>> hi. thanks everybody. i amnate. with national union of healthcare workers. i am calling to support this item about conditional use for residential care facilities. we represent mental health clinics for the eph contractor and operate an adult residential care facility. 33 bed facility on broderick street. we were recently involved in some negotiations involving their lease, which was renewed recently. i just wanted to add that it is our experience that this policy has created additional protections that helped

safeguard these beds. i think that it will continue to do so. in our experience it totally changes the balance of power with the private property owner here. changes their economic incentives. they cannot quickly flip it. we think, you know, when you look at the data of how this policy is working, it is not just the conditional use permits you guys have already looked at but you should think about deterrent effect that it has with the care facilities that are currently out there. especially in this category which are public contracts but private landowners, property owners. what we think is playing a protective role in this case, and we hope the city will eventually be able to buy the property which i think they are trying to do. thank you for your time

everybody. >> do we have any other callers? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> thank you. seeing no other callers, public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have a motion to adopt the amendment as proposed by the staff? >> so moved. preston. >> madam clerk, please call the roll for item 1. supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you. the motion passes. as we originally noticed this item as possible committee report but because the amendments are considered substantive by the city tore,

the amended legislation will need to be heard at the committee again at our next regularly scheduled meeting monday april 5th, 2021. madam clerk, please call the roll for item number two. >> remaining balance on item one it is continued? >> i am sorry. yes. >> on that motion, supervisor sr peskin. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you so much. will you please call roll for item 2. >> the motion to continue it or file?

>> i am sorry. i think this is to hear it on april 5th. or did we just do that? >> for item 1 it was amended and tipped to the fifth. >> i would make a motion to file item 2 if that is acceptable to the chair of the committee. >> yes, thank you. >> on the motion to file. supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you so much. the motion passes. please call item 3. ordinance amending the planning

code to prohibit retail workspace in chinatown mixed-use districts, affirming appropriate findings. members of the public should call the number on the screen. 415-655-0001 id1878551223. pound pound. if you have not done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. >> thank you very much. today we have laurel from the mayor's office of economic and worke forcer development and andvery on neca flores to preset to this item. >> i would like to fix my name as cosponsor to this measure promised to chinatown when what

became proposition 80 the ballot. i would like to be a could sponsor. >> thank you, supervisor. >> thank you, chair melgar. i am laurel. i am the director of business development for the office of economic and worke forcer development. thank you, supervisor peskin for cosponsor add. this was developed in partnership with the chinatown community after concerning from community members retail workspaces could impact the long standing efforts for a delineation between their district and maintain their role as attraction. it would prohibit retail workspaces in line with the request we heard from the community. we request your support today. the planning commission is here to speak on it as well.

>> welcome, ms. flores. >> thank you, chair melgar. good afternoon, veronica flores, planning commission staff. this was before the planning commission on february 18th. they unanimously recommended approval of said ordinance. this concludes the commission report. i am available for any questions. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. supervisor peskin, did you have any further comments about in. >> i do not. i think everything that needs to be said has been said. >> thank you. with that, public comment on this item, please. >> we are checking for caller in the queue. press star 3 to be added to the queue. on hold please continue to hold until the system indicates you

are unmuted. >> there are no callers in queue. >> okay. seeing no other callers. public comment is closed. do we have a motion to pass this out of committee with a positive recommendation? >> so moved. >> okay. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> the motion as stated by supervisor peskin. peskin. >> aye. >> preston. >> aye. >> melgar. >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you, the motion passes. are there any other items for us today? >> that completes the business for today. >> thank you. we will be on spring recess next week and we will return to the regularly scheduled meetings april 5, 2021.

we are adjourned. thank you.

you may call this meeting to order. >> thank you, donald. good morning. i would like to call the tjpa board of directors meeting of february 11, 2021 to order. i am the vice chair. this is being conducted pursuant to provisions of the brown act.

recent executive orders to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission at public meetings. ordinarily, the brown act sets strict rules. the governor's order suspended those rules. as noted the agenda, members of the public may observe this meeting via sfgovtv and they may offer public comment by calling the public comment phone number. i would like to welcome the numbers of the public and staff watching live on sfgovtv. mr. secretary, could you please call the roll today. >> thank you, prior to calling roll i would like to welcome alisha john baptiste and diane shaw the ac transit representative and chang is

setting in and the director has a scheduling conflict and will not be present. please respond when i call your name. >> chang. >> here. >> forbes. >> here. >> john baptiste. >> here. >> lipkin. >> present. >> shaw. >> here. >> tumlin. >> present. >> vice chair gee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. i will call your next item. >> item 3. communications. we would like to provide further instructions for the public comment. to provide public comment dial to the published number. 18552826330 and enter access

code (182)585-8053. pound pound and listen as you wait for public comment to be announced. members of the public have three minutes for each item. i will announce when public comment is open. general public comment callers dial star 3 to be added to the queue. this access code will stream on the screen during the entire board meeting. when callers dial star 3 they will be added in the order entered. all callers remain on mute until the line is open. the automated voice will let callers know when to speak. it is best to call from quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down the radio or

television. any communications from board members at this time? >> there are no hands raised. >> i will proceed. directors, item 4 board of director's new and old business. >> i do not see hands raised. >> item 5. executive director's report. >> good morning, directors. i would like to welcome the new board members. i look forward to working with both of you as we execute the initiatives and add vance the downtown rail extension.

i want to thank director hirsh on delivering the important transit services. last month we welcomed president joe biden and vice president harris. we are excited for the new administration. our project will receive funding over the next few years. we are excited for the new transportation secretary. a few local represents from this area. we continue to monitor federal stimulus package as it may beings the way through the legislature. we are optimistic the $1.7 billion in funding will keep the bay area transit expansion and modernization projects on track. we join the metropolitan transportation commission and

other operators in cosigning our congressional delegation in support. we are in correspondence with m.t.c. to include the tjpa in the funding. as we deal with the pandemic we are optimistic. we are working to provide outdoor services to respond to the order. we continue to monitor the stay safe at home for collective efforts to reduce the spread of covid-19. adhering to the guidance and working with our transit operators. we continue to provide commuters and visitors the most up-to-date information about mask wearing and fiscal distancing ensuring hands cleaning protocols are in

place. as rollout of vaccines occur we are working with redevelopment ventures to plan for and help ensure we are ready for increased activation when it is safe. we hope it is sometime this fall. earlier this week we hosted sales force for their kickoff. though showcased our rooftop art through the international audience including 50,000 employees and global partners. they expect these to be broadcast to 10 million viewers. we continue to make progress on the advancement of the project with the steering committee partners including funding plan strategy, travel forecasting and ridership modeling. together with the staff we have been reaching local partners. we went with region 9 administrator and his local to

reintroduce the project. we appreciated feedback to prepare the project for the program. we work closely with them to ensure the project development this fall and complete the process within the two year requirement. also, we are scheduling the commissioners to provide briefings in the upcoming months. we are excited for launch of the project in the powers authority. we realize the connection to the east bay. we are working to plan for and build a seem less connection for the future integrated transportation system. we also sept m.t.c. a letter in response to 2050 five year implementation plan and asked them for resolution project and ensure they receive continued funding from local and regional measures to ensure the transbay

program is built. early this week rail authority issued the revised draft business plan 2020 for public review and comment until march 12th. we join the high-speed rail authority the future operating partner in commitment to delivering passenger rail service to the state. the significant impact of covid-19. it prioritizes environmental clearance of phase one between san francisco and the transit center and los angeles. we will be tracking and monitoring the plan through the legislature in april and authority's request to release state bond funding to continue the construction. we support the authority plan and request for state bond funds. lastly, directors, the cac recruitment continues. we encourage anyone to apply for

this opportunity and applications are due february 26th. that concludes my report. i will take any questions. we have john here. >> thank you director. any questions on the report this morning? i am not seeing any hands raised. thank you for the report. >> thank you. good morning, directors. i will bring up the slides. as mentioned.

we are continuing to provide the intense high touch area cleaning throughout the center while also deploying the minimum amount of consultant resourcesness as part of cost reduction measures to balance our operating budget going forward. additionally, we have been working with fitness sf on outdoor space. they continue discussions with the city attorney's office as well as the department of public health to move into indoor operations that may being economic sense for them. in the meantime they continue without door footprint. we are happy to accommodate them on the left part of the top photo. as mentioned, we have been

hosting sales force virtual event culminating in live stream event two days ago that wrapped up the show. the generator on the other side in the picture, the tent located below for catering. the next slide is better perspective on howna toma was used so we can see the fitness activities there. there has been a line waiting to get in anytime i have looked during operating hours. it is great to see that they are getting membership expansion through this expanded outdoor pod. another activity ongoing discussions with our neighbors to the south at 181 fremont, j paul, working to fastate a number of things underway.

one is window washing. that is boring but when you have a high rise that butts against our facility it is a challenge. we have worked with them. the license agreement to facilitate the three week affair for window washing. they also have window repairs that need to be affected above the 40th story. there are minor bridge deck repairs that started yesterday. that work is ongoing. minimal impact to the facility. the highest impact issue is the window repair where we have to have a fall protection area in case of mishap. that will involve a partial closure of the pedestrian path on park. you can see that on the facade

depending on weather conditions. the park activities. we did have a holiday lights extension so that was through january. those lights have been removed just before sales force mobilized for their virtual event. it was a two location event on a live stream from two days ago. we let off here at sales force park followed by the chairman presenting from singapore. latest check on website indicates estimate over 8 million views. that is the world wide exposure we received by facilitating this event with our partners. also, we can see the covid-19 check in area. to get to their area within the amphitheater required a tje; check and some protocols.

we made sure that everyone was safe in moving forward working closely with the department of public health and city of san francisco. retail leasing. we have a number of active engagement to continue to negotiate food and beverage kiosk moving nicely. lease negotiations continue, not complete but getting there. suite 232 in the green off beal street side. those discussions are going well. the key point here is while there is a lot of gloom and doom in the media relative to retail and particularly downtown san francisco, we continue to have active interest to the point where frankly we only have two first floor suites that aren't in active discussions. only have transactions ready to

present town. i am encouraged there is that level of expect in our facility at this time. they recognize the value we will bring when things begin to return. we will have more information on that as these transactions get closer to fruition. this shows you the details. no change from the last meeting in terms of occupancy rate just under 80%. successful in these pending negotiations that number will change by the end of spring. that is my hope. improvements. this slide will look familiar. verizon express is open. kaiser has completed work. they have occupancy permit from d.b.i. and are ready to go. looking at target of may 2021 for opening to coincide with

downtown with the unit that cannot be found elsewhere in the system. we have more on that as they share what they anticipate the operations and service system available from kaiser. across the hall from tjpa on beal street side is the spring fertility suite. they have made great progress. they have moved in furniture. this awaits the permit for them to begin occupancy. commencement started last year they are targeting the end of this month or more likely early march based on intelligence from d.b.i. apstatus of permits. this is a quick rundown every maining tenancies.

11 begins commencement yesterday. they are one of the first to open given their relatively limited tenant improvement package. our building effort moving nicely. we expect quite a lot of material delivery for the kitchen exhaust project to come toward the tail end of this month and early march to dovetail nicely with the anticipated q3 and on the next slide q4 openings. we are trying to marry our delivery of the spaces with hope for return of downtown tenants and office occupants and patrons. happy to answer any questions you might have. >> john, thank you for the report. directors, any questions for mr? i don't see any questions.

thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mr. secretary i think we can move to the next item. >> item 6. cac update. we have the cac chair to address you on this item. >> good morning, directors. i am derek holt. we had a citizen advisory meeting this past tuesday. we welcomed the new role for donald and he will be outstanding. we will walk through the staff report including the efforts to ensure the projects are in federal and state transportation funding, global exposure with the global broadcasting coverage, regional transportation project week 21

development. several cap members are turning out in recruiting efforts underway. i want to thank those members turning out for sacrifice of time and contribution of ideas and questions in an effort to make this transportation project one of the best in the world and feed the needs of the community. the meetings were pleased with answers to the question to connect transit center dynamics to regional partners. that link 21 is appreciated by the cac members. comments and questions address the mega transformative rail program objectives, capital corridor elements and connection to the transit center. there was a great deal of interest from members in the community in elements such as potential for new transbay crossing and benefits to the citizens, requirement the quality of life and

transportation in general. we appreciate the contributions to the cord nations between link 21 and sales force. there were questions on the lines on the map that spoke to different rail routes. i do note there is cap interest in reviewing topics regarding track alignment, how developed, constructive ideas for alternatives. i noped the presentation from link 21 asked for ideas and suggestions from cac members and the public. i thought that was great. members of the cac such as paul and howard and bob and members of the public should ask questions regarding speeding up the timeline of moving forward on the construction and completion, track alignment. safety of buildings and consideration of big picture

ideas to incorporate to the transportation plans. some of the big pictures included expanding ferry service, impact of autonomous vehicles and impact of covid. we loved s.f.c.t.a. in the presentation by jessie. it covered the valley to valley service and more. questions from danville and others involved around identifying the inputs for modeling, impact of covid, identifying the targets for number of transit hours connected with the transit center and key hubs. they were well received. of course, we always want to understand what is going on inside the transit center. john updike, thank you for the

facilities update. members suggested using the wi-fi in the rooftop park for k-12 student classroom activities. interesting idea or adult classes or academic activities. we have done a little bit of that already. i will wrap up pie pointing out future agenda item requests include rail yard updates and budget forecast updates which executive director gonzalez will provide with the help of our esteemed cfo in the near future. in conjunction with working on new cac members we acknowledge that it is difficult during covid to offer the tour. based on discussions with executive director gonzalez we will develop an update review of all key things and share the

virtual tour with new and old members. this will be part of our efforts to get new members up to speed on all things transit center related. this concludes my report. >> thank you for your report. directors, any questions? mr. hall. i do not see any hands raised. thank you for your report. thank you to the members for finishing the terms on the cac. it is a service, a passion. it is a commitment. i appreciate it and the board does appreciate it. please pass along our appreciation. have a good day. mr. secretary. >> yes, this is informational appears a them member of the public raised their hand. please let in the caller.

please state your name. you have three minutes. >> good morning. the only thing i would like to add to the report is that it was very over debt during the -- overvi debt that -- evident it has a profound impact on the second street alignment. thank you. any other callers? >> that appears to be the only member of the public to provide comment. i will call the next item. >> director's 7 is public comment. opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on matters not on today's

calendar. it appears we have a member that wishes to address you. first caller. >> hi, jim patrick, patrick and company. i would like to follow up row land's comment. he is a engineer, i am not. he has a bright idea of the alignment for second street. everyone discards it because we have done environmental impact report and can't look anywhere else. i believe that is short sighted. there is a lot of money to be saved, in the billions, there is a lot of gains from his idea. i would like to ask this board to solace it is a presentation

from roland as to what he thinks a better idea is instead of sweeping this under the table. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. any additional speakers? >> that was the last member of the public. next item. >> before you call the next item, let me also offer my welcome to director john baptiste and director shaw. you are coming on board at a great time to look at what is next with the downtown extension. i want to offer my appreciation to director hirsch for his time. it is a partnership and i value and appreciate his presence on tjpa. to our new directors, welcome.

>> item 8. approving updated board policy no. 001. the chief financial officer will present. >> thank you. i have a request to approve updates to the policy. we are trying to implement updates based on federal guidance to allow for micro purchases and large purchases to be increased from $3,000 to $10,000 and large purchases up to $110,000. the federal guidancal laws up to 250. we felt we should limit to keep in line with the city and county of san francisco administrative policies and the boards and

agencies you all represent. additionally, we wanted to update the policy to include affirmative statements on prohibiting communications during r.f.p.s and affirmative statement on prohibiting collusion in contracting. these two updates come as a result of a report issued by the city and county of san francisco controller's office on public integrity review. we felt these updates were timely and pertinent to our affairs and wanted to recommend these updates. i will take any questions if you have them. >> thank you. any comments or questions from directors? >> i would like to move the item, please. >> that was director lipkin. second? >> second tumlin.

>> motion and second. any other questions or comments? >> lipkin and tumlin. now roll call vote. director chang. >> it is advisable to see if there are members of the public to comment. >> thank you, ms. miller. >> apologies. >> there are no members of the public to address you on this item. i will proceed to roll call. >> director chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> aye. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> aye. >> tumlin. >> aye.

>> vichair gee. >> aye. >> there are seven ayes and item 8 is approved. >> thank you, mr. secretary. before you call item 9. i would like to let the board and public know i will recuse myself from item 9. in abundance of caution to avoid perceptions of a conflict as i am the appointee of the jpb. i would like to at this point ask that director tumlin handle this item. i will go dark on my video and rejoin when this item is concluded. >> i would be happy to take the gavel. >> thank you, director tumlin. >> thank you. i will go ahead and call the next item. >> 9.

approving the interim executive director to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the joint powers board for operations analysis for amount not to exceed $185,000 in support of the downtown rail extension phasing study as required in the memorandum of inning and interim project director will present. >> thank you. good morning, directors. the purpose of the request here is to authorize interval executive director to execute moa with joint powers and provide funding in support of operations analysis to complete

the phasing study. cost for this would be shared with the socta with tjpa contributing $185,000, and $75,000 for the total cost. need is related to some of the phasing concepts that were proposed and developed by such as the two versus three track. deferral of high-speed rail that requires analysis, operational analysis not previously available. the way to conduct this work is using caltrain and high-speed rail existing operations consultant. we feel it is an efficient way to conduct this work. the scope of work is to run various service level to simulate the level and associated infrastructure improvements ranging from relatively minimal service of

six trains per hour and no high-speed rail trains all the way up to eight caltrain trains and four high-speed rail trains. the scope of work including the simulation of regoperations to determine reliability and flexibility but also disruption operations to determine what reliable the service is in terms of recovery should a train be out of service for some reason or other delay. this is an important way to look at operations pause delays occur from time to time. we will simulate as well a run through operation at sales force transit center envisioning for example a future link 21 connection the east bay and determine if that connection in some way reduces infra structure requirement to share that information with the executive

steers committee as we bring the phasing report to tjpa board with you the directors. the source of funds for this request is unexspended funds from the cta grants 1-5-914-028. with that that completes my report. i am happy to answer any questions the directors may have. thank you. >> any questions or discussion? >> i just wanted to appreciate the teamanticlar caltrain and high-speed rail task who are the lead under the work program. it has worked out well. the consultant is on knowledgeable already about the operations. thank you.

>> any further questions or discussion? seeing none. do we have public comment? >> seeing none as well. is there a motion? >> i move. >> second. >> first chang and second forbes. will i call roll. >> director chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> aye. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> director shaw. >> aye tumlin. >> aye. >> there are six ayes and zero nays.

item nine is approved. i would like to note as we were calling roll a member of the public raised their hand to provide a comment. if it is okay with you, i will let that member of the public in. >> i will allow the comment. >> please let in the caller. >> thank you. san jose. i would like to briefly take an opportunity of echoing some of the metrics that i shared with the cac for this exercise. specifically, to establish specific targets because we can get away with six trains and worry later. it is ridiculous. the target as follows: the

target is 12 trains in the amount of transit center with two tracks, not three tracks. with 21 your target is 30 trains in and out of the transit center every hour. if the simulation indicates that this is not possible, i respectfully suggest that you start looking at different alignments, similar to the alignment that london uses for the olympics. that is how they got 12 trains an hour in and out. also, i suggest it is impossible to get 30 trains an hour up and down the peninsula. we need the scope of the simulation to additional track work in brisbon south of the bayshore station. in closing i will make it very

clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless these targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item. >> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve?

>> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved.

>> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i will take a few minutes to briefly update you on activities listed here. it remains a very, very busy time for the whole team we appreciate guidance of the board through this period. in terms of the funding man as the interim director gonzalez mentioned. this is the 2016 funding map to

update the existing sources, committed once as well as newer ones, working with funding partners we confirm the forecast of funding sources such as the tax increment revenues and evaluating the sd1 gas tax funded programs we have applied in the past and will apply for the transit inner city rail program and the solutions for congested corridors and other relevant programs at the state level. city has the agency working on the pricing study. should that be approved that is a potential source as well. there are recently passed or planned revenue measures to consider as well. in addition we are reevaluating the fta federal transit administration resource funding. i will come back. we had a productive conversation

with the region nine office as interim director mentioned. there is potential for private participation in creative financing which we will be exploring. near term the jtpa and the staff are working to seek an amendment to the prop k allocation the transportation authority approved last year to update and align the activities with the work plan that you adopted in december. this is going to reflect potential acceleration of the project schedule to see if we can make earlier submittal to the federal government on the restarts program. it showed august 2024 submittal. we are exploring to move that up to august of 2023 as i reported last month. this is a once in a year submittal window. that is a important decision all partners and you will be making. if approved, the prop k funds

would support the team's work through the end of this year including approval of the operating project definition. that is key this fall. we would also need additional funds to comment the prop k funds by other sources going to 2022 and 2023. i will note that is the current focus of the work with the partners. we are discussing this as well so we can present that to apply for the entry to the federal program to fta. as the interim director reported that was a successful meeting february 4th with the administrator. several members of the staff joined the virtual meeting to provide encouraging feedback as well as helpful guidance to the people. we were introduced to the entire rile ma'am partnership with importance of the multi agency collaboration and we reviewed the purpose and status of the

phase-in study and importance of looking to see how we can make that strategic decision about balancing cost savings with other factors and criteria. we further introduced the ridership modeling task. it covered the different aspects of those technical decisions. also the capacity of the fta program. again, administratortulelis and members of his staff were very supportive and ledge pledged -- pledged to guide us for entering the federal process this fall. we appreciate fta administratortule lisa's signed a member of his staff for this work. on the ridership forecasting that is a very important activity right now early leading item to establish the benefits and really understand the

scenarios that will be evaluated as the last caller mentioned. sfta's modeling team is reviewing the forecasting scenarios and input with s m.t.c. we want to be consistent with 2050 and regional assumptions as well as the operating agencies who all have their own business plans and forecasts as well as high-speed rail authorities models. we are working together very closely right now. there has been some discussion about not only this project but no project that we are picking up fta guidance and m.t.c. treatment of key assumptions during this difficult period in near term but moving forward establishing what the future demand profiles will look like as we enter the evaluation of

investment through 2035. consistent with the blue print from the planned bay area we will ensure there is a wide regional look at the potential benefits including integration across the bay. as mentioned before by steven, the team continues to analyze the options to identify cost reductions for the operating project. mindful of the trade-offs. we will bring that to you in coming months. thank you for approving the funding for operations analysis to support the team's work. turning to the planning benefit assessment. in addition to demand forecasting we have a business case analysis. last week bart and capital corridors link 21 vision did include analysis by the bay area

council economic institute which published report estimating broad and significant benefits of the potential regional program featuring the crossing across the bay connecting to the other sales force train box. similarly, we will prepare a business case as well under the tpa for the lead for that task supported by partners for mobility and cost-effective and congestion and greenhouse gas reductions affords ability and economic development affects. we will bring that to you as we scope and develop the analysis through the executive steering committee. it will be a companion to the recommendation in the fall when we come to the conclusions for the initial operating phase analysis. we do expect to see similar results to the bay area council

institute 21 analysis with robust economic benefits of the whole rail program including transbay crossing. we will collaborate with connections to the centers which we examined at high level and shared connections with the link 21 team as chair holt mentioned earlier presented to the cac recently. these links will be further developed by the bart and capital corridor team through the next phases of their study. turning to the outreach engagement. our team has made presentations to multiple groups including cac chair and i will note regarding 21 interested members of the public are invited to participate in the survey located at survey.link 21 program. org/goals. that is a way to express your feedback to bart and capital corridor. the tdp team commenced work to

update the project website and outreach materials to subpoena -- support other briefings planned such as commissioners and this will continue the outreach as done with caltran senior officials as well as state legislators earlier last year. finally, i was pleased to speak about the recent symposium to prepare for the biden infrastructure and climate plan hosted by the foundation on economy and environment. speakers included the u.s. transition team chair washington, m.t.c. executive director and acting administrator, high-speed rail authority director kelly and private industry leaders. we discussed innovations and

opportunities for public private collaboration in projects. there is high private sector interest in projects well defined and supported by local sponsors. we will conduct markets as we study various delivery methods to support the project. we are prayer pairing input to -- preparing input to congress as they bring up the bill in the coming weeks and months. we hope that bill will be taken up by the middle of this year. we are getting ready to provide input at that time. thank you. i will take questions. >> thank you for that update. directors, any questions of director chang and the esc team?

>> i don't see any hands raised. mr. secretary do you see any hands raised? >> i do not. >> any public comment at this time? >> there are none. >> quick question. thank you for your hard work. i am sorry. >> a member of the public raised their hand. >> first caller. >> thank you. this is roland. there is something seriously wrong with picking up requests to speak from the public. i really want to thank director chang for her report. the only be thing i would add is that the new bart project

manager is watry. he correctly identifies the only viable alignment that they are working on the last four years. i would like to remind you if you were on the board at the time. the reason we have to stop working on that alignment we lost the powers alignment when the tjpa sold block five which is where the tower is. mr. waltry defined pretty much the issues caused by this pushing the transbay crossing into the bay. i really hope we continue to work with him and come up with solutions that are going to push

these platforms back to where they were to be in the first place in the middle of the train box. it means that there will be no train box extension. that is where the east bay goes. thank you. >> thank you. any other public speakers? >> no. that was the only member of the public. >> thank you for the update. i know this was ambitious work plan. a lot of work is being done. i want the check is the work plan on schedule? >> it is by and large on schedule. that is the subject of the prop k amendment to reflect the changes in the work plan itself that was adopted by this board. there is a lot to view. there is risk. we are asking to track that. in fact we have an item at the meeting this month to review.

we can provide better update next month on the potential schedule impacts. >> i think you and your team with the esc work plan was presented in december had a big schedule that went with it. would it be reasonable to ask that be updated in the six month mark? >> absolutely, director gee. if the action of the director chang spoke about is approved we would come back to you for approval of the accelerated schedule. >> thank you. i don't want to add any more work but it is important to know you are on schedule and add adjustments are being made to manage the expectations. >> we are on schedule. i will come back with more detailed presentation. >> very good.

thank you for the hard work. >> any other questions from directors? seeing none, mr. secretary, let's keep moving. >> at this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. as i check to see if there are any members of the public. i have not received any indication members of the public wish to address you. they have an opportunity to do so at this time. >> we will hang out to see if the system identifies anyone that wants to make a comment. >> yes. anybody raise their hand yet. >> no, sir. >> okay. ms. miller, do we expect any action out of this closed session so the public doesn't need to hang out? >> i am not anticipating there would be any.

>> thank you. seeing no public commenters wanting to speak to the board about this we are ready to go to closed session. >> thank you, vice chair gee. i will put us

>> the hon. london breed: well, first of all, thank you so much for being here. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i just want to start this press conference by really acknowledging what happened in atlanta, georgia.

many of you heard about the asian american women who were killed, unfortunately, and targeted in atlanta, and i've reached out to mayor lance bottoms to express our condolences. as many of you know here in san francisco, we've seen a rise in hate crimes against our elderly asian community, and i want to make it clear that we won't tolerate it. san francisco will continue to support and uplift our asian community. at the beginning of this pandemic, the xenophobia and racism against our asian community has been really horrible, and we are all struggling here. our city has been impacted tremendously. now is not the time to continue to accept hate against a

particular community. now is the time to uplift and to support and to embrace. we are almost in a good place one year later after the city had to make one of the hardest decisions it ever had to made to shutdown, to shutdown to save lives, when we didn't understand exactly when this virus meant and how it could impact us. but you, you trusted the leadership of the city. you trusted the department of public health. he trusted the science. and you didn't completely understand. i know i didn't, either, but i was grateful. i was grateful for the city of

san francisco because our quick action is being praised throughout the city for saving thousands of lives. but there was sacrifice. there was sacrifice because so many people did lose their lives. there were people who did not make it through this pandemic. there were businesses that had been around since before i was born that did not make it through this pandemic. there were people who struggled because of the decision we had to make. we recognize our children have suffered, our seniors in isolation have suffered. our mental health has suffered, but san francisco, we've been in this place before. we've struggled before. there was a pandemic in this

city 100 years ago. there was an earthquake in 1906, there was an earthquake in 1989. there were things that we have experienced before, and we came back. when you think about it, we came back because we didn't drown in our despair. we took the tragedy, we took those experiences, and we used those experiences, tragedy, to make san francisco a better city. when you think about it, the embarcadero -- some of us remember that freeway that was down there. remember the freeway on thompson in the fillmore-western addition-hayes. those neighborhoods used to be

dark because of the shadows of the freeway and the noise and the pollution. we took a tragedy in the 89 earthquake and created an opportunity, an opportunity to make embarcadero and the city's waterfront one of the best anywhere, and we will do the same with covid-19. we will take what we have experienced this past year and use it as an opportunity to address issues around inequity that have only been lifted higher as a result of this pandemic. but let me tell you another thing. we should be proud of what we've been able to do. when this city shutdown a year ago, there were still people that had to go to work.

there were people at san francisco general who had to sacrifice their lives. when you look at the data in the city and county of san francisco of the workforce and who contracted the virus at some of the highest rates, it was people who work for the department of public health. they put their lives on the line in order to take care of those who were sick. it was our muni drivers, our grocery store clerks, our police officers, our firefighters. our essential workforce in this city had no choice but to show up because we were counting on them. today, as we think about that year and all the work that we've had to put in in order to get to this place where we are today, i'm grateful. i'm grateful to the workforce

here in san francisco, and i'm grateful to the nurses and the doctors and the clinicians and the janitors and the h.r. representatives and all the people who still showed up. i'm grateful to the people in the nonprofit and still provided rental assistance and made sure those who were suffering from covid and could not collect unemployment, that they had the resources that they need. when you think about all that we've done in this city, we built a testing operation from scratch, mary ellen, leader of the emergency response in this city. we built testing capacities from scratch. we had to pull together resources and p.p.e. we remember those times when folks were just doing everything they could to get by and in need of n95 masks and

other things in order to serve the people at san francisco general. look at where we are now. 33% of san franciscans over the age of 16 have been vaccinated. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: 71% of those over the age of 65, our most vulnerable population, vaccinated. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: yes, we're still in this pandemic. i see dr. colfax shaking right now, like make sure you remind them we're in the midst of a pandemic, but we've conducted over 1.6 million tests since the beginning of this. almost 10,000 people were served through our hotel programs. 10.5 million meals and 2

million bags of groceries. the work continued. we came together. we supported people in san francisco. i remember early on, when i received a note from my neighbor that said if you need someone to go grocery shopping, you need someone to pick up medication, you need someone to do anything, or just need somebody to talk to, here's my e-mail and my phone number. that's san francisco right there. that's what we do. even despite the challenges that we face, we rose to the occasion, and we took care of one another. we all did our part, and it was hard. we didn't get to see our loved ones. we had to separate our kids, still struggling to get back into school. we sacrificed, and we made it

through. we need a little bit more, just a little bit more. as we look back on this past year, what i'm going to take from this is what an amazing future we have and how san francisco is going to continue to be more aggressive than it has ever been to address then equities in our city around health care, around housing, around unemployment. how san francisco is going to do everything we can to pour resources in our small businesses and keep our shared spaces program, our parklets, where our businesses and restaurants can continue to get back so they can eventually get back on their feet. what i'm looking forward to is that san francisco -- as much as my family drives me crazy, i miss them, and i'll probably

spend a little bit more time with them as a result of this, and i think you feel the same about your family and friends: a newfound appreciation for one another for what we've all been through together. so i know it's been hard, but there is hope. there is hope for a better future because out of those ashes, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here, and we stand in solidarity with one another, getting through this crisis. so thank you to all of you who have sacrificed so much. the health care workers who couldn't go home and had to stay in hotel rooms away from their families and even their kids. the police officers, the firefighters, and as i said, the people who still showed up at those grocery stores and

dealt with us complaining with something being a different price on the shelf versus when they rang it up at the counter. the businesses that dealt with the resources. the folks that work at these hotels, the people that work at these shelters. so much work, so much sacrifice, and i feel good. i feel good not just because i was vaccinated yesterday -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i feel good because i see the city coming alive again. so as we begin to reopen one year later, let's just remember, remember all we sacrificed, and let's also appreciate all that life, all

that life will bring us in the future as we come out of this pandemic because it was worth it. it was worth it. 448 people tragically lost their lives in san francisco, but you also have to understand san francisco is one of the densest cities in the country, and we had one of the lowest death rates of any major city in the country. we were a model for this, and it has everything to do with you. people were wandering, well, how did you shutdown in san francisco? it wasn't because we did it early, it's because we have some of the best health care

professionals in san francisco. if you get sick or something happens to you, this is where you want to be, is san francisco general. the likelihood that your life will be saved is better than anywhere else in the world, and i want you to know that. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so today, we celebrate, we remember, we get excited about the future, and we show one another support, because we're all in this together. we remember that all of us are sacrificing, all of us are dealing with something, and as we began to reopen our city, dr. colfax, hopefully sooner, rather than later -- dr. colfax doesn't want us to have any fun. he's like, well, i know the state said we can do this, but unfortunately, i'm going to hold off. but i did also say to you, dr. colfax, that i heard dr. fauci

said, let's not move too fast, and this has been one of the most conservative department of public health departments anywhere, so we do appreciate that because it has made a difference. so thank you to our essential workers, thank you to the san franciscans that sacrificed. thank you to everyone who will continue to do their part, and there will be a time where we will be able to come together again and actually talk without wearing a mask, and i am looking forward to the day when that happens. thank you all so much for being here, and with that, i want to introduce dr. grant colfax. [applause] >> well, good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam

mayor, for your brave and bold leadership throughout this pandemic. the decisions you've made have saved countless lives. your support for the public health department -- [indiscernible]. >> -- and the decisions you were forced to make -- [indiscernible]. >> okay. i'll loosen up. your support deep into the nights of the discussions we had, the decisions you made have indeed saved countless lives and helped the city weather the very worst of the pandemic. and i have to say, mayor, when this is over, i'm looking forward to a big part, and dancing with you, and shouting

with joy, and raising our hands and celebrating that we made it through this. and also, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the year of pain and suffering for so many, including the nearly 450 san franciscans who have lost their lives to covid-19 this year. my condolences to their families and their loved ones. in standing here today with you, mayor, and my fellow department heads, it's a profound and emotional moment for me. as some of you know, i came to san francisco in the early 90s as a resident here at this very hospital to fight hiv/aids, which as we also know, has unfortunately claimed thousands of lives in san francisco.

and as we have seen with covid-19, exploit the social, cultural, and economic fault lines of our society and brings more harm to people of color. if you had told me then, on ward 5-a, the old hiv ward, that we were pioneering the play book to fight covid-19 and to slow a pandemic 30 years later, i may not have believed you, but here we are. and while this has been an incredibly challenging year, it has also been filled with moments of hope, and even optimism. for me, the moments that will always stick with me are when, after the decision to shelter in place, those few weeks when

we actually saw the curve flatten -- and i remember people telling me, it's happening, and it took me some time, and finally, i was able to say to the mayor with confidence, we have flattened the curve. that's when we knew that interventions like social distancing, limiting gatherings, and masking, could slow the spread. we didn't know that at the time, and we showed that san francisco could do this together. and then, there was the morning that i read about the results of the first vaccine trials, and when the mayor asked me early on when we'd have a vaccine for this, i told her it would be a long time, and i was wrong, and i am so glad that i was wrong on this. as someone who started working at d.p.h. for vaccine trials for hiv/aids, something we still don't have an effective

vaccine, it was so satisfying that within a year, perhaps the fastest timeline in history, we would be able to protect people from this disease. in walking in here today, you see the lines of people getting their vaccine. and now, we have not just one, but three vaccines that are highly effective in preventing deaths and hospitalizations from covid-19. and i'll never forget the day, december 16, that we administered the first vaccines here in san francisco. the milestones i've described have been hard won and are owed to the people of this magnificent city. just like in the early days of hiv/aids, it's san francisco's spirit of innovation, it's compassion, and its refusal not to stand idle when the federal government failed in its leadership to make so much of a difference. as the mayor said, our covid

death rate is among the lowest in the nation. i could not be prouder of what we accomplished together. another part is the public health clinic and our partnerships across the city. our close collaboration from the outset enabled us to scale up programs and services quicker as we wrapped our arms around the city. and we have seen this virus take hold in communities where people have to leave their homes for work, increasing their exposure to covid-19 and who often live in larger households making it difficult to isolate from the pandemic. the d.p.h. and covid command, in partnership with our community partners, prioritized vulnerable populations in our emergency actions and response. we have come so far, but we still have farther to go, and

we can go together. to my colleagues at public health and covid command, this year was so difficult for you where you found yourself in learning curves where the stakes were so high. your compassion and diligent work for communities have raised the bar for supporting these communities in overcoming barriers to better health and economic outcomes. and, you know, the other day, i saw a patient in clinic at our positive health program, the building adjacent. she was 65 and an immigrant and living with hiv. today, her hiv is well controlled with meds. she contracted covid and recovered. in fact, the day i saw her, she had recently received her second dose of the vaccine.

her story is striking to me because she embodies san francisco's own story of surviving two pandemics. like so many of our residents, she is a testament to our resilience and the compassionate care that people can get in this hospital and this city. there are so many people to thank, including my colleagues on the frontline. i want to thank the deputy director of d.p.h., who is continuing to hold so much during this pandemic. [applause] >> to dr. aragon, who's gone onto the state, to be the health director. and for dr. susan phillips, who has stepped up in the role of acting health officer, and dr.

susan ehrlich, chief medical officer of this hospital. i want to think of us about the things that have come out of this pandemic. maybe it's the safe streets or walking down our neighborhood corridors. maybe it's having a new pet join your family, or maybe it's getting to go out with others. for me, it's dancing, and i look forward to going out and doing that. whatever it is, as the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter, let us carry on the positive transformation of this

past year that makes this city a wonderful place. remember, mask on, stay strong, and get the vaccine when you're eligible. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, dr. colfax. i'll believe it when i see it. he's the one i have to talk to every day, and he's always, like, well, we have to do this mayor, and i'm, like, why? i don't want to do that. and speaking of hobbies, i was -- before this pandemic, i had zero lives, anything in my place, and now, i have 31 plants. i don't know if any of you have any hobbies, but plants are my babies. that's my story, and i'm sticking to it. i just want to take this opportunity to thank the director of emergency

management for the city. when you talk about our response to covid and how challenging it's been, it's not only been here at san francisco general, but moscone center has really been ground zero in some ways for the emergency response. so many of our city employees who work in various departments, they've showed up as disaster service workers from the library, from d.p.h. and other places, and we embedded a whole covid team in this emergency response. so when we talk about getting groceries and services and everything we did in this city, everything we had to do came out of this whole operation managed by this incredible woman, our director of emergency management, mary ellen carroll. [applause]

>> good morning. thank you, mayor. it has been a mayor that has moved by so quickly and yet felt like an eternity. through it all, we were led by so many shining points of light. one of the brightest ones you just heard from, our mayor. our mayor, london breed. mayor, i want to thank you -- where are you? -- for your steadfast leadership and support, your vision, your resolve, and your compassion. [applause] >> it is what we all needed during this enduring crisis. [applause] >> and dr. colfax, thank you for your courage, your integrity, and your wisdom. i do not think of a -- could not think of a better partner to have during a pandemic.

even when covid fatigue settled in, and it has settled in, san franciscans continued to do the right thing for each other. i also want to recognize that this year would have looked a whole lot different if it weren't for the thousands of health care workers, many of you represented here. our emergency services personnel and our essential workers continue to come to work and risk exposure to help our beloved city. on march 17, a year ago, 2020, i was standing inside moscone center, overlooking third and howard streets, the day before the shelter in place order had been announced, and we moved from our very tightly packed, not very safe emergency operations center on turk street to moscone center. outside, the streets were empty, and it was, like, every person, bicycle, scooter, and

car, had just disappeared. inside, however, it was a completely different story. it was a hive buzzing with activity. we had veteran responders who had been working nonstop over the previous two months, and we also had hundreds of new, fresh faces. these were planners, election staffers, librarians, analysts, accountants, you name it, from other city departments, who were activated by disaster service workers. we had work to do. since that day, over 11,000 san francisco public servants have banded together to develop and implement one of the most expansive local emergency response shelters in the

country. together -- and you've heard some of these numbers already -- the covid command centers have tested 1.6 million tests, and we are at the top of the country for testing. millions -- [applause] >> millions of bags of groceries and meals for food insecure san franciscans, and we continue to do that. thousands of housing rooms for people who needed a place to safely house or quarantine or people who needed a safe place to shelter in place. we developed 3,000 multilingual posters, flyers, and health fact sheets that you will see all over this city. we engaged and developed health partnerships with our cities, and they have worked disproportionately -- with those populations

disproportionately affected by this pandemic. i have the number, 236,000 vaccines, but i'm sure it is more than that at this time. as we look back on all that we have accomplished, we need to remember why this matters so much. one of my co-workers shared this story with me. an older couple was sitting in the post vaccine observation area, holding hands, and they were both crying, with tears streaming down their faces. a staff person went over to ask to see if everything was okay. they smiled through their tears and said their grandchildren were born during this past year during the pandemic, and after an eternity of zoom calls and socially distanced visits, they were finally going to be able to hold those grandchildren close. so to all the essential workers

that have struggled and sacrificed, your work means something to this couple and to the nearly 1 million people we share this city with. so as we continue to vaccinate, set up to reopen and get on the road to recovery, there's still a lot of work to do, but in this year, we've grown smarter and definitely closer. and like the phoenix, that is the symbol of the city, as the mayor said, we will rise from the ashes again. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mary ellen. i'm a doctor here at zuckerberg staff and trauma center, and i'm here to share a few words from the prospect of our essential workers.

firstly, just want to thank everyone who spoke up here today. i think that this is an incredible milestone, and so this is quite a huge honor to be able to share a few reflections. i think my message in just thinking about a one-year milestone of this pandemic is some of the things that mayor london breed already touched upon: remembrance, in terms of everything that we've gone through, the resilience that it took to get to where we are today, deep gratitude, which i think really resonated with me as our mayor spoke, and hope in terms of where we are right now. from the early days of not knowing what we were up against to the amazing professionalism

and team work, to the sadness of seeing our latinx communities disproportionately impacted by this pandemic, to the stress in terms of addressing second and third surges of cases here at zuckerberg san francisco general, this year has been a bill challenge for our klein -- big challenge for our clinical teams and our community. and i remember the tears. i remember tears shed due to facing so many unknowns related to this new virus. i remember the tears shed after a long day of work, when staff were coming and asking questions about how we were planning to ration our supplies. i remember the fears of not knowing how bad each surge was going to be, and wondering if

we would see the coming flood seen in other parts of our country and the world, and of course, i remember the tears of joy, pure joy, in sending our patients home to be reunited with loved ones, sometimes after many months of battling through illness here at our hospital. very proud to say we've cared for over 1500 patients during this pandemic, and this is a tribute and compliment to all of our tears, and serves as a source of pride to all of us here at zsfg. i'm deeply grateful for our hospital leadership, and i'm deeply grateful to mayor london breed and her team for the proactive steps taken throughout the pandemic,

especially those taken one year ago, at the outset. because of all of her swift action, we have grandmothers and grandfathers, we have mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends and loved ones who are here with us today. to our staff here at zsfg, i'm grateful for all of your hard work in addressing the needs of the community, and it's really taken all of our team members. i want to give a shoutout to our greeter and screening staff at all of our campus entry teams, to our facilities and management staff, to our pharmacists, our food and nutrition services, to nutrition management, to our

respiratory therapists and our rehab staff, our social workers, our eligibility workers, our clinical lab workers, who have done all of our testing, to our care coordinators, our bed control operators, our technology and information analysts who keep our electronic systems runs, our chaplains, our nurse practitioners and nursing teams, to infection control and infectious diseases, our staff and nursing assistants, and our physician and nursing staff who spent countless hours and hours in rooms when we didn't know much about this virus, caring to make sure that folks could recover. really, you are all some of the best clinical staff on the

planet, and the survival rate -- i'm very evidence based. the survival rate of our covid-19 patients is just one shining example of the incredible work that you have performed. thanks to you, over 94% of patients who came through these very hospital doors, we were successfully able to discharge back to the community to be home with their loved ones. so to close out, really, i just wanted to share a message to all of those that we serve in the community. we are hopeful, extremely hopeful, but the work is not done yet. we are here to serve each and every one of you, irrespective of race, creed, sexual orientation or gender identity, legal status or economic status. keep masking, keep washing your

hands, keep using commonsense around gatherings, and maybe most importantly, vaccinate, which is, like, our real way out of this pandemic. i'm going to say a few words in spanish for our latino community. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. >> your clinical health care providers here at zsfg know the toll that has taken on all of

us, psychologically, mentally, economically. we know the road has just begun, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel. we are here, and we are ready to support you. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. >> as we work toward closing this chapter in our lives, really, let's continue to work together and support each other so we can get to that light at the end of the tunnel as soon as we can, so thank you very much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, dr. ortiz, for that message, and thank you so much for acknowledging how many people in how many departments have had to step up and serve at this hospital in particular to address this challenge, and thank you for the lives that you've saved. i also want to acknowledge that

our police chief, bill scott, is joining us, as well. thank you, chief scott, for all that you do and that the san francisco police department does to keep our city safe. it really does take a village, and this is the village that held themselves together to take care of the people of san francisco. you should all be so proud of what you've been able to accomplish. it has made a difference, it has saved lives, and we're going to look back on this moment, and people are going to say where were you during the 1920 global pandemic -- what year? i told you i was up since 6:00 in the morning. where were you during the 2020 global pandemic? and so many of you are going to have a story to tell, and how incredible this city was and

how we stood together. thank you for standing strong, thank you all so much for your steadfast leadership and advocacy and work in keeping our city together. i'm so honored to represent you as the mayor of what i think is the most incredible city anywhere in the world. so as we reopen, let's get back to work. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: but we will celebrate soon. thank you all so much. take care. [applause]

>> president cohen: okay. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you back to the regularly scheduled police commission meeting. today is wednesday, march 17th. it is 5:39 and i'd like the meeting to beginment sergeant young blood, could you please call the roll? >> clerk: yes, ma'am.

[roll call] >> clerk: president cohen, you have a quorum. we have the chief of staff sarah hawkins from it the police accountability. >> president cohen: excellent. ladies and gentlemen, would you join me in saying the pledge of allegiance. please put your right hand over your heart. stand up and pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and just for all. thank you very much. before we begin, i just wanted to acknowledge the eight souls that were lost yesterday in atlanta and i just want to publicly affirm that we as members of the police commission stand firmly with all members of the community, but in this particular instance, in this particular evening, we're standing with

our community members asian and a.p.i. community members that are feeling victimized and maybe feeling alone. so i just wanted to open up our police commission meeting with those remarks and acknowledgement. is there anyone else that would like to acknowledge? >> commissioner: yeah. i want to thank you for doing that. especially given the riots and attacks on the asian american community. >> president cohen: thank you. absolutely. i think it's appropriate as we fight for justice for everyone. all right. with that said, let's go ahead. sergeant, please call the first item. >> clerk: line item one. general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda. and the police commission rules

of order neither police nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. comments or opportunities to speak during public comment period are available via phone by calling (41) 565-5001. access code 1870423486. press star 3. e-mail the secretary of the police commission at sfpd.commission@sfgov.org. at this time, if you would like to make public comment, please press star 3. president cohen, we have a number of callers. >> president cohen: thank you. >> clerk: good evening,

caller. you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is david aaronson. i'm a resident of district 1. i'm also with the team of wealth and disparity in the black community led by felicia jones. last week on violence in san francisco which disproportionately affects black citizens. i quote, sf has already achieved significant reductions in violence. we will seek to understand why and continue to make progress. yet the systemic issues and gentrification around the black san franciscan community contradict this claim. a whopping 54% of the homicide victims since 2017 have been black. on a per capita basis, racial and this is based on the sfpd's own data. also heavily focused on gang

related violence. sfpd and sf officials criminalizing people based on where they live. cpsc also characterizes on gang affiliation. the neglect san francisco community has had to endure and the basic lack of quality of life for services. sfpd recently district 10 service gaps include a lack of educational advancement, lack of training and employment abilities, lack in housing. these gaps and services are contributing factors to the violence experienced by d10 residents. as felicia jones says black san franciscans have been studied for 55 years. the cpsc report seems to be another report merely studying

the black community. especially when the sfpd is under the racial reform. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, my name is kit hodge and i also volunteer at fe licia jones black disparity service. several areas are in need of reform including a lack of community policing. say sfpd does not conduct community policing. for example, the sfpd recently [inaudible] as if sfpd occupied the community. this approach is [inaudible] of the community in the police approach. we thank those of you who came to our event last friday in the

bayview. even in the terms of the very definition that sfpd seems to be having a community policing versus what the community itself is community policing is and should be. the high level sfpd officers at the event stated strongly that community policing was a state of mind achievable by any officer. community members on the other hand were adamant that the community policing must be structural. good vibes are not enough. community members want officers to know and understand the people they're serving and that level of understanding can only come from living side by side with people. anti-violence training is simply not enough. so what is the sfpd doing for this definition of community policing and make community policing come true in these neighborhoods. thank you.

>> thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, my name is susan buffman and i live in district 5 and i am also with the corps team of wealth and disparity in the black community led by felicia jones consistent hooe since two thousand eighteen, black residents are over six times more likely to be stopped than white residents. since 2016, black residents have arranged between sixteen and 12 times more likely to have force used upon them by police. black residents were ten times more likely to be arrested than white residents.

in two thousand twenty, that has increased to twelve times more likely. between 2016 and 2020, black residents have averaged around eleven times more likely to be searched than white residents. these are appalling statistics on sfpd's ongoing racial disparity in policing. a recent national news story using mappingpolice.org data calls out san francisco as the third worst u.s. cities for anti-blackness and arrests. at the same time, the real needs of the community are not being met including real community policing. workforce development and investment in black businesses. black san franciscans experience dot rates of unemployment. there are also unmet needs around mental health, education and homelessness. black san franciscans are

underserved and overpoliced. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening police commissioners. i'm deputy public defender brian cox. as you may recall in 2016, a federal judge determined that sfpd officer in a federal gun case was entirely contradicted by surveillance video. the judge stated that the worst thing is the conviction of an innocent person based on testimony. the charges were dismissed based on the fourth amendment violation result. despite this dismissal and the settlement the victim paid, sfpd has no records of this sustained finding against officer buckly. that's based on a recent response to our 1422 request. that's more honesty claim than sworn testimony contradicted by video evidence.

the public has known about buckly as well. buckly is back on sfpatrol. seeing this play out as it happens with little transparency or apparent accountability further erodes the public's confidence to hold off who's accountable. if there's a gap in the system, we need to fix it. the policies created will fix it. and the public's fear as much as possible in closed session and otherwise. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is paul. i'm a district 10 resident and i'm calling today to ask my commissioners to please allow music in my city. i'm frustrated by the reality

that we dispatch armed militarized thugs to disburse the communities of color and the communities that aren't efficiently well off as to be able to bribe the local commissioners to be able to get permits to exist. and in so doing, we've exterminated and eliminated the culture for all but the most wealthy to be honest and to me, that's on the police as they've continued to disburse and abuse these communities. and so i'm calling for a change in that and i'm calling for a reduction in the response that our police do today. we should defund the police and fund other services in our city that are relevant especially in this time where we're seeing covid and there's so little budget to be spent. that's what i have to say. >> clerk: thank you, caller.

good evening, ms. brown. you have two minutes. >> yes. hi, good evening. i'm calling concerning my son who was murdered august 14th, 2006. to this day, his case is still a cold case and the people that murdered my son are alleged murdered my son, six of them. thomas hannibal, paris moppet, jason thomas, anthony hunter and marcus carter. these are names down at homicide in the folder of the perpetrators that were going to shoot someone else and shot my son. and, i'm also calling because they're alleging after ten years my son has been gone for 15 years going on now or maybe more that they recently found out allegedly he was a gang member. how would you do that when he was murdered? there was none of that. so i was wondering, why is this

going on? what can we do about this historical bias and stereotyping of african american men and young people of color? what do we do about that? i need them to recant what they said about my child because it isn't true and they're saying the police said it but i'm talking to the police and they all say he wasn't. so who's fighting against each other the feds and the police? it's not fair to me as a mother. i'm still suffering from my son being murdered shot 30 times and i'm still suffering and mothers like myself are suffering. we talk about gun violence. we talk about gang violence. because my son lived in a good neighborhood, a pretty good neighborhood. they want to accuse my son of being a gang member. how is that? my son went to school st.

dominic's. he had a mother and father. two parents. how is that. i'm a no nonsense mom and i didn't allow my son to stand on the corner. >> clerk: thank you, ms. brown. memberses of the public that have information regarding the murder, you can call the anonymous tip line. you have two minutes. >> yes. this is yolanda williams, president of the offices for justice. i am a native san franciscan. a resident of d10 for over 60 years. i'm speaking from a level of cultural competency. i've been a police officer for over thirty years and i was one of the first officers trained in community policing. what d10 needs right now is what d10 has at that time. we need to have [inaudible] working on the 3rd street

corridor monday through friday and, of course, on the weekends. and, i think if we do that and get to know the young people and other people who are out in the area, we can make the change. i don't think that defunding the police is going to be the answer and the end-all. what we need to do is start trying to work hand-in-hand together and stop placing blame on one another. if we work together, we can be successful. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. [inaudible] >> clerk: caller, are you there? >> yes. good evening.

my name is cheryl barton and i'm a community member of san francisco and what i would like to say is i want to echo what captain williams said about community policing and that she was one of the first officers. i think after the dissent decree they hired officers in san francisco from the community such as captain williams, such as melvin thornton who worked in the community. and, the community actually can wekt with these officers. the officers that are serving today in district 10 are not connected to our community and they don't [inaudible] like our community and they don't even have our experienced institutional racism, systemic racism, trauma. i agree, we need officers that are from these communities like jimmy lewis, melvin thornton,

yolanda williams. these are the people we need working in district 10. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. and, president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: thank you, very much. i appreciate that. thank you to the members of the public that called in and that are actively participating in this public discussion. sergeant youngblood, could you please call item two. >> clerk: line item two, consent calendar. receive and file action. sfpd/dpa protocol report. sfpd monthly sb1421 report. dpa monthly sb1421 report. and cri monthly update. if any commissioners would like to discuss any of the items under the consent calendar, please advise president cohen that you would like to place the item on a future agenda. tonight, there will be no discussion or presentation on

these items. >> president cohen: thank you. colleagues, i think this is pretty clear and self-explanatory. if i can have a motion for the item. excuse me. i'm sorry. sergeant youngblood, i believe we need to take public comment on the calendar. >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >> president cohen: all right. we'll take public comment and if there are members, i think commissioner elias has something to say, we'll circle back. >> clerk: members of the public that would like to make a comment, please press star 3 now to comment on item 3. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, yes. i called earlier. [inaudible] i'm looking at this and surprised to see that the d.o.j. monthly report is on the consent calendar. it's not the final month of the

effort should we understand [inaudible] all 72 items, recommendations in the report. that's all i have to say. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening, again. commissioners, chief scott, and director henderson. this is brian cox from the public defender's office. sb1421 became law 896 days ago. we weren't anywhere near full compliance. 10% to 15% by last estimates. as the public waits for years in the last decades, knew more about the officers who policed them. it's also fair to wonder if the current pace can keep up with the pace in which new records are created. so we're not working to the presentation tonight, which is fine and sort of separately an issue, but looking at the

presentation and what they have to say, i'd like to ask the commission if it believes the pace of records production is acceptable? if it's not, then the commission to mandate compliance this year. this is year it's been in effect. we can't wait 10 years and whether this is a priority for dpa or sfpd. and the public defender's office has made its voice heard on this office again and again. i'm asking you to put a plan in place to comply with the law by the end of the year. i asked the commission to acquire the authority and the sfpd to follow the law. thank you. >> clerk: and, president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: all right. thank you, very much. commissioner elias, was there something that you wanted to comment on the consent agenda?

>> i wanted to make the motion, but i also wanted to thank the officers for justice for sending us a mask. i think it's beautiful and i really appreciate it. so thank you. >> president cohen: so, commissioner elias has made a motion to accept the consent calendar. do i have a second? was that you commissioner lee? >> oh, no. that was d.j.. >> president cohen: got it. sorry d.j. >> all right. that seconded was made by commissioner brookter. i think we need to no major

injuries and that was just the force and that was really the highlight of the that particular protest. as far as strategies, i would go back to the bayview. the strategies we have been discussing are ongoing in the bayview and one of them was mentioned with one of the callers. it is a strategy that we have employed. so we do have foot beat patrols on 3rd street between mckinnen and oakvale. on 3rd street between mckinnen and revere.

those will be in place until further notice. those officers are posted on those corridors and they are there until relieved by the event commander. so they are in place. we have found that to be at this point a successful strategy. at least we believe it's successful. those officers are given specific instructions to engage with the community. this is not about enforcement, this is about community engagement and letting the community know that we're out there, willing to work with them. at the same time, we do have a job. when people do shoot to investigate and hold them to account and that is happening as well. i mentioned in terms of the robberies, the strategies are increased in those corridors. we also have increased our visibility in china town and some of our areas of town where we have i.a.a.p.i. populations

as we have seen with news across the country with these horrific crimes that have happened to our a.a.p.i. community and thank you president cohen for the opening gesture to the a.a.p.i. community and we'll do everything we can to prevent these crimes from it happening to them. and, the last thing i'll report, we have conducted with that our community walks and our community liaison officers, we conduct walks in the bayview and ingleside. there were about 50 to 60 people that participated. we handed out informational pamphlets, crime prevention information as well as stressing the importance to report crimes if they do occur. it's really important that the public reports them when they do occur.

thank you, commissioner yeah for participating in that. several commissioners voiced that they wanted to get out with me and our officers. so we are in the process of scheduling those walks with you, president cohen, as well as commissioner hamasaki and others. as of today 442 officers responded to the survey. out of those 442 officers, 336 have received their first vaccine and most of the others who have not received a vaccine reported that they do plan to be vaccinated. we asked if anybody was having issues whether they signed up and couldn't get the vaccination. out of those surveys, there were 23 that said they had issues, the reasons were not

out of the 400 individuals who responded to that particular question, 377 reported that they had no issues and were able to get signed up. so that concludes my report for this week and thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, very much. if i can just say a couple comments. i really want to thank you for hearing my concerns about the bayview strategy. i think we've been consistently talking about this strategy for almost four weeks straight now. we had a phenomenal rally last week. thank you to felicia jones and the wealth of organizing. specifically, i wanted to call out acknowledging your detailing where the foot beats are in the bayview. that actually means a lot to me. i made some notes. so when people ask me, where are they? i can respond. >> thank you.

>> president cohen: yes. anything else for the chief? none. we can continue with the presentations. or with the reports. go ahead, stacy. >> clerk: continuing with line item 3. dpa director's report. d.p.a.'s report will be limited to a brief description of d.p.a. activities and announcements. determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. january 2021. >> i'm unmuted. okay. thank you. good evening thank you all. i'm going to run through our statistics. we are at 165 cases that had been opened so far this year and that's compared to 181 that had been opened at the same time last year. we've closed 145 this time last

year we closed 254. in terms of cases pending, we're at about the same number where we have 334 cases that are open and pending. this time last year, we were at 389. some of the differences that you're seeing in these numbers in terms of cases closed and pending are the volume from last year of cases that are being closed out now. it's 334 cases remaining. so far, this year, we sustained 12 cases. this time last year we sustained 11. and cases whose investigations have gone beyond the 9-month mark, there were 37 last year. this year there's 29. this is just an indicator of cases that have taken longer than nine months to close . we have not had any of the cases lose or miss their deadlines for a 33.04 compliance. i will continue to watch those numbers. of those 37 cases, 19 of those

cases are cold meaning they have criminal or civil charges that are ongoing related to those cases. so far this year, we've mediated nine cases. the volume of the cases we have pending with the commission itself is thirteen, and there are currently 33 cases that are pending with the chief. our complaints, the monthly statistic report is already in the reports that we've just acknowledged as well as the 1421 records. those are all on the consent calendar. in terms of outreach over the past week, again, as a reminder, all of these events can be found on the community calendar and on the website. on march 10th, our outreach team finished our design and worked with the know your

rights trifold youth yellow card and that's a card we've been working on for awhile to develop and familiarize campaigns. the cards will now be available for youth online with availability to print after the know your rights presentations and workshops that we do and that's in a lot of the school districts here in the city. on march 11th, we participated, d.p.a. participated in the megablack overall presentation. that was actually also with police commissioner brookter. on march 15th, the d.p.a. hosted a access panel. to increase the language access of services and the panelists were different leaders providing services to bay area

community members specifically immigrant community agencies and immigrant communities. language line director sal shulman was there as well as director adrian pawn. the other activity that we participated in was the wealth and disparities community meeting and representative from d.p.a. was there and felicia jones was also there and several commissioners were there again. thank you for joining us and inviting us president malia. >> president cohen: and vice president cindy elias. i invite one of the senior investigators to end the police commission every single week in case callers call in with specific needs that need to be

addressed on this evening. if people don't feel comfortable either reaching out to the website or contacting our office directly at 24 hours phone conversation. 415271-7711. there was a number of things coming on the rest of the calendar including our report from local progress and there are two cases i believe that are on the closed sessions calendar as well this evening as well. but i will be available for all of that moving forward as well. that concludes my presentation. >> president cohen: thank you for that presentation. i believe commissioner elias has something for you, a question, is that right. >> vice president elias: thank you, president cohen.

director henderson and i want to make sure i got it right, the know your rights, you said card that you had or the flyer, that's the juvenile one that sam or marion had worked on. >> that's exactly it. we're trying to repackage it and present it so that more people can use it for readily and easily and one of the suggestions that we came up with in working with the youth commission was to provide folks instead of having the foldover binder, a smaller card that they can put in their pocket or in a purse or something like that. it was a good idea. they wanted it to be yellow. we did it as collaboratively as we could. that is just now finished and so now along with the presentations that we regularly make into the community, people can go online and just download it, cut it out themselves and carry it in addition to making the regular packets available. so we didn't replace it, we just expanded it.

>> vice president elias: great. can you also provide a copy to the commission office so we can provide it on our correspondence as well? >> absolutely. i want to make sure it's available on our website as well. i will do both. >> vice president elias: great. thank you. >> president cohen: commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: yes. thank you president cohen. and i really wanted to thank paul and his office for ensuring we get the stats. in the past we get them on the day of the meetings. thank you for that and i really want to thank paul, the commission staff. i think sergeant renolds. sergeant youngblood. sergeant killshaw. just the amount of communication and the e-mails that we receive whether it be the documents or the e-mails coming to us in person and ensuring that we get this

documentation so we're prepared. i definitely want to make sure that never gets lost because these folks are corresponding with us on a daily basis and i just want to say thank you to folks for that. >> commissioner: thank you. >> president cohen: i just want to acknowledge something that the chief said in his report. pardon me, paul, for just a second, that, chief, one of the things that's always been important to me was the vaccination rates for your officers. and it looks like it's about 75% of the officer that is responded to the survey have had their first dose. so that is wonderful and promising and my comments to you, director henderson, good job untackling those cases. fantastic work. your numbers look good. i know it's not easy, but kudos to your entire team for stepping up and in quite honestly what has been a difficult year. you guys have done an excellent

job. >> thank you. it really is my staff. we have similar challenges as every other department with the pandemic. my staff has really buckled down to try and make sure they stay on top of their numbers especially knowing that every week i have to report when the numbers start drifting towards large numbers for cases that haven't been completed and investigations because behind those investigations are real people making real complaints and need to be addressed. so it really is my staff. but they are working very hard and diligently. >> president cohen: well, please send my compliments to your staff. with that said, is there anything else that the commission can do to help you? access to information in a more timely fashion? i understand sometimes there may be some obstruction and let me know if there's something you need us to take care of or

bolster in your behalf. >> yeah. there's always little things that need to be tweaked. i'm trying to institutionalize solutions so we can just fix it rather than create it i mean, turn it into a problem. i raise those issues as they come up. i'll take you up on that invitation and make fuller or broader invitations about what those are so we can solve it more collaboratively. >> president cohen: of course. let's keep moving on the agenda. sergeant youngblood, could you call the next item. >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >> president cohen: thank you. >> clerk: continuing on with line item three. reports to the commission. commission reports. xhis igs reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining if it will lead to any future

meeting. commissioner announcements and scheduling of items identified for a consideration of a future commission meetings. action. >> president cohen: let's see, i would like to acknowledge commissioner elias at this time. >> vice president elias: thank you, president cohen. my issues are request to agendize items. i've asked in the past and i was hoping, chief, to get an e.t.a. on when that is. i think that there's so many times that myself and i believe other commissioners and we see it on the callers that call in regarding their understanding of how the discipline process works with internal affairs and d.p.a. and the conversations

that occur between the chief and director henderson when cases are filed or charges are brought. so i was hoping that we could in addition to having the i.a. presentation before the commission also have d.p.a. present as well with respect to the process that happens when d.p.a. files charges with the commission or what type of conversations or communications are happening between him and the chief. i'm sorry. chief, go ahead. >> i was going to -- april 7th is the i.a. presentation. i think it's already scheduled for the april 7th agenda. >> vice president elias: okay. great. i'm hopeful that director henderson, you can also provide information to the public, a brief synopsis of how charges

come about. there is a conversation or meeting that happens between you and the chief to see whether or not the department would like to join in on these charges or disagrees or what exactly happened. i think the public really needs to know the process and there's a lot of misinformation out there. so i think if we can dedicate april 7th to understanding and really having a very clear presentation of how the discipline process works because i've even had questions from officers on how it works. you know, i think we all could benefit from that. >> i'd be happy to. and, a lot of that stuff is what we talked about with the data sharing was the d.p.a. focus in terms of how the efficiencies internalize about how we share our information about developing information from the public and translating that into open investigations and sharing information for the police department. so this presentation is super

timely and will shine a light on the entirety of the process on how the information is shared back and forth between the agencies and what's still left for us to focus on in terms of data sharing. >> vice president elias: exactly. and it also coincides with the fact we just passed the discipline matrix. >> exactly. right. >> vice president elias: and, i also wanted to apologize that i wasn't able to attend friday's wealth and disparities event. i saw and heard amazing things. i really wish i could have been there, but congratulations on the event and the turn-out and the messaging that came from it. >> president cohen: i couldn't agree more with you. i want to recognize commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you, president cohen. i just wanted to follow up on

president cohen's opening remarks and thank her for a strong statement of support for the asian american community and also from the department and the chief i saw some comments during the week. i think this has been, you know, especially the last 24 hours have been really, you know, hopefully a wake-up call about the level of bias and hatred that's directed towards asian americans in this country. you know, i think that was probably one of the reasons i moved here was to get away from that and, you know, when we're seeing it's kind of spread throughout the country and the increasing violence involved, you know, i think it calls out for all of us to be involved and speak out and i'm grateful for all of the leaders that have done so in the city and

the department and the commission. and, i do know and also to commissioner yeah for being upfront and present with the community, but i do think that to some degree that we can, i know we received an e-mail at the commission this last week from an asian american community member asking us to be more visible on these issues. so i would like to find a way for us to do that. i'm going to coordinate with commissioner yeah and president cohen about the best ways and the department about the best ways to do that. you know, i think a lot of people are feeling very vulnerable right now. so anything that we can do to help, we should. >> president cohen: absolutely. commissioner yee. >> commissioner yee: thank you

madam president. i want to thank you for inviting me to friday's event. the wealth and disparity event in the bayview. it's like welcome back home. i started my first, you know, my career there in the bayview area and it felt like home. great crowd, great people. hope to see more of that and also thank the team for and the staff for sending me the invite to i guess on the zoom call for the station. i was able to join ingleside, captain, i think nelson on there. so, going forward tomorrow, we're having a little public safety meeting in chinatown. we're having commander fong and

also sf safe [inaudible] and also the new captain julian ing. so, at that time, i'd just like to say to the commissioner john hamasaki or whoever wants to join. we're going to be talking about the new strategies and sharing with the community leaders, i guess, public strategies that won't be coming out of the police department. so i just want to share that and let you know it's 11:00 a.m. at the chinese company. so we're looking forward to working with everybody in the police department and, you know, just let me know ahead of time because we're in covid-19, it's limited. send me a text. i'll send you my phone number.

you can call me if you wish to do so. thank you, madam president. >> president cohen: great. thank you for that announcement. 11:00 a.m. in chinatown. do you have the physical address? >> commissioner yee: the address is 843 stockton street. so, you know, it's going to be hearing what people feel and then just hear the heart beat of what they're saying. there's probably other strategies that i probably in the future will be working with the chief and everybody else. we can make it safe for everybody and i believe in the next few months as that american relief plan comes about, help is on the way for all of us. so i'm looking forward to that. >> president cohen: good. thank you. that's good stuff. i appreciate hearing that.

pretty robust report back from commissioners. i myself have just had a series of meetings. i too attended the rally, had an opportunity to speak. want to note that mayor breed was present as well as supervisors safai, melgar, a whole host of community members. a small nonprofit workers. also, all present to denounce crime and i am proud that we came together and rallied. i am hopeful that wealth and disparities and the folks that organized last week's event will be able to rally and provide support and alliship for the asian american community in san francisco that is suffering. one thing that is very clear is that we all suffer under white

ishpemingist rule and that we should be working collectively to denounce hatred, crime, violence, particularly the violence that we are seeing now. i just wanted the record to reflect that as of this year, there's been 3,800 crimes against asian americans this year alone. and as we begin to wrap up women's history month, i want to call out the intersectionality of the asian women specifically being targeted. we've just got to be better, folks. as far as i'm concerned any violence against any woman should not be tolerated and i'm just here to publicly denounce the hate. period. the hate within i guess the anti-asian hate we're seeing. the hate in the lgbtq

community. the african american community. this really needs to serve as a wake-up call and that we are all vulnerable if we do not stand united together. with that, i'll close out my comments and, sergeant youngblood, could you please call the next item. >> clerk: yes, ma'am. at this time, the public is allowed to make public comment. if you would like to make public comment please press star 3 now. and, president cohen, it does not appear we have any public comment. >> president cohen: that's a surprise. no problem. let's continue moving forward. what's the next item. >> clerk: line item four. presentation of the department

of police accountability local progress reform transform results and civilian oversight updates. discussion. >> sorry. i was muted. >> sergeant youngblood, will you be pulling up the presentation? >> clerk: yes. >> clerk: sorry. that is not the right one. >> great. thank you. good evening president cohen, vice president elias, chief scott, members of the public. tonight's presentation is an overview of local progress and an update on what steps other jurisdictions are taking to

strengthen civilian oversight systems. next slide, please. a quick overview, the local project is a center. the mission of progress is to learn from experiences, share policy ideas and model legislation. local progress evaluated twelve jurisdictions based on a set of policy criteria developed in their reform/transform tool kit. local progress evaluated jurisdictions based on how successfully the authorizing legislation and other written policies governing the oversight review boards to fill these criteria. local progress evaluation began in august 2018 and results were released in december 2019. d.p.a. was not aware of the

involvement but assessed in 2020. to ensure that d.p.a. was identifying and adopting best practices as part of our continuous improvement efforts. local progress vaulted san francisco and found that san francisco was one of two jurisdictions that were on track to a strong, independent, oversight policy. the study found one area, transparency where improvement was needed. there were two areas funding and community connection where local progress found there was significant room for improvement. tonight's presentation will focus on transparency and funding and what dpa is doing to address the findings. the community connection criteria asserts commission membership and will not be part of the next presentation. next slide, please. so this slide provides an overview of areas where local progress found that san francisco is on track to a strong policy. to be placed in this category, a jurisdiction must conduct investigations independently of the police department, have

independent disciplinary authority, offer public access and allows individuals to file complaints through a variety of methods and multiple languages during nonbusiness hours and have investigations police policies and practices and issue or recommend policy changes. next slide, please. so in the context of this evaluation, transparency speaks to how san francisco reports to the public. local progress base their evaluation on three sub questions which are listed above. the evaluation noted that san francisco charter requires that d.p.a. publish public reports but note that the charter does not require the d.p.a. include demographics in these reports. we evaluated our practice against the local progress criteria. and makes weekly presentations on investigative activities and department operations at police commission meetings. d.p.a. does note that our

public reporting during the assessment period complainant outcomes were included starting in the 2018 annual report and the demographic was included in the annual reports starting in 2019. next slide, please. the transform reform tool kit recognizes that sufficient resources are needed to be able to complete timely investigations of complainant allegations. the benchmarks for specific oversight funding, staffing, and investigative timeline. being cognizant of the city's budget d.p.a. will provide this for future budget discussions. regarding the investigation closure time lines, the investigation of complaints to the police department within nine months of receipt by d.p.a.. d.p.a. recognizes that long closure times believe that their issues have not been

taken seriously. to keep the public comprised, director henderson in his 270 days of the weekly update as well as the causes for these complaints aging greater than 9 months. i met with log progress in october 2020 to review the evaluation results and see if they can incorporate d.p.a. into this operation. with that, i will hand the presentation over to paul who will update you on oversight changes occurring on some other jurisdictions. next slide, please. >> is this me? >> if you want. >> yeah. okay. so here is some of the stuff just to follow up on some of the things that have been happening since then. these are some of the legislation that had been

patting. some of the things that we do at d.p.a. is try and watch and monitor to see what's happening in other jurisdictions especially as it relates to civilian oversight. and so as glorious as it was and reaffirming as it was to have this recognition from an independent agency recognizing us at a high level of transparency for the work that d.p.a. does, obviously, there's still more work to do and we also want to make sure that d.p.a. doesn't fall behind any of the advances that are being made in other counties and states for folks concerned about civilian oversight as well. what i wanted to present here was some of the things that we saw in the last legislative -- in the last election cycle where jurisdictions have put civilian oversight on their ballot and some of what those initiatives are so that we know what's going on.

so here we have just across the bay in oakland where they have staffing that was increased. in portland, they have advances related to funding where they've tied their civilian oversight to represent 5% of what the police budget is. and investigation power, they've had expansion. in california, sonoma. it's all listed here. i won't read from the chart because you see it in front of you. but these have added subpoena power to their investigations and specifically in oakland, they have finally opened up direct access to internal affairs -- eternal affairs files to make sure that investigations are concurrent and timely as well as independent without having the lag from having top request

delay or not have access to information for investigations related to internal affairs. so the other thing that i think is a big deal and certainly i've edited just to pull out the low hanging fruit of things that are big events the access to independent legal council which is now going to take place in oakland and san diego and in philadelphia. i will point out that much of the leadership taking place in oakland that we're seeing is coming from john aldon who was with d.p.a. for many years and is now at the forefront of many of these progressive decisions and solutions that are expanding civilian oversight. so i just wanted folks to have that and to remind everyone in case people missed some of the slides that it will be posted on the d.p.a. website as well as well as the commissions website in terms of the documents that have already been presented in preparation

for tonight's meeting. so this is just a big deal for d.p.a. and we're actually because of we've been working so hard to make sure we do as much as this transparency work as possible, it's reaffirming to see that independent agencies are recognizing the work that we're doing and certainly there's more work to be done, but it's affirming to know that an independent agency has recognized that d.p.a. is at the top of their evaluation for their transparency work and the things that we do in terms of civilian oversight and police accountability. so, thank you, very much. i really appreciate the hard work that went into this from our audit team and i appreciate everyone's attention and paying attention to this. i also didn't put in here that

miami as well. i don't see it on the list, but i know that miami has independent legal counsel as well. and so these are all ideas and seeds and inspiration for us all to continue doing the work that we do and i believe this is an opportunity for the community groups that support this work as well as our local leaders to be inspired by other work that can be done to supplement and expand the work that's being done at d.p.a.. so thank you all so much for your time and attention and both steve and myself are happy to answer any questions that any of you may have. >> president cohen: thank you very much and bravo to the audit team for bringing this to us . you guys have come a long way in a short period of time. i'm very pleased that the audit demonstrates that overall that we're making significant progress towards reform and

sometimes it seems slow and what's most important is that it is deliberate and that is exactly the sense that i'm getting as a result of this audit. i do want to highlight i have a concern in two areas of the audit. funding. right. and, community connections. now, the audit found that there was significant room for improvement in this area and we understand that the funding for the department of police accountability is determined on an annual basis and the level of funding is not provided. so director henderson, i am hopeful that as you go through these budgeting discussions that you take this audit and bring it to the members of the board of supervisors and you bring it to your budget department representatives and you start just having these really serious conversations that you make the case to

increase the budget. and, we understand -- you know, i just want to say given that we understand that funding of department of police accountability is coming from the general fund, understanding that we are in the midst of a pandemic. i understand that part. i also would like to drill down on one of the audit conclusions. it's found on slide 2 that it highlights that there is significant need for improvement in the area of community connection and i think in your presentation you mentioned that that's more in the area for the police department if i heard that correctly. >> it's not the police department. it's the commission, the police commission itself. so in the civilian agent -- civilian oversight agencies, it's their considered best practices that that agency play

a role in who sits on the police commission, what we call a police commission. since that is the role of both the board of supervisors in san francisco and for the mayor's office in san francisco, that's one of their -- that's what their -- that's their criticism. i believe they made that process because they wanted there to be an informed body that makes those nominations and approvals for sitting on the police commission. but that's what they were referencing. >> president cohen: okay. with that said, just i want to remind the commission that last week we received presentations regarding how increasing community outreach can be a major factor in reducing violence and building trust between officers and residents. and, for me, that kind of shifts the narrative. we are always hearing connections on the police side. foot patrol is that we're

always here. and we heard the chief and now it looks like it's almost an intro specktive meaning that we have a mission to build that community trust and community outreach is a vital tool for any agency such as d.p.a. such as the police commission such as the police department to help foster confidence from community members. confidence in knowing that their voices have been heard in particular. and in this case with d.p.a., their voice has been heard when they wish to file a complaint and i certainly believe that building trust could be one of the positive by-products of

community policing. and that's critical. i want to make sure that d.p.a. is not -- i'm not suggesting that there is a perception but i want to ensure that that never happens. i think you guys are hands-on and on the ground and present. so, with that in mind, i'd like to continue to explore the audit meaning that more community connection is needed and i want to see if the chief has anything that he'd like to weigh in on this part of the discussion? if not, chief, no pressure. but if you have some thoughts, i would like to hear them. >>. >> president cohen: >> president cohen, before the chief speaks, it was inferred. part of the transparency analysis included the review and i think part of why we were selected was because of the

deeper dive and the more complete dive that the agency now plays in terms of officer involved shootings. that's typically at the forefront of the analysis in these things and so what was referenced was the post charter amendment was the period that they reviewed and the reason that i bring that up is because before the charter amendment that you directly play a role in d.p.a. only reviewed 25% of officer-involved shootings and 25% independent review is not transparency. so since the amendment that you had worked on is involved in 100% of the officer-involved shootings. i think those numbers are really important and critical in terms of reviewing or evaluating civilian oversight agency and because you played a direct role in it, i didn't want it lost in the slides that were being presented.

that it's almost full circle to have you back at the table in recognition of the work from the seeds that you planted years ago both when you made the charter amendment and when i came to the agency. so that was part of what the review was and i just wanted to acknowledge that and to thank you for that and then to proceed. >> president cohen: all right. let me take a stab at a few more questions. did the analysis that you're presenting focus on just d.p.a. capabilities or the department of police accountability and the commission? >> steve, you can take that one. >> yeah. both. >> president cohen: okay. thank you. so, in other words, it did drill down and begin to examine the components, different components, the parts of the system? >> yeah. the primary basis for the analysis was the language in the charter regarding civilian oversight in san francisco to

the extent it is applied to the police commission and in that community connection piece. i would say the rest of the evaluation focused on the department of police accountability. >> president cohen: all right. so based on the analysis, how do we get better? how do we better our best? i mean, you know. i just want to make sure i'm clear on it. transparency seems like -- you know, it seems like d.p.a. meets the local progress standards so i'm wondering why -- >> it does. i think that's a big deal and i think the fact that we're meeting it because so often times in a lot of these meetings, we focus how we can do better and we can. but we also have to recognize in some areas we are doing a good job. and in terms of civilian oversight agencies that are providing transparency, to have this recognition that that

evaluation is for at the very top for d.p.a. is a big deal, but to answer your question that i think you're asking is what are the next steps and specifically, how can we do better? the recommendations from this report were in those two areas. were increasing the community involvement in the ways that we talked about and i believe that that was just a misunderstanding of how we do the community involvement regarding that police commission reflecting the community and in the funding issues in terms of their recommendation in terms about what funding they believe is necessary for civilian oversight agency to be the most effective and certainly, we will take your comments into consideration and they are part of the ongoing conversations that we are already having with the budget office, the budget team, and the board of supervisors. i will point out that i think

that i think are the long standing commitments that we have with 1421 and the evolving commitments related to 1421 that are somewhat independent but also related to defining transparency. >> president cohen: towards the end of your presentation, you mentioned that miami, i think it was miami, you said they had their own independent legal counsel. do you have a suggestion or a strategy or a suggested pathway to move forward to have access to independent legal counsel? >> it's funny you should mention that. the national organization of civilian oversight does. civilian oversight agencies have independent counsel siding a conflict an inherent conflict of interest with local

supervision or input and it's similar to the input the bar association has taken. in similar presentations and i know presentations we have scheduled for the future as well. i think it's interesting now in watching the legislative evolution in oversight and see the number of jurisdictions that are following that recommendation in particular as they evolve their civilian oversight agencies especially as it's starting to happen right across the bay here in oakland because it just happened and so that's the direction that they are taking their civilian oversight agency as well. >> president cohen: i know. i kind of feel like john aldon is stealing some of our ideas and implementing them over in oakland. john aldon, we see what you're doing. >> we don't want to get too far behind. and, again, a lot of these suggestions for us and some of the bigger problems that we've all dealt with in the past like access to information on the

computers, these are things that are charter amendments, but some of them can be local amendments as well. so there are opportunities not just for d.p.a., not just for the police commission, but for the board of supervisors, the mayor's office and the governor's office to lean into some of this work to create efficiency for us to continue growing and doing a better job on behalf of the community we're trying to serve. >> president cohen: all right. i don't want to dominate the conversation anymore. but i'm going to see if there's anyone in the chat. let's see. is that you, commissioner hamasaki? i think you're next. >> commissioner hamasaki: yeah. thank you, president cohen, for leading that off. you touched into some of the areas that i found were interesting. you know, at the outset i think that it raises -- and i didn't realize that was directed at the commission regarding our community role and i think

that's something that, you know, we can always do better on. what i would suggest and like to see is if the commission office could maintain a calendar and coordinate with d.p.a. if there's community events or opportunities where we might have the chance to attend and actually get out and meet the community, i think that would be great. i know a lot of us like to, you know, when we have the time and now that it looks like things are getting better with covid and, you know, some of us are vaccinated, it seems like it's a time where we can actually begin to do that beyond zoom which i think we all know has its limitations. so we can really coordinate that better, like the

invitation from commissioner yeah tonight, i think we want to all try to make those appearances whenever possible. the other question i have and that was just a follow-up on president cohen's last point was so right now, d.p.a. is -- has the same basic access of shared legal counsel with the police department. and, to me, that strikes me as an inherent conflict because you are a civilian complaint agency and so you represent or mediate or prosecute against the department. it would seem, you know, just from a basic law school 101 conflict perspective that having the same legal advice as the person you're prosecuting is a clear conflict.

i've seen legislation from the national organization addressing this issue. it is all related. >> will this be a legislation by the board of supervisors and who would be the independent council? where would that -- how does that come into play? >> by both. i think it is different, every jurisdiction does it how they do it depending on the charter limitations of the individual agency and or in addition to state restrictions about what that looks like. every city manages and handles it differently. san francisco would have to look at and evaluate its own specific pathway and i think there's folks who have identified this as an issue that have been volunteering and trying to work on it on their own independently of the commission, independently

of dpa identifying this is a problem that needs to be solved and not reflective of best practices and those models and their suggestions are a good starting point to evaluate so you don't have to reinvent the wheel and that's before you even start looking at what other cities have done. they have done a deep dive in evaluations based on other concerns that they've had and not in small part, part of the evaluation from the civil tracks from ongoing lawsuits related to civil rights violations and so that has been a lot of the motivation about the conversation. >> so who becomes the independent council then? >> i think someone -- the short answer is i'm not sure. the longer answer is -- the longer -- i don't have anyone

to identify a name. i think the bigger issue is if the city attorney is not the counsel for either the police commission or dpa or just one of the two agencies, then who it is, i don't know. i'm not sure how it works. i would imagine another agency that does -- maybe even the ag's office. i'm just making it up. don't quote me on that. >> since i came on the commission, i have heard and i know it has been raised by previous commissions and commission presidents and so we've been talking about it for three years. it would be great to see something change on this. >> i would imagine the question might have been answered in some of the memos but i don't recall right now or have the suggestion. >> please keep us updated from your end. i think it's an important issue.

>> absolutely and we'll be able to watch it closely as oakland evolves -- they have to follow the steps now. >> oakland beating us, not a good look for us. thank you. >> i just received information that i believe other cities in california get to pick from a list that are approved from agencies that are from law firms approved to represent city agencies. i don't know if that's the answer but it's an answer. >> the answers will come to us. >> president cohen: if only the money would come to us the way the answers come. sounds like we'll have to circle back to explore it. i don't want anybody getting

nervous. commissioner elias you're next. >> vice president elias: so this presentation, i apologize, i think i misunderstood it. this is recognition of how your agency compared to other agencies throughout the country when it comes to independent oversight, is that -- >> that is correct. >> vice president elias: and is there a full report aside from the slides that perhaps we could look at? i think it's important to see how we compare against the other -- how many other cities were there? >> 12. >> vice president elias: to see how we compare. i assume we're at the top of the list. >> yes. >> vice president elias: and it would be interesting to see if other cities are also having

issues that we have as well and -- >> that's exactly why we closed with the leap other cities are making in terms of what they are that meet or exceed some of the oversight for police accountability measures we have in san francisco. that's why i ended with that to see what the other cities were doing. >> vice president elias: the other thing i was looking at in your presentation, something about subpoena powers that enable unfetterred access. i assume you have subpoena powers or administrate powers to obtain information that you need. is that -- true or not true. >> it is correct but they're not direct. many agencies didn't have that. it's a big deal for a lot of the other agencies and part of why i included some of the aspects to show san francisco all of our

audiences what some of the tools we have that other agencies are catching up with that they did not have. >> vice president elias: when you use your powers, is it through the agency or city attorney? >> we have to go through an outside agency to exercise the powers and authorities. >> vice president elias: that seems a little cumbersome. >> i don't disagree, but that doesn't mean that we don't have it. but it's one of the areas where we could make an improvement or change if it was more direct and we had less hoops to jump through. >> vice president elias: i think it would be beneficial to eliminate the barriers and hoops you have to jump through in order to utilize this tool.

>> vice president elias: you mentioned something about files and maybe you can supplement my understanding, the reason your agency would need access to the files would be to comply with the discipline matrix which talks about factors in aggravation and mitigation that we as a disciplinary body have to make determinations on discipline. why is it important for your agency to have access to this information? >> like you said, that is not a

small reason having access to understand issues and aggravation or mitigation. it absolutely affects our deadlines as well. part of my calling out every week on the deadlines is a flag for everyone to know down to the specific numbers how many cases where i have investigations that are going beyond nine months and even though i haven't missed any of my deadlines, part of the challenges related to delays are having to go through the hoops that we were referencing back and forth for me to make a request to whomever and wait for them to get back to us, if they do, about information we're

requesting from internal affairs. the fact that other agencies have unfetterred and direct access to that information is an efficiency that san francisco should have as well. that is why it's on the list in terms of solutions i think we should have. the first step will be broader data sharing but the next step and best practices is to have unfetterred and direct access. absolutely. >> vice president elias: what are things that may be helpful director henderson and maybe you could tell us at the next meeting, perhaps you could delineate which ones are being held up because of the lack of information that you're not receiving or maybe give more analysis or reasons or details as to why there are 37 cases that you have that are at the nine month. i know that -- >> i can do that but it might be

an off line conversation, but just so you know, those cases are enumerated by case with a summary of exactly that every week. even though behind the scenes with the specific cases and the case numbers, i'm meeting and talking to those investigators and having them summarize what the problem is now. a lot of times, if some of the stuff you are referencing but sometimes it is information that needs to be obtained because they're juvenile records or records from an outside agency that is taking longer or witnesses have been unavailable or on vacation for periods of time. there's any number of reasons and i'm happy to go over them with you as well. it would be difficult to make a public presentation about them. >> vice president elias: i'm just saying when you present the 37 it would be helpful to say out of the 37, commission, 10 are being held up because we

don't have records from sfpd, 10 are held up because of witness availability or what have you. >> and the only reason i don't do that now is that sometimes those reasons are so -- it doesn't bear mentioning the person is on vacation or has been moved from the police department and we haven't figured out who the person is now assigned that is supposed to get us the information and going back and forth causing the delay. there's a lot of stuff that is like that. but, again, to your first point, if we had direct access to records, it would solve a lot of these problems, even though they are understandable delays, they add a block to the efficiency and timeliness but it also raises the issue of having access that is an ongoing

problem. having access to internal affairs records is also part of the problem that has a role to play in our agency or dpa being more efficient. >> vice president elias: and mou presented a few weeks ago, is that something that can be -- i thought it was included but if it isn't, can it be so we can get rid of some of the hurdles and barricades. >> probably. i think some of it is access. people move around so frequently, that is always a big deal. who is it being sent to this week. who is responsible for it now. how did it change? every time something comes up, are they aware there's outstanding requests being made and if not, how do we reengage. it is a big ship to turn. but i think those conversations are taking place now, and literally every week it becomes

more efficient. so, you know, if we really want to address it and make it be most complete and follow the best practices, these are some of the conversations that we're having right now about the efficiencies are the biggest and broadest solutions that would make the biggest change, access to files and body worn cameras, those are three of the top things that influence the majority of the delays that go on in our investigations. >> vice president elias: and then chief i wanted to give you an opportunity to respond to president cohen's invitation to speak and also too, chief, i'm hoping i can get your assurances that you or the staff will have conversations with dpa so we can do away with any barriers in the exchange of information so both

agencies can become efficient and a well-oiled machine. >> thank you commissioner. you do have my assurances on that and those conversations as director henderson said is happening and gets better as he described by the week. my comment on that, i think one of the reasons for that is the structure director henderson has put in place with dpa and it speaks to the founding issues. this work is expensive and often times when particularly budgets get tight, we tend to start throwing things overboard. i would say this, i can say during my time here, the structure in place now has really contributed to forward progress at quicker pace than it ever has in my time here.

i would just say, by way of support, dpa's effectiveness impacts the legitimacy of policing in the city and the more effective they are, i think people are seeing policing. and so my hats off to director henderson and his team. that structure has led to the executive level at each of the departments to working together more efficiently and i know funding was one of the issues weren't probably where they need to be in terms of the funding and i think some of that speaks to dpa's ability to keep in place a structure they have created and really support that and help nurture that. >> vice president elias: i also think it is going to be helpful to have consistency when it comes to discipline. i think by having the exchange

of information between you and dpa really does provide that level of consistency that i think is needed. and also, the whole point of the matrix was to get officers information as to what to expect if these kind of violations occur. i think it also benefits the officer by providing consistency amongst both agencies. i'm very happy to hear that and again, director henderson, congratulations to you and your team. >> thank you so much. >> president cohen: i'm going to keep the conversation moving forward. director henderson, thank you for your presentation. sergeant youngblood? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. members of the public who would

like to make public comment regarding line item 4, please press star 3 now. i see no public comment. >> president cohen: please call the next item. >> clerk: line item 5, intervention and resource program. meet and confer draft approved january 6th, 2021. discussion and possible action. >> reviewed and approve this meet and confer, unless there's

discussion, i would make a motion to approve it now. >> president cohen: motion made by commissioner hamasaki is there a second? >> second. >> president cohen: okay, i have to get used to your voice. second motion made by commissioner yee. and we'll take a roll call vote on that. sorry, do we need public comment? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. for members of the public who would like to make public comment for the general order 11-11 press star 3 now.

>> president cohen: let's do a roll call vote. >> clerk: (roll call) you have six yes's. >> president cohen: motion passes. next item, please. >> clerk: line item 6, public comment related to closed session including item 7, whether to hold item 8 in closed session. for members of the public who would like to make public comment online item 6, press star 3. looks like we have one public

comment. you have two minutes. >> i'm paying careful attention to the remarks made after each item. public comment is -- i have noticed in the past that after somebody makes a public comment, people make remarks. and we can make remarks, too. but we have to maintain some decency. not all the issues that you all discuss are important to us. it doesn't take a lot of back and forth detailed questioning

off line. the argument of two minutes or three minutes to speak, you all should limit your comments to maybe a minute. you all make it boring in the middle of this pandemic. so, often times i'm just listening to you all and i'm monitoring you all. you all make these meetings boring. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you caller. president cohen, that's the end of public comment. >> president cohen: thank you. let's keep moving forward. next item? >> clerk: line item 7, vote on whether to hold item 8 in closed section, 67.10 action.

>> so moved. >> president cohen: second? >> commissioner brookter, he's always our second. >> i have to unmute myself. >> president cohen: okay. motion made by hamasaki and seconded by brookter. roll call vote? >> clerk: (roll call). you have six yes's. >> president cohen: we're going to go into closed session at this time. thank you very much.

stacy youngblood, are we dismissing any commissioners? >> clerk: we're in closed . >> president cohen: sergeant youngblood, could you call the next item. i think it's item eight. >> clerk: yam. we have -- i'm sorry. line item nine open session. vote to disclose whether any or all discussion out on 8. section administrative code section 1.2a. >> vote for disclosure. >> president cohen: is there a second. motion made by commissioner hamasaki. roll call vote. >> clerk: [roll call]

>> clerk: you have five yeses. >> president cohen: motion passes unanimously. sergeant [inaudible] do we need to take public comment on that? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >> president cohen: all right. so we should resend the vote and take public comment. >> president cohen: motion to remove the vote. all right. let's go to public comment and then we will take the vote again. >> clerk: for members of the public that would like to make public comment, please press star 3 to raise your hand now.

>> clerk: president cohen, we have no public comment. >> president cohen: thank you. so is there a motion. >> clerk: motion not to disclose. >> president cohen: let's again to the roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. >> president cohen: all right. motion passes. next item. >> clerk: line item 10. adjournment. action item. >> president cohen: all right. any comments? see you then. good night folks. adjourned. happy st. patty's day. >> bye thank you.

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culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. i'm a graduate of this program, and very proud of that. so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school. even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich

in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program to prepare them for what's happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to

explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance. i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a

coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪]

>> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar.

it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much

every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some

pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their

business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb

elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat.

it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ]

. ♪♪ ] >> president walton: good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, march 22nd. our clerk is mr. victor young. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined by supervisor rafael mandelman. >> clerk: the board of supervisors