>> good morning. with your permission, i would like to back up to the alignment slide. >> sure. >> thank you. so, the thing i wanted to make sure that you understand, as once -- what you are being asked to approve today is not just the thick orange line. you actually also are asked to approve the very same arranged line that goes all the way up to the transit centre. >> i'm sorry, not only the thick orange line but would you repeat the last one? >> it carries, -- a thin orange lined all the way to the transit centre. this so-called pennsylvania avenue alignment actually is the same as the green line after the orange line. that is the first one i would like to make.

but the first thing is unclear how the operation could balloon from $200 million to $8 billion in the last several just -- seven years. moving on to d.t.x. alignment, there has been new improvement and massive collateral damage of second street. there is no potential for the commission on the transit centre platforms are too short to require elimination of the already constructed train box. enclosing, the time has come to make a choice. you have the opportunity to start noninvasive urban surgery and expand it to the transit centre, or you can open surgery for the next half a decade or more. should you choose the latter, the only question is what the

second street and townsend will take less time to recover it than market street did after the construction. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. i am on the board of the san francisco tries it does transit riders and work with the friends at d.t.x. we strongly urge you to adopt a resolution before you today. we have been working closely to do our best to keep this project moving ahead. as you no kak the downtown extension to san francisco's highest transit priority after the central subway, we all get very frustrated when projects get delayed during construction. it is actually at this stage of the front ends that we have a lot more control over the schedule that eventually determines when this goes into service. san francisco's decision on this project is on the critical path.

pennsylvania alignment is the most cost-effective and the most -- has the shortest timeline for implementation. we strongly urge your adoption today. we were a little frustrated it has taken as long as it has to get before you. but now that it is here, we strongly urge your support. we heard the c.a.c. recommended approval of the other day and we hope that you do so today. thank you, very much. >> thank you. >> good morning, chair peskin and commissioners. i am the chair of the tjpa c.a.c. i am member of the rabbit and high-speed rail community working groups. board member and transportation rep of the south beach neighborhood association. i am here this morning speaking in support of the pennsylvania alignment as a preferred alignment for the downtown extension. first i wanted to thank this commission and see a seat for

your careful review of this recommendation. this is a decision that future generations will live with for the next 100-150 years. with that said, i wanted to support the pennsylvania alignment for the following reasons. as a member of the organization, reviewed materials, along with many city leaders, quickly came to agreement that although the rail alignment originally proved in 2004 worked from a rail operations perspective, it was not the optimal approach to meet our future needs. after a comprehensive review of costs, constructibility, ridership numbers, opportunities for future land use, opportunities to net the mission bay community and services together with the rest of the city, and overall community quality of life, the pennsylvania alignment is clearly the optimal choice. i would also like to add to that moving this recommendation forward in a timely manner is critical for the following

reasons. first, cost. every month of delay drives up cost just from an escalation perspective. and until the d.t.x. is completed, both caltrain and high-speed rail will use the forth educating as there northern terminus. with additional ridership electrification delivered in 2022, and high-speed rail in 2027. the station and neighborhood won't be able to handle the anticipated volumes of passengers without major infrastructure and station improvements. these would be unnecessary. thank you for the opportunity to provide this public comment. >> thank you. [please stand by]

bright bri . >> that's the amount of money that has been submitted to the federal government as of cost of this.

and incidentally, as the price of getting $1 billion in federal support. this pennsylvania avenue alignment adds $2.2 billion to the cost of the project, and that is going to have to being paid by somebody. that somebody is the city of san francisco, so right now, there is a very great ambiguity, and i think the questions that i have will clear that up. may i submit this to the board, what i have, and hopefully to introduce. >> supervisor peskin: our clerk will get it right now. >> thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. jim patrick.

i'm with patrick & and company here in san francisco. he's right. we need to divide these two. you try to package them together as a single unit, there's going to be problems down the road. at least that's how i see this, when they try to package this and try to make this come to fruition. number two, we haven't talked about the location of the fourth and king street station. seems to me it should be up at 7th street where it would appeal to a lot morpassengers and also -- more passengers. and also, we have another issue with the table where we should go a significantly different route. so i don't think we're quite there yet, so i encourage the supervisors to think about this long and hard, but right now, it's a single project on the c.t.x. that's what we have our handle on, and it's a long road ahead.

thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. next speaker, please. >> mr. chairman, members of the commission, i am gerald kaufman. i am the chair person of the bay area transportation working group. we look at transit projects all over the region. this one -- as mr. rahaim said a little while ago, this is a very important decision that you're being asked to make, and a very long lasting decision. the effect on this caltransoperation -- caltrain's operation, it's probably a century. i believe the c.t.x. should be allowed to go on first without being tangled up in this uncertainty. i've seen in the press already where they say that. well, that's not true. this is a brand-new thing.

the heavy lifting of the transportation part of this study is yet to come because caltrain is currently doing an extensive operational and maintenance study, the results of which are not out here. that involves things like the relationship between that yard and this particular decided. it's certainly better than third street. that doesn't make it the best, nor does it make it necessary to decide it right now. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. kaufman. miss bokin. >> eileen bokin with speak on my behalf. i would like to concur with the previous two speakers on this issue. i would also like to concur with supervisor fewer about outreach to the outside lands, also known as the western neighborhoods. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to testify on this item, number 7?

seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor peskin: would any of you like to respond to the public comments that you have heard? i certainly have made it abundantly clear over time that i share mr. lebrun's concerns as it relates to surface disruption and cut and cover. and i think that we have all but eliminated that, except for at the throat, whegroat, but w want that to be torn up for years on end, but with that, the floor is yours. >> one of the reasons for doing the study is to look at tunnel boring technology that would prevent and negate the need for a disruption of all of those streets. you are correct for most of its length, the pennsylvania area alignment as we understand it

today can be bored just like the central subway was bored. as you approach the terminal, that's simply not part simply because of the opening of the terminal at that point, it will have to be done with a cut and cover operation, but most of the length can be done with a boring machine, and that's one of the things about this piece of analysis, we think it makes sense to do that. the previous proposal would have been not to do that, and there would have been years to disruption to townsend and second street in that process. >> supervisor peskin: and then with the western outer lands, as you go through the environmental process, are there any other questions or comments from commissioners? ha have any of you had a chance to look at the language suggested by some of the public commenters, and do you have any

comments? >> i have not seen that language, i'm sorry to say. i'm happy to look at it. >> supervisor peskin: yeah, i don't know that it is necessary, but staff -- thank you, commissioner fewer. if you want to take a quick look at that and put any responses you would like on the record. >> i need to look at the -- what -- two things. one is just accepting the pennsylvania avenue alignment certainly makes phasing possible. we are in agreement on the issue of phasing. we have -- one of the reasons for choosing the pennsylvania alignment is the d.t.x. can move forward with its next phase of engineering. i would just want -- i think it's important, however, for the city and this board to make it clear that ultimately, pennsylvania is the way to go, right?

that it isn't just -- choosing a phased approach is not about building phase one and walking away. that gets us into the same problem that we have today with the crossings, cutting off mission bay from the rest of the city. we do think it's important if you choose to have language something like that you make it clear that the ultimate goal is to choose an alignment that is basically underground for our farther distance, which is the pennsylvania avenue alignment. >> if i may make a suggestion, we'd like to take a look at this language carefully, and we will respond to the board with our opinion prior to the next meeting of the board, when this item will come for adoption. >> supervisor peskin: okay. all right. then colleagues, is there a motion relative to item number

7? sorry? commissioner kim? >> supervisor kim: sorry. i was not clear. is that a request -- >> supervisor peskin: insofar as we could pass this on the first reading if the staff collectively thinks that some of this or all of this language makes sense, we could incorporate it at the second reading, which is what he was suggesting, which seems like a reasonable suggestion. >> supervisor kim: so then i'll make the motion to -- well, there's no motion, right? we can just vote on this item? >> supervisor peskin: so what we have before us is the recommended alignment on pennsylvania avenue, and the c.a.c., of course, voted for it unanimously, and so that is what is before this body. all we need is a motion to adopt the pennsylvania alignment. moved by commissioner kim. is there -- seconded by commissioner yee. colleagues, can we take that on

first reading, same house, same call? [ gavel ]. >> supervisor peskin: resolution is adopted. mr. clerk, next item, please. >> clerk: item 8, 2019 year five year project implementation update. this is an informational item. >> good morning, commissioners. i am pleased to present the first of the process to present to you for adoption the five-year prioritization prom. i'm going to five it the 5-ypp update going forward in the presentation, and the strategic plan, i'm going to refresh why we're doing this. essentially, this is your opportunity, board members, to provide us with feedback on the draft project list for the projects that the agencies have proposed to be funded by prop k over the next five years.

once a project is in the five-year prioritization program, 5-y.p.p., it is considered with an encouraging status. so looking forward to your feedback over the next coming weeks and months. so prop k, very high level approved in 2003. this is the expenditure that tells you what are the categories you can fund with prop k, the types of projects, who can request the funds, however revenue is expected to be generated over the 30 years, how much that revenue is expected to bring in on top of the prop k sales tax, $13 billion in additional funds. including projects like central subway, and itthe only other

thing i'll add is the expenditure plan allows for the kmulgs accumulation of debt. we just issued our bond a year ago and we've got 14 more years in the program. the expenditure plan and the strategic plan requires a five-year plan. the board adopted the strategic plan baseline where we did a true up of the last 15 years, and how we expect things to perform over the next 15 years, we ran our financial model, and that's what ultimately tells us how much each category can expect to receive from their share of revenues peryear over the next 15 years. it does not tell you, however, which projects are going to

receive those funds, and that is the purpose of the 5-ypp's, so that you can see the pipeline of projects that are ready to go or be a reasonable expectation of to be ready to go. it lets you see across the different programs, where you might see some overlap, where you might see some complementary projects, and it also allows for board feedback. as i mentioned these are the opportunity to fund those projects over the next five years. we'd like to make sure they reflect your priorities and your district's priorities, and also what funding is available currently. we need to update this now because we are in year five of

the 2014 5-y.p.p.s. so the process of updating this is, you know, i do this circle thing because i see the circle on step two. we are sort of nearing the end of step two and easing into step three. the agencies are going to be telling us how much they are going to be requesting in prop k funds, and we run the models four our strategic plan to see what we can fit within the program and then eventually present to you for adoption the strategic plan, concurrent with the last of the 5ypps, which we expect to bring to you over october and november . so november , we would ask for adoption of the strategic plan. as i mentioned, we already updated the baseline, and we already brought to you the funding plans for the major capital projects, and the paratransit. basically anything that does not require a 5ypp was presented to the board in the spring. and once the board adopted the

baseline for the strategic plan, it allowed us to then issue guidance to the agencies of how much money they would expect to have available and the type of information we would like them to provide to us. we also conducted a survey, an on-line survey, where we received about 1,000 responses, and we have provided you with those responses -- or with the feedback we received, and by the end of this week, we will be posting to our website and also make available to your offices what the agencies are going to do, what their responses are to the public feedback that they've received, so we'll send a note out to the clerk this week with that information. july, agencies submitted applications to us, over 115 projects with scope, schedule, funding plan information, and we've been working over the last few months to evaluate and refine those proposals. and the proposals are what you will see in your packet. they are attachment three to

the main packet, that the next level down is in your enclosure, where you can actually see which fiscal year the agencies are requesting funds, and then, the next project is information forms, which is the next level down, sort of the ground level, we're looking to refine those proposals and present information to you. this is the basic format of the actual document. there is an actual scoring, the list of the projects with cash flow because that's what we need for debt assumptions, scope, schedule budget plan funding project, and project delivery status is another section where you will see for the 2005, 2009, 2014, 5ypp, as

well as a percent complete for all of the projects that we have funded since 2003, so you get a flavor of how the programs are going. we look for how things will be going for these projects, how things are proposed to be going, are the projects ready, do they have a reasonable expectation to receive the other funds that prop k is expected to either match or to set, you know, prop k might be funding the early phases of work. is there a reasonable expectation that the agencies will receive funding for design and construction, and then, we also look at the category and the whole program, because each category either has to spend its funding on financing costs or capital project costs, so we want to make sure there's enough money in each category to get to something around year 20 of the 30-year program, and that the amount of money that we are spending on financing costs for the program as a

whole is not too excessive, so we are paying attention to that. so now, i'm going to get into the highlights. so for the program-wide highlights, the neighborhood transportation improvement program, which has -- which was created in the last 5ypp update in 2014, we are proposing to continue the program with another $100,000 perdistrict of planning funds, and $600,000 perdistrict in capital funds over the five-year period. and then, there are some districts that have used all of their funds, some that have not. for the districts that have not, what we are proposing is you could carry forward an amount so that the total end funds in your district would be exceed $900,000. so if you have $600,000 now, 300,000 would carry forward into the next five-year period.

let's see here...where the status quo and categories with modest changes are listed before you on the slide. as i alluded too earlier, we are proposing to present the 5ypps to you in two groups. this is likely to be group one, and the second group -- so this group would come before you in october, and the final group would come before you in november . on the local -- let's see here. on traffic calming, so you saw the first of the years of the school engineering program. it's proposed to be funded for another five years, as is the application-based program. m.t.a. is also creating a proactive traffic calming program, the name of which will change. i think it's now referred to advancing equity through safer streets, something to that effect. m.t.a. will be using the department of public health vulnerable populations subset of the high injury corridor to inform the priorities for that program, but more to be determined and to be scene.

looking forward to seeing that implemented. lots of corridors, and also for the pedestrian safety category, as well. you can see them on your screen. basic circulation and safety, continuation of bike to workday and classes, as well as several different projects throughout the city. creation of a -- what is the program called? neighborways program, so if you have particular streets that are ripe for traffic calming or for prioritizing bicycles and pedestrians in your city, by all means, pass that on and we will pass that onto the sfmta, and also some bicycle parking at the transit stations. for the highway narrowing project, we are working with the department of public works and the m.t.a. and the federal highway administration to fund what's called the narrowing gap

closure. this is as the great highway approaches the terminus at skyline. there is a portion that is in need of funding. it looks like we'll be able to fund most if not all of the design phase, but the construction funding is to be determined, and you saw the request for the rest up to sloat narrowing in the presentation. you see these other locations, sloat is related to the great highway as well, sister projects, transit enhancements. and also, some f-line extension to fisherman's wharf that would advance -- that would advance to design. b.a.r.t. categories, lots of good leveraging with b.a.r.t. with their measure rr funds that passed last year.

pleased to see improvements, particularly elevator improvements at embarcadero, montgomery, powell, civic center, and balboa park. caltrain, state of good repair categories. the sales tax has been funding the sf -- has been alleviating sfmta of providing the capital member share of caltran's annual capital budget for the last -- since 2003. the funds are predicted to run out in this five-year period, most notably around fiscal year 2021, so we'll need to be having some additional conversations going forward about -- about that. muni vehicles, facilities, and guide ways, several place holders that you'll see in these categories, these are the biggest cash flow drivers for prop k, and the base drivers of our financing program. you can see the highlights in

front of you, muni guide ways includes the quint street-jerrold avenue connector road, which the board approved several years ago to mitigate the impact of the closure of clint street. on the major capital side, each -- [inaudible] >> -- b.a.r.t., caltrain, and muni all have their own set aside, but there is also a discretionary fund and set aside funds, in case the parties had projects ready to be advanced. we haven't had to tap into those funds yet, but we are proposing to tap into them in this next five-year period. for caltrain electrification, it would wrap that up, and then, for better market industry central subways, we

have a long-standing commitment of $61 million to the central subway project. this was included in the original baseline concurrent w

second group, we would be bringing the final strategic plan, and i will also mention that the fiscal year 18-19 projects that are still in year five of the 2014 5ypps, some of projects are advancing, some will not be advancing. so we will be bringing amendments as relevant. either there's different projects that are going to advance different than what they thought they would do five years ago or projects are not going to advance and they want to put the funds into the next five-year period to fund other priorities. so with that, this is the high level schedule you have seen many times. we are actually on schedule with this project, so looking forward to your feedback, and with that, i can take any questions. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss laporte for that

presentation. i know as commissioners, we have been individually briefed. are there any members of the public that would like to speak to the five-year funding process? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor peskin: and we will stay involved as this moved forward. are there any introduction of new items? is there any general public comment? general public comment, mr. lebrun? >> so i'd like to very briefly address the command earlier. [inaudible] >> -- that is true if you are at the beginning of any economic cycle, that is absolutely true. but however, the reverse is true when you essentially are headed towards a recession.

and in the letter that i sent to the board earlier this week, i quoted two examples, which was the wall of the central subway contract which is an absolutely project, and also, the -- [inaudible] >> -- 13 miles is $25 billion. all i want to say is let's just think about where we are with the economic cycle, whether we are headed for a recession, how deep this recession is going to be, and tread carefully before we go around rushing around awarding multibillion-dollar contracts. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you for your comments, next speaker, please. >> hi. jim patrick, patrick & company.

the salesforce tower, we really put that on-line, and jane kim, who's not here, led that effort for quite a while, and i think that system is working well, and seems to be playing out. i encourage you to take a walk around the park, i encourage you to take a walk around the food trucks and see the system is working, number two, now we have the alignment for the train that will come in there. that's a great idea. i see a tremendous void, where will a train go? what are we going to do about going across the bay? no one, by choice, seems to want to talk about that. that's a strategic point that we need to talk about as a transportation authority. in order to complete this transportation, we need to complete the trains and get them onward to sacramento, san jose, you'eureka, chicago, etc.

i think we need to look at that as part of the equation. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. is there any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor peskin: and the transportation authority hearing is adjourned. >> good afternoon everyone. on the mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: i'm really excited to be here with some of

our city's most incredible leaders. members of the board of supervisors, and including the person who has led the efforts for each and every one of us that brought us here to this day thank you so much. [applause] for farm too loan, survivors of sexual harassment and assault of how to navigate through tangled web of city departments and resources as they fight for justice and accountability. but thanks to the leadership of everyone here, we are helping those survivors receive the help and the support that they truly need. recent surveys have shown that more than 80% of women and 40% of men and have experienced some form of sexual harassment. nearly two thirds of those assaults are not even reported to authorities. so why is that klee because time after time -- why is that? time after time survivors have

been dismissed by the system. the system that is supposed to help individuals get the treatment they need to help heal from the traumatizing experience that they have heart. we have heard so many incredible stories about things that victims have had to go through, to the point where they just given up. and to have to recount such a horrible tragedy, time and time again, is something, that what we're doing here today to address is hopefully, is going to help to deal with this. this is not ok in the era of the me too movement and we cannot stand by and let survivors go through this experience alone. today, i am proud that the board of supervisors is taking a huge step forward and helping survivors of sexual harassment and assault by creating our new office sexual harassment and assault response prevention.

[cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: it is why we are here today. we, as a city clearly need to send a strong message. we hear you, we are here for you and will do everything we can to put the resources necessary to make sure that we don't just pass legislation to make an office like this possible. we actually passed the budget allocation to support the success of this office. i want to thank all of my colleagues who are here. every member of the board of supervisors was a sponsor of this legislation. every member of the board of supervisors thought for and voted to support the funding to make this office a success. i also would like to take this opportunity to address cheryl davis from the san francisco human rights commission. she's not here today but she will be leading the charge in this effort, because we know that she focuses on issues around human rights and equity and things that matter. this clearly matters to the city and county of san francisco,

which is why we are putting it at the forefront of the human rights commission. i am grateful to cheryl for her leadership. thank you to all the commissioners here who are here from the commission on the status of women. it does take a village to move things forward in this capacity. we have had an incredible leader in this effort. someone who has been a fighter and relentless in not only just producing this legislation, but making sure that every member of the board of supervisors served as a cosponsor and a real partner for this particular efforts. ladies and gentlemen, at this time i would like to introduce supervisor hilary ronen. [applause] >> hello ladies and gentlemen in san francisco. today is an amazing day and victory for all women, but also

all survivors of sexual assault in san francisco. let's give that a round of applause. [laughter] [applause] >> i want to start off by thinking mayor lee, first off when she was still a supervisor for being a very early sponsor of the legislation, and now for signing it into law and holding this beautiful ceremony. i think it elevates the importance of the legislation. thank you so much, mayor breed. and to all my members on the board of supervisors, it is so rare to introduce a piece of legislation that is unanimously sponsored from day one by every member of the board of supervisors. i think that is a testament to how amazing this board is. and my colleagues who care so much about this issue. it is also a testament to the women behind the legislation. i did not write this legislation alone. i wrote this piece of legislation with a group of six survivors of right who worked every single day -- of rape and they brought the issue to my

attention to begin with and then who said we don't just want to complain, we want to sit down and solve this issue. so i just want to give a huge shout out to those women and a very specific thank you to jane doe, who you will hear from in a moment, to rachel, who is here with us today, tiffany who couldn't be here because she's on one of those rare two-week vacations, but who will have a chance to celebrate at the board of supervisors in a few weeks, to britney, to maria, who is here with us as well, thank you for being here, at also to audrey you you will hear from in a moment. we had an incredible team together, with my legislative aids, and specifically carolina morales, two champions this was all of her heart and soul from day one. if we can give them all a very big round of applause, they deserve it and so much more.

[applause] >> so it was also surprised me that there were many women in san francisco who don't come forward and report sexual assaults, rape or sexual harassment, because we know this is an epidemic all throughout the country. but what did surprise me is that women who did feel comfortable coming forward, who wanted accountability from their perpetrators, who wanted to be involved in our city system to investigate and prosecute and to get some accountability and justice, that they were treated so poorly by city departments. that was, honestly, a shock to me. the more i learn learned, the more i realized that we couldn't just have a meeting with the heads of those departments, who i know have the best intentions. we needed something more regular that was going to get us the type of systemic change that

would make sure that san francisco would not only dissuade survivors from coming forward and reporting these crimes, but would also take a step forward and make sure we are on the cutting edge and meeting the nation in terms of the best practices of dealing with sexual assault. when we have statistics that one in every two women in her lifetime a sexually assaulted and one of every six men sexually assaulted practice is not something that we can just throw our hands up and say, that is a shame. this is an epidemic that must be taken with all seriousness. we must have systemic change at every level. and by starting a sharp office in san francisco where survivors and victims can come forward and say, i am not being believed by a city employee, i am not being taken seriously, i'm not being

treated with dignity, i'm not being respected, that from day one, they will have an advocate to help them navigate through these difficult systems will be with them side-by-side as they are going through the very painful process of telling their story and getting justice. so this is a very important step is one of only many steps that we need to end this epidemic of sexual assault in the united states. and i'm so proud of the leap forward we are making here today without further ado, it is my absolute honor to introduce to survivors who will speak to you next. the first one, jane doe, is actually a city employee who i have worked on for years on women's rights legislation. we worked on equal pay legislation together and is the one that brought these issues to my attention in the first place. we will hear from her and a moment. and then audrey martinez, who is a leader with communities united

against violence. it is an organization that works with the lgbtq community to end violence in that community and deal with a very specific issue that that community faces. if you can give them a warm round of applause, that would be wonderful. thank you. >> hello. mayor brigade, -- mayor breed, thank you. recently, a candidate for congress stated that the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power. often, we suffer in silence. many of us who speak up are further quieted by abuse. but you listens. you listen to me and dozens of rape victims recount the details of our darkest hour. so many of us were not only raped but blamed and discarded

by san francisco process law enforcement agencies. those sworn to serve and protect under equal protection of the law. so many of us did not receive proper care at the hospital because the city process sexual assault response team was inadequately resourced. we are told rape is a fact of life. rape is a sentence. the terror of the crime is only the beginning. the magnitude is unfathomable at first. it slips by shock and denial. but so corrosive is the impact of victims can never be the same nor can we escape the nightmare as it unfolds. i am jane doe. it has been two years and nine months since i was raped. 949 days of my precious life stolen. supervisor ronan knew me before as a colleague and governments, a week or so after the rape, we had a call about work. i blurted out what had happened.

sfpd was utterly indifferent and tried brushing me off without so much as an interview. they deemed rape to be complicated but not serious. i was patronized for asking police to take basic investigative steps like securing video evidence or interviewing key witnesses. i couldn't wrap my mind around it. neither could supervisor whose unwavering ronen support for your support has been a source of strength. she and her extraordinary team, especially early not more alice, have worked with a group of victims of rape to a summons the two stand up. mayor breed, supervisors, i'm overwhelmed with gratitude for each of you. at the beginning of the hearing that led us to today, victim after victim shared harrowing experience as a being trivialized, blamed and. you listens, you asked watchful

and smart questions of our city department that consistently failed the rising masses of victims of rape and assault. you stood with us on the steps of city hall to call for change. and today, we take a step forward by taking action. this office will be a source of advocacy and accountability that shamefully, we don't reelect in san francisco. a voice definitely absent in a course crying out to, me too. on behalf of victims, survivors, warriors, loved ones, all those who ever had or will be affected , thank you. also, special thanks to supervisor stefani for your support. without women and office, we wouldn't be here. it is amazing that today our first african-american female mayor is signing legislation authored by a female legislature

and supported by all of her colleagues. and by community members of all genders. this is truly a celebration of empowerment. to those who spoke up in the hearing, at the sv you or in civil court, because your criminal case is on shelf, thank you. i am honored and humbled to stand in solidarity with you. to those who cannot or will not speak up, who are so far from a seat at the table, we stand in solidarity with you and today, we start the work of building a bridge to you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. i am here, my name is audrey martinez. i'm a member of the community united against violence. i am doing what it takes to make

the change, the change i want to see in my life. i want to hear -- to celebrate and thank mayor breed and supervisors in all city officials that supported this new love to create an office of sexual assault prevention and intervention. this office is important because people of all genders need to have a safe place and get help after violence occurs. as an emigrant survivor, it is important to have a space where we can feel cared about without being ashamed. thank you for creating this space that helps foster, sorry, i'm so nervous. to be accountable as a human being and stop being shamed for the experiences that we have

gone through. it is about time to get help and start the change . the shame. thank you. [applause] >> mayor breed: again, i know it takes a lot of courage to get up here and share your experience. thank you both so much for your courage and for bringing us to this point. i'm excited that we are here today to sign this legislation with members of the board of supervisors, president cohen had to leave but we have supervisor vallie brown, supervisor catherine stefani, supervisor norman yee, and others. thank you all so much for your support of this very important legislation. at this time, i will sign the legislation. [cheers and applause]

>> mayor breed: here we go. and today's date is? [cheers and applause]tember 6, .

i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate disruption or outbursts of any kind. please silence your mobile devices that may sound off. when speaking before the commission, if you care to, please state your name. i will take roll at this time. [roll call] first on your agenda is items proposed for continuance. 1 a and b, 2018-1356tzu and 2018-004477pca for planning zone and zoning map amendments and