public health for anyone interested in applying for a consumption permit to regulate that kind of event so as the not externalities associated with this. >> commissioner: i can see it at outside land. and pride and other events. it's already being done so you might as well legalize it and let's get a fee from it. i want to thank the supervisor, this is something we should be doing. other than the smell, because some people don't like the smell, i'm sure we can find something around that like a vapor or something. i know too much.

anyway, i do appreciate this and feel it should be addressed now rather than 10 years down the line. commissioner dwight. >> commissioner: i do think to the extend some events have tried deliberately to become family-friendly, pride being one of them, restrictions on alcohol. we have restrictions on parks because they're supposed to be family friendly. and to the extent you position something as family friendly and outside land is open to teenagers, i believe it is, maybe it's not, we'll need to strike a balance between our liberal desire to normalize cannabis in our community here with family values. and with environments where

there'll be underage people very impressionable. look at the influence the jull has had on our youth we have new addiction for high schoolers because it's cool to smoke this high-tech device. okay. and by normalizing this in the presence of children we make it harder for them to make their decisions later on because they're influenced by adults they're surrounded by. >> so applicants are required to designate a limited access area for young people who are not above 21 are prevented from entering that space. the office of cannabis and supervisor mandellman's office

shared that view. >> commissioner: any other commissioner questions before we come into open public comment? okay. let's open it up for public comment. do we have any members of the public who would like to weigh in on this? come on us. -- come on up. >> i'm fernando alvarez i'm one of the licensed state organizers and i'm one of the five who has this license. though we could have done it at the county fair grounds i was interested in more boutique events, curated, 500 people and working with small business to get this done. i was closely watching a.b.2020 as it went through the legislation and became law january 1. i've been work the -- working with the office of cannabis and putting this in place and to

your point around the odor management. one of the things i suggest for events within the city is it is vaporizer only. it doesn't get entire smell but reduces that. as an event organizer in the state working with the city i wanted to come up and suggest i'm for this. i want to be able to work with the city as well as the commission to do what we can to make this responsible and do it respectfully and engage the small businesses to help them. again my name's fernando alvarez the ceo and founder of pretend logics. >> commissioner: any other members of the public, come on up. >> hello, everyone. i'm perry jones the founder and ceo of joe r.s. a third generational resident in san

francisco and equity applicant with the office of cannabis. first of all, i'd like to thank eugene for all the hard work you do with the office and for all of you guys for having such an open mind and allowing us to be here today. in a nutshell it would be a great opportunity to pioneer and thanks to the office of cannabis i graduated yesterday with honors and valedictorian and i had my eyes opened up to the industry with the history of it and benefits for veterans and those who suffer from cancer, etcetera. so coming from my experience from just being a consumer, it's opened my mind up theoretically and medically. so i'm hoping we can have more pioneering and leading, as we are in many ways, as we are and i think the events are a good thing even if it's just therapy

groups for veterans and educating the youth. education is everything even when it comes to consumption and to be aware how to regulate when it comes to cannabis but as a city, i appreciate you're being open but i think it will be beneficial and for me coming from the population i'm coming from and with the budget i'm trying to establish myself as an entrepreneur and small business registered with the city, small business commission has been helpful in expanding my mind. this would be an opportunity for me to be able to gate-keep for other companies coming in the community and to educate. thank you, guys. >> commissioner: thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm ryan bush with a company called meadow. we're a software company and

build technology for dispensaries, point-of-sale, management, track and trace and compatible software and we're an event holder licensee and we helped power portions of larger cannabis events like the emerald cup. we essentially worked to provide the technology backbone and taxation track team, inventory tracking for events. we're very behind the legislation and to commissioner dwigh dwight's point in make sure they remain family friendly. we were part of outside lands last year and it was away from the concert and you had to be 21 to be in the area and it was a running joke. grass lands was the only place in grass lands where there was no grass. you couldn't consume.

people trying to sneak consumption were told to put it out and everywhere else in the festival people were smoking everywhere so i think this could address your concerns to have it contained and wristbands required and no alcohol in the areas. i think this legislation say great stepping stone and the way it's being laid out as a pilot program for the events i think it will be great to figure it out in the city and then open it up maybe in 2020 and beyond to more private events and different styled events people are looking to do. i have extreme support behind this. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. >> hello, commissioners. it's lovely to hear such progressive legislation. i'm katrina one of the representatives then community partner organization looking to

put on 420 this year. we're in huge support of this legislation. it's our goal this year. this is such a unique event for san francisco. it's our goal to make it as safe and enjoyable as possible. that would be by allowing the sale of clinically tested products and not worrying about the non-licensed products being a danger to people. we think this is great legislation going forward and where he have been working with the sbc to be flexible on the 60-day period. if this goes through today, there's a possibility we could have sales at the event this year and think it would be a huge help to help with concerns on the medical side and in general for the safety and

enjoyment of the people there being able to have responsibly have an event that's safe and products there are safe. >> commissioner: thank you. any other speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. one of the speakers said something a few minutes ago a young gentleman with the hat. people are going to do this, and i know from experience so i'm just going lay it out there for the elephant in the room. people go to outside lands or whatever, they're going to smoke. they do it all the time. the thing i like with the legislation is it not legalizes it because it's already legal but there's controls over people doing it and everything instead of people at the event 420 people selling illegally and stuff. you're legitimizing this and

you're taking this and taking care of a problem. that's what i really like about this legislation. we've all been around. we've all been to events. and people are going to smoke whether you can or not. this legalizes it in certain spots and places so young kids aren't being exposed or not smelling this and that. this takes care of a lot of that. commissioner dwight. >> i like the designated areas so it makes it acceptable but within certain boundaries where today there's no boundaries so it impinges on everybody.

i'm down with that. >> commissioner: any other commissioner comments. do we have a motion to support. >> move to support. >> second. >> the clerk: motion by commissioner dwight to support the file number as written and seconded by commissioner dooley. roll call vote. commissioner adams. >> yes >> the clerk: commissioner corvi. >> yes. >> the clerk: commissioner dooley. >> yes. >> the clerk: commissioner twice. >> yes. >> the clerk: motion passes 5-0 with two absent. >> commissioner: and thank you for coming out and speaking. i appreciate it. the commissioner appreciates it. thank you. next item, please. >> the clerk: item 5, approval of draft minutes from january 28, 2019 action item. >> commissioner: has everybody had a chance to look at the draft meeting minutes from

january 28? looking good. okay. any comments before we go to pub comment? any members of the comment that would like to make comments on the draft meeting minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion. >> approve minutes as written. >> second. >> the clerk: motion to approve the minutes as written by commissioner dwight seconded by commissioner dooley. >> commissioner: we can do a voice vote does everybody approve is an aye. any opposed? >> the clerk: motion passes. item 6 directors report on the office of small business and the small business assistance center department programs, policy and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements from small business activities. >> good afternoon,

commissioners, regina from the office of small business. i work tonightly -- continue to see an uptick in the entrance checklist being submitted. we are also beginning to work with some businesses that are being required by their property owner to comply with the ordinance. what we're seeing is most the property owners have done the checklist. and now they're requiring the business to do the improvement because it is category one, most are falling under having to do an installation of the power door. these are the perfect situation the grant program that we've designed for the category 1 and

2s strapped to install a power door. we have been working with those business. in regards to the legacy business program rick is just about done in the business assistance grants. we have 105 grants. sow at the next meeting we'll able to give you a report on that and we are currently obtaining the pricing for our window cleaning certificates and plaques to start getting that initiated. and so we can now have certificates to hand to business businesses upon their being designated on the registry. and message -- massage i

probably spoke to you about the last meeting and supervisor ronin has introduced legislation and the commissioner will likely be able to hear it because of the timing it has to go before planning but it will essentially be -- there's certain criteria businesses need to meet but it will allow these businesses to be grandfathered and approved non-conforming. then once they leave the space then the space they occupy has to turn over back to p.d.r. so there say meeting this coming -- is a meeting this coming friday in the morning with the tenant so it's not just the massage businesses but health services, psycho therapists, acupuncturists and

all the business are not supposed spon to be there and having a meeting to let them know the steps they need to do for those that need to apply with b.p.h. and have designation and approval with planning to continue to have approval to operate there. that's taking place friday morning. then tomorrow afternoon our office with golden gate restaurant association is co-hosting a satellite presentation with the california commission on disability access. they've been creating a tool kit for restaurants. and so they are going about the state to meet with stakeholders to get feedback on the tool kit before they finalize it and make it available. they've been working with past

inspectors over the years. so we're helping co-host it at the atrium. so we've had one new file that's been introduced and will be coming before you. we don't have it scheduled just yet but supervisor brown has introduced legislation that is requiring all brick and mortar business to access cash as well as cards as part of an equity issue. i'm not sure when it will come before the commission. i did make an announcement about it at the council district merchant's meeting and sent to mario the link so again this is

something i think our merchant groups read and weigh in on. supervisor, fewer, i had talked to you several meetings back about the video cameras monitoring shoppers. because of the research done realize this is a much more comp complicated she's now put that legislation on hold for right now. so that will not be coming back before us because there's a lot of larger issue to be given consideration and the city actually has to be due to prop b, i think it is, in the last election the city has to draft requirements around privacy notifications. so that will apply to breakiusis

doing business in the city as well. then, for the vacant and abandoned storefronts, so supervisor fewer and the land use committee ultimately did not opt the small business recommendations for having a period for the good property owners. it's having the final hearing in land use today right now. so it is moving forward as there's 30 days to register and that you have to pay the application fee when you register. what was adopted was d.b.i.'s recommendation is that's the entity that hires the inspector to do the inspection. they'll probably have a checklist similar to what we have for a.b.e.

the inspector needs to follow and submit. and to your question, supervisor dooley, if any licensed individual does falsify the document, that is grounds for losing their license. then, i mentioned in the past there's a bill about electronic proof of purchase. proof of purchase receipts. so dominica will cross-reference this with supervisor brown to make sure there's any conflict there, we as a city, understand it and also this can help affect the city if the chooses too

adopt supervisor brown's legislation and how will need to be communicated to the state. we have hired a public service trainee to help with client services and his name is walter mahey started about three weeks ago. that will help us with doing more client services. i will be reaching out to you all to schedule a retreat. we haven't done one in a while, in april. i now have confirmation for our move from 110 to 140 of the tax and treasurer's office. one side of the building. and that's now scheduled for the

last week of april. then lastly, i would just like to suggest that we close in honor of jeff agachi. >> commissioner: do any of the members of the public want to mike a comment on the districter's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> the clerk: item 7, commissioners report allows president, vice president and commissioner to report on small business activities and to make announcements of interest of the small business community. discussion item. >> commissioner: only thing i got involved with was i was involved with and participated in the neighborhood empowerment awards held two weeks ago here at city hall. there was a huge turnout from all over the city. i'm very pleased with how big that's becoming.

any other commissioner reports? commissioner yee riley. >> i've been busy the last few weeks. first, i joined mayor breed for the lunar new year and i attend the mayor's office of housing and community development community forum in the tenderloin district. the hong kong economic training office annual gala attended by a lot of businesses from hong kong and businesses here to do business in hong kong as well and the new visitors center in chinatown is a collaboration and the mayor and all the elected officials were there as well. the asian pacific heritage foundation lunar new year party was here in city hall a few

weeks ago. i attended the world premier of the people's mayor. a documentary about mayor lee. it was all sold out. also the coalition of the asian american government employee luncheon that was well attended also sold out as well. and this evening the mayor will be at the lunar new year celebration will be here at 5:30 in city hall. you're all welcome to attend. >> commissioner: commissioner dwight. >> i attend the monthly stdma meeting as i do in representation of the dog patch association and i was at the awards and they honored joe boss a very active advocate in our

community in the dog patch. he passed last year. it was a nice commemoration of his efforts and his contribution to our community and his wife continues those efforts. it was well done. >> commissioner: commissioner corvi. >> thank you, president, adams. i regret that this will be my last meeting. it's been an honor and a privilege to serve with a wonderful group of people. i look forward to staying in touch with all of you and continue to do the great works you do for the city. and thank you so much for allowing know serve on this commissioner. >> commissioner: thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. >> commissioner: we'll miss you. >> commissioner: any other commissioner comments? do we have any members of the public that would like to make

public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> the clerk: item 8, new business allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commissioner. discussion item. >> commissioner: commissioner dwight. >> we had a presentation by a company called spacious. and spacious' business is to help business owners activate their spaces in off-hours. if you're a restaurant owner and your business is primarily dinner, spacious would assist you in activating your space say for the other times of the day, maybe breakfast through pre-dinner. they basically activate your space as a co-working space.

the interesting thing is they had to cross with planning and landlords and there's discussion whether this puts the business in violation of their lease because this is a company that's an agent that received money for their services. planning isn't sure what to do with it but said we'll keep it on the down low right now. i feel like it's the he wielephn the room. let's talk about this. i think a great service to the small businesses who have rent 24/7 and nothing prevents them from offering meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner. just because they're dinner only is because they choose to be or what they're serving.

so i think we should invite spacious to talk about their business model and have a department that feels they need to weigh in on this and help clarify this. i think as the a great service for business i don't see how it's different than hiring a market cuonsultant for your business. i think it's a great place for us to talk about it because it isn't just an idea, it's an idea that has potential regulatory issues and let's get ahead of it and let's start the conversation before it gets presented to us. secondly, i love it when people do research for us. the san francisco chronicle home and food section this weekend, sunday, had a list of 47 legacy bars in the city, all 30 years or older. i want to thank ester mobley the

wine critic and i'm sure the staff helped identify all the bars. but it's a great resource for richard and his team of one or more, i guess. there's a couple we leader board have on the registry but it's a great list. it does talk about the term legacy and talks about how we always bemoan the loss of these places but don't go there so it's time to familiarize ourselves with the businesses and help promote them and it's to highlight the businesses so we don't one day they went out of business and think, well, how'd that happen. but people don't go there and we have to patronize our local business. here's a good guide to 47 bars, some of which aren't on our radar screen. hopefully they'll do other

vertical markets for us but it's a great resource. thank you to the sf chronicle and ester mobley. >> commissioner: commissioner. >> i'd like to invite all much you this wednesday i'm doing a charity event with captain joe angler from the northern district police station a fundraiser start at 6:30 this is wednesday at may's oyster house and would like to invite you all if you can make it, 6:30 to 9:00. anymore? any members of the public who would like to comment on new business? commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> i'd like to close out new business but make a comment before we adjourn the meeting if possible. so after we conclude new business. >> commissioner: okay. any members of the public?

seeing none public comment is closed. next item please. >> >> the clerk: sf gov tv show the slide. >> commissioner: it's our practice to remind you the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answer to your question doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions on what to do next. you can find us online or in person at city hall and best of all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start there in the office of small business. commissioner endrizzi.

>> thank you to commissioner corvi, not the right moment but i didn't want to close out the meeting without expressing my appreciation for your service and i have appreciated your insight and input to the matters we hear on the commission. thank you so much for the service you provided to our small businesses. >> thank you. [applause] >> commissioner: thank you, all. i appreciate it. >> commissioner: and adjournment and we're going to adjourn the meeting in honor of public defender jeff adachi do i have a motion? >> i move. >> second. >> the clerk: motion to adjourn the meeting in public defender jeff adachi motion by commissioner dooley seconded by commissioner kore vi. >> commissioner: of of -- corvi. >> commissioner: to a vote. all in favor? any against? [gavel]

. >> i love that i was in four plus years a a rent control tenant, and it might be normal because the tenant will -- for the longest, i was applying for b.m.r. rental, but i would be in the lottery and never be like 307 or 310. i pretty much had kind of given up on that, and had to leave san francisco. i found out about the san francisco mayor's office of housing about two or three

years ago, and i originally did home counseling with someone, but then, my certificate expired, and one of my friends jamie, she was actually interested in purchasing a unit. i told her about the housing program, the mayor's office, and i told her hey, you've got to do the six hour counseling and the 12 hour training. she said no, i want you to go with me. and then, the very next day that i went to the session, i notice this unit at 616 harrison became available, b.m.i. i was like wow, this could potentially work. housing purchases through the b.m.r. program with the sf mayor's office of housing, they are all lotteries, and for this one, i did win the lottery. there were three people that applied, and they pulled my number first. i won, despite the luck i'd had

with the program in the last couple years. things are finally breaking my way. when i first saw the unit, even though i knew it was less than ideal conditions, and it was very junky, i could see what this place could be. it's slowly beginning to feel like home. i can definitely -- you know, once i got it painted and slowly getting my custom furniture to fit this unit because it's a specialized unit, and all the units are microinterms of being very small. this unit in terms of adaptive, in terms of having a murphy bed, using the walls and ceiling, getting as much space as i can. it's slowly becoming home for me. it is great that san francisco has this program to address, let's say, the housing crisis that exists here in the bay area. it will slowly become home, and i am appreciative that it is a

bright spot in an otherwise [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well

that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them.

if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they

stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st

policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well.

we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [♪]

>> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry he -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic

child is different, but there's hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about

four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe.

when i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a

lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal -- developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of

that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family that's as supportive, but there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me.

i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. i think the access to irrelevant care for parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy.

how do you explain that to the rest of their class? i want that to be a normal experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits brefore i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe

environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary.

>> my s.f. dove -- government t.v. moment was when i received a commendation award from supervisor chris daly. then we sang a duet in the board chamber. [singing] >> happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. happy anniversary to you. happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. anniversary, anniversary, happy 25th anniversary to you. [♪]

>> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the

location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like.

what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like.