know, too many opinions. so i would power down more, would be my advice and good luck. thank you. >> clerk: thank you so much, sir. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors, chris schulman. i would like to thank supervisor fewer for bringing this forward and the co-sponsors. when it was a proposal for a commission and the new regulatory agency, we had some hesitation and, frankly, some opposition, but we recognized that there was a need for oversight and public input and input from the agencies and we would like to thank the supervisor for bringing this forward in its current form. we're very supportive and we're looking forward to participating and making sure that it's a success. thank you so much. and we're going to look forward to seeing this through. thank you.

>> clerk: great, any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor fewer? >> if i may address some of the public comments. so this position will not be paid for by this, and we are paying it through the general fund. i know that was a big concern. and also there's a seat for a cannabis patient and the seat is described as "a person who has been a medical cannabis patient or a medical cannabis consumer for at least five years with an extensive history advocating for medical cannabis patients or involvement in the implementing and running a cannabis compassion use program in comcomplaint with the act of 1996." and we have another comment that i heard was -- i wrote it down -- we did add an equity applicant there. we are open actually to adding

seats if we find that we're missing expertise at the table. and then it is not going to be housing d.p.h. i think that we just heard earlier before the public comment that this will be housed in the city administrator's office. and that we actually -- i would like to ask our city attorney about the san francisco residency requirement because it is my understanding that under article 5 that it's required that they are san francisco residences until it is waiver is granted by the board. >> deputy city attorney. that's right, under the charter the default rule is that all -- all members of the advisory bodies must be san francisco residents and registered voters unless the appointing authority, the board in this case, waives that requirement for an individual or the ordinance itself. this ordinance says that you

don't have to be a san francisco resident. but right now the rule is that you must be a resident unless the board waives. >> thank you, mr. gibnor. and every person on this committee will be a san francisco resident as per required by article 5, unless waived by the board. and so i want to thank everyone for coming today and giving us your comments and i think that we first thought about having a commission and you're right, we got a lot of pushback on it. so we heard from the community and we think that this oversight committee is so needed now. i will not say that this might be needed in five years but right now when we are rolling out a program and i think that the supervisor knows that when we wrote this ordinance that we were both on the rules committee together and a lot of ideas came forward and a lot of thought. and, quite frankly, that we did not have the expertise on the

board. but we made that legislation and that ordinance anyway and created it. but now we really want to hear on the ground, is it working? does it need amendment? how should we amend it? how should we meet the needs of our equity applicants? , quite frankly, that the board of supervisors 100% agreed on with an equity program. i have received letters from the san francisco equity group that gives us many suggestions and i'm glad that we have representation from them on the board and we will have a representation on this committee. i would encourage people to apply. we will send notices out and once this is passed i would hope to have this in place by january 1st. and so i am encouraging people to apply or your networks to apply also because we're looking for people to actively serve on this committee. the commitment is five meetings a year. i would like to leave it at nine

members because i think that there has been an issue with quorum. i'm open up to any questions that my colleagues may have. >> i have no -- i asked questions and i have supervisor stefani, do you have any questions? >> i think that as you said, supervisors, i think that it's important to more formalize this oversight committee as we're moving forward and there's still a lot of unanswered questions. i think that i in particular receive a lot of inquiries, concerns, and feedback from equity applicants and those in the equity world, also patient advocates in the patient world. so having a more formalized body as well as those that we're working on a piece of legislation right now. as you know that deals with

stabilizing and coordinating the workforce that we call "city grow" and working with organized labor. to have those seats represented here is really important. so i think that the time is right. so we appreciate it. i wouldn't necessarily restrict where the funding comes from. because, i mean, there will be new revenue generators at some point that will go to the general fund. i understand that the industry is feeling squeezed by fees and so on. so we'll definitely have to work that out moving forward based on if there's any additional revenue. but other than that i don't have any other comment. >> great. did you want to make a motion? >> i would like to make a motion to move it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> vote on the amendments first? >> yes, we have to vote on the amendments and for clarity, are you accepting of deputy city attorney -- >> yes, i am. >> to strike the second part -- so the committee will not have the ability to fire or hire in

the office of cannabis, period? >> i'm fine with that. >> so all of the amendments, can we accept those without objection? so moved. great. and then on the final piece of legislation. can we send that to the full board with positive recommendation without objection? so moved. great. >> thank you very much, colleagues. thank you, everyone. >> thank you so much. okay. what item are we on? >> clerk: item 5. >> can we -- hold on a second. can we just do -- hold on one second.

can we do item 7 first please. are the folks here for item 7? >> clerk: item 7 to appoint two members, term ending march 1, 2021, to the in home supportive services public authority. >> hi. >> item number 7? >> yes. i'm the executive assistant at the public authority. >> you want to say a few word? >> so, unfortunately, tessie was unable to appear today and i'm working to reschedule her hearing. but i am here today to speak on behalf of kenzie robey and he was unable to attend because he has a very serious medical condition and he's recovering from surgery. we have a letter of recommendation. >> you can keep that for a minute that would be great. >> absolutely. so i'm here on behalf of the san francisco public authority to state that we support the

appointment of kenzi robi. he's committed to improving the lives of low-income older adults and people with disabilities. and as a long-time wheelchair user himself he understands the challenges that many adults with disabilities face. he has worked with the public mentorship team in helping residents to transition so we feel that he's very important to our p.a. governing body. >> great. and i understand too that due to a noticing error that it cannot be heard today. that's the second person. so for that purpose we won't -- we won't make a decision on seat number eight today. okay, great. any questions from the committee? okay. seeing none, can we have public comment on item number 7? public comment is one minute.

>> wow, you have knocked it down to one minute. when i came to city hall it was three minutes and then after we came, you knocked it down to two minutes. after a while you will knock it down to 30 seconds and get up here and say hi and goodbye. i think that is really unfair. but let me speak on this issue in this one minute. all of these appointees, whomever, i don't care what administration it is, i think that these appointees when they affect the homeless people there should be a vetting system that they and before the homeless and find out what they're about. whatever this is about. so 30 seconds, i'm not going to break my brains on trying to make a comment. all i'm going to say right now is that my name is ace and i'm on the case, and the case means community, assistance, service, enterprise. i think that is what is needed, community reform. because these procedures here are very unfair to the homeless and everybody else. here i'm a well-abled body coming up here and talking but i

am a victim, and i think that it's really unfair. you don't see no homeless people and nobody coming up here for community reform. >> any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? public comment is closed. so just for clarity, this is in-home supportive services, okay. did you want to say one last thing? >> no. >> okay, great. thank you very much, i appreciate you coming to speak on kenzi's behalf. any other questions? so can we entertain a motion to accept of kenzi robi to the public authority and continue seat eight to the call of the chair? great. we can do that without objection. okay. hold on one second. can you call item number 6. >> clerk: a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending march 19, 2021 to

the child care planning and advisory council. there are two seats and two applicants. >> great. so first person that we're going to see here and hear from is ester. are you here? easter, sorry. easter calvit. >> yes. >> you have three minutes left. >> i am easter calvit and i'm the program director for headstart within san francisco. and i have been working in the area of early care and education for over 13 years. and i had a headstart agency, and for the last 3 1/2 years in san francisco i have been attending the meetings continuously since i have been working in san francisco. and i oversee eight headstart

agencies within san francisco fowrks of them within the chinatown area. -- four of them being within the chinatown area. so i'm looking forward to this appointment if you see that i can serve in this capacity. thank you. >> thank you so much. i'm sorry for mispronouncing your name. >> that's okay. >> it happens to me all the time. [laughter]. >> it's okay, thank you. >> and i just note for the record that mr. graham dobson is unable to be here. he is an employee of the office of the early childhood education but sent an email to the committee to tell me that he was unable to attend but he was looking forward to reappointment. any other -- okay, can we do public comment? any members of the public that wish to comment on this item come forward? seeing none, public comment is closed. any comments or questions from the committee? okay, great.

so i'm going to make a motion to accept the residency waiver and nomination of easter calvit for seat three and the reappointment of graham dobson on seat 12 of the child care planning and advisory council. can we do that without objection? thank you, so moved. >> clerk: to confirm miss calvit, a written waiver requirement has been provided and you are recommending -- also recommending graham dobson to seat 12? >> yes, that's what i said. >> clerk: thank you. >> great. all right. so let's do go back to item number 5. >> clerk: item number 5 is a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending february 23, 2020, to the citizens' committee on community development. we have two seats and four applicants. >> great, thank you, and we'll start with graciela hernandez.

each applicant has three minutes to speak. thank you. >> thank you. and you pronounced graciela very well, thank you. good morning, thank you for giving me the opportunity to come before you and for considering me for the application of citizen -- on citizens committee on community development. i was born and raised in the bay area and i have been a resident of san francisco for the past five years. and i currently live in district 7. i would be honored to serve on the committee to advance the needs and the concerns of low-income community members in the city as i know firsthand the challenges of low-income families as a daughter of immigrant family who moved here with low social and economic resources. i believe that both my professional and personal experiences have helped me tow represent the needs of diverse community members in san francisco. i have dedicated my professional career for the past 13 years to develop and to implement programs that increase educational, work development in business opportunities for low-income communities and

diverse communities. and i worked for the office of economic as a analyst and a program officer for the office of -- i'm sorry, for the tech initiative. to increase the access of technology training and employment to local san francisco residents who were unemployed. in this role i helped to implement technology training that was provided at multiple organizations, including ccsf, the bay area, and bay view hunter for the arts and technology. with my support the program successfully met all outcomes and we were able to place over 300 san francisco residents into employment within a period of two years. and for the past couple years i have also been volunteering for not-for-profit agencies as a tenderloin mission district, including ccsf, mission economic development agency, meta, and the vietnamese youth development

center in the tenderloin. i work as a principal analyst at bart. and i work with the advocacy department and i represent bart on transit regional transportation planning committees. i have seen an influx of former san francisco residents who are moving east and north because they are no longer able to live and to work in san francisco. i recently even heard colleagues who were conducting a survey on first morning riders at the station who were conducting surveys and the riders said that coming -- the first riders in the morning were coming to work in san francisco because they have moved away and they have to get to the station around 4:00 in the morning to be able to get to work here. and i believe that the community members like them should have adequate and equitable access to affordable housing, community and economic development, and rental assistance and supportive housing programs.

because these programs create a bridge for low-income communities to benefit from the growth of our city. these community members are, in fact, the backbone of our city and our everyday society. for this reason i would be honored to serve on the committee. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. and now let's hear from our second applicant miss marilyn murrillo here? she is not. okay. third applicant is azalea renfeld. >> said it correctly. hi, thank you so much for -- i'm sorry? >> no, go ahead. >> thank you for having me. i would like to express my interest in serving on the committee. i was born and raised here in san francisco and i currently live in the sunset district and i have seen my share of displacement and i would like to be able to give back. a little bit about my background... i have been working in housing for a long time. i started on the san francisco human rights commission as the

equity advisory committee for two years. and i have worked for cal works for 2 1/2 years, helping specifically in the area of housing. i have served on different housing boards, the san francisco rent board, helping with rent control ordinance because i worked for palo alto currently on the program. and i have served on the housing advocates in northern california, affirming fair housing. and a couple of private organizations as relate to development. my hope is that i would like to be able to mobilize the communities in a way that makes sense, in a way that finds the common story. so that we could figure out new ways to actually translate that to tangible achievable and measurable outcomes. and it would be such an honor to do this in this capacity and to really give back. and i really wanted to say that when we try to figure out ways to find the story that we all share, that is where the

community development really begins. for example, the fact that supervisor yee and i, we both went to hubert hub ard middle school. and supervisor steafa nirch, we both attended the school of law. and supervisors safai and we both have a passion and a love for helping families and children. and supervisor fewer, i didn't know that you would be here, the fact that we both went to city college in san francisco and golden gate university. that's the part that engages people because we're now both focused and we want to give back and that's a good basis to start to develop in the community. so it would be my honor and pleasure to give back to this wonderful city and to do great things. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. all right. and now let's hear from our fourth applicant, maurice robinson. not here? okay. any questions for the

applicants? supervisors? that said, i think that a lot of times that showing up is 80% of the job, but even on top of that both of you had a wonderful presentations and i think that your background and skills and passions having been former deputy director of the office of community development and working with the citizens' advisory committee over years, i think that you guys -- both of you -- would make wonderful contributions to this committee. so thank you for coming here today. any members of the public wish to comment on this item, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. all right. let's see. we... i guess that i'll make a motion to accept the nominations of graciela hernandez to serve on seat three and azalea reffeld

to serve on seat 3 and 4. congratulations, ladies. without objection. call item 8. >> clerk: a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending april 10, 2019 and one member, term ending march 11, 2020, to the graffiti advisory board. >> great. is mike petricca -- >> petricca. >> okay, great. please proceed. you have three minutes or less. >> i won't take up all of your time. you have my application and i'm replacing rebecca delgado who served on the graffiti board and did a great job and supported them. she retired and so for the last few weeks i have been working with the graffiti board and we currently are doing some public service announcements for the

graffiti board. we will have that ready for the huddle on the 17th of this month. but i'm real excited about replacing rebecca and i hope that i can do as good a job as she did. and i look forward to having more students involved in helping the city with graffiti abatement. thank you. >> real quick, what do you currently do? >> i'm the vice president of campus safety at the academy of art. >> you work there? >> i do. >> is this an academy of art seat? >> i believe so. >> seat 16, employee or office of a private school or an art school that operates in san francisco. okay. great. any questions from the committee? okay. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> let's hear from our second applicant, is miss margeaux casillas here?

uh-oh. and i know that our third applicant for seat number 8 gregory dillon, is unable to attend today. today's hearing, and so the request of the graffiti advisory staff -- ma'am, are you with the graffiti advisory staff? okay. got it. i just wanted to make sure. so we'll hear from seat number 18 at a later date and it looks like we'll have to hear seat number 17 at a later date as well. okay. i don't have any questions. i would just say comment-wise that having been a former employee of the department of public works and also someone in our new capacity as supervisors, all of us have a significant amount of complaints about graffiti and trash and the overall cleanliness of the city so this is an important advisory body. i appreciate the fact that you're taking time to be involved in that and we take this seriously and i take graffiti and these issues very

seriously. so the fact that you have shown up here today and have you attended any of the advisory committee -- in the past, mr. -- >> yes, i have worked with them for the last couple months while i have waited to get before the commission. and like i said we have been helping them with getting our students to do some public service announcements and hopefully we're asking the mayor to be part of those announcements that the school is putting together for the graffiti board. the academy of art. >> at their cost? >> yes. >> great. all right. so no other questions? would you like to make a motion supervisors? oh, public comment on this item, seeing none, public comment is closed. okay. go ahead. yes? i'll just make a motion. motion to accept the appointment in residency waiver of mr. mike petricca to seat 16 and to continue seat 17 and 18 to the

call of the chair. can we do that without objection? without objection, thank you. any other items before us today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda for today. >> we are adjourned. thank you.

>> san francisco fleet week, starting in 2010, began on a mission of taking advantage of the assets that come up during fleet week for the celebrations to partner up with city of san francisco and practice emergency response preparation programs, and it's a very sophisticated program. it's been going on since 2010 with some great results. san francisco, during the time that i've been working on fleet week in 2010 has been very lucky to have mayors that are really tuned into the needs of the community and the needs of the first responders professionals. and mayor lee was especially good with that, and we're not

missing a beat with mayor london breed, and i'm so happy to have her here, and she's going to talk about fleet week, and welcome, everybody. mayor breed? [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you. it is so great to be here to kick off fleet week in the city and county of san francisco. and i'd like to welcome all the men and women who serve our country in the navy, in the coast guard, in the air force. it means a lot to have you here and to welcome you here to san francisco. this week, i truly look forward to seeing the blue angels. this is a time honored tradition in the city and county of san francisco, and i've got to tell you, i went to galileo high school, and so sometimes we would be really late to class waiting for the blue angels to fly over our high school and the football field.

people look forward to this time of year every single year. people come from not just all over the bay area, they come from all over the united states just to see the parade of ships, to see the blue angels, to show appreciation to the people who serve our country time and time again. we know that former mayor dianne feinstein and current u.s. senator started this tradition in san francisco many, many years ago. and so we in san francisco have taken the opportunity to take advantage of the fact that you are all here, and we know that disaster can strike at any given time, and so it is important that we use this as also an opportunity to get prepared for any emergency. san francisco is earthquake country, but an emergency, a situation can happen at any given time. in fact, we are right now pushing to rebuild our seawall

so that we can be prepared for when the next earthquake comes to protect or city. and so with that, we are putting out a call to people in san francisco to make sure that we are prepared, to make sure that we are looking out for one another, and preparing at least three days of supplies just in case. and also, an important thing is to get to know your neighbors because we have a lot of seniors who live in our community, people who are disabled, and we are going to be counting on one another in order to basically get the job done. the final thing i want to just talk about is basically how the -- i know that the director of the department of emergency management will be going into specifics about what we can do, but this is a great day for san francisco, an incredible opportunity for us to come

together, an incredible opportunity for all of you visiting san francisco for the first time to enjoy our city. we have some of the most amazing food anywhere. you can't go wrong with any restaurant here in the city and county of san francisco. i'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the men and women of our fire department, the police department, sheriff's department, all of our public safety officials who work hard on the ground in san francisco every day to keep us safe. you all are amazing people because you have chosen the career of public service in order to do what is best, not just for the city and county of san francisco but for our entire country, and we honor you today, and we welcome you to san francisco. thank you all so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. as i had mentioned earlier, san

francisco department of emergency management is a very close partner to san francisco fleet week association, and fleet week, it's called fleet week, but really, all year-round, the men and women at the department of emergency management are working with their counterparts at the navy, at fema, the state office of emergency services to plan for the next fleet week, and they're going through tabletop exercises and emergencying what scenario needs to rehearsed next and start working on that. and we have the executive director of the san francisco department of emergency management, mary ellen carroll here. mary ellen? [applause] >> good morning. welcome to san francisco. we're so happy and proud to have you here during fleet week. i was so fortunate yesterday to have the opportunity to sail in

with many of the service men and women from the navy and the marines. it was an absolutely perfect -- picture perfect day in san francisco. so proud, and we hope everyone has a wonderful week while you're here. this is -- we learned yesterday, and as we'll see all week, there are so many incredible capabilities that our service men and women and organizations bring to san francisco that we will need in the event of a catastrophic earthquake or other emergency. and it is so important we are talking, practicing, getting to know each other, working out the lod logistics out here. this is not something that's easily doable in a moment without having practiced. i'm thrilled to be able to lean in this week during fleet week, and i want to talk a little bit about the folks that execute it

from my team. so emergency management is thinking through and handling the details of a very complicated situation, whatever that might be. the field draws many talented and committed people, and these people are dedicated to public service and really helping people when they are at their moment of greatest need. it is also a field that is becoming more and more diversefied which i think is great. today's exercise and much of the exercises this week are led by three women. so jill raycroft, diana bartrum, and artie mood are the three women that led the exercise today. [applause] >> and of course, they were supported by many men and women around logistics, planning, and

public -- if you belie public affairs. so i want to thank everybody who's here today, and particularly, the exercise team which is not just emergency management but includes representatives from the departments across the city, and we thank you for your meaningful contributions to the safety, security and resilience of san francisco. thank you, and have a great week. [applaus [applause] >> okay. our next speaker, i met him in 2010, my first fleet week. he was the executive officer of the u.s.s. macon island. to prove if you go to fleet week, you get promotions. he's now the commander of expeditionary strike group

three, admiral cedric pringle. >> good morning. well, this is very much like a home coming for me. i actually did my first san francisco fleet week back in 1988 as a young ensign, so being back in this capacity, being in charge of the navy's largest strike group is a blessing. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i'm rear admiral cedric pringle. on behalf of commander john alexander, u.s. third fleet, i extend my warmest welcome to you. for 37 years, the city of san francisco has hosted this celebration of the sea services so showcase our people, ships and equipments. i'm grateful for the unmatched display of hospitality, friendship and support that you show to sea services every single day.

this week, the navy is represented by the crews of the u.s.s. manchester, which is en route. we also have my staff, the staff of expeditionary strike group three and our naval support elements. united states marine corps are represented by the marines of u.s. logistics group three. we are working closely with the u.s. coast guard as well as the army corps of engineers. lastly, our crews up north are represented by the canadian cutter h.m.c. vancouver. we appreciate this opportunity to demonstrate our abilities between the sea services community and the local and state first responders. yesterday, i had the opportunity to host some of the first responders on my ship.

when we transited into port, and it was great. i had joanne hayes-white on board, peter marsh from the san francisco police department. i had the chief of the deputy, ken ferrigno on board, and we had a great time. it was not only a great opportunity for me to show off the navy's first responders, because that's essentially what we are. our ships with always ready to go. i always have a ship on hand ready to respond to any type of catastrophic years of service. in my 37 years of service, i think god has got my back because i've survived hurricane

operations to being in haiti as a joint task force commander, so i think he's trying to teach me something. i just don't know exactly what it is, but i will tell you that the san francisco senior leadership seminar and where this fleet week is in preparing for the disaster response is light years beyond just about any other city, any other community, for being able to work through the interoperablity, being able to work through the commander control challenges and logistics challenges. we're certainly the model that a lot of other cities will follow. so thank you. certainly looking forward to sharing this week with you, as you see our sailors and marines that are walking the streets of san francisco, please make sure that you give them a smile and say thank you, and i toell you, they will certainly do the same, as well. so thank you, and may god bless

you. [applause] >> thank you, admiral pringle. our next speaker represents the local military for san francisco, the san francisco bay. his first fleet week, i believe, is rear admiral peter gotier, u.s. coast guard district 11. admiral? [applause] >> well, good morning, everyone. it is an absolute thrill for the coast guard to be participating in the fleet week activities again this year. you know, actually, this is also a home coming for me, as well. i was stationed here as a much more junior officer in the 1990's as the chief of port operations for safety avenues marines san francisco bay. i really enjoyed the hospitalities of fleet week back then as we are going to this week. mayor breed, thank you for

hosting this wonderful event here in san francisco. it's really a fantastic opportunity to strengthen the ties between the san francisco bay community and the sea services that serve this community: the navy, the marine corps, the u.s. coast guard and our international partners. and for the coast guard, we really are members of the community here. their over 4,000 coast guard men and women who live and serve in the greater san francisco bay community. as members of a branch of the u.s. military, as a humanitaran service that responds to disasters not only here in california but nationwide. we are an environmental agency that protects the environment by preventing and responding to oil spills and hazardous materials incidents on our pristine waters. we ensure the economic security

of this region by making sure that our port facilities and the ships that call on them every day are safe and secure, that our water ways are well marked, and that our water ways allow for the free transport of shipping in and out of the bay area and across california. and we're a law enforcement agency that does everything from keeping private boaters safe on a day-to-day basis to interdicting drugs off the shores of the u.s. we're also the members of this kmupt. we're volunteers, we participate in the same organizations that you do. we have kmirn that go to the same schools and the -- children that go to the same schools and the same child care centers that you do, and together, we work to make sure our communities are better every single day.

the coast guard is really going to benefit from that, as we do every single year. we want to make sure that we sharpen our skills, that we increase our proficiency, that we make sure we're prepared more than ever to respond to a disaster here in the san francisco bay area, but most of all we want to strengthen our relationships with the public safety community, with the other agencies, federal state, and local agencies with the government, nongovernmental organizations, and the volunteers and everyone, so that we can make sure that we're more ready than ever if something and when something happens here to be able to serve the people of san francisco. the coast guard is going to be very busy out on the water to make sure that people have fun, that you enjoy the pleasure boating, the blue angels air show, the parade of ships and the other activities that are going to be here. together with our other public safety organizations in the

maritime, we want to make sure that you're safe. we ask that everybody wear your life jackets, there are a few areas that are going to be closed to boating activity. again, also, if you see coasties and other military members walking on the streets and visiting the restaurants and enjoying themselves, it's a great opportunity for this community to meet them and get to know them a little bit better. thanks for your hospitality in advance, and we really appreciate being part of this event. [applause] >> i'm really pleased that the next speaker is here today. for those of you that have gone down to the waterfront and toured the ships over the last few years, you'll always see

there is a canadian ship -- royal canadian navy ship in port, open for tours. it's my pleasure to introduce a very good friend of the city, consul general ronna sacor. >> thank you very much. it's a tremendous pleasure to be here on behalf of canada. this is my second fleet week, and one of the most extraordinary things that you get as having the great pleasure to be here as the consul general is to see the community come together in the way that they do, in the size and scale and the impressiveness. for us, it's an absolute pleasure to be here, not just to be part of the kick off, but also part of all of the

festivities. as your neighbor to the north and the only foreign country that is able to participate in fleet week, canada has a unique role in this, and it underscores. canada and the u.s. enjoy incredible defense relationship, serving shoulder to shoulder and did he fending our values and freedoms -- defending our values and freedoms. as you know, just yesterday, last night, in fact, one of my other sort of roles for the government of canada is i serve on the nafta advisory committee, and we've now concluded

negotiations. we are, by far, one of the greatest economic partnerships in the world, so that gets to continue. but if i can draw one further attention to an announcement this year, is that this is the 60th anniversary of norad, which is the north american aerospace defenses and command, which is an arrangement that the presidents and prime ministers speaks. as prime minister trudeau said recently, norad reminds us all

to thank the men and women in uniform who work together to protect the safety and security of both countries. canada's participation in fleet week reflects our relationship as a whole. we are deeply integrated in the nature of our defense alliance, and more fundamentally, the spoord partnership and friendship that our alliance represents. with this in mind, canada's proud once again to participate in fleet week with the hmcs vancouver to showcase the enduring bonds of friendship. thank you very much. [applause] >> okay. thank you. thank you to all of our speakers. i can't let us go without acknowledging the gentleman who got me into fleet week, and it was the vision behind fleet week and what we have today, and he's sitting in the front row, the chairman of the san francisco

freet week association, retired -- fleet week association, retired major general mike maya. mike thank you for all you've done. and elaine, thank you for hosting all of this today. mayor breed, thank you for coming out. we'll be around to answer questions if anybody has, but otherwise, this press conference is over. thank you very much. . >> my name is dave, and i play defense. >> my name is mustafa, and i am

a midfielder, but right now, i am trying to play as a goalkeeper, because they need a goalkeeper. >> soccer u.s.a. is a nonprofessional organization. we use sports, soccer in particular to engage communities that can benefit from quality programs in order to lift people up, helping to regain a sense of control in one's life. >> the san francisco recreation and park department and street soccer u.s.a. have been partners now for nearly a decade. street soccer shares our mission in using sport as a vehicle for youth development and for reaching people of all ages. rec and park has a team. >> i'm been playing soccer all my life. soccer is my life. >> i played in the streets when

i was a kid. and i loved soccer back home. i joined street soccer here. it was the best club to join. it helps me out. >> the tenderloin soccer club started in the summer of 2016. we put one of our mini soccer pitches in one of our facilities there. the kids who kpriez the club team came out to utilize that space, and it was beautiful because they used it as an opportunity to express themselves in a place where they were free to do so, and it was a safe space, in a neighborhood that really isn't the most hospitalable to youth -- hospitable to youth playing in the streets. >> one day, i saw the coach and my friends because they went there to join the team before me. so i went up to the coach and asked, and they said oh, i've

got a soccer team, and i joined, and they said yeah, it was he for everybody, and i joined, and it was the best experience ever. >> a lot of our programs, the kids are in the process of achieving citizenship. it's a pretty lengthy process. >> here, i am the only one with my dad. we were in the housing program, and we are trying to find housing. my sister, she's in my country, so i realize that i have a lot of opportunities here for getting good education to help her, you know? yeah. that's the -- one of the most important things that challenge me. >> my dad was over here, making some money because there was not a lot of jobs back home. i came here, finish elementary in san francisco.

after that, i used to go back to my country, go to yemen, my country, and then back here. last time i went back was a couple years ago. >> i came here six months, i know nobody. now i have the team has a family, the coaches. amazing. >> i'm hoping for lifelong friendships, and i'm super inspired by what they've been able to achieve and want to continue to grow alongside them. >> i love my family, i love my team. they're just like a family. it's really nice. >> street soccer just received a five year grant from the department of children, youth and family, and this is an important inreflection point for street soccer u.s.a. because their work in our most important communities is now known beyond just san francisco recreation and park department, and together, we're going to

continue to work with our city's most vulnerable kids and teach them to love the beautiful game. >> i want to tell everybody back home, i hope you all make it over here and join teams like this like street soccer u.s.a., and live your life. get a better life. >> right away, just be patient, and then, everything will be okay. in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that

cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community.

>> good afternoon, everybody. the commissioner will please come to order and the secretary will call the roll. >> commissioner bernal. >> present. >> commissioner sanchez. >> present. >> commissioner greene. >> commissioners please note i put a revised agenda on your desk. it has the consent calendar. the second item is the approval of the meeting of september 18. >> so let's take each one up separately. a motion for the minutes of september 6 is in order and that was the joint meeting of the planning commission and the health