good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, july 12th, 2021. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joining by supervisor mandelman and committee member supervisor chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the committee rooms are closed. however, members will be participating in the meetings remotely. committee members will attend the meetings through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically

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victoryoung@sfgov.org. that concludes my initial comments. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young, could you please read the first item. >> clerk: yes. item number one is an ordinance amending the administrative code by codifying a grant award. two, require an advertisement of solicitation. three, reserve the city's right to cancel or reject to readvertise. four list required grant terms. six authorizing the purchaser to promulgate rules and regulations for effectively carrying out and requiring, carrying out the requirements of the ordinance. seven, set forth grant requirements based on grant's funding source. eight set forth administrative

debarment procedures. and nine advertisement and rebate incentive programs. >> chairman: thank you, mr. young. colleagues, we heard this five weeks ago as you'll rule. it was brought by supervisor stefani and has since been sponsored by supervisor chan and then the rules committee had to go dark during the budget process. so it is back before us today. i want to thank supervisor stefani and her staff for their work on this matter in large part after the unfortunate if not tragic revelations after the muhammad nuru dpw scandal amongst others and i have reviewed the amendments that supervisor stefani will make. some of which we suggested in committee and would like to fix my name, mr. clerk and

supervisor stefani as a proud cosponsor of this legislation which had people not abuse the process, would not be necessary but is now clearly long overdue and with that, supervisor stefani, good morning and welcome. >> supervisor stefani: good morning, chair peskin and thank you for those remarks and thank you for your cosponsorship. i truly appreciate it. i will be exceptionally brief because we did hear this in june. i am happy to read those into the record. but the most significant change is to make the operative data january 21st, 2022, and the purpose of that is to give the city purchaser enough time to draft the rules and regulations that this ordinance requires her to complete and as a result, most of the reporting dates have been pushed back to reflect the new operative dates. i won't repeat my remarks from from the last hearing and, chair peskin, you just stated

the reasons why this is so necessary. i do believe this legislation is important in preventing the kind of corruption we've seen. we know nearly $2 billion is awarded in grants by city departments without any required competitions. open solicitation transparency, fairness or even documentation. so i really do believe with this legislation, that will end. so, chair peskin, i don't know if you'd like me to read the amendments into the record? >> chairman: why don't you actually you or your staff actually sent a summary of those. i have read them yesterday and again this morning. but if you want to do a high level summary of them, that would be great for the public to be able to hear them. >> supervisor stefani: great. okay. so starting on page line 11, we're adding the phrase "set forth the requirements" to the

long title. also "notice of availability" on title. line 6, changing the word effective date to "operative date." and changing the annual due date report to june 21st, 2023. page 6, line 22 through 23, we're then changing the date accordingly reportedly so that it begins from 2021 to 2022 because we're already more than halfway through 2021. page 8, line 21, we're adding the phrase "rules and" to the sentence reading in accordance rules and regulations to be consistent with the other parts of the admin code.' this is your recommendation from if last hearing, chair peskin, on page 9 line 5 through 6. we're adding the phrase "grant recommendation be awarded as a sole source." page 9, line 12,

changing requirements for grants to rules and regulations to make the phrase consistent with other sections of ordinance. page 9, lines 14 through 18, adding these rules and regulations shall among other things permit sole source grants when competitive process is impracticable. or when may be accomplished by one particular grantee. they may update these rules from time to time as needed. this language makes the ordinance more consistent with other parts of the admin code and, again, thank you, supervisor peskin for those recommendations. and then, page 10, line 23, and page 11, lines 3 and 4, make the operative date january 21st, 2022, instead of 30 days from enactment which

would allow the city purchaser to draft the rules and regulations to implement the ordinance or subscribe by the ordinance. those are all of the amendments today and they are non substantive. i want to thank supervisor peskin and supervisor chan for your cosponsorship and andy mullen for all of his help on this. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor stefani. are there any questions or comments from committee members? if not -- supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair peskin. i want to thank you and would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> chairman: it's unanimous. before we move those, why don't we open this up to public comment. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number one. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish

to provide public comment on this item should call (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 014 4426 and press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. at this time, it appears we do not have any members of the public in line to speak. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed and i will make a motion to move the aamendments. on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call please. >> clerk: on the motion to approve the amendments, [roll call]

the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: and i will make a motion to send it with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. >> clerk: yes, on that motion, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. can you read items two through four together. >> clerk: to establish and operate food empowerment markets and designate the human services agency to administer and establish rules for the program. item number three is a ordinance amending the administrative code to direct the department of public health to report by annually on food

security and equity with input from other departments. and item number four is an ordinance amending the code the sunset date of the food security task force assisting with the department of public health, food security and equity report. i believe there's a request for a committee report on all three of these items. >> chairman: that is correct. these three items have been brought to us by supervisor safai. supervisor safai, welcome, and good morning. >> supervisor safai: hi everyone. good morning. so, colleagues, as the supervisor said and chair

peskin said. i'm bringing three ordinances all in one. in our efforts to reimagine how we distribute food and food related services to our most vulnerable residents here in san francisco. these three ordinances build off one another. the food security task force was first created by former supervisor sophie maxwell in 2005. for 16 years, the department of health under the fundamental leadership of ms. paula jones and susie smith community based organization silos. as our city begins to recover from the covid-19 pandemic, the role of security passport has

become even more important. and more certain in covid in what we're all experiencing. agenda item number four seeks to reauthorize the food security task force for another three years. while tasking the body to provide a more expensive report. the new report and data that we seek for nearly the last 18 months of the covid pandemic, our city has seen first-hand of bankrupt undocumented community members and long time residents

and seniors. many residents in my district did not have the option to work from home. they were in the and many of them were in the food restaurant and retail industry and lower level government jobs and had this and were not able to stay home during the pandemic. as a result, my district was hit harder by covid-19 and food insecurity than many parts of san francisco. at the beginning of the pandemic, there were over 1,000 people seeking food at balboa high school in many locations. my district had well over ten differential food pantries. just believing we as a city could do better to meet the needs of our most vulnerable residents, my office started attending the food security task force and talking to community stakeholders. after witnesses some of the

incredible work the mission hub was doing with their food pantry and seeing them employ community members in the commercial kitchen and some of the work that was also happening by the excelsior strong, we began to reimagine food security within food sovereignty lands. agenda item number two, the food empowerment market in my mind is the city's first step toward assist engine the most vulnerable communities in the information of food sovereignty and food justice. to cook should be a basic right to all of us. having culturally specific food that's readily available to our most vulnerable residents for eight to ten hours in the market located in the commercial corridor is the goal and should be the city's plan long-term. i have met with the san francisco marin food bank new

leadership dennis crosby and they are on board with a larger distribution of food in san francisco. we have also gotten the support and principle from the mayor and as you heard during question time about a month and a half ago, the mayor spoke of her own experience of having to wait in line and how these three ordinances codify our commitment to end food insecurity in our city and county of san francisco. today, i have several speakers from the department of human agency and the department of public health. first, we'll be calling on the department of public health and the director of food insecurity in the population health division. ms. jones, can you talk about the food security task force and by annual security and equity report that would replace the former report and

lastly, can you speak about other departments having more active role in this new report defining data in the new report. unless colleagues want to jump in, i'd like to go to ms. jones, mr. chair. >> chairman: absolutely. i don't see any hands raised by committee members. i do have some questions, but it can certainly wait until after the presentations. ms. jones, good morning. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> good morning. good morning chair peskin, supervisor safai, supervisor chan, supervisor mandelman. my name, again, is paula jones. i'm the director of security for population health. i'm also vice chair to the food security task force and i also provide staffing to the task force as well. and as supervisor safai has talked about and you all know food is integral to health, equity and justice, and assets to adequate food is both an

individual right and collective responsibility. we as a city can solve this complex and persistent problem and we have the ability and we have the resources to make sure all san franciscans have the food that they need. as you all know, prior to covid-nineteen, food insecurity was a crisis with one in four residents at risk as not always having enough food because they lack income with the pandemic and food closure programs, it became reliable to everyone. and i want to thank again supervisor safai for introducing these three pieces of food security legislation that all work together to reimagine food security in san francisco and to jafria morrow and to work to advance this legislation which really

provides this incredible scaffolding for san francisco to collectively work to make sure all san franciscans have this basic need. so for the talking about the by annual food security and equity report, this really builds and advances our food security work through building on our past food security assessments conducted by the food security task force. adding more departments that will be apart of this report that will provide data and that will work with us to make sure that we're all doing everything that we can to make sure that everyone has the food that they need. it will build on the lessons and opportunities from covid-19 and also, by adding the section on economic development, it really looks at this economic development potential of community food systems and food initiatives and that part to be led by the office of economic

and work force development and it leverages the food security task force in reviewing the data sets and reaching out to the community for additional data and the development of recommendations for policy programs and funding and also presenting this information back to you all at the board of. >> supervisor: s and one of the things i think that is key is that this will allow a more in-depth analysis and presensitive analysis as it applies to food security programs. we're really going to be looking closely at our city investments and what we and all do collectively to make sure that everyone has food and i also want to say supervisor safai, we're very appreciative of your support to reauthorize the food security task force and for the partnership and leadership of your office and especially jafria morris to just really work with us to

advance this issue and to make sure we as a city are doing everything we can to support the community. so we're very supportive. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. >> supervisor safai: chair, i do have some amendments i'm happy to do them whenever you want. i don't know susie, ms. smith, if you had anything you wanted to add, but absolutely, i'd just say really quickly, ms. jones and her team and, susie, ms. smith and her team have worked really well with our office. i really appreciate all the partnership. we've spent a lot of time to implement a vision that the community will support. it's come from the community and as you said, ms. jones appreciate the hard work from my team and the city attorney for the great work they did to put this together. ms. smith, did you have something you wangted to add? >> yeah, supervisor, i would

love to take this moment to introduce cindy lynn from our food coordination here. and a few words about the legislation. >> hi, good morning. can everyone hear me okay? >> yes. >> great. good morning supervisors. thank you to supervisor safai for inviting us today. my name is cindy lynn. i'm the manager for the covid, well, for the food coordination team at h.s.a. within d.a.s.. we are excited to see the model of student empowerment imposed and we're looking forward to seeing it once passed. we are a newly formed team first from the covid command center. we're currently a team of four and we have all had experience working in the food security space. i myself grew up in chinatown and was raised on food stamps, so this work is incredibly meaningful to me. in the last 16 months, we have

worked to administer over $80 million. we look fat to continuing the support of some of the innovative programs which addressed the heightened needs of the community and to contribute towards ending food insecurity in san francisco. in order to learn and draw from the expertise of the d.a.s. team which has long supported a network of meal services for seniors and adults support thousands of seniors many low income throughout san francisco. d.a.s. supports congregate meals and groceries. we know that two of these models are apart of the foundation of food support for many low income san franciscans facing hunger. by allowing them to shelter in place. we will continue to learn from

this success of the d.a. and programming in order to offer impactful programming that worked towards ending food insecurity. as we continue to support the community with their needs, we have held listening sessions with over 40 organizations that work in the food insecurity space and have committed to holding the following as ouring principle for our work moving forward. number one, we seek to provide dignity for our community members include choice, quality, and culturally appropriate food options. second, we commit to an equity lens to offer the appropriate resources. these two principles are aligned with the food empowerment market that is proposed and we look forward to implementing the markets with these principles as our foundation. i'd like to turn it back over to susie to discuss a little more about the markets. >> thanks so much, cindy, and thanks, supervisor safai for

your steadfast leadership on food security, empowerment and sovereignty. we've seen the unbelievable numbers as a result of covid don't seem to be. we are really excited by this concept. it aligns with our principles of choice, dignity, and equity and really importantly, the importance of destigmatizing access. currently, there's no organization operating models like this in san francisco creating a market where you can not only choose culturally appropriate food but adding linkages and job component in the culinary sector. in the coming months, we need to do the hard work in taking this concept and building frame work and undering what the costs are and food sources. the staffing, eligibility, availability of space in all of

that. so we're really excited to do that. our hope is that. our goal is to issue an rfp by the end of the fiscal year to be able to launch this model as a pilot and learn from it and hopefully be able to scale it in a more spread way next fiscal year and, of course, we're going to be mindful of how this fits into the existing network. so, again, just wanted to thank supervisor for bringing this issue and vision for sympathying about another way we can distribute food in a way that respects peoples' dignity in san francisco. >> supervisor safai: thank you. it's great to see all this work coming together. yes, we're excited to have a pilot. we believe that pilot will naturally grow out of district 11 and hopefully will spread to other parts of the city. we look forward to working in

partnership with you. and, i'll just say i think for the longest time, we've done a tremendous job of getting food into peoples' homes that really need it in the city. i think just like our conversation around shared spaces or slow streets or so many of the different things that we're doing differently after covid, i think just giving us the opportunity to really think about how we get food to people and i know each and every one of us on this board was involved in delivering food to peoples homes and seeing people that we had never seen before need food and have food insecurity and i think our city, this is another example of the way our city really stepped up in a tremendous way incorporating in restaurants, getting food to seniors and families that english is not their first language.

just doing so many different things to ensure that no one went hungry. but now we have the opportunity to truly reimagine this and we appreciate your partnership and willingness to work with us as well as the marin food bank and other entities that have been doing this for years. the idea of having to stand in line outside often times in front of residential homes or in whatever the weather or whatever the elements are to stand there and get a prepackaged box, i is an older model that now this allows us the opportunity to reimagine. so, thank you very much. chair, i have a number of amendments some of it is readjusting. some of it is inserting new language. >> chairman: and this is item number two file number 21067

right? >> supervisor safai: yes. >> chairman: i have read those amendments but please feel free to describe them. i do have some little questions and a couple of larger questions. the floor is yours. >> supervisor safai: okay. i'll just go through them for the members of the committee if they have any questions. the first one, as you said for file number two hundred ten thousand five hundred sixty-seven excuse me. item number two. and then i do have a little one in the constitutal for agenda item number four. on page two, we're adding a section c. so it would. >> chairman: you mean you're adding a section c2. >> supervisor safai: we're

adding a section c2 and that would be adding has free delivery for reasons of their age or other underlying health problems and then the remaining numbers change to three, four, five, and six. >> chairman: so on that one, and i might have a small clarification. i assumed that the definition of food empowerment market is meant to include all six of these criteria and it might because there's no word after each one of those items. so would it make sense to in the original two lines of

section c say for purposes of this section, having insert all of the following characteristics? >> supervisor safai: yes. >> chairman: unless. i don't want to impose anything on the h.s.a.. i think it's either all of or we start putting oregon one or all of these characteristics. >> i don't know. let's ask h.s.a. >> yeah. i think that would be helpful to have one or more. we have the space to has the ability as well as an organization that can do the training. so i think to have a little bit of flexibility would be helpful for us at least. >> then i would.

>> supervisor safai: well just to make it clear. >> supervisor safai: yes. i think if you want to make it even more clear. i would add the word all and we'd give a time frame on when some of these that might be harder to achieve are achievable i think we can work without it at that point. >> supervisor safai: we'll insert the word online 2 having all of the characters and then i read the first amendment and

the second amendment was now under section 6 which is the old section 5 would read a new section c an occupant of a residential hotel unit as defined in administrative code 41.4 and says the word "or". >> chairman: yeah. i have one question it seems like in which seems like you're receiving public assistance or you're a member of the undocumented community or a resident of the hotel. so i think we should put "or" after a after b. it is in c. anyway. anybody can feel free.

>> supervisor safai: i think you're right. i don't think you're going to be all of those. you know, you could be, but it doesn't mean you have to be all of them. so i agree with that. i think that's a good amendment. >> chairman: thank you. >> supervisor safai: okay. and then on page 3, we're adding under the administration of the fund, we're adding a subsection that will say subject to the budget of the provisions of the charter. hsa made contract with the grocery store to consult hsa with developing the rules for the grant program with setting up the food empowerment markets and the cost of such contract

may be charged to the fund

about the facility and its op rooms and that's the last amendment that i have for that other than remaining numbers now go up to six, seven, and eight. >> chairman: got it. and thank you i'm fine with all those amendments and thank you for humoring my additional little changes. >> supervisor safai: no. those were great. >> chairman: originally, i was interested in but i think in the presentation, it became clear why the first ordinance is h.s.a. and the second

ordinance is d.p.h. but it sounds like d.p.h. and h.s.a. are really well coordinated and my first thought was they should all be in the hands of one agency or another. but i think the presentation got me over that question. excuse my ignorance, but my next question is what is the category 4 found. i should have called the controller and ask, but i didn't have time. >> supervisor safai: i would defer to the city attorney on that. i don't know that off the top of my head. unless ms. smith or ms. jones can answer that question. >> chairman: and i apologize for not having the time to answer that myself. >> deputy city attorney ann pierson. i know it's very defund on how interest is managed and whether

appropriations are automatically authorized for expenditure. but i'll have the detail officer category 4 and let you know. >> chairman: if they are automatically confirmed for expenditure and don't need an accept and expend resolution, then we can remove that clause for it is redundant in that lines 21 and 22 of page 1, but we can research that as i go with my other questions. so that was a question: i assume this one is for third party grants.

is that true? is that the way -- what's the source of funds? >> supervisor safai: wells, initially, i believe it will be general fund and then it also says there might be some additional cost that could be assumed by grocery stores or supermarket businesses, but essentially, i believe it is general fund. ms. smith, did you want to jump in there? >> sure. so to answer your prior question, supervisor peskin, my understanding is this category of funding is similar to the fire victims funds where if fires are dedicated and they can be public or private. that's my understanding, but obviously, city attorney will do more research with the controller and get back to you on that issue. in terms of the source of

funds, we are looking to identify funding from the general fund on h.s.a.'s budget to launch a pilot this coming fiscal year. so we. >> supervisor safai: so a general fund. >> yes. >> chairman: general fund h.s.a. and relative to the budget that's pending before the board of supervisors, is that in there? is that continue plated? you're looking? it's coming when we vote on this next week? >> a combination of we're trying to see if there's any savings from last fiscal year that we were carrying over for this purpose and looking at our current food budget to see if there's any savings that we can project to pull from it. i guess i just want to emphasize we do have a food budget that's focused mostly on continuing operations under covid and that we started under covid to support efforts and we want to sustain so there's not

a gap in funding between last fiscal year and this year for those uppers. having said that, we all believe in this concept and so we're looking to see where we might find savings. so that may be a source. so we're looking to identify some funding to get this going this fiscal year. but since we all agree we want to make this happen as did the mayor. you know, we're looking for funding from general fund. >> chairman: yeah. i suspect we all belief in it, all want to support it and want to make sure that we are voting for something that actually will be implemented in so far as the legislation calls it out in no particular order and says it can expand from there and

insofaras. i thought it would be appropriate for this committee to ask how much does this cost and where's the money. >> so i'll just jump in on that, chair. i think those are great questions. the intent of this was to create the fund. also, the intent in the budget negotiations was to continue a lot of the food distribution that was currently happening and rfp is about to go out as we speak and the idea is to launch a department and we're working with the department and ms. smith and ms. jones is nodding her head so that we can get a cost structure and then have further conversations about expanding this into those

other districts initially and potentially others city wide with a better analysis. so we can't give you a final number right now. that process is ongoing and we'll obviously continue the conversations with the budget committee and the mayor's office and these departments. >> do we have a ball park about what one is worth? >> ms. smith, we've been in those conversations with h.s.a. and ms. jones. i think it's probably in the $4 million to $5 million a year range. we're going to do this on a more condensed basis so we're

probably going to be doing the initial from half the year. >> chairman: it sounds like somehow you're going to boot strap this money together and not ask for appropriates. i think those were the magic words. >> we've got a very savvy finance director. >> chairman: great. and just relative to the fact that the use of the fund is to fund nonprofit organizations. you mentioned great plates. are there any nonprofits in this arena but what's the universe out there look like relative to service providers? >>. >> is that directed to me, supervisor? >> sure. why not.

so one of the things we wanted to do was to find out or talk to current providers but to see what would it take from a current model to this model and we don't have answers to that we to seek more information so we need a little time. you're asking all the right questions. right now, this is a piece of legislation that is a great concept and we want to take it to the next level to get a better understanding and plan for something larger next fiscal year when we have an answer to all of these questions. >> chairman: understood, i might suggest, supervisor safai, a three-word amendment given the ever evolving and

unknown in each of this wonderful under taking which would be in subsection d which would be the new number eight. funding for the empowerment market. so i think it might be prudent to add the word subject to the funding. >> i debris with that amendment. and that's so you don't go beat up on them when he wthey don't have money for one or two. >> that was my nefarious plan and you swarted it. and i know dr. jones has her hand up. >> yes. thank you.

i'd just like to say how incredibly inspaegsal and supportive i know the task force is and the community is around this idea. once it gets piloted, once it gets launched, there's incredible support in this community for this idea of having a place where people can go every day, not dependent on a pop-up hour, but can go every day to get the food that they need. i think we should also look at the cost savings on this type of a model. to our health care. to all sectors of society is very high and can be quantified. possibly some changes that might support some of the food cost of this so i think we have

to work together as a city and city agency to really launch this and learn from it, but i believe it is the right way to go. we need to people to not have food insecurities this is something that i think is just the right way to go. so i'm excited to see it here and hear the support for this. >>. >> chairman: thank you. then a couple other questions. this one you might laugh at. >> supervisor safai: mr. chair? did we verbally say subject to funding for line 24. that's enough to say that? >> yes. subject founding award grants

or yeah. >> chairman: and then on the next item, item three on the agenda and this is i'm sure my ignorance, but on page two on the reporting departments. there's a department of family and benefit support. i'm familiar with all 53 or so agents in this government, but i've never heard such a department. did i miss something? >> supervisor peskin, agents say recently went through a name change for one of its departments. so we have a human services agency and previously, we have the department of human services so we renamed the department of human services the department of benefits and family support. >> chairman: okay. well, that was a teaching moment. i just wanted supervisor safai to know i was reading every

single line. >> and then in the fourth and final item in this package. >> supervisor safai: yeah. item number four i have a shortened change for the long title. >> chairman: yeah. go ahead and address those. so for the short title. it will read, let me make sure i'm on the right page, administrative code food security task force sunset reauthorization and date extension. so that's the short title. the long title will read ordinance amending the administrative code to reauthorize food security task force and extend the sunset date to july 20, 2021. and the task force duties assisting with the department of public health, food security and equity report. >> chairman: so, supervisor

safai, i would like to raise some questions for our discussion relative to the 2024 date that i was on this board a long time ago when my then colleague paula maxwell. i was wondering why have a sunset date so relatively short for an issue that's going to be so relatively unfortunately long? >> i think as i understand i'll defer to dr. jones, but i understood it as something that's reauthorized every three years. is there a need to do that consistently, dr. jones? >> i agree with you chair peskin that this is an issue

that unfortunately has persisted. it's very complex. the task force had suggested reauthorizing for five years. it has been reauthorized at times three years, at times two years. it is quite a lot of work when it comes to reauthorizing. so i do believe additional years would be fine to add to the reauthorizations. >> chairman: if on item number pouchlt, we were to move the reauthorization date from 24 to 2026, will that be substantive or not? >> no, that would not be substantive, but if i may, i would like to like to add on why that sunset date is there. and that's because under the board's rules, there are rules

about regular meetings of subordinate bodies and the rules say the ellening legislation shall also include the qualifications of each member, the length of terms of appointments and the sunset clause not to exceed three years. so that is in the bortd's rules of order. of course, the board may be ordinance exceed that limit, but it is really what we use as a default and where the board seeks to establish a body that will extend for more than three years. this body shall exist for a longer period than three years. so that is a policy choice, but i wanted to give that background for why that default deadline exists. >> so supervisor safai, based on the recommendations of the

task force, i would so that everybody can concentrate on the work at hand and not have to go before the board two years earlier. the good thing is it forces a conversation, but i don't think that given all of the focus that that we need to focus the conversation. i think the conversation's focused and it's going to stay focused and appreciate your leadership on it. i think that would be a discussion as the chief's sponsor. >> supervisor safai: no. i think in the past, having shorter dates, but with this

new concept and the work that it will take to implement that and oversee that and expand that throughout the city, i think that will naturally continue a conversation and collaborative work between h.s.a., the food security task force, and the department of public health and all the other parties involved. we've also incorporated in to the previous legislation a report that will come annually to the board of supervisors and the mayor about the implementation of the grand program for empowerment markets. so i think all that together allows us to extended date of the reauthorization. so i agree with that. i think that's a good suggestion and i would move to make that july 1, 2026. >> chairman: and add the language suggested by deputy

city attorney. >> supervisor safai: yes. i was looking for that and i didn't see 2.21 reference at all. but, yes, we should call that up. okay. >> chairman: okay. >> one more thing if i may. the amendments to the short and long constitute l were recommended by the clerk's office and i think there was a little bit of a version control problem. and so if i can read the amendments. >> chairman: and that would be to item number four. >> yes. it would read food security task force reauthorization and the long title would read ordinance amending and now we will change that end date from 2024 to 2026 as you so moved.

>> chairman: excellent. is that acceptable to you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: yeah. i think that's what i read. >> chairman: yeah. i think what ms. pierson was saying is that the actual document had slightly different language from what you he'd. it sounds like we're all on the same page with that. >> yes. i had a chance to look into that and a category four. one is that it does allow for the automatic accumulation of interest and it does not involve automatic appropriations. >> does not. so then having that line on 21 to 22 is good.

>> chairman: how do those interact? >> yes. i think it would. >> chairman: okay. let's keep category 4 and let's keep. so, but let me understand this for just a second. the donations deemed approved would not apply to a general fund appropriation. they would only apply to third party donations or the donations could be put into it separately. >> right, but what i'm saying is inso farce ms. smith is scratching around for 2021

money for an appropriation that's part of the 20212022 budget those would not be in any event would not be deemed, would not require an accept and expend resolution because they're general fund dollars. is that correct? >> right. it would not be required for city dollars. >> right and so here's the policy. i generally like to see where our donations come from and i think it's important. and insofar as it seems to me the bulk of the money i would

lean on the side of the donations for the fund because it doesn't sound like we have anybody lined up who's about to donate and it sounds like this is all going to go to the budget. >> well, i mean, the bulk of the money, yes, right. so the donations. the money from the general fund is there, but i think the idea of that, supervisor peskin was to reference section c or grocery stores or the markets, anyone's coming in it's to facilitate the ease of flow of that. >> all right. supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: i don't know i think i'm kind of i'm glad that we're diving deeper

in this conversation. you know, i think kind of given the fact that just some of the around public kitchen and food delivery and some of the questions around it in and around this donation always is good to be more transparent. but i too on the side of more transparency is better. i'm trying to connect the dots. i'm also trying to be careful of not to associate this great legislation into any other possible commercial use or other purposes by possible potential donors, and how this would fund but i understand.

i think that i do understand the concern around this. >> chairman: why don't we leave that as an open issue. and supervisor mandelman, any comments? why don't we move item two through four up for public comment. are there any who would like to speak to any of these sets of ordinances. >> clerk: yes, members of the public should call (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 014 4426 then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please press star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. and you may begin your comments. at this time, we have approximately five listeners and one person in line for public comment.

>> chairman: first speaker, please. >> supervisors, first and foremost, i would like to know if ya'll have done a needs assessment in all of the districts. stop choosing four centers or four districts and then point to the general fund. as far as i understand, the other population of 840,000 and a budget of $13.7 billion and for a long time and i've been monitoring this for 40 years that a lot of people who have been feeding the poor without any help from the city. i've been one of those. so now, in these times of the pandemic, taking into account all the restaurants that have

been closed, the churches that can fulfill some of the obligations who are you empowering or you want to get people to go into a place and eat the food. do you have the ability to provide in the city and county of san francisco that has the community and cultures and different types of food. you haven't done your study well. i've been involved with it and i know that people like to eat what they like to and they say beggars can't be choosers, but there has to be some balance in

that and we are provided that balance. now, in the middle of the pandemic $400,000. you should mention that. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hey everybody. my name is patricia. i work in excelsior. i want to thank all the work that has been done to make this possible. we've been working with families in the excelsior through our six pick up program and we have seen that families are in need which may clarify more under the working pour that don't have time or feel like standing in a line or

being part of a resource where they have to pick up. they decided to opt out of the program. so that tells me we need to do more research about how we need our families and how we support our families and i look forward to having those conversationings, coming up with that concept specifically for district 11. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm the executive director of eat sf. a san francisco resident concerned about food security and the current chair of the san francisco food security task force. i want to mention the food security task force has been addressing providing essential food security recommendations.

it highlights new interventions, lived experiences and lifts community voices of those impacted by food incurt. and the need for equitable access. more than ever, the food security task force is essential to gaps, and needs and affordability issues in san francisco. i respectively urge the and to also the by annual food security and equity report. i encourage the adoption of food empowerment markets as an example of innovations and food security solutions for san franciscans. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> clerk: i believe that was the last speaker. mr. enial, can you confirm if that was the last speaker.

that was the last speaker. thank you. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed. and supervisor safai, thank you to you and h.s.a. and d.p.h. and your staff, ms. morris for all of your work on this. i would like to be added as a cosponsor to all three items and in so far as you are not a member of the committee, would like to move the aforementioned amendments to file number 210567 which were those that you read into the record plus the little changes that i suggested that you accepted the all of before the following characteristics of page two relative to the definition of

empowerment market with the inclusion of or 6 avmgd and 6b subject to funding in d sub 8 after "shall" and then in item four, the amendments that the city attorney and clerk agreed to that you read into the record with the change to have the date be five years to july 1, 2026, with the language over riding 2.21 in the board of supervisors rules. are there -- so i'll move that. are there any comments or questions from committee members? seeing none. a roll call please. >> clerk: yes. on the proposed amendments to item two and item four, [roll call]

the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: and we'll let the accept and extend matter go. good luck on getting grocery stores to contribute. with that, i'll make a motion to send item two as amended item four item get you to in a second amended to the full board of supervisors for a hearing tomorrow, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: i just wanted to end by saying i know dr. jones has committed the last six teen years and i just really wanted to appreciate that work and call that out and rensz that what we're building

on is that part of her career and dedicating that time. so i just wanted to specifically call her out and if any other colleagues want to sign on as a cosponsor, it would be greatly appreciated. >> thank you, supervisor safai. >> chairman: thank you for your work, dr. jones. all right. we've got a motion on the floor. >> yes, on the motion for recognition for item number two and item number four recommended as a committee report, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, colleagues.

>> chairman: thank you, supervisor safai. mr. young, can you read the fifth and final item. >> clerk: yes. item number five is a motion for approving the mayor's nomination of jason wright december 31st, 2024. >> chairman: thank yous, mr. young, colleagues, i was not able to discuss this with either one of you, but let me just start by thanking both of you for the actions that we previously under took and thank mayor breed for finding the nominee that we were seeking. i had the chance to meet with mr. jason wright in person yesterday set forth in his resume, he is indeed qualified

for this this was proposition jay. when i offered that i believe that he will be an experienced qualified independent spouse and if there are any comments from committee members, feel free to make them now. thank you again to the administration for finding the nominee that i think we were seeking. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: i would concur with all of that, chair pes kin. i think that we've or i think the mayor has landed on someone really good for the spot who addresses some concerns that i

had around prior options so i'm glad and grateful the mayor has nominated. we just recently got an e-mail from shane watson who cannot be on the historic preservation, but if there's anyone who cares about lgbtq heritage and preservation and has done a lot around that in san francisco it is shane watson and so that recommendation means a lot to me. so i'll get out of the way. i'm happy about this nomination. >> there you go, and we've also received letters from city historical society who served on the then landmark's advisory

board from good words from san francisco architectural heritage. so, mr. wright. the floor is yours, don't blow it. >> thank you. good morning to the rules committee and to everyone on the call. my name is jason wright and i'm really excited and humbled to be nominated for san francisco's historic preservation commission. a little background, i grew up in ohio and studied historic preservation at the university of cincinnati. it really was the reason for my attendance of architecture school. at the time when i was coming out of high school, i had no idea there was a whole sector of the field devoted to historic preservation and thought i would get to work on a preservation project once in

awhile and almost 17 o. those years living in san francisco. over those years, i have volunteered for various organizations in san francisco including san francisco heritage, young preservation groups and have extensive involvement within the lgbtq communicate dedicated to historic places working groups and the arts and culture group. i've recently been involving in supporting the effort to landmark in mille valley.

through the presidio historical association, i also have experience working within the federal section and have gained an in depth to understanding our historic resources. the lgbtq preservation work has shed light on the shifting national and international perspectives on interpreting and preserving our intangible heritage. having grown up gay in small town ohio and now living the lgbtq's reality in san francisco has given me great appreciation for its value not only for the city but to the nation and the world. in practice, i work on many project types and my niche

tends to focus on assessments. i have worked on historic structure reports and building maintenance plan projects and have been involved in building projects through design and construction includes preservation, rehabilitation. and i understand the article 10 and landmarks. i've been involved in sustainable preservation for the last 15 years or so. i've learned that press observation is inherently this

substantiates historic preservation and that we're not going to build ourselves out of climate change but that existing buildings are also key to the fight. i hope that my strong technical background and my interest in cultural preservation will aid me to the past current and future residents of san francisco. a couple goals i have would be to push for the city wide surrender way and to further recognition and preservation of san francisco's cultural districts and legacy businesses. completion of the citywide survey will aid in the addition of important landmarks and historic districts. in project review and having a

good sense of when materials can be preserving and hoping that through preservation to further the city's goals and further the fight against climate change. i believe in my experience and the support letters i have will vouch for my qualifications and as supervisor mandelman noted for the other supervisors, there was a late letter that came from shane watson this morning and i very much appreciate and thank you very much. >> chairman: yeah. we all got it. >> great. that's all i have, but thank you for your time. >> thank you, mr. wright. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on this item? yes, members of the public who

wish to provide public comment on this item, should call (415) 655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146 014 4426 then press pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. at this time, we have two listeners but nobody in line to speak. one moment. we do have one person. >> chairman: please speak. >> good morning, chair peskin, and supervisor chan and supervisor mandelman. i'm calling to support jason. i think he'd be a great addition to the commission. i'm aaron highland and as you know, i had the great pleasure of serving on this commission for 18 years. i guess i got to know jason. in turn at a.r.g..

we thought highly enough of jason for a permanent position. and his work with san francisco heritage. most notably and he was a little hill more humble in this, he was one of the key people who started the preservation group at san francisco heritage. they did this knowing they could have joined the already existing group of young architects. that group was critical in executing the preservation pub crawls which are aimed visited to legacy bars and restaurants. and this is starting before our own legacy business industry and fund program. he definitely has the expertise and the years of experience here in san francisco.

i would like to thank you, supervisor mandelman for insisting be held by a member of the lgbtq community. it is more impactful for us to have a seat at the table and definitely more so than having an ally. although, we always appreciate allies. jason has been engaged and will continue to be engaged as he so well put in furthering the lgbtqq landmarks. i would like to impose to each of you four of the commissioners are new and we have a new planning director. we continue to make progress on and i was glad to hear jason wanted to continue that. the citywide survey. the lgbtq context. the draft was in 2016.

>> chairman: thank you, commissioner high land and thank you for your service of almost a decade. yesterday, when my staff and i met with mr. wright. to continue our work of the city wide survey and hope that commissioner wright will be that person. i know from personal experience that supervisor mandelman is equally committed to that effort from the board of supervisors side and mr. high larnd, do not hesitate to continue your engagement and involving historic preservation in san francisco. mr. clerk, are there any other members of the public who are in line for public comment. >> clerk: that completes the list for public commentors. >> chairman: okay. public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman, would you

like to do the honors of amending the short title by removing the word "rejecting" and amending the body of resolution by removing the word "rejects". >> supervisor mandelman: i would like to do those honors and make that motion and also just to say thank you to commissioner highland for his service and thank you colleagues for sticking be this and supporting the lgbtq community and thank you to the mayor for this appointment and thank you, mr. wright for your willingness to step into this role. >> chairman: and before we call the roll on supervisor mandelman's motion, mr. wright, this will go before the full board next week on the 20th and if the mayor swears you in, you can attend your first h.p.c. meeting on wednesday, the 21st. with that, mr. clerk, a roll call please. >> clerk: on the motion to

amend delete "rejecting" throughout the motion, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> next motion please. >> supervisor mandelman: i would like to move forward this item to the full board of recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion to recommend as amended, supervisor mandelman, [roll call] the motion passes without objection. >> chairman: congratulations, mr. wright. colleagues, we are adjourned.

>> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable

housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to

housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital

assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance

housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery.

every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another

master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier.

[♪♪♪] >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the

children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic

opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay.

>> this park is open. ♪♪ >> when i first started painting it was difficult to get my foot in the door and contractors and mostly men would have a bad attitude towards me or not want to answer my questions or not include me and after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. ♪♪♪

my name is nita riccardi, i'm a painter for the city of san francisco and i have my own business as a painting contractor since 1994 called winning colors. my mother was kind of resistant. none of my brothers were painter. i went to college to be a chiropractor and i couldn't imagine being in an office all day. i dropped out of college to become a painter. >> we have been friends for about 15-20 years. we both decided that maybe i could work for her and so she hired me as a painter. she was always very kind. i wasn't actually a painter when she hired me and that was pretty cool but gave me an opportunity to learn the trade with her company. i went on to different job opportunities but we stayed friends. the division that i work for with san francisco was looking for a painter and so i suggested

to my supervisor maybe we can give nita a shot. >> the painting i do for the city is primarily maintenance painting and i take care of anything from pipes on the roof to maintaining the walls and beautifying the bathrooms and graffiti removal. the work i do for myself is different because i'm not actually a painter. i'm a painting contractor which is a little different. during the construction boom in the late 80s i started doing new construction and then when i moved to san francisco, i went to san francisco state and became fascinated with the architecture and got my contractor's licence and started painting victorians and kind of gravitated towards them. my first project that i did was a 92 room here in the mission. it was the first sro. i'm proud of that and it was

challenging because it was occupied and i got interior and exterior and i thought it would take about six weeks to do it and it took me a whole year. >> nita makes the city more beautiful and one of the things that makes her such a great contractor, she has a magical touch around looking at a project and bringing it to its fullest fruition. sometimes her ideas to me might seem a little whacky. i might be like that is a little crazy. but if you just let her do her thing, she is going to do something incredible, something amazing and that will have a lot of pop in it. and she's really talented at that. >> ultimately it depends on what the customer wants. sometimes they just want to be understated or blend in and other times they let me decide and then all the doors are open

and they want me to create. they hire me to do something beautiful and i do. and that's when work is really fun. i get to be creative and express what i want. paint a really happy house or something elegant or dignified. >> it's really cool to watch what she does. not only that, coming up as a woman, you know what i mean, and we're going back to the 80s with it. where the world wasn't so liberal. it was tough, especially being lgbtq, right, she had a lot of friction amongst trades and a lot of people weren't nice to her, a lot of people didn't give her her due respect. and one of the things amazing about nita, she would never quit. >> after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore.

i'd like to be a mentor to other women also. i have always wanted to do that. they may not want to go to school but there's other options. there's trades. i encourage women to apply for my company, i'd be willing to train and happy to do that. there's a shortage of other women painters. for any women who want to get into a trade or painting career, just start with an apprenticeship or if you want to do your own business, you have to get involved and find a mentor and surround yourself with other people that are going to encourage you to move forward and inspire you and support you and you can't give up. >> we've had a lot of history, nita and i. we've been friends and we have been enemies and we've had conflicts and we always gravitate towards each other with a sense of loyalty that maybe family would have. we just care about each other.

>> many of the street corners in all the districts in san francisco, there will be a painting job i have completed and it will be a beautiful paint job. it will be smooth and gold leaf and just wow. and you can't put it down. when i first started, it was hard to get employees to listen to me and go along -- but now, i have a lot of respect.

>> the market is one of our vehicles for reaching out to public and showing them how to prepare delicious, simple food. people are amazed that the library does things like that.

biblio bistro is a food education program. it brings such joy to people. it teaches them life skills that they can apply anywhere, and it encourages them to take care of themselves. my name is leaf hillman, and i'm a librarian, and biblio bistro is my creation. i'm a former chef, and i have been incubating this idea for many years. we are challenged to come up with an idea that will move the library into the future. this inspired me to think, what can we do around cooking? what can i do around cooking? we were able to get a cart. the charlie cart is designed to bring cooking to students in

elementary students that has enough gear on it to teach 30 students cooking. so when i saw that, i thought bingo, that's what we're missing. you can do cooking classes in the library, but without a kitchen, it's difficult. to have everything contained on wheels, that's it. i do cooking demonstrations out at the market every third wednesday. i feature a seafood, vegetable, and i show people how to cook the vegetable. >> a lot of our residents live in s.r.o.s, single resident occupancies, and they don't have access to full kitchens. you know, a lot of them just have a hot plate, a microwave, and the thing that biblio bistro does really well is cook food accessible in season and make it available that day. >> we handout brochures with the featured recipe on the

back. this recipe features mushrooms, and this brochure will bring our public back to the library. >> libraries are about a good time. >> i hired a former chef. she's the tickle queen at the ramen shop in rockwood. we get all ages. we get adults and grandparents and babies, and, you know, school-age kids, and it's just been super terrific. >> i was a bit reluctant because i train teachers and adults. i don't train children. i don't work with children, and i find it very interesting and a bit scary, but working here really taught me a lot, you

know, how easily you can influence by just showing them what we have, and it's not threatening, and it's tasty and fun. i make it really fun with kids because i don't look like a teacher. >> in the mix, which is our team center, we have programs for our kids who are age 13 to 18, and those are very hands on. the kids often design the menu. all of our programs are very interactive. >> today, we made pasta and garlic bread and some sauce. usually, i don't like bell pepper in my sauce, but i used bell pepper in my sauce, and it complemented the sauce really well. i also grated the garlic on my bread.

i never thought about that technique before, but i did it, and it was so delicious. >> we try to teach them techniques where they can go home and tell their families, i made this thing today, and it was so delicious. >> they're kind of addicted to these foods, these processed foods, like many people are. i feel like we have to do what we can to educate people about that. the reality is we have to live in a world that has a lot of choices that aren't necessarily good for you all the time. >> this is interesting, but it's a reaction to how children are brought up. it is fast-food, and the apple is a fast-food, and so that sort of changes the way they think about convenience, how eating apple is convenient. >> one of the things that i love about my program out at

the market is the surprise and delight on people's faces when they finally taste the vegetable. it's been transformative for some people. they had never eaten those vegetables before, but now, they eat them on a regular basis. >> all they require is a hot plate and a saute pan, and they realize that they're able to cook really healthy, and it's also tasty. >> they also understand the importance of the connection that we're making. these are our small business owners that are growing our food and bringing it fresh to the market for them to consume, and then, i'm helping them consume it by teaching them how to cook. >> it connects people to the food that they're buying. >> the magic of the classes in the children's center and the team center is that the participants are cooking the food themselves, and once they do that, they understand their

connection to the food, to the tools, and it empowers them. >> we're brokering new experiences for them, so that is very much what's happening in the biblio bistro program. >> we are introducing kids many times to new vocabulary. names of seasonings, names of vegetables, names of what you call procedures. >> i had my little cooking experience. all i cooked back then was grilled cheese and scrambled eggs. now, i can actually cook curry and a few different thing zblz . >> and the parents are amazed that what we're showing them to cook is simple and inexpensive. i didn't know this was so easy to make. i've only bought it in the market. those comments have been amazing, and yeah, it's been

really wonderful. >> we try to approach everything here with a well, just try it. just try it once, and then, before you know it, it's gone. >> a lot of people aren't sure how to cook cauliflower or kale or fennel or whatever it is, and leah is really helpful at doing that. >> i think having someone actually teaching you here is a great experience. and it's the art of making a meal for your family members and hope that they like it. >> i think they should come and have some good food, good produce that is healthy and actually very delicious. >> cooking is one of my biggest

passions, to be able to share, like, my passion with others, and skills, to h h h h h h h hh shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant.

so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses.

it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.

>> this is the regular meeting of the small business commission held on july 12, 2021. this meeting is being called to order at 4:32 p.m. the small business commission thanks media services and sfgov which can be live streamed at sf tv.gov. the number is 415-655-0001 and that should be scrolling on the screen. and the access code is