contracts procured under the shelter ordinance from commission approval. that was one of the concerns that the department put forward that we addressed in these amendments. it also changes one of the appointment seats from the board of education to the controller, and it gives us more time to see and start the commission in may instead of march. i'm confident that these amendments make this an even better proposal and improvement and will help the city better serve people experiencing homelessness and living in supportive housing. i appreciate the support of this committee and look forward to the commission being on the ballot. i won't go into a lot of details about the commission itself because i think we heard that fully last time around, but i'm happy to address any questions that you all have about it and hopefully will have your support -- continued support. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. if there's no comments from my

colleagues, i want to open this item up for public comment. any member of the public, if you wish to lineup to my right, your left, you'll have two minutes each, and feel free to come on forward. >> sean davis. and i'm speaking on my behalf, but for identification purposes, i'm in the tenancy, and i'm kind of a bull dog, and let's face it. i'm some support of this. the s.r.o. task force has had to get involved in a lot of things around the s.h. portion of the h.s.h. i would say it took 14 days into my hunger strike for them to actually admit that the rent issue was a problem. i also had to bring h.s.h. before the task force when this

controversial wellness check approximately happened in november, and it's just really -- we really, really, really need this oversight. and i've also just found out that that protocols around adult protective services and the h.s.h. buildings are kind of a very mixed, kind of very -- depends on from agency to agency, so there's just a lot of issues that need to be addressed here, and i'm glad the commission will do this. i'm okay with the amendments but i did bring this before the democratic socialists of america homelessness working group, and i will say they are kind of concerned that seven seats are going to be flipped from the board of education to the controller because the controller is also appointed by the mayor, and it's just -- while i'm still going to, like, support this, i'm still going to vote yes, i'm still going to

do a lot of volunteering for this. but i'm worried if this was compromised too much, there may not be as many boots on the ground for it. i think we really need sun light on h.s.h. >> hi. my name's mallory lynn hill. i'm speaking today on behalf of san francisco housing action coalition. we appreciate the amendments and the community input that came with them, and we're -- we want to create as much housing as possible and get as many folks into it as we can, and we're concerned that this is going to be a wasteful measure. thank you.

>> hello, supervisors. paul monkay from san francisco housing services. last year, mayor breed said in response to proposition c, the city needs to you haudit the $ million that we're spending on homeless services and that san franciscan deserve accountability for the money that we've already paid. mayor breed recognized that the existing oversight structures are not sufficient, that there still needs work to be done on that end. this statement by the mayor is a call to action, and this proposal is a direct response to that call for action. we've heard concerns that having a commission in place could slow down services, and believe me, we are the last people that want to see delays in contracting because it affects our ability to keep

lights on and provide services, but in our community, there is a strong support for the commission because we believe there will identify delays in contracting and help us campaign for the most critical issues facing our city now. >> good morning, supervisors, but thank you so much for the opportunity. my name is malia chavez, and i'm speaking in behalf of my role as director of hespa, the emergency providers association. i wanted to point out that this was an opportunity for us to really figure out what the budgetary process it for -- is for the department? there are a number of budgets that contribute to the overall

budget of the department and it's unclear what that separate set of budgets look like. and without going through a sunshine request or without asking for more details, the response from the department was that it's a separate budget that doesn't actually appear through the board of supervisors process or the mayor's budget? and so just again, one more better opportunity to under where all these resources are going? and so i know one of the requests here was around process and transparency and costs that might be able to go to service providers. it would be really great just to better understand what we currently have and be able to have oversight as well as an opportunity to provide feedback around prioritization or requests from a community standpoint, so thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. any other members of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is

closed. i am happy, if my colleagues have no other comments, to make a motion to forward this to the full board as a committee report. can i take that without objection? without objection, that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you, supervisor haney. mr. clerk, can you please read item 3? >> clerk: item 3 is a hearing appointing one member, term ending november 20, 2019 to the entertainment advisory committee. >> okay. first, we'll hear from mr. wells. good morning. hello. >> good morning, chairwoman ronen, supervisor walton, supervisor mar. very pleased to be here today to be reappointed by my supervisor to be the d-10 rep for the bicycle advisory

committee. i've served for a couple of years. i'm serving as the vice chair now, and in terms of what we're working on, i'm very proud to say that the sfbac has become more of an active committee for the board. we're working more on being a watchdog on various issues for the city. each of us are appointed by our supervisors for our districts to combine the needs in every district in terms of not just bicycle transportation but safety in regards to vision 2020 and how these pieces all work together. bayview is underserved in a lot of ways and we're looking for ways to take bicycle lanes that are suddenly disappeared, going nowhere and make a network of them so that it's an easier trail. plus the growth of tech companies down in silicon valley and down the peninsula

has meant that there's now a shift of caltrain passengers, and a lot of them come from the potrero hill and mission bay area that get on the caltrain and head to their jobs, so there's a much bigger need for better bike lanes. one of the things that we have done is we're fully staffed for representatives for each districts. we come up with resolutions, we recently came up with a resolution that i'm quite happy with, autonomous vehicle and bike population. there was a push by a republican law maker from a state that doesn't have a high

population, a push for auto nomous vehicles, so we made a push to have our own safety regulations. we are coming into a phase now where there are motorized vehicles and scooters, and we need to control that. and then, in the safety issues, in terms of what we have as a mission, the four parts of vision zero, education, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation. and evaluation is how are the things we're doing working? how are they not working is just as important to know. are we falling down or a plan that maybe engineering has to take another look and know that this right turn here or this left turn here is creating a dangerous situation. i'm glad that we're moving forward with protects bike lanes at a higher clip, and

then also education needs to be stepped up for bicyclists as well as motorists as well as uber-lyft drivers who need to feel the enforcement of the bike lanes so that they don't look at it as a passenger drop off and pickup lane, which often does. i was very happy to participate in bike to workday. i came off my bicycle at brannan and 9th and tore my rotator cuff, so i know how hard our streets can be. i've been a resident of potrero hill since the 80's. i've been a director of the san francisco beautiful board of directors. i'm on the vintage street cars, and i'm also on our events and outreach committee, so i'm very tied in with transportation in san francisco with the health and future of the city, and in

mobility permit harmonization, and i'm looking for ways we can continue to serve the city and bridge the gaps between different agencies and different committees, so thank you very much. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton, do you have any comments? okay. now for public comment. thank you very much. thank you very much for your willingness to serve and your knowledge on the issue. we're going to open this up for public comment now. >> okay. >> chair ronen: if any member of the public would like to speak on this item, please come forward now. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you so much, chair ronen, and thank you for coming in, mr. wells. i know it took a moment to make the nomination.

i want my colleagues to know your excitement about the issues. you have a passion for safe biking across the city and you have a plethora of ideas making sure that bicyclists are safe while we have to deal with all forms of transportation here in san francisco. and the last thing i'll say is definitely appreciate your excitement for serving on the b.a.c., and someone who is persistent in your vision and your goals for what we can do to envision a safer -- safer opportunity for people who want to cycle through our city. and so thank you so much for your dedication and commitment, and i was excited to make this nomination. yes. and i would like to move item 3 for seat 10 for the bicycle advisory committee, i move the nomination of mr. paul wells forward with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: without objection, that motion passes

unanimously. thank you, mr. wells. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, can you please read item 4. >> clerk: item 4 is a motion approving or rejecting the mayor's nomination of the reappointment of ben bleiman to the entertainment commission for a term ending november 21, 2023. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. bleiman, welcome. >> president bleiman: thank you very much for having me. i'll try to make my comments brief here. my name is ben bleiman. i've lived in san francisco for almost 16 years now, and i've been a bar owner, a father to a toddler now in the outer richmond, and a passionate organizer around nightlife for at least the last ten years, if not more. i am currently the chairman of the california music and culture association, which is the trade association that represents night clubs and bars

and music festivals and music concerts. and as i said, i've spent years advocating for night life. but before joining the entertainment commission, but joining the entertainment commission has truly been one of the most rewarding experiences i've had. i'm now the president of the commission, which allows me kind of some extra input into the direction that the office goes and what we do. and i can't say how pleasurable it is and how rewarding it is to work with the commission staff. they're extraordinary competent and care deeply about san francisco night life as i do. i think my root of love for night life is night life is for

everyone and shouldn't just be for the wealthy. in some cases, it seems that's the case, and i don't think that should be the case here. my philosophy around the entertainment commission is we want to push inclusive options for night live so that everyone in san francisco can feel represented in our night time world, our nighttime economy, etc. i did show you some of my accomplishments during my tenure there, and i wanted to highlight some of the things i'm specifically excited for going forward. these may be a little geeky, but i'm truly excited about them. the first is we're digitizing all of our permitting processes, but putting it on-line and allowing access to it, not only improves our office's ability to enforce it, but it also ensures access for

people especially who don't have incredible amounts of wealth to handle the bureaucracy that we have. and then, we're about to move the office of 49 south vanness and be a part of the first permitting center maybe on the west coast? it's exciting and increases access of the ability of the little business owner, the person doing a smaller cultural event to very easily get their permit rather than have to run around at great cost, relative cost to themselves. there is a special event steering committee that's just been announced by the mayor. this is another thing that i'm very passionate about. this kind of goes into the permitting side, but if we can make special events easier to permit and less hassle, we're going to have more cultural events, which i'm very excited

about. and last, i'm always thinking of ways to promote, promote, promote, promote night life in san francisco. last thing, we need to find ways to pay gigs for musicians and performers in san francisco. they're leaving the city in mass numbers, and it's really terrifying and sad, and we need to find ways as a government to get them paying gigs. and this is associated with that, strengthening small and large venues in town who actually pay the performers. and it may seem robust right now, but venues are an endangered species right now. i keep sounding the alarm, but it's a very scary time, and we need to figure out how we can best support venues to promote night life in san francisco. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions that you have, and happy to be up here and very honored and respectful. thank you. >> chair ronen: any questions? no questions. okay. we'll now open this up for

public comment. any member of the public who would like to speak, please feel free to come forward. >> good morning. my name is dracori donaldson. i've been a resident of san francisco for over 12 years now. i met ben at big brothers big sisters. through each role, ben has led me by example, and if there's one characteristic that i have always admired, it was his passion. everything ben has done has been with a passion to succeed, inspire or get a net quality change. this makes ben a fit for a

position such as the president of the entertainment commission. thanks. >> good morning, good morning. how you all doing? damian posey. might be all familiar with me. ben has been like a big brother to me, as well, even though i think i'm older than him. but all the night life stuff is cool and everything, but at the end of the day, man, ben is a great person. you know, i was blessed to be the lead case manager for united players for five years, and i'm blessed to be over at y.c.d., but when i came home from prison and was getting my life together, man, he was one of the individuals who seen that i had made a change and took a chance to me and gave me opportunity for some employment

so that i could help take care of my daughter. he took a risk on me, and i'm grateful to that, and i hope that, you know, i've proved his guessing right, 'cause i've been out of trouble, staying focused, and he's been there every step of the way. not only just with that, but helping me create a good relationship with my father and my community. and as i did more things in the community, he was always there, always volunteering. i have a workshop called uncommon youth that volunteers with the city. i bring it in so kids in the community can see that all things are possible from all standpoints. each and every time i've asked him to contribute his time, money, resources to help the community, he's done it effortlessly, no charge, no -- i just did an application party

at y.c.d. to get the kids ready for summer. you know, 'cause sometimes they be slacking. he donated 300 chicken wings. i know it's chicken wings, but he was like no problem, come get it. when do you want to pick it up? everything he's trying to do, i support. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you. hi, manny. >> hi. i just wanted to voice my support for reappointing ben to the entertainment commission. ben is on my advisory board for manny's, and he's been a friend and mentor throughout the process. i knew him before he had ever gotten to know what i was doing. he immediately wanted to get involved in the project because he liked the idea of combining food and a bar with social

justice. i helped me through every stage of the process, from where i should put the gas lines to who my contractor should be. he spent his own time to make sure that a new small business owner had a setup that would be beneficial to what he was trying to do, so it really just shows what kind of person he is. he also walks the walk. he doesn't just talk the talk, and it is amazing to me that he can do so much, and he does it with grace and authenticity, and a real love of san francisco. i had never really bar tended before, and so he put me in a catering event in fort mason and put me in his team so i can learn the ropes. i'm proud to be a member of his

team and to know him, and i join damian and dracori in supporting him. >> chair ronen: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: i just want to say i support this nomination of ben bleiman. i've known ben for years, and his focus on hiring locally, his focus on really supporting other businesses and making sure they have night liech success outside of his own, and you can see his -- night life success outside of his own. it's always good to see people excited about the roll that they have an opportunity to serve in. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. i couldn't agree more. this is one of those appointments where the mayor knocked it out of the park.

ben, i just want to thank you for everything you do for the community. i mean, the -- you know, the people who spoke during public comment said it best, so i don't think i'm going to be able to express myself more beautifully than you all did. but my experience with you has been exactly the same as everyone else. you make yourself available, you're so generous with your time and your vast knowledge about the entertainment world, about scity laws related to entertainment. i remember when i was a legislative aide, and i worked with you on a law, it was experience that i never had, where someone from the community came, asking for at the time supervisor campos to sponsor a law and was so prepared and just came with a

broad knowledge. i think one of the hardest parts of the entertainment commission is simultaneously walking the line of being very supportive of small businesses and night life, and taking the concerns of the community seriously, and i think you do that with so much grace and thoughtfulness. it's hard, and it's not easy, and i just want to express my own gratitude for that and say that i am so excited to be supporting you again today. so with that, no more comments. do you want to do the pleasure? >> supervisor walton: yes. i make a motion that we amend item number 4, and eliminate rejecting, and we want to

approve the nomination of ben bleiman for entertainment commission. >> chair ronen: thank you very much for that nomination. that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, do we have any other items? >> clerk: i just want to confirm that item number 4 has been amended to approve the reappointment of ben bleiman and is recommended as amended, and that completes the agenda for today. >> chair ronen: fantastic. the meeting is adjourned.

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affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk aboutstreets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant

family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work

with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries because of the different did i

licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meani

meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in

under serving come back and give >> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public

education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you,

can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling

egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a

responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader.

sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or

skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful. >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪

clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power

sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you

get places faster than any other form of transportation. it amplifies the power, it doesn't replace it. it makes it easier to get places by bicycle and it's so enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to go and more convenient in san francisco. >> clean power sf requires two products, green, 40% renewable and competitively priced with pg and e. for those who want to fight climate change more, 100% renewable at $0.02 per kilawatt. >> i decided to go with the super greens, after finding it only to cost about $5 more a month to have super green, that's a no-brainer, i can do

that. >> we were pleased that clean power sf offers the super green 100% for commercial entities like ours and residents for the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services for linkedin and now encouraging our employees who have a residence in san francisco to sign on as well. >> clean power sf buys its power from renewable plants that feed the energy directly into the grid. >> there's a commitment to sustainability throughout the entire organization and this clean power opportunity reflects that. >> one of the wind farms we use is the shilo wind farm and that is large enough to be able to provide energy for up to 200,000 homes. >> our mission is sustainability, even though our bikes are minimal energy use, it

still matters where the energy comes from and part of our mission in sustainability is how we run everything -- run our business. having the lights come on with clean energy is very important. >> the sunset reservoir has solar panels that take up about four city blocks covering the reservoir and the solar power generates energy for city resources and clean power sf for residents participating in the program. >> it was easy to sign up for the program, i went online to cleanpowersf.org and i started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going to be switched over and it just happened. when i pay my bill, i still go to pg and e and i don't see any difference between now and a year ago. >> sign up online, just have

your account number ready and it takes about two minutes and there's nothing to install. no lines are getting connected to your home. all the power goes through the existed power grid. >> we haven't had any problems with the switch over to clean power. >> it's super easy to sign up. our book keeper signed up online, it took about 15 minutes. nothing changed but now we have cleaner energy. >> we see clean power sf as a key strategy to meet renewable energy goal, we have a goal of 50% renewable energy by 2020. currently we have enrolled about 86,000 customers across the city. about 20% of what we hope to serve in the future and in the next two years we'll offer service to all san francisco electricity customers. >> an easy way to align your environmental responsibilities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard

to not want to do it and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. >> joining clean power sf is one of the easiest ways to fight climate change, receiving cleaner energy at low and stable rates, you're helping to support a not for profit that helps influence the energy grid and produce more production. >> i would encourage any business to seriously convert to the clean sf service. it's good for environment, business and the community. >> you can sign up online our call and the great thing is, you'll have the peace of mind that you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. ♪ ♪

meeting will come to order. welcome to the july 11, 2019 regular meeting of public safety and neighborhood services. i am supervisor mandelman. vice chair stephanie is not here today. our clerk is john carroll. i want to thank