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good morning, everyone. and welcome to this beautiful monday. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the november 9th, 2020 of the rules committee. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me on the video conference is catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor gordon mar. our i'd like to thank sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 health emergencier and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of the supervisor legislative chamber are closed. members will participate in the meeting remotely. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda on both channel 26 and
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if you submit public comment via email, it will be included as part part of the official file. that completes my announcements. >> thank you very much. can you please read item number 1. >> clerk: hearing to consider appointing one member to the aging advisory council. >> paricia spaniak are you hear? >> yes. >> do you have any remarks? >> i have supervised on the advisory council for a number of years. i worked for the community living campaign, whose role in life is to fight isolation and loneliness with seniors across san francisco. we offer now over 200 programs a month on the zoom classes.
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we do regularly scheduled check-in calls, food delivery, we're very active in fighting loneliness and isolation in san francisco. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much for your work. my colleagues have no questions or comments, we can open this up for public comment. >> clerk: yes. yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 344 9722. then press pound and up and down again. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. operations, do we have any members of the public? for public comment?
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yes. i received word that we have no one in the queue to speak at this time. >> chair ronen: okay. thank you so much. public comment is closed. and i'd like to make a motion to forward the appointment of paricia spaniak to seacliff 9, to the full board with positive recommendation. [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: great. thank you so much for your service. >> it's been an honor to serve. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. congratulations. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 2. >> clerk: yes. item number 2 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending february 1st, 2022, to the park, recreation and open space advisory committee.
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one seat, one applicant. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. similarly to item number 1, supervisors, this is a district 11 appointee and supervisor safai couldn't be here, but sends his strong recommendation and support. steve currier, are you here? >> i am. how are you? >> chair ronen: i'm good. how are you? >> you know, i'm going to second what you said and supervisor safai said. it's a brand-new dawning. i couldn't be happier. yes. [laughter] >> chair ronen: well, thank you for your willingness to serve again. i know supervisor safai is very excited. did you have anything you wanted to share with us? >> well, no. thank you. thank you for supervisor safai's -- his re-election. so i'm very happy about that. it's been an honor for me to serve on, as we all say prozac, the park, rec, open space
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advisory committee. it's been a good two years. i've been on since march of 2018. a great group of people. i think the only underlying sorrow, regarding the 150th year of golden gate park, is that we couldn't support -- we couldn't be there to celebrate. we're all there in spirit. i think we have a great team. and i look forward to being that member for the next two years. and i thank you for your support. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you. and there's no comment from my colleagues, we'll open this up for public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this reappointment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to file public comment, call (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 344 9722. and press pound and up and down again. if you haven't already done so,
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please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system has been unmuted and you may begin your comment. do we have any members of the public for public comment today? there does not appear to be any callers in the queue at this time. >> chair ronen: okay. then public comment is closed. it sounds like r2d2 every time. supportive of your nomination. >> well, thank you. and i'd like to make a motion to forward the appointment of steve currier to seat 22 to the full board with positive recommendation. can we please have a roll call vote. >> clerk: on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> clerk: chair. >> supervisor ronen:. >> chair ronen: aye. >> clerk: the motion passes without objection.
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>> thank you so much. >> chair ronen: congratulations. have a wonderful rest of your day. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 3. >> clerk: a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ends december 31st, 2022, to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chair ronen: wonderful. and miss kiana sezawar keshavarz was nominated by the youth commission. and my understanding is that austin is here to speak on the nomination. austin, are you here? >> yes. that is correct. hello, supervisors. >> chair ronen: good morning. please feel free to go ahead, austin. >> good morning, supervisors. hopefully a better day. better for our anxiety.
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i'm austin with the youth commission and also the staff support for the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. my role has been uplifting the youth word, supporting the youth leader with the adult leaders and the staff and the community, such as -- [indiscernible]. microsoft teams meeting and working with them on the outreach that you see. for the past two years, he's been -- youth staff has served for only one year at a time. and this year with kiana, we're hopeful she'll stay for a two-year term. and our process began in july starting this conversation at the youth clinic. and other folks within the eastern mission. and so because of the outreach,
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we doubled the number of applicants, which went from two to -- when we first started to five applicants. but kiana really stood out to our commissioners, growing up in the district 10 with how food deserts, food inequity and racial disparities interact. and kiana has demonstrated time and commitment to our community, her district. and as the youth tends to go into the community outreach work group, we wish to have a young person that has that experience in the community outreach. and has strong relationships with the community. and we know that within the community, to empower them away from big empowerment. so rather than treating the system or treating the cause. and she definitely demonstrates
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-- we look forward to working with her and that is our comments. >> chair ronen: thank you. thank you so much. what a lovely recommendation. appreciate you. and if there's no comments, let's open this up for public comment. >> kiana may be on the line. >> chair ronen: oh, sorry. yes, please. i believe i saw her name on the list. >> chair ronen: oh, yes, please. thank you so much. i'm so sorry. please. >> no problem. good morning. my name is kiana. i'm 16 years old and in 10th grade. i have gone to public schools for most of my life, i currently attend an independent school. i live in district 10. i'm really passionate about activism, nutrition and community organizing. and in terms of my ideas for
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this position, i'll start out with my experience. about student leadership and fundraising, i lead south asian students and activism program at my school. i was a part of the youth board for make-a-wish, helping to fundraise and distribute funds. and then about outreach, organizing and fundraising, i was the core district 11 youth -- [indiscernible] and i've belong to the youth community garden. and i helped organize. and in terms of public health and nutrition, i volunteer at the food -- [indiscernible]. thank you so much for that recommendation, by the way, austin. and everything living in district 10, how marginalized and access to health programs. and then also having on both sides going to public and private schools.
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how youth are often -- don't have access to quality food and health resources. and as somebody whose mom works for the education program, which was defunded, i have experience with health programs, to help marginalized communities. as you see, i hope to offer my perspective. and also passionate about this role for my experiences. [indiscernible] i really hope to help the program in marginalized communities, especially food deserts and communities of color, specifically black and asian. what i would like to do on the board and hopefully my role is to have more community outreach and although my job is to bring public perspective to this
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issue, having more community outreach and community input on the function. >> chair ronen: wonderful. thank you so much. for your willingness to serve. it's really exciting. and, you know, i just want to say the importance of your work is getting greater and greater every day because of the pandemic and because children are stuck inside at home learning with less exercise than normal. and so, you know, what i've been hearing from general hospital and the obesity clinic there, is that so much of the amazing work that they've been able to do, to stabilize young people that are struggling with obesity, has gone backwards during this time. and so i really think that you're coming into this work at one of the most important times that you possibly could. i'm really grateful that you're
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taking on this leadership role and willing to do this. thank you. thank you so much. and do any of my colleagues have any comments? yes, supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: i want to say thank you so much for your service and willingness to serve. i have a son who is a 10th grader. and i know that this pandemic has been hard on teenagers and all kids, too. to see you taking an activist role in something that's so important, it's so impressive. i continue to be astounded by the next generation and the youth and i just thank you so much for your participation and trying to make a difference. thank you. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: supervisor mar, did you want to say anything? >> supervisor mar: also as a parent of a 10 st. grader, yeah, i just wanted to thank you so much, kiana, for all that you have already done.
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and for your -- yeah, your commitment to stepping up to this important role on this advisory committee. so we really, really appreciate it. and look forward to you doing great things. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. i look forward to this, too. >> chair ronen: wonderful. wonderful. can we please open this item up for public comment? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 344 9722. and press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. a system proprietor will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates that you are unmuted and you may begin your comment. i am just waiting to see if -- we have one caller in the queue. that's for public comment at
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this time. >> caller: good morning. my name is jackson morgan. i am the executive director of the youth center and clinic. and i am also on my third term as co-chair of the sugary beverage -- well, sdddtax. we've been working with the youth commission. austin, thank you so much for all of your great work and all of the youth commissioners. and we are really, really excited and ready to welcome kiana into our -- on our tax. so this work is super important and we've been really needing more youth voice. again really excited to support this candidate. >> chair ronen: thank you. >> clerk: that completes the members of the public in queue to speak at this time. >> chair ronen: thank you. then public comment is closed.
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and i am honored to make a motion to forward the appointment of kiana -- i'm so sorry is i'm mispronouncing your name. to the full forward with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote. >> clerk: on that motion, supervisor stefani. [roll call]. >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: okay. wonderful. congratulations, kiana. we'll see you soon. >> thank you so much. austin, thank you for all of the comments and recommendations. it's very sweet. thank you. bye. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4. >> clerk: item number 4 is a hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending junt rights commission. three seats, three applicants. >> chair ronen: wonderful. and if we could hear from mario
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paz, one of my favorite immigrant rights leaders, in district 9. good morning. >> good morning, chair. >> superviso-- ronen.we've beena dark cloud for the last four years. we've witnessed -- insanity in the separation of children from their parents. and the one policy after another with anti-immigrant. the policy initiative that was promoted by this -- the outgoing administration. thank goodness. we now have an opportunity to reimagine the system and we are most excited at the commission to be at the forefront.
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san francisco has always been a beacon of light. during these four years, we standed for our sanctuary policy and we continued to stand to celebrate immigrants and continue to fight. and we are very, very proud of the work that we are highlighting all of the atrocities. again we continue to uphold san francisco values. i look forward to continuing that work. again i'm very excited about finally being able to pass comprehensive immigration reform, with citizenship from undocumented communities, that we can get rid of the rules that were impacting our immigrants. that they went as far as to really dismantle, [indiscernible] so i'm very excited and very humble. and really thank you for your consideration. i would like to also endorse my colleagues celine kennelly and
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nima rahimi. they're wonderful leaders for our immigrant communities. and again thank you. thank you, supervisor ronen. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. and i just have to say that you have been such a leader in our community, in the mission, serving so many latinx families. i just want to say how grateful i am for all of your work. thank you. >> no, thank you. thank you, supervisor. i'm grateful to you also for all of your support. and the other supervisors. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. and next we'll hear from celine kennelly. celine, are you here? >> i am. apologies. sorry. i had to figure out getting myself off of mute. >> chair ronen: no problem. good morning. how are you? it's good to hear from you. >> thank you. good morning. it's a pleasure to be with you
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all this morning. and, yes, i will echo new dawn, new day. and i think great relief, not only locally and nationally, but also globally. i can say with my hand on my heart that the entire eilis -- h -- they've watched the elections over the last week, as most of my family stayed up through the night following everything that was happening. so it is very exciting time. so i would like to thank you for the opportunity to be before you this morning. i am delighted to be reappointed to the immigrant rights commission. i have served on the commission since 2012. and it has been my pleasure to be part of the amazing work that the commission has done. for 22 years, we have fought for the rights and dignity of
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immigrants and other underserved and underrepresented communities. from rights to the sanctuary ordinance, we have worked with our community partners and fellow commissions to ensure inclusive, fair policies and conditions that make san francisco a safe and welcoming a place for all people to thrive. it has not been an easy road for immigrants in recent years especially. we've seen a steady stream of anti-immigrant policies, demeaning and hateful rhetoric and attempts to diminish the many,yes of hardworking, law-abiding immigrants and communities of color. we are thankful that we are moving towards a new dawn and a new day and we look forward to being able to be part of a move towards more humane, fair policies for our immigrant communities. there are many important issues facing us and the immigrant rights commission has been active as ever on major issues. we were very excited at the
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passage of prop c. and stand in support of the commission has partnered with the office of civic engagements and immigrant affairs to ensure that our commissioners have language access and assistance at every meeting and are able to participate in meaningful ways. we look forward to seeing the extension of our commission and other commissions within the city. as chair of the commission, i have been delighted to be in a position to work with and to support and to lead my fellow commissioners with, as always, undying support from vice chair paz, other members of the executive committee and, of course, the office of civic engagement. we have partnered with the recovery task force to hold special hearings on covid-19 impacts on immigrant in june of this year. a hearing which fed into the
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overall outcome of the economic recovery task force and their findings. we have also in the last 12 months had a special hearing on daca, as we hope to see a more positive move for daca with a new administration. a joint hearing with the human rights commission on the border crisis. and we had begun a series of neighborhood specialty hearings in district 10 at the end of last year, which unfortunately we ended up having to put on hold, our series, due to covid. we recently passed a resolution on the treatment of the immigrants, followed by a hearing early in the new year. we are excited at the board resolution declaring war on racism. as a result of this resolution, we have established a racial equity working group, which is dealing with the access of regional equity and the human rights commission to look at how we can support and make change
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around racial equity within our city. and we were, of course, very involved in census 2020. the vice chair and i were members of the complete count committee. and the commission as a whole, the office of civic engagement and immigrants in deliverance of a complete count. i would like to thank director paz, robert simpson, all members of the complete count committee and the entire staff of the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs for all of the work that they have done -- in delivering as complete of a count as we could for the city and county, in what proved to be an extremely difficult year to find everybody. so i am -- as i say, i'm delighted to be given the opportunity to again serve on the commission. it is an honor. we have a wonderful commission. we have a very diverse commission. we have a few seats to fill. and we've got some great ideas as to how to continue and expand
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the diversity. i thank you for this opportunity. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, celine. you've done such incredible work over -- in the number of years on this commission. we're so grateful to you for it. and thanks for mentioning c yay! how immigrants are going to be able to serve on the immigrant rights commission. imagine that. so exciting. we're finally going to be able to take advantage of the talents of so many more people in the city and county of san francisco on our local leadership bodies. so another piece of fantastic news for our city and our country. so thank you, celine. did anybody else want to say anything? we're good? okay. okay. so next we will hear from our last, but not least candidate,
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nima rahimi. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. thank you, supervisor mar and stefani. it's been an honor serving on this commission. the board of supervisors first appointed me during the first year of the trump presidency. and i have worked with my fellow commissioners to resist the agenda from day one, leading special hearings on the muslim ban to a special hearing on the crimes against humanity he's committed at our southern border. to his attempt to break our promise to our daca brothers and sisters. when our yemeni community faced obstacles to send money to their families, caught in the middle of the civil war, i helped bring community members to our commission to help their stories on the record. we worked with our san francisco treasurer to provide advice and recommendations to our yemeni neighbors to navigate this issue. further, in collaboration with the economic recovery task force, we listened immigrant communities and leaders to advise the task force on how best to serve our immigrant
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families during this time of economic crisis. and most recently, and i'm very proud of this, especially because it just passed. i worked with community leaders say -- sarah souza. i'serve on the iranian-american bar association, after served on the board of the northern california chapter for seven years. i also serve on the board of a community nonprofit called the equality center generation plus, supporting the social, civic and economics. we have a lot of work to do. i'm so excited about president biden and kamala harris' election. i want our commission to support this administration's efforts on immigrant rights and help inform as san francisco goes, as california goes, so goes the nation. we have important work to do. i'd be honored to continue
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serving our city and county as an immigrant rights commissioner. thank you so much for your consideration. >> chair ronen: thank you. thank you. now we can open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, should call (415)655-000(415)655-0001, the . is 146 344 9722. then press pound and up and down again. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your happened. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. we are checking on if we have any members of the public in queue to speak at this time. we have zero callers in the queue to speak. that completes -- you're on
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mute, chair. >> chair ronen: thank you. before i close public comment, i wanted to give an opportunity for commissioner kennelly to speak on behalf of her -- in support of her colleagues. >> thank you, chair ronen. i will be brief. i am delighted that they're back up for re-appointment to the immigrant rights commission. they are both dedicated, passionate, informed, and big picture thinkers in terms of policies that affects the lives of immigrants. they have been -- they have been so active on the commission. they have been leaders and they are an absolutely phenomenal addition to our commission. i am delighted to speak in their support. and i hope that we can move to a positive recommendation for both
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of them. so commissioner rahimi, and commissioner paz, thank you for your dedication to the environment rights commission. ronen thank you so much. and with that, public comment is closed. and i am happy to make a motion to forward the appointment of mario paz to seat 6, with a residency waiver. celine kennelly to seat 7 and nima rahimi to seat 8. to the full board with positive recommendation. can we take a roll call. >> clerk: on that motion, supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> clerk: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> clerk: chair ronen. >> chair ronen: aye. >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> chair ronen: fantastic. thank you to all three of you. keep up the amazing work and thanks for being willing to
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continue to serve. >> thank you, supervisor. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda? >> clerk: that's our agenda for today. >> chair ronen: okay. great. the meeting is adjourned. have a great day, everyone. bye. >> the hon. london breed: good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for joining us here today.
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we're here with dr. grant colfax of the department of public health to provide a very important update around what's happening in san francisco as it relates to covid-19. as of today, the total number of cases in san francisco are 13,139. the total number of hospitalizations are 36. sadly, the total number of deaths has reached 151, and we are seeing 5,000, almost 6,000 tests per day. our positivity rate has went from a record low to now 1.28%, and what does all this mean? we are seeing an uptick. two weeks ago, we put a pause on our reopening efforts, and we made it clear to the people of san francisco that we are seeing the number of cases increase, and we should be
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concerned. we had plans. we had plans not only to continue our reopening efforts, but we had planned to really expand so many services, so many businesses, and a number of other i think thisethings, o weeks ago, we knew we were probably headed in this direction, and sadly, what we're seeing today has put us in a situation where we have to take a moment and to recognize that there is a problem. the upticks that we have seen are really a cause for concern, and it's put us in a situation where we have had to make yet another hard choice. san francisco has been praised over the past couple months around the number of cases, our
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testing capacity and positivity rate and having one of the lowest number of cases in the country, but that's only because many of have been very cooperative and have supported the efforts that we put forward. and unfortunately, you know, we've been in this for a long time now, and people are tired, and so people have gotten complacent, and as a result, because of behavior, we're seeing an uptick. and as a result of that uptick, it has forced our city to make some very, very hard decisions, and not just pause the reopening efforts, but to, in fact, roll back some of the gains that we have made. so sadly, beginning the end of the day friday, we will need to eliminate indoor dining, we
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will need to reduce capacity as gyms and movie theaters. we will be putting a pause on opening additional high schools, and so there are a number of things that, unfortunately, we will now need to do as a result of this. and dr. colfax will talk a little bit more about what that entails why we are in a place of doing something that i wish we didn't have to do, because i understand, especially as the weather gets colder and it's the holiday season, and people are starting to hire back their employees and purchase food and get prepared, that this is having a tremendous impact on so many businesses and, in particular, the restaurant industry in san francisco.
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i understand that, you know, we're not making any roll backs on any elementary or any middle schools because what we know about high schools is, unfortunately, the transmission rate is similar to adults, so we need to put a pause on opening high schools, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't move forward and get our elementary and middle schools open as soon as possible. in fact, we know that the board of education has plans to vote on a resolution to get our schools back open sooner rather than later. we are committed as a city to work with them to do just that.
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this concern around this uptick does not mean that we cannot still move in a direction to get our schools open sooner rather than later. we also know that, again, some of our cibusinesses are struggling, and we can't do it alone. just recently, we put out some information around providing some additional support for our restaurants. $2.5 million in fee and tax waivers, $1 million in grants to restaurants to support outdoor dining, and we're redirecting the $3,500,000 interest s.f. help loans towards low and moderate income residents. we know that help is needed, we can't do it alone. this is why i wholeheartedly
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support the restaurant act, h.r. 107, which will support investing $20 billion in restaurants in this country. we need to do more, but the fact is the virus is spreading, and we have to make the hard decisions. the good news is that we have a new president and a new vice president, and we just heard the good news yesterday that we made progress on the vaccine, but those things aren't going to help us today with what we're seeing. they're going to help us for the future, but for now, we have to make sure that we're protecting and saving lives here in the city right now. it's a very hard thing to think about just what impact this is going to have on the people of san francisco. when making these decisions, we don't take them lightly. we look at the science, we look at the data.
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we think about every single restaurant and every single school and every single business that has not collected any revenue whatsoever since this pandemic began. we understand cthat challenges exist, and it's why we've continued to recavamp our jobs now program to pay for employees, and deferred and even waived city fees, and we will continue to work to do as much as we can, and like i said, we're not going to do it alone. we're going to count on the decisions made in washington to provide some additional support that could help put us in a better place. but for now, we have to do what's necessary to protect the people of san francisco. and so when there are people who are out, not wearing their
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masks and not following the public health orders and doing things that, sadly, spread the virus, then it causes us additional delays on our reopening efforts. when i think about, you know, what's been happening as it relates to the virus, we know that in the past, we talk about the disproportional impacts with particularly the latino community. we made a record $28 million investment to try and curb that, and the good news is we're seeing the numbers change slightly. so we are seeing is more impact by the virus. we're seeing people hanging out at the bars and some of the places, and we're seeing masks coming off and people who are getting comfortable and complacent. this virus definitely reacts to behavior that does not follow
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the suggested public health guidelines around mask wearing and social distancing, and so we know that we're going to have to change our behavior as we come possible the holiday season. we know that people are going to want to get together, families and friends, and it's a little bit colder outside, so people are going to want to be -- they're going to want to be indoors, and so we're going to have to think about how that's going to impact this virus and its ability to move around. the hard choices that we make now will help make things better in the future. it will get our city open, it will get our businesses open, it will get our kids back in school faster, so we have to continue to make the hard choices. i know that the people of this city are tired of me asking so much of you. time and time again, i've come
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out here and have asked you things that make it very, very difficult for you in your life, whether it's taking care of your children, your elderly parent, or even going to work, but we need everyone's cooperation, we need everyone's support. we know this has not been easy. we know it's not been easy for so many people for so long, and we didn't think we'd be in the midst of a pandemic as long as we are. we're seeing places like europe, where they've had to roll back their reopening efforts. we've seen upticks all over the country, not just san francisco. and the reason why -- and so many of you have been understanding, and you've cooperated. so i want to thank you for doing that, but we are asking for a lot more, i know. and as we approach the holiday
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season, we need everyone to be mindful as to what is at stake. making a decision to support opening a business and then asking that business to close, it is heartbreaking. it is very, very unfortunate, but it is necessary, and the way that we make sure that this does not continue to happen is if we realize that the possibility of rolling back even more could happen if we don't change our behavior. so sadly, we are at a different place. i'm hopeful that we are going to have a president and vice president that is already working on a covid response and a national response around wearing masks and doing what's necessary in order to get this
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country through this because even if san francisco is doing well, it means nothing if everyone else isn't. think about this holiday season and people traveling and moving around more. that could potentially spread the virus, so we're asking people not to do unnecessary traveling at this time because we really want to get this undercontrol under control so next year, we're able to do exactly what we want, and that's celebrate with one another. we're asking you to sacrifice so we can get back to life as we know it. this is hard, yes, but it's necessary. i want to thank you again for your cooperation and understanding. this is really tough to put a pause and to hold back some of the things.
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i know how hard this is to do, especially with reopening businesses and things that people were preparing for, and the cost of that preparation. we're going to do everything-- continue to do everything we can as a city to make sure we support our communities and our businesses and our schools and our families. it is a hard, long road, but we're going to get through this. a vaccine is inevitable, but it's not here yet. so at this time, to provide clarity around the data and what it means and to provide
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dr. grant colfax, director of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. as always, we are fortunate as a city to have your leadership and tenacity. today, we are unfortunately taking a step back. we are taking a step back to ensure that we can move forward in the future. if we take these steps today, we can mitigate the spread of the virus and, in the long run, we will be safer and stronger. but this is difficult, and this is a sacrifice. we are halting indoor dining, pausing on in-person learning at additional high schools, and reducing the capacity of some indoor activities. this is because the spread of the virus is aggressive and threatening. let me do a deep dive to show you where we are, and where we
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could be headed if we do not take these aggressive steps. our cases in san francisco have been increasing dramatically over the last month. we have seen cases increase, as shown in this slide, by 250% since early october, and, in the past two weeks, from october 21 through november 5, our rate has increased from 3.7 per 100,000 people to 9 per 100,000 residents. we are averaging nearly 80 new cases a day now, up from just 32 new cases at the end of october, and this is consistent, unfortunately, with what we are seeing across california and across the bay
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area region. in fact, while california still remains in much better shape in terms of case increases compared to the rest of the nation, california has seen a 29% increase in cases in the past two weeks. so where may we be headed if we do not reverse this trend? let's go to the next slide. this shows how cases are increasing, and the projection for those cases. so you can see on this slide that we're in a position where cases have increased dramatically. our reproductive rate of the virus, that rate which the virus spread through the community, has increased above
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1, meaning cases will continue to increase dramatically in the future. as you can see, we will go up to over 300 cases a day by late december if this increase continues, a sharp, rapid increase in cases. reproductive rate above 1, remember, that means that the virus is rapidly spreading through our community. let's go to the next slide. so our current level of increase is greater than the last surge. this suggests much greater transmission and has the potential to be explosive. the orange line here shows what happened this summer, when we had that summer surge of the virus. we peaked in our cases on july 19, but again, as this slide
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indicates, we are on track to exceed the surge in the summer as our current cases show -- are shown here in blue. so that blue line indicates since july 25. that summer surge is imposed on the orange line, at the beginning of that summer surge, june 15 to june 30. the point is not only this increase that we're having now in this fall surge commensurate with this increase. this means if we do not turn this around, our fall surge
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will exceed our summer surge. if we stay on our current course of activities, if we do not pause, and we do not reverse, it is entirely plausible that we will face a situation where our health care system could become overwhelmed and reverse the community progress that we've made all these many months. therefore -- next slide -- our action today will limit indoor activities. we will close indoor dining and bars serving food 11:59 fridfridap.m. friday -- this friday. we will also close -- we will
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also limit -- can i have the next slide, please? i think there's a next slide here. yes. we will also pause the opening of more high schools and restaurants and movie theaters. schoo high schools already open wi high schools that are open at this time will be allowed to stay open, and elementary and middle schools will be allowed to continue open, but high schools that are not open at this time will be paused as we determine our next steps in possible reopening or even a further restriction of activities. i also wanted to discuss the holiday season, which is quickly approaching, and we need to remember that the virus
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is not only still with us, but there is more around than ever before. the virus, unfortunately, has no boundaries, no limit, and unfortunately, it certainly does not have a holiday schedule. today's announcement goes a long way in making sure that we will have a much healthier holiday season. as we move into these holiday months, we are maintaining our focus on our hospital capacity and ensuring san franciscans can receive the care that they need during this holiday season. and we want to do everything we can to avoid reinstating a shelter in place order that would unfortunately shut our city down for the holidays. and even if we beat back the rapid and aggressive spread of covid-19 that is currently racing through our city, we
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must continue to act with caution and diligence during this holiday season. this means following the principles and guidelines that i have been sharing with all of you since the beginning of the covid-19 response. and i know that these messages continue to remain demeaning, but we have to continue to beat back the virus. for the holidays, our guidance includes the following. traveling outside the bay area increases your chance of getting the virus and spreading it upon your return. nonessential travel, including
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holiday travel, is not recommended. additional precautions must be taken when hosting and interacting with people who are traveling to the bay area, especially from other communities with widespread covid-19. wear face masks and stay 6 feet away from people outside your immediate household, and that includes family members who are not in your immediate household. eating and drinking together is higher risk because people must takeoff their masks to eat and drink. restaurants are often relaxed around social distancing, while eating and drinking create more respirato respiratory droplets. please, have that holiday meal in person only with the ones you live with. join your family over the
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holidays on zoom, on teams, on the phone. this is not the year to pull together a big holiday table with multiple households, multiple members of your family indoors, potentially spreading the virus to your loved ones. if you do have a holiday dinner or gathering, please, it must be outside. people must say 6 feet apart and wear masks, and please, use caution when actively eating or drinking. now, i know this is not how we imagine -- this is not how i imagine this holiday season, but unfortunately it is the holiday season we need to have this year top truly show the people that we care and to protect the people we love how to keep ourselves, our
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families, our friends, our communities safe. we need to protect our aging parents or grandparents, and this can only happen with caution and diligence that includes that masking and that social distancing and limiting interactions. but everyone needs to do this part, and do it with caution and care. we will get through this together, and i continue to thank all of you in san francisco for doing your part. thank you. >> operator: at this time, we have a few health related questions for you when you are
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ready. the first set of questions are from alex bareireira. are the numbers today from business openings attributed to these activities? >> so we are taking a break from reopening based on the science, data, and facts on the most risky. we know that the virus is likely to be transmitted indoors where people take their masks off, so the decision -- the difficult decision that we made today is based on the data that we know how the virus is spread, and that those activities increase the risk. we also know that the virus is more likely to be transmitted
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in large groups or gatherings, which is another reason why we've reduced the limit on gatherings today. >> operator: thank you. the next question comes from gerald chin, san francisco bay. does the city expect the state to put the san francisco back in strict [inaudible]. >> so what we're responding to is the local date on that we have, and as -- data, that we have, and as you saw, i just showed the recent data, you saw the slides. we are going to continue to watch the state, we expect the state will shift us to another tier, but we need to move fast here. we need to look at our local information, and that's why we're responding so quickly right here. you saw that that rate of increase. that increase is very concerning, particularly the fact that it exceeds the rate of increase that we saw at that
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summer surge, so we need to act to turn the tide now on this fall surge. >> operator: there are no further questions, and this concludes the press conference. thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax. >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching coping with covid-19. here are some suggestions about how to deal with poor air quality from wildfires. they're pretty similar hohto h we're dealing with covid-19: staying inside and wearing a mask. [♪]
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>> the best thing to do when the air quality is poor is to stay inside and have your windows and doors closed. some modern heater units can clear the air indoors if they have a fan setting. another alterna anotherti another alternative is to consider purchasing a fan set up. if you need to go outside, wear a mask and keep your outdoor activities as short as possible. if you're driving, avoid the outside smoke by running recirculated air in your car and keeping your windows up. unfortunately, cloth and surgical masks don't protect you from wildfire smoke, and n95 masks, while effective, are still prioritized for essential workers. there are other options, though. some cloth masks have a pocket that fits a p.m. 2.5 air filter. worn properly, they can help
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protect you from fine particulate matter. while they're not exactly the same, they provide effective protection from the virus and wildfire smoke. limit your exposure and avoid demanding outdoor activities. check the filters in your heating unit, and also your car's passenger compartment air filter. replace them if they're clogged or overly dirty. another thing to check is your vacuum cleaner. it could degrade your indoor air if the bag is fullerton o clogged with dust. checking local a.q.i. values is a good way to know when it's safe to go outside. there are websites and apps you can check for data, and you can
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also sign up for the air quality alerts. less official sources, such as purple air, and the visual app also provide reliable data. and air s.f. will send you air quality alert if you text your phone number to 888777. finally, try to not create indoor pollution by not smoking inside and lighting candles or incense. you can cut down on driving and other outside driving and other activities that produce dust and emissions like barbecuing or using outdoor fireplaces. here's a quick recap.
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and that's it for this episode. you've been watching coping with covi >> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids. >> say hi. hi. what's your favorite? the carrots. >> the pizza? >> i'm not going to eat the pizza. >> you like the pizza? >> they will eat anything. >> yeah, well, okay.
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>> sfusd's meal program right now is passing out five days worth of meals for monday through friday. the program came about when the shelter in place order came about for san francisco. we have a lot of students that depend on school lunches to meet their daily nutritional requirement. we have families that can't take a hit like that because they have to make three meals instead of one meal. >> for the lunch, we have turkey sandwiches. right now, we have spaghetti and meat balls, we have chicken enchiladas, and then, we have
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cereals and fruits and crackers, and then we have the milk. >> we heard about the school districts, that they didn't know if they were going to be able to provide it, so we've been successful in going to the stores and providing some things. they've been helpful, pointing out making sure everybody is wearing masks, making sure they're staying distant, and everybody is doing their jobs, so that's a great thing when you're working with many kid does. >> the feedback has been really good. everybody seems really appreciative. they do request a little bit more variety, which has been hard, trying to find different types of food, but for the most
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part, everyone seems appreciative. growing up, i depended on them, as well, so it reminds me of myself growing up. >> i have kids at home. i have six kids. i'm a mother first, so i'm just so glad to be here. it's so great to be able to help them in such a way because some families have lost their job, some families don't have access to this food, and we're
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i was with the district attorney's office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. during the time with the da's office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant district attorney but as director of community relations. that afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. it is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. it is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as city employees and advocates for people who don't have a voice. i don't know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what
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their beliefs should be. i smash all of that. you grew up in the inner city of san francisco. my career path is not traditional. i don't think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. i say that to young women and girls. that is important. you want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. i didn't wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. the city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. i thought you must not know what i do for a living. it was the opposite. she had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal justice reform for the city would be the right person for the space. i appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in san francisco.
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i was able to transition to the policy space. here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our office was going to reform the criminal justice system. it is fulfilling for me. i could create programs and see those impact people's lives. i am the change. it took truants youth to meet with civil rights movement leaders who fought to have access to education. being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up. what we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. we want to change that. >> coming from a community we are black and brown.
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i don't reach out to other people. i don't think they feel the same way. >> i had the great opportunity to work on prison reform issues and criminal justice reform issues. we created a program at san quentin where we brought district opportunities t to lifs and talk about how we are all impacted by the criminal justice system. we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity
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that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who ha had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. we realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. it was important to figure out
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the framework to make it seamless and easy. they put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team came up with the idea to engage the tech community in this process. code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. the office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. we worked with the digital team to develop the online application. there are going to be hiccups. we are first to do it. it is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless -- to offer a seamless approach. that is how they can find solutions to solve many of the
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community challenges. the best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records for san francisco. it feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. in the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my directive. really coming from a place of public safety. that was the mandate and understanding. it is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what? we got it wrong. let's get this right. i had the privilege of being in the existing framework. my predecessor nicole elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals super-passionate about cannabis. >> the office was created in july of 2017.
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i came in early 2018. i have been able to see the office's development over time which is nice. it is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking about her leadership. >> looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the board oforboard of supervisors. i learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. >> we get the privilege to work in an office tha that is innova. we get to spearhead the robust exprogram. >> i am excited she came on board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. >> i was hired by cam laharris.
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i haven't seen a district attorney that looked kind of like me. that could be a path in my life. i might not have considered it. it is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. it is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities a as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. plans change and that is okay. the way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. you are capable, right? it was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. you find your passion, the sky (clapping.)ur passion, the sky the airport it where i know to
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mind visions of traffic romance and excitement and gourmet can you limousine we're at san francisco inspirational airport to discover the award-winning concession that conspiracies us around the world. sfo serves are more 40 million travelers a year and a lot of the them are hungry there's many restaurant and nearly all are restaurant and cafe that's right even the airport is a diane designation. so tell me a little bit the food program at sfo and what makes this so special >> well, we have a we have food and beverage program at sfo we trivia important the sustainable organic produce and our
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objective to be a nonterminal and bring in the best food of san francisco for our passengers. >> i like this it's is (inaudible) i thank my parents for bringing me here. >> this the definitely better than the la airport one thousand times better than. >> i have a double knees burger with bacon. >> i realize i'm on a diet but i'm hoping this will be good. >> it total is san francisco experience because there's so many people and nationalities in this town to come to the airport especially everyone what have what they wanted.
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>> are repioneering or is this a model. >> we're definitely pioneers and in airport commemoration at least nationally if not intvrl we have many folks asking our our process and how we select our great operators. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the food option in san francisco airport are phenomenal that's if it a lot of the airports >> yeah. >> you don't have the choice. >> some airports are all about food this is not many and this particular airport are amazing especially at the tirnl
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indicating and corey is my favorite i come one or two hours before my flight this is the life. >> we definitely try to use as many local grirnts as we can we use the goat cheese and we also use local vendors we use greenly produce they summarize the local soured products and the last one had 97 percent open that. >> wow. >> have you taken up anything unique or odd here. >> i've picked up a few things in napa valley i love checking chocolates there's a lot of types of chocolate and caramel
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corn. >> now this is a given right there. >> i'm curious about the customer externals and how people are richmond to this collection of cities you've put together not only of san francisco food in san francisco but food across the bay area. >> this type of market with the local savors the high-end products is great. >> i know people can't believe they're in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i don't have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. >> how long has this been
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operating in san francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of the best places to get it coffee. >> we have intrrnl consumers that know of this original outlet here and come here for the coffee. >> so let's talk sandwiches. >> uh-huh. >> can you tell me how you came about naming our sandwiches from the katrero hills or 27 years i thought okay neighborhood and how do you keep it fresh you can answer that mia anyway you want. >> our broadened is we're going
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not irving preserves or packaged goods we take the time to incubate our jogger art if scratch people appreciate our work here. >> so you feel like out of captured the airport atmosphere. >> this is its own the city the airline crews and the bag handlers and the frequent travels travelers and we've established relationships it feels good. >> when i get lunch or come to eat the food i feel like i'm not city. i was kind of under the assumption you want to be done with our gifts you are down one
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time not true >> we have a lot of regulars we didn't think we'd find that here at the airport. >> people come in at least one a week for that the food and service and the atmosphere. >> the food is great in san francisco it's a coffee and i took an e calorie home every couple of weeks. >> i'm impressed i might come here on my own without a trip, you know, we have kids we could get a babysitter and have diner at the airport. >> this is a little bit of things for everybody there's plenty of restaurant to grab something and go otherwise in you want to sit you can enjoy the experience of local food.
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>> tell me about the future food. >> we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco and what our passengers want. >> i look forward to see what your cooking up (laughter) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> today we've shown you the only restaurant in san francisco from the comfortableing old stand but you don't have to be hungry sfo has changed what it is like to eat another an airport check out our oblige at tumbler dating.com
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>> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration.
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>> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking.
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after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to
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today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want
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it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application
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process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started
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a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a
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woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see
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a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪. >> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in
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sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has
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to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the
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town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here
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today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal
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>> in accordance with governor newsom's state order to shelter in place and the local numerous state supplemental orders and directives [inaudible] on april 3, 2020, the planning commission was authorized to resume their regular schedule through the duration of the shelter in place remotely. therefore, the planning commission meetings will be held via video conferencing and allow for remote public comment.
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