financially. there was a woman by the name of diana. she was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. she classified it as a third i. will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of san francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. i believe he has not a third eye , but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it

opened in december of 1915. >> the board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable. to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you

can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. >> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. i have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit?

retirement to me is a very strange words. i don't really ever want to retire because i would like to be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the people's palace. you want a long-term career, and you truly want to give something to do whatever you do, so long as you know that you are giving to someone or something you're then yourself. follow your passion and learn how to enrich the feelings along the way. better.

san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food

that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery. >> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of.

>> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli, brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that. >> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing gets better than

>> good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us here tonight as we celebrate the accomplishments of the late mayor edwin lee who will be forever documented in the city archives. i was honored to be in chinatown earlier today to present mayor lee and the city he loved, a summary of accomplishments, 2011 through 2017, to our city librarian, michael lambert, and even though one book cannot fully convey what ed lee did for our city and what he gave to our city, it is a critical -- it is of critical importance to record his accomplishments and document his legacy, and his place in san francisco's history. [cheers and applause]

>> as you know, previous mayoral administrations compiled and published accomplishments at the end of their tenure, but because mayor lee tragically and unexpectedly passed away, almost two years before the end of his second term, the record of his administrative accomplishments and highlights had to wait. that is because when faced with unspeakable tragedy, mayor lee's apartment head, his staff, and his friends knew that we had to do what he would want us to do, and he would want us to take care of the city, which we did, to provide a smooth transition to mayor breed, then mayor farrell, and now back to mayor breed. [laughter] >> and to keep the people of san francisco as a higher priority, even while we grieved. we now have had time to reflect on nearly seven years of his

administration, and today, we are gathered here to memorialize his leadership and contributions , affirm his legacy , and celebrate the man and the mayor, and who he was. please take time to read through the book. it details his work on critical issues that he faced in the city , also very familiar because we are dealing with these issues today, the need for more housing at all income levels, housing for homeless, providing clean and safe neighborhoods, building a resilient city. improving local and regional transportation, fighting climate change, introducing innovation and new technology into city government, strengthening the city's social safety net and vital -- fighting for civil rights, equity, inclusion missed the back draft of national attacks on our civic value, all while celebrating san francisco. none of this happened in a vacuum. we have to remember that mayor

lee's administration began amid a backdrop of national, economic uncertainty, record unemployment , and overwhelming city budget deficits. this book puts his accomplishments and administration in historical context and details his work to stabilize a city struggling through the great recession, putting people back to work, and protecting city services. i would like to give a special thank you to our hard-working committee, former mayoral staff, department heads, and colleagues to help get us over the finish line. i would like to thank selena song, our project manager extraordinaire. [cheers and applause] >> a special thank you to mayor lee's chief of staff steve kava and jason elliott. [cheers and applause] >> as we were breve -- grieving,

jason had the presence of mind to start collecting all of this information that went in the book today, and we appointed kate howard to collect it, and i want to thank kate howard. [applause] she was the chief of staff to mayor lee, his great strategic advisors and communication team, christine, tony, and deirdre. [cheers and applause] >> mary jo who helped put this event together tonight, and many more. [cheers and applause] >> thomas lee who did the great graphics, jay, caitlin, cairo, lee may, olga, francis, and marc -- and martha who put the table cloths out in the colors of all the great sports teams that mayor lee loved, the giants, the

warriors, and the 40 niners. [cheers and applause] >> he was a champion and leader for all. he had a track record for bringing people together as evidenced by the way people -- by the array of people you see here tonight. i want to thank you for joining us. up next, i would like to introduce our mayor, london breed. [cheers and applause] >> hello, everyone. good evening. i had a prepared speech, but i decided to deviate from it because i was looking through this book, and i saw this picture with mayor lee and michelle obama. let me tell you the story behind the picture. we were at the salesforce conference, and we were listening to the fireside chat,

and of course, it was michelle obama, so we were all excited and giddy, and afterwards, you know, they usually have the photo line, and so the mayor and i, i jumped on his bandwagon, of course, deirdre, i thank you were there, and is it okay, we need to get you a picture with michelle obama, let's go, let's go, i was like his staffer, because i knew how to do that, too. so i am bringing the mayor up, and we are standing in line. and i said wait a minute, this is the mayor of san francisco, and all these people -- this is the mayor of san francisco, we are way back here, and i start seeing people, and i start getting those folks to come over to help us. basically, i said, we are going to the front of the line because , you know, he has to get back to work, this is the mayor of san francisco, everybody, so we cut in line, and then someone

sauce, and they moved us up to the very front, and guess who was the first person to take a picture with michelle obama? was actually me. [laughter] >> but the point is, the point is, the mayor was so gracious, and that was the kind of person that he was. he would have stood in that line , he would have stood in that line and waited, he would have taken a picture with everyone who would have asked him, he would've had conversations with anyone because that was a kind of person he was. he would very -- he was very gracious, and over the course of the time that i worked with him as a member of the board of supervisors, again, it was, okay , this is what i want, and then it was like, okay, mayor, i will do the press conference on my own, i will take all the credit for it, you don't mind, do you? and he would always say, go ahead, because the work was more important to him, the results of the work that we were doing to serve the citizens of this city,

it was more important than who got the credit. and that was so -- what was so amazing about him as someone who wasn't necessarily a politician. he was just a person who cared about doing good things for people. he cared about doing good things for san francisco. he cared about making great things happen for the people of san francisco. many of you, you either work for him or work with him, you cared about him because he genuinely, not only cared about the work you were doing, he cared about your lives and what was going on in your lives, and how your lives were impacted by the decisions that we were making in city hall every single day. so it is really a fitting tribute to have this documentation to just really recognize and put into perspective all of the work that he has done, and as someone who is now in the position as mayor, i have to tell you, it is a

newfound appreciation for mayor lee and what he did, and how he worked with people, and how he basically, i don't know how he tolerated all the stuff that he did. [laughter] >> but it is a newfound appreciation for what he did to keep the city going, and to take this and look at the number of jobs, and to look at the climate change, and all the different initiatives, and all the work, and how much of an impact that it has not only had on the citizens of san francisco, but people follow san francisco's example in other cities throughout the country. the things that we did here are many of the things that other communities are now trying to duplicate, and his leadership, his forethought, his inspiration , and what he did to get the city to this point has been absolutely amazing. we were so lucky to have his leadership, to have his support, to have his guidance, and yes,

on occasion, to have his not so funny jokes. [laughter] >> which, you know, and nita would just laugh and rolled her eyes a bit, but that was her boo , so she had his back. and to all the folks here that worked for mayor lee over the years, thank you for your service, thank you for the work that you did when we lost him, and you all just rose to the occasion. it was not about personalities, it wasn't about politics, it was about the work and moving the city forward, and taking care of san francisco. thank you to anita and your family for just allowing us the opportunity to work with him. i remember a time when i would come to his office to meet with him and you would be right there and i said, i will just be five minutes, and you said okay, you always said yes. you are always very supportive, and i'm so excited that naomi and her team had the foresight

to come together to create what i think is a great documentation of his work, and we also know that even now, and most mayors probably wouldn't say this, but even now when i'm cutting those ribbons, i know that was because of the hard work of mayor lee. a lot of the fruits of his labor were now start -- we are now starting to see come to light because of the new housing, because of, you know, the chase center that will be opening this year. all these incredible things that he made happen in san francisco, and this is the only time i am going to not take credit for those accomplishments. [laughter] >> so thank you to everyone who is here tonight to celebrate, you know, our mayor, mayor lee, and his amazing legacy for our legacy -- for our city, and i know his birthday was may 5th, and i see our former fire chief

is here. [applause]. >> she retired on his birthday as a tribute to mayor lee, again , i saw you, you are the best boss -- best boss ever. he was a great boss, he was a great friend, and he was a great human being, and we all miss him every single day, and i want to thank all of you for being here for this special tribute to mayor lee and the work that he is done to make san francisco a better place for us now and for generations to come. with that, i would like to introduce the person who basically, i mean, steve, you have been in city government forever, i can't even believe you are retired now, but he has come out of retirement to

occasionally assist me every now and then, and he said i wasn't as nice as ed lee in terms of being a boss, but, you know, i am working on it, actually, no, i'm not. [laughter] >> steve was mayor lee's chief of staff, as you all know, for so many years, and he was like any typical chief of staff, he was always telling us know, and what we couldn't do, and yelling out is about money and how irresponsible we are, and we have to take care of the citizens of the city, and then we would go ask mayor lee for something, and he said sure, you can have that, you can do whatever you want. he was the good cop and steve was the bad cop, but for the purposes of protecting the city, he was definitely a dear friend to mayor lee. steve kava. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. she is absolutely correct, mayor lee was a lot nicer. [laughter]

>> he actually paid me when i worked for him, when i work worked for her, she doesn't pay. [laughter]. >> it is so great to be here tonight, and nita, to see you, and to see a lot of familiar faces and friendly faces. it is pretty much every day i think about mayor lee ones something comes up in a drive-by something. today was no different. i got a text this morning from tony winnick a. and tony said, i forgot, can you speak tonight at the event? and he followed it with, and it will be short, and i said, it will be short? no, if mayor lee was here, that would be like taking a slope all over home plate with him to bat, and he would hit that comment out of the park with another short joke, and for the years i worked with him, i heard a lot of short jokes.

i heard a lot of jokes, and the person who enjoyed those jokes the most was the mayor. [laughter] >> he would laugh and laugh, jason, and all the rest of us would be trying to get to work, and he would still be laughing about those jokes. but i miss his laugh, i miss it every day, but today, we're here to talk about his legacy, his amazing legacy, and one of the things people don't realize is if you look back at his history as mayor, he was ahead of the time. yes, he became mayor in the midst of the great recession, 40,000 san franciscans where without a job when he became mayor. that was the issue of the day, not for him. he had a big job, but he thought about them and their jobs, and

the fact they didn't have one. and how does one raise a family, how does one take care of themselves. when you talk about income inequality, if you don't have a job, what does that mean? he went right to work. he went right to work here. an area of town that nobody paid attention to. he put something in place that allow this economic prosperity, that to this day, the longest economic prosperity in san francisco's history is still going on. [applause] but guess what? i think mayor breed has a huge task at hand and she has been doing a tremendous job on the issue of housing, but who started that housing initiative nobody else was talking about it mayor lee, the housing trust fund in 2011 when he was interim

mayor. he did the most difficult thing when it comes to governing, he just decided to do it by consensus, it is not easy bringing the people of the city into one space, into one room, with all different voices, and try to get them to agree. you all know that. you guys try every day to do it. he was a master at doing it. he was a master because of who he was, his personality, the fact that nobody was offended by him, nobody was offended by him. he didn't offend anybody. he allowed you to open your mind , to come in and know that something good can happen from this. he did the housing trust fund, and he did something else, mayor breed was his champion with this , he decided to make sure that all those folks living in public housing weren't separate from san francisco, they would be part of san francisco under

his administration and forever. [applause] >> mayor breed is keeping up the good work. he also, by the way, was the first person in san francisco that said, we should raise the minimum wage. december of 2014, a lot of people take credit for that now, but he is the one who announced it, do you remember that, jason? in 2014, the first one out of the box to say we need to now start addressing this issue of income inequality, and he did that. he did so much more. the fact that this city has never had the world-class entertainment center like the chase center that is about to happen, i mean, this city, san francisco, didn't have one. it is going to have one because of one person, ed lee. [applause]. >> we should all thank him for that. and so i could go on and on, and

that book goes on and on about the great things that he did, but he would be really mad at me right now. he would be saying, i didn't do it, steve, they did it. he wouldn't want the credit. he wanted you all to have the credit, because guess what? he valued public service, and he valued public servants, he didn't disgrace you or disparage you, he knew, from his own history what you do every single day to make this city and this society a better place. he honored you every single day by the way he carried himself, his steadiness, his lack of selfishness that he had, the selflessness that he had, it was truly amazing. he was the mayor, but the man is also someone that we should all look up to, how he conducted himself in a very stressful

environment here in city hall and other places with the issues that he had. he never, never reacted negatively to the staff when the stress was on him. he took it all in himself. he bore that burden himself. he was quite the man, i will never forget him, i don't think any of us will ever forget him. his legacy, which is in that book, is also in our hearts, you know, i was trying to think what words can really say about mayor lee, and ed lee the public servant. there is a famous speech that a senator from massachusetts, i speak a little bit like him, but a senator from massachusetts gave at a convention speech in new york. and he said, for those who's

cares are our concern, the cars, the work goes on, the hope still lives, and the dreams shall never die. thank you mayor lee for making so many dreams come true. [applause] >> that was beautiful, steve. next up, i will call annie chung from self-help for the elderly. [applause] >> thank you. when mayor lee made -- when you made the statement about ed never takes credit for anything, and he is just so humble and modest, it reminds me of a similar story that the mayor

always comes to our thanksgiving lunch that we give to about 3,000 seniors every year at self-help, and so that year, we were waiting for him, you know, for the car to drive him, and sometimes, just the mayor came in from another event, and then that day, i didn't see any police car, no escort, you know, no staff, and ed was just walking across the street from nation street, so we all said, mayor, where is your car, where is your driver? he said i gave them the day off, and i just drove myself. after the event, we said, can we escort you to the car? and he said if i can't walk to my car in chinatown, i couldn't go anywhere. [laughter]. >> i said, that's right. so naomi, you asked me to say something about ed today, and i

have been to a lot of events, i've been to a lot of memorials for ed, been to a lot of celebrations, and i think, steve , you are right. every day we walk by his tree near the asian art museum that mope planted, a lot of us where there that day, and we walk by the chinese newcomer's school in chinatown, and we walk by places where we remember him playing ping-pong with walter right there, and so every day, there is something in our city and in our community, and in our life that we think of mayor lee. he was an extra, extra special person. i knew him from the late seventies when i started to work at self-help, and he was an attorney at the asian law caucus we were both assigned to make sure that the public housing

tenants are living in decent and safe housing, so he placed -- he played the lawyer's part to sue the housing authority, and i play the social worker part, which is to support the tenants with whatever they want. i think that dedication and commitment to the people who are not as fortunate as we are in this room, has always been part of ed's d.n.a. he always fought for every case, and protected the unreserved, the minority, our seniors, our families, and our youth in the community that needed his help. i remember when he became mayor in 2011, as interim, then 2012, the first thing he did was to ask me, to make sure that i bring to him and whatever the seniors are lacking. he said, make sure you call me or let me know what the seniors

need, and almost immediately, the state started to cut the number of very essential senior programs, like the health centers that were threatened to close down, and ed did what he promised to when we brought the problem to him. he asked kate, at that time, and steve to backfill the state money that we were going to lose to make sure that the seven centers remained in san francisco to serve the very needy and handicap -- handicapped seniors. so i worked with mayor lee on the immigration issues that steve mentioned, on the minimum wage with jason, and with a number of issues that many of us in this room are friends and colleagues, but more friends to add, and he would -- we would do anything that the mayor asked us to do. that's how much we trusted him, that's how much we loved him,

and that's also how much he, in return, loved and supported all of us in the community. naomi, i don't know if i'm supposed to share this, but i thought that, as a tribute to mayor lee, for the last 13 months, our community has been working quietly with naomi, karen, and steve on renaming the international terminal after mayor lee. [cheers and applause] >> we thought that being the mayor of san francisco, and having done so much for the airport, and making san francisco and international international, well-known famous city, this would be an easy task we had lunch with you and naomi, and we said, let's collect the signatures, we submitted it to the airport commission, and we should be able to get the

international terminal renamed. many of our cochairs are here tonight, walter, norman, henry, and malcolm. we collected 22,000 signatures within two weeks. it is an easy ask. nobody said no. along with the letters of support, and a short strategy that steve and naomi and the community had advised we submitted these, and the airport -- at the airport commission, and then we were told there was a process in renaming and dedicating anything at the s.f.o., even for mayor lee. so 13 months went by, with many, many scenarios and schemes, and the airport staff worked very hard. i was appointed on the special advisory committee, there were nine of us. many other commissioners, and we

were at a standstill, we were -- we couldn't accept any of the schemes that the airport staff, at that point, had recommended, and then we were looking to anita and the girls to give us some green light as to how much compromise we should take, but in all of that, steve, naomi, karen, i remember what you said constantly that if the mayor was here, he would not like to see as fight over this, he would be the first one to say, no, i don't need it, don't go through all this to rename the terminal after me, and that is just the way ed was. but the good news is, we got nine votes at the may meeting from the special committee, so

unanimous, and on june 4th, we are taking the resolution that the committee approved to the airport commission, and i'm hoping that it will be a unanimous vote on june 4th, and anita, that would be our birthday gift to our mayor and to the family. when we walk in in the future, in the near future, in the departures hall, in the international terminal right in the center, you will see mayor edwin m. lee international terminal departures hall. thank you very, very much. i have gone to a lot of you for support, and we loved ed, and thank you. naomi, i have to say, reading through all of his accomplishments, i have to think all of you that worked with ed and for ed. we are on the outside, and we don't know how much work it is, but seeing all that was done, and so many of us are involved with so many pieces of it, and that's why ed was as good a

mayor he was because of all of you, so thank you. [applause] >> thank you. so, i don't think mayor brown made it here this evening, i don't see him, but he did love mayor lee, he was very instrumental working with steve kavanaugh and our former governor, our governor and former mayor gavin newsom. jason elliott just had a heart attack right there. [laughter] >> but in having and become the interim mayor when mayor newsom went on to run for lieutenant governor, so he has had wonderful things, and was a wonderful advisor, and a good friend to all of a sudden, to mayor brown, and to mayor lee. before i conclude, i want to give you a few more next steps on what the committee is working on. we plan to make the book digital

so that we can post it to the san francisco public library's web -- webpage and to the edwin m. lee foundation website. we are working on translating the book into chinese, spanish and tagalog, we, it has been almost 18 months since he passed away, and this would be the natural time that he would have been thinking about his accomplishments and creating the book, so this month is asian-pacific heritage month, it is also the month of his birthday, so we worked in a very short time frame to turn the book around. we only have a few copies here tonight, but there is a list on the table back there for everyone to order one if you are interested, but it also will be digital. with that, this concludes our program. thank you all for attending, it was really nice to just be around everyone in this room tonight, and today we have food and beverages, let's all have a

toast to mayor ed lee. thank you. [cheers and applause] [♪] . >> 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 >> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there. >> since 2009, citywide, sf shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back

the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will

last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and al, and we've mapped out every single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a

year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some we've done in chinatown, as well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the

biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start

with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes, orson welles is chasing ririt rita hayworth with neon signs in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at night for visitors and most especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead.

>> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more eyes on the street, but there's other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having

old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it just -- it just >> my name tom hewitt.

first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the

assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what

business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at

this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and

find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we

don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and

your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm

the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website

called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be [♪] >> coming to san francisco on june 11th, the earthquake safety his fair from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. as the auditorium at 99 grove street. meet with contractors, design professionals professionals, engineers and architects, along with city agencies and hundreds of booths on the main floor. attend one of the workshops at 11:00 a.m. the seismic safety strategies study. what you need to know is the city strengthens buildings 240 feet high and higher, and to get ready to the next -- for the next big one.

12:00 p.m., changes in the updated citywide vacant commercial storefront ordinance. 1:00 p.m., comply with the accessible business entrance program to enable everyone to enter your business. 2:00 p.m., home modelling process made stress-free, meet the experts and understand the permit review issuance and inspections process. 3:00 p.m., making the best use of the accessory dwelling unit and legalization program to at affordable housing. learn from these three workshops at the june 11th d.b.i. earthquake safety fair, and begin to get ready for the big one by taking immediate steps to protect both family and property we hope to see you there, so register now.

>> good evening and welcome to the may 22, 2019 of the san francisco board of appeal. president rick swi going wilg we presiding president. at the controls is the board's legal consistent and i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will be joined by representatives from the city departments that will have a case before the board this evening, scott sanchez, acting deputy administrator representing the planning commission and we expect joseph duffy, senior building inspector representing the building department inspection. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board