are there any particular things that are left out? >> from what i recall, some of the things of heavy lifting, we don't do that. some of the ics training we do -- we do not touch that, but all of the electrical things, weeks to grit your training we do. there are basin components in any household can use right away but some of the most advanced, we do basic first aid, but not higher like we do. it is a light version, but we are focusing some of the basic things that the family can bring back and use right away in case they need us. >> so if you wanted to release those, you can do that. >> absolutely. >> are being -- people are being encouraged to do so? >> yes. most of them are those instructors as well. we do that as well.

we encourage them to have it. the problem with this in some of these communities is many of them worked several jobs. they have family commitments. this is a great opportunity for them to have something that they can really use but not commit to the five days. some do come, and i have seen some of them come through and come in and do the full program. we will give -- we don't give them credit for that because we want to make sure they comply with everything we ask for. it is definitely something that opens a door for them. some have done it. >> very good. it is such a valuable resource for the citizens as well as for training modules, and i was thinking that's particularly for the command center training, especially, you know, in this community, i think would be very , very helpful. if there is any incentive that you can think of to offer people

to go there from the regular program, please share that with us. >> okay. >> okay. i also wanted to complement you on the fire ground attempt -- decontamination policy, and you said it was captain julie mao? >> yes. >> it is a very good job. it is really going to be a great advantage to everyone. let's see. the drones. chief chief cochrane wants to go shopping. so you will have to speed this up just a little bit. >> okay. >> all right, i am glad to know that it is closer than ever before. and you mentioned that they captain received best in show at a recent confab of firefighters.

i think it would be nice to have him come and do his presentation if it is not like half a day, and perhaps he can do an abbreviated version for the commission. >> okay. >> all right, thank you. >> thank you very much. we just have a few comments, not so much questions. again, you ended your report with your confidence in the report and that is exactly what it is, a very good comprehensive report. duly noted as your second report , very good. i just wanted to go through some of these items that you had talked about. many of us had an opportunity to attend the graduation. it was a beautiful facility.

i think it is the biggest house i have seen in terms of family and friends and they were alive, totally alive. i appreciate the hard work that went into that. you could feel the pleasure of it and the excitement of the members of the family, but also in terms of the graduating class the valedictorian was quite impressive. chief nicholson's speech was quite impressive. i just wanted to remark how good that job was. in terms of your confidence report, i have marked this the last time that enjoyed the reports. i know that sometimes i have seen it before, but now that i have seen your second report, it is really good to see a report individually written by recruitment by the firefighter chief. i also always appreciate the

division cheap -- chief's report as well. it is really nice to be able to see this with the san francisco fire reserves and i also wanted to remark that it's important for us to see an updated summary of our department position. for some folks, it might just be information, but when you can see and relate to work-related injuries, whether it is a shoulder, a face, a hip, a skin infection, in his respiratory issues, it is a hernia, it is really important, as well as cancer, to be able to see that as well. i just wanted to note that there also is a report from the captain in terms of what was verbalized, and as always, homeland security by chief cochrane shows us the extent

that the department's involvement, for me personally, i also enjoy the reports by the closing people. some folks might take that position for granted, but again, when you start seeing requests, all types of requests approved, how many members served over 300 , so many have -- it is impressive. it is not an easy job. we all know that our members want to look good for the badge and want to be respectful of that as well. i just wanted to say that all of this report, including your own heading, and all of this to me is considered a strong, comprehensive support, for human resources as well. i always particularly like names attached to it in the spirit

that you started with staff being able to present as well as being able to be identified. before i conclude, i wanted to say a little bit about the high-rise that was happening on the eighth. in that high-rise drill, we had many trucks and squads, and i appreciate that the attorney staff, this commission on a very , very warm day with your selves, went up the building and were able to witness what occurred. and then on the high-rise before , it never seizes to amuse me what you pick up at a drill and how much you observe.

for me, particularly, it is important to have interaction with members, to be able to see the briefing, see the role that everyone plays. and what really impressed me, and i said this remark at graduation, is you really feel the team consciousness. many times one folks went up, even though it is a drill, they look in the atmosphere, and the ambulance and you know it was a serious order of business. what -- most enjoyable for me was that the minimum who were in charge were always looking to the right and looking to the left to see if a member of their team was with them. i just wanted to also say that the shooters' drill and watching the members of the police department come up through here with their weapons, and trying to isolate and understand, i think it is important. i just wanted to share this with

the commissioners how grateful i am in terms of these drills, the more drills you have in the more information that you can send over to us is pretty important. i really wanted to thank you and commend everyone for participating. thank you very much. madam secretary? >> item six, commission report. report on commission activities since last meeting on june 12th , 2019. >> i will take public comment on this point. seeing none, public comment. public comment is closed. commissioners? >> thank you, mr. president. i am glad to hear more details about the graduation. unfortunately i didn't attend because i was attending the mayor's summit which was excellent, and the department had quite a wonderful crew there

who were, excuse me, chatting us up with all of the attendees. it was a minimum of 1500 women there. it was very successful. so it was good to see women members of the department talking to the citizens about the kinds of work that they do, as well as recruiting. anyone who would be interested in getting more information, so that was very good. and then i attended the june 18 th parade mean -- and celebration. we had a nice walk around the block. [laughter] it is a short and vibrant parade we had a very good turnout from the department, as well as all

the people who are in the western addition and a lot of people come back to the western a dish and just for the june 18 th celebration. and let's see. commissioner cleveland and i, during the convention just a couple of weeks ago, we attended an event with the mayor, and lots of political luminaries, which was very, very good. it gave us an opportunity to mingle with a lot of the decision-makers in the city and to share with them some of our needs, so i just wanted to let you know that that is what i have been doing. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> at this particular point, commissioner cleveland? >> thank you very much. one of the most enjoyable things that we commissioners get to do is go to graduation ceremonies from the academy and i am very sorry i missed that last 125th , but my father died, i had to go to kansas city and deal with that. so that is the reason i missed it. i'm sorry i did. i just wanted to put that on the record. >> thank you very much. you have the condolences of your fellow commissioners in terms of the loss of your father. >> since the last meeting, i was not at the last meeting and also missed the graduation, which was a bummer because i really enjoyed it as well.

but since that time, i went to a couple of the calls that the department was at. one of them was a fire on the street. and also i went to the drowning of the young 14-year-old boy, the members of the department, total class act. chief, you must be very proud. i am very proud to be part of this department, under very difficult, difficult circumstances. in that particular situation. i just wanted to say hats off to anybody that responded to that scene and i am hopeful that if you need help, that you reach out to the stress unit because i know the department is doing a lot of work to make that unit a better unit. i was not at the graduation

because i was out of the country i was honored to be asked by the governor to represent the state on the climate in italy. i took him up on the opportunity i'm sorry to have missed it. there are members of that class that i know pretty well. i will be reaching out to them and their station and visiting them to make sure that they have feet to the fire and they are doing well. i did also meet with supervisor stephanie with mr. corso and other members of the department to rally support for our budget item and i believe that is it. >> thank you very much. chief nicholson? >> i would just like to, if we can close the meeting in honor of kathleen -- captain murray and kept her --

[indiscernible] they both passed away in the past week. >> thank you very much. at this particular point, madam secretary? >> item seven, agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> i will ask for public comment on this item. if there is no public comment, public comment is closed. any questions, discussions from the commissioner commissioners before we open it up? the chief will be presenting at the next commission meeting. i think we made a request that chief tom be part of that presentation as well. chief tom, in your incorporation of the report, if there is a possibility that they might be able -- so that the commission can address that as well. we are also, commissioners,

going to be having a commission discussion with the city attorney. he will be talking about the charter amendment in terms of discipline, and so that is scheduled for the july weekend. i just saw mr. ruskin in the hallway and wanted to confirm that it will be available for that july 10th commission meeting. commissioners, any particular points? >> just real quick, i know we are still in a transition from the prior chief to this chief and the reports must have changed, it would be great to see, i didn't see it in this report, but it be great to see the e.m.s. six numbers and the homeless related calls. >> that is in the operations report. >> i apologize. then maybe also for future commission hearings, if we could , at some point, get a report on how much narcan the

department is administering narcan. i think that will give us and the other interesting parties in the city an idea of how many lives we are literally saving on a daily basis and how big this problem is in san francisco. i have heard numbers that i think are pretty stunning that i would like the department to report on those numbers because it will give the city an opportunity for the type of stuff that we are dealing with on the streets in san francisco. i will like to see that on some future report and some presentation through the commission. >> thank you very much. again, the chiefs can incorporate some of that information and that would be wonderful. at this particular point, madam secretary? >> item eight, adjournment. >> i will take public comment -- in terms of adjournment, we don't need to do that, but i

need a motion and a second, and i will need your help, achieve, to make sure that i correctly say the names of the members who have passed away. is there a motion that we have? >> yes. >> second. >> we will adjourn the meeting in memory of two individuals that we have lost. ladies and gentlemen, this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

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home, our sanctuary, calls attention to the violence immigrants are facing, the housing crisis affecting trans communities and to raise awareness of the violence facing trans women of color across our country and at the border. we want to think the trans march committee for their tireless work to advance the rights of our trans and gender nonconforming communities, give us a space to gather, build resiliency and mobilize for the work ahead. we could not do this without the support of our fabulous allies and one of our biggest champions has made it her mission to stand up and fight for our community. please join me in welcoming our a true champion for the trans committee, our fabulous mayor, mayor london read. [cheers and applause] -- mayor london read. >> thank you to all of the incredible volunteers who are

here today. sends 2004, so many people have come together to create the tran -- the trans march here in the city where everyone is expected, where everyone is included. i love the fact that we are right here in dolores park on this beautiful day as we kick off the final weekend of pride in the city and county of san francisco. let me just say this. when we talk about resiliency and we talk about san francisco being a resilient city, at the heart of that resiliency is our trans community. i got to say, that with all of the challenges that i know that trans people face all over the country, time and time again, you continue to amaze me with your desire to fight for more just -- for a more just society, not just for yourself, but for other people. that is incredible here in san

francisco. as a result of your advocacy over the years. san francisco has the first office of transgender initiatives anywhere in the country. [cheers and applause] >> as a result of your advocacy, we have made significant budget investments in san francisco and this budget, my first budget as mayor is no different. in fact, when we look at the data, trans people are more likely, 18 times more likely to be homeless than anybody else in the city and county of san francisco. so we have invested 2 million additional dollars into resources to not only help people who are homeless in our trans community, but to help keep people who are already housed in their housing in the trans community. [cheers and applause]

>> this, along with other investments, are critical to the success to this community where san francisco, a place of inclusion, a place of togetherness, a place of pride, we have to make sure that we are putting our policies and our money where our mouth is and i'm so honored to be here to join supervisor mandelman and so many other incredible activists and volunteers today to celebrate the trans march right here in dolores park where we kick it off. and as a result of your hard work, and your commitment to continuing this march year after year after year, today -- what is the date today? [laughter] >> the 28th, thank you. today, on june 28th, we are going to declare it trans march day in san francisco! [cheers and applause]

>> thank you so much. have a wonderful pride weekend, enjoy the city, thank you to all the resources that are here from the city and all the volunteers and nonprofit agencies. you make this event a true success. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> all right. give it up for mayor breed, ladies and junk men. folks, come on. you guys can do a little better than that. [cheers and applause] thank you so much, mayor. is a beautiful day. my name is nikki and i am overseeing the planning of the trans march for this year and i would like to bring on -- here the planners of trans march. where are they? come on up. these are the folks were putting trans together for you this year

they are a fabulous group and we just want to first of all, the mayor just made me feel like a million dollars, you know, because all of the things that are happening for our community and the city is pretty amazing. thank you very much. it is wonderful people, folks who are putting this event, this great event together. this is the largest we have ever been. we have over 36 organizations who are tabling the resources. you can have your gender and -- name and gender change done here we have h.i.v. testing, we have everything already here. let's use it. let's make it happen, and let's rock. thank you, everyone. give it up for the fabulous people over here. [cheers and applause]. >> have a wonderful and safe pride. thank you. >> next i would like you all to help me welcome our next speaker

claire farley, the director of the office of trans- initiatives and senior advisor to mayor london breed and the members of our trans advisory committee as well. [cheers and applause] >> i just want to say that it is such an honor to celebrate with you all. this is one of my favorite events of the year and it is such an honor to work for a mayor who not only supports me and my leadership, but supports our community at large. this to million-dollar investment is such an important moment. not only for san francisco, but should be a model for the rest of the country. we are in a moment in history where unlike any other point in history, transgender people are under attack, whether it is our trans military folks, our healthcare, whether it is our access to jobs and housing. without taking a stand, without

leading by example with -- with what the mayor spoke of and what our supervisors are doing, and by the work that you all do by showing up, by living every single day, you are acting in a moment of resistance and so as we marched our way to 2020, as we work to get involved, encourage you not only to celebrate during pride, but to come together throughout the year because we have to continue to do this work and we can't do it without you. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> next, help me welcome our next speaker, supervisor mandelman. supervisor of district eight and the only out gay member of the board of supervisors and a true ally to the trans community. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. my colleagues need to come out of the closet. [laughter]

>> you know, i think that i've been at every march since 2004, and it is such a wonderful way to start an amazing weekend every single year. it is so beautiful and he becomes more beautiful every year. i know that the brunch just happened with the youth and the seniors open house and lyric together. the generations of resistance and what a beautiful tradition that is. i am keenly aware that standing here as the gay supervisor, i am really just a stand in until the trends -- the trans supervisor is standing up here. [cheers and applause] >> i'm happy to be the stand and until that happens. i'm also happy to get out of the way as soon as possible. i know my youth commissioner will do that if you give him ten or 15 years, but i don't thank you should give him ten or 15 years, someone needs to get in there sooner. i know that will happen. i'm also keenly aware as a gay man that i have benefited so

extraordinarily from the trans folks, gender nonconforming folks who started the right 50 years ago, that created the movement that has created opportunities that i would not, you know, the folks would not have imagined for me 45 years ago when i was born. i'm also keenly aware that the perverse irony is that the portion of the community that has still been left out and has not enjoyed the full benefit of the movement that you all started is our trans and gender nonconforming portions of the community. i do have some hope and excitement that trans folks came together with the o.t.i. and the mayor this year to pursue our trans home s.f. and with an extraordinary commitment. thank you madam mayor for doing that. first time ever, $200 million in housing subsidies for transgender folks. [cheers and applause].

>> it is a big deal. it is said that -- i am saying, anyone from san francisco is clear, whether they know it or not, and i think we have a great queer mayor in london breed, even if she doesn't know it. [laughter] >> she has been a tremendous friend to our community. i'm also proud that our board of supervisors was able to take that $2 million and add a little bit through our ad back process and additional services and supports for trans folks. it is a down payment and we need to keep doing that work going forward. thank you so much for the work you have done. congratulations on the wind to the budget process and the integration of the office of transgender initiatives. keep up the good work. i will be able to make it tonight to mar and i look forward to doing that. happy pride, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> also from our trans home s.f. , welcome tony newman and

akira jackson. [cheers and applause] >> hello, everyone. my name is akira jackson and this is tony newman. we are working in collaboration with the our trans home s.f. part -- a major part of what we do, we actually use community information and community input in helping to inform on how to create better programs and better campaigns so that we are safe, we are safely housed, and that, you know, information is translated to people in power, people who we empower and we entrust to help us make our homes a better place. i will allow you to come in. >> thank you, akira. i am tony newman, executive director of st. james infirmary. we house more transgender groups than anybody else, and we are going to house the trans -- the trans home s.f. or the black and brown trans- people of color.

we have 75 subsidies and we will have bilingual coordinators and we will walk you a-said on how to get housing. we will help you get into a home and then we will help you stay in that home with counciling, financial management, budgeting, stuff that can really help you. getting a house is just the first part. keeping the house is the harder part. i want to think mayor breed and the board of supervisors for their support and i want you to keep st. james in mind as soon as this money comes in, will be looking for two trans coordinators, bilingual, will have them and pay them well, full benefits, and we want to get you housing. if you need housing and you don't have a computer, we will work you through the whole process. we will train and go through the organization to give you the vouchers. happy pride and thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. everybody deserves a safe place to call home. i would like to thank you all for joining us today and now we

are going to get on with our celebration and we will be marching on the streets, and we will end where the movement started in the cultural district thank you, everybody. have a happy pride and be safe. thank you. [cheers and applause][music] >> san francisco city clinic provides a broad range of sexual health services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy

access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan b. pap smears and [inaudible]. we are was entirely [inaudible]people will come as soon as were open even a little before opening. weight buries a lip it could be the first person here at your in and out within a few minutes. there are some days we do have

a pretty considerable weight. in general, people can just walk right in and register with her front desk seen that day. >> my name is yvonne piper on the nurse practitioner here at sf city clinic. he was the first time i came to city clinic was a little intimidated. the first time i got treated for [inaudible]. i walked up to the redline and was greeted with a warm welcome i'm chad redden and anna client of city clinic >> even has had an std clinic since all the way back to 1911. at that time, the clinic was founded to provide std diagnosis treatment for sex workers. there's been a big increase in std rates after the earthquake and the fire a lot of people were homeless and there were more sex work and were homeless sex workers. there were some public health experts who are pretty progressive for their time thought that by providing std diagnosis and treatmentsex workers that we might be able to get a handle on std rates in san francisco.

>> when you're at the clinic you're going to wait with whoever else is able to register at the front desk first. after you register your seat in the waiting room and wait to be seen. after you are called you come to the back and meet with a healthcare provider can we determine what kind of testing to do, what samples to collect what medication somebody might need. plus prophylactics is an hiv prevention method highly effective it involves folks taking a daily pill to prevent hiv. recommended both by the cdc, center for disease control and prevention, as well as fight sf dph, two individuals clients were elevated risk for hiv. >> i actually was in the project here when i first started here it was in trials. i'm currently on prep. i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for

prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first learned i was hiv positive i do not know what it was. i felt my life would be just ending there but all the support they gave me and all the information i need to know was very helpful. so i

[inaudible] hiv care with their health >> about a quarter of our patients are women. the rest, 75% are men and about half of the men who come here are gay men or other men who have sex with men. a small percent about 1% of our clients, identify as transgender. >> we ask at the front for $25 fee for services but we don't turn anyone away for funds. we also work with outside it's going out so any amount people can pay we will be happy to accept. >> i get casted for a pap smear and i also informed the contraceptive method. accessibility to the clinic was very easy. you can just walk in and talk to a registration staff. i feel i'm taken care of and i'm been supportive. >> all the information were collecting here is kept confidential. so this means we

can't release your information without your explicit permission get a lot of folks are concerned especially come to a sexual health clinic unless you have signed a document that told us exactly who can receive your information, we can give it to anybody outside of our clinic. >> trance men and women face really significant levels of discrimination and stigma in their daily lives. and in healthcare. hiv and std rates in san francisco are particularly and strikingly high were trans women. so we really try to make city clinic a place that strands-friendly trance competent and trans-welcoming >> everyone from the front desk to behind our amazement there are completely knowledgeable. they are friendly good for me being a sex worker, i've gone through a lot of difficult different different medical practice and sometimes they weren't competent and were not friendly good they kind of made me feel like they slapped me on the hands but living the sex life that i do. i have been coming

here for seven years. when i come here i know they my services are going to be met. to be confidential but i don't have to worry about anyone looking at me or making me feel less >> a visit with a clinician come take anywhere from 10 minutes if you have a straightforward concern, to over an hour if something goes on that needs a little bit more help. we have some testing with you on site. so all of our samples we collect here. including blood draws. we sent to the lab from here so people will need to go elsewhere to get their specimens collect. then we have a few test we do run on site. so those would be pregnancy test, hiv rapid test, and hepatitis b rapid test. people get those results the same day of their visit. >> i think it's important for transgender, gender neutral people to understand this is the most confidence, the most comfortable and the most knowledgeable place that you can come to.

>> on-site we have condoms as well as depo-provera which is also known as [inaudible] shot. we can prescribe other forms of contraception. pills, a patch and rain. we provide pap smears to women who are uninsured in san francisco residents or, to women who are enrolled in a state-funded program called family pack. pap smears are the recommendation-recommended screening test for monitoring for early signs of cervical cancer. we do have a fair amount of our own stuff the day of his we can try to get answers for folks while they are here. whenever we have that as an option we like to do that obviously to get some diagnosed and treated on the same day as we can. >> in terms of how many people were able to see in a day, we say roughly 100 people.if people are very brief and straightforward visits, we can sternly see 100, maybe a little more. we might be understaffed that they would have a little complicated visits we might not see as many folks. so if we

reach our target number of 100 patients early in the day we may close our doors early for droppings. to my best advice to be senior is get here early.we do have a website but it's sf city clinic.working there's a wealth of information on the website but our hours and our location. as well as a kind of kind of information about stds, hiv,there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for 15, 40 75500. the phones answered during hours for clients to questions. >> >>

[♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪] [♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is

unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the

mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪]

>> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a

lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain

more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪]

>> good afternoon, i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. can we please have the