>> hello. i'm shauna with the league of women voters of san francisco. a long with the league and sf gov tv i'm here to discuss proposition e. a ballot measure before the voters on tuesday, november 5. proposition e is an ordinance that would amend the planning

cod to allow affordable housing projects. the planning code currently does not include specific zoning rules for residential projects dedicated to employees of the san francisco unified school district or the community college district. under proposition e, 100% affordable housing would be allowed in zoning districts except on property used for parks. would be located on lots that are 10,000 square feet. could not demolish or replace existing units. would be subject to less rules regarding size, ground floor height, density and other factors than other buildings. would allow limited amount of mix use to support the affordable housing. and would not be subject to any conditional use restrictions, unless the restrictions have been adopted by the voters.

proposition e requires a review of proposed 100% affordable housing projects within 90 to 180 days, depending on the size of the project. and the proposition would authorize the expedited review of the first 500 units of proposed educator housing. the planning department could administrative approve 100% affordable housing projects without review by the planning commission. the board of supervisors could amend proposition e by a two-thirds vote without voter i approval. if you vote yes, you want to amend the planning code to allow 100% affordable housing projects and educator housing projects in public zoning districts and expedite approval of the projects. if you vote no, you do not want to make these changes. i'm here with peter cowan from the council of community housing organizations and a proponent of

proposition e. welcome. >> thank you. >> we're also joined by nick smith from the libertarian party of san francisco and opponent of the measure. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, both, for being here. we're going to start with opening statements. peter? >> sure. well, thank you for having me. you know, san francisco has had this what seems like a never ending affordable housing crisis. we hear that in the newspapers all the time. and one of the solutions -- in a very simple way, the two primary ingredients for affordable housing are money and land. and we have this november two measures, i'll speak about prop e specifically, that are really for both of those. probably a is bonds. and prop e is about land. the need we have is to get more sites that will actually accommodate affordable housing throughout the city. most of our affordable housing historically has been on the eastern side of the city. we've had larger sites, old

industrial, it's where working class communities have been, so bringing housing to those communities is a priority goal. but it's time to have opportunities throughout the city, the northern, the southern, to build those housing developments. but we don't have the sites. what this measure does basically is four things. first, it says any 10,000-square foot site, that's the minimum size we need to make it a project work, will be automatically zoned to allow affordable housing. there is no rezoning required, no environmental impact, no conditional use. secondly, publicly owned sites will also be zoned to allow affordable housing. currently they don't allow any housing at all. third is on school district and city college district properties, their sites will also be zoned to allow by right,

educator housing. which i'll talk about more. and lastly they require that the city planning department review and approve these projects within a very specified time frame. this is really a big, big change to the way we do affordable housing. >> nick? >> well, we have a problem in san francisco. it's a very high cost of living. that's for a number of reasons. one of them, the big one is cost of housing. and i think what we all want is for housing in san francisco to be more affordable. we recognize there is not enough supply. unfortunately, affordable housing programs are really not effective in getting us the supply that we need. so what we really need to do -- so here's why. if i'm a developer in san francisco and i want to build, i'll go to the mayor's office of housing and community development, they'll tell me, okay, you can build the project, but you have to make 25% of the below market rate housing. or you pay a huge fee.

and also it's going to take a year or two maybe to get the approvals you need to get the surveys done, to start your project. well, if i'm a developer i'm looking at that, i don't want to build here. i'm going somewhere else. so what with we need to do, instead of creating these programs to fix the problem, we just need to let people build. we need to make it very easy and give people the tools they need to build in the city. we'll get more market-rate housing and eventually the market rate will drop and there will be more affordable housing. >> i think you may have answered my first question. you probably do not believe this measure is the correct way to address the affordable housing shortage. what is the correct way? >> right, i did just answer that, but i will say, it's not anecdotal. there was a 2015 report by the california legislative analyst

office which showed that building more market-rate housing resulted in less displacement, regardless of ininclusionry housing policies. it said these programs at any kind of scale are extensive and just impractical to do. and what they advised instead was that policymakers encourage private housing development. so i said, we're going to get more market-rate housing, which over time will drive the supply up. will drive the price down. that's just economics 101. that's what we need to do. and if we can, roll back the regulations and make it easier. we'll see that for everyone. >> peter, same question, why is the measure the correct way to address the affordable housing shortage? >> let me start by pivoting off nick's answer. so the legislative analyst report from 2015 did not say

that the affordable housing is not effective, what it said on its own it's not effective to take care of the affordable housing needs. i'm not going to quibble. i think there is problems with the report, but i'm not here to debate market rate housing. this is specifically about affordable housing, which i think most people recognize you need both. there might be a supply argument around market rate housing that brings prices down to some equilibrium if that even exists, but certainly not the lower income level that needs to serve folks. it requires public support, and in that case, we cannot compete in the open market for sites. even if they were available, which they're not, the transactional costs are something we can't compete with. this frankly provides a little bit of the competitive

advantage, by rezoning sites only for affordable housing throughout the city. that's how we solve our problem. >> and then second question and start with you, peter, how does this benefit educators in san francisco? >> so there has been a long discussion, at least over the last four or five years about the crisis, if you would, in the educator community. there is retention problem that the school district has, an attraction problem and they're even having educators getting evicted from their homes. one of the solutions is to build housing specifically for educators. it's been very difficult to do because of esoteric legal and financing reasons, that have been unlocked in the last couple of years by state law. it allows us to help the school district and city college use their properties to build brand new housing for that educator workforce. this is fresh landscape. there is one, if you will model

project or pilot project in the sunset now at the francis scott key elementary annex, which is sport of test -- sort of testing certain ideas. we want to see that expanded throughout the district. >> nick, can you speak to the issue of educator housing? >> well, sure. i think the amount of new housing you're going to get through these kind of programs because it is expensive, it's going to be so small it's going to have an insignificant effect. and to apply for this housing, you have to go through a lottery process, which is open to any employee of the unified school district or community college district, which includes a lot more than teachers. peeking of teachers, this does not include teachers who are not part of the government school system. if we care about educators, why are we not including them? basically, i don't think it's going to help teachers all that much. and i think the impacts, it's

going to perpetuate the program. it's not going to be great for teachers or anybody else. >> we're going to move into closing statements. >> i'm going to circle back to how i started. i think this november of 2019 we have before us with these two measures, proposition a, a bond, proposition e, city wide rezoning for affordable housing, arguably the most significant affordable housing we've seen in decades. rather than talking about affordable housing crisis and all the needs that are not being met, we can get to work. and it's really exciting to me having spent most of my professional career in this world of affordable housing, working east side neighborhoods to think we have the opportunity to be doing our work in every

neighborhood of san francisco. that is going to be a whole new san francisco. and i hope voters see that. and welcome affordable housing into their communities. >> thank you. nick? >> well, i think every election voters are presented with one crisis after another, whether it's homelessness, housing. it's always a crisis and the solution is always more government. these programs are just slapping a band-aid onto the pile of existing band-aids already there. i think what we need to do is follow the advice from the legislative analyst office, and start peeling back the band-aids and letting it heal naturally. that means allowing developers to build in the city, allowing people to build. making that as easy as possible, which we're prepared to do for affordable housing. and once we do that, we'll see more housing. the market rate drops over time as the supply goes up. and we get more affordable housing for everyone, not just

teachers who win the lottery. >> thank you, both, for your time and input on this measure. >> thank you. we hope this discussion has been informative. for more information about this and other measures in the november election, please visit the department of elections website. remember, early voting is available at city hall starting on october 7 from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, be sure to vote on tuesday, november 5. francisco. >> my name is fwlend hope i would say on at large-scale what all passionate about is peace in the world.

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women younger women become a part of the the current system we need to change the system we don't need to go up the ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and they're out there. >> we get have to get to help them. >> hello. i'm shauna with the leaving women voters of san francisco. along with the league and sf gov tv i'm here to discuss proposition d, a ballot measure before the voters on tuesday, november 5. proposition d would impose a business tax on commercial

ride-share companies for fares generated by rides that start in san francisco. currently the city of san francisco does not impose a business tax on fares charged by commercial ride-share companies, such as über and lyft. these companies provide car rides for fare and range shared rides where each passenger pays a separate fare. typically, rides are requested using on online platform to connect drivers with passengers. the proposed tax is 1.5% on a shared ride fare and 3.25% on a private ride fare. the city would impose these taxes on fares charged by these company until november 5, 2045. passenger rides in zero-emission vehicles would be subject to a 1.5% business tax until

september 21, 2024. the city will deposit the tax revenues, estimated at $31 million annually, into a traffic congestion mitigation fund to spend for the following purposes. the san francisco municipal transportation agency, which oversees the city's transportation system, including muni buses and trains, bicycles, traffic, parking and taxis will receive half of the revenues to improve muni service and reliability, maintain and expand facilities and improve muni station access. and the san francisco county transportation authority, a county agency separate from the city that funds and plans transportation projects would receive roughly half of the revenue to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. a yes vote means you want to impose a 1.5% business tax on shared rides and a 3.25%

business tax on private rides for fares charged by driverless vehicle companies to fund improvement in muni service. a no vote means you do not want to impose this business tax. i'm here with sunny from the office of supervisor aaron peskin and a proponent of proposition d. welcome. >> hi. >> we're joined by howard epstein and opponent of the measure. thank you, both, for being here. we're going to start with opening statements and we'll begin with howard. why do you believe this proposition is so important? >> i believe it should be defeated. that's not important. this is not going to do anything. it's not going to stop the traffic. if you look at it, and look at, for instance, the fees charged on a $20 single ride, it's going to add 65 cents to the ride.

on the $10 ride-share, it's going to add under a dollar to the ride. that's not going to dissuade anybody from taking the ride-shares. and frankly, given the state of muni in san francisco, given the way the taxis work -- where i live in the richmond, it's almost impossible to get a taxi. ride-shares are helpful. i use them all the time when i'm going downtown, out to dinner. whatever. they're very handy. and to take them away and say, well, people are going to run down to take the muni just isn't going to happen. the other thing in this, there is a paragraph in there that allows this commission to add a $300 million bond to be paid for. i mean, we're bond crazy now.

we don't need another $300 million bond. so that's why i say vote no. it's not going to do any good. it's not going to curb traffic. it's not going to help anybody. >> thank you, howard. sunny? >> well, many, many studies have shown that ride-shares, über and lyfts, have contributed to over 50% of our traffic congestion since 2015. this is just in the last several years. frankly, unfortunately, it is an industry that we are preempted through state law from regulating. we can't cap the number of vehicles. we can't require them to do background checks. we can't require them to do the same safety training for example that our taxi cabs are required to do, but we can ask them to pay their fair share toward mitigating the impact on our streets and fund the maintenance and creation of the infrastructure, that they are

utilizing every day. that's our streets, bus stops, curbs. this funding is a very modest business tax that would go towards 50% toward increasing our muni fleet, hiring bus drivers, paying for operation and maintenance, paying for the affordability programs, free muni for seniors and youth. and the other 50% goes toward capital improvements which are regulated through our transportation authority, a separate body that the board of supervisors and their county designations help toover see. that's everything from senior crossings to pedestrian safety, disability access as well as bicycle infrastructure in the city. so i mean i think that the city has identified a $22 million annual need. and these types of capital costs, whether it's the downtown caltrain extension for whether it's the neighborhood

improvement. and this is projected to bring in $32 million to $35 million annually and i think it's a great investment in our system. >> thank you. so the first question is following up on that. it goes to howard. sorry, to sunny, rather. so the proposed tax is estimated to generate $30 million in revenue, you said $32 million to $35 million annually, can you talk about how this money will be spent and why you are in support of that? >> sure. so again, 50% of these funds -- i mean all the money goes into a traffic congestion fund, because numerous studies, numerous experts have all agreed that one of the best ways to get people out of their cars is having reliable muni, it is having safe bicycle networks with safe improvements where pedestrians, everyone can walk free of being

hit by a car. and so 50% of the funding would go towards increasing capacity on our muni. we know from recent hearings that we are vastly understaffed in terms of our muni drivers. we don't have enough. and we need to be able to give them a competitive wage and hire more. we need to increase our fleet. we need to build out the rail network, including the richmond district, and make sure that rapid transit is operating efficiently. the other 50% goes to capital improvements that the transportation authority would be doling out. that's bike lanes, protection. >> same question to you, howard. the revenue, why would you oppose how this money is going to be? >> the city has enough revenue as it is. if you look at our budget, it's very high. we spend the second highest amount per resident of any city

in the country. only washington d.c. beats us. if you look at the spending, it's inefficient. look at the streets, look everywhere. what they do here, every time there is a problem, they throw money it at it. if that doesn't solve the problem, throw more money at it and nothing ever gets done. we need to bring people into city hall who understand how to manage, who understand how to plan, who are successful in the private sector and will get things done. >> thank you. my next question is to first to you, howard, that is if the proposed tax the correct way to reduce traffic congestion in san francisco, and if not, what is? >> as i said in the opening statement, given the small fee, it's not going to dissuade anyone from taking the ride share. what they really have to do is

plan. if you look at taking lanes away and giving them to bicycles, for instance, they're taking out parking. they're doing a lot of things that add to the traffic congestion. if they had more parking, leave the lanes there, because there are more cars going down. and there are bicycles. we need some bike lanes, obviously, but not the way they're doing it now, not the way they're blocking the streets and taking out the parking. >> same question to you sunny. >> is the proposed tax the correct way to reduce traffic congestion? >> i think it's one tool, absolutely. absolutely. i mean, look at this point we are -- our city has not kept pace with the population boom in the city. we're projected to have a million people in the city and county of san francisco within the next ten years. i mean, we don't have, you know,

a bus system, a rail system that is able to manage that kind of worker-resident traffic. and i think this funding is critical to being able to hire parking control officers. we've seen that successful in helping to reduce gridlock and blocking the box, which is people double parking in our streets. this is one of many tools we need to be employing as a city to make a dent in what is going to be gridlock like no one has seen before. in the south of market, in the center of the city, you can't even -- frankly where all of the tc traffic is, is a heat map of just total gridlock. that's where the tmcs are. we've got to start employing some of the tools we can until the state does something. >> thank you. closing statements.

howard? >> as i said i don't think this is needed. they're going to throw money at it and they won't get anything accomplished as with everything else. we need to plan. we need to take a step back, check our budget, and look at everything we planned. look at how many employees we have in every department. again, we have 20-something employees for every resident. that is very high. other places like philadelphia have half that and three times the population. so we need to take a step back. and rather than raising taxes, issuing bonds every time something comes up, we need to step back and look, get effective people to plan and take it from there. >> sunny? >> you know, i am not a proponent and i think the city is being very thoughtful about what kinds of taxes we are

levying. this is actually a business tax. this is not on the riders. it's not on the drivers. it's not on everyday citizens. i think that is something we're sensitive to given the fact that the sales tax that was supposed to go toward the same types of improvements we were never able to fund, failed miserably. taxpayers are like, why are we the ones paying to build infrastructure, when massive corporations, including über and lyft, are not paying their fair share. they identified $22 million needed in capital improvements and being able to hire muni drivers. that's money we don't have. and the dedicated piece of this is so important to show the voters, this is exactly what we're spending the money on. we're not hiring a new mta director, not spending it on pension plans, we're spending it on these line items. that's where taxpayers have told

us they want investment. this is no -- not a bond. this allows us to bond against the revenue we bring in. i think that's also very important. >> thank you, both, for your time and input on this measure. >> thanks for having us. >> we hope this discussion has been informative. for more information about this and other ballot measures in the november election, please visit the department of elections website. early voting is able november 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. if you don't vote early, be sure to vote on tuesday, november 5. my name is jenny lam, i currently serve on the san

francisco board of education. i believe strong education is the strong foundation for a strong and vibrant democracy. we in san francisco are deeply committed to public education, yet for far too long, we have to tackle the most -- we have failed to tackle the most persistent issues in the school. ensuring all our schools are providing high quality education to all students no matter what neighborhood they live in. to ensuring our teachers and educators are supported. and the importance of a student assignment system that encourages families to enter san francisco public schools, rather than causing stress and frustration. i am a proud parent of two children who attend public schools. i've dedicated my entire career, over 20 years, in working in community, in schools, with

students and families. as a civil rights advocate around education policy maker, with successful nonprofit experience, i bring an important voice and experience to the san francisco board of education. my top three goals for the school district are, first, prioritize student learning. we must make our decisions student-centred. including, providing early literacy intervention so every student is reading at grade level. strengthen learning foundations in arts, math, science and technology. enable teachers to innovate and provide engaging collaborative and inspiring instruction for all students. second, invest in safe, inclusive, caring communities. support community schools with more access to caring adults like counselors, nurses and

social workers. it's so critical to engage our parents in their child's education experience. we must also increase before and after school programming and give students the opportunity to continue learning in the before and after hours. lastly, develop a youth mentoring program that ensures career exploration and service learning. and third and last, building pathways to excellence. expanding language learning opportunities and access to all students in san francisco public schools. ensure that all our students graduate with life skills and job readiness to prepare them for the future. prepare every student to have access and to thrive in higher education. i believe in 100% of our students must have access to higher education.

in closing, i have the confidence of parents, teachers and city leaders to bring people together and to get things done. i have the endorsement of mayor london breed, all of my colleagues on the board of education and numerous community organizations. thank you for listening and your consideration and remember to vote november 5. >> thank you so much for tuning in and being informed and engaged in san francisco. i deeply appreciate your time. i'm kirsten strobel. i was motivated to run over the controversy at george washington high school. it's a detriment to the students its mandated to serve. while i'm relieved the murals will not be destroyed after the second vote, they still did not go far enough and continued to kick this can down the road. while it was the murals that caught my attention, it's my

longstanding commitment to social impact work. i began my career her in san francisco at legal services for children. at l.s.t. we worked closely with families. especially those are marginalized. special education students. students who are newcomers and just learning english. and students who are unjustly pushed out. there are really great people in the district that are dedicated to our students, but you shouldn't have to have a lawyer to access your basic rights. equity is the real issue in san francisco and that has always been the case. the school assignment still fuels segregation. our transportation service is woefully inadequate.

all of the students should receive the support and services they need to thrive regardless of address. this boils down to resource allocation and we must have an honest dialogue about what that looks like. the issues our students face are not unique to urban school districts, but i believe our ability to tackle them is. we're on the birthplace of innovation and san francisco should serve as a model. with have a strategic-public private partnerships we can do that. equity, segregation and the overall assignment process. thank you again for your time and consideration. i hope you will vote for me.

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>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural

district. >> i studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings

back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and

people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with,

but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia.

there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of

the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture.

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, [♪]

>> i actually knew when i was young, when i was in high school. it was the iconic dancer. [♪] >> the hula that he did was what i'm totally accustom to. the extensions that he did where he left hula flavor of the rest of his dance and performance was almost like stepping into a new sphere. it's not just the physical, the movements and the tempo and the lyrics, it's that he keeps it, i think, philosophically connected. [♪] >> he was young. he was ready to be molded.

he came with a combination of fear and respect and awe many of it's a perfect place for a new student to be because it offers you that opportunity to mold them. >> with patrick, when he came to class, he was like a sponge. like a sponge. and he kept true to it. you know what i'm saying. when it was starting to study, he was so intense. he had to be told to relax. >> patrick is a sweetest, kindest, most loving man i met. >> he is charismatic. he is motivating. he is inspiring. he is brilliant when it comes to choreography. you've got the whole package. >> i think patrick is a good example within the whole world of being able to have a firm grasp on past traditions while

shooting forward. ♪ the first time ♪ ever i kissed your mouth >> with hula songs, they're in hawaiian. not everybody knows hawaiian. when you watch a hula, you don't understand the story being told. he can use ledge songs and put a hula do it and everybody understands what it's about. [♪] when they came out in that black and that one simple hairpiece, less is more. you get to enjoy the dance. you get to enjoy the faith. those are the things i look for. [♪]

>> i think he is one of the best risk takers. and he makes me braver, to try things. i love thinking of an audience going, what the hell. what? [♪] >> i think it's all about variety. he looks for something else that could relate to other cultures, other people other than just hawaiians, it allows him to explore other cultures. they are so loyal to him. whatever he brings, they know that they will be surprised,

entertained. a part of something that is inclusive rather than exclusive. [♪] >> he loves san francisco. san francisco embraced him when he needed it most. and he is on a constant give back. he has built such a nice inga tral working relationship with the community. >> his passion for it is, i think what touched me most. there's a drive there. there's this energy that comes from him that motivates you to do better. it motivates you to do more. it gave me that encouragement to start my own group. to do what he is doing. i want to replicate that. i have some young hula students that are excited to be a part of

that lynn' age where it falls back and goes all the way back. it motivates them to want to keep doing it. >> i'm very proud to be the fly on your wall. to know that you have made me proud and that you will carry the legacy with you. he is so deserving of this legacy and it will carry on. with everything that he has given. >> you do leave a legacy in passing. >> you go. you go catch your legacy. and you continue to teach hula. you come back and you learn more stuff and you keep teaching me about that kind of stuff. and then, with all of that, laugh. [♪]

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>> the new friday farmer his market is in the u.n. plaza. it features the best of san francisco. grab fresh foods and veggies from the heart of the farmers' market. shop from marker -- local vendors. engage in free diy craft sessions and grab lunch representing cuisine from around the world. [♪] >> we offer 60 varieties of organic fruit and 30 varieties of conventional. one of our best sellers so sellers is our manager in. it is super sweet. we sell 600 pounds a week. one of the things they like about the market as i get to see my regulars on a weekly basis. i get to meet their families and kids and it is really good to be here. san francisco won my heart. >> one of our vegetables that is very popular is kale. a lot of people go for dino kale our mission is to make sure we have access for everybody to get

organic foods, no matter your financial status. >> we make greeting cards, invitations, enamel pins, and we do workshops. i am participating in this market because it is a great opportunity for local makers to sell to a really diverse community of people in san francisco. >> they partnered with the market here and invited us to come out and reach out to the public. we are going to do a full event of workshops where you get to arrange your own bouquet. we will teach you all the tricks and techniques and you will be able to take home a bouquet of your own. you. [♪] >> we really are wanting to bring opportunities to the community to introduce these local makers to a larger audience. >> this is my own pakistani recipe. it goes with rice, chicken, lamb we have a very delicious drink.

we have a lots of variety of foods. [♪] >> we do lots of different curries. we do three different types of wontons. >> spring rolls, too. that's right. >> it is really great they are bringing out local artists from around the city to participate and really help us making our business more successful.

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