we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good

time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to

the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them

>> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food

that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year,

$160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day.

no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight

ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco and california and the united states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight

ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful.

>> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways

to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situatioit. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the

fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the

hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or

safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25%

of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we don't want that to happen. >> we want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. >> that's right so that means the housing needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former building official knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it won't kill you but doesn't necessarily say that can you stay in your home

and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house we're in now and this shows what it's like to be in a place safe enough to stay. it's not going to be perfect. there maybe cracks in the walls and not have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. what's it going to take to get the housing stock up to this standard? we spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are -- >> very vulnerable buildings.

>> very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. >> and time to. >> >> retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. >> what do they need? do they need information? do they need incentives? mandates? >> that's a good question. i think it starts with information. people think that new buildings are earthquake proof and don't understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake? is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured? so developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment

buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller soft story buildings and especially in san francisco and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. >> we want the system and not just mandate everybody. >> that's right. >> i hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. as you're fixing your knowledge you're adding to the city wide resiliency. >> >> what does that mean? >> that's a great question. what spur has done is look at

that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasn't recovered the building stock. it's not a good situation. i think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. how do we need the gasolines to perform and water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95% of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. we don't lose our work force. we don't lose the people that make san francisco so special. we keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because it's so

interdependent. >> so that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and thank you very much for joining

>> my name tom hewitt.

first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the

assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what

business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be

answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and

find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we

don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and

your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm

the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website

called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be .

>> good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transportation committee for the board of supervisors. i am the chair of this committee. joined to my right by the vice chair and by a committee member. we're also joined by supervisor fewer. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: please make sure to silence all cellphones and electronic devices. any speaker cards to be included

as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items to be acted on today will appear on the november 12 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. item 1 is the transfer of 1419 bryant street and 1215 street known as the city's animal shelter incurred under the jurisdiction of the acc to the mta. >> the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. i am the deputy director of the real estate division. before you is the transfer of two propertyies, 1200-15 street and currently used as an office and animal shelter and 1419 bryant street under the

jurisdiction and former use by the san francisco municipal use transportation agency for $0. currently the 15 street site is not adequate for a.c.c.'s uses. it has 29,000 square rentable feet, while the bryant street property has 3300 square feet and would be upgraded to increased to approximately 44,000 square feet by adding a second floor in the existing building structure. sfmta currently has two sites right near the 15 street parcel, including the maintenance facility. both departments desire the exchange and entered into discussions in 2016. appraisals were obtained and the former director of property determined the fair market value was the same of each based on the appraisals. review appraisals were also performed. an m.o.v. was drafted and

finalized and taken to the commission. a general plan referral was obtained. an exemption from environmental review was obtained for the acc project at bryant's site in 2016. we ask for your positive recommendation, and i have people from sfmta and acc here with me if you have any questions. >> so i've looked at the packet. colleagues, do you have any questions? >> not yet. >> so i've read the packet and i'm comfortable with this. this may be some questions. you just referenced the fact that the mta owns land near 1200-15th across the street and i believe directly across 15th as well. i was wondering if -- what the

mta ooess plans are and whether there can be some consolidation there, whether you want to abandon any of that. i'm not sure what you use that little triangle to the south for, but there is a building on it as i recall. i think it's like a metal shed kind of building that does not in the supervisor's opinion have any historical value, but i could be wrong. that's going to lead me to my next question about 23a, but we can get to that in a minute. >> i'm the manager of real estate for the sfmta. i have with me today also our long-range acid development developer. in terms of our future intent when we initiate this jurisdictional transfer, we plan on relocating our parking enforcement group into this new site. so that would become the new

headquarters for our parking enforcement function. and then everything else around it in terms of our yard and our existing parking lot and our non-revenue vehicle area will remain as it is. that is pretty much where we are right now. >> i can add, i'm from the sfmta now, i can add a couple of comments to what jason said. one, the small structure that you alluded to that's to the south of 15 street, that's for tire service for the vehicles. it's a free-standing structure, but part of the flin facility. we have looked at a couple of options to expand the footprint of the site. we worked with public works to do some different test fits. there is a very large drainage culverts that make building on

to treat street difficult. for currently for animal control there is a dog run. >> you mean on the other side of the fence? >> yes, that's correct. technically i think it was part of the right of way and is above that drainage culvert. if you have a passive use, it's easy to obviously locate that there. did that answer all of your questions? >> i'm trying to figure out if you have long-term, viable, efficient plans for the rest of that site, given that you could actually potentially abandon that little piece of 15th that nobody uses -- goes to nowhere. >> and we believe that -- again, we played with a number of concepts with public works, but we believe the square footage and i know the total mentioned was a little under 15,000. either renovating or building a new structure would be adequate for enforcement's needs.

we don't see a pressing need to enapproach further into the right of way that's there. >> and as to the bryant site, the overhead power folks went where? >> they went to our burke warehouse on burke avenue. it was a pretty significant capital improvement project that we did. now they're in a central warehouse for various functions. >> relative to the chapter 23a considerations as to whether or not or why it is not surplus, anything you want to say on the record about that? >> the only thing that i would say is that we currently our enforcement division is in a number of leases. so it's essentially been our policy to try and move our functions into permanent sites that are under the jurisdiction of the sfmta, so this is in line with that. they're a little bit scattered all over the place. so it's a proper place to give

them a proper facility in a place that would work better. >> you'll be getting out of those leases when? >> when these would be placed in service. we're looking at public works evaluating a number of scenarios. renovation is one option or construction is another. it is a historic resource. so part of the environmental review path will have a better sense as to the timetable. but i would say approximately -- to put a number on it, maybe starting construction 2022, 2021. >> it's a vastly different project if you scrape it and start all over than retrofit it? >> that's exactly right. we're evaluating the pros and cons. >> any members of the public that want to speak on this interjurisdictional exchange

between two city departments. seeing none and given the fair market value is the same and no money is exchanged, i will close public comment and make a motion to send this item with recommendation without objection. >> clerk: item 2 is the hearing on the implementation efforts to make biodiversity a city-wide priority. >> this has been brought to us by supervisor fewer who has joined us. >> thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this hearing. i introduced a resolution to prioritize these goals for the city of san francisco in partnership with sf planning. biodiversity is since the accident for a thriving ecosystem upon which we depend

on food, health, and clean water. this must be part of the strategy to address climate change. in urban areas we do not always prioritize our natural environment or think about how to preserve and nurture ecological sustainability. in my neighborhood we are surrounded by natural borders. while not all neighborhoods are surrounded by the same green and open space, we should be working in all districts to ensure that biodiversity and environmental protection for the benefit and enjoyment of all our communities. over the last few years there were policies developed that pertain to the conservation of natural resources and supporting biodiversity in san francisco. there is currently an interagency working group which includes biologically rich ecosystems, community and ecological stewardship,

ecological planning and design and resilience in a living city. many agencies have worked opt on the resolution which the board of supervisor passed for making a biodiversity policy real in san francisco. the resolution calls for an interagency working group and an implementation report on the establishment of local biodiversity as a city-wide policy. it is at today's hearing that we are pleased to receive this report. if i may, chair, call on the next speaker. >> the hearing is all yours. go for it. >> i would like to call up debbie rafel, the director of san francisco government. >> thank you, chair, and members of the committee for welcoming us today to talk about this incredible important issue that

feels timely, considering what is on item 3 in your agenda. clearly in this time of climate crisis and impacts of climate change, thinking about what possibility we have for natural solutions and valuing our natural ecosystems could not be more important. the biodiversity crisis that we are in is clearly on us right now. i am going to spend just a couple minutes reminding us of that global context. then i'm going to turn it over to two of my colleagues. they will talk about the follow up that city agencies have been working on since the board of supervisors adopted this last year. they will be followed by comments from city agencies who are bringing to you first-person stories of their commitment and

their experience. so this is important because it puts san francisco in a global context. these red areas on the map are considered biodiversity hot spots. 2.4% of the planet accounts for over 50% of the species. the red on this map are areas which are considered key for biodiversity and yet threatened. less than 30% of the species are still in existence in everywhere you see red on this map. clearly if you look at north america and the united states, california has an opportunity and an obligation to treasure and take action to preserve its biodiversity. this crisis is obviously not just on those areas in red. we are approaching a mass extinction that we have not seen since the last mass extinction, which was 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs went extinct.

we expect to lose 2 million species. in the 19th century, the u.s. has lost 30% of its birds. if you go into california, this is a picture of a monarch butterfly, just since the passing of this resolution, they have decreased by 85%. the resolution and the work that it entails and san francisco's response. so clearly this is not an issue that is unique to san francisco. scientists and activists, conservationists around the world are saying to us nature needs half. what that means is we need to make sure that half of the world's surface, whether it's water or land, is preserved and supported for the habitat that is needed. now, how does that mean in a city like san francisco, a deep

urban environment like we are? what opportunities do we have for a nature needs half movement? starting with our natural areas and what you're going to hear in item 3 are our parks, the natural areas, the green spaces we have in the city need our attention. in addition, we need to look at creative ways to increase our biodiversity by looking at green roofs and looking at vertical or narrow parks, streets, plazas, any opportunity we have to rip up concrete and support habitat. i want to end with this concept which is very familiar to you in the board of supervisors. our climate action strategy, 080100 roots. i find most of the time when i come before the group i'm talking about 080100. 80% trips out of cars, 100% renewal energy giving off diesel

and natural gas and gasoline as well. a big part of our strategy is the lower part, the part that says we must support biodiversitied, we must support open and green spaces, not only in our 7-mile border, but also managed in the city and county of san francisco. once we do think of roots as part of our climate action strategy, we absorb stormwater runoff, we cool our neighborhoods, we improve air quality. the list goes on and on. so 0-80-100 roots is our strategy. today i'm pleased that we will be focusing on the roots part. so with that as a response to the call and the detail of the resolution, i'm going to turn it over to peter to take it from here. >> thank you very much, debbie.

good afternoon, everyone, supervisors, peter brasto from the department of the environment. i'm going to tell you a little bit about the nuts and bolts of the resolution and what we did with the different departments. and just overall i'll say just following up on what debbie said about roots and greening. this resolution is not just about getting more green, but from green to biodiverse. we want our landscapes, gardens, et cetera, to be functional for climate resilience and we want them to support wildlife habitat. overall the resolution did two things. one was to elevate biodiversity as a city-wide priority and the second is to set up an inter-agency collaboration, as you heard from supervisor fewer's terrific introduction. so i'll talk more about that in a moment. for example -- oh, i've got to

go to the next slide. there we go. one of the things -- projects like this, are what the resolution promotes. places like this new linear park in central soma neighborhood which will be planted with local native plants and gardens so folks can connect on their lunch hour. among our core goals and principles in this work, the 2018 biodiversity resolution calls out an equity and nature connection, equitiability in folks connecting to nature as one of our top priorities. everyone in san francisco should have the opportunity to connect to nature every day. and i should say that this work of equity and nature connection and of conservation, regulation -- restoration and stewardship

of the city's areas has been going on. in fact, the resolution highlights this legacy and really calls upon us to expand upon this work. okay. so again, core to the resolution was the direction for these 15 different city agencies to collaborate together. so we've been doing that ever since -- we've been doing that since the resolution in 2018, but we got clear direction from the resolution for all 15 to work together and to do so on a monthly basis and to proceed through initiatives, which i'll talk about. we've built a strong network of biodiversity champions, representatives from the different departments who are enthusiastic about implementing this work. really, i would say this robust interagency collaboration is someone of the more impressive outcomes of the resolution.

among the actual resolved clauses of the resolution speaking in resolution speak, the departments were asked to make public commitments of how they propose to implement the city's biodiversity vision. so you'll see on page 4 of the report that's in your packet, that they had several choices in order to do that. some -- many drafted a memo or authored a memo to their leadership. one department made a presentation at their commission with all kinds of materials and it was really well received. that was at the library. and some libraries passed their own resolutions. that was at the port and the airport and of course the planning department. you'll hear from lisa fisher later.

another key part of the resolution was us, the department of environment, me, drafting bachl a way to accumulate data and information from all the different departments. so we sent out basically a form, if you will, to all 15 departments and they sent it back to us. we created a compendium of information about what departments are doing now, what they've done in the past, and what they might propose to do in the future in terms of implementing our biodiversity vision. so i'm going to talk about a few of kind of our current collaborative efforts, and then lisa is going to talk about some of the proposed new initiatives. so this is a list of four among many things that obviously many of our departments do, but we're calling this out specifically because we wanted to highlight these things as collaborations among the departments. so the planning department and the department of environment created this plant finder.

it's a way to give the public as well as city agencies an easy way to build plant lists to plan habitat in the built environment. we're continuing to perfect that and want to make sure that's working with everybody and everybody buys into how it works so we can make a go-to resource for all things plant in san francisco. also our department and the planning department have worked together what we have called our biodiversity design guidelines. they're in a draft form right now and we've been vetting them with a couple of different developers from the private sector to see how they could be implemented. as we go forward here with our department colleagues, we want to strengthen them and bring them to fru sissing to be something that will be a key tool in implementing bio divedi

landscapes. third to last. biodiversity training. we have been delivering a beta training to our department colleagues over the last couple of years. this is something that's really key in terms of making sure all the employees and the different departments are on the same page in terms of what their understanding is and what tools we have to do it together. we'll be expanding that and really trying to up our level of commitment to deliver that training to all the different departments. finally, we'll continue meeting as a group and taking what you'll hear about today and working on those and bringing them back again in even more developed form. i think that was everything i was going to say. i'm going to invite lisa to talk about new initiatives and she's going to mention challenges and next steps. >> thank you, peter. >> hello, supervisors.

good afternoon. thank you so much for all your support in the last i guess now year and a half and also your attention today. we hope that this presentation and our memo gives you all a lot of great talking points for the narratives you might be having with your own constituents when you hair we need better flood protection or safer places for our kids to play, this idea of integrating more greening can happen throughout our city. i'm from the planning department. i lead the resilience and sustainability departments. i'm part of the core agencies working on all of this. really with other folks in the room helping to knit these two issues together and deliver on the co-benefits all of that can provide. i only have a few more minutes with you all. so we're going to go through the top ideas of key initiatives. as mentioned, these came from

the department level surveys. we asked the departments what are folks doing, where are the opportunities, where do the products exist where we can be amplifying greening and where we turn more paving in a lang time. it's the biodiversity crisis that we need to do our best practices the first time around, or it's more stuff to retrofit down the line. i'm going to go through the ideas that the agencies came up with together. first of all within native plant production. in part because of your production and this city wide elevating this idea and this vision, we have had a lot of success working with the major development projects on incorporating california and local native plants into the open space projects as well as working with the colleagues on city-led projects and other open

spaces. we are going to need a lot more plants. we feel the city has an opportunity to take ownership of this. we really especially see the opportunity in a lot of our currently vacant or underutilized sites, whether it a future development site. we're looking at this in central soma, for example, and these native plant nurseries are opportunities to provide neighborhood beautification as well as workforce development. and also pollinating the areas across the city and where we have projects going on to redevelop parks, plazas, and amplify the streets and sidewalks. you may think of civic center plaza. other areas where we can have these areas that connect folks. what actually is habitat

supportive greening. by the city taking a lead in integrating these in different areas in the city, they serve as tetsing beds for which species work the best in which microclimates for our city. we can then share this with our private sector development partners. we've been inspired about work in los angeles about incorporating native plants and healthy landscapes into our affordable housing areas. equity is a huge focus of this work and how do we get landing scape -- landscaping and the right type of that into our environments. this is important to us and we're excited to dig into that. also city-owned land as well as private-sector projects, we're taking a look at all our current codes and thinking about how can

we require more greening and the right types of greening and how can we provide really clear tools, so that as one of your constituents gets an infraction because they've paved over their front yard and they need to have half of that front yard be permeable and 25% be landscaped. this is a picture of a golf course where we have a lot of areas in and around where we need people to stand and walk where we can be transitioning into ecosystem restoration. finally, this is a two-part initiative that is, one, this idea of the bioregional park which is centred around twin peaks bit integrates several different disparate pieces and represents native lands that are looking to be co-joined.

this is a ten-year grassroots efforts that has been evolving. one of the recent additions is the cross-town trail. it's connecting through the city connecting a lot of small parks and open spaces up over tin peaks and ending up down in presidio and lands end and connecting nature in this unique way and how can we create new and restored habitat pieces in and around this area. so i have two more slides. one is really about the key challenges and one to let you know the immediate and next steps. as we searched internally as 15 departments as we continued to meet monthly and share what we found in those surveys. kind of these four challenges are the ones that keep rising to the top. we find them across our work plans and projects and also in

conversations we have with private developers. we're going to be digging into those specifically and figuring out through these key initiatives how we can start to solve for those. the first two are really about the project design and implementation. how do we have enough staff. how do we have the right design tools. how do we have in our plojt line items actual plantings, which are cheaper per square foot than plantings. there is this maintenance piece and a lot of times different projects go from one department to the next. one person gets funding to design it, another person gets funding to maintain it. nobody gets funding in between. it's creating these bullet-proof spaces. it's a lot easier to clean concrete, maybe, but at the end we end up with a muchme