the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, march 14th meeting of government audit and oversight committee. i am supervisor gordon mar, chairman. i am joined by supervisor peskin. supervisor brown is unable to join us today due t to illness. i would like to thank samuel

williams and james smith for staffing this meeting. do we have a motion to excuse supervisor brown? >> so moved. >> mr. clerk. mr. clerk that motion is adopted without objection. >> please make sure to silence cell phones. documents should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the april 2 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, mr. clerk. please call item one. >> resolution affirming the board of supervisors per visor commitment to addvensment of racial equity and in the city and county programs policies and veryises in the city programs and policies and services. >> due to supervisor brown's

absence i make a motion to continue to the call of the chair. we will take public comment. are there any members of the public who wish to testify? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we continue this item to the call of the chair without objection? thank you. please call item two. >> item two a hearing to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the retroactive nature of the board of supervisors' approval of the grant agreement between the city and county of san francisco and tenderloin housing clinic and of the first amendment to that grant agreement. >> i would like to pass this off to supervisor peskin. >> commissioner peskin: because trent roar from the human services agency is in san francisco i would like to continue to the call of the chair so we can schedule a time when the head of hsa can

contribute. >> i would like to continue to the call of the chair. >> any members of the public who wish to testify? >> public testimony is now closed. >> can we recommend this item -- can we continue this to the call of the chair without objection? thank you. >> mr. clerk can you call item three. >> heres on the proceed you will mechanics and process under taken by the city's state legislation committee on the city lobbyist when transmitting the city official policy commissions to external bodies and agencies. >> i would like to pass this to supervisor peskin. >> commissioner peskin: this is a subject of great interest to the public. there are no members of the public here today. by way of background, we had a

similar hearing to this in 2016 after we found out that an internal committee to the government here, the state legislation committee had been meeting without public notice or documenting their meetings, and that the member lay i son from the board of supervisors at that time was not representing the views of the entire board of supervisors. interestingly enough at around the same time, the board actually adopted a formal policy position on a budget trailer, the buy right bill, which the mayor, mayor lee at that time ultimately vetoed. it sparked my curiosity on how the city takes positions on state legislation. it reminded me we have a state

lobbyist in the state capitol, paul yoder, who is here today. it started an interesting conversation at the board around how we as the policy body participate in lobbying the state, particularly in a period of time where there are all sorts of state bills that preempt local authority that are of interest to us, and so given that, we have a new mayor and almost entirely new board of supervisors and new state legislation committee which present yee serves on, he asked that i bring this hearing back to committee for refresher for all of us. he wanted to be here in person but he had a conflict but could not be here. what i want to do is start with deputy city attorney john givner to present be what the charter

holds, what role the mayor plays, what role the board plays, what is in the administrative code as it relates to the state legislative committee. with that, mr. givner. >> thank you, deputy city attorney john givner. the charter provides the mayor coordinates all inter governmental affairs for the city. generally, when the city is lobbying the legislature or the federal government or the governor or regulatory agencies, the mayor must coordinate those communications. typically, with the state, she coordinates those communications by directing our state lobbyist. with federal matters, she coordinates those communicates with the federal lobbyist. that is why the contract with

those lobbyists is a contract with the mayor's office. the board of supervisors has the authority to set policy for the city. that is one of the reserve powers of the board because the charter doesn't actually speak to whether the board of supervisors can set the city's position on state legislation, but because of the reserve authority of the policymaking of the city the board has that power. the board adopts that with resolution without reference calendar at board meetings. because and possibly because it was difficult for the board over the years to take positions on -- by resolution on every piece of state legislation, a number of years ago, the board adopted an ordinance creating the state

legislation commit d committee d delegated the power to take positions on behalf of the city on matters pending before the legislature. the state legislation committee which as supervisor peskin says is subject to the brown act and sunshine ordinance holds public meetings to discuss and take positions on behalf of the city on pending bills. if the state legislation committee takes a position on a bill or doesn't, the board can always adopt an ordinance. i am sorry, a resolution taking a position on a piece of legislation, and the board's say is the final say for the city. any resolution the board adopts sets the policy for the city. >> unless the resolution is vetoed. >> any resolution the city enacts following the mayor's consideration. on matters of federal law or state regulation, the state

legislation committee does not have authority so the board of supervisors sets the policy for the city. the board could expand the powers of the state legislation by ordinance or set a separate committee for federal legislation but hasn't done that over years. the mayor coordinates all communications with other government entities. the mayor must conform those activities to the city's official policy, whether the policy adopted by state legislation committee or by the board. what that means is if the board adopts a resolution supporting ab1, the mayor cannot direct the state lobbyist to oppose ab1. if the board says we support ab1

but there are issues that the city could seek amendments on this definition within ab1, then the mayor can direct the state lobbyist to support and seek amendments. if the board and state legislation committee do not take a position on a matter, the mayor can direct the state or federal lobbyist to advocate for a position that is in her discretion. she must follow the board's policy direction when the board acts. she must follow the state legislation committee's direction when they act. if neither have spoken to set position the mayor has discretion to coordinate communications and say what she will. one final point. because the mayor has the power to coordinate all city communications with the state and federal governments, and other government entities, other

officers do not -- cannot lobby the state legislature without coordinating with the mayor. for instance, the fire department might have a position on a pending state bill relating to fire safety. the fire commission and the fire chief should not be lobbying the state legislature unless they are coordinating with the mayor and the mayor gives the o care. >> how does that relate to department one? >> same is true for department number one. of course, individual supervisors in personal capacities may communicate with state or federal legislatures but should not be using city resources t to

engage in that activity and including staff time. they should not speak on behalf of the city. only the mayor can speak on behalf of the city. >> the state legislation committee consists of who? >> there are representatives from the mayor, the board, the mayor's office chairs the committee. i believe the board has two appointments. the city attorney has a position and beyond that i am totally blank. >> treasure assess or and controller. who is the city attorney on there? >> maryjan-- mary jane winslow.

>> what does that seat do? >> that is not held by an attorney in our office although she coordinates with the executive team of our office in terms of what position our office will take on the state legislative committee. she is a voting member. >> got it. is there somebody there who advices the committee as to what the implications of state preemption or everybody comes with a policy position. >> everybody comes with a policy position. of course, our office, if the committee wanted, could provide more kind of here are the legal repercussions for the city analysis of any bill. >> i have a bunch of questions for edward mic caffeine from the

mayor's office. he is not here so we will bounce right to the city lobbyist, mr. paul yoder. i want to thank you for coming down from sacramento. >> we will go to mr. yoder if you want to tell us a little bit about your firm and your practice, that would be a good refresher. >> absolutely. thank you for the opportunity, mr. chairman and supervisor peskin. our firm has been around since 1978 as a firm still represents the very original first client california transit authorization. 1978 i started lobbying at the age of 14. that is not true. the firm is around since 1978. joshua shaw and i took it over in the early 1990s. we are the founding partners of

the firm. we have five partners. there are only three in the name but happy to announce that two other partners karen and jason will be on the masthead. we are open to suggestions as far as a new name in the future. i have been lobbying for almost 30 years. i lobbied for counties the entire time in my career. first county i lobbied for was san diego county. since then i represented rural, suburban and urban counties. it is about representing cloth local governments. we represent close to 50 local governments in california. i want to make sure you two memberses the board i want to be clear to you that representing the city and county is one of my

personal joys in my career and certainly one of my professional accomplishments that i am very proud of. we do believe for the city and county we have attained an incredible return on investment. everything from the mission rock development, redevelopment unwind facility and movement of warriors arena. 10s of millions of dollars to address homelessness in the city. we take that return on investment for the citizens of the city and county very, very seriously. we wear it like a badge of honor so i am happy to be here today. thank you for inviting me. i will answer any questions you might have. >> i guess one of the questions is how you balance the various city priorities. i mean i assume that when we pass a resolution of support or

opposition to a piece, ab or sb, i assume our checker transmits -- clerk transmits that to you and that is the official policy of the city. how is that with the various clients and the things the city wants, how do you balance that? >> can we tokologiestics first? i want to know the clerk's office is phenomenal about transmitting the position taken by the board like that. we make sure with respect to generally it is on a bill ab123. it could be another issue. wildfire liability earlier this year. we transmit the resolution to the relevant committees. the first committees that bill is going through. may be getting in the weeds too

much. technologically things are changinchanging in san francisc. all of the things i am saying i wish the legislature could synchronize the system to make it universal across committees. it is a hopscotch approach right now. the water parks and water life committee might allow you to upload the city resolution. the insurance committee may request you fax it or hand deliver it or what have you. that is something we are dealing with. you want to make the finer point so the board members understand we are tracking how the committee's need to get positions taken by your board. in terms of balancing, we are constantly aware. we track every position taken by

your board. i can produce that matrix at any point in time for you or your staff to demonstrate we are doing that. we are constantly aware of every position made by your board. >> do you make recommendations to the city or the mayor as to bills that we might want to support or oppose? the example when i it is on the california coastal commission at every meeting sarah christy, who i'm sure you know, comes before the 12 members and says here are 10 pages of bills, we recommend you support this, watch that, oppose this, support if amended, which because of our creation of the state legislation committee rarely happens at the board of supervisors unless one particular bill catches our attention. we don't have that kind of

comprehensive up or down or maybe. do you bring those things to the committee and say here are 20 bills you should take a peak at. >> we are on the seventh year of representing the city and county. during that entire time, this is sort of manifestation what makes san francisco unique. what i mean you have so many department heads who are plugged in and creative and so they know what they know, and they are also constantly trying to think of ways to make life better in san francisco. that is a from fasto me say -- a preface to me saying there is no shortage of bills. you have so many people who are paying attention to what is going on in sacramento the average slc agenda as up get to

the busy months of the legislative cycle i see nodding heads. it is dozens of bills. i can't think of an instance where your staff collectively missed one. i can't think of where somebody at some point didn't go this is kind of a big deal for the city. we have never been asked to make that recommendation, supervisor. >> representing numerous different counties, do you see patterns? what are other counties saying about our senator, senator's bill 58 or 50 late night hours and state preemption of certain land use decisions? >> on senate bill 50 it is like sba27, folks didn't have to because they had the educational process.

last year there wasn't a lot of educational process. it has to occur this year. the new twist with 50 is there is also a senate bill 4 authored by bill and mcguire and the suburban parts of the nine county bay air region. i think what most folks are doing are really kind of waiting to see since both of those are senate gills, -- senate bills, what will the senate do on those bills? there is an interesting situation where the senate transportation committee they may have to go to one and another committee what is senate leadership will do is interesting. to try to answer the question specifically as i can, there are a lot of people kind of hanging

back knowing that that dynamic committee process is going to happen, and i think a lot of people want to wait and see what senate leadership and the other senators have decided to do with either of those bills or both of those bills through the policy committee deadline. that is what a lot of our clients are doing is waiting and watching to see how things emerge. i hope that answers your question. >> that is helpful. sb58? >> again that is a bill that we are on our second or third iteration. >> governor brown vetoed that last year. >> you have the broader dynamic where bills vetoed by jerry brown they don't know what

governor newsome would do. i will give it another shot. it is not just sb58. that is a couple hundred bills i could list for you. what governor newsome might do that might be different than governor brown-waite -- governor brown will wait to be seen in terms of patterns. it is interesting seeing who thinks that might be good for the city. ththe bill is optional. it is up to any city that wants to make the best case for being in. for cities that don't like the policy, it is not like the bill would impose anything on their city. if it got to governor newsome

and governor newsome signed it. >> these are questions for mr. mic caffe, he is not here. the contract between the mayor's office and your company is that an annual contract, is there an r.f.p., is it bid out? >> it was rp originally. we emerged as the chosen firm. it was rped again, i believe. give me a second. i want to say 2017. i don't want to answer incorrectly. 2017. >> it is for a term of years, annual renewal. >> initial term and options to extend. >> who is that worth on an annual basis.

we have never changed the price in seven years. i owe it to my partners to note that. maybe i shouldn't have. moving on. it is 2 $76,000 a year and as i said that is the price since its inception. >> thank you for not raising it. chair mar, do you have questions? >> chair mar: thank you. this is very helpful for me inning how this all works as far as our city weighing in on important state legislation and the role that you play. i have a few questions more for my understanding. i want to understand the kind of work that happens conveying our position as the city and county

of san francisco on a specific bill. for example, at our board meeting a couple weeks ago, the board of supervisors adopted a resolution in support of senate bill 233 by senator wiener creating stronger protections for sex workers when reporting a crime what happened after that once you are aware of our position on a bill like that. >> i was actually hoping this morning it would happen. i got the notification from the clerk this morning on 233. i could show you my e-mail to say, hey, the system works. we get that notification. the clerk's office is good enough to not only send it to

myself and karen wang and our assistant erica. when the assistant is included things happen. erica is the one responsible forgetting that resolution to the appropriate committees of the legislature and tracking it in the internal system. that all happens. at some point i want to talk to you both there is a quantity issue every year for the city. i don't want to call it quality issue but highest and best use. if i could briefly. the legislature, the new legislature introduced 2600 new bills. we have flagged based on historical understanding what the city might be interested in, your department, 600 of the 2600. that is a lot. that is probably at least double than for any of our other clients. that is a quantity issue. in terms of highest and best use

what the city wants to prioritize in any given year and what should be prioritized legislatively and what should be prioritized through the state budget process, that is very dynamic and something we try to be at tuned to because of the return on investment we want to produce. so if ab123 is supported we make sure every committee knows you support it but it will go on its own way. payment if the big cities in california are asking for half a billion dollars out of nowhere to address homelessness in california that is a large effort that takes a lot of time and energy. i want to be clear. there are only so many hours in the day. we do have to judge for ourselves because we know we are going to be judged. we have to judge for ourselves how to expend the time and

energy on the city's behalf so if that helps. if the board takes a position that isn't just moving along as i described earlier and it needs a push, then that is where the actual lobbying happens, talking to members, talking to staff, trying to count noses to get the votes for the city's position. in where to put your focus on bills is that something that you are in communication with the mayor's office about? >> yeah, it is pretty clear, and i want to believe that really to almost all of us, maybe all of us, depending on the issue that certain issues have to be

prioritized. i haven't mentioned funding for the seawall. that is obviously a budget issue. with the climate and the king tides and there is senate bill 45 that could be amended to include more money for the seawall. we have $5 million to study and move it further along. that would be an example where i think. i don't know anybody in the city that wouldn't say that shouldn't be a priority of the city and for our firm, but i go back to, mr. chairman the 600 bills. the hierarchy for the 600 bills, i want to be clear just because our firm tracks something doesn't mean the city has a position on it. we want to be aware and not lose site of it. when the slc takes a position that is prioritized because

there is a official position on it. that is the way things shake out during the course of the year. >> a few more questions. we received the memo or i received the memo i think this morning or yesterday the slc adopted a position on it looks like 20 billings. these would be priority bills. >> they would. >> that sounds good. when was the slc created? >> 3 section five point three, five point one how old is that john. >> that pre-dates us representing the city. it was in existence when we came on board. obviously i defer to the city attorney. >> that is something we can change if we want and we can

count our own noses. >> slc plays an important role to bring together the mayor's office and key departments to i'd fithe priority bills and what our position should be. >> yes. >> just getting back to supervisor mar's question. it looks like the committee has been around since at least 1978. there are some sections of this code that were adopted in 1939. maybe it goes as far back as 1939. >> we no, i thinks at the end of

the session move quickly when you see a bill that has profound implications for our ability to continue as local legislators do you sound the alarm? who do you call? >> what happens in our firm technologically we subscribe to a service that lets us see amended bills every morning. we have nine lobbyists and four legislative aids. we wake up every morning and go through the day's amendments. if it is important for san francisco we refer it to the mayors office. i am trying to think of a hypothetical. it might not be the best thing to do, but we certainly know it when we see it, being in the seventh year of representing the city. we make the mayor's office aware of it, frankly, most days before

8:00 a.m. so they get to the desk and might have three, four, 10 e-mails from us. it is the bill. i actually want t to go to the people working in the city. we don't have to give context like we do in other instances. you might want to look at this because. we refer the bill in the amended form and people here understand why they are looking at it, which is nice. >> i do want to thank you for your help in the last session getting the 1148 passed to allow us to have a transportation network company tax per ride vehicles. >> thank you. i thought today was a commondation for that. >> ab1184 and that was not easy. it was a pleasure working with

your staff. >> that was a great team effort. i don't have any more questions for mr. yoder. i thank you from coming down from sacramento. i am disappointed that the mayor's office are not here. i will get to the bottom of that. i would like to continue this to the call of the chair so mr. m.c.a. ffree can tell us how this works. >> thank you, paul. >> why don't we go to public comment. are there any members of the public who wish to testify on this item? seeing none, public testimony is now closed. any additional comments? >> no. >> can we recommend this item? can we continue this item to the call of the chair without objection. thank you. that completes the agenda for today. we are adjourned.

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>> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any difference in paying now. if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at

all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> good evening. this is a meeting of the san francisco commissioner on the environment. date is tuesday march 26, 2019. and the time is 5:07 p.m. note the ringing and use of cell phones and pagers and sound producing devices are prohibit and the chairman may order the

removal of anyone and a note to the public, there will be public comment on every item as well as an opportunity to for general comment for items that aren't on the agenda. we ran out of speaker cards. there's a lot of folks in the room so we have a few speaker cards here we received. the chair will call the speaker cards we received first and then folks can come to the microphone one by one after that. you also have a right to speak anonymously. with that we'll move to item 1, call to order and roll call. [roll call] there is a quorum. the next item is item 2, president's welcome. this item is open for discussion. >> commissioner: welcome,

opportunity. i hope you had the opportunity to see the wonderful slide show in honor of cal broomhead. we thank you for joining us tonight. it's a very special meeting for the commissioner on the environment and our meeting today is held in honor of our friend cal broomhead. he worked at the san francisco p.u.c. and the department of the environment for decades and moved the needle on energy and climate worldwide while his warmth and kindness moved us all. it's fitting we have a 100% renewable electricity item on today's agenda because in so many ways his decades of service have brought us to this point. when we get to item 5 in a few minutes, i want to make sure i welcome all of to you come up and speak during public comment to commemorate cal. that's probably why we ran out of speaker cards. with that, if there's any public comment on the president's

welcome? and before we go to the next item i want to before we get to our meeting acknowledge our fellow commissioner wan was the honoree for supervisor sandy fewer for one of the outstanding women in the community. it's fitting this year's theme was champions of peace and non violence so congratulations, commissioner wan for a wonderful distinction. and with that next item. >> clerk: the next item 4 approval of the minutes of then 22 commission on the environment meeting the document say january 22 draft minutes. thes item is for discussion and

action. >> do i have a motion? thank you, commissioner. second? commissioner wan. seconded by commissioner wan and moved by commissioner sullivan. any discussion or changes? commissioners? hearing none, any public comment? hearing none, all in favor of approval of the minutes, signify by saying aye. opposed? motion carries. thank you. next item? >> clerk: the next item is item 4 public comment, pub -- members of the public may address the commission on item of which are not on the agenda. >> public comment on anything that is not on today's agenda?

hearing none, next item. >> clerk: item 5, presentation of a posthumous commission on the award to cal broomhead san francisco department of the environment. the item is for discussion. >> this item is going to be presented by commissioner wald. >> commissioners and members of the audience, it is my enormous honor to present kathleen bloomhead a posthumous award for cal broomhead.

he always made everyone feel appreciate and today we'll try to do that today. it's easy to look at the goals in the city's climate action plan and see how well the san francisco department of the environment serves the residents of the city and the county of san francisco. but i've been on the commission on the environment long enough to know that before cal broomhead there was no energy or climate program. in fact, cal was instrumental in making san francisco the first city to develop a climate action plan. he also contributed to the san francisco electricity resources plan which help bring about the calendar of the bayview-hunters point power plant. [applause]

>> commissioner: that's because cal was the rare time of person who was both a visionary and had the practical experience, the boots on the ground to organize and lead actions that would definitely and significantly and prominently and clearly protect the environment. two decades ago cal was advocating and pushing to get san francisco and the rest of the world off the reliance on fossil fuels. from testifying before the california public utilities commission to attending global conferences and local meetings cal was ubiquitous. literally everywhere you went in the world in the world of energy and climate, the sight of cal or the mention of his name brought a warm smile and a new friend. cal's audacity and creativity led to san francisco being a recipient of the pg&e charge.

he had an unwavering commitment to peace and justice. he was fair and went to bat for staff as an advocate for public employees unions including local 21. he was a teacher, a friend and an inspiration for many many people my selself included. those who knew him miss him and are moved by the thought of him. the residents of the city and county of san francisco and the global community are forever in his debt. thank you kathleen and the entire broomhead family for letting us have cal for so many years. now, he is at peace and resting with his creator. as we will hear later in this

meeting his legacy lives on and our love for him will never diminish. may i read this? this is our environmental service award. it says the san francisco commission on the environment pos -- posthumously honors cal broom head for contributing as a program manager with the san francisco department of the environment.head for contributi program manager with the san francisco department of the environment. >> commissioner: rafael, would i like to say a few words? >> thank you, commissioner. it's hard to summarize a life. it's impossible. when i think about cal, i think about the word legacy because

that's something he talked about also, what is his legacy towards the end of his work at the department of environment. when i look up the definition of legacy it's not very inspiring but i found the definition that for me speaks in better words than i can think about of what cal has done. a holistic legacy is when you're ground in offering yourself and making a meaningful lasting and energizing contribution to humanity by serving a cause greater than your own. and cal served the cause greater than his own. he is energizing as you know on so many levels when i think every time i think about cal, i think about some time he made me smile. and he made me believe that i too was in it for the legacy for

a cause greater than my own so i miss him. when i see the three of you sitting there i see cal. you are his legacy as well. we are all the beneficiaries of his love and his teaching. and i know we're going to hear a lot more specifics and when i see the faces of who showed up today, it just makes my heart sing. so thank you for letting us be here. now, so someone you are well aware of, jarrod bloomenthal he couldn't be here but wanted to die video. here's -- wanted to do a video. here's jarrod in video. >> hi, it's jarrod. i'm sorry we're all gathered here. cal was such a force of energy it's hard to believe he's not still with us. i know many people will be

hearing messages from around california. i wanted to really put my voice forward because cal was absolutely an amazing person as we all know. i remember on the first day he came to the department of environment we were new and there were 10 of us and had 15 ideas of what we were going to do and he told me what we're going to do with solar and energy efficiency. all the things cal came up with we end up doing. he was an idea man that understood how to implement things to make real change. from energy watch to solar roof program to thinking about what do we do and cal came up with a great idea when you sell a house, there's lots of money transacting so let's do energy efficient projects. people often think of the met foreof someone climbing up the mill with a backpack full of bricks and cal actually did.

i said cal what are you doing? he said i want to get stronger each day and he did as he mentored people in the department. he was really nurtured people's creativity and spirit and showed them the path to help people and business. those businesses we dealt with early in the day with energy watch he dealt with them day after day and a thought these folks were crazy complaining about nothing and cal said no, they have good ideas how to make the program better. we all loved cal and miss cal desperately. there's no one quite like him but the good news is that he had an incredible amount of energy and enthusiasm to solve problems collaboratively and innovatively and that goes with me every day on what cal taught us and thank you. i know many of us are super sad.

cal was one the one to turn that sadness into something positive. let's implement cal's vision. thank you. [applause] >> and we know we will continue to implement cal's vision because he's now secretary of cal e.p.a. kathleen, at this time would you like to say i few words before we have others join? welcome. >> so these are my children, sarah and john and his sister-in-law and his parents, 95 and 97 really wanted to come but it was a bit much. and his brother couldn't make it

either but first i want to thank you all for inviting us. it's an honor to be invited here and to represent cal to receive this award. i get to tell a different spin about his life living with the man is very different than working with the man. so i think if he was here the first thing he would say is thank you. thank you so much. thank the department and thank you for giving him the opportunity and resources to do the work that he wanted to do and that meant so much to him. when he was first thinking about coming to the department the discussions we'd have at home about well, he was at the p.u.c. at the time and what that would be like, etcetera, and the idea centered around the fact the energy division would then be housed in a place where that was the mission of the department. and he wanted it to be dedicated

to the department or to the environment. there are so few employees at the time he was honored he'd get to come and head this part of it or at least help develop it. and he had a lot of energy to do it. so one day he came home from talking to the then director and said i made my decision and i'll good to work every day to a place where my own values are aligned with everyone around me and the mission statement and he was so excited. i think his actual words were woo hoo -- whoo-hoo and i said what's going on. he integrated work with family because he was a purposeful person and whatever was good for the environment was good for us to do and we needed to put into action in our daily lives. on our first date he said let's

go up with a bottle of wine and watch the sun go up and if i knew him then like i knew now i would say lights is a bad sign. you could see every corridor and every kind of light and he pointed out all the leds and showed me -- you can tell by one project ended and one started by the color of the lights and i thought you're really sweet to me, cal. actually, he never missed an opportunity for education. educating anyone. the first thing he did when he moved around to glen park is walk around the businesses and ask if he can give them a free energy audit and how to improve their energy conservation and also it would be economically beneficial which is the other way you have to think about it sometimes. every time we moved into a new space he'd walk around and knock

on the walls and figure out where we'll insulate it and how and plug in a power strip or put adapters on the water faucets and showers to turn water off so you wouldn't waste and if you wouldn't do it, he would do it and i bet i have a show of fans of who might have had the lights turned off on them while they were still in the room. i think we had something on refrigerator on that, a cartoon at one point. anyway, we're left with great memories of things we worked and built together as a family. we called it family time. they didn't realize at the time it wasn't the most common kind of family time but he had such positivity and enthusiasm we were doing something great for the earth and even if sometimes it looked like the clampet's house because everything we

built he used reused materials we thought it was normal. when the kids were 4 and 7 and they were out with their dad and i said what are you doing and they said we're fluxing pipes. and i said what is that, i don't know what that is, they said we're building our solar system and sanding the pipes. so that was the water heating they put up on the roof but they were always doing something like that together. he also partnered with me to try to instill a love of the earth by spending a lot of time outside. we were in the yards looking for bugs and i was grossed out but we had the worming and the composting going on and in the summer we'd take them every single summer to the redwoods and took road trips through wyoming and montana and

california and always emphasized being out here just on our feet on the ground, barefoot, feeling the earth is important so remember this when you go back home to the city. i'm going to let the kids take over for a minute and say the end. thank you. they're better speakers. >> yeah, just thank you everyone for being here in memory of our dad. i wanted to say what a great privilege it has been to grow up with the ethics instilled in me by my dad and to be sprouurroun by this particular community. it's given the a wonderful framework for viewing the world that reminds me and says to me what's the impact of what you're doing and who does it affect today and who will it affect down the line and in my opinion does a great job of marrying the ideas of personal action and responsibility. being in this unique environment as my