we came back, and now somebody has planned our work for us. and it is a very qualitatively different experience than prior to the voting process. and, you know, i think i would need to hear a little bit from the chair in terms of sort of where they've played a role in this. i think this is the time for us to sort of talk through this, right, and see, i think, probably pull back our liaison structure, which we had adopted and voted on and is in our bylaws. map it to the work plan. and look and see if the work plan -- whose work plan is it? it feels like the city's work plan, but our committee has been very much a committee that takes leadership role, that convenience stakeholders ourselves, that we really are, you know, active. and i think it has been a

key to the success. so i think i've got a lot of questions about that. and then when i look at the diagram, i feel like our city, our home should be much bigger. it is because we have the largest source of funds. we are the centrifigal force. that is an important amount of money, and our responsibility as an oversight committee, to make sure we're sort of taking that very seriously and using it as strategically as possible. i'm not sure if we just have a chance to keep talking about it, but i

would definitely like to pull back that liaison structure and see where that falls in line with the work plan. and i would like to say, also, despite my reaction as of this moment, there is a lot in there that is about what we have said over and over, with this collective impact. we need to be engaging with mental health s.f., and their committees and with the mayor's office. all of the stakeholders are incredibly important to this work. i don't want to make it seem that that is not at the center of this, and reasserting the values of people with lived experience. and taking seriously that that is what is at stake. it is a shift of language. like, we came with leadership, and leadership and lived experience. and building a leadership with people, building a movement. and it's very different, so i'm here to help and

any way to sort of keep that at the center as well. so thank you so much for your work. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, member ledbetter. i believe this plan has incorporated a lot of what we discussed. i believe we need to bring that liaison structure back, but the things have shifted with our committee, in terms of our work going forward, so this is a living document. and i think the team has tried to be response supervise to some of the things we've brought forward, but, of course, we can amend as needed. this is not going to be voted on today. this is just kind of introducing our thinking and building out that work plan. i really appreciate your comments, and we'll keep working at it. so i'm going to vice chair deantonio and then member friedenbach. >> thank you so much, jesse. i think this is a great canvas for us to layer on, is how i see it. just like -- okay, some thoughts: i would like

there to be a slide. it is easier for me to visualize with seeing all of the timelines align together, to see the different components that will be worked on in the same timeframe. i guess if we could elaborate and add administrative data analysis. like, i don't know if that is something as a group we should figure out what data points you want to be looking at, or if that is exclusively decided by the city, or how that goes, or even what it would be, like, defined as. it is just words right now. i don't know if you could define it will little bit, what that looks like? >> yeah. when i think about -- i don't know if that is me echoing. when i think about administrative data, i'm thinking about the data that is being collected as

people for administrative purposes, right? so i would include things like the point in time count, which is a funding requirement, right? and the youth count. but as well as, like, services data, right? there is a lot of information about -- that is collected in the administration of services that can tell us a fair amount about sort of what -- who is using what things and where are people successful? you know, i think it's, um...i think the ordinance itself says "to the greatest extent possible." so it is looking at what is the data that already exists out there, in terms of the more quantitative data that can help us see part of the picture of the needs, right, and homelessness generally. i'm very familiar with the

continuum of care sort of data, but that is not the limit of this -- of our city, our home, right? so i think there is also some discovery work that needs to be done around, for example, s.r.o. families and understanding sort of how the pipeline fits into that, what's available there. the same on the mental health side, right? that is an entire system unto itself, right? i'm not as familiar as what the administrative data is there, and there will need to be some discovery work about sort of what can we know about homelessness through the data that they're collecting. >> yeah. thank you. and i think part of that, at least for myself, is, like, us having a conversation about, like, things we would like to see. either if there are already electric measurements on that, or things that we would like to be measured, like, ongoing, which maybe we

won't have data for, like, today or now, but, like, in our needs assessment in two years, we can say we would like to see this and it is not being measured yet. i know especially around, like, success -- i know i talk about this all of the time, but what is a successful placement and, like, the measurement of retention. i get differing responses on whether we have that data or not. and i've never seen it, so that is something i would really like to measure. i'm sure that everybody sitting here has different metrics they would like to see measured. so that might require us coming together and talking about that a little more. so that is one thought i had. another thought that i had was just around the complementary initiatives that are going on. i forget what the language is on that. the housing authority, and i know i also keep bringing that up, but it is something we should also be aligned with. i would love to have them

come here and tell us about their five-year annual plan, or tell us what is going on at the federal level. during the pandemic, we received 100 section 8 measures, and that goes towards housing and how many people are being housed, and adding them to our housing unit count. so there is that. and then, like, for me one of the biggest things was really around, like, community engagement, and paying folks for their data. and, like, paying folks to participate and being really granular with that. and i think there is a lot of -- i think we could start that earlier than what i see, i guess, on the timeline. and really set some specific goals around that, which i think is kind of like what julie was saying as well. i think that also has to do with our liaison role

because within each of our liaison roles, there is an opportunity for different communities to engage with. even though i am the community engagement liaison, the different roles -- there is, like, sub-populations within that that i think would be important to, like, pull into these conversations, as far as folks with lived experience. and i know, like, we're not going to decide those things today, but i just wanted to shout all those things out and, yeah, really just, like, highlight that i think we should start the community engagement process earlier. and, sorry, also to elaborate on that, in our previous, like, stakeholder meetings and community engagement processes, we heard that focus groups don't work for everybody. and if we're talking about equity, i think it is

important for us to, like, look at different ways of engaging folks, beyond focus groups. we heard especially for black youth, youth of color, that the focus groups do not work for them. and then, yeah, so -- yeah, there is a lot of questions -- things that need to be answered within there. this, i think, like i said, is a really good starting point, and we can all kind of build on this expertise and knowledge. so thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you. we'll go to member friedenbach. >> yeah. thank you. thanks so much for all your work on this. and, um, i understand where member ledbetter is coming from, in terms of nervousness around how this is moving forward. i think that, you know, we all have a lot of

experience within the city of san francisco, having a lot of kind of fake community processes, for lack of a better way to describe it, and a lot of fear around community members having any kind of, like, real -- you know, real self-determination in terms of how to shape public policy and fear around unhoused community members having real power. and i think that as we've gone through this in the last year, we've seen that response over and over again, where there has been, you know, kind of a negative reaction to -- you know, to a body that is, um, as active as we

are and is empowered. there is just a lot of skill, i think, among the membership to be brought to the table. and that should be embraced and should be brought on in really a leadership role. and i think it was really phenomenal work that was done over the past year on making sure -- you know, i mean i get feedback constantly from folks, from folks who are unhoused, who never had their voices heard, that feel really listened to in this process and they don't in other processes. and that is a skill. that means we know how to do this and we know how to do it right. and so we don't want to kind of abort that process. we want to build on it and get stronger and stronger. and so i think building on the liaison piece. i also want to make sure in the needs assessment process that we include revolving door. it could be raw data from that, etc., but there is a lot of information there and a lot of work that was

done with, you know, four different universities. and i think there is so much data sitting there that hasn't even been tapped into. and so that's -- you know, the idea was to help with the needs assessment, and that's what we did that. the last thing on timeline: i'm a little bit concerned on the timeline. so we will be doing our needs assessment -- in terms of our timeline kind of lining up with the budget process for the city and county of san francisco -- so there is going to be adjustments we want to make on our investment plan. there are going to be some one-time monies that will be freed up and other decisions that will be able to be made. it won't be as overruling overwhelming in terms of this first year, in terms of the amount of money we're working with and all of that, but it seems like we need to complete the

needs assessment earlier in order to then engage in the budget process in a way that -- we wouldn't start from scratch. we would build off of the needs assessment. but there is going to be a lot of hard decision-making as a body, that we're going to need to create space for. post-needs. so we're looking at the needs assessment and then making decisions. the budget goes into the mayor's office january, february -- and sometimes it goes in as early as december, though. it would be nice to be in alignment. it doesn't have to be, but just thinking about that timeline, but definitely wanting to impact the mayor's budget, at least. so i think april is a little late. so -- for the needs assessment to be completed

and have time to make all of those hard decisions. or else i feel like we're going to be rushed again. and that was the thing we swore we weren't going to do again, being rushed -- we had the big rush in december, but then it was pretty rushed after that, too. so those are my comments. oh, and just, i think, as we -- so to just be a little bit more -- a little more substantive, my comments -- when, for example, the focus groups are being -- our the outreach methodology, however we're getting input, we should have the liaison present to make decisions about how those things are structured. we're missing a data officer right now, and so that needs to be scermd

scheduled. i don't know if we want to wait for the reappointment. but the present officer should be present when deciding what data needs to pull in. so people are actually there from this body in those rooms where the discussions are taking place. so that's going to be really important as well. thanks. >> chairwoman: thank you so much to all of our committee members. we're definitely taking all of these notes. i believe the document will go out, so if folks want to respond on their own time and digest it and provide some written comments, to myself and vice chair deantonio to work with and the controller's staff on really refining this plan. i agree with member friedenbach on getting all of our seats and all of our free appointments done so we can really have a full body to take on the next phase of this work. i think that is super important. and i definitely agree with all of our liaisons being at the table at different pieces of this

work. so if there is no further comment, i'm going to go to public comment. if there are no further comments from the committee. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875963686. then pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. please note you have two minutes. spanish interpreter, please. [speaking spanish]

[end of translation] >> clerk: thank you. cantonese interpreter, please. [speaking cantonese] [end of translation] >> clerk: great. thank you. i'll take the first caller.

hello, caller. hello, caller, you have three minutes. >> caller: can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> caller: this is steve rice from legal aid. i just want to thank all of you for your work and your recommendations, and i'm looking forward to the needs assessment. and i just wanted to, you know, make one comment. there was an item that was dropped that the committee recommended, but the board dropped, about civil legal services. and, you know, obviously there is a great need for housing and housing first and acquisition of housing, but i think not enough attention is always paid to how to make that sustainable in the long-term, how to allow people to transition to living more independently. and they've found in alameda county that disability benefits advocacy, getting people

the money they're entitled to from the federal government really does help people to transition to more stable housing in the three-year pilot with the city and tipping point, and we've seen those outcomes in just three years' time. i hope that disability and benefits advocacy are considered as part of the needs assessment, and that the need there is reassessed. thank you. >> clerk: great. thank you. there are now additional callers. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, and thank you to all of our public commenters. at this time, i have a hard stop at 11:30, but i want to go to item 6, which we have a transition from our committee. member hanes will be transitioning, so i wanted to give him an opportunity to talk about his transition, and some of the work ahead. so i will turn it over to

member hanes. >> thank you. thank you forgiving me a couple of moments, and i'll be brief. i'm glad that the mayor appointed me to this role. as i told her, i had prayed for it before this position came into existence, to serve on one of our city's homelessness commissions, to be that individual with that lived experience to represent from that perspective and hoping to shape something to give greater benefit to those in need. even though my time on this particular committee has been short, my efforts in that vain will continue on with my efforts on my own non-profit. my full-time job is not going to allow me the four hours every month engaging

with you all outside of commission efforts, but to the affect that my non-profit organization will hope to work on some of these funds to provide supportive infrastructure, in addition to all of the other (indiscernable) elements. [audio is breaking up] so i have had some good communications with jessica and other city hall staffers in terms of my transition, and i feel that we have left off at a point where ultimately anybody with a good communications background and skills can really take off from where we had left, which was really hoping to sort of get some other members with our collective hopes and aspirations, in terms of doing a robust job with communications and how

that can overlap with the community engagement. and so i believe that jessica will be able to, you know, take good stewardship of that with my notes that we have shared and the many conversations that we've had in previous commission meetings, with a good amount of my energy, in terms of feedback there that can be called in. i will always make myself available. so if people feel like they need to reach out to me individually to get some additional information, feel free to schedule some time. i have a limited amount of time in this calendar week to complete any of those efforts because next week i actually have meetings with the job, even though i start on monday, tomorrow, and so i'm waking up at 6:00 a.m. to start these efforts with the new job. i feel like we're at a point where those who are still going to be deeply engaged with the efforts will be able to take off.

and i'm happy that i've been able to spend the time to learn from each and every one of you. what i will say is what i have always said to people, good-bye is something isn't always meant to be forever. the other thing i learned about city hall and serving as part of the city family is that you actually -- you never get to leave because they're always asking you back in some way, shape, or form. i look forward to seeing you in some future meetings, asking for some of these funds to fully implement my program, or hanging out and having a good time in the community, now that we get to go out and have a good time. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, member hanes, for your service. it is definitely not good-bye. it is see you later because i know you're have been engaged in this work. i'll open up to the other members of the committee if there are proposed agenda items or any other updates that committee members would like to give at this time. >> just graduations on

your new job, sean. and thanks so much. >> chairwoman: great. all right. so i think we need to go to public comment for this item. >> i also just wanted to thank you for all -- everything you've done for this committee. i think you're leaving with a very strong inspiration. i think we're going to get into the moment in which we can do the community impact liaisons, but i know you won't be going too far. and if we need, we can ask for your expertise. so thank you for all of your work. and good luck and congratulations. agenda item, that comment from the public comment on legal makes me realize that maybe we should review what was included in the budget and how

(indiscernable). i did not think about the legal gap. and so maybe i'll make a little bit of a followup on that because it was a recommendation. and to bring back the liaison charts and review where we are for that. >> chairwoman: absolutely. for august, we'll be looking at that budget, that will be the entirety of that meeting, what god got funding and what is missing. any other future agenda items? all right, so public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1875963686. then pound and pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. asystem prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment.

please note you have three minutes. spanish interpreter, please? [speaking spanish] [end of translation] >> clerk: great. cantonese interpreter, please. [speaking cantonese]

[end of translation] >> clerk: great. thank you. i do not see any hands for public comment. >> chairwoman: i will now take a motion at this time to adjourn. >> so moved. >> chairwoman: all right. is there a second? >> second. >> chairwoman: seconded by member friedenbach. you can call the roll. [roll call taken]

>> chairwoman: so we are adjourned at 11:33 amount m.. 33:00 a.m.thank you, everyone. >> good luck, sean. >> congratulations.

>> 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. [♪♪♪]

>> : hello everybody. welcome to union square. well, it's been a long road, hasn't it? it's been a long 15 months. i just want to start -- hi, everybody. i'm san francisco mayor london breene. i want to start by recognizing the people of san francisco. i know the steps we had to take to address this global pandemic in this city. and the success of the steps that we've had to take had everything to do with all of you listening to our health directives, looking out for one another, supporting and uplifting one another. if you look at what's happened in other parts of the world and what happened in san francisco. this is one of the densest

cities in the country, we have one of the lowest death rates in the country. good luck, ma'am. good luck. thank you. as i said, san francisco fortunately has had one of the lowest death rates in the country. that has everything to do with all the work you have done to keep everyone safe. i want to say thank you to san francisco. thank you for all your hard work because it was a very challenging time and now that light that we keep talking about is finally here. i know you can't please everybody, that's okay. today, why are we here.

as someone who grew up in san francisco. you hear me talk a lot about my grandmother. you hear me talk about living in public housing and my own experiences. when i think about some of the things my grandmother did and values she instilled in me, cleaning up in front of where we live. i would do it kicking and screaming, we would wash the stairs. in my mind, i'm like why are we cleaning up for everybody else. she said this is your community, this is is your home. i don't care what people say about the projects, we're going to take care of our community. it's important that we make sure that we take care of this community so we can make sure that folks who care about it live here. i think about san francisco in

the same way. it's not just about what i'm doing. it's not just about what the department of public works is doing. what are we collectively doing? what are we collectively doing to make sure that we take care of our city. a lot of what my grandmother taught me, i didn't understand the importance of it but it rubbed off on me what i got older. when i was the director of the arts and culture complex, we kept it spotless. what i notice about the kids who go there, when they drop something on the ground by accident, they immediately pick it up. it's the values that were instilled in them. it's what i want to exist across this entire city.

it can't just be about one city agency or one non-profit agency taking care of and cleaning up some of the challenges that exist here. it requires all of us to do our part. when we see some trash on the corner, we should call 311 immediately. we should never feel it's okay to dump trash on the corners of the most beautiful city in the country. we should feel bad about throwing trash out side our cars or out on our streetses. we should feel bad about dirtying and messing up this beautiful city. we're a major city, we have challenges like any other major city. we know people struggle. we know we're making investments to address those challenges.

that is no excuse for letting our city fall apart. why are we here today? san francisco is shining right now. we're a beckon of hope. when you think about it, we're a beckon of hope. people come here from all over the world, sometimes seeking refuge or a new opportunity. folks like myself were born and raised here, i want to be a part of the success of this city. when i think about san francisco and shining. i don't care if it's foggy, i love our foggy weather. it's still shining. the hearts and minds and souls of the people of this city are shining. today is about reminding us how much we love this city and have to fight for this city. how we as a collective have to make sure that the work we do

today demonstrates that we care about this city enough to ensure that it continue it shine on. so what does that mean? shine on san francisco. what does that mean? it means we are focusing on the things that aren't necessarily the most popular thing it talk about, like new trash cans that are easier for the public to use. making sure they are strategically placed for people to throw things away. we know it's not exciting to talk about the 311 system so it's easier to use for the public. all of our non-profit agency that's do incredible work

providing support for additional power washing sometimes is not really exciting but it is. that work that all of these people behind me, that work that they do to keep san francisco green and clean is so critical to making sure this city continues to shine. we are here today to announce what i think is an incredible initiative. an initiative that we're hoping will catch on. yes, we have beautiful trees and other things that we're going to plant all over the city but we're announcing a campaign called shine on sf. as you can see from some of the buttons people are wearing is really about reminding us how important san francisco is to us. we have to take responsibility for this city. we have to work harder to keep

it it the green an clean and beautiful city we all know an love. we're going to be making some unprecedented investments. trees, garbage cans, making things easier to get things cleaned up in their communities. we have a lot of work to do in san francisco. this is a critical part of our recovery, our economic recovery. not just people who visit and shop here an visit from all over the world but the people who live here. people who want to walk down the streets and feel they are safe and clean. how do we make san francisco better? we have to work hard for it. we have to fight for t. that's . that's what we're here to do

today. fight for the future of san francisco. let me just go over a few of the initiatives. one point eight million dollars to make this shine on sf program permanent. power washing and mobile teams, office of economic and work force development, that's in addition to the power washing of streets and sidewalks that we already do. activation in our public spaces. randomly some performers and singers are going to start performing. it's going to be really fun. a total of ninety six point two million in the budget for cleaning and beautifying for our communities. ninety six point two million

dollars. it's not just the work of the city. i want to take this opportunity to thank some people who decided that they wanted to support this city and came up with a concept of shine on sf. they worked with a number of folks, a number of community stake holders because they wanted to do something to give back to the city. howard, are you here today. thank you. thank you so much for your vision an work and support in making this a realality. thank you to jennifer kiss for the consultant work you did and the advocacy. because of their vision an leadership, this shine on sf commitment is a reality that i'm committed to supporting in our upcoming budgets and partnering with our private and public

sectors to make sure we are consistent in the work that we need to do to take care of our city. i also want to thank so many of our department heads including our assessor recorder, our city administrator, our department of the environment director, three 11 director, director of department of public works, and director of the office of economic work force development. incredible leaders, it does take a village. they will be working hand in hand collectively and working withing the ambassadors who are always out here taking care of the community and your department of public works team. so many folks in the district

and the union square community business district, so many people. it does take a village. when you see these folks working everyday, just say thank you. thank you. because they are out here working hard. they are showing up when others are not. we appreciate them. what we want to happen is when people come to san francisco or people come from other parts of the sety to union square or any other incredible spaces to enjoy live music or shop at our great department stores or have a live experience at a restaurant, we want it make sure they walk away with a smile on their face. that's what shine on san francisco is all about. reminding us we have to fight like heck to keep it a way to make sure all of us continue to love it and be proud of t. thank

it.thank you for being here tod. with that, i want to bring back our partner in this effort. bring up a person who has been traveling all over to get people excited about returning to san francisco. to visit from all over the world to come back to san francisco from a number of the conventions and all the great things that are happening. the head of the sf travel association for san francisco joe. >> : thank you mayor. thank you for your leadership during the pandemic and our recovery which is essential. thank you for your budget initiatives. it's going to make sure san recovers quickly. we cannot do it alone.

it has to be given by all of us. private sectors, associations, individuals. all of us have to be a part of it. why is it so important now? travel is the backbone of san francisco's economy. $10 billion in that economy. the telling the story of san francisco. travel and tourism is not just about visitors. it's about the people who work in san francisco and the industry to support the city that we love. the employees who count on san francisco to feed their families. those that inspire us to help the the city shine. we want to be part of the solution to make this city shine that we love so much. with all of us coming together with the public and private

sector. we are inspiring action and change. we appreciate the investment that the mayor is making. encouraging travel and tourism to come back and get the city back on its feet. encouraging return to conventions. it's all about making people welcome in san francisco. we're committed to make shine on sf successful in san francisco. come together to care for our city to make san francisco the best and brightest destination for economic recovery. i'm tired of this narrative of people jealous of san francisco who tell terrible stories. it's time for us to take over this narrative and take charge back. look how beautiful and diverse this city is. it's the city we love.

shine on san francisco. i'm pleased to be a part of this initiative. now i'd like to invite one of our partners. the executive director of the tender loin community business district to come up and say a few words. >> : thank you. i'm the executive director of the community district. i'm proud to be a part of shine on sf. we deal with some of the city's toughest issues. we support an incredible neighborhood. immigrants, families, long time san franciscans who found a safe haven from rising housing costs.

our cleaning team out there everyday sweeping up the streets. it's a lot of need in the neighborhood. people are struggling on our sidewalks, more so during the pandemic. we see it everyday. we see other neighborhoods getting more attention. that's why shine on sf matters. it brings people together. my organization with city organizations it brings many of us together from all other the city to work together towards a common goal to make this city, our city the most beautiful city in the world. we know how hard that work is going to be. it takes coalitions. large coalitions working together, that works. people working together towards a common goal, that's what is going to deliver change to the

city. a group of us came together with a vision for community safety. we were worried about our neighborhoods and had an idea about how to deliver community safety. we presented that idea to the mayor. i have to say, mayor, thank you. she stepped up and took our request and made it happen. right now we have more officers walking the beach, more practitioners and more on the way engaging with people to build community safety. we have a presence and commitment from the city to work with us. that's what a coalition can do. in partnership with sf, 15 other community benefits in the city, we'll integrate our operations in 311. it's one of the most exciting

things to happen in this district in the last three years. the city administrator to say what will happen if we can integrate all of these teams in addition to public works who are out there everyday cleaning up the sidewalks. we can close that request with a photograph to go back to the person who submitted the request. it's going to be a revolution. in addition to that 311 integration, that exciting element, we're excited about the trash can receptacle and the vision that the mayor brought to think about a comprehensive system to the trash cans in the tender loin. the funding from those two sources at every intersection. there's a pilot. we think it's important for a major city with a lot of

commercial traffic to have a place for people to throw their litter so it doesn't end up on the sidewalk. that's something shine on as brought as well. the coalition an the stake holders working together. we need a boost. it's been a hard year for the city, nation. it's not always going to be easy. there's going to be hard days. we're san francisco. we care about our city. that's how we do it in the tender loin. that's how it will bring us together in each and every neighborhood in the city. now i'm supposed to introduce vince. a hero who emerged with a new model for thinking about cleaning the city. >> : i'm humbled and honored to be here as part of shine on. i've only recently done what

many of these people's life's work has been to take care of this city. i learned how to become an adult here. i met my wife here. i'm raising two girls here in the city who go to sfusd. in pandemic life trying to figure out thing it do outdoors. let's pick up right in front of our streets. it turned into streets getting cleaner. let's clean up the rest of our block. maybe other people could do the same thing. i started to notice a few things. there were a lot of people already doing this and going out on their own and organizing maybe hood clean ups. a lot of city services and non-profits dedicated to keeping the city clean. it's so easy.

how hard is it to pick this up? how much does it cost? i promise at least for myself to keep refusing refuse. it's a small and simple thing we can all do. it doesn't take much. just get up off your couch and come out. it's not that giant sweep that's going to keep the city clean, the tiny pick everyday. the trash is relentless but we are more relentless. it doesn't matter where you live, everyone deserves a clean street. people are coming out of their houses and we're creating opportunities to join us and making it really easy and fractionless to come out. i think more people are going to feel empowered like i have. that's my hope. i'm really hopeful for this

city. i really love it here, of course. i invite you to come clean with me. go to my website. shamelessplug. a lot of people doing a little bit that's going to make a big difference. if you have been here or just moved here, can you do something. we have these golden tree that's are fantastic, so beautiful. thank you so much for creating them. genius idea. it asks, what makes san francisco shine? for me, we are leaders. we are leaders in environmental justice, stewardship, activism. we're leaders in lgbtq plus rights and we're fighting for that. we're a place where a young girl of color from the projects can can grow up to be our leader.

i love mayor breene. i hope everyone comes out because the next question should not be -- there's so many reasons to love san francisco. the next question is how do you love san francisco. what do you do each day to show and demonstrate that you love san francisco. we can be that light that shows the rest of the world how it's done. we're going to get it done here. i hope to see you out there cleaning the streets with me. >> : hello, everybody. i represent the artists of our city. thank you so much. i work with an organization called san francisco, we're a

street team of sellers in the area. we advocate for each other to raise our voices up. we help make the city more fun. we're so excited to be involved in the shine on sf project. we helped to create build intrigue not alone. we helped to create the art as part of the tree. on behalf of all of the shine on partners, i see them all today. jennifer, and howard and phillip. i want to mention everybody. they are going to start the music here soon. the san francisco parks -- we couldn't do this tree without them. i hope you will join us today and tell us what you think makes san francisco shine. everybody has something that you love about the city. the park alliance they

coordinated all the volunteers and the site hosts. they are active activating these trees over the summer. check it out. these trees are creating a conversation in the city. i was out at the skate and place which is one of our site hosts. it brought me to tears to hear the conversations about all the things people love about san francisco. it made all of the work feel really good. now, i would like to invite the mayor, an members of all the shine on sf leadership committee to gather at the golden tree and we're going to fill out a card. thank you all. >> : thank you all for being here. let's remember to keep san francisco green and clean and also with covid, we weren't able

to do our monthly clean ups in neighborhoods. department of public works will be resuming those most likely in august. we invite you to come out and help us clean up the streets. in fact, i'm going to be at the next couple of clean up initiatives and randomly picking people who show up to clean with me so we can hang out and talk while we clean up and green up. let's show them what we're made of. shine on sf. all right. on 5,

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even in lawn bowling. >> play ball. >> yes. >> almost. >> (clapping). >> the size of tennis ball the object of the game our control to so when the players on both sides are bold at any rate the complete ends you do do scoring it is you'll get within point lead for this bonus first of all, a jack can be moved and a or picked up to some other point or move the jack with i have a

goal behind the just a second a lot of elements to the game. >> we're about a yard long. >> aim a were not player i'll play any weighed see on the inside in the goal is a minimum the latter side will make that arc in i'm right-hand side i play my for hand and to my left if i wanted to acre my respect i extend so it is arced to the right have to be able to pray both hands. >> (clapping.) who one. >> nice try and hi, i'm been play lawn bowling affair 10 years after he retired i needed something to do so i picked up this paper and in this paper i see in there play lawn bowling in san francisco

golden gate park ever since then i've been trying to bowl i enjoy bowling a very good support and good experience most of you have of of all love the people's and have a lot of have a lot of few minutes in mr. mayor the san francisco play lawn bowling is in golden gate park we're sharing meadow for more information about the club including free lessons log >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant.

so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪♪♪] [speaking foreign language] [♪♪♪] [speaking foreign language]

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i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's

and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was

brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then

and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i

walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days

people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make.

>> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪♪ our debts are not for sale.

>> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flowers, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks,

cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking

people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the

bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is

no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and sofa millial.

>> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational

tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump administration and i think how each of the artists has responded so that call is interesting. the common

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