opportunity for me to step up, to do this work. didn't i am privileged to be a person with a disability and i see the disadvantage, either a physical or mental disability to be homeless. as we home 20 minutes ago, i'm a rent control renter and i know what i face is significant as a renter with disabilities, you know. i have lower income compared to people with other disabilities and i'm a woman of colour. so i just think that those are my qualifications and that's my thinking. there's a lot of qualified people who are applying for this seat. i was reading it before i come here and i would really, really hope that, you know, any of us who are qualified to be able to serve on the seat and i will be so happy.

jennifer is great. i've been watching her and she's my neighbor. a lot of people, william, who couldn't be here. and anybody who could serve, i would love it, with all of the qualified people. but if i could have that chance, i would be more than happy to give of myself to do this work. anybody have any questions? i'm so nervous. [ laughter ] >> you're all do such a great job. no reason to be nervous. are there any questions? no, it was perfect, thank you so much. >> and next is charelle jackson. >> i know it's just passed

thanksgiving so happy thanksgiving. i've been doing any soul-food cooking. i have a fasters degree in political science, public policy and i have a bachelor's degree in psych and sociology and i work for connor house, a nonprofit organization. we serve mental health and substance abuse as well as supportive housing, as well as i work on the health and safety committee and i work on the budget committee for connor house. and so i'm here today to get a chance to serve on the committee for our city, our home. and i think it's really important to serve on a committee that's doing a lot and i think that what i have to offer, day in and day out, services the people that i do

service, it means so much to me. i think we're serving them in so many ways and to be quite honest, when i see the sort of situations they're in and what i can do, i can do much more at a larger capacity by sitting in a seat. and i see those peach day and i know their storie stories. i know i can be a voice. that's why i'm here today. i know you have the information about my background but what i'm here to talk about is what i can do for them and i know i can make an impact and i know i'm serious and i hope you can see that, as well, so thank you so much and if you have any questions. >> any questions? no. thank you so much. appreciate this.

and then julie ledbetter was unable to make it but sent a letter to the committee. and so i will now open up this item for public comment. if you would like to speak on any of the items, please line up to your right. good morning. >> i'm with the community housing partnership and i just want to point out that it would be an incredible misstep to not appoint both jenny and julie. i've had the pleasure of working with them for decades now and i find their steeped in the issues of homelessness and also have an incredible compassion and a great moral compass when it comes to these issue. they have both workd with organizations that really understand the systems around homeless services and are very,

very bright, passionate, incredible people that need to be at the table. jennifer, in particular, because of the constituency, she represents, she works with homeless folks on streets and in the shelters and the organization's approach is about listening to them and having them be a part of the leadership and part of the decision-making and so for that reason alone, i think it's important to have her have a seat here, but i just have no reservations. as a matter of fact, highly, highly recommend both jennifer and julie and i think that they would be tremendous, tremendous assets. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker.

>> good morning. i'm mary kay representing compass family. we're so grateful to jenny for her partnership. she's a phenomenal leader. i did want to say how instrumental her leadership is in moving policy, increasing resources and improving systems to a better place for everybody, in particular for marginalized communities. jennifer's advocacy is so social to moving this to a place where families can get in the door and get immediate access to shelter when people are pregnant and changing those policies and so we highly endorse jenny for this appointment. thank you. >> i'm brian edwards. that was so worth it to watch

jenny speak about herself. i wanted to run up here and go,, no, you don't have to do that. there's probably no one i've learned more from about san francisco and how it actually works than jenny. there's no one who has been more patient and better about making sense of that and i've seen how she moves policy through city hall. i've seen how she crafts policy and how she can build coalitions and i can't think of anyone better. it could be a travesty and you didn't appoint jenny to this. there's a couple of homeless people in san francisco who have stuff going on but they wanted to speak on jenny's behalf. she's jenny fin' freidenbach,

appoint this woman. [ laughter ] >> i'm here because of jennifer. i mean, honestly. when i heard this was happening this morning, i wanted to be here because i can't imagine this moving forward without her seated as one of the members of this committee. you know you're in the presence of someone you'll learn from and spending time around you, you gain experience and knowledge and patience and it's been great having the opportunity to work with her. it really has. i know that she is absolutely the right person for this. if you really want the best result, the best outcome and we all do, then she must be on this

committee. so i know you're going to do the right thing and thank you for your time and i'll see you soon. >> hi supervisors. i'm sam lu. i was the campaign manager for our home prophecy and i've loving this love fest for jenny. we love you so much. folks before me have said so many of the wonderful things jenny has done executiv and i wo voice support for julia ledbe ledbetter and julie who has been a powerful advocate, particularly for unhoused mothers and young people experiencing homelessness. julia is amazing and you should seat her. thank you so much. [ laughter ]

>> is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor walton? i wanted to be the first to say this is the one part of my job that i do not like because we have six qualified candidates that are obviously dedicated and committed to this work. but we can only choose four and so, if we do not make an appointment for you today, i would just say please continue to stay encouraged. please continue to serve this population and folks who need us in san francisco, there will be other appointments. there will be other opportunities to serve and i really appreciate everyone who submitted an application and your commitment and your service. because this work is important. but understand that we do have a difficult task sometimes of having more qualified people than we have seats.

>> supervisor mar. >> i just wanted to thank all of the applicants for your willingness to step up to this incredibly important role on the committee for our city, our home funding. and thank you for all of the work that all of you have done for so many years. it's truly impressive and inspiring and yeah, i would sort of echo supervisor walton's comments about the challenge of selecting from such great candidates or applicants and specifically, i wanted to encourage ellis chu and chanelle jackson to apply for the seats the mayor has to appoint for our committee. and hopefully, you guys will be

able to serve through a mayoral appointment. seat number two, chanelle williams and seat four julie ledbetter, seat six julie. >> thank you for that motion and i would make a different motion but this is an absolutely impossible process. i've never seen a listing of six more qualifiemore qualified.

i think i'll just make this easy and second that motion. but i do personally want to work with alison, then, who would be in my motion with the mayor's office to get appointed because i think we need you both on this body. and so, i will be reaching out today to kanishka who is the staffer in the mayor's office to see if we can make that happen. because i believe we need all six of your expertise on this extremely important committee. and so with that, i'm happy to second that motion, which isn't necessary. if we can take it without objection, that motion passes. >> thank you. you want to confirm, miss williams in seat two, julie ledbetter to seat four, and to a

in seat six. >> thank you so much. thank you. and mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4. >> item 4, appointing two members term ending september 6, 2024. >> thank you so much. and i wanted to see injeffrey morris and eugene bia are here today. good morning. >> i'm jeff morris and it's always interesting to learn about other important issues before the city and i'm here to seek reappointment that oversees

downtown districts and properties. we adjudicate assessed value disputes between the asses asses office and property owners. i retiredded from a 35-career with a firm called black rock ad i wanted to get more involved in civic affairs and i had lunch with an old friend of mine. i've been on that board a few terms and i'm here to seek your reappointment. >> i've had a chance to assimilate the board of equalization guidance, the assessor handbook and i've worked closely with don durand, representatives of carmen chu's office, city attorneys that have come before us and it's

sustained my interest and i have a lot of interest and experienr most of our meetings. there's another go-round of assessed values with the giants and their ballpark. so that's helped me to sustain my interest to ask your reappointment to the board for another fle three years and i wd be happy to respond to questions or comments. >> i don't have any. thank you so much for your willingness to serve again. >> i'm seeking reappointment to board one, of the assessment appeal's board. you may or may not have seen my credentials but very briefly,

graduating in accounting finance and cpa firm and i am a cpa, state of california and i've been working in the real estate industry since the late '60s, 40 years here in san francisco. and i've been serving on the assessment appeal's board, which has been a very unique experience because it has called upon my experience and commercial properties, hotels, retail and including residential and i've served with jeff on a number ofs hearings and we have, i think, an excellent group of board members. there's a great balance of appraisers and cpas and real estate professionals. so i really have nothing else to say, figure you've seen my information and like jeff, if you have any questions me, i'm here to answer them.

>> thank you so much for your service. >> thank you very much. >> we will now open this item up for public comment. any member of the public wish to seek? speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you both for your service and willingness to continue to serve in this role and with that, i will make a motion to reappoint jeffrey morris and eugenevala. mr. morris to seat one and mr. vala to seat four and without objection, that motion passes. can you please read 5. >> we appoint three members, and one member to amendment appeal's board number two.

>> thank you so much and is john lee here? good morning. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm john lee and i grew up in san francisco, attended public schools and i was fortunate enough to go to uc berkley and ucla for a masters in business and real estate. i served for two terms already so i'm seeking reappointment no thareappointment tothat positio. i bring my knowledge of san francisco. i grew up here. i have been selling real estate for 30 years and i live next to sunset 4. what i found aboard that's interesting in my last two terms is that the argument about price

based on statistics. property owners would make arguments on what they know about the property and i'm trying to put the two together and, basically, understand where they're coming from and they're understanding of value. i come from a unique position of evaluating prompt properties ev. on the outside of the street, you don't have the parking and someone is blocking access to your property. and so that's what i bring to the board and to my fellow commissioners. i've enjoyed my time there and i hope i got reappointed. any questions? >> no. thank you for your willingness to serve. is mervin conlin here and yosef sends regrets. he is in surgery, but would love to continue to serve. i will open this up for comment.

seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion? i move that we reappoint john lee, mervin conlin, and yosef to appointment assessment board number two. >> without objection, that motions passes. >> john lee to seat two, conlin to seat three and yosef to seat four. >> correct. >> thank you much. thank you for your willingness to serve again. and mr. clerk, can you read item number 6. >> a hearing appointing three members, ending september 5t tos board three. >> is shawn rigile here?

>> thank you waiting to the bitter end. very kind of you. >> sure. >> good morning, supervisors. this would be my third term as commission on the assessment appeal's board and during my last term, i believe i was able to provide additional assistance to the board by serving on different types of matters. i found these casing to be interesting from a factual standpoint but there were legal issue, particularly in the hotels where the issue of intangibles comes up and those matters are subject to quite a bit of legal interpretation.

i welcome the opportunity to serve again and i thank you all for your time. >> thank you tor your willingnesthank you tor your fo, thank you for your patience. good afternoon now. >> i've been an appraiser for 19 years and 15 years in san francisco and i've been on the board, this will be my second term. that's about it. i'm quiet.

any questions? >> thank you for your willing to serve. open up for public comment and seeing none, public comment is closed and i will make a motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board, mr. regille to seat one and mr. reynolds to seat two and without objection, that passes. have a great rest of your day. and mr. clerk, is there any further business before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> that completes the agenda for today. >> thank you, we are adjourned.

>> this job, it's really not an i job. i wouldn't be able to do this job without other people. i make sure that all the regulatory and nonregulatory samples get to access in a timely manner. we have groundwater samples, you name it, we have to sample

it every day. i have ten technicians, very good team. we work together to attain this sampling. >> a sample is only as good as when you collect properly. if sample is not collect properly according to not the proper protocol, the sample could be biased, could be false positive or could be false negative. so all this to have good so you can manage the sample collectors, as well as the schedule, and she is pretty good, and she is very thorough. and so far, i think that she is performing a very good job. >> this job is really not an i job. i wouldn't be able to do this job without my team. you can assign them any job, they can handle it, and again, without them, i wouldn't be here. i take pride, you know, for

what i do. we are providing a very good water department. my name is roselle, and i have been working with the water department

>> president yee: okay. good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [roll call] . >> clerk: mr. president, all members are president. >> president yee: thank you. would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance]

>> president yee: on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff sfgov tv, colina mendoza and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public on-line. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: i have none to report, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. so can we please call -- madam clerk, can we please call the consent agenda?

>> clerk: items 1 through 6 are on consent and considered to be routine. if requested, an item can be removed and heard separately. >> president yee: colleagues, would anyone like to remove any items from the consent agenda? seeing none, on items 1 through 6, madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. then without objections, these filings pass unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, let's go to our regular agenda

and all items 7 -- call items 7 through 9 all together. >> clerk: items 7 is the ordinance to amend the planning code and the zoning map to create the 3333 california special use district. item 8 is an ordinance to approve an agreement between the city and laurel heights partners to develop a site located at california street and presidio avenue with various public benefits. and item 9 is the ordinance to create an encroachment for laurel partners to occupy adjacent sections of 3333 california street to maintain improvements, waiving conflicting requirements under the public works code and to make the appropriate findings for all three items. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same

house, same call? without objection, these items are finally passed unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 10 and 11 together. >> clerk: items 10 and 11 are two items that pertain to the hope sf project. item 10 is to authorize the delivery of -- [inaudible] >> clerk: and potrero terrace and to annex housing developments. and item 11 is the appropriation ordnance for the $86.3 million to the mayor's office of housing and urban development a2019 through 2020 and the sale pending c.o.p.s. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house,

same call? items are passed on first reading. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 12 and 13. >> clerk: item 12 is a resolution to authorize the controller to cause the execution and delivery of taxable or tax exempt certificates of participation and item 13 is the ordinance designating the $13.2 million of the c.o.p.s and to establish a controller's reserve pending the authorization of the c.o.p.s. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, the items are passed on first reading.

[gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, would you please call item 14. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: so madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 15 is a resolution to approve the first amendment to the refuse collection agreement between the city and sunset scavenger and golden gate disposable and recycling company doing business as recology and recology san francisco. >> president yee: colleagues,

can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call item 16. >> clerk: item 16 is an item to authorize the juvenile department to accept and expend a grant from the state and community investment. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 17 and 18 together. >> clerk: item 17 is the agreement between alaska airlines and the city to incorporate terminal space formerly occupied by virgin america into alaska airlines lease agreement with an

estimated rent of $21.8 million to expire on june 30, 2021, and the other is the lease between virgin america and the city agreeing to terminate the lease agreement with the city following the dissolution of virgin america. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, the items are passed on first reading. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 19 and 20. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 20, resolution to approve and authorize the

executive director of the port of san francisco to execute amendment number one to the professional services agreement between ch2m hill for the sea call resilience planning and to increase the contract amount for an approximate total of $60 million. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call item 21. >> clerk: item 21 is an item to accept and expand a $500,000 grant from the federal emergency management emergency for phase two of the early intake switch head slope for management through june 30, 2020.

>> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are passed first reading. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution's adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk,

please call items 24 through 26 together. >> clerk: items 24 through 26 are three resolutions that pertain to the project associated with 1064 through 1068 mission street. item 24 authorizes the issuance and delivery of multihousing revenue bonds in the amount of 87 million to provide financing for the acquisition and construction of a 258 unit affordable multifamily residential housing project at 1064 through 1068 mission street. item 25 approves and authorizes the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute an amendmented and restated loan agreement, and a long-term ground lease with 1064 mission, l.p., in the loan amount of $74,000 for a lerm of at least 57 years to finance the 200 unit 100% affordable rental in

order to construction the project once the site is transferred to the city and to adopt the appropriate findings. and item 26 is the resolution to authorize the office of mayor's housing and urban development to restate an amended grant agreement with 1064 mission homeless services center for 13.4 million to finance the construction of a city owned and operated homeless services center to be located on the two ground-floor levels of 1064 through 1068 mission street for a grant period through august 1, 2021. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call item 27. >> clerk: item 27 is a resolution to approve and authorize the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute an amendment to the loan documents related to an existing loan agreement with

the san francisco housing accelerator fund for a total loan amount of 20 million and to make the appropriate findings. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this item is adopted unanimously [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call item 28. >> clerk: this is a resolution of the intention of the board of supervisors to renew a property based business improvement district known as the noe valley community benefit district to levee a fine on all parcels in the district, to approve the district plan, the engineer's report, the proposed boundaries for the map of the district, and to order and set a time and place for the public hearing of the board of supervisors to sit as a committee of the whole on january 28, 2020. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item, same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 29 through 32

together. >> clerk: items 29 through 32 are four resolutions that pertain to pier 70 condominiums special tax district 2019-1 and 2. 1 authorizes the city and san francisco to establish a tax district, to order and set the time and place for a public hearing of the board to sit as a committee of the whole onnian 14, 2020. -- on january 14, 2020. item 2 allows the board to incur bonded debtedness and other debt for the special district 2019-1. item 31 declares the intention to declare the special tax district, the special pier properties and a future annexation properties. this also sets the time and

place for a public hearing for the board toity s sit as a come of the whole on january 14, 2020 and determines other matters in connection defined herein. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 33 through 38 together. >> clerk: these item pertain to the following six community benefit districts or c.b.d.s. item 32 changed the name of the rincon community to the east cut community benefit district and to approve the c.b.d.

item 35 approves an agreement with the nonprofit owners association for administration and management of the c.b.d. known as the north of market tenderloin c.b.d. through june 30, 2034. item 36 approves an agreement with the nonprofit owners association for administration and management of the c.b.d. known as the business improvement district through june 30, 2029. item 37 is an instruction to receive the annual report for the tenderloin c.b.t., and item 18 is an instruction to receive the annual report for the lower polk report for 2017-18.

>> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 40 through 42 together. >> clerk: item 40 is a resolution to determine that the premise to premise transfer of a type 21 off sale general beer, win, and distilled spirits license to target will serve the public convenience. item 41, a resolution to determine that the transfer of

a type 21 off sale general beer, wine, and distilled licenses to xing yi will serve the public convenience. and item 42, the transfer of an off sale beer, wine, and distilled spirits license to -- [inaudible] >> clerk: will serve the public convenience. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, the items are adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item.

[agenda item read]. >> president yee: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, president yee. this resolution declares a state of emergency to rapidly expand the city's emergency firefighting water system to ensure that all neighborhoods are protected in the event of a catastrophic fire following a major earthquake. the resolution encourages the city to create an affirmative action plan, including to expand the city's high pressure water lines to all unprotected neighborhoods within 15 years. so complete a study for add -- to complete a study for adding a new salt water firefighting plant on the north side of the city, to create interim protections within three years by increasing the emergency firefighting capacity in all neighborhoods currently unprotected by high pressure

pipelines, and finally to strengthen public oversight and accountability by requiring an annual report to be presented to the board of supervisors on the status of the emergency firefighter water systems preparedness for a major earthquake and fire. this fall, residents in our city and throughout the bay area have been reminded of the importance of emergency preparedness as we experienced yet another devastating fire season in the north bay plus a series of unsettling earthquakes throughout the region, and the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake in our area. since then, our city has taken steps, including the side mistake retrofitting of buildings, and nert, our neighborhood emergency response teams. however, one area that has not been adequately addressed is

the threat of wide spring fires after a devastating earthquake. the even more devastating 1906 san francisco earthquake caused 86 deaths and fires following the earthquake. in 1906, the city took the step of building an emergency water system for firefighting separate from our water system. that includes 135 miles of high pressure pipelines and two salt water pumping stations. this system is designed to furnish large amounts of water for firefighting purposes and establishes reliability in the event of an earthquake. unfortunately, one part of the city is not protected by the firefighting system. most of the neighborhoods on the west side and southeast

districts remain unprotected in our vulnerable to widespread fires and property damage following a major earthquake, and san francisco remains one of the most vulnerable cities in the world and certainly in the united states from i'd spread destruction resulting from an earthquake and fire. the usgs also warns that the pace of larger earthquakes is likely to increase due to geologic geological reasons, so the resolution we're urging today is to bring attention to the urgent issues here in our stay. i want to thank my legislative aide allen wong, and the nanny neighborhood lead -- many neighborhood leaders in the

sunset who have provided input. i'd also like to thank the fire department, police department, and office of resilience planningt planning for working with us and the steps that you take to make sure that residents will be protected from catastrophic earthquake fires. finally, i'm proposing a set of nonresolution amendments that have been reviewed by deputy city attorney givner. the first amendment specifies that the annual firefighting report on the emergency system shall be due on january 1 of each year, and the second by june 30, 2021. colleagues, i thank you for your support on this resolution. >> president yee: okay. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: do we need

to take -- mr. president, do we need to take the amendments first or should we -- >> president yee: do you want to make comments? >> supervisor safai: yeah, i do. >> president yee: okay. go ahead. >> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. so first, i want to thank supervisor mar for leading the charge on this. this has also been a certain of mine. i appreciate the calling out that we were able to get five, four in the budget, one additional through the state. i think that it's important to underscore that there are certain areas of the city that will not certainly have the same amount of underground infrastructure after the 1906 earthquake. it makes sense when areas that have more of the city burned down, they make that decision.

i've had subsequent conversations with the p.u.c. to talk about how we can accelerate some of the studies and look at how and when we would underground the additional infrastructure in some of the parts of my district as well as lower part of your district. i think we would share that, along with president yee's district. this is a big concern, particularly in the environment that we're in today, and so i want to ensure that the study that comes out talks aggressively about, as you say, through the equity lens, how those areas that are not served by emergency infrastructure for water system is not served and this is a priority. also want to recognize budget chair and how she was able to push the conversation through the bond process and ensuring that this is also a priority for all parts of san francisco. so we're going to continue to move aggressively. i look forward to continue to

worki working hand in hand aggressively with you to ensure that san francisco moves forward on this. >> president yee: so is there any further conversation? without objection, then, we'll accept the amendments. [gavel]. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this item as amended is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: this brings us exactly to our 2:30 special accommodations. wow. good timing, folks. so madam clerk, let's go to our 2:30 special accommodations.

>> clerk: yes, mr. president. it's now time for a special commendation for transgender awareness month to raise the awareness of transgender people and the challenges their community face. >> president yee: thank you, madam clerk. today, we will be recognizing transgender awareness month for the first time at the board of supervisors. i welcome you all to the chamber for this momentous occasion. we as a city stand united in proud support of our transgender community and we'll continue to fight vehemently, fervently against the discrimination and violence that so many of our community members have endured. today, we'll celebrate each other and uplift the lives of our transgendered leaders. first, someone to explain the order of the celebration.

i will turn it over first to supervisor mandelman to make opening remarks. then, we will have supervisor haney share his commendation as the supervisor representing the world's first ever transgender cultural district. after that, we will proceed by reverse alphabetical order starting after supervisor haney. so right now, what i'd like to do is turn it over to supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, president yee. i want to start by acknowledging that tomorrow is the 20th annual transgender day of remembrance, where we honor the memories of trans folks whose lives have been taken by antitrans violence. last year, mayor breed launched

san francisco's annual transgender awareness month to help raise the awareness of san francisco's transgender communities. we have the opportunity today to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary trans san franciscans through today's first ever board of supervisors transawareness month special commendations. now to be honest, it should not have taken us this long. 53 years ago, a group of trans women and drag queens led one of the first documents lgbt up risings. we now have the country's first ever transgender cultural district located in supervisor haney's district which