initially. next slide please hunter. >> we were contracted to perform an audit on 2016 affordable housing bond. as mentioned in the prior report, the 2016 bond was repositioned of 261 million from proposition a in 1992 set up to seismically upgrade reinforcing of buildings in san francisco. that money has been repurposed into 2016 bond. this bond is being administered by the mayor's office of housing and community development. this is made up of two programs. affordable loan and deferred market rate loans and there's a market rate of 156 million that forms the basis of the bond program. next slide hunter. we tested all expenditures

through june 30th, 2020, that totalled 32.4 million and this covered 13 properties. we decided that we would test 100% of the 34.2 million and we were provided with the executed loan agreements between the city and venders. we had reimbursement requests and invoices and transfers and wire documents so we could verify the expenditures to date. next slide please. throughout the testing, we found that 100% of the 34.2 million was spent in accordance with for legal text of the ballot and everything was good with the bond. we had no recommendations at the time other than to ensure that all expenditures were spent within the ballot measure. that's it.

very brief. very quick. any questions? >> before we conclude, so thank you again cumming for the assistance on this. just to provide kind of our quick update. i know this is part of the later agenda. this is the 10th one we have completed. the ones we have not yet audited that are active bonds are the 2018 seawall safety, the 2019 affordable housing program and recently approved 2020 health and homelessness parks and streets program that we'll be including in the future work plan as we progress in the months ahead. and we'll be happy to answer any

questions you have. >> if there are no questions, should we move to public comment? roseanne, are you muted? >> thank you. public comment. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. access 187 104 1784. then pound and then pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to

speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. you will have three minutes. madam chair, i'm checking the que. i do not see any hands raised. so may i close public comment for this item? okay. madam chair, may i move on to agenda item 6? >> yes please. >> presentation from the city services auditor regarding the whistle blower program. fiscal year 2021, quarter 2 report. liaison report on the program and possible action by the committee response to such

presentation and report. whom shall i make presenter? >> i'll take them. >> mark de la rosa again. i am joined by dave jensen, our lead manager for whistleblower program. we'll provide a quick overview of some of the activities and initiatives that we have been working on highlighting some of the new information since we last reported before the committee in december 2020.

>> thank you for this opportunity to present before you. here today to give you a quick update on some of the program's recent activities and initiatives. we'll go on to the next slide please. the authority to derive from city and state law. i think most of you have seen this. we'll move on to the next slide. the whistleblower program is aprized under the city and county law and state law, excuse me, to investigate or attempt to resolve complaints concerning the misuse of city funds, allegation of -- and wasteful and efficient government practices.

next slide. per the charter, the whistleblower program is mandated for certain complaints, often in areas where the charter has carved out authority for other city departments, including complaints where another city's department is required by federal, state or local law to adjudicate and established by a bargaining unit or contract, any violation of criminal law, mandated to the district attorney's office and we refer out any matter subject to existing violation of government ethics laws. next slide. quick overview of the staff currently assigned to the program. the program is staffed by a diverse group of employees, including investigators, auditors, city fraud examiners, trained policy analyst and we

have a college debate champion and attorney as well. next slide. this next slide will give you an idea of the volume that our program has been experiencing since fiscal year 2013, increasing reports over the previous years. report volume fell in q-4 of last year in lockdown. however, through q-1 and q-2 of this year, if numbers appear to be rebounding. and as of this morning, through q-3, since the start of january this year, whistleblower has received 151 reports. next slide please. over q-1 and q-2 whistlelower

has been working to close out previous reports. i want to say thank you to the staff that has put in the efforts the close out some of the older complaints on the books. from the start of the fiscal year on july 1st, we have decreased the number of open cases from 105 down to 66 open complaints as of december 31st. and as of this morning, we had about 62 open complaints. 61% chose to remain anonymous and we continue to see that the vast number of reporters continue to choose to file reports online. that's the trend that we have seen increase during covid. prior to the shut down we were able to take complaints on a

walk in basis. we obviously can't do that at this point. but people are still filing. we take that as a good sign. next slide. whistleblower closed out 75% of reports received within 90 days. there's a number of factors that can cause a report to linger longer, the complexity of the topic involved, the number of subjects involved or the number of allegations involved. since the close of q-2, we want to point out whistle blowers close out several of the older reports you see on the right-hand side open more than 365 days. next slide please. this demonstrates that 50% of our reports that we closed in q-2 have been investigated. we want to point out something quickly, that would be in q-2,

we saw an uptick in the number of matters we were unable to investigate with the information presented to us. that would be the 42 complaints that were closed without investigation. so fourth column in from the left-hand side. for whatever reason, we a complaint opened 24-hours seven days a week, open to everybody to file whenever they want to, we have seen over the last quarter, uptick in the complaints that didn't have actual information to look into. as a result, we're seeing a spike in the number of complaints we are closing without investigation. that said, whistleblower takes every complaint and gives thorough consideration in the complaints that we don't have enough information to investigate, we generally give the reporter at least a week to

present additional information to see if we can bring the matter to resolution. next slide. the next slide is about the disposition of closed reports. again, we point out the uptick in the number of complaints that we are unable to investigate and you would see on the far right-hand side in fy-2021. last year we had 8% unable to investigate, now up to 16% unable to investigate because of the spike i have been talking about in the complaints without actual information for us. next slide. the next slide shows the percent of investigative reports that have resulted in corrected action and that has remained

fairly consistent within the 40% to 31%. and the next slide. next slide is a quick overview of some of the fy-20/21 initiatives. we continue to issue our quarterly public reports, most recently the q-2 report was issued a week ago and that was included in your packet of documents for the meeting agenda today. a little bit about the ongoing efforts to ensure a best of class program here in san francisco. we have a new case management system online. and we are all enjoying the new bells and whistles included in that. with the q-4 report, you'll start to see some of the

additional new detail we're able to provide given the new management reporting system. i would condition to train our partner liaisons on remote investigations and provide information and support to peer districts. i spoke to oakland and san francisco county about what they're experiencing and how we can help them and they can help us as we share information about practices. we are also hosting our national webinars. we already had one this year. the next one is scheduled for late april or early may. any questions or comments we would welcome them. happy to answer questions you have now or through the contact information provided on the last slide. thank you very much.

do we want to take member questions before the liaison report? >> i have a question. lauren post. i was wondering when you mentioned in the presentation it is only about a third of the investigations that actually yield some changes in the department or whatever the outcome is that stem from the complaint, and then you mentioned there, you have been talking about to jurisdictions around the country, how does our action percentage compare to other cities? is that sort of normal, is ours higher or lower. obviously a lot of factors weigh

into that to the extent of complaints and problems within the city government that people are complaining about. it seemed pretty consistent, the 36%. i don't know if that's good or bad. i just don't know. >> i don't have a quick and ready answer for you unfortunately. but that is something i would be happy to look into and coordinate a response back to you through chair mchugh. with these whistleblower programs up and down the state and through the country, there's not a standard for numbers that get reported out. i would have to see who else is doing similar type of reporting and collect the information and figure out how we measure up against it. because i don't have the answer now, let me get back to you if i could please. >> that's nice. i'm not sure you have to do that

work. overtime in the city, it has been so consistent but it seems you are constantly improving the whistleblower program and your team's administration of it. any thoughts on why that 36% is so consistent, doesn't go up, doesn't go down. any thoughts on that? >> my first reflection on that would be to look at the increasing volume of reports we have been getting. and even though the numbers have trended upwards since 12/13, we are seeing the same bracket of complaints that result in policy change. while the numbers have increased, the numbers have sustained reports stays within the fairly consistent bracket. and that would be to do more digging but that is immediately how i'm reflecting off of the question you just presented.

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>> about attributing acomplaintn or to a termination for any number of personnel reasons, and also programatic reasons, or advice from our deputy city attorneys. we don't release that type of information, that sort of causal, yes, that whistleblower complaint resulted in this action or that termination. that said, i think we're all aware of a swirling of

different factors that may have resulted in any number of the recent terminations from whether it be b.t.w. p.c.e., or any other city department. i'll have to side step that due to problematic reasons. >> all right. i'll just keep reading the newspaper, then. >> there is nothing more than than i would like to tell you that the whistleblower was the cause of that to taught our own horn, but i can't do that, due to our program's limitations, unfortunately. >> fair enough. >> it is a good question and a good answer because it shows that part of the most important part of that whistleblower program is the confidence that people can have in reporting things that they see and having that remain confidential. but i'm the liaison, so i can segue right into the

liaison report. that was a good question, brian, and a good answer, dave, because even though i don't think either of you got what you wanted to hear, that was an important conversation to demonstrate that nothing is more important than the efficiency of the program and the confidentiality, or protection of people feeling like they have this safe confidential mechanism to report wrong-doing with the city, number one. and then, number two, to have confidence that that report or complaint will be handled professionally and with the utmost care. so i've been the whistleblower liaison since i started, over a year now, maybe a year and a half, and i continue to stay in touch with dave and the other staff. we have welcomed some new staff members that i've gotten to know.

we've reviewed not specifics of complaints in the last quarter, like we used to, but whether complaints have been substantial or not, there has been a decrease in substantive complaints, and an increase in complaints that i -- i call them like spam mail or spam e-mail, for no reason. i think that i can report that the program is continuing to communicate with me openly and directly, and my confidence and faith in the program remains high. we're seeing a lot of changes because of covid, the way that people report, and since last march, february or march, pre-covid, we implemented a different hotline to deal with a different level of corruption.

so it's great to see the numbers be the stats, but stati, but they can be thrown off a little by different ways that people report now. reporting from home instead of in an office, and being able to make use of different avenues to make reports. so the liaison report doesn't go much further than that. they're reaching out to liaison and neighborhood organizations, which i think is great, because that is really important, too. we're seeing more users or attendees of webinars, which is excellent. that plays right into our best-in-class program. and we continue to move forward until we can meet for our reviews in person and do some more indepth

reviews. so thank you, dave, and thank you to everybody else here on the program. do we have any other questions, or should we move to public comment? >> i have one more, if i may. this might be for peg, but i noticed on the audit presentations we're hearing today, there are so many senior staff members who are acting, including or beloved mark. so why are so many staff members acting and not a permanent position. thank you. >> is mark still here? >> this is in the audit function. >> yeah. which is under my -- go ahead. >> the short version is that, like everything else in covid, our exam process has been delayed, and so that means people stay in

acting appointments until an exam can be done to formally qualify and put somebody into a permanent position. and i anticipate that pretty soon we're going to finish one of the exam processes that is relevant in the audit unit and they'll have permanent appointments again. but mark can also comment. thanks. >> thanks for that. we're -- it is pretty much what peg mentioned. so within the city services audits, which is where the whistleblower program fits, which is under my oversight, we have been limited in terms of our capacity, in terms of recruitment over the last year, and this has been a way for us to really patch some of those holes that we have been having in terms of staffing and providing opportunities for our team to basically provide

coverage, as needed. and as i think we've mentioned in the past, we do have a larger audit team within n.c.s. a. audits, just to make sure we have the audit and investigation both synergy and assistance on both fronts. >> okay. thank you. i'll look forward, peg, to the exam process moving forward as soon as everyone can be in office, having a smoother function. thank you. >> if there are no other member comments, should we move to public comment? >> i think you're muted, rosanne.

>> still muted, rosanne. >> can you guys hear me now? i'm not sure what happened there. my headset muted itself. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1871041784. then ##. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the

system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. please note that you will have three minutes. madam chair, i do see there is one person with their hand raised. so i will unmute them. speaker, please go ahead. you have three minutes for public speaking. >> good morning committee members. this is dr. derrick curr, a whistleblower. 10 years ago, whistleblowers appealed before this committee to approve the whistleblower reports. we requested that the reports include data on the number of retaliation complaints filed with the ethics commission and how many were sustained. we believed that the whistleblower program had a responsibility to inform

its clients about the results of their retaliation complaints. we also wanted to draw attention to the fact that the ethics commission had never sustained a whistleblower retaliation complaint. the whistleblower program began reporting this data in 2012. over the past nine years, the public could see how many retaliation complaints were processed and how many were sustained. until now. the current whistleblower report omits the count of sustained retaliation complaints for the first time in nine years. please look at page 16 of the current report. the table showing whistleblower retaliation

claims has been trumcated. this omission obstructs transparency and accountability. it writes off a key concern of city whistleblowers and of the general public. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller, for your comments. chair mccue, i do not see anyone else in the cue for public speaking. >> chairman: okay. should we move to the next item? >> clerk: yes. item seven, opportunity for committee members to comment or take action on any matters within the committee's jurisdiction. one fiscal year 2020 to

2021, seaboc work initiatives, (a), standardized templates, and (b) expenditure audits (c) other committee business. the liaison report of the 2018 embarcadero earthquake safety bond. action by the committee and response to such presentation. (b) c.s.a., f.y.2021, sea goboc 2021, and follow up on the public integrity review, and independent review of the whistleblower program, and liaison assignments. >> good morning, committee members.

this is peg stevenson. i'm a city performance director in the controller's office. unless chair mccue has any opening remarks she wants to make on this item, i'll just run down the list. our practice here is to keep the ongoing list of work initiatives of yours and committee business, and if that is nothing to report on that, we'll pass that item. but it keeps keeping them on the agenda as a helpful reminder for all of us. standardized templates, this is the committee's desire to take a look over all of the bond reporting that goes on and ensure that you're seeing consistent and comparable information on scope, schedule, and budget across them. and as i've said a couple of times before, we have not had any staff time due to the covid response, to work with your assigned liaison on this, but it is my profound hope that we will start getting back

some of our staff time in the next quarter, and definitely in the next fiscal year, and then we'll get started on this. i think kristin chu is still the assigned liaison for this purpose. expenditure audit, this is where we keep with audits group on any construction audits that they have coming up, of the type that cummings just reported on, and make sure that they are on your agenda, and you're aware of any that are upcoming, and we calendar them to appear in the same timeframe that you're hearing a bond report on that subject. which we've just done with the housing bond. public finance: included in your packet is a schedule of upcoming bond issues, and i will pause and ask anna or deshon to note that and see if there are any highlights they want to bring to your attention. >> chairman: go ahead. >> good morning, members

of the committee, this is deshon. if you refer to the memos we included in your packet, i'll just walk you through some of our current and anticipated geo bond debt issue wansz. issuances. we're getting ready to close the affordable housing 2019 bonds in the amount of just under $255 million, and the first issuance of earthquake and emergency response 2020 bonds in at amount just above $81 million. and we expect to close both of those transactions on the 30th, and then those programs can get going on their projects. we're also going through the board for approval of geo refunding bonds to take advantage of some favorable market conditions to generate debt service savings for the city. we expect to issue at least one series in may,

ahead of our june call day, and we may do forward refunding for some bonds that are due in december, depending on market conditions and everything, if it achieves enough savings to warrant that. and then we're also working on transactions that are to come in the summer. one is the final issuance of transportation 2016 bonds, to close out the balance of that authorization, and planning to move forward to the first issuance from the health and recovery bond from 2020, and we're still ironing out the projects that will be funded by that first issuance. and we need to make another issuance to the emergency earthquake 2020 bond later this summer to accommodate some changing need for those projects, with largely an in-reference to move those

projects forward. so we'll be going back to the board this spring for those three transactions in the summer. and then just looking ahead to next year, we anticipate a second issuance of sea wall bonds sometime in 2022, and also a followup for the health and recover bonds as those projects get into gear as well. but we don't have a firm timeline for any of those. if you have any questions, i'm happy to speak to those -- to the calendar, but that's our presentation for the upcoming calendar. >> i have a question for anna and deshon. how did the march sales go? for the bond issuance rate? >> i will let anna speak to it in a little more detail, but we got a lot of bids for our bonds. one was a negotiated transportation, and we got a lot of interest and subscription in that. and the other was a competitive transaction, and we got 14 bids, i

believe, for those bonds, and received favorable based on both. and i'll let anna go into more detail. >> sure. the affordable housing bond, there was a strong interest from a variety of investors, including retail investors, municipalities that were interested in having those bonds in their portfolios, and also e.s.g., for environmental and social government-focused investors. it was great to see their interests, plus a wide variety of institutions. and we got a significant number of bids for our ether transactions. so definitely successful sales. >> chairman: thank you. good. okay, if there are no other comments or questions for public finance, i'll go on to section two. you had the sea wall bond

on your last meeting, but mr. fantou was not available to make his report. >> i don't see him today, either. >> clerk: he is absent. >> i know he has met with the sea wall bond program manager, so we'll have to have him give that update at a future meeting. the c.s.a. work plan, again, i would invite mark to give any updates, if he wants to, but our situation is unchanged. we've been working 100% in the covid emergency. during the next quarter, the april, may, june quarter, we're all working hard to start to consolidate and wind down the functions that can be wound down because the case rate is dropping, hospitalizations are dropping, and vaccination rates are picking up, all good trends. and we hope to start doing some work on our other mandates, which have not been worked since the

beginning of the fiscal year, but that is still -- we'll see how the quarter goes. i'm hoping to get about 10 to 20% of my staff's time back by the end of the quarter. mark, any updates you want to give for the current year? >> very quickly on the c.s.a. audit sign, there is still a portion of our time that is being devoted to the covid cost recovery effort. our folks have been leading the claiming of some of our costs to the various sources, including fema public assistance, as well as the cares act funding. so a portion of our c.s.a. audit folks are working on that. and a main group of the folks are working on the usual, normal things that falls under c.s.a. audits, including whistleblower program. and we've been working,

also, on the public integrity assessment suites of work that we've been working on in the last year, and we're continuing to do so. as well as everything in between, from performance audits to to concession audits and all the things that we have in our work plan. and we will, as part of our work planning for next fiscal year, hopefully we'll alleviate, as peg also mentioned -- some of our cost recovery work, given that we've been doing it for a year, and we may have some leaner ways we can do it as a city. that hopefully will free up some of our capacity to do some of our performance audits, as well as compliance work. >> great. thank you, mark. if there are no questions for mark, in your packet

was the updated sea goboc work plan for the current year, and we now have a consistent schedule of when the bond programs come before you. i would just note on that that we still showed august, october, and december meeting dates at t.b.d., and i think we can confirm, while the committee is all seated here, that we'll use the same cadence we've used before, fourth mondays of the month. so august would be monday august 23rd. october would be monday october 25th. and in december, i think we would move it up a week, so it is before, not after, christmas, so it would be monday, december 20th. so let me just propose that as a formal

amendment. and see if there are any questions or comments. if not, rosanne can make the recommendations on people's calendars with the webex service. >> is there a requirement that it is spaced out a certain amount of time? or do you think it would benefit members to move that december 20th meeting a little earlier? i know a lot of people are traveling or doing year-end. that's my busy time of the year. how does everybody feel about that? >> make it a week earlier is fine with me. >> earlier would be better. >> would you guys prefer december 6th or 13th? >> either. >> i'm indifferent. >> either. the 6th would probably be a little better, but either is good. >> the 6th would be better for me, too. >> clerk: okay. i'll schedule it for the

6th. >> december 6th. >> great, thank you. >> chairwoman: okay. so item 2d, housing public perception survey, you've heard me say this before, but we're interested and we have a pool of qualified vendors for public perception surveys. you're interest in having the next bond program that is the subject of a public perception survey is housing bond programs. it is useful to hear their presentations and get an idea of what we might test here. scope, schedule, and budget, and to write a contract, again is something that i shop to be able to start work on next quarter, and we'll definitely be able to start in the new fiscal year, and we've met with the liaison to shape the scope, schedule, and budget for that and put it out for bids to our vendor pool, who are public

perception survey and pooling experts, hopefully during the first quarter of next fiscal year. >> so next fiscal year, is that july 1st? >> starting july, right. >> july 1st. >> 2e, the public integrity review, we keep this on the calendar in case there is any intersection between the bond program and the public integrity review work that mark delarosa referenced, and our office is working on with the city attorney. just, again, to have an early notice and discussion to you in case there are any contractors or contracts or cost centers in the geo bonds that intersect with findings we're making or presentations we're making in the public integrity review. and i'll just pause there and see if mark wanted to comment on this. i think we're up to date. but, mark? >> yeah. i think you're all up to date as well, so just,

very quickly, so we've completed our fourth public integrity assessment. the last one being we issued in january on the airport commission and citywide ethical standards over procurement. we're working on at least three additional ones that are in the pipeline. one being on the recology of rate-setting process, and other ethical requirements. and as peg mentioned, we will continue to flag, as necessary, should we bump into any nexus between those vendors and contractors that have been implemented in the various investigations, as well as the geo bond programs. and we're also alerting, obviously, as we're doing our expenditure audits,

alerting the departments who are matching those to do the same so that we're all on the same page. >> thanks, mark. 2f -- >> i have one quick comment. sorry, peg. tim and bart and i have been in communication with mark and ben about some of this information from the public integrity review, and to see if there was cross-over between any of those contractors and go bond projects. i'm not sure if we circulated that information, so we want to make sure, rosanne, that you can do that or i can forward it to you. >> okay. >> so for our next meeting, we're covering parks -- i think that that was relevant with one of those contractors, and lauren with the earthquake safety, i'm not sure if

you were brought into the loop on that. but we will then -- we'll make sure you know what that is. >> great. thank you. >> i think we should keep an extra eye on that. >> uh-huh. >> so, rosanne, can you circulate that information? >> oh, yes, i will. >> okay. great. thank you. >> chair mccue, was that it? any other questions or comments from mark on this? >> no. i just want to make sure everybody is in the loop with that information. unless, mark, is there an update on your latest report? okay. >> yep. >> okay. independent review of the whistleblower program, again, this refers to a long-standing interest of the committee on having an audit test or a peer

review or some combination of that type of work on the whistleblower program. this is where we would look at some statistics. for example, like you referred to in your discussion about the rate of results and compared them to other comparable programs, had somebody test our integrity of our systems, and test some -- do some sort of standard audit procedures on the program of the type you've heard our auditors discuss on many types of things. we intend to issue an r.f.p., so we would offer the opportunity to do it to our already qualified vendors, and anybody in that business to achieve a maximum independence on looking at this program. i feel like a broken record, my apologies, but i plan to commit staff time to do it in the first quarter of next fiscal year. and i feel confident that we'll have it under way during the first half of the next fiscal year.

and i'll work with your liaison on the scope, schedule, and budget for that. and then, finally, liaison assignments, i'll pause there because chair mccue has been in contact with your new members on this subject, and she has a more recent update than i would. >> i have reached out to some members individually, but i want to circle the whole group to see if anyone is interested in changing any of their reports or taking on additional or becoming co-liaison with anyone else if you find any of these interesting after you took your original post. but judy -- welcome, judy -- has offered to take capital plan and help and homelessness, and jane has offered to temporarily take the 2019 housing bond, since that goes with her other liaison assignments. jane, do you think that needs a co-liaison?

is there anyone else interested in that as well? >> i don't think it hurts to have a co-liaison this because i think it is good do have another set of eyes on these. it is always good to get someone else's perspective, so i would welcome that. >> okay. great. >> i'd be interested in being a co-liaison on the 2020 homeless bond. i've covered a lot of topics. >> okay. excellent. okay. so brian and tim, and you'll get back to me. and then why don't i circulate the updated -- rosanne, i know you've been updating that list, if you would update it with those two comments --

>> okay. >> and lauren -- >> yes, i'm happy to put the 2020 bond team together, and i'll continue and close things -- that's fine. >> that's great. thanks, lauren. okay. we can circle back to the whole group and see if anybody would like to jump on this co-liaison with anybody else, if interested. and then just a reminder if anybody is doing site visits, which, yeah, i would guess not many people are, but maybe in the coming months that will hopefully start back up again. i haven't gotten a chance to do any tours of these facilities, and i would love to when they start back again. so please reach out to the other members of the committee and let them know. and then we can do that. >> okay. >> that's all i have.

does that cover it, peg? >> yes. so if there are no more questions or comments on any of the sub-items in item seven, from me or mark or from any other colleagues who spoke on it, you can go to public comment on it, i guess, rosanne. >> clerk: okay. public comment. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item show call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1871041784 then ##. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. please note you will have three minutes. madam chair, i'm checking the speaker cue, and i do not see any hands raised

for public speaking. may i close the public speaking for this item? >> chairwoman: yes, thank you. >> clerk: madam chair, may we adjourn the meeting? >> chairwoman: yes. almost 11:30, right on schedule. >> clerk: for the record, it is 11:28. thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> bye. >> good-bye. [meeting adjourned at 11:29]

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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. [♪♪♪]

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