>> it is june 23, 2021. the time is 5:05. this meeting is being held via webex. during the covid-19 emergency, the fire commission's regular meeting room in city hall is closed and meetings will resume remotely. you can watch live at sfgov.org and to participate by public comment, please dial 415-655-0001: access code 146-453-9316. remembers of the public will

have opportunities to participate during public comment. the public is asked to wait for the particular agenda item before making a comment on that item. comments will be addressed in the order they are received. when the moderator announces that the commission is taking public comment, members of the public can raise their hand by pressing star 3 and you will be queued. when prompted, callers can have three minutes to comment. speak clearly and turn off any tvs or radios around you. item one, roll call. president katherine feinstein. >> present. >> commissioner stephen a. nakajo. >> present. >> commissioner francee

covington. >> present. >> commissioner ken cleaveland. >> present. >> and chief of the department jeanine nicholson. >> present. >> and the president wanted to make an announcement. >> yes, i'm going to exercise my presidential prerogative. i tried to repair something and just couldn't do it today, or yesterday, or the day before. i just really want to acknowledge the contribution that commissioner rodriguez made to this commission and his passing was sudden. it was incredibly sad and for those of us who worked with him, which i did, we're really going

to miss him from this commission. he brought a perspective. he brought a work ethic. he was determined to figure things out. i had a several conversations with him. no violation of sunshine, no violation of the brown act, but if i can help you in any way, please let me know. don't hesitate to call. he never called. we had different conversations at different times and i really came to appreciate his perspective. he was a fine human being and he was dedicated to doing his job to the best of his ability,

which was absolutely in every way or in some ways more than others of us could do. i mean he brought a very special perspective. he has a lovely wife with whom i spoken and four daughters, two of whom i spoken to. i am going to thank the chief for the coordination that she has done with regards to friday's services and the length that the department has gone. i just really wanted to recognize that he wanted to do this job and he wanted to get it right. he was willing to do anything that he needed to learn. you know, i apologize to my fellow commissioners for being

somewhat obtuse along the way and that was at the request of the family and i wasn't going to violate that request. i will say i was maybe more surprised than many others that his passing came so quickly. i had no idea. so when this meeting adjourns, i plan to adjourn it or seek a motion to adjourn in honor of his memory. i just want everybody -- i think the command staff knows. maybe some do, some don't. anybody that is listening, i want them to know that we have lost a really fine colleague. his shoes will be difficult to fill.

he was a fine commissioner and fine human being and everything we should each aspire to be. so you know, when i looked at the agenda and his name was missing from the roll call i was just -- it's tough going. i know you have all been through it in worse circumstances, but it was a tough thing. it's a tough thing to see it written there in black and white. i just wanted to take that time to express our thanks to him, wherever he may be and condolences on behalf of the commission and i know even without asking, i speak for everybody and the command staff, to his family and he'll always

be part of all of us. i just wanted to share those thoughts. we can proceed at this point. >> very good. thank you for those comments. item two, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily

constitute agreement with or support of the statements made during public comment. there is a speaker. did you want to make a public comment? >> i did. i just wanted to make sure i'm audible. >> yes, we can hear you. >> terrific. >> i'm going to set the clock now for three minutes. >> all righty. i'm appealing to you as a commission because i have a rather unusual position i'm in. one of your retired fire captains has done something unusual several times this year. he has called in to a county board of supervisors meeting and he has chosen to disparage an imagine -- man who was a victim of the county sheriff's swat,

that took place on good friday. the man that was the subject of the raid was mentally ill. he was mentally ill at a level that you know, essentially it was a handicap. he was disabled. it was a rather tortuous swat raid and it involved an enormous amount of bear spray, pepper spray, it was completely bizarre. i mean most of us who heard about it were really appalled, but your former employee has taken it upon himself prior to this man's -- this guy who was a victim of the swat raid is now in the county jail, facing some absurd charge. your former fire captain has made a habit of disparaging this man and misstating the facts

surrounding the events, both of the raid and leading up to the raid. this is creating a bit of a problem. it's basically tainting the jury pool. it really led me to wonder what sort of ethics training was available to that generation of sffd. i do not want to believe this gentleman is representative of your fire department as a whole and i'm preparing a letter to the chief regarding that. i wanted to bring it forward because it seems timely. it seems like something that you should really be checking right now. it really, it doesn't make sense to attempt to taint jury pools in the county, in public meetings against a disabled individual. i didn't know this individual,

but we all become very concerned, not only about what was done to him during the swat raid, but the fact that the sheriffs in the process of this swat raid, with all this pepper spray, and bean bag pellets ended up killing his dog. then they let the vessel that this guy was in, they let it catch on fire. the fire department wasn't able to put it out or didn't try. most of the evidence was burned -- >> your time is up caller. >> did you want to leave your name? >> i will in a letter to the chief. i will also provide newspaper articles regarding the incident. i do ask that you do check your ethics training, thank you. >> thank you. there is no one else on the public comment line. >> all right. public comment will be closed at

this time. again, i'm sorry. i'm just discombobulated a little bit today. i meant to say this before. i did want to welcome to the meetings, both chief brown at the airport and i'm looking at my -- i know chief brown -- ah ha, there you are. welcome chief brown and fire marshal? so i wanted to recognize both of them. welcome. it's our pleasure to have you join us. you will find these meetings stimulating and we look forward to your participation.

>> well thank you very much. >> welcome to the command staff. sorry. >> item three, approval of the minutes. discussion of possible action to approve the meeting minutes of the regular meeting on june 9, 2021. is there a motion? >> moved madam president. >> thank you, is there a second? >> i will second madam president. >> thank you commissioner nakajo and commissioner cleaveland. >> and there is no one on the public comment line. >> all right, public comment is closed. >> president feinstein, how do you vote? >> to adopt the minutes.

>> commissioner covington, how do you vote? >> vote to adopt. >> it's unanimous. >> thank you. >> approval of the special meeting minutes of june 16, 2021. >> move to approve madam president. >> thank you commissioner cleaveland. is there a second? >> move to adopt madam president, this is commissioner nakajo. >> thank you commissioner nakajo. >> and president feinstein, how do you vote? >> to adopt. >> and commissioner covington, how do you vote? >> yes. >> it's unanimous. item four, chief of department's report. report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson. report on the current issues,

activities, and events within the department since the fire commissioner meeting on june 9, 2021, including budget, academics, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from administration, deputy chief jose velo. >> this is jeanine nicholson. thank you for your comments about commissioner rodriguez president feinstein. yeah, it is really heartbreaking and what a good man. i really enjoyed the conversations and the contact i had with him and hoped for more.

you know, condolences from the entire department to his family and friends and to all commissioners as well. we will be attending his funeral this friday. unfortunately we can't put the truck display up in front because there is just not enough room on portland street, but we will have an engine there and presence there. i think it's very important to do so. i know he was very proud of being the fire commissioner and at the same time, a super humble man. >> yes. >> so, yes. there is that. thank you commissioners who were present on june 15th when we honored our brother firefighter

paramedic jason cortez at headquarters by unveiling his name on the line of duty death memorial wall. his wife and children were there. his station mates were there, as well as some other folks. i know that it was very meaningful to patty, his wife, and his boys, as well as to the members of station three. so, thank you for your participation in that and of course we had our mayor, mayor london breed there as well. hon friday, june 18th, we had the funeral of firefighter christopher who died after fighting a fire at san francisco international airport. i had the opportunity to speak

and give his son, his 13-year-old son his helmet and badge. you know, it's just -- it's been a lot. the fire department, we're always ready to stand up and handle things and this has been a lot, with commissioner rodriguez, with christopher, with steven brantley. it's been a lot for our members and we keep carrying on and doing the job we need to do and i am so appreciative of all the people in this department. today, june 23rd, commissioners thank you for being there at the station 49 ribbon cutting ceremony. the chief rocked the house with her words, it was great. thank you. and thank you to the commissioners and our mayor and

president of the board of supervisors walton for attending. since our last commission meeting, you know, a few things had been going on. we're in the process of hiring our next h2 class. i know the chief is working on the next class, as well as, whoops, sorry. there is a lot of work being done. in addition, my staff and i have been working on the budget. i would like to thank mark corso, olivia scandal -- scan lin for getting us where we are at. we will be back tomorrow for a final hearing.

i feel pretty confident that we will keep much of what the mayor's budget also included in the budget. i know that we're also working on additional medics for our ambulance division. we will continue those conversations. we're hopeful that it will result in additional f.t.e. for station 49. that is a work in progress. so with that, i would like to give a big thanks to assistant deputy chief mark johnson from s.f.o., whose last meeting this is. our fire commissioner, dan who tried to skate out of this meeting and i think he has skated out of this meeting and is not here tonight.

i just wanted to express my gratitude for stepping up and being part of the command staff and moving this department forward in such a positive way. as you stated earlier president feinstein, i'm really pleased to announce, to welcome our new fire marshal and dave as our new assistant deputy chief of the airport. if i may be so bold president feinstein to ask each of them to introduce themselves to you. >> that would be lovely. thank you. >> okay, ken, the fire marshal, can you introduce yourself please? >> yes, thank you chief nicholson, president feinstein, commissioners nakajo, covington, and cleaveland.

it's a great honor. i appreciate being able to serve as the fire marshal at san francisco. big shoes to fill and i hope to do what i can over the years to look out for the citizens of san francisco. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thanks very much. dave brown, can you please introduce yourself? >> good evening everyone. good evening madam president, madam secretary, commissioner covington, nakajo and commissioner cleaveland and chief of department nicholson and command staff. i would like to reiterate what he said, big shoes to fill, mark johnson. i want to thank him for his years of dedicated service, the last few years being spent at the airport. he has been a big addition to our staff down there.

like i said, big shoes to fill. i hope i can step up and do half as good of a job he did. thank you and i look forward to working with all of you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. that concludes my report and i'm happy to take any questions. >> all right, commissioners, any questions for the chief of the department? i'm seeing no hands. chief -- actually, i have one question for you. with regards to the incoming academy class, is it smaller than normal because of issues that are related to covid or budget or what have you? >> thank you president

feinstein. the class that is graduating, we have a graduating class on friday of 23 recruits. that class was smaller due to covid limitations. this next class will be larger. most of the covid restrictions have been lifted and we can put more folks through. in addition, we're seeing a lot of retirements. we need the staffing, let's just put it that way. we need the staffing, so it will be a larger class. most likely around 40. i don't like to do classes as large as 54. i don't think people get as much hands on, but with 40, it is still manageable. our training folks do a

wonderful job getting these folks out. so i believe the class will be approximately, give or take a few 40 beginning in august. also, president feinstein i know that commissioner nakajo had his hand up. >> and commissioner nakajo, i'm going to introduce you one second because i'll forget otherwise if you don't mind. chief, can you tell us how many paramedics are we short? what do we need? what are we asking for? >> so, that's sort of a complicated question to answer because there are so many different things that play into it. so we have our community para medicine paramedics that we're getting staffing for in this budget from the mayor. we will be getting some additional paramedics, i believe from the board of supervisors,

likely in the add back process. what happened for us president feinstein is two years ago we began looking at all the data and trying to really drill down on everything from response time, to sick leave, to all sorts of things in terms of the staffing that we need. so then covid happened, right? everything got shifted. e.m.s. has always stepped up and filled in where they were needed with all sorts of different programs, the alcohol management, just all over the place. we saw our call volume drop. now the call volume is going back up and we are again looking at our response times and all

sorts of other data points, whether it's time at the hospitals, and we really need to drill down on all of that before i can give an absolute number of what we need. do i believe we need more staffing? yes. so, what we're doing is starting in july, we will be recommissioning our ambulance work group that we had back in 2014 or 2016 i believe it was. so we can really drill down on exactly what it is that we need moving forward. so i'm sorry, i don't have an exact number to give you. i know we should be getting some in the add back process and we absolutely welcome that. so that was a wrong way of not really answering how many people, but there are a lot of different things that play into

it. >> no, i understand chief. i appreciate it. i was just trying to get a sense of where we were with it and you gave me a bit more. if there is anything else we can do as a commission, you just need to let us know. again, i apologize commissioner nakajo, but i would like to turn it now over to you. >> thank you very much madam president. again, no problem at all. i just wanted to take advantage of this particular time and period with the chief report, with the chief being present. in terms of just chiming in on congratulations and what an honor and great job that chief tong did. i also wanted to throw out chief dewitt. i know there is much more behind chief tong's and chief dewitt's, and d.p.w.'s relationship with

the city and county. i made phrases with that with carmen today. it's an honor to see the mayor and i thought that as a commissioner that saw the e.m.s. come over from public health and try all of the levels of history of being in a station and out of a station and on the street, at what i call now 049 and to see this magnificent structure with all of the staff. it was just really nice. i wanted to take advance taming -- advantage of that and acknowledge the support of the commissioners. i will have some comments when it comes to the reports, so i'll refrain. thank you for the comments as well. i wanted to call out paramedic

carla babeyan. i wanted to acknowledge that and welcome chief brown in terms of the airport assignment. it's a great honor. i look forward to it. the fire marshal, again, through the years, it's really nice to see the elevation, what i call internally among the department. i'm looking forward to working with you as well. thank you madam president. i will refrain. >> thank you commissioner nakajo. you couldn't have said it better for any of us. thank you. i think we echo all of your sentiments. thank you very much. any further comments or questions for the chief of the department? none. i see none. i am looking -- oh, there she

is. sorry. >> there's no one on the public comment line. >> thank you. all right, public comment will be closed. >> chief, did you want to go on with your report? >> thank you. madam president, commissioners, chief of the department, command staff. i'm jose velo. i will share my presentation. can you see this? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. i'll be brief. i have some things to share. we talked about training, the graduation of the academy, again, it's at 9:30. some of the pictures of the recruits from the final days and everything is put together. one of the final things we do, they put all the skills -- they

learned that in the 20 weeks they do and they fight fire. this is the final week. i brought my training chief here, he is in the middle picture on the bottom. he is a structure for fire control and he likes to get dirty and show the recruits what we do. we couldn't be in a better place than with him during training. some of the things we are doing, we are doing the drills, the use of the facility at t.i. they learn of all the things we do. the water supply system and operations of loading the hose and using them for large fires. so this is good to see them again, getting hands on experience. they have a new academy that started a month and a half ago. it's good to see that reserve grow again. this past month, we also had

some rescue training and coastal i.c.s. so our folks were in the water and practicing their skills. it's a requirement they do every year. if you want to maintain your precision at the house we have, you have a short rescue precision, you need to maintain this every year and refresh every year. we have folks coming in to the training. we have refreshment trainings. i mentioned that we were able to get some funding for training classes because we have a good relationship with them. we are able to host some of these classes. this happened last week. the rescue systems three, it is a technical rescue class. they put many skills together. this one we used cranes, we used shoring. a lot of things for a structure collapse, we will be using. some of our members, a large number of members were able to attend this class. being hosted here made it easier

for our members to attend. it's good to get through all the agencies. we're able to provide free trainings. it's good to see that it's sharper than that too. as you recall, we also were able to get hands on training exercises. this is one of the days. our folks went out there to train. it's a life saving drill they do to practice for what is expected to be a very busy fire season. we're ready for that. the chief from health safety and wellness. may was our mental health awareness month. especially after covid had gone off the room and for us, our members showed support by wearing a green ribbon. we all had it on our uniform. we had a safety week where we focused on mental health training for our members. our officers, all stations

paused their training and made sure they focused on mental health initiatives and support. all the members were able to get that. we're really focusing on that and we want to make sure that our members are not left behind. they go through a lot, both in the e.m.s. and suppression, and we want to support them as much as we can and we increase our wellness through critical incidence response team. we want to have those resources too. another thing the chief was working on, we had 10 current firefighters. the purpose is to study the health effects of the fire fighting with them and cancer position. so we monitor frequently. for our current members, they also have a baseline of where they are. they can see the levels of what they have in their system. it's good to have that always,

the cancer foundation has been progressive in studying the effects of firefighters, the combustion, the gear we use and how that's affecting our firefighters. we're willing to participate in this study and our members are willing to participate in the studies. so some of the reports of vaccinations, we're up to 75%. we stalled on that. since march 1st, we had three cases of covid in the department. that is a significant decrease. all the members non-vaccinated, through community spread. our folks in the station are doing a good job when they prevent the spread of covid. we are waiting. we were publishing new guidelines for our members based on the city of the h.r. guidelines coming up in the next few days on who can remove their masks at the job site, stations, and offices, not on calls. we stimhave to wear that. we will have to wait for that and will publish that very soon.

we'll also have hearing testing and cardiac risk tests, and firefighters will go through a station where a nurse will make measurements, blood pressure, weight and so forth and based on those, they will recommend that firefighter to seek further information from their primary care physician if their score should be higher than it should be. it's been busy, not just random tests on our members, helping the doctors offices, and helping the department and our human resources director on the onboarding of the level one academy and the h2 academy as well. so station 35, the work that is being done there. we're happy to say that the points of connection are being

identified, they are worked on and we now have an end time for when that's happening. we think it's going to be some time in october, early fall, but now we have good news that it's moving forward and we have an end date for that too. we also have some artwork installation to the right of the station. it will be a ship-like structure that will be there with some picture from the old station, the old boats. so that will be in the end of july. so i will make sure that i will have some pictures for you next time. the ribbon cutting ceremony today, beautiful event, beautiful station. i wanted to echo the statements that the chief's comments were very meaningful and powerful. thank you for attending the event. it was beautiful and i am happy you god a nice tour of the station. really, when you see inside, it's proud for us to deliver this so they can have a

deseventh -- decent working station to do the job they do everyday. some of the things you already saw in the tour. it's just beautiful to see how everything is working there. the fueling station for the fuel, the loading station for the ambulance, and the training room is a great room for them to have a comfortable space so they can refresh their training. it's really, really good news. fleet, not a lot on the fleet. the contract has been closed. now we can engage in the construction. we're happy to see it's a long process, it took a long time, but now we have that. for future additions in the budget, we can refer to this contract. so that's good. so some as you recall, we got a federal grant for sffd, our own apparatus and we're looking at models and specs for that too.

that will be coming up soon. our assistant deputy chief o'connor, quite busy. palm station 2 will be doing some work in july. looks like most of the work has been completed. he also completed some table top exercises with p.u.c. some major events like earthquakes and what that will be with our system and how we can support that. the main thing is the communication between both agencies in case of the event and how we're going to communicate out of the field with the folks and shut down some of the valves that we can prevent some of the water logs that happened in 1906. some of the things we're doing, we're going out, showing our supervisors some of the things we're bringing, the new standards, how they're going to work. so we do a demonstration with them. we also show them a new -- we're going to have a new demonstration of the border

pipe, which is going to sustain a higher than 8.0 earthquake. this is a model of that. it's a flexible pipe. it is used in japan. this is able to sustain heavy earthquakes and save the system being intact. so we're going to have demonstrations soon. make sure that you know about it if you want to attend. i invite you to come to that too. some of the works we do with the community, we continue to support the vaccination sites with the vaccination team. that continues to go on regardless of the escalation of things happening with covid. we continue to push those numbers up. our city is one of the highest in the country in terms of vaccination rates. we're happy to see that. we're happy to participate in the juneteenth parade and event. it was a great event. we enjoyed it. we also used this event as a

recruitment as a hands on c.p.r. event. we educated the public with skills they need to have if someone needs c.p.r. also, it's an opportunity for us to expose our department and hopefully recruit some folks. just having people there, being part of the recruiting event. thank you commissioner for participating in the somber, but important for us. it was very important and we had a good showing. the families appreciate it. thank you for your work president feinstein. we mentioned the event for jason, the wall. it is a tradition for us. it is a necessary right of passage for us, for those who fall in the line of duty. thank you for those. the family really appreciated and you can tell the kids did too. also in my report, in memory of

christopher, thank you for attending the services. also, a necessary right for us to be able to honor the families and our members. i will finish the report in memory of commissioner rodriguez. i also felt that he has good questions too and wanted to know more all the time. so it's going to be a huge loss for us and i'm hoping his family may find some solace in this. thank you. >> thank you. thank you chief velo. first, do we have any public comment? madam secretary. >> there is no one on the public comment line. >> public comment shall be closed. commissioners, comments or questions please for chief velo? commissioner cleaveland. >> thank you madam president. no questions, it's an excellent report chief.

appreciate it. i too would like to just express my personal regret at the loss of our commissioner, fellow commissioner. commissioner rodriguez. i didn't get to know him very well because he had only been on the commissioner about a year or so. we didn't have in-person meetings, but he seemed like a genuinely nice person. he was very interested in the fire department. he did ask very good questions and i felt that he was a very, very capable commissioner and somebody that we could respect and work with and i really regret his loss. so, i just wanted to say those words. i don't have any questions, thank you madam president. >> thank you commissioner cleaveland. i saw another hand and i asked the person please if you would raise your hand again. i am now losing all my pictures. wait, wait, wait. they're back.

commissioner nakajo? yes, sir. >> thank you very much madam president. thank you very much chief for your covid comprehensive report. i generally identify different areas, but i wanted to make the comment or question. again, you did a very, very complete job. what i like about both of you and chief's report is that it calls out all of the members within the report and all the different departments on paper before you talked, identify that your report for the public and for the community consists of ten different units. within the 10 different units, in terms of alphabetical, investigation of service and captain and you called out the deputy chief and the county

chief parks and always in terms of assistant deputy chief dewitt and then we go to chief and there is so much. there is marianne and then there is phil in reserves. it's a comprehensive report. i think it looks at the reflection of our time and expense most recently. it just makes me reflect and appreciate the total membership there all the areas of our department, as well as your seeking closure and embrace the fellow commissioners that i had the privilege to work with as well. i wanted to thank all the members of the department and everyone in the unit as well. when it comes specifically to station 49, i kept saying as we walked through my tour, how it just made so much sense and i

had to say after 25 years, i was lucky to see this as a conceptual image off paper. even a formal sayings, and to walk and see the supply center, and the repairs and chief, i never seen them disinfect the gurneys. those that repaired the gurneys in 49, there was a curtain that hung behind these guys. chief dewitt within that area, the command room, it's so custom fit for us and such a great feeling to be see the collaboration of the city. i just wanted to remark how i felt personally about that as well. thank you very much. then, i didn't know when to deliver my words in terms of

commissioner rodriguez. but since commissioner cleaveland offered up -- traditionally i offer to come see me and have some lunch. let me tell you unofficially, officially the parameters of the fire department and commission. commissioner rodriguez, again even for me after all these words, it's hard for me to call someone tony or mark or commissioner rodriguez. he reminded me the down to earth, blue collar, san franciscan, that was so open. as far as my appreciation for all the commissioners. each one of us brings a different kind of expertise and concept and perspective. certainly, commissioner

rodriguez brought that. i just wanted to appreciate that. i did get to know him a little bit. his earnest desire and being so proud to be a member of the commission for this department was unprecedented. he said i think i'm getting it. i said believe me commissioner, you're getting it. bless you all. thank you very much. i just wanted to comment and my condolences. my family and myself, i personally know the commissioner and my family. thank you very much. >> thank you. beautifully put commissioner nakajo as usual. any further questions or comments for chief velo? i'm not seeing any hands go up. oh. commissioner covington, i can see your hand. i can't hear you.

is it just me? can people hear commissioner covington? >> can you hear me now? >> yes, now we can. >> okay, i can't see you and i got a lot of reverb going on. i do want to thank very much the two outgoing chiefs for the airport and of course i can't believe they're both going at the same time. how can the fire chief -- excuse me, i'm discombobulated because of all these technical problems i'm having. the chief is going as well and i wanted to thank both of them very much for everything they have done. they have kept the department,

an excellent department and i would like to welcome their replacements. also, the event this morning was stellar. it was just so nice and we needed up lift with everything that has been going on. to see something so magnificent come to fruition after years of discussion and planning. it's just very, very rewarding. regarding our late commissioner, at the beginning of this year when my term as president was coming to an end, i called our current president feinstein to ask her if she would be willing

to run for president. without hesitation, she said she would. she wanted to know if she could call upon me at any time and i said, definitely. then i called commissioner rodriguez and asked him if he thought that he would be ready to be vice president. he said, you know, i don't know if i'm ready, but i have found in the past that if you step up for a leadership position, you learn more. you can do more. you can be more helpful. that was his attitude. how can i be of service?

so i told my son, i said i can't believe it. i made a new friend. now he's gone. i will miss him tremendously. the sparkle in his eye when he was being anxious about asking a question. he was so open and willing to learn and to help. condolences to the family. >> thank you commissioner covington. any other commissioners wish to ask chief velo or address any comments to chief velo?

okay chief velo. >> hi, good evening. here comes my question chief velo. station 35, my pet peeve was in october of 2021, how late is that? let's talk about that here. >> i believe it's five months late. [please stand by]

pg and es to determine if that's a viable location. sometimes they were into the sidewalkto see if those locations or appropriate . they buy utility that works on mac so it's just a protracted process there are many more balls than anyonethought there needed to be . again, it's quite a fish story. >> they're making good progress. i did speak with the two superintendents. some of the orders are coming soon and they anticipated the work where they had begun digging so smoothly and they started opening the calls so although balls are being set quickly and they have pg and e test the lines and i think it's moving faster than we'd like to admit. >> thank you. i wanted to take one second to

say and i should have called before. great work to both you and chief velo on station 49. it was just a wonderful bright spot in the middle of a gloomy month, frankly for the fire department. i know the degree of effort you put in towards the station development and i'm not saying sanfrancisco is easy .i really wanted to congratulate you to because it just wouldn't have been more spectacular. i am going to bring and i'm directing one last thing . to you chief, the training roo

. i'm wondering if we have any budgetproblems , could werent that out ? and add money to the departmen budget ? is there anything that prevents usfrom doing that ? >> i think it would be quite busy in that room and we wouldn't have time to rent them out but before i finish i wanted to say something but this was a huge team effort. she has a great team. the moment she came into this job she was every single week going line by line making sure thisproject went online but it's painstaking also on the ems side , fantastic job making sure that all the needs they have communicated to us we can work with our team and make sure it works so this was a huge team effort and i want to commend you for putting those pieces together the folks out there really are enjoying the facility .

>> i would like to give specia recognition to craig gordon who came in kind of late in the projectover the last year . his skills are amazing . he kept track of so many things i did not have time to keep track of and made sure the transition from the old facility to thenews facility was seamless . he's been on top of all the installations of the cameras and has nailed down all the finer details of the project and has been on site the whole way through and it's been a great collaboration between him and chief strong andreally great faultsthat we've had as part of the team . he's amazing . >> that's kind of you and good to know. i know from the report what his work was and i think the other commissioners did too. please extend our congratulations to him to on behalf ofthe commission . if you would, thank you.

chief dewitt. okay. madam secretary, yes? no? things are flashing on andoff so forgive me .>> we will go to item 5, commission report. since last meeting june 9, 202 . and there is nobodyon a public comment line . >> public comment is closed. commissioners, what have we been up to? you guys have been busier than that. i know that. for myself, i can say ... privilege is the wrong word. it's the first time i've ever done it. attended the unveiling of a name on the memorial wall at

headquarters for firefighter aromatic cortez. i mean, you guys, and i mean that generically have a tough job. it's tough to look at two little boys and i'm sorry. their faces. i'll just say ithought it was beautifully done. i was honored to be there on behalf of the commission . let's just hope there are no more damned names goingon that wall that's all i can say and forgive my language . it's tough. i have to say, i admire all of

you every day because all of it is ... these things are tough. so that was my activity that i would report. we have more of course. everybody with station 49 today, i can report that for everybody and we have enough coming graduation and sadly on the same day and upcoming funeral for commissioner rodriguez . it's reallyheartbreaking and ironic . so that's what i have to say about that. not in an articulate way, i'm sorry. any further ... okay. i see nohands .

>> can you hear me?>> shall we go to item number six? >> i think that's great. >> agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> let's hear any public comment first of all. >> there is nobody on a public comment line. >> public comment is closedand i see the commissioner has his hands up . >> thank you verymuch madame president . i want to be sensitive to my suggestion if that's what it is on the discretion of the president . with information and input from thesecretary . but at some point when it's appropriate, i would like to be respectful but ask for some movement on protocol or process or procedure of the commission

to go into elections to fill the position of vice president in a timely manner.i say that because today and other days we have difficulty getting on a meeting. this was a ritual at this time but the course of events that may occur is the president may not be available and if we don't have the clarity in terms of the vice president or in terms of conducting the business athand for also the commission and department , that concerns me. so again i want to be sensitive and careful but i also want to be able to yield to the discretion of the president on the possibility of this item being agenda eyes. >> i will respond, i understand commissioner nakajo. i don't think thiswas the time

right now to do that . and i will, i'm sure be in communication with the mayor's office to find out what the intent is with a replacement. regardless of how long it may take or not,i don't know. i haven't spoken with anybody . but you know, it didn't feel right to do that right now. you're right, we need a vice president and weneed to do that . it just, let's make it through this week and we will then proceed because you're correct. we do need a vicepresident. i'msorry , yes . >> i hesitate to even bring this up on the issue of....for

me it's a point of the responsibility of making sure that this department is functional. we have a quorum of three at any given time. especially for me for whatever reason, if you're not available within the next couple of months, that's the only thing that worries me and i hope our colleagues on the commission and members of the public again, i'm just trying to be sensitive and respectful to commissioner rodriguez and his family . it's a question of order, that's all. >> let me justrespond and say you are absolutely right and i appreciate it . i'm going to ask our secretary to please that on our list of

items. however, unless station 49 comes to get me and i don't come back, i intend to be available . and with station 49 operating as fine as they are, i expect to be there every other wednesday on the second and fourth wednesday for the foreseeable future. one never knows but i do agree with you that we need to schedule the selection of a new vice president.even if we have a new commissioner, we need to give that person some time to get up and running. but i will checkin with the mayor's office . so thankyou . i thought i saw one other hand.

did i? among mycommissioner colleagues ? speak up if i'mmissing you . i don't see another hand. okay. all right. anything else? are we ready? >> item 7,adjournment . >> all right. is there a motion? commissioner covington. can't hear you. >> can you hear me now? thank you. i thought we weregoing to go into closed session ? >> madam secretary?>> we have

no closed session items on the agenda. >> i thought thepresident had said that we would go into closed session. that was in conversation however . >> i would move for adjournment and move to do so in honor of firefighter yana as well as our colleague commissioner rodriguez. as we say in my faith or whatever it may be, may their memories behind blessing . i would move toadjourn in their memory and honor . >> second. >> commissioner nakajo.

>> commissioner cleveland. >> yes. >> this meeting is adjourned at 6:15. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you. >> 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. san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital

planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in

the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float.

in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat. >> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including

the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. >> there are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until

an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can. port i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm so excited to be here at the port today. we were just here celebrating juneteenth. every weekend there are some incredible markets and it was so crowded. the waterfront was alive and well. and, in fact, last weekend i

think it was, these days go by so fast, i was at the giants game celebrating with roscoe. a full -- almost a full house, but it was amazing. amazing to see the waterfront active, to see it alive, to see the excitement and now we have a couple other things to add to our re-opening efforts. in fact, ferry service started today. additional ferry service around the bay area. and, we also have opening this weekend the exploretorium and for tours the s.s. brian. and we even have more common includes fireworks on the northern waterfront for the 4th of july.

and, finally, to top it all off as we get ready to re-open our city, it just wouldn't be the same unless we had fleet week returning in october. so a number of incredible milestones. a lot of great activities. san francisco has been through so much this past 15 months and i want to take this opportunity as i always do to really thank the people of the city for complying with the very challenging orders to shelter-in-place to wear a mask, to get vaccinated. over 82% of san franciscans have been vaccinated and we just saw the announcement from the cdc that people were vaccinated don't necessarily need to wear a mask, however, we know there are still a lot of people that are not vaccinated and just because san francisco is doing a great job,

doesn't mean there are others out there that aren't. we want to ask you because the cdc talked about today the variants and how the vaccine protects you from the variants and those who are vaccinated and we don't want to go backwards. we don't want to go back to that place where we're shutting our city down. i hope we don't have to go back to that place. in the meantime, it's so important that we enjoy our city. we enjoy all these great attractions. we support one another, we have a great time. and what i've also consistently said, it is so important that when you are out in the streets now that our city is re-open that you keep a smile on your face because, right now, this is a privilege. and we have to remember, we were on lockdown for over 15 months in san francisco in the bay area and other parts of the country and so how much do we really appreciate being out

here, being able to see faces without masks, being able to enjoy this cloudy, beautiful san francisco day. i will tell you that i am showing up to everything i'm invited to if i'm available. i've been to baby showers already, and birthday parties and other activities. openings. block parties. i even crashed a block party before when i was just driving by. i said you know what, i'm going to say hi to a couple of neighbors because it feels good to see people again. because it feels good to be out again. keep that same positive spirit as we re-open and as activities begin and as folks are out doing and eating and drinking and being merry and having a good time because san francisco's coming back and we've got a lot of making up to do with the activities that we want to do that we missed out on the past year. thank you all so much for being

here. enjoy the waterfront this weekend and some great activities and at this point, i want to introduce the director of the port of san francisco, elaine forbes. [applause] >> welcome everyone. i have a smile on my face. it's great to see everyone here at the waterfront not wearing a mask. we're welcoming back 4th of july fireworks and fleet week. two cornerstone events for the waterfront. today we're celebrating the re-opening of the exploretorium and the s.s. jeremiah. increased ferry service starts today with 30% more ferries running. the ferries are here to enjoy the beautiful bay while commuting or just having some fun. next month, we have the return of cable cars and meanwhile we

have the f-line running up and down the embarcadero. summer on the waterfront is here. there are so many adventures to be had. the port is proud to be home to really an amazing seven and a half miles of bayside waterfront in the city. our water front includes peer 39, fisherman's wharf, and amazing parks and opens and heron's head park in the southern waterfront and more than 10 installations of public art. i want to thank our mayor, mayor breed for her incredible support of this waterfront and bringing back events like the 4th of july and fleet week. and of course, for her stellar leadership in navigating the pandemic and getting us safely to today as she re-opens and oversees the comeback of our city. the port welcomes more than 24 million visitors a year. economic activity here supports $4 billion in economic annual

output for the city and more than 16,000 jobs. that is why we're excited to welcome back cruises this fall which brings about 300,000 visitors to the waterfront each year. our cruises will follow the cdc guidelines and we'll have vaccinated passengers and crews and we're expecting our first cruise ship in september. this fall, we're partnering with small businesses and local artists. we want to show case our local talent and create tailor made experiences for fun and enjoyment. from crane cove park to pier 29, activities draw people to the waterfront supporting economic recorpse. these will happen as we welcome cruises, cable cars, fleet week, and hopefully a giants playoff season. thank you all for coming out

today supporting our waterfront, a prosperous waterfront is a prosperous city. we welcome you to come down and enjoy some of the world's best views, best food, and best experiences. and now, please join me in welcoming phoebe white. this museum brings hundreds and hundreds of children and adults to our water front for learning fun. following phoebe white, we'll hear from louis lovan and rear admiral wayne bays. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, madam mayor, for your remarks today and more importantly for your

leadership. we're so proud to be part of the san francisco community. i'm absolutely thrilled to see the progress we have made against the pandemic. it's an absolute honor to be here today and with our colleagues and neighbors on the waterfront of this wonderful city. i am delighted to share and you already know that after 15 months of closure, the exploretorium opened today. it is wonderful to see our community re-opening fully and to be part of the collective energy that is reemerging and gaining momentum in the bay area. i would also like to personally take the opportunity to thank elaine forbes and the port for their support and partnership since we first moved to the

waterfront in 2013 the exploratorium is a learning organization. we as a community have also learning and experienced more directly than ever the critical role that science plays in all of our lives. whether it's the science behind the pandemic or vaccines or climate change or the role of technology in our lives today. some of the defining issues of our time have all highlighted how important it is for everyone to engage in topics of science. our vision is a world where people think for themselves and can confidently ask questions, questions answered and understand the world around them. at the exploretor yum and explore topics of science and

ways that work for them. we don't tell people what to think, where to go, what to do. there are no right or wrong answers when you're exploring and learning. so come on down. go online, purchase tickets yes, we're managing capacity and we honor all e.b.t. and museums for all card holders at

the door but most of all, have fun. thank you madam mayor for the privilege of speaking today and i'd like to introduce louis lovan executive director of san francisco fleet week. thank you. >> let me take off my super cool san francisco fleet week mask. thank you very much, phoebe. by the way the exploratorium rocks. do you guys still have the tactile dome? okay. that's the thing to do. it's true, we have all these events that are going to take place out on the waterfront. i have commander of strike group 3. admiral bays' assets are what will be coming up to san francisco and he'll talk to you about that.

i'm very excited to bring back the live fleet week events including the fleet week air show presented by united. if you don't know it, you'll know when it arrives. it comes big and loud and it's a wonderful thing to do down on the marina green throughout the city and the bay. most of our events are outdoors. we'll have neighborhood concerts. the parade of ships, of course. and a number of other things that you can find out about by looking at our website fleetweeksf.org or follow us@fleetweeksf. get the up to date information. right now, it's a full complement of fleet week events and, with that, i'm going to introduce admiral bays. >> wow. what a pleasure it is to be out here live in person without a mask on. thank you, mayor, for including

me in today. yes, admiral wayne bays. i'm honored and excited to be with you today on behalf of your navy corps and coast guard team. as you all know, we could not do a fleet week in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. but i'm really happy to say we're going to bring service members from the navy, marine corps and coast guard to be here with you in person for fleet week 2021 to celebrate the strong, long-lasting bonds that exist between the military and this community which is a wonderful place. we're bringing ships, we're bringing aircraft, we're bringing equipment. we're going to bring the navy blue angels. i'm going to bring bands from the navy and marine corps. but the best thing we're going to bring -- yeah, that's okay. bring the hands. but the best thing we're going to bring is young sailors and marines and coast guard men and women to be part of this city and to meet you.

[applause] yeah. so the last 15 months, we couldn't get out and about. but because of the change conditions, i want these sailors and coast guard men and women to come outlet amongst the community and meet you in person. i was here last time in 2014 when u.s.s commissioned. you're going to be as proud of them as i am. now, fleet week is fun, but it's not just all about a port call. we also do training while we're here. we take advantage of all these ships and equipment and people getting together and we work to do training on things like disaster recovery efforts with local experts here. so i'm talking about emergency management, police, fire and medical professionals and other recovery people.

this is about practicing our skill sets so that during times of emergencies or crisis, the military can support military authority its effectively and efficiently. it's really important training i think when you look back at the pandemic, it kind of puts an accent on the importance of that continued effort. so we cannot be with you in person in 2020, but i do believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder. so we're super energized to bring everything we've got to make this the best fleet week possible in 2021. i thank you so much for the hospitality of this city. i look forward to meeting you all and my wife and i sincerely thank you if from the bottom of our hearts for celebrating our men and women that serve the military on behalf of this great nation. thank you so much and i hope to meet everybody in october. >> thank you, admiral bays and

we really appreciate having you here and just touching a little bit about fleet week and our plans around emergency preparedness and our director of the department of emergency management is here. mary ellen carol. thank you so much for being here. she did an incredible job leading the efforts around covid here in san francisco. and so we will definitely take full advantage of the opportunity during fleet week to make sure that our emergency personnel are working with federal officials to take advantage of the opportunities to train, to learn, to grow, and to be prepared for any situation for each and every one of you. when i look out into the waterfront and this area, again, i tell you all to keep a smile on your face. when this waterfront had the freeway before the '89 earthquake. and i remember when i was at

galleleo high school. they would fly over at practice when we were out at lunch. it was incredible to have these planes fly directly over our schools and i think about those times and i think about where we are now as a city today. we've experienced challenging times before, but like this beautiful waterfront that's now open with no freeway in sight and if you didn't know about the history, and you probably would never imagine how our freeway could block such a beautiful place. san francisco is a beautiful place and we celebrate our history and our diversity, but more importantly, as we come out of this pandemic, we celebrate our resilience to survive another situation that could have knocked us down. it set us back just a tad bit and as a result of that, we're coming back stronger. the phoenix will rise again.

san francisco is rising again as we begin to re-open and having these incredible spaces, all these wonderful activities along our waterfront is going to make re-opening so much better. so i hope you will take advantage of these great opportunities to enjoy san francisco, to welcome your friends and family members from around the world, an the united states, around the bay area. there will continue to be activities and always great food and wonderful views that will just continue to put a smile on your face. so thank you all so much for being here and thank you all for helping us get through this pandemic. san francisco is back. thank you. [applause]

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>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s

saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being

here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so

many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our

immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give

>> president walton: good afternoon and welcome june 29, 2021 san francisco board of supervisors. welcome back to the chamber everyone. [applause] [roll call]