richmond district community, we are able to participate in our culture legacy of joe's and our mission for being a safe and fun business in this complicated world. after all joe's is all about family, friend, share and enjoying. being a small business owner for this beloved shop is such a blessing. we are so grateful to know that san francisco cares about small business like ours and support the people that are working hard to keep the american dream alive for generations to come. been behalf of myself, my husband sean and our three children, we can't thank you enough for this incredible honor and opportunity. we can invite all to joe's and enjoy the sweet life with two scoops of richmond district hospitality. it's a legacy that you can all

be proud of. thank you. [applause] >> president yee: next up is district supervisor stefani, district 2. >> supervisor stefani: thank you. i would like to call sue. colleagues today i'm so proud to honor sue fisher king the owner

of her store in the same name for this year's small business week commendation as our honoree. her store on sacramento street between baker and broadway just celebrated 40 years of business. that is amazing. in her past, she worked at other san francisco landmarks before opening her own store in 1978. sue fisher king is san francisco staple specializing in technique home furnishings. i love this quote, our collection is a direct reflection of ourselves and where our passion lies. beauty, levity and above all else the story hidden inside and told by every piece we select. sue fisher king's mission is to be a vibrant part of her

community. by offering great product, excellent customer service for customers, neighbor and tourists. i love the way sue also describes our san francisco neighborhood. everything is so convenient and compact. one neighborhood morphed into another. it's so conducive to creativity. sue is also been a very active member of sacramento street merchant association helping her fellow businesses survive and thrive. sue, the board of supervisors commends you for your significant contributions to the sacramento street corridor. thank you to you and to the rest of your staff for your dedication and amazing service to our community. >> thank you very much. that was lovely. i'm very honored to be honored

today. i'm grateful. as i said to somebody, i'm getting this honor because i outlasted the competition. which is a good way to win the ball game. something i put in -- as an example of doing retail my whole life, when i was a kid, my favorite toy was a cash register and i got it when i was 9. when it was supplemented with paper money and that was followed by order pad for my dad's business who was an entrepreneur. those were my toy. i wasn't interested in dolls. i wrote orders all day and rang up sales. i'm doing the same thing years later. i'm very thrilled to be honored. san francisco is the most

wonderful place to have a business. despite whatever problems there may be, when i was a kid and grew up in portland, oregon only place i wanted to live was san francisco. when i left college, i beat a path to this city. i never left it. i thank you all so very much for this honor. [applause] >> president yee: thank you. next up, district 3, supervisor

peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i'm totally psyched to be honoring a gentleman that i think epitomizes what people think about when they think about a small business proprietor. somebody who works relentlessly and is an ambassador of a neighborhood's identity and always is warm and has a smile on his face. that is shoddy. thank you shoddy for coming and i know that you were stuck in that horrific traffic jam. though the legacy business liquor has been around since 1961. it was passed through many hands and into shoddy in 2008 over a decade ago. he has run it. he has remarkable loyal customer

base and unfortunately, that corner has been plagued by two fires and a year ago, in march, he was burned out for the second time. the first time around, he said, i feel like i lost a kid. in 2013 he found himself scrambling. last year, he found himself scrambling. we here passed a special piece of legislation to enable him to locate around the corner.

after the fire, he reopened around the corner just off union street. this is a shameless plug. the neighborhood was adwhen he reopened. now that you've washed your hands of the city bureaucracy and you didn't give up, i want to say few things about shoddy. he's a family man with a wife and kids. his ability to rise above challenging situations extends to today because of that horrific traffic jam. he has two businesses in north beach just not coit liquor but also alamento which is run by

your brother malik. people come in the shop not to shop but to hang out and gossip. district 3 is a special place. you can see the community's commitment to thriving small businesses liked on shoddy's. congratulations. >> thank you so much. first, thank you for all standing by me after two fires. from day one, that was coit liquor still standing by me. first time happened, i believe in god. i said, things happen a lot. i had the fire. i said i'm going to stand on my feet and stay in the game. i would never give up. it was an experience that i never had before.

i don't know how to describe it. even my kids came to me said, this is my piggy bank, take it and build the store back again. that was something what made me stand. for a minute, i give up. i don't want to do it. supervisor peskin she was unbelievable. from day one to now, she's still calling and checking on me and congratulating me on the store. everyday, i don't make a lot of sales because it's still new place. my store packed with people asking me questions. what do you need, how much help you need. we're glad you're back. thank you so much. we're stem standing in north beach after that many problem i

had with the corner. still i don't want to give up to that corner. you hope everybody understand north beach build that corner back again. it's something people waiting for. i'm telling everybody, lovely people like him and you all supervisors would say thank you to all. i appreciate all your help. [applause]

>> president yee: next supervisor, supervisor of district 4, supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you president yee. to invite erica from establish to come up and be recognized. our small businesses are more than a place for transactions. they can be spaces for transformations for the culture and community and human connection that make a district into a neighborhood. few businesses represent this idea better than establish, small lifestyle style shop. i'm grateful for this chance to honor them. established first opened its doors in july of 2012 created by longtime friends erica mayber, they have given space for other sunset artist for the

independent builders that bring life and creativity to our neighborhood and city. part of new generation of businesses in evolving sunset, they represent a business built by our neighborhood and for our neighborhood. many of the goods you'll find in establish were made there by hand or nearby, grown or painted or crafted in the home and workshops of artist and artisans across the sunset. erica is a resident of the sunset. she represents the complete communities we are trying to build where folks are able to live, work and thrive in san francisco and our neighborhoods. erica shares her time and talent offering design services and workshops to both residents and other businesses and helps to organize the annual ocean beach music and arts festival every fall. erica shares establishes space with the community, hosting popups, and social events and

promoting civic engagement with phone bank and opportunities to not just be consumers but to be citizens and tich participants in our neighborhood and city. erica and also ally gold, the manager of establisher here today to receive this commendation. thank you for being here. thank you for all you do for the sunset, art and community and culture, thank you for opening establish in our neighborhood. >> thank you. i didn't expect to say much. it is an honor to be a small business in san francisco. thanks all of you that actually make that possible for everybody. i think art really important part of my life and it's amazing to be able to share that and help other artists stay in san francisco and believ survive inn francisco. so thank you. [applause]

>> president yee: fantastic. next up, supervisor from district 5, supervisor brown. >> supervisor brown: thank you. today it's my great privilege to honor eddie cafe. eddie was opened in 1974. for the past 30 years, it's been in the caring hands of helen and min. they immigrated from south korea in 1983 and wanted to start their own small business. in 1988, they bought eddie's cafe and made it the beloved

greasy spoon and important neighborhood gathering place. you won't find $12 avocado toast at eddie's. maybe a side of avocado and toast and you can make it yourself. there's no place like eddie's on a sunday morning to see the full diversity and vibrancy of district 5. helen knows a lot of her customers. by name and even if she doesn't know you, she makes you feel at home. everyone from longtime residents to new arrivals to out of town visitors are drawn to eddie's. eddie's is the diner to go to in san francisco. it's an honor to recognize eddie's cafe for the small business week. thank you. >> thank you everyone and our

supervisor vallie brown and everybody help us come right now to eddie's cafe. people love eddie's cafe and also i love eddie's cafe. please come. thank you. [applause]

>> president yee: next it up supervisor from district 6, supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you. for district 6, i'm going to be giving a small business commendation to the j.t. restaurant which is on mission and sixth street. everybody in this part of soma knows auntie tess. she's head chef in charge. local residents love her amazing food. j.t. restaurant has reputation for authentic food. her 20 years of experience as a

restaurant owner and business woman came in handy when she moved to the u.s. in 2001 to her brother manage new filipino restaurant. it led to her taking over the establishment where her husband changing the name to juan tessie or j.t. restaurant. tess going to be nonstop ever since then. her stays start at 4:00 a.m. when she buys fresh supplies and does all the prep work before restaurant open at 9:30. she major leagues major -- she d cleans. she finds time to volunteer at st. patrick's church on weekends and runs a buying box out of the restaurant so local families can send special gifts like candies to relatives in the philippines.

she takes pride that her restaurant remains to it's origins. i can attest to this. every time i'm in that area, i stop in, not just to eat, i love the eat but for big hug. i know you do that everyday for so many people. it is a true community centre for all of us and especially for the filipino community in selma. i want to thank you so much for the role that you play not just serving food but connecting people, providing love and joy for so many. i'm so proud to be providing this commendation for small business month. thank you for being here. thank you all you do. i look forward it seeing you. thank you tess. [applause]

>> thank you for introducing me. this is my second award for small business. i got my award in 2014, you didn't know i would get it again. thank god i'm so blessed and i'm so happy. my kids are here. i work hard for these and i love the community. that's why i'm always here. every time somebody ask for help, i'm always here. if somebody want an advice, they can go to me too. that's why they call me auntie tess. thank you so much for this award. [applause]

>> president yee: next up is the great supervisor from district 7, norman yee. that's me. oh well. i want to say this even though my honorees are not here. they are owners of ocean. i want to say this because this

probably is the perfect example how difficult dozen run a small business when it's family-owned. when something comes up, it's not going to be able to tear away from the businesses. i want to say this because i want to assess my appreciation to all small businesses and difficulties you have to go through especially family run businesses where it's really hard to tear away from your own business. i hope to honor them some further date. next up will be supervisor of district 8. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you president yee.

i'm recognizing glamour rama salon. they've been destination for exceptional service -- >> 23. >> oops. 23 years, they have been designation for fabulous hair in the mission district. after 20 years, dina handed reigns over to katy mckee who worked her way up from volunteer to salon assistant to owner in just three years.

katie was longtime client before earning her license in 2012. shortly before graduation, katie applied for a job at glamma ramma and denied. the day after graduation, katie was named salon assistant and then working side by side with dina, katie assisted santokh kahlon locatiosecondlocation in. while salon has changed hands, glamma ramma provides safe environment for style and original hair design.

as an employer and small business owner, katie remains glamma ramma gender exclusive space. after just three years at the helm, katie opened glamma ramma third location. using the newest salon to train graduates, glamma ramma offers low price points. over the past 18 months, katie has grown glamma ramma to employ 15 new people. thank you katie and the wonderful staff of glamma ramma for all that you do.

>> president yee: supervisor from district 9. >> supervisor ronen: it gives me great pleasure to introduce and honor my dear friend, charlie, the owner and operator of charlie's cafe. thank you.

charlie's cafe looks unassuming on the outside. once you step inside, you find a sunny comfortable space brimming with hospitality, vitality and personality. the walls are covered with works of local artists, the room is buzzing with lively conversations and families with babies are enjoying, bagels and great coffee. as morning stream of customers flow in, charlie and his wife, chrissy, greets everybody by name. i meet tons of my constituents that i never met before. it's an amazing experience. charlie and his three younger

siblingses grew up in the store helping out in every capacity his younger brother ramsey, and his wife, beth, own and operate the store. his sister lives in toronto canada and owns a flower shop. small business expertise runs in the entire family. charlie attended bethlehem university as undergrant and -- undergraduate. when u uprising broke out, the closures and blockade forced him to leave his studies in jerusalem. he went to visit his grandparents in san francisco. he fell in love with the city and earn his degree in

architectural. for six years charlie was an architect. charlie and chrissy together opened charlie's cafe and dellyi in 2001. they're such an amazing team. in the family tradition, their two children grew up in the cafe. let's not forget their dog who charms everyone as he wanders around the room. over the years charlie has employed wide diversity of immigrants from all over the world. the current staff who is here and his sister-in-law contributes. we love you. any given day, they can be found working behind the counter

juggling multiple orders, preparing the food and giving customers big smiles and trying to prevent charlie and chrissy for giving away everything for free. you have to demand to pay at his store. the food is absolutely delicious from the toasted bagels and to the middle eastern plate including charlie's famous hummus. the location is near two schools. many kids in their family stop by the cafe on the way to school and it seems like charlie knows every single student and teacher who comes in by name. he supports both schools and participates in fundraising. what i admire is the wonderful sense of community that you have built from the very start. newcomers and old-timers feel connected there. the music sessions on friday night draws dozens of folks together to appreciate cultural

styles. charlie is an immigrant himself, he created home away from home from so many people. charlie actually living up to that statement whether you have come to san francisco to pursue your dreams, get a job, see the sights or whatever the reason when you find yourself on the corner of folsom, you're welcome. congratulations to your whole family for adding so much to the fabric of our city. congratulations charlie. we love you. [applause]

>> there's nothing i can say more than it. i thank you so much. thank you board of supervisors. i hope to see you at charlie's. [applause]

>> president yee: supervisor district 10. supervisor walton. >> supervisor walton: i like to bring up people from dog pet saloon. today i'm honoring dog pet saloon a local bar with a rich history located on the corner of 22nd and 3rd streets in dogpatch. the dogpatch saloon and building were commissioned as a home and business by richard and mary brady. both california-born children of irish immigrants in 1912. 107 years ago. known as brady's saloon, they lived upstairs with their five children and ran the saloon until they sold the business in 1937. with the exception of prohibition years, when the business was run as a candy store and soda shop, the

dogpatch saloon has been a neighborhood pub taking care of the two local immigrant population after a long day or night of work. former owner resident proudly claims that when he renamed the bar after purchasing it in the 1990s the dogpatch saloon became the first business to incorporate the dogpatch neighborhood name into its local business name. thus, the name dogpatch saloon was born. in 2013, with new ownership, the dogpatch saloon underwent major renovations creating a comfortable space for the current and shifting residential and commercial population of the dogpatch neighborhood. whether it was brady's saloon, bouncers or the dogpatch saloon, the staff worked hard at taking care of our neighbors and proud

to be known as many things including a community meeting place that bar on the corner more known as living room of the neighborhood. as of 2012, the current owners are chris berry, derek justinian mark goldfine. since reopening in july of 2013, a resident of dogpatch has been running the dogpatch saloon with passion. we want to thank them and honor them for their work and for being here to accept today's honor. congratulations on being the district 10 small business honoree this year. thank you for which you represent. thank you for allowing us to host office hours in your establishment, cheers no pun intended. [applause] >> thank you so much board of

supervisors, small business commission and our wonderful supervisor walton. we're really fortunate to have a very historic place to do business. most importantly, we have an amazing community, diverse, supportive and just absolutely wonderful and pleasure to serve. thank you. [applause]

>> president yee: you want to thankesque for coming out here today to celebrate small business week with us. before i complete my thanks, sorry, safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you president yee. it is my great honor to honor salvadorian bakery. basitas is located on persian avenue. what an anchor institution they are. so many people around the neighborhood if all over san francisco come and enjoy their bakery. it was open 23 years ago.

an immigrant from el salvador. she came to this country in 1990 via los angeles. we won't hold that against you. go giants. shortly after that, she arrived in san francisco and set her roots here. since '96s she's been here bakery is not an easy business. it's an early rise and you have to beet the customer -- beat the customers. she started at another bakery and she learned innovated and learned to craft and saved her money before she open her own business.

thank you for allowing everyone to eat some. since then, ms. rodriguez never looked back. basitas bakery delight and it adds to the rich and cultural patchwork of district 11 from people all over the world. from the philippines from central america from mexico from europe from the everywhere and all different parts of china. ms. rodriguez is a symbol what we know to be the truth many all immigrants are hard working people who contribute back to their community many times over. ms. rodriguez employs eight people. she loves district 11 and is looking to open her second

bakery also in district 11. she that is two children 18 and 19 and they are in college. her daughter studying electrical engineering and her son is getting ready to embark on his own college where he'll focus on business studies. ms. rodriguez i'm happy to honor you and your family and thank you for all that you do and thank you for being alsoal legacy business that we were able to finalize in 2017. thank you for being here today. [applause] [speaking foreign language]

>> she is so grateful for the recognition and that 23 years being open on persian street. finally getting an sweard great moment for us and our family. >> in the '90s just because of war that was happening in el salvador forced her to come here.

>> after the war, she thought she was going to go back to el salvador after coming to san francisco seeing the calm city, everything changed for her. she got open up a new business, had her two kids and her life has been so much better after that. >> i want to say thank you for everything. we're so happy about opening a second location also in the same district with the help of our family, business will go okay and i want to say thank you again for everything. [applause]

>> president yee: once again i want to thank the supervisors for selecting such great small businesses to honor today. again, thank you to all the small businesses that came together and congratulations to

you. i guess want to wish all of them a very prosperous business in the future. right now, that concludes our small business celebration. madam clerk, we will go back to roll call and i believe the supervisor we left off with is -- supervisor safai. >> supervisor stefani: i woke up top a story that gave me chills and a story that has entire school community and my district feeling anxious and afraid. given the trauma this nation has suffered because of mass shootings in our schools and routine lockdown drills in

response to them, it is no wonder where this headline, police say he spoke of delusions and had a rifle overlook san francisco school. what happens now? what does happen now? i've been asking myself that over and over again. one thing is clear to me, we must implement the gun violence restraining order law without further delay. i've asked the city attorney's office to immediately draft an expedite legislation establishing protocols to do so. we know that in several the mass shootings, family members or friends noticed warning signs that the shooters were dangerous and at risk of harming themselves or others. gun violence restraining orders empower families, household members or law enforcement officers to petition a court in order to temporarily move a

person's access to firearms before they commit violence. in the case we read about on sunday, family members could have contacted law enforcement before the individual called the fbi on himself and from what i know about this case, there were enough warning signs and concerns within the family to initiate a gun violence restraining order. when our police department learned of this individual from the fbi, they visited his home and found immediate concerns. they seeded the -- seized the weapons. while this story did not end in tragedy, yet, we don't know what will happen next. we know that so many times it does. the reason why we have gun violence restraining orders and the reason why the gun violence was passed in this state was based on a shooting in may of

2014 where a disturbed and angry young man shot 10 people before turning the gun on himself. before this, he displayed such concerning behavior that his parents reached out and alerted authorities that he was likely to do harm to himself or others. law enforcement interviewed him, there was nothing they can do. they were unable to remove the guns or take him in custody. this happened in the case of gabby giffords and there was nothing this person could do. on valentine's day 2018, 20-year-old, massacred 17 students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. law enforcement and members of the public are left with two few options to stop these tragedies. the intersection between gun safety and behavioral health is

legally challenging. law enforcement cannot always use a 51-50 holdly to weapons away. the gun vince restraining is another tool, a civil, not criminal onely to prevent tragedy before it occurs. to date san francisco has not yet implemented a robust gun violence restraining orders program. there's no single way to win the fight against gun violence. we will not win unless we pass legislation needed to prevent it and swiftly implement the policies that we have on the books. in addition to asking the city attorney to draft legislation, i'm also working to determine if additional resources are needed to properly carry out and enforce gun violence restraining order and push for this funding in the budget if necessary. finally, i have asked the city

attorney to determine what protocols should be in place when information comes to life that may place our schools at risk. the school is not notified in september and several concerns was raised to whether they should have been notified. we need to work with our schools and law enforcement on expectations and procedures so that schools aren't taken off guard. i look forward to bringing you this legislation that will ensure san francisco uses gun violence restraining. i want to thank you president yee for opening our meeting with moment of silence. i have been a supervisor for short time. i get up here and you talk about gun violence all the time. why do do i that? because it's happening all the time in our country at traumatizing rate. what happened over the weekend at the synagogue in poway is

another example of what it is like when we allow easy and unfettered access to white supremacists, people who want to harm people because they are different and we have to do everything in our power to disarm hate. that gunman expressed white supremacists and racist views on facebook. he exhibited signs that he could hurt people. there were interventions that could be had. the gun violence restraining order is so necessary and it's something that we need to implement in san francisco. the time is now. i look forward to working with the city attorney's office to have legislation to you quickly. thank you and the rest i submit. [applause] [roll call]

>> supervisor fewer: you introduce hearings to be held at budget and finance committee in the coming months. i introduced hearing on overtime spend and vacant positions and hearing on incarceration related spending. all of these will be scheduled at budget finance during the month of may and i look forward to working with city departments and colleagues on budget and finance committee to explore these issues if greater detail as we near the june budget process. >> that concludes of new business. >> president yee: let's go to public comment. >> clerk: the public may address the entire board of supervisors up to two minutes on within the jurisdiction of the board. to include the march 19, 2019 board meeting minutes, items 30 through 35 on the adoption without reference to committee calendar items. public comments that is already occurred on an item in a

committee, public comment will not be allowed on that type of item. please direct your remarks to the board as a whole not to individual supervisors and not to the audience. >> president yee: let's get started. >> i'm get close to doing it to persuading you to make sure that you realize which youen doing for the past several decades, it's not getting any good results and you waste the city funds and taxpayer money. good example of that is taking care of the most vulnerable people in the city that's homeless. you got 28,200 homeless people

in san francisco. it's because you keep doing the same darn thing acting like you helping them and you're not doing nothing but putting them in the shelter system. this navigation centre down there that you building in embarcadero is only 130 slot. you keep flip-flopping. 130 to 200. they don't make no difference. you wasting money and time. i showed you can build a 27-story tower for $57 million which is same amount of money for navigation centre and you can build permanent houses for people you claim to help. this is not the first time this came up. this came up with the last administration where people were complain about the navigation centres and some of the interviews were complaining. you are retraumatizing the

homeless people by letting them stay there for 60 or 50 days. you kick them out and put them back on the street again. another example, how homeless people don't need no homeless program. they need permanent housing just like you. i went down there to that hearing and both sides is like little kids. you raise $100,000 on a go fund me page to try to combat each other views when you should be putting that money together to provide apartment building complex. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. now there's streamlining force vaccines by politics.

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>> good afternoon. i'm back again here. believe me, 6:30 in the morning, we have so much expenses -- all these things and we're not really going anywhere and we're losing everything. i know we keep coming over and this city -- who i ask. you're the one i ask and tell them, mother i need help. then you're by big brother too. we are suffering and we're begging please. i know you guys are doing so much. you are great people. please pay attentioning to our

job. we're not homeless. we are home stress. we worry about we will lose our future. we don't have any over way. we just come to you guys. i know you guys are doing hard work. i wish you can speed up so we can go somewhere. we used to have business. we don't have any business. we will keep coming to you. god bless you all. from my heart, i pray for all you guys. thank you so much. i appreciate it.