>> good morning, everybody. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september 26th, 2018 regular meeting of the public safety and neighbourhood services committee. i am chair of the committee. to my right, will be vice chair, supervisor and ronen we have

supervisor peskin. i would like to thank jesse larson and helena mendoza for staffing this meeting. mr clerk, do you have any announcements. >> thank you. please ensure you have silenced your electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be completed as part of the files to be committed -- given to the clerk. >> chair mandelman: great. mr clerk, please call the first item. >> agenda item number 1 is a hearing to consider the promise to premise transfer of a nonsale general public liquor licenses doing business at a pub located at 1706 post street. it will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and county. >> chair mandelman: great. i don't believe we have a

representative from the sfpd here but we do have the recommendation for approval. >> hold on but we do have the police department's recommendation for approval with conditions and we also have the applicant. go ahead. >> thank you. mr chair, supervisors, i'm here today -- >> chair mandelman: please state your name. >> my name is mark and i'm here with my client who is the owner of the pub at 1706 post street. this is an interesting situation where my client purchased at this establishment it has been in operation under the previous owner for seven years, and before that another owner but it was a karaoke lounge and sport bar. towards the end of his transfer at the abc, they came in to do a final inspection and found there

was a mezzanine that was not on their plot map. in situations like that, has to go back to planning and it has to go to what is called a premise to premise transfer. so premise one is the downstairs premise and premise two is a downstairs. in order to do that we need public convenience and necessity determination. so this has been a community serving establishment. it is very small. with increase in the mezzanine, it adds about 20% of the square footage. and there has been no noise complaints, no police issues for the last seven years. he is a great operator. we would like to request that this be granted and scent off to the full board. >> chair mandelman: thank you. did you want to say anything cleo k. are there any members of the public -- are there any questions firstly thank you. you can sit back down. are there any members of the public would like to speak on

this item? seeing none, i will close public comment. colleagues, the items before us. >> supervisor ronen: i'm happy to make a motion to prepare a resolution finding that this license needs -- >> chair mandelman: public convenience on necessity? and without objection, we can approve that motion. do you want us to separately vote on that? ok. do you want to make a motion to approve that resolution? >> supervisor ronen: make a resolution -- make a motion for a resolution. >> chair mandelman: great. ok. >> thank you. >> supervisor ronen: you're welcome. >> chair mandelman: congratulations. mr clerk, can you call the next item? >> clerk: five agenda item number 2 is an ordinance to authorize a chief of police to

provide signed verification a preapplication meetings for neighbourhood restrictive liquor licenses spee what i think this is yours. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. thank you for hearing this today this legislation speaks to -- seeks to streamline the application approval process for type 87 liquor licenses. this new liquor license was created in 2016 their state legislation and is available to establishments only in commercial corridors that have been identified as needing activation and investment by the city. this new neighbourhood license significantly is more affordable than liquor licenses in the current private market which can reach up to a quarter of a million dollars. neighborhood are on the list of eligible areas in the city where you can apply for the license. given the high cost of reds and the threat of displacement, we need to do everything in our power to support small businesses in these particular

neighbourhoods. this is rather simple. the amendment assigns the police department as the jurisdiction to provide verification at the outreach plan and neighborhood engagement rather than the board of supervisors and streamlines the application process. this way the applicant will need to come to the board of supervisors once instead of twice. making the entire process quicker, easier, faster. >> chair mandelman: great. i believe we may have someone from workforce development here. come on up. >> hello. i'm from the office of economic and workforce development. these race -- these licenses are raised last year and we were very successful. we had 19 applicants apply for the five licenses. they were issued to the dark course and existing businesses in the excelsior. to a newly opened businesses in the bayview received them.

this hearing is something that other applicants do not have to do and is only required of these type 87 liquor licenses and it is designed as an opportunity to meet with the community in the development of the business plan to ensure it is responsive to the community. we believe that this will streamline and so we are hopeful that you will approve. you should also have a letter from the police department agreeing with us. >> chair mandelman: great. thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the item is before us. >> supervisor ronen: i will make a motion to move this with positive recommendation. >> chair mandelman: great. we can take that without objection. fantastic. >> thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. mr clerk, i think that since supervisor safai is expected to

come later we will call item four before item three. >> clerk: it is an ordinance to erect a statue of my angelou at the main library. stating a city policy that 30% of nonfictional figures -- public building names and street names be women. amending big ministries of code to create a fund to accept gifts to pay for the design, construction,, repair, maintenance and improvement to public art on city property and affirming the appropriate findings. >> chair mandelman: thank you for calling that item. i note that not only are we missing one supervisor but we are also missing supervisor stephanie. we should probably recess for ten minutes. any suggestions about how long we should recess for? >> i would just hold the hearing

>> chair mandelman: i think we should recess for 15 minutes to give supervisors a chance to get here but we will start in 15 minutes. five minutes. we will race rice us for five minutes. supervisors, >> chair mandelman: we will reconvene. supervisor sc14 is here. do you want to talk about your item? >> supervisor stefani: thank you. thank you for the opportunity to speak on this item today. in san francisco and across the nation, we lack representation of women on boards and commissions in leadership positions and in public spaces. this legislation will lead the city and the public to recognize a great accomplishments of women throughout history. the people living in san francisco now and future generations must to see the accomplishments of great women alongside the accomplishments of great men your children, both boys and girls, should see

themselves in history and in our public works of art and the one way to remember this history. the maya angelou statue is the first step to accomplishing full representation of women in our city. the statute is just the first step. this legislation also establishes a goal of 30% female representation in the public realm by 2020 and i am hoping we can get to 50%. when we seep streets and public buildings and works of art will finally see the women who have impacted our world. researcher just 30% is in proportion with critical mass is reached in a group setting. the voices of the minority group become heard rather than simply representing the minority. this legislation establishes a public-private fund for the design and maintenance of statues depicting historically significant women including maya angelou. after discussion with the arts commission on the department -- department on the status of women, we have proposed amendments and they have been handing out doors handed out to you. on page 1, lines one and three,

we are changing the word from statue, to the general term of work of art. on page 3, section three, changing the word of statue to more general terms of work of art to. and page 3, section 15 clarifies the maya angelou work of art will be a significant figurative representation of the poet. page 4, clarifies the categories and city departments which we will be tracking to hit our goal of 30% nonfictional representation by 2020. on page 4 and 5, it updates the department reporting dates. this legislation is groundbreaking, not just for san francisco before the united states. this legislation gives an opportunity to provide proper representation for women and the public realm and i want to thank my cosponsors, supervisor ronan and cohen, tang, kim, supervisor brown and also to marco kelly who really spearheaded this under supervisor farrell. i also want to thank the arts

commission, the library commission on the department on the status of women. thank you for hearing this item and i would love to take questions if i -- if you have any. and we have elizabeth newman from the department on the status of women to answer any questions. >> chair mandelman: thank you. did you want to make a presentation on this? ok. >> good morning. thank you so much for bringing this item forward. i was in the department of the status of women and we are glad to be here in support of this legislation. i want to remark that our commission did vote to support this legislation when it was initially before this committee back in january. we are also very encouraged by the provision that was -- that would monitor the representation of women. this is an important effort to rectify the underrepresentation of women's contribution to society.

and to encourage women possess leadership in the future. this is really important because art that recognizes historical people, very often is recognizing white men. and one of our important roles and this will be to monitor the representation of women. it is something that has been required by the department through the groundbreaking convention on the elimination of discrimination against women that san francisco past 20 years ago. we are encouraged by the fact that tracking the appointments of women to commissions and boards has resulted in women being equally represented and appointed positions. however, we have also found that in particular, asian and latino women and men are underrepresented. i do have copies of the most recent report for you to review if you should like to. we just want to make sure that we recognize and thank supervisor stephanie for

bringing this forward and mentioning that we support the amendments to address the reporting requirements and we urge your support of the legislation to continue the legacy of leadership on women's rates. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. >> supervisor ronen: i wanted to thank supervisor sc14 for taking over this legislation. i am proud to be a cosponsor. i was -- stefani for taking over this legislation. i was at the event when this idea was come up with. it was an idea and an effort spearheaded by a woman who was under the obama administration. she has a plan to make sure that women are represented, not only in public depictions of historical figures that we all look to and admire, but also on corporate boards.

and in management positions or in governments. so she has the 30, 30, 30 plan. thirty% representation -- public public statues in commemoration, 30%, 30% board positions held by women and 30% government representation. she seeks to achieve that, i believe, by 2020. which is a tall order. but i think a very, a very important goal. i am glad that we are trying to accomplish that in at least one way in san francisco. i also wanted to mention that it was mr rios who was responsible for advocating and winning a policy to put the first portrait of a women on u.s. currency. and we were set to have harriet tubman be the first woman to be depicted on a 20-dollar bill but my understanding of that is at the treasury department will not commit to this under the trump

administration. it is unclear whether this plan will move forward, which is very frustrating. i was looking forward to the day where i would see harriet tubman on our u.s. currency. i hope that that will still happen. i wanted to thank you supervisor sc14 -- stefani, it is very important that our daughters get to look at statues of women who have accomplished amazing things in our society. and something that they rarely get to do today. if they get to see a woman depicted on a statue, it is usually a fictional woman. a character. very rarely is it actually a human being who lived at accomplish great things. we know there is no shortage of women who have done that in the united states. thank you so much. >> chair mandelman: thank you. are there members of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is

closed. the item is before us. i believe we need to act first on the amendment. so moved. we can take the amendment without objection. and then. >> supervisor ronen: i moved to bring this for the positive recommendation. >> chair mandelman: great. we will do that without objection. all right. thank you. mr clerk can you call our next item? or our last remaining items. >> there's one remaining item. agenda item number 3 pick an ordinance to amend the height -- health code to establish a surplus of medication suppository program to be overseen by d.b.h. >> chair mandelman: supervisor safai is here as our guest. >> supervisor ronen: -- 35 this is an exciting thing. i had the great fortune of sitting down with janet riley,

one of the board members of planning by the bay and she said i had this great idea. it will help low income san franciscans that have a hard time accessing good, reliable healthcare and access to good cost reduced medication. and so she bought -- brought in a group called serum. they started talking about the ability to take medication from individuals that may be have passed away or don't need it anymore and take that medication and recycle it without having it go into the waste stream. and sending it to specifically for free clinics. so we are essentially mirroring the program. we are getting access and then we reached out to the department of public health and work with them over the last ten months to come up with this legislation.

we have had to make sure that we were abiding by state regulations and so on and so forth. because we are a city and a county, and made the process that much easier. a lot of people ask why we are a city and a county and what benefits there are, but in this instance, it was a direct benefit. we have the ability as a county representative. we have representatives from three clinics here today. two of which are represented in my district. there is many more all over san francisco. they are all over the city. mission neighbourhood health centre his, clinic by the bay, others that are basically dealing with low income families that would not otherwise have access to good, affordable medication and good affordable health care. so we believe today that this is a strong step in the promise that we have made to bring full universal healthcare to san franciscans. we are also being respectful and i know supervisor peskin joined us here today.

he is here today. he is a very conscious of protecting our oceans and our water stream and the committees that he sits on. this takes medication out of the waste stream and not polluting our oceans and water streams and the environment, as well. essentially, the legislation creates a surplus drug repository this estimation program. donor organizations, essentially , since 2015, have taken free and reduced medication from over 1,550,000 patients. and we have removed over 2,000, almost a quarter of a million pounds of pharmaceutical waste from the waste stream and medicines. we are taking a big step today. i will open it up for public comment or ask the department of public health to come forward and give a timeline of what the next steps would be and then i will thank the people that really helped to put this together over the last year, as

we have worked on it. other than the people i mentioned already. thank you. >> good morning. i am the chief pharmacy officer with the department of public health. i'm very pleased to be speaking today on behalf of the department of public health. in the past, we have supported the safe med disposal ordinance which was previously known as the med project which has been effective since 2017, february. since that time, the project has collected more than 7.4 tons or 14,000 pounds of unwanted and expired medications from community members in san francisco. the med project is fully funded by pharmaceutical industries and it is now operating 47 medication kiosks at 46 locations in san francisco. we now welcomed the introduction of this new ordinance which will allow eligible entities like

clinics with pharmacies to receive donated surplus medications and then provide them for free to low income persons. the medications might otherwise have been destroyed and it will improve access to pharmaceutical therapies for persons who might otherwise not be able to move forward with them and reduce pharmaceutical waste by recycling surplus medications. as the public health agency, we want to acknowledge our support for this ordinance which will provide these free medications to low income persons. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. >> supervisor safai: i think we can open it up through public comments. i want to recognize my cosponsor , supervisor safai -- stefani and stepping forward for sponsoring this legislation. >> supervisor stefani: thank you supervisor safai for taking a lead on this. i did a tour of clinic by the bay with janet riley and heard

about this program and came back to supervisor safai and i said i want to spearhead this with you. i was so upset he beat me to it because it is such a wonderful program. i was talking to my mom and my sister. they're both nurses and they were telling me some horror stories of people that actually cannot get the prescriptions that they need and people that have to choose whether or not they are buying groceries are getting medicine that they need to keep going. so i think this is an important program i am very happy to be a cosponsor on it spee five thank you. >> chair mandelman: we can open up through public comment and then i will say a few words about how it will work in realtime. if there are members of the public would like to speak, they should come on up. you will have two minutes. please state your first and last name clearly and speak directly into the microphone. those of you who have paired statements are encouraged to leave a copy with the committee clerk for inclusion into the initial file.

no applause or booing is permitted. in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is claire from the nonprofit, serum, we help implement and create drug donation programs around the country to safely and efficiently reduce prescription drug costs and promote environmentally sustainable healthcare practices. our flagship program in california has been assisting santa clara county surplus medication repository and distribution program since 2010. we have partnered with santa clara county county run pharmacies to help manage, receive and inventory donations from over 200 medicine donors. this pharmacy is exclusively supplied by donated medicine and since 2015 has dispensed over $2 million of medicine to patients in need. the types of medicine that are eligible for donation are

noncontrolled, not expired, not opened and medicine that has not been in the hands of individual patients or the public. we fully support the ordinance establishing the san francisco surplus medication repository and distribution program. thank you, so much. >> chair mandelman: neck speaker. -- next speaker. mrs. riley. >> good morning. i am the cofounder of clinic by the bay. we are a free, primary care clinic and the excelsior district of san francisco. we have been around and providing primary care, preventative healthcare since 2010 at clinic by the bay and we are almost entirely volunteer run. currently, we have 1700 patients at clinic by the bay. last year, we did more than 2,000 patient visits. because our patients are living on limited resources, they often come to the clinic where the

complicated, chronic conditions like diabetes, high lipids, hypertension, that have gone undetected and untreated for many years. as you can imagine, these conditions require medication. when you are uninsured, like all of our patients are, and you don't have access to medication, getting monthly medications that you need to control these conditions is untenable for most of our patients. and left untreated, these chronic conditions can be debilitating. they are demoralizing and they can even be fatal. which you might imagine as well. so, when we learned about the organization that was matching access medication with patients in need, we thought it was a fantastic idea. we knew that not only would it be incredibly helpful for patients that could -- at our clinic, but for patients throughout san francisco. it will save lives.

i want to especially thank a supervisor safai. you have been amazing. thank you supervisor stefani. i will hope you will hear from our doctor to, out our clinic, has been shepherding this legislation through as well. thank you and i hope we can get your support for this important legislation. >> chair mandelman: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the executive director of mission neighbourhood health centre. we have several clinics in the mission and one in the excelsior and we serve about 13,000 patients each year. about 30% on issue. this program will greatly benefit our uninsured patients, but not only the uninsured. we had a situation with a patient on medicare. and for some reason, she got into the wrong medicare part d.

program and needed to pay about $1,200 a month for her diabetes medication. she is a retired person on social security and she cannot do this. this will be a program that can benefit people who are also falling through the cracks with medicare part d. or other insurance issues. at least during the period where we can then resolve those issues for them. we are looking forward to working with the department to really work through the nuances of how to make the program efficient and accessible for the clinic for the patients that need it. we are in support of this initiative. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i and the c.e.o. of the san francisco community clinic consortium. our organization represents 11 of the nonprofit community

health centres in san francisco. collectively, our members serve 113,000 san francisco residents which is about ten% of the population. we also serve about 4200 healthy san francisco people and 46,000 other enrollees. our organization serves two functions. one is a common voice for the health centres under our umbrella organization and the second one i will speak to them just a moment. in terms of the 11 health centres that operate throughout san francisco, with a quick survey out to them, they reported back that they have difficulty obtaining search and medication vaccines and medications and also inhalers, particularly for the healthy san francisco population. they also work to cover creams and ointments for people who have psoriasis and other issues where these medications might not be around and the expectation is patients will pay for them out of their own pocket

which is very hard for them to come up with. the second charge of the san francisco community clinic consortium as we have our mobile street outreach -- outreach van. this service does urgent medical services throughout san francisco. we serve about 1,000 patients. we do that in conjunction with the department of public health and this particular van, normally treats infections and injuries and illness. so we have need for antibiotics, also epinephrine pens and other things that our patients on the streets need to have in a more urgent service in order to take care of their treatment. again inhalers came up again as a medication that we need to. we would like to support this very important ordinance. thank you.

>> chair mandelman: thank you. are there any more speakers? anyone from the public who would like to speak? come on up. >> excuse me. my name is scott. on the cofounder of clinic by the bay. i just want to ask for your support of this ordinance. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. anymore public speakers? seeing none, public comment is now closed. the item is before us. is there a motion? >> supervisor ronen: i would like to thank you, supervisor safai for this legislation. it sounds amazing. what an innovative program and a win win for everyone. if you could add me as a cosponsor i would really appreciate that and i want to thank everyone for the amazing work on this. what a great piece of legislation. with that, i will make a motion, sorry.

i will wait to make my motion. >> chair mandelman: thank you. i wanted to say some closing things. just for points of clarification >> supervisor safai: think of hospices and nursing homes and senior living centres. essentially what ends up happening is tons of medication goes unused. once they are, they go to a fair party and we need to screen them for additional screening. i want to be clear there is no opioid involved in this program. it is not hard medication. is a kind of thing that people need on a daily basis. my son uses an inhaler. these things are life changing. they are expensive. we don't have the ability to get them. after ghost of the third-party, it goes to the free medical clinic. it is watched and monitored every step of the way. after we are done with this legislation, it goes to the full

support of the board. the department of public health and the consortium of free clinics and a number of other entities are going to sit down and talk about the implementation so they can find a formula and figure out how they will put this into effect in san francisco. so they're still a few questions that need to be answered and i know that the free clinics are deeply invested in this and this is something that will make them that much more of a strong service delivery. i wanted to thank a few other people that were mentioned today i know dr catherine kobe was very much involved in clinic by the bay. david goldschmidt from clinic by the bay. dr patel from the department of public health. and of course, our chief pharmacy officer who spoke here today. mr david's words. -- mr david woods. there are so many other people

to whom i am thankful. our city attorneys. as much as this sounds straightforward, there were some nuances in the meeting with the state definition and seeing how we could implement this. the city attorney's office did a phenomenal job in helping ensure that this was a well-crafted piece of legislation. and then individuals from santa clara county board of supervisors. they were our points of contact down there. and then the california state board pharmacy, laura hendricks. there were a lot of people who were involved in putting this piece of legislation together. but i always like to say is we don't always have the ideas. we don't always originate to the ideas and think about policy. and often times the best ideas come from the community. i want to thank the folks who brought this to our attention. we have, in my office some

controversial things, recently but i'm hoping this is not controversial at all and this is something that will be encouraged by everybody. it is something that is well needed. thank you to everyone who came out today and thank you for all your hard work in helping to make this happen and thank you for your time. i urge full support. >> supervisor ronen: i will make a motion to send this item forward with positive recommendation. >> thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. mr. clerk, do we have any further items? >> there is no further business. >> chair mandelman: and then we adjourned.

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this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the cars, it helps. san francisco, 911, what's the emergency? >> san francisco 911, police, fire and medical. >> the tenderloin. suspect with a six inch knife. >> he was trying to get into his car and was hit by a car. >> san francisco 911 what's the exact location of your emergency? >> welcome to the san francisco department of emergency management. my name is shannon bond and i'm the lead instructor for our dispatch add -- academy.

i want to tell you about what we do here. >> this is san francisco 911. do you need police, fire or medical? >> san francisco police, dispatcher 82, how can i help you? >> you're helping people in their -- what may be their most vulnerable moment ever in life. so be able to provide them immediate help right then and there, it's really rewarding. >> our agency is a very combined agency. we answer emergency and non-emergency calls and we also do dispatching for fire, for medical and we also do dispatching for police. >> we staff multiple call taking positions. as well as positions for police and fire dispatch. >> we have a priority 221. >> i wanted to become a dispatcher so i could help people. i really like people. i enjoy talking to people. this is a way that i thought that i could be involved with people every day. >> as a 911 dispatcher i am the first first responder. even

though i never go on seen -- scene i'm the first one answering the phone call to calm the victim down and give them instruction. the information allows us to coordinate a response. police officers, firefighters, ambulances or any other agency. it is a great feeling when everyone gets to go home safely at the end of the day knowing that you've also saved a citizen's life. >> our department operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> this is shift work. that means we work nights, weekends and holidays and can involve over time and sometimes that's mandatory. >> this is a high stress career so it's important to have a good balance between work and life. >> we have resources available like wellness and peer support groups. our dispatchers of the month are recognized for their outstanding performance and unique and ever changing circumstances. >> i received an accommodation

and then i received dispatcher of the month, which was really nice because i was just released from the phones. so for them to, you know, recognize me for that i appreciated it. i was surprised to even get it. at the end of the day i was just doing my job. >> a typical dispatch shift includes call taking and dispatching. it takes a large dedicated group of fifrst responders to make ths department run and in turn keep the city safe. >> when you work here you don't work alone, you work as part of a team. you may start off as initial phone call or contact but everyone around you participating in the whole process. >> i was born and raised in san francisco so it's really rewarding to me to be able to help the community and know that i have a part in -- you know, even if it's behind the scenes kind of helping the city flow and helping people out that live here. >> the training program begins with our seven-week academy followed by on the job training. this means you're actually

taking calls or dispatching responders. >> you can walk in with a high school diploma, you don't need to have a college degree. we will train you and we will teach you how to do this job. >> we just need you to come with an open mind that we can train you and make you a good dispatcher. >> if it's too dangerous to see and you think that you can get away and call us from somewhere safe. >> good. that's right. >> from the start of the academy to being released as a solo dispatcher can take nine months to a year. >> training is a little over a year and may change in time. the training is intense. very intense. >> what's the number one thing that kills people in this country? so we're going to assume that it's a heart attack, right? don't forget that. >> as a new hire we require you to be flexible. you will be required to work all shifts that include midnights,

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>> good morning, everybody. thank you so much for everyone being out here today. of course, the jug shop for welcoming us to this extraordinary celebration that really speaks to a community partnerships and the success of our invested neighborhoods programs and neighborhood economic development here in san francisco. we're very happy to have everyone here with us today. and to kick us off with this commemoration of our polk c.b.d. is our mayor. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. i'm so excited to be here today. this is the 16th community business district in san francisco.

this is what happens when communities come together. businesses, neighbors, and all of you are an example of how we make sure that we keep our city clean, we keep it safe, and we do it all together. i want to thank you and i want to thank suzanne, for her leadership. [applause] for the past three years, really spearheading this effort and getting it through. this was one of the lowest votes that we were able to get through the board of supervisors when you had the folks who were the property owners here vote to move this thing forward and i am just so glad it passed. it's going to make a difference. those folks who were not necessarily supportive, they're going to be happy with the results too. i can't wait until we clean up san francisco. this is helping in our efforts to do so. and so we also will have embassadors and people who are out on the streets. we want the businesses here to

grow and to thrive. places like the jug shop, which are a legacy business in san francisco. we have to do everything we can to protect our business community. we announced we will be opening another 1,000 shelter beds by 2020 here in the city and county of san francisco. we know we have a crisis on our hands and we know that we have to make smart investments because we see it on our streets every single day. it's effecting the quality of life. it's effecting the business community. we know that many of the people sadly that are struggling on our streets are experiencing a lot of challenges. and we want to thank you. we want to thank the discovery polk community benefits district for its work and its contributions and being partners in this effort to make sure city safer, to make sure city cleaner, and we know that there's so much work to do. this process has brought so many businesses together and i am just excited to be here today to

sign the legislation that made it possible. this is your victory. we're going to get to work to make san francisco an even better place for each and everyone of us. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you, very much, mayor breed. of course, our next speaker is a long-time champion of community benefits. the author of the legislation and help make them possible. supervisor of our district 3, aaron peskin. >> thank you. so this is the 15th community benefit district in san francisco. as i like to say, all of our districts are created equal. district 3 is more equal. why do i say that? because we have five of the 15 community benefit district. when i first became a supervisor 18 years ago, there was one business improvement district in san francisco.

one. the city of berkley had more. san diego had dozens of them and i tred to figure out why was san francisco behind. and the answer actually was because the state law didn't think about places like san francisco, where we had mixed-use neighborhoods. the vibrant communities of polk street, north beach, and so we had to create our own law. that became article 15 of our business and tax regulation code. that began, what has spread all over san francisco. now let me say, it is very rare that people come together to celebrate the fact that they all voted to raise their taxes. that is exactly what we are doing today. it stays in the community. it does not mean a diminishment of city services. it's services on top. i am very bullish on polk

street. it is remarkably a vibrant community. i want to salute the lower polk neighbors and the lower polk c.b.d. which was at the forefront, that gave suzanne and the steering committee the vision that the c.b.d. to be extended in a northerly manner. there's going to be an economy of scale. christian mar tan, who does a remarkable job of running the lower polk c.b.d. is going to be the staff to the middle polk discover polk c.b.d. this makes a ton of sense. larry stringer from our public works department is going to continue -- you are in trouble. it's all good. it's going to continue cleaning your streets and emptying the trash cannes. thicans.this is a real boone foe city and county of san francisco. i'm delighted. on behalf of all of my colleagues, who the voters

passed it by yes, 50.01%, we voted unanimously to allow this c.b.d. to move forward. thank you, mayor breed. this is actually the first time, since mayor breed has become mayor i've been involved in an official signing ceremony and i cannot be more delighted. i want to shout out jaoquin torez and chris corgis who did a remarkable job. [applause] >> they came in and they brought me a list because they knew the election would be tight. they asked me if i knew those people because we needed just one or two more properties to vote yes and i found one guy who i knew, who actually was on the east coast. he said, yes, that is on my desk. i said, you have until 2:00 on tuesday to get back to the city and county of san francisco, vote that ballot and that is what took us over the top. thank you chris corgis.

i want to shout out northern captain joe english ler who has joined us. with that i'll turn it back to jaoquin torez. >> we all know if it wasn't for the hard work of the steering committee, in addition so many community members today, this event today and these resources couldn't be made possible. and it does take leadership, tenacity and commitment and i couldn't think of a person that exemplifies the definition of those words more that dr. suzanne markle-fox who i would like to invite up to speak to us. the director of the steering committee who made this possible. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so the lower polk, the discover polk community. you can tell i'm nervous. thank you very much to the lower polk community benefit district. it really was not only our fiscal sponsor but also our mentor for all of the process that we went through since may

2015. thank you to debra neman who was another informal mentor. shared her knowledge and experience and we definitely want to follow in her tracks. i'd also like to introduce you to the president of our board, tiffany yang, who is a brilliant young woman who is going to be taking this to the next level. the wonderful thing about this community benefit district is how property owners, neighbors, business owners and the faith community all came together to work on this. it was an amazing experience for me. it really demonstrates the vibrancy of this community. as others have said before me and will say after i'm sure, that our goals are a cleaner, safer and even more vibrant business community in the discover polk area. thank you, everybody. [applause]

>> thank you so much, suzanne. really, congratulations and savor this moment. it really is an anchor for so much incredible work to come. i want to point out, you can sense there's a community here supporting efforts like these. i did want to shout out again, i know exercise peskin and mayor breed also recognized some of the folks from our fellow community benefit districts across the street who have come here to celebrate. it's a strong community of folks who believe in the leadership and the impacts that this work can create across san francisco. christian martin to support these efforts along polk street. deb neman and her work in san francisco for the c.b.d. and simon bertrand from the tenderloin community benefit are all here to say thank you. congratulations for those who are willing to take on a

leadership role to make benefits happen in our communities. but it also takes merchants. as well and their support to make this work happen. so, ray baird supported this benefit district idea early on. providing refreshments at community gatherings. ray, we want to say thank you so much. invite you to come on up and say a few words. >> i'm no politician. i'm not great at doing this. i'm just humble merchants with a beautiful store back here. it's great we have the back drop of my store in the back there. whoever masterminded that did a really great job. thank you to everybody who came out today. there's a lot of sharp-dressed people from the city that are here. i feel a little under dressed. i'm excited for the opportunity that the c.b.d. brings us. i kind of wanted to relate it to some stories that were in the news recently. there was a horrible story about some crime that happened in the

tenderloin and the footage from the cameras that the c.b.d. installed were very beneficial to the police and so i think that's one of the resource that's is going to be of great benefit to us. we need it. i don't want to be a bummer and remind everyone about how hard the streets of san francisco are. we live here and know the reality of that. filmore has beat cops. the news came across, i was watching on the news the next day, we had an incident at the store where we had to call the police out. i talked to the officers and i said, we want beat cops too. they said well you need an advocate to get in there and stand on the throat of the people at city hall and at the captain's office and things like that. so hopefully, what this c.b.d. promises for us is advocacy for this great community that i'm so happy to be a part of. i'll just wrap it up and i want to say thank you for all the work, all these years. you know what it's like to have

to canvas and cold call and do this to grind it out. way to go. [applause] >> that concludes the speaking part of our program. now we're going to do the signing right now. chris, if you can get it set up. i'd like to invite michael from the add cad mow of art academy. suzanne, ray. tiffany, come on up as well. >> we can invite the members of the c.b.d. leadership to come up.

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>> good evening, everyone. i would like to call this meeting to order. anthony? >> clerk: good evening, this is a meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment, date is tuesday, september 25th, 2018. and the time is 5:01 p.m.. a reminder that the ringing and the use of cellphones and pagers and electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised that the chair may order the removal of meeting room from any persons responsible for the ringing of the use of a cellphone or sound producing electronic devices. note to the public that there's public comment on every