items. we look forward to collaborating with das with the office of the cvso and commissioner nelson as representing veterans on there. we would love to know more how our veterans office in the county is supported with legislation or outreach through the board of supervisors or mayor. thank you very much. >> of course, this can be an agenda item on the next commission meeting. >> okay. do i go ahead and put that on there for an agenda item? i will request that. >> yes, when we create the agenda i will make sure it is added on the agenda.

>> thank you very much. do we have anybody else from the public who wishes to speak? >> there are no more calls in the queue. >> okay. thank you. hearing no further requests to speak is there a motion to approve the fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23 disability and aging services budget. do we have a motion? >> so moved. >> vice president spears and second from commissioner carrington. madam secretary please take a roll call for agenda item a. >> president nut sen-- knutzen. >> yes.

>> spears. >> yes. >> bittner. >> yes. >> carrington. >> yes. >> jung. >> yes. >> lum. >> yes. >> sklar. >> yes. >> president knutzen the vote is unanimous. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> let's try again with the screen share one more time.

>> good afternoon, commissioners, i am from the agency office of contract management patrick garcia. with me is reanna albert. we are here to present the four year fund cycle with the schedule for fiscal year 20-21 request for proposals and contract renewals. we develop the schedule every year. this gives an overview what we are working on and what programs we will bring to the das commission for approval. we will give an overview of the four year dig any -- dignity fund schedule. >> i am reanna albert.

on the chart here one of the components of the fund is to establish a planning and funding process. das follows the cycle to ensure dignity fund money is spent appropriately and addresses community needs. as you can see in the slide, the dignity fund contract schedule has a four year cycle. that ensures transparency and consistency. the cycle also allows flexibility by bringing services for new contract terms every four years after the community needs assessment happens. this structure also allows service providers to have a sense of sent in contract terms and ability to develop new proposals over the four years. as you can see here contract schedules are based on service areas so that similar services

are procured in the same year. right now we are currently in cycle b which means we are releasing r.f.p.s for cycle c beginning next fiscal year. to the next slide, i will pass it over to patrick. >> in front of you is request for proposals for fiscal year 2021. these are the r.f.p.s released. these are new programs or existing programs expiring and require new procurement. r.f.p.s begin in fiscal year 21-22 contract start day july 1, 2021. entries here listed include program name, month in which contracts plan to release r.f.p. to the public and month in which they plan to bring

items for approval. dates are tentative and can change. the department will stick with the schedule as much as possible. our process takes three months from the time the department issues the r.f.p. to the time rebring to the commission for approval. the last set of r.f.p.s will be issued in april with tentative commission date in june. now in total the department has 17 r.f.p.s this fiscal year. compared to last year there is a total of 25. although there is a slight dip in afps released, we have a bigger program released this fiscal year. when we leased the newtrician program r.f.p. -- nutrition would result in 50 grant agreements. vendors can find on the sf city partner website and local paper. we do a direct mailing to das service providers as well.

up next rhianna dives into detail about two of the afps highlighted here. >> i wanted to highlight a cup emof these long-term -- couple of these. long-term care this is scheduled for release in february to improve quality of life and care of people living in nursing homes, residential care homes and assisted living. the role of the long-term care ombudsman is to investigate and resolve complaints by resident of the long-term care facilities. related in actions, inactions of providers. ombudsman provides consultation on good care pratics and provides witnessing services for advance healthcare.

the emergency home care services in release in february. these consist of congregate meals, home delivered meals and groceries for adults with disabilities in san francisco. these programs include provisions for nutritious meal. they can be an access hint for home and community based services. in fiscal year 1920 over 3.5 million feels were served congregate and home delivered meals. here i wanted to present the contracts up for renewal this year. these are the contracts we have in place and that will expire at the end of the fiscal year. we have an option to extend the term. we plan to bring these to commission in the month of april

and may. on the slide i want to highlight the intergenerational program to bring together two different generations with one of those being comprised of older adults and add difficulties with disabilities in san francisco. organizing activities, these activities support engagement. the case management renewal here is one of the programs that helps older adults and add difficulties with disabilities access services to live in the community. a case manager collaborates to provide assessment of the needs and they identify appropriate services and facilitate consumer access to services. case managers work with other

agencies and organizations for a service plan and monitor the progress of the plan. on the very last slide, here we have five more new newals. they have a tentative commission date of may. one of the larger ones is community living fund. this concludes our presentation. we are happy to answer any questions. >> great. thank you so much. it was perfect as we finally got to see it. any questions from commissioners? our work is ahead of us. >> this is informational only. we don't vote or anything like that or comments from the public. we are completed.

thank you very much. i will move on to announcements. i just wanted to use this opportunity to announce the appointments to committees to make that a matter of public record. our commissioners thank you for being on committees. we are fully staffed at this point. i will run through it for the record. i am on the dig any fund and finance. spears chairing the finance committee. carrington joint legislation committee. jung on the dignity fund oversight and advisory committee and nominating committee. commissioner lum joint

legislation finance, nominating and by-laws. commissioner bittner san francisco ihss governing body and joint legislation committee. commissioner sklar on the nominating committee and by-laws committee. i think we are staffed and have made bridgett happy. we always have people ready and willing to serve when we need these functions filled. thank you to everyone for input and for volunteering. with that i don't think we have anything else. am i correct? we are through the agenda. >> i lost my grid. go ahead. thank you. >> madam secretary a quick question. what is the name of the gentleman from the veterans affairs commission who

commented? commissioner i didn't catch his name. i will go over the recording. when i get his name the executive director will help me with that, too. i will let you know. >> thank you. >> with that, thank you everyone who made the technology possible. thank you for making that happen. i will adjourn the february 3, 2021 meeting of the disability and aging services commission today at 12:04 p.m. good-bye.

>> 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.

>> 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.

>> thank you for joining the press conference with mayor london breed. for q & a, state your name, outlet, and questions in the webex chat. now we will go to mayor london breed. >> good morning and thank you all so much for joining us here today. i appreciate the fact that we have our police chief bill scott

and our district attorney who are both here today to talk about the challenges around violent crime in our city and how we plan to address it. we know that we seen an uptick in violent crime in san francisco. some really horrible events that have occurred, we seen them on video. we heard about them. we see people talk about them on next door, on social media, and other outlets. as we speak, there sadly was just a homicide in the bayfield hunters point community. when i think about what's happening in san francisco, the violent crime, domestic violence, the attack on our seniors, the gun violence, it's all too familiar. it reminds me of when i was growing up in public housing in san francisco. yes, i loved my community.

there were so many days where i lived in fear because of the violence, because of the gun violence in particular, not knowing if a stray bullet may hit me or people that i love and care about. it was all too common to walk down the street and be on high alert. it was all too common to be in a situation where you hear gunshots and you start to duck to the ground or the floor or what have you. what we're seeing today is hurtful, it's sad, it's heartbreaking, and i know that we are better than this. we saw a video of an innocent senior being violently assaulted in the middle of the day. i can't even imagine what his

family is going through right now. it was heartbreaking. the fact that another human being would do that to an elderly senior in our community is one of the most disgusting things i have ever seen. the level of violence directed at a completely defenseless 84-year-old senior was shocking and intolerable. for jack, a long time san franciscan and storied detective to lose his life right in front of his own home. i want to communicate my deepest sympathies to the families, the friends, and the loved ones of both mr. palidino and mr. -- because we know this is something unexpected, to walk in your neighborhood and feel safe

is one of the basic things that we should have in a city like san francisco. i know that they are suffering the horrific pain of losing people they love to defenseless and vicious violence. when i think of the challenges we continue to face as a city, i know that incidents like this make people feel unsafe. no one should be afraid of taking a walk around the neighborhood or taking photographs or a kid just watching fireworks like jace was last year during the 4th of july in his community with other kids. 6 years old, lost to gun violence. i'm here with our chief of police and our district attorney to let everyone know that violent crimes committed in our city will not be tolerated. public safety is our top priority and we are not pointing the finger. we are here to work

collaboratively, to make sure that we keep people safe. we each have a responsibility. if you commit a crime in san francisco and you hurt someone, you will be held accountable to the fullest extend of the law. that's a commitment i have from our police chief and the district attorney. a tax in crime committed against our most vulnerable, especially our seniors and our children, are unacceptable. i was raised by my grandmother and watching that video, i could not help but imagine if that had happened to my grandmother. if someone had did that to her, had hurt her like that, had killed her like that. i don't have the words. i can't even begin to understand how anyone could think of hurting a defenseless senior and i want to be clear.

you will be held accountable by the police, as well as the district attorney. there will be consequences. let's dispel the myth right now that there are no consequences for committing crimes in san francisco, especially, especially as i said against our most vulnerable people. san francisco police are on heighten alert and will pursue every case vigorously to bring you to justice if you try to rob or attack members of our community in san francisco. i don't care if you are a san francisco resident or a bay area resident. you will be held accountable. you will be brought to justice. the district attorney will hold you accountable and you will feel the full weight of the law, just as his charging announcement he will make will

illustrate today. look, i believe in second chances. i believe that people are better than the worse things they have done. when you across that line, when you commit murder, when you take someone's life like that, we as a city and as a society, we have to hold you accountable for your actions. you have to take responsibility for the pain and the suffering you caused. san francisco is an incredible city. we are seeing sadly an uptick in crime. we know that as a result of this pandemic, people are home. people are frustrated. people are tired. domestic violence is up. suicides are up. mental health challenges continue to persist. this is hard. we also know as leaders of this city, we have a responsibility.

as mayor, i take the responsibility to protect and serve the people of san francisco very seriously and as a high honor. we will continue to do everything we can to support this city. i want to thank the san francisco police department for their work in this case. it was a collaborative effort between a number of units, including parol, investigations, tactical, homicide, station investigation teams, robbery detail and the community liaison unit. i want to give a special thanks to mike redman and sergeant joseph akeem for their outreach and support to the family of mr. radna and mr. paladino.

we thank you for the work you are doing to help families get through this horrendous tragedy. the thing is, this is our response after the fact, but we will have to do more as a city to make sure that these crimes are not committed in the first place. part of it is accountability. the other part, it's making sure that we are doing everything we can to keep our community safe, to make sure our police officers are out there patrolling and walking the streets, our neighborhood watches, and providing opportunities so that people never ever get to a place where they commit the kinds of crime we have seen in recent weeks that happened on our streets. i know that nothing can take

away the pain and hurt of what these families are going through, but we are here to offer support and we are here to make changes so that some of the mistakes and the challenges that existed that made it tough to bring people to justice will be repaired and will be addressed. with that, i want to turn it over to our police chief bill scott to talk about specifically what the department has done and i want to again commend the department for quickly apprehending the suspects in these cases and now chief scott, if you can say a few words about these investigations and thank you so much for being here. >> thank you mayor breed and thank you for your leadership in bringing us together. i want to thank the district attorney and his team who worked tirelessly with us through the weekend to bring these cases to

a resolution. i know i speak on behalf of the entire police department when we say how sadden we are about the tragic loss that two families are now suffering. to all the victims of violent crime, you mentioned the 6-year-old that lost his life this past summer. this department is sadden by all of the loss and we are committed, committed to holding those accountable who hurt the people of our city. the families of the victim, you are in our thoughts and prayers. they were both seniors, although the incidents were separate, each were assault in an unprovoked attack and in broad daylight. this kind of horrific violence has no place in our city.

we want everyone to know that your city officials, starting with our mayor and every member of of the san francisco police department, the district attorney and everyone in the criminal justice system, stand united to make sure justice is done in these cases. although we a preheppeded suspects in both of these cases, i want to remind our media partners and the public that these cases are active and ongoing investigations. they're not over yet. anyone with information or evidence is asked do please contact the san francisco police department and you may remain anonymous. you can call sfpd's 24 hour tip line or text to tip411. again, the text message with sfpd. a little bit about both cases.

on thursday, january 28th at 8:28 a.m., he was the victim of an assault. san francisco police officers responded to the assault. officers arrived at the scene and discovered an 84-year-old male victim on the sidewalk. our officers rendered aid and summoned san francisco fire department medics to the scene who promptly transported him to the hospital for life threatening injuries. their initial investigation, our officers established that a male suspect ran at the victim from across the street, pushed him to the pavement, and then fled with a female associate. based on an initial investigation led by our station

investigation team general crimes unit, our officers identified our suspect as 19-year-old antoine watson. we also identified his female associate, 20-year-old malasha. on january 29, 2021, investigator obtained an arrest warrant for mr. watson for assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse causing great bodily injury. on january 30, 2021, our investigators were notified that he had succumb to his injuries sadly. at that point, our homicide detail took over the investigation. on saturday, january 30, 2021, at approximately 8:45 p.m., officers from the san francisco police department's tactical unit and the san francisco's

homicide detail served a search warrant on the 500 block of daily city. officers located the two suspects who were taken into custody without incidence. now for the case involving jack paladino. san francisco police officers responded to a reported robbery in our city's asbury neighborhood. arriving on the scene, officers discovered a 76-year-old male lying in the street. the male, our victim, mr. jack paladino was being treated by medic from the san francisco fire department who transported him to the hospital with life threatening injuries. witnesses reported seeing a suspect in a physical struggle over his camera. during the struggle, the vehicle

sped away, causing mr. paladino to fall to the ground. investigators developed information that led to the identity of two suspects, lawrence thomas of pittsburgh, colorado and 23-year-old tyjon of san francisco. on friday january 29, 2021, mr. thomas was taken into custody without incidence in the area of middle point road and hair street in san francisco. the following day on january 30, 2021, he was located on the 2500 block of east second street in reno, nevada. he was taken into custody without incident. yesterday, monday february 1, 2021, sadly mr. paladino succumb to his injuries in the attack. this incident is now

investigated by the san francisco homicide detail. in conclusion on behalf of all of us in the san francisco police department, first of all i want to express our condolences to the family, friends, and neighbors of these victims and all victims of homicides and violent crimes in our city. i want to express my appreciation to the san francisco police department members who worked tirelessly the last several days. mayor breed mentioned these units but i want to reiterate. i feel the operations bureau, investigations borough, tactical unit, homicide detail, community liaison unit, all worked together to bring these cases to a quick conclusion, to hold the individuals responsible accountable. they gather evidence, pursue leads, identify the suspects and then successfully apprehended

them without incident. we're also grateful to our partners in the daily police department and the f.b.i. in the safe street task force. our partners in the san francisco fire department also deserve recognition as well. it is our medics that responded immediately and worked heroically to save these victims' lives. lastly, our partners at the district attorney's office led by our district attorney chesa boudin. thank you for your leadership and your team for their partnership in this case and all cases that we have to work together on to resolve and bring these individuals to account for hurting people in our city. we will continue to do our jobs and i want to reiterate what mayor breed said. for anybody that thinks that san francisco is an easy touch, you need to think twice. for anybody who thinks they can

attack elderly individuals in our city, you need to think twice. for anybody who thinks that you can murder a 6-year-old child, enjoying 4th of july with his family, you need to think twice. we will bring every resource there to bring you into account and we won't rest until that's done. thank you mayor breed for your leadership and thank you district attorney boudin and now i will turn it over to district attorney boudin. >> thank you mayor breed, thank you chief scott for your comments, for your leadership, and for your unwavering commitment to public safety. i also want to give a special thank you to all of our first responders who worked tirelessly to provide support and assistance to people injured in crimes and who have done a phenomenal job investigating

these cases and other cases that we partner with the police department to hold people who cause harm in our community accountable. as chief scott said, these cases are still under investigation. there is much more work to be done, but the police have done a phenomenal job in a quick and expedient job in identifying suspects and arresting suspects and giving us the information we need to hold them accountable. now the three of us, the mayor, the chief of police, and myself stand here, united in our shared goal to keep san francisco safe for all of its residents. i know that the recent tragic and violent events have made many in san francisco, especially our most vulnerable, our elderly feel unsafe. we are here today to inform you that we will hold those who committed these horrific crimes accountable, period. prosecuting violent crimes is

and always be my top priority. we are also here to reassure you and to remind you that despite these recent terrible crimes, san francisco is and will continue to be a safe city. we will make sure of that. you have all of our commitments that we will defend the safety of our community, no matter what it takes. it is especially important that we help elderly san franciscans to be and feel safe. we know the pandemic has hit the elderly particularly hard and we will go through whatever steps it takes to keep our elderly, our young children at 4th of july celebrations and birthday parties, wherever it may be, safe. chief scott mentioned some facts of the case and i want to reiterate. in the killing of the

84-year-old man who was senselessly been violently attack while taking a walk in his own neighborhood, i want to commend the extraordinarily effective and quick police work in this case that arrested two suspects who were not previously known to the police. they did a phenomenal job as chief scott said, the investigation is ongoing. my victim services team stands ready to support the family. we have already met with the family and our heart goes out to the family for this absolutely heinous and unimaginable devastating loss. i know that many in the community are in pain. many have experienced violence or hate over the last year. many feel secondary trauma from the shocking video of the murder. my entire office condemns

violence against anyone, but particularly against the elderly and the vulnerable, members of the aapi community that have been unfairly targeted during this pandemic. now the police have given us enough evidence in this case that we made a decision and we are pleased to announce that decision, we will be filing murder charges against mr. watson. we will be seeking his detention. i directed my staff to file those charges today and we expect he will be arraigned in open court tomorrow afternoon and we will file a detention motion, pending trial on murder charges. i also want to correct some of the confusion and misinformation that we seen on social media and other places. mr. watson was never arrested and released in san francisco. he has never been released on this case. from the moment the police took mr. watson into custody after this killing, he has been held

in custody and my office will continue to seek his detention going forward. in fact, mr. watson has no prior convictions or criminal charges in san francisco ever. at times of tremendous loss and high emotions like this one, it's common for misinformation to spread. it's essential that we focus on facts and verifying data so we can hold mr. watson, the man we believe is responsible for this death accountable. also i wanted to mention the other tragic murder that occurred in san francisco against an elder vulnerable victim last week. last thursday, two men tried to rob jack, a beloved, well-known, heroic investigator outside his home. yesterday he passed away. he was a san francisco legend, someone who dedicated his career

to pursuing justice and truth. it is fitting that his own camera helped capture evidence that we expect will help us prove this case to a jury. we know that this tragedy, like the other one last week, affected the entire san francisco community and our hearts go out to mr. paladino's family for their loss. it's unacceptable, intolerable, and there will be consequences for the people responsible. my office filed numerous felonies again the two men that we believe committed this crime. again, i want to commend the police department for extraordinary quick work in identifying the suspects and bringing them both into custody without incident. because we initiated the paperwork while he was still alive and on life support, we charged the case with attempted murder and variety of other

charges and have filed detention motions to keep both men in custody from as soon as we receive an official opinion from the medical examiner, determining the cause of death, we plan to remove the attempted and charge both men with murder. we will continue to seek their detention in this case and we will continue to work together with all of our public safety partners, especially the police department and the mayor's office to promote public safety, to promote accountability and to make absolutely crystal clear to anyone who has a doubt or second thought that san francisco will not tolerate violence, will not tolerate preying on elderly or vulnerable members of our community. if you come here or choose to commit violent crimes, you will be held accountable. these murders are still at early stages. we will be prosecuting both of the murtd murders. i made that decision personally

and i made the decision to seek detention in both cases. we stand here together with a very simple message. we are here to promote public safety. we are here to hold people accountable who commit violent crimes in our communities. we will stand by our aapi community, the elderly, the young, and anyone who is vulnerable to violent crimes and we condemn violence and hate in all its forms. chief scott, the mayor, and i are all committed to working together tirelessly to do whatever it takes to promote public safety in san francisco and to ensure that san francisco is not only a safe city, but that it is a city in which everyone feels safe. for the families of jace young, for every single family, for every single member of our community, we are here for you and we have your backs and we will keep you safe.

thank you mayor breed and chief scott, for your collaboration and your leadership. >> thank you to our district attorney, our police chief and before we open it up to questions, i just want to really put this into perspective. because as i said earlier in my remarks, i grew up in a community where sadly as much as i love my community, i lived in fear. one of the things that we have to do, and i take full responsibility to do, is to make sure that people in this city are not living in fear. so those of you who inflict that fear with your actions by attacking the residents of this city, whether it be assault with your physical hands or with a gun or a weapon in any case, we will be aggressive in our

pursuit and aggressive in our prosecution. do not come to san francisco thinking you are going to victimize another person here. whether you're trying to come here to rob somebody, assault somebody, or what have you, everything is on the table for us to pursue when you cross that line. we will be watching. we will be vigilant. we will hold the people in these cases accountable because we are not going to live in fear. we are going to change that in san francisco. thank you both for joining us and now we will open it up to questions from the press. >> thank you mayor breed, thank you chief scott and district

attorney boudin for your remarks. we're going to allow our reporters to submit any questions they the first question is for district attorney boudin from the s.f. business times. many small business owners do not feel safe because they have been hit increasingly by break in burglaries and vandalisms because of the pandemic. there is perception that your office is not pursuing prosecution of these cases. what are you doing to assure the victims that there are consequences for property crimes in san francisco? >> thank you so much for the questions and thank you to our business community for helping

to create jobs and for weathering an unprecedented year of challenges. no one more than small businesses, because of the constant challenges around health restrictions and around decline in tourism, we know that it's been a year in which many businesses have closed for good. we are doing everything we can. i want to commend the mayor for her leadership in helping to support small businesses and i want to assure you that we prosecute the mass majority of the cases you referenced that the police bring us to prosecute. we know these are often difficult cases to solve and prosecute, but we do file charges in the majority and we hold people accountable. we do more than that. we also have a pilot program in district five to help small businesses that have been harmed by vandalism or broken windows during the pandemic, get

reimbursements for their expenses. we hope we can bring that pilot program citywide so we can do more to help every single small business that has suffered from vandalism or graffiti or broken windows in the last year, regardless of wlosht -- whether or not we're able to prosecute the case. the majority of the cases the police bring us, we're able to prosecute. that's something we're committed to continuing to do. we have a wide variety of tools we used to hold people accountable. we look at every single case the police bring us and we take them seriously. we will continue to do that. >> thank you district attorney boudin. the next question come from gregory from the san francisco community news. is there no bail set for jack palladino's murder?

>> we asked the court to impose a detention order, meaning no bail. i don't believe the court has yet ruled on that request. the individuals are currently in custody, both on the initial case we filed while mr. palladino was still alive, as well as on another hold that we worked with the police department to put in place to ensure that they would not be able to get out of custody, pending an opinion from the medical examiner. the short answer is there is no way they will be released and we will be asking the court to make a formal ruling as soon as we're able, holding both men in custody without bail. we know that these cases are of tremendous concern to all of us. that's why we're here today and i want to reiterate what the mayor said, what the chief of police said, these cases are our

priority and we will do everything in our power to hold these men accountable and keep the community safe from them while the case is pending. >> thank you, your next question comes from stella chan of cnn. can you elaborate on how palladino helped crack his own case? >> mr. palladino was a renown and famous private investigator. many described him as having a six sense when something was off or wrong in his neighborhood or anywhere he worked. on the day of his death and on the day of the attack that caused his death, he left the house with his high end investigative camera to take photos. as chief scott said, the investigation is still ongoing. we know that mr. palladino took photos right before his injury causing death of the car that

the assailantings -- assailants were in. that video will be used in court to hold the men accountable. it's an unusual event for the person that was killed to play a part in the investigation of his case. to the very last act of his life, he took photos that helped confirm police work, identifying the two assailants in this case. as i said, we expect we will be able to use the photo he took, his last photo as evidence in this case when it goes to trial. >> thank you district attorney boudin. at this time, we will continue with mayor breed for questions. mayor breed, this question comes from dan simon of cnn. there is a real perception that quality of life has gone way

down. people are fleeing the city. what can you do to help restore confidence that san francisco is not going down the drain? >> let me start by asking is there any other major city in this country that doesn't deal with similar challenges like we do in san francisco? there may not be a more beautiful city than san francisco, but the fact is that we are a major city and we have challenges like any other major city. we know that this pandemic has caused a lot of people to realize that they may not, since they're working from home, they may not necessarily need to be in the city, especially because most people choose to live in a city like san francisco because of the restaurants and the night life and the entertainment and the things to do and those things don't exist right now because of the pandemic. i have faith. i have confidence that despite the challenges that exists in

our city and other major cities in the country, that when we begin to reopen, that more people will return to san francisco. it's not a matter of if, but when. the fact is, when you look at what happened in this pandemic, san francisco, the second most dense city in the country with the lowest death rate of any major city in the country, how we handled this virus has been a national model for the rest of the country to follow and how we will continue to address the challenges that persist in our city. it's something that we will work on. we will build more housing. we will keep our residents safe. we will put forth innovative plans and projects to address homelessness and the challenges we face together. i'm confident that people will begin to not only return to san francisco to visit as tourists for conventions and other

things, which they sew -- so frequently do because they feel safe to be here in light of what happened with covid, that they will return their businesses and other things that have existed before. people will want to go back to cities and san francisco will be at the top of the list. >> thank you mayor. at this point, we will continue with questions with chief scott. chief scott, your first question come from the s.f. chronicles. is there any indication that suggestions that the death of vicha ratanapakdee was a hate crime? >> not at this point, but the investigation is still ongoing. there is nothing at this point to indicate that it was a hate crime. we have still some investigative steps to take. we're not ruling out anything,

but at this point, no. >> thank you. the next question comes from sing tow daily. after a series of violent crimes targeting the aapi elderlies in the last year, what plans does our city have to protect the elderly and prevent similar incidents from happening again and again? what will the city to make sure that our elderlies do not live in fear? >> well, first and foremost, we have to hold people accountable. there have been a number of crimes against elderly members of the aapi community. a large of -- amount of those cases, people have been held accountable for the harm they caused. that is the first thing. even before that, we will do everything in our power to try to prevent these crimes from happening in the i.r.s. if --

first place. we spent a lot of time analyzing crimes, analyzing trends, deploying our officers, our specialized units where we think we can make the biggest difference in preventing these crimes. our high traffic corridors, chinatown or north beach, where you have a lot of tourist activity. we see a lot of those opportunistic crimes. we have to deploy and the public has to see us out there. people feel safer in general when they see police out and visible. it's sometimes challenging. we also have to respond to our radio calls and our calls for service, but we have to do that. i know our mayor has been extremely supportive on that. we continue to get that support and we have to put our officers where they have the best bang for their buck. the third thing, working with the community members that are impacted by these types of

crimes. you know, we invested a lot of time and effort in that as well. trust is a big deal. people have to feel they can trust their police department. that's why we are so, so intent on making sure that people understand that it's not about your immigration status from it's not about where you come from. if you have a problem or if you want to work with us, work with us. we're here for you. that community outreach is really, really important to building community trust and i think we've done that. we will continue to do more of that. the mayor mentioned our community liaison unit that with her leadership, we were able to stand up in october. you know, part of this process, particularly after people had been victimized is we felt that we can provide better service to families. the district attorney mentioned, you know, they have their victims services unit but in between the time the case gets

prosecuted and we're investigating, we felt we can do more on our end. that's what the community liaison unit is all about. it's about reaching out to families and the communities most impacted and working with those communities in a very direct and consistent way. we hope one of the byproducts, a positive byproduct of that is better trust, people reporting crime when it happens because if we don't know about it, it's hard to do anything about it and also the more effective community partnership that builds resiliency in our city. you know, a lot of what we try to tell people when we're talking to them is don't make yourself an easy target. you know, don't do things, don't exhibit patterns like going to the bank, withdrawing large sums of money and things like that. people watch for these things and they take advantage of it. there are predators out there. we will do those types of things. there is no easier magic answer

but be assured that the things i just mentioned are happening, will happen, even in a greater degree as we move forward and we're going to do everything we can to prevent people from being victimized, not only the aapi community but all communities. you know, we have issues all over our city. there is not a community or demographic that is not impacted by this issue. we serve all. >> thank you chief. the next question comes from chris from cbs news. what steps are being taken to stop the drug traffic in the tenderloin? >> there are -- well first of all it's enforcement. there is quite a bit of enforcement. on a variety of levels, you know, we work with our local partners, our district attorney's office.

we have our narcotics unit that works with our district station in the tenderloin, the captain and his team. we have done some specific and focused efforts with the tenderloin team. we also work with our u.s. attorneys on some of the cases that meet federal thresholds and those cases have resulted in over 150 arrests. you know, that has to be consistently done. it has to be consistently applied. that's not going to be the answer to this issue. that has to happen, but it's not going to be the issue to this issue. the other side of that equation is how do we address the drug sales in the first place and that's the demand for drugs. we have a lot of people in need. there are a lot of hurting people that need services. it doesn't mean they're criminals, but they're addicted.

we're working with our community health partners, our non-profits to help better address those issues. we all have to work together though. we can't do this work in silos. i mean there is a lot of work being done and there is the will in the city to impact this problem but we have to work together. that's one thing we're working to get better at. it's a complicated issue. there is no simple answer to this. just be assured that the arrests are happening, the enforcement is happening, the community partnership is happening, and we just have to stay at it. >> thank you chief scott. our final question is for district attorney boudin. district attorney, the question comes from tom jensen of nbc bay area. why was the man not held accountable when a murder occurred last year? >> thank you for the question.

so you're aware, there was a murder that occurred in the tenderloin area in december of 2019. that occurred before i took office. the police were investigating the case for a number of months. they did ultimately arrest four men who were believed to have been in the car that the shooter was in at the time of the murder. we filed murder charges against two men in that case and they both remain in custody pending those murder charges today. those two men were the men we believe we can prove are the shooter and the driver. the other two men were arrested really because they were in the same time, in the same location at the same time. there was not nearly enough evidence for us to be able to file charges. we are continuing to work with the police in investigation and in prosecuting the murder charges that we have filed. it's not uncommon for arrests to occur as part of the

investigative process and those areas cannot always result in criminal charges being filed. i want to commend the san francisco police department for their work in that case. as i said, the murder itself took place before i was even in office. the police department continues to investigate the case for months and ultimately we were able to file criminal charges against the two people we can prove are responsible for the murder and we will continue to prosecute that case. i understand those are requests as well for me to answer this question in spanish. let me do that as well for the spanish language outlets here. [speaking spanish].

>> thank you district attorney boudin. there are no additional questions. this concludes today's press conference. thank you to mayor breed, chief scott, and district attorney boudin for your time. for future questions, please e-mail dempress@sfgov.org. thank you and have a nice day.

>> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪♪♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building

alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a

richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go visit her, and it was a special treat. i was a tiny little girl. i would go with my wool coat on and my special little dress because at that period in time, girls did not wear pants. the garment industry had the -- at the time that i was in it and i was a retailer, as well as the designer, was not particularly

favourable to women. you will see the predominant designers, owners of huge complexes are huge stores were all male. women were sort of relegated to a lesser position, so that, you reached a point where it was a difficult to survive and survive financially. there was a woman by the name of diana. she was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. she classified it as a third i. will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of san francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. i believe he has not a third eye

, but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it opened in december of 1915. >> the board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable. to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers

across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. >> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have

to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. i have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit? retirement to me is a very strange words. i don't really ever want to retire because i would like to be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the people's palace. you want a long-term career, and you truly want to give something

to do whatever you do, so long as you know that you are giving to someone or something you're then yourself. follow your passion and learn how to enrich the feelings along

>> good evening. this is a meeting of the san francisco commission of the environment. it is 5:01 p.m. the ringing of pagers and cell phones, please turnoff. due to the covid-19 the commission on the environment meeting room is closed. however, commissioners and department staff will participate in the meeting remotely. this is taken pursuant to the statewide stay at home order and local, state and federal orders. commissioners will attend through video or through telephone and participate as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. sfgovtv are streaming athe