i'm from supervisor norman yee's office. mine is more a comment. it was based on the presentations today when we were talking about lessons learned. specifically you mentioned sledding in the beginning, and although

online in other languages, but we didn't have it in other languages at that time. one of the things that i'm sure you all read about, which was connected to the flooding, but if the house wasn't flooded, some of the houses experienced sewage coming up through the houses. we had residents asking our office was it safe to clean up. i actually don't know if we --

this is something we'll discuss through the hearing, but is that d.b.i., department of public health, p.u.c., where is the appropriate contact for residents to find out if it's safe for them to clean up. so, yeah, i just wanted to share some comments here. we'll get more answers at the hearing, and i do think this is an opportunity because it was 12 hours impacted or if this was a larger disaster. thank you so much. >> thank you. uh-huh. >> just wanted to give kudos to some of our personnel from our homeland security unit. captain chris put together an exercise that basically involved the station being incapacitated. we had an opportunity to pull out our continuity of

operations, and it's an enlightening exercise. there are a lot of areas we need to get better at. captain has done a good job and it's something we plan to do in other districts in our police departments. just for the group, if you haven't done that in a while, it was a very good exercise. i know from a city-wide -- and i know you have been working on table tops as well, but i wanted to put that on everybody's minds. those opportunities rarely come up. it's always good to practice. >> yeah. thank you. that's music to our ears. someone opened their c.o.o. plan. anyone else? >> yes, i just wanted to let people know that the hazard plan is our hazard mitigation plan required by fema every five years. it will be sent next week, and i wanted to thank all the

departments, all the people, every department here has a strategy in that plan. it really takes some bold steps to move us towards mitigating disasters and being more resilient. i appreciate you and if you could pass it to your staff that helped formulate strategies or spent time looking at the different hazards and putting it together. the department of public health, planning department, department of emergency management, and department of the environment. thank you all for that. we're going to continue to work on this as it goes out. we're not going to wait five years to open it up again. we're planning to do public outreach in the next year and to continue making it much more of a living document where people have access to the hazards, to the strategies online or through public meetings.

thank you so much for that. >> thanks brian. anyone else? okay, with that i believe we can adjourn the meeting. thank you all for being here and we'll see you in the new year. [♪] >> good morning. today is wednesday, december 18, 2019.

this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. please turn off electronic devices. first item is roll call. (roll call). we have a quorum. next item is presidents announcement. >> welcome to the building inspection commission for december 18, 2019. happy holidays. i am vice president filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. i spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us,

and he has some -- he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. i would like to thank the department staff who have been and still are attending the california building officials training classes this week. every year our staff members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance technical skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. it is important to stay up to

speed because so many changes happen on a daily basis here in this industry. thank you to david letta of plumbing inspection who assisted a customer in resolving an issue with a sewer line. that is an issue for many as the rains come. we are in the final months of quarter four of 2019. it is time for the staff, supervisors and deputy directors to send in nominations for employee of the year. those who have performed outstanding service, please e-mail nominations to john patrick murray, all separated with periods at sfgovtv. or to patty lee at sfgov.org to select quarter four winner.

president mccarthy will announce this at the january 2020 meeting. finally, as i was saying before, if i get teary, i will talk through it. this is my final building inspection commission meeting. i would like to express my appreciation to the director. we worked together for many, many years and done amazing things in this department. i also want to express my appreciation and warmth to all my commissioners, many of whom we have sat on this commission together, done really important things. in my now more than 20 years of serving on this commission, i know, time flies. i continued to be impressed with the dedication, hard work and professionalism of everyone

working here. they perform vitalling safety professional services every day of the year, and our city and communities benefit tremendously from their commitment. new commissioners will be taking seats in january, i believe a lot of us will be leaving. i wish each and every one of-fellow commissioners every possible success with the boroversight responsibilities you will be assuming outside of this commission and the folks remaining on this commission. i also want to express my appreciation to bill strahan, he has been our communication director at d.b.i. for 13 years, i believe, not an easy task. i am sure whenever your phone rings and it is the newspaper your heart beat goes up. mine certainly does. thank you so much for

representing our department and our commission and our city to carry the message out to the public. there are so many wonderful staff folks, deputy directors, and especially the secretary who actually i have said this. she actually runs the department. >> no, i don't, don't get me in trouble. >> she certainly makes sure we are dealing with the issues that come before us and carry forward ideas. members of the public present, someone, our friend, jerry dratler, we need to commit do to keeping our department accountable to the city. we are here to serve, to make sure that when projects come before us and folks building

them need our help that we are here to serve, and we need to do it in an equitable, fair, even way, consistent and transparent. one of the things i want to put on record in public. i have been obsessed about the permit tracking system for the last -- actually 15 years. who is counting? i am still committed to making sure that the point of it, which is equitable, transparent delivery of service and maintenance of data so that not only those doing the work but those in our city who want access to it can find it and know what is happening here. we need to be trusted by our city. i think we are getting there. it is one of the reasons i have been committed to that. i want to thank you. i want to thank the

commissioners for serving. this is sometimes not an exciting commission, but it is so important the things we do here. i value having been here. i feel honored to have been able to work with all of you to carry forward this message, and i look forward to the next steps. i will probably come back but i will be out there. just warning you. i think that is it for now. thank you very much. i am sorry. when i was talking to president mccarthy, he wanted me to echo his appreciation for serving with you all. the work that we do in support of him because the presidency does require a lot more attention, and he really appreciated the support from

commissioners and the commitment you all have to our city. he will be back. he is away with family. our thoughts and prayers are with him. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the president's announcement? seeing none the next item. >> go ahead. >> department of building inspection. it is my honor to work with you for the last -- i worked with the city 30 years, 23 years in the department of building inspection. in 2012, you know, you appointed me as inspection director. we have a lots of charge with all of the commissioner support. i think we don't make that many

calls. i cannot guarantee you to make sure it works, but i would like to stay as long as i can to make sure that thing will run. hopefully we have an alternative way. i am not a computer expert. i have the department of technology and controller to help me. there is a problem with the consultant. fortunately they don't cooperate with us. that is why we have trouble right now. hopefully, once we move to the new building, then we will sit down to see how to move forward. you are welcome to come back to guide us. we worked together for so long. all of the commission helped me, you know, to do my work, you know. hopefully in the future, our

department will be improved, but i feel since 2012, our department is moving forward with strategic plan and everything, but, of course, a lots of areas to improve. maybe now is the time you have a second eye to look at how we can do better and call me anytime and we can work together and the other commissioners to help me to see what we can do, you know, or the other president mccarthy can tell me. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner walker very clearly stated the feelings that i share when she called out all of the same people that, you know, have made my service, you

know, short that it is compared to hers, one of the most wonderful experiences i could have asked for. not only thanking the staff, my colleagues, as she pointed out, the public who show up regularly represented by mr. d ratler today. for their reminders, the information they give and passion they bring. these are all critical things that helped us to try to do the best job we can, and i know you will continue to be here to help on that. as she said, we will probably be out there doing the same thing. obviously, i would also like to thank mayor breed, wh who as president of the board did my

original appointment and reappointed me and gave me this opportunity. really what i wanted to focus on today was really thanking debra walker for the most extraordinary service to have given this length of time with such passion, such commitment, such dedication really is the model that i think we all look to in trying to see how we can best serve our city so if we can, you know, i am sorry we don't have one, water or whatever to toast her to thank her for her absolutely extraordinary service. >> where is the camera? there we go. thank you. >> commissioner walker, i count

you as one of my friends. i know you were appointed by the board of supervisors and i was appointed by the mayor's office. we see each other supporting different candidates. i know you remember that. we remained friendly and i appreciate that, and when you came back on the commission, i got to say you helped stabilize this commission. i will take you back 15 years. you remember how difficult it was, but when you came back on, i really appreciated what you did. you were a partner in getting the department to where it is today. i thank you for that. >> one more.

debra, as you know, i am not a great public speaker. we talked about this. >> them of an engineer, though. >> what i want to comment on is maybe a bit specific, but i have found when we have the aab meetings and we are stuck between a rock and hard place, which way do we go? i am amazed how you come up with a third way to save the day. i appreciate that. it goes well beyond my capacity to understanding issues. you understand them quite well, and i want to acknowledge that and commend you for that, and you will be missed. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that really makes me cry. >> next item. >> thank you for your comments. we are going to bring our commissioners back next month for some comments. next is item 4.

commissioner's questions and matters. a -- sorry. item three. general public comment. i apologize. we will take public comment on matters not part of this agenda. >> i would like to thank all commissioners for service. [ inaudible ] >> i am jerry dratler.

[ inaudible ] the revocation to the board of appeals. it was heard on december 4th. >> i will not read d.b.i.'s responses. question one. how many violations were public safety issues? this was asked repeatedly. why did d.b.i. revoke the permits versus suspend? question three. building permits were revoked on same day the two novs were issued. why was there no 30-day period before they were revoked. last question. did the building code violations at 3426 22nd street rise to the level of severity of past permit revocation cases?

moving to 25 17th avenue. on november 18th. i submitted a complaint that building permits be revoked due to numerous violations which resulted in the house occupying two properties for las last yea. they closed it on november 27th stating the outstanding issues had been addressed when they had not been. the very same day, november 22, the project manager showed up at d.b.i. and you approved a 300,000 remodel permit over-the-counter. he approved the permit denied by two d.b.i. employees. first over counter denial occurred on november 19th. you have a copy of a december memo inquiring into the unusual

set of events. the second employee who does not work in the area denied the permit and issued comments for the whole description on the december 12th copy of the permit. you have a copy. as of december 17, 2019, the second denial of comments have been removed for pts. this is a plug forgetting acella working. you have the facts. it is up to the inspection commission to decide if senior management acted correctly and if policy changes should be made and internal controls over permit revocations and over-the-counter permit approvals need to be approved. thank you very much. have a great holiday. >> thank you. this will be passed along. >> any additional public

comment? seeing none. item four. commissioner's questions and matters. a. inquiries to staff. at this time commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies and practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. i believe that the 9:00 a.m. meeting time is not most equitable time to have the building inspection commission. i want to know what we can do to consider having it at a different time. the planning being the afternoon. the overwhelming majority of my generation can make meetings in the afternoon. we have complicated, frustrating generational land use issues that are coming up to a boil in

the city, and to be frank, i would like to give our citizens the biggest opportunity to attend and comment. that said, i have no idea what to do past that. is there a mechanism for that? >> you are doing that. that will be an agenda item to discuss. >> we can put it on the agenda for next month. >> any other commissioners? >> i would love, since i am not going to be here to bring it up later, i think it would be good to in the tenancy have that voice be heard. we have a robust code enforcement outreach to work

with non-profits from the landlord and tenant side to resolve issues so tenancy is not disrupted in the process of code enforcement, and i would love to have the commission discuss the program. the goals, how to do better at reaching it. there is a lot of construction that involves older rent control buildings in general, and i think it would be really good to get a presentation from all of those partners about the work and how they feel they are doing and maybe what is needed. i would suggest that. clearly it would be good to agendize updates as much as possible in our move into the new building and the appropriate business practices and tracking systems. you know, our permit tracking

system process as we move so that the commission is involved with it. i would just leave that as markers. i think all of these things help to some of the issues we deal with constantly about keeping track of projects, access to the data. it is good it is happening now in terms of the building. better updates. that is what i would suggest for the agenda. hopefully, somebody can approve it when i am not here. >> thank you. next item 4b future meetings and agendas. at this time the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a special meeting and/or derm those items that

could be placed on the agenda. >> the committee appointments for the commissioners comes up so we have the litigation committee, appointments committee that you factor that into the new group of folks coming in and make sure we don't lose track of that. >> we definitely will and february we will vote on committee members at the february meeting. >> is the litigation in january? >> there is one scheduled in january. it would be something to consider. maybe we have to move it up. i didn't think about that. the election of officers. >> i know but it is important because litigation is an important committee to not skip. maybe you have to talk about doing that in january when we have new people in.

maybe talk about how that works. >> that is a good idea. i will follow up on that. is there any further commissioner comments? >> jim. >> is anybody who has been to these knows, one of my deepest concerns is that we build a close relationship with our colleagues and the planning commission, and i know that in response to prior request to have some additional joint sessions that president mccarthy is working with president melgar to do so, and just this one last time i would like to have the marker down to be sure that such a session occurs, and,

hopefully, that we almost formalize it to either semi annual calendared event. i believe that is a critical piece of making our reach effective, coordinated, and certainly goes in step with our now sharing physical facilities together. to that the only thing i would add, mr. dratler brought up a couple specific cases. while the direction of the joint session that i proposed was to have a comprehensive evaluation of all of the kind of problem child cases to understand how they have been resolved, if they

are still unresolved or not, i do feel that the specifics of the two cases that mr. dratler has brought forward now several times do warrant to be calendared and to have a specific response. i would urge that it get on an agenda early in the new term. >> thank you. is there any public comment on item 4a and b? seeing none the next item is item 5. director's report. 5-a. update on d.b.i.'s finances. >> good morning, commissioners.

deputy director for the department of building inspection. before you is the november 2019 financial report providing revenues and expenditures for the first drive months july through november 2019. i will go over the highlights and they sound familiar. i have been saying the same thing every month. revenues are $28.7 million compared to $29.3 million last year. pretty much revenues are pretty much stable. a slight decrease is due not because of lower collection from permits but because last year at this time the controller's office had entered interest. expensedyters 27.2 reflecting an increase in salary that went up this work in salaries and work orders that is where you see th increase. we have an increase in

expenditures from the cb o. they are turning in invoices earlier. other than that we are remaining on the right path. our revenues are stable. we are always keeping spending within our budget, and i am happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners. >> seeing none. thank you for being consistent. that is what we aim at. >> 5-b. update on proposed or recently enacted state or local legislation. >> good morning, bill strong legislative and public affairs. as you know, we completed the trcode revocation and adoption. that means come january 1, we will have a new set of codes for the next three years. that part is on the correct path.

we have also taken a look at supervisor peskin's modifications for the housing code for heat improvements to make sure tenants are getting the heat that is required legally. that was passed at the board yesterday. it will go into effect in the next 30-days. i guess the only other item that i wanted to mention was on the state energy commission having passed unanimously the recommendations on a number of cities around california are making to switch away from gas appliances and to have all electric. as you know, berkeley and a few other municipalities have voted for new buildings to do that. san francisco is actually passing an ordinance on municipal buildings. it was very clear from the

public testimony at the board a lot of people are ready for addressing the carbon and climate situation by stepping away from gas. how that will play out with building remains to be seen, but as we know we have a lot of homes in san francisco using mixed fuels. i think that is something that will be engaged with for some time to come. other than that, i think if you have any questions, i am happy to take them. >> construction has to be gas? >> well, that is what they are proposed at the state level. in some municipalities like berkeley the city council passed the ordinance already. it is a matter of implementation. i think it is at least a year away before they start implementing it. >> that is new construction?

>> on new construction, right. nobody addressed the retrofitting that will also be an issue. thank you. >> we will be gone, bill. >> next item 5-c. update on major projects. >> good morning. department of building inspection. compared to last reporting period is increase 3.6%. i think it is due to if new code changes and also somebody talking about indexing of the planning, but that is major thing is the code change to meet the permit. any questions? >> okay.

5-d. update on code enforcement. >> good morning, commissioners. ed see sweeney. 5338 building inspections performed. complaints 413. complaints with the first notice violation 51. complaints received without no nov253. beta complaints 34. second notice of violations 38. housing inspections performed 714. complaints received 292. complaint responses within 24 to 72 hours 284. complaints with notice of violations issued 112. beta complaints 261. number of cases cents to director hearing 30.

routine inspection 63. code enforcement cases 165 to director. abatements issued 40. cases under advisement 13. cases abatessed 179. code enforcement 321. number of cases referred to bic litigation committee two. we didn't send anything to city attorney. code enforcement outreach total 16,663 reached out to. counseling 1050. community program 2502. cases resolved 313. these are the numbers for november. >> thank you n.public comment on the director's report. seeing none. item 6. review approval of the minutes of the regular meeting

november 20, 2019. >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion and second. any public comment on the minutes? are all commissioners in favor? any opposed. okay. the minutes approved. 7. discussion and possible action on the annual performance evaluation for the director. continued from the october 16, 2019 meeting. any public comment? seeing none. is there a motion to go to closed session? >> moved to go to closed second. >> second. >> motion and second. all commissioners in favor. aye. we are in closed session at 10:10 a.m. we will >> we are ready to reconvene.

this is the building inspection commission continuing our closed session item number 7. this item d reconvene in open session to vote on whether to disclose any our all discussions held in closed discussion. >> i move that we do not disclose. >> second. >> there is a motion and second to not disclose the items in closed session. any public comment? no. all commissioners in favor, aye. >> next is item 8 adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> we are now adjourned at 11:0.

>> 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 shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar.

you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should

shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪]

[♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the

avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east

coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one

era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and

appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great

resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future.>> preside

blame, -- bleiman, and i am the president. we do ask that everybody turns off their cell phones or puts them on silent, including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public, and we'll start with the roll call. [roll call] >> president bleiman: all right. the first order of -- on the agenda is for general public comment. this is