i understand the process is. i want the proposal to be more adequate and in-depth and the city and state. that include -- i don't know if 25,000 was presented to all the treasure island community event. it was supposed to be for transportation and other developments. we fleed to -- we need to stop doing that. what we need to start doing is submitting our intelligence of governorship to the where the establishments require and the governor called for the united states and protocol.

>> chair mondejar: thank you. >> no mr. speaker card. >> chair mondejar: thank you sir. please call the next item. >> next order of business is item 10, closed session. there are no closed session." items. the next order of business is item 11, adjournment. >> chair mondejar: i need a motion to adjourn. >> i move that the meeting be adjourned >> chair mondejar: this meeting is ended at 2:01 p.m. thank you.

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san francisco housing facility. from the very beginning, this whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. it wasn't large enough to accommodate. the children are grown. i had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. i really like that.

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>> i am the supervisor of district one. i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old. i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now.

it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪] >> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers. the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the pacific ocean. we also also have a national park service.

we boarded the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪] >> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the

richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the -- any other part of san francisco.

there is traditional irish music which you don't get hardly anywhere in san francisco. some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. and then also, we see grocery stores. and also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving. [♪] >> we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. that is a really great thing to see. i don't know when i started to shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. i like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. the market is the place i like to come to once a year. once i like about the market as it is very affordable. it has fresh produce and fresh

meat. also, seafood. but they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. a variety of rice that they have is tremendous. i don't thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else. >> hi. i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional

chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. the staff here is very helpful. i speak very little chinese here myself. thinks that i'm not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need? is this what i should be making? and they actually really helped me. they will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. they are very knowledgeable.

very friendly. i think they are here to serve not only the asian community but to serve all communities in the richmond district and in san francisco. [♪] >> what is wonderful about living here is that even though our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities that are offered. [♪] as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those

ideas. ♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa.

>> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps u.s us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about

the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we

want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of tim times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession

in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong

cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and son sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the

police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump a administration and i think how each of the artists has responsibilitie responded ss interesting. the common

>> good afternoon. welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. today is november 2nd, 2018. thank you all for being here with us for this important matter. i will begin with attendance and i will lead the pledge of allegiance. we'll move to communications and then the members will nominate and appoint their presiding officer pro tem for the day.

to roll call for attendance. [ roll call ] >> we have a quorum. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. to the republic, one nation, under god, indivisible with

liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. during the call of the rolls those marked present, those marked not present were supervisor kim, supervisor peskin and president cohen. my office is in receipt of three requests to be excused from today's meeting by supervisor kim peskin and president cohen. in a moment, a motion to excuse the members from today's meeting will be presented by the presiding officer pro tem, when appointed by the members. but first, to our organizational issue, given that the president of the board is not present at today's meeting, pursuant to board rule 4.7 the clerk of the board will call the meeting to order and additionally, given that the president is not present, the members will decide who, among them, will be the presiding officer for today's meeting. historically, the most senior member of the board is appointed to be the chair. but it can be another member of

the board. once this member is appointed, the appointment will terminate at the end of the meeting today. the nomination requires a first, a second and a majority of the members present. and if you are ready, i will call the names on the roster as they appear. if there is one nomination, we will just vote on that nomination. if there are more names than one, then a different type of voting will occur and we'll cross that bridge if it's necessary. so, if you are ready to make a nomination, nominations are open. supervisor ronen, your name is on the roster. >> thank you, madam clerk. i have an opportunity to talk to supervisor yee and ask him, as one of the senior most members of this board if he would be willing to pre side as president pro tem of this meeting and he said that he would. and so i'd like to nominate norman yee, supervisor yee and thank him for his willingness to

play this role. >> thank you, supervisor ronen has nominated supervisor yee. is there a second? >> second. >> supervisor safai is the second. are there any other nominations to be made? >> call ones and twice. there are no other nominations, nominations are closed. so then, supervisor ronen, thank you for removing your name from the roster. motion made by supervisor ronen and seconds by supervisor yee to nominate supervisor safai to nominate supervisor yee. can we do that with unanimous content. ok. supervisor yee, congratulations. chair yee now. i'll take a moment to hand him the gavel.

let's get started. first of all, i have your chair protem. colleagues, may i have a motion to excuse president cohen, supervisor peskin s there a

second. supervisor fewer. madam clerk. can i have roll call. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisors kim, peskin and president cohen. supervisor fewer. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor ronen. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> tang. >> eye. >> yee. >> aye. >> brown. >> aye. there are eight ayes. >> good. president cohen, supervisor kim and supervisor peskin are excused from today's meeting by unanimous vote. please call today's item. >> clerk: the board of supervisors approved a motion to convene as a committee of the whole today, at a special meeting of the board of supervisors. for a public hearing regarding the month-long major labor

dispute between san francisco hiss pit tally industry to include the 2,000 hotel workers who walked off the job at southern marriott operated hotels citing the company's failure to keep up with the escalating cost of living and growing job insecurity. >> ok. thank you, as a clerk stated the motion to enter into a committee of the whole was approved on october 30th. therefore, we will now convene as a committee of the whole. are there any opening statements from the members before i open to public comment? supervisor ronen. >> thank you so much, chair yee. i wanted to just start out by thanking my colleagues and thanking the clerk and the city attorney's office for being here. it's very unusual that we call a special meeting of the board of supervisors to hear an item on a

friday afternoon, especially four days before an election. i think the willingness of my colleagues to come and hold this special meeting and for us to make these arrangements is testament to how important this issue is to the city and county of san francisco. so i just really wanted to thank all my colleagues for moving around your busy schedules to be here. i also want to note, my disappointment that the c.e.o. of marriott isn't here. i did send mr. sorenson a letter asking for him to be here. i did receive a letter in response declining to come here. but i just wanted to ask now if there's any representatives from marriott who showed up today? if you have, can you please make yourself be known. i don't see anyone. i know we do have overflow rooms

in room 263 and in the north side court. if there is any representative of marriott, please come to the board chamber because we would like to hear from you. i will say that there are thousands of workers, of your workers from your hotel here and all over this building right now and i'm incredibly, incredibly disappointed and in fact insulted that you decided not to show up today. i just wanted to give you an opportunity to come and you will be welcome to speak at any point during this hearing if any representative shows up. i proposed that we hold this hearing because i've been becoming more and more concerned about the marriott hotel strike, which is just entered its second month. and as far as i'm aware, this is the biggest strike that san francisco has seen in any

industry in more than a generation. as i said last week, i know that going on strike is one of the hardest decisions that anyone could possibly make. when thousands of san franciscans feel the need to lay down their tools and to walk off the job, it is a sure sign that something is not right in our city. that is why i'm again, so grateful for my colleagues who agreed to hold this special meeting as a committee of the whole and i think all of us agree we need to hear from the work worse have taken this action. we would like to hear from the company effected again, i will say it's unfortunate that they're not here. this strike touches on nearly everything we, as supervisors, are asked to weigh in on. from income inequality to environmental sustainability, to healthcare and the budget. almost everything at stake in this dispute is something that all san franciscans hold important. looking out at the audience and

having seen everyone in the howl ways on the way to this room, it's obvious who these striking workers are. they are across section of our city. they are our neighbors, our family members, our friends. they represent the best of what san francisco has always been, a community of working people from diverse backgrounds who stand together united in a common cause. we all know how important the tourism industry is to san francisco. in 2017, visitors spent $9.1 billion in san francisco. hotel companies clearly play a key role in that economy. i have already mentioned that i reached out to mr. sorenson to speak of this hearing. i really sincerely hoped they would be here to tell their side of the story. after all, san francisco is known as one of the most important tourist destinations

in north america. we generate some of the highest room rates in the country and are a market every hotel company wants to be in. our city isn't just another profit center on a spread sheet somewhere. our city is a place where real people struggle to build a future, to raise families, to grow old together. doing that is getting harder and harder for so many. from what i hear, that's the reality that led to the strike, which is the subject of this hearing today. i want today see if any of my colleagues wanted to make opening remarks before i call up the president of local 2 to speak from the union's perspective about what is driving the strike and what this dispute means to the city as a whole. i want today give an opportunity to any of my colleagues, if anyone wants to make opening remarks. i'm not seeing any.

>> supervisor ronen, i just want to say i'm very thankful that you called for this hearing. this issue is very important to many of us here. if not all of us. and certainly what is happening in the city is not what i like to see of san francisco. we need to help this situation be resolved. thank you, very much. >> thank you so much. with that, is it ok if we call up the president of unite here local 2. >> colleagues, would you -- is there any objection to have him speak as a speaker, presenter?

>> thank you, supervisors. thank you for taking this very rare move to call for this urgent special hearing about a crisis with the marriott corporation in this city that's in fact turned this city, turned san francisco and its tourism industry upside down. i, along with striking workers, a short time ago, met with mayor breed, who continues to be very supportive of our campaign and it's central goal. that one job should be enough. today, this board, this committee of the whole, will hear firsthand testimony from striking marriott workers. about why this crisis occurred in this city. what is at stake for this city? if it's not quickly and fairly resolved. and make no mistake about it, folks, this is a crisis. there are 2500 families that have been out on strike for a month now. they made that difficult decision, they made that sacrifice, they took that step

after months of failed negotiations with this company. you know, a century ago, in this country, working people fought and struck and did everything they could to impresses on their bosses the need for an eight-hour workday due to the exploitation of those times being driven and overworked. the need for a weekend. they were successful in making that demand heard. they were successful in winning the weekend. they were successful in achieving the promise of security and security and quality of life. today that promise is all but gone. you know, too often hotel workers, service sector working, marriott workers here and across this country have to work multiple jobs just to survive. the work they provide reaps

record profits for the corporations for which they work. just to pay rent in this city, a housekeeper working at the marriott has to work 40 hours a week. 40 hours a week, a full-time job that only does enough to pay the rent in this city. that's why more and more of our members, that's why more and more working people in this city are working two sometimes throwe jobs. they're commuting longer and from longer distances from further away. that's a burden, not just born on our members, on those wor workers. it's on their families and especially their children. the average full-time marriott worker in this city earns $44,000 a year. i don't have to tell you what you already know. that's enough to make ends meet here in the bay area in today's bay area. so, that is what has driven this

campaign. that's the under pinnings of our campaign. that one job should be enough. that is why workers took this step. this courageous step to walk out on strike to fight for themselves and their families. 30 days ago. now, since that time, we've seen some movement at the table from this corporation. in negotiations earlier this week, we made, for the first time, significant progress on one of our key objectives. real job security. the ability to really negotiate over new technology and the workplace. and food and beverage operations. we believe that progress was made and that we took those steps because of the action that workers have taken. that being said, we are still significantly a part on issues that matter most to working people in this city. on the issue of healthcare, healthcare in this market in

northern california here in this city, healthcare is all but out of reach for working peoplement for hotel workers, union hotel workers in this city, because of years of struggle, because of campaigns in the past, we have achieved a standard where the cost associated with health insurance are born by the employer. and while some employers may squawk and say it's an unfair burden to impose on employers, it certainly can't be born by working people, who just barely make enough to pay the rent. we, as of today, as of today, 30 days into a strike, our contract expired august 1st. months of failed negotiations. we still today do not have a commitment from this company to maintain workers ehealth' health

benefits over the next several years. the marriott corporation, worth $49 billion, in this city, a city that is a life blood industry worth over $9 billion. if the marriott corporation is not going to step up and say yes, we will protect your healthcare, yes, we have a responsibility as a corporate citizen in this city to do right by our workers, if they won't do that and if we won't hold them accountable to do that, then what will other corporate citizens do? who are we as a city? this brazen position that this company has taken and unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry and in fact, it's an attack, not just on the workers at the marriott corporation. not just on hotel workers in this city. but on working people in this city and in fact on this city as

a whole. and that's why we're here today. we're here to tell our stories. we're here to tell you about why workers have taken this step. why we're out on strike. what this strike means to us. what it means when we say one job should be enough. at the end of the day, when you boil it all down, to its real core. when you think about those words. one job should be enough. it really is a modest demand and it's something that marriott can achieve today. we go back to the table with this company here in san francisco on november 12th. we know we're gathering stanley cup or the and we're stronger by the day. we will last one daylonger than the marriott corporation. with the support of this board and the city and the mayor, we know we're going to win this fight. i can't say it any better than the strikers themselves many of

with that i'll turn it back to the chair. you will hear testimony today directly firsthand from striking workers that will really tell the story of what this campaign is about. i thank you. [applause] >> i just want to remind the audience, if you need to express a positive expression, just wave your hands. we'll see all your hands. it's against the rules for us to make noise out there. if you are hearing something you don't like, just go thumbs down. [laughter] >> thank you, very much. supervisor ronen. >> yes, i just had a couple of questions for you. you made a couple points that really struck me. through preptation for this

hearing, i learned that marriott employs more people worldwide than google sales force and facebook combined. is that right? >> that's accurate, yes. marriott is the largest hotel corporation in the history of the world. and they're the largest hotel employer here in san francisco. >> so then, the outcome of this strike and the precedent that's sent about this contract, about what healthcare benefits these workers received, what job security in this changing economy happens, the impact of this is not just going to impact these 2500 workers here in the san francisco but potentially millions of workers through out the country and perhaps the world. i wanted you to speak a little bit about that. i didn't realize that until i started researching this, and the severity and what is at stake in the strike hit me very hard. >> i think that's absolutely

right. you know, the marriott corporation is not the worst hotel corporation in this country. i mean we're not making the point that marriott is somehow any worse than any other corporation, any other corporate employer. marriott is by far the largest. as the largest, they are the industry leader in this industry and they have a unique responsibility as the industry leader. here in this city, you know, as a large employer, certainly what we achieve here in san francisco will set a benchmark and will set a standard for the other hotel workers in this city. i think when you look nationally, when you kind of zoom back to the rest of the country, what marriott does in multiple cities across the country will set a standard for working people across the country. but to your point, supervisor,

ronen, it's not just about hotel workers. it's about working people, it's about service sector ploy's and working people in general in some of our largest cities. and what role do corporations have and what responsibilities to the largest corporations in our cities have to do right by working people. we argue and we fight and we strike because we believe that they do have a responsibility. it's not just about their bottom lines and it's not just about repeating record profits off working people. it's playing a role as a corporate leader and supervisors corporate responsibility. >> i want to make sure we have the facts right. so, you said that the average hotel worker here in san francisco is earning about $44,000 a year. >> that's right. >> and that the c.e.o.

compensation s. in 2017, was $1 million? $13 million? >> i believe that is correct. >> look, another reason why i call this hearing and why i think this strike is so important is because to me, it's at the heart of so many battles happening right now in san francisco. employers are saying look, the burden shouldn't be on us for healthcare, then, join us in the fight for single pay healthcare and don't accept tax breaks that make you millions of dollars more but make it impossible for the government to provide quality healthcare to the citizens. it's like we're damned in we don't and damned if they don't. they complain and complain but they're not part of the solution. the homeless crisis in san francisco, the battle that is taking place between a couple of the billionaires that live here about whether they should be taxed a little bit more to take care of basic needs.

i really see that struggle linked with the struggle of these workers. i just want to say, before i turn it over to hear directly from the workers, how inspired that i personally am by all of you because you are making a personal sacrifice in your own life, a sacrifice that i can't even again to imagine. you live in the most expensive region in the world and you have joined together to have each other's backs to fight not only for yourself but for the country, for the soul of workers everywhere and i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. you are my heroes. i just want you to know that you are seen and that you are appreciated and that we look to you as the example of what we want to see everywhere in this country. thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> supervisor fewer. >> yes, thank you, chair.

i just want to thank supervisor ronen for having us here today. thank you to local 2 for coming ot today and sharing your stories with us. i was a member of local 2 when i was a cocktail waitress at fairmont hotel. i was putting my way through college and i was on strike and i was on strike for many, many weeks. and i will never forget that experience. the idea that we come together united as labor partners, brothers and sisters. on the pickett lines. all of us eating bologna sandwiches that the union had given to us. someone would come with a big box of bologna sandwiches at dinnertime and we would all eat these sandwiches and have a bottle of water. but we're on the pickett line taking shifts because, at that time, the contract was a maid or housekeeper was cleaning 17 rooms at minimum for $35 a day.

this has been the fight of below and moderate wage workers for decades. this isn't something that is new that we've had to fight for a living wage for low and moderate wage workers all the time. i know how hard it is to be on strike. when i was on strike i would rather have been at work making tips and money more than $50 a week. on the pickett line, i learned a life lesson. i learned about privilege and i learned about the privilege that i have and i also learned about the unity and strength of workers getting together.

combined our dedication to actually fighting for not only our own wages but for wages for moderate and low-wage workers everywhere. in particular now, in san francisco. this expensive city experiencing the largest wealth gap we have ever experienced. i see how you are on strike fighting. i see how you would have to strike in order to demand wages and healthcare that you deserve. i just want to say thank you for coming out today. thank you to supervisor ronen for calling this hearing. we have heard many times in this chamber from elected officials that say labor stays united. these weeks of the strike for local 2 to unite here, you've demonstrated the tenacity, the determination and also how stead fast you are in believing in your right to earn a living wage here in san francisco. and so i look forward to hearing

from you today. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i want to thank supervisor ronen for calling for this hearing. i am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation in not responding, supervisor ronen, to your request to have them come here and a explain to a city that is being impacted every single day by this strike what this position is and why they've been unable to resolve it. i think that the arrogance of that corporation shows through in the letter that they've given to us. they are, as you said, a $49 billion corporation. maybe they feel they are almost as big as san francisco city government and maybe they don't feel the need to communicate with san francisco city