>> meeting will come to order. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, seat of the committee. short by we will be joined by rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our clerk is victor young, and also like to thank jason goldhammer and jim smith from sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. >> silence all cell phones and

electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of devices to be included as part of the file submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be on the february 12th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> item number 1. >> ordinance amending the administrative code to revise definition of tourist or transient use under the hotel conversion ordinance, change of term of tenancy from less than 32 days to less than 30 days. >> supervisor ronen: ok. and i understand that sunny was going to be here from supervisor peskin's office seeking a continuance, since i don't see her -- huh? ok. >> i would like to make a motion to continue. if the sponsor's intent to have amendment language but working with the city attorney on the exact language, so if we can continue to the next rules

committee meeting. >> supervisor ronen: ok. fantastic. we have a motion and before we vote on that motion i would like to open up -- >> public comment, yes. >> for public comment. any member of the public like to speak on the item or the proposed continuance? seeing none -- ok. >> two minutes for public comment? >> yes. you'll have two minutes. >> thank you very much. brian patterson on behalf of the azuro coalition. we have submitted some public comments. we object to this legislation for the same reasons that we objected to the previous legislation. this, we see as an end run around litigation, as well as around public notice. the public notice for this agenda item stated the current rule is 32 days, moving to 30.

the reality is it's seven days, and you are proposing to move to 30. property environmental review has not been done, and needs to be done. rule 3.23 was waived, the reverse order how it's supposed to work, and we extend the same argumentation regarding property interest, all the other reasons previous legislation was unlawful, still apply here as well. so, urge you to do further review and amend to make this not illegal. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. any other member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. there's been a motion to continue this item to the february 11th rules committee meeting. without objection, that motion passes. can you please read item number 2. >> clerk: 2, hearing to consider

o one member march 1, 2021, to the in-home supportive services public authority. >> supervisor ronen: mr. pappas. >> i stand for you today to seek my nomination to fill the department of aging adult services seven on public authority governing body. a brief synopsis of engagement with issues related to aging adults and people with disabilities. would be helpful background in rendering your decision today on my worthiness. 12 years, executive director of the interfaith council. it was formed to respond to the

city's homeless crisis. what began as a one-year emergency interfaith winter shelter is now in its 30th year of providing shelter and meals to between 60 and 100 homeless men each night. beginning the sunday before thanksgiving, through the end of march. 18% of those self-identify as aging adults that are our clients. at present, our organization in collaboration with the major faith-based social service agency has applied for substantial grant with the hope of expanding the interfaith shelter for care for seniors and those during the inclement winter months. due in large part to the success of the interfaith winter shelter and the council's work in responding to homelessness, in late 2014 the city called on the council for the recipient of anonymous $3 million donation which enabled expeditious funding for the first navigation

center. the success of the pilot led to the replication in other neighborhoods throughout the city. mission of our organization is to bring people of different faiths together to celebrate our rich diverse spiritual and religious traditions, build understanding and serve our city. we count as our constituents the 800 congregations in the city and county of san francisco. can i continue? >> supervisor ronen: if you would just finish this sentence, please. >> ok. i think you received these remarks in writing. i did bring with me someone who does sit on in-home supportive services and a member of the human services commission, rita semil, to say a few words. >> any of my colleagues have any questions? no? thank you so much for applying for the seat. and with that i will open up the item for public comment. would you like to speak at public comment?

>> always has to be adjusted. thank you very much, supervisors, for this opportunity to support michael to be a member of the board, in which i have privilege of serving. obviously i'm a big fan of michael's, i've known him, we hired him 12 years ago and he's done wonderful things for the interfaith council and i don't mind saying for the city in general. it's a wonderful organization and we serve 40,000, excuse me, 20,000 seniors and disabled every year, work is engaging, important, and vital and michael will be a great asset. thank you very much.

>> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any other member of the public who would like to speak at public comment? seeing non, public comment is closed. >> one, i want to say i think that michael pappas will be a great addition and i make a motion to appoint, to approve the appointment. >> supervisor ronen: no objection, we -- motion to send this item forward with the positive recommendation. >> mr. pappas to seat seven. >> supervisor ronen: to seat seven. without objection, that motion passes. congratulations, mr. pappas. thank you so much. clerk, please read item 3. >> clerk: hearing to consider a term november 19, 2020, to the bicycle advisory committee. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much, colleagues. this is an applicant that i have recommended.

kisai henriquez. unfortunately, she was unable to get the day off of work today but she has submitted a letter that has been added to the file. i'm extremely excited about her potential appointment. she came highly recommended by others in the san francisco bike coalition. we are excited to have her as a new and young voice representing the concerns of cyclists and especially cyclists of color in the city. so i'm very, very excited about this appointment. and with that, if there's no other comments from my colleagues, i'll open this item up for public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. would you like to -- >> make a motion to move the item forward in favor of the appointment for kisai henriquez

for seat nine to the bicycle advisory committee. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much, no objection, that motion passes. can you please call item number 4. >> hearing one member february 1st, to 2021, park recreation and open space advisory committee. one seat, one applicant. >> supervisor ronen: also my appointment, very excited to appoint karen rhodes. she has brought a ton of volunteer work to the district, including much beloved tomkins street stairs project and excited to see you, hoping to broaden your impact in district 9. nice to see you here. >> thank you, good morning, supervisor walton, supervisor ronen, supervisor mar. i'm karen rhodes, very grateful

for the opportunity to serve san francisco which has been my home for the last 30 years as a member of the parks, open space and recreation committee. a year ago i wrapped up a 40-year career in higher education fundraising and communications and a long standing interest in what i call urban liveability. immensed myself in reading and volunteer work and study to learn about the factors that contribute to a high quality of life for the city's diverse population, and what factors detract from it. housing, jobs and transportation are key aspects of liveability but i have become convinced that parks, open spaces and recreational assets are also critical in making this city more livable. our parks contribute to our physical health and emotional well-being. some of them, like golden gate park, are world class tourist

destinations and thus contribute to our economic base. parks and open spaces bind our neighborhoods together and if properly managed are able to promote social equity. the issue of equity is especially important to me and i know that you, supervisor ronen and the board as a whole all share this concern. i have reviewed past agenda and glad to see equity and measure progress toward achieving it is a key priority for the recreation and parks department. i would be honored to set and meet equity goals. i love every square inch of this city and look forward to stewarding it for the benefit of all in san francisco. >> supervisor ronen: any questions? seeing none, thank you so much. any member of the public that would like to speak on this

item? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion? >> i would like to make a motion that we recommend appointing karen rhodes to seat two on the park recreation and open space advisory committee. >> supervisor ronen: thank you, without objection that motion passes. thank you so much, miss rhodes. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 5. >> one member, january 1, 2020, to the sheltering monitoring committee. one seat, one applicant. >> supervisor ronen: is mr. summers here? colleagues, we, i believe mr. summers was going to try to make it but i don't see him here. is there any questions or comments on this item?

public? oh, yes. is the staff here that -- thank you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> good morning, members of the rules committee. howard chan, policy analyst with the sheltering monitoring committee. we did not receive any prior notification that mr. summers would not be able to attend the hearing today. it was my understanding that he would be here, so it's a bit of a surprise to find he is not in attendance today. >> supervisor ronen: have you worked with mr. summers before, do you have any relationship with am? >> he has been a client of the shelter monitoring committee but never had any professional working experience with mr. summers. >> supervisor ronen: ok. thank you. it is extremely rainy day today. >> just a question. do we know who -- >> supervisor ronen: he applied for the seat. any member of the public can

apply for the seat. is my understanding. is that correct? >> yes, he did submit his own application with the qualifications of seat two. >> supervisor ronen: ok. so i guess the question is if we want to move this forward or should continue it again to the next meeting to give the opportunity once more for mr. summers to make it or at least let us know why he is not able to make it. we did expect him to come today but of course the weather to horrendous. so -- >> i make a motion to continue. i would like to hear from him. >> can we continue this to the call of the chair? >> sure. >> supervisor ronen: ok. there's been a motion to continue this item to call of the chair, without objection, that motion passes. >> public comment? >> did i not -- on the continuance. >> any member like to speak on the item or proposed continuance to the call of the chair? seeing none, public comment is

closed and the motion to continue this item to the call of the chair passes unanimously. item 6. >> hearing to consider appointing one member term ending march 31, 2021, to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. one seat, two applicants. >> supervisor ronen: great, we have two applicants for this seat. are either of the applicants here? would you like to both come up and speak as to your application? >> good morning, my name is cyndi bakir, sorry, my voice is terrible. here, appreciate this opportunity. respectfully seeking confirmation for the pedestrian safety advisory committee.

i had the privilege of being on a committee two years ago, and at the end of the long struggle, so impressed the way the city gathers information from its citizens about changes occurring, and you know, and i enjoyed being part of that process. i've been a sustaining member of the sfbc for probably 15 years now. i owned a car maybe ten of the 30 years i've lived here, so i have extensive experience with bicycle commuting, working with the bicycle coalition on safety redesign for things like the 8th avenue greenway, repaving, a number of safety issues, and we have had meetings and did walk-throughs, and i support vision 0, the vision 0 of san francisco and state legislation to roll out more pedestrian

bicycle safety on all roads as they are built. i think senator wiener is supporting that. in my work experience as a clinical nurse specialist, emphasis was identifying groups of people with similar problems or issues in order to improve care for them. and i see that in this position, too, there is an opportunity to do that as well. thank you very much. oh, i have a letter, sorry, from, of support from kristin lucky from the bicycle coalition, she sent it to sandra fewer, and i can submit my resume'. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions? no, then thank you so much. now if phillip korbernick would

like to speak. >> thank you for your consideration into my application to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. my catalyst for applying for this position was the tragic death of two pedestrians near where i lived in the haight ashbury for ten years, fell and oak, high injury corridors. and unfortunately two more people have died in the last couple months, one near me at stanion and haight street a month ago. i care deeply about helping the city and the commitment to vision 0. i look at this as an opportunity to do what i can to help the city meet that goal. i also really care about the city's commitment to sustainability and reduction of v.m.t. in the next decade or two, and the two are very linked, especially with encouraging transit usage, every transit rider is a pedestrian at some point. about me personally, i moved here about ten years ago and immediately sold my car and i'm

thankful to be living in a city that makes that possible, although definitely room for improvement. i'm a daily transit rider, on days where it's not like this, a bike rider as well across the city. a member of san francisco bike coalition, have been since i moved here, walk s.f., and s.f. transit riders. my application also includes a letter of support from the coalition and supervisor brown as well. professionally, i work in oakland and work on transportation logistics, so part of my daily job is green our transportation operations, vehicle fleet, and then coming up with ways to encourage our employees to not drive to work. so that's very much a part of kind of what i do every day, professionally, as part of my day job, and then as part of my advocacy and my sort of passion i pursue here in helping the city become more green and pedestrian friendly and friendly to bike and transit riders as

well. thanks. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions? no. thank you. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. well, colleagues, here is the impossible part of our job. so, this is the first competitive seat that this new rules committee is considering, and you are both incredible and i just wanted to start out by thanking you both so much for being willing to serve the city in this way. you've both been recommended by the bike coalition, which is one of the, you know, coalitions that you know, cares so much about pedestrian safety and so thanks bike coalition for making this even more difficult for us. so, i will turn to my colleagues and see if there is any comments. i wish we could appoint you both, quite frankly.

supervisor walton. >> it's great to see two people wanting to serve in this capacity, truly appreciate you both coming out and being highly recommended by the bicycle coalition, who has a lot of respect here in san francisco. so i just wanted to make sure i stated that before we begin with the impossible. >> supervisor ronen: any -- >> i would just echo my colleagues' thanks and appreciation for both of you and all of your work that you've done around pedestrian safety and other related issues for the city. so, and i think both of you really reflect the diversity of residents here in san francisco that care a lot about particularly pedestrian safety and transit issues. so, i think it's wonderful that we have both of you applying and we need to move to the, yeah,

the decision. >> supervisor ronen: i think they are going to leave it to me. so -- so, i -- this is impossible choice. i -- i'm going to make a motion to put forward cyndi bakir for this round, and the reason for that -- it's an impossible situation. you are both equally qualified. i do think that the work on the gary b.r.t., that's happening to have a voice that's on that committee, that's very familiar with that project. and who can bring that cross knowledge from another board makes sense right now. i do hope mr. korbernick will do it again, and we will bump you up.

and appreciate that. so with that i make a motion to recommend cyndi bakir to seat four on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. >> we need a second. >> or just -- yeah, with, without objection, that motion passes. thank you so much. thank you to you both. mr. clerk, can you please call item 7. >> hearing to consider appointing one member term ending january 1, 2024, to the elections commission. one seat, two applicants. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i'll just mention that applicant anu menon could not be here today but she sent a letter about her experience. i know miss menon, she is absolutely incredible. but i'll leave it with that. because we have another incredible applicant who served in this role for a long time,

christopher jerdonek here today, and wondering if you could come up so we could hear from you first. >> good morning, chair ronen, my name is christopher jerdonek, board appointed me to the elections commission in april 2014. rules committee then supervisors and others recommended me. over 15 years improving elections my main civic passion. more representative through reforms, more transparent, and more secure. i've also been a point place inspector 20 times in san francisco starting in 2006. i have a detailed understanding of elections, and i've worked extremely hard on the commission over the last five years. i've always made myself available to the public through email, phone and in person meetings, and on a range of

issues. i had perfect attendance at all commission meetings. also done a lot to make the commission itself be more transparent. and feedback lead to concrete improvements the next election. december 2014 the board of supervisors passed unanimous resolution committing the city to create an open source voting commission. as a new commissioner and software developer by day i took the lead on the issue. authored a resolution, secured initial funding and led the formation of now chairing the commission's five-member technical advisory committee. i would like the privilege to continue my work on the commission. committee members, if you reappoint me, i promise to continue working hard and i'm always happy and available to talk about any elections issues that you may care about. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions?

nope? we'll open this item up for public comment. any member of the public would like to speak, now is your time. each member will have two minutes. >> good morning, my name is greg penington, 42-year resident of san francisco. volunteer for the california clean money campaign. we have 15,000 members in san francisco. i'm an open source paper ballot voting system advocate, very important to get transparency in our elections. i've worked with christopher jerdonek personally for the past two years on this issue and his expertise is absolutely incredible. i want to thank you, supervisor ronen, for the $1.55 million budget support you gave last year for open source paper ballot voting in san francisco. i ask all of you to pass the additional 3 million request for the coit budget for this project. chris has 15 years experience on

election and voting issues. san francisco voting system specific knowledge which is important. he's a software developer and he has excellent expertise on open source software, and it is critical that we don't change horses in the middle of the race. this project is critical, not only for san francisco but the nation. san francisco is the only place working on open source paper ballot voting. once we do it here, the software can be shared nationally. so, i just want to say that christopher jerdonek is critical for this project and ask you to please reappoint him to the commission. thank you. >> good morning. my name is fred hernandez, senior policy at fair vote, formerly at fair vote california, a lot of education

and analysis on the elections throughout the last few years. i'm here because the role of the elections commission is vital to the role i'm able to do in the efficiency of our advocacy in providing greater transparency and ballot reporting, robust education efforts by the part of the elections and the open source voting projects. i've known chris personally over ten years. when i first ran for my election at u.c. davis and he helped create a way to kind of visualize the information which was super helpful. but since then, chris has been on the elections commission, really working hard to make sure that reporting is done well. one of the best things i can say about chris is his ability, or give him praise for his ability to listen carefully and analyze like make himself available. and you can tell that through

his work. so, it's my honor to support him here today. thank you so much. >> i am a volunteer with california clean money, and you know, i don't know personally christopher jerdonek, but i know california clean money really stands for him and that he, and i just want to say open source paper ballot, like san francisco an innovative place and it's, this is the perfect -- and corporations shouldn't have any place in our voting in my opinion, and i think it would just be great to get this going and maybe publicly funded elections at some point, and ensuring democracy and i want to thank you, ronen, for, supervisor ronen for putting aside the 1.3 and supervisor

walton and mar, if you could consider putting an extra three toward that, just so we can ensure democracy in our future. we have not had any major problems with corporate voting software, but it's just something that should probably be in the public realm and chris supporting it, so we are supporting him to keep that. >> good morning, my name is john chan. just retired commission secretary. so i worked with chris. i just want to say that this is a reappointment, and this is an opportunity to get somebody who does a good job, and if the person in there is not doing a good job, the time to change horses midstream. that's not the case in this case. chris is so committed to this thing, he made my job a living hell because he wouldn't let things slide. there was just too much at

stake, too much importance. open source voting has been a life, and it should be a life for the city. chris is the person you need to have on this. he set up the website for the technical advisory committee. he chairs the technical advisory committee, as well as when he was president of the commission he chaired the committee, so there's a lot at stake. you don't want to jump back to square one, and -- with, at this point. you want to continue the progress forward. so -- i'm here in support of him, despite what he did to me. [laughter] >> supervisor ronen: any other member of the public that wants to speak, if you could line up to, on this side of the room, that would be helpful. >> paula randle, i live in the inner richmond, in san francisco for 17 years. and i want to ask reappoint christopher jerdonek. i don't have anything to add to this. he is so obviously qualified.

please reappoint him. as you've heard already, its a way for you to not just move open source voting forward in this city, county, but also in the state and really in the entire nation. and i can't think of anything that's more important right now. thank you. >> thank you so much. any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor ronen: i have never seen a commission secretary come to the rules committee to speak on behalf of a commissioner, especially one who has made his life miserable. so, thank you mr. chan for coming and offering your support. i did get overwhelming support for mr. christopher jerdonek and i want to thank you. your work has obviously been so profound and important to the elections commission and i just wanted to personally thank you for giving all that time, passion and energy and to be willing to continue to do so. i think people forget often

times how thankless these jobs are on commissions and that they are volunteer jobs, and so your work has been extraordinary. i want to say to miss menon, had the pleasure of going to law school with and no doubt would be an amazing elections commissioner that i really do hope she reapplies in the future. i do have to agree with the public system that now is not the right time to change course when we are in the middle of a major, major project that there's so much excitement and enthusiasm for and will protect democracy. it's not the right time. but i would love to see her on this commission or another commission in the future. so with that i'll see if my colleagues have any comments. no? so i will make a motion to

appoint christopher jerdonek to the elections commission, seat one. and without objection, that motion passes. mr. clerk, are there any other items? >> clerk: like to check to see if mr. summers has arrived late. does not appear so. that completes our agenda. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. the meeting is adjourned.

we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families.

for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it.

[applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them >> my name is amanda

[inaudible] over see the girls sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this.

what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. programs offered

thraw thirty-three rec and park and oversee thg prms about a year. other than the programs we offer we offer summer camp squz do [inaudible] during the summer and that is something i wherei have been able to shine in my role. >> couple years we started the civic center socking league and what an amazing opportunity it was and is it for kid in the neighborhood who come together every friday in the civic center plaza on green grass to run and play. you otonly see soccer and poetry but also see books t. is a really promoting literacy to our kid and giving them to tools to make it work at home. real fortunate to see the [inaudible] grow. >> girls get pressureed with society and i know that is obvious, but we see it every day, magazines, commercials the

idea what a woman should look like but i like to be a strong female role for it goals that play sports because a lot of times they don't see someone strong in a female role with something connected with sports and athleticism and i love i can bring that to the table. >> soccer, poetry, community service. we now have field of dreams. we are [inaudible] all over the bay area and excited to be share our mission with other schools across the bay to really build the confidence and character of kids when they go out to play and close their eyes and think, why was [inaudible] we want to make sure-i want to make sure they remember me and remember the other folks who [inaudible] >> get out there and do it. who cares about what anybody else says. there will be poopal people that come up and want to wreck your ideas. that

happen today eme when i went to candle stick part and wanted to [inaudible] people told me no left and right. whether you go out for something you are passionate about our something you want to grow in and feel people will say no. go out and get it done. i can be the strong leader female and i love that. >> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there.

>> since 2009, citywide, sf shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is

relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy

street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and al, and we've mapped out every single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to

enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some we've done in chinatown, as well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in

the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes, orson welles is chasing ririt rita hayworth with neon signs

in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at night for visitors and most especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead. >> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and

advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more eyes on the street, but there's other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it just -- it just

>> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk

about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself feel better. if you have a bad structure, a bad building, then you need to be looking at that and everything that you do to keep your collectables in place is small and compared. if you have taken care of your structure, then there is a lot of stuff that you can do in your house that is non-structural and your chimney and water tank. >> let's talk about what the structural things might be. >> and he is exactly right. you don't want to make the deck chairs safe on the titanic, it is going down, you are going down, you have to make sure

that your house is safe. there are basic things that you need to do including bracing the water heater, not just because of fire hazard but because of the water source and the damage, but basic things are installing anchor bolts, and adding plywood and strapping your beams to column and posts to footings and foundations are really easy things to do and most contractors can do the building department is set up to approve this work, and these are things that every home owner should do, and it is a little harder because you have to get a building permit and hire a contractor. but you want to be able to after a big earthquake to climb in bed that night and pull the covers up and say i don't have to worry about going to a government shelter. >> that is the main focus that it is great to have an earthquake kit to be able to bug out for 72 hours. here is a better idea, stay in your own home and in order to do that you have to be make sure that your structure is okay. if you have a house, the easy things to do with the wood

construction is feasible. if you have a renter or you live in a concrete building, you need to talk to the building own , and make sure they have done their due diligence and find out what the deficiencies are. >> when i have looked at damaged buildings,vy seen that a little bit of investment in time and money and structural work provides great dividends. >> especially if it is the wood frame, typical house that you can do the things that i was talking about, the anchor and the plywood in the first garage area, you know if you refinanced in the last three years, get some of that savings and it is a really good investment. and the other thing that i try to tell people, earthquake insurance is not the solution to the shelter in place, if there is a big earthquake and your building is damaged, you are not in your house, you may be somewhere else, if you work in the city, it is going to be really hard to commute from sonoma, you want to do what is

necessary so that your house is retrofitted and a couple of years of earthquake premium could get you to a level that you could be in the house after a significant earthquake and it may have damage and there is still a shelter in place where you are at home and you are not worried for the government taking care of you and you are living in a place where you can go to work and you want to have your wood frame house is really easy to get to that level. on top of the wood frame house, i mean every wood frame house in the west half of the city have a water tank and the water tank fall over because they are gas fired and start fires. and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank that is braced there is a potential of one less fire that the fire department is going to have to fight and we don't want to have any more fires than we need to. so bracing the water heater is the first thing that you want to do. >> and so easy, and you go

on-line and you google, earthquake, water and heater and you google the sites where you can find the details and you can put them out there on the hardware store and you can hire a small contract tore do that for you. that is a couple of hundred bucks, the best investment. if you are in other types of building it is complicated. if you are in a high-rise building you just can't anchor your building down because there are no anchor bolts, but at that point, the tenant should be asking questions of the owner's and the managers about earthquake preparedness >> and don't take the easy answer, oh, our building is safe it was designed to code. that is not the right answer, ask the tough questions and see if you can get a report that has been given to you. >> what is the right question? will i be able to stay in my home after the expected earthquake? is that a good question to ask? >> yeah, you may be more specific if you talk to the owner, if it is not a recent building, if it is ten or 20 years old see if they had an

inspection done and there you will have a written before that will tell you all about the structure. >> thanks, pat. >> thanks, harvey. and thanks david for joining us and thank you for joining us on >> my apartment burned down 1.5 years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below

market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy

cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the mayor's office of housing for having this for us.

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