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[speaking spanish]
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>> your time is up. your time is up, sir,. sir,, sir,. [speaking spanish] your time is up. thank you. thank you. next speaker. are you going to translate? >> yes, i am. my name is louise who is a family man, a mayan indigenous man being murdered of the san francisco police department april 7th, 2016. the names of those officers are nate steger and michael malone. our family has looked fought for all legal means to demand consequences for those officers and so far we have been ignored which has deepened our trauma and despair. at the end of june, my family and i learned from a newspaper story that the department of police accountability found the says that -- subjects broke s. fpd policies that are there to protect citizens from police
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abuses. imagine our surprise and hope to learn that there will be consequences, but it means the d.p.a. is a brief and temporary discussion for each one. we also understand the chief of police can ignore this recommendation. more importantly, my family and i believe that we can raise the bar and police accountability and fulfil a long-standing demand of communities of colour in san francisco. that is why i speak before you today to employ you to take your duties seriously and defend the fulfilment of the policies that you approved to safeguard life. how is it possible that the only consequence for these two policeman for violating the law and killing my cousin is a simple suspension. enough easy enough. fulfil your duty and order that these irresponsible men be fired if you refuse every once and for all that you are a commission that does not take itself seriously and that you are really there to ensure the murder of incident -- sit ins go unpunished forever.
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>> i think this was general public. -- general public comment. i don't think this relates to something that we address. next speaker, please. this is on items iiia through 3d >> a response for the d.p.a. report that is also about louise by murdering this individual, less than 36 after they arrival at the scene, the officer michael malone and the sergeant showed blatant wrist does disregard of the life, date blatant bliss regard to the basic and simple rules of the use of force policies. time and distance. callous disregard for the suffering of the family and community. they should be held accountable for your restless acts of violence. i am asking that michael malone
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and nathaniel steger be fired because they are a threat to the public, especially to people of colour. as a nurse armed with only a stethoscope, i have had training in de-escalation and always use those techniques with the commitment to do no harm. michael malone and nathaniel steger had crisis intervention and other trainings as s. fpd hammered home the basic principles of time, distance and establishing rapport in a crisis since 2,011. they have violated every basic principle and killed a loving and generous father, son, brother, cousin, friend, someone who was particularly vulnerable because he was homeless after an eviction. there has been known just as already for family or for any of the families for police violence in san francisco. the very least that san francisco can do is take away
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their weapons and fire them from their jobs. thank you. >> thank you. next. >> this is regarding the d.p.a. report. the officers murdered them in 29 seconds. they should have been indicted and in jail, short of that they should now be fired. all of this talk of 21st century policing, de-escalation and creating time and distance is meaningless and b.s. if there's not the wait of accountability and punishment behind it. the ultimate bad behavior by cops will not be curtailed otherwise. and the case suspension is a slap on the wrist it is disrespectful and unjust and they must be fired to send a message. [applause]. >> any other public comment?
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>> good evening, commissioners. i am an episcopal priest and i have lived and worked in the mission for many years with my family. i want to speak to the d.p.a. report as well. as a gay man, i remember how i felt when i learned that dan white, after murdering harvey milk and the mayor would spend only a few short years in prison at that moment, the lives and struggles of gay people seat team trivialized. deemed unimportant. but our pain could somehow be placated and brushed aside by giving dan white such a lenient sentence. many of us feel that way today as we hear about the leniency shown to jeffrey epstein after all the lives he has destroyed and many of us feel that way hearing that the killers of this man may only receive a few weeks of time off for what they did. if this were simply an administrative concern, a
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failure by these officers to meet certain department standards or follow certain protocols not showing up for work, let's say are failing to submit the necessary reports, then an administrative moment and measure like this might make sense. but this is more of a failure to follow x-men -- and ministry have expectations, not just a management issue. it requires weightier consequences. comanche life was taken. his wife and kids will have a hole in their hearts, the trauma of those bullets that riddled his body will now be theirs to live with for the rest of their lives and the wider community of the mission where i live which is no stranger to excessive use of police force. these two have been traumatized. it is not just rhetoric to say all our lives are still diminished by what these officers have done. none of us will ever be quite
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the same again. please do not think of this as an administrative matter. it has profound human and moral implications and these must be considered in determining consequences. >> time is up. next speaker. >> i have a few of my own words to say in response to the department department police accountability agenda item. i am a 12 year resident of the mission district. i am a provider for the school district for good samaritan family resource centre and the felt in statute. i have worked with the family in the past and there was -- they are respected members of the community. when i am doing my job, if i were, at any point to violate the policies of the organizations i worked for to the point to which it led to the death of one of the members of the communities i serve, i would
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no longer be working in any of those organizations or any organization of any similar organization in the city. the bay area, california, and probably anywhere. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. i also speak on behalf of justice for luis.
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he will recall that at the time that s. of p.d. rolled up and killed luis within 29 seconds of arriving on the scene, it was after the panel had been in panel to determine the depth of racism. after the shooting of mario woods, after the u.s. department of justice was here investigating s. fpd, there was so much heightened activism. i will never forget the january police commission meeting here in the tenderloin when the p.o.a. showed up to show their defiance. they did not care. in front of their own commission , their own oversight, they have no respect for all of the communities that are engaged in activism. your role as their oversight. you showed up with their guns, they will lead to their way to the front of the podium, and it
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was just unbelievable to me. that with that many layers of oversight that they would feel that they could just roll up on this man and kill him within 29 seconds of arriving on the scene who do they think they are? it is so important that we have accountability. we can have 272 recommendations, we can have the forward meeting, we can have all these different things. if there is no accountability when people defy these things, why are they going to stop defying it? i urge you to fire these officers, send a signal, assert myself. you are their oversight. they must respect to you. >> next speaker. >> good evening.
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my name is chase, i am a candidate for san francisco district attorney. i want to take a moment to reflect on the fear that police officers may experience when responding to a 911 call about someone carrying a knife. the fear that they would understand and experience when they get out of their car and not knowing what they are confronting that they are any day on the job. they do far more in this city than the agency was designed to do, responding to a homelessness crisis, mental health crisis, and drug addiction crisis. it is because of those fears that would polite just provide the police with overprotection, funding, tools, man and woman power to do the job. it is because of that fear and the risk that officers face in the line of duty that we have rules to minimize the help of violence and loss of life. and those rules are essential, not just to protect people like him, but to also protect
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officers themselves from being hurt in the line of duty, to ensure that we have trust between the communities that officers swear to serve and protect and the police department. trust that has been tremendously damaged by racism, by theft, by dishonesty and by murder that goes unpunished. it is essential for public safety that we have meaningful consequences for a police officers that failed to follow rules and regulations put in place for all of our safety. thank you. >> thank you. i just want to make one comment for the public so they understand think something. this commission does not have the authority to issue any penalty in a disciplinary matter that is greater then the penalty that is being sought for the charging agency. we're prohibited by law from issuing a greater penalty in the penalty that is sought here. i just think that is important for you to know. next item.
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>> line item four. >> do you have public comments now? >> correct. >> all right. do you notice the disconnect between all of you and the public? until the public started to speak, all of you were commending each other on everything that you have done and here is a family that is grieving. here is a community that is afraid of their own police coming to speak to you and this idea that we can't talk about what the chief of police doesn't say or the d.p.a. doesn't say, even though it is all over the press is absurd. that is why we can talk to it like the braking into the journalist's house. that just disappeared. it was all over the media. nobody says anything. all i hear is commendation. when are you going to call the police officer's association on the carpet here and tell them to stop advising their officers to say they fear for their lives,
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to stop saying that the d.p.a. wasn't brave like the district attorney to not press charges? when is there going to be any accountability because when police officers can kill with impunity, no matter what you train them, they know they can do it and they come within 30 seconds and kill a human being who is no threat, no threat at all. i knife next to them. many people have knives because there is no safety out there. there is no housing, there is no care. when will this change, one of the officers going to have to look in the eyes of the people, the families that are grieving, that they have killed? when there will be any restorative justice? we don't want the police in our community. we don't want to. we want to take care of ourselves. we don't want you to come and kill us. we are done with this. we don't want police at all. we don't want your guns, we don't want your beanbags, we don't want your tasers, none of this.
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>> public comment is now closed. next item. >> line item four has been removed. line item five, general public comment. the public his welcome to address the commission guarding items that do not appear in tonight's agenda but what are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. they shall address the commission as a whole and not to individual personnel. they may provide a brief response to individual commissioners and police d.p.a. personnel should refrain from entering into any debates or discussion with speakers during public comments. >> general public comment although i think we have had it, but we will have more. >> i have general public comment >> chiefs got, my name is ruben
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david goodman. i am a retiree of the san francisco assessor's office. during my time in the assessor's office they held him to be the elected assessor. i had the pleasure of helping him give the endorsement about various democratic clubs and voluntarily drove him around his lint -- lincoln continental. i like to dedicate my reports to richard. it was my pleasure to know him. he was a real gentleman, he did not last long as chief, unfortunately, but i think the assessor would have been a very secure job with a good paycheque , but he rose to take the challenge of police chief and unfortunately that did not last. i want to give regards to his ex-wife, elizabeth colton, and his children rj and ashley.
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the father was a great man. my mother was muriel schapiro, born february 26, 1920 in chicago, a nice jewish girl who sang italian opera. my father settled in india. [indiscernible] they risk their lives to form the c.i.o. my uncle, may he rest in peace, was known as the chicago kid. i have a brief poem that i dedicated to the men and women at the sfpd. and in love and memory of our fallen comrades. ashes to ashes --
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>> thank you. your time is up. can you submit the poem, if you would like? >> god bless the men and women of the sfpd. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, district 11. usually i am more afraid of s. of p.d. today, we've got probably a poorly vetted and undertrained deputy over there who will interact with a member of the public in that fashion. i was very offended about that. there is an order that i know you take seriously. the website, let's talk about that real quick. not surprising. we have infrastructure.
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it got shouted out a little early. there is the number of things. yes, it needs some quality assurance work. best thing you can do right now, it is not indexed, it is not indexed to internal or external search engines. you will do an old webpage. it will give you a 404 error. if anyone who does this that is a professional, it is the first thing you do. it is easy, it is a button. maîtres -- matrix staffing study , this will be a joke. they will come out and say, you need to bunch more. because they will compare with all of the other police departments. aren't we better than that? aren't we better-than-average? won't we figure out a way to fulfil the tasks, and get the ends that we seek as opposed to, hey, let's put more cops out there and give them every job that nobody else wants. that is not good for anybody. when they have too many of those things to do, then they are taxed -- then the tasks that do
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involve security and weaponry, then those are the things that they have less acumen at. i appreciate in the commissioner noting commissioner hammer's work. i thought it was well presented. i think the commissioner was baiting these sometimes back when he has commended the commissioner. and said i was president, i let her do it with the train. >> thank you. i don't thank you were being debated or any other public comments. >> good evening. how many minutes? >> two minutes. >> can you start me over? >> please. >> i would like to use the overhead. i am here concerning my son who was murdered august 14th, 2006
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next month will be his anniversary, august 14th. he was shot at 3:00 p.m. in broad daylight from a semi automatic gun, 30 rounds of bullets left. i am still coming here as usual every wednesday to bring awareness to my son and other children that are dying senselessly. you just got to talking about all the other homicides that recently happened. i said last time that i was here that homicides were going to happen again because here is the summer and they are happening. three of them, one of the boys's family members are in our circle we are expecting them on this thursday coming up, the boys that were with the young boy. so we talk about families suffering.
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these families are suffering and we are talking about police killings. i just wish that the intention that they give to the police killings they give that same attention to the community violence, but it is not there and i don't know how to make it happen. but there is nothing i can do about it. i know that august 14th, i just want to let you guys know that my son did have a father. he was not a single son. he had two parents at home. this is what the perpetrators left me of my son. i see -- i show this because they want people to see what i am going through. here are the perpetrators and the murderers of my son. they are walking the street to kill again. what do we do? i am asking for help. >> thank you.
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>> you still have a quorum. line item 9 whether to disclose discussion on item 8. code section 67.12a action.
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>> is there a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> is all in favor. public comment? there is no public. all in favor. opposed. i assume the motion was not to disclose. >> yes, that was my motion. >> line item 10 adjournment action item. >> all in favor. aye. >> public comment. thank you.
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. >> 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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>> -- 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
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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
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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
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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]
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>> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪
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>> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is
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three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license,
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any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home.
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>> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have
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batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight.
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>> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i
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appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building didn't o- >> sound familiar do you keep on getting up there's an easier way. >> of course there's easier way get rid of of mosquito they breed whatever this is water no water no mosquito mosquito feed on good blood the eggs hatch and stay near the waters san francisco to breathe and the adult underlying mosquito waits on the as many until it's sexuality hardens water pools in any areas and
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creates places you'll not normally think of budget and any container that holds water and hidden in bushes or else were dump the water and do it over soil not into a drain the larva can continue growing in the pooled water is sewage disthe first of its kind the area if the sewage is two extreme have a licensed plumber assist water pools in rain gutters and snaking and cleaning out the water when keep the water from pooling and keep in mind that mosquito breed in other waters like catch balgsz and construction barriers interest crawl spaces with clmg is an issue you may have is week to cause the water to collect this is an sour of mosquito so for
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buildings just fix the clean air act drains and catch basins can be mosquito ground it will eliminate it as a possible location keep shrubbery and growths estimated any water to can be seen and eliminated birdbath and fountains and uncovered hot tubs mosquito breed but it is difficult to dump the water out of a hot top can't dump the water adding mosquito finish rids the source of mosquito there are also traditionally methods to protect you installing screens on windows and doors and using a mosquito net and politically aau planet take the time to do the things we've mentioned to eliminate standing water and make sure that mosquito are not a problem
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on your property remember no water no mosquito >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics
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wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different
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sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪]
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>> clerk: and both commissioner bonilla and anderson are on their way. oh, first one is here. okay. super quick, if we could just get everyone to turnoff any sound-producing devices that would go over during the meeting. also, we would ask that you take any secondary conversations outside so the meeting can proceed as efficiently as possible. if you speak today, we would request but not require that