>> clerk: okay. that concludes the meeting. >> chairman heinicke: as we conclude, as we close, i have two things to say. happy birthday to my wife, ann morrissey. there is nobody else i would rather be sheltered in place. and director tumlin, we were afraid that our operators would not come to work. we were afraid that we would have a shortage of service and that our medical professionals and people who depend on our services would not be able to get to work, and that did not happen. we have our stickers on proudly. please convey this board's

thanks to your staff tumbay. >> i will. i could not wish for a better team. >> chairman heinicke: yes. this city has survived a lot and come out strong, and we'll do it again. but their dedication is truly remarkable. with that, we are adjourned. >> hear, hear. >> clerk: thank you. bye-bye. cla

>> so today, we have come together for a historic day. today, we gather to honor 50 years of pride. yes, 50 years. [applause] >> this anniversary was hard fought from the days of the freedom -- freedom parade to compton cafeteria riots, to all the work across this country that we continue to do for freedom. and if we look, our theme for this year's pride is future of hope. and if we look to the next 50 years, we have a lot to be

hopeful for. we look at our past and marriage equality, to the first day at city hall when the first couple was married. we recognize lesbian and lgbtq folks across the city. we remember the work that we have to do across the country as trans kids are being refused access to bathrooms in our schools. we remember the families that standup for them, and we remember the work that we still have to do because this generation is hopeful. this generation will continue to be hopeful, and there's so many reasons why we have this hope. some of that comes from our elected officials, some of that comes from our own journeys, but we know we cannot do this work without the leadership in our city, and i am so proud to

work for a leader in this amazing city who's not only spear headed the work of so many of us and supported so much of lgbt quality here in san francisco but also is continuing that effort forward, our mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: first of all, thank you, claire. thank you to the freedom ban of frisk. thank you to s.f. pride and supervisor mandelman and so many elected leaders and department heads here in san francisco to celebrate the beginning of pride in san francisco, 50 years of what i think has been an amazing accomplishment, so thank you to the board members, to the president, caroline.

thank you to our new executive director. like, so many great things are happening in this city and so many great things are happening with pride. and i know -- i get really excited, because even though it's february and we are not expected to have a number of activities, especially the parade, until june, it's going to be so exciting that we have to announce it now. we have to get everybody excited about what's to come because there is nothing that we do better than celebrate in san francisco. we celebrate our history, we celebrate our diversity, we celebrate what makes san francisco so unique. and we know that this -- in this city was the epic center of what has occurred that has led to so much to support our lgbt community, and i'm really proud to be in a position as mayor to help support and carry

on some of the many policies that we know are necessary to continue to make sure that there is hope for future generations. in fact, trans home s.f. has been an amazing accomplishment in this city, and thank you, tony newman, for our leadership. we've got one of our first buildings, and there's lots more to come, along with wraparound services for our trans seniors. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and in san francisco, we do celebrate a new record low of new h.i.v. infections, less than 200 last year. thank you, dr. brent colfax, for your leadership in the department of health. we know we will continue to make those investments that we'll get to zero. we know that we did the count around homeless youth. about 50% of the youth that are homeless in this city identify

as lgbt, and we want to make sure that we help the next generation of young people growing up in this community so that they have hope. so many great things but also so much more work to do. and i am really confident in the leadership of this city to really help us move forward on so many different levels. as we think about just the attacks that we have been under. i mean, we just had a visit from the other number 45 here this weekend, and i can't help but think about not only our city being under attack, but also our lgbt community, where we continue to fight for things that we shouldn't have to at this point. you know, when i think about just what we're celebrating in the month of february, black history month. black history is american history. we're celebrating lunar new year.

chinese american history is american history. lgbt history is american history. we are all a part of the fabric of what makes our city and our country so great. so we will not be silenced. we will continue to lift our voices and celebrate what makes us so great, what makes us so unique. and during the month of pride, we will just do it with that much more flair. so thank you all so much for being here. here's to 50 more incredible years for future generations to come. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, mayor breed. and one other note i'm just so proud of, thanks to the mayor's leadership, we've invested over $1 million in the next year to seniors. so thank you to the department

of aging and adult services, and thank you to all of those in our city who made sure that we were brought to this 50 years and continue to be brought to the right place. so now, a leader that we know will continue to bring us forward in the next 50 years, our new director of pride, fred lopez. [applause] >> hi. good morning, everybody. how are you? excited? s.f. pride, #sfpride50. before anything else, i just want to convey our sincerest gratitude to the mayor, to supervisor mandelman and all these elected officials today for coming out today to start the celebration right. every city department that is present, we want to thank you

for your unwavering support for san francisco's most iconic went. it may cost millions of dollars to produce, but it wouldn't happen without the amazing work of our departments, employees, and volunteers. [applause] >> as claire said, the theme for san francisco pride is a generation of hope, and it was originally suggested by pride member larry nelson. that spirit of hope will become visible at the beginning of june when the rainbow flags go up along market street, much of market street now newly car free. on saturday, june 37, civic center will once again become a site of celebration. all weekend, with crowds in the

tens of thousands we're expecting. it's going to be a big year, and we're excited for it. then, as clair has mentioned, for many of us, the center piece of pride, the parade, on june 28. 50,000 marchers are expected to be in the parade, all cheered on by more than 100,000 spectators -- it's going to be quite a spectacle this year. [applause] >> if your organization or group is thinking about marching, we encourage you to register soon because we think the parade might run out of space earlier as it has in the years past, so that's great. for the past two years, our partners at cbs bay area have live streamed the parade so

that people around the world can see it live. wear something cute, and call your mom, because you're going to be on t.v. that's exciting. thank you to our friends at kpix. [applause] >> that's not the only new development for 2020. on april 17, an exhibition entitled labor of love, the birth of san francisco pride, 1970-1980 opened at the gobt museum in san francisco. it'll be up in the museum until january 2021. further, starting may 7 in the city hall in the north light court, the historical society and san francisco arts commission will mount a photography exhibition called 50 years of pride, so make sure to check out the amazing history that we can learn from. our entire team at san francisco pride is working hard to ensure that we are ready for

this monumental event, and here are some ways in which our communities can help. applications are now open for our volunteers who provide power during the event. i want to acknowledge that in this room, there are some former community grand marshals and honorees, like our board president, carolyn, was once an honoree, and others. if you want to raise your hands, folks who have been honored in the past. thank you for all of your tireless work. that spirit of tireless volunteerism is at the core of san francisco pride, and that commitment goes both ways. in 2019, we were pleased to go nate more than 203 -- donate more than $203,000 to ongoing bay area nonprofits, which adds to our total of more than $3

million since 1997. [applause] >> finally, 2020 may be the 50th anniversary of pride as a march and a celebration, but san francisco's pride began way before 1970. the compton cafeteria riots took place in 1966. as we look forward to the next 50 years, let's always remember the valuient struggles of previous -- valiant struggles of previous generations, and as hectare remilk said, all give them hope. and here at pride, we always will. thank you so much. [applause]

>> thank you, fred. we're so excited, and we know that pride is in great hands. thank you. so it is my honor to introduce our new pride chair, carolyn wisenger. >> thank you, fred, thank you, mayor breed, thank you to my aunt who has threatened bodily harm if i don't mention them. as fred mentioned, the board is excited about completing our three-year theme with this year's generation of hope. while we are excited about the events leading up to the pride weekend, we are most excited about what that word hope represents. as a community, we are in challenging times, and being in pride, it's so different. there is more required now that we are headed into 50. the organizational needs aren't

the same as they were in 1970, and either are the needs of the community that we represent. there's more required in the way that we represent community, there is more required in the way that we support our community, and there's more required in the way that we are supported. now the last leg to 50 is always the hardest leg. some of you may have been married 50 years, and you know it's hard getting to 50. it doesn't get easier as we march in these last months to 50. as someone who grew up in a church that's now 75 years old, i remember in 1995, and how hard that last road to 50 was. i remember the struggles, and i remember the squabbles, and i remember the day it seemed like it would all fall part. we are in a crunch time now, but we as a board continue to believe that it is important to have a celebration that is reflective of the community we serves, and important to be

reflective of all of those voices, and to make all those voices be heard. i remember when bishop carlton pearson said we have to remind them of the hope, so that's what we're going to do, and we ask you to join us for that. [applause] >> thank you. so 2020 is kind of an incredible year. also, it's not the 50th anniversary, and also, we need to get out there and vote. every one of you matters, so let's get out there and do that. so now, it's my honor to introduce our only out gay supervisor who has been doing some incredible work not only in his district but for the lgbt community at large and in san francisco at large. please welcome supervisor raphael mandelman.

>> supervisor mandelman: good morning, everybody. it does -- you know, february does feel like a slightly odd time to be celebrating time, but i will say there's never a bad time for the queer community to take the mayor's balcony, so we are happy to be here. and madam mayor, i think it is just worth noting the extraordinary collection of queer department heads you have, from clair farley at the o.t.i., and grant colfax at the department of public health, and jeffrey tumlin, and sherreen mcspadden. you have a very queer administration, and we are quite appreciative of that. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: the trustees never get acknowledge them, so i'm going to acknowledge them now. we have our past president,

alex randolph of the college board, and our current president, tom temprano of the college board, doing great and important work. you know, as i -- and then, i also do want to congratulate fred lopez. thank you, fred, thank you, carolyn. thank you to the whole board. pride has never been easy, but it is important, so i -- this year is particularly important and seems to be particularly challenging, and i know you will get through it, and i am grateful for what you are doing to get us through what will be an amazing 50-year celebration, so thank you. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i was trying to think about that 1970 gay-in, the people who participa participated in that. the next 50 years, what did they imagine it would be like?

did they imagine that in a few years, a gay man would get elected supervisor in san francisco? and after that, rainbow wave after rainbow wave would come crashing down until the last election when we got a record number of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people elected, even in virginia. they would not have imagined the extraordinary community response that would come to it. tom and i were just over at the airport where the quilt is getting brought from atlanta. it is finally coming home, and there's going to be a fantastic rollout of panels of the last ten years on april 3, 4, and 5, and everybody should come. but the resilience of the gay community, responding to that crisis and building an aids

movement, they had no idea. and would they have imagined same sex marriage? no matter how you feel about pete buttigieg, would they have imagine that a gay man would be one of the leading candidates for presidents this year? and gay c.e.o.s, and so much of what they imagined would have come to pass. i don't think they would have imagined that the mayor of san francisco would have been an african american woman who grew up in the projects, and i do think they would be particularly amazed and delighted at that prospect, because harvey milk talked about the uses and those who had been left out of the power structure in the 70s, and those who had just begun to imagine that there might be a universe where they can take power. so it's amazing with our department heads and our mayor

i don't remember, san francisco -- and our mayor, san francisco is living up to the hope. i feel like i have generationally benefited so much. and in a lot of ways, the work is about building, acknowledging the institution like the lesbian gay freedom ban. that was a great moment for the city, but some of those other great moments, a second building, and now having purchased a third site and affirming lgbt senior housing. thank you, mayor, for that. there's just around the corner from that, the gay men's chorus. they are becoming the national lgbtq center for the arts, and

we got some help for them into the budget last year. again, thank you, madam mayor, and thank you to my colleagues on the board. we have inherited so much, and so i think going forward, obviously, the obligations to move forward on that, and to fulfill the unfulfilled promises. in 1970, we knew that people had been left behind, and in 2020, we know that people have been left behind. we need to eradicate the epidemic. we need to reach folks who have not been reached, and so the work of justice which they know we needed to do in 1970 and '80 and '90, and they know the work that we need to do. it was the work of 50 years, so it was exciting, and now, fred

lopez is going to come back. [applause] >> that's a great way to sort of summarize all the amazing things that are happening in san francisco. we are so incredibly fortunate to live in this amazing place and be supported by all of these amazing people and institutions that surround us. i do want to say quickly that i make sure i acknowledge the board members of san francisco pride who are here. give us a wave. [applause] >> and san francisco pride wouldn't happen without a really talented teams of contractors or staff. if you're a contractor or staff, give us a wave. [applause] >> great work. finally, as raphael said, it is a little

>> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take

my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the

beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it

was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. >> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. >> we get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the

way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. >> it can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. >> i feel significantly, like, calmer. it definitely helps if i'm, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go

surfing, and then, i just feel, like, i'm going to be okay. >> it gives them resiliency skills and helps them build self-confidence. and with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. >> i went to bring amy family o the beach and tell them what i did. >> i saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are, like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made

this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that they're engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and how they're doing, like, in general. >> what i like best is they really care about me, like, i'm not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun.

>> we're creating surfers, and we're changing the face of surfing. >> the feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. it's definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but it's definitely fun. >> it leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kid's going to go out and do. >> i think it's really magical almost. at least it was for me. >> it was really exciting when i caught my first wave. >> i felt like i was, like -- it was, like, magical, really. >> when they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face lights up, you know you have them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an

hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked

>> sfgov-tv. we're ready to begin. >> president mccarthy: today is wednesday, march 18, 2020. this is the regular meeting of the building inspection committee. i remind everyone to turn off electronic devices and the first item on the agenda is roll call. president mccarthy? >> president mccarthy: here. >> clerk: commissioner moss? commissioner clinch. commissioner jacobo. commissioner tam. commissioner alexander-tut. we have a quorum and our item is item 2. president's announcements. >>