this year.

>> it was interesting to see across the range of time, it was seven hours at each location. you can see there is variance in terms of the number of surveys. most of the factors were consistent with major events, et cetera, other things that could interfere. we feel really good about that our statistical sample size and the right of response we received on the survey. of the focus groups, we held four focus groups. they were held in the bayview and in the midmarket region. we work heavily with a variety of community groups that the department has established relationships with to get out the word with these events. we asked participants of zip code and we have participants from every district in san francisco. we also have participants who

work or ride a bike in san francisco but don't live in the city. it was very valuable to hear their feedback as well. the intercept surveys, it was anyone who was spiking. the focus groups we did heavily recruit women but not exclusively women. so now i have told you about our methodology and what we did, what kind of tools we used to collect the data. what i am really excited to tell you about our our findings from this project. as you can imagine, from a mix of focus groups and intercept surveys, the total project is a mix of data and narrative. the significant intercept surveys give us pretty hard data on who is spiking in selma and why. the focus groups give us additional colour and narrative and personal story as we think about people who are not spiking in san francisco. here are some findings.

white men are disproportionately represented in city biking in san francisco. [laughter] this is shocking. i know. if you have ever looked at a bike lane or been in one yourself. if it is a feeling you felt, the data supports you. twenty-nine% of the people biking in selma are women. of the people we surveyed, .5% that we identified is .2 and they identify as gender nonconforming. the overwhelming majority where white women. we learned that while fear of injuries and bike theft are major determinants to both women and men in terms of biking, there are even bigger deterrents to women. women are also more likely to bike during off-peak hours. what do i mean when i say off peak hours? they are commute hours. as i said, we did the intercept surveys during three times. we did warning, midday and afternoon. a lot of transportation research

and biking research focuses on the commute. because of the high-volume time. it makes sense. however, women disproportionately bike during off-peak hours. so what this means is when you focus on the time with peak trips, you are not necessarily focusing equally on all populations who are biking. women are more likely to bike for -- let's edit this to non commuted activities like running errands are dropping off children. many commissioners present will agree running off -- running errands on dropping off children our work. [laughter] >> perhaps we are not surprised to learn that gender roles affect where, when and how and why we travel. women have not to account -- women have not encountered typical studies. even with that, we found over two thirds of the women who are using the soma bike lanes bike every day. over two thirds of the women who are biking, bike every day. they may not have been counted during a nonpeak periods. they ranged in age from 19-67.

we did not survey anyone under 18. i cannot comment on that. the survey respondents arranged in age from 19-67. they had incomes ranging from $20,000 a year to $200,000 a year. we also learned that 13% of the people biking in selma are women of colour. contrasted against 34% of the population in san francisco who are women of colour. even though women as a whole are underrepresented in biking in selma, women of colour are even further underrepresented in biking in the soma bike lanes. asian and hispanic women were particularly underrepresented in this group. from the focus groups, we received some comments that biking was perceived as largely a young and white and male activity. and some comments as well that people like me don't bike. so biking may have an image

problem to continue to work on in san francisco. another focus group finding was social expectations about dress, appearance and grooming persist despite san francisco's allegedly relaxed attitude in the bay area. and that this is especially true for women. women who didn't bike perceived this is a significant barrier to biking. oh, i couldn't bike and look the way i need to look to get to work. that is some anecdotal feedback we received. additionally, women in focus groups recommended using social networks such as social events at which women could try biking in a relaxed environment or building but he systems that pair experience women cyclists with novices to help women who are not currently biking and find ways to try it in a way that feel safe and comfortable to them. they also recommended women led bike training and maintenance repair classes.

a few additional highlights i want to squeeze in here. research found that safety, heavy traffic, speeding and hostile drivers are concerns for men and women, but especially women. as well as bike theft. and perception that police failed to treat theft seriously enough is another major problem and deterrent. to take all of this at a level, this research project found that while some writers use bicycling as a principal mode of travel, the same writers also use the soma bike lanes to link to transit and many additionally are using transit or private auto for some of their trips. the research indicates further that cycling mostly serves a different market than walking. it is complementary to transit and most likely reduces the considerable number of automobile trips. this indicates that if cyclists were to drive, we are speaking specifically about soma. if the cyclist that we intercepted were to drive, it is likely that an entire lane of

additional street capacity would be needed during peak hours. just for soma bike traffic. in addition, of course, greenhouse gases would increase substantially. if that is the state of things now, imagine what the positive effect could be if we could bring women's participation and the participation of women and color up on par two men. civil some key takeaways. what can we do? this research recommends that we invest in both material structure and some things that they are calling, i know this is a cool phrase, socio- cultural infrastructure. i will unpack that for a minute. to increase diversity and inclusion in urban biking, cities need to adopt a holistic approach that includes investments in both of these very wonky sounding terms. material infrastructure means bike lanes. we heard a loud and clear from the focus groups that people,

you particularly women, felt safer in protected bike lanes. the kind of lane you build makes a difference in terms of who will show up and who will ride in it as well as how many people sociocultural infrastructure is a fancy word for saying things like partnerships with underrepresented communities and for everything that is not a bike lane. there is a popular phrase that is used in transit and is used for so many other things, if you build it, they will come. i will say, not necessarily. some people will. but as we see with the current state of things, we have had a pretty steady ratio of who is biking in san francisco for a long time. if we want to change that and if we want to be more inclusive, and we need to start thinking about what else we can do. so this research concluded with seven key recommendations. as i mentioned, more protected bike lanes was a top recommendation. and continuing to expand to the network of protected bike lanes and striving for a standard

design and the variety of bike lane can be confusing for a new user. so the rules of the road are consistent and clear. second recommendation is to form partnerships. partnerships with employers, merchants, schools, cultural centres, community groups to improve bike parking and other facilities that support biking, lockers, showers, changing rooms , as well as working with nongovernmental organizations to offer systems with things like bike selection, bike education, repair classes and biking buddies or mentors for those new to biking. it was also a key theme that people wanted to ensure that drivers were educated about how to share the road safely. this came up particularly for drivers of transportation network companies or t.n.c., such as uber. investing in bike parking. in addition to all of the infrastructure we are discussing , investment and secure clearly signed bike parking throughout the city would support cyclists and

encourage more biking and thus we need an increase in accessible public and private bike parking. an increase in bicycle education as you may know, the city of san francisco already sponsors free bicycle education classes but there may be an opportunity to expand on those. they could also be an opportunity to target and provide more support for women and people of color in those classes. we also need to change the narrative. as we have heard, people don't think that cycling is for them. if we want to make cycling truly for all people, that is a narrative we need to work on. we need to encourage women and minorities to make more and change the narrative and provide more diverse and inclusive images of cyclists would be a good start. the seventh recommendation and final recommendation is to mobilize communities. mobilizing underrepresented communities to encourage and support fuller participation in the city process biking program so that biking is accessible to the entire community. thank you so much. as windy mentioned, the full

report -- it is long and beautiful, is online. as well as some shorter versions with highlights. thank you so much for your time and attention and thank you for having us at this meeting. we will take questions plus plus >> thank you, very much for that great presentation. >> questions, commissioners, director? >> i will wait. [laughter] >> i do believe -- this may be anecdotal, but that when it comes to communities of color, it is a cultural matter that we grew up with. especially with women, i think in some communities. i grew up with the culture that said that it was not nice for a woman to get on a bike. ok? i am an immigrant.

you have a large immigrant, asian and latino community in san francisco. although in asia, bicycling has been there forever. but for some reason, it did not translate to san francisco. the one recommendation i can see is get rid of uber and i will get on a bike. [laughter] >> i mean, the traffic. the traffic does use all the articles in the last couple of weeks. the fact that the traffic has increased tremendously in san francisco. and you are not going to get -- i mean, i feel for the people who are on a bike because when i'm driving, i am watching for them. so that i will not hit them. and i am thinking, they are greasy because they are driving -- they are riding on very busy streets, potholes all over the place and so, as a woman, the

last thing i want to do is put myself in that dangerous spot. if i was going to do it, but forget it, not me. but i am thinking, if we are really wanting to get people on bikes and public transportation, in my mind, it is there right now with traffic that i am definitely going to do more of that. i do think that we need to do something about the number of cars that are in this city on a daily basis. especially downtown and especially in the area that you researched. and because in my community, it is not like that. so those are the things that we might want to be looking at because the traffic in san francisco has gotten out of hand >> i live where there are hills.

there is a question of do you consider bicycling also with the electronic accoutrements? i have a brother who is a physical therapist. he bikes to work every day and has been doing it for 20 years. so dare we say we all get a little older and he likes it that he can be more efficient and now have a motorized bike. however, it has been stolen before too. theft is an issue. i want to see the data broken out in terms of immigrants, age and by zip code. we need to look at the geography if -- i don't think we can compare with denmark, because there's a lot more flatland and infrastructure already there. and potholes are really dangerous. i think that women, especially if they are caregivers, they really are careful about not getting hurt. they will not get on a bicycle if they are in the sandwich generation and caring for kids and caring for older parents. they will not be biking. if you need to shop for a family

, like groceries, or even the bulk toilet paper, i don't think it is practical to be biking on a lot of with a lot of wind resistance. those are the issues. i am curious even about the language at in outreach. and if you live and as a newer immigrant and live in an s.r.o., you will not have room to store a bike and there will not be a garage area to store a bike. that could also be an issue. finally, i think it is dangerous enough to be a pedestrian but i feel safer just watching for my body and not the bike. i think that's an issue. and i think the next phase in this study is what about the scooters that zip in and out and bother the bikes and interrupt that steady pace of the cyclists in their bike lanes? >> commissioner shorter. >> thank you. thank you so much for that report.

it was full of all sorts of great information and i hope that the different recommendations that you put together, we can work to implement that. i want to say briefly, some of us here at the table, i will not out anyone, but for instance, some commissioners have been a bicyclist and i admire her. because she is dedicated. i will let her tell her story if she is willing. about 20 years ago, when mayor brown had just started, that was the start of the critical mass and the issues. this was before the bike lanes that we have now and i happened to have been called upon by the mayor to work with a couple of members of the board of supervisors.

and basically they said you too are -- you two are young. how will we address this issue? and at the time, and over the years, i have been -- i was an avid bicyclist of sorts. really more of a mountain biker but would ride around the city. i grew up riding bicycles. i was one of those girls who knew how to took it apart and put it together. everything. everything that you needed to do to be in good standing as a bicyclist. but i do think that -- i have had some interest and concern about how we do adapt more of a bicyclist culture in san francisco. ok. here comes a not so nice part. i actually have lived in denmark for a while. thank you for mentioning that.

i think that back to the issue of that it is mostly white men, that, you know, that is perhaps a painfully obvious point. but i think that also the framework and the way in which bicycling has been presented to the rest of us. it is a very eurocentric, entitled, this is our space, it is very aggressive and, you know , get out the way and you are a bad person if you are driving a vehicle and how dare you and blah blah blah. all these sorts of things. that is a big turnoff. i am a driver now. i have an injury that i got a few years ago and it prohibits me from enjoying bicycling in the way that i used to. so i am a driver. and one of the things is an issue of liability. these guys, people cannot

bicycle, they can bang into your car, whatever, i certainly appreciate the concerns of being a driver. i don't want to run over anybody or hit anybody. i have insurance. you don't. if you -- if there is some schedule or injury or collision or something, unfortunately, i end up paying for it. so i would like to perhaps -- off-line address that in terms of the gender inequity around that. we are talking about environmental concerns but i end up paying for that. the other piece of it in terms of women and particularly women of color, i really appreciate that you all took the time to assess this. i don't think it's that complicated. i don't know how many african-american women you will find in the south of market area let's just put it out there.

i will say it. we aren't over there. or very few are. there may be some latinas, but i am pretty sure they scattered and not of a whole -- not a whole lot. i am interested why that particular -- i don't know why you're interested in that area. there are those cultural things that the commissioner had mentioned but all over the world , we are riding bicycles. we are riding bicycles in africa and riding bicycles in south america and riding bicycles all over asia. women and men. i think that the culture of this white, aggressive, manual, this is our space, this entitlement, it is a big turn off. it is not just about working with the people that we want to include or want to have a jumping on the bicycles. let's work with these brothers too and say knock not get out. knock it off.

so hopefully we will have an opportunity to change that culture. it is not just about training. we are working with drivers and how to be more bicyclist friendly and all those wonderful things. let's work with these guys too. i am about holding them accountable for their behaviour. i am not waiting on them to change their behaviour to be able to be a bicyclist. i will do what i want to do. at the same time, this is a huge turnoff. last but not least is the cost. the cost of bicycling. we have the different options of being able to rent and all that and use a car and do all that stuff that people, if they do want to purchase their own bicycle, that is an expense. something that you will be using on a daily or very regular basis , there was storage but also being able to purchase something. a bicycle costs money. they cost -- if you want to get

a decent bicycle, you are looking at at least $500. that is real money. and if somebody stole that, that money is gone. those are things that come to mind for me. and as an african-american woman , there are other issues you talk about in terms of just the immigration and workplaces. you can be able to -- after riding your bicycle to work, clean up and do those kinds of things. but we have a ways to go in terms of -- there is real disparity there that i know that we are trying to do the right thing going forward, but at the same time, there are a number of points that might have been missed that i would like to explore a little bit. thank you, so much. >> commissioner harris?

>> really briefly, i am echoing what she said to. more experimentation in the data , especially with industry. i think with soma, you talk about a lot of white guys and i am assuming a lot of them work intact. i don't know if you plan on talking about your experience, but she is intact and i am curious to know that especially when you're talking about shifting culture and including more women in culture, i'm really interested to know both the intersection of geography in soma as well as industry. no pressure. [laughter] [laughter] >> i guess i check a lot of boxes. i am a woman of color and i live in san francisco and a work intact and i bike. so i agree. i would love more color on the segregation of the study and data that happens.

>> into the mic, commissioner. >> oh. thank you. i think about for years is when i started biking more consistently and i really agree with the recommendations as far as having a partner or a buddy to help with the journey. here are the lights you need and the biking equipment. i think, you know, as any person , but especially a woman, we multitask and we have multiple things to do. it takes a lot of planning to say ok, what is my schedule like for the day? i often get teased when people see my backpack because they asked me if i am going to go camping. but if -- it is all my equipment for the day. i have multiple outlets -- outfits and have laptops and everything else but i also do work at an office that has places for me to be able to store my bike securely and safely and to be able to change.

i can change into more work appropriate attire if needed. and, you know, safety is absolutely key. i would love more infrastructure and bike lanes. back to that buddy system, it is not just the equipment. it is also, why are you going 16 th? you need to go down 17th. that is where the bike lane is. it is much safer. and knowing which routes are the best way to go is really important. i am also -- i would love to explore regulation a bit more -- it is not just a car hitting you , now in it is cars going into the bike lanes. my husband got toward and that was -- i just had gotten off of a plane coming back from india and i was completely out of it. he is out of the house and i don't have a phone. the police are calling me saying that do you know this man? he is in the emergency room.

and he has biked much more often than i have and is much more comfortable with it. i think it is something we have to continue to explore and work on. we are all really intelligent policymakers and know that there is no silver bullets. it will take a lot of different solutions to explore and that is something that i really believe, both these bodies can take up and do. as san francisco continues with the congestion, what we are looking for is last mile solutions. i take a bus and i take bart as well. how do i get from point a to be when there is nothing else in between? i also have a car and i believe that on these critical issues when it comes to climate change, not everyone can do one thing. you have that in china where you have a lot of electric vehicles

but the power grid that they are still running on is cold. how are we addressing these issues here? we have to look at it in multiple ways. i think partnering, safety, really building out that corporate structure and regulation is key. >> director rafael? >> one more thing. one of the questions we should ask ourselves is we try to implement programs to help push more women into biking. we should always be asking if we feel safe putting our kid in that situation? i personally know a woman who bikes her three children to and from school every day on a bike. which i think it's crazy, but i give her all props for doing that. for me, that is a question i ask myself all the time if i'm

walking to and from some place in the dark. to i feel ok if my kid is with me? if we ask ourselves that, we will put together a program that supports women and helps us get to the end goal of making sure that everyone is biking is safe. >> i just want to say wow and thank you. as you heard from us earlier, this is the first time we've talked about this report. it is fun to do it in this venue with people we don't talk to all the time to get your reactions and what you pick up and what you call out and what your own personal experience is. this is something that speaks deeply -- deeply to our ethics here in san francisco. we also understand the city that we are in right now. whether it is congestion or dmc or angry white guys on bikes

running stop signs. there is a lot hitting us. yes, we did select the south of market. it was very intentional. we understand that you are not going to have high proportions of people of color. there were other reasons to do the intercept. the data is very interesting and it acknowledges that. i think what you are responding to is there are interesting patterns. we need to dig a little deeper. there is more here to understand what is going on in san francisco. there is also these dilemmas that you bring up where culturally, in home countries, bicycling was the way people got around. so what happened when we came to this country? why, historically was a bicycle ok and here it is not? there is a lot to uncover and a lot to unpack. i want to thank my colleagues for taking on this first step.

we got a small grant from c-14 to ask these questions. they are very interested in other cities around the world to start asking similar questions if you are going to invest in activities as a city to combat climate change, how should you be thinking about that through a gender lens and asking about women, intersecting? i think this conversation shows how deep and rich that conversation can become when we open up the questions. >> i just had a follow-up. i will say that i usually take bart every day within the city. what i noticed at night, and i feel for these women, most of them are service workers and immigrant women where english is not a primary language. they may not even speak english. i am fearful for them.

i know, fairly recently, we had a meeting, i was at -- i have been asking for four years. can we have sfmta talk about safety issues? part of it, if you will work in the service industry where it is labour-intensive, you may not even have the energy to make to and from work. and the hours are in issue. when these women are getting off at midnight, there is no way they will bike in that direction once i get off of part, they are taking the bus to the excelsior, to the bayview, i would not be biking at 12:30 am or one in the morning in that area. >> thank you. we are doing a time. i think we don't want to overstay our welcome. but if there are any other questions from commissioners, then i will open it up to public comment on the site and. -- open it up to public comment on this item. >> one of the bigger issues is also, you just mention something in terms of the cultural biking

translating at the same time. one, biking has no shows -- social status. ok. there is no social capital in it and for a number of communities, women included, there is no social capital to be a bicyclist that is part of the american culture. what kind of car you drive, you know, all of those things. so there is no social capital. i think we need to look at that. two, biking has become, with all due respect, something of a middle-class and upper-middle-class white privilege. it is a luxury. we need to change that. and along with that, is not that women of color are not at all concerned about climate change, we are all women. we pulled up half the sky.

we are in tune with what's happening. but i think that looking at climate change and the contribution of bicyclists to alleviating the obstruction that we are seeing, i think is a really good start. that may not be the thing that grabs folks. so sometimes the message that we are using and the message that we abandoned that, because that is really the goal. that is the mission. that is the purpose or one of them. but there are other things they are equated or that our attendant to the idea of bicycling that are a lot deeper. so i just wanted to say i think that that is part of the culture shift. there is no social capital. >> that second shower of the day how much extra water will you use? [laughter] >> i thought about that

immediately. >> we will ask for public comment. >> so i am down on townsend street and seventh every single week, monday afternoon for a toastmasters meeting. and i spend some time running around doing things south of market. it is part of the global capital of tech. we also know that only about 30% of people who work in tech companies are women. so i am just wondering about that particular choice of location because the demographic , just might work for us definition is only 30% women. i am wondering if there were other parts of the city where we could have studied that we may have gotten a quite different picture. i get out of my car and i'm

walking along townsend and they will be a row of seven men and one woman walking to lunch. and that is the culture down there. i don't know if this is the forum to answer that question but that is bubbling up for me. >> great. thank you for that question about why we located the study in soma. there is a couple of reasons. one is we have a study already looking at biking health and the benefits of biking in the soma neighborhood. we have a lot of really good data about bike lanes. the very important piece of this study that i don't think we really articulate for you is one of the things that it did is it demonstrated that in three days, with just a few graduate students within an emeritus professor and some of our environment staff, we collected a ton of information about who is biking.

it had not been done before in san francisco. it was low cost and it was fun. people had a really good time doing surveys and the people who were intercepted for the surveys , more people stopped and said that they would answer the question then said they would not. so what we have done with this study is demonstrated that yes, we can do this. we did it in a place where we could marry it with other information that we had and we can easily, easily go out and do this again. we can find graduate students, we can mobilize our own folks, which we brought with us because they speak other languages. we wanted to offer surveys in cantonese or hurt spanish and folks could not answer in english. and we could repeat this and other parts of the city. we now know that it is so critical to go out all day and to be there within those non commute hours where women are biking. it is our intention to motivate ourselves and motivate partners in transportation in the city and get some of the key community partners during the surveys. not only is it easy, it gets us

rich information that we have never had access to before. so i would like to commit to you that we will repeat these studies. i can't quite do that. but i will be presenting this to our partners and to department staff and it is our intention to get more folks out there with more information on the streets. we do not need to just talk to people biking. want to talk to people who are we walking. and just my last thing, these intercept surveys are so critical. in the early -- when we early said to the folks and the researchers, you cannot stand on the corner in san francisco and click your clicker and say, man, woman, wait, asian, black. that is not acceptable. we need to people to sell -- self identify. these surveys give us access to that information in such a meaningful and rich way and folks want to provide that

information. we really appreciate all the comments and all the information we've got. there are some really interesting studies from c. 40 in transportation in mexico about how women on transit are treated and some of the strategies that they are using to overcome that and i ensure we will be happy to share that with you. there are more case studies coming out from around the world on women and climate challenges like this and i am sure you will all be interested. will provide those to you as they come out. >> will you look at the questions? sometimes it is the questions posed that will determine your outcomes. >> absolutely. >> they are in the full study report. >> yes. we will make sure you have them. a lot of the demographics, as you are asking for it, they were doing things much more in detail >> thank you. any other comments? >> hi. i just wanted to say, for the

question of why in the u.s. there are way less biking than in europe and in africa and asia , just because this country was completely built around the car. the invention of the car has created our entire city and our entire way of functioning is around the car. we need to somehow reconstruct that to give wait -- give way to the bike. we need to somehow give less room to cars in the streets so there will be less cars coming. we know that making larger lanes will just make them filled even more. and there is an incredible amount of traffic already. we need to get the car out of the streets and that is when bags will be more accessible and a lot safer and women will come a lot more. another comment i had is i was in excelsior and there were no bike lanes there at all. so i don't feel comfortable biking. and we had one of those sunday closed streets. it was the last one of the season in the excelsior and it

was the first time i saw bikes. they were everywhere. when you close the street to cars, bikes come. there were people that were pretty diverse and riding their bikes in the street. i think the solution is pretty clear. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> if there are no more comments from the public, then we will go to the next item. >> the next item is item six. review and vote on approval of joint resolution regarding women and the environment. this is a discussion and action item. >> thank you. commissioners, i think that you have this resolution in your pocket which memorializes numbes attention to our joint areas of concern which are women and climate. i will open it up for commission

comments. we need to keep it brief as a reminder. we don't want to overstay our welcome. i ask for your indulgence. i wanted to recognize the former police commission president who has joined us tonight. thank you for joining us. and i just want to thank the leadership of the department for putting a resolution together. i wholeheartedly approve. president? >> i couldn't agree more. i just want to say that what a historic meeting this is and thank you for being here. we will open it up for conversation and discussion. commissioners? any comments before we take public comment. >> i have one and i echo commission or shorter's comments on women and water. i did not say anything about water here. is probably not as resolute -- prevalent except for the second shower of the day if you are biking. i had my 40th high school

reunion over the weekend and one of my close friends is a hydrogeologist. we have talked about different women who have come up with ways of purification in countries where women have to spend half of their day getting water for the families. that is very much a feminist issue. we don't need to include it here but i thought i would bring it up in case the department of the environment wanted to bring up anything on water and we could work in tandem. >> yeah, i suggest a quick edit on the first page on line 17 that we change the worst department of two commission on. >> on 19 it does say the department. >> thank you. >> without objection?

>> i don't know how to frame the other one. that's ok. [laughter] >> my only other concern was that in line at ten, we are saying reduce instances of an impact of domestic violence, sexual harassment and we say employment and workplace equity as if we want to reduce the instances of employment and the instance of workplace equity. it is not quite read correctly. >> we should say improve. >> and improve workplace equity, employment and homelessness? i just think we have to reword that somehow. >> i guess my suggestion would be to change it to read resistances of an impact of domestic violence, sexual-harassment and homelessness and improve employment and workplace equity?

>> how about workplace inequity? >> change it to inequity and do what with employment? >> leave out employment. i guess, if you are not employed , you cannot address the workplace. it would be employment and workplace inequity. >> reduce employment and workplace inequity. yeah. i think it would have to be online ten, it would be harassment,, employment and workplace inequity, and homelessness. >> i move that we make those edits to the resolution. >> i second. >> do we have any objections? so moved.

>> any other comments from commissioners? ok. seeing none, we will ask for public comment. is there any public comment on this resolution? >> into the mic, please. >> i'm not sure if this is about the commission. these should of course, effect. i have a letter from san francisco on speaking on behalf of of san francisco. san francisco forest alliance is asking, once again, why does san francisco continue to expose women and children and other deadly herbicides? as you know, on august 10th 2018, in san francisco, a trial of dimensions -- the jury found monsanto guilty and ordered to

pay 289.2 million in damages to the school district. the jury determines that the company knew about this and purposely deceived his partners. by now, roughly a thousand 700 plaintiffs have made claims in state courts across the country alleging the exposure of the herbicide led to various types of cancer. as part of that, they remain in san francisco and still use this pesticide. and other widely herbicide in san francisco is -- pesticide -- it is 20 times as toxic and causes severe burns at relatively low levels of exposure. is a high priority for

replacement at least since 2009. the forest alliance first started keeping track. it is used on grass, where children eat and sit. instead of committing to pesticide free parks, the department of the environment is meeting new herbicides to be used. which are not as widely used they have not been determined to be -- san francisco forest alliance asks here for your attention once again. herbicide chemicals are more toxic and more dangerous and more mobile than their manufacturer disclosed. the danger from this -- [indiscernible]

>> liver and kidney damage and other damages. there is no safe exposure of those chemicals. even low levels of exposure could be harmful to humans, animals, and the environment. in children, pregnant women, and the elderly. ok. >> thank you. >> we asked -- we ask for those herbicides to be banned. >> thank you, very much. do we have any other members of the public who would like to comment at this time? ok. seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe that we need to have a motion to approve this resolution and a vote. do i have a motion to approve? thank you. do i have a second?

we can take a vote of both commissions at the same time. >> i think we have to do it separately. >> got it. we will do the commission on the status of women first. >> and the resolution as amended >> the resolution as a mended. may i have a motion to approve the resolution as amended? thank you. do i have a second? do i have any objections seeing none, the motion to approve the resolution is approved. and for the commission on the environment, do i have a motion to approve the resolution as amended? so moved. seconded? all in favor? any opposed? any objections? the motion carries. thank you. next item.

>> the next item is item seven, general public comment. they may address the commission on matters within the commission 's jurisdiction and not on today possess agenda. >> is there any public comment on this sight and? welcome. >> that evening. i am the executive director of the friends of the commission on the status of women. i would like to take this opportunity to thank the commission on the status of women for your support of the human rights of orient ceremony and luncheon that we had on september 20th. thank you two commission are shorter and commissioner harris who were on the host committee for the award ceremony. thank you to the vice president and the president for sponsoring

a table. and thank you for driving attendance. thank you. i know you said hundreds of e-mail invitations throughout the city to drive attendance as well as to the department staff who volunteered for the day. that success translated to the highest attendance to date. and that means 430 more people now know about our advocacy work to stop violence against women and human trafficking and promote gender equity. it is allowing the friends to fulfil our funding to the department and we are happy to announce that this year we will be granting the department $20,000. that is 25% more than what we

have granted to them last year. and with continued success and advocacy for the friends, we hope to increase that funding throughout the year. in addition to -- thank you. i would like to point out that this month and early of november , is the city and county 's employee giving campaign happening. the friends is now part of the americas giving campaign federation. that means we are listed in the city and county as a cherry that you all can donate -- charity as -- that you all could donate to. we do have an equal pay initiative in the city where we are aiming to confidently train women to successfully negotiate their own salaries and benefit packages. we have a workshop here tomorrow in the library from 5:00 pm

until 7:00 pm in the latino hispanic room. pick up a copy of the card. there is some in the back. there is a series of workshops that we are hosting throughout the year. thank you, so much. >> thank you. any other public comment? public comment is closed. it is now 6:30 pm and i believe in the interest of time, director raphael and the doctor have agreed to table their reports. >> we will still take public comment on item a, the director 's report. >> public comment? >> the next item is item nine. adjournment. the time is 6:32 pm. >> thank you. [applause]

>> the meeting will come to order. this is a regular meeting of the vision zero committee for wednesday, october 31st. 2018. i am captain -- [laughter] [applause] >> and i wanted to do this to emphasize what we really mean about what is vision zero. as you know, it is our policy in san francisco and with my three come in, please? so, here we are. the first hyphen is education.