the p.l.i. to seven additional sfpuc projects, and authorizing the general manager with the approval of the p.l.a. joint administrative committee to ad additional significant sfpuc capital improvement projects to the project in the future and retroactively approve the actions of the sf joint manager. >> good afternoon, commissioners. so this item formalizes the process by which going forward we will add projects under the labor agreement. as you know, in 2007, we

entered into a project labor agreement with the building and construction trades for the water system improvement program and then we came back to you in 2017 to extend that to the p.l.a. system project and the pumping station system project. the p.l.a. has a joint administrative committee that works with us to administer and implement the project labor agreement that's made up of representatives of the unions, building and construction trades, and then, the sfpuc. so what this item does, it formalizes a process by which the commission expressly delegate projects to the general manager to the joint administrative committee, and one of the processes is for all of the projects that we've

added is we conduct a due diligence analysis. we similarly would do that for any projects and present that inform the j.u.c. and if the j.u.c. votes unanimously, those projects would be added to the p.l.a. in addition, this specific item adds seven projects under the p.l.a. and ratifies the decision of the general manager and the joint administrative committee who underwent the process i just described to approve those four other specific projects. there's one other thing that i want to bring to your attention and ask you. we, under the third paragraph in the second addendum document that we have, under the recycle section, the extension section references incorrectly to pumping station one, but it actually applies to only pumping station two. so if you do choose to approve

this item, i'd just ask that you amend the resolution to only pumping station two. it's an incorrectly referenced title of the extension agreement. it should reference the auxiliary station pumping station two project, and it incorrectly says pumping station one. so all we need to do is change it -- >> clerk: president caen, it's not in the resolution. it's the thing called the second addendum, which is the document that you're approving. it's the third clause in the recitals. >> so we would have to -- >> clerk: just in your motion approve a correction to replace

the word pumping station one with pumping station two. >> okay. any discussion on this item? any public comment? seeing none, may i have a motion? >> so moved. >> and second. >> all right. so we have to move it with -- >> clerk: with the amendment. >> -- with the amendment, which is changing pumping station one to two. all in favor? opposed? motion carries. okay. let's see...madam secretary,

could you please read the items for closed session. [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. >> is there any public comment on the items to be heard in closed session? seeing none, may i have a motion on whether to assert? >> move to assert. >> second.

>> we have reconvened to open session. there was no action taken during closed session. may i have a motion regarding whether to disclose the sessions? >> move not to disclose. >> second. >> all in favor? opposed? motion carries. is there any other comments? seeing none, this meeting is adjourned at 4:44. >> here we are responsible to oversee the drinking water distribution system. in san francisco changes in the fire code required anyone doing

representtro fit to the home to get a new fire service this caused the need for new water services to spike. we used to do 200 a year. now we are up to 600. >> if you are building a new house you need fire protection. you have to make application to the water department for that. if you go through the process we come out and install the new line and the new fire line. >> the project got kicked off by two of our a gms, steve and eric. they recognized the need for improving this process. they pulled together the project and selected the team members and asked me to lead the effort. >> on c cd there is permit and no parking signs and installing the service, having water caught

at the check off and pave. >> it is a lengthy application process with manual tracking. for construction because we communicate with ccd we have to stay in touch with ccd to inform the customer for updates. >> at one time there was three separate visits to activate the fire service. water quality and gate manment and then gate man would go back. now the gate man goes one-time, one visit and it is done. >> we dissected the process and looked for ways to streamline the process and use technology to make the experience smoother and what we are building is an online portal for customers to apply without coming downtown and they can get updates. >> with the online application everything is there. it is built in condition logic

with tracking to communicate with the customer without having to take notes. >> we want to tell you these are 10 steps and you are on step three or four. >> we streamlined the process. we knocked it down to 65 days. the goal is half of that. from the time you make application to put the check on the table to the time we pave the street, we want it down to 30-days. >> i am proud of the team for the work to get together to understand each other's work and come up with solutions. i really wanted the rest of the team to understand the time and deliberation and thought so they could get the recognition that they deserve..

>> mayor breed: thank you all so mu. >> thank you so much for joining us today. i'm sheryl davis the executive director of the san francisco human rights commission and thank thankful to have you in the in this space. the hrc was created in 1964. at the time, mayor john she will she wi dg she willy was responding to local and national organizations confronting what we walike to cl at this point in time anti- blackness, really wanting to ground the fact -- people are always telling me this and it's not something that i'm very comfortable talking about, but that the sthian francisco human rights commission was created because there were people that were trying to buy cars that weren't allowed to buy them in this city, and those people were black people. sometimes as we do this work, i

would say african-american afri s and peopblack ipeople in san francisco felt like we were continuing to forget about them and continuing to repeat bwhy te commission was created in the first place. so as we secelebrate the 55th anniversary of the human rights commission, as we remember the 5 55th anniversary of the civil rights act, i was challenged and really encouraged to revisit why the human rights commission was created and to pause during this time. somebody says, who selcelebrats5 years? i guess we do. [ applause ]. >> it is an off year, but i'm going into my third year at the human rights commission and i felt like this was a good tooim to pause and recognize the intention to call out whaen so

often i'm in community to call out to recognize. i'm really grateful at this point in time to have an amazing a administration and leadership that is creating programming that is inclusive and is focused on creating opportunity ies for everyone, creating a space for everyone and being very intention intention al about that. i'm grateful to be in this work with our mayor, london bried breed. [ applause ], who as an afric - african-american woman who grew up in san francisco thouknow s firsthand what it's like to be black 234 in san francisco. i'm sure she's seen the last black man in san francisco more times than anyone seated here and knows people ooe's fear s ot becoming a reality. i know she's offikay having thi conversation and okay in this space and that she not only has lived that experience, but is trying to make sure the

experience is for the future having been part of the task force formed years years ago, but being committed to make sure that everythione is counted and represented and secelebrated. so thank you so much, mayor london breed. [ applause ]. >> all right. thank you so much for coming and thank you for your patience in starting this event. first of all , i want to really thank sheryl davis for her leadership and her advocacy and for her fight for inclusiveness and making sure that no san francisco an is left out. the investments and work that we're doing with the human rights commission in san francisco has been an example for the rest of the world to follow, and i am so proud and tha thankful to all the commissioner s who are joining us here today sitting in the front row smiling because they love and they do.

thank you so much for being here to secelebrate 55 years of the human rights commission in the city and county of san franci o francisco. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: yes, there is much to secelebrate. sheryl mentioned the out app migration task force that was started ten years ago. we were secelebrating ten yearsf the out appmigration report, bu what was not mentioned was the fact that i along with a few other folks on the redevelopment agency commission felt it was important to do something more than talk about the challenges that so many people in the afternoon-ameri -- african-amer community face and we can't be afraid to have those discussion s. the fact is when you look at the data and see what has happened over the years, specifically to the african-american community

in san francisco, we know that we still have more work to do. when you look at the fact that sadly so many of our afric african-american boys are drippi dropping out of high school, so many sadly ending up dead or in prison, this is not a new conversation. there needs to be new solutios s to address this issue, and this is why i'm excited about the work that is happening at the human rights commission. also, in looking at what's happening all over the country and now how in particular sadly we have a president that has taken us back 60 years, that's taken us back with a lot of his homophopic policy ies, his poli s that have really attacked our i mmigrant community and the needs need for the human rights commission is so important now more than ever to make sure that we stand together, that we

support one another, that we push forward the kinds of policy s, and we analyze those policies and make sure that they work for the communities that they're intended to work for. i am so decidexcited about whate going to be doing in the future in this city and in particular i want to take this communiopport and sheryl will tell you a little bit about some of the secelebration s that are going be occurring and some of the great things that we're going to be doing to highlight the work, but i want to take this opportunity to make a special announcement because we are taking things a step further. currently we are going to hire for the human rights commission ms. felisha jones who will help connect apartments -- [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: and -- review the recommendation of the out

migration report and hold this city's feet to the fire a. she's onnibeen doing it with gr initiatives, whether working with s cvmenfiu, the locoalitio justice for mario woods and all the amazing work that she has been doing to hold the city accountable to do right by not just our african-american community, but people who oft oftentimes feel neglected, we're excited and happy to have you in this work. thank y thank you so much, felisha f, f joining us. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: you really take an therapeutic thunt conscience -- thuopportunity to reflect, we have come very far. i mean, i the first african-american woman elected to serve as mayor of san francisco are -- [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: -- our fire chief, the first lgbt fire chief in this in the history of our

city, gentlemjanine nicol soson. we have so many members of our board of supervisors and you'll thank them soon, norm entan yee sandy few er, two in ceecredibl leaders who actually grew up in san francisco, went to public schools in san francisco, served on the school board in san francisco, and still doing the hard work for the residents of san francisco. so we have a lot of work to do. 55 years is just really about hopi opening peoples' eyes to knowing what we need to do i'm grateful for susan christian sson and ma keller and others who serve on the commission because they really care about getting the job done, they really care about not just equity in about how you talk about it, but what our small business community. thank you, nicky for being here.

there are three generations continuing to support and feed people in the community. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: our business community, what's happening in our public schools, what's happening in our cityies, and making sure that our programs serve various populations is something critical to the needs of making sure that we are a more equitable and inclusive city. i lastly want to point out and thank supervisor few er and supervisor valley-brown for their leadership in establishing the office of equity, to really dig deep into the dis pparity i that continue to exist despite despi all the investments that we ma e make, despite all the programs that we continue to fund. why is there continuing to be dis pparity in particular communities that make it

difficult for so many wonderful people throughout our city to succeed. before i bring up the next speaker, i just want to take this opportunity to talk about quickly policy and how policy has made a difference. neighborhood preference. some of you remember that fight several years ago, and amelia ashley war from the sun report er knows this city all too well and building affordable housing and the challenges with making sure -- especially african-american in those communities have access to those affordable housing units . we passed neighborhood preference legislation so that 40% of the units built in a community go to the people who live in that community. what is now kennedy apartments where we built 98 new units for

seniors, typically we would be lucky to have maybe a few african-americans who are housihoused there and today we have 29 african-americans that made it through the neighborhood proc s process -- the neighborhood preference process are and are now housed in will by kennedy apartments. yes, we have people of diverse races in that property, and the point is if we are truly going to be the best city in the wo d world, if we are going to truly be what everyone talks about in terms of diversity, in terms of inclusiveness, in terms of all these great things, we have to make the right decision. we have to make the right investment. we have to be on the same page and know that if one person is suffering over here, then it's all of our responsibility to lift that person up. that's what i learned from my grandmother, ms. brown, oxygwhee didn't have much, she still took

that government food and cheese and she still would not turn anyone away from our door when they were hungry. that is what san francisco is about. we have work to get to a better place, but in secelebrating thi in cecredible milestone with alf these in cecredible leaders wits and serving san francisco, i know we'll get there soon er rather than later. thank you all so much for being here. with that, i want to bring up the supervisor from district 5, supervisor valley-brown. >> thank you, mayor breed. i really appreciate this and all of the supervisors that are here today and president yee and the community. for me it really starts with the community when we're discussing these issues. i'm so proud to see the legacy

of the human rights commission evolve over the last 55 years. and hope fulfully there will be another 55 years that it cawill we keep moving forward. this keweek i feel even more p d proud, this week and tomorrow at the board of supervisor's meeting, supervisor few er and y ground-breaking legislation will create san francisco's first equity -- racial equity office will be realized. this office will build on the work and legacy of the human rights commission. this legislation is a powerful start to break down years of structural and institution enal racism. i want to tell the community we will work together, we will acknowledge and address our past harm, for more of a hopeful future. we need better policyies and f d

funding to combat racial dis r disparityies in housing, healthcare, education, tr transportation and employment we need to continue the fight for equity, to make sure that our black, latin, native americans, asian and pacific island er s, d all the communityies list eed t i list ed have what they need t be successful. now, i want to pass this off to my partner sandra few er with this legislation to say a few words. thank you. [ applause ]. >> thank you very much it is on only fitting that our legislation to establish an office of racial equity is being voted on at the board board of supervisors during the same week we secelebrate the in ceecredi - 55-year legacy of the human rights commission in san francisco, founded in 1964, to

address anti- blablack racism, human rights commission has done important work to address the needs of margin ental alized communities in san francisco. with this new office of racial equity that will be housed under hrc, there is a renewed focus on racial equity and addressing s dispar ityies facing communityi of color in a range of color areas - s, including economic security, housing, health, criminal justice, and more. our legislation will require a city-wide racial equity plan withoutcomes identified and a tool of racial equity analysis at t pending legislation on tat the d of supervisior s. it is long past due that san francisco's renews its commitment to civil rights and racial equity and this anniversary is a reminder of the importance of making that commitment real. the new office of racial equity under hrc will help hold us

accountable as a city to ensure that we are snaefiaddressing ra dis pparity ies for communities color and making sure that everyone in san francisco has an equitable opportunity to thrive. thank you to the human rights commission for all your work in the past, present, and future and con grgratulation s. [ applause ]. >> thank you, supervisor few er and i just also want to take this opportunity, we have planning commissioner melgar who is with us, we have michael p a papas and rita simal. thank y thank you so much for bookiein e here. daryl, i feel you're on a commission but i don't know. you guys have to bear with me because i don't know everyone who is on what circumcisiommiss you never know. i also want to take this opportunity to recognize someone who i'm actually going to be

swearing in after i think this particular event, a new commissioner for the human rights commission, thank you so much james deluca for being with us here. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: with that i'd like to introduce the supervisor from district 10, supervisor walton. >> supervisor walton: good afternoon. let's give it up for 55 years of the human rights commission. [ applause ] you . >> supervisor walton: you know, i've been given two minutes to talk about the unfinished agenda for black folks in san franci o francisco. that unfinished agenda actually goes back a couple of hundred of years. it goes back to slavery, it goe s back to reconstruction, it goes back to csegregation perio here in this country and what was supposed to change and

happeni happen after brown versus board of education. it definitely goes back to major reports that we've had right here in our own city, the u unfinished agenda and the o outmigraines report, awhich a lt of folks in this audience some in the back have worked on at this point a couple of decades now to make sure that the wrong s that have happened to us in this city, and in particular people of color, people in the lgbt community, i mmigrant s, a people who have had a different starting point than a lot of other folks here in this city and country. with that said, it is an exci exciting time for us because we have policy ies in place now tt are focused on putting actual resources in to addressing the things that have been promised from reports. programs like black to the

future that provide resources for organizations that serve black familyies to be able to work together more seam lelessl programs like road map to peace, where we're bringing the organizations and community and the latino community together, where they get to set their own agenda for the policyies needed to improve the lives of latinos here in san francisco. the resources that we put in the budget for the lgbt community and for resources for transition al youth and housing for all communities here in san francisco. so we know that un employmeempl exists differently for those populations that i mentioned. we know that housing is different and created differently for those population s that i mentioned. we know that our mayor has done an amazing job even as a member of the board of supervisors to pass legislation like

neighborhood preference to make sure that housing outcomes end up different. and this 600 million housing bond that we're all fighting for is a big piece of how we deal with equity here in san francisco as well. so i just want to thank fur our mayor, colleagues on the board of supervisors. i definitely want to give a major shout out to the executive director of the human rights commission, ms. sheryl davis for all of her work. [ applause ]. >> supervisor walton: that did not start as a result of her serving as executive director of the human rights commission, but it started years prior to that in her work. so i just want everybody to know that we have work togeth do. we have work to do. but the office of racial equity and what it will require from departments to get busy, to put reports together that will be attached to the resources that you receive, if we don't make a

real effort to provide better outcomes for heour communities here in this city. thank you so much and, again, happy 55 years to the human rights commission. [ applause ]. >> so again thank you to all of our previous speakers. i want to as we get ready -- there are two final speakers that we want to have and as we do that, just recognizing that once -- that we do this work with our commission, and i wanted to recognize the commissioners that are here with us today. the chair of the human rights commission, susan christian, our new eest addition to the commission, james deluca, commissioner karen clopton, chirg cirg commissioner jason pelegrinni. thank you so much for being here today. and commissioner anton is joining us as well. our commissioners do this work and they help advance it and i

wanted to just be able to show the impact of the work and our form er commissioner michael p a papas, when we talk about this work, we cannot talk about it without the intersection ality f race and gender and orientation and social-economic levels. so commissioner papas supported us, was an amazing member of the commission, and i just wanted to afford him a couple of minutes to say something about the work that he started at the commission that he's now continuing to work on i was going to say with the department of aging and adult service s, bt i know there's a pending name change. commissioner papas. >> thank you, director davis. i am grateful for this invitation to address you today on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the san francisco human rights commission.

i was privileged to serve on the commission for over six years. as one of mayor lee's very first appointments in 2011 and his very last appointment to the commission commission on ages and adult services just a few day s befor he passed away. they were exciting years to be addressing issues of human rights in our city. during that time we saw the p d pendulum swing on some very serious and pronounced issues from prop aid to marriage equ equality and simultaneously from a did he haevastating recession prosperous tech boom. as add to that the increase in the outmigraines of the african-american community and an emerging black lives matter movement and local instances that prompted justified voluntevocal concern over law enforcement's excessive use of force. throughout this journey in time,

the human rights commission was present and relevant in its response to issues of discrimination and the cl collateral human rights challenges that en ssued due to these social changes. for me personally, perhaps the most re wawarding dimension of t service quus was following in the steps of commissioner s knu sen, swapark s, young as chair the lgbt's advisory committee which in the very yenniend i sh with commissioner kelleher. during that period i was privileged to work with some of the most bright and passionate lgbt community leaders in our city. together we addressed issues ranging from repairative therap to sensitivity to lgbt clients in city shelters, economic wel wellness, em powpowerment, dis e displacement of lgbt non -profi s, hiv prevention as well as

services to and the stigma suffered by those living with hiv, the particular challenges of trans women of color, the lgbt life beyond the neighborhood of the kcastro. the special needs of lgbt, deaf and dis ababled persons, immigration concerns, most especially those seeking asylum, the nuance s of bisexuality and the ever-evolving understanding of lgbt familyies, the need to e revise city forms to better reflect gender identity, and concern for cyber bulbullying o lgbt youth as well as our city's gr growing lgbt youth home leless population. perhaps the most impactful contribution over our time was an effort in cubated under commissioner knutsen's tenure as cha compare a chair and birth of my service at the a cvmec.

that was a group that recomme recommended the formation -- [ cheering and applause ]. >> they know the punch line. of this lgbt's senior's task force. thanks to the leadership of supervisors wooe s weaiener, ca and owen, the board of supervisors allocated the necessary funding to make that recommendation a reality. iron ically commissioner knutse and i sit together on a board where we vote regular regularly for funding of programs that respond to the lgbt seniors task force. now we are in new times and a different era. as human rights are fright ening frighteningly and incessantly under attack daily, never has the rechlevance for the san francisco human rights commission been so valued and needed. i am confident under the insp e

inspired leadership of mayor breed, chair christian, and director davis, that the commission will continue to distinguish san francisco as a moral campus compass and protective voice for all who suffered discrimination and whose rights, both civil and human, are unfairly jeopardized. with that, i wish a happy 55th anniversary to the san francisco human rights commission and the commissioners, to the chair, to the director and to our mayor and members of the board of supervisors. [ applause ]. >> just by way of the future of the human rights commission and the he haevolution thiand ithis discussion around intersectionality, i thought it really fitting to have gineta t johnson share more about the work she's doing and the importance now more than ever about the work of the human rights commission, ginetta. [ applause ].

>> hello, everyone. thank you all. i wanted to say thank you to mayor london bried breed, thank you to the board of supervisos s and sheryl davis. i am the executive director and we work with black trans women coming out of jail s and prison black trans, agennon agendgend m conforming people coming out of prisons. the reason the work is so important and i'm passionate about it, i'm a form erly in k s incarcerated person and i spent time in jail and prison. during my time in jail for 13 months, i noticed that there was so many black trans women like in and out of jail. during my period of time, i knew that i had made a bad decision and i knew that i was going to get back out eventually and i

knew that i needed to create a change. that's when we developed our r re-entry program for non -binar people coming out of jails and prison. we are working through the support of the hrc in providing employment opportunityies for trans people coming out of jails and prisons. i think that one of the biggest issues that i have faced is housing. it's very, very challenging for me to employ them and they have no housing because the housing is so difficult and t in the cid county of san francisco. i think going to a lot of different hfa meetings trying to make a request that whmen tran people come out of jails and prisons, they have a more immediate access to some a cotyf

comfortable bed space because a lot of people don't know that trans people experience a lot of sexual trauma while on the inside and physical trauma. so i'm happy and grateful that we have an opportunity to create this employment structure and that our homes for trans people is happening i thi. i thank everybody that's been involved and making that happen because black trans women face a lot more dis pparity than peopl really, really understand, a lot of discrimination and stuff like that. tho that's why re we are doing the best that we can to create more opportunityies for their safety and welfare. so i just want to thiank everybody here that contributs s in this work. thank you. [ applause ]. >> so as we prepare to kiclose t

out, i just want to invite up the chair of the human rights commission to come and say a few words, and then just to also share very quickly the calendar that we have for this week. this evening we have a conversation with cornell west at the commonwealth club. tomorrow we have a sim pymposiu 12 to 5 at the war memorial. on wednesday evening, 6:00 at the stf jass jazz center we wil te secelebrate 55 year s, recognii some of our leaders and having a little bit of music. then on thursday, the young people part of mayor bried -- breed's opportunity for all will share their presentations at the pal aace of art s. if you have additional questio questions, please feel free to talk to us or ask questions. i also want to recognize a form er director of the commission, mayor vic ban mba.

he served as the executive director of the human rights commission and is now a proud support er he eer during her wo clark construction. final words from our shachair sn christian. [ applause ]. >> thank you, director davis, form er commissioner davis. i had the privilege of working with sheryl for several years as commissioners on the human rights commission before we convinced her to take on in -- this role that we are thrilled she is in and has done so much for the city that she has been appointed to be the executive director. one of the things i appreciate most about sheryl's work is -- you know, 55 years human rights commission started to deal with ant anti- blablack discrimination ie city. what we found ourselfves at 50 years looking at the same problems, maybe in just a slightly different way, happening to black people in the city and people who are

otherwise dis advantaadvantaged, but particularly black people in the city, black communityies continuing to suffer the same kinds of discrimination. so clearly the question and the issue of structural in equequal and structural discrimination has not been screfdressed addr in a way that impacts and prevents this kind of dis advantage. that has been my passion, my -- the thing that i want to really tie try and accomplish during my time on the commission and as chair of the commission to look for ways -- and the mayor talked about programs that work that provide outcomes, looking for what ways that we can interrupt and address structural problems so that we don't continue to rep i replicate the in equequality. you know, the human rights commission over the last at least teb ten years ago i think has been -- the commission itself and the people who have worked on the advisory committee s have made major contributios s

to not only the city but national conversation about national in equequality. the lgbt and lgbtq right now, i don't know that we've officially chang changed the name, the liègeq liège blooej lgbtq committee has picked up reports. this is work that came up from the community through the commission. we have the agency and the commission. so it's in cecredibly important work . also, ban the box started with the human rights commission, the equity advisory committee. now that's also something that's traveled nationally and gets stronger and stronger every year in different places. one of the things that i am personally most proud of is that we instituted a pilot under mayor lee to deal with implicit bias. so we were able to -- it was an idea we had at the commission.

i brought it to the commission. i wasn't the first person to think about this obviously, but we were able to get a pilot program going with the mayor's support and the supporter support of the family. kimberlypapinon, we were able to work with her to create a program and the mayor funded it. so that was an amazing thing. and i know now that the department of human rights is dism administering a program and i really look forward to hearing how it's going and seeing what we're doing with it now, but it's that kind of thing the commission has done and can do and we're all looking for ways to do that whas we move forward. so i want to thank everybody o who's here and all the community members who over time have supported, cajoled, ciriticized lobbied the human rights commission. it's going to continue and i'm

grateful for that as well, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. i really do feel like we are now getting at programs that will address structural in equequali. sheryl, i'm going to hand it back to you. >> for those saying we are going to be in room 201, we have the recommendations from the out appmigration task force as well the unfinished agenda, as well as the environmental safety. there have been has felisha said pneumonnumerous time s three rsd what has changed. this year as the mayor talked about, we are going to spend some time looking at those recommendations and seeing what, if anything, has changed. if nothing has changed, really consider what we can do to see what we can do forward mo-- moig forward.

we can see what the office of racial equity can institute. lastly i would ask before we start to disperse, some of the members part of the original task force, if you could stand so we can thank you for your time as a part of that. ken montero, daryl davis and ms. saxon, thank you and please join us in 201. thank you.

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barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful

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>> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come.

he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success.

in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in

the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering

or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide

range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. it's so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that.

>> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪

. >> 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