we want to be seen as working in partnership. we want to be seen as how we can help problem solve because the one thing we bring to the table is the power in many instances of funding and support so we are happy to work in partnership with you but i think it would make sense for everybodyif you guys can be to take a step back and rethink this that would be my friendly plea . >> supervisor ronen: we appreciate your time and we know you're busy and thank you and withthat , can make a motion filed his hearing as we havea roll call vote ? first let me make a motion excuse supervisor mar from this vote.do i need to do that? >> we already did.

>> supervisor melgar: if we can have a roll call on my first motion to fire this hearing. >> on the motion offered by chair, ronen. [roll call vote] >> you have 2 aye's. >> chair ronen:have a great weekend and any other items on the agenda ? then the meeting is adjourned. thank you everyone. >>

>> all right, hi, everybody. good i guess afternoon now, right? sorry, i still have a city to run and things come up every now and again even when we have thinged planned. i appreciate your patience of way waiting. i'm mayor london breed. i am excited to be here at the children's creativity museum and formerly known as the zeum and which is a great place in yerba buena and standling in front of the leroy king carousel

that was a good friend of mine and started on the san francisco redevelopment agency for many years and the significance of naming it after him during the ceremony for all the work he did in san francisco and this carousel which was row located to closer from that area and with such a beautiful story and significant rich history and going to the de jong as a kid. and i didn't understand what museums were about and henry oswald tanners and the banjo -- is that what this was called? that one stuck with he for whatever reason. i would see in it other places and books and point it out as something i saw as a kid in the museum. and the albino alligator and

there is a new one there. and i remember if there was one there and i remember when i was a kid and so many great museums and exploring the kids to grow up and the great field trips. had it not been for the field trips and being able to explore the concrete slide at golden gate park and all the great things and activities in san francisco. and for the connections and today's announcement is maintaining connections and making sure as we have dealt with the pandemic and dealt with the schools closed throughout the time and we wanted to make sure regardless of income and young people and people who receive basic social services from the city and they also have access to our art and cultural institutions in the city.

and we have come up with the program in 2019 to provide for the summer museums for all. and providing access to museums receiving assistance level from the human services agency so no child, no matter income, no family that may receive public assistance would be left out of the process of enjoying and exploring our museum during the summer of 2019. at that time we had about 25,000 guests take advantage of that program. that is a huge number but in san francisco we have about 225,000 people in general who actually qualify so we want to make sure to get the word out and in fact, we're not going to just continue to do this for the summer. our goal is to do this year round. so yes, it is amazing. and i remember the field trip.

i always think about all the field trip, but remember the field trip when we went to the exploratory sent arenaed academy of sciences. the de jong museum. and the reason why these were very special to me is because as an adult and you go to visit the places again and remember the time you saw the stuffed lion and the different exhibits and remember those as a kid and understand the significance of being able to learn about these things and appreciate them. and that's what our young people need. that is what people in our city need is to have access to these resources. money should never be a barrier to access. museums for all is important to the work to do to make san francisco more equitable for everyone. the work around equity continues

with the budget, access and with the treasurer who has been leading around a number of initiatives. we teamed up to support changes to our fines and fees for libraries. however, because i still have one of my overdue books, i think it was a personal nature to why we decided to waive the fines and fees for overdue library books. just think about it. 40 years later, those fees can rack up pretty hefty. some of the work we have done around fines and fees and addressing inequities in our criminal justice system, the libraries and other places to ensure, again, that money and these things are not a barrier and don't follow people with credit report and other things. this program is a recent addition to the work that we're going to continue to do to push forward with equity and insuring that everyone has a seat at the table and access to all the

amazing resources that exist in san francisco. so ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our treasurer jose cisneros. >> thank you, mayor breed. it is an honor to be here. one might wonder, what is the treasurer doing at an event like this? treasurer and tax collector which begs the question first. and we have helped low income people be more successful and particularly more financially successful. how to avoid getting ripped off. how to keep the money safe. how to improve the credit score and how to save for future needs and buying a home or starting a business or playing college. and we want to see everybody succeed and in the expensive city, financial strain is one of the most crippling things to low

income families and face the most severe impediment to family success. and because of that we launched the financial justice project. part of the work and to look at where the fines and fees and city created and are unfairly punishing harming in the community. think about it. any time a dollar amount finder fee fits all. and will awed far differently from medium to high income people. it is completely logical with the ability to have something to change and honor mayor london breed in the current role and the previous role as supervisor, she partnered with the project and made draw mattic changes to

-- and made dramatic changes to low income fines and fees and complete where it made sense, completely eliminated them. and including the overdue library fines and i am guessing the library will want the book back even if you don't pay for it. and think about museums and cultural, ruffle places in our city and how the expense of attending those places right from the gitgo just eliminated that option for every single low income family. we wanted to take a look at that. see how we wanted to make those extremely valuable resources and with the resources all of us remember from the childhood up to last week or last month and last year and could enjoy one of

the incredible cultural treasures. we want that to be available to everybody here in san francisco. and i am thrilled and we're excited to partner with you to make a quarter million individuals and now give them access to the most wonderful cultural assets and treasures in our city. right here in our town and where they live and not just for a few months in the summer, but all year round. your honor, mayor, and thank you very much and in the treasurer's office and across the city and the museums and the cultural institutions and stepped up and said this is something everybody in san francisco deserves and today we're making it happen. so thank you, everyone, for being here. please as the mayor said, spread

the word. tell everybody, tell everybody that all they need to get into any one of the great resources is the medical card or public i.d. to show they are member of the programs and have the chance to come in and be successful. and with that, we will introduce the next speaker. let me bring up carol tang, the executive director of the children's creativity museum. >> on behalf of the board and we want to thank mayor london breed and san francisco museums for all program for promoting enrichn't and learning outside of the classroom for good, mental, emotional, intellectual health at the children's kree toughty mission is to nurture kree toughty and collaboration and in all children and families. the focus on equity, inclusivity

and access and part of the core commitment to san franciscans and the bay area. and even during the past year we served 1,000 students from title one schools through virtual feed trips. before the launch of san francisco museums for all, the creativity museum promoted access programs with low income and nontraditional museum goers and provided free annual memberships to slow income community members to come as many tombs as they like with their families at their own convenience. for many of the members we are part of the regular routine. we had one neighborhood family in yerba buena that visited 220 times in one year. >> we were one of the first museums in the entire bay area to join the national museum of all programs administered by

imls and the children's museum. promotions and now 15% of the visitors come for free and with the same high quality experience that the paying visitors do. and not only receiving public support and benefits everyone. we all need something and to appreciate our diversity. and by bringing together the museum and help play, create, learn, and problem solve together and that is so very important after the year we have had. and through san francisco museums for all, families come to ride the carousel, make art, record digital animation, express themselves through

music, solve design charges and these days they can even create their own mini golf course using science principles. most importantly, however, they have fun sharing their art and inventions not only with their own families and with other families. and this is our chance and our sector's chance to weave and strengthen the connections between children and families and people. this is why to me san francisco museums for all is so important and benefits the community and learn to play together and dream together and helps us all envision and thank you for supporting the museum sector and seeing this as an important partner in san francisco. >> with that, i would like to

bring up the last speaker, a community member. >> an i am mary toni. and grew up and near and dear to my heart and serving a program like this has that has done so many things and part of from a working class family and going to museums weren't at the top of the priority list to put food on the table and knowing now that other students an kids in the community can experience museums and to help community healing is the greatest part and something i am very grateful that this is happening. especially i learned that equalified for this program in undergrad at u.c. davis. to come back to the city with

something so great and beneficial is happening, makes my heart so full. thank you again mayor breed and thank you to the team that made this happen. and yeah, thank you so much. i hope you have a bulletproof day. >> thank you, mary toni. i know what it feels like to be in college and went to u.c. davis and it was definitely a struggle. i am glad that program is benefitting you and others who want access to what our things that are what carol called fun. and fun shouldn't be expensive. fun should just be fun. that is what this is also about. and with that, thank you so much to see people in person. this pandemic has challenged us

like no other event. not even the 89 earthquake challenged us as much as this pandemic. and june 15 the opportunity to open the doors and to do more if possible and the regulations around large-scale events and things like the care zell and other things and it has everything to do with the people of the city who have gotten vaccinate and followed the held orders at about 80% receiving the first vaccination and proud of what we have been able to accomplish and what that means is a lot of fun this summer for san franciscans and for our kids especially. thank you, all, so much for being here today.

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides

wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership

with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful

brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design

wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are

going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a wedding

gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible,

>> i came to the san francisco public utilities commission as a san francisco fellow. as a sf fellow i was in financial planning where i had the joy of working for a me. >> part of the financial planning that sets rates. >> amy is just incredibly kind. one of the most generous and good-hearted people i have ever met. having her as as supervisor was very helpful. this was my first job out of college. amy supported me every step of the way. i felt like i can do this. >> i have a staff i manage. we have a complement that joins

us once a year to help us. they give them the chance to learn financial matters. >> amy would it is for an hour or hour and a half going through these complicated financial things with you, patient. >> i find my strength in sitting down and walking through the project, how can i help you? they appreciate that. it means that you are giving time to them. i hope or interns will be the new leaders. >> amy made should be we were well trained. >> she gave me mangoes. i went home and ate them. the next day i said i like these. two days later there was a

crate, 36 mangoes. >> she embodies public service in everything she does and the way she does her work. it was great having her as a supervisor. >> she is not in it forehead lines or awards. that is making me glad she is getting an award. the huge ilty, dedication and integrity and wisdom she brought, that is public service. >> my name is amy. i retired earlier this year. before that i was the rates administrator.

>> chair haney:this meeting exactly to order. this is the june 25th, budget and appropriations committee, i'm matt haney, the chair of the committee and i'm joined by president walton and suprv