welcome. >> thank you. good evening. i'm the deputy chief of administration, janine nicholson on my report from the ministry tip side. i would like to first thank commissioner covington for spearheading that meeting yesterday. i thought it was super helpful for me to have that interaction with you all. i am sort of -- on sort of a less formal manner. thank you for that. so up just briefly with my administrative divisions, we conducted 50 promotional and permanent physicals in multiple ranks. at 83 drug and alcohol tests, all negative. the assignment office, the annual seniority list has been issued and vacancy bids will be happening soon, including at the

airport. for appointments and promotions, we promoted five captains permanently. eleven h. for inspectors, and 13 acting inspectors. so once those captives clear, then we will be able to bump up some lieutenants which is always nice. the want 22nd class completed their probation this month -- the 122nd class completed their probation. they passed all their test, physical, manipulative, and written. i believe there are 43 of them in that class. the retirements for september, we only had three. one lieutenant lieutenant and two firefighters. the chief spoke about future hiring and about the bump up class, the e.m.s. bump up class. they are currently doing their right outs.

these are the people that are going from e.m.t. to paramedic or from firefighter, firefighter paramedic. their ride outs are on the ambulance and they are doing for several weeks as sort of an intern. they have a preceptor and someone evaluating them and making sure all the proper patient care is done. they should be all completed. there are 23 of them that have made it through thus far. they should be completed next friday, october 5th and start work on october 6th as paramedics. that is good news. support services. we spoke a little bit about this yesterday at the retreat. we spoke about facility requests and how d.p.w. is handling them. and so there were 188 facility requests in the month of august. during that timeframe, we closed out 135. so as you can see, we are still getting more in the then are being completed.

so we are continuing to work with d.p.w. but that also is more water for us to recommend -- more fodder for us to recommend our own internal candidates. we keep an eye on that number every month. from the bureau of equipment, we did receive five land rigs from the state. we have eight we can deploy which really reduces the impact and wear and tear on the front line breaks and the ability to help other departments, other areas in california, as well as ourselves when the disaster hits we will have those available for deployment within the city as well, which is great. as we have spoken about before, we have ordered six fire engines

they have pump, tank, and toes. they have been ordered and fabrication has started. that is due at the end of this year. the chief is in the process of ordering for more suvs from the chief and rescue captains. five engines and two trucks. and he has also completed new specs for jet skis and we are just waiting approval from central shop on those specs. chief rivera, also what we're talking about yesterday, they are working on a new m.o.u. to cover some of the issues that we spoke about yesterday when i mentioned if we bring our rig down there and they fixed it and then it breaks again, the next day we get charged twice. he is including language like that in the m.o.u. that is a work in progress. but we definitely have our eye on that kind of stuff. for our facilities, the deployment facility, f. jay

amoroso won the bid and they have a notice to proceed for october 22nd. it is scheduled for opening 2020 and the budget for that facility is 30.4 million. october 22nd is that notice to proceed. the chief spoke about the aws s. and we had a meeting with the p.u.c. it included conversations about interim measures because the auxiliary water supply system serves part of the city right now and needs to be expanded. however, that will take a lot of funding and many years. so we talked about what are some possibilities for us in the interim. and we already have some of those things in place. we have hose tenders. but we would like to get some more hose tenders in place. and just so you no, the current hose tenders do not pump. they strictly supply and carry

hose on them. our new hose tenders, what we would like to get is a hose tender. i will put a picture up here for you. you might have to help me. that is one from new york. they call them their satellite rigs. it has a pump. what we would like to have as a pump. about 5,000 feet of hose. as well as, we would like it to be four-wheel-drive. so it can actually get through the roads after an earthquake and we could deploy these throughout the city. just as an interim measure while we are waiting for all of aws as to be completed. it is just some information for you. nothing has happened with this yet. but just so you have an

understanding of what it is. one person would be able to deploy this. you don't need a crew of four people which is also pretty impressive. >> we had our ppe contract awarded for cleaning and maintenance and for new p.p.e. and chief rivera and his guys worked really hard on that. mes is the people who have the new contract. it is morning pride which is our new p.p.e. and then moving on to the training division, the 122nd class completed their one year and the 124th class completed their six-month testing.

for in-service training, both can't combine, suppression and e.m.s., we did more than 5,000 hours of training in august. on the suppression side, we did flat roof ventilation operation and rescue technician. it was a class that was donated. wildfire module and building construction, and on the e.m.s. side, we did rescue training, narcan administration, which is what they use for people who have overdosed on opioids. that is not just an a.l.s. scale , a paramedic skill, but all firefighters can now administer that. they also did advanced cardiac life support and e.m.s. fire ground safety. when they interact with us with fires and the like.

lots of training going on. and then for a special project, the officers' academy is coming up. we are hoping for october 15th for the starting date. we will send you all formal invitations if you would like to attend any of the days. i know you can't all come at once. you will have to work that out amongst yourselves. but we would love to see you there if you ever want to come. we will get you the schedule and what is being taught. and to thank chief sato for his work on that. the fire reserves, 257 hours of drills and volunteer work. and commander philip buckley does a lot with them. he is to be appreciated. they continue to work hard.

they had 21 events, classes and outreach presentations in august they also had, august 29th, commissioner -- commissioners might be interested. they had a class on psychological first aid. and they are also working in coordination with chief cochrane on battalion control. i don't know if you all understand what battalion control is, do you? ok. battalion control is what we would use in the event of a large-scale disaster if either the radio communications go down or if the 911 system is so overwhelmed that they just can't manage to dispatch calls and take calls. so what battalion control does for us is, each battalion chief is in charge of their own battalion and all the rigs and dispatches within that battalion so it is something we have to practice.

because it is not something we do regularly. so we practised it so we will be ready for a large-scale disaster but they have been really helpful with that and chief cochrane is now working with them on that. so there will be an october drill with them and we will also work with battalion control stuff. homeland security. as chief hayes-white said, i was at a dinner to honor chief cochrane. i got to see him in civilian clothing. that might be the first time since you have been in that position that i have seen you in civilian clothing, but he was honoured for his response to 911 in new york city. there were 11 of you that went. but there were only four of them that we're honoured that night. three active firefighters.

that was a good evening. as you may know, fleet week starts this friday. they have been hard at work on the event action plan for that. and coordinating with the military, the dem, it is a huge effort. so but the eap helps ensure our accountability and the smooth operations. so there is a senior leader his seminar within fleet week and we will bring a photo for you next time, but our fuel unit that we use is going to be on the cover of that. what i mean by the fuel unit cat is we have a rake that brings fuel to the vehicles that are -- we have a rig that brings fuel

to vehicles that cannot be moved so part of what chief cochrane and the d.e.m. works on his disaster planning. some of that involves, how will we refuel? anyway, that will be on therapeutic the boe shined it up -- that will be on there peerk the boe shined it up. i digress. we had a weeklong incident management team class that falls into our disaster operations held at treasure island. a lot of members of the department attended on their own time. i know the chief went out there and spoke to them. these will be the people who will be responsible for assisting in running the department during a complicated at extended incident to. it may be used out in the field but they will be needing support by planning by logistics, by all sorts of other things. that is why the incident management team would do. during fleet week, there are

several classes that we will be teaching. chief cochrane, along with another captain will be teaching a rescue system with the marines on tuesday. i know that veterans, our veterans association will be serving lunch for about 70 military personnel that day. and then on october 1st, i think that is monday, they will be instructing a confined space on a u.s. navy ship at pier 3032 , which is pretty cool. we are really involved in all of fleet week. we have a big part on it on land and in water. and one last thing i wanted to mention, i think the italian

heritage parade, chief gonzalez just pointed out to me, it is a seventh, not the eight -- not the eighth. it is the sunday. thank you. that concludes my report for this evening. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief nicholson. is there any public comment on this report? seeing none, public comment is closed. his. >> commissioner veronese: can you send us more information, on the awards that chief cochrane received? >> absolutely his. >> commissioner veronese: i believe it was a battalion chief and who else was that? >> john sikora and jeff morano were the ones that were there. jeff is retired but there were other members that are still active, correct? and they also honored dan armenta who died of cancer a few years ago. but i can give you more information on that his. >> commissioner veronese: i'm sure the full commission would

like to learn more about that and these gentlemen and why they were honored to. thank you. >> absolutely. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: i will try to be brief. it was a good report on all the equipment. it looks like it is going in the right direction. good news. i don't know if this is you or chief gonzalez, but as i was goofing around, they had a special about houses and fires on government tb. this is something i had not heard before until -- on government television. this is something i had not heard before until that night. everyone has been recommending to me about closing bedroom doors when you go to bed at night. >> close when you does. >> commissioner hardeman: the only problem is i have never heard anyone say that this is something you should do.

you need a carbon monoxide monitor also in that room besides a smoke alarm. i had never heard that mentioned until the other night. i thought that was something -- if i did not hear it, and i am a commissioner, i thought it probably does not get out there that much. >> yeah, i don't know if you recall, we are talking about this, the last commission meeting when we were talking about this to be severed that is what i am saying. you hear it but it never says don't just have a smoke alarm in that room, have a carbon monoxide detector as well. because that is nothing i have heard before. >> yeah, and those are useful when you have heaters and those kinds of things. if they are not burning everything completely, that is when you can get carbon monoxide

carbon monoxide alarms are helpful. >> commissioner hardeman: the other think was, congratulations , all 43 from 122 class that started and finished. that is just wonderful. and all of those who finished under six months, there is no loss is. that is terrific. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioner. a couple of questions. the aws s., the new host tenders that you showed us a picture from new york, do you have any idea of how many we might need and how much they cost? >> how many we would need is still under discussion and under -- we are still evaluating that. but they could cost -- i think they would cost approximately $1 million each. >> president cleaveland: it is certainly a lot cheaper than billions to build the cisterns or what not.

>> it will take a long time. whereas we could have these in place and a much shorter period of time to protect the city. >> president cleaveland: on the list of repairs you said that each of the fire houses, i suppose in chief rivera, at the request for repairs and whatnot, are those lists you can share with the commission so we can get a slaver of the -- get a slaver -- get a slaver -- get a of the issues that are happening >> president cleaveland: madam secretary, kenney called the next item. >> clerk: item seven is the report on activities since flavour last meeting. >> president cleaveland: what is your pleasure? i do not see any names up.

commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr president, i wanted to thank you for all of your assistance and organizing of the retreat and helping me organize the retreat. and thank our commission secretary for her assistance as well. i have heard from a few people regarding the retreat and they have been extremely complementary. i thought it was important. i thought it gave us an opportunity to talk about things that we don't ordinarily get a chance to talk about at length. we heard some new voices which i thought was a very important. it was a good give and take and i want to thank everyone who

attended there were, of course, command staffers there peerk but then there were also some other members who contributed to what i think was a very rich exchange and thank you all very much and we will be following up. >> president cleaveland: we look forward to the report that will come out of that. >> commissioner hardeman: i will try to be brief again. i took the streetcar down because i did not want to get stuck without a parking place. i arrived quite early and lit up a cigar. and right here, i watched a massive equipment. i had never seen anything like it. huge pieces of equipment bounding and digging with a crane. they were going like crazy.

there are brand-new buses going by in the street is all torn up. people are heading over to the salesforce event tonight, the fundraiser. and reading that the supervisors just past the south of market, that new huge, 5,000 homes and big development, which is very progressive of them, unanimously i am thinking, we have 170,000 people here. this is the hot hotspot in the world today. 170,000 people trying -- contributing to technology. we are in the building and it is all happening here.

he said the greatest place, not only in the world, but may be in the universe, and how lucky we are. especially those spoiled brats, like me and the chief and joe, who were born here. what a place to be? and the salesforce made such contributions to the city. there is a complaint about who he does business with but i don't get into that. i will not comment on that. it is amazing how we sit here going out tonight. we are in a technology advance spot. amazing. what a wonderful city and how great it is to be living here. what a place to be right now. >> president cleaveland: thank you. i feel better already. left monk --

[laughter] >> president cleaveland: is there any public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. madam secretary, would you cause -- call the next item. >> clerk: item eight is future agenda meetings. >> commissioner hardeman: we like to stick together as spoiled brats. [laughter] >> president cleaveland: s. or any public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. commissioners? what is your pleasure? >> commissioner covington: i am sorry. my name must have been left up. >> president cleaveland: all right. >> clerk: would you like to currently read what is on the docket? we have peer support resolution, an m.o.u. with the geo tc, the drone policy update, the early case resolution on discipline cases, wild land committee

presentation, an update on station five -- 516 and the training facility, update on location of new blue spokes, and homeless tracing. cancer prevention foundation update, public service announcements through s.f. government television, asian firefighters association, and other employee group presentations. the chief's appraisal and strategic plan update. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> commissioner veronese: i don't know if it is appropriate for a future meeting, but may be it is. we should keep our eye on ab 3115. i'm not sure if you are watching this, it is on the governor's

desk right now. i believe it affects your department. i wanted to know and get an update by them and maybe have it -- maybe it won't be signed but it will be moot and maybe we'll get an update on how it affects the department. and then the commission retreat that we had earlier this week, i thought it was a great conversation. we had identified certain things in the time that we spent. i imagine some future action items will come out of that. i look forward to that report as well. >> president cleaveland: thank you. i do believe we also need to put the expedited amendments to the disciplinary appeal process on the agenda and the review regarding additional employment. we need to put that on.

and the chief's appraisal for us that is it. any further items from the commissioners? thank you, very much. called the next item. >> clerk: item nine, adjournment. >> president cleaveland: commissioner hardiman -- hardeman's favourite item. the meeting is adjourned. thank you for attending.

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single source you'll have in our home. >> how are you. >> so what are we looking here. >> this is a water heater 3 weighs from 200 to nine hundred pound during an earthquake that weight will try to move sideways we need to secure is. >> we'll brace the water heater our model home in south of market we'll use a simple kit interest the hardware stores from $20 it the the clean up itself single thing to do what necessary look like. >> this is what you'll find in our kit a inch and a half wide strap to attach to the wall around the water heater and so you want to compare this in some garages around the city and

state which is called plumbers tape innovate as strong and we need to brace the water heater if you find this you'll want to replace it with a streetscaping kit. >> we've put blocking so that way we streetscape the water heater a nice fit it is important and important probation officer mention you need to move our water heater to strap is it talk about to a license plumber they'll come out with a firm once we streetscape those obviously we want to follow the manufactures instructions. >> typically the instructions will require the strap one strap be installed to fit the top third of the water heater and the bottom on the bottom 1/3rd away from the controls if it is above a certain size 50 gallons

a third train e streetscape in the middle of the water heater. >> a lot of time i see older water heaters on the ground obviously explain why this is required and the mr. chairman is required if you pa a water are hereto in the garage gas fumes can accommodate and the pilot light will ignite the fumes so you want to above the grouped level. >> so why not go ahead and he get started with the bracing. >> we're joined with peter from construction he'll help us

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just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been

referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their

hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who

need them. >> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us

the food they're happy that no of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to back lots let's take a look at the food and community bonding at the free farm. >> my idea was to start growing food and giving it away. and getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. we were all divorce and as part

of our philosophy of working together and working together. >> what's the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. >> well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away it's giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you it's primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. >> now serving number to 49 come on down. >> we have the capability of producing this food and in san francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea we're capable of prougdz food in our own backyards we're here to demonstrate an bans of food and

i think that giving it away for free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. >> we build time together and it's the strength of any ideas of the connections we'll turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money that's the people power. >> in this episode we've seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can

be a place to give back by donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment it's truly >> i moved into my wonderful, beautiful, affordable housing march 7th. i have lived in san francisco since i was two-years-old. i've lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. my name is vlady. i use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the san francisco housing facility. from the very beginning, this

whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. it wasn't large enough to accommodate. the children are grown. i had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. i really like that. [laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand.

we still do it from time to time. the mayor's office has been a real friend to us, a partner. we know that our city supports us. i love san francisco. just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy.

>> good morning, everybody. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september 26th, 2018 regular meeting of the public safety and neighbourhood services committee. i am chair of the committee. to my right, will be vice chair, supervisor and ronen we have supervisor peskin. i would like to thank jesse larson and helena mendoza for staffing this meeting. mr clerk, do you have any announcements. >> thank you. please ensure you have silenced your electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any

documents to be completed as part of the files to be committed -- given to the clerk. >> chair mandelman: great. mr clerk, please call the first item. >> agenda item number 1 is a hearing to consider the promise to premise transfer of a nonsale general public liquor licenses doing business at a pub located at 1706 post street. it will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and county. >> chair mandelman: great. i don't believe we have a representative from the sfpd here but we do have the recommendation for approval. >> hold on but we do have the police department's recommendation for approval with conditions and we also have the applicant.

go ahead. >> thank you. mr chair, supervisors, i'm here today -- >> chair mandelman: please state your name. >> my name is mark and i'm here with my client who is the owner of the pub at 1706 post street. this is an interesting situation where my client purchased at this establishment it has been in operation under the previous owner for seven years, and before that another owner but it was a karaoke lounge and sport bar. towards the end of his transfer at the abc, they came in to do a final inspection and found there was a mezzanine that was not on their plot map. in situations like that, has to go back to planning and it has to go to what is called a premise to premise transfer. so premise one is the downstairs premise and premise two is a downstairs. in order to do that we need public convenience and necessity determination. so this has been a community serving establishment. it is very small.

with increase in the mezzanine, it adds about 20% of the square footage. and there has been no noise complaints, no police issues for the last seven years. he is a great operator. we would like to request that this be granted and scent off to the full board. >> chair mandelman: thank you. did you want to say anything cleo k. are there any members of the public -- are there any questions firstly thank you. you can sit back down. are there any members of the public would like to speak on this item? seeing none, i will close public comment. colleagues, the items before us. >> supervisor ronen: i'm happy to make a motion to prepare a resolution finding that this license needs -- >> chair mandelman: public

convenience on necessity? and without objection, we can approve that motion. do you want us to separately vote on that? ok. do you want to make a motion to approve that resolution? >> supervisor ronen: make a resolution -- make a motion for a resolution. >> chair mandelman: great. ok. >> thank you. >> supervisor ronen: you're welcome. >> chair mandelman: congratulations. mr clerk, can you call the next item? >> clerk: five agenda item number 2 is an ordinance to authorize a chief of police to provide signed verification a preapplication meetings for neighbourhood restrictive liquor licenses spee what i think this is yours. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. thank you for hearing this today this legislation speaks to -- seeks to streamline the application approval process for type 87 liquor licenses.

this new liquor license was created in 2016 their state legislation and is available to establishments only in commercial corridors that have been identified as needing activation and investment by the city. this new neighbourhood license significantly is more affordable than liquor licenses in the current private market which can reach up to a quarter of a million dollars. neighborhood are on the list of eligible areas in the city where you can apply for the license. given the high cost of reds and the threat of displacement, we need to do everything in our power to support small businesses in these particular neighbourhoods. this is rather simple. the amendment assigns the police department as the jurisdiction to provide verification at the outreach plan and neighborhood engagement rather than the board of supervisors and streamlines the application process. this way the applicant will need to come to the board of supervisors once instead of twice. making the entire process quicker, easier, faster.

>> chair mandelman: great. i believe we may have someone from workforce development here. come on up. >> hello. i'm from the office of economic and workforce development. these race -- these licenses are raised last year and we were very successful. we had 19 applicants apply for the five licenses. they were issued to the dark course and existing businesses in the excelsior. to a newly opened businesses in the bayview received them. this hearing is something that other applicants do not have to do and is only required of these type 87 liquor licenses and it is designed as an opportunity to meet with the community in the development of the business plan to ensure it is responsive to the community. we believe that this will streamline and so we are hopeful that you will approve. you should also have a letter

from the police department agreeing with us. >> chair mandelman: great. thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the item is before us. >> supervisor ronen: i will make a motion to move this with positive recommendation. >> chair mandelman: great. we can take that without objection. fantastic. >> thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. mr clerk, i think that since supervisor safai is expected to come later we will call item four before item three. >> clerk: it is an ordinance to erect a statue of my angelou at the main library. stating a city policy that 30% of nonfictional figures -- public building names and street names be women. amending big ministries of code to create a fund to accept gifts to pay for the design,

construction,, repair, maintenance and improvement to public art on city property and affirming the appropriate findings. >> chair mandelman: thank you for calling that item. i note that not only are we missing one supervisor but we are also missing supervisor stephanie. we should probably recess for ten minutes. any suggestions about how long we should recess for? >> i would just hold the hearing >> chair mandelman: i think we should recess for 15 minutes to give supervisors a chance to get here but we will start in 15 minutes. five minutes. we will race rice us for five minutes. supervisors, >> chair mandelman: we will reconvene. supervisor sc14 is here.

do you want to talk about your item? >> supervisor stefani: thank you. thank you for the opportunity to speak on this item today. in san francisco and across the nation, we lack representation of women on boards and commissions in leadership positions and in public spaces. this legislation will lead the city and the public to recognize a great accomplishments of women throughout history. the people living in san francisco now and future generations must to see the accomplishments of great women alongside the accomplishments of great men your children, both boys and girls, should see themselves in history and in our public works of art and the one way to remember this history. the maya angelou statue is the first step to accomplishing full representation of women in our city. the statute is just the first step. this legislation also establishes a goal of 30% female representation in the public realm by 2020 and i am hoping we can get to 50%.

when we seep streets and public buildings and works of art will finally see the women who have impacted our world. researcher just 30% is in proportion with critical mass is reached in a group setting. the voices of the minority group become heard rather than simply representing the minority. this legislation establishes a public-private fund for the design and maintenance of statues depicting historically significant women including maya angelou. after discussion with the arts commission on the department -- department on the status of women, we have proposed amendments and they have been handing out doors handed out to you. on page 1, lines one and three, we are changing the word from statue, to the general term of work of art. on page 3, section three, changing the word of statue to more general terms of work of art to. and page 3, section 15 clarifies the maya angelou work of art will be a significant figurative representation of the poet. page 4, clarifies the categories

and city departments which we will be tracking to hit our goal of 30% nonfictional representation by 2020. on page 4 and 5, it updates the department reporting dates. this legislation is groundbreaking, not just for san francisco before the united states. this legislation gives an opportunity to provide proper representation for women and the public realm and i want to thank my cosponsors, supervisor ronan and cohen, tang, kim, supervisor brown and also to marco kelly who really spearheaded this under supervisor farrell. i also want to thank the arts commission, the library commission on the department on the status of women. thank you for hearing this item and i would love to take questions if i -- if you have any. and we have elizabeth newman from the department on the status of women to answer any questions. >> chair mandelman: thank you. did you want to make a presentation on this? ok. >> good morning.

thank you so much for bringing this item forward. i was in the department of the status of women and we are glad to be here in support of this legislation. i want to remark that our commission did vote to support this legislation when it was initially before this committee back in january. we are also very encouraged by the provision that was -- that would monitor the representation of women. this is an important effort to rectify the underrepresentation of women's contribution to society. and to encourage women possess leadership in the future. this is really important because art that recognizes historical people, very often is recognizing white men. and one of our important roles and this will be to monitor the representation of women. it is something that has been required by the department through the groundbreaking convention on the elimination of

discrimination against women that san francisco past 20 years ago. we are encouraged by the fact that tracking the appointments of women to commissions and boards has resulted in women being equally represented and appointed positions. however, we have also found that in particular, asian and latino women and men are underrepresented. i do have copies of the most recent report for you to review if you should like to. we just want to make sure that we recognize and thank supervisor stephanie for bringing this forward and mentioning that we support the amendments to address the reporting requirements and we urge your support of the legislation to continue the legacy of leadership on women's rates. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. >> supervisor ronen: i wanted to thank supervisor sc14 for taking over this legislation.

i am proud to be a cosponsor. i was -- stefani for taking over this legislation. i was at the event when this idea was come up with. it was an idea and an effort spearheaded by a woman who was under the obama administration. she has a plan to make sure that women are represented, not only in public depictions of historical figures that we all look to and admire, but also on corporate boards. and in management positions or in governments. so she has the 30, 30, 30 plan. thirty% representation -- public public statues in commemoration, 30%, 30% board positions held by women and 30% government representation. she seeks to achieve that, i

believe, by 2020. which is a tall order. but i think a very, a very important goal. i am glad that we are trying to accomplish that in at least one way in san francisco. i also wanted to mention that it was mr rios who was responsible for advocating and winning a policy to put the first portrait of a women on u.s. currency. and we were set to have harriet tubman be the first woman to be depicted on a 20-dollar bill but my understanding of that is at the treasury department will not commit to this under the trump administration. it is unclear whether this plan will move forward, which is very frustrating. i was looking forward to the day where i would see harriet tubman on our u.s. currency. i hope that that will still happen. i wanted to thank you supervisor sc14 -- stefani