can use within our public health world in this public screening process. >> commissioner chung? >> so i have another question. the range of age is 15 to 30, but don't 15 year olds to 17 year olds go to juvenile detention, rather than jail, so wouldn't they have a different setup, also? >> yes, there are very, very high rates of screening and treatment at the -- what was formerly the youth guidance center, so that is correct. and we're still also formulating what the age distribution will be at the --

at the adult jails, but this is just based on, you know, what is -- what is the usually sort of standard screening range and then looking at all of the individuals who fell into that category, but we'll look at that closely and sort of define what those cutoffs of age should be. >> okay. so then, the second question is with the positivity rate, is it relative to the krescreening rs or to the number of inmates? >> it's relative to the screening rate, so it's not that high. >> well, if it's relative to the screening rate, and that's 24%, and a third of them were not treated, that is fairly relevant. dr. green? >> i was just wondering if there was an opportunity to introduce prep in the jails. your program is fantastic. these are really quite

remarkable, and i wondered if that's part of the plan. i think they told us there were, like, 17,000 -- wasn't that right, 17,000 encounters, last year, people who were checked in as it were. but that's what i recall. >> thank you, commissioner green. we have started on introducing initiatives in the jail prep system. i myself conduct prep workshops there. during the six week workshops, i've done already seven. i've done them in the woman pod, the male pods. we also have a collaborator in 360 prep in the jails. it's about 350 perpill for individuals to start prep in

the jail. however if they already have a prescription and they're taking prep prior to entering the system, there is a mechanism for them to continuing prep, but you cannot be a new prep start in the system. however we have initiated three prep starts after those who have attended the workshops, and they've started prep at city clinic and i myself and the navigators have connected and directed them to those services, so there is going ongoing piece in the jail system right now. >> thank you. commissioner bernal? >> yes, one last question. first of all, i appreciated seeing your citywide provider reporting forms and some of the new categories you added to that in terms of gender. one vulnerable and high risk population that i'm not seeing in here is people who engage in sex work. are you collecting data in that area, as well? >> in select clinical sites,

that information is gathered, including at city clinic, which again is why we want to be able to maintain access to the city clinic data because often we don't get information that we have access to in the city. but that is not routinely put on that form, which includes 70 non-h.i.v. diseases as well as t.b. and all that, so we've had to make some choices about what could and could not about there -- be there, but we do agree with you. >> that includes city funded clinic or just city -- >> well, when i'm speaking of city clinic, i mean our sexual health clinic. it's a valuable tool for us understanding what's going on with sexual health. >> so the numbers all come from city clinic -- or no. >> no, those are citywide.

the numbers that i was showing you on the graph, those are citywide data, those are all reportable to us by california health and safety code. just as we use city clinic data to look at prep and who's utilizing prep and how we're doing over time. >> yeah. i was wondering if st. james and marie provided h.i.v. testing and s.t.d. screening? >> yeah. they do likely have some data there that would be helpful, as well. >> well, commissioners, and -- we do thank staff for -- for the very comprehensive and very -- for the most part, positive reports, and i think we're looking at areas that we can all do better, and we'll look forward to that.

and if there's no further questions on this item, we can then move onto our next item, please. >> the next item is other business. >> it's probably an opportunity to remind everybody that on thursday, we do have our meeting with the planning commission in rathers to the cpmc development agreement. this is at 10:00, i believe, in room 400, at city hall. >> i won't be joining you all at that meeting because i will be in orlandoattending a conference. >> you can submit a list of questions and we'll ask them. >> i will take a look and see if i have any. >> i'd be happy to go to orlando in your place. >> commissioner guillermo. >> i just wanted to note as commissioner green shared, she and i were able to go to the

jail health services tour with dr. pratt on friday, and really, really impressed with what we were seeing there, just in terms of the leadership of dr. pratt. and i was wondering, i don't know whether there is a -- a jail health services report that comes to the commission or when the last time it was, but i would encourage, if it doesn't happen, that it should -- >> we'll put that down. now we have an item that also we can help explore with the jailhouse services. it's been some time that the commission has had a full report on jailhouse services. so thank you. we'll add that to the agenda for the future. any other either announcements or points? just to also remind you that there will be the special hearing on september 18 in

replacement of our meeting for comments in regards to the search process for the director of health. anyone have any other comments under item nine? if not, we'll go onto the next item? >> and item number 10 is action and possible discussion. >> and i would encourage you to look at the minutes for that because in fact, i'm sorry, i don't have them here before you, and i wouldn't want to mislead you as to what happened at general. >> okay. the -- any way -- >> oh, you have it. >> the j.c.c. minutes. >> yeah. >> f.g.h. the committee did due diligence, seeing our chair was not here, but spent a good two hours on the committee, and they reviewed a number of

areas. in particular, we had some excellent reports, lien updates. we also had the report regarding patient safety and updates regarding who was responsible for what areas, there being the main campus itself, building 80, building 90, generators, etc., etc., so all of those clearly defined and presented, showing the area of responsibility and how, in fact, the inspection ratios would be going and on and on and on. then, we had a really updated comprehensive report on department of psychiatry and gave a very comprehensive overview pertaining to -- it was an excellent presentation. i'm sure our colleague also -- did you have any comments to add to the department of psychiatry or anything in that area? >> i continue to be impressed by the work at general and the

leadership. it's really a privilege to watch them in action and see how they evolve these systems and how terrific everyone is and what an incredible collaborative effort it is. >> it was well done and it was a great feel and there was great discussion and participation. then from there, we also had a receive a reception and moved into closed session. and discussion was had regarding nurse practitioners. i also forgot to go back in closed session. we also had a good discussion on recruitment and all the areas, including who is going to be providing the pine line and what is the challenges. we had our interim director here, and he was welcomed, and everybody closed ranks, and we moved together as a joint

conference committee, so we felt it was a really good meeting. we closed at something like 5-0-10, so -- or three to -- 4:57. but we were quite pleased to see the exceptional work of the f.g.h. and our director. >> well, thank you, and thank you, commissioner sanchez, for chairing the meeting. sorry that i was away, sounds like i should be away more often -- no. really appreciate that, and thank you for the report. we're at the last item, which is entertainment for a motion for adjournment. >> so moved. >> moved. >> second. >> all in favor, please say aye. >> this meeting is now adjourned. [ gavel ]. >> thank you.

afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. are we ready to get started? good afternoon. ladies and gentlemen, i want to welcome you to the september 4, 2018 meeting. madam clerk, are we ready? okay. want to welcome you back to the september 4, 2018 meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. thank you for being here with us today. madam clerk, could you please call the roll for attendance. >> clerk: thank you, madam

president. [roll call] >> clerk: madam president, you have a quorum. >> president cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me by rising and placing your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications?

>> clerk: there are none to report, madam president. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. today, colleagues is a special day, because we are going to be approving minuting from the july 10, july 17, july 24 minutes from the full board meeting, is there a motion to approved those minutes? motion made by supervisor kim, seconded by supervisor yee. colleagues, can we take that without objection? all right. without objection, those minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, please call the conse consent agenda. >> clerk: these item are on consent. if an item is objected, an item may be considered separate. >> president cohen: would you like to remove any items? >> supervisor ronen: yes. item one.

>> president cohen: yes. madam clerk, could you please call the role on the remaining balance. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president cohen: thank you. without objection, items two through five passes. madam clerk, please call item one. >> clerk: i'd one is an ordinance to set rules governing the appointment of the director and the qualifications and duties of employees of the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention as a city department under the direction and oversight of the human rights commission. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor ronen?

>> supervisor ronen: thank you, president cohen. colleagues, i along with all of you received a five-page letter today from the municipal attorney's association at 11:45, asking us to postpone the second vote on this legislation and i quote, within which the speed the item has been moved through the board of supervisors. before i discuss the content of their argument, why they're asking for the postponement, i just wanted to talk about how long this piece of legislation has been before us. i first introduced the legislation on may 8 of -- about five months ago, and a month earlier, i had held a hearing at the board of supervisors where woman after woman came forward who was assaulted and had a horrible experience dealing with the city and county of san francisco. whether it was the police department, the d.a.'s office, sometimes even at general hospital. and then, after that, i

introduced the sharp ordinance that's before us on final reading as a solution to the horror stories that we heard time and time again. after i introduced the legislation, i met and conferred with city unions. at that meet and confer, there were representatives from the -- from m.e.a., from seiu 1021, from local 21, from the sheriff's office. even the machinists showed up, but the municipal attorney's association did not decide to attend. they never got in touch with me, not at that point, not in the four months later that passed when this legislation was before us. they didn't make a peep when there were two hearings at the board of supervisors, one at the rules committee, and another was at the budget committee. we even talked about this legislation pretty substantially at the budget

hearing. >> president cohen: yeah. >> supervisor ronen: so to say that this -- federal, the chair is reminding me. this legislation was talked about quite a bit, and i find it incredibly unprofessional at the 11th hour to send a five-page letter asking us to postpone the legislation when nobody from the union ever reached out to me at any point during this long process. as a matter of fact, after the meet and confer where all the unions decided yes, this is a great piece of legislation, let's move forward, a couple unions did reach out to me after the fact, and we accommodated them even though we didn't have to because the meet and confer process had ended and made several amendments to the ordinance. but that's just on the process. let me talk about the content. the entire reason that i introduced the sharp ordinance is because i am hearing story after story after story of women -- mostly women, although i have heard stories from men,

as well -- what weo were assau and came to the city for help, and who were blamed, disrespected, not believed, shunned. we heard these stories from the supervisors, from the d.a.'s office herself. we were told that one woman was told by the d.a. and the special victims unit that because she was drugged before she was assaulted, it was just a case of he said, she doesn't remember, so they're not going to move forward with it. in another case, a woman came forward, and they had decided not to go forward with her case, and when she called the d.a.'s office to say you haven't even talked to me, why aren't you going forward with my case, the d.a. told her that he listened to the accused's pretext call and heard him describe the sex as consensual, and therefore was refusing to take the case forward. when the survivor finally

tracked him down because she wouldn't give i am and said i'm -- up and said i'm not sure why you won't prosecute this, i've taught a sex assault class, and i know the law, he said the law is not like in your little class, and continue to insist that they could not take the case. the survivor had to civilly sue the accused and ended up winning quite a settlement, and eventually, the d.a. did bring her case forward two years later and was able to successfully prosecute. the whole point of this legislation is we are now going to create an office -- when a victim of sexual assault is treated in this manner by any city employee, they can come to an office and say i need help. i'm not being believed, i'm being belittled, i'm being disrespected, and frankly this experience is almost worse than

the assault itself. that's this legislation. if the d.a. is going to bring a case forward, which is the bulk of this five-page memo and feels that any sort of meeting with the sharp office would interrupt any attorney-client privilege, then there's ample opportunity to show up and say that, and that would be sufficient. that's not what this office is going to do. in 99% of the case, when a complaint is brought to sharp, it's because the d.a.'s not going to move forward on the case, they're not going to bring any case forward where any evidence or attorney-client privilege issues could come up. so in that case, their entire reasoning in this five-page memo makes no sense at all. so yi have to say, frankly, as an attorney myself, i am frankly flabbergasted at the lack of professionalism of this union, and i would encourage all of my colleagues to pass this legislation as quickly as we can today and get to the

mayor's desk for signature because clearly, if this doesn't evidence how badly we need this office in the city and county of san francisco, i don't know what will. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president cohen. the district attorney's office is a bargaining unit. it is not associated with the afl-cio. but i do want to concur with supervisor ronen. had this letter come from the district attorney, it would be a very different letter, but insofar as you and your office, i think, have reached out, and correctly so, to kmuns labor, and marketing unions, this is

too little, too late. >> president cohen: thank you. colleagues, is there any other discussion? is there an action that you'd like us to take, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes. i'd like to pass this unanimously on final vote. >> president cohen: all right. supervisor kathrin stefani? all right. let's call the vote, madam clerk, on item one. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president cohen: all right. this item, item one, passes unanimously. madam clerk, please call item six. >> clerk: item six is an

ordinance prohibiting the planning code to prohibit medical cannabis and khanna disdispensaries in the chinatown district to make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: madam clerk, on the kwetd of shall this ordinance be finally passed, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item six -- [roll call]ordinance be finall please call the roll. >> clerk: on item six -- [roll calthis ordinance be fin passed, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item six -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are eight ayes and three noes. with supervisors ronen, brown, and mandelman in the dissent. >> president cohen: thank you. this item is passed. madam clerk, please call item seven. >> clerk: item seven is to

allow a payment for an a.d.u.'s tree planting department to allow for a ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: okay. seeing that there are no names on the roster, colleagues, madam clerk, on the question shall this ordinance be finally passed, please call the roll. [ro [roll call] [please stand by]

[roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president cohen: excellent. without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call items 10 through 12. >> clerk: item 10 through 12 are two resolutions to authorize the department of community health to enter into agreements for item 10, to enter into a retroactive amended agreement with the california department of health care services to change the agreement end date from april 30, 2018 to june 30, 2017 with no change the amount not to

exceed approximately 293 million. and item 11 is to retroactively approve an agreement with the california department of health care services for the san francisco mental health plan for a five-year term july 1, 2017 through june 30, 2022 without costs, and madam president, you said item 12, as well? >> president cohen: yes. >> item 12 is an agreement with the regents of the university of california for health services for adults and older adults for a contract term of four years, july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2022, in an amendment not to exceed 238 million. >> president cohen: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? thank you. madam clerk, please call item 13.

>> clerk: [agenda item read] >> president cohen: supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president cohen. colleagues, this would allow three businesses operating in the union street district to apply for a permit under supervisor tang's 2013 massage establishment ordinance. what happened is they did not complete the process on time, and this allows for an extension to avoid any vacancies. it only applies to the union street n.c.d. and only allows them 18 months to complete the process. i want to thank the land use committee for passing it out with positive recommendation, and i ask for your support. >> president cohen: thank you. is there any other discussion? seeing none, can we take these items same house, same call? all right. without -- without objection, this ordinance passes unanimously. [ gavel ]. >> president cohen: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 14 is an ordinance to amend the planning

code to permit affordable housing on undeveloped lots in service light arts and industrial zoning district and to affirm the ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president cohen: supervisor kim, i see you on the roster. >> supervisor kim: thank you, president cohen. the ordinance before us allows an additional use on parcels that are currently zoned sali. this is an additional zoning through the central soma plan where ween sewered we were protecting arts and distribution repair. prior to the western soma plan passage, these parcels were zoned s.l.i., which allowed the development of affordable housing on these parcels. with the western soma plan changes, we took out affordable housing as a permitable use. this legislation will reinstate the use of only 100% affordable housing on sali lots where

there is no existing development or habitable buildings, meaning that we won't be displacing any recogn

organizations who brought this item forward. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor brown? >> ms. brown: y >> yes. thank you. i just wanted to thank supervisor kim and tipping point and all the others who were involved in this. i really think we as a city need to look creatively on how to build housing on under utilized sites, and i think we need to look hard at establishing rules and regulations to find every opportunity to building housing. i'm committed to do this in my district, which i hope everyone else is, also. in my last job at oewd joint development, i looked at

opportunity sites, private and public to build affordable housing, and i feel it's just really important. i think city sites should be first batter up to actually build the housing, and i just want to make sure the city must lead in this, and thank you, supervisor kim, for taking that lead. >> president cohen: all right. seeing that there are no members on the roster, colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? all right. without objection, this ordinance passes unanimously. [ gavel ]. >> president cohen: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item to amend the public works call to repeal the public works ordinance and to affirm the ceqa determination. >> president cohen: folks the p.u.c. is requesting this be sent back to the land use and transportation committee in order to continue to propose some amendments to maximize water use efficiency. i was wondering if there was any colleague that would like

to make a motion. i see supervisor peskin will motion to take this back to the transportation committee. is there a second? second by supervisor safai, and we'll take that without objection, and this is a motion to send back to committee as approved, unanimously. thank you. madam clerk, next item, please. >> clerk: the next item -- next three items, madam president, are the 3:00 p.m. special orders, and given that it's not 2:30 yet, we can't start the commendation period, so i suggest roll call for introductions. >> president cohen: okay. >> clerk: supervisor peskin, you're first up to introduce new business. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam clerk, madam president, colleagues, i have a number of things to discuss and introduce at roll call. i first just wanted to start by thanking our assembly member, phil ting and our entire legislative delegation, senator

wiener and assembly member chiu for getting assembly item 84 through in the waning hours of the legislative session and that is legislation that would allow this board of supervisors to, subject to approval by the voters, have a t.n.c. tax in the city and county of san francisco. it awaits the governor's signature, and i would like to thank mayor greed and her staff support, as well, and i would like to thank my assistant, sonny angulo, who worked on this over the summer recess. while we're on the topic of transportation, i know there has been some discussions at the san francisco municipal transportation agency whether or not our public

transportation infrastructure should be used for private transportation interests in the city's public realm. and to that end, you'll recall, we recently passed legislation to allow in certain instances an appeal of mta decisions to this board of supervisors pursuant to the charter amendment, proposition a of 2007, and today i'm going to introduce an amendment to the board's review authority that would remove the exemption for bus rapid transportation projects until we can ensure that these projects are truly being prioritized for public-muni transportation, and i think that's appropriate as we approach transit week here in san francisco, and i want to acknowledge and thank the san francisco transit riders for their support of this ordinance. you will recall that two years ago, we had a different prop c on the ballot.

that was a different proposition c to repurpose the post lima prieta 1992 seismic safety bonds. really, at that time, we had a number of fires in district number nine as well as district three, and we are hoping to repurpose some of the unspent $350 million, about 261 million, and over last count, at two years, my office has been working with affordable housing stakeholders and the mayor's office of housing and the city attorney to devise a regulatory framework for implementing this program of very low cost money, so we are finally ready to introduce these regulations, and planninn

mateo after some of the politicians in this town did not like her standing up for

zoning administrator for what was right particularly around rulings which had to do with sutro tower, which she would not back down on, she was ultimately right and suffered political wrath for it. she was a kindred spirit, and she appreciated outdoors and her family and friend. she was a real dear friend to many community organizations and community members here in san francisco, and we all mourn her loss. and then, i'd also like to adjourn today's meeting in the memory of linda peterson, an artist in north beach, who you will recall was one of the street artists who after super bowl l who came and testified before this body she had been pushed out of her work where

she made a meager living by selling her fantastic art on the streets. i've got a piece of it in my office, if you want to come by and see it. she fell critically ill during the recess and succumbed at st. francis hospital, and the rest, i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, it's 230. >> president cohen: seeing that it's 2:30, i'd like to go to smeshl commendations, and supervisor kim, you have a special presentation. supervisor kim, if you'd like to present, the floor is yours. >> supervisor kim: and i did want to ask members of the community, along with jessie gonzalez, to come up to the podium. colleagues, i'm asking us to end our board meeting today in

memory of dr. don avalon. today we are honoring her posthumously for herr incredibe leadership and work she has done for the community. on august 10, one of our great sheroes, passed away unexpectedly while on vacation with her family in kauai. she was surrounded by her family and loved ones in this unexpected passing. it is a great loss to all of us who have known her. she is a respected historian, author, film maker, poet, chef, and baker, community leader,

and activist, and she leaves us with an important and far reaching legacy, granted in love for the filipino american community and beyond. dawn will always be in the hearts of her family, her friends, and the many communities and generations that she touched. for her focus on the filipino community, dawn is a premier historian of our generation. an associate professor with tenure at san francisco state university, she was a third generation born in stockton california in 1972. she was raised on the south side in a close knit, large and loving family. in 1997, she moved back to the bay area, which is where i met dawn as a junior.

she joined stanford and was an important part of this community, and in fact, my senior year, i took a class with dawn on asian american culture. she was well known for her commitment to community based history, her energy, and human within our community, but also her support for and solidarity with other graduate students in. 2004, to none of our surprise she joined the faculty of the department of history at san francisco state university. she was loved by her students, where she not only learned to love history but also came to love learning. through her dynamic lectures and interactive discussions, her witty humor and commentary, during which she would bake for the students, she would touch their hearts and stomachs.

she also conducted public schoolteacher training and filipino asian and american studies and the united states history for public schoolteachers in san francisco and stockton and for pinoy educational. now supervisor fewer, then school board member and i introduced the ordinance that she and allison had wrote to establish ethnic studies as a curriculum in san francisco. her dissertation eventually became the award winning book published by duke university, little manila is in the heart, now in its sixth printing. in addition to her scholarly and creative endeavors, she worked extensively in our community. she cofounded the little manila foundation in 1999. after learning about the

significance of their hometown, stockton, to the filipino american history, they literally found demolition equipment in front of buildings of what remained of the little manila community, the largest population of filipinos in the world outside of the philippines from the 1920's to the 1960's. she continued to work for the preservation and revitalization of the little manila historic site in stockton. many sites which are now established in san francisco came through her work that she did in stockton, california. she also received many awards and even worked with the black eyed peas in developing videos to spread awareness of filipino culture. little manila rising students fought for studies to be institutionalized in stockton

and won. she is survived by her husband, jesse, who she loved so deeply, and jesse, i just want to tell you how much i love you, and just how much you have also done for our community. and my heart just breaks for you. i want to recognize her sister, darlene, her caring older sister, minan, her god child, her niece, her nephew, her mom, her uncle, and wife, her aunts, her uncle tex, auntie sonia, and her cousin and godmother, joan. she has a very large family of

cousins, nieces, nephews, and god children and godparents. she has many children that she has helped to raise, including mayala, professor daughter, wife, sister, friend, film maker, historian, she encouraged us to have a conversation with our ancestors. she left us many gift to help us figure out what happened to the filipino american community, we take heed of her lessons to take with our community about what kind of families and communities we created so we know who we can become. she is a fan of the giants, and of so many of us and our biggest cheerleader. and because of what we have -- because of what she has left behind, we will be able to continue this conversation with her, culltivating the agenda that she shared, to continue to cook her food and feed her community and the love that she

shared for all of our communities. colleagues, i want to give jesse and her family a moment to say a few words about dawn, who we've been honoring this october in filipino heritage month, as well, and it just breaks my heart that we were not able to do that in person, and to thank her for all she has done for all of us. jesse. >> thank you, supervisor kim for that amazing tribute and recognition of life. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, as the supervisor for manilatown and a lifelong believer of the power of historic cultural preservation, which i know dawn was a huge champion of, i wanted to extend my deepest condolences to jesse and the rest of dawn's family on her

tragic loss, which i know is giant for the filipino community and all of san francisco. supervisor kim has already listed why dawn was so important, but really, there would not be a manilatown legacy without here. and i say this as a many, many decades friend of bill saro. i know that he was deeply involved with manilatown heritage foundation as was dawn as a board member, and she turned on so many young people like jane back in the day. so i just know this leaves a tremendous hole in the community and the entire city, so on behalf of the board, i also wanted to recognize dawn's contributions and mourn her loss. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor peskin. and to the family, i just want you to know that it's a tremendous loss in the filipino community, but i want to assure you this is a loss for the entire city family.

her legacy transcends the filipino community but will be a part of the community and social fabric. colleagues if we could take without objection closing the board meeting out in honor of miss dawn's memory. if we could take that without objection. all right. without objection. thank you. supervisor kim, is there any -- all right. to the family, i want to just give you an opportunity to speak with your heart to address this body. welcome. >> i just want to thank the board of supervisors and supervisor kim. thank you very much. it means a lot. we just want to continue dawn's legacy to keeping the history, no matter what age you are, we just want to keep the history. it's not about the past, it's -- it should always be the present and the future. and if you allow me, dawn's mom

would like to say something, please. thank you. >> in -- in behalf of our -- of my family, thank you so much for bestowing posthumously this award. she loved people so much. she wanted to do anything to help people. she had so many aspirations, and she finally found her calling. but we are going to keep her legacy alive in our hearts. we're going to forge forward and continue what she started. thank you so much. this honor means so much. we have so much gratitude and it's such an honor, but i know dawn. she would be so humbled. thank you again for honoring dawn, and we'll forge ahead and continue what she started.

thank you. >> president cohen: thank you.