person's name it will bring a lot of concerns and troubles to the tourists. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: for example, if the civic center subway station was named after a person's name, it will bring confusions to people who are from other states or foreign countries. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i hope you guys can use chinatown to name the subway station. it will help the people, who are from other states in and foreign countries. thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is mary chen. i am a resident of district six in san francisco. i really feel that the naming of rose rose pack would only bring shame to chinatown in san francisco, so i decided to join the coalition against naming after rose pack, and volunteer my time over the weekend. i visit my friends about 40 business owners in chinatown. more than 30 of them are against naming after rose pack, and we want to name the subway station of chinatown station.

this shows that the business owners in chinatown want to have the name of chinatown station. this is the voice of people of chinatown. i would like to ask the supervisor of chinatown, would you please leave the business owners in chinatown and listen to their worries, and respect their choices. as a voter of six districts, i would like to also ask the board board, especially my district supervisor, to support the chinatown merchants and residents choice and not name rose pack for any public

structure. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: good afternoon for the president and board of supervisors. >> voice of translator: i have been in the district for nearly five years. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: during these five years, our family members go through -- [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i heard the subway station would be named after rose pack. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: we want to know what the opinion is of chinese merchants in chinatown. [speaking foreign language]

>> voice of translator: those are our pictures. we posted in the merchant. >> are you translating? lang port-mac. >> voice of translator: we had to get signatures for the merchants. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: over 118 merchants post the newspaper against the naming of the subway

station. >> voice of translator: only a few business owners who are not present there. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: we want to know if the business owners agree with the naming of chinatown. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: they told us some of the followers went to the chinese chamber of commerce. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: these people have close relationship with the chinese communist party and the government, so they want

to help those people. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: most of them are opposed to use her name [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: many of the merchants also experienced are angry to these men. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: they are angry about who is going to use this name. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: they cannot represent the merchants.

lang port-mac -- [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i hope the board of supervisors will consider to use the chinatown name. >> thank you, next speaker. [speaking foreign language] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a scientist. today i will bring to you to your attention rose pack and her chinese commerce -- >> collecting signatures against people participating in the new year parade.

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: she gave a couple of dollars to homeless men to a foundation. later on you see the reporter caught the signature twice. and no one knew they would be the mayor five years later. and also it was misled. this doesn't allow her to do that.

beware, i am against naming the new bart station after her. >> thank you. comments. next speaker, please. >> tom gilbert tee, chinatown is chinatown all over the bay area and the tourist world. citizens are trying to bring their government back home. our taxis need and deserve retribution. they are asking this board to make up for the negligence of the mayor's office. they are trying to bring this government back home. last week i referred to my wife,

the first three years in north korea, it was bombed to smithereens. the removal of presidents in iran and what amala -- and guatemala. we have the bay of pigs. the first president of the congo , popular and legally elected and was shot down by the c.i.a. because he was not pro- u.s.a. enough bay of pigs, they of tonkin, vietnam, chile, afghanistan, iraq, libya, honduras, now like north korea we have yemen. and now you're trying to remove venezuela and iran. basically it is a system that

needs change. we need big changes. and we need to build where people live at the ends of the freeway and at bart, instead of bringing them back here. do we need higher salesforce towers here? i don't think so. how about building new cities at the end of the bullet train in the valley? land is cheaper, value is better for everybody. in san francisco, navigation systems that let -- >> thank you. >> thank you. >> before the next speaker approaches, are there any other members of the public would like to address the board during general public comment -- comment? please line up right now. next speaker, please. >> hi, everyone. i am here to be against naming

chinatown after rose pack. many of us take time off -- take time off today to come here and to bring our voice forward. i think we provide a lot of evidence and the facts, and i hope those evidence and facts are reported about it. when you think about this, why are people against this one? why so many voices? i just wanted you guys to know to think about this. when you vote yes, or when you vote no. when we bring so many of these facts to you, think about this. we really don't want to name this such person, with no honor with this name in chinatown. every time we go to chinatown and when we see her name, we think this way. we feel so bad.

i think this is a shame for us. today i just wanted to mention that for honor and public service record, what if we bring those effects forward? what if rose pack is a chinese spy? think about it this way. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. as you are all aware, the circular iron on our streets only consider a veritable can of worms and shows expired pipes that are leaking. the network is likely compromised in the board should not continue to neglect the responsibilities towards public safety, and that of our property while engaging in small site acquisition and demand a monopoly over local rights and interests.

if we cannot conduct future emergencies owing to inadequate preparation of consequence of your inaction, there is potential for displacement, particularly during elections. you must hard in the infrastructure and restore integrity of the public utility at once. we exploit pg and e. for ruptured parts and speak of piercing the shield of corporate responsibility. it is your conduct that is better than pge -- pg and a judge of board of directors. the estimated rate of pipe replacement at present is at pace that could take 30 years or longer. the plumbing in neighborhoods is precivil war area. you collect no less than 2 billion in property tax annually on a quarter of a trillion dollars in property value, is it too much to ask they take this responsibility

more seriously. it would be wasteful, however to issue a 30 year bond to pay for the repair or upgrade of a system. it would be negligent to fully address -- you should mitigate reliabilities and better protect your assets and allow for bid his -- british petroleum his that serves as a constant reminder of what a plumbing problem could cost you in the long run. it will be a little -- >> okay. seeing no other persons lining up for public comment, public comment is now closed. madame clerk, i would like to refer back to roll call, please.

[roll call]. >> thank you, president yee, madame clerk, colleagues, i want to take a brief moment to thank all of you for your patience over the last couple of weeks as we have heard public comment with regard to a resolution that i introduced that many of you cosponsored, and i appreciate the public comments that we are getting, and i want to say something for you and the public to hear, which is that i personally had a very complicated relationship with her, and she was very complicated as a person. she is no longer with us, but i absolutely believe that with all of that complexity and despite our complicated relationship, she do tremendous things, not only for chinatown, but for the asian-american community in san

francisco, particularly the chinese-american community in san francisco, that i think is worth our city taking note of and acknowledging, and that coming from this particular supervisor who was, at times, the best of friends, and at times the worst of enemies of her, i think says something. this item that i introduced, which is an item, as you know, urging the m.t.a., they have received a lot of public comment , and will continue to receive a lot of public comment, and it's day will come in these chambers, what i wanted to thank all of you for your patience. i realize that these are interesting times that we are living in, and i do want to say that many of the things that i said are true, and many of them were said at a time when she and i were on opposite ends of

heartfelt political differences in the city and county of san francisco. with that, i don't want to get the city attorney angry at me, so i will stop talking, but we will have a hearing in do course , that is precisely why we have not yet heard it. thank you, colleagues. >> okay. madame clerk, i think i guess what we need to do now is call for adoption without committee agenda, items 21 through 30. >> items 21 through 30 word introduced and a unanimous report is required. any supervisor may require a super -- a resolution on first reading to go to committee. irresolution on second committee would be eight votes to approve. >> okay. colleagues, are there any items

you would like to sever? supervisor brown? >> yes, i would like to sever item 24. >> twenty-four. >> supervisor mandel mandelman? >> i believe supervisor peskin and i need to sever item 27. >> yes. >> and i will sever item number 25, madame clerk. >> thank you. >> okay. so why don't we vote on and severed items, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, and i have lost

track of who is in and out, so let's go ahead and do roll call. [roll call] >> there are nine aye. >> these motions are approved and the resolutions are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item number 24. >> it is a resolution to recognize may fifth as the national day of awareness for honoring missing and murdered indigenous women. >> okay. supervisor brown? >> yes, thank you. i am submitting amendments on

item 24 on supervisor ronen's behalf. she was excused today because of illness. i also cosponsored this with supervisor ronen, and i thank you have amendments, and i would like to read the amendment. it is a reference to the indian relocation act for the native american community in san francisco to acknowledge the work of san francisco and how they are taking progressive steps in the restoration of american indian traditions and policies and address the challenges that we are continuing to face, including a sovereign sovereign body institutes and getting cooperations to as fpd and in the case of jessica alba. thank you. >> supervisor mar? >> i would like to be added as a cosponsor, please. >> thank you. >> supervisor madwoman?

>> as what i supervisor fewer. >> i already signed on and i just want to confirm. thank you very much. >> and supervisor yee, i would like to be added, also. >> thank you. >> me as well. and i think supervisor peskin, as well. >> thank you. >> is everybody in this room? >> is that the whole board? yes. okay. so there has been a motion to make an amendment. is there a second? seconded by supervisor fewer. can i take these amendments without objection? and we then can take the same house, same call to adopt the resolution as amended. so it is adopted. that will bring us to item number 25.

this is my item and -- >> mr. president, shall i read the item? >> is a resolution to create a daylighting plan and systematically implement parking restrictions that intersection corners to improve traffic safety and requesting a report from the sfmta. >> colleagues, i have already spoken on this item. i spoke about this item when i introduced it. i really want to respect your time, but i do want to think my cosponsors, supervisors mandelman, brown, mar, stefani, ronen, and haney hany, and thank you for cosponsoring. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? okay.

this resolution is adopted unanimously. right now what i would like to do is -- can you please read item number 27, madame clerk? >> twenty-seven is a resolution to nominate supervisor aaron peskin or in the alternative, supervisor mandelman for the north coast central seat on the california coastal commission. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisors peskin and mandelman made by supervisor around. roll call, please. [roll call]

>> there are eight aye. >> colleagues -- seven. seven, yeah,. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? okay. it is adopted. madame clerk, please read -- i believe we are to the point where we will read the memorial is if we have any. >> mr. president, i have no in memoriam his to read tonight. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any other for the business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned.

my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for

a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. i go to the field interview police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. i maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their

lives delivering the worst news they could get. i work with the family to help them through the grieving process. >> i am ricky moore, a clerk at the san francisco medical examiner's office. i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. >> i started at the old facility. the building was old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk. i feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. >> i am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. we test for alcohol, drugs and

poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab operations. the forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. that was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result. once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the

resources and don't have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court. whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we do whatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement. i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around death investigation type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the

coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls. i wondered why someone died. i have an extremely supportive family. older children say, mom, how was your day. i can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. >> being i am a native of san francisco and grew up in the community. i come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me.

when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. whawhat do you do? the autopsy? i deal with the a with the enou- with the administrative and the families. >> most of the time work here is very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about

forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between applied science and criminal justice. if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be. >> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. we are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is

extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco. >> good afternoon and welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today monday may 13, 2019. i am the chair of the committee. joined to my left by matt hainey and our clerk is john carroll and there carroll, if you could make any announcemented. >> please silence your cell phone and documents sho