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are wet people might imagine that should be. if you're thinking of the range of people that would be served by that -- those bond resources. my concern is lower income families, families with disabilities and obviously families with children. >> our office funds a variety of types of housing including family housing. family housing serving low income families. and all of our projects we include high number of 2-3 bedroom units in those projects. in the ground floor, of our projects, we also include many community serving spaces including childcare centers on facilities. that is built into the work that we do with our project sponsors and the affordable housing developers in meeting the needs of family when we are looking out the projects that we are funding and building. we do have an existing teacher
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housing project, that is currently is in our pipeline in the design, predevelopment phase. that project will have a range of bedroom sizes to meet teachers that are single, two teachers that have families that are in families and have kids. we have studios up to three bedrooms in that project. i think that is something we absolutely agree with and care about. very cognizant of the teams -- need to meet the needs of families. >> that is why i was saying, especially when we are talking about young children. if we are discussing that percentage, i know it impacts dollars potentially. were talking a lower percentage.out 4.5, which child population are you referencing? especially for the families that live in san francisco. i know sfusd, the schools are full. my point is just that we look at
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the numbers, and how they are impacting the resources that we are trying to get so people can afford to live here. >> i agree. >> next is helen. >> thank you for your presentation. quickly, you had mentioned one of the priorities for the use of the bond money is physical accessibility, and some of the properties? >> yeah, i mentioned that describing how we meet accessibility needs for persons with disabilities generally throughout our affordable housing pipeline. you know, the bond funds housing in all of these categories that i have described. some of that work is rehabilitation. it is existing affordable housing, or existing housing that we are trying to preserve from either conversion to market rate housing or falling into disrepair.
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a large bulk of that funding will go into new construction projects or @ new projects that we are building. for all of our new construction projects that are funded by us, we do have these requirements around meeting accessibility standards for the developers of those projects. >> have noticed in the language, around this topic, that often accessibility is also used as a blanket term for economic accessibility's. i just wanted to make clear we were talking physical accessibility? >> that's right. >> you had said that his recently mandated rule within your department? i guess my broader question is, when did this become mandated? >> i don't know exactly when. i can find out. >> it is sounding to me like it is a newer rule.
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it was something i assumed had always been in place? >> i don't think it is a newer rule. if i did say that it must have been misspoken. i apologize about that. >> but it is a rule and it is one that is followed by the city >> yeah. >> they are federally implemented rules. in san francisco we have chosen in some circumstances, to go above and beyond the minimal requirements that are prompted through tax credits and other triggers. >> okay. >> all right, kate. >> kate williams. thank you for that presentation. when you refer to the list of lotteries, the input that i have from so many seniors, most of those lotteries are simply closed. which more or less locks people out of any option. there may be lotteries, but what
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happens when the lotteries are closed? what are the other opportunities for people to get on a list? my input is that most of them are closed. >> we have, i think, the applicants that are looking for affordable housing should sign up for e-mail subscription under the dahlia portal so they can get updates whenever there are new projects that come online, or even existing units that become vacant are now available for applications. that way people are getting up information. every time i have a new project that is coming online, it will be available throughout lottie'n the dahlia portal. we do have some senior housing projects in the pipeline that will be coming forward in the lottery system. what is great about this bond is
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that the $150 million set aside this typically for senior housing will ensure that we have a continued pipeline for senior housing. as those projects become -- are getting built, and they are nearing construction completion and they are getting ready for marketing and lease up, they will be on the portal for applicants to apply for. >> thank you. >> time is getting away from us, but i must have a moment, draw your attention to the rehabilitation projects. real estate developers, and homeowners, people interested in real estate, i like the prospect of being able to take housing that is just really needs a lot of repair and maintenance.
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we have these properties and make them available for affordable housing. in the bond, without cover the range of families, low income families, seniors, disabled. can you speak to that for just a moment. >> the bond does have a category for preservation. that would serve extremely low to moderate income, middle income households. we have done preservation work through our small sites and programs which is to help affordable housing providers acquire housing that would be at risk of conversion to the market , to acquire them and permit them to affordability. that program serves households, at a range of household incomes up to 120% of ami.
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there was existing affordable housing that was financed through a former bonds or loans that have been expired after 30 years. the bond will continue to fund that work through the preservation category. >> excellent. anyone on staff like to comment? >> this is nicole, thank you for coming. i would make a suggestion, while were talking about the bond specifically, and how it impacts disabilities, we might want to think about the different categories, and maybe adding a column that helps people understand especially when were
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paying attention to accessibility for people with disabilities. i don't know that the general public would assume that senior housing, for instance, also as accessibility components within it, assuming that as our population's age, they also have mobility and other communication changes in their life. we can maybe think about how to present that in away that the public can more easily digest the options that are available. >> that is great feedback. thank you. >> anyone else on staff? >> all right. i just want to thank you for your presentation. a lot of great information, and we will be going through that, and i do hope that we will be able to continue to cooperate with you in the future, especially if the bond passes.
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we don't have any more questions of you. are there any speaker cards? no speaker cards, okay. anyone on the bridge line? no one. okay. all right, we finished that presentation. thank you everyone for commenting, and asking questions. that's outstanding. all right, we are right on 4:00 p.m., let's go with public comment, items but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. any speaker cards? no. okay. number ten, information item, correspondence. staff, do we have any correspondence? none today. all right. very good. okay. so, number 11, councilmember comments and announcements.
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any one of my colleagues want to make any announcements or comments? going once. twice. three times. all right. so, we are to number 12, adjournment. do i hear a call for adjournment >> adjourned. >> moved and seconded. my guide dog sec. it. we are adjourned.
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>> 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
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have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics 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
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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 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
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equipment. [♪] >> supervisor walton: good morning, everybody. we will now call this july 29, 2019 rules committee to order. i'm going to be sitting in for supervisor ronen, who is absent today. and then, i want to thank supervisor mandelman for sitting in and taking my place today.
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our clerk today is victor young. and who do we have for sfgov? and today, we have michael baltazar and samuel wick. okay. so first, i'd like to have a motion to excuse supervisor ronen. and with that, i'll take that as a majority. with that, do you have any announcements mr. clerk? >> clerk: yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed documents and paperwork should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today are going to be heard on the
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september 1 meeting or as otherwise stated. >> supervisor walton: with that, mr. clerk, would you please read the first item. >> clerk: item number one is a motion appointing supervisor gordon an mar, term ending june 30, 21, to the bay area governments executive board. would you like to make a motion to excuse-recuse supervisor mar? >> supervisor walton: yes. and supervisor mandelman, supervisor mar on board? we'll take that without objection. are there any members of the public who would like to speak on item number one, please standup. you have two minutes for public comment. >> coalition for san francisco neighborhoods here on my own behalf here in strong support for supervisor mar's
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appointment to abag as abag's role in casa. however, casa's role is changing. abag's role has become more critical especially in terms of ab 1487, david chiu's legislation. originally, ab 1487 was a housing authority bill with financial capablities. now david chiu has gutted his own bill so it is a regional authority, a taxing authority. even though abag is a public committee, they met privately with representative chiu. the abag meeting stated that
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the vote was whether or not to have the authority to place a regional finance authority on the ballot. despite this description, it was unclear what ballot this would be placed on and what the ballot language would be. based on my subsequent discussions with committee staff in sacramento, the most likely scenario for the vote was to place abag as a candidate for a floor vote. i would urge supervisor mar to look at these from a fresh perspective. >> supervisor walton: next speaker. >> permarsupervisor mar's been excused, but i appreciate the
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way you've been handling this. i made those presentations, and you moved accordingly. and yet, the board of supervisors got all the credit. yet that happened -- that happens to me all the time. even though president yee got most of the credit for that, i know you're the one that initiated that. i'd like you to follow up on my demonstrations by means of including all the income people who are on the documentation that's used to produce the income rates for so-called 100% affordable housing. you claim it's 100%, but yet every housing is targeted to the lowest income in order to be a tenant that come out of the mayor's office on housing
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is higher than the income that's reported on a requirement in order to be a tenant in the building. can't get you on discrimination based on race because the people in office is discriminating against people with the same skin color as themselves. it's disgusting. you sit up there saying that 50% of the a.m.i. is affordable housing. and people that make 55,000, 60,000 a year can't apply. i move to have all that scale that's included in that housing authority -- the lowest income is not included in the equal
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housing opportunity. >> supervisor walton: thank you, mr. supervisor. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so looking at the motion to approve supervisor mar, supervisor mandelman and i are on the same page, so we would like to move this forward with a positive recommendation without objection. >> clerk: committee report. >> supervisor walton: as a committee report. >> clerk: this item will be recommended to the full board as a committee report. >> supervisor walton: thank you very much. now we're going to take item number three. we're going out of order, and i'm going to recuse myself while the item is going to be
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heard. [agenda item read]. >> clerk: is there a motion to excuse-recuse vice chair walton from this? yeah. >> supervisor mar: so we're on item 2. >> clerk: item three. >> supervisor mar: i so guess we can go to public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak to this item, please come forward. you have two minutes. mr. wright? >> air quality and management, you've got a problem there. hunters point, naval shipyard has caused unlimited amount of black people, and by the same response, other nationalities who live in that area to die
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because of cancer causing material. thousands, possibly millions have died, and you've got the same problem as treasure island. but you're building a complex. and now, you're building a complex for adolescents. there was a man who came to jane kim's office explaining how he had two cancer causing surgeries on his stomach while living on treasure island, and he testified how jane kim slammed the door in his face.
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it's disgusting. nobody's discussing this issue. air quality management, if you're going to be in charge, earn your pay and quit putting profit over safety. let's get this done. we have had this several times, several hearings, and nothing. and then, when the white men get caught falsefying results, you come running. but yet, when black people come to you, explaining how their relatives are dieing, nothing's being done. so you need to use somebody that's not on the same payroll system as yourselves so you can get a true and correct measurement of the air quality. >> supervisor mar: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would just like to state that i think that it's great that supervisor walton is able to
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step up to the board of the bay area air quality management district. as the other supervisor that's on thatrd b board, i really am think that it -- it's important for supervisor walton to be on the board given that the most impacted areas are in district 10, so i think that it'll be important that we -- to continue to protect the health and environment of the most overburdened communities in san francisco. so i wouldn't -- i would move that we appoint supervisor walton to the bay area air quality management board of directors to the full board as a committee report without objection. >> clerk: this matter will be recommended as a committee
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report to tomorrow's board meeting. >> supervisor mar: great. all right. i -- i guess we'll -- well, we'll wait for him. >> clerk: next item on the agenda is motion number two, is a motion reappointing supervisor raphael mandelman, term ending june 30, 2022, to the bay area air quality management board. is there a motion to recuse? >> supervisor walton: yes. supervisor manned widelman, thu so much. with that said, public comment on item number two? you'll have two minutes. >> eileen bogan, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods
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here on my own behalf. hearing supervisor mandelman's reappointment to abag, i would like to thank him for his willingness to serve and his opposition for sb 1487 on july 13. i would also like to thank the planning commission for its informational hearing at its june 27 meeting. both supervisor mandelman and a member of the public read excerpts from the planning department staff report into the record at the abag meeting. the abag motion to support was subsequently defeated. the following are excerpts from the staff report on sb 330, and i quote. it would bar approval of any housing project that involves the demolition of certain affordable units or units where the ellis act eviction have
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previously been heard. the bill for further requires that any units that are provided must be counted towards the project's local inclusionary housing requirement. this would potentially reduce the number of new below-market-rate units in such projects. the bill's prohibition of new design standards after july 1, 2018 that do not meet the definition of "objective standards" proposes a significant reduction to the city's design review process over the next five years. thank you. >> supervisor walton: thank you. next speaker. >> i demonstrated well over
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several times before this pardon boapart board committee and to the offices of mr. mandelman himself, and i pointed out very respectfully that apartment complex is being built across the bay, 144 units for $56 million is the best deal yet. i've demonstrated what the $1 billion that's being handed down that's supposed to be targeted for the homeless people that you could build nine of these complexes that have 144 units in each complex. i've demonstrated where there's an 87-apartment building complex that, too, is three stories. and by the same response, if you put both these buildings side by side, you will take chunks out of the homeless population. each and every one of your districts, you've got 11 of
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them. instead of building these navigation centers, you build these two complexes. if you are my demonstration already up and running and in effect, you'd have about 1,000 surplus apartments to be occupied by homeless and no homeless people out in the streets. furthermore, i object to nonprofit, understand me, developers not being respected. i object to gavin newsom going across the bay with 100% affordable housing developer and showed how $80 million was used to built an 87-unit
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housing complex, and he responded by commenting if they don't meet all their requirements, he's going to fine them. i object. you need to fine him. >> supervisor walton: thank you, mr. wright. can i get a motion to affirecod to the full board as a committee report? >> clerk: that item will be recommended as a committee report. >> clerk: mr. clerk, please read item five. >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read].
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>> supervisor walton: with that said, we're looking at seat 8. and is winnie chen here? miss chen, you want to come up and tell us a little bit about yourself? >> my name is winnie chen? i'm an incumbent from seat eight seeking to be reappointed? part of it is as you know in your positions is after you've been there a year when you hit your stride. and i feel by continuing my work for the next twoers i can't, i can continue to benefit -- two years, i can continue to benefit the community? i have to say, mr. walton, i am a big fan of yours from the
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school board where you may have seen my participation in going to the school board and speaking on behalf of the c.a.c. and also -- which i'm a member of. i'm specifically more involved or have knowledge of children who have -- are in special education as well as low-income families and parents who access many of the services we have in san francisco. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much miss chen. supervisor mar, do you have any questions? >> okay. thank you. >> supervisor walton: thank you. next, i invite julie roberts-phung. >> hi. my name is julie roberts-phung, and i qualify for all three seats. i have a rising third grader, a
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daughter who's in an after school program and also 20 years experience working as a community organizer with families on racial justice organizer, most recently for the san francisco families union and an organizer for the close the gap organization. we've worked for sfusd and for community-based beacon programs? most recently, they've led advocacy with our indigenous, and parent of color group and i
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think they'd be a great asset to the committee. in terms of my priorities, i'm looking to align the interests in the city. i'm especially creating opportunities by closing juvenile hall and hopefully closing at 50 bryant. i need to make sure we're aligning our services making it easy fore families to access and strengthening the communities of front-line c.b.o.s that -- and community families that we want to serve.
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we know that families at the intersection of identities have -- you know, have the lowest level of opportunity for us in the city. i think dcyf has some opportunities to change that. the next area of priority i want to bring a racial equity and systems approach to this work. so i think both in my personal and professional experience, you know, as a member of the western addition community and a member of the public school in the tenderloin, i've seen the families that are least well served by our system tell us best how our system's broken? and by listening to the block youth we can best create a system that's going to support our youth of color and then expand it out to support the most number of families in the city and that's how we're actually going to improve, you know, meet the needs of the most people in our city. i've provided you a letter from
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a dozen people that i've provided support. i believe you have that in your packet. i just want to end by thanking dori in help us build a strong committee of candidates, and the rules committee for supporting us. you've got strong candidates, and i look forward to your support. thank you. >> supervisor walton: thank you. any comments, supervisor mar? thank you. with that said, we'd like to call up yamini butmegar. >> good morning. greetings, supervisor walton and supervisor mar? thank you for the opportunity to stand here today and speak to you about my application to serve on the children, youth and families oversight committee? i became interested in serving on this committee for a few reasons? one, i'm raising my two children here in san francisco.
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i have an 8-year-old who is heading off to third grade in a couple of weeks and a 4-year-old who is heading off to his second and last year in preschool. we rely heavily on the subsidiz subsidized and funds programs to benefit our children. i was brought here to san francisco as a youth by my family who emigrated here, and i've pretty much lived in the southeast districts of san francisco, district 10 and 11. i also want to say that as i look back, my transition as an immigrant youth would have been difficult and much more difficult in many, many ways if it had not been for the teachers and community organizers who stepped up for young people like me? and the same people went ahead and changed policy in this city and centered young people of
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color. third, in my professional life i've worked with and on behalf of young people in many capacities, in organizing for ethnic studies in our schools and more. i understand both personally and professionally the importance of the work of the department of children, youth and families and the staff at dcyf, and it would be an honor to serve on the committee. thank you. >> supervisor walton: thank you. any questions, supervisor mar? seeing none, we will now entertain public comment for this item. >> i've got a tenandency for speaking up for the most vulnerable. current events has demonstrated what juul cigarettes have caused six adolescents to be
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hospitalized in the city of milwaukee. the doctors gave a press conference explaining specifically how the devices are smart to look like a high-tech device has caused numerous lung infections and blood vessels to collapse along with other documentations and hearings that we have against juul. i find that the city and county of san francisco will ban their devices but yet you rent them an apartment complex which is the headquarters of the corporation who you're protesting. it's a conflict of interest. there's no way that a corporation that is causing death and causing cancer and causing lung disease in adole scents and kids is getting rent at a bargained price while the
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rent for everybody else is sky rocketing. juul, i researched them, they don't have a license to sell their product. you're involved in a corrupt and organized enterprise because you're selling a narcotic. nicotine is a narcotic. you don't have a license, so you're running a corrupt and organized enterprise, and you're depriving the most vulnerable people of their protection and equal access under the law. if you don't have a license to sell the product, you should not be permitted. i'm surprised the district attorney hasn't filed a complaint against them. it's just another example of the incompetence in the city and county of god damn san francisco. i've demonstrated several times where you have discrimination against blacks and you've done
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nothing about it. a black woman came in here and said when she worked for the district attorney's office, and she's called a black skinned woman of color, and nothing was done about it. >> supervisor walton: thank you, mr. wright. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor walton: first of all, i want to thank everyone who submitted to serve on the c.a.c. -- i'm sorry, o.a.c. it is a very important and vital role, and we appreciate every time someone wants to step up and serve. we do have four applicants and three seats, so sometimes we're forced to make a hard decision based on the excellent candidates. supervisor mar, did you have anything you wanted to share?
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>> supervisor mar: i wanted to thank you all for your willingness to serve on the committee and i would concur with supervisor walton, that this committee is very important, ensuring that all of our communities are able to continue to thrive in san francisco, so thank you so much for all of your work and your willingness to serve. i -- actually, i -- i -- i would like to make a motion that we rec -- let's see -- that we recommend the appointment of -- or that we approve the appointment of winnie chen for seat number
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eight, julie roberts-phung for seat number nine and yamani batnegon for seat ten to the board of supervisors in a committee report. >> supervisor walton: and we can take that without objection. >> clerk: yes. that will be taken as a committee report with full recommendation. >> supervisor walton: did you get all the recommendations? >> clerk: yes. i have winnie chen to seat eight, julie roberts-phung for seat nine, and yamani to seat ten. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much. would you read item six,
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please. >> clerk: yes. item six is an appointment to the entertainment commission. >> good morning, supervisor walton and supervisor mar. my name is dori caminong. i am a proud daughter of the excelsior. i'm proud of my heritage. since 2005, i've worked in district six, i've worked
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intimately in the tenderloin in midmarket and south of market serving some of the city's most poor and vulnerable populations. i come from a family of singers and dancers. as a child, i saw my family sing in cover bands and watched my parents' generation tear up the dance floor. as a small child, when i heard songs on the radio, i thought it was my family performing earth, wind, and fire. they performed all across the bay area in various venues which celebrated their hometowns and regions. i was lucky to accompany my family and witness these gatherings of proud immigrants who fiercely gathered in these
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microcommunities and kept their connection to their homeland alive for themselves and generations who followed. these events would also serve as fundraisers, projects who would benefit the people, to creating educational scholarships for young people here and there. i learned firsthand the power of community and fiphilanthrop. these laid the groundwork and my passion to curate meaningful events and experienced. today, i lead community engagement and communication strategies for the department of youth and their families. i was originally appointed to the entertainment commission in 2015. i had the privilege to fill the
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fierce and fabulous shoes of former commissioner joseph hyde. today, i believe we have built upon our strong foundation and proudly continue our commission's tradition of women in leadership with maggie weiland, katelyn acevedo and myself serving my second term. i've enjoyed working in partnership with president ben bleiman. our city's night life and outdoor cultural and entertainment events are the heart and soul of san
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francisco. the 3600 businesses, including restaurants, bars, venues, and other performance spaces employ over 62,000 people, bringing $80 million of tax revenue to the city and spending $1.6 billion on local supplies and services. outdoor events including street fairs, music festivals and parades attracts 3.3 million attendees annually and supporting 9,300 private sector jobs. even with all these major successes and impacts, night life and entertainment, its culture and industry are under assault with the same thing that every san franciscan
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faces: the cost of doing business in san francisco. in efforts to stream line processes and increase access to the permit process, we've gun digitizing the per -- we've begun digitizing the permit process. we've worked in partnership with mayor breed to create the formation of the special events committee. i'm proud of our efforts to create funding opportunities to create small businesses with technical assistance, and i'm also proud of our efforts to update the good neighborhood policy. i'm deeply committed to defining and designing safe inclusive and culturally forming spaces of night life and culture. last weekend, i attended the
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undiscovered creative night market and experienced a transformation of a market alley into a market of light. i was that little girl who watched and learned from their community as they claimed and created social spaces. today i continue this this tradition as a public servant, protecting, promoting our spaces that serve our community. >> supervisor walton: thank you, miss caminong. do you have any questions? thank you. i will now call up domingo williams. >> my name is domingo williams. i, too, am a san francisco native. born and raised here in the city and had the opportunity, ample opportunity to go to
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college in las vegas, nevada and play in athletics. once leaving that particular setting, i then returned home and immediately began work in the private sector. not being fulfilled with that, i transitioned to civil service. currently a sergeant with the san francisco police department. i'm a sergeant in the business crimes unit, which you can imagine is a busy unit. what drove me on that is access. access for people that don't feel they have opportunity to engage with city organizations such as the police department. that moved me to seeking a greater capacity within the city and looking to the entertainment commission as a seat to engage with the city in. to me, it's important to be
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able to have entertainment that reflects the diversity that are san francisco and that creates san francisco, and unfortunately it doesn't seem that way consistent throughout the map. i currently reside in district ten. i navigate district ten. i understand that is your district, supervisor, but there is a lack of entertainment, and there's a lack of entertainment for the constituents that are there, and not necessarily for that one district, but for other districts. as has been spoken to this morning, there is a problem with gentrification, and it would be my intention to be able to increase the access, place a face, and then also create some diversity in, one, the particular body and two, the type of entertainment venues, and i guess festivals for lack of a better word, that
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we naturally see. we see a few that happen throughout the year, however, in the circles that i run in, a lot of the young professionals who are college educated often travel out of san francisco to seek entertainment. i don't feel that should be the only option. with that being said, for me, it's about inclusion, it's about building relationships, and i believe this is one of those organizations that has the ability to do both. to not belabor any further points, i appreciate the opportunity to speak in front of you. i do have letters of support for your review that can be sent to you via e-mail should you request. >> supervisor walton: supervisor mar, do you have any comments? seeing none, we will now take public comment on item number six. >> this word, gentrification is a cover up on what's actually
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happening. it's not gentrification, it's called discrimination based on geographical location and by the same response, this so-called gentrification which is discrimination based on geographical location hits people of color, especially black people. you hipped and ethically cleanse millions of my people from the area. and it's not only affecting housing and making my population drop-down to 2.5, 3% in the western addition area, and as far as the bayview area is concern, the population of black people used to be 45%. now it's down to 4 % or 5%.
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you're running a criminally corrupt enterprise from day one. from the day of slavery, from the day of the navy putting that cancer causing radio active material at the hunters point shipyard, which was 85% to 90% black. and the balance of samoan people, too. how many of those people are catching cancer causing material from them? you deliberately dropped off that material in that area because it was predominantly black. you didn't go to pier 39 because it was predominantly white. you had numerous testimony from black people testifying how they're being creme nated in each and every department in the god damned county of -- discriminated in each and every department in the god damned
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city and county of san francisco. you don't want people like us in positions of authority to understand what's happening to us. >> hi. i'm julie roberts-phung, and i'm here to speak on behalf of dori caminong. i think she would make an excellent candidate for the committee. thank you. >> supervisor walton: next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. it's a pleasure to be here this morning. when i found out that dori was being setup for reappointment,
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i was actually back east, in baltimore, and i took an early flight home to be here. i met dori 13 years ago when she started community work in the tenderloin for glide, cecil williams. and when i met her that morning, i remember, 13 years ago, i remember, i says tenderloin is going to eat you up. and wouldn't you know, she ate up the tenderloin. i'm a chair of a board for the city. we're all volunteers, and a lot of people take this opportunity just to get something on their resume. you can either do that or you can do the work. i wound up doing countless hours of volunteer work for the city of san francisco. also dori. i go to 20 to 30 volunteer events a week, and i see dori at 15 to 20 of them.
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there's two great candidates here this morning, and they both show a lot of pride and effort to volunteer for the city of san francisco. i wish i could endorse both of them. but this morning, i'm here to support dori. she's a wonderful person, and she gives her blood. dori shows up, and she will continue to show up, so i implore you all to consider dori this morning. thank you very much. >> supervisor walton: thank you. any other public comment on item number six? seeing none, public comment is closed. again, i definitely just want to take this time to tell you it is very difficult when you do have two good candidates in front of you, working, like daily said, to volunteer. these roles are volunteer