>> chair fewer: good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. this is the july 31, 2020 regular meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commission. i'm sandra lee fewer. i'm joined by gordon mar and matt haney. do we have any announcement. >> clerk: yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect commissioners city employees and the public city hall is closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the various local and state federal orders, declarations and directives. commission members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda.

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e-mail to myself the lafco cle clerk, or by u.s. mail at one dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. that concludes my announcements. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call the item number two. >> clerk: approval of the lafco minutings from the june 19, 2020 regular meeting. >> chair fewer: any comment or questions. let's open this up for public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call

415-655-0001. please dial star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. is there anyone on the line? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes from june 19, 2020. do i need a second for that? >> clerk: yes. >> chair fewer: second please? >> second. >> clerk: motion to approve the minutes.

[roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. do we need to excuse missioner pollock from this meeting? should i make a motion? i like to make pa motion oexcuse commissioner pollock from this meeting. could i have a second please? >> supervisor mar: second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call item number three.

[agenda item read] >> chair fewer: thank you very much. we have our executive director presenting on this. >> thank you, good morning commissioners, bryan goebel executive officer. this item will authorize the lafco to enter an construction with banner production to provide renewable energy consulting to the lafco. the lafco is mandated to provide oversight of cleanpowersf in august of last year we issued a request for qualifications for renewable energy expert in three service areas. i outlined all of this in your packets. by the okay deadline, we haved a total of seven responses. they met the minimum qualifications to work with lafco.

there was only one response for service area one, which is to support lafco's oversight of cleanpowersf. we gave all of the respondents a second chance to apply and by the february deadline received a total of four responses. on march 13th, we convened an r.f.q. evaluation panel made up of chelsea from chair fewer's office and a legal counsel. of all four respondents, vanir scored the highest in the supervisor and proposal evaluation. on june 16th of this year, the lafco issued an intent to award a contract to vanir. the panel were impressed with vanir's presentation during the interview and their understanding of the role lafco plays with cleanpowersf. they have done their homework. as well as by the firm's

documented expertise and proven record in the renewable energy field. they are a minority and women owned company. the staff member for the role at vanir will be jenny witson with extensive knowledge of renewable energy issues. the team who will work with lafco, i outlined this in your packet, includes developing the framework for the c.c.a. program in los angeles. they have c.c.a. experience. this would allow us to significantly strength and our oversight role of cleanpowersf by retaining expertise from a firm with experience in this field. i'm very excited to work vanir going forward. my recommendation is that you approve the contract. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, let's open up for public comment please. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public

comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. if you have not already done so, please dial star three to line up to speak. please wait to indicate the system has unmute you. are there any members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item? >> yes, i have one in the queue. >> hello commissioners, eric brooks with californian for energy choice, i worked the last 14 years to get cleanpowersf off the ground. support of this, the diversity

and the expertise that this company and team has is both crucial and impressive. it's great to see this going forward. there's one big caution and hopefully vanir is watching this as well so they get this message to both the commissioners and to vanir, the big caution is that all the expertise looks great but the one thing that i don't see from either of the commission or the contractor is the plan and the ability to integrate all that spirit expero plan a virtual power plant for the san francisco bay area like the sydney, australia renewable plan. that's what the advocates have been watching for 14 years. it's not coming from the sfpoc.

we need this contractor to be expert on power plant and hire contractor to build it. that's absolutely crucial. it's the one thing i would say to step up your game on both the commission and the contractor. thank you. this looks great. it's great to see that we're moving forward and i look forward to communicating with all of you in the future including vanir. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. anyone else on the line? >> that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment is closed. mr. brooks, comments are noted. i think we are now able to make a recommendation to approve the contract with vanir construction management as mr. goebel has recommended to us.

>> supervisor mar: i had a question for mr. goebel. i wanted to clarify is the contract with vanir going to cover all three service areas? i noticed lafco received responses to the r.f.p. from different bidders in the three different service areas. vanir only submitted a response to service area one and service area two but not service area three which identify proposed programs for communities of concerns. i wanted to clarify whether the scope of this contract will cover all three service areas? >> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you for that question commissioner mar. i want to add that jenny whitson

from vanir johnson us as well. no, this contract only covers service area one, which is supporting lafco's oversight role of cleanpowersf. i think it could maybe be possible that vanir could help us develop scope of work for service area three, which other service they didn't apply for. this is mostly to support service area one. >> chair fewer: commissioner mar, would you like to hear from jenny whitson from vanir. she's available for comment to answer questions. >> supervisor mar: yes, sure. i'm curious how -- whether lafco will be pursuing consultant support for service area two and three?

>> it is my goal that we'll be able to -- based on what i heard from commissioners in the past that service area three is a priority, particularly picking up on winston parson's work that he did with his report with number of power disconnections in san francisco and doing work in this area and other work that the commission deems a priority for communities of concern. i'm not sure if ms. whitson would care to say a few words. >> mr. goebel and commissioners, vanir is excited to support the lafco and service area one oversight of cleanpowersf. in termings of the comments that we heard, we'll work with mr. goebel and commissioners to consider any advocacy comments be and recommendations and incorporate those accordingly into lafco's recommendations.

we're very excited and we look forward to working with lafco and many other stakeholders that are looking at the cleanpowersf implementation plan. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. ms. whitson to reiterate the question from commissioner mar about working in areas two and three. would you be able to lend any expertise. i know that your contract for service area number one. i'm assuming that you have the expertise for two and three should we expand the scope. is that correct? >> yes, we -- we do have the technical support and expertise for service area two. we are willing to help develop the scope for service area three. we can certainly help with

developing that as well. >> chair fewer: commissioner mar, any other questions or comments? >> supervisor mar: no, thank you so much. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i think that seeing no one else in the queue, i like to make a motion to approve this contract. could i have a second please? >> supervisor mar: second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have four ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. please call item number four. [agenda item read]

>> chair fewer: mr. goebel? >> thank you madam chair. commissioners, this item would allow the lafco to extend its contract with the jobs with justice education fund to conduct another survey of on demand workers in san francisco. the focus of this survey would be delivery workers. who are among our front line workers now. our previous survey, those

delivery workers who participated in the survey, mostly in san francisco, more than 60% of them. i gone into detail on this in your packet but the survey would have two part. the team would recruit for a representative survey of workers on four platforms, two grocery and two food with a target of 200 workers on each platform. they would also conduct a survey of delivery workers are unionized. to understand how the work is performed when the workers are employees with union representation. this will then compare the difference and have some analysis on that. the first step of this next phase will be to do a pilot to develop a methodology that prioritizes public health and safety for the team who will be working in the field. a part of that how they will determine whether or not this would be in-person survey using all the safety protocols and or whether it would be a phone survey. i think that's something they

hope to work out with the pilot. we do have funds left over from the previous representative survey since it was cut short. that would cover the pilot phase and then conducting the next survey would actually be dependent on additional funding from private foundations to the tune about $360,000. we've already applied for one big grant and i'm starting to work now with the team on fundraising strategy moving forward. i feel confident that we can raise those funds. i'm looking forward to this next phase of work with the survey team. the contract will be extended for one year and my recommendation is that you approve the contract. with that i'm happy to answer any questions. >> chair fewer: thank you. any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, let's open up for public comment please. >> clerk: operations checking to see if there's callers in the

queue. for members waiting online and wish to speak, please press star three now to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the similar indicate you have been unmuted. anyone on the line? >> i have one caller in the queue. >> hello general commissioners. eric brooks again. this time representing our city of san francisco, local grassroots group and the san francisco green party. i wanted to really -- you probably already thinking in this direction, it is vital during the virus crises that we get responsive and data on what front line workers need because of the virus crises. especially with we're just finding out today that congress is totally dropping the ball on

support -- unemployment support maybe a lot lower and that essential workers like this, is vital that we're paying them a lot of money. soothe like doing this. we really need to get data and responses specifically on that. not just for this industry but this will cover but if we get the right kind of responses it will apply to uber and lyft and maybe even whole foods workers, grocery store workers, you name it. so we can get some guidance on giving real relief to front line workers and make sure they're paid well enough to justify the hard work that we're having them do. those are my comments. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. anyone else in the queue? >> clerk: i don't believe there's anyone else in the

queue. >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. any comments or questions from my colleagues? commissioner mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to thank executive officer goebel and my former colleague, the academic partner and others for all your work on this groundbreaking study on workers in san francisco. i fully support extending the contract for jobs for justice, to do a new surveys with the food and grocery delivery workers. i'm very interested in following up on recommendations that came out of first round of survey and supervisor haney -- particularly

the recommendation to explore licensing system for food delivery. i think the second phase of the survey of those workers will align well with us and initiatives that can support these workers better. so thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you commissioner mar. any other comments? i like to add my ditto to exactly what commissioner mar said and thank mr. goebel especially for staying with it and being able to fund these really important studies. thank you very much. having said that, anyone else in in the queue? i make a motion to approve the reservation authorizing the second amendment -- no, second amendment to the agreement between lafco and the jobs for

justice education fund for on demand delivery workers. can i have a second please? >> second. >> second. >> chair fewer: roll call vote please. [roll call vote] >> you have four ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. can you please call item number five. [agenda item read]

>> chair fewer: i think today we have our counsel inder khalsa to present this item. >> good morning madam chair and members of the commission. it is my pleasure to bring to you today an extension to the >> chair fewer: i see no one in

the queue. we can open this up for public comment. >> clerk: operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. please press star three now to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. is there anyone on the line? >> i have one caller. >> it's eric brooks again. this time representing all four of the groups that i mentioned. just to give thumb us up to renewing the executive officer's contract. it's been very refreshing to work with bryan. today's meeting is a clear indication that bryan is getting stuff done and his ability to get the supervisors to realize

the importance of this commission has been important as well. i would urge you to approve this. thank you. >> clerk: i believe that is the only caller in the queue. >> that is correct. that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. public comment on item number five is closed. i would like to make a motion to approve resolution for bryan goebel executive of office services. second please. >> second. >> chair fewer: thank you commissioner cink. -- singh. [roll call vote].

you have four ayes. >> chair fewer: please call item number six. >> clerk: item number six is public comment. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001. if you have not already done so, please dial star three now to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicate you have been unmuted. is there anyone in the line to speak? >> yes, i have one caller. >> hello again one last time. commissioners, eric brooks representing all four of the

groups that i mentioned before. i can't say this with enough urgency. if you look what's happening in washington d.c. right now, the trump administration's handling of the economic crises that has merged from this virus and other problems with the economy is dismal at best. even the leadership of the democratic party is not stepping up to make sure that things are funded and the people are funded the way they need to be. housing is producted the way it needs to be. i would urge you to take the public bank off the back burner because we're now facing a situation where san francisco is likely to be under extreme crises, especially for housing even with the protections that we've got in place.

it's vital that we make sure and get the public bank on the front burner and moving forward as quickly as possible so we can get people out of harm and get coops funded and things like that. so we can fund things like cleanpowersf that will be much easier to build than saving the planet if we get money from a public bank to build that virtual power plant. sydney, australia power plant that i was talking about before. i don't think that we can leave public bank to decide at this point. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> clerk: that is the only caller. >> chair fewer: okay, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, is there any more business today. >> clerk: no further business today. >> chair fewer: thank you very much everyone. we are adjourned.

>> 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 on surfing after

>> working with kids, they keep you young. they keep you on your tones -- on your toes. >> teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. >> ready? go. [♪] >> we really wanted to find a way to support women

entrepreneurs in particular in san francisco. it was very important for the mayor, as well as the safety support the dreams that people want to realize, and provide them with an opportunity to receive funding to support improvements for their business so they could grow and thrive in their neighborhoods and in their industry. >> three, two, one! >> because i am one of the consultants for two nonprofits here for entrepreneurship, i knew about the grand through the renaissance entrepreneur center, and through the small business development center. i thought they were going to be perfect candidate because of their strong values in the community. they really give back to the neighborhood. they are from this neighborhood, and they care about the kids in the community here. >> when molly -- molly first told us about the grant because she works with small businesses. she has been a tremendous help for us here. she brought us to the attention of the grand just because a lot of things here were outdated,

and need to be up-to-date and redone totally. >> hands in front. recite the creed. >> my oldest is jt, he is seven, and my youngest is ryan, he is almost six. it instills discipline and the boys, but they show a lot of care. we think it is great. the moves are fantastic. the women both are great teachers. >> what is the next one? >> my son goes to fd k. he has been attending for about two years now. they also have a summer program, and last summer was our first year participating in it. they took the kids everywhere around san francisco. this year, owner talking about placing them in summer camps, all he wanted to do was spend the entire summer with them. >> he has strong women in his

life, so he really appreciates it. i think that carries through and i appreciate the fact that there are more strong women in the world like that. >> i met d'andrea 25 years ago, and we met through our interest in karate. our professor started on cortland years ago, so we grew up here at this location, we out -- he outgrew the space and he moved ten years later. he decided to reopen this location after he moved. initially, i came back to say, hey, because it might have been 15 years since i even put on a uniform. my business partner was here basically by herself, and the person she was supposed to run the studio with said great, you are here, i started new -- nursing school so you can take over. and she said wait, that is not what i am here for i was by myself before -- for a month before she came through.

she was technically here as a secretary, but we insisted, just put on the uniform, and help her teach. i was struggling a little bit. and she has been here. one thing led to another and now we are co-owners. you think a lot more about safety after having children and i wanted to not live in fear so much, and so i just took advantage of the opportunity, and i found it very powerful to hit something, to get some relief, but also having the knowledge one you might be in a situation of how to take care of yourself. >> the self-defence class is a new thing that we are doing. we started with a group of women last year as a trial run to see how it felt. there's a difference between self-defence and doing a karate class. we didn't want them to do an actual karate class. we wanted to learn the fundamentals of how to defend

yourself versus, you know, going through all the forms and techniques that we teaching a karate class and how to break that down. then i was approached by my old high school. one -- once a semester, the kids get to pick an extra curricular activity to take outside of the school walls. my old biology teacher is now the principle. she approached us into doing a self-defence class. the girls have been really proactive and really sweet. they step out of of the comfort zone, but they have been willing to step out and that hasn't been any pushback. it is really great. >> it is respect. you have to learn it. when we first came in, they knew us as those girls. they didn't know who we were. finally, we came enough for them to realize, okay, they are in the business now. it took a while for us to gain that respect from our peers, our male peers. >> since receiving the grant, it has ignited us even more, and put a fire underneath our butts

even more. >> we were doing our summer camp and we are in a movie theatre, and we just finished watching a film and she stepped out to receive a phone call. she came in and she screamed, hey, we got the grant. and i said what? >> martial arts is a passion for us. it is passion driven. there are days where we are dead tired and the kids come and they have the biggest smiles on their faces and it is contagious. >> we have been operating this program for a little over a year all women entrepreneurs. it is an extraordinary benefit for us. we have had the mayor's office investing in our program so we can continue doing this work. it has been so impactful across a diversity of communities throughout the city. >> we hope that we are making some type of impact in these kids' lives outside of just learning karate. having self-confidence, having discipline, learning to know when it's okay to stand up for

yourself versus you just being a bully in school. these are the values we want the kids to take away from this. not just, i learned how to kick and i learned how to punch. we want the kids to have more values when they walk outside of these doors. [♪]