statement they are products. and it is used in the grass. that is what we have been using on that. does not affect cool season grasses. it affects the other grass which is a warm season grass. this is why we use it. it does not harm the red fescue. and a similar kind of evaluation when it comes to garland. it does not affect the surrounding vegetation. there are some tier two and tier three products that have persistent -- you don't want to harm. it may be an oak tree. you do not want to apply that on the poison oak and that it may affect the tree you are trying to preserve they are really --

it is a really strategic product unfortunately, we just have not been able to find any alternatives. but we continue to look. >> thank you. i guess the last follow-up is quick. i do want to thank the fellow commissioners on the policy committee for all the work you have been doing. i have listened to the recordings. thank you, anthony. the last question is, of that 4% , what% of the 4% tier ones are garland and fescue? >> i can tell you in a moment. >> and are those the ones you think are the most pernicious

among the tier one that you are concerned about. of the whole fleet, as you will, up to your ones, to those remained the ones, the public and you will, are most concerned out? >> those are the only two tier one herbicides in our sights. >> that would make up all of the 4%? >> yes. let me see if i have this easy comparison. i don't have it broken down by percentage, but i can tell you that out of the 1.8 gallons, 1.5 of that was that. >> ok. thank you. >> thank you. >> if there are no other questions from commissioners, we will take the motion. do we have a most -- we will have a mocha -- motion seconded and then we will have public comment. the motion is to make a motion to approve resolution file 2018-

07-co e. adopting the 2018 reduced risk pesticide list. >> i move. >> moved and seconded. all in favour of this move? i'm sorry, discussion. moving right along. is there any public comment? >> there are two of them. >> is there anybody else? we have cards. you can just step forward to. and the first speaker is bob hall. welcome. >> thanks. the parks are threatening to convert our natural areas into biodiversity barons. biodiversity, i'm talking about the bees and the bugs on the butterflies and the birds, their key indicators of a healthy

ecosystem. our local native plants are the foundation of that healthy ecosystem. they are the ecological basis upon which life depends. without native plants and the insects that coevolved with them , local birds cannot survive the exotic weeds in our natural areas not only sever the food web, but many have become invasive pest, out competing native species integrating habitat in the remaining natural areas. they have no natural predators. they can sweat out and soak up the sun and produce mass quantities of seeds. to wildlife, just any plant won't do. and just any plant from around the world likely will not sustain them. they need the plants they evolved with. take a walk in the parks and look around at what is happening the city needs an environmental movement to protect the parks. we need thousands of volunteers helping the park gardeners a block away at invasive radish, mustard, harry dandelion, french

a broom, sheep sorrow, and many more. until we see that a wonderful wave of volunteerism sprouts up, i will continue to support the small-scale use of herbicides by highly trained project -- professionals who follow the integrated pest management guidelines. what about residential use? i can go to lowes or kohl's and buy a gallon myself and spray it without any regulation at all. getting this down to 2 gallons is pretty amazing compared to what residents are using. thank you. >> thank you. our next speaker is mary ellen hammond. i am sorry if i mispronounced.

it is mary ellen hannibal and i am an environmental journalist. my most recent book is called citizen scientist searching for heroes and hope in an age of extinction and the volunteers that we do have, thousands of volunteers in the city, removing invasive plants and planting native plants, are citizen scientists and heroes. and what we are doing is protecting native ecosystems here in san francisco. and just to tap back to the first part of the meeting tonight to the climate summit, and all of the huge herculean things that we will have to do to mitigate climate change, one of the most important things is something we are already doing, which is supporting the native ecosystems. as the climate bears down on us, our first defence is the healthy and resilient ecosystem. we need to do everything we can, as bob explained, to keep those native plants in the ground and

have the relationship with those butterflies that are endangered, at all of the birds and small mammals and reptiles and amphibians, et cetera that use them. i too look to the day when we can eliminate that site altogether. it does worry me. it is a moment and in the way that the city uses it, i think it is the most responsible solution right now. i hope that you will pass this list. thank you. >> thank you, ms. miss hannibal. any other public comment? welcome. >> hi. my name is rachel and i am coming here today, as a resident and park user and having previously worked for the city in the recreation and parks departments. i left in 2015 when the concern became more public and more --

became more public concern that these meetings and others around the use of the pesticide. when i was at the recreation and parks department, i learned a lot about pesticide use and a lot of the trade-offs that lisa was just explaining and that chris was explaining around things like persistence and selectivity, when we use these products, when we are doing things like containment versus striving driving for something like eradication or control, and i am here as someone who supports all the city agencies. i participated in some of the round table around to round up and i am really impressed with the focused attention end of the policy committee and that this commission have put on the use of the pesticide within the city and the changes that have been made around things like the caveats on the list. not just the list itself but the way that we use the product on the list. and as a land management professional, i think that the city, as a whole, is headed in a great direction and that

guidance at even the public focus on these issues have made us better at our job. i really encourage you to adopt this list this year and i appreciate your time. >> thank you. commissioners, any other comments? i want to say that i agree with you holt -- wholeheartedly, and oh, yes, and jake. [laughter] you snuck up on me. >> i supports -- >> can you give your full name for the record? >> jake sayegh. -- sigg. i do support the motion but i do have one concern. and, you know, the city now has a biodiversity policy. it has a biodiversity staff. it recently, it is high on the

agenda of climate. and yet, we are not protecting the highest biodiversity in the city, which is our grasslands. they are on the decline. i have been helping to manage them as a volunteer ever since 1988. that is 29, 30 years. and there are many, many fewer species now. some of the species have gone out in given areas. much more invasive plants. and yet, we are very shortstaffed with natural resource specialists. there are six gardeners and unfortunately, there is only only really about four with all the other problems.

and they are really motivated people. i i'm really proud of the staff. but they are distressed by the fact that they can't keep up with the work and they know that if they can't get this project, excuse me, and a very short time , they will miss a whole year. they will have to wait another year. in the meantime, losing a lot. i asked randy's a bell -- about the restrictions put on tier one if that was a problem. and he said the increased requirements for using tier one herbicides within 15 feet of trails agreed to apply -- deploy orange cones with area -- aerial signs with herbicidal applications when applying within 15 feet of trails. this will be very short.

the cones and the signs are deployed and removed on the day of treatment. this can add hours and efforts per day to each treatment. this typically happens at parks like mount davidson when applying oxalis. this has an increased requirement nudging us towards using tier two herbicides instead of tier one to avoid additional labour. current tier two herbicides have residual herb activity. it can be a good thing when treating the trail that will inhibit germination. this residual soil activity can be a bad thing when treating weeds in high diversity areas like when treating blackberry on mount davidson.

so it is a problem. and i know it is in the legislation, but i don't think it ought to be looked at. we are not going to have adequate staff. >> thank you. >> sorry for running over. >> any other comments? the resolution is resolution file 2018-07-co we. adopting the 2018 reduced risk pesticide list which has been moved by commissioner walsh and seconded by commissioner stevenson. is there anything else? are we ready to vote, commissioners? all in favour? >> aye. >> any opposed? any extension? the resolution is passed. thank you. anthony, the next item. >> the next item is item eight, director's report. the explanatory document as a director's report for discussion

>> shall i start? [laughter] >> i am just watching the procession of people leave. director raphael? >> thank you, president. i would like to say, that some of the comments that i heard tonight on this item very much hit home for me. i appreciate that discussion and i appreciate the commission tremendously. for my report cocked i want to talk about three legislative updates. you heard a lot about what the department has been working on. so i don't think we need to go into all of that. but you will recall, i hope, that this commission, and the city, passed an ordinance on flame retardants and children's

products and that was something that was pushed very hard by this commission and taken up by then supervisor, farrell. what happened was assembly member bloom from santa monica picked up our ordinance and much to our chagrin, took it forward to the state and it was passed and signed by governor brown. so it was actually a strong ban on the sale of products containing these toxics -- toxic flame retardants because it is upholstered furniture and juvenile products and mattresses it doesn't preempt our restrictions. but it complements them. so this is a wonderful example of what starts in san francisco doesn't stay in san francisco. and jan jackson's team will be looking at how it will impact the implementation. hopefully it lightens our load

for implementation. because it will be a statewide requirement. there are two ordinances that will be worked on but have also come through here. one is the plastic and letter reduction ordinance back which tackled single-use plastic items like straws, like stirrers, it has reuse requirements or reusable requirements for events , and it also bans fluorinated chemicals in food where products. there's a lot of elements to it. one of the areas that was a bit challenging for us to bring to a close and to understand is the impact on the disability community, with respect to plastic straws. so supervisor tang submitted a duplicate copy of the ordinance so that we could step back and work with the disability community to figure out what kind of language amendments we need to supports sufficient access for people who need

plastic straws. so we have been working with the disability community and we have had two public meetings. they were fascinating for me to hear from people in the first person on what their needs are. and to make the statement that they do not want to be ashamed because they need a plastic straw. for them it is a tool and not a convenience. i need to cough. so sorry. so because of that, we are working with the city attorney here to come up with alternative language which we will present to the disability community before it goes back to committee for those amendments. it has been a really important learning process for us and the rest of the country, frankly, is watching because other cities have not been able to find a solution to navigate the equal

access issue. and so they will lead us down that path that we will be working with the disabled community to make sure that we meet people's needs. questions? >> i have a question about that. >> can you turn on your -- >> more precisely but i ask a question about the state law because governor brown signed a state law banning plastic straws >> no. it was not a band. the state law is upon request. so it is straws, any kind of straw, including plastic straws that are ok but they are on request. >> so they don't need to make an accommodation for that? >> correct. that is exactly right. the second piece of legislation that we are working very closely with supervisor safai en is a zero waste facilitator legislation which was reintroduced. he has been talking on the

impacts of large commercial accounts such as from apartment buildings to commercial buildings, to city departments. who are covered and would, could be mandated to a higher zero waste facilitator his if they fail audits by reecology of their large compactors. this is an additional tool in our tool belts. we have rate tools. we have public education tools. but there are some businesses that will pay the increased charges and not come into compliance. they will think of it as the cost of doing business. this is a tried and true way. we have seen it helped large complex entities improve their recovery by assigning staff to work with tenants and to potentially sort material after the fact. so it is in committee and it is being -- it is going to the budget and oversight committee because it will affect city

departments. we are working with city departments with the chamber of commerce and with the department association and the restaurant association, all the parties who have questions and curiosity and concern about this piece of legislation. so it is where we are starting to say, ok, it is enough saying, please. we need to have more compliance tools if we are going to get 20 waste and certainly if we will meet our g. cast goal of reducing what goes to landfill by 50% by 2030. we are down 50% from when we started but we are starting to creep up again. if we would decrease another 50% , we need to have more tools that aren't always carrots. there will have to be some sticks. so that concludes my report. >> thank you, director raphael. any questions? >> i had a clarification question. so, to make sure i understood that, so are you saying that big

companies or big businesses that can't or won't comply can pay a fee and things get reduced on the back end? i did not fully absorb that. >> no. what the law says is that there's about 520 businesses at a business could be a large apartment building, that meet our criteria for size of waste generated. and they will get audited once every three years in the first three year period. if they fail that audit, meaning there is contamination in the black, the blue, or the green, then they will be required to hire a zero waste facilitator and they will get audited again to make sure that they are hiring sufficient help and that they are doing what they need to do to come into compliance. there is other mechanisms we have which are increased rates.

if you are found to be -- have contamination, reecology can charge you more. they can get rid of a diversion discount that they give. so there are signals that we are sending right now, financial signals to businesses making it cheaper to recycle and compost. but for some large commercial office spaces, they absorb that increased fee, increased charge for the refuse rates and they don't do anything. they just pay more. so we need an additional tool. if money will not speak, we need an additional tool to get their attention. >> at a quick follow-up. do we know from cafés and restaurants and such what the contamination rates are? recology -- particularly at the compost? >> that is a great question. we know in the black been system that there is generally 60% contamination, which means 60% of what is in the black bins should be in blue and green.

in the compost, we have very clean compost. that actually is important because even a little bit of glass will devastate the load and make it unmarketable. evergreen is actually very, very clean. it is not on any% base -- evergreen is actually very, very clean. it is not on any percentage base we need to make sure that performance stays clean. in terms of consequence of error , the consequence of error on the green is much higher in terms of marketability. >> thank you. >> commissioner sullivan? >> your comment about big business will be paying the cost to do business, and we are looking for additional tools. if money is not the right tool, what about shaming businesses greedy can we publicize the offenders and get some results that way? >> so glad there is another approach. shaming [-left-square-bracket.

>> part of this ordinance is, in fact, that we can publicize a the list of people who are noncompliant. yeah,. what is important about that, is not -- one could say there is a shame element, but it is also a way for the janitors who work in these commercial buildings to know when they're building is out of compliance so that they can come to the management and say, hey, let us help. hire more of us and make us zero waste facilitator his. we can save you money and we can help the environment. if they don't know, that there's no way for them to get involved. >> any other questions, commissioners create any public comment on this item? the director's report? >> hearing none cap next item, anthony. >> the next item is item nine, committee report, highlights of the august 62018 and in this

december 17th, 2018 meeting. this item is for discussion. director raphael? >> when do we introduce new staff? >> i'm sorry. >> is that part of my director's report? >> yes. >> my i have permission to continue my report? i'm sorry. that was my bad. we have a number of new staff and they are here. they would like to come forward and introduce themselves to you, if that is ok. would all of you knew people who are new to a commission meeting or new, come line up and tell us who you are and where you come from and what you are doing now. welcome. >> all women. just three. >> ok. i wrote mine down because i forget, even though it is who i am. my name is parris smith at i grew up in northern virginia and

i am a recent college graduate from james madison university in virginia. i spent all of my time over there. i graduated with a bachelor of science degree in innovative science and technology and i had a concentration in sustainable environmental studies. i am a civic spark fellow or a climate fellow that has been placed with the climate team for the next 11 months. and civic spark fellow his focus on building local government capacity to address community resilience issues. i will mainly be working with a climate team to conduct san francisco's 2017 community and municipal greenhouse gas emissions inventory and along the way i will be helping improve that process as well. >> thank you. >> hello, everyone. i am betty chung. i'm originally from san francisco. i went out of state for college for four years in pennsylvania

and they decided to come back. i did environmental education at s.f. public schools for a year and i am working now on the green business team. i am going to help recruit businesses and do phone call cetaceans, health plan panel events -- phone consultations, and help plan panel events. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is nancy. a year ago i introduced myself to the current commission. as a member of the environment now outreach team at the department of environment. i'm introducing myself today in a new position as a transportation associate. i am still in the outreach team and i'm very excited to see what duties i have ahead of me. thank you. >> congratulations. >> hello, my name is marion.

i moved up here from southern california at a recently graduated from san francisco state university with a degree in environmental studies, a concentration in sustainability and social justice and my second degree in labour studies. i work for the school education team and we work with k-12 public and private school in the city. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is samantha quan. i'm from sacramento. i am coming from san francisco state. i studied environmental sustainability and social justice as well. and i will be on the environmental school education team. >> thank you. >> good evening, everyone. my name is annie wong. i was born and raised in san francisco. i studied at the university of

california, santa cruz in sociology. i was recently working with the community centre as a liaison. i am now part of the school education team as well. the environmental education aid. thank you. >> welcome all of you and let's have a warm hand. [applause] >> thank you. >> without objection, may we returned to item nine? >> yes. >> thank you. item nine is committee reports. highlights of the august 6, 2018 and september 17th, 2018 policy committee meeting. >> thank you. at the august sixth policy committee meeting, we had a really -- that was a deep dive into everything that is going on with regard to pesticide use,

but also, the entire ipm program we have talked about the pesticide stop when i want to say, it was at that meeting that i really realized what a very small part of everybody's worked at the pesticide work is. which had a deep impression on me. we only think about the pesticide part, but in fact, it is, as i said, a small part of the ongoing programs and learning about those programs. it is really fascinating. on september 17th, we address the pesticide program and we approved the resolution that you all approved earlier tonight. we also heard a presentation from jesse and troy on the 2017 greenup report, what you all approved earlier tonight, as well. that is it.

>> commissioners, any questions? is there any public comment? next item, anthony. >> the next item is item 11, future agenda items. we have a speaker from the policy affairs. >> good evening, commissioners. and the chief policy and public affairs officer. i will be briefed although we do have a couple of action-packed meeting is coming up. our next special commission meeting is october 24th. is a special meeting. it starts at 4:00 pm. we are still working on the location. this is the joint meeting with the commission on the status of women. director raphael, the director of the commission on the status of women, at the president, and their president, that they met last week, or last month to plan and there are a couple of presentations and development right now in a joint resolution that is being drafted.

but we are still looking for a meeting location. if you have any leads, it needs to accommodate 15 commissioners. if you do know of any place, let anthony or i know and we will investigate further. november 27th, that is our regular meeting time in november will be doing a deep dive on blocking and the implications on the long-term sustainability goals. we will also be conducting the director's performance review in that meeting as well. the next policy committee meeting is october 22nd. and the next operations meeting is october 17th. >> any questions? any public comment? seeing none, next item. >> thank you. we skipped an item. we will move back to item ten. announcements and items for

discussion. >> any announcements from commissioners? [laughter] >> i'm giving everyone the opportunity. any public comment? on item ten? ok. we will go back to the next -- the last item. >> the next item is item 12, adjournment. the time is 7:04 pm. >> thank you, everybody. thank you for being here and congratulations to all the new folks. [applause] coseen

. >> thank you to all of you for being here. to the mayor's office for dreaming this project up with us in the first place, to

supervisor kim for showing us how to do it, and to the mayor today for sharing the space with us. and especially to the community here in the tenderloin who have welcomed us over the last two years. we're here because we know the power of community owned businesses to create opportunities for asset generation in low-income communities and for everyone. my first informal meal in the bay area was at a small table in a one bedroom apartment at leavenworth and hyde. they took orders from myself and ten strangers, delivering some of the most delicious mexico city style food in the business. the tenderloin, like all communities that faced economic barriers has a really vibrant economy. we've worked with low-income and women entrepreneurs across the bay for 13 years. although cocina has won numerous

awards, their air of mothers that cook in s.r.o.'s that cook for each other. there are sidewalk barbecues nearly every day and the best bay areas that gauadalupe's goig to tell you about in a bit. this represents not just the soul of this city but the soul of other cities. this project aims to celebrate all. it's a public space fuelled by women entrepreneurs and focused on equitiable place making and economic opportunity. i saw an interview with mayor breed the other day where she

noted some of her favorite places toet were eddy's cafe and pancho villa. food businesses are obvious the first step a family can take towards economic freedom. their physical claiming of space in our neighborhoods and cities, and they're representations of the places that we live. when we run up against road blocks in the two years that we've been considering this project, we've wondered if we can't do this, and then, who would want to live in a place that doesn't make opportunities possible? this is the risk, the crisis that our cities are in. we believe that all cities can do what we are doing here. through public support, private investment and community power, we plan to build the first all women led food hall in the

country. those talented women will hire -- [applause] >> those talented women will hire and create pathways to wealth while serving the communities that raised them and creating a space where everyone is welcome. it's a place for families, workers, lunches, homework, and dreaming. we ask you today to imagine what that place could be while you're in this space, what this space could mean to a community. but also, have you to imagine what it might mean for places like that not to exist anymore. imagine a city without those dreamers, without those foods. we are so excited to show you how possible a better city is. thank you for believing in us and being here today. thank you to supervisor kim and a really special thank you to mayor breed, who joins us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: good afternoon, everybody. i am so excited to be here today. i walked in the room, and it

really smelled like my grandmother's house. ho now, my grandmother was a great cook, and people on the street that i grew up, on eddy and laguna, always knew they could come by at certain times of year to buy things. my grandmother made the best tamales, the best gumbo. and some of you may not know what hog's head cheese is, but hog's head cheese. she made them a lot of times with the free food we received from the government. she could make the best macaroni and cheese from the cheese that we received from the government. some of you know what i'm talking about. part of our ability to survive had a lot to do with my grandmother being an

entrepreneur in public housing where she offered up what she was able to do. what an incredible thing to do here today, to give so many amazing women, especially the support that this provides to minority women and women of our immigrant community who are looking for an opportunity to support their families with their talents, with their amazing food. and it means a lot that so many of you here today have worked to make something like this possible, to take a space that is going to be used for even more good when we are able to invest the necessary dollars for our much needed affordable housing here, to use it in this capacity, is going to make this an incredible space full of excitement, full of love, and yes, full of great food. so i just wanted to stop by and stay congratulations for your efforts. thank you, caleb and supervisor

kim for your leadership and having the foresight to see that you could make something like this possible. and also enthuse for being one of the few events that i'm able to attend where there is food, because food is, i think, something that brings so many people together. i was actually at glide yesterday, and someone who remembered me, she used to baby-sit me, and she said that my grandmother used to feed her as a way to pay her to baby-sit us when we were kids. i mean, i didn't remember her, but clearly, she knew my grandmother, my mama, priscilla. clearly, food is something that brings people together. it makes people happy, and what an incredible way to share your talents with the world and also make a lot of san franciscans happy. thank you all so much for being here, and please, support these businesses when you see them out and about, get to know them, and use them for catering

opportunities. what a great way to support businesses than here's a way to use them for ways in which they could actually benefit people throughout san francisco, and i'm looking forward to seeing this place come to life, so they are also, i know, looking for more donations. i know this was a partnership with the city, but we are definitely looking for more did he -- donations to make this dream for so many more women a reality. thank you for being here today. with that, i'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the supervisor for this district, supervisor jane kim. [applause] >> supervisor kim: thank you, mayor breed for joining us in the tenderloin neighborhood. i always like to call this your second district. it is so great to be here today. 101 hyde has always been a special place for our residents because so many residents live

in single room occupancy hotels where they don't have access to mail. this was the space where people could get their checks, be connected to the world, and when the post office shut this site down with federal budget cuts, it was a huge loss for our community. and when we learned that it was sold to built market race housing, i think that was one of the more depressing news and updates in this neighborhood. but for whatever reason when the owner wasn't able to build, and we were negotiating, market street for the masses, they said you know what? we really need affordable housing that our residents can

afford, and they often can't afford the inclusionary housing in the market rate buildings. through that negotiation with many people that were here in the room, over the course of those weeks, we negotiated a deal where shore sea agreed to buy this property so we could donate it for 100% affordable housing. [applause] >> supervisor kim: however, we know that building housing takes time and randy shaw had the f e forsy foresight to know that that it may take ten years to build it for the community. over the last two years, we have seen an up tick in activities with the closure of this site. so we want to make sure that the block was activated.

randy suggested that we bring in a marketplace similar to the hall on market street where we could showcase our residents and develop a meeting that could be -- a site that would be a community hub, a place to eat, and of course a place where we can showcase our immigrant entrepreneurs. a little over 30 years ago, my mom was able to bring together loans from different family members and friends to open a small business, and through that small business, she was able to grow an income for my family and eventually buy a home. being able to incubate a small business for so many of our immigrant women, it's what allows our families to grow in our city, to contribute to our economy, but also raise our families here in the city. la cocina has been that incubator site, and i'm so happy they were able to come in. this was not easy to do. it took a lot of advocacy, a lot of fund raising, and also city support. and i want to recognize mayor

breed and the office for committing additional funds to make sure that we could deliver this site in an affordable manner, and delivering in an affordable manner means that we can reduce the prices on the menus so that residents can afford to eat here, as well, and that's -- [applause] jane jac>> supervisor kim: tha commitment that la cocina and the city has made so that all of the residents can enjoy food her every single day. so i want to thank all of the partners that were involved. i'm so excited to come here and try the food of many prir entrepreneurs. i think many of us would not be able to standup to the chefs that this neighborhood has, and we're all excited for its opening. thank you to everyone involved.

[applause] >> hello. i am operations manager at la cocina. i would like to introduce you to guadalupe morena. she is owner of la cocina, and she will share her story. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> i am now going to be

translating that for guadalupe. hello. my name is guadalupe morena, and i want to welcome you to my neighborhood. i live here with my husband and three kids. when we arrived in mexico, we picked this neighborhood because the rents were reasonable and because the rest of my family lived here. we came to this area because my husba husband's sister, veronica salazar, also lives here. now i'm starting my own business at la cocina, it's called m mi morena. i love sharing my mexican culture with people. i cook for you like i cook for my family. we sell at the mission community market on thursdays, and i'm really excited to think that next year in this old post office we could share our food to our neighborhood.

i think it's going to be something wonderful for this area to have a space we can come to with our families, eat lunch and dinner and just relax and enjoy. we don't really have anyplaces like this, so the marketplace is going to be very important for my family. thank you for this opportunity that la cocina and the city of san francisco has given us. for me as a local resident, entrepreneur and immigrant woman, i really appreciate your support. thank you. [applause] >> and i'm now going to introduce karina mora. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> okay. i have called the tenderloin my home for the last ten years, since i left yucatan, mexico. i am the mother of a six-year-old daughter, raquel,

who brings joy to my life. la voz is primarily a resource center but focuses on the economic and social development of our community. for this reason, i listened to the proposal of caleb and his team, and i'm happy to be part of the team in the tenderloin to make it a reality. on several occasions i have expressed my desire to make a radical change of this portion of market street. it's time for hyde street 101 to be known for its delicious and affordable food and not for the sale of drugs. i want to give you a welcome to la cocina. [applause] >> karen taylor from central city collaboratives. >> hello, everyone. my name's karen.

i'm very happy to be here. i have been a resident of the tenderloin neighborhood since 2005. this neighborhood is underserved. there are 11 stores within a three block radius of where i live where you can purchase cigarettes, liquor, cheap candy, and lottery tickets. there are no grocery stores. if you want a safeway or a target, you have to take a bus. if you would like the more economical options, foodco, food 4 less, you have to ride that bus even further. the addition of la cocina is filling a need in the tenderloin for fresh food at reasonable prices. la cocina does bring additional benefits to this neighborhood in addition to the delicious food.

i once derelict corner gets revitalized, becoming an oasis where people can gather and have a good time. the people who work hard to maybe this happen, neighborhood organizations, residents, entrepreneurs, get a victory, and well done, i might say. much needed advancement, another area where this neighborhood is underserved is broad here so that people who live in this neighborhood can have opportunities here where they improve their circumstances, where they serve this community and provide things that we need and where they build their futures right where they live. the quality of life in this neighborhood improves with the addition of the la cocina marketplace. seniors, disabled people, young children, old people, all get

benefits out of this. people that can't travel far can travel closer to home for healthy options with nutrition. people who struggle with illness now have a vital resource for staying healthy, good food. parents that work long and hard hours to keep their families housed in the t.l. will have closer options for feeding those families. this is a wonderful project, and it is a welcome addition to the tenderloin neighborhood. long live the market cocina. thank you. [applause] >> just another big thank you to karina, guadalupe, and carolina. instead of a traditional ground breaking, la cocina has not done many traditional things.

we thought we would be a little bit more metaphorical and invite mayor breed, supervisor kim, guadalupe, carolina up here for a ceremonial bread breaking. >> five, four, three, two -- [applause]

>> this job, it's really not an i job. i wouldn't be able to do this job without other people. i make sure that all the regulatory and nonregulatory samples get to access in a timely manner. we have groundwater samples, you name it, we have to sample it every day. i have ten technicians, very good team. we work together to attain this sampling.

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

been working with the water department >> president cohen: good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back to the budget and finance committee. i'm malia cohen, the chair. our clerk is miss linda wong. are there any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the october 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> president cohen: thank you very much. could you please call item number one. >>clerk: yez. item one, item