and continue to lead into the 21st century by sending a message that we support a carbon fee. and i think that there are -- there's much more to be done beyond just this policy, but i think that this is a very necessary first step. so i encourage and appreciate all the support that you can give to this resolution. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is sue as a in atwoo. my mother went to city college, my nephew went there, i went back to school when i was 40 to become a cpa and took the accounting classes. then i became an internal auditor at the university of california full time. but in the evenings and on saturdays, i taught accounting and auditing at city college for

12 years. there's a lot of issues on the table here today, reparations for destruction of the black community, i support nurses in the e.r., i support taxi drivers, i still take taxis. i will not take uber or lyft because i'm a union person. it seems like the people here in san francisco are hurting. and that's what i'm hearing from everybody today. so i know that you guys are not god, and you can't solve all the problems, but to the extent that you can, i'm asking for help. you are probably tired about hearing of city college needing help because we've been at this for eight years one way or another. i've been campaigning for several things to get more funding for probably at least eight years if not longer than that. but what i want to say is this midnight massacre of this last 300 classes, it's like the straw

that breaks the camel's back. so we really need your help on this. and a lot of other people in this room need help as well. thank you. >> next speaker. >> thank you for your patience and good humor. my name is kat. i've been a teacher at city college for 40 years. and since this happened, i'm going to have to repeat myself. because it's been so devastating, i can't remember the end of the sentence most of the time. so the most important thing i have to say is that i know it's hard to pick your battles at city hall. and this is a battle we are fighting, because so many of the programs that you fund intersect at city college just like all the concerns from healthcare to the environment to the taxis intersect here today, from child development to older adults, i wanted to be a nurse, so i really felt i couldn't take it

back in the '70s but one day walking to work at city college, i realized you made it, you are in public mental health, teaching dance classes. i have 25 classes were taken out of my department. in the dance teachers, how it looks like they made a decision, it wasn't about how good the teacher it was, it wasn't about the program that was needed, it didn't matter that the teacher's class was packed. they went after the part timers who had healthcare benefits who are the most popular teachers in our department cut back from one class -- from five classes to one. 100 students signed a petition that day because they were so devastated about the attachment they have to that teacher. the worst thing is she is the future of that program. and one of the most important things for me to do right now is keep community and college and $2.7 million is a really good

investment in the lives that that's likely to change. so if you haven't made up your mind yet, please get on board. $2.7 million, it's invaluable in the number of lives it's going to affect. thank you. >> good evening. my name is hamus found. i serve as president of the san francisco branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people. i'm also honored to have served up to this point, for 43 years, as senior pastor of the historic baptist church of san francisco.

i set, mr. president, members of the board, like you, through now, three hours and six minutes. >> [off mic] >> what i sat through. the thing that concerns me is that on april 14th, 1858, 600 african-americans gathered at the first ame zion church at

sacramento and jackson streets. way back there, they were complaining about the racialized treatment of blacks in san francisco. blacks couldn't serve on juries, couldn't get housing, couldn't get jobs, no school. [off mic] -- san francisco. so we will be able to live in

peace. and you did the same. [off mic] -- the african-americans -- [off mic] we are talking about humane treatment. [off mic]

>> please wrap it up. i've extended you the courtesy. >> i'm not speaking for myself. [off mic] some were here this afternoon. among them, the pastor of the first presbyterian church. dr. rob strong of -- and you heard earlier -- [off mic]

longest serving black -- [off mic] -- of this town -- >> thank you, sir. >> [off mic] we are going to stand up -- the interest of government -- >> thank you. >> [off mic] why can't san francisco do the same? [off mic] we invite you to join us and do the right thing and not make a mistake that was made years ago. [off mic]

>> please, i've extended courtesy. thank you very much. >> reparation to make sure -- [off mic] >> thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. >> [off mic] >> that's right, tell them reparations now. >> reparations now. >> thank you, young man. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

thank you for your work. my name is nick. i'm a chair of the restore the male notices committee. we've spoken to you before about this subject. you have to ask yourself, what are the consequences of the exclusion of seniors, low income and disabled from public and educational participation in the life of san francisco. there have been recent unjustified -- these recent unjustified cuts to continually-needed courses at city college are part of the latest unrelenting wave of gentrification to sweep san francisco. at the same time as our public library has gotten closer than ever to becoming privatized. gentrification and equity issues are on the table as never before. i'm going to read you a proposed

resolution that we expect to put before two other public bodies in san francisco. the san francisco county democratic central committee and the central labor council of san francisco. whereas the san francisco public library is severely pen liesing thousands of library users who don't have access to the internet in their homes and whereas in mid-september 2019, without any prior public notice, the san francisco library eliminateed mail notes limiting access to borrowing library materials and whereas the san francisco public library made changes in its procedures that adversely affect the most vulnerable patron population, seniors, low income and disabled users, therefore it be resolved the central labor council usuals the library commission to restore the option that all library pray tons may choose to

have -- patrons may choose to have library -- [off mic] >> thank you very much, sir. thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is pepper. i'm speaking in support of restoring of the cuts to ccsf. so when i transitioned, i lost both my job and my housing, and ccsf helped me build a career and become housed again in this city. and one thing about -- they seemed, at least to me, to be very targeted towards programs that people, i guess the

calculation was people thought they wouldn't matter, i think, like the arts. the arts really matter to me. it's actually the only program in the whole area that actually makes really concerted outreach to trans artists to represent trans people and trans bodies in their figurative drawing classes. so it's really a resource that the city has. and the cuts are quite savage to all aspects of the arts. and i really hope that, you know, to affirm the fact that this is a city for everyone, that the supervisors' role is to come and support fully the restoration of those programs. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hello.

my name is lee ellen shoe maker. and i'm on the faculty of city college in the older adults department. i've been teaching there 12 years, since i retired as a hospital administrator at cpmc. and i do love teaching there. i've taught beginning computer, beginning internet, microsoft office and my class is renaming my one class that's left that will not continue next semester, is called art and photography using digital media. and mostly what we do is teach people to use their cell phones. i'm asking you to support the classes. we are not just for older adults. anyone in the adult can take our classes. and i often get students who find the usual speed of classes

for learning computers or learning photoshop elements being paced too fast for them. so i get a lot of english as a second language students as well as people who may have other difficulties or disabilities. i ask for your support to continue these classes. i think they are an asset to the community and to our city. and i appreciate your support on this. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi, folks. my legal name is matula. my given name is patricia ann cart farrell as in ofarrell street. i was kicked in the face sunday morning as i lay at council of

human services, supposedly, quote, unquote, homeless. i would like my money. i am being held hostage. i was sold a dream five years ago and i don't have a problem with it. i came out of a charming hotel in a charming studio in charming matt haney's district, and i enjoyed every minute of it because i did what i liked to do best, clean up the block, start by cleaning up your own home. start by cleaning up your own block. start by teaching your kids how to read if they don't know how to read, take them to the library and check out the books that are there. my mother taught me to read as her mother taught her. i have a formal sixth grade education. and that's not why i came here. i would like my money. i am being held hostage in san francisco. and i could be anywhere other in the world.

my passport has been confiscated. my driver's license has been confiscated. i got an address i'm using of 2111 jenkins, 94124 that tells me it's a privilege to receive mail there. now my address is opera plaza. i would like my money. and if somebody would be kind enough to call over or walk over to social security and say give her her money so she can get her passport so she can get her california driver's license, so she can get the m uk on, because i don't care about -- [off mic] >> thank you. next speaker. >> okay. i'm coming because i've been a student at city college on and off for about 20 years. right now i work as an early

childhood education teacher and i take classes for professional development. but i also take other classes that i'm entrusted in. when i have classes on the campus, i like to go have dinner in the cafeteria, and i was shocked to find out we wouldn't be having dinner there next semester because they've cut all the night classes for the culinary arts students. this is a program that's vocational, teaching people how to cook. people need to be able to take classes at night when they work. i think it's terrible they are cutting the classes. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i'm gloria, and i'm here to support getting reparations. people probably already said it but in case you don't know the history of black people is to bring us over here for labor. the history of black people is to bring us here to san francisco for labor at the shipyards.

one that shut down, no one wanted us to be here anymore except to drive the buses and to serve as security in the buildings throughout the city. so there needs to be something done, because otherwise there's time with the budget trying to find how to fix the symptoms of what happens when you don't do what's right. also i want to speak about city college. my mother, back when she went through domestic violence, she got out of that relationship, went on welfare, went to city college, got her aa degree, got a federal job and she was retired from that until three years ago. she worked like 50 years based off city college education. also for myself, my years in the service, i got my degree at city college. also my daughter who went to san francisco state, who also has problems with college classes, went to city college during the

summer session to compensate for the classes in art that she could not get at san francisco state and still took her six years to get her degree because there was a problem everywhere. san francisco used to be the leader on fixing this. and other than that, we need to do better and as board of supervisors can't always just depend on the boards or the trustees over there to do what is necessary. it's got to be a citywide effort. thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. next speaker. >> hello. possibly individuals might be more willing to comply and cooperate with restraining order requirements if they were able to deposit their firearms with a gun dealer for a set time period. a reasonable fine as penalty instead of submitting their weapons directly to the police department which many fail to

comply with. the firearms could then be picked up by cooperating sheriff's department from whom the weapons could be retrieved by the owner at a later date as per judicial requirement. so that's just something to think about. >> okay. any other speakers? seeing none, then public comment is closed. thank you very much for the public for coming today to express all the concerns that you have. let's continue with our agenda. call items 54 through 65. >> items 54 through 65 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee. a anonymous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today. alternatively, any supervisor may require resolution to go to committee.

>> would any colleagues like to sever any items? >> 55. >> supervisor stefani? >> 54, please. >> and also sever 57. >> supervisor ronen? >> 58. >> so let's please call items -- >> the roll on -- >> the remaining balance of the items. >> on the remaining? >> minus 54, 55, 57, 58

>> supervisor mandelman. we can take a call. >> so for the remainder of the items then, can we take a call? seeing no objection, then these motions are approved. let's go back to item -- i want to take this out of order. my colleagues don't mind. with 55, 57, 58 first. and then to 54 last out of this bunch. okay? madame clerk, call item 55. >> item 55 is a resolution to support united states house resolution no. 463, authored by representative theodore deutch, the energy innovation and carbon dividend act of 2019 to

encourage market-driven innovation of clean energy technologies and market efficiencies which will reduce harmful pollution and leave a healthier more stable and more prosperous nation for future generations. >> we heard about this in public comment. this is a resolution to put san francisco on record in support of the act, hr763, a bill for tax carbon emissions. los angeles, richmond and other cities have approved resolutions of their own. bipartisan climate change bill sponsored by representative deutch. having led on so many environmental issues and so many areas, i believe san francisco should join these other cities in supporting the bill. if passed, the bill will place a fee on fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas and the money will be allocated to the american people with an he must haved

annual total of $500 per individual. the legislation is expected to bring emissions down 40 percent in 12 years while creating 12 million new jobs and promoting energy conservation. i want to thank steven from citizens climate lobby as well as the amazing folks who made it through four hours sitting here to talk about this measure. i also want to thank you from the mayor's office and kyle in my office for his work on this and i want to thank those advocates who came out and are so great. colleagues, i hope you all vote for this. >> thank you. colleagues, can we take this item in call? without objection then, this resolution is adopted. madame clerk, call 57. >> 57 is a motion to authorize preparation of written proponent and opponent ballot arguments

and rebuttal ballot arguments for submittal to the voters for the march 3, 2020, consolidated presidential primary election >> copies should have been distributed. amendments are to clarify the authors for the proponent arguments for the ballot measures on march 2020 election. amendments are as follows: the leading -- the opponent on page 1, line 3, since there are no appointed arguments being author authored, having mayor breed as the official author of the ballot measure for the charter amendment to provide retiree healthcare benefits to employees of the housing authority, that's on page 1, line 19 and 20 and

page 2 of lines 25. and then next, having supervisor peskin be the pry player author for the ordinance -- be the primary author for the ordinance, that would be on page 3, line 9. next, deleting the withdrawn initiative ordinance by the mayor on page 3, lines 10 through 17 and finally, deleting language referring to opponent ballot arguments, that's on page 3, 3 through 6. so colleagues, can i have a motion to adopt these? i'll make the motion to adopt these amendments. can i have a second? seconded by supervisor safai without objection, the amendments are adopted. colleagues, can we take a vote

on a motion as amended as call? the motion passes unanimously as amended. madame clerk, call 58. >> item 58 is a motion to establish the 2020 board of supervisors regular meeting schedule. >> supervisor ronen. >> yes, i wanted to propose that we cancel the november 3, 2020 board meeting. i was kind of talking to supervisor peskin by my side who said that he's always appreciated that we do a business on election day that there's something that feels good about that. and i do agree with him, and i always have that feeling when we are here on election day. at the same time, i've definitely think it should be a national holiday. i think that we should encourage employers locally to give their

employees off so they can participate in the democratic process. and november 3, 2020, i hope will be a truly historic day where we take back our country. and so i wanted to propose and actually would love to hear your thoughts on this about whether or not we should, starting this november and perhaps in the future, not work on election days so that we can fully participate in the democratic process. i'm not totally tied to it one way or another. i understand supervisor peskin's point of view and have shared it, but i know that i'm always rushing to get out of here and wanting to get out of here so i can be on the streets campaigning and participating and getting out the vote. and i'm curious what you all think.

>> supervisor peskin >> so i really appreciate the way supervisor ronen has framed this issue. and i say as somebody who was first on the ballot in san francisco the day that then presidential candidate al gore lost to george bush the younger. so i totally get the argument that we should all be out on the streets. i also have always enjoyed the fact that we were in here doing the people's work, because it happened to be on a tuesday. when i first actually started on the board of supervisors, we had our board meetings on mondays. and we were one of the few board of supervisors that didn't meet on tuesdays. when we had the vote to move it to tuesday, i think i lost on a 9-2 vote. so there's another way to deal

with this, which is we don't have to meet on tuesdays, or we could actually on that particular day, meet on a monday. but i think it's important that we show the people that we are doing the people's business, even though next november many of the individuals in this room will be on the ballot. but i think i've always enjoyed the fact that i was in here actually voting on public policy issues even though my name and my colleagues' names were on the local ballot. but maybe there's other ways around this, which is to have a meeting on -- i forget what date that is, november 2 or something. anyway, just thoughts. >> supervisor haney? >> i hadn't considered that perspective that supervisor peskin raised. i think it makes sense for us to not have a board meeting on election day. i think we would all be participating in some way with

the democratic process, whether it's volunteering or supporting in some way, obviously voting, it makes sense for us to not have a meet. if it's another day that week that makes a lot of sense or if it's another day we can reschedule. i know as one other example, on the board of education never met on election day. and we also met on tuesdays. and that was tuesday evenings. so those meetings were always canceled. i don't know if there's any other precedence or elected bodies in san francisco. but i think it's a good idea. i think having it on another day makes sense too. >> supervisor peskin or can i have a turn? >> mr. president, i will live to regret this, but i would suggest that we amend the subject motion, and this is the motion that requires six votes, to amend it and to pass it to

create, if we can do so, madame, acting clerk, a special board meeting on monday, november 2 of next year. i'll defer to counsel but i think it would be special in so far as it is not on a tuesday so we can do that by a separate instrument. and of course i'll be freaking out on monday and wish that i did it on tuesday. but i would make that motion but will defer to counsel. i think it would be a special meeting and i don't know if we can do it in the subject resolution or a subsequent resolution. >> deputy cityattorney. it would be a special meeting. you can modify this motion to schedule that special meeting with six votes. >> and that would not be a substantive change and we can do it here without a continuance? >> correct. because the motion itself is setting the meeting the board anticipates it will have in

2020. >> and do we all agree that november 2 of 2020 is a monday? hold on. supervisor ronen is going to be upset. it is a monday. so i would make a motion to amend the subject motion to have a special board meetling at 2:00 p.m. on monday 2, november 2020. >> there's a motion to amend and seconded. here's my thought on the motion. that the rationale that -- if i'm following supervisor ronen's logic here, which is people are participating in the election, running up to election day, that

i've always found that might be the day before, actually as probably more intense than the day of the election. and if a friendly suggestion is rather than having it on monday, everybody is going to be a hang overon wednesday, but you won't be participating in the election activities to have it on a wednesday instead. that is my suggestion. >> supervisor fewer. >> considering, i find myself to get in trouble on election night, i am wondering if we could actually -- the first timr considered that. wondering if there's an option to actually not have a meeting that week and find another date to have a meeting. so i'm wondering if my colleagues wouldn't mind

continuing this item or could we so that we could actually just speak among even our -- as a representative aids for example and to see what a better option might be. so i think i would like to have more time. this is just sprung on me now so i'm kind of thinking about what it might be like. and it is true that at the school district we don't meet on election night. but i'm wondering could we set a meeting another time. could we continue this item to next week? that would be my preference to kind of kick it around. i think it's an interesting idea and i appreciate my colleagues bringing it forward. so that would be my suggestion. >> in so far as i am at the top of the roster, i will withdraw my amendment if it is okay with my seconder, and i think continuing this item for a week because there's no pressing time

urgency. and also hearing from the clerk of the board who is sick today, it would be fine with me. so if it's okay with supervisor walton, i will withdraw my amendment and ask for a continuance and agree with supervisor fewer. >> there's a motion to continue this item to next week's meeting on december 17. seconded my supervisor ronen. then with no objection -- oh. >> i see there's a bunch of public on this -- >> i'll be fast. >> supervisor stefani. >> i just want to add that i concur with supervisor fewer's suggestion to continue this for a week to discuss it. my inkling was i feel i was elected to work that week and not campaign that week and my constituents would expect me to come to work. so i would like to discuss whether or not we find another

date during that week to have that meeting. >> supervisor safai. >> i actually think that doing it the day of the election but earlier would be better, maybe we could think about that. just throw that in the mix. like maybe we meet at 10:00 that day to have an earlier meeting so it would be over. anyway, just throw it out there. >> supervisor ronen. >> i want to appreciate my colleagues for having this conversation. i don't even know exactly where i stand on it. but it feels like that day, i want to get out so badly of the meeting so i can get on the streets and campaign and get out the vote that it just occurred to me that perhaps we could figure something out that made more sense so we could be participating in the democratic process. and given how high the stakes are this november, it feels particularly urgent. so i think this is a great solution. and i appreciate the ongoing dialogue. >> okay. so if there's no objection to the motion to continue, then it

passes. where am i? item 54. >> item 54 is a resolution to commend and honor supervisor vallie brown for her decades of dedicated service to san francisco and her service as a member of the san francisco board of supervisors. >> okay. thank you for serving along with this item. as this could very well be the last board of supervisors meeting that our colleague supervisor vallie brown, i really want to take advantage of this and make sure that we properly honor you. so i'm going to say -- and you said that you were a supervisor -- or the commissioner this morning for 16

months, i was really shocked, actually. i was thinking what, only 16 months? i personally thought you were a supervisor longer than that. i don't know -- i'm not too sure why i thought that. but i think part of it is when i thought about the impact we've had on the board of supervisors in terms of your legislation and the many pieces of legislation that you offer and push through, shows the volume of things that you were able to accomplish in the 16 months was actually pretty impressive. and when i thought about even the types of legislation that you chose to really push and author, it's almost everything that you chose seemed to go back

to fighting for the -- almost people that probably need a voice on this board. you fight for women's rights. you fight for homelessness, you fight for children, you fight for climate changes, you fight for tenant rights. even the simple -- not simple but barring travels to states that deprive women of their right to choose control over their own bodies is something that is commendable. you coauthoring and pushing for having vehicles be able to really the poor people that can't afford a home should be able to find a place to park where it's safe. once again, it's something that maybe some of us thought about,

we didn't push it, but you did. so to me it goes on and on in terms of what you did. and i really do appreciate what you've done for -- not for the board but for the people in san francisco. and certainly i appreciate your congeniality in working with all of us, always, even when you disagree, there was nothing about the disagreement that was disagreeable. you were just enough to state the facts and say this is what i believe in, you know, take it or leave it. and when other people did the same thing, you took it or leave it. so that's something that i respect as being a professional in the political world, it's not always easy to do, but you seem to be able to do that. so i'm going to miss you. i'm hoping that we'll get to work on things outside of this

chamber, because i think you have a remarkable mind and have a lot of passion. that's everybody. supervisor safai. >> supervisor vallie brown. so i wanted to say it's been such an honor to work with you. what i'm going to focus on is your style and the way in which i think that you have been able to manage impacting with people. i've certainly enjoyed the way that you've interacted with me and my office and my staff. i think you have a calm style and a way in which you interact with people. you don't allow people to fluster you. so i've always appreciated that, watching you from the years that you were a legislative aid to then being supervisor, i said it then and i meant it, and i still mean it now, i think you

transitioned to being a supervisor completely and relatively easy because you had the experience. and you were ready day one. and i think it shows from all the accomplishments and things you have done over the last year and a half. the work that we did on the safe parking, in particular, your resolve there, the way in which you approached me, and i know we've had some private conversations about that, but the fact that you just handled it in such a way that was calm, you didn't get in my face, you didn't throw your own personal experiences at me to guilt me. you just talked about it in a matter of fact way. and i really appreciated that. and you said let's do this together, and here we are tomorrow we're going to have the grand opening, the first time in the city's history of having safe parking. and so much of that is because of you is the way you pushed me and challenged me to do better. and i really appreciate that. i know you are going to continue to be active. i know you are going to continue

to challenge us, and i know you are going to continue to fight for this city. and i know the best things for you in terms of elected life, are yet to come. so i look forward to embracing that and working with you on that. >> supervisor ronen. >> yeah. we had a little chance to touch base in the hall earlier today. but as i said to you then in private and what i think you are going to hear echoed from all of us is i give you the most mature member of the board award. and not in age but in demeanor, without a doubt, you are a class act. you always are, no matter what you are facing. and it's just been an incredible pleasure to serve with you in this way. i have an immense amount of respect for you, and i'm really looking forward to continuing to work with you in the future. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you, president yee and

supervisor brown, i don't really do good-byes. and i know you are going to continue to work for your community and continue to serve the city in whatever capacity as we move forward. but i just really do want to appreciate how you lead with grace. and the advice you gave me when i first got elected, you may not remember, but if you think, i know it will come back to you, that was some of the best advice i could have ever been given when coming into this room. so i want to thank you for taking the time to help me not get in my own way. i really do appreciate that. but i shall appreciate how much you care about community, how much you fight for community in the way that you do it. your commitment is definitely unchallenged. and i know you'll continue to serve in many big ways. so you always have a friend in me and supporter in me. and again, i want you to know

that i appreciate everything you've done since you've been on the board of supervisors but also your prior service in city hall for a long time. thank you. >> supervisor fewer. >> yes, vallie, i know i'm not going to be able to get through this without shedding a few tears. i like to think that i'm one of your closest colleagues, well, maybe not, but i would like to think so. i think that we have -- because i feel that we had really a connection around the issues that are so dear to my heart and yours. looking at our most marginalized communities in san francisco, fighting together for racial equity and really hammering that out to make it real for people that have waited so long for this type of help and assistance

in the city and county of san francisco. i was so proud to author that with you. somebody that gave public comment today said something about how you write legislation, how you have a big heart. and i think this is the perfect combination in which to write legislation and to vote on legislation. it is about a great mind but a big heart. and in that way, we know that we are meeting the needs of san franciscos. i think -- i didn't know you at all when you came in. being only one of four women on this board. and by the way, whoever is not putting down the toilet seat in the bathroom, this is really rude. i just want to say that. but i have enjoyed so much the camaraderie of having another woman of color on the board

also. and i think you are very kind. i think you are really generous. and always friendly. you have a really deep understanding about people of color and the struggle that they have, but in particular, about people who are in poverty or have been in poverty. this deep respect and understanding about what they are going through and how a helping hand is also to give them a leg up. and i think this legislation that you signed onto immediately, the n.c. o., all these others -- eventually a lot of people have -- you stepped up and you understood what is like to work for $15 an hour. and struggling. and i think because of who you are, that these decisions that you've made on the board and

actually, i feel like you've been on the board much longer also. i concur can president yee. with president yee. i think it's very fine. and it's been a wonderful experience to work with you. and i personally just really want to thank you for your friendship. but also for what you have done for the people of san francisco, and especially for those people. and i just have to say it once again, for those people that are most marginalized in san francisco that now at this time so desperately need that voice. thank you, vallie. i hope we will stay friends forever. >> supervisor haney. >> >> well, i want to say it's been an honor to serve with you and to thank you for your service. i think as long as you've been

working in public service and for the different folks you've worked for, it's astonishing i have never heard anyone say a bad word about you like they don't respect and like they don't think you are a good person. and i think that just goes so far that you are somebody who all of us here know, not just your colleagues, but everyone who works at city hall, everyone you come across, that you are going to approach things with integrity, you are going to try to do the right thing. it never felt like things were political or that you were looking over your shoulder, you were trying to figure out what the right thing was to do and to represent your constituents. and for me as a new supervisor, being able to see that and learn from you around that was a real privilege and i want to thank you for that. your staff is also really great. i think we all love your staff. and my staff was always like we

love vallie, we love her staff. and i'm sure that was something all of our offices said. that really is a testament to you and the people that you bring around. and i always enjoyed when i had the opportunity to hear more and learn more about you and your life and your journey. and the way that you brought that here to your work, the times in which, you know, when we had the women who were here, the native american women who were talking about the murders and the violence, and to hear you stand up and speak about that and your experience and to see you do it again when we were talking about homelessness, i think that was so powerful for you to be vulnerable in that way but also just to be real and genuine about who you are and your experience and then to see you at the fleetwood mac concert just dancing all over the place

just a few days after the election, i just -- it's been just cool to see you be yourself and be genuine and not let any of this get to you, because i know you are going to continue to do this work. you are going to continue to be there for the folks who showed up for you today. you are going to continue to be there for people when nobody is watching. and i think for all of us, that's something that we should aspire to and do aspire to. and i've seen you do it in everything that you've done here during the time i've been here, and i'm sure obviously before i got here. and it will continue on and on after all of us -- we all have our time in office, but for you, this is a life of service. and it's a service to the people of district 5, and i know that's going to continue. and all of us hope that whatever you do next, it will be in a place where we can to work with you. and that's completely something that all of us are excited to do in whatever capacity you choose to do it. so thank you for your service.

>> supervisor mar. >> yeah, vallie, i was just thinking how a year ago when i was nervously getting ready to step into this role, i relied a lot on my brother, former supervisor mar, for advice on how to get ready. if i said he gave me a range of topics that's proven to be useful or not useful to varying degrees, but i think the best advice he gave me and really the most right on was how much i'm going to enjoy working with you. and how much -- how knowledgeable you were about city government and so many different issues about how deeply committed to your community, the neighborhood and the city you were. and i think most importantly, how i would be able to trust you politically and how you were really progressive. because despite both of us having many years of activism on different issues in the city, our paths have never crossed before, so i didn't really know

you. but i think my brother's advice about you has proven to be right on and more so, it's been a great pleasure to be sort of a seated partner with you at the board meetings and also on the committee with you and just being able to tap your -- all of your support and guidance as i struggled to get activated in this new role. and i really appreciated all the conversations we've had on issues small like staying healthy and to issues that we worked on from a.d.u., supporting expansion of a.d.u.s to supporting our small neighborhood businesses more and then land use issues and even s.b.50. it's just been really great to engage with you on all these. so thank you. and i look forward to continuing to work with you, maybe on this

new body that you and i and some others in this chamber are for some reason stepping -- trying to step into. so thanks, vallie. >> supervisor mandelman. >> thank you, president yee. we join this board i think the same week. and i did not know you super well at that time, but i have so enjoyed working with you and everything that has been said is true. you are unfailingly collegial and kind. you have a ton of heart, but you also think carefully and thoughtfully about what the right answer is and try really hard to get to what is actually good for the city. and you have been personally so helpful to me and gracious and willing to share your knowledge and advice and support in tough

times. and so i think supervisor ronen called you a class act, and i completely agree. and i think you're fantastic. >> supervisor peskin. >> i will do my best to stand up as my hip is giving out. but that is my style. vallie brown, because i knew you originally as vallie brown long before i knew you as supervisor brown, in, as i said, this morning at the transportation authority, in many incarnations. vallie had a lifelong before she came to city hall which we learned about along the way but worked for two remarkably tough bosses. and i want to say did not learn any of their lessons, because she treated her staff and all of her colleagues and everybody's

staff with profound respect. so you did not learn any of the bad ways of those two individuals that you served. and i am not naming names. later on, vallie went to work for oewd where she was universally respected. and if you know that role, all of us think that we are being told untruths or half-truths. everybody absolutely knew when vallie came down the hall, she was telling nothing but the truth and the whole truth. and if you asked her the right questions, she would tell you what the infirmities were, and i profoundly appreciated that for one. supervisor haney actually referenced vallie's not only being a member of the indigenous community but her work. and one thing that i really want to salute and you got me to go to the board of appeals and i had to get the city attorney's permission, is removal across

this great plaza of the statue. i was not going to get up that early in the morning, but you did, and i think that is a tribute to you and a reversal of the manifest injustice. i want to close by saying that it was not easy, and this is the elephant in the room, to be on the other side of your election. and i want to tell you how hard that was for me personally. and as you know, it wasn't personal. i actually endorse your opponent before you were even named to the seat that you are in. but let me tell you, it's been a rough bunch of months for me personally. and the one thing i know is that when you are this committed to the city and to justice, you will be around -- i was out of office for seven years. i showed up here every once in a while and yelled and screamed at the board of supervisors. i expect you to do the same. thank you, vallie