accomplish a big goal here, and that is to put out about how the three young men were taken to the car. it's not falling on deaf ears, and i don't want you to think that i'm leaving here saying well, i told my side and you told your side, and it's going to be business at usually. believe me, we're taking what you said seriously. we're always looking at how we can do things better. we balance in the moment -- you know, we evaluate, we try to debrief situations. i hear you loud and clear. it's how can we do things better, how can we improve? we can always improve in so many areas, from the largest of policing to these areas. so your message is loud and clear, and we take everything that you've mentioned today seriously. i know you felt underwhelmed. we covered a lot of ground here

today. we answered a lot of questions. if there's follow up, maybe we can get together and go over everything point by point, so i'm hopeful that that happens. >> supervisor ronen: okay. well, i will take you up on that offer, and i will be talking to you, and the family will, as well, so we will have that follow up conversation. do you have any other comments? >> i mean just to thank you for bringing this forward. i was not aware of what happened, and this is enormously disturbing and this is enormously disturbing, and i thank you, commander lozar for taking this seriously and for being here and for your openness to continue working with supervisor ronen to work on this. this was an extraordinary and we hope unusual situation, but i -- the united states being what it is, this is probably not the last time that a gun will be found or even discharged in a san francisco public school.

>> unfortunately. >> supervisor mandelman: and i think that we need, you know, next time, if some of this is, you know, what folks are believe it to have been, then we need to do better. so thanks for taking the time, thanks for bringing this to us, and i'm super impressed by the youth commission and by this family. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: and i just want to -- this is just hillary ronen, supervisor of district nine, i want to apologize to the pena family, because everything i've heard and read about your experience, mr. pena, you and i act very similarly. that would have been exactly how i would have acted in the situation. i would have been going nuts if my daughter was being held, i didn't know what was going on, and i wasn't allowed to be with her. so i just want to apologize to you for this incredibly traumatic experience and just

tell me how much i feel for you as a parent. i'm choking back tears a little bit because as a parent with kids, it's our job to protect them. i just want to commend you for the work you did to protect your son. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: all right. so i guess i'm going to ask you, vice chair ronen, what is your pleasure to this item? do you want us to continue it or do you want to have this heard and filed. >> supervisor ronen: if we need to reintroduce it, i will, but for now, i would like to make a motion to file the hearing. >> supervisor mandelman: okay. we'll do that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor mandelman: and thanks, everyone, for coming out today. mr. clerk, is there any other items before us? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> supervisor mandelman: okay. then we are adjourned.

>> all right. good afternoon, everyone. i am paul yepp. i am the kmonding officer of the central police station. and i want to thank you for being here today. irts to thank o . i want to thank our supervisors for being here today, first of all, mayor london breed, supervisor aaron peskin, and on cue, the chief of police, bill scott. executive director of sf safe, kyra worthy. park and rec commissioner allen low.

park and rec area manager zach taylor. chief of the park rangers, mike celeste. president of self-help for the elderly, annie chung. from the chinese benevolent association, charles chow. and from the san francisco police department command staff, deputy chief ann mannix, commander dan perea, commander david lozar. oh, and -- i'm sorry -- oh, and i'm sorry. reverend malcolm fong -- the

latest commander for the san francisco police department, darryl fong. congratulations, darryl. this is about you. [applause] >> and of course the executive director for the ccdc, malcom yo. i am proud to share with you the grand opening of the san francisco police department public information drop-in center, and it was quite a collaboration between city partners and our community leaders. and i can't be more proud to have got this done with everyone in this room, so thank you for that. and let me go ahead and introduce our first speaker, the honorable mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, captain. i'm really excited to be here because this is a really incredible opportunity for the chinatown community. what we ultimately want to do is make sure that people are safe, and part of making sure

that people are safe is not only a police presence but it's also people feeling comfortable with reporting crimes. when i first became mayor, one of the first thing that i did was to add additional beat officers here in chinatown, and we're continuing to add more beat officers in civic center and other parts of the city as those new academy classes continue to graduate. thank you supervisor peskin and members of the board of supervisors for supporting the additional academy classes which will ensure that we are able to get more officers on the streets. but we know that police presence alone can't address some of the challenges that exist, and in particular, in communities where people speak different languages, there are often times, you know, just really a disconnect between the crime that happens and their ability to report those crimes. and so this drop-in center will be used as an opportunity for

people who are a part of this community to basically come in to develop relationships with the officers here and to report crimes if they occur. and so i'm excited about that because i know that captain yepp has done an outstanding job in this community with building good relationships with the people in this community and also commander lozar who was the former captain of this station has also been instrumental in continuing to bridge that gap. this is just the next step in ensuring that people feel safe, that people feel secure in their community. that they have a comfortable place to come and to meet with police officers. and i want to thank annie chung and the work of the self-help for the elderly and all that you do to also work with so many of our seniors in this particular community. we definitely have a lot of work to do, and this is just one of the first steps in trying to meet people where

they are and come out into the community so that people are comfortable with having conversations and building relationships with our police department. it's something that is really important to me as someone bho grew up in the western addition and worked really hard to bridge the gap between law enforcement and one another. it's a way to stop crime from occurring, but once they occur, we have an obligation to work hard to address those particular issues, and this is just one step closer in getting us to a place where people can feel that their voices matter, that they will be supported and protected in their community, so i am grateful to the san francisco police department for providing the bilingual officers who will work with this community. i want to thank chief scott for his leadership.

will i i also, i know that supervisor peskin will be hosting office hours in this location. who knows, maybe one day, i'll join you. it's just another way to bring law enforcement, to bring all of these things directly into the community, to make the community not only a better community but a safer community who every who lives and works and spends time in this neighborhood. so thank you all so much for being here today, and i'm excite thad this space is opening to provide this opportunity for the folks in this neighborhood. >> thank you, mayor, for your leadership and your support. the next speaker is my favorite district three supervisor, supervisor aaron peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, captain nepp. to our mayor, london breed, chief scott, to all of the

dignitiaries gathered herein, it takes a village, and what you see in this place are many different agencies and nonprofit partners coming together. so we are here at portsmouth square which is the living room for this very, very dense community. everything that happens in this community happens in this treasured park, and we are on rec and parkland, which is leased to an organization that has been taking care of this community, particularly the seniors, since 1966, self-help for the elderly. and we have company a. why is it called company a? it is the first police station in san francisco. i like to say all of our districts are created equal, but district three has central station, and we are more equal. why do i say that? because i know the working men and women of central station company a, and they're not just

police officers. they do wellness checks, they know the people in the community. a long time ago at the board of supervisors, some 15 years ago, there was a big conversation about community policing. and when it was explained to me, i realized that i had community policing. all of my beat cops, they know the folks, whether they're in the pings or in north beach, and it really is the essence of what makes a safe community. and they're culturally competent. as a matter of fact, there are 460 officers in the sfpd who speak a multitude of languages, some 30 languages. the beat officers in chinatown speak fluent cantonese. they engage with the seniors, they engage with the children, and this is an unparalleled opportunity for the people to have direct access twice a week

in this treasured spot. as you all know, we come here for press conferences, for celebrations. this is a community that has under reported crime. i get to read about it in the journal and sing tao. this is an opportunity for people to come in and speak in cantonnese to report what's happening on the street. i'm incredibly grateful to the police department. chief scott, you have a great worker in paul yepp. captain yepp, thank you for making it happen, and -- [speaking cantonnese language] >> thank you. and our next speaker is chief

of police bill scott. >> thank you, everyone. and i won't go over the points that supervisor peskin and mayor breed said, but i want to reiterate a couple of things. first of all, thank you mayor breed for her outstanding leadership. you know, part of what makes this work for us is the executive leadership of the city. the budget that we received this year was very supportive, and it will enable us to continue the path of increasing our foot beat officers and that really speaks to our goal to engage better with the city of san francisco, the residents of the city of san francisco. the other part of that is, you know, this community center will allow us to get to the root of policing, and that's getting people comfortable to report crimes when they occur, because that impacts how we deploy, that impacts how our

resources are distributed throughout the city. so this is a great step in that direction. before i go any further, though, all this doesn't work without the people standing in the back of the room, and those are the officers that are assigned to this district, the central foot beat officers and supervision, captain yepp and his team. they make it work in conjunction with the community. i know they're behind the cameras, but i just want to thank the officers for what they do in this community, because we do have great relationships in this community. we do have some really good things happening in this community. we are a police department that wants to be responsive to the community that we serve, and that all starts with the officers. the command staff, we do what we do. we lead the department, we set the course and the chart and all that, but the work gets done at the field level, and i can't say i'm so proud to have

the officers in this room as the team that's doing this work. so thank you for what you do. as supervisor peskin said, we have over 460 -- i think the number is up to 490 officers that speak 30 different languages. we want to engage with our city. we want to get better at that. we want to be better at policing. we want to be the best police department in this nation, and i think with the leadership of this city, we're well on our way to do that. this is just another step, so thank you for kwbticontributin our city, what we know is a great thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you, chief. as i said earlier, this project doesn't happen without our community partners, and one of our great community partners is the president of the self-help for the elderly, miss annie chung. >> thank you very much, captain yepp, and thank you mayor breed, thank you, supervisor peskin, who knows our place very well because you hold a

lot of office appointments here. welcome, everybody to our portsmouth square clubhouse. as mayor breed and supervisor peskin and chief scott said, we know that partnership with the sfpd is very important to our community. we are the second most dense part to san francisco, probably second only to manhattan, new york, because as you see, a lot of our residents lived in very crowded housing in s.r.o.s. you see a lot of seniors walking on the street, talking on their phone, not a very safe thing to do. because we heard that crimes usually get underreported in this community. no matter how hard, commander lozar, when you was our captain, and captain yepp come around to our senior centers

and keep reporting the crimes, no matter how big or small the crimes are. when paul came to me and said, annie, you think you could rearrange a little bit of your schedule to accommodate our drop-in center, i said yes without the blinking of an eye. i know it will be a welcome sight. our merchants, our residents, our seniors who live around here, our children, you are welcome to see our police officers, especially those who speak the language. they feel comfortable of coming in to ask questions, and i think that through our work, we could also arrange for small groups of residents to come in to get some public safety education with our officers. so thank you, mayor. community policing is all about the community. and if we build our rapport with our police officers, i know that i am krcrimes reportl

increase, and i thank you very much for all of your leadership. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, annie. and then, our final speaker from the community is executive director of the chinatown community development center, malcolm yao. >> well, paul, thank you for the promotion. i'm not the executive director, i'm the deputy director of chinatown community center, but i'll ask for a raise. thank you very much. you know, this drop-in center is really all about community policing. i think we've thrown that term around quite a bit, but captain yepp personified that. community policing is taking leadership and pulling the threads together necessary to make this happen. it wasn't easy, it wasn't from command on high. it came out of paul's head. he knew that reporting needed to go up, he knew that it needed to come back to the

community, and this was captain yepp's brain child, and he took the lead in pulling all the threats for doing this. so i really want to thank you for this, captain yepp, for your leadership in the community. i don't say this lightly, when i say that auntie rose would be proud of you. she absolutely hated the koban, but she's going to love this. thank you. >> okay. that concludes the speaking portion of this press conference, but i did want to take the opportunity to introduce our officers new to the station but well known in the police department is lieutenant doug farmer, sergeant paul rogers, sergeant klobuchu, officer bob duffield, officer pauli tang, officer jennie mau, officer reggie

pena, officer matt fambrini, and officer alex anton. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause]

>> it's great to see everyone

kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy

her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of

different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that

i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put

together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote

filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown,

japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be

possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just

empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that ener , adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the

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supporting small business those are not created an, an sprinkle scale with all the machines and one person procreating them people are making them by hand as a result more interesting and can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for local manufacturing in support that is what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant community

san francisco, 911, what's the emergency? >> san francisco 911, police, fire and medical. >> the tenderloin. suspect with a six inch knife. >> he was trying to get into his car and was hit by a car. >> san francisco 911 what's the exact location of your emergency? >> welcome to the san francisco department of emergency management. my name is shannon bond and i'm the lead instructor for our dispatch add -- academy.

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

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

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

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

shifts that include midnights, some call graveyard, days and swings. >> you have to be willing to work at different times, work during the holidays, you have to work during the weekends, midnight, 6:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the afternoon. that's like the toughest part of this job. >> we need every person that's in here and when it comes down to it, we can come together and we make a really great team and do our best to keep the city flowing and safe. >> this is a big job and an honorable career. we appreciate your interest in joining our team. >> we hope you decide to join us here as the first first responders to the city and county of san francisco. for more information on the job and how to apply follow the links below.

>> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies.

>> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on

the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted.

>> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this

workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant.

in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a

big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical

shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public

safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be