when you lose that, you lose tourist business. this has a huge effect now. like i said, i like the spirit of this. i just want to be so sure that when we implement this, it is something that is given back. i live in the castro. half of the restaurants in the castro have now closed in the last two years. i just want to make sure that there is either a giveback, or something. i tell you. i nervous as hell right now especially with restaurants, and the small coffee shops and

stuff, i love going to my local places and they are all going away. i would like to come up with something that is a win-win on both sides. what that is? i don't know. i'm trying to get feedback. i like what william said here, you know, maybe if there is something we can get back, or something you said, like low hanging fruit with fees. >> i will point to the ordinance that was presented, item number three was a recalculation of fees that brought fees down that makes a placket system easier to comply with. let's not look at this as a stick, it also does not exist in a vacuum. we are at the fate of the restaurant hearing just two weeks ago. if there is an right now for carrots for small business, it is right now. i do not think that this ordinance is going to kill restaurants. i'm sorry, i don't think so.

i look at an e-mail sent out by the california restaurant association that disparages this as a tax, which says this is making changes to the bussing requirement that it's not making. it says we are changing the straw bam which we are not changing. i look at this and the broader picture and see that a lot of the outreach and fear is being induced right now by other forces and other variables. people that would be happy to see us deregulate all of the public health and safety regulation we have in san francisco under the banner of making a visit -- easier for businesses to survive. we can do other things to make it easier for businesses to survive. i think the imperative is behind this. if we all see this and get scared about doing this too quickly. we have been out this for 20 years and san francisco. our mayor last year sent a whole new list of guidelines of how to get two we have the imperative to do this. we also have the imperative to make it easier for small businesses.

i commit to doing that to this body. i will find the fee impacts to find pools of money that can help businesses convert. that is stuff we are looking at right now. if some of it is legislative, a lot of it is not. >> thank you. i tend to agree that this legislation, and isolation will not be the straw that breaks the camel's back. of course, we hear a lot of legislation. it is pretty rare that anybody comes to us with anything that is actually helpful. it usually tends to be more punitive. it is cumulative. from our perspective. it is hard to not uh, you know, to at least try to find uh, you know, where the middleground is. as president adams said, you know, trying to look for this to be a win-win. the other part i want to acknowledge here is that the businesses keep the fee.

it is not a fee thing per se, but there does seem to be, you know, i don't run a restaurant, i'm not intimately familiar with what is being assessed here. there does seem to be some sort of a change, or something there is anxiety about. certainly for the folks in the tourist areas, that seems to be, you know, certainly i can understand in my industry win, you know, you rent a car for and it's $96 by the time you're done, because of all of these fees that tend to get stacked up. so, i don't think that they are being crazy. but the one thing i will say, is out of all of the businesses that came here to speak, i don't think i heard any of them reacting, as you are characterizing them as, you know

fear mongering, or being opposed to the intense, or spirit of the legislation. i would just caution you, that is not what i am picking up here. i expected actually to hear quite a bit more aggressive talk in opposition. instead what i heard was a lot of willing to work with each other, trying to get to that spot. i would just caution you from going too far down that aggressive, sort of us versus them. it doesn't actually look to me like us versus them. we should probably try to foster more of that working together to make this as effective as possible. >> with all due respect, you should see my e-mail inbox right now which is a lot of response. >> i think people want to ease into this. that is what i'm hearing from

the other side. i agree with commissioner laguana. i did not hear the negativity. it is just the easing into it. commissioner zouzounis, you know, said of the best and we have seen this with other legislation. that is the fema fee mitigation. i think if you ease into something, you know, let them get rid of whatever they have on hand. also, with the composting. we all had to go into the compost stuff. if this stuff is going to a field, then shame on ecology for letting it go to a fail. i know in my neighborhood, everybody has their red, they're green, their blue, and black benz. i don't even take out my black man and, except once every two months. i think everybody is on board with that. if that stuff is going to fill, something ain't going right on the composting either. that is something we might want to check into. not much is going into

landfills. >> i think you need to figure out a way to ease into this, that's all. 1020 thank you. do we have any action today -- -- >> thank you. >> to we have any action today? >> if i can. >> yes, commissioner zouzounis? >> i think we, as a commission, or heading in the right direction making sure we set a precedent of mitigation at the same time as legislation. i am in line with our body, i think that we should keep that as our position and in regard to this piece of legislation, and, wait to see some concrete fees that are related to litter and reuse named in this ordinance. at least that is one amendment i think we can propose. i do think that a pilot is a

good idea. i know there is a report, several reports, that are mentioned that the comptroller's office is going to look into industry impact. all of that should come prior. >> if we could, uh, if we could see some of the stuff from the controller's report prior to making a decision on that, would you be willing to come back and talk to us about that? >> i can certainly ask about it. out of respect to this body, i would strongly recommend it to my boss. we introduced this months ago, and this is a progress point for us. i don't think we view this as an endpoint with the small business commission. this is transparency, oversight and accountability for us. doing our jobs to make sure we continue our outreach efforts. making it easier for compliance.

whether that necessitates coming back to this body. that is up to you all. >> i do appreciate you coming and working and everything. you know, i really do appreciate that. i just want to let you know. >> i read supervisor peskin's memo here. are you going to incorporate those recommendations? >> what specific recommendation was that? >> he has three of them, four. >> the letter from supervisor peskin to this body. yes, all of those are going to be implement it. those are committed to paper, and are all designed to try to soften this and make it easier to comply with. i don't know if it necessitates, but if he wants to say something about compostable's going to landfill. i do think ecology is a leader

in waste management. i just want to put that on record. i think it follows a lot to the regulated body, to know, you know, including individuals at home who may not actually be composting, it's a little more complicated. a thing you're doing a great job. thank you. >> what is the supervisor's timeline putting this devote? >> it depends on our ability to work with the city attorney's office to get those amendments committed to language. the idea was to bring this to committee when that is ready. it really does also depend on our conversations with outside stakeholders. obviously conversations are ongoing with individual restaurants, certainly with some of the representative organizations. they were here today and continuing to meet with, including this week. >> with that said, it does seem like you are on a path. you are converging very quickly on putting this to a vote.

what is the plan in your office? >> commissioner, i do not have a date for bringing this to committee right now. i am happy to convey that to this body when we can have a better sense of when that would be. >> i honestly don't know. it has a lot of variables going into that conversation. >> before you go. >> had and will have to sit down to get up again. i mentioned, you know, shut-ins. you know, folks that don't necessarily qualify with strictly, i saw you taking notes. in case you missed that, the disabled, those are often the folks that do not have a voice in these kinds of settings. i hope that we can find some way to address that within the context of the legislation.

attorney absolutely. it is very high on our list. several have chimed in about the equity and disability concerns, low income community concerns. it is why we are reaching out to coalition on homelessness and for their feedback. we certainly saw the mistake that was made with a straws, where those considerations were not taken into account upfront and created a lot of, you know, correction to the ordinance. >> great. >> you have heard a lot of the speakers and feedback today and also you mentioned that you are going to incorporate supervisor peskin's recommendations. i suggest, may be, you can go back and get that all done and come back. >> if you would do that we would appreciate that. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena? >> are we going to move on something. i would recommend, this is the

time to draw the line in the sand. we always do this, come back, sometimes they don't come back, they voted through, you know? i would say no, to send a clear message. and then come back and we will vote yes on the amended. >> if you want to do that, that is your right. >> is that your motion? >> i don't know. i'm asking. >> we didn't say yes, we did not say no. we can make a motion to postpone our recommendations based on what they heard today in the public comment from the commissioners and the four items that supervisor peskin says he would like to implement on top of this and to come back to us with a report before he goes to vote. >> this happens a lot of times,

if they're going to go to vote and they say the small business said no, it's different than just recommendations magically disappearing. now foz has more of an impact. i'm just saying. >> anybody can make a motion, yes or no. >> i think a flat no -- i don't know that is a respectful thing to do. i think us issuing -- being sure that we formally notify the supervisor that we strongly urge him to consider the impacts on small business. to consider the radical change in behavior that we are looking to implement, and that this is something that needs to be tested before it is fully implemented in law.

laws are hard to undo. we should be strongly recommending a pilot. before this goes into law. >> commissioner. >> for? >> -- commissioner laguana? >> if i'm asked to vote yay or nay on legislation, i'm going to decline to vote no. i should not be interpreted as a yes. simply because the legislation is still in movement. there is still amendments being considered. i do not want to shut the door. i hear what you are saying, and i respect that. i think whatever power this body has, with advice and good guidance. we should probably focus on, my opinion, i personally, just speaking for myself i need to learn more about what is being

proposed and what the impacts are. i'm not at the point yet where i feel like i have an understanding that this is being handled, in the best way. i am just being straight with you about where i am at. >> commissioner dwight? >> i would like to see a more engineered approach, adjust, repeat. until you figure out how it really works. i think that would be the leadership position that the city could take. we tested. we adjusted. we tested. we ultimately came to a model that we replicated in any city. not lay ourselves down on the railroad tracks and potentially self-destruct. that is not going to be a good lesson for anybody. it would be a good lesson for everybody that they should not do what we did. if we can be a little more scientific about it, and go at it as an engineering approach,

as most of our technology businesses do around here. not do this this in knee-jerk, let's just throw it down there and see what happens. i know exactly some of the collateral damage what is going happen. people are going to go out of the business. there's no question about it. others may prosper. let's find out where that tipping point is, and where the pain points are so that -- and you know, it's not just the restaurant industry. it is the supply chain that has to be adjusted. there are suppliers that are going to have to come up with innovations based on what we find out works and doesn't work. they might be minor innovations, they may be major innovations. i would just like to see a truer leadership position is to go out and send a more scientific way. i support the spirit of your

suggestion that we do not support moving forward with this as it is currently proposed which is writing a law and thinking everything is going to work out just fine. >> commissioners, it seems there is a high desire for this to come back. you can also add a condition that if you are not given the privilege of being able to weigh in on the amended legislation, and hear that, then the default recommendation is. so it sends a strong message to ensure that legislation comes back before the commission, before it moves on to committee. >> we can make the motion that this ordinance be brought back to us before it goes to committee? if it doesn't come back to us before committee .-dot this

commission would not be supporting this ordinance. >> that recommendation there is we do not support it as presented today. >> right. >> it is not that we don't support the concept. it's not that we don't support the spirit. we do not support the legislation as it is currently presented. >> i would second that. >> i didn't officially make that motion. >> who is officially making this motion? >> the motion would be we do not support the legislation, as it is currently proposed. we insist that it be re-

presented here with modifications, and we will then decide whether we support it or not. >> commissioners, can i just clarify with modifications, including the ones that supervisor peskin presented in the memo, but also with the recommendations, the suggestions that the commission has made in terms to phase in a test out those recommendations you have made. >> and clarifications on all items that are considered packaged. there is no convenient store, or corner grocery stores on here, and there is tons of packaged bulk items that we have not considered at all. >> who is officially making it? >> i will make it. >> i will second.

>> motion by commissioner trent 26 the full legislation be presented a second time to the small. the supervisor's amendments made , and the small business commission discussion her today is considered in addition to those commitments seconded by commissioner zouzounis. [roll call] >> can you reread, i apologize, can you reread it to me again? >> recommending the legislation be heard a second time here at the small business commission wants the amendments -- once the amendments are made so it will be reintroduced a second time with the amendments that supervisor peskin has shared with the commission by his letter.

additional amendments be considered based on the discussion here today. >> we need to specify? >> no, i can go back to the discussion by video. if i try to do that now -- >> if it doesn't, then we don't agree. >> i just try to figure out -- [laughter] >> you know, i'm doing my best. for clarity, for protocol. >> i got you. >> in reading back the amendment, if i understand, if the legislation does not come back the commission is requesting that the legislation comes back with the written amendments, in the legislation with consideration -- suggested

amendments that the commission is providing with the set of recommendations. if it does not come back, before the commission, the commission is definitely recommending not to support the legislation as written. >> correct. >> the simple way of saying it we do not support the legislation is currently listed -- written and then the rest of what you are saying. that's what i said the first time. >> should i made the motion. -- you should have made the motion. [roll call] the motion passes 6-0 with 1 absent. >> thank you. >> item five. approval of draft meeting minutes. action item. >> has any -- everyone read the

draft meeting minutes? any members of public want to make comments on the draft meeting minutes? do we have a motion. all in favor. and opposed? >> congratulations for finishing the minutes. that is a monumental achievement. >> director's report, update and report on office of the small business and the department programs, policy and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor, and announcements regarding small business activities. discussion item. >> good evening commissioners. -- good evening, commissioners. at the beginning of my report i want to congratulate president adams for his 20 year recognition for making fiscally responsible, and profitable, and viable. >> financially sustainable. >> thank you.

>> congratulations. >> i want to congratulate commissioner adams, for that. i also had the honor of attending the chinese cultural center gallo this weekend where commissioner riley was recognized for her lifetime as a community advocate. that was also a very nice ceremony and recognition for commissioner yee's lifetime of work and advocacy for. and, she shared the evening with supervisor norman yi, thompson and a couple of other chinatown organizations. congratulations to you for receiving that recognition.

just some quick updates. i know for our neighborhood commercial corridors there has been a lot of issues around cardboard. no longer are the trucks coming in the evenings and picking up cardboard it has dramatically dropped. it is no longer profitable for them. the department of public works has been giving citations as well as charges showing up on businesses bills. working with supervisor brown, he has worked with the department of public works, and i also want to think the director for putting a 60 day moratorium on issuing the citations. and thinking recology, they are starting to do their outreach.

the quick summary is, between now and the end of the year, they will not be charging for the additional bundles. this will allow the time, because we are moving into the holiday season and people are increasing their inventory. as well as allowing the time for recology to work with each business and figure out the best solution. and then there will be a six-month phase of in starting january 1, from a 5-dollar fee up to an extra bundle and those that don't fit in the recycling bin. starting july 1, the 15-dollar fee. the mayor along with the supervisor announcing the next steps for implementing and strengthening the

conservatorship program which i know it is important many small businesses. there will be a conservative ship working group that is established to help oversee the implementation of the program. and then the mayor breed appointed suzy locked as district attorney due to district attorney gas tones resignation. that is a status update. our upcoming presentations to the commission that have been requested due to uh new business next week we will be receiving an update from the economic workforce development office on their programs, implementation of the mayor's 9 million-dollar on where we are with the small business roundtable. we will be having the resolution , with your request,

commissioner ortiz-cartagena around taking a look at the city taking a look and needing to do an of online delivery, and those types of businesses to our brick-and-mortar businesses. and then, domenico will be providing you with a presentation on the software, and potential tablets that might be used for you to give consideration before we make the investment. providing you with the software. particularly the software. the first part -- meeting in november, we will be having the hearing on the construction mitigation. a presentation from the planning department and public works. i am waiting confirmation for the first meeting in december on

the community benefit districts and a resolution regarding the recycle charges to our small businesses. a couple other things to highlight is the tobacco economic mitigation working group will have its first meeting next week, october 16. between january and february, we will be working with a consultant who is not yet selected, but to work on our strategic plan since we haven't updated it since fiscal year 13-14. and then we are targeting a planning session for the department on march 23. i did meet with the outer sunset merchants association to present the accessible business entrance program, and the legacy business program.

the next meeting you will be hearing supervisor walton's update to the sugar sweetened beverage warning for advertisement. the two pieces of items you heard the last time, have not yet been scheduled in committee. not yet referred supervisor peskin introduced an excise tax on keeping commercial property vacant. that is for the march ballot. we will be reviewing that, and potentially see if we can get hurt here at the commission. >> okay. do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on the directors report? seeing none. public comment is closed. and? seeing none. next item.

>> item seven, commissioner reports. allows the president, vice president and commissioners to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. discussion item. >> have nothing. commissioner. >> i was honored to attend a ceremony in chinatown. actually had a really delightful time, i was seated at the table with some fellow commissioners, and i did have a chance to talk with the chief a little bit towards the end, he mentioned he was spearheading the unit, i don't know what to call it, the part of the police force that is dealing with auto burglaries, which is a big problem for many of our small businesses. he wanted to get together to talk about that.

i am just kind of continuing to put it on the radar. that i think it would be appropriate for us to engage on this, and for small business to be part of the conversation around how we mitigate the used car break-ins, and other small property thefts that are disproportionately affecting small businesses. also noting that there is legislation that senator weiner proposed that is going to close the loophole and that loophole is that you can't prosecute somebody for breaking into a car unless the car owner will testify that the car was locked which is a problem in these tourist businesses. because the tourists are no longer in the city. that legislation died in the appropriations committee.

so, it is an ongoing problem, it is something i think we should be engaging in. >> commissioner ortiz? >> i want to think sponsors like sterling bar for making it possible. it was just a fun event salivating all the work. >> thank you. anymore commissioner comments? >> do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on the commissioners reports? >> seeing none. public comment is closed. next item please. >> item eight. new business. allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. discussion item. >> commissioners? no. any members of the public? seeing none. public comment is closed. >> sf gov tv please show the office of small business light. 1020 welcome, it is our custom

to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your small business in san francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco, the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all our services are free of charge. for small business commission is the official public form to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here at the office of small business. >> item nine, adjournment, action item. >> all in favor? the meeting is closed. >> meeting is adjourned at 4:31 p.m.

>> good afternoon, everyone. let's try that again. good afternoon. my name is harold shields and i'm proud to be the community school director here at burton high school. we are here today to celebrate one of our very successful programs, the ace program which

was a six-week learning work-based opportunity for our students. before i introduce the high school choir in the city of san francisco that is the best, i want to say thank you to mayor breed for her opportunities for all initiatives and thank principal thomas for working with us, as well as my staff sara kong and mubina shaik for organizing and directing the success of our summer program. here we have career pathways where we try to ensure that our students have access to college and career-readiness opportunities. we are doing our absolute best to ensure that our business and industry partners here in the city recognize the talent that

our students have here at burton and the rest of the city, so that our talent here locally can stay here locally and be part of our future workforce. now, without further ado, the burton high school choir. [ applause ] [♪] [♪]

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>> mayor breed: hello, everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i am so excited to be here today. hello. first of all, i love katy perry's version, but i will buy that single if you guys to upload it. beautiful. thank you so much to the amazing choir that burton has been traditionally known for every since i was in high school, which wasn't actually that long ago. burton always had an incredible choir and was an incredible force in this city for academics and so many things. so it really is an honor to be here, because this initiative, opportunities for all, is something that is near and dear in my heart. i am so fortunate because when i was in high school, you know, there was not really a lot of opportunities to learn and to grow and to figure out what i wanted to do in life.

i grew up in the western edition in the philmore community in public housing where my grandmother raised me. it was so easy to turn to some of the negative activity that existed in my community. there was drug using, drug dealing, theft, all kinds of stuff that honestly, sadly, so many of the people that i grew up with ended up going down the wrong path. i think that a really important turning point in my life happened when i got that first job. i was 14 and i got a job through the mayor's youth employment and training program. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: and i was able to earn my own money because my grandmother was getting welfare and food stamps and all this stuff for us and we didn't have a lot. the ability to earn my own money and make some choices for myself, but also choices for my

future, was so important. because it wasn't just about the money that i earned, it was about the skills that i earned. you wouldn't believe it. i'm mayor now and i dress nice, but i showed up the first day of my internship with -- some of you might have done this, with a see-through shirt and the cut-off jeans and all that kind of stuff. it was the style back then, but the fact is that's really not how you're supposed to show up in a workplace. the people that i worked for, they didn't just fire me and say you're not dressed appropriately. they took the time to explain to me why in this environment it was important to address like a professional. when i answered the phone like, who you looking for? what do you want? they said, no, they turned it into a script saying this is london breed, thank you for calling.

how may i help you? they didn't just give up on me. i was a handful as a teenager, believe it or not. and this internship opened the doors of opportunity for me to not only work in the summer and get paid to work and buy my own school clothes and all the things that i really wanted, but it gave me an opportunity to learn and grow. and, in fact, because of the relationship that developed during that internship, i was given a job year-round. so after school i would go straight on the bus to philmore and oak to the family school. i would work and do my homework there. i had an incredible number of adults who were great mentors and supporters. it's where i learned about college opportunities and what i can do with my future. before that, i don't think i had any plans what would happen in the future. what i saw around me was something completely different. here was a door that was opened.

so when i became mayor, there was nothing more important to me than making sure that young people in the city have access to a paid internship in any capacity to learn about any industry you want. because let me tell you something, not everybody i grew up with got the same opportunity. so many people that i grew up with, including my family members, ended up in the criminal justice system, ended up, sadly, on drugs, ended up, sadly, dead from gun violence. i can't help but think where did we go wrong and how do we make sure as a city that no one falls through the cracks. that's why i started opportunities for all because i never ever want any young person to be turned away for an opportunity to learn to grow and thrive. that's why we're taking this

message to you because we want you to be a part of opportunities for all. we want you to know about the possibilities, whether it's working for any city department or running the airlines. today we're joined by united airlines, who i basically reached out to along with so many other companies in san francisco. we have all these tech companies and healthcare companies, all this network, there's so many opportunities, where you can not only work for these companies, you can start your own and you can run these businesses. so we want you all to be exposed to what's possible. the way that you're successful is when you know what's out there and you decide what you want to do in life. so today united has agreed to an incredible partnership, where they are not only investing the dollars to help pay for the internship, they are providing students with paid internships,

to work in various capacities on the airlines, they're providing transportation to the airport, and they're providing airline tickets. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: so i'm going to let janet talk a little bit more about the details of what this means, but i also want all the young people who are here today to understand the importance of thinking about your future, because before you know it, you're going to be 18. like my grandmother did, she was making me if any for my own toilet paper. ms. brown did not pay. i had to give her rent money when i was working and everything else. at the same time, it wasn't because she was trying to punish me. she was trying to get me ready for the real world. she was trying to get me ready to take care of myself. ultimately, when you become adults, you're going to have the

responsibility of taking care of yourself. ultimately as mayor, because of what happened in the past in this city and the loss of so many of my friends and family members, i want to make sure that we don't continue to make the same mistakes. i want you all to grow and to thrive in this city. i want you to be able to afford to live here when you become adults. that's my goal, the future of san francisco, and you all, all of you here, at burton, you all are the future of san francisco. so i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all so much for just really being here and expressing interest in this incredible program. we came here because we wanted to bring the program directly to you. i also want to recognize jenny lam who is one of the members of the school board. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: all of the students here and also ivar from

the airport. he's the guy who runs the airport. take a good look at ivar. he's going to be retiring soon, so who's going to take over his job? this guy makes some real money running the airport. i want you to think about that in terms of these opportunities. janet from united, please come up and share a few words. >> thank you so much, mayor breed. let's give her a round of applause. if i may, i just want to say when i hear your story, it's an unbelievable inspiration to me and i know it is to so many of you. it's not just getting a job, but mayor london breed is managing and running one of the most complex cities in the world with lots of challenges. every day she works on machine solving. and then to come and spend the time with us to inspire. please give her another warm welcome and round of applause

and it thank you for your leadership and inspiration on this. we appreciate it. i would like to make a few introductions. matt miller, my colleague is san francisco vice president hub who runs our operation. behind me, you have lots of our employees in various roles that we do at s.f.o. i just want to share with you why united is here. we have been in this community for 90 years. we are part of the fabric of san francisco. we have 12,000 employees throughout the bay area region, where they work, live, play, and volunteer. so we are deeply wedded to all of the issues within this region in san francisco, and we very much want to be part of the future and making sure that the future is bright. there is no better way to do that than to invest in students and in very meaningful ways. so i could not be more proud of the fact that we are here to announce a $300,000 partnership with opportunities for all.

[ applause ]. >> while the money is significant, what i'm most proud of is this is a partnership with opportunities for all for the long term. we want to ensure that the students that come and work with us in various internships have meaningful skills that will give you a life-long set of factors and skills that you could apply to jobs with us, hopefully, but jobs anywhere. as the mayor said, it's aviation, it's tickets to go see the world. we travel to more locations within california and we have san francisco's gateway to the world. we are very excited to offer this opportunity and very excited to partner with the mayor. on behalf of everyone with us today at united, we want to thank you for being here. we want to invite everybody who is interested in applying to come and join us. we very much would like you to make an application for one of our internships.

it's now with great honor that i get to introduce one of our employees who is a united customer service representative and a boys and girls club 2015 youth of the year and is the product of one of these types of internships. so please join me in welcoming carmen sousa. [ applause ]. >> so i'm carmen sousa. i, like many of you, am a san francisco native and born and raised in the mission. i went to school all over the city in the bayview and the tenderloin in the mission, all over the place. so i first started off also through the mayor -- i also started working at 14th through

mayeep and was able to get all these different job opportunities and eventually started working with the boys and girls club which i was a long-term member with since i was 6 or 7 years old. through that club and mayeep, i was able to learn all these different job opportunities and how to -- job-readiness programs, like job résumes and all that. so -- [ applause ]. >> and -- so i first got introduced with united with the boys and girls club when i first turned 18 years old.

luckily through them i was able to learn even more, not only with the boys and girls club and mayeep was ready to get me ready for a new job, but i feel united was able to push me with an extra step knowing this is a real job with real responsibilities, you're dealing with real people. i just wanted to let you all know that anything is pretty much possible. i've been working with united for four years now and been able to travel all over the world. it's been a really great thing for someone from the city who's never been even outside of california. that's it. >> great job, carmen.

born here and flying all over the world could be you as well. thank you. our appreciation to mayor breed for being the inspiration for this. thank you all and have a great day. >> mayor breed: last but not least, sheryl davis who runs the program, the director of the human rights commission here in san francisco. sheryl and i did a lot of work togeth together. everything centred around helping to make sure that young people grow and thrive. now we have a bigger platform to do it and impact the entire city. so we are counting on you, young people, to step up and step out and be successful because i'm going to be retiring in a couple of years. so i want you to be prepared to take my place. that's the whole point. i could tell you got me.

you're ready, yes. so with that, sister davis, can you come on up and tell the young folks how they can apply for opportunities for all because i want you to start now and i also want to make sure that we grow this program so it's not just the summer. we want to make sure that we are doing this year-round and we are going to hold all the big companies accountable who do business accountable to participate in this program which is a future for our young folks all over the city. ms. davis. >> thank you, mayor. give another round for mayor breed. i see you guys are already color-coordinated. you're ready to step into it. i would say the quick way to do this is harold shields here. he is going to be point for us to coordinate some of that.

i saw patsy and john also. i know that they are doing work here and supporting the community. saida is here from hope s.f. all of these are partners. principal thomas knows how to get in touch with us. we want to start the process. if you are serious and ready, united has a plan. we're working with them to get folks through that. i see the collective team and others. there are lots of people here. i would say you start with knocking on harold's door, making sure he's got your name and number and he's connected. he's got all the stuff. we do have the app. you have to go to opps.org and that's where you register. we can get you all of that. harold is going to make sure you don't get lost in any of the process. the united process is a very specific process. anybody who's ever had to go through security at the airport,

it's 20 times harder to get a job at the airport. we want to get you ready for that. we will help you. i think we have to start now for you to have a job in three months at the airport. let's get it started. i'm here today. cathy and amelia. oppsforall.org is where you go. thank you. [ applause ]. >> go back to class. [ laughter ]

>> item number one roll call. (roll call). >> item number 2. general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the