>> all right.are we okay? okay? we're good. >> chairwoman: good morning, everyone. welcome to the january 27, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee, to my right is supervisor stefani and we're joined today by supervisor aaron peskin. and i would like to thank those at s.f. gov. for staffing this meeting.

mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please silence your cell phones and all electronic equipment. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as parts of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be on the february 4th supervisors agenda. item number one is to name the rotenda on the second floor of the city hall in memory of bart devanthal. >> chairwoman: we have ar city attorney here, and would you like to say some words? >> thank you, madam chair. i will be brief. but to chair ronan and supervisors stefani, mar, and peskin, i very much appreciate the opportunity to come and support of the

ordinance that you are considering today. i couldn't help but notice that, you know, it is not often that you get 11 members of the board of supervisors all on one side, but it is great to see that in addition to supervisor peskin's legislation, there is unanimous support for this ordinance. and i think that that just speaks volumes about who buck deventhal was. in the three months since his passing, it has been a melancholy time in the city attorney's office because he was not just our colleague and incredible mentor, but an incredible friend and teacher to everybody in the attorney general's city atts office, most noticeably, me. i can't tell you how much i learned from him during my 18 years in office. as i briefly read the findings about who buck was, that are in the reamble to this

legislation, i think there are a great many others who feel the same way about who buck was. countless other city officers, employees, departments, and city-related agencies had the benefit of having buck's wisdom imparted to them. but, quite frankly, his legacy goes much beyond the formal teaching and training that he provided to all of us. it was who he was as a person. and the integrity of and the good nature and the personhood that buck embodied that i hope all of us take an incredible lesson from. i'm sure you've heard me, when i talked a little bit at the board of supervisors, when you're meeting was adjourned in

his honour, and then at the memorial office, when service, wheni talked bow who k was, and how all of us in the city attorney's office learned to conduct ourselves in doing the people's business. i would just like to say one final thing, and that is: i read a little bit at that board of supervisors' meeting from the ode that buck wrote, praising what this building stood for. when it was initially closed. and i think you'll recall that i talked a little bit about how he said that buildings need times to age so that ghosts and characters have the opportunity to inhabit the walls of the building. and that he very much looked forward to the day that city hall opened again, so he would have the opportunity to go home.

well, the legislation that you are considering today, i think, is a fitting tribute to give him an address in what will be his immortal home. and having the rotunda that sits between the executive branch and the legislative branch, sort of being the bridge to maybe mediate the disputes that happen in the future between the executive and the legislative branches of government, i think is the perfect address for buck's new home. i applaud you, all of you, for designating that area of city hall as the place where he will always reside, not just in this spirit, but in his lessons that he imparts to all of us an that are here now and those of us who did the people's work in the future. so thank you so much for considering this legislation. i hope it has this

committee's unanimous support, which i don't have any doubt that it will, because i know that you all treasure buck as much as we did. thank you, supervisors, we very much appreciate. >> chairwoman: thank you very much. supervisor peskin, do you have any to say? >> thank you for those words. i think what he said and what is set forth in the ordinance says it all. as was previously indicated, there are two tiny changes at page two, which i would love if the committee would move as an amendment, namely the addition of an a apostrophe, and the insertion of the word "california" in the last paragraph on page two. and, finally, i just want to say two things: it is rare to do a naming by ordinance. we generally do it by resolution, but we thought it fitting that this rise to the level of an ordinance of who buck was

in his half a century of service to ten mayors, 93 members of the board of supervisors and countless departments. and the actual original red line i just provided to deputy city attorney pearson, and would like city attorney herrera do what he probably has never do before, to affix his name, actual name, to an ordinance. >> chairwoman: all right. supervisor stefani? >> thank you. i wanted to comment when supervisor peskin asked me whether or not i would co-sponsor this, it was, considers, a no-brainer. and what you said, city attorney, about the rotunda, made me think about my time and the city attorney's office because so many people get married there, and we had a hashtag, love lives here,

and it is about what happens in that rotunda, and how many marriages and same-sex marriages, and it is such a beautiful place, and it is fitting because buck was all about love. he loved this building. he loved public service. he loved others. he loved his jofnlt he job. he loved adventure. so for us to name the rotunda after buck, i can't think of anything more fitting. and i want to thank supervisor peskin for leading the way on this. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. well, with that, i'd be happy to make the motel to iincorporate the changes. and that's without objection. without objection, those changes are made. anybody want to make a motion to move this forward with positive recommendation? >> yes. i would like to move this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes. thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you

please read item number two -- oh, i didn't do public comment, did i? >> nope. yes, you did not. >> chairwoman: i move to rescind the vote on item number one. without objection, that motion passes unanimously. item number one, i'd now like to call public comment. if any member of the public wishes to speak, now is the time. seeing -- yes, please come forward. >> ooh, from the south end. >> good morning. thank you very much for doing this. i knew buck a bit from swimming in the bay. he's a pretty cool guy. thank you. >> chairwoman: any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. sorry about that. supervisor stefani? >> yes. i'd like to move item number one naming the row rotunda in city hall for buck deventhal, without

objection. >> chairwoman: that passes unanimously. mr. clerk, can you now read item number two. >> an ordinance repealing 38-17, and 38-09, to update the hotel conversion ordinance. >> chairwoman: supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madam chair, and colleagues. this piece of legislation has been bouncing around for quite some time. it is no secret that it is subject to litigation. this is one very small change recommended by the city attorney on page 26, section 7, the addition of a severability clause. i commend it to you and would like you to incorporate that language that is before each mr. of this body. >> chairwoman: great. any comment or questions?

no? any member of the public wish to speak, please come forward. >> thank you very much, chair ronan and supervisors. my name is ryan patterson, representing the san francisco s.r.l. hotel coalition and numerous other business owners in the city. i want to first thank you for your attention to this. this is something that we've been engaged with the city on for several years now. we have to object because we did not receive any notice of this particular hearing this morning, or this ordinance. these owners are largely hard-working family businesses, many of them immigrant families, who can't just show up at the drop of a hat when we receive a matter of hours'

notice. in fact, one of our clients was in touch with the supervisor on thursday about the lack of notice in these hearings, and it was not mentioned. so we would encourage the committee to grant a continuance so that we have time to fully vet this, and so that our members -- our clients can participate. we also object on the basis that this ordinance would violate the court's order in case cpf1515656, which invalidated the 2017and 2019 ordinances. this seeks to roll those back and make new ordinances. the city should comply with the court order and repeal the previous invalid ordinances, and then, and only then, consider any changes to the new law. [buzzer] >> and it should be studied. this would limit

short-term rentals at s.r.o. hotels, and shifting occupancy in the city and in the region. again, that must be studied. it does not qualify for any new cross-examination. the hearinconstruction.it is alf the california coastal act -- [buzzer] >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: any other public comment on this item? seeing none, the public comment is closed. just to address the noticing issues, could the city attorney or the clerk please go over what the notice for this ordinance was? >> it is my understanding there was no special noticing. >> riley: for this item. it was posted on line, 72 hours prior to meeting,

posted at the library and on our website and outside our office. >> chairwoman: and maybe to the sponsor, when was this introduced? >> i can look it up on legistar, but let me say the following thing: this is properly noticed. seqea has been properly noticed. the parties areably are ably notified. administrative code amendments do not go to the planning question, so that is respectfully a spurius argument. >> chairwoman: i'm looking at the city attorney, who is nodding her head in agreement. supervisor mar? >> thank you, chair ronan.

yeah, i just had some additional questions on this. last week i actually -- this legislation was brought to my attention by a party who is a hotel owner, and he was expressing that they haven't really had -- his family and the other family-owned hotel owners really hadn't had adequate time to review and provide input on this legislation, so i just, you know, wanted to get you to respond to that a little more. it seems like there might be a misunderstanding about what the legislation is really doing? >> i think as to the party that you're referring to, mr. patel, when we actually held a hearing on the amortization, i

believe at this committee, i expressed what i think some of the affected parties, particularly those who are engaged in litigation against the city, needed to hear, which is, that we can make these changes and the doors open for negotiations, particularly insofar as it is still before the court, but we actually not only held numerous hearings, as chair ronan or member on the original legislation, we subsequently had a hearing where we took no action around the issue of amortization, and in that hearing, i very specifically said the door was open to have these conversations, and i welcome them. >> and so thank you, supervisor peskin. deputy city attorney pearson. can you just respond to the -- i guess the concern, i think, from some of the parties that

own hotels, that there hasn't been adequate opportunity for them to provide input? >> as you heard from the clerk, notice has been given consistent with the brown act. it has been posted online, outside the clerk's office, and posted at the library. i think it has been posted consistent with how the clerk posts. what the clerk has done is consistent with their standard practice. >> and to the earlier question, which i've now looked up, this was introduced on december 10thof 2019. today, of course, is january the 27th of 2020, and the planning department communicated to the supervisors on january 21st, that they was categorically exempt under sequence. >> chairwoman: okay. perfect. okay, is there -- well,

first, can i take a motion to amend the legislation that is laid out by supervisor peskin? >> so moved. >> chairwoman: i take that without objection. without objection, the legislation is amended. and now does anybody have a motion on the underlying ordinance? >> yes. i'd like to move this to the full board with positive recommendation. as amended. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. >> the matter is recommended as amended. >> chairwoman: mayor >> chairwoman: mr. clerk, can you please read item number three. >> i know we took public comment from mr. patterson, but i didn't know if there was another public comment -- >> chairwoman: there wasn't. >> thank you. item number three is a hearing to consider appointing one member,

ending april 18th, 2020, to the advisory committee. >> chairwoman: great. is mr. grant here? hi. please come on forward. good morning. >> good morning. >> chairwoman: we just wanted to hear anything you would like to share with us on sharing with the committee? >> yes. i've been on the committee for a bit of time. i think it has given me a little bit of perspective. i still think about -- well, we hear about things that happen, and we hear about fatalities, and i really seem to carry them with me. i still think about diana suldan who died in on february 13th. i'm working on a couple of recommendations with the committee. one to ask that the city -- the city does a really great job of capital piewssments. improvements. money leads to shovels on

the ground and things like that, but i think it would be helpful if capital improvement projects would have a reference to education components associated with those improvements. for example, what kind of education component do we have going with that? additionally, i'm so hopeful about market street. i think it is one of the great things that is going to happen. but other than that, the city is a tough place to ride a bike. it's, you know -- great capital improvements are happening, but it doesn't feel safer. and that's not just me saying that. so one of the things that seemed to be happening is that there are a lot of t.n.c. parking and parking in the bike lane. think about possibly coming up with a way that the companies themselves could pay a part of the fines.

part of the reason why i say that is because i have a colleague, a friend, who works for one of the t.n.c.s, and he says they have a lot more information that we might understand. and i've read that they're hyperaccurate maps, so there is a tremendous amount of information out there. so perhaps some of that responsibility could shift to the t.n.c.s because a lot of these drivers are just kind of getting by. that might impact or have an effect on the level of enforcement that is going on. because there isn't necessarily that much enforcement going on. it might be, hey -- it could bankrupt these guys, or something like that. anyways, that's what i'm trying to do. and i'm also aware of what is happening in our district. i'm going to be requesting a ladder crosswalk at jones and columbus because that's where a lot of the

taxis go. they go up jones street to get over to golden gate and then get over to the 280. if you have any questions, though, i'd like to try and answer them. >> chairwoman: supervisor peskin? >> i just want to say that mr. grant has served well. i first nominated him in 2016 and renominated him in 2018 and commend him to the committee. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you so much for your willingness to serve. >> one last thing: i have a four--month-old son, and i'm hopeful we can take him biking through the city. that's part of the motivation to make it a better place. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. as the mother of a 7-year-old who bikes with her father throughout the city, i very much appreciate that. thank you. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this item?

seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion? >> sure. so, yeah, i would move that we recommend appointment of mark grant to seat three on the bicycle advisory committee. >> chairwoman: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you please read item number four. >> item number four sa hearing to appoint one member to the small business commission. >> chairwoman: i say marianne sasooas. good morning. how are you? >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for having me. yeah, i'm up for

reappointment. i've been on the small business commission four years. it has been an honor and a pleasure. i made it a more pro-active body, and i'd like to say that we've started some policy initiatives out of our body that i think are precedent for how the city can better engage and do economic impact reports on how small businesses will be affected for future legislation. i have great working relationships right now with supervisor fewer's office and supervisor wal walton's office in particular, as we're working really hard on the tobacco license mitigation group, which i think is a great model for kind of looking at the strea streamlining and transition support for businesses that want to retire, but we want to keep those kinds of businesses in the city. so i think there is a lot of momentum that i would

like to keep pushing forward, and, yeah, i'm looking forward to the next four years, if you will grant it to me. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> i don't have any questions, but i just wanted to appreciate you for your work. i think you are an incredible advocate for small businesses and have gone out of your way to understand sometimes competing priorities and really do your job, which is to advocate for small businesses, and those really tough decisions that have to be made. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: i'm really excited about your reappointment and of your willingness to continue to do this work because you're really talented at it. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> chairwoman: we'll open this up for public comment. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to make a

motion to move marianne sasonnas to seat one with positive recommendation. without re objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. mr. clerk, can you call item number five. >> it is an or ordinance to enter into contract with health care g.p.o., suppliers and contributors without requiring competitive bidding and without approval of the city purchaser. >> chairwoman: we have greg wagner here from the department public health. >> good morning. thank you for considering this ordinance. some brief background. we have had, since 1997, a provision in the adman code that allows us to

join group purchasing organizations, g.p.o. for short. it is an entity that is in certain industries, but common in the health care industry, which essentially allows hospitals and health systems to pool their purchasing power and negotiate collectively favorable rates for things like medical supplies and pharmaceuticals. so the entity that we're a part of, which is now called visiant, goes out and conducts competitive bids, negotiates with vendors, and secures a rate that is a benefit to its member organizations. so there is a competitive process that is associated with these purchases. it is outside of our normal purchasing processes under the adman code, and that's the purpose of the original ordinance. what we're bringing to you today is a revision from

time to time over the life of this ordinance, we take a look at it and review it and make sure we're in compliance with it. if there are changes needed, to reflect the changes in the health care industry. and we've brought you a set of these today. i'll briefly outline it. i'll let you know we've been working with the attorney general'cityattorney'sd o.c.a., and everybody is supportive of the changes we're proposing here. so a couple of the items that we're proposing to clean up in this ordinance. first, the ordinance specifics the name of a g.p.o., which is university health care consortium. a few years back, the ownership structure of this g.p.o g.p.o. changed and it is now called visiant, and we're proposing to remove that name and make it a

more generic health care g.p.o. title. and it just says g.p.o., and we want to clarify it to be health care g.p.o., so it specifics we're talking about health care g.p.o.s for this purpose only. thirdly, this -- we're proposing to change the ordinance to allow us to, if it is favorable to the department, to enter into multiple g.p.o.s as a member. we don't have immediate plans to do that, but it could give us potentially the advantage of if there are certain things we can purchase through another g.p.o., we could have multiple members which would allow us to maximize our pricing. finally, there is another change that clarifies our existing practice, and a long-standing practice, where we have -- we use distributors that are purchasing things from multiple vendors and then distributing those to ourselves and other g.p.o. members, and we're

clarifying the language to essentially say that explicitly, that we, in certain cases, are purchasing, rather than directing through the vendor, through a distributor who is accessing those favorable rates that the g.p.o. is row videing is providing. to make sure we're very explicit an unambiguous about our current practice and its authority under the adman code. i think all of these changes are kind of clarifying the language so that it is consistent with existing practice. this is a huge benefit in terms of price and efficiency for the department of public health, and i would appreciate your support. and i'm happy to entertain any questions or thoughts from the committee. >> i have one question: if the governor is successful in having the state of california create generic

drugs, the proposal that is before us, would that change this in any way? >> i think it would change our ability to procure pharmaceuticals and the price we would able to pr procure pharmaceuticals. there are still cases where we -- there are specialty drugs we would not be able to purchase as generics. we are always favorable looking for generics wherever we can because we do get a favorable pricing. the other thing that factors into this is we have an authority called 340d pricing where we get highly discounted pricing by virtual of our status as a safety net provider. that is more favorable than we could get through any other means. in the cases where we can't use 340b, generics are certainly favorable.

>> chairwoman: thank you so much. we'll now open this item up for public comment. any member of the public wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i would like to forward this item to the full board with positive recommendations. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. mr. clerk, are there any other items? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> chairwoman: the meeting is adjourned. thank you.

>> welcome, everyone. and thank you so much for coming and i am claire farley and the director and a senior advisor for mayor breed and tony newman, and today we are gathered on this historic day to open up san francisco's first trans home for transand non-conforming adults in san francisco. [applause] and it's such an honor to work for a city that continues to celebrate but also to do the work to make sure that our community gets housed. without housing, without housing we will not be able to help our communities thrive. every one of us need to come together to be a part of this solution and st. james and larkin street are doing that today. thank you. [applause] so first we have honored guests with us today and i'll turn it over to her. and mayor breed has led the

effort and she made $2.3 million investment into transhome which includes this opening today which is going to be 13 folks housed and 55 folks to receive subsidies for folks who are low income and she spearheaded with the community and the office and tony and we're so honored to have a mayor that continues to commit and really work to make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. so please welcome mayor breed. >> mayor london breed: thank you for joining us on this historic day. when i first became mayor in san francisco and met with the folks in my office, many of the department heads, i made it clear that equity would be at the top of our agenda in everything that we do. we need to change the culture of

san francisco and not just talk about the problems that exist, but actually to make the kinds of investments that will deliver real results. and it comes from my own experience of growing up in san francisco in the african american community, living in poverty, and waiting for something to be done. we know what the data says, but we don't always make the right investments that ensure the results that are going to change the lives of the people that we want to serve. and so when i met with the trans-advisory committee and we talked about the challenges that continue to persist around the opportunities for grants and the arts community and opportunities for housing and opportunities for programs and other services, the discriminatory practices that exist with job opportunities that they seek, the challenges with our homeless population and learning that people who are part of our transcommunity are 18 times more likely to experience

homelessness than anyone else in this city, i knew that it was important to not only listen and hear what they had to say, but to invest ar resources in tryino make sure that we can change what those challenges are for the better. and so i'm so grateful to be standing here with claire farley who is the director of the office of transgender initiatives for san francisco, because she has brought so many people together and to come up with incredible solutions. and is the reason why we have invested in this past year's budget, thanks to the supervisor of this district and others, supervisor peskin, $2.3 million for this initiative of trans-home s.f. and this is one of the first, most incredible projects that we are cutting the ribbon on today that will provide safe affordable housing for people who are experiencing

homelessness. and so it is so great to be here today. and i really want to thank tony newman because tony newman -- [applause] and she's a force and is committed to this work and she has hit the ball rolling with staffing up and working with folks in the community and making it clear what was needed, which makes it easier to provide the funding right to the places where we know that it's needed the most -- rental subsidies and wraparound support and services and making sure that we have the right people in place to get the job done so that we can get people off the streets and to get them into housing. so thank you so much to tony and the work that you do, to the mayor's office on housing and community development, and to the coalition, to larkin street and youth services and especially to the san francisco

transadvisory committee who i have mentioned before the work that they continue to do to make sure that we call attention to all of the inequities and the various city departments as it relates to funding and how it needs to change to make an impact on the lives of people who are a part of this amazing community and a true important part of san francisco. so i want to thank... (♪) (♪)

>> our young people, as well as reaching the thousand new shelter beds which is such an accomplishment and thank you so much for your leadership to make that goal happen. also i want to recognize our commissioners who are in the house today as well as our department heads, dr. colfax from the d.p.h. and others, leadership at mohcd for their

support and really making sure that these programs get funded and that there's equity continuing throughout the work. and as well i want to welcome the district supervisor aaron peskin. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. i think that everything has been said but not everybody has said it. in addition to our d.p.h. director grant colfax i want to acknowledge and to thank the director of our department of building inspection, tom hooey. thank you to larkin street and thank you to st. jerusalem's and to the office of transinitiative incentives and the mayor's office of housing and community development. i am here to give a district 3 welcome. and let me just say that we are delighted, we were delighted to appropriate the funds, and i

could not be more proud that this is the first facility and it is located here in district 3. which has a very proud, long lgbtq history from the black cat down the street to polk street on the other side, this is where it all began in san francisco. and we are profoundly aware that homelessness is acutely an lgbtq issue. and today we are taking a large step in addressing it and in solving it. welcome to district 3, to the 13 individuals, i will register you to vote the second you move in. [laughter]. [applause] >> thank you, so much, supervisor, and thank supervisor mandelman and supervisor haney, they were not able to join us but their teams are here and so

thank you so much for your efforts. before i introduce tony i wanted to recognize the anonymous building owner of this property who is renting this space to us and he and his partner are committed to making sure that transhome is a success and that we continue to work to make sure that our communities are housed in the city. and without having such a strong and supportive and inclusive manager of this building, we would not be here today. so let's please give he him a hd and thank them for their support. [applause] so now it's my honor to introduce tony newman, she's the director of st. james infirmary and i would like to say that i helped to kind of create the idea, and now she's the mother of the project. so please welcome the mother of trans-home, toni newman. [applause] >> welcome, everybody. i'm just so excited to be here today and i want to thank all of

the partners here, hugo from the mayor's office of housing. and we have open house and we have larkin who have been very supportive. and larkin is so supportive to me and st. james and the navigating team of matthew payden and jesse and camden, that have been working day and night to make this available for you. we're excited that st. james can be a leader with larkin. and larkin has been leading the youth for many years. and they have taught us how to do this. and i want to thank my board of directors for coming and i have four board of directors and two will be speaking and now i introduce akira jackson did she's here. she's a sponsor and she's been fighting for housing but i don't think that she's here, so jesse santos is going to come up and to introduce our first resident moving into the house this week. jesse, and jane, please come up right now. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here and

this is a dream for us, for the trans-gender community. i will introduce jane, the resident in our house and she's a beautiful woman. [applause] >> hi, i am jane cordova and i was born in central mexico and i came here when i was 16 years old and i grew up in l.a. and eventually made my way to san francisco, which is i live here for 10 years. and i went to new york and we stayed there for another 10 years and i'm very happy to be back in this city where our community has the most resources and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> i'd like to call up joquaim

and jane, come on up. [applause] hi, thank you for coming, i'm joaquin ramora and i'm here where i proudly serve as a board member and as an advocate for harm reduction and transsupport in the greater bay area. thanks to mayor breed and our trans-home and everyone else who helped to make this project come together. today we can celebrate that our trans-home is a step in the right direction for the city of san francisco. this ensures that transgender people have an opportunity to become successful in our society. stable housing is fundamental to creating access to resources for survival. our trans-home will provide this foundation to create a support system for those living on the margins within our city. excuse me. members of our community are constantly faced with unjust incarceration and poverty and

constitutional and emotional violence. some encounter even more severe consequences and our transgender sisters of color are experiencing hate crimes and murders on a daily basis and this goes unnoticed. the society must understand discrimination based on race and gender presentation. we must continue with this momentum and inspire more programs for the needs of our community. it's our due diligence as transpeople to ensure that the issues are confronted and change. we need companies and foundation and government to commit to advocating for transgender causes. our trans-home will provide the opportunity to not only recover and survive but to thrive and survive the power members to become leaders and role models. and protecting our community members and we are shifting the narrative away from being defined by our margins and barriers towards being defined by successes and positive impacts on the world. the housing crisis in the bay area has become recognized as an ongoing issue and despite this

we're continuing to demonstrate that there's ways to empower and to support our communities with pride. i feel proud to know that san francisco is a place of historical resistance and refuge for people of all walks of life and that we continue that resistance by uplifting our marginalized communities. thank you. [applause] >> i'd like to take a second to acknowledge akira jackson who is unable to be here today. i'd like to thank her leadership, without her we wouldn't be here today. and st. james is honored to be part of this project connecting folks. -- thank you -- connecting folks with the services and homes that our community needs. we look forward to continue to fight for the rights of our community. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you all so much. and now we're going to move the podium and cut the ribbon.

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juxtapositioning, etc. not just all autobiography boo-hoo it creates pictures with meaning within them and then some of the portraits feel awkward some of them feel welcoming and the person that mime making the picture is really comfortable and other ones feel awkward and weigh i didn't and tense that sensation is counter to what we feel like makes a successful portrait that sensation makes that work it is hard to be an artist in a city is 100 percent focused an business the cost of living is expensive and to value your

success not scribble on financial return creates a conflict between the paramount egos in san francisco today. >> you see a lot of artists leaving for that reason because you need space to make work my ultimate goal to make work that firms people firms this gift and just the experience of life and of their worst and of the amazement the wonderment of

>> good afternoon welcome to the land use transportation committee for january 27, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk.