ronan, and ye are requesting the duplicated file has amendment -- minimum compensation ordinance to be heard at the board of supervisors at the next meeting. this legislation covers the critical and complementary increase to $70 an hour for minimum wage, home health care workers and nonprofit workers and once again, these workers care for our elderly and disabled, bathing, feeding and clothing them. they are staff and supportive housing and nonprofit organizations and ensure a clean and livable building for residents. the 20,000 plus home health care workers are 88% women 77% people of color with an average age of 58. making $15 an hour, they themselves are one step away from homelessness. we cannot afford to lose these workers. they are struggling to make ends meet and truthfully, these are positions that increasingly are not able to recruit or retain due to the pay and high cost of living in san francisco. i look forward to your support.

thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: submit. [roll call] >> supervisor mandelman: colleagues, it has been one year since the city assumed maintenance responsibilities for nearly 100,000 trees in the street tree program. today i am calling for a hearing to better understand the program 's initial impacts, challenges and successes. of the hundreds of calls and e-mails our office has received since july, street trees are the number 2 issue after homelessness. one out of every ten because we receive are related to street trees under maintenance or removal. one year into the program, many of our constituents remain confused about how it works, who is responsible for trimming trees, how to make a request for service and how to opt out. we are calling for this hearing to make -- help inform residents about the program. we also see it as an opportunity

to engage with city departments, friends of the urban forest and concerned community members about the future of our tree canopy including how to expand the canopy over time. ensuring the san francisco neighborhoods enjoy a healthy growing and well-maintained tree canopy is something previous district eight supervisors have championed and i look forward to carrying on that tradition. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i will submit my legislation but i would like to adjourn the meeting in the memory of bob roper. commonly referred to at the south rowing club as now but bob roper. a former deputy sheriff. a great character, who in the 1960s, i think it was 1968, set the record for swimming across the golden gate in a 19 minutes and some odd seconds. i can't remember the exact number of seconds but that

record has never been broken. bob roper passed away a couple of days ago. i want to adjourn the board meeting in his memory. i will also adjourn the board meeting in the memory of cyrus shaik who worked at momma's in north beach by washington square he was just one of the sweetest souls and i am sorry for daughter and partner. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> supervisor ronen: colleagues, i would also like to adjourn the meeting in memory of virginia ramos. better known as the tamale lady. she was known far and wide to many of us, i have a feeling, other supervisors will want to join on, but was especially known in the mission district. virginia had so much love for all the characters to make up san francisco and she was definitely one of those characters. i determined and hard-working

women with strong opinions, she lived a colourful and rough life virginia was a true san francisco character. she earned legendary status for her decades of selling delicious tamales a popular watering holes in the mission and beyond. i remember her vividly. she was a big part of my twenties in san francisco. she rolled her cart through the streets serving tamales to the sober and tipsy alike, will liberally dispensing advice, hugs and loved everyone she encountered. she was born in mexico on june 26, 1953 to a single mother she learned the art of tamale macon making from her mother and grandmother. they would make huge batches of tamales and sell them at church. she emigrated to san francisco in the eighties where she settled with her seven children in the mission. for decades, she cooked hundreds of tamales in her kitchen and brought them in her cooler to hundreds of hungry patrons and bars throughout san francisco.

the business thrive to make -- for many years and she was able to raise her seven children with the proceeds from the tamale goodness and even sent most of them to college. then in 2013, she was barred from selling her tamales at bars a story that gained national attention because it became a symbol of changing san francisco with the support of many, including my predecessor, virginia landed on her feet. she launched a gofundme campaign that raised over $20,000 to help her find her own restaurant space. she took over a place at 16th and up and began the process of building and opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant. unfortunately, her plans were interrupted by the lengthy process and expense of opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in san francisco. at the time of her death, very, very sadly, she was only a few months away from finally realizing her dream.

all of san francisco mourns her passing this week. thank you from all of us, virginia, for bringing so much love, joy and really good advice to so many of us throughout our lives. may you rest in peace. >> supervisor cohen: thank you [roll call] madam president? that includes the introduction of new business. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. madam clerk, i think that brings us to item 44. public comments. the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter of the board. >> supervisor cohen: thank you >> supervisors, i mentioned earlier i was here at the six hour meeting. i have a leg brace and a back brace and i stayed throughout today. i want to tell you that the years and years of my environmental work are not going to be in vain. i have thousands of articles

that i have written. i go before the bay area -- air quality management district and you have some representatives. they don't pay attention when you go to the board. the bay area air quality management district has employees who want to work very hard and they are told destroy the documents and we have not heard anything from our supervisors and we have not heard anything from our board. so on another level, an important level, you all know that at hunter's point, equipment was put so that they could register the very, very high levels of asbestos structures. what did they do? which some of you supervisors have taken money from, they removed the batteries.

i know. in any project, and more of dubious projects, that supervisors, including mayors take a lot of money. illegal money. they think they can use a mechanism of this money or whatever, but that is blood on your hands. so i don't mind suffering, but i don't like to take painkillers. i will suffer. but i will speak up. i make statements, but there are supervisors that have their hearts in the right place and those who get my blogs, they know they have to do what is right. thank you, very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you , for your comments. mr wright? >> on the 19th of this month, you heard from 90% black skinned coloured people, both male and females pertaining to discrimination based on race.

by all of the departments here in the city, i submit to you that you are running a correct and organize enterprise in the city and county of san francisco you originate by ethnic cleansing in the fillmore area by justin herman. any further compound the problem years before them in the forties , with chemical warfare, by using hazardous chemical materials, and the hunter's point area which kills thousands , probably millions of black people. it just flows. as a result of your employment discrimination against blacks, and every department within the city, and numerous testimony took place, i find it odd that the two black females in the authoritative position failed to appear. and they have the audacity to tell us about employment and about how you don't appreciate us talking about employment and people who are making $184,000

for sweeping up shipped off the street. and you say it was $80,000 and i was being disrespectful. it is not $80,000 a year they are making. they are making a hundred and 84,000. i appreciate you talking to me like that. it just flows. s.f. glove --, gov, please. the bay area has an increase in modern rent. given the neighborhood sponsors with more than 30% of the decrease in the number of low income african-americans, latinos and asians living there. researchers found that the statement -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you

mr daltrey? >> do we have two minutes or three minutes? >> supervisor cohen: you have two minutes. >> thank you. it says in the agenda we have three. ok. my name is anubis. good evening to madam president and the fellow board of supervisors. i am a san francisco native and i was homeless for six years on the streets of san francisco in the city that i grew up in. i have come here today for the general public comment to talk about homelessness and the attitude that the city seems to have taken towards the homeless population. more than ever, we see that the city is trying to house homeless people but on the same token, it punishes and it criminalizes the homeless population for simply

sleeping on the street. i am a person of reason. i understand that people and your constituents have fear of people who commit crimes or perceived to have committed crimes. i understand action seem to be taken when true crimes are committed such as robbery or violent crimes, et cetera. the people should not be criminalized for the simple act of sleeping. and it has become very common in the city for d.p.w. to cave into businesses and even to put barricades on public property, but not only dampers, it dampers the ability to survive on the street but the ability for the general public to use public spaces. one example of this would be the u.n. plaza. in summary, i just want -- what i'm asking for is i want this board to send a message to the

entire city government and the current mayor, that you will not stand for decriminalized -- of the criminalization of homelessness. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> tom gilbert d. i mentioned earlier about gavin newsom running for governor. he is the man that pressed court against the washington vote. he was saying we need a new formula. so the people of san francisco said to-1 margin, we don't want eight washington. i am wondering, where is he coming from and what his new formula is going to be? again, financial profits.

from what i understand, the world --dash the word is fire, now. financial, insurance, real estate runs the world. we have a situation here that we are going to leave behind 25% or 30% affordable housing starting at hundred $20,000. and yet we have social needs in our community. the weave is wearing apart. where are we going to get senior housing? where are we going to get foster kid housing? disabled housing? section eight housing? people that are on the margin that can't afford their own homes anymore. people in the margin who can't afford their rents anymore. we need dignity homes. they don't have to be large, but they can be -- they should be placed in every format. especially what we are talking

about today in this 15 -- 15,000 or 1500 homes, again. we think 25% is great but how can a teacher make a hundred $20,000 and afford a home here? we need to reweave our society. we need to bring the government back home. times are changing. if we can do this and set this model up here, it can be multiplied into every other community. we need a new direction. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> yesterday michael savage made a very interesting statement about christine forward and how she works at some -- christine forward -- and how she recruits ford people for the c.i.a.

everything that the american public believes is a lie. what is his name? he was there talking about that. do you remember that guy's name? what ever. this is big. i don't know why rush limbaugh did not say anything about it or sean hannity. i cannot listen to 12 hours a day talk radio. this is big. it makes perfect sense. christine forward -- ford is lying about sean kavanaugh. you can't have one big mouth lady bringing down one guy. where are the four people who were in the room. they all said it didn't happen. jesus is unique. he can do that. he said if i bear witness of myself, my witness is true.

he said in the law of moses that it is commanded that two or three witnesses, everything will be established. not just one lone witness legacy to. jesus said, i am want to bear witness of myself and my father bears witness of me. do you realize what he is saying there? jesus stands alone. there is no one remotely close to the man, the god to man. he said his father bore witness of him. he said i have greater witness than john the baptist. john is much more than a prophet because isaiah spoke of him. malachi spoke of him, but all of the prophets profits bear -- bore witness of him. >> supervisor cohen: thank you next speaker, please. >> thank you. good evening ladies and gentlemen of the board. i am going to try for the third time to talk about 911. you will recall back in 2001, involuntary outpatient

psychiatric treatment was a huge issue in california. it was hotly debated in the state legislature and in the past. and then 911 happened. what is the connection? the patriarch -- act was passed. it modify the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978 in order to get rid of the requirement that electronic surveillance be conducted for foreign intelligence purposes. also, there is still a requirement that the target of intelligence be an agent of a foreign power. however, that is a low bar to meet. all a person has to do is meet the requirement for civil conspiracy, which can mean encouragement. someone who encourages terrorism i could make that. i could meet that by. i am not saying that i ever encourage terrorism but it is such a low bar to meet. there is a lot of grey area. one somebody -- once somebody is under electronic surveillance, what can be done?

they can be entrapped into the commission of crime. once they are entrapped, then they can be subject to incompetency to stand trial. they can be designated as incompetent to stand trial. this is a backdoor commitment to root for involuntary outpatient treatment. these people can then be committed and here is the proof. san francisco t.v., please focus on the laptop. an error message. no. ok. fifteen seconds. i don't think i will pull this off. there has been 1900% increase in mental health filings. i will never get this. i think i will just run out of time. >> supervisor cohen: perhaps in two weeks. [laughter] >> supervisor cohen: next speaker, please. seeing none, public comment is closed.

thank you. i believe the next item for us to deal with our adoption without committee reference? >> clerk: 12 yes items 45 and items 46. a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today. alternatively, and a supervisor may require a resolution to go to committee. >> supervisor cohen: any members that would like to sever an item? seeing none, can we take this same house, same colloquy without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. -- same house, same colloquy what is next? >> clerk: in memoriam. >> supervisor cohen: ok. in memoriam. we had a couple of them. as we get the in memoriam together, i want to announce one thing. october 16th is the next scheduled mayoral appearance. districts one, two, three, and four will be able to submit a topic to ask the mayor a

question on. the deadline to submit your topic is noon on october 10th. this is for districts 1-4 to ask and submit a question to the clerk's office for mayoral appearance at the board of supervisors scheduled for october 16th. >> clerk: by noon? >> supervisor cohen: yes, by noon. are we ready? >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. for the late virginia ramos. for the late bob roper and cyrus shake. >> supervisor cohen: all right i believe that brings us to the end of our agenda. i want to thank our friends at san francisco television. thank you for assisting us with the broadcast today. is there any other business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> supervisor cohen: thank you , ladies and gentlemen. we are adjourned.

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>> we are approving as many parks as we can, you have a value garden and not too many can claim that and you have an historic building that has been redone in a beautiful fashion and you have that beautiful outdoor ping-pong table and you have got the art commission involved and if you look at them, and we can particularly the gate as you came in, and that is extraordinary. and so these tiles, i am going to recommend that every park come and look at this park, because i think that the way that you have acknowledged donor iss really first class.

>> it is nice to come and play and we have been driving by for literally a year. >> it is kind of nice. >> all of the people that are here. here. ♪

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we do a lot of the big sexy jobs, the stacked towers, transit center, a lot of the note worthy projects. i'm second generation construction. my dad was in it and for me it just felt right. i was about 16 when i first started drafting home plans for people and working my way through college. in college i became a project engineer on the job, replacing others who were there previously and took over for them. the transit center project is about a million square feet. the entire floor is for commuter buses to come in and drop off, there will be five and a half acre city park accessible to everyone. it has an amputheater and water marsh that will filter it

through to use it for landscaping. bay area council is big here in the area, and they have a gender equity group. i love going to the workshops. it's where i met jessica. >> we hit it off, we were both in the same field and the only two women in the same. >> through that friendship did we discover that our projects are interrelated. >> the projects provide the power from san jose to san francisco and end in the trans bay terminal where amanda was in charge of construction. >> without her project basically i have a fancy bus stop. she has headed up the women's network and i do, too. we have exchanged a lot of ideas on how to get groups to work

together. it's been a good partnership for us. >> women can play leadership role in this field. >> i tell him that the schedule is behind, his work is crappy. he starts dropping f-bombs and i say if you're going to talk to me like that, the meeting is over. so these are the challenges that we face over and over again. the reality, okay, but it is getting better i think. >> it has been great to bond with other women in the field. we lack diversity and so we have to support each other and change the culture a bit so more women see it as a great field that they can succeed in. >> what drew me in, i could use more of my mind than my body to get the work done. >> it's important for women to

network with each other, especially in construction. the percentage of women and men in construction is so different. it's hard to feel a part of something and you feel alone. >> it's fun to play a leadership role in an important project, this is important for the transportation of the entire peninsula. >> to have that person -- of women coming into construction, returning to construction from family leave and creating the network of women that can rely on each other. >> women are the main source of income in your household. show of hands. >> people are very charmed with the idea of the reverse role, that there's a dad at home instead of a mom. you won't have gender equity in the office until it's at home. >> whatever you do, be the best you can be. don't say i can't do it, you can excel and do whatever you want.

just put your mind into it. br >> well, good morning. i am thrilled and excited to welcome you to day one of dream force and kick us off with some exciting events. as many of you know, giving back is at the heart of what we do here at salesforce, and nowhere is it more evident than at dream force. and we couldn't be more excited to get this dream force community involved in giving back to important causes. so now, i'd like to turn it over to salesforce co-c.e.o.

>> well, thank you, he been keb thank you so much for being here. as a fourth generation san franciscan and someone who grew up in this city and who loves this city so dearly, the reason why today like today is -- why a day like today is so important to me is we can take the power of salesforce, the power of all our customers, our community, and all of our trailblazers who are here and give it back to the city in a meaningful way. this dream force is dedicated back to san francisco, and this morning, it started by giving $15 million in donation to our san francisco and oakland public schools. [applause] >> that was exciting to me because now we've given over $50 million to the san francisco and oakland public schools, and we're more than halfway on our

way to our goal of giving $100 million to our public schools. the reason why that is so important is because if you want to participate in all of this amazing energy and activities and part -- this incredible economy that is emerging, you need a strong education. you have to have the background, you have to be able to know what it means to be able to work with this amazing technology. but you're only going to be able to do that if you have strong public schools, and that is why we're recommitting again back to our local public schools and why i'm so excited that vincent kuyler here representing the san francisco and oakland public school district. [applause] and i'm also very excited because for me, we're making further and further gains against our number one issue in our city, homelessness.

we have a phenomenal new mayor, who we're about to hear from, london breed. we all know that homelessness is our number one issue in our city, and we're giving millions more to our homelessness. we've already raised more than $37 million for our homeless families. now we're continuing the fight into homeless individuals, and we know that we need to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to directly address the homeless individuals' problems. it's our number one issue in our city. we're working on making san francisco a stronger city, a stronger city with strong public schools. a strong city by working with our homelessness, a strong he city by cleaning up our city, and we're doing all this together. san francisco is the number one employer in san francisco, so salesforce combined with san francisco can do more together, and that's what we're here. and let's not forget, there is no strong san francisco without

a strong oakland. the metaphor of the bay bridge, that we are connected, that we are all connected, and we are deeply connected to oakland. we will never forget oakland, which is why we're giving this money to the oakland schools, and why our programs extend to oakland, as well, and why i'm so excited that mayor schaaf is here, our phenomenal mayor of oakland. so you look behind me, you look at vince, kayla, you look at mayor breed, mayor schaaf. together we're focused on a stronger bay area. this is why i'm excited today. i'm excited the dream force is happening. i'm honored to be here, and now i'm going to turn it over to mayor breed. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, mark, and thank you to the salesforce team. i am london breed, and i am honored to be mayor of such an

incredible city. welcome to the city and county of san francisco. mark and i both grew up in san francisco, native san franciscans. we know the experiences of the city over the years and how much it's changed. we have a growing economy where we have a 2.4% unemployment rate, but yet, we still see the challenges that exist on our streets. i went to public schools, but so many of my friends who i grew up with, sadly, ended up behind bars, sadly, dropped out of high school, and sadly, lost their life to gun violence. we are going to change what is normal in san francisco because we are going to invest in our kids on the front end. we are going to make sure that the doors of opportunity in the technology field are available to them. that's what this contribution is about, leaving no child behind. many of you know that making sure that our kids get a good education and the companies that are part of san francisco

contribute to pain internship opportunities and -- paid internship opportunities and invest in our kids. mark bennio has helped up to the plate time and time again before i was even mayor saying we're going to create opportunities, invest in our kids, and make sure the doors of opportunity are open for them. so i am really proud to be here today because we are going to change what is normal in san francisco for the future. it starts with the contributions of salesforce, and i challenge other companies here in san francisco to continue to support our school districts both in san francisco and in oakland. thank you also for supporting the challenges that kids face with homelessness. larkin street youth and hamilton have been at the forefront to helping to address this crisis, and we are going to address and end family homelessness by working together. the marin food bank, our

playgrounds and open space, all these investments contribute to a vibrant san francisco. today, it's a new day in san francisco, a new investment, but more importantly, new opportunities of hope for the future. i just want to thank you all so much for being here, and i want to thank my partner across the bridge in oakland, mayor libby schaaf, who is coming to the mic now to talk about the amazing work that she's doing in oakland. mayor schaaf. >> what a good day. it is so exciting to be here on the first day of dream force, and i love the trail blazing theme because we are here with a trail blazing c.e.o. trail blazing to recognize that companies cannot sit on the moral sidelines any longer, that

companies have a responsibility and a need to take positions. trail blazing because mark recognizes that this is an interdependent region, that san francisco does not exist in a bubble, and i am so excited about my fellow native girl mayor, can i just say that? i'm sorry. that regionalism is the new trail blazing order of the day. we have got to work together to solve the problems that we share. homelessness is not a problem that is unique to oakland. housing affordability is not going to be solved in an isolated bubble in san francisco. these are issues that require regional collaboration, and that includes our private sector leaders, as well.

trail blazing. now, i've got to say, i am so grateful that oakland was invited into this fold three years ago, and this third year of investment in the oakland public schools is truly paying off. i also stand before you as an oakland native, an oakland public school graduate, and i'm even an oakland public school parent. and because of salesforce, this year, 1300 students took computer science courses in oakland. [applause] >> and mark, that is double from the year before, which was your first year of investing in computer science education in oakland. and i'm excited to tell you that our kids are loving it.

they are engaged. 76% of those students got an a or a b grade in their computer science class. it's clicking. and we even have a school in deep east oakland, elmhurst, that setup our first coding cafe. that sounds tasty to me, a coding cafe. so it is with so much gratitude, but also a sense of trail blazing hope, that i stand here in partnership with some of my favorite leaders that are committed to a regional approach and that are committed to keeping our promise, investing in better educational outcom mo.

[applause] >> thank you -- thank you, mayor, for that incredible introduction. good morning. it is an honor to be with you all today with mayor breed and mayor schaaf, whose leadership on this issue is critical to our success. mark and ebony, you all are tireless champions. this moment marks an important milestone in our work, and a celebration of a critical partnership. the reality that we have today is that nearly 2,000 kids in san francisco are without homes. they are at risk of an unstable future and a cycle of poverty for their lives. i came to hamilton families because i believe that family homelessness is solvable, and no child experiencing homelessness

in our cities or in our region is acceptable. and this partnership with salesforce.org, with mark and lynn, has shown up and helped to address homelessness across our entire region. i grew up with some housing insecurity as a child, and it was so powerful to me to have my family and community around us as we rallied through that difficult time. this problem is complex, and it necessitates our vigilance, our commitment to innovation and resources so that we can figure out the best strategies to combat this persistent challenge. salesforce.org has been a partner to hamilton families for more than a decade. this is not new, you all, okay? they have shown up and shown out

for this issue. and this manifestation of that partnership is truly a commitment that we get to see not only from mark and lynn personally but the staff at sales force who show up and volunteer at our shelter, who make move in packets and school lunches for our students every single year. we couldn't do this partnership without other organizations across this entire region who tirelessly combat homelessness every single day. i stand here in their honor, shoulder to shoulder. larkin street, i know is here. we could not do this together -- apart, we can only do it together, and we have to do it across sectors. you heard from the speakers before me that it takes everyone doing their part to combat this issue, and we've got to do that. it actually isn't a choice anymore if we want a vibrant region and a few tour that we

know is possible -- future that i know is possible with our young people. it is my pleasure to introduce and be here today with my colleague, ebony freeland. >> thank you for all the speakers for showing up today. now i want to let you know how you can get involved at dream force. you can check out ddfgives. behind us is a kids coding zone where all this week, students from oakland and san francisco unifi unified school districts will be there learning and completing coding classes and challenges, and hamilton families student will be there, as well. and for the first time this year, i'm so excited to announce that we are hosting over 400

young adults from local workforce development programs at something we're calling the future executive summit. and part of the future executive summit, we are encouraging all attendees to participate and help teach and learn -- learn from and impart your skill and wisdom onto these young adults. so thank you, everyone for joining us, and have a great and happy dream force. >> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional

methods of selling fish. but how is it regulated? and what does it take for a boat to be transported into a floating fish market? find out as we hop on board on this episode of "what's next sf." (♪) we're here with the owner and the captain of the vessel pioneer. it's no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because it's doing just that. it's the first boat in san francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. how did you establish your boat into such a floating fish market? >> well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. when you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money. so being able to do this is

really -- it's a big positive thing i think for the entire community. >> a very positive thing. as a third-generation fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age. since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. >> right now we're just selling what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. so we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them. there's the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. and then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. >> joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. >> we had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. >> it's incredible. >> i know, it's hard to imagine. >> but this wasn't always the

case for joe. >> the markets that we have left in california, they're few and far between, and they really are restrictive. they'll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. a lot of times it's rough weather and if you can't make your delivery you will lose your rotation. that's why there's hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. my boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i couldn't do anything with it because we had no market. the ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldn't take them off your boat. >> that was until the port commission of san francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a pilot program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. >> the purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall fishing community at the port of san francisco.

we have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on taylor street and jefferson street. so this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. it's to basically to lift up the whole industry together. >> and if joe the program has been doing just that. >> it was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver, my first receivers license in the mail. and that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to ppetition the city council and getting permission from san francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point. because we really didn't think or know that we'd get such a

positive response from the public. and so we're getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so that's pretty cool. they like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. and when they come down here the one thing that they say is that they're so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and it's still fresh all week in the refrigerator. so that's really cool. >> the fish is very fresh and the price is super. i don't think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. i can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. i just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. >> this program supports the

strategic plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. because it's helping the fishermen to make ends meet. they have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. >> how does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did? >> when i was a kid and i used to work in my dad's fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third and fourth generation markets. so i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l.a. so it's kind of cool that we're still dealing with the same families. and this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. >> one of the advantages of this program is the department people

that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. the feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have very good. and there's a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. in fact, there's people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at what's happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. so it's generated some conversation down at the wharf and that's a good thing. >> as you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the pilot program has been a huge success. for more information visit sfsport.com. (♪) (♪) (♪)

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