there are a lot of businesses that have loading needs and k h concerns, and how do we work with them to ensure, and if we have any sort of, like blinking lights that will go in the bike lane or any way to alert a rider or cyclist that a driver is coming, sort of like when you're in a parking garage, notification to the person coming out. maybe you can talk a little bit about that. >> sure. so wup one of the things we learned about folsom is it would be better if we had a wider striped buffer. so you we've widened it by a foot or howard, so just provides a little extra spags for people getting out of their cars, have a little more room to make sure they look around, see cyclists.

that's something that we heard through the folsom near term evaluation. this is a near term project, so we really want to be conscious of cost and how quickly we can roll this out. i think for the much longer term project that we'll hopefully be bringing to the board next year, we're thinking about those types of designs and those treatments. >> for curb cuts, i think it's easier if you're pulling in a parking space, that's one thing, but if we're talking about a bike lane, we just need to work effectively so that we don't create new conflicts, and people are alert today both activities in a way that they need to be. thank you. >> thank you. >> one thing, mr. 2kgatti is he. hopefully, he knows and you can confirm that you're that person that simply because the project has been approved by the board doesn't mean you give up on it and someone on staff will be able to work with him to make

sure that his business can bet get the deliveries for him in a way that's safe for the cyclist, and that is ongoing. >> yes. we've met with him two or three times at this point, and we have a whole other process >> to our guest, if that's not working, you're free to come back, but from what i've seen in the past, i think that will for you. >> thank you. directors, anymore question? >> this is more general in that the bus placement tends to be far side opposed to near side. that makes a lot of sense when the bus has to pull over and pull back in. but in many cases, people say they're following the bus, and then, the bus stops, and they're stopped in the intersection. so with this theory, you could put the bus far side or even

smack dab in the middle of the street and lessen that issue. i'm just wondering if that's something that's come up. >> that's going back to some of the other near term projects, it's something that we've heard, as well. in some cases we've moved that bus island a little burt down the block so there is a gap for a car that may be following a bus and immediately needs to stop. so either moving the island down the block or over so there is a little more space to wait behind the bus. >> questions? no. i'll just say howard street is such an important part of the bicycle network. so many people travel it every day. anything that we can do to make it safer in the short-term is great. we'll continue to make sure we work with mr. gatti to make sure

his concerns are addressed. i have a motion. do i have a second? [voting] >> all in favor? [voting] >> any opposed? [voting] >> thank you. [agenda item read] >>clerk: and then just while staff is getting setup, directors, just be advised that we have cancelled the closed session for this evening. that will be continued to the next meeting, so following this, we'll return to general public comment and then the beloved director's report. >> very long. >> great. >> hello. my name's nick smith i'm a transportation plan in movable streets and a project planner, and i will be very quick lower

grade highway is the most -- western most residential street in the city. is runs for two miles, from lincoln way to sloat boulevard. it's directly east of the great highway trail of upper great highway, the ocean beach, all of which are big trip generators. the project was born out of concerns about the m.t.a. and supervisor tang's office, heard from residents of lower great highway. these resolved around crossing at places other than the crosswalk, and speeding. [inaudible] >> today, we are just talking about the near term project and later in the year, hopefully, we will come back with a medium term project, there have been four pedestrian collisions in

the past fewive years. the near term project has three major elements, pedestrian advisability zones, also known as daylighting to ensure visibility when patrons are trying to cross the street, painted zones, as well as back and angled parking on the block between kirkham and lawton streets to gain back some of the parking reduced by the previous two elements. so taken together, these three elements over the entire two mile corridor would result in a net reduction of just 14 parking spaces. the project was initiated earlier in the year. since then, the project team held two open houses, two public hearings and attended multiple community events and meetings,

generally, the concerns fell into two categories. those who do feel that crossing the street is uncomfortable and agree that this project would address those concerns but also those who -- who are concerned about the impacts to parking, and we actually modified the original proposal to reduce some of the parking impacts, and we added in that back end angled parking and that's how we arrived at the just net reduction of 14 spaces over two miles. just to wrap up, if approved today, this project would be implemented later this year. thank you. >> excellent. thank you very much. good presentation. i know we have at least one public commenter on this who has stuck with us all evening, so i'd like to go directly to public comment, please. thank you. two minutes, please. >> hello. my name is deidre, and i am an

opponent of this. i have been unaware of my 39 years out there of any significant pedestrian problems, accidents, fatalities or anything. it's a two mile strip. i know that people paspeed. i think that's the biggest issue. i've brought along a photograph from the m.t.a.'s website -- put it face up. >> which will show a very typical intersection, where i failed to see any problem with visibility for pedestrians or drivers, and this is a very typical intersection out there. i'd like to point out that these are dead end intersections where somebody coming from the avenues either turns right or left. there are, for the most part,

stop signs at every intersection. we really don't want to lose every 14 parking spaces. this is a major public beach, lots of surfers. on a nice weekend, honestly nobody can park anywhere close to the beach. i think every parking space is real really important, not only for beachgoers, but people who want to use the paths, everything. the things that we like in this project are crosswalks where they don't exist, stop signs at the avenues which dead end, and we really appreciate the angled parking proposal. we think that the money that -- used for this project can be used elsewhere to better success. thank you. >> thank you, miss galani. directors, do i have questions for mr. smith? oh, do we have another public comment? oh, i'm sorry.

i thought that was our only one. >> i'm not here for myself on this item, actually, 'cause i live nowhere lower great highway, but i'm here for a friend that thought this was going to be at, like, 2:00 or something, and had to leave. i'm a dad of two young children, and i live on 40th avenue. i'm here to speak on behalf of the 240 folks on the west side, best side. it is difficult to say that we are in support of the significantly watered down of the pedestrian safety improvement. of course we support these, but they do not go far enough. so what's the problem here? the completely hysterical resistance to parking removal led by a couple of neighbors.

[inaudible] >> what's the issue here? several times we've ask the sfmta to provide us how much parks was available at the any time of day. i never got any answers so i did my own surveys. last night, i went on the highway and counted how many actual spaces it represented. around 10:00 p.m., everyone was home and parked. [inaudible] >> so you tell me where's the urgency to save working here? it's same the sfmta realizes that what you're up against are car idealogues. stop negotiating with them. start making our lives and our

children's lives safer. thank you. >> thank you, roland. i appreciate you waiting and speaking tonight. anymore public comment? okay. no. seeing none, public comment is closed. directors, comments? i've got a question and a second. all in favor? [voting] >> any opposed. [voting] >> thank you. i know staff will continue to work with you, and thank you again so much for waiting all this time. >> general public comment. [agenda item read] >> roland, followed by taylor, and tarik. >> okay. two minutes. roland, taylor, tarik. >> this is a great way to endear yourself to -- >> hi, again.

thai tailor algren. yesterday when the scooters launched, i'm excited for the scooters to be in san francisco because more two wheeled vehicles moving through the green lane means less cars on the road and less chance of me and my friends getting hit by a car? however, i know the latinodemocratic friends -- [inaudible] >> -- because they had quite a great equitiable proposal. when i got to the app, i downloaded both the apps and registered yesterday. there was no way for me to discover how -- how to access

the low-income program, and nor -- i actually ended up having to, like, send e-mails to the support to find out how to do it? and it was, like, a really confusing process. and so i don't know what the expectations were for the low-income program, but the low-income program should be available on the first day of launch. when we put low-income program as a second -- a second after thought, we are putting our -- our citizens under just an unfair situation, and so i'm disappointed with the launch of the scooter program. i'm not sure if it was -- how the contract was designed, but right now, the access to the low-income program for my neighbors who wanted to sign up is basically not there. >> i know that tom mcguire is in the audience, and i know that he

and his friends will look into that. next speaker. >> while i was in this marathon meeting that someone had tweeted that they made this request for a corral near their house. so the response that he got was thank you for your bike rack request, could you please tell us more about your request. we don't typically site bike racks in neighborhoods that -- [inaudible] >> -- but mr. kapur was surprised, to say the least, that m.t.a. said no we're not going to go out and

single-family neighborhoods and put racks in. >> i'm sure if staff can get more information about the request, that's a block by block decision. i have seen racks in front of residences. again, you're sitting next to the right man. next speaker, please. >> tarik mahmoud, director heinicke -- [inaudible] >> -- 7% on credit cards, and she lowered that money to hundreds of dollars instead of $100,000. when i spoke again director heinicke, you admonished me from here and i'm here to tell you, get some integrity for yourself.

if you would have worked for me, i would have fired you today. going back today, somebody called you a liar, and that lie, you accept it, and you pass a proposal that's not fair. director kitterean is a total liar. she told you in approximate one of hur notes she -- i give her physically signed 64 pages against what she said. and signed in the office. and i sent you also e-mail with that pages, so she gave a wrong data, not talking about -- against that, the driver signatures, and this is what you guys accept, the liars. sorry. >> do i have anymore public comment? anyone? seeing none, general public comment is closed, and i think the last item is our director's report. >> just to be brief, just three

quick things that are, i guess, time sensitive. just want folks to know this weekend, san francisco trolley lines will be on the n-judah line. we are hosting a workshop for the bayview community based transportation plan, so we urge folks to attend. again, that's george davis senior center, tuesday night, 5:30. finally, we will be having an opening house for the embarcadero enhancement project next thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 at the ferry building, and i will spare you all the rest of what i had to tell you about. >> thank you very much, director reiskin. do i have any public on the director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> madam chair, that concludes the business that we have today. >> we are adjourning in memory

of jerry robbins and milton james. all right. thank you all very much. very good presentations.

>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you back to the october 23rd, 2018, meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, call the roll for attendance. [roll call taken]

>> president cohen: ladies and gentlemen, please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, any communications? >> clerk: none to report today. >> president cohen: i'm sorry, i still cannot hear out of my receiver. >> clerk: none to report today. >> president cohen: approving the minutes from the

september 18, 2018, full board meeting. is there a motion to approve the minutes? motion made by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor kim. take this without objection, all right. without objection, meeting minutes are approved after public comment. madam clerk, consent agenda. >> items 1 through 11 on consent, considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president cohen: on the question, shall these items be passed, please call the roll. [roll call vote taken]

>> president cohen: items are passed unanimously. all right. madam clerk, the regular agenda to unfinished business. call item 12. >> clerk: ordinance creating the city and county of san francisco infrastructure and revitalization refinancing district hoedown yards. >> president cohen: same house, same call. ordinance is finally passed. through 20. excuse me, 13 through 15. >> clerk: related to the india

basin, and commercial open space elements to reflect the india basin mixed use project, and 14, amending the planning code to establish the special use district and amending the zoning map, height districts and add the india basin special use district. and item 15, ordinance amending the development agreement between the city and county of san francisco and india basin investment l.l.c. for the project with various public benefits, including 25% of affordable housing, 11 acres of parks and open space. approving a public trust exchange agreement and approving specific development impact fees. >> president cohen: same house, same call, all right. without objection, ordinances are finally passed. next item. >> change the callfications for members of the shelter monitoring committee, create stagger terms for members, sunset date for the committee

and allow shelters that contract with the city to provide clients with clean blankets if clean sheets are unavailable. >> president cohen: colleagues, same house, same call. ordinance is finally passed. >> item 17, ordinance amending the administrative business and tax regulations environment fire, health, police and transportation codes. >> president cohen: ordinance is passed. next item. >> 18, ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the cannabis oversight committee, advise the board and mayor implementation of city laws and regulations relating to cannabis. >> supervisor fewer: at our last meeting i regretfully did not acknowledge the hard work of my legislative aide, ian frigosi, taking the lead on this, months and months and months of diligent work and thank you to him and i look forward to your

support. >> thank you, same house, same call, all right. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed. next item. >> clerk: 18, ordinance amended in committee with a new title, amends the health code to revise regulation of massage practitioners, establishment, alcohol services and sole practitioners, criminal history information, eliminating temporary permits, administrative process for appeal, authorizing denial of permit to applicant convicted of anything to prostitution, unless the victim was a victim of human trafficking, establishing reinspection fee, imposition of an lien for violation, certain violations to be a public nuisance and discontinuing the

acceptance of applications january 1, 2019. >> supervisor tang: a few questions that came up right before the meeting, and so as such, i'm happy to answer questions from anyone as well as the department of public health. i will ask to continue this item for one week. >> motion to continue the item for one week, seconded by supervisor yee. without objection, deal with this matter in one week time. >> to october 30, 2018. >> clerk: item number 20, ordinance amending the ordinance number 1061 entitled regulating the width of sidewalks to change the official width of certain locations, and to eliminate and reduce portions of the official sidewalk fronting and making appropriate findings. >> president cohen: thank you. colleagues, take this, same house, same call. without objection, passed on the first reading.

>> clerk: 21, ordinance to interaction agreements with pg&e at operations facility for burton high school and delegating authority to various departments to enter into interconnection agreements for solar projects with pg&e. >> president cohen: same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. >> clerk: item number 22, ordinance ordering the summary street vacation, new sidewalks michigan street, property transfers, authorizing official acts in connection with the ordinance and making appropriate findings. >> president cohen: same house, same call, without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. next item. >> clerk: 23, resolution declaring the intention of the supervisors to vacation of streets and easements in the sunnydale hope s.f. project site

and setting a date to sit as a committee of the whole january 19, 2019. >> president cohen: i have some brief remarks i wanted to offer on item 23. this is a resolution that memori memori memorializes to vacate streets in the sunnydale hope s.f. site. this body approved the revitalization project in the interchange of 2016. in short, the street vacation will allow the city to build the first phase of this development which includes the construction of new streets and utility infrastructure as well as 167 units at 100% a.m.i., 100% of affordable housing. so, this construction i'm excited to say is going to start

may of 2019. more broadly, this legislation will help us to realign the streets into a regular grid, to create a more well connected community and to build the much-needed public housing replacement units and of course, the much-needed affordable housing. this resolution allows for clark and public works to post public notices and set a hearing date for the ordinance. a committee of the whole on january 15, 2019. i want to also assure my colleagues that none of these streets will be privatized. and that all the new streets will be returned to the city's jurisdiction per the approved development agreement. are there any other questions? all right. colleagues, take this item same

house, same call. all right. without objection, this resolution is adopted. >> clerk: item number 24, resolution urging bart to add a bus node at 24th street bart station during the seismic retrofit. >> president cohen: same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted. next item. >> clerk: number 25, ordinance amending the building, housing fire and administrative codes to require the installation of a new fire safety system or the improvement or upgrade of an existing system current code requirements in a residential building of three or more dwelling units, amending the rent ordinance to prohibit landlords from increasing the cost and make appropriate findings. >> president cohen: adopted. >> clerk: 26, ordinance amending the administratestive code to conform to the passage of proposition c, loans to finance

acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing. >> president cohen: adopted. >> clerk: item 27, ordinance amending the administrative code to exempt from the fiscal feasibility capital improvement projects under the jurisdiction of the municipal transportation agency, support increase or improvement in municipal railway service. >> president cohen: sir, you have to reserve your comments for public comment. the clerk can answer your question. colleagues, take this item same how, same call. without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. >> clerk: 28, motion reappointing tony parks, and marcus dancer to the mental

health board. >> president cohen: motion is approved. >> clerk: 29, motion reappointing daniel hlad and john elberling. >> president cohen: take this, same house, same call. seeing no objection, we'll take this without objection. this motion is approved. >> clerk: 30, appointing joanna powell, to the children youth and families oversight and advisory committee. >> president cohen: all right, colleagues. this is for appointment to seat number 11. there are currently four vacancies. supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you, i just had a question on this candidate, and only brought up to me today. apologies for not bringing it up sooner. my understanding they serve on

the board of one of the charter schools and i had questions about this candidate. i'm not sure anyone can answer the questions, i would like to make a motion to continue while i learn more about this candidate. >> president cohen: supervisor kim has made a motion to continue this item. supervisor peskin seconded this motion. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: so, i guess went through the rules committee and i think we vetted and we asked about the fact that she was on the board of a charter school, so, is there a simple question, maybe i can answer? >> sure, as you know, supervisor yee, we served on the school board together, i support charter schools but not as a broad category. there are good charter schools and bad charter schools, edison

has had teachers walking out and a for profit charter school. and we have nonprofit charter schools that do an incredible job, a good job of teaching our students. but edison was a cause of concern for the school board during its time, not just because they cut corners on ed indicating children, causing their teachers to revolt, because they wanted to save money in order to bring back a profit to their investors. but a number of other concerns cited with edison. i don't know if a lot of the issues have been resolved, if it's a for profit charter school, but i would not support a candidate to the oversight and advisory board that sits on a for profit charter school. >> supervisor yee: i'll answer what i can without defending

anything. i think what you are describing happened when you were on the school board, and when you left, things changed a little bit for the edison school. unionized the teachers, so they did a lot of things that were, that was consistent to what we did as unified school district. when i asked her about that relationship, there was a pattern of her wanting to volunteer for just about anything, you know, so she just, her answer was she just wanted to be involved and that was, you know, offered to her to be involved with that. and then if that were the only thing she had going, i would say, i would question it. but she seemed to also have been involved with other children-related issues, so i felt pretty comfortable about that. and the fact that she also reached out to dcyf and asked

some questions about what their issues are and so forth. and the fact that she tried, she attended a meeting, swayed me personally to, to not weigh that charter school piece as much as i would have. >> president cohen: thank you. to supervisor yee. i, too, have some concerns about one of the candidates and in particular upon the interview with my staff member, seemed to have very little knowledge about the programs and largely the needs that are going on in southeast in school district ten. there is something that concerned me and that was that, fiscal year 16-17, 10,386 youth between 5-17 served in district ten. 29% of them were african americans, 32 were latino, and when asked questions about equity and service to these particular constituencies, the

answer was not sufficient. so i hope you will support myself and supervisor kim in the request for a motion to continue this item for one more week. this is an appointment to the seat 11 currently there are four vacancies, appointment to the children, youth and their family oversight and advisory committee. no secret the children and youth of southeast in san francisco are disproportionately serviced by this commission, and i would like further time to vet the candidates. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: so, i -- it was not objection, just trying to answer what i thought i could answer and satisfy maybe her question, but i'm ok with continuing. >> president cohen: thank you for the clarification. so reiterate, a motion made to continue to one week's time and

i think that i need a date certain. clerk, when one week will be. >> clerk: october 30th, 2018. >> president cohen: all right. so, supervisor kim has made a motion to continue this item, one week's time to the next meeting, 2018. seconded by supervisor peskin, and take this without objection, colleagues? thank you, without objection this item is continued. madam clerk. >> clerk: jump to committee reports. items 33 and 34, considered by the budget and finance committee at a regular meeting on thursday, october 18, 2018, and committee reports. 33, resolution authorizing the sheriff's department to contract with airmark services

november 1, 2018, through october 31, 2023, not to exceed 20 million, with two one-year options to extend. >> president cohen: please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 33. [roll call vote taken] >> president cohen: without objection, adopted. item 34. >> clerk: item 34, resolution to authorizing the issuance and sale by the peninsula corridor joint powers corridor, farebox

revenue bonds, not to exceed 62 million, existing credit facility for aggregate principal amount not to exceed 150 million, and not to exceed 170 million and additional credit facility, aggregate principal amount not to exceed 30 million. >> president cohen: colleagues, same house, same call. all right. without objection, this resolution is adopted. item 35, please. item 35 was continued in committee yesterday and is not before the board today. following item. >> clerk: the next, roll call for introductions. >> president cohen: supervisor brown. >> clerk: supervisor cohen. supervisor fewer. supervisor kim.

supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor peskin: i'm in the wake of last evening's fire at the golden gateway apartments asking, i'll do a letter of inquiry to the fire department relative to high rises that date from that era, in this case 1965, that do not have sprinkler systems and ask to give us a host of options to reduce fire in those types of buildings. >> clerk: thank you. ronen. >> supervisor ronen: two items and one in memorial. start with a hearing, a motion calling a hearing of the committee as a whole to discuss the marriott hotel workers strike. as my colleagues all know, 2300

workers at marriott hotels on strike nearly three weeks. walked off the job alongside thousands and the country, oakland, honolulu, detroit and boston. i knew going on strike was one of the hardest decisions anyone can make, to risk your income, face up to your employer like that, is an exceptional moment in anybody's life. when thousands of our fellow san francisco walk out on strike, something is not working in the city. and a sure sign people are trying to do something about it. here in city hall we find ourselves frustrated in tackling the biggest problems our society faces. marriott workers strike is a reminder that real change often starts with ordinary groups of people outside the corridors of government. reminder that income, inequality and the crisis it causes from housing to health care will be tackled by determined organized groups of people with or without the help of their elected

representative. now the hospitality industry is a cornerstone of san francisco's economy. it drives almost $10 billion a year in spending, and tens of thousands of jobs. this strike goes to the heart of that economy. it raises questions about what kind of jobs it will support in the coming years. these are questions i think the board needs to hear firsthand about. therefore, i'm calling for a hearing on the strike. and introducing a motion to have the hearing heard at a committee of a whole as mentioned so the entire board of supervisors can hear system about the strike, its causes and setbacks. this strike touches on every subject that every one of our committees deals with, and i understand a similar committee of the whole hearing during the hotel lockout of 2004 played an important role in bringing that dispute to a resolution. i hope not only workers themselves will am could, but

marriott executives as well. and ask that you all join me in convening a meeting on this important subject. myself and my staff will walk around and try to coordinate schedules on this matter, which i understand we can do without a violation as long as it's just discussing scheduling. so, looking forward to hearing from us shortly. the second item that i'm introducing today, introducing in anticipation of, i should say in hope of proposition 10 on the november ballot passes. legislation that would put a stop to one of the most agregious and brutal practices of our rent ordinance and protect tenants at the most vulnerable points in their lives. three weeks ago the board passed a resolution in support of 10 to repeal an act, significant constraints on cities and

counties act. certainly give san francisco an opening to look carefully at updating rent regulations, and what units are covered by rent control. our discussion prior to passing the resolution signalled some of the issues will need to be hashed out if it passes. right now the well funded opposition is pouring money into a campaign to spread lies and fears. some of the nation's largest rental corporations have pushed $60 million to defeat the measure. tenants in nonrent controlled homes across the statement are receiving preemptive rent hikes and eviction notices from landlords who say they will reconsider but only if proposition 10 fails to pass. i look forward to reaching sensible solutions after the election. i'm introducing a change we can and must implement immediately

on passage of proposition 10. fixed one that we can all easily agree needs to happen. as costa hawkins is currently written, landlords could raise the rent on rent controlled apartment when the original occupant no longer lives there. s.f. ordinance is drafted to mirror that. so, any family who were not original occupants, no matter how long they lived in the home are completely unprotected. who knows whether it was intended to be as broad as it is, but this particular section has and continues to have disastrous effects. in 2010, judd bell moved in with his partner to share the studio she lived since 1995. when she died in december of 2017, he was hit with a massive rent hike, seven times when he and wiki had been paying. sadly the story is not unique. more, mr. b. lived with his partner of 35 years in a flat in the castro.

weeks after his partner died, the landlord was going to raise the rent 300%. and miss k. had huge increases after her husband died and another was evicted and homeless because he could not pay the rent after his partner of 20 years passed away. list goes on and on and on. very real stories point out the utter ugliness of the rental market. we know there are good landlords out there and many are speaking out, but it's being controlled by companies only interested in maximizing their profits. on us to make sure we legislate protection. what my legislation does specifically is amend our rent ordinance to extend the protections on rent control units to spouses and family members after a loved one is gone. introducing this now so the minute costa hawkins is repealed, to give surviving family members immediate relief, members seeking the relief today

in the city. our hands are tied and why we need the repeal of costa hawkins to be successful so the change to the pragmatic and sensible solution to the most heartless and brutal practices can be enacted. i want to thank you supervisors kim and brown for co-sponsoring this measure and note that supervisor kim first brought up this issue when she was telling the heartbreaking story of her dear friend that is facing exactly this situation right now. and finally, i would ask that we adjourn the board in memory of alice laget sangore, passed an i way in senegal on september 30th at the age of 95. alice was the mother of marco, an essential member of the mission community. his restaurant and multi-cultural dance club is well-known to many of you, and center of the arts for more than 20 years.

lady alice was born on july 1, 1923, in the south of france in nice. she helped her son develop the vision for the village, and inviting ambience and artists who designed the restaurant's black dancing woman logo. she could be found regularly in her host's chair at the restaurant, spreading her contagious smile and warm hospitality. as a young woman she worked as a nurse in france and met her future husband when he was recovering from an injury at a local hospital. they got married and moved to senegal, six children, including marco, the youngest. her time in senegal appreciated bright colors and lively rhythms of africa. her parents were devout christian and part of the resistance during the nazi occupation of france. offering protection to many jews and dissidents. alice's religious fervor was a

central part of her life and the morality in her children, especially the honesty, compassion and faithfulness. buried in her home village in france on october 13th, surrounded by children, grandchildren and friends. alice's loving presence will be missed but memory lives on. thank you. >> president cohen: 2:30, special recognitions. >> clerk: i believe we have 12:30 from supervisor kim. >> president cohen: 150th anniversary. >> i would like to bring up the executive director of gloria chance, along with her vice president selena su, and volunteer mark sodenman. are they in the chamber?

i know they are here. >> president cohen: we'll go check the overflow room to bring them in. >> thank you for your patience in waiting, for the staff and volunteers to come, the chamber is all full today and so they were in the overflow room. but i did want to just be able

to take this moment at the board of supervisors to be able to recognize gamoon women's residence. achieved 150th year anniversary of serving our great city and county. [applause] founded in 1868, and long history reflects ever-changing needs and developments of our asian immigrant community, along with our woman community here in the san francisco area. gamoon was first created as a ministry by women. the methodist episcopal church and through the asian women's resource center and residence hall attempted to address many of the issues that women and children were facing here in the san francisco bay area. located in the heart of chinatown, primarily served our chinatown community but open to anyone in the community regardless of race, ethnicity,

gender, identification or religion. the building is on a site that had to be rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and continues to be a safe and affordable haven for women and children in transition, either facing domestic violence or homelessness on our streets. as we reflect on the achievements of this incredible organization, under your leadership, gloria, and you have served for 30 years as executive director in and itself extraordinary as well. only fitting we express our gratitude to the women that have made these services possible here in our community, long before we even understood the term domestic violence, or had even named violence against women as an issue in our community and our country and certainly across the world. and i think that the importance of providing services to this issue and naming this issue is more important than ever and

even as we continue to identify this as creating havoc in our communities and our families, we still have leaders in our country, in our country and throughout the world that deny this even occurs to women and children throughout the world. this year does mark your 150th anniversary of providing the safe haven and really being a champion and leader on the frontier of this very important issue. and thank you so much for being a lead advocate for women of color, long before the #me too movement even took place. for those of you not as familiar with the services, they provide double and single occupancy rooms and house up to 30 women at a time. average age of the present resident is about 53 years old and the average length is nine months. many come from different countries in asia and different

parts of the u.s. 80% of the residents are battered spouses who seek refuge have abusive homes. and also need a place to stabilize so they don't have to stay on our streets. also offer parent development programs, parenting services, grandparent support groups, summer school programs, as well as piano classes, very asian, and children art classes. i want to thank you so much for the incredible work that you do, and also knowing how difficult this work is, and the longevity of your staff just really speaks to your dedication and commitment. we just really appreciate this has been a long standing community-based organization here in san francisco. congratulations on your 150th year. and before i hand things over to you, miss tang, several of my colleagues would like to add

their words as well. >> supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: thank you, president cohen, and thank you supervisor kim for highlighting what this organization has done over the 150 years, and i personally have known this organization, worked with them about a third of that time. it's 50 years, right? about 50 years. and i can't say that, say enough about the women's center, and what i have seen over the 50 years is the growth. what they did before was remarkable. and when they made the decision to rename or add the name asian women resource center it was a way to tell the public that yes, this is what we do, yes, we care

about our women that are getting battered, and that they are going to be up front and willing to help them. and the, basically the community embraced the whole organization in terms of what they were trying to do, so, the organization itself is a powerhouse. when it comes to these issues. not only in chinatown, but all of san francisco. and at some point they even took on early education and parenting classes, that was in the 50 years i have known them. so, i'm actually kind of proud to see an organization that was already such a big part of the community grow so substantially over the years. congratulations, i would love to have my name as part of honoring them, too. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor yee. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. in addition to all the words

that supervisors kim and yee have said, i want to thank gloria and gamoon for the incredible work you have done keeping the community together as we have all been going through the long drawn out torture of the central subway and you have been looking out, not only for your normal clientele who you have done a great job for for 150 years, but students at gordon j.lau and business people across the street, thank you for having all aspects of the community in mind at all times. thank you, gloria. >> supervisor fewer: so sorry, i just also wanted to voice my congratulations to you. i first got associated with gamoon in 2001, and i know of your good works and we have a family resource center in our neighborhood, too. congratulations and thank you so much. >> i want to add my voice, gloria, and to the team up here.

just want to say thank you to the gamoon women's residency, 150 years is an incredible milestone and it's borne out of faith and it's borne out of service and that commitment of service has kept you anchored in san francisco for 150 years. it's quite an accomplishment, and salute you and say thank you. thank you for your service. at this time i want to invite you to say a couple words, please. thank you. >> hello. i am selena su, the vice president of the board of directors at gamoon, and on behalf of the staff and the entire board of directors, we wanted to thank you for this opportunity. now, usually gloria is here asking for money and more money, but today we just wanted to take this time to let you know how appreciative we are of your gn