supervisors and our mayor is moving towards? is it in conflict, parallel, how will it be integrated? >> good question. to my estimation there is no conflict between this guidance policy and anything the board of supervisors and mayor brick bring forward. this is more triage or management of a large crisis than a tactical strategic answer. what we hope for from the supervisors and the mayor is that better answer that is more system attic. a safe parking or permit system or something. this guidance is really to have this conversation with the board in a thoughtful way so staff can know we can come to you with

saeducated proposal, but is it not the answer. it is how we are going to manage as we try to come up with an answer. >> thank you, director torres. any more questions or comments? >> do i have a motion to approve? >> yes. >> do i have a second? i don't have a second to approve. all right. i have a motion and second. let's do a roll call vote on this one, please, thank you. (roll call). >> thank you. the ayes have it. this is approved. thank you so much for your work

on this. the board remains very, very concerned and committed to look at the restrictions that are brought to us very closely and to the public commenters who came today. thank you so much. we remain committed to watch this and committed to helping and having our agency help with solutions that might exist. thank you all very much. now we will move to the items severed from the consent calendar which are items 10.2d, e, f. to the members of the public who have severed those items. can we call them? we will call them together.

let's call those three items together. we will hear from the members of the public who severed these. >> first speaker is mike lee. he has left. melody, followed by herbert winier and cutler. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. i am melody. i am going to ask you where do these people go? do not do this. it is unfair to continue to shut down street was no parking alternative. you know there is nowhere for us to go. there is no shelter for us. please do not do this. every time you shut down streets

where a vehicle is parked it escalates the problem for those with no city sanctioned exit from homelessness hearding us to few errand fewer streets. the stress and sleep deprivation escalates with every street you shut down. it does not matter that i am not making a mess or doing drugs and leaving dirty needles. this punishes me as if i am doing those things. my mere existence is breaking the law, and these signs tell me i don't have the right to exist. though it is my responsibility, i am not the cause of my homelessness. please do not do this. again, since 2009 i am asking the board of directors for a safe place to park.

without your help and support i cannot overcome my circumstances and i am a scapegoat and society demand i overcome my circumstances while stripping me ever every resource required to do so. thank you for your time. >> thank you, melody. next speaker, please. >> herbert weaner. doesn't the resolution passed previously i doesn't this conflict with equity regardingtic areas? now, you want to make this a universal law this regulations apply throughout the city. this conflicts with all you have the parking areas. now, have these areas in question under d, e, and f, have they posed a community nuance at

all? that is one question i have. between 12 and 6. now what about the rest of the day? that doesn't interfere with parking the rest of the day. 12:00 and 6:00 is relatively quiet. i think you should really vote against these proposals. i am in a rush. i will say i am against d, e, f. i think on humanitarian grounds you should vote against it. otherwise, people are being chased helter-skelter all over the city in rvs. the real question is do you want individuals in the rvs sleeping on your doorstep? i don't think so. this is something to consider in the broad context. to be fair, this commission is only part of the problem. you know, there are other agencies that should be part of

it and you should consult with the commission on homelessness on this before you take any action. these are the thoughts i have. i would vote no if i were a commissioner, and i request you to do the same. thank you. >> next speaker, please. kelly cutler. >> coalition on homelessness. i can say what i forgot the last time. with your comment about the policy, it seems like the complaint driven system. since we first came in 2012 with the over size vehicle ban, we have been going through this routinely, and it is created a worse problem.

the policy, the legislation that the supervisors are working on, we meet with them to create real solutions, none have happened yet. moving forward, it is like it ask to create some alternatives. with wolf, i am disappointed. that you don't have the data. he came here to say we are going to send out the out reach team, we are going to do this. there is nothing for them to report back. the real industries the outreach workers, great workers without the tools to offer people. wolf is now resolved, i don't know for who, it is resolved. now there is more streets coming up to be resolved again. i would at least postpone and

hold off until we can get some alternatives going. it is currently worked on with the supervisors right now. at this point there is nothing. there hasn't been since 2012. we keep coming back. there are zero alternatives created -- created. any more public comment? >> public comment is closed. directors, as i have said i am not supporting this. it is obvious it is the only thing. i recognize the jurisdictionally it is limited what we can do. i feel like having taken the stand it is make you go things move forward. i think if as the decision-maker you have to use your position to best influence our people to do the work that needs done this.

is a big challenge. we have to -- i personally have to not make it. you can't support moving forward. i don't people we have done anything in the way we need to have done it. the overnight parking issues, over size vehicle issues are far from any reasonable resolution in that area. not necessarily indictment of this agency, indictment of an entire city. we are not going to solve. we can't keep waiting to deal with a problem because we are trying to solve one aspect of it. we have to do a lot of different things in parts of your life, not one area. that is somewhat we have to do. >> it would be hip full to have staff -- helpful for staff to

peak to the impetus of it. >> i have to say i do notice these are no parking overnight for everyone. what i brought up the last time we had something in front of us. it was no overnight parking for oversized vehicles. neighbors said it was a parking overnight. perhaps staff to speak to how these got on the consent calendar. >> indeed. andy with the streets division. these two, one of them is a piece of a street they came from businesses complaining about parking availability and congestion, garbage and debris and general disorder. towards that point in our policy document that is hand waving. there is a location prone to

dumping and parking congestion. as directors have noted and staff this agency is in a tough spot charged with managing the parking and curb in the streets. when we are called on by businesses we must respond. statement we are compassionate and humanitarian impulse is there and should be. we are attorney by. i -- attorney by that. i think this board has been practicing the notion that we can't do this on our own, but perhaps if we say no, we can motivate others. the supervisors and mayor see that. back to the question. this is constituents, these are businesses saying my business is being punished. the garbage, debris and there

are days when i can't get my vehicles in and out of the yard. geographic equity to the points the directors made. the nice neighborhoods have nice things. i say that within sincere quotes. pacific heights don't have rvs in front of the houses. some of that is because the streets are really regulated out the window. there is resident permit parking, time limits. these corners of the bayview are under regulated, barely street cleaning. problems are pushed to these streets. we are in a tough spot to respond and give them regard and be merciful. we are in that same tough spot. >> vice chair.

>> the procedural point you heard director borden. i don't think these should be on the consent calendar. they should be automatically pulled. i can't believe we would miss it. you have feedback from the board member saying she won't vote for this. procedurally we should voice that as we go forward not treat this as consent. it is not going to be. number two, i support this. you anticipated one of my points. i am cognizant of what neighborhood this is and the fact the neighborhood may say they don't have enough parking regulation to begin with. this may well be a game of cashup. for the geographic issues. we are playing the game of catch up. this is a good illustration of

the good faith of views here. i respect director borden's position. it is logical, compassionate and may have the grand effect that she is searching for. i hope it does. from my view we can't hold individual neighborhoods especially ones who are not politically connected and don't have resources to turn to that others do, can't hold them behind and hold them hostage while the city tries to solve a problem they have been trying to solve for a long time. that is my personal view. i will vote for this. i have trie tried to be transpa. i have given you my views. thank you for working this up, thank you for bringing it to us and representing that part of

the city. i hope this will pass and when it did you guys will utilize the same compassion and outreach you committed when i ammenting these. >> thank you. anyone else? anything to add? i am going to call these altogether. do i have a motion to approve? >> yes. second. roll call vote again. (roll call). >> those passed. aubergine, to the staff and everyone who worked on this. as we heard we want to be as

compassionate and careful when i ammenting these. -- implementing these. that gave us hope that is what is going to happen. as we hear from the people working with these people every day. the solutions aren't there yet. this is a kind of a tough situation for all of us. thank you for continuing to work with it. ms. cutler thank you so much. we will move on. >> item 14 approving the 2019 legislative program for sfmta. >> . >> good afternoon. thank you. i appreciate your attention today. i am kate breen with the

legislative program. this program was informed with discussions with the sfmta staff and the various transportation interests over the last several months. the draft program was reviewed and approved as required by the state legislation committee in november an and reviewed by the sfmta advisory committee this month. i would like to acknowledge my colleagues in pulling this together. in 2019 a new political landscape after the elections. new supervisors and governor and legislature and new dynamics with the house speaker role returning to nancy pelosi. we will look for policy and

funding opportunities. at the local level in the packet the legislative efforts are dynamic and recognize -- dynamic. the draft program anticipates categories of policy and projects in 2019 such as vision zero, contract approvals and many things we can't anticipate that is part of our work. one kiev fort today is the -- one of the efforts is to improve communication was the city hall and board of supervisors. this is a staff effort in the last six months following the conversation last year on the changes. the focus is overall process improvements goal is to provide comprehensive information about better customer service and quick response to priorities by the board of supervisors who

represent the interests of the public. accountable and the board of supervisors work. initiative was include response team implemented in the streets division to advance the critical projects identified by the members of the board, improvements to public hearing, type of infrastructure and what the public should expect in each district. updated enhanced protocols for response to inquiries from the board of supervisors, mayor's office and requests tracked through sales force. a full rollout of the public outreach requirements across the sfmta to ensure outreach to the community on the projects underway in any given neighborhood. these plus planned future

initiatives set the foundation to provide comprehensive work and quick response to the board. i felt it was important to highlight that work going on for a number of months internally and different elements have been rolled out. in the coming year with new supervisors we will see the building of a partner ship responsiveness and accountable. i am moving to the state now. on the state side i think that with the mayor, board of supervisors and new governor we have one theme at the top of the list. that is housing. we will see efforts around housing and opportunities to tie transportation elements to that transportation. with regard to transportation funding those working at the state level and my colleagues

statewide are breathing a sigh of relief. of all of the work passing the gas tax and proposition 6 folks are like let's spend the money we will work for the grants and count on the distribution of formula money flowing for the next 10 years. that i think will get folks capacity to look to housing in other areas where they want to bring the focus. there is a conversation to the transportation development act, the quarter c ent sales tax to fund transit. there are a lot of requests to seek exemptions from requirements under that and both chairs of the committees said enough.

can we look at what is not working. if people are asking four exceptions maybe something needs revised. in the coming year we will participate in that effort, is not the least of which is to ensure san francisco's interest and the funds protected. look at it as an opportunity to educate. some members who have the important lifeline source for public transit. the next item is city wide initiative not just mta. it is important to include a change to state law that seek to address requirement that was put into place a couple years ago having to do with how bond make sures are describes on the local ballot. the up shot if the provisions of the law are maintained it

confuses voters of the ballot measure. there are legal memos why this is a barrier for local government funding, schools, public infrastructure, health care and hospitals, particularly around bond measures. we will work with the city family to look for a remedy on that issue. >> i am talking not showing you my topics. that was number three. then cap and trade. again, growing fund source with potential opportunity to look for funding. earlier discussed light rail vehicle program will seek funds out of the capital rail program and maintaining the ongoing commitment for high-speed rail. next category where we will continue our work as we have over the last number of years and to tom's point earlier and

director eagan's program. we have to have policy around enforcement and education and the things we worked on have been tough fights. we will come back. the first bullet talks about creation of zero traffic fatalities traffic force. in this year that statewide table will provide a forum for those of us proponents of speed management. we will have an opportunity to bring experts to the conversation with a goal of coming up with recommendations that we can advance around statewide policy. you may have seen that recently los angeles had to increase speed limits to enforce speed laws. that ask the way the law is currently written. you have to have speed limits to

the 85 percentile to measure how fast the cars are going. we are working with cities around the state to bring awareness. it will be an education process with the legislature and new members. we are building a movement that takes time. we will work with other proposals that may come to the floor around bikes and safety proposals. vision zero this last bullet is around mode shift. what will it take for members of the public and folks not riding now but want to, disability community to feel safe is being able to get from the bus stop to the vehicle without step anything the street. the concept is to seek an

opportunity to you use the existing transit only lane enforcement cameras to enforce parking violation this is bus stops anywhere, not just in or adjacent to transit only lanes. los angeles and ag transit have interest in this concept. we are lookin looking for some traction. it was the mayor newsome's idea to improve the muni performance. it took 8 years to get the program after three pilots. two or three pilot authorizes. we will see. next category rye is one you -- category is emerging mobility. we will see what the coming year brings around the scooters and

shuttles and private transit vehicles. congestion pricing and it is a small cell wireless sites. there are a lot of things in this with proposals. we don't know what form. this practice towards preempti preemption. making sure that people want one and done. they don't want to navigate individual sty policies. at the state or federal level they are rallying over local government to keep control of the streets and make policies that work best for them. we are mindful of what is coming up. there are discussion us around congestion pricing. this is a deeper dive in terms

of what tom ask working on for congestion parking framework and we will be a resource in the legislature as that continues. on parking somebody told me on accessible parking policy the tough ones take the longest. first is disabled placard reform. san francisco good a deep dive on that issue four or five years ago. los angeles and sacramento picked up the ball. la is looking at legislation around the policy. we will be continuing to engage in that conversation such as there is an opportunity. the take away in this arena is no progress without the engagement of the disability community and equity interest.

both of these for lack of better term the larger categories of interest haven't been as engage. to be successful it will be morrow best. -- robust. parking focusing on the impact of low income individuals and seeking to ensure those programs are implimented explea. we are working on a curb management report. we will see if there are proposals coming from that. housing is a newcom is is a new. parking minimums and maximums

and permit streamlining we will look for opportunities. lastly i but not least, sustainabilities and efforts around greenhouse gas emission reductions, bus electrificationf bus us helping with carbs to understand the unique position with the trolley coach which is zero emission. as we transition to zero emission that we can phase out the trolley coaches under this regulation. the federal component will be kicker. we have a changed federal landscape. it is interesting. there is a lot of bipartisan talk around infrastructure.

incoming chairs expressed support for emt charge, congestive pricing but mind full this won't work for everyone. we are anticipating a robust conversation working to clarify the top infrastructure priorities to make sure we are ready to go. the fast act will be expiring 600 days along those lines. we will behind full of conversations on reauthorizes authorization. autonomous vehicles we have capacity with members of tom's team and our government affairs folks. it is a super deep dive with senator feinstein around the issue of preemption and legal

issues in the house and senate autonomous vehicle bills. the guess right now the clock ask ticking to come to agreement. it seems today it would be hail mary to be successful in passing agreeable autonomous vehicle legislation. you never know. to let you know we are very much involved in those conversations. lastly, the broader context of mobility. it is something we will monitor closely. that is my report. i am happy to answer questions. >> thank you so much. questions or comments. director borden. >> a few years ago when they passed 375. has it helped in terms of regional transportation dollars that all of our housing is

transit oriented? >> that is the promise? has that been fulfilled? >> sustainability. they have you merged and there is an opportunity to realize that promise. the effort underway over the past six months. this year for the first time i have seen is probably as a result of the consolidation. the legislative program is now the number one issue is housing. i would say it is a little early yet. there are definitions within the sustainability community strategy that do not benefit the region. there are conversations so more funds would flow based on disadvantaged communities. i think you have to say there is so much demand and need around housing that they haven't quite

delivered that yet. >> curb management. can you talk about the things that you are advocating for? >> i would say not advocating for. i will see if tom wants to speak. it is who has the right to permit the curb. it is broader than that. >> thank you, mr. mcguire. >> the curb management is all of the tools regulating who gets to use the privileges of the curb. parking paid and unpaid, pick up and loading, putting things like bike chair stations, my division is undergoing a curb management strategy to bring to the board at some point in 2019 to try to

suggest ways to better align one of the strongest powers this organization has which is to control the use of the curb with the new modes of transportation in the city and to figure out how from a 21st century approach would be to support transit first and equity goals. >> am i contradicts to understand some of the things would need approval from the state to change? >> it ask possible. you know, one of the things we find as we dig into the california vehicle code which some people on apply team have memorized, there is quite a bit of power for a city that is willing to be creative. you will hear more about that in

2019. >> any questions or comments? >> the 50% increase in the congestion on the streets. can you address to how the legislative program seeks to address that? >> tnts are regulated by the tpc. if there are proposals for fees in the context of pricing i don't know. that would be my best specific example i could come up with that i have heard about. >> really the ta commission on the report asked the ta to start redo the pricing study it did

back in 2010. as you know, there is likely to resurface in the legislature a bill to authorize pilot congestion management efforts as there had been last time. i think those efforts could come together. that won congestion pricing for everybody. what we have specifically ask a law this past year that would allow us to put the measure on the ballot next year that would impose a per trip tax on tnts. not clear what support there would be locally let alone at the state level for additional ledge laytive changes in how tncs are regulated in california. we have been trying for six

years to know avail. >> obviously you heard frustration not just san francisco, los angeles as well. cities lacking authority over tncs. any thought to state legislation to empower cities further to address the challenges? >> i haven't heard anybody coming forth specifically. we are in regular communication with the seven largest department of transportation in california. so far there hasn't been a proposal. i won't say a will. i think a proposal to try to take that on. there is an opportunity with th incoming administration and how it works or doesn't work effectively. that conversation started two years ago what should fall with

in the purview and what night be under the state agency. it could be those conversations begin again. >> we have a lot of people changing at the state level. people have been in place for quite some time. i think we will see a lot of new faces and a lot of stunt with people changing. >> the staff report mentions the better market street. we spoke about funding removed from market street. the budget is quite significant. it sounds like it is moving for the first few blocks. can you talk about the plans for overall improvement. >> as we have been talking to folks how to prioritize if we were asked, if there were an

opportunity for other projects, better market street rises to the top much the list. it is socialized and people understand the value. getting the $15 million grant was like a huge surprise. for phase one, which is about $70 million, things are move anything the right direction. we would want to advance when it is ready the full project north of $600 million, i believe, and look for every opportunity to fund it as a marquis type of project. we have no unknown fund sources the center piece of our ask when infrastructure calls for projects come forward. >> thank you. no other directors have questions. i will say thank you so much for the work do you on this. now the job you do is a

marathon, not a sprint. the years on the board seeing the work inmuch forward on the things. some of the things we put forward we don't see a huge success. we see incremental change and the issues get socialized in the state and other cities pick up the baton. the transit only lane enforcement with bus cameras, everybody is starting to realize as there are new fleets with fantastic cameras we have a big opportunity. there is a report that shows higher transit use means safer streets. that ties to the disability community saying that is one of the biggest issues to get safely to the bus. i feel like we moved that along.

disabled placard reform was a big list. we didn't get what we started out asking for, we did move the needle. the dmv had an audit that forced them to tighten controls which helped us. i don't know that we have seen the numbers on it recently. i assume the audits is going to trickle to our streets and we will see some improvement. >> i would hope so. i don't know how far they are in executing their recommendations from that audit. it was a small step but positive step. >> i just want to say thank you. it is a marathon. you guys and your staff are all doing very good work. we appreciate it. >> we are lucky to have the delegation we have.

we have unified support. >> i think what you are doing is probably helping to inform other cities and they are looking to pick up the baton and to run with that. thank you. do i have any members of the public left? no public comment. public comment is closed. do i have a motion to approve this legislative agenda. any opposed. it is approved. skit tight we do have a closed session. >> item 15 discussion and vote pursuant to add enough code section 67.10d. i should note that the city attorney's office is asking that the shank settlements be removed from the agenda. >> do i have a motion and second.

we. >> we are back. item 16, announcement of closed session. the that met in closed session. the board voted to approve the mudawar case. the motion to disclose or not disclose. >> move not to disclose. >> will not disclose. we are adjourned. thank you very much. everybody have a wonderful christmas, wonderful new year. happy holidays.

>> hello, everyone. my name is london .-period-paragraph i am the mayor of the city and county of san francisco -- my name is london breed. i'm the mayor of the city and county of san francisco. i am so excited about today. we made the unofficial ban official. the freedom band, the official

band of the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> how exciting is that while i have to tell you, it means a lot to. this band has an amazing history in our city. for two years ago, and you just celebrated your 40 year anniversary, and i was happy to be there in the green room celebrating with you, just how you came together during a challenging time in our safety. marching in the pride parade in 1978 with the former mayor, harvey milk, who we just celebrated not to be too long ago. the things that you all do to bring things -- bring people together with the sound of music , and your willingness to accept anyone who is willing to play, but, yes, they must practice so they can play the beautiful music that you continue to play for us, and i'm so excited to be here. in fact, one of my first visits

to city hall was when i went to benjamin franklin at middle school. i was in the eighth grade advanced band, and i played french horn. i see a french horn right there. and we were dianne feinstein's band. the benjamin franklin middle school band. we played right here in this rotunda at city hall. we played at davie symphony hall , we played when the san francisco 49ers won the super bowl. we played for their event at the fairmont hotel. let me tell you, i was a piece of work until that first day when i joined band and mr martin made me write lines. my behavior changed after that because i wanted to be a part of something amazing. something that made incredible music and the lesbian gay freedom band make incredible music for all of us to enjoy so we are so happy and proud, and i'm so excited to be here to sign the legislation against an

eight hour official unofficial official pick and with that, i would like to introduce the person who authored the legislation, and the legislation that we are going to sign today, that is supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. thank you for your work and thank you for getting us the rotunda today. is that this at this fabulous? normally they put us up -- is into this fabulous squad normally they put us up in the mayor's balcony. i'm super excited that this is my first signing ceremony. i want to acknowledge what an amazing institution our lesbian gay freedom band has been all of these 40 years. we have been celebrating a lot of anniversaries this year and marking that -- bad occasions as well.

by the arts in particular have played such an important role for the lgbtq community and the broader san francisco community and getting us through the tragedies of the last 40 years and getting us to the triumph and to better -- to a better place. i am excited we can honor the work that was done by former supervisor and assembly man in having the band twice proclaim to the official band of san francisco. but this is the first time it is really official and for real, and so that is very exciting for us. i want to also acknowledge tom soprano who has done such amazing work in my office on this. thank you, tom. aaron is over there as well. and also, i want to acknowledge doug whitman. the chair of the board. president of the board, who has been tireless around this, and in all of your work for the community and for the band.

thank you doug. [cheers and applause] >> i'm excited also to hear a little bit of music. so i will get out of the way. >> thank you. i know we are not used to politicians speaking that shortly but thank you for your work, supervisor rafael mandelman. and now our great state senator, scott weiner, who has been an amazing support of this band, and has honored this band over the years, and basically, it he is the person who had been calling it the official badge of san francisco for so long, senator scott weiner. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i always assumed that you guys were the official band, and i'm really thrilled that supervisor mandelman and the mayor are making it truly official and on paper and permanent.

congratulations. i also want to congratulate supervisor mandelman on having -- not just his first public signing, but his first legislation signed into law. congratulations. [applause] >> i too have a traumatic band story. i was in fourth grade when we started to get instruments and start being in band. i wanted to be a clarinet player but they ran out of clarinets. i had to be a trumpet player and that ended when i got braces. i tried really hard to. but seriously, i wanted to say thank you to the band. as someone who has been in this community for 21 years now, the number of events and celebrations and remembrances that i have been at war where this band has been here adding beautiful music -- that i have been at war where this band has

been adding beautiful music. it takes any celebration to the next level. it is ingrained into our d.n.a. that we love music, we love art, thank you for everything that you do, and you will be official congrats. [applause] spewing thank you senator weiner and the man that holds it all together and makes all the magic happen and continues to lead this incredible organization, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the san francisco lesbian gay freedom band, doug littman. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. this is absolutely the most exciting day in the band's history. what is happening here today is the culmination of 18 months of hard work that involved three mayors and more than a few supervisors, but it is actually

the culmination of 40 years of history that began in june 1978 by our founder, john sims, but the one person i believe most responsible for writing this ordinance and seeing it through all the steps needed to be -- to bring us here today with the board of supervisors, is supervisor mandelman thinks that his efforts, you will forever be linked to the history of this and just as we have an official bird, flour, module, song, and colours, we will forever have an official band. i am a company today by some of my fellow musicians who are able to make us on a midday. thank you all for coming here, including an one member at linda warner who is literally at the sand. can you wave? [applause] >> all of us wanted to witness

history first hand as well as provide a bit of music appropriate for the occasion. shortly we will be playing two short pieces both of which, like this band artificial pieces of music. we will play "i left my heart in san francisco "which is the city 's official ballot and then we will play "san francisco" and it is the city's official song. we were honored that mayor breed to shut up and presented a wonderful certificate of honor from the board and said a few words. among those was when she told us how she had played the french horn as a young woman. this is an instrument or very near and dear to us. our founder played the french horn, as did two of our artistic director -- directors, in

addition, our current artistic directors both play the french horn. with this in mind, the photos we are about to take we would like to ask mayor breed if she would like to hold the original french horn that belonged to john sims, our founder. it is right there. >> should i hold it now? >> sure. >> this is a living bit of musical history that is still being played today by members of the band, and we would be honored if she would hold it. we will not ask her to play it unless she wants to. and we won't formally ask -- there you go. [laughter] >> i need to practice. >> i understand. that is why we won't ask you to play it unless you want to, and we won't formerly -- formally ask her to join our bands but we do rehearse every tuesday night in the twin peaks neighborhood. just saying. since i just heard scott's sad

story of his traumatic band experience of not playing the clarinet, i will allow him to hold my clarinet during the photo opportunity, and we can arrange lessons if you'd like. [laughter] >> for supervisor mandelman, i wanted to give him one of these official caps with our name on the front and on the back. it officially says the official band of san francisco, and i want to offer these caps to everyone up here who would like one. this is the only one we have right now because they are on backorder but we thought you should have one. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming. this is a bit of history. i hope you remember it as much as we do. thank you. [applause] >> okay. now we are in for a treat. i want to make it clear to the

new official band, the official unofficial is official now, the band of san francisco that i will be asking you to work harder than you have ever worked before because here in san francisco there are numerous celebrations and events and we will always need the official band of san francisco to be there how exciting is this? >> before they play at the official band of san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation.

[cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the san francisco lesbian gay freedom band! [cheers and applause]

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