bring it in compliance with the planning code. the proposal complies with the planning code as proposed. it would have been an opportunity at a discretionary hearing for the planning department to take additional action if they felt necessary to further restrict and condition the use of the property. but this is a de novo hearing, and now this is before the board of appeals, which has the same right to have discretion over the permit. in regard to president fung's question about the source measurement and why they chose the field that they did, on page five of the noise assessment or the sound assessment, they said that was chosen because it was most comparable to what is proposed on the plans because it is a turf location, had similar number of students, age of students, and that was the basis for it. staff reviewed that, found that to be appropriate methodology for the sound assessment.

lastly, the ceqa determination was properly issued. the check box that was pointed out by the appellant is part of the screening for historic resources. there was no question at any time about the project description, and the full project description was properly evaluated by the planning department. this determination was upheld by the board of supervisors, again, at another public hearing on the categorical exemption, so i feel confident that that was properly issued as the board of supervisors has unanimously ruled. lastly, in terms of possible conditions that the board may be considering, in terms of having conditions that would be enforceable, you know, i would suggest to have them be as clear as possible and you know avoiding some vagueries because that is not defined. my suggestion would be to have limits -- limits on the hours to be used.

even restrictions such as structured play versus unstructured play. >> commissioner tanner: how do you define it? >> i appreciate those conditions, but i would ask that the board be as clear as possible. something limits to something like -- limited to something like hours and days would be appropriate. i think something being community serving, i understand there may be a balance there with impacts on the neighbors. you know, right now, there's no limit opposed -- imposed by the department as to not allowing them to do external actions. we would prefer to have it be more publicly available in serving the community at those off hours, but that is a positive neighbor serving benefit. i believe one of the items that was raised by the appellant is this is not a neighbor serving

use, so having more time for community groups to use it is making it more of a neighborhood serving use would seem to address one of the issues raised by the appellant, but with that, i'm available for questions. >> commissioner tanner: i'm just going to ask if we were to impose limits and conditions would they be able to provide? one of my questions is we were to impose too strict conditions it would kboes limits to any other organizations that might make use of the asset and again activate it on the weekends. would those ever be able to be revised, if we were too strict or too loose and needed to restrict the sound more? >> conditions are reserved for more exceptional extraordinary circumstances. we have a complete code complying project here. it's an excellent point, if you decide to undo that, how would you have more flexibility in

the permit. the answer is we would have to deny the permit, and come back to this board, and the board would have the ability, with four votes, to modify the conditions that were imposed. that would be our recommendation and any violations of the conditions that are imposed by this board would be subject to enforcement. >> commissioner tanner: thank you. >> commissioner lazarus: and my question would be, and i don't know if you can answer this, let's say if we restrict it, 8:00-6:00, five days a week, if they're not using it within the permitted times, are they barred from letting another group use it? no? >> no. i think if the board's condition was just limited to the hours and days of operation, then other uses could occur during that time that were in compliance with the planning code. >> commissioner honda: so mr. sanchez, i understand it's a permitted usage. at what point would this be an

institutional encroachment? >> well, the zoning allows institutional uses here, and it does not require conditional use, which is required in many other zoning districts. this zoning district is a higher zoning district. it does not require authorization by the plan -- approval by the planning department as conditional authorization. >> commissioner honda: okay. thanks. >> president fung: scott, just to clarify, my point on that is that they didn't identify so somebody could check. yeah, anybody can say that. >> and i don't know if -- >> president fung: that's all i'm saying, is it normally makes sense and they identify -- and the office alz identifies what specific sources are in great --

charlie's office always identifies what specific sources are in great detail. >> where the playground was, it sounded like one of the speakers in public comment knew where it was at, but yeah, it's not listed in the report. >> clerk: okay. thank you. mr. duffy, anything to add? okay. commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> president fung: commissioners? >> commissioner honda: i'll start. this is tough. you know, the zoning is a higher zoning and as i've always said that if you move to an area that has that zoning, you should be aware of that noise on a regular basis. that said, when you see a building that's been there for a long period of time, and you've been there for a long period of time, you're assuming you're not going to have kids

screaming. i'm leaning towards having some guidelines, but to be honest, i could -- i could go either way. i'm very empathetic, very sympathetic to the neighbors that are in close proximity, but it is a permitted use, and it's n it's not requiring exceptions, a variance, so it's somewhat difficult for me to add those restrictions. but i would like some comfort zone and having the neighbors some comfort zone of what they can expect in perpetuity. >> commissioner tanner: i'm typically -- perpetuity -- let's stay away from that word. i like to support folks that go through the process and steps. we layout a very thorough and robust process to go through. however, it's not a fool proof process in that some folks may not know about it.

the postcards may get lost or we read the postcards, what is this maybe talking about, and we don't engage, and folks aren't able to engage when they want to in a way that they want to. at the same time, it's a code compliant project that is providing services to children. i'm loathe to put restrictions on that are too onerous that then become a situation where they're having someone cleanup the yard and we're getting a call that someone's out there at 9:00, outside of the permit hours, cleaning the yard, and that's occupying the space, which is not our intent. so i want to make sure that we're not setting ourselves up or setting this neighborhood up for more angst and strife over the conditions that we might impose this evening. >> commissioner honda: look how much they've grown. i still remember when they were

next to the painted ladies, 21 -- 28 years ago. >> commissioner lazarus: no, i think i understand where commissioner tanner's coming from. part of me wants to put hours on it, but then, if they were taking a tour, and people were walking through it, and that was prohibited because of the conditions, that doesn't work either. i think there is recourse from the neighbors if this sort of ge gets abused and they're using it at all sorts of hours that wasn't anticipated, so i'm ready to uphold the permit and deny the appeal. >> there's no restrictions. >> commissioner tanner: what kind of hours are you anticipating? >> commissioner honda: i think 7:00 -- that doesn't include someone walking through and doing a tour of the school. we're talking actual playing and scheduled events, and if

you were to use it on the weekends or the evenings, it would be nice to have some type of notification system. >> commissioner tanner: it could be, what is it right now, 8:00 to 6:00, maybe 8:00 to 7:00 to give a little bit of plex time, and then -- flex time, and then, on the weekend, 10:00 to 3:00. i think it's an area of the city that doesn't have as much open space and doesn't have as much space certainly for playing. patricia's green, kids can play, but it's surrounded, not expose. >> commissioner honda: i know, but it's going to be up against -- >> commissioner tanner: i know fung fu . >> president fung: i'm not of the same opinion. i don't know why you folks are going beyond what they asked

for in terms of the time limits. that's first. secondly -- and by the way, i'm highly supportive of the institution. i think you do a great job, and they have a definite place in what the city offers. the issue here is not them or their activities. the issue is whether any generator of sound should be able to have some responsibility for mitigating the best they can hor to eliminate it in some respects. i was the only one here that heard the appeal on the mechanical equipment, and i

don't quite recall seeing something that looked like that. however, i'm disappointed that i voted to allow it. if it created a sound issue -- any way, you know, we all make mistakes. but -- but i think that whoever generates sound, no matter how good of a -- of an institution or use it is has to have some level of responsibility to deal with that in terms of how it doesn't spill over, then, onto neighbors. now, they've already arrived at some agreements with some of the property owners. now, i'm not fully convinced if they had had their stat --

statisticsition and analyst, that there's ways to deal with that. the same office is the one that we use that is providing us with our curtain wall for a wall with the airport. you can imagine what that does. it sounds like two of the properties has arrived at some agreement. i'd like to see if they can hammer something out because most of these people represent that they're property owners,

except for one. >> commissioner honda: how much time were you thinking? >> president fung: not much, otherwise, it just drags on. >> commissioner honda: i would support that. >> president fung: madam director? >> clerk: okay. so we can move that to -- well, i guess the 20th? >> commissioner honda: i won't be there, just so you know. >> clerk: march 6? >> president fung: does that create a problem for anybody? what's the problem, counselor? >> i think that the issue that i just want to point out is that the school had offered -- i just want to be clear, they'd offer to pay the property owner $50,000 to upgrade the building. this was the offer that was then rejected, and the reason was -- was that we were requesting that it be recorded against the property as an

acknowledgement of the fact that the playground and the school were paying the property owner $50,000 to upgrade his property for sound attenuation. so we've really worked hard to reach an agreement with this property owner. and i am just hesitant to delay construction of this project anymore. >> president fung: i understand that. >> and after i think really good faith efforts to reach an agreement. >> president fung: okay. unfortunately, this organization, this board likes to see if we can split the baby, so to speak. i'd like -- i mean, i may not have the votes, but i'd like to give it one last shot, and with the caveat that the -- the opposition should know that otherwise -- >> commissioner honda: we'll make a decision. >> president fung: -- the only change i will make is hours of

operation and days. [inaudible] >> president fung: no, it's closer. honda ho>> commissioner honda: sorry, sir. >> clerk: okay. do we have a motion? >> president fung: yes. i'm going to continue this item to march 6 to give the parties one last chance to see if the appellant and the sponsor can arrive at some reasonable mitigation. >> clerk: okay. so we have a motion from president fung to march this item to march 6 to give the project sponsor and the appellants one last opportunity to reach an agreement regarding the sound issues. on that motion -- [ro [ro [roll call]

>> clerk: okay. so that motion carries. the matter is continued to march 6. did you want to have any additional briefing? >> president fung: they can provide three page brief. >> clerk: okay. party, appellant and sponsor, you can have three page briefing. they need to be provided the thursday prior to the hearing. we'll send out an e-mail with all this information. >> president fung: okay. this meeting is adjourned. somebody already left.

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>> good morning, please welcome san francisco gay men's chorus, performing "singing for our love ." [♪] ♪ we are peaceful loving people ♪ ♪ and we are singing,, singing for our love ♪ ♪ we are young and old together ♪ ♪ and we are singing, singing for our love ♪ [♪]

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[cheers and applause] >> please welcome, chris verdugo , executive director of the san francisco gay men's chorus. >> good morning. on behalf of the board of directors, staff, and about a tenth of our singing members that are with us, it is an honour to welcome you to our new home for the mayor's first state of the city address. as we begin to envision this space over a year ago, our intention became clear, we

wanted to create a centre where lgbtq artists and organizations could come together, a space where they could collaborate and incubate new works pack and affordable and safe space, a place to present master classes and lecture series, and to host a middle and high schools aged students with our educational programs, rhythm, reaching youth through music, and the it gets better showcase pick a venue that would house a state-of-the-art broadcast facility so we could transmit these incredible transformational and inspiring events to a global audience. a space that espouses the san francisco values of diversity, acceptance, equality, entrepreneurship, and creativity a home where art and activism come together, and it is my honor to welcome you to that space today. [applause]

our new home, and the nation's first-ever lgbtq centre for the arts is a continuation of what began over 40 years ago on the city hall steps. that moment where 99 men raised their voices in anger and sadness, but also in hope, singing the song that you just heard, singing for our lives, and thereby sparking an lgbtq arts movement that would eventually spanned five continents. that is why this isn't just our home, it is a home for all of the san francisco arts community and the nation. no one understands this better than the mayor. as executive director of the african-american arts and culture complex, and she transformed the struggling center into a vital, sustainable community resource. she understands, yes. [applause] >> she understands that arts and

culture are at the forefront of social change, and we are honored that she chose our new home for her first state of the city address. [applause] >> please join me in welcoming, mayor, london abbreviate. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, everyone. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you all so much for being here today. thank you to the san francisco gay men's chorus for opening up their new home, this amazing, national, lgbtq centre for the arts. what i love about this center is

that this chorus has invested their time and resources in creating something beautiful, not just for themselves, but for the entire lgbtq and arts community around the country. this is a place that celebrates what is best about san francisco , and that is what i want to talk you about today. for too long, our safety has been the subject of a drumbeat of negative media attention, national stories claiming that san francisco has lost its way. however, streets are dangerous slums, our housing is unobtainable, how temple workers battle for our city's up soul. like most narratives, their elements of truth here, we have failed to build enough housing, we do face a homeless crisis, as we grapple with mental health and substance use on our streets of course, we acknowledge the challenges we face.

the question is, what do we do next, hang our heads and give up cloth concede our problems are too great and the soul of our city is lost? anyone who thinks that, anyone who thinks that is what we will do knows nothing about this city [applause] >> this is san francisco. we don't throw up our hands, we take to our feet. we don't wait for guidance, we liked the way. this is a city that knows how. the innovation capital of the world his. [cheers and applause] >> the national leader on lgbt and immigrant rights, environmental protections, healthcare, and so many other causes. the place where my angelou rang cable car bells -- the place

where my angelou rang cable car bells and the place where a girl from public housing became mayor [cheers and applause] >> our congresswoman is speaker of the house. our former mayor just became governor. another is the california senior senator, the state's lieutenant lieutenant governor, controller and treasurer are all san franciscans. [cheers and applause] >> our former district attorney could even be the next president [cheers and applause] >> it is time that our city holds its head up high again. it is time we believe again. yes, we have our challenges, i see them every day, just like

you. i'm frustrated just like you about the issues that face our city, but i'm also motivated, because there is no problem we caps off together, no challenge we won't face together, there is , as president clinton said, nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be fixed with what is right about san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> homelessness in san francisco has, for decades, been described as a sad reality, an impossible problem, just part of our city. i don't accept that they are just a few years ago, he only had to walk a few blocks from city hall to seat tent encampments lining our sidewalks , clips covering whole blocks on division street. today, those encampments are gone. that is partly because we have been working to build more

shelters, more housing, and help more people. in the last six months, since i have been in office, we have built three navigation centers, with 338 beds, the fastest expansion of shelter beds our city has seen in decades. [cheers and applause] >> and we've helped nearly 1,000 people exit homelessness. 1,000 people in six months. [applause] >> yes, we have a long way to go and so much work to do, but we are making a difference in people's lives. when we open up to the bryant street navigation centre earlier this month, i met a woman who had just moved in. she is battling addiction and breast cancer. on the streets, her medication kept getting stolen, she couldn't get healthy, now she is inside, and she is working on

getting housing. at bryant street, she gave me a hug, and she said she is hopeful , and so am i. if she has hope, others can too. that is the difference. she is excited about the future, and i'm excited for her. if she can have a hope, and others can too. i've already announced my plan to add 1,000 shelter beds by 2020, enough to clear the shelter bed waitlist. [applause] >> we also are declaring a shelter crisis so we can get these shelter beds builds now, and i want to thank supervisor supervisors brown, haney, mandelman, supervisor stefani and walton, for joining me in recognizing our bureaucracy shouldn't stand in the way of one single thousand beds.

this is a huge step, we know, but it is not enough. we know we have around 4,000 unsheltered people in our city, sleeping in our streets, in our parks, in the doorway is, or in vehicles. we know that it's a travesty, but it's one we can take on. in the next four years, i want to create enough shelter beds, step up housing units, homeless housing units, and housing subsidies for every person who is currently unsheltered. that is 4,000 more placements for people. no more excuses, no more status quo and let's be clear, every part of our city, every neighborhood must be open to being part of the solution. [cheers and applause] >> to get there, we must move forward with my proposal for our windfall funding.

$185 million for homelessness, behavioural health, and affordable housing. [cheers and applause] >> with this investment, we can add 310 new shelter beds, 300 units of housing by master leasing units, freeing up hundreds of beds in the shelter system. complete funding for a 255 unit building for homeless seniors and adults, and get started on hundreds more. now i know there are other budget priorities, and they are important. let's be clear. every dollar we take away from what i propose is one bed, one lost home, one more person on the streets. i will continue to work with a board president, norman he -- norman he -- yee and the board

of supervisors. working together, we can tackle any impossible problem. the crisis on our street is not just about homelessness. people suffering from mental illness, they need more than just housing. often they are actually housed. these people need help, since i took office, we have added 50 mental health stabilization beds , and i'm committed to opening up 100 more this year. [cheers and applause] >> our healthy streets operation centre is out there every day helping those suffering from substance use disorder, getting them connected to treatment and shelter, to help those who are truly suffering get real treatment. i've partnered with supervisor raphael mandelman on conservatorship legislation because when people can't care

for themselves, we have to do better, and we have to care for them. [applause] >> we have to revamp our entire approach to mental health. to bring together all of our mental health programs under one focus, i am creating a director of mental health reform. [applause] >> this person will be responsible for better coordination of mental health care for those suffering in our city, this person will strengthen the program we have that are working, nts, cut cut the ineffective program because clearly there are things in this city that just aren't working, and shouldn't continue to be funded. [applause]

>> we need to build people's lives, not shuffle them from emergency room to emergency room , from jail cell, to jail cell. our criminal justice system is not a mental health solution. [applause] >> to do all this, we need a vision and leadership, so today, i am announcing that i have hired a new director of the department of public health, dr grant kovacs. [applause] >> the doctor is one of our own, trained at ucsf, you were to the department of public health as a director of h.i.v. prevention and research, before leaving to join the obama white house as a

director of national aids policy he knows our city and its challenges, and he is ready to get to work, and he knows that we need to get zero h.i.v. infections in san francisco. [applause] >> we need to reach our most vulnerable populations, particularly are african-american and latino communities who are not seeing their h.i.v. infections drop as others do, this means getting everyone, and i mean everyone access to services, treatment, and preventative medications like prep. [applause] >> and i'm confident that dr kovacs will get us to our goal. we are also confronting san francisco's other allegedly impossible problem, housing.

housing. we have to produce and preserve housing, and keep people in their homes. i will continue to support the rights to civil council which we funded it last year's budget with $5.8 million so every tenant who needs a lawyer can get one, and through our small sight -- his most -- small site acquisition program, will fight to preserve rent-controlled buildings to keep people in neighborhoods secure. [applause] >> people like ms. miss wu, and 99-year-old woman who has been living in the same building in the richmond district for the past 30 years. or building was going up for sale, threatening her home, and that of every senior who lived there. i met her with supervisor -- supervisor fewer when i visited her home, the building that we helped purchase and make

permanently affordable. ensuring that she and her neighbors wouldn't have to worry about where they were going to live. [applause] >> as we keep people in their homes, we have to build more new housing. lots more. [cheers and applause] >> in 2018, we built around 3,000 homes. that's not nearly enough. we have to get better, and that's why i've already hired a housing delivery director to deliver projects faster, and implement policy reforms that cut the times to get permits in half. i've directed the department to end the backlog of hundreds of in law units, and make it easier for people to build them going forward, and passed legislation to prevent the loss of thousands

of units in the pipeline. if we are going to be in san francisco for all, we need to be a san francisco that builds housing for all. that's why i'm moving forward with the 300 million-dollar affordable housing bond so we can continue to invest in badly needed affordable housing. [cheers and applause] >> across our city, we have projects like the balboa upper yard that are ready to build. that is 131 units that just need funding, but it's not just about investing, we have to break the barriers to building housing so our dollars go further and we get housing built faster. so today, i'm announcing a charter amendment for this november's election, to make all affordable housing and teacher housing as upright in san

francisco. [cheers and applause] >> if an affordable housing or teacher housing project as proposed within zoning, then build it, and build it now. no more bureaucracy. [applause] >> no more bureaucracy, no more costly appeals, number not in my neighborhood. it is simple, affordable housing as of right because housing affordability is a right. [applause] >> this is how we create housing for all san franciscans, and i will continue to work with our state legislators, our regional

partners, our new governor, because housing affordability isn't just a san francisco issue , it is a crisis throughout the state of california. we won't always see the results of these efforts immediately, it may take some years to his see some changes, but then we have started to build more aggressively 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today. [applause] >> we might have inherited a problem decades in the making, but we cannot be the ones who pass it on to the next generation. [applause] >> as we grow, we must make our streets clean and our communities safe. since my first day in office, i have been out walking our neighboured neighborhood. this is not okay. it is not healthy. and while there is much more to do, we are working every day to

stop it. it is no secret i have put in a lot of focus in the tenderloin and the south of market. i am committed to improving these neighborhoods. so far, we have doubled the number of beat officers in midmarket. we have added pitstops, big belly trash cans and street cleaners. we have increased enforcement against drug dealing, and expanded outreach by our healthy outreach operation centre. i know we have more to do, but people are starting to see a difference. families are coming to the new playgrounds at civic centre. i met a young family with two small children who came from sunset. they told me a year ago that they never would have gone to the playground there. too dirty, too run down, to many needles. now the new café on the playgrounds are now part of their saturday. this is a start. a first step towards making our public spaces clean and safe. we have also seen our investments in community

policing yield results. last year, we had a 18% drop in homicide, which coincides with a major reduction in gun violence for the second year in a row. in fact, we had a 25% increase in firearm fees, and a 30 5% decrease in gun violence. [applause] to put it simply, more guns off the streets, fewer crimes in homicides involving guns. we also had a nine% reduction in property crimes, including an 18 % drop in car break-ins, and a 13% drop in car thefts.

we are, at last, reversing the carved reagan epidemic through the great work of our police department, we are working a dip -- making a difference on violent crimes and property crimes. more officers in our neighborhoods, and investments in cleaner, safer streets are all important. as we address these issues today , we also have to think about how to prevent them from happening in the future. we have to confront the root causes of crime and addiction, which means addressing inequity and poverty. [applause] last year, working with our public defender, we made san francisco the first city in the country to eliminate punitive wasteful court fines and fees. [cheers and applause] >> these fees did nothing more than drive people into poverty, or worse, back into prison. we will continue our work to give the next generation opportunities back and prevent

them from ending up in the criminal justice system in the first place. we are working our city build program to address the shortage of construction workers and give people good paying jobs. we are launching new jobs and helping to train new munimobile drivers to get more people on the street so we can get san franciscans where they need to go faster. we have tech s.f., healthcare academy, and hospitality initiatives, all of which train people to work in our city, and as a former city in turn, who at 14 proudly worked at a nonprofit , answering phones and helping young family is, and doing paperwork, i am particularly proud to have launched opportunities for all so that we can get every high school students -- [applause]

scene -- >> so we can get every high school student in san francisco a paid internship, because unlike the president in this town we pay people when they go to work. [laughter] [applause] >> this program will help our kids now to earn money, to learn new skills, to keep them from going down the wrong path. these young people will be exposed to opportunities they never knew existed. they could see a future in an industry they never had access to. they could see themselves making a difference in a world in a way that they never thought possible . they will flourish, and we will grow our workforce right here in san francisco. [applause] >> will continue to lead the way

on so many other important issues. we will protect the environment, and fight climate change. yesterday, we all know pg and tee declared bankruptcy, and there's a lot of talk about what this could mean, but let's talk about what we know. san francisco knows how to run a clean power system, and we are going to get to 100% renewable energy by 2030. [applause] >> if this bankruptcy provides an opportunity for public power, supervisor peskin, we will take it. [applause] [laughter] >> i will be working with the city attorney, dennis herrera, and supervisor peskin to make sure that whatever happens to pg and e., we are prepared to. i'm also working with city attorney herrera to address questions around the testing of the hunter at's pointe. [applause]

>> we need to be clear and transparent with the public about this project. along with supervisor walton, we have requested that ucsf, and u.c. berkeley put together an independent team to review the procedures for the retesting of parcel a and g. [cheers and applause] >> these are trusted institutions. they will provide an independent analysis so the public can feel confident in the results. we also have to break the gridlock that is on our streets and create a more functioning transportation system. people may continue to choose to drive in san francisco, but that can't be their only choice. i will work with supervisor peskin on a measure that will charge our ride hail companies to relieve congestion on our

streets. [applause] >> we have to keep pushing forward street facing invasion zero projects, including building protected bike lanes on high injury corridors, like the one we are building by upside on valencia street that made it so hard for you to get here. [applause] >> we will also continue investing in helping our transgender residents with housing and services, and to those in washington, d.c. who continue to try and erase transgender people, it won't work back not here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> now more than ever, as the president continues to fear mongering about walls and

slander our immigrant communities, san francisco is proud to stand as a sanctuary city. [applause] >> we are a city that is surrounded by bridges, not divided by walls, and we will stay that way. [applause] >> when i took the oath of office six months ago, i never pretended i could solve all of our problems. i believed we could solve them working together. i believed in a government for all of us, and i still believe that we are working to turn the tides, and i hope every san franciscan can feel the difference when you see our public works crews, our -- out power washing the sidewalks and picking up trash, i hope you feel the difference. when you see our police officers

walking the beats in the neighborhood, and talking to the merchants and the residence, i hope that you feel the difference. when you see our homeless outreach team and public health workers helping people suffering on our streets, i hope you feel the difference. when you see a new shelter open, a new affordable housing project go up, or a new bike lane that gets finished, i hope you smile and feel the difference. i hope you believe with me that you hold your head high and take pride in our city, and what we can do together, because we are san francisco. we will meet these challenges, and we will continue to light a better way for the future of our city. thank you all so much for being here today. [cheers and applause]

the commission does not colter rate disruption or outbursts plea silence your mobile devices. please state your name. i would like to take roll at this time. (roll call) we expect the commissioners to be absent today. we expect commissioner fong to arrive shortly. without president and vice president. first order of business to elect a chair for this hearing. >> i ask commissioner hillis to step in. he has recently done it and knows how to do