community. also, in the basic -- one of the basic and major roles department of human resources which is to train and hire new employees. in my discussions with virtually every department in the city, the frustration on how difficult it is to hire an employee in a timely manner, is a deep problem that must be fixed. i know that it's not easy. i really did enjoy my conversation with you talking about the sort of different levels of bureaucracy and difficulty and recreating that system. as i shared with you, i have talked to a couple of hiring managers. one in particular was very eye-opening for me in the community in district 6, matt

haney's district. for a and a half trying to hire a nurse manager. she whacked me step by -- she walked me step by step everything she did. she tried to hire a manager, run around she got, changing of the rules and process, the number the requisitions sat on. she couldn't get a reply. meanwhile, i heard that kind of dysfunction from so many city departments. it's unacceptable. we are a world-class city with a huge budget. bigger than some small countries. we should be able to have a functioning human resources department that doesn't have vacancies that last for years on end in understaffed departments.

aside from the issue how many employees of color feel like they are treated, this is basic dysfunction in our city is not right. i struggled very much with this appointment. ultimately, i decided that, i can't guarantee that i don't support your appointment today that another insider won't be hired it's not my choice as member of the board of supervisors who i appoint. i am going to support your appointment today. i do so really begging you to try to come in with a fresh pair of eyes. i know you been there for a long time, trained by the same leadership that hasn't been able to fix it so long.

i ask you to do everything within your power. i am happy to partner with you and work however i can, side by side with you to do this. to reform this department and not only to make sure that all our city employees feel appreciated and welcomed and they have a fair and equal shot getting equal wage and a fair opportunity for advancement. that our department can hire workers in a timely manner. i'm looking forward to working with you on that. hope someone who's been on the inside so long can come in with that fresh leadership and fresh pair of eyes and makes some major change. >> president walton: thank you supervisor ronen.

supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. president. many of my colleagues said a lot of what many of the points that i wanted to say. one point in particular that was of concern to me. i will say this to you ms. isen. there's been a consistent practice in many of the departments to contract out certain services rather than work to hire full-time employees. we dealt with that issue with security guard at many of our museums. we have had to deal with that issue with regard to nurses in our hospitals. we're dealing with that now with the issue with e.m.t., private contracting services. it's a consistent practice over and over again. one in which i think from a

fiduciary, just purely from a fiduciary perspective, the taxpayers of san francisco are losing out. it increases much more overtime. it increases much more turnover. it increases much more instability in these departments. i know it's an issue i know you will tackle head-on. this contracting out issue is one that's crucial for you to tackle and one to pay attention to as we approach the time that we're going to work together collectively as a body.

i think you bring phenomenal experience to the job. i think you worked your way up through the ranks. i think you'll be someone that people can work with and listen to. you'll be listening to people. i do think, please pay special

attention to many of the aggrieved employees who felt not as though they had a voice. i think you had good ideas how you will incorporate equity and looking at things at diversity as it pertains to african-american, latino employees. all those things are ones i think are really important. i'm happy to support you today. i look forward to working with you in your new capacity. >> president walton: supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. i'm going it try not to repeat what colleagues have said. i share a lot of the views that have been raised. this is an example as i shared with ms. isen where we spoke. i was at first skeptical of

this, more because of the points raised by preview ronen and others just around general view of the need, potential benefits for someone outside the department. it's a concern and question is d.h.r. plays an important role to protecting >> s. that was a concern i had. i will say that this is an example of a process where we're getting to know ms. isen talking with people through her

willingness to be quite open and honest about and discuss these concerns that really moved in my opinion on this. i want to say that i very much appreciate long-term service to the city. i was moved by input that i received from an individual that some you have may know, fighting for those most disadvantaged and now things in san francisco. that's former housing inspector

ron dix. mr. dix is african-american retired city employee. worked for city and county for 32 degrees. 30 year at d.b.i. it had back on me when i read his words. as former employee of d.b.i., i know dysfunction. carol isen is the antithesis. i known carol for 30 years. he says carol nurtures a supportive environment where people feel free to express their concerns. she's sensitive to disenfranchised marginalized community. carol is a highly skilled listener. she enhances any environment where she is present. that is consistent what i heard

from others and what i experienced in getting to know ms. isen during this process. i look forward to working with you and working to protect our employees and bring the necessary changes to our city to d.h.r. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you president walton. i think this is a stellar appointment and i'm excited to see what ms. isen will do in this job. in the committee you took strong

issue that d.h.r. is broken. it does feel like the city's hire and training processes in important ways are broken. it is tremendously frustrating to see it playing out in department after department where some of the biggest problems the city has are we find solution to those problems frustrated by the number of vacancies that we seem unable to fill a timely way. earlier today we were talking about the challenges in hiring and training for sfmta.

if we go through all the things that need to be done in the city, it feels like one of the greatest obstacles to get the right people in positions quickly. i would love to hear about some of your thoughts about how you might approach that problem over your time in the job. >> thank you, supervisor for the question. i think this might be the subject at longer hearing. i appreciate having a little time to spend with it. i would say this is a general observation. i'm looking forward to working with every one of you and preview roan -- supervisor ronen.

d.h.r. is underinvested organization. its systems are old. we cannot count very well even what we have, what our work is. the nearest thing to investment at this point in terms of hiring is our applicant tracking system. as a modern employer, that can hire quickly, aside from being home, bound by our own rules. the human resources director oversight of the human resources systems in the city. i want to make sure everybody on

the board is aware in the charter, the appointing officers are the hiring authorities. we conduct examinations, mass examinations to create lists that processes doing that is very cumbersome. the rules around them are cumbersome. the appeal right of every individual who sits for the exam can slow us down. yet these are baked in our system and for good reasons. i can take both sides of the argument. i think it's shining light where requisitions are in the process.

working with office of racial equity, we looked at five major categories involved in hiring and promotion process. that work will be expanded. we're going to be coming back to the mayor and to the board to let you know, and the things you like to see done, what needs to happen to make this possible. despite the notion of d.h.r. being broken, d.h.v. ar. is a relatively small agency. where 40% of agency is worker's

compensation. we've done a lot with the concept and we hope to expand it. this is my vision for entry into the city. i appreciate the comment and partnership. i look forward and hearing on issues.

>> i appreciate as another step in the board conversation, i do believe that this is one of the most important things you're going to be asked to think about i hope you're able to carve out some time to think about some of these fixes. >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i want to reiterate comments my made in the rules committee. i the pleasure knowing ms. isen in more two decades when she was

local 21 rep in those days. the city was getting ready to undergo a multibillion dollar rebuild of our water delivery system. water system improvement project. local 21 was beating up the sf p.u.c. and the mayor's office and board of supervisors for contracting out work that city employees could do. ms. isen was at the forefront of that movement. later on went to work at the p.u.c. and implement those policy measures that the board pushed that mayors and general managers agreed to. she was a star at the p.u.c. before she went to a department that has a lot of challenges where i will be trepidation to

go. the fact she has the experience inside and outside, i think it's fantastic. i want her to succeed. than does not mean we're going to hold back any punches or questions and seek the kind of reforms to streamline the hiring process.

accuweather i want to thank you director isen for stepping up a being here today. >> president walton: just couple of things i want to say before we move forward to the vote. i'm in the going to repeat everything. i heard hours of testimony about the ongoing injustices and unfair treatment of black employees and employees of color within human resources department. it's clear that discrimination occurs in the workplace. sometimes subtle. i'm committed to working to help reform our systemic failures. i will be supporting your appointment. i still will be moving forward with a focus on the creation of a working group specifically for african-americans and city employment to be appointed by

the mayor and board of supervisors. ly continue to work on creation of legislation to mandate department of human resources on all workplace discrimination cases. it's toen share all complaints are properly investigated. allis are treated i can -- all employees are treated equitably.

i'm hopeful that will you continue to meet with the groups that are commit to making these changes. we need you to be responsible for the practices of the department of human resources. i truly hope and know that eliminating these equities should be our collective goal. i will be supporting your appointment and just looking forward to working with you on the changes that need to happen and i hear from conversations that you are committed to these changes and i'm also committed to legislation and supporting, making sure some of those changes happen in a matter of --

whether or not you're the director or i'm a member of the board of supervisors. these changes will be loft so we can move the department forward. with that said, we have in other members on the roster. we will now get a roll call vote on item 27. [roll call vote]

>> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: without objection, this motion passes unanimously. thank you director isen. please call item 28. >> clerk: a motion to amend board rules of order to create a new rule, 2.21.1 allowing for adoption without reference to committee of appointments to subordinate body who are nominated by district supervisors and subject approval by the full board. another rule, 2.21.2 clarifying the process for direct appointments to subordinate bodies by district supervisors that are not subject to approval by the full board of supervisors. this motion requires eight votes of the board.

>> chair peskin: this would actually truncate that process and those appointments would go directly on the next adoption without community reference calendar pursuant to a letter from the appointing supervisor still subject to public comment and public scrutiny i look

forward to all filling vacancies that we have on all bodies later on during roll call. i will speak little bit more to what we can do to make sure that all of our policy ebodies are filled expeditiously. >> president walton: thank you some supervisor peskin. roll call or item number 28 please. [roll call vote]

>> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection this motion carries unanimously. we are now at roll call for introductions. >> clerk: mr. president, you are the first up to introduce new business. >> president walton: thank you so much and colleagues i know we asked and made a request for update on outside bodies and commissions within your role call. i would ask that you do not -- we have a closed session as you know with the public utilities

commission as a joint meeting. i ask that you save the reports for april 6th meeting in the interest of time. i have a resolution today along with supervisors chan, melgar, peskin, safai and ronen, denouncing the article contracting in the world, what a professor at harvard law school. this article denies the industry of sexual enslavement of hundreds of thousands of people of japanese during the pacific war. it is honored by international community, historical records and. thumb thousand -- these women are known as the comfortable

women. these young woman fame from terrify country -- the average is 15. there were some as young as 12. the vast majority was from china and korea. it is estimated 75% to 90% die in captivity. mr. jay mark's, it claims that women were no coherrings but entered into fair contract to

provide services. this makes it more difficult to eradicate violence against women. i would like to thank the comfort justice coalition for their advocacy on this important issue and i hope my colleagues can join me in denouncing mr. ramsi's article. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you mr. president. [roll call vote]

supervisor chan? >> supervisor chan: you really think about traffic and traffic around our city. we have seen an increase of speeding and traffic coalition. in 2020 san francisco had the same number of fatal traffic collisions like 2019. we are falling behind on our coalition.

it's really just again, before i even took office, it was a fatality on geary and 28th avenue. it was a very tragic senior that was hit by a vehicle and then just after that, even during

pandemic, we would think that will be less collision because less travel. we had a cyclist in our district struck by a truck. broke both of his legs and sadly had to have one of his legs amputated. two weeks a cyclist was struck by a driver. this female -- these are just a few incidents that can play in the richmond alone. while sfmta had their rapid response team which is deploy when the collision certificates that site and recommend

approval. we understand there's a high injury network. we trying to make improvements to the network. i think essentially is trying to understand is that really good way to -- it seems like the data is driven by deaths and injuries. are there ways to really -- it's more intervention, strategy prevent injuries and deaths.

it's the reason why i'm introducing the resolution in the hearing request today. i'm excited to introduce a legislation that i really have mentioned to you and requested, the first day when i took office during our first introduction, it's finally ready for introduction. i'm excited to introduce legislation that will create a registry and prioritize our small businesses for city grant. i like to thank my co-sponsors, supervisor haney, ronen, preston and president walton.

at that time, during my first board meeting, i announced that intent. i'm excited this is finally ready for prime time. as we recover from the pandemic, it's critical that we do everything we can to support local small baiz -- businesses.

over the years, they have proven themselves to be viable and culturally significant assets to our neighborhood and should be prioritized for city resources and legal aid to prevent placement. has week at the government we had a hearing on rent debt on our small businesses.

i look forward to having your support and feedback are welcome too. >> clerk: thank you supervisor chan. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, madam clerk. i have one item. today i'm introducing legislation that would require city departments and their grantees including shelters and navigation centers to create and immediately implement overdose prevention policies, training and protocol. unfortunately this came in increase of overdose deaths.

135 people died of overdoses of january and february of 2021. 2021 is on track to -- if this is hard to grasp, even worse year than 2020 in the number of people will die from drug overdoses. the proposed ordinance would require the department of public health and supportive housing to help operation centering -- under this

legislation, each departmental overprevention policy must address how programs will provide drug treatment and harm reduction programs and services. describe where the department will post information about syringe access and schedule. overdose crises in our city is horrific and it's getting worse.

we need a response to this crisis that mirrors the scale. we can prevent overdoses and save live. we need to ensure they are meeting this challenge. every single department and every single grantee and provider has to be part of the slights. there's adequate training and access to narcan, effective monitoring of people at risk of overdose or access to treatment or harm reduction. this legislation would change that by requiring overdose prevention plan and policies not

only by all these departments but at the -- i hope we can work together to come together with solutions so we doe do not see the trend we are -- i do there are things we can do to prioritize the response.

>> supervisor mar: these precious lives lost were mostly women and immigrants, breadwinners and heads of households. they were hard working. they were operational. they cared for their families. no matter who they were, their race or gender or class, no matter where they were or how they worked, they would still be alive and here today. nobody should parish at the hands of an armed shooter. we know there was another mass shooting in colorado yesterday to claim another ten lives. the tragedy of a death in atlanta is felt so deeply in the asian-american community. it comes as a historic moment of reckoning on anti-asian racism

in this country. because of dehumanization is all too familiar, dehumanization is necessary ammunition to happen. it's how we reject the experiences of those with less power over and over again. humanization on the other hand restore us so we can all see each other as whole. despite the hate, there's much butte in the american project. in their stories, we embraces of diversity, cross-cultural sharing interracial families and new ways of being in community. we do not need to know them to honor their story and their humanity. let their loss be not in vain.

meet hate with love. meet rage with love. meet sadeness with love. let's honor them with love. i like to take this opportunity to remind you that asian-american and pacific island heritage month is coming up in may. this annual celebration of a.p.i. history is more important than ever if we continue to struggle as a city for meaningful long-term solutions to the epidemic of anti-asian racism and violence. let's do everything we can to make asian pacific heritage month powerful and important. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor

mar. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you supervisor mar for calling out names. i really appreciate that you did that. colleagues, today i am announcing that i'm introducing a request to the city attorney to work on the ordinance at looking at our policies. if this pandemic has eliminated anything it's the great gender equity across economic background that women tend to carry burden of child care, elder care and home care. we are in desperate need of normalizing. our workplaces has never fully

been parent friendly. i hope we can get past prior political hurdles. the u.s. remains one of the few countries in the world without any national parental pay parental leave policy. as of 2018, only 17% of u.s. private sector workers had access to paid family leave through their employers. many parents don't take advantage of their full leave. we need to support parents particularly mothers. here in california and in san francisco, we have made some strides and stronger peoples for

all parents and for women, expanding paid leave, sick leave and adding lactation rooms at city hall. one glaring issues that needs to be addressed, if we want to see more representation on the board of supervisors or any of the advisory bodies and commissions and boards, it's to ensure that as a city, we are offering the ability to members to go on parental leave without the fear of discrimination or the fear to relinquish their seat. in 2018 we saw senator tammy duckworth she made history to give birth in office. the ability for her to bring her child on to the floor to cast a vote. the same goes for the viral image of california

assemblywoman last year comforting her infant baby on the floor during a speech. she was making an impassion speech on a bill that would have been increased paid family leaf for californians. that bill failed. elected bodies around the world have been pushing for policies for their months.

this law is meaningful, it is impractful that requires locations of teleconference from to be accessible to the public. when the brown act was enacted, teleconferences really meant calling -- it did not have pregnancy or childbirth in mind. since then, i do not believe this board or any commissions have ever formally adopted a policy for member. i ask that the city attorney help us draft legislation to adopt a parental policy for board commissioners and appointed members of advisory body. these are volunteer who are

dedicating their time to serve the public. this allows us to feel supported and also in the request and ability to take a leave and knowing that their seat will be safe to the extent allowable by the charter and law. i'm exploring a policy so we send a positive message that parents are welcome. that we embrace birthing parents and mothers. my staff is engaged reforming the brown act. there are several efforts right now in sacramento thousand --

now. i would like to give a report back as requested by president walton about my outside activities. i will report on the first five committees that i sit on. eapproved the budget the consolidation of administrative functions. also the dwindling revenues that we are seeing from the state tobacco moneys. that is all i can report back on on that commission. i look forward to reporting on more in the future. finally the moment that we've all been waiting for.

that's the report that i am making on our time study with the women' political committee. you may remember that during the month of march women's history month, we did a time study to analyze the board of supervisors and the committees that we sit on. the san francisco women's political committee volunteers watched us during the first week in march. the methodology of that study was to measure the minutes of men and women and not keep track by individual.

we also looked at how many interruptions each member made. -- the committee spoke without permission and out of turn. this person also quit asking permission after interruption was still counted. if person interrupting of the president of the chair of the committee, they are interpreting somebody else who was speak out of turn, this was not counted either. the president and the committee chair who were speaking for administering the functions set rules for the committee and or discussion.

we found that men spoke 63% on board committees to women speaking 22% of the time. even though we make up 36% of

the board of supervisors. that is a not a big surprise to some of us, may be. it is an opportunity for us to analyze gender and how we communicate with one another and through political speech. we found that men interrupted 84% of the time as compared to women. men interrupted women at about the same rate as women interrupted men on the board. however, when we looked at how many times men and women interrupted presenters, we found that men interrupted staff or presenters much more disproportionately at 84.5% of

the time. this is not to call out individuals my desire for us is to do analysis how we conduct ourselves and how we communicate with each other and with the public and how men and women internalize our gender roles. thank you so much for that. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor peskin? >> chair peskin: thank you madam clerk, colleagues. as i mentioned earlier, when we adopted item 28, thank you all for the unanimous vote. that was the process improvement

rule changes. today i'm introducing a hearing request regarding local implementation a state law that requires local governments to produce annual reports on commissions oversight committees and boards and other policy bodies who's members are appointed by legislative body, such as this board of supervisors. last year's matty act report was one-page shy of 200 pages. it's a road map not only for the rules committee but for everyone who's interested in applying for a policy body or commission. that reports set forth the qualifications, the mission of the body, inspiration dates. dozens upon dozens of such commissions and advisory committees and task forces. it is incomplete in a number of

ways. by the way, for anybody who's watching, can be found on the board of supervisors website. you can get a link to it. new chair of the rules committee, i believe we can and should go beyond what the state law requires and enhance this reporting requirement in ways that highlight the racial ethnic and gender equity goals of the city. including how those goals are achieved not just through the board but what's missing from the report,s which the mayor's appointments as well.

we look forward to working with the clerk's office and office of racial equity and members of the public and members of this board as we start this conversation. second, i'm introducing amendments to our commercial eviction moratorium in the wake some confusion about its term and unfortunate litigation. if landlords and small businesses would unable to reach mutually arrangement to stabilize the small businesses which are as supervisor chan said, anchors of our commercial corridors, that those small businesses would be able to terminate their leases and not be liable for future rent under the remaining term of the lease. that does not mean that landlords can't pursue other

damages. it does emphasize that those landlords have a duty to mitigate losses. as we heard, we all heard, i know from the budget and legislative analyst report on unpaid commercial rent during covid-19, there were some stark and troubling numbers of the 4 behind million dollars in unpaid joseph all -- overall commercial rent. of the $358 million unpaid retail, more than half of that comes from mixed use neighborhood commercial districts. those are ground floor retail tenants that are so vital to our commercial corridors. a year from now we'll be

implementing vacancy tax we delayed because of covid. i want to acknowledge there are many landlords doing the right thing and coming to the table to stabilize small business tenants. there are others too eager to litigate their losses. i would suggest it is in their best interest to work with the small business tenants around rent forgiveness. as i said, the storefront vacancies taxes is coming. finally, i do have an item for today's imperative calendar after i learned about after our last board meeting. we don't have a board meeting next week. i would hike to make the appropriate findings for sunshine. this is to celebrate the 65th

anniversary of the -- anchor business in north beach. >> clerk: supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you madam clerk. i have two items today. first today i'm pleased to introduce a resolution calling on major chocolate producers including mars and nestle to stop utilizing child forced labor in their global coca supply chain. it's a tragic reality in

children in west africa despite empty promises to change the issue persists. last week, colleagues, our office and i'm sure many of you were thrilled to learn that the workers at all locations of dandelion chocolate in san francisco announcing their intent to unionize. they have taken and reportedly complied with fair trade cocoa pledges. we have high folks at this commitment of ethical practices.

despite pledging to end these practices, they persist. in west africa on average, cocoa farmers earn less than $2 a day.

as industry has grown over the years, the use of child labor has persisted. recently investigators discovered children trafficked into west african cocoa farms and coerced to work without pay. i'm not sure if this twisted reality of loss on the executives of these corporations that we are using forced labor of children in africa to make candy for children. as easter approaches this sunday for those who separate -- celebrate that. i hope everybody think about that when thinking about buying bags of mars and nestle. i wish dandelion workers well in their negotiations. college, i urge you to support this resolution condemning ongoing use of forced child labor by some of the biggest players in the chocolate

industry. second resolution that i'm introducing today is in support of ab20. the corporate free elections act. which is authored -- voters in san francisco have made it clear time and time again that we don't want corporate money meddling in local politics. we're not interested in our elections is beholden to corporate donors and condemned of money. there's a disconnect when it comes to electing representative representative. for city rates, direct -- state races, there's no limit preventing corporations from

funding candidates. we have a problematic in which san francisco voters made it clear. they don't want it. ab20 would change that. it's important to understand that right now as we encourage new generations of upstart and activists with lived experience to get involved in the political process and run for office. those who take clean money pledges are at a tremendous disadvantage financially are effectively silenced by massive spending by corporations in these races. in 2020 politicians and campaigns in california have accepted a total of $2.1 million from pg&e according to abc 10's analysis the state campaign finance data.

last cycle spending by five companies uber, lyft and dor dash counted up towards $224 million. imagine if they had given those funds to their workers instead of campaigns. this kind of money has no place in clean elections. corporate money in elections is inconsistent can with the concept of democracy. i appreciate assembly members for leading on this effort. i want to thank my early co-sponsors supervisor and -- rest of submit. >> clerk: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i'm introducing a resolution we affirming the city's commitment

to using clean and safe public power for funding power projects. in 2018 after learning that affordable housing under construction in my district was being held up, i introduced a resolution that my colleagues on the board joined in passing unanimously urging pg&e to cooperate with sf p.u.c. and calling on sf p.u.c. to provide quarterly reports on the status of projects preparing to use city power. we regularly tracked these projects. along with sf p.u.c., the mayor office, we have pushed and controlled pg&e. we worked out one agreements to move projects along. the quarterly court continue it tell the story.

1085 units of affordable housing homes that we needed for seniors, educators and people exiting homelessness are stalled

unable to get pg&e to agree to the terms. pg&e completed its chapter 11 well over six months ago. some concerns their investors and -- we as city run utility and individual rate payers are not seeing any real change. the tame for using their bankruptcy status is an excuse in the past. i'm introducing a pair of items today to reform our commitment to clean reliable space to continue the call that we've made to pg&e work with the sf p.u.c to continue these quarterly reports to the board so that pg&e understands that we are still watching them and tracking every project to ensure they do not stand in our way.

i want to thank sf p.u.c staff. i want requesting a hearing on together summer. at that hearing, which will be our first item at the new youth, young facilitate hearing. -- family hearing.

>> clerk: supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: one item today. i only have one item today. that is something that i think many on this board and many people have put a lot of energy and effort into for a really long time.

introducing a resolution today to support ab854. it was put forward by alex lee and co-sponsored locally by assemblyman david chiu and among other members in the california legislature. the groups that worked on this was housing clinic. what it does, it was an attempt last year and years before that to -- to require landlords that want to get out of the business to hold the properties that they have for five years at a minimum. -- 78% of evictions that occur

are people that invoke that are doing it five years or less. over the years it's been used in speculative ways. i want to thank supervisor mandelman and walton.

i'm certain many more of you will be involved and add your name as co-sponsors. this is something that's long overdue. it did not pass last year. so many different households are still under the threat of being displaced during this process. hopeful it will gain the momentum that can deserves. >> clerk: thank you.

supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: in 1928 iris was born in st. louis, missouri who immigranted from russia to the united states. at the and of 20, iris attended a group dance. paul moved to the u.s. iris and paul got married in 2020 this celebrated 71 years of marriage. iris and paul had three sons, robert, allen and john and many grandchildren and great grandchildren whom she loved dearly. listened to and encouraged and provided guidance on their many endeavors. bob is a dear friend of mine and

fellow member of the south and growing club. throughout her life, iris was looking for now challenges at a age of 44. she enrolled university of missouri and graduated bachelor's degree in education. after paul retired, he and iris moved. iris is survived by her husband paul, her three sons, her grandchild and great grandchildren. iris was an incredible woman who will be remembered for her humor and whit and for incredible love of her family. i offer my condolences to all who knew and cherished her. i want to thank supervisor mar

for adjourning the meeting in honor of those that were senselessly killed in atlanta on march 16th. absolutely sicken to learn that an individual shot and killed eight people including six asian women in atlanta, georgia. yesterday another ten dead in boulder, colorado after not horrific mass shooting, this time at a grocery store. we are the only high-end country, we're getting back to normal where it means mass shooting. after listening to victim interview last night on cnn, he said this feels like the safest spot in america. i just nearly got killed for

getting a soda. language that we often hear in san francisco, we family like we're in a bubble here. this can happen anywhere in america. last year, 50 million guns sold a record number on top of 400 million already in circulation in this country. many new gun owners in states that don't require permits, background checks or training. 28 states do not require background checks on all handgun sales. remember three were killed at the garlic festival including a 6-year-old girl who bought a gun in nevada. former fbi officer andrew mccabe was on cnn last night. nothing is going to prevent this from happening again and again under our current laws and

regulations. this has become part of the american experience. it is unique to us. there's not another similar country on other that experiences this. it's america. why is that? it is directly attributable to the profusion and the availability of guns. particularly high power assault style weapons and how easily pretty much anyone can acquire them in this country. because of spineless politicians like senator mitch mcconnell who won't bring a background check to a vote. now even though we're 50-50 in the senate, we're still trying to bring background check bill to a vote.

90% of americans agree on background checks for all gun sales. just days ago the nra celebrated that a colorado judge struck down a life-saving ban on a.r.17 style weapons in city of bowler. they celebrated. their -- just ten days after columbine in 1999. when they were asked not to come, ten days late e after 12 students and one teacher was killed, charleston stood there and mocked everybody saying i will give you my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hands. it was said ten days after columbine. as we mourn those we lost to mass shooting, all the victims of gun violence, i will continue to honor their lives with

action. actions that involve pursuit of gun violence prevention here even at home as we see the number gun violence victims going up. we have to fight with action at every level possible. we have to do everything we can to disarm hate. the past couple of days i've been poking to those that i worked with for years. it's all that we can say that we have to keep going. this is a marathon. it is not a sprint. we must honor their lives and do everything we can to prevent this from being a continued american experience.

i like to adjourn this meeting in honor of lives lost in atlanta shooting and bowler shooting. i hope to god i don't have to keep doing this as supervisor p.p.p. repeat -- repeated names after mass shooting. enough is enough. i'm so sick of this. we need everyone to have the same sense of urgency and to honor these lives with action not just with words. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you supervisor stefani.

names on the roster mr. president, i don't see any names on the roster requesting to be rereferred. i believe that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president walton: thank you so much. we are now at our time for public comment. >> clerk: at this time the board of supervisors will receive general public comment. the number is scrolling across the screen 415-655-0001, when you hear the prompt, the meeting i.d. is also there.

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>> hoping will you take this seriously. this is something that will not only affect san francisco but the rest of the world. thank you.

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please? we have three callers in the queue? >> hello, good evening. i would encourage you to get a task force to look into this corruption with public works. it's a long history going back for years to unwind that we have for department of environment.

>> candlestick park known also as the stick was an outdoor stadium for sports and entertainment. built between 1958 to 1960, it was located in the bayview hunters point where it was home to the san francisco giants and 49ers. the last event held was a concert in late 2014. it was demolished in 2015. mlb team the san francisco giants played at candlestick from 1960-1999. fans came to see players such a willie mays and barry bonds, over 38 seasons in the open

ballpark. an upper deck expansion was added in the 1970s. there are two world series played at the stick in 1962 and in 198 9. during the 1989 world series against the oakland as they were shook by an earthquake. candlestick's enclosure had minor damages from the quake but its design saved thousands of lives. nfl team the san francisco 49ers played at candlestick from feign 71-2013. it was home to five-time super bowl champion teams and hall of fame players by joe montana, jerry rice and steve jones. in 1982, the game-winning touchdown pass from joe montana to dwight clark was known as "the catch." leading the niners to their first super bowl. the 49ers hosted eight n.f.c.

championship games including the 2001 season that ended with a loss to the new york giants. in 201, the last event held at candlestick park was a concert by paul mccartney who played with the beatles in 1966, the stadium's first concert. demolition of the stick began in late 2014 and it was completed in september 2015. the giants had moved to pacific rail park in 2000 while the 49ers moved to santa clara in 2014. with structural claims and numerous name changes, many have passed through and will remember candlestick park as home to the legendary athletes and entertainment. these memorable moments will live on in a place called the stick. (♪♪♪)

>> happy women's history month, san francisco, bay area, california, and the world.

my name is kimberly ellis and i have the profound honor to serve as the director on the department of status of women, proudly the oldest department of its kind in the united states. anthem for the generation. 40 years ago we filled the airways with the simple yet unifying word, i'm every woman, it's all in me. today the need for women, girls and non-binary people to stand in solidarity has never been greater. we may not walk in the same shoes or face the same challenges, and yet we stitch together the quilt of our collective struggle for equity, fairness and respect. we symbol the patch marked stories of the united fight for freedom and the unshackling of the system designed to hold us

back. the same mysogenistic forces that have worked to keep the woman subjugated continue unabated. the plan is simple, to keep us down by tearing us apart. whether playing off today's latest transphobia in women's sports or trying to find daylight between women and our white sisters, these motives are sinister and will not be successful if we are united by lifting each other up when they try to push us down. during this global pandemic, we know that we have the strength to rise to meet the challenges in front of us a, the grit to lift ourselves over the hurdles ahead of us, and the grace to reach back and leave no woman, girl, or trans person behind. this women's history month, let us take a deep look into

ourselves and summon the courage to forge the path set by our foremothers, to continue the work of equality and justice for all. today we are honoring four women who are making this incredible city by the bay a better place to call home. some of today's honorees represent the hope for tomorrow as well as the change makers of today. and now, it is my distinct honor to introduce to you the 45th mayor of the great city of san francisco, living her story herself, the first black woman to hold this seat a woman who brings us all together, an incredible leader, advocate, and justice warrior who is championing a better world for our daughters, for our sons, and for our grandbabies. i give to you san francisco mayor, the honorable london breed.

>> hello, everyone. thank you, director ellis, iffer that introduction. i'm excited to join you to celebrate women's history month and to honor four amazing women who have dedicated themselves to serving our communities. the women we are recognizing today give me hope for our future because while we have made so much progress in fighting for equal rights, there is still a lot of work that we need to do for communities of color, for people living in poverty, and especially for women and girls. we all know that when women lead, we get things done. and that is why i am thrilled about appointing women to key leadership positions. more than half of our city commissioners are women and women make up more than half of our city department heads and director, including the city administrator's office, the department of emergency management, the fire department, and the human rights commission.

but we also know that women have shouldered the burden of many of our society's inequities and disparities. that is why this month and throughout the year we must reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that women and girls everywhere especially here in san francisco are able to grow, succeed and thrive without fear of hatred or discrimination. we must continue our work to create equitable policies that do not disproportionately impact women in the work place. we must fight to ensure young women and girl of all background have equal access to a world class education. we must push to address the disparity that exists in our health care system, and provide culturally competent care for all women because when we champion these causes, our society is better for it. when we fight for him, for our mothers, grandmother, sisters, or daughters, or for women we may have never met, we fight for

a better future for everyone. a future where it is normal for a woman to be mayor of a major city like san francisco. thank you, all, again, for joining me today to celebrate women's history month. this month and throughout the year, let's continue to uplift women in our city and our country. now i'm excited to introduce our first honoree. she is dedicated her life to breaking down the barriers that for generations have prevented people of color from getting equitable, culturally competent health care. through her work as founder and c.e.o. of wise health, she has shown the world how we can provide better care by working with communities and meeting people where they are. during the pandemic, she has led efforts to provide resources for our seniors and others in need. please join me in congratulating our first honoree, brittany

doyle. >> women's history month represents the acknowledgment and celebration of women who have taken space and solidified their space throughout history. whether it's suffragettes, astronauts, athletes, working moms or even top c.e.o.s, we're talking about women that are not afraid to take their place. that's where women's history month means to me. and that is why it's so important for me. i'm so honored to be recognized this year. it actually was a shock when i received the letter. i'm here representing women who are homegrown and recognize the power themselves to step out in faith when a traditional 9-5 no longer serves their gifts to the world. i'm here for women who are visionaries and can see what a healthy and healed future looks like for the communities that they serve. for women who are not afraid to

create their own path and take control of their own future. and most of all, women that are able to do all of this with grace, humility, and love. i do not take this recognition lightly, and i'm so grateful for this opportunity. if i am able to inspire one person in my purpose here has been fulfilled because at one point someone inspired me to take that first step, and here i am five years later. we've been involved with many civic organizations and clubs that are advancing women worldwide. this is through alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated and the national association of negro business and professional women's club where i was served as the district governor over the entire western region. i am committed to crow yating systems and platforms where women can thrive professionally and community cans overcome barriers to health. this is my commitment to wise health and there is my commitment personally. i recognize that i would not be here today if it wasn't for the many women that have supported me over the years.

and i also want to send a special thank you to major london breed for even considering me for this recognition. i do not take this lightly. i am so grateful and i thank you. happy women's history month. thank you. >> thank you, britney, and congratulations. our next honorees are two outstanding young women who really took matter intoes their own hands to help their fellow public school students who were struggling with distance learning during the pandemic. they founded their own nonprofit to provide free basic school supplies for low income students. as two young women who have grown up in low income communities right here in san francisco, i am incredibly proud that they have stepped up to care for others during these unprecedented time. please join me in congratulating our next honorees, susannah la

and lana newland. >> thank you, mayor london breed, and the department on the status of women for this honor. >> hello, everyone. my name is susanna and along the lana, i am the co-founder of supply hope info. to me, women's history month means not only honoring the works of women in history, but also the works of women that have affected our lives today. >> for me one of the many important people in my life or more specifically one of the many important women in my life would be my mother. she continues to ensure that food is brought to the table and continues to provide me with the best with what we have as a low income family. and throughout the journey of supply hope info, i would say she has been my number one greatest supporter. she is constantly sharing our

project with her friends and family and celebrating even the littlest things. >> in history there are countless women who have sacrificed their lives for their families and these efforts go unnoticed. and i think that women's history month we should highlight not only the amazing works that women have made a difference in society, but we should also recognize all the work that all our mothers have contributed to our families. to be honored by mayor breed for this year's women's history month is truly incredible. our city is truly honored to have a female woman of color as our mayor. when lana and i started supply hope info, we kind of saw it as a way to support even a small amount of students with the

funds that we have or that we had, and we would have never imagined that it would grow into something that it is today. and i think that the mayor's award is not just directed towards lana and i. i think it acts as a reminder to the nearly 2,000 students that supply hope info has supported that there is support out there and there is support in our community. i am truly humbled by this honor and again, i want to thank mayor breed, for this amazing honor. >> although supply hope info supports low income students of all demographics, we hope that supply hope info's story and injury journey inspires one other young woman to start a project of their own. lana and i started supply hope info with points on a google

document and a lot of idea and brainstorming. and i think that -- and i hope that our story continues to inspire even one other young woman to set their mind to a plan if they have a plan that they want to go with. set your mind to it and with hard work and dedication, you will succeed. lastly, i just wanted to extend a huge thank you to our community and all of our supporters. throughout the supply hope info journey, there were so many wonderful women who have stepped up and donated to supply hope info and showed their support. and i think this just goes to show how strong our community can be when we come together. again, we thank you for all of your support, and special, special thank you to mayor breed for this amazing honor. >> i would like to begin by welcoming everyone who is a part of this women's history month

ceremony. my name is lana nyguen. i was born and raised in the tenderloin district of san francisco and grew up as a low income student. i constantly felt the impacts of my family's financial struggle and at times didn't even think higher education was a possibility, so i would like to send a warm thank you to mayor london breed for the honor of women's history month as it is something i would have never expected in a million years. april of last year, 2020, i co-founded supply hope info, a passion project aimed to mitigate educational disparities. and i am so proud to say that within less than a year, we have supported almost 2,000 in-need students, raised over $40,000, and shared our mission globally. throughout this, i have received unconditional support from my friend, family, teachers and community. they have truly changed my life.

now i view my future as one filled with possibilities. i continue to be inspired by all the women around me who are pushing our generation forward. as i enter the next few major years of my life, i hope to continue to be representation for young females in my community. i am excited for the future of supply hope info and the future of women across the world. thank you again to my community, the department on the status of women, and mayor london breed. >> congratulations, suannah and lana. i look forward to seeing all you accomplish in the future. our final hon north koreaee is a health care professional and daughter of an immigrant who has dedicated her career to serving our latino and underserved communities xhunts. she has worked closely with the latino task force to expand testing services within the community and provide services

for people who tested positive for covid-19. throughout her time at ucsf, she has done incredible research on infectious diseases and helped hundreds of people living with h.i.v. because of health care professionals like her, we are finally seeing the light at the end of this pandemic. please join me in congratulating our final honoree, dr. corrina marquez. >> first of all, i wanted to thank mayor breed and the san francisco department of the status of women for this recognition. it is such an honor. so what does women's history month mean to me? for me it is a time to celebrate and honor the great women leader, scientists, community activist, and other role models who spoke their mind and fought for and are fighting daily for gender equality and the help of their communities. the ones who didn't give up and paved the way for me, my

six-year-old daughter, and countless of other women and girls and toward an equitable society or past there. and i will also said that women's history month this year is different for me and for many. i think we're in the middle of a pandemic, and a pandemic that has disproportionately affected persons of color and women. we've bore the brunt of job loss and changes in care giving needs, and this is a different time. and so i wanted to just reflect on that. as an infectious doctor a latina doctor, i, like so many of our health care professionals, rose to the occasion and immediately wanted to serve our community and our patients. i will never forget how quickly the world changed in the first few months nearly a year ago. for me it was first seeing that 80% of our patients in the i.c.u. or in the hospital with

covid were at san francisco general were latinos. most essential workers like my dad who is a house painter or families of essential workers. and these vast inequities, we all knew were there, but this hit hard, and it was hard and we got working quickly. we knew action was needed. and while the time was hard, i would say one of the brightest spots of the last year and part of my life was the privilege to step out of the walls of the hospital and partner with community leaders from the latino task force for covid-19. the majority of whom in the leadership were women. and to work with them to enact change and to respond to the need of the community and improve equitable access to covid-19 testing and response services and now vaccines. and while not the most mrufl -- and one of the most beautiful parts was the multigenerational

teams of women working together, learning together, empowering each other, working on designing outreach to registering people for vaccines, community and elders and high school students all there working together and learning from each other. and to find out about many community leaders and at the same time i had the opportunity to mentor many latino premedical students and students from the mission district and excelsior and this intergenerational mentorship was so criteriaal in empowering women, women of color, and really inspiring. so i have to as i am thinking about this month, of course i'm thinking about all the structural changes and mentorship that are needed in critical to advancing equity. i grew up in l.a. my parents had me when they were young. my mom's side of the family has a fantastic history of strong

women who immigrated from armenia. and my father grew up in mexico and has a fantastic history of strong women on that side. and my parents and grandparents are always continue to inspire me. i am the first person in my family to go to college and to become a doctor and physician-scientist, and there i will be the first toed a mitt there were sometimes when i felt like i didn't belong in academia. but i owe my path to my family and my mentor, including my division chief diane havler, and my peer, without whom i would haven't got enhere and wouldn't take no for an answer and thought outside the box. i hope to provide guidance to the next generation. as a latina physician improving equity in stem and the physician

work force is such a priority for me. so i am lucky to work on this in two ways. as the associate director for the center for aids research, part of my job and passion is ensuring that cis and trans women are represented in research. and that we are forming research design and represented among faculty and doctors. and then improving equity in the physician workforce is a top priority and making the structural changes needed and ensuring that the mentorship is there. there is a vast disparity in representation among doctors, especially in the u.s. and california. and just as an example, latinos make up 40% of the california population, but only fewer than 4% of physicians are latina in california. we have a lot of work to do, but i'm fired up to make change and so inspired by the many outstanding and amazing women leaders in san francisco.

>> thank you and congratulations, dr. marquez. and thank you, all, once more for joining us at today's celebration. now please join me in welcoming dr. mirri, vice president of the commission on the status of women. >> good afternoon. i am honored to serve as vice president of the san francisco commission on the status of women. on behalf of the commission and the department on the status of women, i would like to thank mayor london breed for launching this year's women's history month. we are so honored to join you in marking this occasion. i would like to also offer our deep congratulations to the incredible women who were recognized by the mayor today. we are thrilled to celebrate your accomplishments and you inspire us all. while the last year has been different in so many ways, events like today remind us that

it is important to take time to celebrate the moments that bring us together and give us joy and to celebrate our shared values. we know that in this time of crisis, women have been shouldering the burden of the pandemic. women are the majority of essential workers. women are also experiencing the brunt of unemployment, leaving the workforce due to care giving demands and putting ourselves on the back burner to take care of children, families and communities. we also know that there is an increased risk of violence in the home and concerns for safety as individuals have faced isolation. the department has been working with mayor breed and other city agencies and we have been able to quickly adapt to ensure that critical support remains accessible and survivors have had safe places to go. we must continue to strengthen supports for women and girls in san francisco, to reduce the burdens of covid-19 and broader

systemic inequality. while the challenges around us can feel overwhelming at times, we can work together to empower girls and women and to expand access to opportunities. we know that as tough as things have been, we have seen astonishing strength and resilience from our girls and women. women have been at the center of strange working to uplift the two often silenced voices, to ensure representation and to elect more diverse political leaders. we hope to have much more to celebrate in the months ahead as we find brighter days together as a community. thank you, all, for joining us, in launching this year's women's history month.

>> today's special guest is sherisse dorsey smith. she's the director of program grants for the department of children, youth, and families, and she's here to talk about the learning grants, and she's the project lead. miss dorsey smith, well come to

the show. >> thank you, chris, for having me. >> can we talk about the learning hubs in general. what it is, who it's designed for, and why it's so important during this pandemic. >> yes, definitely. so the community hub initiative was created to offer support for distance learning. we wanted to ensure that young people, their basic nutrition needs were met, that they had access to wifi and digital devices, and they were able to engage with their peers in a safe environment. the community hub initiative or c.h.i., as we like to refer to it, supports our most vulnerable youth. our priority population was to focus on youth that lived in public housing, youth in s.r.o.s or in foster care or homeless, and maria su, our director, likes to say to give

kids the golden key, but to focus on our african american, pacific islander, latino, and people of color. it's the ones after receiving data on early in the process were identified as the ones needing the most support. a lot of our students, after we went to shelter in place in spring, in march, by summertime, so many were suffering academically, but they were also suffering from a lack of social interaction and their social and mental support. so we wanted to make sure when we developed these hubs, we offered those needs and supports to the youth. >> how successful have the community hubs been? how many have opened and how many students have been helped? i'm sure there were some

challenges, too. issues such as staffing come to mind. >> well, we've been able to open 80 hubs across the city, ranging from one pod, which is about 12 kids, to five pods, which is there's up to 15 kids in a pod, there's 70 kids at a site. we've served about 7,000 kids, but there's been some challenges. it hasn't been all smooth sailing. right off the bat, we had a huge hurdle that we had to overcome. we knew that there would be a higher demand than we were able to supply, and we needed to figure out a way to meet it as much as possible. so initially, can he designed the hub -- we designed the hubs to serve up to 20 kids in a pod with two adults. but then, here comes the state of california who had much more

conservative health and safety ordinance than even what we have locally because typically, d.p.h., our san francisco department of public health was a lot more conservative than the state. they came in and said okay, no more than 12 to 14 youth in a pod, maximum of two adults. so those staffings, and c.b.o.s having to meet the capacity was a constraint. it's a challenge, it's been rough, but it's been so fulfilling to see the smiles on the faces of our youth, seeing that the staff say we had to make this work no matter what. we were still able to launch successfully in september with, like, opening 42 hubs to start but now, like, we're at 80, and

it's hopefully still increasing. i'm bringing on a couple more in a few weeks. >> that's great. now you just mentioned c.b.o.s, community-based organizations, and i understand that the city is partnering with nonprofits and c.b.o.s. do they provide space? how does it work? >> in partnership with rec and parks and the libraries, and that's where we get a lot of c.b.o.s brick and mortar spaces. we provide the staffing. we have rec and park who are standing up hubs. we have lifeguards and other folks coming in, transition to being able to provide this all day support and care, which is similar to what they do in the summer. they're the ones who, you know, have been able to step in and

really stabilize a lot of young people and support families. they bring in -- or they have access to, you know, mental health and behavior services. they bring in their enrichment activities. they bring in just the sense of family and community, which a lot of our youth and families definitely appreciate, so we're in constant communication with each other, we're in constant communication with our city partners, the department of technology has been superstars in this whole hub initiative. they've gone out and done all the tech assessments on all these sites in addition to our comcast partners. everyone has been phenomenal. i've been in government for 13 years now, and to see how everyone was able to come together, the red tape was gone, all the barriers that we typically have just working in government, that all just, like, went away, and everyone was so focused on making sure

that this could be successful, that it just turned out to a beautiful thing. and i think that opened up the door for even stronger partnerships and alignment even beyond this pandemic, so i'm super appreciative of everyone who's been involved in this project. >> finally, how long do you think the hubs will be operating? i know the session ended in february and a new one's already begun, but do you think they will be expanded during the summer to help kids who had trouble with distance learning during the pandemic? >> yes. i anticipate the learning hubs operating through the summer and even into the fall. they're on going, so even as the school district works to reopen, there's going to be a place for hubs for a while. i think this is a -- an opportunity or a model to change the way we view education and how we educate or kids, and so i definitely see the hubs being a part for a

long-term. hopefully not ten years from now, but definitely in the next 18 months, the hubs will be up and running and thriving. >> fantastic. you know, the work you and your team have done on this project has been phenomenal. i want to thank you for coming on the show today. this has been really informative, miss dorsey smith. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for having me. >> for more on the learning hubs, visit dcyf.org or dial 311 and speak to an operator. and that's it for this show. we'll be watching with more covid related information shortly. you've been watching coping with covid-19. for sfgovtv, i'm chris manners. thanks for watching. [♪♪♪ (clapping) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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parks and places of communicated and thanks to the mayor and the department of technology and supervisor farrell and google. we had a

very very unique partnership that was able to bring wifi to our most heavily used parks and squares. >> parks in particular are really important way of life and quality of life and so is connectivity. bringing those two things together in a project like this is right on target with what san francisco is and wants to be. >> it's all about breaking apart the divide. the people with expensive data plan can have access to information and economy. this is really breaking down the digital divide and giving people across the spectrum the opportunity to information and giving them mobility and freedom. >> particularly by investing in connectivity in park spaces we are also ensuring the connection to digital inclusion opportunities and parks are designed for all neighborhoods.

>> people are on the move. they are no longer chained to their desk tops at home. people can accomplish a lot and we prefer them being here an enjoying the outdoors and nature. given all the mobile community and mobile information that's available. we thought it was important to make it for our parks acceptable for everyone and give everyone the opportunity to live and to work and be at the parks at the same time. >> our full mission in life is to give them access to the internet, give them access to information. in san francisco you don't have to be bottled up in an office. you can be around and enjoy your work anywhere. it's great for the local community here and it means a lot to me. >> in the park, you are people that can teach you about the trees in

the park and you can go to parks and recreation .org and having wifi in our parks makes it more accessible. if you want more information about how to enjoy wifi in san francisco parks, go to