and it's really causing a lot of frustration amongst many san franciscans. and i just want, you know, either one of you or both of you to talk about the fact that we have prepared for this early on. we're getting the vaccines out as quickly as we can. and how well we're doing in san francisco, especially compared to other places, even though it might seem confusing, especially because of the second dose. tell us your perspective as the two leaders of this effort, you know, how you believe san francisco is doing? and how we can anticipate that we will do even better, especially once we get the supply? >> yeah, i'll start and dr. phillip, you can finish. so in terms of our planning, our planning started as soon as we heard that the vaccine trials were occurring and they were promising results. over the summer, we started

planning over this and we dusted off the previous summer with h1n1. when we came to fall, the flu vaccine clinics as a model, even though the flu vaccine, the requirements around storage is different, we have to think about what is the impact of covid on administering the flu vaccine? what is the spacing requirement? the protective gear? so that happened all through the fall into the winter to get the flu vaccine out. we built on that to think about, we know the understanding around flu vaccines. we know past experience of mass vaccination clinics. as we understood how allocations were going to happen, we worked closely with the health care system to develop these different strategies in addressing the needs of the community in terms of getting

vaccine. so the mass vaccination sites, the community sites, our pharmacy partnerships are really the pillars of how we're going to get vaccine out. all of this is going to be ongoing improvement. as things start to rollout, as things change, we're going to be adept and nimble to change with them. but at this point, the city has a robust plan to get the vaccine out as quickly as possible as long as we get more supply. >> thank you. dr. phillip, you want to add anything? >> i agree 100% with dr. bobba. i think the only other piece i want to emphasize, this planning has been going on for months and it's why we're poised to be in such a good position when the vaccine is available. looking around, i think the approach you alluded to, having any door be the right door for a person in san francisco to get the vaccine is unique. it is community-centered,

individual-centered. it really makes the system work the people instead of the other way around. and i think this is the right way to get vaccine out to people quickly. so now we just need the vaccine. i also want to say that this is a good problem to have. there was no guarantee that we would have highly effective vaccine at all just a year after this brand new coronavirus was identified. so, we are up to this challenge in san francisco. we have built an amazing infrastructure. we have great people as a city with the health care partners in the community working on this, as we heard this afternoon. and we're looking forward to getting more vaccine and really rolling up peoples' sleeves and getting vaccine in there. >> mayor breed: let me thank you both for the work since the beginning of the pandemic. thank you, dr. phillip and dr. bobba. you've been incredible leaders in the effort. we appreciate all the work done by the people who are part of the department of public health. i know that everyone is ready to

be done with covid. i'm so ready to be done with covid myself. and just know that we are doing everything we can and i have confidence and faith in the work of the department of public health here in san francisco because they're the reason why you see san francisco, one of the second densest cities in the country, have one of the lowest death rates in the country. it's because of their work. it's because we acted fast. we have been a leader. so now is not the time to fall apart. more than ever, we're going to have to be patient. we know that the vaccines are here. we know that with a new president who is prioritizing covid vaccine production, that we anticipate that more will be to come. and so it just means that we have to just be patient. we have to wait our turn. and we will get there. we got great news yesterday we'll be reopening san francisco with outdoor dining and a number

of other salons and places of business that could not open in the past. that's good news. we're headed there. so now is not the time for us to, i think, question the decisions of the department of public health or lose faith. we're going to get through this. the light is finally there. we know there is clearly a lot to discuss on the vaccine. we can't get to it all today, but we'll continue to provide regular updates to the public about the vaccine in san francisco. and we're regularly updating information, which is available online at sf.gov/covidvaccine. we know we're at the mercy of the state for supply. as soon as we have supply and information, we'll get the vaccines out the door. as a reminder, anyone who lives or works in san francisco, can sign up for a notification when

they're eligible to get a vaccine. we really appreciate the time you took to listen to dr. phillip and dr. bobba on what we're doing here in san francisco to address the questions and the challenges around the vaccine. it's clearly complicated, but we'll still get there. i have faith and confidence in what i think is one of the most incredible department of public health anywhere in the country. our numbers speak to that. we will get through this and we appreciate everything that you all have done to follow our health care orders. looking forward to seeing you all in person fairly soon. thank you for joining us. [ ♪♪♪ ] >> mayor london breed: good

afternoon, i'm san francisco mayor london breed. and thank you so much for joining us here today to provide some good news for a change as it relates to just the rough year that we've been having as a result of this global pandemic. as of today in san francisco, our case rate is at 261 cases per day, and that's down from a high of 372 cases per day. our hospitalizations are at 194, and, sadly, 293 people in our city have lost their lives due to covid. our infection rate is below 1. we're at .95, and our i.c.u. capacity is stable at about 26%. the good news is that we are in a better place than we've been in a long time. and today we got some even better news from our governor

who announced the lifting of the stay-at-home order in the bay area. and in the state of california -- but more importantly in the bay area, because that pertains to us -- we anticipate that tomorrow we will be told that we will be in the purple tier, which provides us an opportunity to do so much more than we have been doing. the fact is that we got here because after the thanksgiving day holiday, we saw the numbers begin to creep up aggressively. and we shut down early because we were very concerned as to what this would do to our i.c.u. capacity in the city. if we had continued along the pace that we were going and did absolutely nothing, at this time the end of january we would be out of i.c.u. beds. and because we acted quickly, and because i followed the health care orders that were provided by the department of public health, we did so early,

even before the state required us to do so. because we did that in san francisco, we are in a better place. but we're still in the midst of this pandemic. we still have a responsibility. yes, this is good news that we are finally seeing a difference with our numbers. but there's still work to be done. it still means that we have to wear masks and we have to socially distance ourselves from one another. you have to just use common sense and continue to just accept that we are going to be living with this for some time, even as we see the numbers decline, even as we reopen, and even as we start to administer even more of the vaccine than we already have. so what does this mean? what does this mean in terms of our reopening? well, as i said, it's good news. so outdoor dining can resume. personal services can resume as

long as you can wear a mask. so you can get your hair done, you can get your nails done. a number of things with personal services, as long as you're able to wear a mask. this will start on thursday. outdoor museums and zoos -- outdoor entertainment, like skate parks and mini-golf, indoor fitness limited to one-on-one. indoor funerals for up to 12 people. so these are things that were not happening before, and they will be in effect as of this thursday again, thanks to all of the hard work that we have all been doing to stay safe. we'll also see capacity increases in our grocery stores and in retail. and in outdoor fitness and outdoor religious and political events. outdoor recreation and some low contact youth sports can continue as well. and golf and tennis with people outside of your household, and

small gatherings of up to three people, no more than three households per group, and what we're saying, again, because we remember not this past weekend but the weekend before, we saw so many people at the delores park and at alamo square park and at parks across san francisco. and we saw them gathered with large groups. there were, of course, a lot of people who were just following the rules and keeping their distance. but we did have some real challenges. today is a beautiful day. yes, it's cold outside, but the sun is out. just keep in mind that this is just not an open door for us to all of a sudden to let our hair down and to do whatever we want to do. let's keep doing what we're doing. let's keep being smart about wearing our masks and who we interact with. let's limit the number of people that we interact with so that we can make sure that we don't see another surge and see this virus continue to get out of control. today is, of course, a day of celebration but it's also a day

to just remind ourselves of the importance of how much more work we have to do to get to a better place. now i want to talk a little bit about the vaccine. we in the city have developed a capacity to ramp up to up to 10,000 doses a day. now, of course, we want to do more than 10,000 doses a day if we have the vaccine. this past friday, i was at city college, where they first started to administer the doses there and they've been able to administer over 1,600 doses so far and that site alone has the capacity to deliver up to 3,000 doses per day. we also have a site that we're opening up at musconi and in community where there's large sites in partnership with our private health care providers so that we can get to people sooner rather than later. our goal is to also to make sure that we're doing pop-up sites in

neighborhoods and communities that have been most impacted by the virus. we want to meet people where they are. we want them to feel comfortable when they get the vaccine. so as soon as we get the number of doses that we need to start to administer, we will do just that. i will say that there's been a lot of misinformation, there's been a lot of criticism that has surfaced over the course of the rollout of delivering the vaccine to people. and i just want to take a moment to talk a little bit about what we've been doing here in san francisco. in fact, when we first found out about what we would need to administer the vaccine, including the freezers and all of the other technical stuff, we learned that information back in august. and we instantly prepared for that because we knew that in a place like san francisco, with the number of people that we have both living and working here, that we would need to make sure that we had the capacity so

that when the vaccine was delivered to us that we had the refrigeration necessary to basically to keep those vaccines ready to go for people before they were distributed. the work that went into the infrastructure, working with our private health care providers, and just understanding what needed to be done in terms of traffic coordination, in terms of distribution, in terms of checking information, it is a process. in fact, when i was at the site at city college this past friday, one of the conversations that i had with a doctor is that these vaccines, they have to stay refrigerated at least until the hour before they're actually used. so just imagine the coordination that goes into that alone. this is a complicated process. and i want to be clear -- that had we waited to start more recently, like some people had said that we did, we wouldn't be where we are now -- opening up

large sites. opening up and setting up pop-up sites and distributing the vaccine at some of our community clinics where many of our elderly live and are able to walk to. we wouldn't be in this position had we waited to start. we started last year in the summer as information came, and we adjusted. and we stepped up to the challenge to meet the need. in fact, the department of public health specifically based on the number of vaccines that we have received, we've already have distributed over two-thirds of those vaccines to individuals and the remaining batch that we have are mostly for people for their second dose and are scheduled to be given to others for their first. those vaccines are coming in the door and they're going out the door as quickly as we can make that possible. so i want to be clear that it is complicated, it is challenging. but this same department of

public health is the department of public health that had advised me as the mayor in the beginning of this pandemic that we had to shut this city down so that we could save lives. it's the same department of public health that led the efforts during the aids crisis where san francisco was left on its own. it's the same department of public health that i am working with to roll out the vaccine distribution. because not only do they know and understand the importance of what this means to save lives in san francisco, i understand the importance of what this means to save the lives in san francisco, to get our city reopened, and to get our economy going again. nothing is more important. i trust and support and work closely with the department of public health to make the hard decisions to get this vaccine out to the public as quickly as possible. so i want you to understand that

we are in a better place, we are not where i want us to be, because we don't have sufficient supply of vaccines to distribute to the public. but i will guarantee you that as soon as we get them, they will be out on the streets in someone's arm so that we can get things rolling again. and i appreciate the patience and the understanding of so many san franciscans as we go through this process. keep in mind san francisco has done an amazing job through this pandemic. i know that we're tired of being indoors. i know that we're tired of the schools being closed and not being able to connect with our friends and family. i'm tired of this too. i understand how important it is to get back to our lives. i understand that more than anyone, because i feel the responsibility, the weight of this entire city, and every single resident. i feel that on my shoulders every single day.

but i'm asking for more patience and understanding and trust that we will continue to do everything that we can to get these vaccines out the door. in fact, tomorrow i'll be having a conversation at 1:15 online with dr. susan philip and dr. naveena baba, who are two incredible women who have helped to lead this effort from the beginning so that we can ask questions about some of the concerns that i've been seeing from people who are wondering, well, why is this happening and that's not happening. why is this going on and that not going on. well, tomorrow your questions about the vaccine will be answered. and i hope that it will instill just really an understanding and also a clear guide for what we are doing here in san francisco and what we need to continue to

do to get the vaccines out as quickly as possible. and i am excited today. i'm excited today because the vaccine rollout -- i'm excited today because many of our small businesses will begin to open. i'm excited because i know that people in san francisco, although this is a great day, they realize the importance of still following safety guidelines around covid and understanding that the virus is still out there and that we still have more work to do. but today still is a day of celebration. and i'm, again, grateful for all of you for everything that you've done to get us to this point. now, the last thing they want to touch upon is we have a new president. i love saying that -- we have a new president, we have a new vice president. and one of the first announcements that the president made last week is the fact that our shelter-in-place hotels that

have been provided to many of our homeless people who are a part of this vulnerable population, that they would not only just reimburse the 75% that they agreed to reimburse at the beginning of this pandemic, but this president has committed fema to reimbursing us at 100%. what that does for our budget is incredible. we're still facing a significant deficit, we still have a lot of financial challenges, but what this means is that we have a level of certainty. no, this is not going to be forever, but it will be long enough that as we start to transition some of the people that we have in hotels in san francisco into permanent housing situations we can now backfill those hotel rooms with people who fit the guidelines under the fema requirements for reimbursement. that is really great news. and i'm excited to continue to

work towards trying to get our most vulnerable off the streets. but i want to be clear about something. if you were not on our list to receive support and care in our homeless system as of april last year, and you basically came to san francisco thinking that there's an opportunity for you to get help in some capacity, unfortunately, we will not be able to help you. and the people that we'll be able to serve are people who were part of our system of care before april of 2020. they're already on the list, they're already waiting. they're sleeping outside. they're sleeping in tents. and we are not going to jump the line for someone who just decided to come to san francisco yesterday. there are people who are waiting and they will be prioritized and they are the only people that we can help at this time. so i want to make that clear that that is what is going to

happen moving forward, with the good news of receiving reimbursement 100% from fema. so i want to thank each and every one of you again. today is a good day. today is not a day to go outside and to throw up your mask in the air and to celebrate in that way. you can go out and celebrate and throw your hands in the air and just keep your mask on. make sure that you're continuing to comply with this health order and doing everything that you can. when you go to restaurants, just be mindful. when you visit friends or family, just follow the health orders. we're not out of this partner p, but we're better today than we have been in a very long time. it gives me hope that we are finally getting to a better place -- the place that we continue to talk about. the place where we say that we're the light at the end of the tunnel. well, we're seeing a crack of that light come through bright. and that's because of your work and your efforts and everything

that you've done. so, thank you. and the better our numbers get, the more we will be able to open, the more that we will be able to get back to a place where we can see one another in person again. thank you again. and now i'm happy to open it up to questions. >> thank you, mayor breed, for your remarks. before we begin, the question and the answer portion, we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit any final questions they may have on webex. thank you, mayor breed. at this time we'll start with dr. colfax.

>> mayor london breed: okay. thank you again. dr. colfax, i'll let you do the white gown. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for your patience. dr. colfax, your first question comes from various media

outlets. why are people from out of the county getting vaccinated at city college? >> thank you so much for the question. i think that city college has been a great partnership with ucsff, and if we had enough vaccine we could get you 3,000 vaccines there a day easily right now. but i think that key issues to understand right now is that for the vaccine, the focus has been eligibility for vaccine has been for health care providers and for people 65 and over. many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco. so many of the health care providers will be vaccinated here because it's a place of work. similarly, people who are 65 and over who are eligible for the vaccine, they may live in oakland but they may have their health care provider here in san francisco. so they would be getting vaccinated here. vice versa, if you live in san francisco but you have a health care provider in oakland, you could go to oakland to get

vaccinated. the issue is that the bay area is porous and we're all interconnected and we need to get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from various media outlets. why are we reopening with new virus variants circulating? how will the city deal with new variants and avoid shutdowns? >> so we are opening at a high level of case diagnosis. we're at about 30 per 100,000 right now, which as the mayor mentioned, is substantially lower than we were just a few weeks ago. so this is very good news. we know that the rate of the virus spread in the city is slowing right now, which is also good news. we will continue to monitor the rate of spread and hopefully that will continue to go down. with regard to the variants, we are concerned about that. but there's no reason to panic. we know that wearing masks,

social distancing, and using the good hygiene practices, we believe that it's also effective with regard to reducing the variant's spread. so right now, even with this relatively high rate of cases, because things are moving in the right direction, because our hospital capacity -- even through this third surge -- remained relatively good in san francisco, compared to other jurisdictions, and the fact that san franciscans had now beaten back three surges -- look, we have been in this for nearly a year right now. it's time for to us take this approach of gradually reopening and we're reopening, and let's see where we are and do the right thing so that we could even get to that next step and open up more. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from heather knight, san francisco "chronicle." how many vaccine doses has san

francisco received and how many has it given to people? >> so right now, heather, we have received as a city 127,000 vaccines. that's across the whole city. that's across the health care systems, across the city. and we've administered as a city, we estimate just over 59,000 vaccines have been administered. at the health department, we've received 34,500 vaccines to date. and we've vaccinated more than 23,000 people. now in those numbers i want to stress a couple of things -- we are ready to go with mass vaccine sites right now. we need to get to 10,000 vaccines a day. the numbers that i gave you alst with regard to the vaccine that is remaining that those vaccines have been scheduled for second doses or appointments that have been made for first doses for

most part. and with the d.p.h. supply, even with the 10,000, our total that we'll get this week, we will be scheduled to basically to exhaust our vaccine supply by as early as wednesday or thursday. we need more vaccine right now so that we can get those shots into arms. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next set of questions come from alex fererria, san francisco business times. in what ways will the restrictions in place in san francisco be on thursday differ from what the state is allowing in the purple tier counties? or, is the county reopening to the full extent of the purple tier? >> so just to be clear right nod that the counties are coming out as the shelter-in-place order, we will be told what tier we're in tomorrow. we'll look at that very carefully.

and with regard to the orders, those will be -- be released accordingly. and that those will be released on thursday at this time. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from holly striker of kqed. what amount is the expected next shipment of vaccine in san francisco? >> so, remember, we have visibility only to the vaccine that the health department will be getting because the other health care systems in the county, the kaiser and the sutter and the dignity, they get pulled from their regional counterparts what vaccine they'll be getting. what i can tell you right now because this is what we have insay the into -- is that the health department is scheduled to get 10,575 doses this week. that number could change. and we will know that number when they tell us that that number has actually been shipped to us.

but, again, that's ready to go out the door right now. we need more vaccine. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next question comes from eve batty theatre s.f. can we hear more about the thinking behind the decision to leave the 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. stay-at-home order in place? >> so, what we're doing right now is working to gradually to reopen the city. we're taking the initial steps in a situation where the rate of the virus is still relatively high. we want to see that number continue to go down before we release that 10:00 to 5:00 order. so let's just give us a little more time and see how those numbers do to ensure that we don't have to reverse again. nobody wants to go backwards again, so let's take the first step. we have beaten back three surges. let's prevent a fourth surge as much as possible.

>> thank you. the next question comes from christian kaftan, channel 2 news. how will this work county-by-county, when the entire bay area was covered under the state's previous order? could there be surges in other counties that could impact san francisco? >> well, i think that has been really great about the local county collaboration -- actually, a year now -- is that the bay area health officers have been coordinating and working together. and for the most part the region has been well coordinated. so, again, we will see what tier the counties are assigned to by the state tomorrow. and i expect that in general that the county orders will be aligned for the most part. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next set of questions come

from dan curman. who is getting vaccinated at city college? those in the san francisco health network? those in the ucsff health network? or anyone over 65? >> so people who are eligible for vaccine right now are health care workers and people over the age of 65. right now that site -- those patients -- are ucsff patients who by the most case meet the 65 and over criteria, and, again, once we get more vaccine we're ready to go and give up to 3,000 vaccines at that site alone. >> and a poll question, do you feel as if the feds are sending less vaccine to the bay area region compared to southern california due to the massive outbreak there? >> i'm not going to speculate on what the feds may or may not be doing. i think that the bottom line is that across the state regionally

and locally we need more vaccine as soon as possible. san francisco is ready for the vaccine. our goal is to be able to inoculate at least 10,000 people a day. as you just heard, the health department is getting just over 10,000 doses this week. so we need to get that vaccine here so that we can get it into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. and we will now continue questions with mayor breed.

>> mayor london breed: all right. >> mayor breed, your first set of question comes from nbc bay area. what do you say to landlords who feel that they're being taken advantage of by tenants who continue to pay zero dollars in rent and intend to continue living rent-free during the eviction moratorium? >> mayor london breed: well, i appreciate the question. and, you know, san francisco since the beginning of this pandemic, through not only the rental subsidies that we had through the city and county of san francisco, that try to provide some additional rental assistance to make sure that when this is over that people are still responsible for that rent and will need to pay it. we just found out from the federal government that san francisco will be given $26 million in stimulus money to help with rental assistance. this will be significant. we know that it's not just the

people who are struggling to pay their rent, but some of the small property owners and others who might be struggling because they're not receiving that additional income. there is hope with this new $26 million and i'm excited to see what that does to help to address some of the challenges that exist. because what we don't want to happen is that we don't want -- after this pandemic is over, we don't want to see a lot of people getting evicted and we also don't want to see a situation where so many small property owners who rely on this income to help to cover the expenses of maybe their in-home support services work, or the repairs on their home, we don't want to see them in a bad situation either. so right now, great announcement, $26 million in rental subsidies. that's a start. we know that there's more to do. but i think that we're going to continue to work towards the goal of trying to make people as whole as we possibly can. >> thank you. and a follow-up question, should the future stimulus checks

include a requirement that a portion of those funds go towards a person's rent? how can smaller landlords afford to keep allowing renters to live for free? >> mayor london breed: i think that something of that nature might be somewhat difficult to manage. i know that, for example, we have the ability through the resources that we provide for rent subsidy to make direct payments which ensures that these resource goes directly to cover the rent. on a federal level, i have no control over that, but i do think that it's important for us to do everything that we can to make sure that we get direct payments into the hands of landlords, to make sure that we avoid the evictions that could occur if these rents are not paid. >> thank you, mayor breed. your next question comes from ron lynn of the "los angeles times." some restaurant owners have been very upset at the outdoor dining ban and have opposed the government orders to shut them

down. do you think that san francisco's latest success vindicates your efforts to impose an outdoor dining ban and to implement stay-at-home orders, even ahead of the state's timeline? >> mayor london breed: well, i truly believe -- yes. if -- you've gotta understand that to close down a major city like san francisco, and then also when you see the numbers surging and to have to go backwards, those are some of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make, because i know what it means -- not just for the people who are supporting these restaurants -- i know what it means for the workers and the food and all of the things that these restaurants have to do to be open in the first place. but the fact is that we had to prioritize saving lives in every decision that we made. and what we're seeing are the impacts of those decisions because our case rates, the deaths that have -- are the lowest death rates in the country of any major city in san

francisco, the i.c.u. rates, i think that all of the numbers that we're seeing in san francisco demonstrate that we made the right decision and now that we are reopening outdoor dining, we want to continue to make sure that we are being very careful. because we don't want to go backwards. >> thank you, mayor breed. your final question comes from kathleen novak of kcbs. with the extra funding from the federal government, will san francisco be able to open up more hotel rooms to people who might not qualify for fema reimbursement and cover the costs out of the city's budget? >> mayor london breed: well, we are not certain that that's going to be possible because our goal is to provide permanent housing, not temporary housing. and what these hotels and these safe sleeps sites that we opened up during this pandemic have done is provided temporary shelter for the people who, unfortunately, are homeless. and we're being reimbursed for

that purpose. but our resources, the money that we have in available to assist with our homeless population need to be used for permanent housing options. and that's where our priority will be. >> thank you, mayor breed. there are no additional questions. >> mayor london breed: thank you. >> this concludes today's press conference. thank you, mayor breed and dr. colfax for your time. (♪♪♪)

>> san francisco mayor london n. breed. for persons who wish to ask questions, include your name, outlet and up to two clearly stated questions in webex chat. and now we welcome mayor london breed. >> thank you so much. and good morning, everyone. i am excited to be here today because we know that most recently we have a vacancy in the city administrator's office, and i am so proud to announce that i am nominating carmen chu to serve as san francisco's city administrator. many of us know carmen over the years. she has served the city and

county of san francisco since 2005. she currently serves as our assessor recorder and in that role she is responsible for managing a team of over 200 people. under her leadership, the aassessor's office has reversed a decades old backlog of assessment cases and generating $3.6 billion in property tax revenue annually to support public services in san francisco. had it not been for carmen's leader snip that role, we would have a budget that was deficient in the amount of $3.6 billion. that gives you an indication of how amazing and how valuable she is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of

a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco. assessor chu has really stepped up during covid to lead our economic recovery task force as one of the co-chairs. this was not in her job description, nor was it her responsibility, but when i called carmen to ask for her help because we needed all hand on deck to address the challenges that none of us thought we would be dealing with with covid, she immediately said yes. and with her leadership the task force developed 41 recommendations and policy ideas to make the city's economy stronger, more resilient, and more attainable. prior to the career as assessor, she was an elected representative of the board of supervisor. when she served as budget chair of the board of supervisors, there was no one who was more

fiscally conservative and focused on equity and serving the public's best interest and made sure we understood the value of every single dollar we spent. there was no one more of an advocate in that role than carmen chu when he served as the budget chair of the san francisco board of supervisors. she also served as the deputy director of public policy and finance for gavin newsom when he was mayor. she's been actively engaged in really changing bureaucracy in san francisco on so many levels. and just to go back to some information about the assessor recorder's office which was experiencing a lot of challenges, a lot of uncertainty, a lot of confusion, the work that she did to put everyone for the most part on an electronic system and to re-organize the files in that system was pretty amazing. now, i know it's very

bureaucratic and very technical, but to make san francisco work in a more efficient way that provides information to the public in a way that people can understand so that they can pay their taxes and they can do whatever business they do with the city t work she has done has really been about making sure that the average, everyday citizen in san francisco who is not connected to city hall, who is not involved in city hall in any way, that they have a voice. and they have some level of understanding and access to the resources we provide. she is the only asian american woman elected as assessor in the state of california, and she is the daughter of immigrants. her family worked hard to make sure she had some amazing opportunities to succeed in life, and boy, has she made them proud. the city administrator's office consist of more than 25 departments and programs that provide a broad range of services to other city departments and the public.

and ladies and gentlemen, i am so honored to introduce the next city administrator for the city and county of san francisco, assessor recorder carmen chu. >> good morning, everybody. first off, i just want to say thank you so much, mayor breed, for your confidence in me. i am humbled and i'm honored by your nomination, so thank you so much for this opportunity. >> thank you. >> if confirmed by the board, of course, i look forward to working not only with you but also with the board to make sure that we continue to move san francisco forward. i want to speak a little bit about my parents as i start off with the this. my parents were immigrants. mayor breed spoke about this a little bit ago, and my parents had a small restaurant and we all grew up, my sisters and i, working in that restaurant. i tell you this and i share this

with you because so much of our service and so much of what we do in life is grounded by our life experiences. how we were raised. the people who loved us. those who supported us. those were part of our lives. and what they taught me was the importance of making sure that we provide honest day of hard work, and making sure you do everything you can in every single role that you play is important. but they also taught me the importance of helping those who are in need. mike like my parents, not everybody starts off with resources. not everybody starts off with money, with support, and not everybody starts off with even the ability to communicate or speak english. and i think it's recognizing that so many people start off from different places that it's a privilege when any of us have the ability to serve in the public capacity. it is this grounding, this

belief that government can serve and the belief that government can help to support people, especially in their greatest times of need that gives me the privilege and honor of working as a public servant for the city and county of san francisco. first off, i want to recognize the people of the city administrator's office. your responsibility is a big one. the span of your responsibilities serve as a backbone for all of the city's operations. and i really want to thank you, a heartfelt thank you, especially during this time this, time when we're asking you to not only carry on with that work that you do, but also to do double duty especially as we continue to respond to an active global pandemic. this is something that is not easy. and i know that san francisco is better off for all the work that you are doing not only in your existing roles but also in the extra work that you are doing to make sure that we respond to with the best way possible to serve is city well.

to the people of the assessor's office, and i simply put and i want to tell you that i will miss you. we built a really great team in the assessor's office and we have accomplished so much. and things that seemed insurmountable to do and reversing a decades backlog and exceeding revenue expectations in half a billion during my time. and making sure we are completely overhauling outdated tools and systems that we have in our office. these may sound boring to many people, but honestly, it is this kind of attention and this kind of work that really drives change and excellent public service. i want to thank each and every person in the assessor's office. i enjoy working with you on the professional growth and

challenges that you took on and i hope you will carry on the accomplishments and legacy with you as you go forward. and finally, i want to close by recognizing and thanking the contributions as city administrator naomi kelly. i understand your decision was a difficult one. and thank you for helping meet the needs of the city during the global pandemic when we needed the support to lift up so many things that we have done. the accomplishments are not to be diminished, and icismly want to say thank you. with, that i am available, of course, for any questions. and i am really honored for this responsibility coming forward. >> thank you, assessor chiu and we are honored that you are willing to take on this responsibility. i want to provide member of the public with information about the city administrator's office. they are responsible for overseeing animal care and control, the office of cannabis, the medical examiner's office,

and the real estate division. the technology division. our community challenge grant, our grants for the arts program, the mayor's office on disability, risk management, and all of the things, many of the things that make the city run and often times we may have an interaction with any of the departments and not necessarily fully aware that they are all within the scope of the city administrator's office. it is a major responsibility, one that i know you are up for the task. and i am excited and grateful that you are willing to put your hat in the ring and allow yourself to be nominated for such a position. so thank you so much again, aseser to -- thank you, assessor chu, and with that we can open it up to any questions. >> thank you, mayor breed. before we start the question and answer portion, we are going to take a moment to allow reporters

to submit questions on webex. . >> okay. no questions, leo? >> thank you. okay. when mayor breed, the first question comes to you from joe with kqed. mayor breed k you ask ms. kelly to resign? if so, or if not, why? >> well, many of you know better than to ask about personnel issues. the fact is we cannot discuss

them. so we will not be discussing anything regarding anything that is personnel related. >> thank you, mayor breed. and should she be confirmed, are you tasks carmen chu with any specific tasks to address the allegations of corruption within the city that would be in her purview? what are those tasks? >> so just to be clear, last year when many of these allegations first began to surface, i immediately sent out an executive directive asking our city attorney and our controller's office as well as all city departments to not only investigate many of the allegations but to also look at ways in which to strengthen our policies so that we can make sure that the things that we saw happen or that people were being accused of are not easy to be able to happen moving forward. so what we did was to make sure

that people are on alert when they are making recommendations and changes to the policies for the department. and there is not a doubt in my mind that carmen chu will manage her department and make the appropriate changes necessary to address many of the challenges that we have heard over the past year as it relates to some of the department. >> thank you. and if i could just add to, that i think in any person who is assuming a role whether you are leading an organization as the assessor or city administrator, one of the things all of us will be doing is looking very, very closely to make sure we have the systems in place to ensure that there is transparency and how we're delivering the public service and how it is that we run our organization. these are all things that i am absolutely committed to. it is a fundamental piece to make sure that we have public trust. >> and there is no public

servant more respected, who has more integrity, who just basically is one of the most incredible, admirable persons that we have serving the city and county of san francisco than carmen chu. >> thank you, both. there are no additional questions for mayor breed. the next question is for assessor chu from ktfs. as the first chinese female administrator, what does this mean to you? >> i think this is -- this is always a heavy responsibility. i recall back when i served on the board of supervisors. at that time when i was nominated to the role, i was the only elected, only chinese american supervisor serving in the entire san francisco board of supervisors. and since that time much has changed in the city, but i think any of us, any of us who fill these roles understand that we

play a very important spot in making sure that not only do we lead the way but we also create opportunities and how people see no matter where you come from, no matter where you start from, there is an opportunity for you and a seat in government that no matter whether you had resources coming in or whether you were immigrants, that you have the opportunity to serve. and so i think serving as the first chinese woman as a city administrator, i hope to be able to to put my mark on creating a san francisco government that works well, that earns your trust, that is delivering services that you can be proud of in san francisco. >> okay. one moment. >> an i thought someone was going to ask me about taxes.

>> the only questions about taxes is why is my bill so high? >> indeed. >> and the next question is what's carmen's first responsibility after the nomination? and that comes from sky link. >> i think immediately especially during this time when so much of the city's response to covid is important, it is very important to make sure we continue to deliver on what is necessary and respond not only from a public health perspective, but also to support the city in the economic recovery. first and foremost, that has an impact on the lives of residents and operations. a big focus right away will be starting to take a look t a making sure we continue to support the efforts. that we do that in an excellent way and we also look forward to the future means. in addition to that, we're going to continue to look for more efficiencies. what's going to happen is we're going to go through a very tough time.

i think the city is understanding that not only are we going to be coming to recovery, but that will mean we have fewer resources at exactly the time when san franciscans need us the most. and that will really require that we do more, that we work harder, and that we're creative in terms of how we deliver the best services possible to the city. so in my role we're going to be taking very much a close look at this recovery effort, how we support that recovery for the city as well going forward. >> there are no additional questions. this concludes today's press conference. thank you, mayor breed and aseser to chu for your time. if you have questions, email the mayor's press office at sfgov.org. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you again. . . .

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest

memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and

oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks

who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared. >> mayor breed: good morning, everyone. thank you all so much for joining us here today! i can't tell you how excited i am to open this vaccination site right here musconi center. let me take us back a little bit. when this pandemic hit our city, our country about a year ago. in san francisco, we had to get ready. as much as dr. colfax and i fought over what was going on and whether or not we needed to close down the city because we

understood the significant impacts on people's lives by making these hard decisions, we knew it was the right thing to do. we knew it was the right thing to do because it was about saving lives. when you look at where san francisco is in terms of our death rate, even though every life lost is tragic, we are the second densest city in the country with the lowest death rate of any major city in the country. we've saves thousands of lives here in the city. it started here at moscone center. i want to thank the director of the department of emergency management mary allen carol for her hard work. [applause] >> mayor breed: and the people who came here to work not only the folks who work within her department but so many city

employees, who signed up as disaster service workers, who answered the call, and who have been showing up to deal with challenges around this pandemic. whether it's homelessness and encampments, testing and getting testing sites set up in the city, whether it's information because people were confused about what was going on, the people in moscone center showing up every day for the past year, the sheriff deputies, the fire and police department, the librarians, the department of public works, people from all over the city, they are the ones leading and managing this effort. we're grateful for their work. i know that no one is more excited than they are that we are finally at this place to deliver this vaccine at the same

place we've been managing this crisis in san francisco. what i'm so appreciative about is this consortium. led by kaiser permanente to open the vaccination site, where we will have the capacity to deliver 7,000 to 10,000 doses per day. san francisco has a goal to deliver at least minimum 10,000 a day. this one site on its own can basically do that. but we're not stopping there. we're opening a site in bayview. he have opened a site at ucsf. we have a small bayview site open now. we opened a pop-up now in the mission, one of the most impacted communities as it relates to this virus. you know how we're doing it?

we're working together. the department of public health led by dr. colfax, the healthcare providers that are a part of this consortium, we have all come together, because we know how important this is to reopening our city. we've saved lives, yes. but we know there are still challenges, not just our economy but around mental health. our children are not back in school. people are not back at work. folks have lost their job. we know how critical the rollout of this program is. and the reason why it's going to be a success, is because of each and every one of you. so i'm grateful that all of you are joining us here today. and i want to take an opportunity to recognize a few members of the consortium. because sites like this don't

just open because we say we want them to open. they open because of people who helped to put together refrigeration system, transport system, doctors, nurses, the clinicians, the people who are going to check folks in. there's so much that goes into setting up even a small site. and we have to make sure the logistics are just right, so that we do not waste one vaccine and so that we get these vaccines into the arms of the people who need it the most as quickly as possible. first of all, thank you to dr. colfax and the department of public health. in partnership with kaiser permanente, we are so grateful to kaiser and what they're going to be doing at this site. i want to reiterate, this site is not only for kaiser patients. they will be helping with people 65 and older at this site. and they'll talk more about how

you sign up, because we wanted to make sure that we had an accessible site that was this large city-wide to make it easy for people to get vaccinated. adventist health, thank you so much. thank you to dignity health. thank you to futureal health. the california medical oh and -- association and primary care association. all of these providers came together to make this available. it officially opened friday at 8:00 a.m. the normal hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. as long as we have the vaccines, we will have the places in which to distribute them quickly as possible. again, i want to thank all of you for joining us here today. we are looking forward to what

the future holds in san francisco. we are getting the vaccine out as quickly as we possibly can. nothing is more important. and this major site will play a significant role in getting our city to a better place. i don't know about you, but i'm ready to celebrate. not today. i'm ready to celebrate in a few months when we're able to say that the city is open. that the city is open for business. that we can do things in and outdoors. that we can finally eventually one day, dr. colfax, take our masks off and wave them in the air like we just don't care. [laughter] >> mayor breed: i don't know about you, but i'm looking forward to that day, and that day is coming. but let me also just say, i appreciate the people of the city so much, because you follow the health directives in most

cases. you wore your mask. you kept your distance from people. you didn't get a chance to visit your family and your friends the way we're used to doing. we sacrificed so much. and we're going to need to sacrifice just a little bit more. because we are almost there. i can feel it. today, the sun is shining. and i can feel the energy and the excitement about the future of the city. i can feel the energy of the conventions that will be returning to moscone center. the people who will be going to restaurants both in and outdoors. the folks who will be taking their children to school. the people who will show up to work and be able to congregate with one another in the lunchroom. some of the basic things that we miss so much, i feel it. it's going to happen. but we're going to need to

sacrifice a little bit more. and in addition to sacrificing, we will do everything we can to roll out these vaccination sites, advocate aggressively to get more vaccines quickly. get them to the people of san francisco. and open our city back up to celebrate again. thank you all so much for being here. and at this time, i want to turn it over to dr. colfax of the department of public health. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. this is an exciting day. a very exciting day. a good day. i have to say when i woke up early this morning, my husband said to me, you seem so happy today! what is going on? i said, this is a day that will make a difference in san francisco. this is a day of partnership, of

collaboration, of pride what we can do together when we come together as a community, as a community of people of clinicians. of people who work hard on the operations and logistics to get this done! i was here monday. i started seeing this going up! the progress has been amazing. look at this place. we're going to do 7,500 people of vaccines a day. i want to thank kaiser so much for your partnership. this conversation started awhile ago. thank you for your collaboration and partnership at the hospital council to make this happen. and of course, thank you, mayor, for your leadership during this incredibly challenging year. your courage, your fortitude, your leadership in helping us slow the virus. our partnerships with healthcare providers are critical meeting our goal of vaccinating everyone who lives or works in san

francisco in order to bring an end to this pandemic as quickly as possible. these high-volume sites will help us serve people that -- and would not be possible without these key partnerships. and as you know, although vaccines remain in limited supply, we are building the partnerships and the infrastructure so that when vaccine is readily available, we are ready to go. 10,000 vaccines a day in san francisco. we can do that now. we can do more than now soon. we are building a comprehensive vaccination network with a variety of options for all those who live and work in san francisco. and this system is focused on equity. equity, speed, and access. the department of public health, its community partners, also

will continue to vaccinate people through community clinics in western additions, china down, bayview, outer sunset, where we know the virus continues to spread. we're working to expand our neighborhood access sites to the bayview, excelsior and visitation valley with the highest numbers of covid-19. we're working with our pharmacy partners to bring vaccinations throughout the city. it's all of the above approach to focus on the speed, the access, and most importantly as we've seen during this covid pandemic, equity. our work with community and healthcare providers have been an integral part of our covid-19 response. today's announcement highlights that part.

i'm glad i can be with you today and recognize that work. with that, i'd like to hand this off to the kaiser permanente. secondly, as a kaiser patient myself, thank you. >> thank you. thank you mayor breed and dr. colfax. i was thinking this morning about how february 2020, a year ago, kaiser permanente was preparing for greeting the very first covid-19 patient into california that were coming from the princess cruise ship. and it has been quite a year for all of us. and throughout this year, we have constantly asked ourselves how can we do more.

and this site, this hub, is an example of coming together, doing more together to create something that would not have been possible without all of us working together. this is the largest vaccination, mass vaccination site in the state of california with the 10,000 a day capacity. only limited by vaccine supply. and i want to thank so many people here who helped. and of course, the city. and the city leadership for offering moscone city, which is the perfect location and type of venue for this mass vaccination. i'd like to thank the state leadership, governor's office and department of public health for believing in the vision of the consortium to provide the

vaccines so we could help vaccinate the general public. and i'd like to of course -- you're going to hear later today the consortium partners, adventist health, dignity heath and our planning partners, who are here today, california medical association, primary care association and the red cross. the red cross lent their experience to us in terms of mass vaccination planning. it's really together that we are so pleased to bring the hubs to the public. these hubs answer the public's call for immediate and meaningful vaccination. the hubs represent the consortium's values. the mission to vaccinate the most diverse and broadly-reached populations. it was important to us that in our planning, that no one is

left behind. the surrounding areas of the moscone center, we've reached out to community health clinics, such as the mission neighborhood center and health 360. we've reached out to senior centers. and we've reached out to homeless service providers, such as the provider resource center to ensure again that no one gets left behind. now, moscone center is the first hub. but i'm excited to say that tomorrow, our second hub opens serving with the same mission. and serving the same need to vaccinate efficiently and equitably across our different markets. and these hubs use the state's my turn scheduling and appointment system. so i want to thank the state for quickly putting that together in

order to make it possible for the general public to get vaccinated. and we -- and all the sites are -- eligibility defaults to county eligibility requirements. i want to say our hope, our aspirations, is that we can get to as many 75 year-old and up individuals as possible. 75 year-old up just represents a subpopulation of the 65 and older at most risk for impact -- long-term impacts from covid. again, these hubs are the largest in california. and we plan to be ready for when vaccine is available. you know, some day soon, there will be much more vaccine. and it's really important that the state of california is ready with efficient ways to vaccinate the public. so we are actively working beyond these two sites to explore additional locations

throughout the state of california. and we're doing our part to do more on behalf of saving lives of the people of california. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] >> and i think -- i don't recall -- oh, keisha from dignity health, please come up. thank you. >> thank you, janet. on behalf of dignity, it's an honor to be able to be part of this incredibly important initiative to be able to improve the health of our community. we're very grateful. it is a wonderful day. and we are so proud to be representing the consortium of healthcare organizations. coming together for a common cause. and that is to make our communities more healthy and get them on the other side of this pandemic. what an absolute honor to be a part of this. the goals for this unique

partnership, among the consortium of state-wide health organizations is eventually stand up a network of hubs across the state, which will serve as a model for similar efforts in other states as well. i'm just excited personally to be part of this in helping to make history. locations will be chosen to maximize access. especially for communities where populations who are historically have experienced challenges with respect to health and healthcare access. dignity health, we always talking about reaching the disenfranchised and the poor. this is directly in line with the mission of our organization. the moscone location is part of a network of high value vaccination sites organized by the city and county of san francisco and healthcare providers. this consortium will enable partnering healthcare organizations such as ours, dignity, to leverage resources and staff, align operations for efficient and safe vaccine delivery and offer convenient

parking for patients, if needed. as part of this collaboration, we will remain committed to getting the covid-19 vaccine to the community in accordance with state guidelines equitably and as vaccine guidelines allow. at this time, i'd like to hand it off to andrew, president of care delivery at adventist health. [applause] >> thank you, keisha, thank you, janet. and thank you, mayor london breed. what an inspiration and privilege to be part of this. i'm andrew john, president of care delivery at adventist health. on behalf of adventist health and the 80 different communities that we serve, thank you to healthcare workers across this state for your continued heroic response to care for californians in this unprecedented pandemic. thank you, mayor london breed,

and our consortium partners, for the heavy lifting, the coordination, and the investment that has made today's model possible. and i want to say a special thanks to my colleagues at kaiser permanente, for taking an early and leading role in organizing this consortium. somebody needed to step up. kaiser was there, and i'm proud to be a part of that, as well as adventist health is proud to be a part of that. thank you for bringing us together, because it's together that we're going to beat this pandemic. today's mass vaccination hub serves as a road map and as a model for how we're going to eradicate covid-19 from the face of this earth. it's a model for restoring health. a model for restoring wholeness, and a model for hope. i'm going to turn it over to my friend and colleague -- my new

friend and colleague, who is the c.e.o. of ventura health. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you so much. ventura health is delighted to be standing with this consortium and mayor breed for the important work. we see the vaccination as an essential step in the recovery of the nation and the state. in addition, we see this as an opportunity for students, who are in allied health and nursing programs across the state to gain patient care experience, so important for them to getting their licensure. in this state alone, california needs an estimated 500,000 new allied health workers to be on the frontline of caring for the growing and graying of california. so this is such an important experience for them. and we invite you to help us get

the word out to colleges that they can participate in in this opportunity. thank you. and now, i'd like to introduce the physical and chief of kaiser permanente of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. i am privileged to serve as the physician and chief of kaiser permanente of san francisco. on behalf of our physicians, nurses and healthcare team, i'd like to welcome you to this mass vaccination hub. we've seen firsthand and up close the impact of covid-19 and the toll it's taken on our community, particularly affecting and disproportionately affecting our communities of color. i want to take a moment and sincerely thank mayor breed and dr. colfax on their work.

their actions saved lives. their actions preserved i.c.u. capacity. their decisions made it so we never run out of ventilators in our i.c.u. i'm so lucky. and our colleagues across this city feel indebted to you. you have made a difference here. finally, through the miracle of science, we have some hope. the advent of a safe and effective vaccine to end this pandemic. and it's just a delight to be able to talk about building immunity in this great city. so let this vaccine hub be a hub and beacon of light and hope for the future. today, is a day to celebrate. kaiser permanente has a long history in prevention and in vaccine delivery. and together, with this consortium, we're going to build on that expertise with this partnership and really expand, broaden our delivery of vaccines across this great city. we will -- and we are committed

to an equitable distribution of vaccines to our community. we will be focusing on the highest risk for complications from covid-19, specifically in our elderly and in our communities of color. let's not forget, though, that until we build full immunity, we'll continue to wear masks, keep our distance and wash our hands until we've eradicated this disease. that's why it's important we do this efficiently and broadly starting with our most vulnerable populations at risk. since we started vaccinating a few weeks ago at our medical center, i've had the pleasure of seeing my colleagues in healthcare and our elderly get vaccinated. when i ask our doctors and nurses if they've had any side effects from the vaccine, what they usually tell me is nothing but pure joy and overwhelming relief. that gives them strength to carry on during this continued

ravaging disease, and fight this final surge, hopefully. i'm also meeting with seniors in our community who are coming out of their homes for the first time in nine or 10 months. they tell me about their hope to see their families again and to hold grandchildren, some of them for the first time. today, marks the end of the beginning -- sorry. today, marks the end of social isolation. it's the beginning of the end. it's the end of a raging pandemic, and the beginning of restoring health and healing to this great city. thank you for this opportunity to deliver an injection of hope into our community.

>> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street

sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right

now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were

pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making

here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. there is a pamphlet about hearing dea -- nearing death. this is a dead rabbit. this is what i am working on now. this is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. it is for a very special friend. >> while we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. >> i am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. when he got to the garbage and

to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. it is probably one of the least thought of compositions. people are getting rid of this stuff. it holds no real value to them, because they're disposing of it. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel. what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question. for me, being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any

kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. so being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. >> how do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the three-dimensional? maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. >> everything is in the process of becoming. things are never said or settled. the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages,

and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience.

>> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be encouraged to apply. thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ i'm robert chief and i'm the park's supervisor in the parks in the sunset district. i've been working here for 3 years. we are 60-70 street below street level. the 64 acre park. the park is divided into 2 sections we are in the stern area. when you get over to pine lake meadow and pine lake, pine lake

is considered a natural area. in 1847, the green family came out here, back then this was kind of an empty canyon and sand dun area. they claimed this property. in 1892. george green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used

forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000

people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truck house gets rented out for weddings and retirement. the croquet clubs and horse shoes. 2 play grounds, tennis courts. we have from 25 to a hundred dogs here. it's like bisons going across the mid west.

there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog

run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i wake up every day and thank that i have >> great. thank you. welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission hearing for wednesday, february 3, 2021. on february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of

emergency related to covid-19. on may 29, 2020, the mayor's office authorized all commissions to convene remotely. this is our 16th remote hearing. remote hearing require everyone's attention and most of all your patience. if you're not speaking, please mute your microphone. to enable public participation, sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming the hearing live. comments are opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 1-415-655-0001. entering access code, 146 651 0672. when we reach your item, press star 3 to be added to the queue. when you hear that the line is unmuted, that is your indication to begin speaking. each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes to speak.

when your allotted time is reached, i will say your time is up and take the next person. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute your volume on your television or computer. i'd like to take roll. >> president hyland: yes. >> vice president matsuda: here. >> commissioner black: here. >> commissioner foley: here. >> commissioner johns: here. >> commissioner pearlman: here. >> commissioner so: here. >> thank you, commissioners. first on the agenda, general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction except agenda items. agenda items will be afforded when each item is reached in the meeting. members of the public, this is your opportunity to press star 3

to be entered into the queue. seeing no requests to speak, commissioners, from members of the public, public comment -- general public comment is closed. and we can move on to department matters. item 1. department announcements. >> just quickly, good afternoon, commissioners. i just wanted to let you know there was a recent court of appeals decision that upheld the city's decision to remove the statue, which i know many of you were involved in. the decision through certificate of appropriateness and skwal finding. -- ceqa finding. it was upheld in the decision. so happy to say that decision. [indiscernible] >> thank you. >> seeing no further questions

for the director, we can move on to commission matters. president's report and announcements. >> president hyland: so, commissioners, we spoke about this last hearing. and jonas and i have -- this is regard to the colonial ignition. what we're going to do, is print the statement that is -- it's printed in our agenda. and i don't think i'm going to read this every hearing, but i would like to read it again today just to put it on the record and let the public know that it's on our agenda. and maybe what we'll do is remind people occasionally of this. it will be in our agenda ongoing. and maybe when we have agenda items that are relevant, we might want to speak it into the

record. but the board of supervisors is reading this into the record every hearing. so it may not be necessary for all commissions to do this, but i just wanted to do it one. this will be the first time since we've passed our resolution, our equity resolution. and the statement is, the historic preservation commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. that is the indigenous spirits of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never lost or forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respect by

acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community. and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. so that's all i have for my report. jonas? >> jonas: thank you, commission president. item 3, consideration of draft minutes for january 20, 2021. members of the public, if you wish to speak to the minutes, this is your opportunity to get into the queue by pressing star then 3. seeing no requests from the members of the public. public comment is closed and the minutes are now before you. >> president hyland: any comments, commissioners? maybe a motion? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. seeing no further deliberation, there is a motion seconded to adopt the minutes from january

20. >> commissioner black: yes. >> commissioner foley: yes. >> commissioner johns: yes. >> commissioner pearlman: yes. >> commissioner so: yes. >> vice president matsuda: yes. >> president hyland: yes. >> jonas: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 7-0. item 4, commission comments and questions. okay, seeing a request -- >> president hyland: i put in a request there, did you not get it? >> i see it now. i saw it under the minutes. >> yeah. >> am i up, thank you? i wanted to make a comment and i'm going to read something about the school renaming that has been a hot topic. i'm sure many of you saw the

articles in the paper about that. i wrote something out and i'll just read it into the record. i want to extend my sadness, frustration, and alittle bit of disgust to the board of education for its school renaming exercise. thinks one that takes political correctness to new highs. while there are names that shouldn't be associated with the schools of our city due to past endeavors, the shoddy way the schools were collected and the lack of intellectually measured historical research renders this exercise nothing more than another joke told at the expense of san francisco at conferences or conventions. according to the research of the board, significantly diminished the opportunities of those amongst us to the right of liberty,s asked board resume --

as the board resolution put it. thomas jefferson was deemed no longer suitable and the abraham lincoln, intervened to moderate the crimes against native americans, was cited in stripping his name from a high school. one example was enough to qualify for renaming rather than taking their live as a whole. i'll skip down. but what a phenomenal teaching exercise this could have been. a teaching plan could have been fashioned for every san francisco student to learn lessons that the renaming effort is hoping to provide. how about learning about the fact that even our heroes are imperfect and just human after all? what about learning that one episode of one's life, does not make up the sum total of who they are and what they've done.

maybe the students could decide if a small infraction is enough. ultimately, abeham lincoln's life will be summarized by the native american men hanged in 1962. the emancipation proclamation, what's that? i would ask that our commission, given this is about deeply understood or lack thereof from the board of ed, historical information, that we come together and make a statement and get something on record to address the -- the school renaming. i don't know if other people feel this way, but i was kind of

appalled at some of the people that were considered, even the names of places, mission and presidio, deemed not worthy of being on the schools of san francisco. so it's kind of -- i'm frustrated, of course, because we have no jurisdiction or authority to do anything. but i think it would be important for the hpc to make a public statement. >> president hyland: thank you, commissioner pearlman. i think what we can do here is put this on a future agenda. let's check with the city attorney. i see other commissioners want to speak, but i'm not sure it's appropriate unless we're talking about getting this on the agenda. >> jonas: i will remind you that conversation that looks to be forming, it is not on today's

agenda and i would recommend if the commission so desired to have a conversation on this, that we certainly add it to our next hearing on february 17. then the commission can have a robust conversation about what next steps this commission could take. >> commissioner pearlman: that would be my request, thank you. >> president hyland: is that sufficient, commissioner johns? >> commissioner johns: that's what i was going to suggest. >> jonas: very good. duly noted, commissioners. there are other requests to speak from commissioners about other matters, we can move on to your regular calendar for item 5, case number 2020-1043 for the fiscal year 2020-2021 proposed

department budget. this is for your consideration to adopt a recommendation for approval. i do see staff and most of the senior management team present. are you prepared to make your presentation ms. lan dis? >> yes, good afternoon. following up on our first budget presentation. so i do have -- for you today. going over, as we usually do, some comments from the planning commissioners. so we have a response to some of their comments from the first presentation. then revenue and expenditures and how those have changed over the last few weeks. as well as a reminder of the calendar over the next several months. so the planning commissioners have questions about additional detail relating to equity. we wanted to point out that a variety of our work program and

our plan for the coming year, we do have that really across the department. so in the land, use and transportation, we're looking to foster a more equitable distribution of new housing across the city. and there is a caltrain station study and rail yard working group. the community equity division is looking at policies, policy engagement and cultural district. in terms of specific geography bayview, we have strategies there. the program has helped close to 3,000 small businesses. and from a survey of shared spaces to the business, of the respondents, 50% were women-owned. 33% immigrant-owned and. this is in addition to $500

thousand of equity grants. you can see here this is similar to what we shared two weeks ago. the main change here, the numbers are going down in the proposed 20-21 and 22-23 years. that's because last year we had a particularly high number of transfer of funds to non-city agencies. so it comes to planning and we give it out to bart. the non-city agencies. so we have fewer transfers out this year and next year. and really slight differences in expenditure recovery. and that is the services we provide to other departments in the city. so as we go through and talk about what projects they'd like us to work on and what we're able to do for them, those numbers will continue to adjust as well. and then on the expenditure side, you can see that the numbers that have changed are in

the project line. again, that's related to the impact fee. that number has decreased. so a reminder the overhead number will change after we submitted our budget to the mayor's office. so we don't know yet what the number will be, but we know it will be different than what is reflected here. and then capital and equipment is anything over $5,000 with a life span of three or more years. we're not proposing to buy any big equipment in the next two years. the interdepartmental services number, that will also change. that is the big three there are rents, city attorney costs and department of technology. rent and the department of technology input their numbers again after the planning department is done with the budget, when it's sitting in the mayor's office. so we expect a change. we don't know what they'll look like. and that is my very quick recap

for you. as you can see, not a whole lot has changed. we also went to the planning commission the day after we presented to you. we will be going to them tomorrow as well. then the charter has requirement that we submit budgets to the mayor's office february 21, but because that's a sunday this year, we're submitting on the 22nd. the mayor's budget office publishes their proposed budget june 1st. then we are back and forth with the supervisors. and in july, the full board considers the budget. so, if you have any questions, i'm happy to answer them. that's our update. >> president hyland: commissioners, one, i want to thank you for your consideration of the budget. -- commissioners, i want to thank you for the consideration of the budget. as you know, it's been quite a

challenging budget year. and kind of considering our budget for next year, so i wanted to thank our budget and finance team and tom and deborah for their work in kind of dealing with this and the economic uncertainties. and thank them for past years in building a budget that we do have flexibility and can respond to these changing conditions, so we're in, i think, good shape to be able to respond to some of the things we don't know. also wanted to thank meagan wade and maryam and the other senior managers who worked to implement the accessibility tool that we talked about last week. this is ongoing process to center our work on equity as you passed into resolution earlier this year. and look at how we're dedicating resources and taking a deep dive in who our programs and budget benefits. and who is burdened by our

decision. so, again, thank you for your consideration and happy to answer any questions. >> president hyland: doesn't look like anyone has questions. shall we take public comment, jonas? >> jonas: we should. although, it does not appear we're going to get a whole lot. members of the public, this is your opportunity to speak to the department budget by pressing star 3 to enter the queue. commissioners, seeing no requests to speak from members of the public, public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. i will certainly advise if anyone does raise their hand to speak. >> president hyland: great. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: i just wanted to say that i saw the review two weeks ago and today

really interesting. especially in the context of the 2019-2020 -- i think it was called the planning department annual report. i was actually really surprised at how, you know, obviously some downturns, but not very significant. there is still a lot of activity. in fact, the only really significant downturn i could see was in 2019. in december there was a huge surge of building permit applications before the new california building code went into effect in january of 2020. and then there was a huge decline. other than that, the application submittals and processing seemed pretty steady. i think the department should be very proud of itself, because having to adapt to remote working, especially in a business where interactions with

the public is essential and huge, i think it's pretty impressive also accommodating the new social equity activities. so i think department heads and all the planning staff should be commended for being even and heading forward despite challenges, like a reduced budget from the mayor, and remote working and all the other things that have come our way. >> thank you, commissioner black. i just wanted to acknowledge director hillis and appreciation for your commitment of funding and making sure that the city-wide survey continues on. as we know -- i just want to reiterate, while this is important for us acknowledging and understanding our historic

resources, you know, statistically speaking with the survey l.a., and with some preliminary data here in san francisco, it's been pretty accurate that we have 70% of our unassessed or non-evaluated properties are actually non-historic. and the great benefit is that these non-historic buildings can now be identified once we get through the survey and will alleviate the pressure on all the potential category as, as well as not require all these 70% of properties to go through the same evaluation process long and drawn out as the category a buildings. so this is kind of a win-win. and with the current discussion at the board of supervisors in supporting the change of use

from single family to four units, as other municipalities have done, that will allow a lot of potential infill housing to be done throughout the city. and areas where the impact to the neighborhood character will not be as significant as larger apartment buildings. but having that sprinkled across the city will really add to our need for building housing. i just wanted to send our appreciation to director hillis for maintaining that priority. >> jonas: this is an action item. so if you would -- >> i'd like to approve the budget. >> second it. >> jonas: very good. thank you.

on that motion to adopt a recommendation for approval, commissioner black? >> commissioner black: yes. >> commissioner foley: yes. >> commissioner johns: yes. >> commissioner pearlman: yes. >> commissioner so: yes. >> vice president matsuda: yes. >> president hyland: yes. >> jonas: so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. commissioners, that will place us on item 6a and b for case numbers 2021-00331lbr and 2020-330lbc for the properties at 250 napoleon street and 5166 third street. staff, are you prepared to make your presentation? >> yes. >> would it be okay if i just poll the commissioners to make sure -- it was brought to our

attention that the packet we received didn't have all of the information. i just want to make sure that the commissioners are okay with us proceeding and feel we have the appropriate information to hear that. >> jonas: absolutely. yes, my understanding is that the 250 napoleon street property, the packet was somewhat deficiencyant in all of the relative materials that were transmitted to you. but have since been provided to the commissioners. this is a consideration for an adoption. it's not authorizing legacy business status. and so you are a reviewing agency, but certainly if you do not feel comfortable considering the 250 napoleon street property address, we can certainly continue it to a later date.

>> president hyland: so the appropriate action at this point, if anyone is feeling it is inadequate, is to propose a continuance. i'm personally okay with moving forward. >> me too. >> so am i. >> yes. >> good. >> jonas: it appears as we can move forward. katie, the floor is yours. >> good afternoon, commissioners. department staff. we have two legacy business applications to present, both of which are located in supervisor district 10. after staff presentations, the business representatives will have the opportunity to speak on their own behalf during public comment. the first legacy business application is for a.j.c. auto body, a 31-year-old collision repair facility at 250 napoleon street. a.j.c. auto body has a resounding reputation in the city and its immediate bayview

community for providing a wide range of services to a large demographic base. ranging from college students with fender benders to retirees with ambitious auto body restoration projects. a.j.c. is known for its excellent customer service and has seen returning customers that are second and third generation patrons. a.j.c. has four employees and collectively they're able to provide services to contemporary and historic vehicles. the business has remained in its original location since opening with no lapse in operation. they're committed to maintaining the business's sign as well as the business's use and professional friendly services that the business has become known for. the planning department is supportive of this application and recommends a resolution supporting this business be added to the legacy business registry. i want to acknowledge i had forgotten to include the a.j.c. application. however, it was forwarded on as

jonas stated. i will go to melanie who will present the final legacy application for today. >> good afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff. the second legacy business application we have today is for an independent hardware store that has been serving the community for 84 years. j. mazzei and son hardware was opened by an italian immigrant at a current location in 1936. as an independent hardware store, staff is able to provide tailored advice due to their knowledge. the business has been supportive of bayview community efforts over years and is staple of the third street commercial district. the business is committed to

safeguarding features of the business, including the key duplicating machine that has been in use since the business opened. the exterior brick facade. the displays windows featuring tools and products from different eras. and the j. mazzei and son hardware signs. staff supports this application and recommends a resolution to add j. mazzei and son hardware to the legacy business registry. >> this concludes staff presentation, thank you. >> jonas: thank you. okay. commissioners, since that concludes staff presentations, we should open this up for public comment. members of the public, if you wish to speak to either of these applications for legacy business registry, applicants, you must do so by pressing star 3 to enter the queue. i have no members of the public requesting to speak.

i certainly will advise if some latecomer does request to speak. for now, public comment is closed and the matters are now before you. >> president hyland: great, thank you. that's unfortunate. i hoped that potentially either the businesses would be represented. commissioner johns, did you want to go ahead? >> commissioner johns: -- >> president hyland: i think you're on mute. >> commissioner johns: thank you. it's always something i look forward to, hearing from the individual business owners because frequently they have stories that are usually inspiring and certainly informative. so i join our president in being

a little disappointed they didn't show up. but nevertheless, the applications do reveal two very worthy businesses. and so i move that that be approved -- they be approved? >> second. >> jonas: seeing no further deliberation, there is a motion seconded to adopt recommendations for approval. on that motion, commissioner black? >> commissioner black: yes. >> commissioner foley: yes. >> commissioner johns: yes. >> commissioner pearlman: yes. >> commissioner so: yes. >> vice president matsuda: yes. >> president hyland: yes. i just would like this acknowledge we now have two more in district 10 which is wonderful. >> jonas: great. thank you, commissioners.

that will place us on the final agenda item, number 7. case number 2019-22850env, 1101 -- 1123 sutter street. this is for review and comment. staff, are you prepared to make presentation? >> yes. good afternoon, planning department staff. the item before you is review and comment on the preservation alternative that will be floored in the draft eir for 1101 to 1123 sutter street. this item before you does not require an approval action, but is an opportunity to provide additional comments and recommendations. i'm joined by david young, the environmental coordinator for the project. alison, is the principle preservation center. and the planner and the project site we have the company representing the sponsor.

i would like to turn the presentation over to patrick who is going to give a run down on the project. >> hello. this is patrick. can you hear me? hello? >> yes, with we can hear you -- we can hear you. >> great. justin, you're going to put up the slide show. if you would, please. just to confirm, justin, you can hear me, right? okay. i see head nods. thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is patrick

mc-- we've been working in san francisco for the past 32 years. i'm going to give you a brief overview of some of the previous work and ultimately we'll turn the presentation over to planning staff. just for -- so you can familiarize who we are. there is some of our historical projects. one of them more well known is the creation of mint plaza. so we were instrumental in not only the design process on the street, but the funding as well and the development and construction of the mint plaza. you can just for reference purpose, you can see a before and after shot, for those who don't remember what it looked like before it was a plaza.

also, although we do new work and historic work, i'm just going to highlight more historic accomplishments so you can see our experience with rehabilitation structures. this is two mint. it was rehabilitated in 1989. it is now listed as contributor to the national registry district. this is 6 and 10 mint. both are individual buildings and they're also listed at contributors on the national registered district identified as hail brothers department store. this is 14 mint plaza, formerly known as 54 mint. this is an individual listing on a national register. not the high rise here, the short building to the left. this is 580 howard street.

this is listed again as a contributor to a national register district. we rehabilitated this building in the late 90s. next slide. and this is a project that we completed down in los angeles, 18 south grand. that is listed individual listing of a national register of historic places as well. and finally, we've also initiated and facilitated the establishment of three separate national registered districts in san francisco. this is a mini district, the hill brothers department store district. this is the second and howard street district we established in the late 90s. and then finally, this is the south end historic district. it was a locally designated

district, but we initiated and facilitated establishment as a national registered districts with the boundaries slightly different than the local district. and finally, just for reference purposes, this is an example of a building that is historic rehabilitation that is not listed on the national register. and i bring this up just because this is one of those buildings that we will talk about more i think in the presentation from staff, where although the building was eligible for the national register, the scale of the addition was not in conformance with the secretary of interior standards. and we actually at the time, christopher and i traveled to washington d.c. and directly appealed our case to the secretary to try and get this to be considered a qualified

rehabilitation. and at that time they were pretty adamant. the scale of the addition was too big. so this is not -- we consider it a very successful project. we love the architecture, but it is certainly not a national register project. this is our subject site, which i'll let staff talk more about. there are two buildings, existing buildings on the site. 1101 sutter and 1123 sutter. you're looking at 1101. there is a building built in the 1900s. it was constructed for fields engineering college. it was a specific type of use for this building, which was for their automobile school. that was the original construction. there was a lot of automobile-type structures being built around that time as well.

and this is 1123 sutter. this is its longest use has been for a mortgage wary. as you can see, more twary. and the idea, our objective and this project is to retain the 1101, the hills engineering building. and not add on to the addition -- vert vert /* -- vertically to the building. just a couple more slides here. this is actually an old flyer from fields engineering and automobile school. you can see at the bottom of the flyer, the rendering of 1101

sutter. we view it as not only a tremendous asset to the historic fabric of san francisco, but also it's got a unique and worth while history to embrace. finally, the last slide here. you can see the proposed project, which is the full rehabilitation of the landmark component of the development. 1101 sutter, really highlighting the historic nature of it. and then building an entirely new structure behind it in place of the former more twary and there is undeveloped portion of the property well. it's to have 201 apartments. we have bike parking, car parking. child care facility. as you can see, amenities that

are fairly complimentary to residential and commercial development. that concludes my presentation. >> jonas: thank you. do you have anything further? justin, any additional closing remarks? if not, we should take public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to speak to this matter by pressing star 3 and entering the queue. seeing no members of the public, public comment is closed and the matter is now before you. >> president hyland: looks like there is something -- >> hi. can we give justin a few minutes

to get his presentation ready. we haven't gone through the presentation for the alternatives. that was just a brief overview by the project sponsor. >> jonas: absolutely. that's why i asked. i just didn't hear anything fromeous tin. i think -- justin. justin is still here. >> yes. can we -- just a second. to deal with any technical difficulty, thank you. >> sorry, this is justin. i'm going to go ahead and share my screen. >> before we get going, certainly i think someone has a small child in the background. so if people aren't speaking, perhaps they could mute their microphone?

i want to confirm you can hear me and see my slide presentation. >> we can. >> sorry for the technical difficulties. i will just reiterate these are the preservation alternatives for the project at 1101 to 1123 sutter street. >> jonas: you may want to put it in slide presentation mode. because we can see your notes. are you able to see it better now? there you go, very good.

>> sorry. i wanted to talk about the project site which is located at 1101 to 1123 sutter street in the tenderloin neighborhood just north of civic center. the site contains two buildings along with a parking lot. at the corner is 1101 sutter which is restored auto garage. and 1123 sutter is the mortuary building. and then further west is the parking lot. as you mentioned, it's a three-story automobile parking garage. the building is four base wide along sutter street and five base wide along -- [indiscernible] -- the ground floor features a mixture of windows and

automobile on sutter and -- street. the building was constructed in 1920. the building was operated by healed until 1935 until it was taken over and turned into an automobile garage. it remained an auto repair facility until 1962 when it was purchased by daily. as well as provide parking for other clients. the building was currently a public parking garage and auto repair facility. 1101 sutter is individually eligible for listing in the california register under criteria 1 [indiscernible] and automobile school. and criteria 3 as a well preserved example of a garage dated in the 1920s. [indiscernible] construction in 1920 up until -- by the early owners in 1961.

the character defining features of 1101 include concrete and brick masonry construction. a stucco finish. molded cement, plaster. sheet metal. grid like pattern. and [indiscernible] window. further west is 1123 sutter street, which is a one-story mortuary, comprised of two structures that were remodelled in 1925. the entire elevation is -- framed window wall. the framing element is -- three plastic -- garland and green tea and is supported by columns.

contain pairs of windows on metal class rescreen above. [indiscernible] secondary elevations are less elaborately detailed. you can see one of the secondary elevations here along with the surface parking lot. 1123 sutter street was -- undertaker. that operated from 1926 until 2019. 1123 sutter is eligible for listing in the california register under criterion 1, 2 and 3. the association -- which is one of the most prominent establishments in san francisco. it's also significant under

criterion 2 for its association with -- [indiscernible] -- through the prominent records and undertaking profession. and lastly, architecture for classical revival style designed by august moreland. period of significance is 1926 to 1930 and spans the time it was operated personally up until his death. the character defining features of 1123 sutter includes the one story height. the simple rectangular form. the primary facade that includes seven bays. the custom streetlights. and the decorative details. that would include the columns along with the metal -- [indiscernible]

lastly, there are few more publicly interior spaces that are character defining. they include the reception area on the bottom right photo. the chapel, which is in the top photo. and the three suites of bereavement rooms. moving on to talk about the project, i was going to give you a brief overview of the project objective. they include developing a well defined financially feasible mixed use project. creating a more attractive street-level experience. and retaining is torque resources on d historic resources on the site. the mixed use development includes the retention and rehabilitation of 1101 sutter street per the secretary of interior standards. and demolition of the mortuary

and parking lot. all together, the development would construct 201 residential units which 16 would be located in the rehabilitated 1101 sutter building. because the proposed project was demolished at 1123 sutter streets, alternatives need to be explored. under ceqa guidelines, this range of alternatives need to be explored. as well as avoid -- [indiscernible] effects. as a reminder this not require approval, but is an opportunity to provide input on the alternative -- the project sponsor and planning department have identified one full preservation alternatives and two partial. table that highlights some of the key fixtures of the

alternative of this project. so the project development is developed 201 on site and the full preservation alternative would construct 115 units of housing. partial preservation alternative 2b would construct 181 units. full preservation alternatives -- [indiscernible] 1101 sutter street would remain and be rehabilitated similar to what it is in the proposed project. the two-story addition would be constructed with a 25-foot setback. a 200 foot tower would be constructed. the tower in the addition over 1123 sutter would be similar to part of the tower that features a panel-like -- with alternae

existing panels. 115 residential units would be constructed. 14 in 1101 sutter. 16 in 1123. and 75 in the new tower. -- 85 in the new tower. [indiscernible] this project still meets or partially meets the objectives of the project, with the construction at 115 housing units, this is the proposed -- project 201. in looking at the parcel preservation alternative 1, this would be [indiscernible] 1101 sutter street but would include a four-story addition.

1123 sutter street would be retained and would include a four-story addition with 25-foot setback from sutter. the tower would be constructed on the site of the parking lot. the detailing of the tower and the addition would feature the same panel-like. under the preservation alternative, 151 units would be built, with 34 in 1101, 32 in 1123 and 85 in the tower. while the partial preservation alternative would retain most of the character-defining features except for the three stories, it would maintain the character defining features in 1123 -- which would only be partially obtained. it would not include the interior -- of 1123 sutter.

[indiscernible] with the 151 units constructed versus two whole bun ones in the -- in the proposed project. in alternative 2b, the rehabilitation of 1101 sutter would still take place with a 10-story addition on the -- setback. [indiscernible] and would be a 4-story addition constructed with 25-foot setback. similar to the other alternatives, the towers would still be constructed on top of the parking lot. it would be similar to those of the proposed project and the other alternative, the addition over 1101 sutter would be different with a prominent grid overlaying the addition of the retained building below. this partial preservation alternative 2b is 181 units

constructed with 64 in the 1101 sutter, 32 in 1123 and the 85 in the new tower. this alternative would retain many of the character-defining features of 1101 sutter. and would still retain most features of 1123 sutter, aside from the one story and interior character -- [indiscernible] it still meets or partially meets the basic objective of the project. 181 units of housing constructed on the site. in preparing the preservation alternative, we made every effort to maximize the number of units on the site by building up the tower as high as we thought reasonable. one unintended consequence of the alternatives is that they may have significant impact, which is something the proposed project does not have. while further evaluation is

necessary to determine minor tweaks to the architecture, to mitigate, we're also considering the worst-case scenario of reducing the height of the tower down to a point where wind is not a problem. ideally, you wouldn't have to reduce the tower as this would -- in the alternative, we're going to strive to get one of -- impact. and just to talk briefly about the preparation of the preservation alternative. we took into account the location of the deliveries on the site. the character-defining features of the resource along with the objectives of the project. we looked and explored a range of addition to the historic resources in an effort to maximize the density. ultimately, some of the parcel preservation alternatives were rejected and the height of the additions were lowered to avoid

potential shadow impact. ultimately, the department concluded that the three preservation alternatives presented represent a balance between reducing impact to local resources on the site, as well as meeting the basic project objectives. this concludes my presentation. and i'm here along with the project sponsor and the other environmental planners to answer any questions you have. >> jonas: thank you. commissioners, we should just for the record open up public comment in case any member of the public wanted to submit testimony. members of the public, this is your opportunity to press star and 3 to enter the queue. seeing no request to speak frlt

public, the public comment is closed. there is no needed action here. >> president hyland: thank you. i have a quick question for justin. is the -- the wind evaluation that you did relative to the preservation alternatives, is the wind an issue for the proposed project? >> the wind is not an issue to the proposed project. i think the potential wind impact mostly from the fact that we really pushed to get the height of the tower on the parking lot as high as possible. so i think that's the main factor. >> president hyland: great. thank you. so i'll start where you left off with alison. commissioner pearlman? >> commissioner pearlman: thank you. thank you, mr. greving and the project sponsor. i thought this was -- i was impressed with the depth of the

analysis on this project. i started with the presented alternatives, but then found the additional studies that were done on this and clearly there was a lot of analysis done to really come up with some reasonable approaches. the only thing i'm disappointed with is in the proposed project, because i think the 1123 building, the halstead building, is rather unique. i mean, we don't -- there is very few buildings in the city that have the kind of architecture that is seen on that building. and you know, i think that the full preservation and both preservation alternates -- alternatives do strive to keep that building and the presence of that building on the street.

i thought it was kind of interesting that one of the comments about the proposed project was, you know, to create this kind of interesting streetscape. i was thinking, well, it already has a pretty interesting streetscape there. and opening up between the columns on the halstead building, you know, just creating a little more visibility through there, would be a way to create a fantastic sort of lobby or entrance or retail presentation on the street. -- presence on the street. so, again, i think these are very well done. i would want to comment on the preservation alternative scheme 2b, which to me is really a pretty awful -- from an architecture standpoint and from the historical preservation standpoint of putting this very large, what looks like a typical 70s office building, on top of

the very handsome 1101 building at the corner. so i'm hoping that would be a direction that wouldn't be pursued at all. but in general, i thought that the schemes were thought out. the presentations are very well done. so it's very easy to envision what the alternatives are and what the project is. so i wanted to thank the design team for that. that's it. thanks. >> president hyland: commissioner johns? >> commissioner johns: it was from before, but i do really think that commissioner pearlman has some excellent comments. i used to live about 10 blocks from that building. and i have always really loved

the 1920s and what it could do to columns. if there was some way that could be maintained, i would be really enthusiastic about it. >> commissioner foley: so a couple of things. one, i did talk to the project sponsor last week for a short moment of time. i told -- i didn't tell him what i thought about the project, except i did tell him that i was impressed by him and the work he's done. i think the body of work he's done is pretty spectacular. in this particular project, what i'm actually really excited about is the early childhood education part of the project. and i actually think any of these projects of scale that we look at, we should push the project sponsor to figure out a way to get early childhood education facilities and get groups in there that can help

take care of these kids at a young age at price that makes economic sense. i built three or four of these in my career and i think it's important, early childhood education. regarding the project itself, i almost put this project under contract with myself and my partners. it is a very difficult site to do. when i just saw what the project sponsor is proposing on the old college building and making it a spectacular renovation and having that stay pure and building a new building. i really liked it and i like the fact that we're getting 40 units of affordable housing at 50% a.m.i. i think the project sponsor did a great job. i think the alternative gets pretty complicated from the standpoint of ingress and egress, all those different places they're going to put housing. i think it kind of gets weird.

so i think the planning staff and the project sponsor and the design team did a really great job. you know, i'm pretty certain that they should be able to work through any one issue. so thank you for letting me comment. >> president hyland: great thank you. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: yes. i, too, think that there has been a lot of really good advance work on this. and i was very happy that the project sponsor provided some background of some of their prior projects. it's quite impressive in that helps promote this. i have to say in preparation of my meeting notes, commissioner pearlman -- actually i agreed with everybody, but commissioner pearlman hit it spot on with every question i had. i think the depth of analysis was very well done.

i was sorry that there weren't any -- that preservation alternative to retain that mortuary building wasn't more fully explored. it is really a unique building and it's quite a nice-looking building. it's unusual. while we have plenty of vehicular structures, we have very few of these mortuary structures. so i would like to see it incorporated in some fashion. i agree, the openings are perfect for retail or some sort of grand lobby or whatever may happen. having said all that, i also want to respect the project sponsor. and also the comments that commissioner foley made that i thought were very useful. that is some of us just get to comment on design and appropriateness of historic structures, but there are

clearly difficulties in developing certain projects. and it's helpful to hear what those -- hear those comments. and i see a good project here. but i would love to see the mortuary streetscape explored a little further. >> president hyland: thank you, commissioner black. commissioner so? >> commissioner so: hello. first, thank you for the presentation. it's extremely thorough from justin. alison, and also the project sponsor. materials are easy to digest and i'm really appreciating this, because it just helped me understanding a lot better. and i agree with all my fellow commissioners' comments. i'm not going to repeat on that.

but i'm looking at the options, right? alternative 2b, the number seems to be the only one that will work for economic sense. but then i'm looking at the architecture and the addressed on the language that will carry on to exemplify what is historically significant and the character-defining features, it seems like the big tower over on that 1101 lot, it seems like architect had transcended it to a modern interpretation of that character-defining features of that building. but then the one that i'm interested is in the 1123. i wonder why that one got left over. and that actually i agree with my fellow commissioner kate black, that is actually so unique to san francisco. we don't get a lot of these

classical revival style. the architecture language and all these facade details and down to the interiors. i would love to see the project design team to take on that approach to exemplify the character-defining features of that genre into the new portion of the building design. and that is one thing that i really wanted to say. emphasizing it. because otherwise we will just basically see a lot of the same things over and over again on top of historically significant building populating in the skyline of san francisco. and this one has the opportunity to do something more refreshing and also bring up the unique character for the building at

1123. i would love to also see some of the features being interpreted in a modern form, including also the interior space. i'm not sure if we're allowed to do that, but i would like to see that. right now, i'm seeing the alternative 2b option, the mapping and the design pattern, the language, basically had not as knowledge or embraced 1123. -- acknowledged. so i left the project sponsor's courage to take on the project of this scale and complexity. and i really support for that. i know -- i'm fully aware of how difficult and challenging it is. i love that you are taking on doing a very well socially conscious child care center which is what we all need in san francisco these days.

so that's my few takeaway. >> president hyland: great thank you. commissioner pearlman? >> commissioner pearlman: thank you. i just had one quick shoutout to the martin company. i rented an office space from them with a restaurant 25 luesk is, the little alley near the ballpark. i saw a lot of their buildings. i think it's important we acknowledge developers like this who are incorporating historic buildings into much bigger development projects. and the 178 townsend, the park light building that the sponsor showed in the presentation. you know, they're very interesting and they do, you know, take into account the defining features of the historic building they're incorporating. so again, just a quick shoutout

to -- hoping there is a lot more developers like the martin company in san francisco. thanks. >> president hyland: great, thank you, commissioner pearlman. i just have a couple of comments. justin, i e-mailed you a photo in case you weren't able to find the -- an image that i wanted to speak to. but i want to kind of reiterate and add on berm. reiterate my fellow commissioners. i think this is a good project. i think the martin company is a great developer. and i think the baker crew has done a good job on the design of the new building. i think building adjacent to the historic building, especially on a corner, is my preferred option. so the proposed project i think goes a long way.

certainly as opposed to building on top of the corner lot. i would say one of the alternatives, the preservation alternatives ought to be -- and may be even labelled as -- retaining -- [indiscernible] -- fellow commissioners have already said about retaining the elevation of the mortuary building. when we first embarked on this retained elements, what has become the retained elements policy, we had robust conversations about retaining facades. and i am of the opinion, my opinion is that retained facades are great. and they're even better when you can allow what was behind them to be spoken to. so keeping them as a band-aid for the building is not, i think, a good solution.

but if the original entrances and the original, you know, volume of the original space is maintained, that would be my preference. we have had this in other projects -- i think retained elements, preservation alternative, could be the exact same project with recognition of the mortuary building. and if the mortuary building isn't retained, certainly the urban form of what that streetscape is -- which is what was really important about this building -- that could be incorporated into the new design. so i think that preservation alternative or partial preservation alternative retained elements versions of the project i think would go a long way. justin, are you able to put up on the screen the photo that i sent to you?

i just wanted to speak -- >> i can't open it. it looks like the file didn't go through. if you could try again. >> president hyland: in the packet, it's the -- give me a second. in our packet, it's the page 149. it like the fourth to the last sheet in our packet. >> yeah. it's the rendering of the proposed project, yeah. >> i see it. >> if justin can bring it up on the screen, is that possible? luckily, we have a perfect example of why i think the existing urban form is important and how it ought to be incorporated into the design of the original facade can't be.

>> jonas: justin, are you going to be able to bring that up. there you go. >> there you go. if you can see it. >> jonas: unfortunately, all i see is a black screen. >> yeah. there it is. >> here we go. >> president hyland: if you're able to zoom in to get hotel carlton on the left and zoom in as far as you can, if that's possible. okay. there you go. i think that will do. maybe a little further out, just a tad. there we go. so the -- if you look at hotel

carlton and the base of the building, it has some elements that pick up on the cornice line of the neighboring building. with the current proposed project, the existing urban form not only isn't, you know, acknowledged, the historic elevation, but it doesn't speak to the adjacent buildings. so having some sort of cornice lines that come through these new buildings that would give us a pedestrian-scale sutter street i think would be really helpful. we could have a further debate on whether the facade of the mortuary building should be retained or not. but i think that the same project can be built with the retained element of the facade.

or at least some form, some massing that speaks to the original massing of the block. that's all that i had. other than that, i think it's a great project. any other comments, commissioners? justin, do you have sufficient information? >> yeah. i think if i could just reiterate some of the larger points. i wanted to see if the commissioners in general were supportive of commissioner pearlman's assessment that partial preservation 2b is probably not as successful as the other alternatives. and it seems like the commission as a whole sort of stating they

find sutter to be a -- within the context of san francisco and possible in lieu of the partial preservation alternative 2b, with more of an alternative that sort of a retained element version that would retain elements of the facade of 1123 sutter and maybe not provide -- [indiscernible] 1101 sutter street. i think the commissioner comments looking into more detail as the architecture ran derring of 11 -- rendering of 1123 sutter, matches the historic detail. >> president hyland: i think that's it. >> i would like to add one thing.

i don't have problem with 2b. it just seems the style -- the design should look a little more responsive? >> okay. >> it just seems like a number if you're looking at the project. it's like the number you present to us, with the number of units and also the percentage of square footage of amenities and financially. that's like the only one that will fly. so i'm conscious about the economic side of the development as well. >> jonas: okay, commissioners. if there are -- if there is no further deliberation, that's all i got for you. >> president hyland: [laughter] all right. i think we're adjourned. stay safe, everyone. >> have a good day.

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take roll at this time. >> koppel. >> here. >> vice president moore. >> yes. >> commissioner chan. >> yes. >> commissioner diamond. >> hear. >> commissioner fung. >> here. >> commissioner imperial. >> here. >> commissioner tanner. >> here. >> thank you. first is consideration items for proposed continuance. 1. 2020-003223 c.u.a. at 249 texas street. this is to continue to march 4th, 2021. 2. case 2019-021010 c.u.a. is withdrawn. further under regular calendar item 10 case 2013.1535 at 474 o'farrell street street and 532

jones street conditional use authorization is requesting continuians to march 11, 2021. item 11. 2018-014795 at 1516 folsom street requests continuance to february 18, 2021. i have no other items for continuance. we should open this up for public comment. members of the public this is your opportunity to speak for any items proposed for continuance. press star 3. one member of the public. you have two minutes. >> good afternoon. this is ella strong, president of the executive board of church of christ scientist.

cosponsors of o'farrell street street and request continuance of our item. thank you. >> thank you. >> last call for public comment on items to be continued. no further requests or additional requests for public comment, public comment is closed. the matter is now before you. >> commissioner imperial. >> move to continue items proposed. 1, 2, 10, 11. >> second. >> thank you on that motion to continue all items. commissioner tanner. >> aye. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner diamond. >> aye. >> commissioner fung. >> aye. >> commissioner imperial. >> aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> commissioner president koppel. >> aye. >> that passes 7-0.

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