ensure the women's social and political equality the commission support this to make real our commitment to the right to abortion. thank you. >> i would like to call up laura babb from planned parenthood. >> hi. i am with planned parenthood. i want to thank the staff and supporters as well as all of you. we have seen a rash extreme abortion babbs sweep the country to bring a challenge to the supreme court to make abortion inaccessible. judicial fights have begun around the country. over states limiting safe legal abortion prior to viability of the fetus. this is not just an attack in missouri and georgia. it is on anyone who can get

pregnant. one out of three women live in those states. that is 25 million. that is signaling in san francisco we will not tolerate a rollback of women's whites. with trump and kavanaugh thousand is the time to meet the legal precise dense and take a standing on the harmful policies. the attack will continue. abortion is on the line. it is critical to begin the fight for rights by standing up to the bans. the c.e.o. of 180 companies are calling for the end of abortion ban. up the opportunity to do the right thing. something elective leaders in states with the harmful bans have fail to do. i ask you to vote yes to seek to ban travel and do business on states with the abortion bans.

thank you for considering this effort in this great city and county. >> i would like to h thank our presenters. city attorney can you clarify changes to chapter 12x with this, please? >> sure. deputy city attorney john gibner. the ordinance proposed to make some modifications to chapter 12x. i believe working with the city administrator to make some technical changes. the amendment today removed those changes so that 12x, the existing law that applies to states with laws that discriminate against lbgq people will remain. this does not change 12x.

this adds on a mirror provision, a new article that applies to additional states as has been described. >> thank you. we are going to go to public comment. are there members of the public to speak on this? you have one minute to speak given the time constraints for the hearing. please step up to the microphone. mr. right. >> this is a complex issue. 50% agrees and 50% does not. about one minute is discrimination in the administration right here before me. you it is up there and let other people speak as long as they want when your race is being represented. i get to speak for two minutes. that is an insult on my

intelligence. you only give us one minute. thathat is disgusting. you referring to the city attorney you never referred nothing to the city attorney about blacks being discriminated against. we are recovered from the gentrification that is a bull shit lie. our race is diminishing if you say we are recovering when our numbers is 2 or 3% is insult on my intelligence and i don't appreciate that. >> chair mar: next speaker, please. >> i am the planned parent affairs officer. we have seen constant attacks on the reproductive healthcare, the

title 10 restrictions, domestic gag rule, appointment of kavanaugh to the supreme court. we have had the opportunity to work with the board of supervisors to pass resolutions confirming the san francisco commitment for reproductive health. we urge you to support this today to ensure the passage. >> i am susan anthony. i am a planned parenthood supporter and mother and grandmother. my passion for woman's right to bodily autonomy is rooted in my experience 50 years ago. i became pregnant when it was not legal to have the abortion. the other or i experienced may be hard for younger women to imagine today.

the thought of carrying the pregnancy was horrific. it would not matter if they offered diapers or showed me fetuses. the idea of giving up the baby was horrific. i was ready to risk my wife to prevent having a bab baby. abortions bans extreme will only lead to more deaths for women and assign more infants to a live not wanted or welcomed. thanks. >> chair mar: next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is karen. i am a clinical socia social wor working with adolescents and with abusesive and neglectful

parents. they are intertwined in many ways. studies have shown that unintended pregnancies can be a predictor of child maltreatment psychological and physical aggression. the number of children having school difficulties and the number of people in prison also have high rates of having experienced abuse often times because their mothers had unintended pregnancies. i support the proposed ban that we are considering here. money talks. >> chair mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am the president of our planned parenthood campus

chapter at san francisco state. during the past year it has allowed me to give back to my san francisco community and san francisco state. working out of the health center allowed me in the rup loop. it has resulted in harmful abortion bans limiting access to abortions for most vulnerable. we must take a stand. san francisco tax dollars should not support states passing laws to oppress people. you will consider this. i strongly urge you to vote yes today. when it comes before the full board of supervisors. i hope san francisco can be a leader for the rest of the country. >> any other member of the public that wishes to testify on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed.

supervisor brown. >> thank you. by moving this forward we are taking a strong stand. san francisco is a city of firsts. today we have an opportunity to lead on that issue. we will not support policies that put women, transgender, non-binary people in danger. we are affirming the right to care essential epto racial and economic equality. please tell the women and child bearing people of the united states that we stand with them. i have a motion to move this legislation to the full board. >> are amendments, right? >> yes, there are amendments. i am sorry. >> do i have a motion to accept

the amendment. >> i am happy to move the amendments before us. they are in the double underlined and strikeouts as set forth in th the ad min code. motion to accept the amendments without objection. i assume deputy city attorney these are not substantive and we can send them as amended to the full board. >> i would move to send the item with recommendation as a proud co-sponsor to the full board as amended. >> motion to move in as amended to the full board without objection with recommendation. mr. clerk please call item 3. >> ordinance amending the business and tax coded to increase daily tax exemption amount from less than $40 to 52.

to decrease from less that $100 to 130 there and and consider adjustments. >> thank you, soon per visor peskin. >> this is not as groundbreaking as the last two pieces of legislation. this is legislation that comes to the board every three to five years based on the controller's office review we raise the amount that is exempt from the transsent occupancy tax for youth hostels and the controller's report indicates we should raise it from 40 to $52 for daily rental and from $100 to $130 per week. ms. campbell has a report which says approval is a policy matter. i will let her speak to it.

the amount this impacts is less than -- it is one quarter of 1% of all of the hotel tax in san francisco. .26%. with that i will turn it over to ms. campbell. >> correct. members of the committee on page 5 of the report taxes the collected amount was $1.1 billion. our estimate is that this would forego about 23 $7,000 in taxes annually. we do consider it a policy matter because of the tax issue. >> i don't know if there is public comment on this item. members of the public who wish to speak please step forward. you have one minute to speak.

mr. right. >> you are always taxes somebody. you didn't tax twitter forgetting tax free money now you want to tax the taxi drivers and the drivers pay $250,000 for a medallion that has them broke and some of the drivers want to commit suicide. you are north the internal revenue. you are not the irs. you are already demonstrated tax evasion, money laundering and wire and mail freud. you are in violation of the enterprise where you are running a racket and transferring funds and giving tax free money to companies that don't need a break. when i check you talk about giving them a break. they don't need a break.

they have to tax you. >> chair mar: thank you. next speaker, please. are there any other members of the public? thank you, mr. right. are there any other members of the public to speak on this item. public comment is closed. can we move this forward? >> this is tax relief. yes, i would love to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> without objection. thank you. mr. checker. please call item four. agenda item four resolution authorizes the department of children, youth and families to enter into a memorandum for financial sup39 for the period july 1, 2019 and june 30, 2029 subject to the budget and fiscal provisions of the charter. >> colleagues since i joined in

january i have been working with the pre-city coalition and mayor breed and city college leaders including the trustees to ensure full funding over the next decade reflecting learning. despite differences i have been very appreciative of the parties shared commitment to the program to ensure it is sustained for the next decade. after a robust and quite complicated negotiation process involving multiple parties. i am pleased we have come to a agreement on a plan for the future of free city. besides fully funding free city it including significant improvements to the charter amendment the board voted on last december. the new agreement would start

the full funding this fall, a year earlier than under the charter amendment. this represents $8.6 million this coming year. the agreement includes a one-time reimbursement of $5.4 million to cover under finding the first two years. the key terms of the agreement are outlined in a tentative agreement between the city and city college that was negotiated by the mayor office and approved by the trustees on june 27. this tentative agreement will serve as basis for fully executed 10 year mou to be negotiated by the city college administration in the coming weeks. to move this agreement forward there are three items for the board to take action on. first is a motion to withdraw the free city charter amendment which moved forward on monday to

the july 16 full board. second is the soared nance for o move forward to july 16 full board meeting. third is the resolution authorizing the fully executed 10 year m.o.u. that is before us today. because all three items are a package deal, i would like to have all three items voted by the full board together on july 16. i want to thankty mayor's office and city college trustees and the coalition for working on this resolution and amendments i will propose today. i am submitting to the clerk a copy of the tentative agreement

upon which the city college was agreed upon by city college for the file. i would like to explain the amendments for the resolution. do we have copies? since the tentative agreement says the m.o.u. would take effect on july 1, 2019, i would like to amend the resolution to take effect retroactive to july 1, 2019. i have added language in the first subparagraph d and e to state funds allocated by the city can be used for enrollment fees and to offset educational expenses other than tuition. thirdly, i somewhere deleted language in the first subparagraph d that says the funds can be used for no other

purpose than enrollment fees. i have deleted the last whereas clause stated that funding for the city program is not guaranteed. i want be to acknowledge the city attorney may advise us to be cautious about deleting the last whereas clause. the deletion stating funding is not guaranteed is crucial to the good faith agreement. we know funding is subject to appropriations process as are all funds not in the city charter. all parties agree to fund it for the next decade. we agreed we would have the strongest intent language. it upholds the intent of our agreement. i would ask mr. campbell to do a fiscal impact report at the full board on july 16th.

>> we can submit the report to the full board. >> thank you ms. campbell. i look forward to moving this forward as a committee report and considering all items on july 16th. before public comment, colleagues do you have any comments or questions? >> chair mar, i understand what you are saying with regard to the provision in the current legislation which is a recital on page 2 lines 10 through 13 and remind me what is the deputy city attorney's name. >> the charter ultimately rules. the reality is whether that clause is in this memorandum of

understanding or not the charter rules. i mean if it makes people happy not to have the language in there, the reality is if god forbid the board were not to appropriate not like the city college can sue us to ask them to perform. >> yes, deputy city attorney. the reason we wanted that we suggested that language for the resolution to make clear to the public that funding guarantee would be subject to the fiscal provisions of the charter and subject to appropriation by the board every year. >> i think the city college trustees know that and city attorney knows that and mayor news that. if it makes people happy not to have it in there. i support its removal. >> any questions? >> are there members of the public to speak? please stem up to the

microphone, mr. right. >> you are going to get sued because the people on general assistance and welfare program and your cash. single mothers can't go for free. mothers taking care of kids they can't go to college. by the same response you are talking about free. ain't a god damn thing free. $32.5 million in debt and the year is not over with yet. it is cool and proper to say at the end of the year $65 million in debt. 10 years means that you will be $650 million in debt. spending money on programs to give treatment to spoiled kids. they don't let the students go to school for free and they come to san francisco on your dime to

go to school. >> next speaker, please. speakers have one minute to speak given our time constraints. >> i will be done in 30 seconds. i am the senior vice chancellor of student affairs at city college. thank you so very, very much for your hard work. the city as well. we appreciate this effort and understand the funds are not guaranteed. we appreciate the changes made including authorizing that is critical for timing. the rest of it we are in agreement with aft. thank you very much for your support. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

thank you for taking up this matter. i am president of a ft2121 representing the faculty at city college san francisco. we worked with supervisor mar on the free city program. the program started two years ago in 2017 after the voters passed proposition w to make city college free and to raise the funds for that program. contrary to mr. right's stance, the plan is funded by the money we have raised. we are speaking in favor of this resolution and of the changes that superviso supervisor mar m. the programming is successful. students in the city have used the free city program and students will be grateful for the next 10 years for passing this. thank you. >> next speaker, please.

>> connie ford, vice president of san francisco labor council. this ithis is a long time coming speaks to the need of every piece of legislation to have a massive coalition, community, great supervisor. we have been struggling for six months to extend the free city program for 10 years. the city has given a promise to fund us for 10 years. we are thankful we have the board of supervisors to back that up. we appreciate the amendments there and the labor movement is extremely happy we will consider this free city college for 10 years. >> public comment is closed. i want to thank the leaders from

the pre-city coalition and city colleges for being here and for working on this important project. can we -- i would like to move that we accept amendments without objection. then can we mover this item as amended with recommends to the put board as a committee report? >> yes. >> thank you. mr. clerk. is there any further business? >> clerk: no further business. >> chair mar: we are adjourned. thank you.

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location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like.

what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. . >> the hon. london breed: almost. good morning, everyone. i'm london breed, mayor of san francisco, and i'm so excited to be here today with so many amazing people to talk about something that's so important. just this past week, we had a big event celebrating a $600

million affordable housing bond that will go on the ballot this november. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and i want to thank the board of supervisors for passing that unanimously, and i want to say that there's something in there for everyone, for our low-income families and seniors, to our middle-income residents, to our teachers. we know that housing affordability is critical to the success of our city, and i'm grateful to the board of supervisors for passing that ballot measure, and i am hopeful with fingers crossed that the voters will support that, and we are putting forward that housing bond without raising property taxes again, so i just want to say that over and over and over again. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so today, we have another opportunity. today, we are signing the legislation to put a $628 million bond on the ballot to

help with our emergency facilities all over san francisco, and we are also doing that without raising property taxes. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: the goal is to put this on the march ballot, and so we're going to have to work hard to get voters to approve this one, as well. i just want to start by that i thinking naomi kelly, and the work of the capital planning committee. because of the work of the capital planning committee over the years, we've been able to have a very well-thought-out plan for investing dollars in facilities that the city owns, especially our public safety facilities. and in 2010 and in 2014, voters passed these bonds without raising property taxes but with almost 80% of the vote to support rehabilitating

facilities all over san francisco. and just this year, i was really excited about cutting the ribbon on station 5, which is my home station, where i used to get my toys as a firefighter. our firefighters and our police officers, fixing our buildings and making sure that they can sustain an earthquake is so critical to protecting the lives of our citizens. in fact we are all reminded from last week, the major earthquake that happened in southern california and the devastating impact it had on that community, we are reminded that we have to be prepared. it's not about if, it's about when a disaster strikes. so what are we going to do to make sure that our public safety personnel can focus on the work that they need to do

to save lives and not necessarily the challenge that exist with the buildings that house them and what could happen to people that we need to shelter in a disaster. kezar pavilion is not seismically safe. it is one of the facilities that could qualify for additional revenues so that if necessary, we can use that as a shelter facility in case a disaster hits. we have to be thinking ahead in not only repairing the buildings that we know need to be repaired, like park station, which is currently undergoing some renovations like police and fire stations and public safety buildings, and 911 buildings where we send our dispatchers, all of these places matter, so when a

disaster hits, their only focus is on saving lives of the citizens of san francisco and not worrying about the condition of their buildings and whether or not they're in a bad place themselves. so today, we are announcing a $628 million public safety beyond for earthquake safety and emergency response for the march ballot, as i said. and i am just so excited and so proud of the work that we did collaborating with the board, collaborating with the capital planning committee to do this in such an incredibly responsible way. and i just want to thank all of you for being here, joining us, because this is exciting for the future of san francisco. we know that there are challenges in our city, and we have to make the right kind of

investments, not only the issues that we face today but for the issues we'll face tomorrow. this is just taking one step further to doing just that, and so i'm really excited to be here with so many incredible people, including the supervisor who represents district 5 -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: many of you all know vallie brown. she's been a community advocate in this district for so many years. not only does she spend time cleaning it up, i mean, personally, literally in the morning, picking up track with her own picker, but she also spends a lot of time fighting for resources in this community. whether it's our public safety locations or our community locations, she's been a real advocate, and some of you know the work that was done here, also, the track that was repurposed. and commissioner buell, what

was the location over here by the triangle? what is that called? yeah, with public and private dollars, we're transforming this area. and when i served as supervisor, the person who was really actively engaged in working with the community and helping to bring together public and private resources to get these projects done for this community was no other than your current supervisor for district 5, vallie brown. [applause] >> supervisor brown: thank you, mayor breed. i'm really happy to be standing here today and to be talking about this. just a few months ago, we were at fire station 5, brand-new opened. not only is it absolutely state-of-the-art and beautiful, but it is going to be a hub if anything happens in this city.

and when i think about we have so many other stations and buildings that we need to have this kind of bond money to be able to fix them up so if we do have earthquakes, if we have things that happen in this city, that we're prepared. when we look at -- i know that mayor breed was talking about kezar and other places, but when we have a major earthquake, and if we think about the earthquake that just happened in southern california, and how strong it was, but it was in the desert. but think about what if it was here, and what it could have done to our city. i think about that every day, and what i would do if my place was flattened in the city. i probably would be camping in the park unless i had someplace to go that was safe, right? i would. i know the no-tent rule, but i

think they have a cot there for me. i asked them, can you put a cot? so i just feel that it's so important that not only is this city ready for anything that could happen, unfortunately -- and we know it will someday, but we have to be ready individually. we have a responsibility. i actually just went to a fire in my district a few weeks ago. everybody ran out of the building. there were, like, 12 people. the things they forgot when they ran out -- they forgot their i.d., they forgot their medicine, all of those things, and it keeps going into my mind, am i ready? am i ready for an earthquake? am i ready for a fire or anything -- any other kind of emergency? so i went home, and i remembered an emergency kit that i had put together probably 12, 15 years ago, when i did nert, and nert was first

starting. my water was expired, the batteries expired, the food expired. i'm like, i'm not ready, and i didn't have the emergency little pack that you're supposed to have by your door to grab and run if something happens. i wasn't ready, and i think about that because i think about what about my neighbor that's elderly, and she has a hard time getting down the stairs? we should be going out, talking to our neighbors. we should be going out, training with nert. please sign up. if you're not a member, it's kind of fun. we need to start thinking about our neighbors and what we can do individually. are you signed up for the alert, emergency alert, everyone on your phone? your neighbor? this is the kind of thing that we need to do because it really takes us as an individual and our neighbors to really protect each other if this happens. and believe me if we have an earthquake, i'm heading down to

cafe revelry, and if his coffee machine is working because these are the places we're going to have to go to see, are they left behind? do they need help? i say that because i appreciate all the work in this city that everyone does. our police chief, fire chief, naomi kelly, and especially our mayor to say we need to look at this, we need to do this now, and being so creative for doing this. i want to thank everyone for coming to district 5. it's nice and foggy here, but cool you down a little bit before you go back to your job. so thank you, everyone. and the next speaker -- are you going to bring him up? all right. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, supervisor brown. and just a reminder, anyone can

go to sf72.org if you want to get prepared for any emergency situation in san francisco. a lot of great information from emergency management. sf72.org. now i want to introduce someone who's ae be who's been a 25-year veteran of the san francisco fire department and has a very thorough knowledge of how to deal with emergency situations and is why she is currently serving as the chief of the department. please welcome jeanine nicholson. >> good morning, everyone. i love our san francisco summer weather. speaking of nert, as supervisor brown just mentioned, i want to recognize, we do have some nert

volunteers right here, and nert is going to be critical in the event -- [applaus [applause] >> in the event >> -- in the event of a disaster. we know it's not if, it's when. i want to recognize mohamed nuru. he's been a great ally for us and working with us. in the event of a disaster, our fire department needs to respond immediately. our firefighters and e.m.s. workers work 24-7, 365, and we need to be able to respond immediately. and this bill will provide the funding that we need to invest in our public safety infrastructure so we can continue to bring the city and the citizens the best service

that we possibly can, but especially during a disaster. so thank you all for being here today. good day. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: all right. our last speaker for this program before we finally sign this legislation is the chief of the police department, bill scott. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, mayor. i'll be brief. i just want to reiterate what the mayor said. we have 13 san francisco police departments and 14 other buildings. many of our stations are over 25 years old. these stations, from the day that the doors open, they are open 24-7. they have always been in use, and many of them are in need of seismic improvements, significant seismic improvements. and we don't want -- in the

time of an emergency, we don't want to have to worry about whether or not the station is going to be standing, even though we plan for that if it happens. that's the last thing we want to worry about, so i, too, want to thank you all for being here. the vision of the mayor, city administrator kelly, and the vision of our city for looking forward so our city has the proper infrastructure to respond properly, so thank you for the leadership, and thank you, mayor. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. and again, i want to thank all of you for being here. again, this is only the beginning. the real work beginning when we have to -- begins when we have to campaign to get this ballot measure passed. we have been successful in 2010 and 2014 in getting almost 80% of the support of the voters for a previous eser bond, and i want to make sure that we top that, so i'm going to need your

help. it's incredibly important that we shrine a light on the measure that will be going on the march 2020 ballot for voters to support. i appreciate you all being here, and also don't forget to vote for the housing bond on the ballot this november. all right. let's get this signed. [applause]

>> the hon. london breed: 7, 11, 19, done. [applause] san francisco, 911, what's the emergency? >> san francisco 911, police, fire and medical. >> the tenderloin. suspect with a six inch knife. >> he was trying to get into his car and was hit by a car. >> san francisco 911 what's the

exact location of your emergency? >> welcome to the san francisco department of emergency management. my name is shannon bond and i'm the lead instructor for our dispatch add -- academy. i want to tell you about what we do here. >> this is san francisco 911. do you need police, fire or medical? >> san francisco police, dispatcher 82, how can i help you? >> you're helping people in their -- what may be their most vulnerable moment ever in life. so be able to provide them immediate help right then and there, it's really rewarding. >> our agency is a very combined agency. we answer emergency and non-emergency calls and we also do dispatching for fire, for medical and we also do dispatching for police. >> we staff multiple call taking positions. as well as positions for police and fire dispatch. >> we have a priority 221. >> i wanted to become a

dispatcher so i could help people. i really like people. i enjoy talking to people. this is a way that i thought that i could be involved with people every day. >> as a 911 dispatcher i am the first first responder. even though i never go on seen -- scene i'm the first one answering the phone call to calm the victim down and give them instruction. the information allows us to coordinate a response. police officers, firefighters, ambulances or any other agency. it is a great feeling when everyone gets to go home safely at the end of the day knowing that you've also saved a citizen's life. >> our department operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> this is shift work. that means we work nights, weekends and holidays and can involve over time and sometimes that's mandatory. >> this is a high stress career

so it's important to have a good balance between work and life. >> we have resources available like wellness and peer support groups. our dispatchers of the month are recognized for their outstanding performance and unique and ever changing circumstances. >> i received an accommodation and then i received dispatcher of the month, which was really nice because i was just released from the phones. so for them to, you know, recognize me for that i appreciated it. i was surprised to even get it. at the end of the day i was just doing my job. >> a typical dispatch shift includes call taking and dispatching. it takes a large dedicated group of fifrst responders to make ths department run and in turn keep the city safe. >> when you work here you don't work alone, you work as part of a team. you may start off as initial phone call or contact but everyone around you participating in the whole process. >> i was born and raised in san francisco so it's really rewarding to me to be able to

help the community and know that i have a part in -- you know, even if it's behind the scenes kind of helping the city flow and helping people out that live here. >> the training program begins with our seven-week academy followed by on the job training. this means you're actually taking calls or dispatching responders. >> you can walk in with a high school diploma, you don't need to have a college degree. we will train you and we will teach you how to do this job. >> we just need you to come with an open mind that we can train you and make you a good dispatcher. >> if it's too dangerous to see and you think that you can get away and call us from somewhere safe. >> good. that's right. >> from the start of the academy to being released as a solo dispatcher can take nine months to a year. >> training is a little over a year and may change in time. the training is intense. very intense. >> what's the number one thing that kills people in this

country? so we're going to assume that it's a heart attack, right? don't forget that. >> as a new hire we require you to be flexible. you will be required to work all shifts that include midnights, some call graveyard, days and swings. >> you have to be willing to work at different times, work during the holidays, you have to work during the weekends, midnight, 6:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the afternoon. that's like the toughest part of this job. >> we need every person that's in here and when it comes down to it, we can come together and we make a really great team and do our best to keep the city flowing and safe. >> this is a big job and an honorable career. we appreciate your interest in joining our team. >> we hope you decide to join us here as the first first

responders to the city and county of san francisco. for more information on the job and how to apply follow the links below. >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed

this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we don't want that to happen. >> we want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to

stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. >> that's right so that means the housing needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former building official knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it won't kill you but doesn't necessarily say that can you stay in your home and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house we're in now and this shows what it's like to be in a place safe enough to stay. it's not going to be perfect. there maybe cracks in the walls and not have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. what's it going to take to get

the housing stock up to this standard? we spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are -- >> very vulnerable buildings. >> very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. >> and time to. >> >> retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. >> what do they need? do they need information? do they need incentives? mandates? >> that's a good question. i think it starts with

information. people think that new buildings are earthquake proof and don't understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake? is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured? so developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller soft story buildings and especially in san francisco and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and

coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. >> we want the system and not just mandate everybody. >> that's right. >> i hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. as you're fixing your knowledge you're adding to the city wide resiliency. >> >> what does that mean? >> that's a great question. what spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasn't recovered the building stock. it's not a good situation. i think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. how do we need the gasolines to perform and

water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95% of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. we don't lose our work force. we don't lose the people that make san francisco so special. we keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because it's so interdependent. >> so that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and thank you very much for joining >> my s.f. dove -- government t.v. moment was when i received a commendation award from supervisor chris daly. then we sang a duet in the board chamber.

[singing] >> happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. happy anniversary to you. happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. anniversary, anniversary, happy 25th anniversary to you. [♪]