staff calling. >> chairman: if you don't mind, could you please turn off your radio. >> caller: you have the opportunity to do what is right in reparations and reconciliation. and here in 2020, i would just ask, after all you've heard, that you continue to consider doing what is right. i'm grateful for our honorable mayor london breed, dr. davis, and supervisor walton, and all

that are sitting in on his to make this great decision. thank you. >> chairman: can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hello. can you hear me? >> chairman: we can hear you. please proceed. >> this is reverend brown. i was just giving my introduction earlier. if i could add some humor to this occasion. madam chair -- >> chairman: mr. brown -- >> i am proud -- madam chair, i want to say thi this -- >> i'm sorry, dr. brown, but we have a board rule that only allows each person to make public comment once. so any additional information, if you want to provide it in writing, we will make sure to add it to the record.

thank you so much. >> chairwoman: next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. and i would like to make some points. of course i am in support of reparations, but i'm also in support of reparations now. there have been three reports in 55 years written on black people, studying black people. and as of today, we are worse off now than we were years ago. we need to address the san francisco black workers who are right now, at this moment, experiencing unfair wages, no promotion. we also are looking at police accountability, where use of force, arrest, and racial profiling is highest in the black community. we are known -- san

francisco is known as the golden city by the bay. but to black san franciscans, it is known as the racist city by the bay. we need to create change and end the structure of the board of supervisors who create policies -- we need accountability, and we need accountability now. these issues need to be addressed now instead of kicking the can down the road. we want accountability now. we need the advisory committee, yes. but, also, we need to address the issues of black san franciscans and how we are treated all across the board, from education, health, mass incarcerations, economic in justices, etc. i'm urging everyone on the board to address the issues of black san franciscans now. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. can we have the next

caller, please. >> caller: hello. i name is keith. i'm the founder of "welcome back." and i'm glad this advisory committee is being formed. i'm interested in occupying the seat to help brothers re-entering the community. thank you. and i'm yielding my time. >> thank you. >>.mr. core, are there any additional callers? >> caller: yes, my name is reverend james, and i'm the secretary of the san francisco branch of the naacp. i would first like to thank mayor breed, supervisor walton, and director davis for your work.

in the words of the poet, the african-american poet nicky giovanni, and she said, i really don't think life is about the i could have been; life is only about the i tried to do. i don't mind the failure, but i can't imagine that i could forgive myself if i didn't try." so we're grateful that we, as a city, we're going to try to do the right thing by the african-american community. and we're excited about the work ahead for the advisement committee, to put actions in place, to create a more equitable san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. are there any additional callers? >> caller: hi, good

morning. i am a co-found of s.f. black wall street, and also a san franciscan native. and i would just like to say that i am elated and enthusiastic about this new reparations convening, and i'd just like to say i'm really happy to here all of the callers calling in to not only talk about the damage that was done, but how do we repair that damage and how do we go forth together to ensure that, like one of the other callers said, we are reimbursed for the work that was already done on our backs and on the backs of our ancestors. and i would just like to say that i welcome you guys as well to ensure that housing remains a priority, small business remains a priority, and that san francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the economic development and the success of the city moving forward.

thank you. >> thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> that completes the cue. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling public comment. supervisor mar? >> thank you, chair ronan. i also just wanted to thank all of the african-american community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. and, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the african-american community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the african-american community looking ahead. so, yeah, i -- you know, as so many speakers noted,

this is long overdue, but i'm really excited that, you know, we're -- we have a strong commitment here at city hall to move ahead with some bold initiatives to ensure equity and justice for the african-american community. thank you. >> chairwoman: supervisor walton? >> thank you so much, chair ronan, and supervisor mar. again, i just want to thank the entire community for stepping up and being heard. it is really important that we hear from you so that everyone knows and understands we are lock step on the same page with the black community with regard to reparations. i want to thank, again, cheryl davis, as well as her team. i want to think natalie g. from our team, and she has worked closely on the legislation with everybody. thank you. we are working hard to

achieve equity. the one thing i do want to say to my community, because i know that everyone wants to serve, and we only have opportunity for 15 members, but i want everyone to know we're going to be working hard, of course, to select the appropriate folks to do work on behalf of all of us. but i know everyone is going to want to serve. so there is going to be some hard work, as we work to get to the 15. but we will do that together with the community. thank you so much, chair ronan, supervisor mar, and i appreciate everyone for calling in and all of the work today. >> chairwoman: thank you. i'm happy to make a motion to send this item forward as a committee report, with positive recommendation. can we have a role call vote. >> supervisor mar? >> yea. >> chair ronan? >> yea.

>> the motion passes without objection, with supervisor stefani being excused. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you please read item number four. >> an ordinance to modify the number and qualifications of numbers on the african-american arts and cultural district community and advisory committee to extend the date of the committee to january 2023, and to extend to july 2021, the report and recommendations from the city department describing the district and proposing and acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district. we also have a request for a committee report on this matter. >> chairwoman: thank you. supervisor walton? >> thank you so much again, chair ronan, and supervisor mar. just for a little bit of history, in 2018, the board of supervisors

established the african-american arts and cultural district in the bay view neighborhood, and i want to thank chair ronan for all of her work. it is very important work and we truly appreciate you. under that ordinance, several city departments must prepare to report to the mayor's office of housing and community development by july 2019, which was the date. the reports are to assess and look at the assets and needs in the district, and will recommend programs, policies, and funding and sources that can benefit the district and preserve its cultural legacy. after these reports are completed, they will prepare a culture history housing and economic strategy report, the chess report includes the demographic and economic profile of the district, including past, present, and future trends, identify areas of concern that could inhibit the

preservation of the district's unique culture and propose legislative, economic, and other solutions and strategies supported by the district. the ordinance today will extend the african-american arts and cultural district citizen advisory committee to january 2023, and extend the reporting of the recommendations to the city department. describing the attributes of the district and the proposing (indescernable). the amend amendments will change the size from 15 members to 7 members. and to include an owner of a business located in the district, an employee of a non-profit organization in the district, a person with knowledge or expertise regarding the history or culture of the district. a youth between the ages of 14to 24, and three other at-large members. the african-american art and cultural district is

critical in supporting african-american culture along third street in our community and across the community. i want to acknowledge my legislative staff, percy burke, for all of his work, john gibner, for working on the amendments, and larry, with the office of economic and workforce development, and evelyn, the director, and erica scott, the director of projects and programs for the cultural district, as well as all of the folks who worked hard to bring this into realization. april, ms. eloise, oscar, our local historian, and everyone who played a major role in bringing the african-american arts and cultural district into fruition. thank you so much, chair ronan. >> chairwoman: thank you so much.

and if none of my colleagues have any questions, we can open this item up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to provide public comment ton this item should call 415-655-0001. 0001. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line it up. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. mr. core, do we have any members of the public for public comment? >> yes. i have three callers in the cue. >> caller: good afternoon, rules committee. my name is evin glen.

i'm the operations director of the african-american arts and cultural district. i'd like to thank supervisor walton for his leadership and support. the implication is the historic preservation (indescernable) in the black community, and this is a powerful step forward with this critical work. i yield my time. [sirens blaring] >> can we have the next caller, please? >> caller: hi. this is dr. cederick jackson again. i'd like to thank all of the elected and all of the appointed officials for bringing all of this together. there are way too many to name. there is such a great effort going on with this. but it is imperative that this committee and this cultural district have the