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commission is taking public comment members of the public can raise hand by pressing star 3 to be queued. you will hear sigh tense when waiting to -- silence when waiting to speak. you will have three minutes to provide comment. please ensure you are in a quiet location, speak clearly and turn off tvs or radios around you. roll call. president feinstein. waiting to log on. vice president tony rodriguez. >> present. >> commissioner nacazzio. >> commissioner cleaveland. >> present. chief of the department jeanine

nicholson. >> present. >> item 2. general public comment. members may address the commission for up to any matter within the jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. address to the commission as a whole. do not enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. there is nobody on the public comment line. you can close public comment by announcing that, vice president. >> public comment is closed. now we go to approval of the exhibits. >> correct. >> item 3. approval of minutes discussion and possible action to approve

the meeting minutes from march 10, 2021. there is nobody on the public comment line. you would ask if the commissioners have any questions. >> any commissioners have questions on the approval of the minutes? >> i move the minutes, vice president. >> you moved? >> we have a second? >> second. commissioner makajo. >> aye. >> covington. >> aye. >> i don't see president feinstein on yet.

so the minutes are approved by nan vote of commissioners present. item 4. chief of department's report. report from the chief of department jeanine nicholson on current issues, activities and events in the department since march 10, 2021 including budget, academies, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from administration deputy chief jose vilo including update from cheat dewitt on the progress of station 25 and the ambulance training facility and support services and training within the department.

>> good evening. chief jeanine nicholson. this is my report for march 24th. good news in the city we are now starting told in the orange tier, which opens up a lot more things in terms of activities and retail and hopefully we can get a jump start to this economy. as you know, we are a general funded department. it is offices, nonessential offices will open up to 25%, some entertainment stuff opened, some recreation, dining, gyms, all sorts of things.

that is good, but please keep wearing your masks for right now people, appreciate it. because we are in the orange tier the covid command center at moscone center is shutting down. each department can run their own command out of their operations center. we can run out of the fdoc on the second floor at headquarters. the vaccination process is continuing to ramp-up, which is great. i believe we have over 40% of san francisco vaccinated at least one dose right now. i understand the next five and a half weeks enough doses for every san franciscan. that is great news. we will be assisting with vaccinations on treasure island this saturday.

as you know that zip code is one of the ones with the lowest vaccination rates i believe in the state but certainly in the city. we will be helping with that, and we are happy to do so. since our last commission meeting, the command staff and i participated in labor management meeting. we definitely talked about aligning our budget priorities. we can move forward with one message. that helps for us. moving forward with two different messages is not that helpful. i am glad about that. also, since the last meeting, i have met with all of you, all of the commissioners.

and i hope that is helpful and informative for you, and we will continue to do that as long as you find it useful and informative. i think it is a good practice that we started. again, i would like to reintroduce our new training chief. he is not wearing his jacket today because he does not have one yet. he does have a nice high and tight haircut which i appreciate. he is off to a running start. thank you for all of your hard work thus far. he is here as chief with the gold on. with that i am happy to answer any questions. >> president feinstein is in the

house. >> finally. thank you everybody. >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> thank you, vice president rodriguez tell me plea where we are. i was able to hear but not do anything else. i thank chief velo for helping me. he should go work for google or something. >> easy. i want him right where he is at right now. >> i heard the minutes were approved. i agree with that. what is the next item number?

>> item 4. chief nicholson just finished her report. there is no public comment. it is open for discussion. >> madam president one question of the chief. >> thank you and i apologize. >> chief, thanks for your report. there is goodness in brevity. one question that deals with your conversations with local sub 98. what were the key points in the budget discussions that we have agreed upon the department and 798 agreed upon? >> we spoke about ems and resources for the street crisis response team for ems6. looking to the mental health sf and homelessness proposition money that passed last year to advocate for those two programs.

we also spoke about our fleet replacement plan and equipment replacement plan. diversity equity and inclusion. we are moving forward together which is really great. >> it is important. absolutely. i wanted to note what were the key things we agreed upon together to go to the board and support in the funding process? >> just being aligned is very important. the city, mayor's budget office, supervisors are getting the same message from the unified front. >> was there any conversation regarding staffing?

>> we did speak about staffing for ems for sure because of the increased role that they have clearly taken on with community paramedicine, with the street crisis response and ramp-up of ems6. however our own staffing for the suppression side is through the grant that we received, the $14 million grant we received. we are still working with that, and we hope to have another class after this class. >> any chance to get more money out of proposition c? >> yes, that is what funded the street crisis response team last year, i believe. we can certainly make the case as well for ems6 being aligned

with that proposition in terms of dealing with homelessness and mental health. there is definitely the nexus there. what we want to do in this challenging budget year is remain whole, as you know we were asked for cuts. we are certainly -- we have made our arguments why that would be a really bad idea operationally for us and for what we do for the city. our hope is first and foremost to remain whole. >> my last comment is really more not a question but comment. that is if you need some help from us as commissioners, i know that i would be happy to lobby the board of supervisors and the mayor's office to support our needs for the department. call on us as commissioners to

assist you whenever you need us to make a pitch to the board. >> thank you very much, commissioner cleaveland. we did that two years ago. we couldn't do it last year because of covid. thank you for the offer of support and we will keep you posted. >> thank you. other questions? commissioner covington. >> thank you, madam president. chief, thank you for your report. i have just a couple of questions. who from the department attended those meetings with the union? >> those meetings are myself,

chief rubinstein and chief velo and my chief of staff normally attends as well. she was there as well. >> okay. former president of 798 was not part of that group? >> no, he was not. we spoke with shawn buford and several other folks on the board. >> great. i know that buford is now president. since o'connor is on the command staff i thought he might have been involved in those discussions as well. chief, first of all, i want to welcome chief again and ask you, chief nicholson what is the ethnic breakdown of the current

class recruit class? >> thank you, commissioner covington. i checked with our human resources folks. according to dhr guidelines what i can share is that the minority composition in the 127 class is 16 out of 25 or 64%. i cannot give a gender or ethnicity breakdown because of the group size. anything less than or fewer than 10 in a group i cannot release that? >> is that new. traditionally we have received that information. the former chief of the department always gave us that breakdown when requested? >> that is the message that i got from human resources today. according to dhr guidelines this is all i can share publicly. it may be because the classes were larger, 48 people.

i really don't know. in this instance, they suppressed that data and showed the aggregate. 64% minority composition. >> and i also was wondering about some of the new moneys coming in from the feds to the city for the broad range of things. while we were not mentioned in the $125 million that was

discovered a few weeks ago, has there been any discussion about the fire department being able to access some of the federal funds coming down? >> i will turn this over to mark corso. >> thank you, chief. good evening. mark corso finance planning. great question and hot topic. currently there are a number of initiatives through which the city in general will receive that federal funds directly through direct payments or grant programs. in the last round from previous relief package we were able to access those funds through some fema grants. we will monitor for those as more and more opportunity opens up. as far as general allocation to the city, i think that is being currently discussed internally within the mayor's office and

will be piece of the overall budget submittal to the board in june. a lot of that is to balance the deficit over the next two years. as the mayor's office continues to plan the city is working on the nine month report, financial update overall. not only the current year but the upcoming budget process. that will be released in april. they are continuing to look at that. >> thank you, mr. corso. i would like to echo commissioner cleaveland's office of assistance if needed. sometimes commissioners can say things that members of the department cannot say because we are all mayoral appointees. we do have that advantage.

it was something i lobbied for and some people will remember that, even though people in the department thought we would never get it back, we did. that was a big lobbying effort that paid off well working with other people. those are all of questions i have for now. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner covington and thank you for the offer to assist. appreciate it. looking for a waving hand. i am not seeing any. therefore we shall move on. thank you, chief nicholson.

thank you. >> and chief velo you have the ball for your report. >> thank you. chief nicholson, marine command staff, chief velo. this is my report for february. i will load up the slide show. here is my report for february 2021. as requested by the commission at the end of my report the chief dewitt will present on

station 49 and 35. report on training. we have 27th class currently in session. 25 in the academy. things are going well. on the seventh week right now. two weeks ems, fifth week of fire. more complicated evolutions. more complex. this is challenging. so far we are doing well. the 26 class competed in the month of february one year testing. aerial testing and one year overall test with skills. they all passed and are moving to the next assignments vacation relief. we continue to do in service training modules. this month we have a forcible entry model. that is anytime we have to access a property where there is no keys or anything is open.

we have to force our way into the property when there is a fire. we have obstacles in opening doors or going through concrete. how do we do that? that is how we trained this past month and the division of training and inservice staff. units continue to do the training and rescue one on the dive training with equipment. they train on the bay, obviously. it is for multiple units that we do and that is one of them. professional development training we continue to push. we had three sessions of the campus academy 36 hours training. -- 12 hours leadership, four hours guidelines, four hours fire simulations and four hours every response. combined between what we created for leadership training and

current chiefs in the field that came to help us with lessons learned to help in the future. the new captains are assigned and given a position. they are given a cashbook to complete and as signed a mentor to help develop those skills to be a captain. this is in the march we concluded two sessions of the leadership training. 16 hours leadership how to manage and performance issues. very successful with that. the newly appointed acting chief will receive the book with many of the tests they have to perform and they will be assigned a assistant chief as mentor to help. we are sponsoring classes for the urban security initiative with multiple classes as signed to us with grants.

we have confined space, transrescue and classes coming up in the next few months. we continue to push grants for the classes. they are hosted by us. this is the 240 hour community training for the response team. this program you know well. they just finished 19 paramedics are ready to go and start the first week of april pulling in more of them. it will be great to have. we continue to train for an upcoming drill that we are going to have. the tent in the has is hazmat. we have incident and patients have to go through this little center area where we slide in and water will be poured down so they can de comp for chemicals.

the airport continues to do trillions. you saw the video last month. it is required by faa regulations. you had a presentation a few months ago of the firefighter patrick reyes and the program. due to the covid pandemic we still reach the kids in schools through zoom. this past month we did a 7 8-k through eighth grade about fire safety. neighborhood emergency response team limited training they have but they continue to support vaccination sites. you will see at the site you will see them volunteer for anything they are asked for they do it. we are pleased for that. the other thing this month we have the annual training we do

in april. because of the pandemic we are preparing to help with that develop some virtual drills to watch. normally they would assemble in the city at a school and we actually run the teams through the different exercises. we run the teams through. we are showing the video how each skill station will develop and show that. that is what we are preparing to help with the video of the drills. chief of parks and wellness continues to do behavioral health and safety meetings. this month we hosted two mental health state workshops. it helps members with peer support team with the person with the crisis our members or outside when we deal with the public as well, too. one of the things we also did this month and in march the

behavioral health unit met with the class and made a presentation for the academy to help identify issues the members may go through and also the leadership training we did a presentation on that, too. this is doing that presentation on the chief's training. not related to that but also i want to point out and the chief mentioned we continue to support the vaccination efforts. this was last sunday when our staff on the sunday volunteer coordinated by the chief and many of the staff was there to help out in the city. it was very satisfying for all of them. we continue to support. doing mobile vaccinations we will help at treasure island. anytime we are asked we are happy to do it. we are part of the solution for

the pandemic. doctor's office with staffs for covid. we have four members in quarantine. we haven't had a new case in the last six weeks. we are very good with that. numbers of vaccinated numbers have not 905 have received second dose. 67%. a few have not decided what to do. it is not mandatory cannot be mandatory it is under emergency use. we promote it and tell members that it is desirable to do that. one of the things the doctor's office is working on changing from only worker's comp to working on health check, mental health projects. this month is nutrition

education. collecting nutritious recipes and will have an online cookbook. i will commend sevfannie phelps. -- stefani. she partnered with the food guys. they deliver fruits to every station in the department to show a different way to snack and healthy snacks. she is helping with all of that. captain sowa continues drug and alcohol testing. all negative. he conducted two post accident drug tests negative. continued support with doctor's office with promotional and drug tests and probation as well. negative results. our chief o'connor had several meetings coordinated with

p.u.c., current projects and reports for the board of supervisors. additionally, there is a report that is due june 30, 2021 regarding the possibility of sea water pump station. he is working on that project, too. the study not saying it is happening. it is a study. we continue to work with the reports on the expansion of the ws. hosting and he conducted several drills. you showed the pictures last report on the pump station one which is here in headquarters. additionally, he did a demonstration for supervisor safai at city college with units simulating the portable water system. he identified the supply expressed concern that in his

district not as many hydrants. the need to have more. advocate for us. support services. update. about a year and a month ago i presented this chart for you regarding the suppression and how we are. this is our fleet where we are. look at the numbers. one to five years green, six -- 11-15 yellow and 16 to 25 red. 25 years is the purple one. that applies to the host. we are getting some that are old. what is the standard for the guideline? below 15 years. after 15 years on reserve. not fully apparatus.

that is yellow. over 25 years retire. that is where we get the funding. as you can tell we are dangerous close to the red for more than 25 years. the engines were in better shape but we need to continue to have the plan in place to continue with the apparatus. the more we wait the longer it takes. it will go down to red or yellow. trucks are in worse shape. 50% of the fleet is over 15 years old. good news we are getting seven new trucks in the near future. staff is in louisiana doing the final inspection. that will improve. we need to continue to push the mayor's office for funding for the trucks. if we don't do that we will continue to be in red for a long time. the standard that deals with

apparatus. more than 25 years old should be replaced. that is a guideline. it depends on the use. the engines around town put on a lot of miles. it is different from a rural district. it depends on the use. i mentioned before that we have apparatus assigned from oes type 6 or mini pumpers. this week we are doing the training. today we met the chief of equipment for oes. he came over to watch the training. it is a third day of training with the brand new apparatus. it belongs to the state. if called for. we have 275 members that have armed and can respond.

staff is currently in louisiana inspecting the trucks. if everything goes well that is the next item here. if you will recall we had someone sheer and they are going back for final inspection. we will respond with those apparatus. lights and raising stall. the response will have lifts. that is in march for the bids. happy to report we got a grant that is working well. the captain in charge is traveling to seattle tomorrow to do a mid point inspection. we expect the final inspection and sea water trials in may. we should have the boat in the

summertime. we are happy to report that. i will answer questions. i will leave the screen to chief dewitt for her report. >> welcome. would you like me to start the report or do you have questions? >> if somebody will help me here, is there public comment on chief bellow's report? >> i will check. there is nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. any commissioners have questions for chief velo.

commissioner cleveland. >> thanks, chief velo for the report. half of our trucks are beyond their useful age, if you will. how old or how many miles do they have to have and how many do we have totally? when you talk about trucks is that the ladder trucks? >> yes, ladder trucks. the trucks that we have miles depends. the trucks don't get too many miles but a lot of wear and tear because of the hills in the city. we have 20 truck companies in the city. that is what we have. the critical think about that is as you saw the numbers, it is going to shift that piechart but we need to push for funding for

the apparatus to get that going and push the chart more to the green area. >> agree, agree. thank you. that is all my questions. >> i believe another commissioner had a questions. >> commissioner nakajo. >> i will refrain until chief de wait. it has more to do with the p.u.c. so i will wait until chief dewitt. >> thank you. any other commissioners that wish to ask chief velo? commissioner covington. >> a question regarding the p.u.c. if it is better to wait, then i can do that.

chief velo, would you prefer? >> commissioner we can punt the question to chief o'connor. >> thank you. since chief o'connor is the liaison, i was wondering if you could give us some information regarding the sea water station study, what it is and what the expectations are once the study is completed? >> right now, commissioners, the study is approaching the finish and presenting a myriad of difficulties technology and with permits necessary to construct something out in the ocean. what they are looking at doing is augmenting the system. having a saltwater pump station in the bay to ease the

technological issues as well as permitting requirements. that should have the final draft out next week. tomorrow afternoon we are reviewing the first draft of neighborhood demand analysis. we are looking block by block as the water needs after the 7.8 earthquake. i think i would be more prepared when the two drafts come out. when i do the presentation it looks like the saltwater pump station will present difficulties. i think the general fund moneys can be better spent with other sources of water with the west side pumping of lake merced with millions of gallons of water that would be equivalent of the saltwater pump station. we are leaning towards that.

>> saltwater is corrosive. it would be hard on the equipment overall. perhaps at our next meeting you can give us an update or two meetings from now regarding the findings of that study? >> we have scheduled on the 28th for a presentation. >> excellent. thank you. >> chief velo, i was wondering how many new jet skis are you getting? we got them already. i believe six, is that correct? yes, six. >> so what is the total number of jet skis that we have now? >> i am going to give it to chief de wait. the ones we have are pretty old.

>> i would like to say eight to 10. a few have to go out of service, two older ones in service. we rotated in two new ones and four waiting for decals and dmv materials and we will start training. we want to get them in the water and running. >> i know that we had one of the very generous families in the city give us some jet skis a while back. i am sure you remember that. how many did we get as gifts, was it two? >> it was two. >> okay. what is the cost of each jet ski? >> the ones that we use, not the ones for recreation. >> i don't have those figures. i would have to get back to you on that. i will let you know. >> thank you very much. i would appreciate that. those are all of the questions i have at the moment.

>> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner nakajo. >> thank you very much, madam president. since we ventured down that path on the p.u.c., i will follow up through the chief. chief o'connor, welcome. i know this is the first report that you have given to the commission, and did you say the date for the commission? >> april 28th. >> okay. because some of my questions i think you could answer then if they are using the time now. i just want to give you a heads up what i will be asking so you can answer then. some is basic in the sense that to refresh my old memory

p.u.c., in a different unit before your position was created. i need to bereminded where the p.u.c. was. i think i know but i want to be sure. somewhere along the line your position is there because it is a breakoff position, if you will. the p.u.c. so i wanted to hear the concept of the idea of breaking it off wherever it was. the emphasis of the new position with yourself. that was a historical basis that i needed to be able to understand. the other question was on the sea water pump station. i know that commissioner covington has referred to. what you answered was adequate for me at this particular time.

basically when i see things like the grand jury report, act now before it is too late as well as when we talk about the west side. i know that we have relatively the president and vice president might need background in terms of that discussion on the west side and the pump stations because that is on the agenda of the city and the department. quite frankly every time we talk about this i can hear the former chief speaking in my ear about the necessity of that. i appreciate the discussion because during all of those briefings there was always a discussion between city water, resource versus fresh water, how that would occur. i think there was a major accomplishment to where we are at now in the sense of how much dollars and funding and revenues are going to be needed to

establish the sea water pump station. correct me if i'm wrong, is it not just the west side but also what we used to call the richmond and sunset or combination of both districts in terms of this sea water pump? other than that it might be good to be able to educate and inform all of us on the commission an update on the water resources on the west side. we were educated -- i don't know if i am saying it right. how do you pronounce it? >> cisterns. >> how the pumps came into play with that advocacy not enough water power if a major earthquake or fire occurs on the

west side by the grand jury report. those are the questions i want the information and ask you to present on april 24th. is that what you said or 28th? >> april 28th. >> thank you, chief. i appreciate it. >> commissioner nakajo. i believe there was one other commissioner. vice president rodriguez and thank you for filling in for my technical inefficiencies. i appreciate it. >> chief velo, thank you for your report. i have a few questions. [please stand by]

>> i guess i'm always worried about money. where does that fit into the budget, and if, for the west side, it is determined that we really need to supply the west side with water, would the money where that come from be another bond issue, and what about the bonds for francois and parry?

>> the initial sale was to get pipe in the ground, then, there'll be a second phase for expansion, and that's coming from easter 2020, as well. >> commissioner rodriguez: okay. glad to hear that, and i'm glad to hear that while the ground is open, that they're doing some of the ground, because it's so haphazard the way they open up, and then they open it up again for something else.

okay. thank you, chief. the other question i had was for chief nicasio. has there been any other information on the shared space? it looks like they're going to be permanent, and then, what involvement the fire department is going to have with that, as far as inspections, as far as the actual construction as far as when they build a rut -- they build a building. is the fire department going to be involved in the inspections, and will we get paid for those inspections? >> yes, commissioner, good evening. actually, those are on going discussions. we are meeting on that. we have put forward our proposals and thoughts as far as guidelines and standards

that apply. as we all know, we are not the lead agency on it, but our expectations are we would follow the path set by d.b.i. and followed by our department, our inspections and everything. that's our thought process at this time, and again, we're still working through it. >> commissioner rodriguez: okay. thank you. last question i have is can someone explain to me, my ignorance again, the san francisco fire department fire auxiliary reserve. >> yes, vice president. the auxiliary reserve is a department of volunteers. it's comprised of a number of folks that fluctuated over the years. they train on a weekly basis.

due to covid, they have been trained less often, and now, they're back in training session. actually, we're opening up a new academy for reserves in april. you will see them responding and helping the crews. what they don't do is go inside the environment because of fire, but they will be outside, deploying hose, picking up hose, equipment, so they're very useful part of the fire department. it's a long tradition we have with them, and it's a great group of folks that come and volunteer. >> commissioner rodriguez: good to know, and i lied. there was one more quick question for chief nicholson. that was about the last meeting, when i became a commissioner, i was able to do a ride along, but then, covid happened, and i haven't been

able to see some of the faces that i like to see. now that we're going into orange, is that going to be able to allow us to start attending or start viewing some of the different drills and such? >> absolutely. if you would like, e-mail me with your schedule and what days are good for you, and we can make it happen. >> commissioner rodriguez: thank you very much, and that's the end of my question. >> president feinstein: thank you very much, commissioner rodriguez. any other commissioners with questions? all right. seeing none -- just checking my little grid here. i see no hands up -- i think we're going to go to chief

dewitt. am i right? >> yes. >> president feinstein: all right. >> all right. i'm looking at my screen. there's so many screens. can you see my presentation or are you looking at a blank screen. >> president feinstein: no, we can see the presentation. >> cannot? >> we can. >> cannot? okay. sorry. i've got two screens, and it always defaults to the wrong screen. >> president feinstein: no, we can see it. >> you can? >> president feinstein: we see construction updates to court services. >> okay. great. good evening, everybody, president feinstein. i am assistant deputy chief dawn dewitt of support services, and tonight, i am

going to give updates on our ambulance deployment facility and fire station 35. sorry about this. >> president feinstein: welcome to my world, chief. >> -- chief dewitt. >> i think i have to change. i can't get back out of here. sorry. >> what screen are you using know? >> president feinstein: we can see it. >> okay. good. going to start with ambulance deployment facility or the new 49. that's where i left off last time. basically going to over a brief overview of the two stations and then give you a walk-through as i did before. now, it's not moving.

>> page 2, we see page 2, station 49. >> president feinstein: yes. >> okay. as you know, the station 49 ambulance deployment facility arose out of the 2016 health and safety bond. we are in the final stages of this project. we are in the home stretch and finally excited to be there. we're going through the facility on a regular basis now and just working on the little things that need to be changed, some outlets, some electrical, some lights, just very small things as we button it all up. final completion date is now april 26, so we're right around the corner with that, with an anticipated move in date of june 2021. we need about six weeks to move in from final completion because it's not like moving a house. we need to keep all of the ambulances and department running at the same time, so it's going to be a feat to move

it and still keep it running while we move to a new facility. the delays in this facility were primarily due to covid-19. it did disrupt the ability of some of the contract sublabor, so we did have some days where we were short on labor, so most of those delays had to do with covid-19. we had a few p.u.c. and pg&e issue as well. the good news, with this project, even with delays, it was so well done and everything was done -- managed so well that we were still completely on budget. so even with all the delays, we still have plenty in our reserves. all right. so here is the first page. we have the view from gerald

street. the slide on the left is where we are and the slide on the right is where we want to be. you can see we have some beautiful pavers in the yard, and this was something at chief tong's insistence, and i'm glad she insisted on that, are the yellow plugs on the right-hand side. we have a lot of cords lying around, and this just keeps them out of the way to keep everything tidy and running well. here is a few of the parking structure on the mckinnon side of the property. you can see the ramp is all striped and coated with the

epoxy coating. you can see down in the right bottom corner that all of the sliding doors are in place, the windows are in place. straight across from the view right here is e.m.s. 1s office, as i mentioned, the left

presentation that allows e.m.s. to look down into the yard at all times. adjacent to that is our biomed office and the gurney repair office. here is our r.c.s office on the first floor. you can see there are several stations on the right-hand side for several people and the window looks out onto the orange pallet racking, and then, the other window, their office looks out into the parking lot so they can survey the staff and ambulances operating in the yard at all times. second floor, this is what e.m.s. 1 office looks like. they do have a window down into the yard so that e.m.s. can always keep an eye on operations out front, and then, the right hand photo, full scale windows on the right-hand side that view down into the

warehouse itself. e.m.s. 2s office is a little smaller on the left-hand side. adjacent to that office is the biomedical room, a couple of work stations in there and some racking. that office is being used as a construction office, but everything is getting cleaned up as we speak and get ready for move in. this is the kitchen and break room, and this is where the e.m.t.s will be able to enjoy their meals. they have a dishwasher, stove, commercial stove, and ice maker. it's a very nice space that has a view out into the yard. here's a view of one of the locker rooms. it's very spacious, and the lockers are equipped in a manner so there's doors within sections, so if we need to expand the female locker rooms and make them bigger, we can close certain sections and add more area to the women's locker

rooms or close it off as the populations change. here's an exercise room on the third floor. this'll be used for anybody there who works there that wants it. beautiful room, spacious with windows. gives them a place to work out and relax either before or after a shift. here is a fourth floor on the left, the open office space, just walking straight into the corridor. on the right-hand side are all the office spaces. an example of a typical office is on the right-hand side. here's another view of the open office space. you can see the desks, cubicles all lined up. the desks cubicles have all been assembled, and that room has been cleaned and is ready to go. here is our conference room. i think this room has the best views in the building. it looks over the entire east

side of the city. i think that room will be used for more than just conferences. it looks like a nice place to spread out and spread your stuff out. here is our training room. really beautiful. the desks are really interesting. they all are energized so that people can hookup their computers. the room has blackout shades so that presentations can be seen in the room, and the room goes completely dark. and there's our roof. we have some solar panels on our roof, and it's great to see that we're getting into solar to mitigate some of our costs for electricity and other things, so that for me is a really great feature of our new building, so i'm excited to see that. and the gates. so our decorative gates have

yet to be installed. it was going to cause delays if they were going to be attached through the project. it's from gerald street. if you take a close look, there are images of ambulances and medical supplies and gurneys. i think it's just beautiful -- parts of our bay, coit tower. the city is really beautifully represented in this art piece. and then, the rear view, as you're leaving, same thing. it has the medical facilities, the bear, which is the california bear. sffd, can't find my words, but coit tower and just a few of the city. all right. station 35, station 35, our floating fire house on the sea. this project, as you know or may not know, this project came out of the 2014 bond. we have a final completion date of summer 2021. that date is a little uncertain

at this point because we're awaiting water and electrical hookups, so a lot of our final completion will be based on when that work is complete. we are working very closely with pg&e and p.u.c. to expedite any and all work that needs to do that, and we have been able to successfully expedite quite a lot of that work by working closely with those agencies. i just want to say, this is a very unique project. it's the only floating fire house in the world, and anything built on the water has a lot of -- there are a lot of things that are not necessarily going to be anticipated when you're building on land. the bacon it havation and development commission imposed a lot of mitigation measures on us. we have to be mindful of the water, any work that we do in the water involves, you know, moving soil, and any time we disrupt something, we have to

mitigate somewhere else and make sure we're keeping the buy in good shape. i think it just caused a lot of issues that weren't anticipated going into this project. we did have some problems with our pg&e connection. the point of original connection caused problems, so we'd been working diligently to find another point of connection. we found one closer, on the embarcadero, but it did require some speaking and he upgrades to their substations and just a change in the overall operations. we were able to shorten that time frame down from -- it was originally estimated to be quite a long time, so we've moved it down to less than a year. it was maybe looking at longer than a year, and that's, i said, well on its way. the budget revisions, we did have some revisions from the initial budget. a lot of those had to do with the trump administration steel tariffs and steel cost escalations. the barge is made of steel, and as the trump administration

imposed a lot of those tariffs, the cost of steel did go up, and because it's made of steel, that affected the bottom line of this project, and then, as the barge was floated from taiwan into california, enormous tariffs were imposed on that. the other revisions to our bet jet had -- budget had to do with bcdc and imposed mitigation measures. i touched on that before. when we disrupt the soil, they want to make sure that we're not doing damage to the boy, and anything we disrupt, we do need to make whole. we do have the d.p.w. project manager, so if you have more extensive questions about the project, she is here to answer them at the end of my walk-through. i know that president feinstein gave a surprise visit, so she has seen the inside of the building. i think it's a stunning building. it's filled with light, and i would love to work there, i think it's a great place to be.

here's a view of the station from the embarcadero. it's not rated for fire engines, but the ambulances can drive over the ramp and pick up any patients that we're offboarding off of our fireboats. here is the first thing you would say as you walk up -- see as you walk up into the fire station. there is the ramp that goes into the old fire facility so people will be walking over that when they get a call. on the first floor, what you would walk into is our watch comroom. this is where a person would sit day and night and monitor the radio. you can see that that person will have a view black over the ramp and on -- back over there and onto the embarcadero should there be any pedestrians on the ramp, and then, the windows do extend over into the old fire

station, too, so they can keep an eye on the old facility. on the first floor, this is the boatswain's boy. this is where the ambulance would come in and turnaround. it's not mean for a fire begin, but this is where our -- they spend a lot of their days painting, sanding, grinding, taking care of our fireboats, so it's great to have a space

like that. by and large, this building is almost complete. moving up to the second floor, this is the jewel in the crown of the fire station. it's the kitchen. it's enormous, it's gorgeous. anyone would like to cook in it. across from the kitchen, that is the day room. that's where most of the firefighters will be spending their time. again, i just want to emphasize the amount of light in this room. the whole room is naturally lit, and it's just gorgeous. whoever works here is really lucky.

moving down the halls, we have the officers' quarters. the cubicles are where people will put their books and phones and magazines. the right-hand side is their lockers. lots of light in this room. again, look at the ceiling tiles. they're all in place, speakers are all in place. we're really close to finish with this building. here's the men's locker room and rest room. i love the red subway tile. great features inside the lockers. they all have lockers with u.s.b. ports so they can charge their devices. we moved into the new millennium here. here is the dorm. the dorm is spacious for the number of people working each watch. it's set off in cubicles. i don't know if you've been in, but they have the same set up

as the officer's quarters, but they live together. again, lots of lights and some blinds. they can dim it down a little bit, but it's a nice room, too. and lastly, i just want to give you a few of the old fire house with the new fire house next to it. i just think it's spectacular. i'm really happy with this project, and that is my report. >> president feinstein: thank you, chief dewitt. thank you, thank you. we're not letting you go next. you did it. >> you did it. >> president feinstein: is there any public comment on chief dewitt's report? >> clerk: so that was under chief velo's report, and there

was no public comment. >> president feinstein: okay. so i'm assuming there's none now. am i correct, madam secretary? >> clerk: that is correct. >> president feinstein: commissioner covington, you are the firsthand raised. >> commissioner covington: thank you, madam president. i raised my hand, and all i can say is wow, wow, wow. oh, my goodness. station 49 is glorious, and our -- our paramedics, everybody on the medical side, they deserve their kind of facility. the facility you have to work in is a reflection of how the higher-ups feel about you, and this says we love you, love you, love you, you're doing a great job, and here's this

fabulous building and you're doing a great job. i am really happy that, at long last, station 49, the members will have a lovely, lovely space, open, and lots of room. i am very pleased with what i've seen. thank you, chief dewitt, for taking things from planning stage to the commission. to some commissioners, i watch a lot of channel 26, and there is a short video on the background of the planning for this station, so if you get a

chance, please take a look at that. i think it will answer some questions that you have. so moving on, june, you're thinking the latter part of june? >> early june, at least we're hoping. >> commissioner covington: so am i. that would be great. i want to ask you, oh, the electric charging stations. how many are there? >> i have to think. i believe there are five. >> commissioner covington: there are five? >> but i believe they are in tandem of two, so five, but ten cars total. >> commissioner covington: and will there be more space? >> there's lots of space. that's one half of one level of

the garage. i didn't think you wanted to see a bunch of empty parking spaces. >> commissioner covington: so would you be able to add more places to plug in as time goes on and electric cars become even more popular? >> i imagine we could, sure. anything's possible. >> commissioner covington: okay. good. it's great to see those. and solar panels, i have long advocated for solar panels on every project, so i am just happy, happy, happy. oh, and then, the gates. i cannot wait to see them in person. they are stunning. good, good, good. and then, station 35. thank you, eser bond 2014. what would we have done without

you? this is another total transformation in terms of what people have been working in and working from, and i think people will be delighted to be in a wonderful new space, and i think it's going to boost people's spirits to be in such beautiful quarters. >> yeah, it's going to be great. >> commissioner covington: as you emphasized all of the light, that has a lot to do with people's mood, so the more sun that you are exposed to, the more you can deal with what's going on. but when you're working in a cave, it's hard. it's hard to lift your spirits, so they're coming out of the dark into the light.

that tiny space they had to work in was really space. that kitchen is so nice. how old was that station house? that fire house? does anyone know? >> i wasn't prepared to answer that question. >> commissioner covington: okay. and that's all right. let's just say it's very old. yes, and it's nice to have the juxtaposition with the old station and the new station, so just kudos to everyone. thank you.

>> thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you. i see commissioner rodriguez, please. >> commissioner rodriguez: so just want to echo, kudos to the finished product. being in construction my whole life, the transformation is what you want to expect. it just seems that everything is the way you envisioned it and the way you want to turn out. thank you for overseeing it, and it just seems that it was everything that the fire department wanted, and thank you again. >> the credit really goes to my predecessors, so who was designing this along the way,

chief rivera, everybody that was here when it first started, so kudos to everybody. >> president feinstein: no, kudos to you. further commissioner comments, questions? commissioner nakajo, please. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, president feinstein, and thank you everyone, in terms of your comments and questions. thank you, chief. this is exactly what i was looking for. because of covid and shelter in place, i haven't been anywhere, but what the projects that we're dealing with, and the projects of the [inaudible] center as well as the fireboat station were part of that. the slides were magnificent, so

thank you for that, and thank you very much, chief, for your presentation of the report. thank you, madam president. >> thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you, i think i'm okay. commissioner cleaveland, please. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, madam president, and thank you, chief dewitt for your incredibly wonderful report, and i'm as excited as anyone on the commission to see station 35 and station 49 finally come to fruition, two amazing and beautiful projects. i had a question about the old station 35. what's going to happen to it? is it going to become a museum, and who's going to be happening to it? who's going to be turning it into a new museum and taking it over?

>> well, a portion of the old 35 that is the engine bay will remain the engine bay, and the northern apron of the fire station has been reinforced. that fire engine is very small, another relief engine can park on that northside. i'm not aware of any plans yet to turn that portion of -- the unused portion to turn that station into a museum. that would -- we'd have to be -- that would be coordinated through the city and county and maybe the port. if you've been in that station, you know, it's steeped in -- in -- in -- in history, just the bead board siding, the green paint, the old paint. it's pretty small, and it's pretty incredible that people have been functioning in that building for so many years. i know that one guy, he doesn't

want to leave the dorm, but i think once he spents some time in the new place, he'll be more than happy to leave the old facility. >> commissioner cleaveland: again, congratulations, chief witness. the ground breaking, do you know when the ribbon cuttings will be for either of these two projects? >> gosh. with covid, i don't know where we're going to be, but i think there would have to be some formal ceremony. i'm sure we can all stand far apart from one another. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, madam president. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner. any other commissioners wish to comment or question? >> may i just comment on commissioner cleaveland's question? >> president feinstein: you

may, chief of the department. >> thank you, president feinstein. so several years back, we talked about are we going to use this as a museum? what are we going to do? so there are, you know, quite a few issues in the building. we do not want the public to have access to the rest of the building. i know there were some homeland security concerns with it being on the port, so there were a lot of things that would need to be worked out, including closing off that area. i don't know when or if that would happen, but we've definitely been having conversations about it. >> president feinstein: thank

you, chief nicholson. any other comments or questions from any of my colleagues? i have one directed at you, chief dewitt, and i just wanted to say having reviewed the reports that come from chief velo each month when it's time to -- his meeting to be up, you have an incredible portfolio of projects, and i presume that, one day, you will be a general contractor because you're certainly qualified. it's just amazing, and as you mentioned, i did have, thanks to chief rubenstein, the chance to tour station 35.

the one thing that was inaccurate that you said was i don't want to work there, i want to live there. the work was probably be way beyond my capacity, but it was so impressive, and it was done, and the manner in which it was done, it should truly be an honor to anyone who would work and serve there. it was spectacular, and i was able to see it in a bit more of a complete state, and it's just spectacular. so i really want to thank you because i know that your position and your responsibilities are very technical and often beyond us,

but just, just everything you've done has just been, you know, really quite, quite magnificent, and i want to thank you for doing it not only on behalf of the department but on behalf of all of us, so thank you. >> thank you. no, i have so much help. you know, it's not just me. i'm the marionette. there are a lot of people around me, the project managers, the whole construction team. i have a lot of them. >> president feinstein: but the fact is it lands on you. take the credit. it's okay. >> and commissioner covington, $21,000 for those jet skis.

>> commissioner covington: thank you for that. thank you. >> president feinstein: the good news is if you're a chief, you don't have to go on the jet skis. >> okay. and the old station is 135 years old. >> president feinstein: okay. madam secretary, i'm asking that we move onto the next agenda item. >> clerk: we've got item 5, fire commission amended annual statement of purpose 2021, discussion and possible action on the amended statement of purpose 2021. >> president feinstein: all right. and do we have any public comment? >> clerk: there is nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: all right. public comment will be closed, and i'm interested in hearing from my commissioners. a lot of effort went into this redraft and updating it from

that it has been in for a long time, and to make it more current and more reflective of the scope of services and the goal of the department moving forward. and i really want to thank those members of the command staff that participated, really, truly, honestly, reviewing every comma or semi colon or anything that went in there. so my fellow commissioners, i'm interesting in hearing from you on this, questions, comments, whatever it may be, so opening it up for discussion. boy, i -- okay. i was worried, commissioner cleaveland, no one was going to

say anything. okay. good. >> commissioner cleaveland: i think it's a wonderful draft, and hasn't really deviated a lot from our original annual statement of purpose, but it has deviated in very good ways. so i think it's important that if we do adopt it tonight, that we have it completely read into the record tonight and read it aloud so that people viewing us from home can understand what the fire commission's annual statement and purpose truly is in its entirety, so that's my only request, is that if we do approve it tonight, it be read into the record. >> president feinstein: all right. thank you. >> commissioner cleaveland: i wouldn't change a word of it. i love it. >> president feinstein: good. thank you. further comments?

commissioner rodriguez? >> commissioner rodriguez: probably would be ditto, but i agree with commissioner cleveland. i agree, the way it was changed in a positive way, and i do agree we should read it tonight, and good work. thank you. >> president feinstein: all right. madam secretary, are you prepared -- i'm sorry. any further -- oh, commissioner nakajo, i didn't see you. i apologize. >> commissioner nakajo: not at all, madam president. not at all. i also wanted to comment that i thought the statement was acceptable. i needed clarity in the sense that i didn't have a hard copy, but it was on my phone.

there was one component in there, and because i don't have it in front of me, i'm not strong on the comment on it, but i think there's one section that talks about workforce or diversity of workforce. i'm paraphrasing, again, because i cannot see the document in front of me, and in my mind, when i read it, the whole statement was good, but that section, i wanted to make sure that there was an identification in terms of the diversity in the department, but i'm going to stop right there because i don't have the document in front of me. >> president feinstein: i understand, and my inclination is to ask if, madam secretary, if you'd be kind enough to read it into the record, and then, commissioner nakajo or anybody else has any comments -- i should probably ask for public comment at this point before we

do that. unless you want to read it first and then do public comment, madam secretary. i depend upon you. >> clerk: okay. there's nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: that takes care of that. public comment is now closed. >> clerk: and what i would be doing is reading a draft into it. did we not -- >> commissioner covington: hello? >> president feinstein: oh, i'm sorry. commissioner covington? i'm looking at a very small screen tonight. >> commissioner covington: i know. i know. we're just little, little people here. >> president feinstein: forgive me. i apologize. >> commissioner covington: no problem. not at all. thank you, madam president, for calling on me. i agree that the statement of purpose is a good update.

the only thing i would suggest is the mission of the san francisco fire department is to, and then, the four bulleted items, the beginning of each sentence be capitalized. that's the only change that i would make, for any addition. >> president feinstein: i don't think there would be anybody else to that, although we have two wordsmiths, who i won't identify here, and if they wish to identify themselves, they can do so, and if there's any comments by those who participated in the process, now is the time to speak. >> commissioner covington: oh, and i would like to know who else was involved in the process? >> president feinstein: there was the chief of the department and chief velo, chief tong,

chief rubenstein, and chief peeples -- and me. am i leaving anybody out? >> captain. >> president feinstein: sorry, captain peeples. >> commissioner covington: well, thank you for participating in that, everybody, and that is the first thing that i wanted to say, to get the names of the other people who had worked with you and to acknowledge their input. >> president feinstein: let me tell you, honest to god, it was every comma and every punctuation mark, and it was wordsmithed, and i -- you know,

i think i'm going to take the recommendation about capitalizing the bullet points. i need to hear from my fellow participants to see if you have any comments on that. >> commissioner covington: sure. >> president feinstein: okay. now, chief tong, you are--you are--you -- you are -- you and chief tong are the grammar experts here last friday -- yes, you both were, so i'm not letting you hide, and is there any objection to that, to making that amendment. >> chief tong, please. you are the word smith

extraordinaire. >> thank you, chief. chief sandy tong, the only thing i would add is if we capitalize each of the items at the bullet points, that we make each sentence a stand-alone comment. >> and chief velo, did you have any comment about the font? >> president feinstein: no, the font -- >> commissioner covington: excuse me. i didn't mean to start a fight. >> president feinstein: no, i just learned that certain things in the fire department are times new roman, and other things in the fire department are arial, and one shall not

deviate from those two things. i don't want to cross lines, so i leave that to those that who know what the rules are, and i believe it's times new roman, and am i right, chief velo? yes, thumbs up. >> i second that. >> president feinstein: okay. well, i don't like times new roman. i just know that's the rule, so since that's the rule, that's what we're going with. >> commissioner covington: well, chief tong, thank you for that suggestion, and i think that that's a friendly amendment, so -- >> president feinstein: all right. do we need to vote on that? >> commissioner covington: on the amendment, no, we need to vote on the whole thing, so --

>> president feinstein: all right. anybody have any further comments or questions? >> clerk: except for a motion. >> president feinstein: okay. let's go for a motion. well, anybody wish to move to adopt? >> commissioner covington: i so move. >> commissioner rodriguez: i second. >> president feinstein: is that commissioner cleaveland? >> clerk: commissioner rodriguez. >> president feinstein: okay. i'm really looking at tiny squares tonight, so i appreciate the help. [roll call]

>> clerk: the motion is unanimous. i will read it into the record. >> president feinstein: thank you, madam secretary. >> clerk: annual statement of purpose, 2021. the mission of the san francisco fire department is to protect the lives and property of the people of san francisco and its visitors from fires, natural disasters, accidents, hazardous material incidents, and other causes requiring a rapid and skilled response by land or water. severe -- serve the needs of its most vulnerable residents through community paramedicine, save lives, and reduce suffering by providing emergency medical services. prevent harm through prevention, services, and education programs, and provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination and values health, wellness, cultural

diversity, and equity. to this end, the fire commission will set policy and support the administration to accomplish the mission of the department. two. support the administration's efforts to enhance and support the collaborative work of department membership and public stakeholders in the delivery of fire suppression, fire prevention, and emergency medical services with a focus upon the common public good. three, encourage and support the administration to develop and implement systems to improve fiscal responsibility to enhance the budgeting process while maintaining and protecting essential public services, including fire protection, fire prevention, and emergency medical services. four, encourage and support the administration to develop an effective physical fitness and wellness program to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the members of the department

and the public. five, encourage and support the administration's succession plan to provide equitable career development and promotions. number six, actively encourage and or recruitment in the community to bring highly qualified applicants to the department that reflect the city's historic diversity. seven, continue the work with the administration and city attorney's office to review and, where necessary, revise official departmental policy and procedures. eight, contribute to the common good by conducting open meetings regularly and convening such additional meetings as necessary to inform and educate the general public of the work of the fire commission and the san francisco fire department. this has been adopted at the

regular meeting of the san francisco fire commission meeting on march 24, 2021. there were five ayes and zero nays. >> president feinstein: thank you, madam secretary. then we're adopted. excellent. thank you, and i thank everybody from the command staff that participated in the rather arduous process, so thank you. >> clerk: we'll go onto item six, commission report. report on commission activities since the last meeting of march 24, 2021. >> i believe commissioner nakajo had his hand up for the last -- >> president feinstein: oh, i'm so sorry. commissioner nakajo, forgive me. i'm so sorry. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you so much, chief nicholson.

thank you, madam president. i just wanted to comment that when the second read the statement, i was listening carefully to the clause that i wanted some clearer definition, but i can accept it because i did vote for it, and i want to thank everybody, as you all have, in terms of the work that went into this because it's a huge document and took a lot of work. in section 6, there's references, and again, i don't have the statement in front of me, in terms of communities and diversity i'm just going to say, that being a member that came from the consent decree, and we spent a lot of time on equity, and we still use that terminology of communities of color. i just wanted to make sure that community issue expands itself, which i'm sure it does, expands its definition into a community

at large that does have all the diversity of the city within our department. i heard the two terms of community and diversity, and i know it encompasses the interpretation in terms of the distribution and implementation of the spirit of it. so i just wanted to comment that for me, it's real important that definitions of community and diversity truly do reflect the diversity of our city and our communities because they're one point point of information. actually, we had to do a lot of work to our representatives of our city, members of the community of color and women, gay, transgender, all be part of our department, so i just wanted to say that. thank you. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner nakajo, and i really believe, you know, that was discussed at the time

when -- when the statements were being written and refined and rerefined and what have you, and i do believe that that's reflected in the statement of purpose that was just adopted, because that's our goal. commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, madam president. i just wanted to ask the chief of the department to send the statement out to all of the members. i know we're on the item about recording out. since i have both of my shots, i am happy to get out, and i

was happy to sigh i was able to stop by the new facility, located at 49 south vanness. i was just passing by. that's the permitting, and it was lieutenant rivera, sylvia rivera, who helped me get in, because they're just like no, we can't have people wandering around the building. so i said, i need somebody to be able to vouch for me. so i was able to chat with captain herrold and everybody else working at the department building. it is a stunning building, and i was just able to chat with folks to see how things were

doing, as we used to do in olden times, before the pandemic, so i want to thank all of them for welcoming me and, you know, just chatting with me, and i was very impressed with the new building and the facilities. so now that we are all able to get out a little more, i think that we'll be dropping in into a lot of places. okay. thank you. >> president feinstein: i consider that, commissioner covington, a warning to all the members that they never know what's coming, so that's great. >> commissioner covington: it's a warning, it's a heads up. >> president feinstein: okay. oh, commissioner nakajo, yes, sir. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much, madam president. it's a comment in terms of the

area [inaudible] report from the commission report. i'm going to take the prerogative to make this statement as a member of the commission, and there's a relationship that it also has some directive from the president of the asian firefighters. my comment has to do with the recent [inaudible] violence on our members of our asian pacific islander community, particularly distressing to all of us are the attacks on our seniors. these attacks are totally unacceptable. many members of our community at large have been reaching out to me, leaving messages that they wanted me to rely to members of our aapi committee.

i believe a recent example of wanting to do something positive in terms of this recent rash of violence and attacks on our aapi community is that yesterday, there was some press in the papers as well as some references on a t.v. newscast, and i want to make sure there's clarity in terms of it because i had a phone call with a person, and they wanted to make sure that the person that did [inaudible] safety and patrols in chinatown were off duty members of the san francisco fire department, and that many of them were and our current members of a.f.a.,

but the president really wanted me to make sure that i emphasize that, at this particular time, that even though the press made references to a particular program, that it's not a sponsored program by them. rather, that the members of the a.f.a. off duty felt they needed to be empowered to do something positive, and that's why they went out yesterday to volunteer in chinatown, and many members of the department of asian descent were part of that. for me, i hope it becomes a call to other members of the department who are of asian american descent to be engaged and to do some positive acts not only in terms of our community within this wave of community violence and attacks,

but to all communities of san francisco because what's happened to all of us in the aapi has happened to our community at large, and we all need to be proactive to do something about this violence, wave of hate, and frustration that are being demonstrated. i for one am proud of the younger members of our community would feel they need to be engaged, but i also saw that engagement during black lives matter and all the other movements that are starting to become important to our younger generations. we have members of our department that want to do positive contributions on a daily basis through our work but also as members of our greater community. thank you for the opportunity to make these comments, and

thank you to the chief of the department. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner nakajo. i have no doubt that you speak for all of us, and that this is occurring in our city that has been so enriched by the diversity and the presence of people of all ethnicities and race, any way you want to break it down. yes, that's what makes us san francisco, and to have asian pacific islanders targeted in this just ignorant vicious way, you're right. it's totally unacceptable, and

i'm proud of those who are volunteering to help. i see all the time, on my next door, people now volunteering to escort or drive, walk, whatever, those folks that may be in fear of being alone. it's a real tragedy, and it's a commendation of those who volunteer to help and, you know, that should include all of us, however we can help, so thank you for that statement. any further comments on that, commissioner nakajo's -- okay.

oh, wait, commissioner rodriguez, are you raising your hand? no? okay. >> clerk: and there's nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: thank you, madam secretary. you keep me in line. i appreciate that. thank you. i think we're on commission activities, is that right? >> commission report. are we going to the next? item seven? >> president feinstein: assure. >> clerk: agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> president feinstein: oh, i'm going to interrupt you. madam secretary, i'm sorry. i was going to make one comment. thanks to chief rubenstein, i was able to attend an italian drill, and no ladder fell on

me. also, to chief dewitt to report, i was able to tour the new station 35, and i believe, chief dewitt, you referenced that i wanted to work there. that's not correct. i want to live there, and with all the folks that may work there all the time, but just in terms of having this magnificent space right on the bay. you guys have done a fabulous job. it is spectacular. i encourage everybody to tour it. i thank chief rubenstein for bringing me there because i'd seen pictures, but it hadn't been moved over previously. and now, it's, i guess, in

place, and it is spectacular and so able to perform its functions. i was totally overwhelmed by how well it was done, so if you have extra space, let me know. that's my report of what i was doing when you weren't supervising me. >> i'm sure there's a spot in the dorm. >> president feinstein: i have my eye on the kitchen and the front area with the 180° view, but we'll have to negotiate that, and negotiate terms. it'll be fine. anybody else? okay. i'm sorry, madam secretary. i did interrupt you.

proceed. >> clerk: item 7, agenda for next and future fire commission meeting? >> president feinstein: all right. i know we have some items that we've previously discussed in our scheduling in terms of presentations from other meetings. does any commission member or staff member have an item for which they would like to have on the agenda? yes? >> commissioner covington: yes, i would just like the commission secretary to give us the information that she has thus far? >> clerk: so we have chief parks, i believe, and tony boone, will be presenting at the next meeting. and that's all i have at the moment for the next meeting. >> president feinstein: okay. anything anybody would like to see on the agenda for the next

meeting? all right. i'm not seeing any waving hands in my little squares. so that will be a -- yeah, we'll see what comes up in the next week or so, and we will have a report from chief rubenstein and just the chief of the department. i would just suggest, i would love to meet the new physician if he's able to attend part of it, if that works, and i leave that to you, chief nicholson, if we can make it happen. >> yes, we can. i'll work with chief tong to get the -- our new -- [inaudible]

>> president feinstein: it would be best if it was at the next meeting. it can be the meeting after that, too. it depends on when it works. anything further? >> clerk: and there's nobody on the public comment line. >> president feinstein: thank you. so good i have you, madam secretary. thank you. next item? >> clerk: item eight, adjournment. >> commissioner cleaveland: move to adjourn, madam president. >> president feinstein: and i think i have a second from commissioner covington, is that right? yes, that's right. [roll call]

>> clerk: this meeting is adjourned at 7:14. [♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the

low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco.

sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the

middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help

preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the

communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts,

culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]

>> 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. (♪♪♪) >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied

assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would pay taxes starting at that new higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your

lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office. now you may ask, is there a cap how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens when the total

value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property? this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in your cap is $100,000. when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%. this means 50% of the property

will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also available for prepping transfers fl interest r from grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website or

>> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after

earthquakes. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because that's going to be key to

protecting them in the event of a quake. >> and renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and so forth. earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. and it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. this is a huge impact on building owners. >> it's huge, it really is. you know, a lot of owners don't realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop. how are they going to pay their mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live? >> what else can property owners do in residential rental housing before an earthquake? >> well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. find out what the geology is at your site. get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. the structural losses, a lot of

times, aren't going to be that bad if you prepare. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out. >> so, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses? >> well, you know, pipes, for instance. pipes will whip around during an earthquake. and if they're anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping won't cause a breakage that will cause a flood. >> i've heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. >> it is. that's one of the big things. a lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. but all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. >> who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco.

they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great.

and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for joining us

>> the hon. london breed: i'm glad to be joined today by our state senator scott wiener, your district 8 supervisor, raphael mandelman, district 11 supervisor, ahsha safai, your new city administrator, carmen chu, and so many other people who are dedicated to making things happen. now all of you know, from the

beginning, i want to cut bureaucracy. i want to cut red tape across san francisco. i want us to be vibrant, i was us to be great. but this pandemic hit, and it changed our lives like nothing could have ever anticipated. as a result, we had to make changes. we had to distance ourselves from one another, when our natural instinct, when we see someone that we know, we want to give them a hug, and our city's favorite restaurants shutdown. as we began to see our numbers increase, we started doing things outdoor because it was safer for each and every one of us. one of the other great

adjustments we made was our shared spaces program. one of the things that senator scott wiener did when he was supervisor was created the parklet program. we stole his idea of parklets, and we turned it into shared spaces. and all of a sudden, people are looking around san francisco, and seeing we have parklets everywhere. we have safe spaced where people can come and congregate. the reason we were able to get these programs up and runs was because we declared a state of emergency. so a lot of the things we would have had to have done in the past, we basically got all of

that and pivoted and did what we had to do. you know what this emergency showed me, as hard as it was? that this city knows how to act quickly. when we remove the barriers for small businesses, we can make magical things happen. we can do incredible things, and i am determined to make sure that these shared spaces that we all know and love stay here in san francisco, even when this pandemic is over, and that's why we're here today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so what i'd prefer to do is to just say oh, just leave them be. let's not do the process that makes them more complicated than they have to be. but unfortunately, this is the city and county of san francisco, and there has to be. there has to be a system and

process in place so that not only can we make sure these shared spaces continue, we want to make sure that other businesses who have an interest in having a shared space can continue to do so after the pandemic. we've made it easy, but we want to continue to make it easy. thanks to the voters, last november, we passed proposition h, and i think i told you all about the story about a nail salon that was struggling and had to pivot. normally, it would take months to get a permit, but in one day, they were able to make a change to pivot to be able to continue to support themselves and their family. the same thing is true for this shared spaces program. we've got to make it easier for

businesses to open in san francisco. it shouldn't take two years to open an ice cream bar. it shouldn't take two years to open a drugstore or amenities that so many of us rely on. we have so many small businesses in our city, and the only way we're going to make it is by making the hard decisions around the shared spaces programs so that they can conduct business, we can get people back to work and get our economy going again because san francisco needs this. we need this now, we'll need this in the future, and i'm super excited that we're able to make this program, which i think has been a huge success and one of the best things to come out of this pandemic, we've made this permanent. so with that, i want to take

this opportunity to introduce state senator scott wiener, who is working on a number of pieces of legislation. he's always on top of things. not just because he's so tall, that he's on top of us, but he's making sure that we have the right legislation from the state to deal with all of the challenges that we deal with in san francisco. so, ladies and gentlemen, state senator scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you, madam mayor, and first of all, i want to thank the mayor for her tremendous leadership throughout this pandemic. san francisco, under mayor breed's leadership, acted quickly and decisively, and as a result, many lives were saved in san francisco, so thank you, madam chair, for your incredible leadership. [applause] >> and also, madam mayor, for

your leadership not just through these last few years, but also during the pandemic because we know we have to be intentional in terms of what comes out of this pandemic. if there's a business that you support, we need to make sure that it's still here when it's over. the shared spaces program has been an absolute lifeline. the number of restaurants and bars that would not be here, would not be here today if it weren't for this program, is significant. we've seen far too many of our restaurants and bars dramatically, but it would have been significantly higher without this program. it's been a problem to hold on

for dear life and survive until this pandemic is over. we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's getting here faster and faster as the vaccines roll out faster and faster. but the other piece of this program that's been so amazing, with very little fighting, we were able to, and the city was able to show people what's possible because if you imagine prepandemic, we had said, we want to do all of this -- we want to let restaurants and bars put out these parklets to serve -- it would have been typical san francisco politics and fighting, and when people would have thought of something, it would have been the worst possible things that can happen. but all of a sudden, people love it, and they want it to remove.

i talk to people who said, i never, ever would have supported this had it been proposed prepandemic, but now, i want it to stay. it's amazing what people have learned what is possible. and we need to make sure that , as we come out of the pandemic, we don't just revert back to the old ways. it's very easy to slide back into the old ways, and we need to make sure that the good things that we piloted during the pandemic, we don't slide back into. we don't want to use streets for just cars. we know that streets can be used for a lot of thing. we don't want to fallback into the same bad thing that drinking and dining can only be inside. i'm introducing legislation,

senate bill 314, to make these things permanent. we know how they've operated, and they should be able to stay, and we also have some other parts of that bill just to make it easier for bars in particular to share space and to be able to have that efficiency, to be able to have live music venues, and just ways to support our hospitality sector. so i'm really excited about what's going to happen during this pandemic, and again, thank you, madam mayor, for your leadership. [applause] >> so this is my neighborhood. i live 1.5 blocks from here and have for about 23 years. it was such an honor to represent this community on the board of supervisors, but i'm very proud that my successor on the board of supervisors, my supervisor, is doing an amazing

job, so rafael mandelman. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: this is such a beautiful day and such an exciting announcement, and of course, i want to start by thanking the previous speaker, senator wiener, for his foresight and working with the program and andres, when he was back in your office locally, for recognizing the changes in state law that need -- that was needed for the parklets to continue. the parklets as we know them can only survive with a little bit of an assist from the state, and we're very grateful for that. of course, i want to thank the

mayor, as well. as i was -- exactly. as i was walking down here, one of my constituents stopped me and said to thank the mayor for saving his life, which got me a little reclempt. he said he had lung breathing issues, and he needed medication to be alive, and he was because of the strong action we took at the start. if you recall, a year ago march, all of us were terrified, and we had no idea what san francisco would look like in a year, and how many people we would have lost. we have lost too many people, but we have saved many people

because of the actions of the mayor and the department of public health as i am grateful for the support of the mayor for things like proposition h and your dedication of getting rid of regulations that are unnecessary and impede economic development and thriving neighborhoods, and particularly for your dedication to this neighborhood, the castro. the mayor spends a fair amount of time here. she's got her eye on what's going on, and when we make progress in this neighborhood, it's as a result of the mayor actually making phone calls to make things happen, so thank you, mayor, for that. my first notion of the shared spaces program was about a year ago. i got a call from lori from the golden gate restaurant association. lori and i were worried about

what the future would look like in terms of lives lost, but also what the future would look like in terms of entrepreneurs and businesses crushed, and what would be a challenging time. lori had seen other communities around the world, confronted with the same problems, were looking at how they could more effectively use sidewalks, spaces, and streets; could we allow businesses to get out in the right-of-way and meet in space outdoors and continue to meet the needs of the community and meet the economic needs of employers and employees. it was not easy. there are a lot of unsung heroes in all of this. one of the most -- she's not the most unsung, but she's one of the most heroic is our city administrator, carmen chu.

one of the things that she really helped move forward was this shared spaces program. we were on different calls with different department heads. here we are. m.t.a. is pretty important in all of this, and what would have to happen to roll this program out, to meet the concern of neighbors and of businesses who might be negatively impacted by it, and to make this work. and so thank you, thank you, thank you, carmen chu, as well as to other folks like joaquin torres, our new assessor-recorder, and planning commission staff. another unsung hero is robin abad at the planning department, and robin is here

somewhere. robin had to be extraordinary, you know, show creativity and a tireless work ethic over the last year to make this work. and then, working with andres power, in the mayor's office, who remember, had been with scott back in the original version of the parklets program. i'm a big fan, and i want to thank all the people who got us to this day and to have a framework to make this program permanent. i'm proud to sponsor this legislation. i think we're starting a conversation at the board of supervisors, and i'm hoping that it will be one that realize that we're not alone, that we want this program to continue. here in the castro, you know, manny yekutiel, who is not

here, but is who the new m.t.a. commissioner from the mayor, had done a lot to set up our shared spaces from 18 and mission, and andrea ajello and andrea nieman from noe valley and the castro had been instrumental in getting this done. and now, i'm going to introduce my colleague, another big fan of shared spaces, ahsha safai. [applause] >> supervisor safai: all right. well, this is a special day for san francisco. i want to thank our mayor, i want to thank senator scott wiener, my colleague, supervisor mandelman, but let me underscore something. 1700 permits have been issued for shared spaces in this short

amount of time. just look at this street alone. look how many additional shared spaces have been added just to this one street. this program, this initiative, is transforming san francisco. you can't often say that an initiative or a new program is transforming the land add of our city, but we often have to take a step back and say why. why was this crisis or this pandemic has forced us to take a step back and look at how we utilize public space? why is it that so many layers of public bureaucracy exist that stops businesses from wanting to do some of their core functions? in a lot of other cities around the world, this is a natural part of the city's landscape. but in san francisco, what's part of our landscape are

barriers for expansion and supporting small businesses, so i really want to thank the mayor for taking the initiative very early on, listening to the small business commission, listening to the small business networks that are out there, like the council of district merchants, listening to the golden gate restaurant association. these businesses are predominantly family run mom-and-pop shops that have put their entire family savings on the line, and if not for some of the programs that we've let onto provide grants and supports and lifelines, many of these businesses would be gone, and these businesses are what make san francisco special. people come from all over the world to the castro. they want to experience the castro. they want to experience the businesses that are here. they want to experience the

businesses all over our city because they're unique. so this is an extension of our ability to ensure that we're taking a negative, that we're taking one of the most unintended consequences, something that never would been able to happen -- and when i say never, this never would have been able to happen if not for this crisis. so we're turning it on its head, just like prop h. i was very proud, when i first became supervisor. we removed, we started a pilot for helping businesses and neighborhood notifications, and the mayor took that citywide, and that was prop h. there's people that are going to say, are they accessible to

the disability community? is this something that's going to be open to the public? but i really want to credit the mayor and her team, andres, robin abbad, all the folks from the small business community that have given their input, we're going to have parklets, we're going to have commercial space, we're going to have hybrids of in between, and the on going costs will be manageable, and this will be something that will help the city continue to thrive and grow. so i'm happy to lead the initiative with my colleagues, rafael and others at the board. thank you, mayor, for giving us this. thank you, senator, for giving us this at the state level, and of course, thank you, for our city administrator, carmen chu,

for initiating this process. >> the hon. london breed: and i want to introduce solage and maurice of the mission. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] >> good afternoon. mayor breed, senator wiener, supervisor mandelman, supervisor safai, and director abad, thank you for choosing the castro for your press conference. we want to thank you for your leadership in acting swiftly and decisively in creating the shared spaces program. this program allows restaurants and bars to team up which gave us a fighting chance to survive this pandemic. because of your vision and dedication in seeing this through, here we are exactly one year later. this june, it'll be 50 years that the covant castro have

been family owned. maurice and i have been part of the castro for over 30 years. our family has endured an epidemic that has taken too many people too young. people have been with us, supporting us through good times and bad, and we want to thank them for being part of our family. thank you, and thank you all. [applause] >> i just wanted to add a couple of words, thank the team at 440 castro for teaming with us and helping us survive this very difficult moment. thank you. >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, and i just want to acknowledge the president of the small business commission,

sharky laguana. thank you so much for being here, and thank you for the chair of the castro business commission, massoud. it does take a village to do anything so incredible and significant, and we are so grateful and excited about the future of san francisco. we are still in a pandemic. we still need to do our part. wear our mask, socially distance, and be as responsible as we can. today, over 200,000 san franciscans have received at least their first dose of the vaccine. 68% of those over the age of 65 have been vaccinated in this city, and 25% of those over the age of 16 have been vaccinated. i'm really proud of the work we're doing in this city.

i see our covid rate going down, i see our case rate going down. i see people smiling in the city. i know this has been a hard year for us. the thing is, we've been through challenging situations in the past. many of us were here during the 89 earthquake. i was in high school at galileo high school where devastation in that neighborhood and the marina was significant. i was here during the aids crisis where the city was almost left on its own to deal with the challenge. the reason why san francisco has gotten through this pandemic has everything to do with the challenges we've been through in the past and how resilient our city is as we move towards the future. if it can't be done in san francisco, it probably can't be done anywhere. we are the second densest city

in the country, and we have the lowest infection rate and the lowest death rate of any major city because -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: -- because when it matters, we know how to roll up our sleeves and get it done. we know we're almost at that orange tier. we expect to be there, based on what we see. with our numbers, we expect to be there on march 24. we want to get to yellow. we want to get to that point, but we don't want to get complacent. we don't want to get too comfortable, because we want to get out of this safely. we want to get out of this intact. we want to get people back to work. we want to keep the small businesses that are still open, we want to make sure they thrive. we want to uplift and protect our young ones and loved ones. we want to get our kids back in

school, and this program, let me tell you something, it brings life and vibrancy and excitement to san francisco, and that gives me hope for a better future. thank you all so much for being here, and thank you all for staying so strong through this past year through this pandemic. [applause] >> chairman: this ise

march 24th, 2021, budget and finance committee meeting. i'm mat haney, chair. and i'm joined by ahsha safai and supervisor gordon mar. our clerk is ms. linda wong. i want to think kaleena for broadcasting this meeting. >> clerk: mr. chair, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors committee room are closed, however, the members will be participating remotely. this is pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. the members will participate in the meeting to the same bt