and assembly member chiu for paving the way. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor mandelman? thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i'm introducing two items today. first, i've made strengthening our democracy and addressing political corruption an early priority because the past to our future is through a stronger democracy. that's why i put measure f, shine a light on dark money on the ballot, and that's why i'm glad to join with the aclu of california to join in the fair elections charter amendment. this is the next step forward in making our democracy stronger and fairer in putting power in the hands of the

people who represent them. it's based on a simple idea, that the choice of who should represent us in elected office belongs to the public, not in approximate back room deals. we deserve free, fair, and open elections, not political favoritism. the fair elections charter amendment addresses these issues simply and directly. it will prevent candidates from elected office from being appointed to the office they're running for within 90 days of their election. it will also prohibit those elected to offices within 90 days of election. i want to thank my cosponsors, hillary ronen, sandra lee fewer, mat haney, and aaron peskin for your support.

we who represent t-- secondly, i'm introducing an ordinance requiring the planning department to prepare an annual jobs housing fit report that analyzes the alignment or misalignment between job growth and housing level by affordable level in our city. this is a new analytical tool that will help us better manage growth in our city. according to the b.l.a. report i commissioned on jobs housing fit, our housing production is out of alignment for job growth for low and moderate income workers, and we are failing miserably at meeting the housing requirements for low and middle class income

households. planning commissioners have been asking for this data for years, and we need jobs housing fit data every time the planning commission and the board of supervisors consider a major development projector area plan. jobs housing fit data will allow us to make better economic policy and land use decisions. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. sorry. colleagues, today, i'm introducing a resolution urging the state of california to rescind or amend new department of health care service medi-cal policy regarding fee-for-service covering medical prescriptions.

a new drug policy now reimburses pharmacies at a much lower rate than what they pay for the specialty drugs that treat complicated conditions, including psychiatric conditions, hiv and hepatitis. honest and hard working pharmacies are being completely bankrupted by these changes. it has become financially infeasible for their to continue providing services to vulnerable patient populations who depend on them to access life saving medications and care. according to the california pharmacists association, a pharmacist providing a medi-cal patient with a certain skrits (i can't drug will loose $533.38 per patient per year. a pharmacist providing another drug will lose over $600 per

year. it is also demanding that pharmacies payback the higher reimbursement rates that they received over the two-year period. they policies are mis -- these policies are misguiding, they're wrong, and they make it more difficult for patients to access the help they desperately need. these are patients who are living with hiv and aids, who are dealing with mental health on the streets, and they need our help. colleagues, through this resolution, we will urge the governor of california and the state department of health care services to rescind or amend this damaging policy on fee- r

fee-for-service pharmacy benefits. and i want to thank supervisors mandelman, haney, and brown for cosponsoring this resolution. secondly, colleagues, i wanted to talk about a request that i made to the city attorney's office to draft legislation addressing, you know, a small response to our air quality emergency. i should have talked to our bay area air quality management district appointees before, as well, but i will ask supervisors mar and walton to update you about this. it kind of came together at the last month. a year ago, san francisco suffered the worst air quality ever. so far, this year hasn't been as bad as last year for us, but

the fires are still raging. my heart goes out to the neighbors in the north and the east, and i'm proud that san francisco has stepped up to provide aid that president yee just spoke about. and as we wait for our heroic firefighters to get control of the situation -- and you're like me, you're obsessively checking now air.gov, to see if you'll see more healthy conditions, we unfortunately have to recognize that this is going to be our new normal and we have to get ready. the report by the department of emergency management task force assembled over last year's wildfire hasn't yet been shared publicly, but the advance preview disclosed that medical professionals have found -- and this is what we've heard -- that masks and even the n-95 ones that so many people are using, to not only be

inadequate, but potentially dangerous, especially for children, and misleading for adults that more likely than not are using them incorrectly. instead, they're advising people that the best option is to stay indoors with the windows and doors closed, and preferably in a room with a hepa filter. but the reality is for many families, this advice will not work. we cannot close schools for every single bad air day. many families and seniors cannot afford to purchase individual air purefiers. while we propose more long-range solutions and improve ventilation systems

more over time, we should not wait to implement strategies. we must find ways to slow and reverse climate change impacts. let's make sure that we are taking proactive actions to keep children and seniors as safe as we can. i've asked the board of supervisors to provide legislation to buy and provide portable hepa filters for all schools in san francisco and for all senior centers. they are easy to use, they will minimize the health impacts affecting children and seniors. additionally because we've

learned that heat is of greater danger to children and seniors, we will learn the feasibility of installing air conditioning in senior centers. additionally, i'm requesting the budget and legislative analysts to provide the costs of air conditioning and particular ventilation in shelters and city centers so we can determine the best ways to keep our unhoused neighbors safe. we must continue to look for long range solutions, but this is a practical, feasible and quickly implementable step that we can take to be ready for the next emergency. unfortunately, as we know, our school district is struggling to even pay their teachers a living wage, so getting these filters in every single

classroom is not something that the school district can afford. that's where i'm asking us as a city to step up and pay for these air filters in every single public school classroom. what we also learned from the health center is if we create cooling centers at places that people don't regularly go to, they won't use them. so it's incredibly expensive, and people won't use them. whereas we know that kids are spending close to seven hours a day in every single classroom throughout san francisco, and we know that seniors use senior centers on a daily basis. that's such an easy way to provide them clean air for the seven to eight hours they're

there. it's a harm reduction strategy, and we should use it. and the rest, i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor safai. thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, ilast week, during or public safety and neighborhood services committee, we heard from the san francisco police department to hire civilian staff in order to employ more officers to important duties. last year we budgeted 25 duties for police civilianization with the expectation they would be hired by april 2019. during last week's hearing, we learned of the 25 positions, only 13 were filled. the others were held up in the lengthy hiring and classification process. i know that the police

department is not the only department to face these kinds of issues. between now and the hearing, i will be working with all our first responder departments including police, fire, the department of emergency management, and the department of public health to understand which positions most urgently need to be filled because of the public health and safety position they provide. i want to learn what obstacles the department face in doing so. as a former department head, i know that we have many rules that we need to follow when it comes to hiring, but i also know that positions that relate to public safety and health need to be filled as expeditiously as possible. performance standards aren't met when critical positions aren't filled and the public expectations aren't being met. the residents of this city can feel it when they leave these positions open too long. we all need to feel the same sense of urgency around these

positions as our constituents feel. specifically, i want to know how long it takes to create a new classification for these positions, and what restrictions or obstacles that are in place that prevent hiring in these positions. i want to compare our position to other cities and to understand how we can improve. the purpose of this hearing will be to try and find ways to prioritize those positions we know are necessary to ensure the public health and safety of our city. i'd like to thank president yee and supervisor mandelman for cosponsoring this hearing with me. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. and mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: thank you, madam clerk, before we move to the next item, could i have a

motion to excuse supervisor brown? made by supervisor ronen and seconded by supervisor peskin? without any objection, then, she is excused. madam clerk, let's go to public comment. >> clerk: it's now time for the public to address the entire board of supervisors. you'll each have up to two minutes. you can comment on the minutes, you can comment on the item, item 34 on the adoption without reference to committee, and other items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board but that are not scheduled on today's agenda. if you'll direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not to individual members. if you would like to display a document on the overhead projector, just place the document under the projector and remove it when you'd like to resume life coverage -- live coverage of the meeting. >> president yee: okay. let's get started.

>> hi. i'm a second year pharmacy student at university of california san francisco and i wanted to thank supervisor ronen for the resolution that she had addressed regarding reimburse policies? a lot of pharmacies are suffering right now and losing a lot of money to provide essential drugs? in addition, there's a lot of loopholes that we must go through to provide patients with the correct drugs, especially with medi-cal? many patients that i've seen have to get prior authorizations every year or twice a year where they must go sometimes about four to six weeks without getting their drugs due to waiting for the insurance to approve it? and these insurance and drug manufacturers make billions of dollars on these drugs but pharmacies who help medicare patients can't stay open, okay? thank you.

>> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name's kathrin. i'm also a second-year pharmacy stu student. since i'm at ucsf, one of our mission values is to care and heel for our patients -- heal for our patients and it's difficult to do this when the pharmacies are not equipped to payback, like, for these medications, and it's hard for them to provide these medications to vulnerable populations such as people with hiv and mental illness, so thank you for that. >> president yee: thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello. my name is marina gabriel. i'm a transgender. i wa -- transgender woman living

here in san francisco. i want to thank all of you. we have a real crisis in hate crimes against sex and gender minorities in the state of california and within the city and county. reported hate crimes are up 30% in the state of california from 2018. that's a significant and dangerous increase that targets vulnerable communities like the lgbtqia community. i am forming a nascent coalition, and we would like to advance legislation to have an ordinance passed that will protect women as well as migrant workers from human trafficking, hate speech, intimidation, harassment and provocation under city and county law. i would ask the board of

supervisors to consider individually per office and district whether or not they would be willing to sponsor such a bill, which is under development. again, my name is emma gabriel. i will return next time with representatives from the coalition, and i want to thank you very much. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> linda chapman from nob hill. the subject that i need to address to you is the special victims of the police department whose only function seems to be to create special victims. but first, with respect, i want to say when i've tried in the past six months to contact supervisors' offices, whether it's my own or sponsors for the short-term rental thing, i'm astonished. it used to be possible to

communicate with supervisors. all i hear is send us an e-mail, which when i -- it reminds me of when women would talk about their first date, and the guy would say i'll call you, you know? that's the impression i get, and it certainly has been happening elsewhere. all right. so i'll have to come back to talk to you about this, but the police commission actually gave directions to the police chief and his others there to do something, to respond, to reopen the investigation of the jewish home where a danger to life is occurring. i bring this to you now because of your interest in laguna honda because it is a worse situation there. the people at jewish home are equally helpless, equally unable to complain, but i was there for physical therapy, and the nurse was so compulsive that it didn't even occur to

her that she should be concerned about the stranger. so i will be back to talk with you because the police has done less than nothing. the d.a.s office is trying to figure out what to do because they couldn't get a police investigation railroaeport. all in all, this is a danger -- >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> my name is -- my name is sarah greenwald, and i am a san francisco resident representing the san francisco emergency climate coalition. we urged the inclusion in the 2020 reach code of a requirement that all new construction be electric ready. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker.

>> good afternoon. how does it feel when the mayor's office does not help with the mental illness in pushing forward to building hospitals? how does it feel when you don't get support for something that you're doing that's right that really is the basis of what we're all about? we come in here over and over, and it's amazing, the similitude between us. we are all fighting for the same thing, but the people of san francisco just don't see enough action. we do not want to talk with the sfmta because they are the ones that have got us in this mess, and we did turn down an appointment with kay turand this week, which we are meeting with her next friday.

we don't want crumbs. we want what we deserve. i paid almost $10,000 in interest last year. not only did i pay enough money, but i would have come up for my free medallion by now. we are not asking for the world, guys. i personally do not want to deal with sfmta. they're the ones that are getting us in this mess. i wish you guys would look from the outside and feel our pain, and i'll switch it up. let's not settle banks, let's settle the people of san francisco that are picking this up. we might not be here to bail out san francisco and pick up people if you guys do not support us now. we cannot wait. what happens if all the tech falls apart and the market

drops? then you guys are going to want cabs, then you're going to want us to pick up you guys? >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i've been driving a taxi for almost 30 years. my question is i purchased the medallion for almost $250,000. am i allowed to run it and operate it by myself without the company affiliation? i barely make enough money for myself. i pay my bills, and i do not take any profit, and the companies every month are taking $700, $800, $900 profit.

i beg you, buy back. if you cannot buy back, at least give us an option to operate without the company so we can serve the people of san francisco like we were before. can you do that? i am requesting you all, and we are keep coming back and forth. i know it's a long road to purchase the medallions back, but as long, you are not coming to any specific program to buy back, at least you should give us the relief to take these cab companies from our back. in april, a yellow cab company kicks me out. so where should i go if there is no other cab company is willing to accept me?

we want to save that $700 or $800 for our own family. why should we give it to somebody else? and the same thing is happening with the insurance. the sfmta is playing very tricky and very fine stuff -- >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon. yesterday, someone from sfmta called me and told me that i had no color scheme. i was stunned. i said yellow cab, and they told me, i'm not affiliated with yellow cab. we paid color scheme. it includes insurance money. they're supposed to provide us insurance. if not, it's a violation.

it's not my fault. sfmta said someone called them yesterday and said you are no longer affiliated with yellow cab and no one notified me from yellow cab notified me until friday. yesterday, someone gave me one day short notice to change color scheme. unbelievable. i did my paperwork yesterday at 3:00 p.m. and -- [inaudible] >> i am paying payments and for me to allow me to drive my own taxi cab. it cost me $1700 to change paint and color scheme to go to the other company to upgrade my taxi cab. i am trying to pay my medallion

payments every month. [inaudible] >> sfmta had developed the conen us consensus with uber and lyft and never developed a consensus with us. we paid money for medallions. >> president yee: thank you. >> clerk: speaker's time is concluded. [inaudible] >> president yee: thank you. [inaudible] >> president yee: next speaker. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i was born and raised in san francisco, former veteran, and

i'm talking to the support of this resolution for november as veteran's month. i think it's time that we honehonor our vets. i think it's time we nominate november as veteran's month. i didn't -- this was, like, mast minute. i didn't know this resolution was on. i would have packed the whole house with veterans if i can, but i'm in support, and please pass that resolution for november as veteran's month. thank you. >> president yee: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm george cicada, president of the veteran's commission, i'm here to ask for your support and consideration declaring november veteran's month. most of the issues that you deal with on a daily basis impact the citizenry of san francisco, but they have an

increased impact on our veterans in the city. when we think about vets, we think about the problems that exist, and rightly so. 80% of the vets leave the military without a job, 83% make less than $60,000 a year. 50% have mental or physical issues that they're not seeking health for. 50% of 9-11 vets have ptsd. 60% have depression. in addition, we have a large population of veterans in san francisco that have not only sacrificed to protect our country and our city and our way of life and have not only sacrificed so much, but they're a significant portion of the silent majority of the community. there are 27,000 veterans in san francisco. their family, friends, and co-workers bring that number up

to over 100,000. two thirds of these veterans feel the public doesn't understand the sacrifice they made and 80% feel the public doesn't understand the problems that they face. so we ask for your support of veterans being our neighbors, the services that are available to these veterans, and greater awareness that the city is there to help fill the gap for the services that our federal government either can't or won't provide. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. steve martin pinto, veteran affairs commissioner. i'm also a 16-year member of the marine corps. i am a veteran of iraq and afghanistan.

also native san franciscan. born and raised here, and i work for fire department chinatown. speaking for my job, the fire department, veterans represent about 7% of the fire department workforce, and many of them are still reservists who in actuality balance two careers. their fire department career and the service career. we're a diverse cross section of society, we represent all races, religions, genders, and we serve because of love of our country, our community, and our city. after service, many of us return to our hometowns a little bit more confident, a little bit more reserved. but some of them never have. one of them was as young as 19. i'll never forget him. i hope you create a resolution to create a veteran's month

because of the ultimate sacrifice these veterans have made to enjoy life in our united states. there's a lot of different right now, but i hope we look past that and realize that we have the freedom to disagree and debate because of the freedoms that veterans have afforded us. >> i'm here to speak on behalf of line item 34. i was asked to speak on behalf of mr. christopher sparling, on behalf of end power. end power is a nonprofit under the department of labor. it's an apprenticeship that serves veterans and young americans through check training and job placement.

i'm giving, i guess, a brief view of my background and what the empower, which is the nonprofit has done for me. i'm a navy disabled vet. i got discharged from the navy. i went home to georgia, and i got my associate's and bachelors in i.t. i moved here to the bay area, kind of expecting the doors to be open, but that wasn't the case. i learned at empower -- i was actually at the homeless shelter in san jose. a friend told me about empower. maybe a month after me putting in applications, opportunities started raining in from

lockheed martin and general dynamics. i'm now employed at general dynamics, and if you can push it through empower, greater all the way. i hope you look out for the veteran. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> tom gilberti. last week, chief scott was in the chamber. one of the main reasons why chief scott is chief scott is because public comment during those meetings, you get more reforms if you hire somebody

outside the department. to tony chaplain, i remember him saying after 25 years, he would love to leave his mark on the department. three months ago, i said trump would morally and economically bankrupt our country on the moral charges. let's ask the kurds what they think of him. 3.5 years ago, i mentioned something about piranhas devouring their prey in reference to the taxi companies being devoured by uber and lyft. the taxi companies were basically hanging out at alamo, and they were looking for some help. i would love to challenge mayor breed to settle this score. make it right for the taxis and the taxi drivers. i challenge her to come through

and be more than what was before. republicans do whatever they have to take to win. north carolina, south carolina, georgia. right here in san francisco, we got disruption in the mayor's office. i don't know if you can see this. it's pretty black. where do they pick up and decide who's going to be our incumbent before an election starts? it's unhealthily fy for democr. we have it here at home. >> president yee: thank you. any other speakers? seeing none, then public comment is now closed. come on up quickly, please. this will be the last speaker. >> my name's chris mcdonald. i'm a retired military veteran from the army.

i'm here to support the veteran resolution for the november as being the month for veterans. i just wanted to add, in addition, there's many veterans that are out there in san francisco that are opening up businesses, bringing economy in and stuff like that to support. i had the percentages written down before i came. it's a small portion, but it's growing to help out san francisco, as well, and i just wanted to add that to my fellow colleagues as a commissioner of the veterans affairs for the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. okay. that concludes our public comment for now. [gavel]. >> president yee: so madam clerk, let's go to what many of the speakers were talking about, item 34. >> clerk: item 34 was

introduced without adoption to reference to committee. alternatively, a supervisor may require it to go to committee. it is a resolution to recognize every november as veterans month in the city and urging all citizens to recognize veterans in their community with acts of kindness. >> president yee: supervisor ste stefani? >> supervisor stefani: i'd like to sever this -- well, without taking a vote, i'd like to speak on it, but i see that supervisor mar is on the roster, as well. i'll go ahead. first of all, i want to thank all the veterans that came out and spoke at public comment, and thank you, of course, for your service to our country. and i want to ask my colleagues for your support in recognizing november as veterans month. being the daughter of a viet nam veteran, i'm absolutely honored to bring this

resolution before you today. before we begin, i have a minor amendment to reflect the most accurate date. the change is reflected on page 1, line eight, and it just reflects there are about 25,000 veterans living in the city and county of san francisco. during the month, we honor every man and woman who have worn the uniform. as we know, serving in the military is not easy. it requires sacrifice, courage, and commitment. it requires men and women going to the distant lands to as the korean war memorial says going to foreign countries and defending people that we've

never met. i have a special place in hi -- my heart for veterans. when i was sworn in as supervisor, i told the story of him being sworn in the military and going to a foreign country. his experience is the reason so many veterans experience men ha -- mental health and homelessness. we owe them more than just gratitude, we owe them an opportunity to thrive. it's why i'm so honored to have organizations in the city like swords to plow shares that provide assistance to veterans.

the spirit of the mission statement should underpin the policies adopted by the city and county of san francisco on veterans day, during the month of november, and all year-long. i visited swords to plow shares earlier this year and saw the dramatic difference their services provide, and it's in my district. more importantly, i saw how important it is for veterans to be given the tools to create an opportunity and a community for themselves. we remember that honoring those who have served isn't just about what we say here today, it's about how we honor our veterans every day of the year. it's about remaining committed to supporting them and their families in every way that we possibly can. it's about serving them as well

as they've served and continue to serve our nation. thank you, colleagues. i urge your support. >> president yee: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, president yee. i also wanted to thank the veterans that spoke during public comment for your service to our country and and also for your service to our city. i know that many of you are being ati acti active leaders, not just with the veterans affairs commission, but with other organizations like jrotc. i want to thank supervisor stefani for putting this forward. i would like to be added as a cosponsor. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> president yee: so supervisor stefani, do you have amendments? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president yee. i do. so i would ask for -- i'd like

to move the amendments. so on page 1, line eight, it's only changing a number from over 60,000 to approximately 25,000, and everyone should have a copy of that. >> president yee: all righty. thank you. is there a second? seconded by supervisor walton. without any objection, then, the amendments pass. [gavel]. >> president yee: motion -- so colleagues, can we take this -- do we need to do roll call vote? >> clerk: roll call, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 34 -- [roll call]

>> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. then this resolution is adopted as amended unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, can you go to imperative item agenda? >> clerk: yes. offered by president yee, we have a motion concurring in the october 29 by mayor london n. breed declaring a local emergency and in the emergence of the actions taken to meet an emergency in the kinkaid fire and the city shelter evacuees of the kinkaid fire. >> president yee: colleagues,

let's take the sunshine ordinance finding first. is there a motion that finds that this resolution imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest and thus making the standards of the sunshine ordinance. there a motion? made by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor safai. without objection, this is accepted. [gavel]. >> president yee: now with regard to the brown act, the need to take action came after the agenda was posted and thus, the motion meets the standard of the brown act. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> president yee: motion by supervisor peskin, and seconded by supervisor safai. now on the imperative motion itself, a roll call vote, madam clerk. >> clerk: public comment, mr. president. >> president yee: is there any public comment on this item?

seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gave [gavel]. >> president yee: roll call, please. >> clerk: on the imperative item -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. so the motion is approved. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the memoriams. >> clerk: on behalf of the entire board, mr. president, you should make a motion. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> president yee: okay. moved and seconded, no

objection. [gavel]. >> president yee: colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: thank you. we are adjourned.

valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. the first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the mission neighborhood extending from market to mission street. >> it is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. >> from 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. the mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m.t.a. to put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [♪]

>> valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in san francisco. it has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. we promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. valencia is our mission -- fits our mission perfectly. our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. >> i have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. during that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. >> we have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. one of the main goals of the

project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. >> the most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. >> we kept all the passengers -- the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. >> most people aren't actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. >> half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6:00 p.m., so could be used for five-minute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. >> the five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. >> one of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is

on the block between 14th street. >> we worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. >> on this lot, there are a few schools. all these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. to address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings -- railings that channel -- channeled a designated crossing plane. >> we had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons? >> i do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. >> we have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the right-of-way so they can cross the roadway. this is probably one of the most unique features. >> during the planning phase,

the m.t.a. came out with three alternatives for the long term project. one is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. a two-way bikeway. the third option is a center running two-way bikeway, c. would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. >> earlier, there weren't any enter lane designs in san francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for san francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesn't exist already. >> with all three concepts for valencia's long-term improvement , there's a number of trade-offs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. when he think about extending this pilot or this still -- this design, there's a lot of

different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. >> the pilot is great. it is a no-brainer. it is also a teaser for us. once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. >> what we're trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. the pilot project is one of our first major improvements. we will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. this fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. by spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about long-term improvements. >> i appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the community workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. >> we want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. there's a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia

, it is not just for cyclists. we will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [♪]

>> good evening. well congresswoman to the october 23, 2019 board of appeals meeting. rick swig is joined by ann lazarus and commissioner tanner. we expect commissioner darryl honda shortry and commissioner eudardo santacana will be abtent tonight. to my left is the legal attorney. at the control is the board's legal assistant katie sullivan and the league process clerk. i am julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will be joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board this even. we expect scott sanchez, also