i couldn't turn it down. i was with the district attorney's office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. during the time with the da's office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant district attorney but as director of community relations. that afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. it is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. it is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we

have as city employees and advocates for people who don't have a voice. i don't know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. i smash all of that. you grew up in the inner city of san francisco. my career path is not traditional. i don't think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. i say that to young women and girls. that is important. you want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. i didn't wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. the city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. i thought you must not know what i do for a living. it was the opposite. she had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody

not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal justice reform for the city would be the right person for the space. i appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in san francisco. i was able to transition to the policy space. here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our office was going to reform the criminal justice system. it is fulfilling for me. i could create programs and see those impact people's lives. i am the change. it took truants youth to meet with civil rights movement leaders who fought to have access to education. being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up.

what we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. we want to change that. >> coming from a community we are black and brown. i don't reach out to other people. i don't think they feel the same way. >> i had the great opportunity to work on prison reform issues and criminal justice reform issues. we created a program at san quentin where we brought district opportunities to lifers and talk about how we are all impacted by the criminal justice system. we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the

outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this.

we realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. it was important to figure out the framework to make it seamless and easy. they put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team came up with the idea to engage the tech community in this process. code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. the office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. we worked with the digital team to develop the online application. there are going to be hiccups.

we are first to do it. it is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless -- to offer a seamless approach. that is how they can find solutions to solve many of the community challenges. the best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records for san francisco. it feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. in the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my directive. really coming from a place of public safety. that was the mandate and understanding. it is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what? we got it wrong. let's get this right. i had the privilege of being in

the existing framework. my predecessor nicole elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals super-passionate about cannabis. >> the office was created in july of 2017. i came in early 2018. i have been able to see the office's development over time which is nice. it is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking about her leadership. >> looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the forboard of supervisors. i learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. >> we get the privilege to work in an office that is innovating. we get to spearhead the robust exprogram. >> i am excited she came on

board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. >> i was hired by cam laharris. i haven't seen a district attorney that looked kind of like me. that could be a path in my life. i might not have considered it. it is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. it is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. plans change and that is okay. the way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. you are capable, right?

it was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. you find your passion, the sky >> the board of appeals.he sky president honda is joined by vice president rick swig, commissioner an lazarus and tina chang. soon-to-be present is brad russy. and alex and i'm julie rosenburg. the board's executive director. we'll be joined by reps from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. scott sanchez with the planning department, jeff duffy, acting

deputy director, carla short, and stephen keller, acting urban forest for the bureau of urban forestry. now, let me see. someone can go on mute please. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. appellants, permit holders and department respondents are given seven minutes to present and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated must commit in the seven or three minute periods and mime may be limb second-degree to two minutes and given that there's a vacancy, three votes are required to brant an appeal or modify a permit or determination or to

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2722 folsom free would like the matter continued until july 7th, 2021 so we need a motion. >> i will make that motion. >> is there any public comment on president honda's motion to move this item to july 7th? if so, please raise your hand. i don't see any public comment. so commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner chang. >> aye. >> and vice president swig. >> aye. >> so that motion carries 4-0 and that item is continued to july 7th. now the second item we need to address pertains to item number 7a and 7b. this is 231-049 and 21-038 subject property at 265 oak street and lilly street now

president honda and voice president swig have disclosures to make. >> i have a financial conflicts with one of the parties. >> i'd like to recuse myself due to a conflict of interest according to the city statute. well below 5% in a building that is 499 feet away. >> so given that the board lacks a quorum, to hear items 7a and 7b, these items will be moved to a subsequent meeting after the vacancy on the board is filled. and at that time, president honda and vice president swig

will recuse themselves so those items will not be heard tonight and i can follow-up with the parties for this matter at a later date. we will put it on the soonest calender that is available as soon as possible. so, try to expedite that. we're moving to general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the board's jurisdiction not on tonight's calender. is there any mental of the public who wishes to speak on nt on tonight's agenda. please, go ahead. scott sanchez. >> scott sanchez, this really is an item related to the previous case and it's been more than two months since the board has had santa can a and hopefully the board will be complete again and have a new commissioner to round out the board so we can assure that the permits are fairly and

efficiently processed so i look forward to hopefully getting news of a new appointment some time soon. thank you. >> thank you. is there any general public comment, please, raise your hand. i don't see any other hands. so we will move on to item number 2. commissioner comments and questions. >> none here. >> we will move on to item number 3. for discussion and possible adoption are the minutes of the june 9th, 2021 meeting. >> motion to approve those minutes. >> is there any public comment on vice president swig's motion to adopt the minutes? please raise your hand. i don't see any public comment. on that motion, commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> president honda. >> aye.

>> commissioner chang. >> aye. >> so that motion carries 4-0 and the minutes are adopted so we're now moving on to item number 4. appeal number 21-040 midpen housing corporation versus san francisco public works, bureau of urban forestry and subject property is 1351 42nd avenue including front age on 43rd avenue appealing the issuance or april 122,021st to midpen housing corporation of a public works order. approval to move five trees, two trees on 42nd avenue and three trees on 43rd avenue because of the poor condition and the denial of the removal of 14 trees, nine trees on 43 avenue and because they are healthy, established and sustainable and a new development is proposed for high density housing at this location. the appellant is appealing the denial of the request to remove 14 trees. this is order number 204615.

and we will hear from the appellant first. and i'm not sure who is speaking? lauren furey. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> you have seven minutes. >> ok. share my screen. is the powerpoint showing correctly? >> yes, we can see it. >> thank you. >> so my name is lauren furey i'm an associate project manager with midpen housing who is the developer of shirley chisel village at formally 1351 42nd avenue and i wanted to provide a brief background on the project. shirley chisel village is 135 units of affordable educator housing proposed to be located on the site of the former francis scott annex building and the school was deemed, the

existing school building was seismically unfit in the late 80s and used for storage and administrative purposes until it was determined to be redeveloped into housing for educators. it will serve low and moderate income households earning between 40% and 120% of san francisco area median income and midpen was selected by sfusd and the san francisco mayor's office of housing and community development as a project developer in 2018 through a competitive r.f.p. process. we filed for a tree removal permit in august 2020 as part of our larger building and site permit process and we requested to remove all 21 trees street trees at the project site. that was based on our arbor assessment of the health of the existing trees and their small size. the outer sunset neighborhood has notoriously difficult growing conditions for trees and there's sandy soil and salty air

which prevents trees from growing big and tall without significant investment resources and we'll also be repaving all sidewalks surrounding the building as part of our construction and our arborist thought it could impact the root systems and also the soil surrounding them and and with other trees and then also with additional landscaping and it exceeded replanting requirements. one of the things that drove our landscape plans were request from the neighbors during our community outreach process to plant larger trees that could contribute to a larger, more dense and full streets can pee. the image below is the picture of the francis and it's building that is currently on site and some of the trees that we have

requested removal for. and then this is the view of the other side of the street, 42nd h and south and some of the additional trees that we had originally requested removal for. so the background of our appeal, after submitting for the permit in august, they issued the ruling on it in december of 2020 and approved from using five of the trees but denied removal for 14 of the trees. and two of the trees of the site had died during that period. we filed an appeal and they held a hearing in march of 2021 which they upheld the nine removal and at that hearing we learned that they planted many of the trees on 42nd avenue four years ago and was hand watering until recently. we filed our appeal with this board in april and met in earl june to propose a new plan that

was focused on preserving more of the trees on site. they submitted their brief to the board and whoa now have a revised appeal to this board. we made several changes to our landscaping plan. we reduced the tree removals from our request for 19 removals to 10 removals and this excludes two that died on site. we agreed to water the trees during construction to help with their preservation. and we also agreed to use cages on the new tree plantings to protect against the potential vandalism. so our revised request to this board is to approve the agreed upon plan between midpen and buff and issue a permit for five additional tree removals to bring the total number of removals to 10 trees.

that's it. thank you for your time. i'm with midpen and i'm happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> we have a question from president honda. >> it was spelled out specifically. i am a supporter of urban renewal and how many projects have midpen done in the city where there are tree removals? >> this is our first project in san francisco. we've been a bay area non-profit affordable housing for 50 years but this is our first in city limits. >> that's what i figured by asking this board to remove this many trees. i don't know how much homework you've done. we don't allow healthy trees to be taken out for a project. next question is, who is going to gain the sustainability and health of the tree and for how long that will be guaranteed for? well, midpen is the developer

and owner and property manager. we continue to own all our projects after development and so it would be our responsibility for as long as we own the development? >> is there -- if this project were to be allowed, what would the guaranteed minimum -- so you would guarantee all trees damaged would be replaced within a certain period of time and it would be a deep restriction? >> we are in favor of as many trees as possible on this site too. >> thank you. we will now hear from the bureau of urban forestry and welcome mr. keller. >> can you hear me. steve keller acting urban forester at the moment and it's

the agreement we have come to. essentially, the director had an issued 204615 that denied 14 of the trees to be removed and upon submit alf their brief, they reduced that requested number down to six trees to be removed. we agreed that removal of an additional five trees, one less from their request was responsible ask and that in the long-term, it would be good for this site to remove younger trees that haven't established as well. and then something that pushed us towards allowing five more trees to be removed was that the new trees they plan on planting

will be large, 36-inch box trees and they will also bring in new soil and install irrigation and they'll be planting a very wind tolerant species that does well in the sunset and what is currently planted on 42nd avenue and is thriving and whoa decided it won't have a significant impact on the canopy cover as these trees establish over the next decade. one of the main reasons we had originally denied so many trees, was because they planted these trees and we did not want to loose lose all the trees we invested so many of resources in but when they asked to only

remove six of those trees, they were six of the worse remaining trees. in short, we have agreed in five additional interests to be additional five trees and we ask the board to overturn the order and allow the issuance of a permit for 10 removals in total. thank you. >> thank you, we have a question from president honda and vice president swig. >> vice president had his hand up first. >> it's fine. >> so, where is chris buck? that's the question mark? >> he is taking a leave right now. he will be back eventually. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> i believe in the package there's irrigation. what is the watering plan for the new trees? >> this is a large development and they're planting a lot of

trees and installing irrigation, they'll have water running from the property and to the sidewalk and they'll be required to i iremember agate the new trees until they're established and establishment is three years and depending on the box side of the tree it's a different amount of water. the development will be on the hook until they're established and that's three to five years. additionally, there's still young trees on 43rd avenue that are just getting passed the timeframe where they node to be watered on a weekly basis to survive so they've also agreed to supplement the water to help mitigate the construction impacts. >> last question was, so, a lot

of times when we allow developers to remove trees, often times they come back to us and say that we were unable to install said trees because of a ball or utilities, there's anyone gone through the plan to what they say is removing is feasible to put back in? >> yeah, i efficientlily reviewed this construction permit a year ago and when i reviewed the permit, they had already shown where they were going to install a lot of their sewer lines, gas line and water lines are laid out clearly and the tree planting plan is more or less set in stone. i don't know the exact number of, how do i say, a lot where they're currently installing their utilities, the trees that

were there were dead. they were empty basins or trees that really didn't survive so none of the trees that are currently being removed are going to have restrictions on replacement due to utilities. >> thank you, very much. vice president -- >> sure. what interested me in this case was not only the disagreement over returning overtaking on trees, but also putting in a new development. everyone in san francisco is expensive but new and important housing and i looked at the tree settings and i read the documentation and there seems to be a lot of field traces and

also very little continuity with regard to the trees that were already in place. and, are you comfortable that the trees, which are not being replaced, are they the right choices and are they going to survive or taking on a more dramatic act here, is this a chance to review the whole program and provide two things, one, continuity so that all the trees are the same and two, ensure that the trees are the right choices. so, first of all, again, to reiterate, are the trees that are going to survive if according to your negotiations, are they going to survive and

are they the right choices and why not in the context, of the within derful new development, it's not take the opportunity to replace all the trees with some trees that are maybe better chose. >> i guess i'll address it kind of frontage by frontage. on 43 avenue, all the tree remaining are pattersonyi that were four-years-old and it's one of our species that lives in the sunset the best and i believe the development has chosen to plant at the end of construction and there's also one olive tree as well on that is also 10-years-old and it's also a species that does well in the

sunset. in terms of is it the right decision, i think so. i think when you trees were planted four years ago and they're establishing well and when you plant trees at a smaller box size and you water them well, they're more well adjusted and have a better root system over time so the fact that they are thriving in that area is a good sign that they do have a good chance of becoming good trees and if they're protected well during construction, it's a nice accent at the end of the project. in terms of 42nd avenue the only two trees remaining are i believe like two -- i don't know exactly how old they are. they're two 10-year-old olive trees and they're doing pretty well as well so i think it will be a good combination of preserving trees that are healthy versus allowing them to plant many more trees.

additionally, on 43rd avenue, the development is essentially installing what resembles a public park. we didn't want to detract from that and i don't think we're detracting from that new park setting and it will have the finished look they want. >> thank you, very much, for that answer. >> thank you. i don't see any questions at this time. so we'll move on to public comment. is there anyone here to provide public comment on this item, please, raise your hand. >> welcome. >> caller: go ahead and unmute. do you want to go on video?

mr. carnes? you can go ahead. >> i unmuted myself and you muted me. >> my apologies. >> that's ok. >> so,. >> the prime rose trees were on 42nd avenue, not 43rd. the comment i wanted to make was, after reading both briefs, my head was spinning. i'll give you two trees for that one, et cetera.

the brief is more of a horse trading session than an argument against the public works decision. the responded around's brief is similar to the trades offered in the appellant's brief. the purpose of a hearing, as i understand it, is to hear the facts and arguments from both sides. side agreements to retain or remove different number of trees is not an appropriate use of the briefing process. the public deserves a hearing based on the d.p.w. order as written and an up or down vote on the appeal by the board, possibly with recommendations. and i just to refresh my memory on how these meetings work, i read from the board of appeals website it says parties aren encourage to submit a brief to the board describing the dispute and what ages they would like the board to take and from my

reading, neither party signaled what action they would like the board to take. it says keep in mind the correct standard of review of the board will use in deciding the case and in most cases, the board applies dinovo review which means if here is the case fresh and does not need to defer to the findings of factor determinations made by the underlying decision maker and to setting a case the board may only uphold, overturn or place conditions on the decision and cannot remand, send back a decision to the under lying department for further review or action. and an appellant must get four out of the five board members to overturn the decision and it takes two board members to remain unchanged. so i'd like to respectfully request the board decide up or

down the appeal of public works order. thank you. >> we will now hear from john nolte. you have three minutes. >> caller: can you hear me? >> yes, we can, thank you. >> caller: i had to figure out which button. i was at the hearing and i do find that this is a very interesting how the owner has discussed for (inaudible) and i'm concerned what is being said, which normally happens to any property after you

ininstruct a building on it is to take out the sidewalk because that's one of the last things that are done. so my issue is, which i really didn't hear, was that the protection of the trees that are currently there they may not be taken out. and also, it was kind of crossed over by buff that there's possibly going to be irrigation to the trees that are being kept. i want to make sure that there's irrigation to all the trees at the end of the day and when this is voted in and put in part of the motion because it's important that we found out by the appellant it's owned by them and they should be able to maintain all three when the board of appeals tonight decides on this case. thank you, very much, for your

time. >> thank you. is there any other public comment on this idea? i see one hand raised. mr. michael nulty, please, go ahead. >> this is michael nulty and i'd like to see the decision makers but at the same time, there needs to be following a procedures. i heard the presentation by the developer and they kind of implied that they would be putting in more trees and i didn't really hear that in the settlement if there would be more trees put into the sidewalk or any other surrounding areas because they're doing a whole development site, they're not just dealing with the sub hearing is the and i would like to hear the actual what kind of

graining they're going to did is it just going to be trees or more and i leave it up to the commissioners but there seems to be outstanding issues and i think the developer should have done their homework before they started putting bits in san francisco and understanding the policies that san francisco has especially around trees and other environmental issues and they have to during a development in san francisco. thank you. >> is there any other public comment. we will remove on to resut but

the and hear from the appellant first. >> >> well, thank you again for your time today. i would just say that as the project developer, we are very interested in creating robust street canopy near our project and that response to the neighborhood desire to see the and the goals of san francisco as a city. we have a plan that includes planting new trees which is briefly touched on in the previous that was submitted as well as the drawing plan that

accompanied that and we'll also be look to go see if it's possible to include one or two trees based on if this appeal request is approved and we can remove the additional five trees. that is it for my rebuttal. >> press honda has a question. >> so, i didn't mean to start the furey about you guys not doing projects in san francisco. honestly, it was a little row refreshing looking a lot your brief as most developers have done business in san francisco so it's accordingly and it was refreshing to look at. so you said that your company midpen generally retains their project, is that 100% or have you developed and resold? >> if alley is available she's the director of my office. i believe it's 100%. >> yes, i can take this.

good evening, commissioners. this is alley gaylord. we do own and operate and retain and we've never sold a project before and also just to let folks know, our consult apartments and design team that we've hired are local architect d.a. r. and it's based in san francisco in our landscape designer fletcher studios, which say local, small, san francisco business. >> thank you. i do like the concept and i do like facilitating housing for elderly. thank you. >> and low income. thank you. >> thank you. we will now hear from the department. mr. keller, you have throw threeminutes for rebuttal. >> thank you. yeah, i guess i'll answer some of the last questions first. the project is doing more than just tree planting. they'll be landscaping the sidewalk to install a lot of curbside and property side perm'

able sidewalk landscaping so the plans i've seen essentially maximize the new landscaping as planned and again, there's going to be an inproperty park-like section as well that will add a tremendous value to the community. and in terms of making a side agreement or essentially when buff went to the hearing, we did not want any of these young trees removed because buff had planted them four years ago and spent a lot of resources watering them. as we read into the brief and looked at the condition of some of the trees that they wanted to still remove, we realized that we may have over valued what condition they were in and we do truly think that you know, with their landscape design and their

plans for planting and new soil and irrigation that the trees we're allowing them to remove now, you know, what they will be replaced with is a better long-term solution. that's my response, thank you. >> thank you. so commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> would anyone like to start first? >> i'm happy to start. it sounds like there's been a lot of work that the midpen and urban forestry and it sounds like there's been a lot of thought and consideration regarding precisely what trees should be allowed to be removed and how to update the order and it sounds like everyone is coming to an agreement about the

best course of action. so, i would be inclined to support what's been proposed before us by midpen and i'm interested to hear from other commissioners. >> vice president swig. >> i have no problem with the negotiationed settlement as i hear has been presented. >> i was going to say the same thing. when parties come to an agreement, it's a signal as wait to go. >> i also agree but i think and i'll go in line with whatever my fellow commissioners want to do. i think that would condition the permit there's going to be a tree presented will be there and that they're also be a guaranteed watering plan in place and a replacement plan in

place. as the developer said they do sell anything, which i will believe them but if the projects gets replaced, the new developers can say you know what, we're not going to take care of this. so, that would be my consensus. >> are you making a motion? >> we're still in -- >> i would accept what i see your motion is accepting the negotiation as put fourth and i think advice are appropriate and proper. >> we've been bated and switched on this board several times and i think looking at the plan, it's great. if that's what comes out of it, i think it's row freshing to look at the drawings and the layout and it was very specific

on what they were going to do so my motion would be to grant the appeal and subject the condition of the permit that there would be a watering plan in place, one, and that the number of trees were as per the agreement is there a date or a page we can reference, madam director. >> can i just read the conditions that i've gathered. >> ok. >> from this agreement and then we'll go from there. i understand that the first condition would be the removal of two trees on 42nd street and tree number 64 and 68 and, 42nd avenue and three trees on 43rd avenue, tree number 51, 55 and 58. the second condition is replacement with 36-inch box size trees of the species lagunario pattersoni and third is water irrigation of the new

trees until established and four is cages on all existing and new tree plantings. is that encompass everything? >> i want to make sure that there's a condition of replacements if there's a loss of the tree. and two, that -- >> a one to one replacement for all removed trees? >> as per whatever plan the tree replacements as per the submitted plan and reference that. >> i don't think they have one document that constitutes the plan ex they talk about different conditions in each of their briefs. >> i have one modification i wanted to offer and i saw it. >> as per the plan submitted to

d.o.a., today's date and our reference. >> you mean the plan and we can address. >> just a minor point. at this think you said so mandate watering of the plants or the trees until they're established which is vague and i thought it was a minimum of three years. >> or established. >> well, i guess i want to say at least a minimum of three years. >> ok. >> ms. gaylord. >> well is it established or at least throw years, which comes

first? >> i guess i would defer to buff on that. >> yeah, watering of new trees, minimum of three years. >> ok. >> yeah. >> or and until established. >> and or until established? >> minimum of three years or until established. >> or until established. >> that actually isn't logical because they could be established in one year. we want them to do it for -- >> yeah, so watering can take for a tree to truly establish it takes three to five years. and it can be established after three years but that is why we say -- >> so a minimum of three years or until the department -- >> yeah. so, any time someone plants a tree within the public right-of-way, on a construction

project, buff doesn't accept maintenance of the trees until we determine it is established. so after three years, or five years, one of those trees is dead, wore going to say you have the planted and start the clock so, that's why we say a minimum of three years of water or until established.

>> new soil you continued to add many of there was a condition about them bringing in new soil. >> new soil and irrigation and there was a condition that was said to put protective cages or existing trees but i don't think it's required if the exiting trees are old the cages for vandalism of small trees.

>> this is very require the board allows tree removal. count your victories and run because normally we do not allow tree replacement for healthy trees, per item. and the amount of people that speak against it, we would be here on hour or so. i think the trees, let's keep that in there the trees that are to remain be to be protects as the guidelines of the bureau of urban forest. tree protection in place. >> can we clarify. the new soil coming in for the new trees only? >> yes. >> and the water irrigation is only for the new trees? >> yes. >> but if you are doing a full

sidewalk thing, will you i remember gate the existing trees as well. that would make sense to me. it's not an existing tree that would need it. >> the thing is, since you are redoing the sidewalk and everything already, i mean, that way those trees won't have to get watered. now you have no irrigation for that one slot. are you going to be willing dr. this is rare we allow this, we condition it that all trees, including existing be included in the irrigation as part of the conditions. >> are you making this motion, president honda? >> yes. on what basis would this motion

be. >> that it is an agreement worked out between the department of burin specifics and the developers and it's good for the community. >> ok. >> sounds great. >> and i will do my best to recount that. we have a motion on the condition it be revised to require the removal of tree numbers 64, 68, 51, 55 and 58 and replacement of all trees removed with 36-inch box size trees and there are water irrigation of the new trees for a minimum of three years until

they're established and irrigation of the existing trees and is there a timeline on the irrigation of the existing trees? >> i can chime in. we want them to give additional water during construction to help mitigate construction impact but just the course of the construction. >> water during the course of construction and additionally, cages on all existing and new tree planting so they're protected and it's made on the basis it represents the agreement between the parties and it's good for the communities. so, on that motion, commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner chang. >> aye. >> vice president swig. >> aye. >> so that motion carries 4-0.

this is appeal 21-042 kamran against and appealing the denial on may 13th torque 1 to kamran ghadaksaz and to legalize the construction of a one story and permit the 15 square feet for a full bath and this is case number 2019-013872 and the appellant representatives are here. you have seven minutes. >> good evening, i would like to share my screen. and am i sharing my screen.

>> we can see your presentation. so basically we would like to appeal the decision for the rare she had. the existing dwelling is 821 square feet with one bathroom and one bedroom. this structure in the rare yard was built prior to my client's buying their very first home in san francisco. they were under the impression the structure was legal. there's a listing in 621-18 that listed the structure single story 127 square foot with a half bath. we did not find out it was not permitted until the city showed up. we would like to show you there are massive homes around this

single family dwelling and this is in question at the moment. we held a neighborhood outreach to legalize this structure and no one attended. we had our 311 notice posted and there was no d.r. filed whatsoever against our building permit. we have satellite showing it was here in 2013. we were it showing it was here in 2011 and in 2009. we have letters from the neighborhoods stating the structure has been there for over 10 years. two letters. i would like to finalize this

slide presentation later, don, the owner. we are 3-foot 11 too high and i want to remind everyone this was built by the previous owner and that my first-time homeowners buying their first home in san francisco and had no idea that

it was not permitted at the time. so, we are asking you to please grandfather the structure in so that the clients can remain enjoying the extra little space that they have since they can't afford for an expansion. and we would be willing to willing to talk about expansions if win would respond. >> president honda has a question. >> president honda: this is no foul against your clients but are they seeking resource from the sellers from incorrect disclosure? >> i believe and i'm not 100% and i'm not sure what happened to sahar but it is my understanding that it was bought as is. >> president honda: as is doesn't happen in california

we're a full disclose your state. unless it was a trust sale. it was not a trust state it's full disclose your in the state of california. in your brief, you asked for it to be grandfathering in. it's only if it was permitted at the time and the zone and the code has changed after and in this particular case, it was not been in 2009. so when you purchased it as is, was it from a individual seller or a trustor probate sale? >> hello. do you hear me? >> yes,. >> hi, my name is sarah and i'm the new owner and i appreciate everybody's time. so, basically, when we bought

this house, we were representativing for 12 years ir 12 years and the previous owner was the principal of the school and they were colleagues for over like 10 years so, when she told us this is a permitted place, we basically took her word for it. it was naive, it was my first house. we have never gone through this before and so we didn't actually know it until three weeks after we moved into the house and someone knocked the door from the city department and it was a nice gentleman and he told us basically that an anonymous neighbor complained about this structure that we built it and we are renting it out to airbnb and he even said that he didn't have to come in because only just submit some photos of the structure. i was so confident that this was

within the permitted limits that i actually insisted he came in and he came in and he did some measurements and he said oh it's a little bigger than what it's >> president honda: unfortunatel y the ceiling height is eight feet and it cannot be exceed more than 100 square feet many of that's the question i have and the department will ask more questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will now hear from the planning department. >> thank you, scott sanchez. the property is located within an rh-2 zoning directing as was indicated and it's a relatively new owner to the property in june of 2018. and in august of 2018, there was a complaint to the department of building and inspection which stated that there was neighborhood concerns over

possible unpermitted living space in detached shed at rear of property and possibly utilized for short term rentals and there was no associated complaints to the planning department and on august 26, 2019, building permit application number 2019-04269109 was to expand presently a studio with half bath and 127 square feet would be expand today about 142 square feet and the structure was also a little bit more than 11 feet in height above grade. in july of 2019, the required variants was submitted on june 24th, the variant hearing and they took the matter under advisement and between june 30th, 2020 and july 30th of 2020 the.

>> alex: 311 was performed and one of the reasons than they took the matter under advisement to do additional research on the history from aerial photos it appears the structure was constructed by the previous owner between 2004 and 2007 based on the photos and i did just today look at the mls listing from when it was sold in 2018 and it shows the listing apparently as it was in 2018, and it describes it unwarranted studio with half bath, that's how it was listed and shows as you know warranted which is generally understood or con construed to be not permitted. they denied the variants find particular did not need the five findings to grant the variants which are high standards and this structure was constructed

recently and it does exceed what is allows under the crowed which as president honda noted is about 100 square feet and no more than eight feet in height so it is larger than about what would be allowed for that which would typically be a storage shed or accessory structure but it was proposed to have a full path. there's an active building department enforcement case on it but not a current planning case. we've been in contact with the applicant and understand that one of the justifications that they had at the hearing last year was it was necessary, due to covid to have this structure and lack of a better word, the decontamination and having that structure and they've indicated to me, we'll be flexible and work with them on a timeline for compliance due to the covid concerns but did not find that

the findings necessary for the variants have been met by the application and with that, i'm available for questions. >> we have a question from president honda and vice president swig. >> president honda: seeing this, mr. sanchez, it's always disturbing when it's not the actual people that have committed crime that people after have faced the fact. it was disclosed as you know warranted and as i've been guided to put down from people that instead of using the word unwarranted or non warranted say not permitted and illegal is the proper and correct term. is there any possible way, i mean, going through the brief, i mean, i don't want to see these guys punished but as i see it, there's no way that we can truly legalize this unit. i mean this space. >> in order to legalize it, it

would have to be reduced in size no more than 100 square feet and no more than eight feet tall and then typically we don't have plumbing in the accessory. >> or electrical. >> electrical, we would but the plumbing and getting into residential use. looking at the state provisions for a.d.u.s. >> president honda: does it qualify under the a.d.u. >> it doesn't qualify under that because that requires the setback of four feet from each property line and this is within four feet from each property line so it would have to be relocated elsewhere on the lot more -- it's too close to the side and rear property lines. >> if that structure were to be moved four feet of four feet would it then qualify for the a.d.u. in california? >> there's a possibility of

that, yes. >> president honda: do they have an option of what they can do? >> that would be a possibility. there would need to be a separate dwelling unit which i don't think is something they want to pursue. yeah -- >> the only issue is that i think having the rear yard in san francisco because we have a zero lot line is that fire and safety and identifying units in case of issues, right? >> yeah. >> vice president swig. >> >> v.p. swig: so, basically, what you are saying scott, unfortunately, is when all is said and done, you are going to require them or not you, but the city will require them to turn this partial, small apartment into a storage shed without any electrical or any plum something plumbing.i want it clear for the

appellant. >> in order to comply with the code it would be reduced in size as well. it would not be the same structure in order to comply with the code. >> and their other option would be just to tear it down and that's their only other option? >> correct. it would be removing it and that would be -- this is the process of legalize particular so this was another option. they could remove it or legalize it and this was the legalization process and this variant was denied so in order to comply with the code, it would be effectively demolishing the structure as it is now because it would require something that is smaller and also shorter and i don't know if they looked at the feasibility of bringing it into compliance with that way.

>> when you mess with astructure, you take a little off, just tear it down and call it a day. it's more expensive than rebuilding it, probably. and you have an empty slab. so there's no -- it doesn't meet any of the five findings so is there any other way around this they bought something knowingly and according to them and and the only thing that they can claim really is it's a hardship because they bought something they paid for and now they're finding that they have to tear it down. but is there any other alternative in this situation?

according to the statute? >> i don't think so, unfortunately. >> i'm sorry about that but i understand also that if we make exceptions, as we always say -- >> i heard from mr. sanchez do we have some enforcement action on this property and it was in deed for the -- we received a complaint from planning and accessory at the rear the property and greater than 100

square feet and accessory structure and reduce or reduce the size of the structure to less than 100 square feet and that would be exempt from a building permit and plan ago plg approval. i'm available for president. >> president honda: joe so, the question is, the complaint was 2018, you said? >> that's correct, yes. >> president honda: was this a a anonymous? >> it came from omar at planning so it was referred from the planning department. >> so if it was omar it was an airbnb issue. the reason i'm asking from the picture in the brief i remember that corner property having some

permitting issues as well at one time so i was wondering if it was ale beef between the corner unit and that unit. >> i'm not sure. >> it had to be an airbnb issue. >> yeah, these are unfortunate as you said when you buy the property, you cannot buy the problem and you have to deal with it. unfortunate. >> president honda: thank you, joe. >> thank you. >> acting deputy director. >> thank you. >> we are now moving on to public comment. is there any public comment for this item? please, raise your hand. i don't see any public comment. so we'll move on to rebuttal. you have three minutes. >> linda -- linda. can you hear me? >> do you want her to speak during this time? >> no, there is no neighbor that

complained. we've talked to all three neighbors and the only neighbor that has complained is two blocks away from us and she doesn't even see us and it doesn't have a view and our house is very small and i come home and i spend 90% of my time in this unit because am an oral surgeon and i do my yoga here and i didn't really know and we won't have bought it like this. it's really hard because they're saying to demolish it. our house is 800 square feet. this is where i do all my yoga and meditation and my notes. i have a really hard time job so basically they are asking me to demolish it and they're willing to make it up to code whatever needs to be improved. if they have fire and if they're

concerned about fire we never airbnb this. it doesn't even have any doors to this place. no one can come through this other than us and i park my car in the garage, i asked linda to put some to see there's no interest to this place. there's no airbnb this place. it doesn't even have a shower. at least if we can keep what we have i'm willing to give up on the shower. i've been isolating here and i'm a doctor and my husband is a diabetic and he is sick and i'd like to keep it as is. i would appreciate it and keep it as what it is. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will now hear from the planning department. >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. just to add, the complaint has stated concerns about short-term

rental and i'm not aware of any evidence of a short-term rental violation on the property and the property owner has said that was never done and if omar was the staff person who referred the complaint to d.b.i. then, he is our short term rental and he wouldn't have done that without first verifying there was no short term rental violations just to clarify that point and i'm available for any questions. >> vice president swig has a question. >> v.p. swig: sure. again, i'm frustrated and saddened for the property owner for their circumstances. what is the -- so, clearly this is in breach of statute and

clearly there has to be a cure. what is the term or how long can you give them to cure this situation? or what is the expectation from the department? >> president honda: also, just to add, piggy off to yours, this board has the ability to potentially extend that but go ahead. >> v.p. swig: that's where i'm going, sir. >> president honda: the willingness to work with them and that's one of the reasons why we have this hearing last year and the decision was not issued until a couple months ago and part of this is we're not in a hurry to see the building removed and happy to work with them on a timeline that is the zoning administrator didn't indicate a specific amount of time if the board has a comment on that, we can certainly

discuss that with the zoning administrator. we do have a active case with d.b.i. >> v.p. swig: we have, in the past, in circumstances like this where there is duress but where there is no intention, no observation, no evidence of any kind that of malfeasance to be very liberal and our prescription, i believe, i remember that we provided some levee the opportunity of reparing their windows and i think we gave that individual about 10 years to do so and i would like to provide, as

benevolent, this property owner, this is a very unfortunate situation, and so, you know, is that a potential for us to do? >> i could discuss that with the zoning administrator. i mean the zoning administrator was thinking something in line with the covid emergency because that was one of the justifications given at the hearing was that this was an additional space to help the impacts of covid and so i think the zoning administrator was keeping along that timeline which would be in a year or two or three. we can certainly discuss a longer timeline. i guess, what i would say and to bring in d.b.i. into the question is, we would want to ensure there are no life safety

issues with the structure that would be allowed to continue and during any extended time, which is something that i think director duffy can help us deal with. >> v.p. swig: so how do we do this? how do we -- i actually grow there should be a d.b.i. and if there's faulty wiring, faulty plumbing, faulty anything that should be fixed and that should be an issue. when can you give us advice with regard to flexibility from the zoning administration to give these folks the opportunity to cure their situation over a longer period of time and faced with this, it's obvious to all of us this comes as a great shock to the owner and to the

appellant but it also gives them, i would like to give them a long period of time to make a decision not only to tear down the building but also to look at an alternative place to live if need be if this presents them with so much duress. >> what is a little bit unique here, this is a variant. it doesn't even authorization construction. it's required for the legalization but it's not directly related to an enforcement action where it's been an n.o.v. and the board said we delay the n.o.v. for ex amount of time and we had a similar case on a letter of determination regarding storage shed in the rear yard but the board had simply, requested that the department not enforce for a period of up to three years and

also commenting that this also doesn't go to any future realtors, right. it was something limited to the future owner for up to a certain amount of time and so i think if the board gives that kind of direction or request i can take that back to the zoning administrator and d.b.i., which has the pending case, that bob out of our hands and separate from planning department and i think we would want to hear from the deputy director duffy and he has his hand up as well. >> before deputy director duffy gives us his good advice, so hearing our discussion and the direction at least that i think would be appropriate here, you would recommend obviously we deny the variants and then do we

offer you specific instructions or how do we move this forward in the way that you are suggest suggesting it might go. >> recommend to planing and to building to delay enforcement on the structure for a certain amount of time and to ensure that the structure is safe at this time and that the certain amount of time that you are extending it does not also extend to a future owner that you know, it would be for the current owner up to a period of a certain amount of time. >> thank you. julie is taking notes on this to draft something appropriate if the commissioners want to vote in this direction. thank you, very much. >> president honda: commissioner lazarus was first. >> i would defer to acting chie-

>> acting deputy -- >> to mr. duffy and then i would like to speak. >> thank you. i just wanted to speak up and maybe i should have given you this information. i checked on the enforcement on this case and d.b.i. has an order of abatement posted on the property for that. i would need to probably go back to code enforcement to see how far that is down the road but that's going back to 20th of may 2020 and it was probably contacted and the last note was in may of of 2020 that there was a permit filed and the violation remains active with our progress so you know, i know that they want more time here but just if we have orders posted on this,

i'm not sure how much time that would help because if they were refinancing or something like that on the property and there's anna baitment it can get messy at that point. obviously, happy to work with the board and the applicant on a good solution here and i'm just wondering, as well, in fact, sometimes i have seen people, i'm not sure what the structure looks like in its self but reducing it in side could be the best option and i don't want to, i know the lady is upset about it but it might get it completed because sometimes we put this off for five or 10 years but it's still a problem in five or 10 years. i'm available for questions. thank you. >> president honda: deputy director, i'm not up for more than two years. it was disclosed earlier by the department that it was not warranted basically that it was illegal and so, purposers

whether they're getting, even though they did not do deed, i'm not trying to be mean, when they purchased it they knew it was an illegal structure. and so, if we were to lean over to go to two years, maximum, vice president swig what's can we do regarding the enforcement? is there a way this board has the ability to delay that enforcement for 24 months? >> well that was where i was going. the order of abatement is not in front of us so i don't know where our boundaries are on this and we have a variance decision in front of us. >> we've gone way off into the grass. that's your line usually. >> keep us out of the weeds. >> president honda: like i said -- >> that's only so much we can do and maybe our executive director

could even chime in. >> because there's anna baitment on the department of building of inspections, i think some guidance from deputy director duffy, ddd, can shed some light on this. >> i can certainly request that d.b.i. hold the enforcement. if we can't go back on our enforcement but we can hold it and with the abatement posting, i don't think it's been record yet on the property for some reason which is good for them but it definitely got posted and i can speak to inspector hernandez to go with the bored's decision if you guys want to give them more time, we can do that. >> president honda: thank you. triple d, that's your new name. >> we haven't heard the rebuttal portion from deputy districts of you would like tuesday your rebuttal time. >> i'm good.

i'm good thank you. >> ok, thank you. so, commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> president honda: i'll start. i understand where you are vice press swig and i am definitely, definitely sympathetic. because, like i said, it was completely unknown and this was a surprise but as a department has indicated, it was disclosed from the m.l.s. which as you know, that is what you read, sign and approve and that is an illegal structure in the back of the property so the way i see it personally, is that either they can reduce it to eight and a half feet high by 100 square feet which is the legal description or they potentially can file for an a.b.u. application but according to scott, would have to move four feet off the wall so there's expense. i don't mind deferring the enforcement for 24 months.

and not to go to -- if the property sells it not to go with the new buyers, it has to stay with them. are you ok with that? >> i think that we should -- that's fine with me. i just would not like to see them faced with the burden of this issue imminently and 24 months will give them some good breathing rooms and opportunities and take some necessary steps to help them out. it would just be wonderful and that's fine. >> go ahead.

>> good evening, commissioners. brad russy, deputy city attorney. i wanted to add, this was basically what he was saying, the board doesn't have authority over when that add enforcement proceeding proceeds. this is an appeal decision. if you were to make a recommendation, which you could do, that would be a recommendation that would not be binding or legally enforced by the department or in court. >> president honda: ok. i think that mr. honda would be glad to make that recommendation at some moment. >> president honda: so, my motion would be to deny the -- this is for variance and -- deny to both the departments or the departments to defer enforcements or how about 30

months? and that not to be transferable to any new ownership that is only for the current ownership. >> that's just a recommendation. >> that's just a recommendation. >> would this be on the basis the five findings required under planning code have not been met? >> i only see one or two at the most, to be honest. >> i'd like to ask mr. sanchez and triple d for their -- if they would suggest that this is a reasonable direction and a thorough direction? given our conversations. >> yes, scott sanchez. i think that is. i will talk to the zoning administrator after this hearing. >> i agree as well. thank you. >> i would suggest if the a pel appellant has any questions about what we are trying to make

happen, they either call the executive director and she might explain to them. >> ok, so we have a motion from president honda to deny the appeal and uphold the denial of the variance from the five findings required under planning code section 305c have not been met and with the further recommendations that the departments, just the planning department, delay enforcement for up to 30 months. >> we might as well include the planning too. >> this is the planning department action. the planning department delay enforcement for 30 months for the current owner only. on that motion, commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner chang. >> aye. and i guess not to belabor this, i just want to encourage the

property owner to explore the a.d.u. option where you can offset the structure four feet because that might be the most viable way to kind of retain your structure and there's complications involved with that. that is one way to kind of legalize it and bring everything to quote-unquote code. i'll leave it at that. >> so, vice president swig, what is your vote on the motion? >> aye. >> so that motion carries 4-0 and the appeal is denied. so, we are now moving on to item number 6, this is appeal number 21-047 jean allen versus department of building inspection and the planning department subject property is 130 vixberg street on may 6th, 2021 to lawrence lee of an alterations permit and new bathroom and ex enter from

section 311 demolish rear pop out and replace windows and aluminum to wood clad and new exterior stairs in the rear it's permit 201 and we will hear from the appellant first. >> good evening. i'm here with my architect whom i will share my time. alex, if you would please screen share exhibit 1 page a3. there are two issues on appeal. drainage and the privacy sense. little history on the drainage problem. there's no dispute about the existence of a drainage problem coming from my neighbor's property. the problem requires that the permanent fix and given the scope of my neighbors two projects, as well as previous communications we've had about the problem, with you imagine my surprise to see nothing addressing these known drainage issues on the approved plans. i lived here 31 years, i have no drainage problems for water that

falls on to my own property, and my landscaped yard absorbs waters and a drain manages what drips through to the concrete patio below in photo number one, the surface drain is located in front of the far-right door. show exhibit 1, page a1. i've experienced multiple indoor water intrusions from the project sponsor's property including the need for an insurance claim. for damage caused by overflowing drainage from the pending a.d.u. structure, see photo 1 and cite plan view of exiting garage and future a.d.u. roof, and as well as the main residents. see photo 2 and also on the site plan showing the main residents route drainage. each one discovers down spout is right next to the property line. in terms of their main house

drainage there's no foley age near that system. my property line hedge stops over 10 feet before the drain for the main house. alex, please show exhibit 1 page a3. i outlined in my grove what i've done at my own expense to prevent property damage from their rain drainage but the problem can only be solved from their side. in the spring of 2019 when the main residents backed up, the water sat against my north property line wall and came through another storage area as well as the cracked court yard property line which has no curb and when it drained on to my property. see the red indicators at the top of age a3. as identified in our proposed continues to the project sponsor permit we need a permanent fix those detailed in the scope of work and plans. now turning to the fence. alex, please share the drawing

exhibit 3. it pro dates my purchase in 1990 and the prior owner and i replaced it as a 50/50 shared cost at her request. and the privacy for my immediate neighbors is critical to my continued enjoyment of the spa. i would like to maintain the current and longstanding height of 11 feet six inches as shown on exhibit 3 however i'm willing to accept a lower fence to a total of 10 feet from their grades it meets the current planning code requirements and provides adequate privacy. please share exhibit 4 and jim will address the proposed conditions to the permit. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners.

jim, the architect. and i just like to review the proposed conditions which you have in front of you now for the existing permit. and these include changes to the project. and also, i'd leek to thank the project sponsors, we've been meeting them and they've offered valid solutions to the drainage problems which i'd like to further identify here to go forward. and item number 1 on our proposed conditions, is a comprehensive repair replacement of the cuppers and project sponsorsy house with code compliant connections to the surer line per the project sponsors' exhibit b. and these include installing larger throw inch die am ner spouts on the main residents providing water-tight sealed connections to all the down spouts and screens to prevent debris from water flow and in all cases connecting the down

spouts drain pipes to the sewer lines to ensure it doesn't splash and these items will obviously all be done in accordance with california plumbing code. if you can show exhibit 1, 3, this is photo number 2. the project sponsor has offered to replace the existing no concrete wall between their house and their proposed a.d.u. unit. with a new high concrete wall. typically this type of wall would include a filter drawn lot and foundation drainage pipe to assert connect plumbing and that is an additional item to the meeting that has been talked about previously. there should be a new four inch with the top of the wall to extend the house at the property line to the corner of the project sponsor. this was an area where drainage and the water had collected previously and causing an

incursion into the house. the he will vision should be verified with the according (inaudible) and every case the sidewalk patio areas should be sloped away from the a pel appes house. they will have perm' able artificial grass with no automatic irrigation and described in 10 of the drawings which is great and this landscape area should be sloped away from the a pel apartment'ss property and all remaining landscape area should be sloped and it's a typo here it does not direct water obviously to the property. if you can show the drawing again of the property line fence. again, per this sketch, jean is requesting that the appellant is requesting -- the appellant requested lower the height of

this which totals six inches to a height of 10 feet and this tight is measured from the project sponsors and this would be a code compliant by planning 10-foot high fence even though this reduced height of the fence will not maintain the privacy when the existing hedge which is planted 31 years ago dies and the appellant is going to compromise with that and thank you. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> ok. thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder. i believe their representative is mr. rothblack. andre rothblack. >> i'm here. >> you have seven minutes. >> ok. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> thank you. >> great, thank you. so i'm andre the architect for

the project sponsor and so our project is an over the counter permit so it's mostly an interior remodel and in 311 or neighbor was required and our project was to perform an extensive remodel for the main house to expand and enhance the center court yard and convert the rear garage to an a.d.u. and we intended to do everything, new electrical, plumbing, mechanical system and a major overhaul to the main building and the a.d.u. which is under a separate permit. we're actually reducing the building footprint and we were demolishing a two-storey pop-out so we can enhance and expand the court yard. so this appeal voices no object

objections to our plan and ask we have a (inaudible) that was displayed by the appellant and her architect. the main culprit of the problem are down spouts and the can't down spouts are narrow, old and they leak and so we plan to, for all the down spouts, calculated them to be large in diameter and we're going to connect them to the sewer and we're going to put a new sewer line and we're going to do a comprehensive remodel of the drainage system. the other issue is a low wall between the shared properties and it's cracking so we were going to replace that and we're going to put a curb so it catches water and we're going to regrade our soil so it slopes away from them so we're trying to do a thorough and reasonable

remedy to the problem and we've discussed this and we've promised to them that we were going to do it. so, the appellant proposes some conditions and all the conditions that were in the exhibit with us cut and paste from my e-mails and exhibits and that's a good thing, it shows that we're really in close agreement and there's just basically two issues that we don't agree on. so we grow on new down spouts, new wall, new curb, an artificial grass with no irrigation, and the two things we don't agree on is one, the height of the fence, and so we would like an eight foot fence, not a 10-foot fence and this foundation drainage. so in the appellant's brief she never mentioned subsurface water many of the complaint and all the problems was surface water

and so there's been no evidence of sur surface water and there's no code requirement we do a foundation drain and foundation drains are appropriated by we have to connect to the sewer and we have to have a buffer and we have to be a c.n. box and a christie box and so it's a comprehensive and expensive thing to do and again there's no evidence that there's been any problem with subsurface water and everything in the appellant's brief is surface water. regarding the fence, remember, we have a court yard, we have a main house, we have an a.d.u. and so this south wall, south fence, would be like the third wall. so we would be boxed in on three slides. so a 10-foot high fence which is 12 feet on their side is just too tall. it increases shadows, diminishes

light, the appellant wants the privacy on her deck and the san francisco residential design guidelines do not protect privacy for rear yard decks and it does protect our right for light and that is the south-facing fence and the 10-foot high fence would diminish or light and increase shadows. it defetes the purposes of why we reduced the building footprint for the usability of the court yard to be boxed in by three sides with a 10-foot high signs when my client is 5'2", that fence would be twice her size w made a lot of good faith effort to ensure we will correct these showers. we made those promises in writing to them pressure to them filing an appeal but we just don't grow upon the height of the fence and i don't think that there was a need for a foundation drainage. so, we'll implement these corrective measures and we promise to do so.

we would like this appeal to be rejected and no conditions imposed. if i might, i'd like to give the rest of my time to my client, sophia. >> thank you, andre and commissioners for your time. i would just reiterate that we're well aligned with the appellant on most of the issues and the substantive issues related to the drainage concerns that she raised in the actual appeal, that was made on the 21st of may, i think where we disagree are on some of the these ancillary issues not related to the permit itself. our objective scheer to reach agreements so we can move forward as expeditiously as possible and this is already cost us several thousands of dollars and architect and contractor time and it's delayed our construction timeline two months which is actually

relevant here because our contractor would like to do some of the work before the start of the rainy season and given that this is the drainage issue and in addition it's increased the uncertainty we've had to forego a rental agreement that we had since we need to move out of the house so again, we urge you to move quickly on this point. thank you. >> you do have some time left if you want to use it. >> alex, can you put on exhibit b. >> exhibit b? >> it was exhibit b with our

initials reply brief. >> i can pull up your brief, give me a second. >> that would be the attachment. >> i have it. it's here. >> if you want to share it, if you have it ready. >> yeah. >> can you read it in the time please. >> resuming time. >> so, again, in addition to redoing all the down south of the reconnecting to the sewer lines we want to rebuild this low wall, build a curb there, we want to slope away our soil. so, again, we're doing everything possibly we can that is feasible so that no surface

water will go onto the appellant's property and we think this is very reasonable and thorough replay and sponsor concerns. thank you. >> that's time. thank you. >> thank you, we have a question from vice president swig and then president honda. >> v.p. swig: thank you, very much for that briefing. i'm a little confused. so, the appellants architect ran down a laundry list of many items. what i heard was that you were ok with those items with the exception of two, one being the height of the fence and something to do with the underground water versus the

surface water and then i'm hearing from the property owner that it doesn't seem that she was quite as accepting as you. i need a real clear answer on this and then i'll ask a following question -- are you comfortable, going back to your testimony, are you comfortable with what the appellant's architect presented with the exception of the fence and the underground water situation, which i would like further clarification on, please. >> that is correct. we're fine with everything except we don't want foundation drainage and we don't want a 10-foot fence, we want an

eight-foot fence. >> v.p. swig: ok. so, are there plans prepared already to be able to submit tonight with regard to all of this which you are being kindly flexible to? >> well, submit drawings tonight, no. so, let me explain the elements -- >> v.p. swig: it's ok. it was -- i needed a yes or no answer and i got it. you are going to have rebuttal but i'll give you something to think about and i would suggest, here is what will happen. i'm hearing that your flexible. we'll have to interpret what that laundry list is and we know

clearly that that laundry list is acceptable except for the fence and the under water, underground water issue. i would suggest that since you are so close, that you come back at a later time with completed plans as a result of your solution presented by the appellant and if you want to work it out between yourselves and if it's legal according to planning and d.b.i., i would again, i would suggest that you make a decision amongst

yourselves and instead you want us telling you, planning says whatever is legal. it's just -- would you consider that direction? >> we'll consider it. >> v.p. swig: thank you, very much. can you have rebuttal. >> thank you, president honda. >> president honda: the question here is, first of all, what is before us is the a.d.u. the drainage is not -- >> the a.d.u. permit is not before us. this is the permit for the internal remodel and demolition of the pop-out. the a.d.u. permit has not been issued yet. >> president honda: so the water intrusion is a separate issue. i'm glad you are willing to work it out. i looked at it and it seemed ok. is there a sewer issue? the fence in question, is it 11 feet now? >> are you asking me?

>> president honda: yeah? >> yes. >> so have you determined ownership of the fence? how are you knocking the fence down? have you done a site survey? >> no site survey. >> how going to new york down aa fence you don't know when belongs to. >> our permit doesn't show anything about the fence, it was an issue brought up by the appellant. >> president honda: so that's not before us. >> we didn't include it. >> president honda: that was it, thank you. >> thank you. we will now hear from the planning department. >> scott sanchez planning department subject property within a rh-3 zoning directing as was noted there are two resent permits for the subject property. the one that is before you relates to an interior model new bathroom and dormer and the dormer is such a size it's ex cements from 311 notice and a rear pop-out and minor work that

is approve able over the counter. the permit was properly reviewed and approved and it's completely code compliant and the second permit which is not before you, as director rosenberg stated, was for an a.d.u. converting the existing attached garage at the rear that is under review and most of the issues that were raised relate to drainage and more properly question for the department of building but in regards to the fence which from the permit holder is not on the permit but it is of much discussion and debate. under the planning code, a fence of up to 10 feet is allowed within the required rear yard that is 10 feet above grade. so with the fencing 11 feet is definitely too tall and this is on the south side of the

property. i would say general you have fences between six and 10 feet tall and the permit holder proposal is reasonable especially given the concerns related to sunlight, as i mentioned it's on the south side of the property line. the concerns from the a pel appt with regard to privacy. the privacy of a deck that they have that is within some proximity to the side property line that's about 7 feet above grade. it does put, if all of the privacy has to be provided by the permit holder it's placing some burden on the property owner to provide all that privacy for an elevated above grade deck that is on the appellant's property. it sounds like they have generally a good relationship and it made a lot of progress on addressing issues that are probably not really a part of these permits and hopefully they

can continue to work on that. it may come down to the board meeting to make a decision on the height of a fence but again, i don't think that is part of the scope of work that is before the board as stated by the permit holder that that is not a scope of work that is on this permit and so the fence and property line issues can be delicate and if the fence is theirs on their property line i would defer to deputy director duffy on this, i don't know that a permit would be required to move that it might be given the height but i don't know you do need a permit of up to six feet height so, you know, it's something hopefully they will continue to work on and come up with a reasonable compromise. i just wanted to highlight that from the board and i am available for questions. thank you. >> thank you. we have a question from vice president swig.

>> v.p. swig: what was your -- given again what was discussed in testimony and then extended by my line of questioning, given there is everything but the fence that has been agreed to or by the property owner, permit holder, what would you suggest that we do here? again, some of those stuff may or may not apply to this permit certainly the stuff that does apply we can tag on to anything that we talk about tonight. given that there's another permit coming down the line, given the discussions, which have been mostly agreed to with the exception of the events, what would you suggest that we

advise us to do as commissioners and what would you advise the appellant and permit holder to do. >> well, a path of least resistance. >> i don't see any reason to delay this permit any further. this could move forward. i radio defer to director deputy is the work is something that needs to be on this permit or a separate permit. they have agreement on a set scope of work and if they need whatever permit they need for that, that could be applied for separately and agreed upon and it comes down to the fence issue and again, i don't see removal of the fence on this permit and i don't see insulation above fence on this permit and that could be added, i mean it's something that could be done but i think to do that would delay this permit.

hopefully they can work that out. eight feet is reasonable and maybe if the bored has an opinion they can express on the height of the fence that might push the momentum to get that question resolved,. >> thank you. >> we will hear from the department building inspection. >> joe did you have eye d.b.i. and the permit was forward over the remodel new bathroom and rear pop-out windows and the rear and they went through the appropriate issues and issued on the sixth of may and suspended on may 21st, 2021. i did see the list of conditions and a lot of them are actually to code. you have to do the work because it's for the california planning code which i did see that item number a works with the

california plumbing code and everything above that would need to be up to code anyway so our plumbing inspectors are going to be asking for a lot of those things and you know, maybe the screens to prevent the leaves and debris and that's just all commonsense stuff. most of this directing the water away from the property and making sure it goes to the sewer, that's all in the code and will have to be done anyway no matter if there's an agreement or not between neighbors d.b.i. will look for that to be done. i guess i'm available for any questions, if any commissioners have them. >> commissioner lazarus has a question. >> thank you. i think it was scott who raised the prospect of a separate permit potentially for some of this and are you saying it's not even necessary and they're going to have to do it but it's not really related to this particular permit, is that correct? >> that's what i get as well.

any work that's getting done on this and item number 1, abcd, those are all things that are -- i'm not sure if they're on this permit or the next permit but whatever permit they're on they have to be done anyway per code and i mean, at three inch i do am ter is pretty standard size and i haven't seen any smaller and all the other things, i believe they're all going to have to be done anyway. >> so, i guess my question is that work is required a permit? >> if that work is taken, on the part of the scope of the work it would have to be to code but it doesn't need a separate permit per se. either way, it's not something that you would get a separate permit for. [please stand by]

>> if what you say is so, then there wouldn't have to be any revision of plans as they are submitted now. those issues would surface naturally in the inspection process and moving forward in the project would be naturally requested and required by your department, contradict? >> right. i think the architect a lot of the water issues not be counted on somebody's property. has to go to the sewer and a lot of it is common sense. the height, that's something that would need another permit or a plan if there's a change

in the height of the plan. the other stuff, i just see it as all code compliant. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. we are now moving on 0 public comment. is there any public comment on this item? please raise your hand. okay. i don't see any public comments. so we will move on to rebuttal. ms. allen, you have three minutes. >> so there seems to be a little factual incongruity here. the fence is actually attached to the walkway, the second floor walkway of appellant's home. that walkway is shown on the plans as being demolished which will bring the fence down with it and the fence is sitting on top of the concrete wall that this cracked and has the drainage coming through it. so if that wall is going to be replaced, it necessarily involves taking down the fence.

and all of these -- these need to be, i think commissioner swig initially hit it right on the head. these need to be conditions on the permit, the history, of the drainage has been long standing. and nothing has been done. any of these simple fixes could have been done at any time in the past 10 or 11 years and they haven't been done. the plans should show the scope of work should show the courtyard work. it's part of this permit, not the adu permit. it should show the change in the sidewalk areas, the drainage there, the taking down of the walkway, the fence coming down with that, the new wall and associated drainage. it's not as simple as just a bigger stopper and a down spout. and i'd like jim to weigh in on

that as well. >> commissioners, yes. the information on the wall that's being replaced, the existing wall has cracks in it. so there is potential sub surface drainage as an issue on coming through to jean's property. but i have to support jean's comments that historically there have been major water incurrents on her property that have not been addressed during a remodel of this size. it's just a logical event. if i expressed the down spout, it needs to be a comprehensive solution to the drainage on her property unless it's somehow codified in a curb or the conditions that can be adopted, there's no guarantee it's going to be done it just needs to be identified as work that needs to be completed. thank you. >> as to the facts for any

additional time i have left. the current set is 11'. so whatever light they're receiving, they've had the entire time they've lived there and whatever's been blocked has been blocked and i'm perfectly amenable to a 10' fence which is a reduction in the privacy i have and also would be code compliant if it was done 10' from their fence. >> we have a question vice president swig. >> yeah. we're getting is whether all these things that you're talking about right now, and i'm not in disagreement with you. what is in this permit and what is appropriate to take action on now as part of this permit and and i don't get a sense of

maybe scott can help me. if this is not part of this permit, then it's kind of problematic because what we're doing is dealing with this permit which is primarily inside stuff and then pardon my technical terminology there stuck and then forthcoming, maybe another permit which where it is appropriate to deal with this stuff that being the wall and the height of the fence. so what -- i'm not dismissing it in any way the concerns and the ability of your comments, but we may be discussing items that are not appropriate to this appeal and to this permit. so i need some help.

i'll need some help from mr. sanchez on that discussion. and do you understand what i'm speaking about? do you have any comment on that? >> who was that question being directed to? >> that's to the appellant. >> oh, i understand what you're saying. i disagree with the underlying content with the new and changing aspect of this permit. the fact that the scope of work doesn't refer to drainage doesn't mean that it's not part of the project. it's clearly not part of the adu permit. i looked at the plans for that and the reality is the history here is that nothing's been done to resolve the problem for a long period of time and i would have expected this to come up as part of this

project. it addresses everything else down to the niche for the shampoo and the shower, but it doesn't address something that has caused me ongoing drainage problems including insurance claims and the courtyard is clearly part of this project as is the demolition of the walkway. the walkway at the second floor is attached to the fence. it's attached to the fence. >> so i'm going to -- thank you. i get your point and i'm going to restate my advice to you all and if you're this close, you might want to choose to request that you have another couple of weeks to discuss it and come back with clear plans and clear direction. i'm also going to ask mr. sanchez to get me out of the woods and clarify what is in this permit and what is not in the permit and what is appropriate for us to do as far

as permit in consideration of your very important issues. thank you. >> thank you. we are still on rebuttal. did you want to ask a question of deputy administrator, you're on mute. >> i'm getting in an opportunity to prepare for and i'm asking right now. >> okay. so we are on rebuttal and the planning department is next. >> mr. permit holder is julie. >> i'm sorry. the permit holder. yes. my apologies. mr. andre bothblatt. you have three minutes. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. thank you. >> okay. so there's a lot of stuff here. so let me clarify and i agree

with joe duffy and i said this this. it's common sense and we're going to do it. we're going to fix all the drainage. we're going to do everything. i'm not going to repeat that. even though this is an interior model, we are tearing off the exterior wall and we're rebuilding that. so it's still technically an interior model, but we're redoing the siding, the down spouts, and the windows. so the fences that are built around the walkway, the courtyard work is apart of our permit, so we will be doing the low wall on the permit. we're going to be regrading that. new landscaping and new hard scaping. so a lot of stuff that's implied, we're going to do it and, again, the only thing that's at issue is the fence

and this underground drainage. to answer commissioner swig's quiry, we do like the board of appeals to decide on this now. first, we promised this before the appeal. this project has been a hardship and if you'd like to continue with the project and the only thing that would require a second permit would be the fence and otherwise everything's included or applied on the main house including the courtyard. so, again, the way it's been a hardship to us sadly, the communication patterns kind of fallen short and, you know, it's been frustrating for the appellant. it's been frustrating for us. we have a feeling that the appellant keeps on adding

things. we do the down spout. do the low wall. things just keep on adding on and piling on and it's become a real problem for us. so we would like the board of appeals to make a decision for us. >> thank you. we will now hear from the planning. >> thank you. the fence is not on the plans. it's not clearly shown on the plans. it's not called out in a scope of work. whether the demolition of the walkway area which is shown on the plans necessitates removal of that fence and replacement of that fence, that is unclear to me. i mean, whether that scope should be expanded at this time to incorporate that fence, you know, i would kind of defer to the permit holder as to whether that is properly shown on the plan. it certainly could be and i

think i don't think we would need to come back for another hearing to document that because i think we're just simply talking about a fence height above the wall and i understand the wall will not be changing in height and actually even the replacement of the wall wasn't clear to me from the scope of work that i saw written on the plans and the plans themselves. but, yeah, i think that's where we are and i do agree that it kind of would be great to get some direction from the board as to the appropriate height of the fence. thank you. >> thank you. we'll now hear from the department building inspection. >> i don't have anything to add. thank you. >> thank you. so commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> who would like to start

here? >> i think i'm encouraged by the fact that there is a lot of grim between the parties here. there's a question about the height of the fence. i think i can certainly understand, you know, the comfort around the existing part of the fence which appears to be taller higher on the and it doesn't infringe upon the privacy of the appellant. so i suppose that's kind of where i'm leaning with respect

to the fence itself. and it seems like it seems like that's the only issue related to the appeal or to the permit at least we've knocked that part down and it sounds like based on what that the concerns on drainage would be addressed simply through code compliance and it appears that that issue is addressed as well. >> i mean, the thing is that once every property owner is responsible for the water that drops her drainage is able to handle her water but she's had

to have an insurance claim due to the water from the neighboring property. given the fact that these people are doing an extensive remodel. the delay is i'm sorry unfortunate. hopefully, three months ago but i also agree that, you know, the drainage issue is not that much common sense. it's code compliant if it happens on the appellant's property, you know, we're going to have to go -- they'll have to go to another level. if they're spending that much to redo it, that should also be included and doesn't necessarily have to be written into the permit. does anyone have a motion. >> sure go ahead. >> i move to deny the appeal on the basis that it was properly

issued and if there is a recommendation with respect to the height of the fence which is questionable. i remember that we as the board recommend the height of 8'. does that satisfy the motion requirements? okay. >> absolutely. perfect. >> may i make a comment, please. the only thing that i. i don't disagree with the motion as to the height of the fence. if i lived in a place for a long period of time and the fence was 11' albeit illegal and suddenly, the height of that fence was arbitrarily dropped by 3', i'd be upset. i guess, you know, i'd like to

see a compromise somewhere between the 8' and the 11' and, of course, neither party is going to be happy with it. but that's what compromises are about. again, if i'm the neighbor of the appellant in this case and i'm used to an 11' fence and i'm used to that privacy and it's dropped by 3' it's going to interrupt my privacy, is that really appropriate and fair for us to do that so i'd like some thought back on that before we set the height. i'd like thought on that from fellow commissioners. >> mr. vice president, first of all, that's a property line dispute. i mentioned earlier it hasn't been determined. there's been no survey to determine. >> hold on one second here.

hold on one second here. sorry, folks, i have my 70-year-old father in the room. i think again, it's the property line dispute and the -- that's something that the neighbors have to address themselves. i don't think that it's before this body to determine what the height of the fence is and i think that has to be determined between the neighboring properties. >> i think we had -- i don't want to be argumentive, but i will what i'm concerned with is the fence is not a typical fence as i'm hearing. it is a fence which is apart of the structure of the permit holder's house and so it is not a property line dispute because

it is part of their house which they have to tear down to complete their proposed improvement. so the property line is very clear. it belongs to the permit holder and what we are allowing the permit holder to do is change a legacy issue that has allowed a certain level of privacy and light in there to the appellant. and, so if not, i have to correct you that i don't believe this property line dispute. it's a result of it's on a piece of the house that's going to be altered according to the permit. so that's why i'd like to take it further. >> if i may, sorry. i was just going to say, i

think regardless of whether or not it's split in the middle between the property line or if it's waves slightly on to the permit holder's property. i think the issue is privacy and i think the difference between 8' and 10' in terms of privacy is nulled i mean, unless someone getting on a ladder or step stool, it doesn't seem like it's diminishing the privacy. it's allowing more light and it's measured from the grade at the property -- the permit holder's property. so i guess i'm scratching my head a little bit as to how this diminishes the privacy aside from if just lowering the height of it. >> remember, the appellant mentioned she has a side spa and the height of that side spa is right there. that's the reason probably why initially it was at 11'. again, that's kind of in the

weeds for me. >> can i clarify. i thought that commissioner chang was putting forward a recommendation because the issue of the fence was not associated with this permit. i thought what scott sanchez suggested was that we given some notion of where we thought it should come out. am i wrong, commissioner chang? did you put that in the motion? >> it was the recommendation. that's correct. >> so i think we're leaving it to them as we should to sort it out. >> okay by me. >> okay. so you want to proceed with your motion then? okay. so we have a motion from commissioner chang to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis that it was properly issued with further recommendation that the fence be 8' high and, on that motion, [roll call]

so that motion carries 4-0. and the appeal is denied. so we do not have any further items. president honda, did you want to adjourn the meeting. >> president: meeting is adjourned. thank you everybody. have a wonderful evening. thank you, guys. >> bye. >> thanks. >> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids.

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>> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was

going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as well as a small business that caters to artists, so i was very deeply concerned about what the city could do to help the entertainment committee.

we knew we needed somebody to introduce some kind of legislation to get the ball rolling, and so we just started texting supervisor haney, just harassing him, saying we need to do something, we need to do something. he said i know we need to do something, but what do we do? we eventually settled on this idea that there would be an independent venue recovery fund. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this resolution is passed unanimously. >> and we were concerned for these small mom-and-pop businesses that contribute so much to our arts community. >> we are an extremely small venue that has the capacity to do extremely small shows.

most of our staff has been working for us for over ten years. there's very little turnover in the staff, so it felt like family. sharky with the small business commission was crucial in pestering supervisor haney and others to really keep our industry top of mind. we closed down on march 13 of 2020 when we heard that there was an order to do so by the mayor, and we had to call that show in the middle of the night. they were in the middle of their sound check, and i had to call the venue and say, we need to cancel the show tonight. >> the fund is for our live

music and entertainment venues, and in its first round, it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues. these are venues that offer a signature amount of live entertainment programming before the pandemic and are committed to reopening and offering live entertainment spaces after the pandemic. >> it's going to, you know, just stave off the bleeding for a moment. it's the city contributing to helping make sure these venues are around, to continue to be part of the economic recovery for our city. >> when you think about the venues for events in the city, we're talking about all of them. some have been able to come back adaptively over the last year and have been able to be shape shifters in this pandemic, and that's exciting to see, but i'm really looking forward to the day when events and venues can reopen and help

drive the recovery here in san francisco. >> they have done a study that says for every dollar of ticket sales done in this city, $12 goes to neighboring businesses. from all of our vendors to the restaurants that are next to our ven sues and just so many other things that you can think of, all of which have been so negatively affected by covid. for this industry to fail is unthinkable on so many levels. it's unheard of, like, san francisco without its music scene would be a terribly dismal place. >> i don't know that this needs to be arrest -- that there needs to be art welfare for artists. we just need to live and pay for our food, and things will take care of themselves. i think that that's not the

given situation. what san francisco could do that they don't seem to do very much is really do something to support these clubs and venues that have all of these different artists performing in them. actually, i think precovid, it was, you know, don't have a warehouse party and don't do a gig. don't go outside, and don't do this. there was a lot of don't, don't, don't, and after the pandemic, they realized we're a big industry, and we bring a lot of money into this city, so they need to encourage and hope these venues. and then, you know, as far as people like me, it would be nice if you didn't only get encouraged for only singing opera or playing violin. [♪♪♪] >> entertainment is a huge part of what is going to make this city bounce back, and we're going to need to have live music coming back, and comedy,

and drag shows and everything under the sun that is fun and creative in order to get smiles back on our faces and in order to get the city moving again. [♪♪♪] >> venues serve a really vital function in society. there aren't many places where people from any walk of life, race, religion, sexuality can come together in the same room and experience joy, right? experience love, experience anything that what makes us human, community, our connective tissues between different souls. if we were to lose this, lose this situation, you're going to lose this very vital piece of society, and just coming out of the pandemic, you know, it's

going to help us recover socially? well, yeah, because we need to be in the same room with a bunch of people, and then help people across the country recover financially. >> san francisco art recovery fund, amazing. it opened yesterday on april 21. applications are open through may 5. we're encouraging everyone in the coalition to apply. there's very clear information on what's eligible, but that's basically been what our coalition has been advocating for from the beginning. you know, everyone's been supportive, and they've all been hugely integral to this program getting off the ground. you know, we found our champion with supervisor matt haney from district six who introduced this legislation and pushed this into law. mayor breed dedicated $1.5 million this fund, and then supervisor haney matched

that, so there's $3 million in this fund. this is a huge moment for our coalition. it's what we've been fighting for all along. >> one of the challenges of our business is staying on top of all the opportunities as they come back. at the office of oewd, office of economic and workforce development, if you need to speak to somebody, you can find people who can help you navigate any of the available programs and resources. >> a lot of blind optimism has kept us afloat, you know, and there's been a lot of reason for despair, but this is what keeps me in the business, and this is what keeps me fighting, you know, and continuing to advocate, is that we need this and this is part of our life's blood as much as oxygen and food is. don't lose heart.

look at there for all the various grants that are available to you. some of them might be very slow to unrao, and it might seem like too -- unroll, and it might seem like it's too late, but people are going to fight to keep their beloved venues open, and as a band, you're going to be okay. [♪♪♪]

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought

them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the

owner of an area bakery. ♪♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the

product, retail it. ♪♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the

1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to

prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they

really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and

mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy

that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying,

you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪♪ >> all right, mayor, we've got a program. so be patient with us. all right. it's been a long time coming. hi, everybody, my name is phil ginsburg and i'm the manager of your recreation and park department and it's about time. it's really happening. it's really happening. you look over my right shoulder and you can see all of the work that's already started on our pathway to environmental justice.

and -- and joy and community and resiliency. but before we jump into our program, we want to do a couple of things. and the first is that we want to acknowledge that the land that we are currently standing on is the unceded ancestral home of the first nations people. as stewards of parkland, our department recognizes the duty to honor through thoughtful and informed preservation and interpretation of ancestral lands. as uninvited guests let us all affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and pay our respects to the ancestors of the people. thank you. [applause] just a few hours ago our recreation and park department, and i see numerous commissioners here, commissioner anderson and probably a few others that i'm not seeing behind the crowds,

passed the land acknowledgement and i want to thank greg castro and jonathan cordero who worked with our department in the crafting of this acknowledgement. and i want to -- you should please join me in thanking our amazing entertainers for their performances prior to the program. first the tai chi group, give it up. [applause] the sasamoan community dancers. lion dance me. [applause] and following the program, there will be a performance by seilin finesse. [applause] we have a lot of partners, and i want to acknowledge -- before i turn it over to our m.c., first of all, mayor breed, thank you, thank you for believing in this project and thank you for pushing for it. and thank you for supporting it the institute, and i'll turn it

over to jackie in a few minutes i want to thank our e.d.p. leadership committee, what is an e.d.p. leadership committee? this project is like no other, we're not just renovating a park, we're trying to work hard to understand what the community needs to thrive in this space. so it is yours. and there are several e.d.p. members and i see oscar james and michael wong, and jill fox here. so i want to thank you a few of the e.d.p. members and for all of your effort in guiding us, in not just how to build this park, but to make sure that it is really for this community. i want to thank the trust for public land, and the san francisco parks alliance, drew becker is here and numerous members of his team. we have several representatives from our city family. i saw ken nimm and i say caller eisen, there may not be a city department that is not working on this in some way, shape or form. and i want to acknowledge our

partners across the basin from bill dink, and i see lou vasquez here, lou, thank you for being here. and i want to give a special recognition to a guy standing right in front of me, john, thank you. john fritzker whose philanthropy turned this from a dream and a vision actually into a project. so, thank you, john. let's give him a round of applause. and thank you, moe, and john and moe were recently married just a few days ago and they came back early from -- moe doesn't really call it a honeymoon, called it a camping trip, but they came back early to be here with us today. so thank you both very, very much. [applause] this project has many, many, many people rooting for it. it's gotten private philanthropy and it's gotten local bond money through the leadership of our mayor and several -- and san francisco voters.

and it's also gotten a lot of money from the state of california, senator wiener, and commissioner chu, thank you for your leadership in making it happen. this project has even gotten federal money. we've gotten money from the e.p. e.p.a., and we have gotten -- anywhere that there's money we're trying to raise it for this project and it's actually starting to work out. today's groundbreaking is the culmination of seven years of planning, outreach and fundraising on a project that will finally address decades of pollution and environmental degradation in a neighborhood that once helped to drive the economy of san francisco during world war ii. after the decline of butcher town, the decommissioned -- the decommissioned shipyards and the forced removal of the chinese shrimping villages, indian basin, was shut down to decay. the work that we're kicking off right now will restore public access to the shoreline, and create a robust wildlife

habitat, laying the foundation for a new $140 million park in the heart of the bayview. this clean-up phase of the project is led by the bayview's own rubicon builders whose officers are just down the road on third street. the team highlights a key goal of the india basin project, to serve for equitable and inclusive growth, which includes providing workforce and business opportunities for all bayview hunters point residents, regardless of income, race or demog raggy. and giving disadvantaged individuals the first opportunity to apply for entry level jobs in san francisco. the program is administered by oewd, and you'll probably hear more about that, but thank you, ken, and thank you oewd, for your incredible partnership.

lastly, remember that this project is only made possible as much money from government as we've been able to obtain for this project, it's only made possible through substantial private/public partnerships. some of our partners, like t.p.l. and the parks alliance, have been working on this for years. and others like arpi, arguably even longer and have now stepped into new and indispenseable roles to move this project. i want to thank everyone for their support. i'll now turn the program over to one of the leaders of this project, jackie flynn. jackie has been working on this thing for i don't know how long and has been a community advocate for even longer. she is my colleague, my partner along with drew and ali and their organizations on this project. and she is making sure that this community is involved in every single aspect of what happens next. thank you, jackie.

[applause] >> thank you, phil. and welcome. first of all, i want to say welcome back, san francisco. it's so nice to see everyone and see your faces. and thank you so much, mayor, with your leadership on getting our city back and up and running. my name is jacqueline flynn, and i'm the executive director of the philip randolph institute and i'm your m.c. today, so i wear many hats in this community. and my -- my small organization, apri, i want to thank my team because i could not do this work without amazing supportive casts. so thank you, my team at arpi. and i have the pleasure of also serving as the equitable development plan manager on this project. and ultimately what that means is that for every step of the way on this project we want to make sure that we're looking through a lens of equity. and thinking about building back within our community, and making sure that we're supportive of the existing community. and, you know, as we continue to

invest in this park, i want to make sure that those investments actually make it and impact the families that i work with every day. as we kick off this year's juneteenth, i have been inspired by my ancestors and thank you so much, brother clint, for acknowledging the adversities that folks have gone through to be here and the fights they have won and lost. i'm very proud to stand behind so many folks before me. this park is very near and dear to my heart. my office is literally a block away. and as you all know as a community leader, i've been here over 20 years. and i used to knock on doors to get folks to vote and i still do it now. but really what i'm interested in is making sure that this next generation is inspired to do the same and to be leaders in their community. you know, i see how much this project can impact this community right behind me. so i also want to acknowledge all of the folks that live on this hill that have been here for generations.

and it's so important that this park is being built for our residents. so i'm excited to say that this is just the beginning. and we have a wonderful brief program, so i'd like to introduce our first speaker, mayor london breed. mayor london breed -- [applause] -- is a san francisco native. definitely raised by her grandmother in plaza east in philmore western edition, but, definitely roots here in san francisco. and she was elected as the first african-american woman, and second woman in san francisco's history to serve as mayor. she's been re-elected to her first full four-year term in november of 2019. i know that we lost a year in this last year, but we are going to keep pushing. mayor breed is a tireless advocate for all san franciscans and helps to lead our city through a very tumultuous time as we helped to rebuild this great city and come out of that

terrible pandemic. so without further adieu, welcome, mayor london breed. [applause] >> welcome, mayor. >> hello, everyone. first of all, phil, i don't know why we have to subject these kids to this when there's a park right over there. are you guys going to be able to play in the park? >> no. >> no? what's going on. they're supposed to be having a good time this summer. okay, well -- if any time during this event you want to take them over to the park, feel free to do so because we want them to have a good time. it's been a long year for our kids in this city. and it's time for them to have fun again. [applause] i'll start by saying yes, i'm from philmore. but i do have roots in the bayview hunter's point community. in fact, my grandmother's father

worked at the shipyard. he was in the navy at a time when there was segregation. and he worked with what was considered a colored group of men and i find it quite interesting that in our not so distant past, the level of discrimination that existed in this city, you know, what's interesting is that my grandfather served in the shipyard in a segregated unit and now today his granddaughter, the first black mayor woman of san francisco, signed an official declaration after the president declared it a national holiday. i declared it a holiday in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] juneteenth is an official holiday for all of our city

employees. i'm not saying don't go to work tomorrow. i'm saying for those essential services that we still need to you go to work but you do get a holiday in lieu. you're welcome -- no, not you're welcome, mayor, you're welcome black people. [applause] so let me just start by saying thank you. phil ginsburg, i want to just say to you, because let me tell you when phil came to me with this project, i'm like, phil, well, what about, you know, some of the other parks in the bayview hunters point? and we talked around our plans of retrofitting a number of parks and what was important to the community. and i thought about it for, like, really long and hard because at the time i was supervisor for district 5 and ma leah cohen was the supervisor here in the bayview hunters point community, and this community pushed hard for a change because of the environmental contamination that

took place here, because of what was happening all along this area. and i think about the many people who had asthma in the bayview hunter's point community and cancer and other ailments because of the environmental injustices that have existed in this community. it is so fitting and about time that we clean up india basin. we clean it up. [applause] and just a couple weeks ago i was just at the power plant where we broke ground on what will be 2,600 units here at a polluting dirty power plant that former supervisor sophie maxwell led the charge on shutting down, and here we are connecting this bayview community, india basin, and the power plant and all of this beauty together in a way like never before. you know, it is amazing also that this community decided what

was best for them. and that was really important, making sure that india basin task force of residents, of people who lived here, provided input. and cleaning up a place like this is expensive. and making it beautiful is even more expensive. so i am incredibly thankful to the voters who time and time again passed propositions to allow us to invest in parks? i am grateful to people who just, you know, are amazing san franciscans like john prixter and his family for committing this money -- as many things that he could have committed, this $25 million to the largest parks contribution in the history of this city. he said that he wanted that to support the bayview hunters point community, so we are so grateful to you, john. [applause] we are grateful to the parks alliance and the land trust and so many organizations for

helping to work, to see this project through. it does take a village. it does take $140 million to do exactly what the community wants to see here in india basin. and i also want to take this opportunity to thank governor newsome and thank senator scott wiener and david chu and phil ping for their support on the state level. it was a $25 million commitment, and we still have a few ways to go, but we are committed to cleaning up this area so that those kids that you saw right here can play freely and safely and not be concerned about their health. that is what is most critical for us is transforming this beautiful waterfront and making it what it -- what this community deserves. and so i'm really excited about this. and i cannot wait until we are able to see it through. it's going to be absolutely beautiful. we've seen the pictures, but

it's nothing like seeing it in person, connecting the bayview hunters point all the way around the waterfront of san francisco to the golden gate bridge. now you know what the marina looks like? that's what the bayview hunter's point is about to look like. [applause] with green and structures and all of the amenities that this community so deserves. so, you know, congratulations to this community for your hard work and your effort and sticking to it, and staying together. we know that the challenges that exist, specifically for the african-american community in this city and this country still persist. but in me you have a leader who is committed to transforming that and i want to make sure that everyone in this city, no matter what your race is, understand that when we see injustices anywhere, it is clearly as dr. king would say a threat to justice everywhere. everywhere it is a threat, and

it is up to all of us to take it upon ourselves to push aggressively for change. so thank you in joining me for change in india basin. congratulations to the bayview hunters point community. and let's get this project going. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. before i give it back to jackie yet again, just a couple more thank you and acknowledgement. alex walker, thank you for being here on behalf of assemblyman phil king. assemblyman king calls almost every year and says what i can do for india basin, and we appreciate it. and david lazar, thank you for being here. i already acknowledged carol eisen and i want to acknowledge the co-chairs of the bayview alliance. and talking about coalition building and trying to pull people together to do good, thank you, sissy and chuck for all of your work and counsel on this project. i know that jamie bruni-myles,

the current c.e.o. of the ymca is here. and the ymca will partner with us to teach all kids to swim and to make sure that everybody feels safe around the water in this beautiful park from this neighborhood. and then i also want to acknowledge dr. nina roberts who is here from san francisco state. she's been our academic advisor on our equitable development planning efforts, and thank you for your support. and i turn it back to jackie. >> thanks, phil. and just before i get into our next speaker i want to acknowledge the leadership committee that has served on behalf of this community, committing their time and their vision to the project and making sure that the community voice is heard. so i see a few of them, jill fox, and oscar james, tanansha ocori, and i see a ton of you guys, and thank you for your time again on the project. so next i'd like to introduce one of our assembly members, a neighbor in our -- in our community -- and someone that -- you know, i have known for the

last decade and he's worked extremely hard for the city of san francisco. and i would like to introduce our assembly member of district 17, david chu. [applause] >> thank you, jackie. good afternoon, san francisco. are we ready to play? all right! let me first ask the mayor -- the mayor refer the as herself to the resident of philmore. do we have residents of the hunter's point, bayview here? all right, this is our day. let me first start by thanking -- it takes a village to do this, and it takes the leadership of a mayor working with amazing departments and an amazing rec and park department and working with the private sector and working with philanthropy and working with civic partners and working at the state level and i want to thank you for that. as the mayor was talking, i thought 13 years ago when i was on the board of supervisors, i had a conversation with then supervisor sophie maxwell and

she said, you know, david, the southeast neighborhoods are forgotten. and we don't invest in these neighborhoods. and a couple years later i remember having a conversation with supervisor cohen and she said, you know, david, the city forgets about the southeast neighborhood and doesn't invest in us. well, today the city hasn't forgotten these neighborhoods and the city is investing in india basin. phil ginsburg invisitted me and then supervisor walton to come to india basin. phil, you will probably remember this and we didn't know what we were coming to see and we got here and he looked at me and said, hey, chu, i need a couple million bucks. so i said, all right. and scott wiener, and phil and i, we got together and one year of the budget we said, okay, phil, we have $4 million for you. and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million.

so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost? and we all know the answer to that. but let me also say a week after that conversation right here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the

southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in part because i believe that the future of san francisco is reflected in the southeast neighborhoods. if we can lift these neighborhoods up, there is no end to what our city will be about. and so the last thing that i'll just say is that there are a lot of folks who refer to this project as the chrissy field of the southeast. and i'm going to say that by the time that my kid is a teenager, i think that chrissy field is going to be referred to as the india basin of the north, all right? [applause] and with that, have a wonderful afternoon. and thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much, assembly member chu. we have a few changes to our program, but it's okay, we always make adjustments and i want to make a couple more

acknowledgements before we continue to move forward. we have additional park commissioners here and our president, mark beull, and i would like to acknowledge the president and the commissioners here and also eric mcdonald, i'd like to acknowledge you guys. thank you for all of your work in serving for our parks commission. before we move too much forward, one acknowledgement that we would not be here without the work that supervisor cohen did prior to moving into our state. so i just want to make sure that everyone acknowledges the work that our previous supervisor malia cohen did. and so let me go ahead and get to our next speakers. please let me introduce drew becker of the san francisco parks alliance and guillermo. and drew is from the san francisco parks alliance and guillermo for the trust for

public land. drew has served as the chief executive officer for the san francisco parks alliance since 2017. and in 2018 alone, drew led the organization as it completed 20 plus park projects engaging over 100,000 plus residents in park programming and helped to raise over $20 million for capital projects across the city. also helped to celebrate the 150th year at golden gate park. and then also guillermo was appointed to our california state director for trust for public land in 2017. he brings over 20 years of successful non-profit private sector and local government experience to the organization. many people don't even know that guillermo mentored me way back in the day. and he's responsible for leading the trust for public land ak sigdz, park development and policy activities throughout the state. really both organizations have immersed in the community and

they'll briefly share their role on the renovation project and the other work that they're doing in the community. so come on up, guys. >> i'm here. >> okay. okay. and just after them i will follow up with another speaker, but come on in. >> this is not guillermo, this is alex with the trust for public land so that everyone knows. we're going to tag team here. i'm with the park alliance. so exciting to be here today. we're all here because we love san francisco and we know that it could be better. we have been doing that for 50 years at the parks alliance and we're honored to be part of this important project. indian basin is part of a larger project called the blue green way. and india basin is the largest public investment as part of that blue green way project. and it is a large step forward on creating a more equitable city. and it is a part of a better, safer, more accessible southeast

side. public/private partnerships are vital to the success of public spaces and have been for decades. we are proud to partner with trust for public land and also the rec and park department to raise private funds through philanthropy for this project. we think that is truly important. all public space does better with a mix of funding. it shows commitment by the community and it shows commitment by the leader and it shows commitment from the city and commitment from the state. so we're proud to be part of that. the community engagement is the heart of what we do, grateful to the bayview hunters point community for their continued involvement and advocacy for this world-class park for which in a few months you're going to see the transformation of a basketball court up in india basin shoreline park that we transformed by artists with murals similar to what happened at hayward playground. i know that the mayor knows that one pretty well. it will be pretty cool when that happens here. i would like to thank the parks

alliance team on making this a reality. mya rogers, thank you so much. and phillip wynne and mark hannon and steve frederick, and sonya gonzalez-banks and our board of directors for their commitment to project. i want to also thank the mayor and her leadership and the bayview for steadfast support of the parks alliance and for her vision for san francisco. we are proud to work with you, and i'm really excited to work with your team on making and reopening san francisco. the investment in san francisco's parks and public spaces have been extraordinary throughout this pandemic. and i think that you saw that in all of the residents saw that. and what you are doing with investing in this park and others and supporting other departments on our public projects and our public spaces is second to none. we support your vision 100% and anything that you need we're behind you. thank you, mayor, so much. and i also would like to thank -- i would also would like to

thank president walton and his team in the mission to build a more equitable san francisco. i also want to wish everyone a happy juneteenth. thank you so much. and i'm going to turn it over to ali, my partner in crime on the non-profit sector. >> hello, everyone, as you can see i'm not guillermo, he got stuck in traffic so you have me i'm the bay-area director of the trust of public land. and as jackie, i wear many hats and i have been deeply involved in this project and working in the neighborhood for years. actually, mya and i worked on another park to see it happen before we started on this project. so i am so honored to be here celebrating this milestone with all of you today. at the trust for public land, we believe that the parks are essential for healthy communities. and parks should not have a

nice-to-have amenity for a few, but a must have for all. we see that what is happening here in india basin, we see it as a national model for how we should do parks throughout the nation. this project is not just about building an amazing park, which it will be amazing, but it is much more than that. as you have heard, it is about equity, it is about investing in this community that has been suffering this investment for decades. and it is about renewal and environmental justice. we're cleaning up, and giving it back to the community so they can have access to this beautiful shoreline. every time that i come here and i look at this view and it takes my breath away. so we need to make the shoreline better so that everyone can enjoy this. this project is about opportunity, it's a -- it's about giving opportunity to

local businesses, workforce and youth. it is about celebrating and honoring the bayview hunter's point community and the rich history and the culture. and it's about resilience and hope. this community fought really hard for change. they faced many injustices. and we are here starting to build the park they fought so hard to have. so this wouldn't have happened without all of you, without the many partners that have been mentioned. i want to acknowledge a few. phil ginsburg and his staff, and the rec park commission, amazing partners throughout this. drew becker, mya rogers with the san francisco parks alliance. also amazing partners. jackie flynn and the apri staff, having worked tirelessly, you know, you have seen them

operating the tech hub and really fighting hard for this community. and then the many other groups -- there are too many to mentiog support for this. of course, our elected leaders. without you, mayor breed, supervisor walton, without assembly member chu and phil king and senator wiener we wouldn't be here. as you heard, there's a lot of investment in this project. also our funders -- john fritzer and his funds for taking the risk and the same with the public funders. you know, they took a risk. they invested. they believed in this community and last, but not least, i want to acknowledge again the bayview hunter's point community for their resilience and advocacy. without you we wouldn't be here thank you very much. [applause] >> thanks, ali.

i made a quick mistake in the program, we always have different updates last minute, but i forgot to mention someone that has worked fearlessly in this community, and i don't know how i can miss him because he's probably one of the tallest folks out here. but i would just like to welcome up our state senator scott wiener for a few brief remarks on behalf of the project. thank you so much for bearing with me as i adjust and thank you for -- >> thank you, jackie. they didn't like to bring me up because i mess up the microphone for everyone else. sorry. so i'm just -- i have been a huge fan of this project for a long time. and i remember early in my time on the board of supervisors, some community folks asked me to come down and i came down and they're like, okay, we know that it doesn't look awesome right now and there's a lot of sort of neglected areas, but we have a

vision. and i am just so proud of this community for coming together and moving that vision forward. and then also i had an opportunity to have involvement when i represented the park area on the board of supervisors and we wanted to buy what is now the noe valley to turn it into a park. and working with noe valley and rec and park we decided, you know what, we don't want noe valley to just move forward but we want to make this about various parts of the city and we want bayview to be involved and our southeastern neighborhoods to be involved because this is a part of the city that has been neglected for so damned long and we need to be there for all parts of this city and lift everyone up. so we were able to acquire not just the noe town square but at the same time that parcel right there as well as a parcel delta market. and it's just amazing. and noe valley town square is a much smaller, simpler project, but it is done.

and it has added so much to that community, but that pales in comparison to what india basin is going to add to our southeastern neighborhoods and we talk about it being like the marina. let's think about embarcadaro, and taking a neglected part of the city, in piece of a piece of land, and turning it into an inspirational place for people to be, and i know that is what this is going to be. and we have a lot of other work to do around housing and making sure that we can connect with transportation so that people can get in and out of our southeastern neighborhoods more easily. but, boy, having a world-class waterfront beautiful park is just going to be a game-changer so, congratulations, you will have my -- i know that assembly members chu you will have our support to get this project going. so thank you so much.

[applause] >> thank you so much, senator wiener. a few more acknowledgements to my community. my friend, and her organization "from the heart" has been doing a significant amount of work here on the shoreline and connecting families to health resources and housing access. i just wanted to say thank you guys for your commitment on this project. and i've gotten her on our leadership committee as well so that the voice of the community is truly heard on the project. so i do have one last speaker, did you want to make a few remarks? i will ask her to come up for remarks before i bring up our last speaker. come on. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i'm mieka pinkston, i'm the founder of "from the heart" and it's been a pleasure to work with arpi. i'll tell you that i don't trust many people, so it was --

[applause] it has been beautiful. it has been -- phil, david, everyone has been really, really, really helpful to me and to our community and i truly appreciate it. i know that this is in regards to a park, however, we have so many other things to address here. and i thank everybody -- i thank the mayor, david -- everybody. we are all going to be a part of this, because it's not just about this park. we can't have a park and people homeless. so, you know, we -- i just want to say that. and i am here to help our community to better ourselves, so to educate our community on living a healthy and natural lifestyle. you know, i come with healing so that we can boing some of that good energy in. and i just try to keep us all on a positive page.

if we can stay on a positive note we're going to be all good, y'all, that's all i want to say let's all just stay positive, let's heal together. and let's remember that it's going to take all of us -- no matter what color we are -- no matter what we do with ourselves, it's going to take each and every last individual here in this park and outside of this park to make everything that we want to happen look like the marina. it ain't going to just take a park, okay? so that's what we need to remember is that it's going to take everything that we have to rebuild hunter's point. i'm born and raised here. so we got this. let's do it. thank you, guys. >> and that's just one of the examples of making sure that we make a commitment to this existing community and involve our residents every step of the way as we go. there's one last speaker that i'd like to invite up and i have known this young man over the last, i want to say six or seven

years that we have been doing this work. darryl watkins came up in one of our youth programs, and he continued to come back and serve with our organization, volunteering for events, going door-to-door to pass out fliers for voting. and when the opportunity came around with our resource development firm, c.c.s., they were happy to bring on a fellow and they said they wanted to make sure that we made a commitment to this local community. and i was very proud when darryl applied and he actually scored one of the highest scores through the application process and at the end of the day, i wanted to make sure that that opportunity went to someone that understood the legacy of what it was to grow up in this neighborhood. the generations that have served many years before we got here, and i really am proud that i think that he is going to be a great model for all of the young people that you guys saw a little earlier, but he will be serving with our resource

development team, really helping to figure out how to come up with a strategy to fundraise, not just for the park, but equitable development, really investing back in this community. so without further adieu, i know that his parents are here and his sister is here, really excited. darryl watkins, please come on up. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you, thank you. my name is darryl watkins. sorry. my name is darryl watkins and i'll i'm an incoming junior at the university. i'm excited and honored to accept this position, to be a part of this community and to be a part of this u.c.s. project. i want to first thank the apri for the leadership development to prepare me for this opportunity. next, i want to thank my family

for always being here and supporting me. [applause] this park is a symbol of hope. it starts with us. i really want to help this community in different ways and it starts with this park. thank you, thank you. i want to encourage all youth of all ages and all races to help this community. so together we can change how the bay view looks. it starts with the youth, so when we get older we can be in the same position that everyone else is. but thank you for your time. [applause] >> all right, thank you so much, darryl. and, again, that's just one very small example of making sure

that we invite our young people to participate on this project and build equity from within. so we're going to just acknowledge a couple more folks from our mohcd, eric shaw, and thank you so much for coming. from oewd and city build, ken nim, our trades workers over here. and i want to say thank you for jessica fontanelle from our success center. thank you so much. and so we are going to go ahead and do the shovel ceremony. just remember that like our shovel ceremony, it's really a way to honor, you know, not only the gift, but this is an opportunity for future prosperity and success on this project. so i've got a few folks that are going to be coming up to get a shovel in the ground.

>> are we ready? okay, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... [cheers and applause].

>> good morning, everybody. my name is carmen chu, and i serve as san francisco city administrator, and i am so, so, so glad to be with you here today. when people were saying, well, all of the units are going to combine, get stuck, i'm like huh? how is that going to happen? when i came in here, how

amazing is this facility. in my new role as city administrator, i look forward to making sure that all of the san francisco firefighters continue to have the equipment for the jobs that you continue to do. again, i want to thank you and commend you for your service. you're going to hear from our mayor, mayor breed, is here today. i think our president of our board of supervisors is going to be joining us, shamann walton, chief nicholson, and sandra tong. so i'd like to welcome the first speaker today, which is our very own mayor breed. i think as everybody knows, she doesn't need very much in terms of introduction but someone who has been a long supporter of the fire department from her

time on the fire commission, on the board of supervisors, and now as mayor. mayor breed? [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, carmen. it is so great to finally be here. this project is a long time coming. clearly, it's important because we have a quorum of thefire commission joining us here, and we'll get to you today. station 49, tom o'connor, when i was on the board of supervisors, i remember tom coming to my office and harassing me about the need for changes to station 49. not just rehabbing the existing facility, but the fact it is an absolute need of what our e.m.t.s and paramedics deal with every single day. we're talking about over 90,000 calls a year to respond to people who are in need in san

francisco, and the fact is, that's a large volume. but the fact is we know all the work that goes into that. whether it's staffing up with fuel or supplies or resources or what have you, it's a lot of work, and not to mention the shifts and the long hours and the need to have a place to go to just basically sit down for one minute to relax after going through maybe a tough call. this is a long time coming for this city and this department, and i am so excited that we are able to do it right here in the bayview-hunters point community. in particular, what i'm most excited about is not only is this a brand-new facility, but it is seismically safe, so we can feel safe when we are using this particular place. thanks to the voters in 2016, and thanks to many of the

members of the san francisco fire department who helped to campaign for that ballot measure, $50 million invested into this new facility. state of the art, for food, for fuel, a place to relax, a place to park the vehicles and everything that's needed, and everything that we need to keep san francisco safe. this station is critical to public safety, but more importantly, it's critical to protect people's lives on a daily basis. i'm grateful to the critical response team and the response of everyone that responds when we need them. it's a great celebration. i know it's a long time coming. starting years ago, when i was on the board of supervisors and

tom o'connor was head of the union, and now changes to the department. we have a great new chief, we have a great local leader in 798, recognizing there's work that needs to be done. we appreciate your work and your dedication and being here to celebrate this milestone. we should be so proud of what we've been able to do, and i want to say congratulations to the men and women specifically of station 49 who have long suffered over the years at their aging facility which i think is not too far from here, and now they have the opportunity to be in a great space so that they can continue to do this important work. what i mentioned earlier, we're in the bayview-hunters point community. joining us today is the president of the board of

supervisors. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome shamann walton. [applause] >> president walton: thank you so much, madam mayor, and first of all, i just want to say welcome to district 10. it is always amazing to celebrate something like this in your own community. i apologize. i was sitting in the car because i was actually on budget right now, but i couldn't miss this opportunity to say thank you to our community and thank you to our first responders. there is nothing more important than having the ability to save lives, so this state of the art facility right here in our backyard is one of the most important things that we can provide for members of san francisco. so i am happy to be here for the ribbon cutting. as the mayor said, it was a long time coming. i want to thank station 49 for putting up with all the construction, with all the changes in shifts as we went

through the process to get here, but this is a beautiful place. now we have the state of the art facility to be able to do the things that we need across the city. as i look around and see all of our firefighters that are here, i just want to commend you for your service and dedication to saving lives here in san francisco. there's nothing more important than being able to do that, and i want you to know how much we appreciate you, how much we support you, and how much we will continue to work together to give you what you need to provide the service that you provide here in san francisco. thank you all so much. it's a great celebration today, and i apologize that i'm going to have to rush off and get back to budget, but i want you to know that i appreciate you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, president walton. yes, it is the busiest time of

year for our board of supervisors and president walton's office. commissioners, appreciate your being here, and i just want to acknowledge that we are missing our -- one of our commissioners, who died last week, tony rodriguez, so if we can all just take a moment and think good thoughts for his family. i also want to take a moment to acknowledge sean buford, the president of the board of supervisors -- sherman tillman is here, as is the president of our rescue captain, paramedic rescue captains, kevin choker. if i've left anyone out, i humbly apologize. i'm terrible at thanking anyone. one person i really want to

thank, chief dewitt from our support services stepped in in the middle of this project. she wrangled this together, and she's just done a great job. she's super organized, and i want to thank my sister, kathleen, the project manager. all the way through, kathleen, we felt like you had our back, and thank you for seeing this through all the way from 2015, 2016, something like that. it means a lot. and thank you to all the e.m.t.s and paramedics and 49ers who have -- just keep on going out and doing the work that needs to be done. and i know this is a great step in the right direction for e.m.s. in the san francisco fire department, and i can't wait to see what more we can

do, and with that, i want to introduce assistant deputy chief sandy tong, who is the assistant deputy chief of e.m.s., and i couldn't have picked a better person for this role, and she actually came out of retirement to do this, so i appreciate her like no one, so chief tong, would you like to say a few words? >> honorable mayor breed, board of supervisors president walton, president of the fire commission feinstein, fire command staff, and members of

station 49, well come to our new station 49. 146 years ago, the city of san francisco created one of the first ambulance services in san francisco that brings us to this benchmark today. after 126 years, the practice of bringing service to the streets is no longer novel novel. but it has evolved over the years providing services. with on going commitment, we look forward to not only having the ability to maintain this service but to have the capacity to protect the vulnerable, respond to the unthinkable, and providing top quality services as a leader to the nation.

while much of the world was put on hold, we asked our members to do more. right now, the men and women of station 49 are out there serving the people and doing the work. right now, a 49er is holding a patient's hand as they face sadness, injury, or disease. right now, they're racing across the city to face a shooting, a choking, a childbirth. they are bearing witness to sadness, grief, and loss in the most challenging of circumstances. they are on the streets bringing order to chaos, comfort to fear, soothing to pain, and calm to tension. so while we are here to celebrate with gratitude the opening of the new station 49 which represents a commitment of the city and county of san francisco to emergency medical services, it's the community medical services who have shown up to give action to the

mission. thank you to all of our city partners for making this station possible and for your on going support of these public servants and the mission we serve. [applause] >> thank you very much, deputy chief tong for really sharing the day-to-day details of the men and women of the fire department. and now i really want to unveil the ribbon that's going to come forward. before, i want to recognize our commissioners. commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo. thank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official.

>> thank you to i think the members of the board of supervisors joining us today. i see superintendent safai, budget chair matt haney, supervisor mandelman. thank you for joining us as well as our treasurer, our assessor recorder torrez, the district attorney bodine, and i'm not sure. i think agot all the elected officials here. thank you so much. good afternoon to all the community members, the city staff, elected officials, i can

not tell you how happy i am to be here. [applause] not just because we are announcing that we have officially balanced our latest two-year budget -- though that is important. , no, and i'm happy because i am here in chinatown in front of actual people again. and it feels great. this is the first time in so long that i've seen so many familiar faces kinda. i think i recognize you all. over the past few weeks, san francisco has really started to open up. you can see it everywhere. people are going to museums, to baseball games, enjoying the incredible outdoor dining spaces and families and our parks and playgrounds like this one that we are at today.

willy woo woo wang. i had the opportunity to go to the symphony and the performance was incredible. just being at davey symphony hall was magic. it was san francisco coming back to life. people are excited for what's coming. and i'm excited to be here today with all of you. i want to recognize my budget chair or my budget director ashley and her incredible team. thank you for the hours and hours of work you've put into working with labor and community stakeholders and the city departments to get this budget balanced and delivered on time.

over the last year i have seen what we can do. all of us have been tested like never before. our spirit, our resilience, and our compassion for one another have all been tested. the past year has been hard. we've all been tired. we've been worn down. we faced challenges with our mental health. our kids have suffered. our seniors have suffered. our outlook at times was pretty dark, but through it all we held it together and now today gathered together at willy woo woo wang playground, we are in the light. no, covid is not gone. but the number of people in the hospital is lower than it's been since march of last year. and almost 80% of eligible

people have been vaccinated. >> and thanks to the hard work of so many health care providers and city workers and the parks workers and the people of the city, i can finally declare with pride and confidence that we are literally out of the woods. >> but keep your mask on. now, we haven't done this alone. we have had strong support from the state and federal government including governor gavin new some who has led california and delivered for the workers and small businesses and most vulnerable residents through project home key. thanks to the american rescue plan put forward by the president joe biden and vice president kamala harris and speaker of the house nancy pe low sis, we don't have a

crushing budget deficit. thanks to all of those folks. what we do have, however, is an opportunity, an opportunity to take all that we've lived through and all the lessons that we've learned and focus on what really matters. that's what this budget is about. it's about fulfilling the many promises we made. delivering on fundamental change and lifting up our entire city. now we are here in chinatown because we know this neighborhood was hit first and it was hit hard. february is normally an amazing time for this community when the lunar new year celebrations bring visitors from all over the world. but in february of last year, things were really dark. the lunar new year parade was cancelled. tourists disappeared.

small businesses were struggling. and the streets were empty. and in the month since then this neighborhood has been one of the continuing to suffer from the loss of visitors, yes, but also from the disgusting xenophobia and shocking acts of violence. seniors are afraid to run errands. families worried about their safety. what is happening right now, in particular the attacks against our elders is shameful for our city. it is shameful for our country. just last week i was out to lunch at r&g lounge down the street from here with a woman named ms. wong. after my grandmother passed away, ms. wong became my adopted grandmother. she's so warm and kind, but just like my grandmother, you don't want to get on her bad side. and she fills me with such joy when i see her. she tells me she is proud of me and shows me pictures of her

grandchildren. she is truly a beautiful spirit, and she is joining us here today. thank you, ms. wong. that's my baby, y'all. you mess with ms. wrong, you mess with me. when i see these attacks against our asian seniors, i think of my grandmother. i think of ms. wong. i think of how i feel if someone would lay their hands on them. i know so many of us feel that way here today. and it breaks my heart every single time. and an attack against one of us is an attack on all of us, and san franciscans, we will rise to the occasion to protect our seniors by any means necessary. i have been proud to stand with leaders like assembly member david chiu bill king to call for unity against the racist attacks but to bring forward solutions to support our residents and to

send a clear message that the disgusting attacks against our api community must end now and that doesn't just mean having more law enforcement on our streets. it means continuing and expanding programs like our community guardians. these multi-racial street patrol teams are walking the streets and neighborhoods like this one and visitation valley and the inner richmond, the tenderloin, san bruno avenue and other areas. they know the community. they are from these communities and they are bridging cultural divides, building relationships and watches out for the most vulnerable. this is exactly the kind of program my budget will invest in. it means continuing to fund the senior s corp. program which is serving members of this community. we are also launching an ambitious plan to have community ambassadors up and down mid market corridor and across all

of downtown and our waterfront. again, these are ambassadors who are watching our blocks and making calls for services for those who are struggling and given directions to those who are lost. offering a friendly face to those who are in need. but let's be clear. keeping our city safe also does require law enforcement. that means making sure we have officers on our streets walking the beat and responding to crime. right now every year we lose about 80 officers who either retire or leave the force for other reasons. if we don't replace these officers with new recruits, our police force will shrink. we will lose foot beat. we won't be able to quickly respond to 911 calls. we won't be able to make arrests to hold people accountable. that will not make our city safe. so in this budget we are proposing two police academy classes to keep our ranks

stable. the good news is -- the good news is as we add these academy classes, our police forces is also becoming more diverse. since 2009 the proportion of recruits in our classes have increased from the black community by 45%. the latino by 78%. and the asian community by 79%. removing the bias starts right there by making sure the people in uniform reflect and understand the communities they serve. and we know that we can't stop every crime, and sadly, there will be victims in our city. but i want all residents to feel safe when they step forward to report a crime, especially our

seniors, so we are creating a new office of justice innovation that will coordinate the city's response to victims across all communities including with targeted support for the api community. this new team will also continue our ground breaking work to find more effective ways to respond to people when they call for help no matter what neighborhood you live in. our street crisis response team is already taking our most challenging mental health call to the people who end up in bad situations when confronted by law enforcement. we've got four teams already out on the streets with two more coming soon. we are adding a 17th in this budget. why? because the teams are working. i have seen the results myself. a few weeks ago i went out with a street crisis response team. we arrived on the scene on

fisherman's wharf to find a man with no shoes, clearly in need of care talking to himself, walking in and out of traffic, and the kind of lost soul too many of us have seen too often and wondered why is no one doing anything? why? a police officer had arrived on the scene first, but when the street crisis response team showed up, i could see the relief in the officer's eyes. he knew he wasn't the one for this call. he knew there was a better way. i took time, over an hour and multiple conversations, but eventually that gentleman ended up getting care from paramedics and a clinician. it didn't end in violence or everyone just walking away. better solutions deliver better outcomes. that's how we make a difference. and now in this budget we are expanding our street response teams to include wellness teams,

composed of a paramedic and homeless outreach worker that will respond to even more calls, that would better benefit from a nonpolice response. and we're also adding street overdose response teams to help curb the crisis of overdoses in our city. fentanyl is destroying lives not just here in san francisco but across the country. that's why we will continue to pitch for overdose prevention programs with the help of senator scott weaner at the state level. and we will expand street medicine team and treatment program that have been effective in preventing overdoses and helping people get off opioids and meth. as we increase these services, we also need to continue to enforce our laws against drug dealing. our police officers are on pace to seize more fentanyl this year

than ever before. we need every level of our criminal justice system to step in to stop this drug dealing and especially the people in the tenderloin and other neighborhoods in the city. our residents and those who are suffering on the streets, they deserve better. as we change how we respond to people on the streets, we also need places for them to go. we can have all the outreach teems in the world, but if we don't have housing, shelter, and treatment bed, we are going to see those same people right back on the streets again and again and again. but the good news is it's take an lot of work but we have a plan. starting with treatment beds n. this budget we are funding the acquisition and operation of over 340 new treatment beds. [applause]

we have set aside funding to acquire facility for up to 300 more treatment beds so we can keep growing our pipeline. that is a plan for 640 new beds on top of the 2,000 beds we already have. that is real change. that is a long-term difference. and so when we see someone in need or a family member suffering, we can have some place for them to go and get healthy. and and we are taking the same approach with the homeless recovery plan which will create more permanent and supportive housing places to go. the plan which launched last year by july of 2022, including -- i know, i am excited about it, too.

including the largest expansion of permanent supportive housing in 20 years. and this plan is already working. we have fewer people living in tents on our streets than at the height of the pandemic than even before the pandemic. and we are moving people out of shelter in place hotels right now into permanent, supportive housing. each of these stories is a success and a life changed. people like the vulnerable senior who had been homeless in the mission for 45 years. let's call him tyrone, not call tyrone, but call him tyrone. some of you got that. thank you. >> it wasn't until they got him into a hotel and connected to services that he began to relax. that he had the opportunity to

heal. and tyrone moved into permanent supportive housing and 45 years homeless and now housed permanently. that is almost longer than i have been alive. actually, that is longer than i have been alive kinda. so yes, the homeless recovery plan is working and over the next years between local, state, and federal funding, we are putting in over a billion dollars into action in san francisco to address this. this is an historic investment which will allow us to provide up to 4,000 more new placements to get people off the streets including 1,000 new unit of permanent supportive housing in addition to the 1500 units we already have. we will add two new safe parking sites and create a new 40 and to

keep people housed is the easiest way to end homelessness. more housing, more placements, more people living indoors. yes, this is an historic investment for our city but we have to be honest with ourselves. if we're going to see change on our streets, it takes more than money. we also have to have the will to make the change. so to be clear, we will lead with services to get people housing and the help they need for those with complex needs we will do everything we can to assist them and get them on the path of recovery. we know it's not easy, but that's our commitment. and for those exhibiting harmful behavior, whether to themselves or to others and those refusing assistance, we will use every tool we have into treatment and

services to get them indoors. we won't accept people just staying on the streets when we have a place for them to go. if we focus and invest right, we have a real chance to make a fundamental change for those who are living on the streets for our city as a whole. we also know that our recovery isn't just about getting back to where we were. it's about taking on the existing disparities laid bare by this pandemic. we saw the devastating impact on the latino community. those who lived in crowded conditions who didn't have access to health care and didn't have a lot of trust in government. we saw systemic racism that many of us have known all too well for far too long in the african-american community. exposed by covid and the murder of george floyd. we saw our transgender community suffer from disproportional

impact. we saw the young people devastated and women pushed out of the workforce at higher rates than men when our schools shut down. we witnessed all of this and it's clear that we have a duty to commit so to an equitable community and will continue in the african-american community to fund the dream keeper's initiative. we will include $57 million to fund programs and impacted communities to deliver on work force, small business support, economy relief, food security, testing, vaccine, and mental health support.

all the things that got us through this. we will build on the guaranteed income pilot programs to deliver payment to members of the transgender community. we will offer women free child care so they can get back in the work force. we will fund mental health support for our public school students and continue our opportunities for all program which is providing our young people with paid internship and setting them on the path to success. [applause] we are back filling our lost hotel taxes to ensure that the art and artist cans continue to thrive, deborah walker. and we are setting aside funding

to purchase a site for the lgbt cultural museum to have a home to celebrate all those that fought for exneck this city, supervisor mandelman. we are funding affordable housing, improving playgrounds like this one we constant in today. and improving our streets and replacing aging city infrastructure. we are investing in our inspection system, delivering over $90 million to support muni and bike and pedestrian safety projects because if we don't have a fully functional transportation system, people won't be able to get around in this city. we need testing, outbreak management, shelter in place

hotels and to feed and supported those who are in need for months ahead. like i said, we are out of the woods, but one thing we have learned over the last year, we never know what lies ahead. this pandemic did not give us notice and neither will the next earthquake. that's why we have to do the hard work to prepare. remember over the last year during the worst of our budget, we did not have to lay off any city workers because we had a strong reserve to take us through. we were so lucky to receive the tremendous support from the federal government to stabilize us. there are still challenging times ahead. i know responsibility doesn't grab headlines. but it's what leaders do. we don't raid our reserves

unnecessarily so. we protect and we grow them. that's how we will weather any challenge that comes our way because we are a resilient city. the people of the city are strong and resilient. the people of the neighborhood, chinatown, they are strong and resilient. it is in their history, the oldest chinatown in the country. after the 1906 earthquake and fire, almost all of china town like much of san francisco burned to the ground. people from outside this community said let's move china town to the southeast part of the city and to go across the river to oakland. and the people who lived there and their homes and neighborhood and community. the people who knew proud place

and those who came before and welcomed those who stayed after. they fought for their home and they won. and out of the ashes of that great fire they rebuilt this incredible neighborhood. that is the story of china town and the story of san francisco. not even a global pandemic can knock us out. san francisco is coming back. with these investments, we have a path to get us to where we need to be. it is the people of the city who will propel us to the place we know we need to go. in the challenging times, that

is what held us together. san francisco isn't going anywhere except straight ahead into what i see is a bright and hopeful future. i am so excited to work with each and every one of you to make sure that our city continues to shine. we've been through earthquakes. we've been through fires. we've been through challenges. now we can check off the global pandemic box and guess what, san francisco, after we get this budget passed and we move these dollars into action, we are going to see real change and things will look bet arenaed brighter than before the pandemic. you all are important part to thank in these efforts. thank you, all. looking forward to see this budget pass through the board of supervisors. [applause]

>> thank you all for joining us today, and happy pride. [applause] >> my name is joseph sweiss, and i'm the chair of the human rights commission. first, we're going to do a land acknowledge from commissioner pellegrini, then, i'll do rapid fire acknowledgements, and we'll get the show on the road.

>> we acknowledge that we're on the unceded ancestral homelands of the ramaytush ohlone. in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, or forget -- forgotten about the responsibilities of this place. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and the relatives of the ramaytush community and by acknowledging their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you, commissioner. so before we get started, i'd like to do some acknowledgements of everyone who's up on the stage, and i'll be quick.

michael lack better, karen roy, jeff jaw, jeff tumlin, grant colfax. manu raju, supervisors ahsha safai and rafael mandelman, commissioner mark keller, disability and aging services martha knudson, we have chief nicholson, h.r.c. director sheryl davis, director of the office of transgender initiatives, clair farley, and jason pellegrini, who just gave our land acknowledgement.

thank you. [applause] >> we are all extremely excited to join mayor breed to officiate this new relaunch of the lgbtq + launch. i see amazing leadership in front of me, i see amazing leadership beside me, and without further adieu, i'd like to introduce karen clopton to introduce the mayor. >> i'm going to ask our vice chair, joseph sweiss, to stand by me, in response to all of his amazing work, maturity,

consulting the elders in how to do things and how to go about things because he's one of those that knows he doesn't know everything. we love you, we appreciate you and we want to give you this present. >> oh, thank you. thank you so much. frz frz [applause] . >> i also want to acknowledge commissioner amhon for all of her work on this revitalization. >> me, too? >> not yet. >> and commissioner kelleher. [applause] >> for providing institutional and historic knowledge. i am so honored to introduce someone who, frankly, in this

crowd needs no introduction, but yet, i feel compelled in the words of lin manuel miranda, love is love is love is love. this city is amazing because we have amazing leadership. our mayor, london breed, epitomizes so much that we aspire. she is not only beautiful, she is beautiful on the inside, and that radiates out. she is educated, she is radiant, she is eloquent. most importantly, she empathetic. she is also a loving granddaughter, daughter, sister, friend, and she has provided love in her

leadership, the leadership of valuing everyone. all residents of the city and county of san francisco are her constituents. i am so proud that, ten years ago, on the centennial of the women's right to vote in the state of california, as president of the league of women voters here, we acknowledged her as a rising star. well, her star is fully implanted in the universe, and we are fully blessed and fortunate to have her as our beloved leader. with no more adieu, mayor madam, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, karen. i so appreciate your kind words, and it is so great to be

here with members of the human rights commission to reconstitute a committee that is so vital to the protection of lgbtqi rights here in san francisco. in fact, this commission, constituted in the 1970s, has really shaped policies in this city around domestic partnerships, around same sex marriages, around all of the policies that have really put san francisco on the map as a leader for lgbtq rights in this country. and the fact is people look to us for what we're doing pushing forth similar policies. i'm so honored to be a mayor of a city that prides itself on being inclusive, on putting forward ideas that people don't

always feel comfortable with. like when i talk about guaranteed income because people need money in their pockets in order to take care of themselves and their families, and in san francisco, not only did we push this policy for guaranteed income for expectant mothers of african american and pacific islander descent, we are pushing for universal basic incomes. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and it has a lot to do with the office led by clare farley and the office of transgender initiatives, the first office of transgender initiatives in the country specifically. [applause]

>> the hon. london breed: a lot of this work has so much to do with so many of you, continuing to come up with ideas that make the most sense based on our history. when i think about the compton cafeteria riots, and when i think about harvey milk and his breakthrough, becoming the first gay supervisor in this city and all of the milestones that people continue to talk about and point to when describing the history of this community, one of the things that was important to me and important to supervisor mandelman is how do we talk about this history, how do we remind the next generation of this history, how do we protect this history? and together, we worked together to make sure there was $12 million in the upcoming budget to have the first ever lgbtq museum in the city and county of san francisco. [applause]

>> the hon. london breed: martha, we've come a long way, haven't we? [applause] >> the hon. london breed: we've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. there is still a need for change, and that's why this committee, which has such an incredible history in san francisco, that's why it's so important to reconstitute this committee. i want to thank sheryl davis and all the commissioners who thought about the need to do this, rather than working with the supervisors and making all of the decisions and the directors and making all of these decisions. they said this advisory committee will be representative of the arts, it will be representative of the challenges around mental health. it will provide input to us so that all of the investments that the city is making are going to the right places, and more importantly, all of the local policies that we need to create are coming from the

people who understand the impact the most. so today is a day to celebrate. yes, it's a swearing in, but you know what? it's the first time we've had anything on the mayor's balcony since -- since covid! [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so that's why everybody showed up. they're like i don't know what it is, but we're here. so before we swear in our advisory committee, i want to introduce supervisor rafael mandelman. so i'm so grateful for his work, his advocacy. sometimes he's the loan supervisor, fighting for the things necessary to support this community, and i'm appreciative of his colleagues who just support him and go along with the things that we know are important. so supervisor mandelman, we have work to do, but i know

that you'll handle it, so come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: i'll handle it. you know, one of the things that i love about pride and being able to have pride here on the mayor's balcony is the opportunity to have amazing, phenomenal, and diverse leadership, and i see the folks who are leading in city government, and i see the folks that are leading in nonprofits, queer and otherwise, and the folks holding up the nonprofits, demanding change. i love our community so much, and it's so wonderful to be here in person, and so happy pride, everyone. happy pride 2021. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: one of the problems with being mayor

london breed in the summer of 2021 is everyone is falling all over themselves to say nice things about her, but they are deserved because she did get us through this pandemic. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: with an assistance from our gay public health director, grant colfax. thank you, director colfax, but she has also been from the beginning and before she was mayor, but definitely, i have seen her since before she was mayor, being a friend to the gay community, and the people she has lifted up in her administration that you see here, some of whom are doing great work, to the investments in lgbtq housing, in the museum, in universal basic income for trans folks, it's

truly extraordinary, and each year around budget time, she comes up with amazing things to do for the gay community. so thank you, madam mayor. that's an applause line. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: and just yesterday, we approved at the board of supervisors to collect soji data. in the 80s, you would not have asked. if you asked, there was something wrong. why did you ask if the person was queer? that is not information that the community wanted gathered in the 80s. today, we know it's information that we want gathered and that is the work around same sex marriage and seniors and youth and looking around at the factors of discrimination in our community, and we have now

gotten to the place where we have federal, state, and local protections, and where we need to know to better serve the most vulnerable folks in the queer community to get the folks in city government to have this data. that's just the tremendous mark of the a.c., and i want to thank everyone for all their work over the year. i want to thank vice chair sweiss and campon and kelleher, and all the folks that are stepping up on the a.c. to go forward. we know the world is not where we want it to be. we know that there is tremendous unfairness, that it is hitting black, latinx, and trans folks, and we're seeing it in violence and poverty, and i know that folks signing on

for the a.c. are going to do that, and happy pride again. >> the hon. london breed: happy pride. >> thank you, mayor breed, and thank you, supervisor mandelman. one of the exciting things about, one of the great things is we're giving seats, united nations style, to people who come. i want to acknowledge nancy pelosi's office and senator scott wiener's office, and i do want to acknowledge with us, luis zamora and we wouldn't be more without the hard, hard work of the human rights commission director and staff.

yes. stephen and cass, and everyone, thank you for all of your hard work, but none of it would have been able to be done without you. >> i'm sheryl davis, director of the human rights commission. [applause] >> first, i was going to ask commissioner clopton if she was looking at me when she said the elders. i just want to first and foremost thank daquan harrison from the human rights commission. daquan will be working with the department and i just want to thank him for his hard work with commissioner kelleher and commissioner sweiss.

there was a lot of reading of the bylaws and a lot of rewriting of the bylaws. when i first came onto the human rights commission in 2011, then commissioner chung and commissioner pappas were there, and one of the things that i said i wanted to focus on was intersectionality, that when we talk about the layers of who we are and the complexity of that. so when we start talking about lgbtq + and anything else, it becomes that much more challenging to navigate through things, so i'm grateful for this advisory committee to be able to call it out, whether that is age, whether that is race, whether that is gender, but understanding to be poor and lgbtq + is not the same as just being poor, and when we do the work to create these policies, we're very

intentional. i'm grateful for all of you who have signed up to work with us, but more than that, i'm grateful for the partnership of mayor breed, supervisor mandelman, and supervisor safai because they're willing to standup and actually make the policies and make things better. so it may not be easy, it may be challenging, and it's going to take some work. we appreciate your work, and we appreciate the effort made to make things better not just for one folk but for all folks, so thank you so much for your work. [applause] >> thank you, director davis, and before we get started to the swearing in, i'd like to also invite martha knutson, who

was also on the committee of aging and disability services. >> the committee was the first of governmental bodies in the nation to advocate for will go. [ -- for lgbtq rights when it was created in the 1970s. mayor feinstein believed that the lgbtq commission laid the groundwork for change by documenting our history through hearings, writing policy recommendations that ultimately became legislation and focused nonprofits to better serve our needs, all of which is on the

lgbtq today. during the 1980s, they had conducted hearings on the first ever domestic partner laws, same sex marriage, and rights and problems faced by the community. during my time, we held hearings on issues facing our young people, surfaced the economic issues facing most members of our community, wrote regulations facing transgender people, and held hearings on issues facing intersex people, we broke ground on issues facing lgbtq seniors. i urge you to raise new issues, take risks, and be bold. thanks for playing your part in expanding our rights and protecting our future. [applause] >> thank you, martha, and of

course a special thank you to michael pappas, as well, who was on the commission and is now on the interfaith council. between the two of you, at every meeting and stakeholder engagement. before we get there to the swearing in, i want to welcome joejoe thai. >> i'm a former youth commissioner for district eight, and i'm a current member of o.t.i.s transadvisory community, and now i'm a new member of the lgbtq advisory committee. thank you, mayor london breed and the san francisco human rights committee. i'd also like to thank commissioner knutson for

acknowledging the work of the lgbtq committee. inequities of housing, access to health care and violence, just to make a few of the problems. our communities are experiencing multiple forms of trauma, including covid-19 and racial battle fatigue. while systems and agencies are responding, scores of decisions are made without the input of those most affected. we have the opportunity to advance leadership and visibility of bipoc, trans, and gender nonforming leaders. once again, san francisco continues to lead in lgbtq plus equity. the new committee consists of mostly bipoc, transgender, and gender nonconforming leaders, making this one of san

francisco's most diverse committees. this is an exciting new model for san francisco that will bring us all together, and i can't wait to see what we accomplish for the rest of the nation to see. again, i'd like to thank mayor london breed, the humans rights commission to always serve the community. for the leadership and advocacy serving all lgbtq people in san francisco and beyond. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: before we get into the swearing in, i just want to take a moment once more, when we kicked off pride a few weeks ago on the steps of city hall, i acknowledged grant colfax of being this incredible leader and what he did to help us get to this point in the pandemic, and he wasn't even there. he was on vacation, but you

know things are looking up when dr. colfax takes a vacation, a well deserved vacation. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so i want to take this opportunity to recognize him during pride and just to say thank you, dr. colfax, for your leadership. i yelled a lot, and he'd never back down, and i wanted to open, and he's, like, here's the information, and i'm, like, get that out of my face. i don't want to see it. let me tell you, we are so fortunate to have dr. colfax as the leader of the department of public health. when you tell people what we did here in san francisco, i want you to tell them it was a gay man who lead this effort, so thank you, dr. colfax.

[applause] >> the hon. london breed: and one last thing. where's my little bag? this didn't happen with other mayors. i just want you guys to understand, when someone chooses to serve, whether it's a commission or an advisory committee, i take the mission myself as an honor. i hardly missed a meeting, i always participated in a conversation, and when i first got a city fill pen, it wasn't until, like, way later in my term. well, i as mayor decided that as soon as i swear anything into anything, they're going to know that i swore them in. so this is a city and county of san francisco, this is the city seal pen. my signature is on the inside, so you can remember, and it

just talks about the history of this city, and as you take this oath and serve our city proudly, please wear your pin proudly so people know you serve the city and county of san francisco. with that, please stand, all members. you'll get your pin officially after you take the oath. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: all right. no turning back now. okay. please raise your right hand and state after me. i, state your name, do solemnly swear, to support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and

domestic. that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time as i serve as a member of the lgbtqi + committee for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause]

>> now 1:00 p.m. this is the regular meeting of the commission on community investment and infrastructure for tuesday june 15th, 2021. i'd like to welcome the members of the public who are streaming or listening to us live as well as to the staff who will be presenting at today's meeting. following the guidelines set forth by local and state officials during the health emergency, the members of the commission are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of everyone, including members of the public. thank you for joining us. madam secretary, please call the first item. >> the first order of business is item one roll call. please respond when i call your name. (roll call)