doesn't say that the department needs to get approval before the fees take effect, which is what we would ask. otherwise, the fees occur and all this is basically is a noticing requirement. so once a year, conditional and board approval would be what we would ask the ordinance to contain. if it's going to be as you outlined, that this should be transparent, it should be open and have a good reason. if the amendments say that, i apologize, but i would ask if they do if they don't. thank you. >> good mid morning, supervisors. i'm bonnie, i'm the area manager at san francisco parks alliance. and i want to stress that san francisco parks alliance supports the nonresident flexible pricing at these specialty gardens and coit

tower, as well as the japanese teagarden. we've been consistent in voicing our support at the r.p.d. commission as well as the commission meeting on may 16. we believe adult nonresidents, flexible pricing will allow for more manageable traffic flow within the sites and in the surrounding neighborhoods. it also encourages attendance at non-peak times that will result in a richer experience for all people who attend because there will be less congestion. we support the fee increase at japanese teagarden, the japanese teagarden is one of our historic gems and residents and visitors alike walk away stating that constantly. we fiscally sponsor two of the specialty gardens, japanese and the conservatory of flowers. the japanese teagarden is dedicated to raising funds for

this renovation. we also feel flexible pricing and the maintenance fee will have long range effects and benefit the people that visit them. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good morning. fellow citizens. my name is kathleen wells. i'm a united states constitutional practitioner and a national executive entrepreneur. my request is unique and unusual. i have requested a half a million dollar budget to fully implement all of the legal groundwork i have laid here in the united states of america. specifically, i'm looking to collect and receive on a united states constitutional judgment demand and lien placed on the

united states currency presses. let me say that. i exercise my united states constitutional right that this moment to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press. first amendment, united states constitution. what i need to do -- and i don't have the time now -- is to talk to each one of you to educate you on how this city can move forward now and receive currency funds rather than cutting the budgets for all of your honorable agencies. again, my name is kathleen wells and i am the national executive entrepreneur. thank you for your attention. >> supervisor fewer: next speaker, please. >> good morning. president yee, honored supervisors fewer, stefani, mandelman. my name is jane chin. resident of the outer ridge district number 1. i have to say that i am really,

really blessed to be living in an area that is surrounded on three sides by parks. ocean beach, lincoln park and golden gate park. i am also a member of the board of the san francisco botanical garden. i'm here to speak in support of the flexible pricing program. noting that the program will only impact non-san francisco adult admissions. admission will remain free to san francisco residents, members of the garden and school groups. and flexible pricing offers free admission to everyone at certain hours, which removes any hardship this might create. important to note is that according to the american public garden association our current price at $9 for nonresident adults is below the 25th percentile for large botanical gardens across the country. so we're due for an increase.

flexible pricing will not negatively impact visitation. since august 2010, when we first began charging nonresidents, visitation has increased 129%. flexible pricing will only help us better serve our visitors and community. it will help encourage visitation at less busy times and provide enough needed support for revenue, improvements and programs. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is ryan. i'm the curator of the botanical garden. i'm in support of the flexible pricing. the garden is an amazing resource. we're visited more and more each year. we're a respite in the city. and our high attendance on the weekend, more and more people come on the weekends, and i think this flexible pricing

would be great, because it will encourage people to take advantage of this fantastic resource during the week. and help a lot of the pressures we face with extra visitation to our amazing garden. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i'm dr. joseph, i'm an mauritius professor from madison. i partially retired in 1996 when i began to volunteer at the botanical garden and i learned that children doseant and adult dosant did walks and became a director of the board of society. i continue to serve as a life member on that board. over the last 24 years, the botanical garden has been a

major activity that i've participated in to bring people closer to the world of the nature around us. which i think needs more attention than is usually given. we live in district 7, in norman yee's area. and i just want to thank supervisor yee for the close working relationship that we in that district have with him in looking at issues. after careful consideration, the board and the leadership team of the botanical garden society voted to wholeheartedly support the flexible pricing program. it would only impact -- [bell ringing] -- nonresident visitors. since 2010, since we began to

charging nonresident admissions, we've seen an increase in the number of nonresidents and residents, and most importantly thing, we've gained resources to improve garden from the point of view of irrigation systems, planting, pathways and so forth -- [bell ringing]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. this is just item 4 and 5, about flexible pricing on these park facilities. >> okay. i'll withdraw.

>> supervisor fewer: done, okay? any other public comment on item 4 and 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. any questions? nothing? okay. can i make a motion to move these amendments to the full board with a positive recommendation. president yee, seconded, take that without objection. thank you very much. oh, excuse me, someone -- >> we're just going to clarify to the board of supervisors meeting on 7-16. >> supervisor fewer: that's right. so sorry. madame clerk, did you get that. july 16. >> just want to make clarification that item number 4 is amended, was amended and recommended to the full board on july 17 -- >> supervisor fewer: 16. >> sorry, and item number 5 was recommended. >> supervisor fewer: so i'd like to move item number 5 to the full board of july 16.

take that without objection? seconded by supervisor mandelman. thank you very much. okay, madame clerk, what i'd like to do now is recess this budget and finance committee. is mr. wright here? oh, mr. wright, i'd like to open up public comment? >> is this on one and two now? >> on items 1 and 2, and remember, if you speak now, mr. wright, you can't speak later. >> always want to speak after you speak when the trail is hot. >> supervisor fewer: okay, trail is hot, come on up. another thing, i want to tell the listening public, if you would like to comment later when we recess back, i will open up public comment again for those people who would like to speak. right now, mr. wright would like to speak on items 1 and 2 while the trail is hot. >> now, talk about you sleep at

the wheel, you more asleep at the wheel, you're drunk driving, that's what you're doing. being disappointed in yourself, you should be furious. you talk about your wasted money, that demonstration you did yesterday, where you agreed to another goddamned navigation center, when you have the audacity to what is the best way to house people without sending them through your system and putting them back on the goddamn streets and i show you how to build a 27 story apartment building complex to give permanent housing for the people that need housing. it didn't matter. makes a fool out of his self after his demonstration. this is not a solution to the homeless problem. this is not a solution to the goddamn homeless problem, what

the hell you doing it for then? if it's not a solution to the homeless problem, why you doing it? you're ignorant, and unproperty tax -- about the goddamn services and salary, you want to talk about salary. you see this guy here, city college. everybody is going to school for free. if it's a good goddamn program how come your $32 million in debt? he said he was $11 million in debt. all the other colleges in the bay area, their students not going for free. you got them coming out here and now you got to have them going to classes for free and by the same, where they live at, their junior colleges don't charge. had this chance to work for free. you ask me that question, how we

going to take care of the problem and keep them off the street. i show you how to house people -- [bell ringing] -- and you still don't take my advice. >> supervisor fewer: thank you for your public comment. i'd like to continue -- do i close public comment? any other public comment? come on up. you have two minutes. >> i'm housed at la nay and i think it's ridiculous that you give me housing in a dual diagnosis building and i'm in district 6, and this doesn't even say district 6 downtown. they lump us in with tenderloin. so from the time that i've been there, i've cleaned up that block. i've gotten those honduran drug dealers. i've got a fence put up in front of the old city college

building. bottom line i'm being identified as a nuisance. they're in the process of evicting me. and i would like to know how all these agencies that keep putting signs on my door saying they want to help me from being evicted. i'm going all the way to the judge. because when you give someone a notice to quit, you don't continue to collect rent from them. there is a lot of ridiculous stuff going on. why do you have a.d.t. and i live in an s.r.o., which i call it a charming studio and a charming building. and everybody in my building is turning into ice people, who don't even speak english and it's atrocious. and i just -- i want to just take time -- some time off of

this record to find out this young lady who you are, and then the other woman, because i really would like to talk to you all personally, to let you know exactly what is going on. because it's appalling. it really is. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any other public comments? seeing none. public comment is closed. we will recess this meeting until 2:00 this afternoon. and so i'll see you back then. >> this is the budget and finance committee. we [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: this is the budget and finance committee. we are reconvening, and i am going to recess until 4:00

today right back here in this room. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: so we are reconvening the budget and finance committee, and i would like to recess again. so sorry, apologies to everyone who spent their whole day here, but we're just crunching some numbers. we're very, very close, so i'd like to reconvene until 5:30, and we'll see you back then. thank you very much. >> chair fewer: and i'd like to recess this meeting again until 6:30. thank you. [gavel] [gavel]. >> chair fewer: we are reconvening the meeting of the budget and finance committee.

i would like to recess this meeting until 8:00. thank you very much. [gavel] [gavel]. >> chair fewer: so we are reconvening the budget and finance committee, and we will recess until 9:00. thanks. [gavel] [gavel]. >> chair fewer: okay. we are reconvening the budget and finance committee, and going to recess until 10:30.

thank you. >> chair fewer: good evening, everyone. we are now reconvening the budget and finance committee of june 26, 2019, and thank you all for staying here. it is approximately 11:30 at night, and we have a budget, so we are thrilled. first, i'd like to call on madam budget director, kelly kirkpatrick. >> thank you, chair fewer, and everybody in the audience, members, and board staff. it is with great pleasure that i authorize and propose to appropriate $17 million to facilitate the board's priority spending as well as the appropriation of $52 million to help facilitate the appropriation of the education reserve for the excess eraf plan, so i ask that the members

of the committee accept the amendment to accept those priorities being appropriated. thank you. >> chair fewer: so i just want to say that this is -- thank you to the public and thank you to the advocates. you know, we started with an over $400 million add back list of asks. so it just demonstrates so much need in our city in addition to a $12 billion budget. it encompasses many things. nonprofit organizations and nonprofit workers, street trees, rental assistance, support for seniors and people with disabilities, lgbtq

communities, legal defense, and so much, much more. and because of our partnership with the mayor's budget office, this process has been less painful than as it has been in the past and less adversarial. i'd like to thank our partners, lisa, and of course we could not do this without the budget and legislative analysts. and i'd like to thank sophia and lisa for working so hard with us. and then i'd like to thank my colleagues who sat through 50 meetings, all about the budget. and then, i want to thank the

clerk, linda wong for assisting us and guiding us through this process. i would not remiss if not did not mention lisa and chelsea. [applause] >> chair fewer: that's right. so i just want to say that she had a vision for how this whole process should work, and this is the thor hammer for her. she has a young child at home, and missed many, many nights with her daughter, and worked many, many nights. i just want to thank her for sacrificing h sacrificing her time with her family and also her personal time for getting us where we are today.

i think the budget should reflect the personal values of san francisco. because we have advocates here in the room, i think this budget does reflect san francisco. i think you should all congratulate yourselves because this is a collective effort. so i'd like to make -- oh, president yee. >> president yee: i don't often rise because it's so hard for me to standup. i really want to thank everybody in this process, and it's been -- i've been at this -- what is this? my seventh? my seventh budget season, and this is never easy, never. so don't -- i kid you not,

because we're putting a budget together before midnight. one of the things i want to say is i made a decision in january, and it probably was my best decision, which is to make sandy fewer the chair. [applaus [applause] >> president yee: that's because i knew she had chelsea. so besides thanking the controller's office and ben and the budget staff or kelly and sophia, you know, it's been kay te team -- been a team effort for all of us. people were advocating for the things that they really care

about, and we could always say, you know something? this is what i want and be stubborn about it, and if i don't get it, i'm going to pout about it. but that's not what happened. people realize there's more needs than we're ever going to have funding for, and this has been a great process. we've been able to expand the budget to serve more people in need, and the fact that we got this done before midnight is a testament of how we work together. not only was chelsea involved in this process, but many of

our own staff, and i want to thank them for their efforts. many of them are still here. thank you very much. [applause] >> president yee: so the only thing i really want to say is that thank goodness we got to a conclusion. and i also want to thank the -- mayor breed, you know, because it's always a give and take in all this process, and it really was a give and take. everybody wants certain things. we got certainly things partially, but not fully, and we -- we've shown -- and we're going to show the city that we're adults, and we can work on something that we can all agree with, and i think that's what we've come up, is a package that i think we can all agree with. thank you very much to my colleagues on the budget committee, and i'm really happy i've been able to assign all of you to this committee. thank you very much.

>> chair fewer: supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair fewer. i want to start by thanking my colleagues on the committee, and thank you, president yee, for allowing me to serve on the budget and finance committee. it's been an absolute privilege and honor. i want to thank the mayor and the mayor's budget director, kelly, and sophia, and our clerk's office, linda a and alisa. and thank you, chair fewer. you are just so tough. you have set an example that we all matter to you, and i really thank you for including all of our opinions on -- and taking to heart what we thought.

it really means a lot. and of course, chelsea, we know we can't do it without our aides. my office, andy, who just came on board, thank you so much. and sam and daniel, thank you so much. i love you guys. thank you so much for being here. i'm so grateful for you, and we are nothing without our aides. lastly, i want to thank the advocates, too. when we sat through public comment. it's really heartbreaking to hear we can't fund everyone, we can't save everyone, we can't do everything we want to do. but what we take home with us is the heart that's in this room and how much all of you care about san franciscans and just really seeing this process is amazing.

and lastly, malia taught me to look into the camera. and gianna sophia, my daughter, who turned ten today. happy birthday. i'm so proud of you. >> chair fewer: supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: you know, it was somewhat auspicious that we came to our budget on the first night of the democratic debate on t.v., where we saw a return to intelligent policy making, to candidates who care about human beings, and who care about protecting those

that need help in our country. and i think that it felt good to see that again at the federal level, and to watch it right here at the local level under the incredible leadership of supervisor chair fewer. i've been through -- primarily as a legislative aide -- my second -- gosh, the time. but i think -- so now i've been through nine budget processes as an aide and a supervisor, and this one, by far, was the best one that i've been through in the past nine years. as supervisor stefani says, it was so fun to watch you at work, chair fewer. i learned a lot about the budget and really sort of negotiation skills from watching you work, and it was extraordinary. i know that you and chelsea -- chelsea, you are amazing. you taught me the budgets when i was first a legislative aide,

and you were at coleman advocates for youth, and i said, teach it to me, and i took you to lunch, and you taught it to me, and it was incredible. it was a brilliant pick, president yee, but you two are a dynamic duo. but i just can't overstate, you work so hard, and you've been working working so hard for months on end. i just want to tell you from my constituents and the people of san francisco, thank you for working so hard. and then to the mayor's amazing staff, kelly. you're a fantastic, fantastic, and thank you for being so straightforward and honest in your dealings with us. sophia, of course, ben and everyone from the budget and

legislative analyst. i just have a lot of gratitude for all of you. thanks so much. >> chair fewer: thank you. supervisor mandelman -- >> supervisor ronen: sorry. carol carolyn gusen, where are you? carolyn, thank you for staying on top of the people from district 9. we love you. >> supervisor mandelman: in many ways, this budget process is depressing because we hear about so much need that far exceeds what we have the capacity to address, but it's also we need to see this amacing s amazing set of folks that you all are doing every sipping will day to try to meet the needs of san franciscans in distress. i am just so in love with this

because of all the work that you do. and i am also a little bit in love with the mayor and people in this building because their there are areas that we defer, and there are areas that we differ, but there are so much priorities where we are aligned, and i think there has been such great cooperation around this process, and i wonder if it has anything to do because this process has been headed by women, sandy fewer, who i have known for more than a decade with at this point, and i've really had the opportunity to work with you and see you in this role that i think you're meant for, i think. intimidating and scary at the right times, and also figuring out how to make the compromises and include everyone else, as supervisor stefani was saying.

and then chelsea, of course, absolutely deserved the standing ovation earlier. but our mayor and her team, with sophia and kelly, and ben rosenfeld, and the b.l.a. and tom temprano, you're amazing. i love you. and this is an amazing city, and choair fewer, i love you. >> chair fewer: well, it's a love fest in here. i was remiss for not thanking the mayor and all of her work on the budget. and then kelly kirkpatrick, so professional and brilliant. i have learned a lot watching you work, and so i -- so you

can teach an old dog some new tricks, i think, so thank you so much. we are joined by supervisors brown and safai. therefore, we are convened as a special meeting of the board of supervisors. okay. so supervisors, would you like to say something or nothing at all? okay. so i have instructions. the chair makes the final motion to do the following. i'd like to make a motion to amend the appropriation ordinance item 1 and salary ordinance item 2 to reflect the committee changes in the summary entitled board of supervisors budget spending plan. accept the mayor's technical adjustments as provided by the mayor's budget director, authorize the controller to make adjustments as necessary to implement the committee's actions and balance accounts, forward items 1 and 2 on today's agenda as amended to the board of supervisors for

the july 16 meeting with a positive recommendation. and so may i have a second, please? >> president yee: second. >> chair fewer: and so, president yee, may i take that -- oh . so before that, is there any members of the public that would like to give public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [cheers and applause] >> chair fewer: so i believe, colleagues, we have a motion, seconded by president yee. if i can take that without objection? [gavel]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair fewer: we are adjourned. [cheers and applause]

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pavement to parks at sfgovtv.org supporters of the eagle plaza. [cheers and applause] this morning, i was honored, my business partner, mike leon. on this historic day. i want to take the warmest welcome possible to the honorable mayor london breed, supervisor haney, supervisor mandelman. the greatest community, members

of the leather and lgbt cultural district and the friends of eagle plaza. we're all here today after a long road. great accomplishments. eagle plaza started as an idea. six years ago my business partner and i met, built and have a conversation about breaking ground for construct, where we floated idea of the construction of the plaza. between the san francisco eagle bar and the construction. a plaza unique to the world that will honor the leather and lgbt communities, serve as a focal part for them to have events.

and now this idea is about to come true. it's fitting this was elected for the first public plaza dedicated to the leather community. it's been the home for this community for decades. a special thanks to supervisor haney and mandelman for introducing and pushing forward the legislation to permit the construction of eagle plaza. [cheers and applause] without their efforts, eagle plaza would still remain as an idea. i would like to thank all of those who contributed financially to eagle plaza and to my eagle family for their support. and, of course, the most special thanks to mayor breed, who removed road blocks, constantly

moved the project forward to where we're here today at the ground-breaking of eagle plaza. i would like you to extend the warmest welcome to our mayor, london breed. [cheers and applause] >> >> mayor breed: thank you so much. i am so excited to be here today. we're going to have one of the most beautiful plazas in san francisco. i remember when it first became mayor and i knew that this idea had started over six years ago when state senator scott wiener was on the board of supervisors and i know a lot of the work he did helped to get us to this place. but i was really frustrated over the two years of bureaucracy. we already had the support. we already had the plan. and the city bureaucracy continued to delay this project. so two years delay was just

really unacceptable. so when i first became mayor, i made this one of my first directives and we got the approvals done in three months. so i'm really proud -- [applause] -- that we were able to work together to accomplish that goal. in addition to that, because this was such an amazing community-driven project, $200,000 from the community college grant was made possible to help fund this project. the work from build inc. and i want to thank lauren seguin for being here, as well as the folks from the park alliance and the friends of eagle plaza, you all came together to make this incredible project possible. and i also would like to say a special thank you to senator scott wiener who put $100,000 in the state budget so we can have the additional support that we

need. but here's the good news. we know that there is still a $50,000 funding gap and so that we can focus on the work and not on the resources needed to get the work done, i work with supervisor mandelman to come up with the $50,000 that we need to get this project done. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: so to the folks of the leather and the lgbt community and this cultural district that was made possible for the purposes of celebration coming together. and in the spirit of pride month here in san francisco that celebrates inclusiveness and love and all great things we are here in our great city, i would like to say congratulations and thank you all for your hard work. i know when this plaza is

completed, it's going to be used by so many people, to hang out, drink coffee, read, and celebrate and all the great things we do that make san francisco such a unique and special place for people to visit and live here. thank you, all, so much. [applause] >> now i'd like to present a very special award that the san francisco eagle bar to a very special person. this is called the leather feather. and it's given in recognition of someone who not only has supported the leather community in a special way, but performed extraordinary service in doing so. so for making eagle plaza a reality, eagle bar is honored to present the leather feather to the san francisco mayor london

breed. >> mayor breed: thank you. >> thank you so much. >> mayor breed: thank you. [applause] >> i want to have you guys now with bob, the chair of the leather and lgbt cultural district. [applause] >> i am proud to be here for this historic event and the leather district is delighted to have the eagle plaza in our district. and we look forward to its use as a gathering point in the district. i have the honor of introducing rafael mandelman, the district supervisor and native san franciscan. he supported the leather community even before he ran for supervisor and can be seen in local venues periodically. [laughter] now he's reaching out

beyond his district's boundaries to take real action to help make spaces like the eagle plaza come into being. his actions to make spaces for leather communities will keep this neighborhood's historic vibrant which will help perpetuate the city as a city for tolerance and acceptance. with that, i present to you rafael mandelman. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: good morning, everybody. this is such a wonderful morning and as i look out at this crowd of gorgeous people who are doing amazing things in our city for so many causes and communities. i see race bannon. race always deserves a round of applause. [applause] san francisco is a city that does not forget its history. we build on our history. we celebrate our history and make new things happen next to old things and that is part of

the magic of the city. and i'm so pleased that this plaza is -- as the mayor said, it took a little longer than would have been ideal, but it is now finally happening. i want to say just a few -- maybe a year ago, or a couple of years ago, we were worried about whether there even would be an eagle, right? more than a few years ago, but the community came together and city hall responded and now not only is the eagle still here, it's still a place to enjoy on sunday afternoons and all the time. and thank you so much, lex and mike, but now we have not only the eagle, but this amazing plaza coming here. so thank you, all, for coming out. thank you all for coming out. but have a very, very happy pride. [applause]

>> thank you, supervisor mandelman. i now have the proud honor of introducing district 6 supervisor matt haney. i met matt when he reached out to the leather and lgbt district when running for office. he expressed support for our community then and is following through with his action. it's these spaces that form a community and those spaces for the leather and lgbtq communities are under constant threat in this neighborhood. matt haney is not only talking about preserving the culture here, he's sponsoring legislation to preserve the spaces that make soma a destination for people across the country and around the world. the fact that he is here today showing support for the eagle plaza is one sign of his commitment to the communities. with that, i present to you

supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you, bob. well, i want to say this one more time. this is going to be the world's first public plaza dedicated to the leather community. isn't that incredible? world first. and not only is it the world's first public plaza dedicated to the leather community, it is in the world's first cultural district dedicated to the lgbtq community. give it up for that as well. bob, tremendous leadership. i want to thank all of you who worked hard to make this happen. sf parks alliance, mayor breed, supervisor mandelman, senator wiener. this is an extraordinary effort that made this happen. far too often the things that make this city wonderful, the things that built this culture, created our identity, the institutions, the businesses,

are the ones that are constantly under attack. and sadly that's been the case here in western soma as well for the leather community. and with what we're doing today, the city is finally saying, not only are we going to preserve those institutions and that culture, we're going to celebrate it, have a permanent home for it in our city and we're going to do it in western soma. there is no west soma without the leather community. i'm excited about the future of this plaza for a number of reasons. also because we need more open space in this part of the city. soma and west soma has some of the least amount of open space, parks, places for people to relax, to bring their dogs, hang out. and i know this can be an extraordinary open space. i may not have been to many leather events, but i have been here for the beer bust a couple of weeks ago. and this is a community that

knows how to come together to have a good time. i want to give a shoutout to a group of people. i want to shout out to the construction workers behind us, who are actually going to build this thing. for all of their hard work, we're going to put on hard hats, but they do the work every day. thank you so much. t thank you all for being here. we'll champion the leather district, the eagle and the plaza. thank you, all, for being here. >> good morning, everyone. my name is victor, i'm the communications director for senator scott wiener. this is a project he has spent a lot of energy working with lex and mike for the last six years to make this happen. he was very proud to get in the budget $100,000 to help make

this a reality. [applause] i want to thank mayor london breed as well for her continued support of the plaza, as well as supervisor mandelman and haney. the leather community has always played an important role in the lgbtq community. at the height of the h.i.v. epidemic, the community stepped up to raise funds for h.i.v. care, research and care for the entire community and continues to do that to this day. this plaza will serve to commemorate that and to continue to allow that work to happen. i want to thank you all for being here today and all of you that helped make this happen today. thank you so much. [applause] i'd like to bring up lauren from build inc. >> thanks. i don't know where to start. i mean, so many aspects of this

are important. people think of us as developers, but really we're urban place-makers and this exemplifies the work that is important to us, every project we do. the neighborhood makes its place and has influence on what we can do there. so this is amazing. for my partners, on behalf of my partners, our whole build group, the team at the office, this is the work that is meaningful, rewarding and just makes it all worth while. so thanks to mayor breed, to supervisor mandelman, haney, lex and the whole community to help make this happen. it takes a village and this is our village. thank you. let's dig dirt and make it happen! [applause] we have shovels right here. let's go dig.

>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! turn that dirt! woo hoo! [applause] love that. that's a great shot. thank you.

>> president yee: good afternoon. welcome to the june 25, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, would you please call the roll? >> thank you, mr. president. brown not present. fewer not present. haney not present. mandelman present. m mar present. peskin present.